Kriti E-newsletter March 2016

Volume : 7 Issue : 9 March 2016 NEWSLETTER

‘Foto Fiesta’

28th February to 5

th March 2016

‘Shivarathri Celebrations’

7th March 2016

‘LitBuzz’

8th to 11

th March 2016

‘AMMA in Bengaluru’

14th & 15

th March 2016

‘Art of Film Making’

23rd & 24

th March 2016

‘InternMela 2016’

27th March 2016

‘Address by Sandeep Manaktala’

29th March 2016

‘TDPOC 2016’

28th & 29

th March 2016

‘Campus Connect Principals Meet’

30th March 2016

CONTENTS

Foto Fiesta, the annual photography fest was organised

by ‘Smriti’- the Photography Club from 28th February to 5

th

March, 2016. It was a collection of workshops, competitions

and guest lectures on designing & photography.

Mr. Raghav Ramaiah, a renowned event photographer

inaugurated ‘Foto Fiesta’ and appreciated our School’s

photography club for having a perpetual stride towards

photography and making it accessible to everyone. An

advanced workshop on photography was conducted by

Mr. Chetan Karur, which garnered appreciation from the

participants and faculty members.

Addresses by notable photographers from Bengaluru like

Mr. Nishant Ratnakaran, Mr. Ankit Banerjee, Ms. Hema

Narayanan and Ms. Kirti Nair inspired many students to

pursue photography along with their jobs and expounded

on the evolving perception in careers.

A panel discussion on different aspects of design by

Mr. Arnab Chakravarty and Mr. Divyam Khurana reaped

appreciation from all present. The creativity & presentation

skills which came to the fore through the photography

exhibits compiled by Smriti were lauded by the guests.

As is the tradition, ASE-B celebrated Mahashivarathri

with the program ‘Hangout with Shiva’ from 6.00 PM on 7th

March to 6.00 AM the next day. About 150 to 200 zealous

students took part in the program whilst the whole

auditorium echoed of the ‘Maha Mrithyunjaya Mantra’

which created a peaceful, serene and soothing ambience.

Bhajans from the ‘Bhajan Mandali’ mesmerised the

gathering and added a spiritual sillage in the atmosphere.

‘Sati’, a play staged by ‘Abhinaya’-the Drama Club left the

audience spellbound. This year, Amritians were asked to

write their set of resolutions on paper and cast it into ‘Agni’

or holy fire as a part of ‘Sankalp’. The highlight of the

festivities was the artificial graveyard called ‘Smashaan

Yatra’, which was created by the students to promote the

notion of ‘Life After Death’.

The students and faculty found that the atmosphere was

conducive for spiritual development and were enlightened

by the different facets of the show.

March 2016 PAGE 1

‘Foto Fiesta’ ‘Shivarathri’ Celebrations

School Highlights

‘Maardhani’-the Literary Club

of ASE-B hosted a week-long

event titled ‘LitBuzz’ from 8th to

11th March 2016. The objective

of this event was to instil good

communication and public

speaking skills in all.

The event began with a debate

organized in the ‘Turncoat

Style’, which had participants

vying to convey their points for

& against the given topic. The

Turncoat has a special feature -

the participants are required to

talk alternatively for & against the topic. The winner

Mr. Shashank Raj (S6) was awarded first for his spontaneity

& eloquence with Mr. Dhawal (S2) coming a close second.

The second event, ‘Know Your Leader’

was a politics based event where

speakers from different political parties

attempted to convince the onlookers of

the veracity of their arguments. The

winner Mr. Praveen (S2) was decided

based on audience votes with Ms. Harini

Srivatsan(S2) as runner up.

The third event was a

workshop which played host to

s p e a k e r s f r o m ‘ T h e

Toastmasters International

Club, Bangalore Chapter’ who

interacted with students and

spoke on a wide variety of

topics. Toastmaster Aalap Mehta, the Master of Ceremo-

nies expounded on the virtues of communication whereas

Toastmaster Askander Mirza inspired the audience to

become ‘Leaders’. ToastMaster Chandra Moili’s address

was about ‘Public Speaking’ and Toastmaster Sarika

Ranganni explained the importance of a ‘positive intrinsic

motivation’ which will enable one to succeed on all fronts in

life.

