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Volume : 8 Issue : 8 : February 2017

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Bengaluru

NEWS LETTER

Amrita TBI

Pitch Fest 4th & 5th February 2017

Satsang 7th February 2017

Planetarium Visit 19th February 2017

Voice of Amrita 19th to 27th February 2017

Dance Day 23rd February 2017

Shivarathri 25th February 2017

Roasted Kon The Humour Club organised an event titled 'Roasted Kon' on 1

st February, 2017. The event revolved around

the popular concept of roasting, which involves humour targeted at a certain personality.

The large gathering was welcomed by Ms. Roshni Maniraj (S4, ECE) who described the rules of the event. A demo of a

traditional roast by the panel members followed. Subsequently, volunteers from the audience were given a shot at

picking a celebrity name randomly. Depending on the names they chose, they were given a chance to exhibit their

humour quotient in answering questions posed.

School Highlights

February 2017 PAGE 1

Quiz on TV Shows A quiz on TV shows was conducted by the Quiz Club on 2

nd February, 2017 as part of the Quiz League.

The quiz was hosted by Mr. Nukala Suraj (S4, ME) and comprised of over 20 questions. The theme of TV shows

evoked a large audience. The quiz had questions from famous shows and some were based on famous celebrities and

interviews.

The innovative facts and novel presentation of the quiz made for a memorable session.

Similarity Different Similarity Different, a session on homophones, homonyms and figures of speech, was conducted by Lekhani

on 3rd February, 2017.

The session was hosted by Ms. Ashwini Nayak (S4, CSE) and Ms. B. Toshitha Royan (S6, ECE). Ms. Ashwini and

Mr. Manoj A. (S4, ECE) began the event with an impromptu dialogue involving similes and metaphors. Ms. Nayak

introduced the difference between homophones and homonyms, and posed such words requiring the audience to

highlight the differences in usage through sentences. Mr. Roshan S. Sharma, Secretary, Lekhani (S6, ECE) then took

over and discussed the importance of puns, similes and metaphors in making written and verbal expression appealing,

and encouraged the audience to contribute humorous examples.

Workshop on PTP A workshop on Publication Tracking Portal (PTP) was organized for the faculty of ASE, Bengaluru campus on

1st February 2017 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm.

Mr. Snehal Shetty, from Amrita TBI gave a live demo stating the highlights of the portal which was followed by a hands

-on workshop on the next day. The outcome of this workshop is to track all the papers that were submitted or

accepted.

Amrita Technology Business

Incubator, one of the most

prolific start-up incubators in

the world supported by

Govt. of India and Amrita

University, conducted its

annual mega event,

‘PitchFest’ on 4th and 5

th of February, 2017.

The event had over 700 applications from start-ups

across 20 different states in the country. The top 30

start-ups were chosen to compete against each other

for funding worth $200,000.

The inaugural ceremony commenced with the lighting

of lamp by the dignitaries Dr. N. Manjula (IAS,

Director IT&BT and Tourism, Govt. of Karnataka),

Mr. Hemal Patel (Sr. V.P., Sophos) and Mr. Chinu

Senthilkumar (Venture Partners, LCP), following

which the dignitaries were felicitated with mementos.

The dignitaries started the event with speeches and

anecdotes about their experiences, which inspired the

participants. A video conference with Shri. Amitabh

Kant (IAS, CEO, Niti Aayog, National Institution for

Transforming India, Govt. of India) gave an insight

into several successful start-ups which originated in a

short span and made India a smarter and safer

country. He also focused on Make in India campaign

and encouraged the youngsters to think big.

The event progressed with Mr. Hemal Patel

inaugurating the new Cyber Security Lab set up by

Amrita TBI. A sumptuous lunch was arranged for the

gathering. 20 start-ups pitched their ideas on the first

day and three of them were selected as wildcard

entries into the top 13 start-ups.

Five among the top 13 start-ups were chosen as

winners on day two, after the judges contemplated all

the ideas presented. Cookifi, Swasti Agro &

Bioproducts, Bizbee, Nextsky and Miqasa were the

winners and will be funded by Amrita TBI to

accelerate their start-ups. The event drew to a close

with the distribution of mementos, prizes and

certificates to the winners.

