nist e-news(vol 71, june 15, 2010) special edtion

EditorsMr. Amrut Phalguni MohantyMr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka

AdvisorsProf. Sangram MudaliDr. Ajit K. PandaMs. Geetika Mudali

National Institute of Science and TechnologyPalur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa.Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Website: www.nist.edu.

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From the Editors’ DeskA year-round-up is at your desk now. This issue of NIST e_news is going to be a different reading for all the

readers as it highlights the events, achievements, happenings of the entire year

2009 – 10 in a nutshell to give a glance of the feats that the institute has

achieved over a year. The magazine through its endeavour in projecting the

true picture of the Institute has successfully come to the culmination of another

academic year. We wait for the arrival of the fresh batch of students of 2010

to give campus journalism a new fillip and write the saga of greater success.

Amrut Phalguni Mohanty Dipti Ranjan Lenka

From the Director’s Desk

This special edition of NIST E-news is a noteworthy attempt to provide an achievement

balance sheet of the Institute for the academic year 2009-10. The herculean efforts of the

faculty and students were well rewarded this year with the establishment of the much

deserved TIFAC CORE in the area of 3G/4G Communications Technology in NIST campus

by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India and Industry partners with a

grant of Rs. 9.5 Crore. This is the 2nd TIFAC CORE in the entire Eastern India and NIST

is justifiably proud of its eminence which has made it possible.

It is a great pleasure to welcome the new Batch of 2010 to a temple of modern learning called NIST. The founder

of NIST, Shri Surendra Mudali had a dream and a vision to transform NIST into a mecca of technical and

professional education and journey has well begun. NIST is one of the leading top institutes of the country within

the top 100. The 150 faculty members of the Institute comprising of over 40 core faculty from the IITs, IISc and

top universities of the world, are determined to provide the best undergraduate and graduate education. What

sets NIST completely apart is its singular determination to be a frontline leader in teaching and research competing

with the IITs and NITs for this honor. Students of NIST stand out in start contrast as they are the most disciplined,

hard working, ethical, multi-skill, highly motivated, ambitious professionals ever produced in India. Students are

exposed to a cosmopolitan, pan-Indian atmosphere with students of sixteen states pursuing their studies in the

campus. Faculty are hired from the best institutes of India and abroad. This is not mere drum beating but is

vouched by thousands of our alumni and industry partners from all over the world. We welcome the most

talented students to challenge our faculty and together we discover a new frontier in our march towards Excellence.

To all the aspiring students my promise is simple: NIST values Excellence and will continue to provide an ambience

to excel. NIST has maintained the leadership in setting the benchmarks in academics, research and consultancy

and will continue to do so in the years to come.

We welcome you to NIST - a home away from home.

15th June, 2010 Sangram Mudali


National Institute of Science & Technology - A Brief IntroductionThe National Institute of Science and Technology was established in 1996 and is being managed by the SM

Charitable Educational Trust with the mission to “create engineering minds capable of mastering the global challenges

of tomorrow’s technology”. The Institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE

under MHRD, Govt of India) and is affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The Institute

campus of 60 acres is located at the picturesque Palur Hills about 12 kms from Berhampur and 3 hours drive

from Bhubaneswar. The Institute has grown by leaps and bounds under the able leadership of the founder

Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director (M.S., University of Houston, B. Tech., IIT Kanpur), Prof. (Mrs.)

Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, (M.S.(MIS), New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ), Prof. Ajit K. Panda,

Dean, (Boyscast Scholar at University of Michigan, USA). About 2700 students are studying in various disciplines

of B. Tech, M.Tech (CSE, ECE, EEE), MCA, MBA & PGDM at NIST. The entire campus is 24x7 wi-fi

connected. For the recreation of students and employees of the Institute, we have Lawn Tennis court, Basket

Ball court, Swimming Pool, Cricket ground, Paragliding, Gymnasium, Adventure Sports, Canoeing, Kayaking,

Himalayan Trekking, etc. A plethora of rock gardens, fruit gardens, nurseries, water fountains, aquarium, glass

house for cactus vegetation, animal parks, etc., make the campus an eco-friendly zone where man and nature

coexist in a rare ambience away from the dust and grime of city life.

Within a short span of 15 years, the faculty of NIST has been awarded 4 BoysCAST fellowships, 3 FullBright

fellowships, 3 Samant Chandrashekhar Young Scientist Awardees and more than 20 Post-Doctorate. The faculty

members have published more than 18 Books and 150 International journal papers in refereed journals. The

Institute has received a number of grants from AICTE, DST, UGC, MHRD, CSIR and private IT companies for

Projects, Staff and Faculty Development Programmes. In the year 2009, NIST received a grant of about Rs. 30

Lakhs to conduct Faculty and Staff Development Programmes in Advanced Computer Control of Industrial

Process and Automation Engineering, Advanced DSP implementation using FPGA & DSP Processor,

Microelectronic VLSI Design for Engineers and Scientists, VLSI Design using FPGA & IC station, Advanced

Power Systems, EDC programmes, etc., all sponsored by the AICTE. Renowned faculty Prof. S. P. Pati and

Prof J. Majhi have been appointed by AICTE as Emeritus fellow for NIST for the next 2 years.

NIST has State-of-the-art-laboratories equipped with Lab-equipments like, Distributed Control Systems, PLC

, Interactive-Non Interactive Process Trainer, Batch Process Reactor Trainer, Level Transmitter Trainer, 5 HP

shunt motor coupled to 3 KVA alternator salient pole type with 3 point starter field regulator for motor, alternator

& experimental panel, TRANSFORMER Experimental Trainer, AC DRIVE, AC SOFT STARTER, PLC

MACHINE & DRIVE, SYMBOLS shakti, Software like, Synopsis, Cadence, IE3D, Tanner, Xilinx, and

Equipments like, Vector Network Analyzer, Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, FPGA Board, etc. The teaching

learning process has been significantly enhanced with the availability of NPTEL courseware (web based and

video based) from the IITs / IISc which are being extensively used by all faculty and students. NIST is the only

Institute in Eastern India to have implemented full e-governance (online ERP systems) in all aspects of teaching

and administration using its internally developed programs by its NIST Technology Consulting Services (NTCS).

Presently NTCS is implementing e-governance in all Institutes under the Biju Pattnaik University of Technology,

Orissa.

More than 40 Top Multinational and Indian IT sector & Core Engineering sector companies are hiring our

students each year. In the year 2009, the top five companies hired about 400 students from NIST. They are TCS

(159), Wipro (117), Infosys (59), Mphasis (38) and Vedanta (21). In addition numerous companies hired NIST

students leading to 80% on-campus placement in top-notch companies. NIST conducts certification courses


during summer vacation on VLSI, Oracle, Industrial Automation, Java, .NET, SAP, Japanese Language, Soft-

skills, etc. to groom the students and make them Industry-Ready. The Institute runs clubs on Robotics, Electronics,

Renewable Energy, Bioinformatics, Literary, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Programming, Music, etc. The Institute

has tied up with companies like, Infosys, Wipro, Mphasis, TCS, etc., for Projects, Technical and Soft-skills

Certification courses etc., through corporate-campus connect programmes. NIST is rated the best for its GATE

coaching, VLSI, CCNA, Oracle, JAVA, SAP certification courses and E- governance practices (ERP) among

all the Technical Institutes of Orissa.

NIST : A world in itself, A home away from home..