The week culminated with an action packed, thrilling joust

of JAM (Jest-a-Minute) which garnered a lot of attention

from all. Mr. Rohit of S2 was adjudged the winner. The

audience was exulted on watching the fierce battles that the

platform hosted. On the whole, ‘LitBuzz’ was a grand

success and it is anticipated that LitBuzz may be a yearly

fixture at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

March 2016 PAGE 2

‘LitBuzz’

School Highlights

The dawn of the 14

th of

March 2016 brought with it

anticipation & enthusiasm, as

Mata Amritanandamayi Math

in Kengeri, Bengaluru hosted

the divine presence of our

beloved ‘AMMA’, Satguru

Mata Amritanandamayi Devi.

The day began with rhythmic chants of Sahasranama. The

ritualistic chanting and serene atmosphere created a

conducive environment for holistic development. The

devotees participated in the ‘Rahu-Kethu’ Puja which began

at 7:30 in the morning. The rendition of bhajans by

AMMA, Swamijis and the devotees entranced the audience,

making the atmosphere ethereal. The Satsang by AMMA

was filled with anecdotes and addressed many issues that the

crowd could connect to. The most awe-inspiring segment

though for all present was Amma’s darshan. Post lunch

session saw AMMA’s unconditional love for all her children

by way of her warmth filled hugs. The darshan continued till

1:00 AM in the morning.

A puja and prayer to Shani Bhagawan marked the beginning

of the next day (15th March 2016), after which AMMA’s

darshan continued.

The evening witnessed a thought provoking program

presented by the students of ASE-B with socio-cultural

themes. A melodious medley by ‘Raaga’-the Music Club

gave credence to the fact that love transcends all barriers

while another paid tribute to women & the roles they fulfil

in the society.

A touching stage play by ‘Abhinaya’-the Drama Club

highlighted the decadence of society into the concept of

‘Old Age Homes’ for ill & aged people, and a mime

illustrated the plight of farmers in our agro-based society.

Intriguing dances by the ‘Narthana’-the Dance club on

myriad themes including women empowerment and

corruption were followed up with ‘Madari’, a statement of

unconditional surrender to the Almighty who governs every

stage of our lives.

March 2016 PAGE 3

‘AMMA’ in Bengaluru

School Highlights

Amma’s visit ended on a high note in the early hours of

Wednesday, the 16th March 2016 with the highly energetic

folk dance and the yoga dance by the Vedanta club. The

selfless service of volunteers from Amrita Vidyalayam and

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was appreciated by AMMA

herself, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math and the attendees.

‘Art of Film Making’ workshop was conducted by

‘EPIC’-the Movie club on 23rd and 24

th of March, 2016. The

workshop was all about film making in terms of editing,

cinematography, direction, pre-production, post-production

etc. Good number of students attended the workshop. It

was a great platform for the participants to develop their

basic skills in Film Making.

The workshop mainly focused on how to make a short film

in a simple and easy way. Students learned about various

editing software like Vegas Pro, After Effects etc. It was a

wonderful workshop and students were amply benefitted.

March 2016 PAGE 4

‘AMMA’ in Bengaluru ‘Art of Film Making’

School Highlights

It was first initiated in the year 2015 by the Amrita

Centre for Entrepreneurship team from Bengaluru campus.

This year it was held on 27th March 2016.

Around 550 students participated, with 34 start-up

companies taking interviews and 231 students getting

selected for pursuing internships in various fields. The

whole event was an effort of ACE under the mentorship of

Ms. Sandhya Sheshadri with the support of the School

management . The event was a grand success.

‘Lekhani’-the Press Club of ASE-B believes in providing

a perennial platform for students to understand the role of

the media in today’s world. Keeping that as the agenda, the

club recently acquired the privilege of hosting Mr Sanjay

Manaktala in the premises on 29th March 2016.

Mr. Manaktala is a world famous Youtube celebrity and a

Stand-up Comedian, who has performed in various shows

across the globe. He not only enlightened Amritians about

the importance of studying engineering but also maintained

the humour prevalent in the atmosphere. Mr. Manaktala

focused on the dominance of media in the younger

generation and how one should look forward to utilise it to

its maximum level.

