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Volume - 2 Issue - 1 January - March 2013

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Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belgaum participated in Edupreneurs Conclave 2013thas the Guest of Honour on 15 February 2013 at New Delhi. Dr. ShashiTharoor,

Hon'ble Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India was Chief Guest on the occasion.

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ndDr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU participated in 42 National Safety Day celebrations at Dharwad. Sri N.C. Muniyappa, IAS, Principal secretary to Government - Labour Department, Government of Karnataka, Renowned actor-

director and green activist Sri Suresh Heblikar, Environmentalist SriYellappa Reddy were present on the occasion.

Inside the News Letter

From the Vice Chancellor’s Desk

Editorial

O rgan i zed Facu l t y Deve lopment Programme (FDP) at “Jnana Sangama”

th thBelgaum on 10 and 11 January 2013.

Organized one day National Seminar on Bio-fuel and Research Opportunities on 19th Feb - 2013 at VTU, “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum.

Organized VTU Intercollegiate Mysore Zone Football Tournament 2013-14at UBDT

th thDavangere held from 24 to 26 February 2013

Awards to Dr. H. Maheshappa, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, VTUAward for Outstanding Contribution to Education

Dignitaries Visited VTU Campus

Research Projects sanctioned by VTU to the various Affiliated Engineering Colleges

Significant work at VTU

VTU in the Eyes of Media

PUBLICATION

The Registrar

Visvesvarya Technological University

“Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum - 590 018

Karnataka, India

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E-mail : registrar@vtu.ac.in

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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Dr. H. Maheshappa - Chairman

Dr. C. K. Subbaraya - Member

Dr. B. N. Krishnamurthy - Member

Dr. B. Chandrashekar - Member

Dr. Puttaraju - Member

Dr. H. N. Shivashankar - Member

Dr. V. R. Manjunath - Member

Dr. K. E. Prakash - Member Secretary

3Dr. H. Maheshappa

Vice Chancellor

The need to gain a competitive edge through profitable innovation is

greater now than at any other time in our history. Creativity and

innovation do not happen in isolation but are connected to the

performance of the institution in the application of innovative thinking in

developing new products and services.Hon'ble President of India, Sri

Pranabh Mukherjee has exhorted the academia to set up National

Innovation Clubs in every university and college.

To harness the creative potential of youth, VTU has formed a team of

students and faculty members to set up a National Innovation Clubs in

every affiliated Engineering College. These clubs will coordinate all the

local activities related to innovation at college level. A vibrant

knowledge Network has to be created across the state of Karnataka.

Primarily the clubs will pursue four functions: (i) search (ii) spread(iii)

sense (iv) celebrate creativity and innovation in the region. VTU will

implement such an innovation model comprising its over four lac students

and faculty members across the state that almost every student will be

inspired to do something new. Each National Innovation Club at college

level will adopt and adapt these guidelines and execute in their college.

In case innovation clubs want to take up additional activities, they should

feel free to do so. They can take up value addition in local ideas, test

some of the innovations, modify the design or cover the whole value

chain of Innovation including student based entrepreneurship. The club

may also extend its efforts and include activities like skill development

and other complementary activities.

Some colleges may have already industry-institute cell or support system

for innovation/design/entrepreneurship and similar activities. These

teams and coordinators of the ongoing activities which already exist

within the college can also be taken into the Innovation team so that they

can contribute meaningfully for the goals of these clubs.

From the

Vice-Chancellor’s

Desk....

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Dr. K. E. PrakashRegistrar

It is our immense pleasure to place before you the 'VTU News st nd

Letter' 1 Issue of the 2 Volume for period of January-March 2013.

This issue of News Letter reflects the various activities of the

University towards achieving academic excellence. We have made

significant progress and achievements for fostering an

environment of change and innovation to further development of

students and educators.

VTU played crucial role in providing a platform for organizing

Faculty Development Programme in association with Computer

Society of India-Bangalore Chapter. Faculty Development

Programme (FDP) is designed to train and develop faculty members

to enable to act as resource persons in guiding and motivating

young students to take up this as a career.

FDP organized during 10-11 January 2013 witnessed leaders like

Prof. M. I. Savadatti who shared his rich knowledge with faculty

members. Over 100 faculty members from various engineering

colleges were participated in the programme.

“VTU Bio-Fuel Information and Demonstration Center” continued

its efforts to promote and demonstrate all aspects of the bio-fuels.

The Center organized one day National Seminar on Bio-fuel and

Research Opportunities on 19th Feb - 2013 at VTU, “Jnana

Sangama” Belgaum. Over 300 delegates from academia and

industry and farmers were participated in the seminar.

I hope the information published in this Issue will enlighten and

inspire the Readers. Hence, we invite you to read this News Letter

as a way to stay informed about VTU.

Editorial ....

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VTU and Computer Society of India-Bangalore Chapter(CSI-BC) jointly organized Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Innovative Implementable Ideas for Industry Institution Interaction” at “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum on

th th10 and 11 January 2013.Prof. M. I. Savadatti, Former VC, Mangalore University and Prof. K. ChidanandaGowda, Former VC, Kuvempu University were Chief Guests on the occasion.After inaugurating the programme Dr. M. I. Savadatti said that, “Indian higher education system lacks leaders to lead the Institution. Faculty members should act as a leaders so that they can be able to convert the disadvantages into advantages, difficulties into opportunities and failures into successes. Innovative ideas will come to the light only when the faculty members think differently. Unfortunately, in India, the concept of leadership is confused because of lot of regulations and controls”Dr. Savadatti advised “the faculty members

Organized Faculty Development Programme (FDP)th that “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum on 10 and 11 January 2013.