60 acre green and eco-friendly campus, 5 Lakh square feet of space | 600 seated boys hostel & 500 seated girls

hostel on Campus | 800 seated hostels outside campus in Berhampur | Food Court serving hygienic food |

Swimming pools | Wi-fi enabled entire campus & hostels | Tennis courts | Gym | Medical center | Billiard room|

Dedicated 10 mbps Connectivity | Multimedia Library | NPTEL Courseware

We offer the following programmes with the intake as mentioned below:

B.TechProgrammes :

Computer Science and Engineering 120

Electronics and Communication Engineering 120

Electrical and Electronics Engineering 60

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 60

Information Technology 90

M.Tech Programmes:

Master in Technology (M. Tech)-CSE 18

Master in Technology (M. Tech)-ECE 18

Master in Technology (M.Tech) – EEE 18

MCA Program:

Master in Computer Application (MCA) 60

Management Programmes:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 60

P. G . Diploma in Management (PGDM) 60

NIST Faculty - Hall of FameBOYSCAST Fellowships -4

FULLBRIGHT Fellowships -3

Samanta Ch. Shekhar Young Scientist Awardees -3

URSI Young Scientist Awardees -2

Books Published1. “Enjoy Your Breath” by Maharshi Dr. Yogiraj, Founder & Chief Faculty of Hundred Years Life Club,

NIST Publications, Berhampur

2. “A Textbook of Small C Programs” A Comprehensive Introduction to ANSI C by Dr. Ravi P Reddy,

NIST Publications, Berhampur

3. “An English Vocabulary Reader” for GRE, TOEFC, GMAT, SAT, CAT, MAT, & all Examinations requiring

vocabulary skills by Dr. Ravi P Reddy, NIST Publications, Berhampur

4. “Optimization in Engineering” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, SCITECH Publications (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd.,

Chennai

Post Doctorates -20

Faculty members with Ph.D. Degrees -30

Faculty members from IITs -25

Faculty with Degrees from Foriegn Univ. -13


5. “Probability and Statistics” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi

6. “Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prentice - Hall of India, New

Delhi

7. “Numerical Analysis” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, NIST Publications, Berhampur

8. “Linux for Beginners” A Self Study Book by K. Lakshmi Narayan, NIST Publications, Berhampur

9. “Web Designing with HTML, JAVA Script and Flash MX” by K. Lakshmi Narayan , NIST Publications,

Berhampur

10.“MATLAB and Simulink” A Quick Start Guide by Dr. Partha S. Mallick, SCITECH Publications (INDIA)

Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

11.“Production and Operations Management” by Mr. Sushanta Tripathy, SCITECH Publications (INDIA)

Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

12.“Operation Management” by Mr. Sushanta Tripathy, S.M. Publication, Bhubaneswar

13.“Materials Science” by Dr. Sukanta Tripathy & Dr. Arun K. Padhy , SCITECH Publications (INDIA) Pvt.

Ltd., Chennai

14.“Digital Systems Fundamentals” by Dr. Ashutosh K Singh , Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi

15.“Object Oriented Programming using C++” by Mr. Muktikant Sa, SCITECH Publications (INDIA)

Pvt. Ltd

16.“Differential Equation” by Dr. P. C. Biswal, Prentice Hall of India, Ltd

17.‘Internet and Web Technology’ by Mr. K. Lakshmi Narayana and Ms. M. Aparna, Faculty, Dept. of

Computer Science and Engineerin, Scitech Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd.

18. ‘C Programming’ by Mr. K. Lakshmi Narayana, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,

Sure Success Publications.

Current News

TIFAC-CORE

Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) is an autonomous body under the

Department of Science and Technology (DST). Under the broad umbrella of Technology Vision -2020,

TIFAC has launched an ambitious mission called REACH (Relevance and Excellence in achieving new heights

in educational institutions). The foundation of this mission rests firmly on the triangular linkage between the

academic institution, industry and government.

TIFAC-CORE in 3G/4G

Communication Technologies

National Institute of Science and technology

has been selected on 22 December, 2009

by TIFAC to set up a Centre of Excellence

in 3G/4G Communication Technologies.

[Agreement signing between TIFAC &

NIST]

Objective: “To create a Centre of Excellence for the growth of Indian Telecom Industry and an Incubator for

Emerging Technologies in the field of Communication”

NIST students sweep 7 out of top 10 ranks in the 3rd WIPRO Code Zap Guru Contest

WIPRO sponsored All India Code Zap Guru Coding Contest was swept by NIST students who got 7 out of top

10 positions declared by the organizers. The contest was open to all engineering colleges of India and consisted

of three rounds of programming contests.


AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Programs 2009-10

AICTE Sponsored National Symposium

The AICTE Sponsored ‘National Symposium on Application of DSP and AI Techniques to Emerging

Trends in Power Energy Systems’ was held at NIST premises on 4th & 5th July, 2009. Prof. D. P. Kothari,

Vice-Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore inaugurated the symposium.

FDP on ‘Advanced Computer Control of Industrial Process and Automation’

A 6-day AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Advanced Computer Control of

Industrial Process and Automation” was held in the institute from 6th - 11th July 2009. Prof. Amalendu

Mukherjee, IIT Kharagpur, inaugurated the program as the Chief Guest along with other dignitaries, Prof. Sangram

Mudali, Director, and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, NIST. The resource persons for the FDP were Prof. C. S.

Kumar, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Joseph Anand Vaz, NIT Jalandhar and Prof. Somnath Pan, ISM Dhanbad.

FDP on ‘Emerging Trends and Advances in Renewable Energy’

AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Program on ‘Emerging Trends and Advances in Renewable Energy’

(ETARE) was organized at NIST during 6th – 11th July, 2009. The program was inaugurated by Dr. D. P.

Kothari along with Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, NIST. The resource

persons for the program were Dr. D. P. Kothari, VC, VIT, Dr. R.K. Swain, IGIT, Sarang, Dr. K B. Mohanty,

NIT, Rourkela, Dr. D. S. Bagarty, CET, BBSR, Dr. P. K .Satapathy, CET, BBSR, Dr. K Vaisakh, Andhra Univ.,

Vizag, Dr. K.S.R Anjeneyulu, JNTU, Anathapur and Er. P. K. Das, Manager, IRE Ltd.

FDP ON Microelectronics/VLSI Design for Engineers & Scientists

An AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program (FDP) on ‘Microelectronics/VLSI Design for Engineers

& Scientists’ was organized in the institute’s premises during

27th July to 08th August 2009. The program was

inaugurated by Dr. S C. Bose, Senior Scientist, CEERI,

Pilani, Dr. Vijay Mishra, Professor & Coordinator, INUP,

IISc. Bangalore, along with Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director,

NIST and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, NIST. The

Resource Persons of the Program were Dr. S C Bose,

CEERI, Pilani, Dr. Vijay Mishra, IISc, Bangalore, Dr.

Dhrubes Biswas, IIT, Kgp, Dr. Sudeb Dasgupta, IIT, Roorkee, Dr. A. Halder, IIT, Kgp, Dr. S. K. Sarkar, JU,

Kolkata, Dr. Sushabhan Choudhury, SMIT, Sikkim, Dr. C. K Sarkar, JU, Kolkata, Dr. Baidhyanath Ray, BESU,

Kolkata, Dr. Monojit Mitra, BESU, Kolkata.

Advanced DSP Implementation Using FPGA & DSP processor

A 7-day AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program on ‘Advanced DSP Implementation Using FPGA

& DSP processor’ was organised during 25th to 31st August 2009. Prof. R. K. Mishra, Berhampur University

was the Chief Guest in the inaugural function along with Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director and Dr. Arun Kumar

Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech.,NIST. Prof. Asit Dutta, Calcutta University, and Prof. Mrityunjaya

Chakraborty, IIT, Kharagpur and Prof. R. K. Mishra, Berhampur University were the resource persons for the

program. Faculty from different institutes of the country got exposed to various implementation aspects of Advanced

DSP Algorithms in FPGA and DSP Processors for different applications.

SDP on ‘Recent Trends in Electrical Drives and Power Electronics’

The Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIST organized an AICTE sponsored Staff Development

Program (SDP) on ‘Recent Trends in Electrical Drives and Power Electronics’ from 12th to 17th October

2009. With fast developments in semiconductor technology, high performance power electronics devices and

signal processors are getting commercialized regularly. This training program enabled the participants to update

their knowledge, and to target research problems in power electronics, machine drives and power systems. FDP


Participants were provided with adequate exposure to modern equipments of power electronics laboratory and

different simulation softwares. Resource persons like Dr. G. Tulasi Ram Das, Dr. P. V. N. Prasad, Dr. K. Vaisakh

and othersfromreputedinstitutionslikeIITs,IIITs,NITs,AndhraUniversity,JawaharlalNehruTechnologicalUniversity,

Osmania University, National Institute of Science & Technology, R&D organizations, and Industries.

FDP on ‘Frontiers of Microwave Engineering’

A Faculty Development Program entitled, “Frontiers of Microwave Engineering” was conducted by

Department of Electronics & Communication during 21, 25-29 December 2009. The program was inaugurated

formally by Prof (Dr.) Niranjan Das, Dr. Amitabh Bhattacharya and Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy. Professor Subrat

Sanyal, Prof. Binay K. Sarkar, Prof. Amitabh Bhattacharya were the resource persons from IIT, Kharagpur to

cover various topics in Microwave like Microwave Measurements, Challenges of RF Circuit Designs, Design of

RF Amplifier, Design of LNA and Broadband Amplifier, RCS Signal Processing and Electromagnetic Interference/

Compatibility (EMI/EMC). Different experiments using microwave components, Microwave test bench, Vector

NetworkAnalyser, spectrum analyzer added extra flavour to the program. All the experiments were handled by

the Technical staff from IIT, Kharagpur.