Amrita TBI Pitch Fest


School Highlights

Satsang by Poojya Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri

The 7th of February 2017 dawned bright at the campus which prepared to receive Poojya Swami

Amritaswarupananda Puri, the senior most disciple of Sadguru Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, fondly known as AMMA.

Ritualistic chants of "Om Amriteshwaryai Namaha" and a formal parade procession welcomed Swamiji to the august

gathering. Swamiji ascended the dais following a devotional rendering. Ms. Sreevidya B. from the Dept. of CSE

welcomed the multifarious audience gathered from different parts of the city. Swamiji was garlanded by prominent

members of the society including Commander T. L. P. Babu, recipient of the Navasena Gallantry Award; Capt. Arun

Nair; retired DGP-IP Shri Omprakash -IPS and Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G.

Swamiji formally launched Ayudh, an acronym of Amrita Yuva Dharmadhara, which is an international youth movement

started by the Math in 1985 to empower the youth to integrate universal values into their lives. Volunteers who made

significant contributions to the Ayudh movement were recognized and awarded certificates.

Swamiji's discourse began with his observations on the westernization of our culture, and he urged the youth to

understand the facets of Western culture before absorbing them. He characterized youth, a great blessing, as a reservoir

of energy and an embodiment of change. He cautioned the audience to use their formative years wisely, and highlighted

the role of parents in developing good citizens.

He also corrected a general misconception that discipline is slavery and asserted that discipline is a necessity. He then

quoted Amma's belief "We need to blend science and technology with spirituality to serve the poor and needy".

School Highlights


IQ Test Sankhya, the Mathematics Club held IQ Buzz on Friday, the 17

th February, 2017. The club aims to revisit the

fundamentals of mathematics, explore new theories, and designs intellectually stimulating events for students.

The event was an IQ test comprising questions designed and commenced with a few words from Ms. K. Dharmini,

Joint Secretary (S6, ECE) and Mr. Ankit Sharma, Secretary (S6, ECE), who briefly explained the instructions. Papers

were distributed and the starting time was recorded. The crowd of around thirty students from different years thorough-

ly enjoyed solving the questions.

School Highlights


Workshop on LaTex Lekhani, the Press Club, organised a workshop on LaTeX, document preparation software on 17

th February,

2017.

Ms. Supriya M., Asst. Prof., Dept. of CSE presided over the event. She started the session by discussing the advantages

and disadvantages of LaTeX over the other documentation software, and elaborated on its importance in articles,

documents, papers etc. The syntax was discussed, and examples delivered helped the participants to understand the

basics of the software. In the hands on session, commonly used document classes, document class options, section and

subsection tags, mathematical expressions, graphics and various packages were introduced.

Planetarium Visit VYOM - The Astrophysics Club organised an informative visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium on the 19

th

of February, 2017. A total of 160 curious students and five faculty members, were enlightened about the workings of

the institute.

The congregation was welcomed by Dr. Praveen D., Mentor, VYOM club, who laid out the ground rules for the subse-

quent space show.

Once inside the auditorium, the gathering was witness to a mesmerising show describing the characteristics of the vari-

ous moons in our system and an account of the stars and constellations as viewed from outer space. During the visit, a

one hour show titled “Our Universe” was attended by all in the sky theatre.

Subsequently, insights were given on the life of Galileo, the Father of Astronomy, and his theories and with the theories

of some other renowned astrophysicists such as Aristotle.

Voice of Amrita Voice of Amrita, the flagship event of Raaga, the music club, was conducted from 19

th to 27

th February, 2017.

The Closed Auditions, held on 19th February, witnessed a record breaking participation of 75 contestants. Out of this

versatile pool of talent, 16 qualified to the second round. The second round, based on the theme ‘A R Rahman’s

compositions’, was held on 22nd February. The crowd witnessed mellifluous renditions - A.R. Rahman's masterpieces,

and 8 participants were selected to proceed to the finals.