The session concluded with the felicitation of the Chief

Guest by Ms. Deepa Kumari, Mentor of Lekhani, following

which the students approached Mr. Manaktala for ‘selfies’.

March 2016 PAGE 5

‘InternMela 2016’ Address by ‘Sanjay Manaktala’

School Highlights

Department of ECE organized a 2-Day National Workshop

on “Trends and Development in Photonics and Optical

Communication - (TDPOC) 2016” on 28th & 29

th March 2016.

The event was sponsored by IEEE Photonic Society and

supported by Fiber Optic Services Pvt. Ltd. and IEEE

COMSOC. The workshop was conducted under the guidance

of the Organizing Chair Dr. Shikha Tripathi, Workshop Chair

Dr. Navin Kumar and Workshop Coordinators Dr. Kaustav

Bhowmick, Mr. T. Srinivasulu and Mr. Alok Kumar Jha.

The objective of the workshop was to increase the awareness

on recent trends and developments in Photonics & Optical

Communication and explore the prospective area of emerging

applications. The workshop also aimed to encourage &

promote research interest in related areas and to encourage

teaching Photonics as a subject at UG & PG levels. In India,

Photonics & Optoelectronics fields are emerging and have

tremendous scope. The areas like photonics, nano sensors,

optic & opto-electronics design are growing. This workshop was

an attempt to cater to the academicians and students to improve

their familiarity and increase their interest in Photonics related

areas. Also, the forum that can be created through this

workshop can help promote research collaborations from

academics to industry.

The workshop had keynote address, guest lectures by the

experts from industry and also hands-on-sessions on RSoft

Simulation Tool.

The list of speakers was as follows:

Dr. Bishnu Pal (Former Prof. IIT, Delhi currently @

Tech Mahindra Technology Centre, Hyderabad

Dr. G. Hegde (Centre for Nano-Science and

Engineering, IISc., Bengaluru)

Dr. Kanwarjit Singh (Vice Chairman Technical, Tejas

Networks)

Dr. T. Srinivas, (IISc., Bengaluru))

Dr. Yogesh Prasad (ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru)

Dr. Sai Siva Gorthi (IISc, Bengaluru))

Dr. Navin Kumar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,

Bengaluru)

Dr. Preeta Saran (Oxford College of Engineering,

Bengaluru)

The participants found the talks and hands-on session very

useful in improving the domain knowledge and providing

research direction. In addition, they were happy to connect with

experts to pursue their future collaborations.

March 2016 PAGE 6

‘TDPOC 2016’

School Highlights

Principals’ Meet is an annual endeavor aimed at

interacting with and continually adding value to academia. It

offers an opportunity for stakeholders of Campus Connect

to meet and understand the environment in which it

operates and also create a plan to counter new challenges.

The theme of Principals Meet (PM) this year was

Sustainability and Effectiveness.

The Objectives of the meet were:

Share objective feedback, in the recruitment,

training and on-the-job performance domains and

about students joining Infosys from the institute

Share the campus-recruitment philosophy

Acknowledge performing institutes for partnering

in the growth of Infosys’ business

Share current perspectives on trends and ascertain

the way forward

Interact with the senior management

Over 500 participants from more than 300 colleges

participated in PM held across seven Development Centers

- Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Bhubaneswar,

Bangalore and Chandigarh.

This meet organized by Infosys as a part of their

Campus Connect Program was held on 30th March 2016.

Dr. K. Sangeeta, Associate Professor, Department of CSE

and GM-CIR Mr. Rajeev Sood attended the meet.

A certificate of appreciation in recognition of being

a partner to Infosys Campus Connect Program and also for

floating maximum number of industry electives has been

awarded to ASE-B.

The 9th of March was an important day for the I year

students of ASE-B, as they sat through riveting sessions by

two eminent disciples of Satguru Mata Amritanandamayi

Devi - Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri and Swami

Amritageetananda Puri. It was a prologue to Amma’s visit to

Bengaluru slated on the 14th and 15

th of March 2016. The

event enlightened students on the essence of love and

compassion in life. Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri

highlighted events that explained how AMMA’s life is

simple and yet magnanimous. Swamiji also spoke about the

noble values that elevate one’s life, and also explained the

real value of life.