Workshop on Teaching Methodology for Management Programs

NIST organized a 2-Day ‘Workshop on Teaching Methodology for Management Education’ on 10th & 11th

July, 2009. Prof. S. P. Das, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar was the resource person for the

program. Faculty members of NIST B-School got immensely benefited by the areas, like, Teaching through

Case Methodology, Consultancy, R&D in Management, which were covered during the workshop.

A Workshop by Microsoft India

Microsoft India conducted a one day workshop for the Engineering & MCA students and the faculty members

of NIST on 4th September 2009. Mr. Ramesh Chandak, Senior

Lead Program Manager, Mr. Balaji Mishra, Development Lead,

and Mr. Rakesh Parida, Senior Software Development Engineer,

represented Microsoft. 350 students from 3rd year & final year

and 50 faculty members from different disciplines attended the

workshop. The workshop included Introduction to Microsoft

by Mr. Ramesh Chandak, Introduction to SQL Server Session:

RDBMS Concepts, TSQL Querying, Manageability Concepts

with SQL Server, Optimizing Procedural Code by Mr. Balaji

Mishra and Introduction to SQL Server Session: Introduction

to BI Integration Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, BI Application Development by Mr. Rakesh

Parida. The Postlunch session dealt with the Introduction to Windows Academic Program (WAP) and the

college Resources for Windows Academic Program by Mr. Ramesh Chandak followed by Application

Development using Microsoft technologies, Introduction to Microsoft Technologies on the presentation layer

Middle Tier and Data Tier Microsoft Technologies by Mr. Balaji Mishra and Mr. Rakesh Parida.

CAT Qualified Students1. Ravi Kumar Gupta 90.15

2. Mayank Kumar 99.81

3. Ish Girwan 97.40

4. Nishant Pilania 96.90

5. Nikhil Sonthalia 91.30

Joint Entrance Screening

Test (JEST) – 20101. Santosh Kumar Gupta 90.11


Successfully BEC CertifiedOur institute imparted a 30-Hour training program to a batch of 29 students (23 from NIST & 06 from RIT,

Berhampur) for appearing the Business English Certificate (BEC) Examination offered by University of Cambridge

in association with British Council and Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). NIST was selected as the

training centre for the entire southern Orissa and Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty & Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka

were deputed as official trainers by BPUT for the institutes of entire south zone. It is definitely a matter of pride

that the total appeared 27 students have cleared the certification course and have proved that they are all

internationally recognized as good learners of English.

NIST Students Qualified the JLPTMr. Soumyajit Panda, B. Tech., 4th year, Mr. Koushika Rout, MCA, 2nd year of the institute have qualified

the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level – 4 conducted both in Japan and outside Japan to

evaluate and certify the language proficiency of primarily non-native speakers of Japanese. This Internationally

recognized test is administered by Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, inside Japan, and by the Japan

Foundation, outside Japan, qualifying which brings an international recognition. The exam has been continuing

since 1992 in 41 different countries which is conducted in 4 different levels in ascending order (Level - 4, 3, 2, 1).

In NIST Japanese Language training is provided to all B. Tech., MCA, MBA, PGDM students and also is

included as a part of Summer Courses.

GATE Qualified StudentsGATE FORUM Club at NIST was established in the year 2009 initiated by Mr. Prashant Kumar Tiwari and Mr.

Amit Prakash Suryavanshi, both B.Tech. 4th year students under the guidance of Mr. Satyabrata Das, Faculty

Advisor and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean. Around 70 students were enrolled for the 1st batch and 75% of them

qualified out of which 20% students have scored more than 99 percentile. After the successful completion of the

first batch, the club is planning to start imparting coaching for PSUs and IES in the coming year.

Mr. U. Sunil Ratnakar apart from being a GATE scorer has also a GRE score of 1380 out of 1600, TOEFL

score of 95 out of 120 and XAT- 82.5 percentile.

Orientation Program on Creative WritingThe Orientation Program on Creative Writing, the most significant segment of Literature Appreciation program,

beautifully conceived by the Director, NIST Prof. Sangram Mudali was held from 28th Aug. to 3rd Sept. 2009.

The program was held from 3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. with two sessions on all days. Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor of

English, NIST B-School took the onus of conducting the Program, chiefly assisted by Mr. Jagannath Mohanty,

Coordinator, EDC Program. The distinguished scholars who addressed to the problematics of composing poetry,

writing essays and short stories were Prof. Harihara Das, ex-acting Vice-Chancellor, Berhampur University, a

prolific writer of short stories in Oriya, Prof. Soubhagya Kumar Mishra, Former Professor of English, Berhampur

University and Central Sahitya Academy Awardee for Poetry, Prof. Ram Narayan Panda, Professor and Head,

Department of English, Berhampur University, the practicing short story writer in Oriya, and Prof. Prafulla Kumar

Mohanty, Former Professor of English, Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur, and Principal, Ravenshaw

College, Cuttack, also a Central Sahitya Academy Awardee for Essay Writing.


Papers Published• Dr. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Mr. Mihir.Hota, Mr. Trilochan Panigrahy, faculty members, published

a paper, “A Model for Optical Bistability in a Hybrid Semiconductor Photonic Crystal Structure”, in

the International Journal, ‘IEEE Photonic Technology Letters’, Vol.21, No.12, PP 772-774, June 15, 2009.

• Mr. Mihir Hota and Dr. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, faculty, published a paper, entitled, “Analysis of

diffraction efficiency of a Holographic Coupler with respect to angular divergence”, in the International

Journal, ‘Indian Journal of Physics’, 83(4) 1-8(2009).

• Dr. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Mr. Mihir Hota, faculty, and Ms. Pramita Nayak, published a paper,

“Coupling Optimization in holographic coupler – Large area Flattened Fiber system” pp 1-5, in the

International Journal, ‘IEEE Xplore’, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and

Networking, 2008(ICCCN 2008). ISBN: 978-1-4244-3594-4.

• Mr. Mihir Hota, Dr. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Dash, faculty members, and

Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, NIST published a paper, entitled, “Free Space Based Optical Communica-

tions Systems”, in the National Journal, GITAM Journal of Information Communication Technology,

Vol-2, pp-11-15, Jan-Jul 2009.

• Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of EEE, published a paper, entitled, “Differential Evolutionary

Algorithm for TCSC-based Controller Design”, published in the International Journal of Simulation

Modelling Practice and Theory, ELSEVIER, DOI: 10.116/j.simpat.2009.07.002.

• Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of EEE; N. P. Padhy, and R. N. Patel, published a paper, “A

multiobjective GA method for generating Pareto solutions for coordinated design of PSS and TCSC”,

in the International Journal of Intelligent System Technology and Applications, INDERSCIENCE Pub-

lications, UK, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 430-445, 2009.

• Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of EEE, published a paper, “TCSC-Based Controller Design

by Multi- Objective Non-Dominated Shorting Genetic Algorithm-II”, ACTA ELECTROTEHNICA,

Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 108-118, 2009.

• Ms. Raseswari Pradhan, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering along with

Dr. Sunita Halder, JU, Kolkata published a paper, ‘Voltage Control Analysis Applying Advanced SVC

Models’ in the International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IJEEE), Vol. 4, No. 6,

pp. 101-107, March-May 2009.

• Dr. Anita Pati and Mr. Manabendra Patra, Faculty, Dept. of Chemistry published a paper, ‘Micro-

wave- Assisted Synthesis of Spiro (cycloalkalkalanethiazolo-s-tetrazine’ in the journal Phosphorous,

Sulfur, and Silicon, 184:2827-2834, 2009.

• Mr. Trupti Ranjan Lenka, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering published a

paper, “Microwave Characteristics of AlxGa N/In GaN/GaN-based HEMT using 1-xx1-x Propaga-

tion Delay Model” in IEEE sponsored 4th International Conference on Computers &

• Devices for Communication (CODEC-2009)organized by Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics,

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, during 14th – 16th December 2009.

• Dr. Sukanta K. Tripathy and Mr. Mihir Hota, Faculty, Department of Physics, published a paper,


entitled, “Optical Bistable Switching in a Magnetic Semiconductor, McMillan Advanced Research Se-

ries, pages-589-592, 2009.

• Dr. Sukanta K. Tripathy, N. Mudali and Mihir Hota, Faculty, Department of Physics, published a

paper, entitled, “Optical Bistability in a Photonic Crystal Structure Close to a Magnetic Semiconduc-

tor, the Effect of Impurity and Self Interaction”, “VCOM 09”presented at International Conference on

Communication Technologies and VLSI Design (CommV’09) held at VIT Vellore from 8th – 10th October

2009.