The grand finale, held on 27th February, had three rounds. The ‘Medley round’ required the finalists to pay a tribute to

Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Lata Mangeshkar or Kishore Kumar. Six made it to the second round, and delivered

energetic performances in the karaoke based ‘Fast Song round.’ The final 4 contestants were Ms. Pruthvi C.H (S4),

Ms. K. Poorna (S6), Ms. G. Shrinidhi (S4), Ms. Lalitha Amruta (S8), and Ms. Kritika Lakshmi (S2). The final round

was a showcase of immense vocal skill, as the participants put up their best in a bid to impress the jury.

Mr. Sai Pavan Kartheek (S6) was awarded the People's Choice title based on votes that were registered on the AHAN

blog, and those sent through SMS. Ms. C.H. Pruthvi secured the title of Voice of Amrita 2017 with Ms. K. Poorna

was adjudged the runner up.

School Highlights


Dr. Omar A. Ghrayeb, Dean, Engineering &

Engineering Technology; Dr. Purushothaman

Damodharan, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Industrial

and Systems Engineering from Northern Illiniois

University, USA visited our campus on 21st February

2017.

The initial meeting was with the Associate Dean and

the Heads of all the Departments. Associate Dean

introduced all the members present to the NIU team.

He briefed the visiting team about the programs at

Amrita University and also highlighted about our

Chancellor AMMA & her services to the society. It

was followed by a briefing session by the Amrita team

about their respective departmental research areas.

The NIU team briefed about their research thrust

areas and UG/PG programs offered at NIU. A

detailed discussion was also held about the possible

collaborations with Amrita University in areas like

student exchange, Internship, 4+1 Joint programs and

research.

Later, the NIU team moved on to an interactive

session with the B.Tech. students of Amrita, wherein

they presented the overview of their university,

research & funding opportunities, admission criteria,

internships possibilities etc. There was an active

participation and elaborate interaction by our students

with respect to admission, funding, research and other

qualified criteria for getting admissions into NIU.

‘Sankhya, the mathematics club, hosted “Freaking

Maths” on 22nd

February, 2017 in the campus.

The event was a basic Math quiz consisting of 3

rounds and the participants were allowed to take part

in teams of utmost 2. The participating teams were

briefed about the rules of the competition by

Ms. Dharmini K., Joint Secretary, Sankhya (S6, ECE).

The teams were presented with a set of questions on

basic mathematics in each round. The first round

consisted of 3 questions with a buffer time of 10

seconds and each of the teams had to answer at least 2

out of 3 to progress to the 2nd

round. The 2nd round

consisted of 5 questions and the top 3 teams which

answered the most number of questions in the least

amount of time went on to the 3rd round. The 3

rd round

also consisted of 5 questions with an increased

difficulty level and the top two teams which answered

most number of questions correctly were declared

winners.

NIU Team Visit Freaking Maths


School Highlights

Narthana, the Dance club, hosted ‘Dance

Day’ on 23rd February, 2017 and emphasized the

motto ‘where talent meets opportunity’.

The entire event consisted of three flash mob

performances at three different time slots and three

different places. The first and second performances,

delivered by first and second years in the New Block

Centre and in the cafeteria road during the short

break, and lunch hour received immense applause

The third performance was held at 3:30 PM on the

fountain road. As the dancers moved and grooved to

famous Bollywood and Kollywood songs, the crowd

displayed much fanfare and grooved along to the

peppy beats.

Dr. Veeresh Kumar G. B., Associate Prof., Dept. of

ME and Mr. Shashi Kumar M. E., Asst. Prof., Dept.

of ME also supported this endeavour and danced to

immense applause.

Dance Day culminated with cheers and

congratulations being offered to the entire Narthana

team and Ms. Deepa K. Narayanan, Mentor,

Narthana for the graceful performances.

‘Shivarathri’ was celebrated in

the campus on 25th February

2017.

The celebration started with

an interactive session wherein

the attendees discussed topics

like logical reasoning and de-

cision making. Abhinaya, the drama club, presented

an astounding play which showcased a scene where

Lord Shiva descends to the Earth owing to his fight

with Goddess Parvati, and the lord’s encounter with

residents of the Earth induced laughter.

An elegant Tandav performance by Ms. Ankita (S2),

and a vocal-instrumental performance by Ms. Deepa

K. Narayanan, Faculty Associate, English Dept.,

enthralled the crowd.