In the other session that ran parallel to this revealing

discourse, Swami Amritageetananda Puri illustrated various

topics ranging from AMMA’s life and her miracles to how

our lives are graded on the scale of relativity. Citing

numerous examples, he also explained how life changes

through compassion.

After the sessions, Prasadam was distributed to all the

students and others present.

March 2016 PAGE 7

‘Campus Connect Principals

Meet’

School Highlights

‘Prologue to AMMA’s

Visit to Bengaluru

March 2016 PAGE 8

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Supriya M.

Sangeeta K.

G.K. Patra

“Trustworthy Cloud Service Provider

Selection using Multi Criteria

Decision Making Methods”

March

2016

IAENG International Journal of Computer

Science, Engineering Letters, 24:1,

EL_24_1_01 Scopus indexed

Supriya M.

Sangeeta K.

G.K. Patra

“A Fuzzy based Hierarchical Trust

Framework to rate the Cloud Service

Providers based on Infrastructure

Facilities”

January

2016

International Journal of Performability

Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2016,

pp. 55-62 Scopus indexed

S. Surya

N. Rakesh

“Intelligent Visitor Identification

System Based on IoT and Cloud

Computing”

March

2016

International Conference on Innovations

in information Embedded and

Communication Systems 2016 held at

Karpagam College of Engineering,

Tamilnadu

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

B. Uma Maheswari

Authors:

B. Uma Maheswari

T.S.B. Sudarshan

“Reputation Based Mesh-Tree-Mesh

Cluster Hybrid Architecture for P2P

Live Streaming”

3rd to 5th

March 2016

3rd International Conference on Devices,

Circuits and Systems (ICDCS16)

Presented By:

Tripty Singh

Single Author

“Design of a Dual Biometric

Authentication System”

11th to 12

th

March 2016

International Conference on Electrical,

Electronics, and Optimization Techniques

(ICEEOT) - 2016 at DMI college of

Engineering at Chennai TN , India,

IEEE Scopus Indexed

Presented By:

Tripty Singh

Authors:

Tripty Singh

Josna Mary C.

“Cost Optimization Using Intelligent

Resource Provisioning in Cloud”

17th to 18t

h

March 2016

International Conference on Innovations

in Information Embedded and

Communication Systems (ICIIECS’16)

Dr. Tripty Singh:

Along with Shikhamani Das presented a paper titled

“Designing and Performance Measurement and of

Secured Routing Protocol” at the International

Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and

Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT) - 2016 at DMI

College of Engineering, Chennai held on 11th & 12

th

March 2016 - IEEE Scopus Indexed

Served as Reviewer and submitted recommendation &

comments for Manuscript titled:

TELS-D-16-00058 on “Information transmission

based on Network Coding over wireless networks:

Survey” for the Journal of Telecommunication

Systems Springer ISSN: 1018-4864 (Print) 1572-

9451

“Onto Tagger: Ontology Focused Image Tagging

System Incorporating Semantic Deviation

Computing and Strategic Set Expansion” for the

International Journal of Computer Science and

Business Informatics IJCSBI: ISSN: 1694-2507

Facutly Achievements/

Participation/Recognition

Department of CSE

March 2016 PAGE 9

Dr. Tripty Singh:

Served as Reviewer and submitted recommendation &

comments for Manuscript titled:

“A Decomposition Framework for Image Denoising

Algorithms” for the IET Image Processing journal

Published a Book Chapter titled : “Computer aided

diagnosis system for breast cancer detection” in Book

“Optimizing Assistive Technologies for Aging

Populations”, (Cited in SCOPUS) September 14, 2015,

Pages 378-395 ; Authors: Wadhwani, A.K.a, Wadhwani,

S.b, Singh, T.c

Ms. Supriya M., reviewed a paper titled “An Adaptive and

Fuzzy Resource Management Approach in Cloud

Computing” for IEEE Transactions on Cloud

Computing.