should love their job and should always welcome the criticisms. The conferences / seminars organizing in University campus must conclude with the ideas which are implement able for the benefit of society”.“After independence numbers of degree holders have grown but not number of people with values. Presently, computers can be used for benefit of mankind but overdependence on computers has reduced the prediction ability of youngsters”, he opined.Prof. K. ChidanandaGowda, Former VC, Kuvempu University was another Chief Guest on the occasion and said that “Industry should support the Universities and Institutions for research activities. In India 45 million graduates are jobless equally there is shortage of 45 million skilled labour”Sri E. S. Chakravarthy, Center Head, Bangalore Operations, Tata Consultancy Services delivered the key-note address. “Information technology has become integral part of human

Prof. M. I. Savadatti, Former VC, Mangalore University inaugurated the FDP. Prof. K. ChidanandaGowda, Former VC, Kuvempu University, Dr. H. Maheshappa, VC, VTU, Sri VishwasBondade, Organizing Chair, CSI-BC and Smt. SudhaRaju, Event Chair, CSI-BC,

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life. India will become completely virtual India in the next coming one year” he said. Prof. H. Maheshappa, VC, VTU, Belgaum and presided over the function. He said that, “VTU is hosting the FDP and has encouraged its Faculty to participate in the same. VTU has been providing IT talent not just to Karnataka but to the IT industry as a whole. It is our

Prof. K. ChidanandaGowda, Former VC, Kuvempu Universitywas felicitated on the occasion of FDP

endeavor to enhance the effectiveness of this system through addressing all concerned entities”

Dr. S. A. Kori, Registrar, VTU, Sri Vishwas Bondade, Organizing Chair, CSI-BC, Smt. Sudha Raju, Event Chair, CSI-BC, 100 faculty members and students were participated in the function.

Prof. M. I. Savadatti, Former VC, Mangalore University delivered Key-note Address on the occasion of FDP

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Organized one day National Seminar on Bio-fuel and ResearchOpportunities on 19th Feb - 2013 at VTU, “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum.

Visvesvaraya Technological University,

Belgaum, in association with, Karnataka State

Bio-fuel Development Board (KSBDB),

Bangalore has organized one day National

Seminar on B io- fue l and Research

Opportunities on 19th Feb - 2013 at VTU,

“Jnana Sangama” Belgaum.

The National Seminar has been inaugurated by

Dr. VamanAcharya, Chairman, Karnataka State

Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Bangalore.

After inaugurating the seminar Dr. Acharya said

that, “Ethanol is best source of energy. It can

be produced by many raw materials including

garbage. Unfortunately, in India, through

patenting many multinational companies have

monopoly over the agricultural products which

are useful for production of ethanol”. He called

upon the research scholars to peruse research

in the field of biofuels. Research has to be

undertaken for the present generation not for

the future generation, he added.

Sri Y. B. Ramakrishna, Executive Chairman,

KSBDB delivered the Key note address. In his

address he said that, Indian economy is

dominated by agricultural sector. Lot of waste

land is available in our country, which can be

used for growing crops useful for production of

biofuels, thereby we can improve the

agriculture sector also. As per the estimate 50%

of biomass is wasted in our country, he added.

Dr. VamanAcharya, Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Bangalore inaugurated the One-day National Seminar. Sri Y. B. Ramakrishna, Executive Chairman, KSBDB, Sri. A. K. Monnappa, Managing Director of KSBDB,Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belgaum, Sri D. M. Kiran, Executive Council Member VTU, Dr. K. E. Prakash, Registrar, VTU, Dr. S. Manjappa,

Special Officer, VTU were present on the occasion.

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Sri. A. K. Monnappa, Managing Director of

KSBDB, Bangalore was the Chief Guests on the

occasion. He said that “Engineering graduates

should become entrepreneurs in the field of

biofuels, so that employment opportunities can

be created in rural areas”

Sri D. M. Kiran, Executive Council Member VTU

was the another chief guest on the occasion.

Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU,

Belgaum presided over the function. In his

presidential address he said that Research,

Development and Demonstration should be

supported to cover all aspects of biofuels

processing for various end-use applications.

Research must be done in close collaboration

with industry. We work hand-in-hand with

industry to identify and produce as an end

result those technologies most relevant to

market needs.

Dr. K. E. Prakash, Registrar, VTU, Dr. S.

Manjappa, Special Officer, VTU, Principals of

local Engineering colleges, Board members of

Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board

and over 300 delegates from academia and

industry and farmers were participated in the

function.

Sri. A. K. Monnappa, Managing Director of KSBDB, Bangalore was felicitated byDr. H. Maheshappa,Vice Chancellor, VTU on the occasion of National Seninar.

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Organized VTU Intercollegiate Mysore Zone Football Tournament 2013-14 th that UBDT Davangere held from 24 to 26 February 2013.

Department of physical Education and sports, VTU, Belgaum has hosted the VTU Mysore zone Football Tournament at University const ituent col lege- UBDT Engineering College at Davangere

th thon 24 to 26 February 2013.

The event was turned up to be huge success as the neighboring colleges poured out to witness this mega event. There were totally 31 team of various colleges affiliated to VTU underMysore zone participated in this tournament. For the inaugural function Mr. B.S.Gautam(former International Basketball Player) was invited as chief guest. Hon 'b le Vice

Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU inaugurated VTU Mysore zone Football Tournament at VTU constituent college- UBDT Engineering College at Davangere.

Mr. B. S. Gautam, Former International Basketball Player wasfelicitated by Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice

Chancellor, VTU.

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Chancellor inaugurated the tournament by kicking off the football. The tournament conducted smoothly and promptly. We are great full to the neighboring engineering colleges who has joined hands with us to make this tournament a grand success.