The attendees were briefed about Indian mythology

and stories of all the Jyotirlingas in India. The CSO of

the school spoke about the historical temples of India

and narrated the story behind them.

At 12:30 am, students were taken for Smashana Yatra

and documentaries like 'Ancient Aliens' were shown

which helped students gain insights about Lord Shiva.

The concept of fear was explored and tackled with

clips from the movie 'Insidious' and the much loved

Mr. Bean videos. This event lasted till 3:30 am, after

which everyone chanted the Mrityunjaya mantra.

The students were then asked to introspect

themselves. They were asked to find out a quality in

them that they would rather not have. After writing this

quality in a piece of paper, they were asked to throw it

in the fire, symbolizing the destruction of the bad.

The celebration culminated with a Pooja.

Dance Day Shivarathri Celebrations


School Highlights

The School hosted a workshop on Stand-Up

Comedy on the 27th of February 2017.

Interlaced with thought provoking satires, the

workshop brought to the limelight the practices widely

recognized in the world of professional stand-up

comedy, and highlighted the significance of timings,

confidence and spontaneity.

The event attracted a sizeable participation from all

the years drawing a satisfying number of about 30

aspiring stand-up comedians. The event was anchored

by Mr. Ashish Pai (S6, CSE) who gave his audience a

brief account on the art of stand-up comedy throwing

light on its versatility and timing. He was succeeded by

Mr. Amandeep Singh Rajput (S4, EEE) whose

presentation focused on the effective content making

for a blockbuster stand-up comedy. Mr. G. Krishna

Sandilya (S4, EEE) laid emphasis on the necessity of

sounding convincing to the target audience, and

discussed the personality of a stand-up comedian,

stage dynamics and the significance of spontaneity.

The Humour Club ended its event hinting that a

follow-up session would be held in the near future.

Woven with hearty laughs, inspiring legends, and

admirable talents, the workshop turned out to be the

first stable step into the beautiful world of sensible

humour.

Shivarathri Celebrations Stand-Up Comedy


School Highlights

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Sereddy Pravin Reddy

Author(s):

Tushar Sawhney

Sereddy Pravin Reddy

Amudha J.

C. Jyotsna

“Helping Hands – An Eye

Tracking enabled User Interface

Framework for Amyotrophic

Lateral Sclerosis Patients”

27th -28

th

January,

2017

2nd International Conference on

Sustainable Computing Techniques

in Engineering, Science and

Management (SCESM-2017) Presented By:

Chandrika K.R.

Author(s):

Chandrika K.R.

Amudha J.

“An Eye Tracking Study to

Understand the Visual Perception

Behavior while Source Code

Comprehension”

Department of CSE


Dr. Amudha J. delivered a keynote talk on "WE

ARE WHAT WE SEE - A COMPUTER VISION

PERSPECTIVE" at the International Conference on

Contemporary Topics in Power Engineering and

Aiding Technologies (ICCPEAT'2017) held during

24th-25th February 2017 at Pondicherry.

She also chaired a session on "Signal Processing and

Image Processing".

Mr. Rishikeshwar (BLENU4CSE15102) and

Mr. Vivek Reddy (BLENU4CSE15088) have

secured II and III position in the events OSPC,

Debugging and Reverse Coding respectively, of

CARTE BLANCHE’17, a National Level

Technical Symposium held from 17th to 19

th

February , 2017 organised by Computer Society of

MIT, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna

University, Chennai.

A talk on “Autonomous Mobile Robots Developed

at CAIR”

The Amrita CSI (Computer Society of India)

chapter organised a Distinguished Speaker Program

on “Autonomous Mobile Robots Developed at

CAIR” on 3rd February 2017. The speaker who

presided was Dr. P. Murali Krishna, Scientist ’F’

CAIR, DRDO, Bengaluru. Dr. Murali Krishna

explained how Industrial Robots performance in

real time scenarios,replacing human intervention.

The hardware details like various sensors used to

implement the robots, software architecture aspects

of capturing the moments of the Robots and path

finding mechanism in different obstacle scenario

were also some of the topics discussed. The talk

ended with queries from audience related to

Robotics.