ARRC organized an invited talk

by Dr. Abhilasha Saxena on 25th

March, 2016 at Vyasa Hall,

Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru. The topic of the talk

was ‘Motion Planning in

Industrial Robotics’. Dr. T.S.B.

Sudarshan. gave a brief

introduction about Dr. Abhilasha Saxena as a part of his

welcome speech.

Dr. Abhilasha briefed about the

different motion planning

schemes available for industrial

robots and discussed the

complexity of the computational

process involved in the motion

planning approach. Also she

briefed about th preciseness and repeatability requirements of

industrial robots.

Mr. Radhakrishnan G., Vice Chairman, Dept. of CSE

presented a memento as a token of appreciation to

Dr. Abhilasha. The talk was attended by around 25 members

which included faculty members, research scholars and

students who work in the area of Robotics.

‘FACE’ - the departmental forum organized:

BUGSTER - One of the prime qualities that a good

programmer possesses is efficient debugging. Deciphering

and rectifying the errors in a code snippet is as essential as

knowing syntax for one tends to find seemingly

inexplicable errors frequently. Keeping this in mind, the

forum came up with a perky event called Bugster. Given a

set of fifteen questions, the contestants in teams of two

were required to figure out all possible errors in the code

snippet in the shortest time. The winning team

comprising Mr. Allan Rufas and Mr, Akshay Ram, with a

total score of nine were awarded exciting gift vouchers.

In order to help students understand advanced aspects of

the different fields of computer networking, FACE invited

IANT, the Institute of Advance Network Technology to

conduct an intriguing talk on the same. IANT is a

premier IT Company which facilitates Advanced IT

Training, International Educational Certifications,

Infrastructure Development, and also Manpower

Outsourcing & Recruitment. Globally recognized as the

No. 1 IT institute in India, it has five regional offices

offering a variety of courses to students. It has also

partnered with companies like CompTIA, EC Council,

Redhat, to name just a few. The session commenced with

a run through about the institute, the advantages of using

Linux over other operating systems and a brief

description of all the certification courses they offer and

their importance in the outside world. This effort gave

new exposure to students, and also enlightened

participants about the various options available to pursue

their interests.

A B.Tech. Project titled “Design of an Integrated System

for Monitoring Weather and Traffic based on IoT”

carried out by S8 students Ms. Ashika, Ms. Namitha and

Ms. Meghana under the guidance of Ms. Nalini S.

received a project grant of Rs.0.05 Lakhs from the

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology

(KSCST).

Faculty Achievements/


Amrita Robotics Research

Center (ARRC)

Student Achievements

Departmental Forum

Department of CSE

March 2016 PAGE 10

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

C.V. Giriraja

Authors:

M. Pushpalatha

T.K. Ramesh

C.V. Giriraja

Sandeep Kumar Konda

“Power Efficient Multicast Routing

Protocol for Dynamic Intra Cluster

Device to Device Communication”

3rd to 5

th

March 2016

International Conference on Electrical,

Electronics and Optimization Techniques

(ICEEOT) – 2016 with IEEE Catalog “978

-1-4673-9939-5/16/$31.00 ©2016 at DMJ

College of Engineering, Chennai

Presented By:

C. Babu

Authors:

Dilna V.

C. Babu

“Area Optimized and High

Throughput AES Algorithm Based

on Permutation Data Scramble

Approach”

Presented By:

Bhavana V.

Authors:

Bhavana V.

Krishnappa H. K.

(R.V. College of

Engineering,

Bengaluru)

“A Survey on Multi-Modality

Medical Image Fusion”

23rd to 25

th

March 2016

IEEE International Conference on Wire-

less Communications, Signal Processing

and Networking (WiSPNET 2016)

Paper will appear in the Proceedings

of the Conference on IEEE XPlore

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Organizing Chair :

Dr. Shikha Tripathi

Workshop Chair :

Dr. Navin Kumar

Coordinators:

Dr. Kaustav Bhowmick

Mr. T. Srinivasulu

Mr. Alok Kumar Jha

National Workshop on “Trends and

Development in Photonics and

Optical Communication (TDPOC)

2016”

28th – 29

th

March 2016

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Organized


Mr. C.V. Giriraja Faculty development programme on

“NBA Accreditation Process” 29th

February to 4th

March 2016

SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

Department of ECE

March 2016 PAGE 11

Dr. Dhanesh G. Kurup arranged a talk by Dr. K. J.