For valedictory function, Dr. S.G. Hiremath Principal, G M Institute of Technology, Davangere was present as chief guest. Dr. E. S. Prakash, Principal, UBDT Engineering College, presided over the function. The main attraction of this tournament was the prize distribution ceremony. The atmosphere was completely charged while witnessing the glory of winning. The event concluded with vote of thanks proposed by

Winners

NIE Mysore

Runners up Bearys IT, Mangalore

1st Runner up St. Joseph EC, Mangalore

2nd Runners up NMAMIT, Nitte

Dr. Bettegowda, DPE VTU Belgaum.

The winners of VTU Inter collegiate Mysore zone Football tournament 2013-14 are listed below.

On behalf of the entire team involved in the organization of the VTU Inter collegiate Mysore zone Football tournament.

Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU inaugurated VTU Mysore zone Football Tournament by kicking the Football.

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Glory of

Football

Tournament

Awards to Dr. H. Maheshappa, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, VTUAward for Outstanding Contribution to Education

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Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education

Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belgaum received Award for Outstanding Contr ibut ion to Education. DNA and Stars of the Industry Group conferred the Award on

th17 February 2013 in the function organized at TajLnads End, Mumbai. This award is presented to the Educationists at the National Level for his/her contributions of innovative ideas which help the higher education institutions to gain a competitive edge.

Edupreneurs Conclave 2013

Dr. H. Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belgaum participated in Edupreneurs Conclave 2013as the Guest of Honour on

th15 February 2013 at New Delhi.Dr. ShashiTharoor,Hon'ble Minister of State for Human Resource Development, GoI was Chief Guest. The Conclave was organized by Engineering Watch- India's most prestigious magazine dedicated to engineering community. He chaired the core session of the Conclave titled "Regulation of Higher Technical Education in India:Changing Paradigms & Future Roadmap ".100 educational entrepreneurs were participated in the Conclave. Dr. Maheshappa was felicitated on this occasion.

CHANAKYA Award for National Achievers 2013

D r. H . M a h e s h a p p a , V i c e Chancellor, VTU, Belgaum received CHANAKYA Award for National Achievers 2013. Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) presented the Award at the Inaugural Session

t ho f t h e 7 G l o b a l P R C I Communication Conclave 2013 on

th18 February 2013.

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Dignitaries Visited VTU Campus

Sri Rajaneesh Goel, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Higher EducationGovernment of Karnataka was felicitated during his visit to VTU Campus on 1st February 2013

Sri Amar Kumar Pandey, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Bangalorewas felicitated during his visit to VTU Campus on 1st February 2013

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Research Projects sanctioned by VTU to the

various Affiliated Engineering Colleges

Sl.No. Title of the Project/Name of the Principal Investigator

1 A case study of pollutants of Rampur Reservior – A main source of drinking water for Raichur city - Mr. RazakUstad

2 Estimation of system parameters of groundwater systems using Inverse modeling - Dr. V. P. Huggi

3 Assessment and a role of precipitation on groundwater quality - Dr. G. P. Shivashankara

4 Real-Time Sub-surface Soil Classification using Digital Imagery Textures - Dr. C. K. Subbaraya

5 Development of strategies for protecting and rejuvenating urban tanks – a case study in Mysore - Dr. Yadupati Putty

6 Behavior of High Performance Concrete Columns - Dr. R. B. Khadiranaikar

7 Development of Load Bearing Earthquake Resistant Reinforced Masonry - Dr. S. Raghunath

8 Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites Reinforced with Nano Ceramic Oxide Powders - Mr. A. J. K. Prasad

9 Optimization of Drilling Parameters for Nano-filler reinforced polymeric composites for aerospace and automotive applications - Dr. Y. S. Varadarajan

10 An Experimental Investigation to Optimize Machinability of Al its alloys using Teguchi Methods for sustainable growth - Dr. Y. Vijayakumar

11 Growth of optical crystals, nano crystals, crystals on polymer as sustrate for various opticals applications - Dr. Sharada G. Prabhu

12 Preparation and Characterization of Polymer Composites for Super Capacitors / Energy Storage Devices - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

13 Separation of Anions from Aqueous and Mixed Aqueous Solvents by Ion Exchangers - Dr. S. V. Divekar

14 Enhanced Conversion Efficiency in Solar cells with Quantum dot-Sensitized TiO2Nanoelectrodes - Dr. R. GeethaBalakrishna

15 Insilico investigations of human hypothetical proteins containing disordered regions : Implications towards cancer and elucidation of potential drug targets - Dr. H. G. Nagendra

16 Synthetic, Spectral and Crystal studies of some Benzamides and their Biological Activities - Dr. SrilathaRao

17 Development of Planar Antenna Module for Wireless Range Extension - Dr. BharatiBhat

18 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shielding Applications of Conducting polymer Nano Composites - Dr. S. C. Raghavendra

19 Intelligent Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems using Artificial Neural Networks - Dr. Koshy George

20 Investigation on Neural Network Architecture for Image Compression - Prof. S. L. Pinjare

21 An Investigation into application of mobile agent technology for contextaware decision support systems - Prof. P. S. Khangoudar

22 Distance Eigen values of Graphs - Dr. H. S. Ramane

23 Defect Characterization in Antifriction Bearing Using Vibration Signal Analysis for Condition Montoring - Dr. SrinivasPai

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24 Monotonic & Cyclic Behavior of Composite Steel Columns - Dr. N. S. Kumar