The program witnessed an audience of around 75

members including M.Tech. students and faculty

members. The event was coordinated by Dr. Rakesh

N., Dept of CSE, Assistant Professor and Mentor –

CSI.

Faculty Achievements/

Participation/Recognition Department Activity

Students Achievements

Department of CSE


Workshop on Django

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Student Chapter organized a hands-on workshop

on Django on Saturday, the 4th of February, 2017,

from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event was exclu-

sively held for ACM members.

Mr. Sanket M. Bhat (S6, CSE), Secretary, FACE,

commenced the session by welcoming the speaker,

Mr. Sreecharan from SAP Labs. The session began

with a discussion of the basics of the Python, as

Django is an open-source web framework written in

Python. The speaker then proceeded to explain

about the applications of Django, making use of

various well-placed demos and examples as

learning aids. The keen interest of the crowd was

evident and the two-hour event was well-received.

The event concluded with Mr. Bhat thanking

Mr. Sreecharan for his time and the knowledge he

imparted.

Session on Actuators and Sensors

Amrita Centre for Robotics and Mechatronics

(ACROM) conducted a session on actuators and

sensors on 21st February, 2017. The session attracted

over 30 students from all branches. The talk was

delivered by Mr. Utkarsh (S4) and Mr. Deepak (S4),

student members of the club, at the E-learning hall.

The talk enlightened the audience to the various

types of motors used in robotics. The varied applica-

tions of each component and future scope in design

were discussed.

Department Activity Department Activity

A talk on “Autonomous Mobile Robots Developed at

CAIR”

Departmental Club Activity

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

A. Susmitha

Author(s):

A. Susmitha

T. Alakananda

M. L. Apoorva

T. K. Ramesh

“Automated Irrigation Sustem

using Weather Prediction for

Efficient Usage of Water Re-

sources”

27th & 28

th

December,

2016

International Conference on Ad-

vanced Material Technologies

(ICAMT) 2016, at Dadi Institute of

Engineering and Technology

(DIET), Vishakhapatnam

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Rajath Vasudevamurthy

Author(s):

Rajath Vasudevamurthy

“Buddhism at Swadeshi Indology-

2”

17th to 19

th

February

2017

National Conference on Global Per-

ceptions of Indian Heritage at Indira

Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

(IGNCA), Delhi

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER /

VENUE

Rajath Vasudevamurthy Seminar on “Science & Technol-

ogy in the Indic Tradition”

3rd to 5

th

February,

2017

IISc., Bengaluru

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

Department of ECE


Ms. Vinodhini M. as Inventor and Dr. N. S. Murty as

Co-Inventor, filed a Patent titled, “System and

Methods of an Efficient and High Throughput

Network-on-Chip Architecture” on 14th February,

2017.

Dr. N. S. Murty attended the IESA vision summit

2017 on 21st & 22

nd February, 2017 at The Leela

Palace, Bengaluru.

Dr. Robin Augustine, Associate Professor, Uppsala

University, Sweden delivered a talk on "Applied

Bio-Electromagnetics" on 28th February, 2017 in the

campus. The talk was arranged by Dr. Dhanesh

Kurup for the faculty members and students.

Ms. Kirti S. Pande attended a talk by Dr. Sparsh

Mittal at National Conference on Parallel Computing

Technologies PARCOMPTECH India 2017 at IISc.

Bengaluru om 23rd

February 2017. The conference

was organized by CDAC, Bengaluru.


Participation/Recognition Other News

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Department of ECE


ECIF in association with the Quiz Club organized

selections for the TCS Tech Bytes Quiz on 6th

February, 2017 at Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru. Students turned up in large numbers in

teams of two to answer the questions in the given

time. The questions were based on recent

developments in the IT world as well as tech trivia.

Ten teams have qualified for the regional round.

The TCS Tech Bytes Quiz is an intercollegiate quiz

on IT conducted jointly by TCS and BITES. It is

open to engineering students of all semesters across

different branches in Karnataka. The quiz features

attractive cash prizes for the winners along with

recognition and fame which ASE-B students hope to

reap this year.