• Mr. Sangram Panigrahi, Faculty, Department of Computer Science & Engineering published a paper,

“A Symmetric Key based Secured Data Gathering Protocol for WSN” in the3rd International Confer-

ence onAnti-Counterfeiting, Security and Identification in communication 2009 (ICASID 2009), 20-22

Aug. 2009, Hong Kong, China. IEEE Volume, Issue, 20-22 Aug. 2009 Pages: 138-143. DOI: 10.1109/

ICASID.2009.5276918.

• Mr. Sangram Panigrahi, Faculty, Department of Computer Science & Engineering published a paper,

“HCEPSN: A Hierarchical Cluster based Energy efficient data gathering Protocol for wireless Sen-

sor Network” in the International Conference on Information Technology 2009 (ICIT-2009), 21-24

Dec. 2009, Bhubaneswar, India.

(Note: ICIT is published the proceedings with IEEE/ M/s Tata McGraw-Hill Education Limited)

• Mr. Abhro Mukherjee, Faculty, Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering got his

paper published, entitled, “Optimal Control for Rotors with Circulating Forces due to Spinning Dissi-

pation” along with Prof. S. Sengupta, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur in the 14th National

Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM - 09) held during 17th& 18th December 2009

organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute ofTechnology, Durgapur.

• Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, along with N. P.

Patidar and R. Singh, published a paper, “A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Approach for Adaptive

PSS and TCSC-Based Controller Design”, in the International Journal of Innovative Computing and

Applications, INDERSCIENCE Publications, UK, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 121-138, 2010.

• Mr. Pradyumna Kumar Patra, Faculty, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

published a paper, entitled, “Gain Enhancement of Golden Ratio PatchedArray for MIMO System” in

the Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Video, Cyber Learning and Electronics

(ADVICE-2010) 18-19 February 2010. pg. no.-156-163 organized by Educational Television Centre (ETV),

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh.

• Dr.Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech., along with Bolin Chetia and Parameswar Krishnan

Iyer, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Sasmita Mishra,Apex Institute of Tech-

nology & Management, Bhubaneswar, published a paper, entitled, ‘Imidazole derivatives as the organic

precursor of ZnO nano particle’ in the Journal Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 51, Issue 20, Pages 2751-

2753, Pub: Elsevier Ltd, (Impact Factor: 2.538).

• Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical Engineering along with Mr. Swasti Ranjan Khuntia,

B. Tech, Final year, EEE and K. B. Mohanty, C. Ardil published a paper, “A Comparative Study of P-I, I-P,

Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers for Speed Control of DC Motor Drive” in the International Jour-

nal of Electrical Systems Science and Engg., 1:1:2009, page 1-5.


NIST Student at Asian Mathematical Conference, Kuala Lumpur

Mr. Subhasis Das, B. Tech., final year, CSE branch, NIST has participated in the 5th Asian Mathematical

Conference 2009 (the biggest mathematical event in Asia) held in Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia from 22nd to 26th June, 2009 and presented his re-

search paper, titled, “An Economic Order Quantity Model for de-

teriorating items with partial backlogging a quadratic decreas-

ing demand function”. He was the youngest and only under-gradu-

ate participant in the midst of eminent stalwarts, such as, Prof. Nalini

Joshi, University of Sydney, Prof. Y. Kawahigashi, University of Tokyo,

Japan, Prof. Xing Chaoping, NUS, Singapore, Prof. Eknath Ghate, Tata

Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Prof. Bimal K. Sinha, University of Maryland, USA, Prof. Bikas K.

Sinha, ISI, Kolkata, etc. Mr. Subhasis worked on this interdisciplinary research area under the guidance of Dr.

Motahar Reza, Faculty, NIST. His trip for the Conference was sponsored by NIST.

NIST announces a special fund of Rs.5.0 Lakh for sponsoring students to attend National & Interna-

tional Conferences with their accepted papers.

NIST students at ‘Inter College Management Meet’

NIST B-School students participated in the Inter College Management Meet conducted by ICFAI National

College, Berhampur on 26th August 2009. The students brought laurels to the institute by winning in every event

they competed in.

Name of the student Batch Prize Event

Ms. Shradanjali Nayak MBA 2ndyr Winner Group Discussion

Ms. Vashali Padhi MBA 2nd yr Runners-up Group Discussion

Mr. Abhishek Tiwary PGDM 2nd yr

Ms. Swagatika Sahu PGDM 2nd yr Winner Role Play

Ms. Shruti Epari MBA 2nd yr

Mr. Prabir Ku. Swain MBA 2nd yr Winner Online Trading

Mr. Satyanarayan Patnaik PGDM 2nd yr Runners-up Online Trading

Ms. Swagatika Sahu PGDM 2nd yr Runners-up Just 3 Minutes

NIST Student winners at Youth Inspire’ 09

NIST students participated in the ‘Youth Inspire-09’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at

Bhubaneswar on 28th August 2009. Under the aegis of the program, an event, iNNOVEX- “Show your own

way of Being Innovative”, an exhibition cum innovative competition, was conducted in which many students from

various engineering colleges of Orissa participated. A number of seven B. Tech students (2006-2010 Batch) of

our institute participated in the said program. The judges from different Industries/Corporates appreciated the

models of our students.


The following is list of students who got 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in the said program:

Prize Name of the student Title of the topic

1st Satyajeet Panda (ECE) Mobile Controlled Locomotory System

2nd Anand Kumar (EIE) Hybrid Car

2nd Jaya Madhab Panda (ECE) Gated Clock Design LFSR

3rd Tapan Kumar Palai (IT) Spy Robot

The winners would receive the prize from the Honourable Chief Minister, Orissa.

Employment Oriented Summer Courses 2009As a continuation of the institute’s efforts of providing scope for employability, this summer also NIST offered

‘Employment Oriented Summer Courses-2009’ for B. Tech., MCA, MBA & PGDM students and also industry

sponsored candidates of the entire country. More than 700 students and industry personnel enrolled into different

courses which ran in three consecutive batches. The course fee included course material, course bag, transport,

breakfast, lunch, tea & snacks. Regular examinations were conducted every Sunday and the grades were awarded

based on the performance in the tests and the projects. Students were provided with well equipped laboratory

facilities, experienced instructors, custom developed course notes and also hostel accommodation.

Courses Offered :

• Electronic Design Automation Software Tools for VLSI/ASIC Design

• Certification Course Introduction to ORACLE 9i: SQL [Exam#1Z0-007]

• Advanced Industrial Automation Technology

• Certification Course SUN Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for Java Platform

• Embedded System and Embedded VLSI

• Certification Course Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

• Simulation & Modeling of Adv. Research Technologies in Electrical Engineering

• J2EE and Rational Rose

• Spoken Japanese Language Course

• Business Process Integration using SAP

• Microsoft.NET Frame-work 2.0

Summer Workshop on Robotics for School ChildrenNIST Robotics Club (NRC) organized a Summer Workshop on

Robotics for School Children from 5th - 19th July 2009. A total

number of 42 students of classes VII, IX & X from different schools

in and around Berhampur such as, St. Xaviers Convent School, St.

Vincents Convent Scool, City High School, Secondary Govt. School

for Women, Balaji VidyaPitha, Kanishi etc. participated in this 14-

day long workshop. The students were taught about the Basics of


Robotics, Junk Robotics, LEGO based Robotics, Basic electronics and electronics based manual robotics.

Various competitions like LEGOBOT competition, ROBOBOT Racing and Manual robotics were held during

the workshop and winners were awarded with prizes and certificates. Every participant was awarded with a

participation certificate and a gift during the closing ceremony. The workshop was made totally free for the

participants and all the expenses were borne by NIST. The workshop was coordinated by NRC Coordinator,

Mr. Nihar Ranjan Sahu and 11 student members of NRC. This time the school students came up with some

brilliant projects like a 4-Axis Robot, Water conservation system etc. using hydraulics by utilizing junk materials.

Skill Improvement Program at NISTDirectorate of Technical Education & Training, Govt. of Orissa under the “Employment Mission Programme”

has selected NIST as a partner Institution to roll out the Skill Improvement Programme, under different trades.

NIST has been allotted a total of 77 students under three trades namely Computer Hardware Technician, Data

Entry Operator & Repair of Electrical Appliances. The scheme is fully sponsored by Govt. of Orissa. This is a

unique opportunity to extend our technical and professional expertise to certain weaker and unskilled sections

of the society. The classes have already commenced from 1st September 2009.