25 Standardization of Improved Constant Velocity Weir (Chimney Weir) for Grit Chamber Outlets - Dr. C. Rangaraj

26 Parametric Study of Heat Island effect due to Urban Sprawl in Bangalore City - Dr. VijaylakshmiAkella

27 Impact of aquaculture on Coastal Wetlands - Mr. Shridhar M. Yallurkar

28 Studies on Ductility and Minimum Reinforcement in Shear of High Strength Concrete Beams - Dr. S. S. Injaganeri

29 A study of Groundwater Exploration using GIS - Dr. Veena S Soraganvi

30 Flexural behaviour of low calcium ash based reinforced geopolymer concrete beams - Sri Sunil Kumar Tengli

31 Simple and Accurate Flow Measuring Devices in Agricultural & Industrial Fields - Dr. M. N. SheshaPrakash

32 Advanced Water Treatment Techniques for Fluoride, Hardness and Nitrate Removal - Dr. Manoj Kumar B

33 Effect of Refractory Chemical on Concrete Subjected to Elevated Temperature - Dr. N. Suresh

34 Degradation of Azo Dyes and Cyanides by Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Cavitation - Dr. G. M. Madhu

35 Development and comprehensive characterization of Aluminium ceramic- microsphere foamed composite - Dr. S. Venkateswaran

36 Mono-dispersion of Mn species on nanoclay and its use in catalytic oxidation - Dr. Y. S. Bhat

37 Synthesis of Nanomaterials - Dr. K. N. Anuradha

38 Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon nanotube reinforced copper composite - Dr. Raji George

39 Computer Simulation of Microstructure - Dr. K. T. Kashyap

40 Investigation on Strength, wear and Machining Characteristics of bio fiber based polymer Matrix Composites - Dr. K. Sabeel Ahmed

41 Investigation on thermoset plastic grind waste and naturally occurring/ mineral fillers incorporated hybrid rubber composites - Dr. Siddaramaiah

42 Isolation, Screening & Production of Fibrinolytic Enzymes: A Substitute for Streptokinase &Urokinase - Dr. S. M. Gopinath

43 Investigations on suitability of natural Vegetable oils as dielectric fluid in transformers - Dr. B. V. Sumangala

44 Bioremediation of arsenical mine wastes by Acidithiobacillusferroxidans : A lab based study - Dr. Chandra Prabha M N

45 Generation of polygonal voltage space vectors for induction motor drives - Dr. Sanjay Lakshminarayanan

46 Energy saving: The role of nano metal oxide phosphors and metal complexes in enhancing the lighting efficiency - Dr. B. M. Nagabhushana

47 Production and Extraction of some Microbial Hydrolases- An Industrial Microbiological Approach and Applications in Food Processing - Dr. K. N. Geetha

48 Peptides from coelomicfluid of earthworm Eudriluseugeniae and study of its anticancer potential - Dr. M. S. Dinesh

49 Ionic Liquid Mediated conversion of biomass into platform chemical intermediates - Dr. M. Veerabhadraswamy

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50 Regeneration, transformation and elicitation studies in Capsicum - Dr. PushpaAgrawal

51 Investigations on in vivo Enzyme profiles in response to herbal anti-cancer drugs using seed germinations as a model system - Dr. MrinaliniMenon

52 Design and Development of a Electronic Power Controller for low current and high voltage power supply units - Dr. M. S. Indira

53 Design and Development of wearable Photoplethysmographic Biomedical Senor for physically Handicapped and in the Diagnosis of Cardio-pulmonary Diseases - Dr. Mallikarjun S. Holi

54 Optimization of Cellulosic Ethanol Production from various feed stocks - Dr. S. Manjappa

55 Investigations on Evaluation of CalliandraCalothyrasus for Production of Bioethanol - Dr. B. M. Kulkarni

56 Regioselective Reaction: Synthesis of some novel Mannich bases and Oxadiazoles carrying Imidazole moiety as potential bioactive agents - Dr. Priya V. Frank

57 Electrical Discharge Based Hybrid Technique for Vehicular Emission Control- A non-conventional approach for Environment Protection - Dr. A. D. Srinivasan

58 Investigation of Speed and Power in Sub-100nm Memory circuits-An Exploration in Design and Technology Space - Dr. H. C. Srinivasaiah

59 Development of algorithms for fusion of multisensor, multispectral, multifocusimegery - Dr. JharnaMajumdar

60 Filterbank transmitter and receiver design for multiple antenna wireless communication - Dr. Vijay Krishna A

61 Developing knowledge management technology for preserving traditional knowledge of India - Dr. Kavi Mahesh

62 Underwater acoustic communication using multi carrier OFDM and time-reversal mirror techniques in shallow waters - Dr. VenkateshVadde

63 Cognitive Based Information Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks - Dr. Sunilkumar S. Manvi

64 Wavelet Multigrid Method to EHL Problem - Ms. Bharati M. Shettar

65 Design and Development of Compact Broadband Microstrip Antennas - Dr. Ravi M. Yadahalli

66 Photonic Devices for Optical Networks - Mr. SanjaykumarGowre

67 Single Camera 3D View Generation for Robot Path Planning - Mr. Deepu R

68 A framework for discovery, selection and composition of E-Learning web services - Dr. Demian Antony D’Mello

69 Experimental and Computational Study of Flow through Baffles - Dr. B. H. LakshmanaGowda

70 Studies on evaluation of full-field temperature fields of high speed compressors and turbines through thermal paint tests - Dr. K. Elangovan

71 Experimental Study of Storage and Oxidation Stability of Biodiesel - Mr. N. Kapilan

72 Modeling and analysis of fluid behavior in centrifugal casting - Prof. P. G. Mukunda

73 Numerical Simulation of complex flows with Laminar to Turbulent Transition - Prof. SekharMajumdar

74 CFD Analysis of a Turbocharged Spark Ignited Gas Engine Optimised to producer gas - Dr. T. R. Anil

75 Local Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Distributions due to Impinging Synthetic Jets - Dr. V. V. Katti