Electronica 2017, ECIF’s magnum opus, started in

the CP Lab at in the campus on 18th February, 2017.

The annual event was sponsored by Paytm,

StudyOwl (studyowl.in), Module143 and SculpIt.

The participants were welcomed by the Secretary,

Tanmay Sharma, and the details of the event were

outlined. They were divided in 73 teams, with 3

students per team. The introduction was followed by

a small instruction session, where the Executive

Members and Office Bearers of ECIF educated the

participants about the basics of electronics and

electronic components. This was followed by an

extensive session on simulation, conducted by

Mr. Nandivardhan H. R. (Asst. Prof, Dept. of ECE),

and saw the students follow keenly as the circuits

simulated on the screen were brought to life. Post

lunch, the component kits were handed out to the

teams and the participants started connecting units

to build the Doorbell Circuit. This post lunch

session extended till dinner and saw all teams

successfully execute and test the working of their

circuits. Post dinner, the teams gathered to learn the

method to solder the components on an On-Hole

Board, and learnt the complexities around it. The

competition began with the challenge to all teams

being to build 3 circuits on the breadboard in the

shortest time possible – a Code Lock, a Traffic

Signal circuit and a Digital Dice. The competition

saw all teams working hard to realize the circuits on

the breadboards.

Departmental Forum Activity

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

V.S. Kirthika Devi

Author(s):

V.S. Kirthika Devi

S.G. Srivani

“Modified phase-shifted PWM

for cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel

Inverter”

27th & 28

th

February,

2017

3rd IEEE International conference on

Advances in Electrical, Electronics,

Information, Communication and

Bioinformatics(AEEICB-2017)

Prathyusha Engineering College,

Thiruvallur, Kanjipuram (Dt).

IEEE-Digital Library


VENUE

V.S. Kirthika Devi Workshop on “Advance Power

Electronics In Renewable Inte-

gration”

6th

to 8th

February,

2017

R.V. College of Engineering,

Bengaluru


Department of EEE


An event 'What’s Going On?'

VIDYUTH in collaboration with IEEE PES chapter

conducted an event “What’s Going On?” on 22nd

February, 2017 from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm in Krishna

Hall, which is a sequel of its former version with two

more interesting topics 'Power Transmission' and

'Pulse Oximeter'. The first version was on 6th

October, 2016 on the topics of 'Hybrid Vehicles' and

'Gadgets'.

The session started with a technical question posed to

the audience. Then it was carried forward by the ex-

planation for working of Power Grids and how power

is transferred from generation point to user end. In

continuation to this, the club executives also ex-

plained about Pulse Oximeter, a medical electronic

device which is used to maintain correct heart beat

rate. The session was attended by 35 students and

came to an end with an interactive session.


Department of EEE


Talk on 'Power Electronics and Drives for Defence

Applications'

IEEE PES AND IAS Jt Student Chapter of Amrita

School of Engineering has organized a talk on ‘Power

Electronics and Drives for Defence applications’ on

22nd February, 2017 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm in

Rama Hall. The talk was delivered by Mr S.

Sundaresh, DRDO distinguished fellow.

Mr. S. Sundaresh is guiding and mentoring the

DRDO Project teams in Technology domains of

Futuristic Combat Vehicles, Armament Systems and

Unmanned Ground Vehicles. He joined DRDO and

served DRDO for 40 years. As Chief Controller

R&D and Director General, he had steered and

guided many Combat Vehicle and Armament

projects, and evolved new strategies for the growth of

DRDO and for better synergy with the Armed Forces

and Production Agencies. He received the DRDO

Performance Excellence Award in 2008 as the leader

of the Battle tank Arjun team.

He received the DRDO Technology Leadership

Award for 2010 for his contribution to Combat

Vehicles Technologies development. He was

awarded Doctor of Science (honoris causa) in 2011

by Sathyabama University.

He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of IETE

and Member in SAE. He is presently Chairman of

IEEE Technology & Engineering Management

Society of Madras Chapter. He superannuated in

March 2014 as Distinguished Scientist and Director

General, Armament & Combat Vehicles and

Engineering. Earlier, he led the MBT Arjun

programme as Director, Combat Vehicles Research

& Development Establishment, one of the labs of

DRDO, located in Avadi, Chennai.