Infosys Campus Connect Soft Skills ProgramNIST has successfully completed the ‘Infosys Campus Connect Soft Skills Program’ for the B. Tech.

students. Over 1074 students received certificates from Infosys catering to the assessment parameters set by

Infosys. Students were extensively trained on the nuances of Soft Skills and were exposed to the corporate

world. Ms. Tripti Mund is the SPoC of the Campus Connect Soft Skills Program. Mr. Jagannath Mohanty, Mr.

Dipti Ranjan Lenka, Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty, Mr. Minakshi Prasad Mishra & Ms. Tissen Thomas are the

other Infosys Certified Trainers who imparted the training and made them campus ready.

IBM Center of Excellence InauguratedIBM Center of Excellence was inaugurated at the institute campus by Mr. Himanshu Goyal, IBM Country

Manager, Mr. Vikash Manoria, IBM Academic Initiative Representative in the presence of Prof. Sangram

Mudali, Director, Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, Dr.

Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, along with other faculty members, staff

and students on 27th October 2009. It is the 1st of its kind in the

state of Orissa. The MOU was signed between the institute and

IBM and the relationship was established to give students and

faculty the opportunity to work closely with the industry and

utilize both the resources in the best possible manner. IBM, as a

part of this collaboration, will be donating software worth lakhs

in the fields of database engineering, software engineering, web

applications, etc. In addition, IBM key faculty will be available

to train our students towards certification. NIST faculty will work

together with IBM staff on key projects, sabbaticals, research,

etc. This collaboration would definitely give the NISTians an edge over others in the field of studies and research.

The inauguration was followed by two Workshops, Workshop on DB2 and IBM’s Rational Application

Developer.


Infosys Technologies WorkshopsThe R&D and HR Teams of Infosys Technologies, Hyderabad conducted two workshops at NIST on 30th

October 2009. Dr. Ashutosh Saxena & Dr. Radha Krishna Pisispati, the two senior most R&D Leads of

Infosys India (BOYSCAST FELLOWS), were the resource persons for the program. The workshop was

divided into two sessions. Dr. Saxena, Principal Researcher in SET Labs, Infosys Technologies Limited, presided

over the first session on the topic, ‘Information Security’ and discussed on the changing facets of Security

System, with the advancement of IT, from physical and administrative mechanisms to automated tools for protecting

files and other stored information; stand alone computers to the use of networks and communications links with

measures to protect data during transmission. Mr. Radha Krishna Pisipati, Principal Research Scientist, SET

Labs, Infosys Technologies Limited, Hyderabad, in the second session, discussed on the topic, ‘Business

Analytics’ focusing on data mining techniques, unstructured data analytics and how these technologies enable

business analytics to uncover actionable patterns from large datasets.

NASSCOM’s NAC-Tech at NISTNIST is the NASSCOM certified test centre for conducting the NAC-Tech internet based test. 150 students

from B. Tech. & MCA final year appeared the NASSCOM’s NAC-Tech diagnostic internet based test held at

NIST on 26th Feb. 2010. 87 students from B. Tech & MCA final yr appeared the final test on 15th March 2010.

NAC-Tech is a NASSCOM Initiative in association with MeritTrac to increase employability of fresh engineers

by having a standardized assessment model, which is endorsed by the IT Companies, like, APC (Schneider

Electric),AIG Systems, Areva, Cambridge Solutions, CCI Valve, Convergys, Cognizant, Core Objects, Delphi,

Harita TVS, Hexaware, HSBC Software, Impiger, Logica, Microland, Mphasis, Nokia Siemens Networks,

Patni, Polaris, Sasken, Sierra Atlantic, Silverline Technologies, Sundaram Infotech, Sundaram Fastners, SunGard,

Tanla Solutions, Tata Elxsi, TESCO, UBS Software Services, Value Source Technologies, Weir Minerals, etc.

In addition to these, the NAC-Tech Advisory Council includes the following Companies: Infosys, Wipro, TCS,

Satyam, Patni, HCL, IBM, HP, Birlasoft, Cognizant, Accenture, Oracle and MindTree Consulting.

Training Program on Minitab 15A Training Program on ‘Minitab-15’ was conducted on 5th and 6th Feb. 2010 at NIST B-School. Enabling the

students to use Minitab 15 software, particularly in data analysis of their project works, was the main objective

of introducing Minitab-15, a statistical software Package/Tool, to the students. Mr. Sarat Kumar Jena, Faculty,

Dept. of Management Studies, NIST, took the sessions discussing the fundamental ideas about Statistics (Sampling

Plan, Data, Scaling, Distribution, Correlation, Regression, Questionnaire, etc) on the 1st day and some other

important aspects of the software along with the practical applications of it, such as, Data analysis by using

Minitab-15, on the 2nd day.

NIST Faculty with OCAC AssessmentNIST faculty members, Mr. Jagannath Mohanty, Ms. Tripti Mund, Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty, Mr. Dipti

Ranjan Lenka, Mr. Minakshi Prasad Mishra, Ms. Sreta Patnaik, Ms. Monalisa Misra, along with Apex faculty

members, Ms. Soumya Rath, and Ms. Rituparna Sen, Dept. of English and Soft Skills, assessed the soft skills of

the students of the state of Orissa enrolled under the e-governance scheme of Govt. of Orissa conducted by

Orissa Computer Application Centre (OCAC), in two phases. The assessments were done in collaboration with

MeritTrac and Corporate Gurukul, Singapore. The program was coordinated by Mr. Jagannath Mohanty.


NIST faculty as Resource PersonsA team of faculty members from NIST Business School and Apex Institute of Technology & Management,

Bhubaneswar took part effectively in imparting training on “Inducing Management Skills toAgriculture Extension

Officers,” organized by the Office of Minor Irrigation & Water Resources from 3rd – 7th August 2009 under

the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Orissa at Bhubaneswar. A team of 30 participants attended the program.

Mr. Ratnakar Mishra, Mr. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay and Dr. B. Pawan Kumar, faculty members, NIST

B-School took up the sessions like Leadership(individual & group), TransactionalAnalysis, Time Management

and Performance Appraisal respectively. Mr. Bhanu Prasad Behera and Mr.Tirtha Mohanty, faculty

members, Apex Institute, Bhubaneswar took up the sessions like Personality Development, Assessment and

Team Building. Being the first ever attempt to be successful in the area of consultancy, NIST faculty maintains its

high performance and excellence.

NIST Professor at Physics ColloquiumDr. Surjyo N. Behera Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Science and Technology was the Chief Speaker

in the colloquium, “Raman Scattering from Nanocarbon”, organized by Department of Physics at Drexel

University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 8th October 2009. Dr. Behera is a well-known condensed-

matter physicist and has published extensively in the areas of low-and high-temperature superconductivity,

phase transitions, phonons and Raman scattering, atomic clusters and nanomateriasls. He has served as the

Director, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar and Vice Chancellor, Berhampur University.

NIST Faculty as TCS Corporate TrainersTata Consultancy Services (TCS) has selected few of the NIST Faculty members to train their employees on

Technical and Life Skills at different TCS Initial Learning Program (ILP) Centers. The faculty members were

selected after being interviewed by TCS experts and have been imparting training since 14th December 2009.

Technical Trainers:

1. Mr. Sidharth Bhusan Neelamani

2. Mr. Goutam Ganguly

3. Mr. Shom Prasad Das

4. Mr. Bhawani Shankar Patnaik

5. Mr.Asesh Tripathy

6. Mr. K. Laxmi Narayan

Awarded with Ph. D degreeMr. Diptendu Sinha Roy , Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science Engineering was awarded with his Ph. D

(Engineering) Degree on ‘Software Reliability Analysis of Wavelet-Neuro-Fuzzy based algorithms for

computer relaying’ during a convocation held at BIT, Mesra on 23rd March 2010.

Awarded With PGDM DegreeMr. Bhanu Prasad Behera, Faculty, Dept. of Management Studies completed his PGDM inTraining and

Development from Indian Society for Training & Development, New Delhi. He received his degree from Dr.

D. P Aggarwal, Chairman, UPSC at the Convocation held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 10th April

2010.