76 Reduction of Aldehydes from the Exhaust Gases of Alcohol Fueled Diesel Engine using Semi- Adiabatic Air-Gap Silver Crown Piston as Unconventional Catalytic Converter - Prof. HiregoudarYerrannagoudaru

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77 Evaluation of Vegetable oil as a potential alternative for Metal forming Lubricant - Dr. S. R. Jayaram

78 An Experimental Investigation of Abrasive hot air jet machining for brittle materials - Sri Jagannatha N.

79 Study on the properties of Reactive Powder Concrete - Mr. Santosh M. Muranal

80 Health Monitoring, Repair and Rehabilitation of RC Structural Elements - Dr. B Shivakumaraswamy

81 River mouth Dynamics, Siltation and sediment movement around the Mulki-Pavanje river mouth, Central West Coast of India - Dr. Shalini R

82 Generation of Metal oxide Nanoparticles for Ground water applications-A low-cost and Ecofriendly method - Dr. H. B. Muralidhara

83 Utilization of Recycled PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) Modifier in Bituminous Mixes - Dr. S P Mahendra

84 Strength of Hollow Concrete Block Walls for High Rise Buildings - Dr. M. V. Renukadevi

85 Sedimentation in Micro watershed: a-case study of the Varada Basin - Mrs. Tejaswini N. Bhagwat

86 Indigenous Development of Single and or Multi Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Thermal chemical Vapor Deposition (TCVD) and its Application for making composites - Dr. P Martin Jebraj & Dr. Vidyashankar S

87 Design and development of self healing materials - Sri Sridhar T

88 Development and Characterization of glass reinforced magnesium alloy metal matrix composites - Dr. N. V. R. Naidu

89 Preparation and Characterization of Thin Films by Sol-Gel Method - Dr. N Shashidhar

90 Synthesis and Characterization of Cu-Al-Mn shape Memory Alloys for Damping Characteristics in Superelastic range - Dr. U. S. Mallik

91 Development of hybrid conducting nanocomposites for Engineering and Electronics packaging Applications - Dr. N. M. Renukappa

92 Real time detection, measurement & classification of partial discharge signals & power quality disturbance using GUI & DSP applications - Dr. Vidya H. A.

93 Study on Microbial Deterioration of Coolant in Steel Industry &Oxylipin as possible remedial agents - Mrs. Badrunnisa S

94 Bio sensor for analysis of organophosphorous pesticides in food and environmental samples - Dr. K. Rekha

95 Design and Development of Autonomous Wheeled Robotic Systems for Outdoor Applications - Dr. M. Meenakshi

96 Evanescent Wave Fiber Optic Chemical Sensor - Dr. Vijay K Kulkarni

97 Conductometric and Ultrasonic Investigations on Benzoic Acid and Oxalic Acid in Protic Solvent Mixtures under varying conditions - Dr. H. R. Shivakumar

98 Two-Phase model of blood flow by inserting a catheters under the influence of external forces - Dr. G. Neeraja

99 Investigation of DNA binding and Nuclease activity of Transition metal complexes of Thiosemicarbazones and Semicarbazones - Dr. P. Murali Krishna

100 Fermentative production of Vinegar using improvised all stainless steel (SS) cascade bed acetator from alcoholic musts with immobilized Acetobacterspp - Dr. Uma M. V

101 Ontology based Clinical pathways for Diabetes Management - Dr. A Srinivas

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102 Haploid plant regeneration from Anther and microspore cultures of cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum L) - Dr. H. G. Ashok Kumar

103 Crop Improvement of Ginger (Zingerberofficinale) - Dr. Neeta Shivakumar

104 Battery Management system for Electric vehicle - Dr. B P Divakar

105 Lapachol from endophytic fungi of Tabebuia sp., characterization and anticancer activity - Dr. M. Govindappa

106 Exploring novel approach for speaker recognition in a multispeaker environment - Dr. R. Kumaraswamy

107 Feasibility studies on biodiesel production using algae oils - Dr. P NirgunaBabu

108 Identification of lead compound against nuclear factor kappa B (NF-KB) of ulcerative colitis by virtual screening on medicinal plant compounds and invivo test on acetic acid induced u. colitis experimental rats - Mrs. Roopa K. B

109 Synthesis and Structural Studies of N-Acyl-Aryl-Sulphonamides under Environmentally Relevant Heterogeneous and Solvent Free Conditions - Dr. K. Jyothi

110 Isolation, Characterization and Screening of Actinomycetes Producing High Value Bioactive Compounds and Optimization of Fermentation condition for Pilot Scale Production - Dr. B. K. Manjunatha

111 Brain Tumor Segmentation using Active Contours - Prof. Jayalaxmi S Gonal

112 Code Generation for Document Images Based on Handwritten Components - Dr. Sahana D. Gowda

113 Design of the load aware adaptive drive strength CMOS standard cell library - Dr. Veena S. Chakravarthi

114 System Solution prototyping for Biometric Security Systems on programmable Platforms - Sri Nalini C Iyer

115 An Exploration of Algorithmic Approaches to Graph Matching and its Applications - Smt. Vidya M. Shettar

116 Broad band Interworking of WMN with Broadband on powerline (Wireless Mesh Networks) - Dr. Vijay Pande

117 Analysis of Robustness of Endpoint Detection by Recognizing Formants in the Spectrum of Speech Packets in Non-stationary Noisy Environment - Dr. H N Shankar