Vinoy, Dept. of Electrical Communication Engineering,

IISc., Bengaluru on 8th March 2016 at Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru. He delivered a talk on “RF Energy

harvesting for Internet of Things Applications”. The talk

was arranged for faculty members and Research Scholars in

the area.

Four final students from the Department of ECE have been

selected into the Indian Armed Forces in different catego-

ries and positions through the University Entry Scheme

(UES) Navy/Amry. The details of their employment are as

under:

Other News Student Achievements

Department of ECE

Name of the Student : S. ABHISHEK

Registration No. : BL.EN.U4ECE12123

Position(s) Offered : UES - PILOT (Navy)

Name of the Student : VIKRAM CHAUHAN


Position(s) Offered : UES - PILOT (Navy)

Name of the Student : M. SRIHARSHA

Registration No. : BL.EN.U4EIE12030

Position(s) Offered : OBSERVER (Navy)

Name of the Student : PRATEEK


Position(s) Offered : LIEUTENANT (Army)

TECH. OFFICER (Navy)

March 2016 PAGE 12

Papers Published INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL


PUBLICATION

G. Udhayakumar

M. R. Rashmi

K. Patel

A. Suresh

“High Efficient Power Supply for

Ozone Generator System with Input

Power Factor Correction Converter”

March 2016 Springer series on “Advances in Intelli-

gent Systems and Computing”

ISSN 2194-5357


Department of EEE

Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Udhaya Kumar

Authors:

Udhaya Kumar

Rashmi M.R.

Kirit Patel (President, Board

of Director International

Ozone Association, Chennai)

Ramesh G.P. (Professor,

St.Peter’s University)

A. Suresh (Professor, SA

Engineering College,

Chennai)

“Implementation of High-frequency

High-voltage Power Supply for

Ozone Generator System Using

Embedded Controller”

18th - 19

th

March 2016

IEEE International Conference on

‘Circuit, Power and Computing Technolo-

gies (ICCPCT 2016)’ at Noorul Islam Uni-

versity, Tamilnadu

Presented By:

P.Vinoth Kumar

Authors:

P. Vinoth Kumar

A.Suresh (Professor, SA

Engineering College,

Chennai)

Rashmi M.R.

“Optimal Design of an Interleaved

DC-DC Switch Mode Converter”

18th - 19

th

March 2016

International Conference on “Engineering

Technology and Science (ICETS 16)” at

Muthayammal Engineering Institutions,

Tamilnadu


Ms. Rajani G.N.

(Lead IP Analyst, Legal

PACE, John. F Welch

Technology Center, GEITC

Pvt. LTd.)

“Intellectual Property Rights and

Indian Patent System”

9th March 2016 Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru



Dr. K. Deepa Faculty development programme on

“NBA Accreditation Process” 29th February to 4th March 2016 SJB Institute of Technology,

Bengaluru


callto:+1194-5357

March 2016 PAGE 13

Dr. M.R Rashmi gave a talk on “Power quality issues in

smart grids” in an International Seminar on Smart Grid

Technologies and Applications organized by S.A.

Engineering College, Chennai on 18th March 2016.

Dr. Kishore Naik Mude’s biography has been included in

2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st century-10

th

Edition, International Biographic Centre, Cambridge,

England.

He also reviewed the following papers:

One paper of IEEE Transactions on Industrial

Electronics

Two papers of IEEE Transactions on Power

Electronics.

‘VIDYUTH’-the departmental forum organized:

Industrial Visit to Schneider Electric

Industrial visit provides students a practical exposure to

product design development

that happen in an industry.

Group of 60 students from

S6 along with faculty

members Ms. Syama S. &

Ms. V. Sailaja visited Schnei-

der Electric in Electronic

city on 3rd March 2016. The

students were explained about a Solar Inverter in the

Galaxy Series of Inverters. Overall, this was a highly

informative industrial visit. Students learnt about the

company as a global leader in its various fields of

specialization, various safety practices gave a visual and

practical insight into the various power electronic devices

used in the assembled products and their testing.