7. Mr. Pradeep K. Jena8. Mr. Hemant Reddy9. Mr. Raj Shekhar Reddy

Life Skills Trainers:1. Mr.Amrut Phalguni Mohanty2. Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka3. Mr. Jagannath Mohanty


National Mountain Biking Expedition-2009Himachal has been referred to as the land of Gods and Goddesses and snow-clad mountains, perennial streams

with crystal clear water. Its beautiful valleys present extensive forests and picturesque meadows dotted with a

variety of flora and fauna which beckon the young adventure lovers to come and experience the serene and calm

atmosphere of all pervading nature. ‘Jolori Pass’ located at height of 10,500 ft provides an awesome and

breathtaking view. It is famous for beauty of colour-

birds, wildness of wild life, botanical species of thick

and colourful foliage enchanting fragrance, leaving

passers by tempted to the irresistible view of natural

beauty. It has always been a dream about doing

adventurous things and here we got an opportunity to

be a part of mountain biking adventure in the hills of

Kullu and Manali. It was the evening of Jun 3rd, 2009

when we left Berhampur for the adventurous trip along

with the mastermind behind this Co-ordinator of

Students Activity Centre Mr. Vinay Kumar Das. We went to Aut (the place where our base camp was) on 6th

June and we couldn’t believe our eyes what we saw en-route to Aut from Delhi. We were surrounded by

beautiful mountains and hill top houses and the cloud-cover over them as if it was a blanket to protect them. On

7th morning our real journey started and we headed towards our first destination, Jibhi, 20 km from base

camp. While reaching there in our advanced mountain bikes with 10 gears (7 rear and 3 front), we were stunned

by the beautiful scenic views that we only saw in pictures. We were totally lost in the scenic views that forgot to

blink our eyes. Next day, we headed towards next sub camp, Sojha which was 18 kms from Jibhi. It was

simply amazing and thrilling experience, biking through the beautiful mountains surrounded by scenic beauty.

Then we went to the final destination, Jalori Pass, 5kms from Sojha. As the altitude was quite high we went

there trekking rather than in our bikes. We came back and stayed at Sojha that night and we were given good

hospitality. The next morning we had to cover a distance of 80kms from Sojha to Seobagh, where family base

camp was organized. So it was tough challenge but all of us were able to reach our destination safe and healthy.

The next day we went to Manikaran a holy place where temple and Gurudwara are situated side by side. It is

also famous for hot spring water. The next morning we headed for Rohtang Pass to see and experience ice. It

was the most amazing and spectacular experience of our life that we all are stunned by God’s creation of a

heaven-like place on earth. In between we did parasailing which was one heck of a life experience. We also did

so many activities which included river crossing on rope, white water rafting, etc. At last one of the best things

we did was to enjoy the cloudy weather and scenes at Manali. Our journey ended on 15th of June. On our way

back we travelled by bus to Delhi and then by train to Berhampur on 17th of June, 2009.During the trip I

thought, ‘Those days were amazing and unforgettable, I wished if we had more days to spend over there’. We

are very much grateful and thankful to NIST for providing us with this thrilling opportunity to experience a trip of

our life. Our trip was exciting and full of joy and we enjoyed it immensely.

NIST Student in World’s most difficult Mountain BikingMr. Jhasaketan Patra, B. Tech student of 2004-08 batch, the only selected student from the state of Orissa,

participated in the world’s most hazardous and difficult Mountain Biking on the terrains of Himalayan Mountain

Ranges, organized by the Youth Hostel Associations of India (YHAI), New Delhi from 22nd August – 7th

September 2009. The expedition of 600 kms on Mountain Bikes along with 100 other mountain bikers from all

over India, took Jhasaketan 17 long days climbing some of the toughest ranges like, Rohtang Pass (13,051ft),

Bara Locha Pass (16.050ft), Lachung La Pass (16,600ft), Tangla Pass (17,469ft) and finally to the world’s

highest motorable point, Khardung La Pass (18,380 ft).


A Mini-Trekking ExpeditionA Mini - Trekking Expedition was organized from ‘Ramaiha Patnam’ to ‘Gopalpur Sea Beach’ around 15

Kms on 7th February 2010 (Sunday). The trek was flagged

off by Mr. Shom Prasad Das, Course Coordinator, MBA at

Ramaiha Patnam at around 9:00 am and the first group

reached at Gopalpur Sea Beach at around 11.10 am. Total

179 first year students of different courses along with many

faculty members and staff participated in the trekking. NIST

Trekking T-shirts, Caps & refreshment packets were provided

and lunch was arranged at Gopalpur beach. Trekking- 2010

got successfully coordinated by Mr. Vinay Kumar Das,

Coordinator, Students’ Activity Centre.

NIST Team as Best QuizzersThe Hindenburgline Quiz was organized by Symbiosis College of Management and Human Resource

Development (SCMHRD), Pune on 31st October 2009. It was an online contest and around 20 teams from

NIST participated in the event. NIST was among the top 10 colleges of India and the team of Dheeraj Kumar

Bhatt, 4th year IT and Rohit Mohanty, 4th year ECE was declared the best team of NIST.

Inter School Literary CompetitionPromoting literary skills, developing the flair for literature, being the primary objective, CLUB EUREKA:

Rediscover Yourself, A Quest for Literary Brilliance, the Literary Club of the institute, organized one of its

mega ventures, ‘Inter School Literary Competition-09’ on 30th August 2009 in the institute premises. A total

number of 120 students from 17 different schools of in and around the city of Berhampur participated in 11

different competitions held in both English and Oriya. Faculty

members of different disciplines evaluated the performance of the

contending students. The whole day event witnessed the literary spark

in young enthusiastic minds who came up with flying colors bagging

many prizes at the end of the day. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course

Coordinator, B. Tech, Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor, Dept. of

Management Studies distributed trophies to the winners and runners-

up of each of the events in the valedictory function. The Literary

Day was successfully coordinated by Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka and

Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty, Faculty Advisors, Club EUREKA, Mr. Jagannath Satpathy, President, Mr. Pratyush

Mishra, Secretary and other active members of the club.

Business Incubator for Entrepreneurial and Managerial Development @ NIST

National Institute of Science & Technology has been selected as the “Business Incubator for Entrepreneurial

and Managerial Development” by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Govt.of

India.Under the scheme, financial support will be provided to commercially viable business plan or an idea if

implemented can potentially become commercially viable or simply, business ideas. For the current year a total of

10 business ideas have been sanctioned for incubation at NIST. The ideas/innovations can belong to any discipline/

faculty. The scheme is not limited to NISTians alone, any business ideas can be referred to which are potential for

Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director B. Tech., from IIT-

Kanpur and MS from University of

Houston, USA. Worked at B. F. Goodrich

Company, Ohio in the area of ‘Computer

Aided Design’. Received the JFK Lincoln

award during his master’s program and

also worked with HCL Technologies in the CAD/CAM

division. He is the founder promoter and Director of

NIST. He was a member of the Board of Management,

Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Orissa.

He is considered as a leading icon of technical education

in Orissa.

Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean Received his Ph. D. in

Microelectronics from Sambalpur

University, M.Tech. in Electronics &

Communication Engineering. Was a CSIR

Fellow during his Ph.D. Received the

BOYSCAST Fellowship from the

Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

and pursued his Post Doctorate at University of

Michigan, USA. He is the recipient of ICTP Regular

AssociateAward for the collaboration work with ICTP

Microelectronics Laboratory. He is a member of IEEE,

IETE, ISTE, and VLSI Society of India. He is presently

the Coordinator of TIFAC CORE at NIST.

Mrs. Geetika Mudali, Placement

Director B.E. from Osmania University,

Hyderabad and MS from New Jersey

Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. She

is a founder promoter of NIST. She has played a key

role in the formation of the Pre-Placement team for the

purposeful improvement of soft skills among the students.

Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech.

Received his Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry from Berhampur

University. Worked as a project fellow in a UGC

sponsored project as University Research Fellow at the

Department of Chemistry, Berhampur University,

worked as a visiting scientist at the

University of Denver, USA, in a USArmy

Medical Defense project. He is a life

member of Indian Chemical Society,

Chemical Research Society of India,

Indian Council of Chemistry, and patron member of

Orissa Chemical Society. Dr. Padhy has qualified NET

(CSIR-UGC). He is the reciepient of Dr. R.K.Nanda

award and young scientist award conferred by Orissa

Chemical Society.

Prof Shankar Prasad Pati, AICTE Emeritus

Professor, SIETE, SIMS,Former Professor,

Sambalpur University and Berhampur University,

Department of Electronics, Former Director, UGC

Academic Staff College, Sambalpur University .

Prof Jagabandhu Majhi, AICTE Emeritus

Professor, Former professor, Berhampur University and

IIT - Madras, More than 36 years of teaching and

research experience.

Prof Surjyo Narayana Behera,

AICTE Emeritus Professor, Retd.

Physicist, Former Vice-Chancellor,

Berhampur University, Senior Professor

and Director, Institute of Physics,

Bhubaneswar.