The event was attended by the students of S6 EEE

Department. The talk mainly focused on the various

drives used in different parts of defence and also the

control engineering involved in defence. The

evolution of drives from pneumatic to electric and the

reasons for the evolution was been discussed. The

advantages of electric drives over pneumatic and

hydraulic drives were also mentioned. Mr. S.

Sundaresh mentioned the scope for research in this

field. At The end of the session Mr. S. Sundaresh

was felicitated with a memento as a token of gratitude

by Dr. Deepa K., Asst. Prof., EEE Department &

Coordinator of IEEE PES and IAS Jt student chapter

at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Other News

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Kartik Balkumar

Abishek V. Iyer

Abishek Ramasubramanian

Kaliyannan Devarajan

Prakash K. Marimuthu

“Numerical Simulation of Low

Velocity Impact Analysis of Fiber

Metal Laminates”

February

2017

Mechanics and Mechanical

Engineering

Vol. 20, No. 4 (2016)

Pages : 515–530

Publisher: Lodz University of

Technology

Department of ME


Mr. Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi was invited by Robotics

Research Center at IIIT Hyderabad to deliver a talk on

Robo Analyzer software and its usage in Robotics

Education on 2nd

February, 2017.

SAEINDIA Collegiate Club Activity

Inauguration of BAJA vehicle

The team ‘AMEYA’ from Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru designed and built an

All-Terrain Vehicle ‘ASWADHAMA V1.0’ to

participate in the Main BAJA SAEINDIA 2017. The

vehicle “ASWADHAMA V1.0” was launched on 7th

February, 2017. The vehicle was flagged off by

Poojya Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Vice-

President-Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Director

Br. Dhanaraj Swami, Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.

G., Chairman-Mechanical Engineering Department

Dr. Nagaraja S. R., Faculty advisor Mr. Vinod

Kotebavi, other faculty members and the students

were present during the event.

BAJA SAEINDIA is an annual event organized by

the SAE INDIA (Society of Automotive Engineers)

in which various technical minds across the country

and abroad come together for showcasing their intel-

lectual skills for a common task. The task offered was

Design and Fabrication of an All-Terrain Vehicle

(ATV).The Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA is a filtration

criterion, through which all the registered teams are

scrutinized for their knowledge and capability to

participate successfully in the main event.

The team AMEYA consisted of 23 students from S6

and S8 Mechanical Engineering under the captaincy

of Mr. Chaitanya.


Participation/Recognition Departmental Clubs Activity

Departmental Clubs Activity

Department of ME


BAJA SAEINDIA 2017

The 'TEAM AMEYA' from the School participated

in the 10th edition of BAJA SAEINDIA 2017 held at

NATRAX, PEETHAMPUR, and INDORE. The

vehicle “ASWADHAMA V1.0” reached the final

round ‘endurance race’ after clearing several tests

including Engine inspection, Technical inspection

and braking test. The event was scheduled for four

days from 16th-19

th February, 2017. In the Endurance

Race, the vehicle gave very good competition for oth-

er vehicles on the track. This was the first time, the

team from our campus participated in the Main

BAJA SAEINDIA RACE. The team consisted of 19

student members from S6 and S8 ME and it was led

by the team captain Mr. J. S. Chaitanya. Also the

team was accompanied by the Faculty advisor

Mr. Vinod Kotebavi, Assistant Professor, Department

of Mechanical Engineering.

The team won the second prize in the Cost category.

Baja has organized a recruitment drive, conducted

Baja Aptitude Test (BAT) on 15th February, 2017.

Companies like Mahindra & Mahindra, ARAI, En-

durance, Altair, Anand group, etc. have participated

in this event. Eight students from S8 and four stu-

dents from S6 were eligible for this test, out of which

six students from S8 successfully cleared the BAT

exam. HR meet was organized on 20th -21

st February,

2017. Lakshman Shiva S, from S8 ME has

successfully cleared all the rounds of ARAI

(Automotive Research Association of India) and

has been placed. J.S. Chaitanya from S8 ME has

cleared the technical round and the interview

conducted by Altair Group and he is in the waiting

list.