118 Preparation and Studies on thin Films relevant for electronics and solar cells applications - Dr. C. M. Joseph

119 Gait based Unauthorized Recognition for Covert Security System - Dr. C. Nandini

120 Dual-Mode Reconfigurable Compact Microstrip Filters - Dr. Jambunath S. Baligar

121 Real Time EEG Based Brain Computer Interface Application (BCI) - Prof. Ravi Kumar K. M

122 Design and Development of Automated System to improve the Efficiency and Productivity of Agriculture and its Allied Activities - Dr. Rajpurohit Vijay Shankar

123 To Investigate Temporal delay between Dopaminergic and Glutametergic stimuli at the striatum: A Basis for Temporal Difference Learning - Dr. Shesharao M Wanherkhede

124 Low power Model Predictive Control (MPC) IP core for System on Chip Solutions - Dr. K N HariBhat

125 A Generalized Mathematical Modeling of Separation process by Membrane Filtration with effects of Membrane Fouling - Dr. Indira R

126 Structured Binary and Non-Binary Low Density Parity Check Codes and Reduced Communication - Dr. Siddarama R. Patil

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127 Investigation on mean convexities and results to mean inequalities - Dr. S. P. Padmanabhan

128 Development of Carbon Nanotube Based Vacuum Nanoelectronic (Field Assisted Electron Emitters) X-Ray Sources for making compact, low power, Hand held X-Ray - Dr. B. S. Satyanarayana

129 Design and Development of Multilingual Speaker Recognition System with the Constraint of Limited Data - Dr. H S Jayanna

130 Development of Simulation Package and Test facilities to Evaluate performance of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Hybrid Systems - Sri M B Gorwar

131 Hydrogen and CNG Injection in a Biodiesel Operated Dual Fuel Engine and their Feasibility Studies - Dr. Nagaraj R Banapurmath

132 Design and Development of High Temp Creep Testing Setup for Metal Matrix and Polymer Composites - Dr. K Sadashivappa

133 Development of Stirling Cycle Cryo cooler driven by Thermo Acoustic Engine - Dr. N Nagaraja

134 A study on Reliability based Maintenance of Machine Tools using Vibration Signals - Dr. H. N. Suresh

135 To Study the Effect of use of Biodiesels on Exhaust Emissions of a variable compression ratio (VCR) CI Engine - Sri H. K. Amarnath

136 Development of thin film sensors for static and dynamic strain measurement under harsh environments - Sri S Sreenivas

137 Convection in Bidispersive porous media - Dr. V Ramachandramurthy

138 Investigation of effects and hazards of wind flow on buildings in multiple arrangements using CFD - Dr. Sarat Kumar Maharana

139 Vibration and Acoustic Emission Analysis of Polymer Bearing - Dr. D. V. Girish

140 Investigations on machining depth control in micro-electro-discharge machining (micro-EDM) process using 3D process simulation - Sri Muralidhara

141 Studies on rapid fabrication of metal coated Stereolithography (SLA) components for enhanced surface integrity and functional compliance - Mr. Raju B S

142 Studies on the reinforced Al3Ti, AlB2, TiB2& Al4Sr intermetallic particles and their influence at high temperature wear performance of A413 (Al-12% Si) alloy - Sri H. R. Manohara

143 Development, Testing and Evaluation of Reusable Wax formulation for use in Investment Casting Process - Dr. D. N. Shivappa

144 A study of the Technology Business Incubators and an Analysis of the Key Drivers and Inhibitors - Dr. A N Santosh Kumar

145 Experimental, Computational and Statistical Approach to study characteristic properties of Polymer Matrix Composite - Dr. G. L. Easwara Prasad

146 Advanced Irrigation Scheduling for Sustainable Development - Dr. K. R. Suresh

147 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT STUDIES for Flood Proofing and Risk Appraisal - Case study of BENNIHALLA Sub Basin - Dr. C. V. Srinivasa

148 Investigation on Repair and Retrofitting of Concrete structures using advanced concretes, such as self compacting concrete and Geopolymer concrete - Dr. K. P. Shivananda

149 Impact of Silk Industrial Solid & Liquid Wastes on Geotechnical Properties Soil and Quality of Water Sources - Mr. Shivaraju R.

150 An Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the performance Evaluation of Prestressed Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Beams Retrofitted by different techniques using Artificial and natural Fibre Reinforced Polymers - Dr. H. N. Jagannatha Reddy

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151 Anaerobic Treatment of Low Strength Wastewater using UASB Process - Dr. S. Prashanth

152 Performance Studies on Model Footings Resting on Reinforced Soil and Ply Soil under Static and Cyclic Loading - Dr. M. T. Prathap Kumar

153 Artificial Groundwater recharge in MadaeGowdanaKoppalu, Mandya District, Karnataka by using Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques - Dr. L. Prasanna Kumar

154 Growth, Characterization and properties of the Photonic Materials - Mr. Rajesh Kumar P. C

155 Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on the Photophysical Properties of Ketocyanine Dye series - Dr. J. ThippeRudrappa

156 Simulation Studies on Solidification of Aluminium based Metal Matrix Composites - Mr. S. K. Jagadeesh

157 Investigation on the application of Ultra sonic impact treatment for enhancing the fatigue performance of Titanium Welds - Dr. K. Elangovan

158 A study on the expression of SUMo (Small Ubiquitin like Modifiers) and SUMoylation pathway genes - Dr. M. Rajyalakshmi

159 Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial studies of some Schiff bases of Sulfonamides under Environmentally Relevant Conditions - Dr. N. Damodara

160 Development of analytical methods for the analysis of pesticide residues and their trace elements - Dr. N. D. Dinesh

161 Evaluation of some Novel Biosorbents for heavy metals in Aqueous Solutions - Dr. John U. Kennedy

162 Accelerate Biodegradation process of Municipal Solid Waste by Co-culture Fungi and Methanogens for Bio-energy - Dr. Ramaraju H. K