Prof Niranjan Das, AICTE Emeritus Professor,

Retd. HOD and Professor, Department of Electronics

& Telecommunication Engineering, UCE, Burla,

Former Research Scientist, Brown Beverages,

Switzerland, Advisor, DRDO.

Mr. Shom Prasad Das, Course

Coordinator, MBA B.E. from NIST,

Berhampur. Joined as Software Engineer

Core Faculty Members


incubation. The incubatee can be a student, a teacher, an existing entrepreneur, an unemployed, small business

owner or a freelancer. Every viable/short-listed idea will get monetary support ranging from 4 – 8 lakhs, depending

on the idea and money required to make it commercial. And in the long run, the Govt. will extend help in

converting the idea into an enterprise. The entire program is organized by the Coordinator Entrepreneurship

Development Cell (EDC), NIST.

Services Ltd. (TCS) as a Project Leader. He is a Life

Member of Orissa Information Technology Society

(OITS) and member of IEEE (USA). He is also a Sun

Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD).He

is currently continuing his Ph.D. in the area of

‘Computational Finance’.

Mr. Bhawani Shankar Patnaik, Director, NTCS B.E.

from NIST, Berhampur. 8 years of

experience both in industry as well as

teaching. Currently continuing his Ph.D. in

the area of ‘ Parameterization, Fault

detection and isolation for any process

using Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation’ under

BPUT.

Mr. Sidhharth B. N., Course Coordinator, MCA M.

Tech. from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad . He is a

Life Member of Orissa Information

Technology Society (OITS) and ISTE

also a SCWCD and CCNA. He is a core

team member of NIST Technology

Consulting Services (NTCS).

Mr. M. Suresh, M. Tech. Course Coordinator

Completed his M.E. from Jadavpur University, B.E.

From Andhra University. He has got an

experience of more than ten years in the field

of Industry & Teaching. Currently he is one

of the core members of the NIST VLSI

Group.

Dr. Sukant K. Tripathy, Associate Prof.

Physics Ph.D. in ‘Optical

Communication’ from Berhampur

University and has more than 15 years of

teaching and research experience .

Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prof. Mathematics Ph.D.

from Indian Institute of Science (IISc.),

Banglore. He is also a CSIR NET

Qualified, Having more than 15 years of

teaching and research experience. Has

written several books on Discrete

Mathematics, Optimization, Probability and

Statistics.

Dr. Motahar Reza, Asst. Professor, Mathematics

Ph.D. in Mathematics, IIT , Kharagpur,

M.Sc in Applied Mathematics, Jadavpur

University, Calcutta.4 years of Research

and Teaching Experience at IIT,

Kharagpur, during Ph.D.NET Qualified.

Post Doctorate Program through BOYSCAST

fellowship of DST at Institute of fluid mechanics,

Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany. Receipient of

Samanta Chandra Sekhar Orissa Young Scientist

Award-2006.

Dr. Arun K. Mohapatra, Professor,

MBA Ph.D., M. Com., L.L.B. More than

34 Years of Experience in teaching at

Government College. Has supervised 3

Ph.D thesis, 4 M.Phil thesis and other P.G. projects

Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor, English Ph.D. in English,

Utkal University. Former Prof., English, Berhampur

University (B.U), Former Director,

Centre for Canadian Studies, B.U ,

Senior Fulbright Fellowship at the

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,

U.S., Canadian Academic Fellowship at

the University of Regina. U.G.C.Visiting Associateship,

Utkal University, Canadian Academic (Women-and-

Development) Research Fellowship at the University

of Winnipeg, Canada. U.G.C. Teacher Fellow at the

Utkal University. Teaching experience of more than 40

years.

Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Professor, EEE B. Tech. from

Bangalore University and M. Tech. from

UCE, Burla, and Ph.D. from IIT, Roorkee.

Worked asAssociate Prof. at both

VITAM,A.P., & KIIT University, and also

as a Research Scholar at IIT, Roorkee.

He is a Reviewer of 3 Elsevier Journals and IEEE

Journal and has teaching and research experience of

18 years.

Dr. Sisira K. Mishra, Asst. Prof., MBA

Ph. D. in ‘Capital Market Efficiency

through Share Price Behaviour’, M.

Phil. in both Commerce and Futurology,

B.U., Continuing D.Litt. More than 12

years of teaching experience.


Dr. Sudhir K. Panigrahy, Asst. Prof.,

MBA M. Phil and Ph. D. in Economics,

Berhampur University, MBA in HRM.,

U.G.C. NET Qualified. Has teaching

experience of more than 12 years.

Mr. Anisur Rahman, Asst. Prof., CSE M. Tech,

Computer Science Indian Statistical

Institute, Calcutta, M.Sc (Pure

Mathematics), University of Calcutta. Has

industry, teaching and research experience

of over 7 years in Parallel Computing,

Algorithm Design, etc.

Mr. Rabindra Kumar Shial, Asst. Prof, CSE B.

Tech., Moulana Azad College of

Technology, Bhopal (REC), M.E., Bengal

Engineering College, WB. He is a CCNA

from IIIT, Hyderabad. Has more than 11

years of teaching experience. He is a Life

Member of ISTE and OITS.

Mr. Trupti R. Lenka, Asst. Prof., ECE

B.E., NIST, M. Tech. in VLSI Design,

U.P. Technical University. Worked as

Reader in the Dept. of ECE at G.L.A.

Institute of Technology & Management, Mathura.

Mr. Abhro Mukherjee, Asst. Prof., EIE Pursuing

Ph.D., M.S., Ecole Centrale de Lille France, Recieved

the prestigious ‘Excellence Eiffle

Scholarship ‘ from the French

Government. Worked with Stuerung

Anlage Ltd. as a Design Engineer and as

a Sr. Executive at DPS Technologies.

Mr. Debananda Kanhar, Asst. Prof.,

CSE M. Tech.IIT, Kharagpur. Currently

pursuing Ph.D under BPUT, Orissa.

Having more than 5 years of academic

experience. Coordinator IBM CoE & Infosys Campus

Connect Program.

Mr. Sushanta K. Tripathy, Asst. Prof.,

MBA M.Tech in Industrial Management,

UCE, Burla, continuing Ph.D from IIT,

Kharagpur. Worked as a Research

Scholar at IIT Kharagpur, as an Asst.

Prof. at Mekelle University, Ethiopia. Has authored a

book, “Production and Operations Management”.

More than 20 years of teaching & research experience.

Dr. Pawan Kumar, Asst Prof., MBA Ph.D. in H. R.

Management from IIT, Kharagpur, MBA

from IEM, Kolkata, More than 5 Years of

teaching and research experience.

Received the ‘Best Ph.D. Dissertation

Award’. He is the Coordinator of the

Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of NIST.

Mr. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay, Asst.

Prof., MBA MBA in Marketing, IISW &

BM, Calcutta University, PGDBA from

Annamalai University, Continuing Ph.D.

program. Experience as a Business

Development Officer at World Bank-IFAD-Govt. of

India, 18 years of both corporate & teaching experience.

Dr. Diptendu Sinha Roy, Asst. Prof., CSE, M.Tech

& Ph.D from BITS, Mesra, with 3 years of teaching

and research experience. Working in the area of parallel

processing and computer architecture.

Mr. Satyabrata Dash, Asst. Prof. EIE, B.Tech (NIT,

Rkl) and M.Tech, MNIT, Allahabad. Over 15 years of

teaching and research experience in DSP, Virtual

Instrumentation. He is the Coordinator of GATE Club.

Lawn Tennis Coaching CampA Lawn Tennis Coaching Camp was organized from 5th to 14th February 2010 at the institute’s Lawn Tennis

Court.Around 60 students of different streams participated in the camp. For the first time students practiced

during evening hours with proper flood light arrangements. Coach, Mr. Md. RafuikAhmed from Jharkand trained

our students and generated an interest among them towards the game. The Camp was inaugurated by Mr. M.

Suresh, M. Tech., Course Coordinator. Around 25 girl students also participated in the coaching camp.

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NIST awarded with Rs. 30 Lakhs grant from AICTE

National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) has received a grant of Rs. 30.00 Lakhs from the All India

Council of Technical Education (AICTE), MHRD, Government of India. This grant will be utilized for conducting

six high-level faculty development programs in the areas of VLSI, Industrial Automation, Control Systems,

MEMS, Power Systems, Renewable Energy, etc. Two seminars on “Applications of DSP &AI in Electrical

Engineering” & “Role & Relevance of Physics in Engineering Education” will also be conducted. The grant also

includes the salaries and expenses of two Emeritus Professors who will be joining NIST immediately. This grant

of Rs. 30.00 lakhs is in addition to the grant of Rs. 1.00 Crore from the Department of Science & Technology

under the FIST program and Rs. 50.00 Lacs for the Entrepreneurship Development Program under Department

of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.