JIDO – The Industrial Automation Club

Organized an industrial visit to CMTI, Tumkur Road,

Bengaluru on 21st February, 2017 for the ASEB

mechanical students. Thirty S6 ME students

accompanied by Mr. Prashanth B. N. and Mr. Pramod

R., faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

visited the plant. CMTI is an R & D organization focusing

its efforts mainly on harnessing know-how in the

manufacturing technology sector for practical purpose

and assisting technological growth in the country. CMTI

has the role of being a Catalyst and a Key Player in

manufacturing technology growth in the country. Students

were first briefed about the company, its technology and

how the entire infrastructure of the plant is spread-out. A

guide was allotted throughout the plant visit, who

explained about the current thrust areas of manufacturing

technology. All the students were guided to various

departments such as Precision Engineering, Product

Development etc. and explained about the activities and

services such as Prototype Development and Engineering,

CAD, CAM and CIM, Metrology and Calibration, Rapid

prototyping, Nanotechnology and Academy & Training

the CMTI provides.


Department of ME


JIDO – The Industrial Automation Club

Also the students were given a brief about the new

initiatives of CMTI such as Nano Manufacturing

Technology Centre (NMTC), Academy of Excellence for

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AEAMT), Digital

Design Centre (DDC), Sensors & Vision Technology

(SVT) and Advanced Machine Tool Testing Facility

(AMTTF).

The trip bolstered the understanding of the students with

the fast changing technology in thrust areas of

manufacturing to support and serve in the manufacturing

sector. Also it gave an insight on how shop floors are

designed to give maximum production in least time.

A Session on Indian Military Vehicles

A session on Indian military vehicles was conducted by

Ingenium on 1st February, 2017. The session marked the

third event of Curiousus, a periodical dose of facts and

questions for the audience. The event was hosted by

Harish Krishnan (S4, ME) and Lalith Kumar (S4, ME).

Vehicles such as Kartik (the bridge laying model), Sukhoi,

Arihant Class Submarine, Pinaka, and INS Kolkata were

discussed. The history, speed and capabilities of these

vehicles were the focus in the event. The session was a

fitting tribute to Republic Day and made the audience

aware about the potential in the Indian Defence

technology.




Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

B.H. Nanjunda Reddy

T.M. Mohan Kumar

V. Venkata Lakshmi

“Synthesis and characterization of

sodium alginate stabilized Nano-

Zno impregnated in to Bentonite

clay”

February

2017

Journal of Bionanoscience,

Vol. 11; Pages 59-65 (2017)

Scopus Indexed

Impact factor 0.61

Department of Sciences & Humanities


Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

B.H. Nanjunda Reddy

Author(s):

B.H. Nanjunda Reddy

Pradadipta Ranjan Raut

V. Venkata Lakshmi

K.R. Vishnu Mahesh

M. Mylarappa

N. Raghavendra

“Development of sodium

alginate/poly (acryl amide –

closite-30B nano clay) hydrogel

composite for paclitaxel anti-

cancer drug transfer applications”

19th January

2017

International Conference on Ad-

vances in Science and Engineering

ICASE 2017 held at East West In-

stitute of Technology, Ben-

galuru


VENUE

Meera K.N. “Optimization using MATLAB” 16th to 18

th

February,

2017

R.V. College of Engineering,

Bengaluru


Chemistry

Mathematics

Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition

Mr. Murali K., Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis

titled “Contributions to the theory and development of Mathematical means and inequalities” at Bharathiar

University, Coimbatore.

Ms. Sreevidya B. Dept. of CSE

Ms. Kirti S. P ande

Dept. of ECE

Ms. Mamatha I.

Dept. of EEE

Ms. Mrudula Prashanth

Dept. of ME

Mr. H. Manjunath

Dept. of Sciences

Dr. Neetu Srivastava

Dept. of Mathematics

Ms. Deepa K. Narayanan

Dept. of English

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Ms. Kavitha C.R. Assistant Professor

Dept. of CSE

Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Mr. Shiju ICTS

Media Support

Editorial Board

Board Members

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