163 A new perception for Neutralization of Venom Toxicity: Structure based Drug Design for down Regulating L-Amino Acid Oxidase from Indian Cobra Venom Najanaja - Dr. S. NanjundaSwamy

164 Oxidative decolorization of some dyes with N-halo reagents: Kinetic and mechanistic study - Dr. J. P. Shubha

165 Development of New Spectrophotometric Method for the analysis of pharmaceutically important drugs - Dr. Jayanna B. K

166 Educational Cloud: Cloud Based Learning Platform - Dr. Sanjay H. A

167 Thermomagnetic Convection in MAGNETIC NANOFLUIDS under Microgravity Effects in Space Processing - Dr. C. E. Nanjundappa

168 Development of Robust algorithms for recognizing and analyzing Kannada Braille characters: Novel approaches - Dr. C. N. Ravi Kumar

169 Design and Development of a Biomass-PV based Hybrid Power System - Prof. Shantharama Rai C

170 Cognitive Agent Based Resource Estimation and QoS Routing Management in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks - Prof. Rajashekhar C. Biradar

171 Adaptive Trust-based Security System for Ubiquitous Networks - Dr. B. SathishBabu

172 Diagnosis Tool for Assessment of Lung Nodules that helps in Analyzing Tumors with the Aid of CT Image Databases using CBIR Techniques - Dr. M. V. Sudhamani

173 Optical and thermodynamical investigations on conventional liquid crystals - Dr. K. Fakruddin

174 Development of Bio-Fuel Combustor - Dr. S. N. Sridhara

175 Weldability studies on Aluminium alloy (7xxx) using (TIG) Arc Welding - Prof. D. V. Patil

176 Investigation on hybridization of motive energy for two-wheelers using Solar Energy - Dr. S. H. Manjunath

177 Machine Tool Condition Monitoring using Machine Vision - Dr. H. V. Ravindra

178 Development of AMB by incorporating Smart Machine state of the art technique to achieve safety and reliability - Mr. Pradeep B. Jyoti

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Significant Work Turned Out in the University duringthe Month of January 2013

ACADEMIC

01 Meeting of the Sub-Committee draft the Statute governing the Distance Education programme at VTU was held on 1st January 2013 at VTU Regional Office, Bangalore.

02 Meeting of the Committee on Framing Statute for Distance Education at VTU was held on 10th January 2013 at VTU Regional Office, Bangalore.

03 Meeting of the Expert Committee to look into the feasibility and demonstration of “Supply Chain Management” software proposal was held on 10th January 2013 at VTU RO, Bangalore.

02 Organized Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Innovative Implementable Ideas for Industry Institution Interaction” at “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum on 10th and 11th January 2013.

03 Three day workshop on CAED and CAMD on Solid Edge Software for M. Tech. students was organized during 15th to 17th January 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum.

04 Meeting of the Excise Duty/Customs Duty Exemption committee was held on 21st January 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum.

05 Organized Faculty Development Programme on Teach the Teacher on CNC Technology during 21st to 25th January 2013 at “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum

EXAMINATION

01 Meeting of the Malpractice Cases Consideration Committee was held on 11th January 2013 at VTU Regional Office, Bangalore.

02 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in Biotechnology (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

03 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in CV/TR/EV/CC (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

04 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in E&E (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

05 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in EC/TE (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

06 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in ME/MI/AE (Composite) Board was held on 22nd& 23rd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

07 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in CS/IS (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

08 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in IP/IM/MA (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

09 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in Chemical/Polymer (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

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10 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in Mathematics (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

11 Meeting of the Board of Examiners in IT/ML/BM (Composite) Board was held on 22nd January 2013 at DayanandSagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

12 Second Meeting of the Malpractice Cases Consideration Committee was held on 29th January 2013 at VTU Regional Office, Bangalore.

13 BE/B. Tech. 3rdSem results of Mysore Region were announced on 29th January 2013

14 BE/B. Tech. 3rdSem results of Belgaum/Gulbarga Regions were announced on 30th January 2013

15 BE/B. Tech. 5thSem results of Bangalore Region were announced on 31st January 2013

SPORTS

01 All India Inter University Cycling (Men) Coaching Camp was conducted during 11th to 15th January 2013 at VTU Campus Belgaum

02 South Zone Inter University Tennis (Men) Coaching Camp was conducted during 11th to 15th January 2013 at VTU Campus Belgaum

03 All India Inter University Athletic (Men & Women) Coaching Camp was conducted during 15th to 20th January 2013 at VTU Campus Belgaum

04 South Zone Inter University Kabaddi (Men) Coaching Camp was conducted 12th to 16th January 2013 at VTU Campus Belgaum

05 Annual Meeting of the Physical Education Directors of VTU was held on 18th& 19th January 2013 at VTU Campus Belgaum.

NSS

01 VTU NSS Unit at Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysore organized Special Camp during 5th to 11th January 2013 at Belavadi Village in Mandya Dist.

02 VTU NSS Unit at ShirdiSai Engineering College, Bangalore organized Special Camp during 17th to 23rd January 2013 at BiliganaKuppe Village in Ramanagar Dist.

03 VTU NSS Unit at Govt. Engineering College, Huvinahadagaliorganized Special Camp during 27th to 31st January 2013 at Mirakurnalli Village in Davangere Dist.

04 VTU NSS Unit at Dr. T. Timmaiah Institute of Technology, KGF organized Special Camp during 5th to 14th January 2013 at PeddanPalli Village in Kolar Dist.