Sankalp-09The Annual Technical Symposium of ISTE Student’s Chapter, Sankalp-09 held at NIST on 14, 15 & 16

October 2008 witnessed a conglomeration of young technocrats of various technical institutes of the country. It

was most appropriately powered by the punch line- ‘Rephrasing dreams’ which, perhaps, best illustrated its

resolve to attain quality and tap the intellectual technical acumen. This was the 7th version of the original theme

since its inception in the year 2003. Since then the voyage has been propelled with the true

spirit and energy of team work, coordination and determination. Ignited minds needed a catalyst

for engineering the original ideas and sustaining the thirst for knowledge, which was well provided

by the Honourable Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali who set the tone of the event in his

NIST e_news Anniversary CelebrationNIST e_news, the institute’s monthly news bulletin, celebrated its 8th Anniversary on 15th February 2010 in the

institute’s auditorium. Mr. Hrushikesh Panigrahy,

Senior Program Executive,All India Radio,

Berhampur, honored the occasion being the Chief

Guest along with Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement

Director, NIST, Dr. E. Raja Rao, Prof., Dept. of

English. The celebration began with a presentation

on the evolution of the magazine in the campus by

student members followed by the formal inauguration

of the function. The current issue of the magazine was unveiled on the occasion and both Mr. Panigrahy and Ms.

Mudali stressed on the importance of campus journalism and wished the success story of the magazine to continue.

The celebration continued with the cutting of cake and soon was followed by the Youth Forum, “Indian Films:

A new Teacher for Indian Youth” in which the audience actively participated and the discussion brought out

many different dimensions of the idea. The movie buffs of present generation, the student community, though

stood in strong favor of movies being the sources of entertainment only also demanded the film-makers to shift

from film-making-as-business to serving their part of social responsibility by making movies as social teachers.

NIST e_news T-shirts and mementos were presented to the dignitaries on the dias and the celebration brought its

curtain down by felicitating the best contributors of the magazine in the year and distributing refreshment packets

to one and all present on the occasion. Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty and Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka, Editors,

nist e_news, along with the student team members coordinated the entire program.


opening speech. The following

delegates made their august

presence felt in the opening

ceremony: Dr. C. R.

Pradhan, CMD (I/c),

NALCO as the Chief guest

and Dr. G. Tulsi Ramdas,

Director, Academics and

Planning, J.N.T. University,

Hyderabad as the Guest of Honour. This year Sankalp had its own domain with the launching of its website

(www.sankalp09.com) which previously was under the domain of www.nist.edu. Participants displayed great

affinity towards the newly introduced events like King of Computers (Kanisk) and New Software Handling

(Abhinavam).

TIFAC-CORE REACH Monitoring Committee MeetingThe first TIFAC CORE meeting on 3G/4G Communications Technologies was held on 7th April 2010 at NIST

campus.The REACH Monitoring Committee (RMC) chaired by Mr. T.Viswanatha Rao, Vice President, Sasken

CommunicationTechnologies Ltd. alongwith the members Dr. Neeraj Saxena, Scientist E., TIFAC, Govt. of

India, Mr. Britto L. Marceline, Former CTO, CDOT-Alcatel Research Centre, Prof. S. S. Pathak, IIT, Kharagpur,

Dr. Subir Saha, Head, R &D, Nokia Siemens Network, Bangalore, Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST and

Convenor Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda of NIST.. Prof. Mudali, briefing about the institute and its achievements,

promised that the dream child of Former President of India, Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam- the TIFAC would definitely

take shape in the NIST campus. The infrastructural facilities been established at NIST Campus over an area of

10,000 Sq Ft and is all set to have the state-of-the-art communication equipments in the next three months which

could be used by interested Academia and Industry as National facilities.

Blood Donation CampThe institute in collaboration with Red Cross Blood Bank, MKCG Hospital, Berhampur organized a Blood

Donation Camp in the campus on 25th March 2010 and got a record highest of 401 units which is 134 units more

than the previous camp. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy inaugurated the camp by donating the first unit of blood which

was followed by donation by faculty, staff and students. Mr. Vinay Kumar Das, Coordinator, Students Activity

Centre, NIST and Mr. S. N. Panda, NIST Medical Centre along with his team successfully organized the camp.

Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director and Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director encouraged the participating

students.

Electronics Month’10: EHCElectronics Hobby Club (EHC), NIST observed The Electronics Month-2010 during the month of February

and March 2010. Electronics Dexterity, the Electronics Quiz being the first event of the month witnessed an

enormous participation of 450 students and the selected students went to the next event, Electrokriti, the

Electronics Workshop. The workshop continued for four days dealing with the basics of electronics, optimized

bread boarding, and soldering for junior batches and microcontrollers for the senior batches which was a first

time experience for them. The month-long observation came to an end with the last two events, Design Contest

and Optimized Design Contest with a lot of appreciation from one and all. The hard toiling of all the executive

members of the club under the able guidance of Mr. Rajesh Kumar Dash and Mr. M. Suresh, Faculty

Advisors, EHC, came to fruition.

Asim Memorial Engineers’ CupNIST Student Activities Center (SAC) organized the Cricket Tournament, ‘Asim Memorial Engineers’ Cup’

during 18th to 21st February 2010 at Berhampur Stadium, in the memory of our beloved student Late Shri. Asim

Abhinash Panda. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy inaugurated the tournament with other faculty members. Teams from

SILICON, Bhubaneswar; APEX, Bhubaneswar; COEB, Bhubaneswar; TRIDENT, Bhubaneswar; GIET, Gunpur;

RIT, Berhampur; IACR, Raygada; and NIST, Berhampur participated in the tournament. The team from IACR,

Rayagada proved their mettle by beating the host institute in the finals and won the tournament. Many faculty

members, NIST along with other staff members being present during the tournament encouraged the young

cricketers.

Congratulations NIST Cricket Team for being the Runners-Up!

Celebration of International Women’s Day- 2010NIST celebrated the Centenary International Women’s Day in the institute premises on 8th March 2010.

Eminent Women dignitaries being at the helm of affairs of many different organizations, which includes, Ms.

Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, NIST; Captain Surbjyot Kaur, Captain, Indian Army; Dr. Suvarna Devi,

Retd., HOD, Pediatrics, MKCG, Berhampur; Ms. Surcheta Patnaik, Journalist, Kanak TV; Ms. Padmini Behera,

Inspector-in-charge, Mahila Police Station, Berhampur; Ms. Bharati Padhy, Advocate, Berhampur; Ms. Mamata

Panda, Boxing Champion; Ms. Saudamini Rath, Project Director,ARUNA; Ms. Minati Behera, Project Manager,

ARUNA; Brahmakumari Kalyani, & Ms. K. Swati, Odissi Dancer, participated in the discussion, on the theme,

“Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All”, the theme of Women’s Day 2010. The program

was organized and coordinated by Ms. S. Gita Madhuri, Faculty, Dept. of Management Studies and was hosted

by Dr. E. Raja Rao, Prof., Dept. of English.

Parasailing @ NISTThe NIST Student Activity Centre in association with the NationalAdventure of Foundation, Bhubaneswar,

organized Parasailing on 27th & 28th March 2010 at

NIST Cricket Ground. The NISTians enjoyed flying at

the height of 300ft above ground level. The para-sailors

being strapped in the harness were dragged by a jeep

that towed them up gradually from a height of 50ft to

300ft. The rarest experience of flying free at such a height

was greatly enjoyed by around 180 students, many faculty

members and staff. This memorable event was made

possible by Mr. Vinay Kumar Das, Coordinator, Students Activity Centre, NIST.


NRC won National Award at ROBOCON-10NIST Robotics Club (NRC), the only private Engineering College from Eastern India, participated in the 8th

ROBOCON 2010, the National Level Robotics Competition, organized by Doordarshan, India in collaboration

with MIT, Pune, during 4th – 6th March 2010. Contending with 45 top engineering institutes of the country,

including all IITs and NITs, NIST was awarded with the ‘National Award for Best Idea in Designing the

Robots’ and was felicitated with a Trophy. It was a moment of pride and glory for NRC members receiving this

national honor from Mr. Lakshmendra Kumar Chopra, Senior Director, Prasar Bharti Doordarshan Mumbai. A

total of 17 student members of NRC went for this competition along with Mr. Nihar Ranjan Sahoo and Mr.

Swagat Samantaray, Faculty Advisors, NRC.

Congratulation NRC for bringing this National Accolade to NIST!

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