Significant Work Turned Out in the Universityduring the Month of February 2013

ADMINISTRATION

01 Fresh 103rd meeting of the Executive Council was held on 1st February 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, VTU Belgaum.

02 104th meeting of the Executive Council was held on 28th February 2013 at VTU Regional Office, Bangalore.

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03 66thmeeting of the Academic Senate was held on 28th February 2013 at VTU Regional Office, Bangalore.

FINANCE

01 48thFinance Committee was meeting held on 27th February 2013 at VTU Regional office, Bangalore

DEVELOPMENT

01 86thEstate Board meeting was held on 23rd February 2013 at “VTU,VTU Regional office, Bangalore.

02 34th Purchase Committee meeting was held on 23rd February 2013 at “VTU,VTU Regional office, Bangalore.

ACADEMIC

01 Meeting of the Excise Duty/Customs Duty Exemption committee was held on 15th February 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum.

02 VTU, in association with, Karnataka State Bio-fuel Development Board (KSBDB), Bangalore organized one day National Seminar on Bio-fuel and Research Opportunities on 19th February 2013 at VTU, “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum.

02 Meeting of the Committee to prepare Seniority List of Principals/Professors was held on 25th February 2013 at “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum.

03 2nd Expert Committee meeting to look into feasibility and demonstration of Sully Chain Management software proposal was held on 25th February 2013 at VTU Regional office, Bangalore

04 Meeting of the Committee to Review and finalize Notification of PG Centers at VTU was held on 25th February 2013 at VTU Regional office, Bangalore.

EXAMINATION

01 BE/B. Tech. 5th Semester results of Gulbarga/Belgaum/Mysore Regions were announced on 2nd February 2013

02 BE/B. Tech. 7th Semester results of All Regions were announced on 3rd February 2013

03 BE/B. Tech. 4th Semester results of All Regions were announced on 4th February 2013

04 BE/B. Tech. 6th Semester results of All Regions were announced on 4th February 2013

05 BE/B. Tech. 8th Semester results of All Regions were announced on 2nd February 2013

SPORTS

01 Single Zone Inter Collegiate Cross-Country (Men & Women) Competition was conducted during 22nd to 23rd February 2013 at Dr. T. Timmaiah Institute of Technology, KGF

02 VTU Inter-Collegiate Mysore Zone Foot-Ball (Men) Tournament was held during 24th to 26th February 2013 at UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere

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03 All India Inter-University Net-Ball (Men & Women) Coaching Camp was held during 19th to 24th February 2013 at VTU Campus, Belgaum

Significant Work Turned Out in the Universityduring the Month of March 2013

FINANCE

01 49thFinance Committee was meeting held on 28th March 2013 at VTU Regional office, Bangalore

ACADEMIC

01 Meeting of the Board of Studies in Distance Education was held on 8th March 2013 at VTU Regional office, Bangalore

02 Meeting to Review the vacancy positions of Teaching and Non teaching posts in UBDT College of Engineering Davangere was held on 13th March 2013 at UBDTCE, Davangere

03 Meeting of the Excise Duty/Customs Duty Exemption committee was held on 15th March 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum.

04 Meeting of the Principals of Local Engineering Colleges and Special Officers of VTU to discuss the arrangements of 12th Annual Convocation was held on 18th March 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum

05 Meeting of the Expert Committee on Integrated Video Surveillance Systems for VTU was held on 19th March 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum

06 3rd Meeting of the Expert Committee to look into the feasibility and demonstration of “Supply Chain Management” software revised proposal was held on 21st March 2013 at VTU RO, Bangalore.

07 5th Meeting of the Expert Committee to finalize VTU IT-Infrastructure specifications was held on 21st March 2013 at VTU RO, Bangalore.

08 Meeting of the Principals of Local Engineering Colleges and Special Officers of VTU to discuss the arrangements of 12th Annual Convocation was held on 25th March 2013 at “Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum

09 Meeting of the Committee to work out the modalities for starting Full Time Ph. D. Programme at VTU Campus and its Regional Campuses was held on 28th March 2013.

EXAMINATION

01 M. Tech. Part-Time 1st to 5th Semesters Regular results of all Regions were announced on 1st March 2013

02 MCA 1st to 6th Semesters Challenge Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 2nd March 2013

03 MBA 1st to 4th Semesters Challenge Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 11th March 2013

04 BE/B.Tech. 3rd, 4th, 6th& 8th Semesters Re-Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 15th March 2013

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05 BE/B.Tech. 7th Semester Re-Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 17th March 2013

06 BE/B.Tech. 5th Semester Re-Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 18th March 2013

07 M. Tech. all Semesters Challenge Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 25th March 2013

08 BE/B.Tech. 1st& 2nd Semesters Re-Valuation results of all Regions were announced on 31st March 2013

09 MCA 1st Semester 12th Batch results of all Regions were announced on 27th March 2013

10 MBA 1st Semester 12th Batch results of all Regions were announced on 30th March 2013

SPORTS

01 VTU Inter-Collegiate Zonal-Wise Cricket matches for Men were held during 1st to 30th March 2013 in various affiliated engineering Colleges.

02 VTU Inter-Collegiate Zonal-Wise Table Tennis matches for Men and Women were held during 5th to 10th March 2013 in various affiliated engineering Colleges.

03 VTU Inter-Collegiate Zonal-Wise Volley Ball matches for Men were held during 13th to 18th March 2013 in various affiliated engineering Colleges.

04 VTU Inter-Collegiate Single Zone Volley Ball matches for Women were held during 21st to 23rd March 2013 in KSGI, Bangalore.

05 VTU Inter-Collegiate Zonal-Wise Badminton matches for Men and Women were held during 30th to 31st March 2013 in various affiliated engineering Colleges.

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