“Know Your Basics”

Inspired by the success of this event during last academic

year, VIDYUTH took initiative to teach Basic Electrical

Engineering concepts to the first year students. “Know

Your Basics” was a one-day teaching session of EEE-100

course. It was an interactive learning session where senior

students from EEE took the initiative of teaching their

juniors. The event was coordinated and organized on 3rd

March 2016 at 3:00 PM in Rama Hall. The event

received a positive feedback from all the 20 students who

attended the same.

The IEEE-PES Student Chapter Organized:

Industrial Visit to CPRI

This visit which was

organized on 17th March

2016 was an attempt to

foster technical education &

motivate young engineers. S6

B.Tech. EEE students & S2

M.Tech. Power Electronics

students accompanied by

Dr. K. Deepa & Dr. Shankar

S., visited the power systems

and insulation laboratory at

CPRI. A guided look around

the laboratory was provided.

It was helpful to learn about

the testing and online

monitoring of relays for

transmission and distribution system protection. It was

indeed a worthy effort by IEEE PES, for it, did inspire

students to become members of IEEE.

World Utility Summit

The IEEE student members, Ms. K. Reethika Raj, Ms. G.

Deepthi and Mr. V. Mohan Prasanna volunteered for

the World Utility Summit as student representatives of

IEEE, PES Student Chapter, ASE-B.

World Utility Summit was a collaborative event of

ELECRAMA with IEEE PES as the lead partner and in

association with other global partners which was held

from 14th to 16

th February, 2016. It gave a platform for

global utilities to share knowledge, experience, best

practices, on-ground issues and management of change

amongst themselves. To learn about the current

technological trends, development of optimal solutions

and to explore the future of utility business through

keynote speeches was an enthralling experience.

Faculty Achievements/


Departmental Forum

IEEE PES Student Chapter

Department of EEE

March 2016 PAGE 14

The IEEE-WIE Student Chapter organized:

IEEE- WIE Tech Taboo

Was conducted as a part of Women’s Day celebrations in

the campus on 8th March 2016. It was based on a popular

game turned technical word play which attracted an

enthusiastic crowd. It created a platform wherein the

IEEE-WIE members socialized and inspired non-

members into becoming possible registrants. The event

concluded with the selection of the top 6 teams in the

campus who would be participating in the finale due to

happen in the coming weeks. Thus the event proved to be

a platform showcased by IEEE-WIE to bring to fore the

competitive spirit, word play skills, technical verbosity,

constructive energy and creativity of the participants.

IEEE-WIE STAR

An Outreach Program under the banner of STAR

(Student-Teacher & Research

Engineer / Scientist) was

organized on 26th March,

2016. As a part of the

program, Renuka High

School, a government school

nearby was identified and 50

girl students of class VIII &

IX along with two faculty

members were brought to the

campus. The event was co-

ordinated by Dr. K. Deepa,

IEEE-WIE-ASE Chair and

conducted by Ms. V.S.

Kirthika Devi, a faculty

member in the Department of EEE and IEEE Members.

The mentoring program started off with a fun and concise

introduction to computers in

the Simulation Lab in the

Department of EEE. The

students got hands-on

experience in Paint and

Microsoft Word. Each &

every student was brilliant

and those with remarkable

work won prizes. The

students remained enthusias-

tic throughout the session.

The aim of STAR program is to address the growing

concern that at a young age girls are discouraged from

careers in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. This

productive event could give students an insight into

technical education and motivate them in pursuing their

careers.

IEEE Power Electronics Society

student Branch chapter at ASE-B

had organized a Seminar on

“Integration of Renewable Energy

with National Grid” by Mr. V.

Suresh Babu, Assistant Director,

NPTI (PSTI), Ministry of Power,

Govt. of India on 2nd March 2016 at ASE-B.

Mr. Suresh Babu gave an

overview of Renewable Energy

Systems, certification and its

applications in power

transmission system. He gave the

audience an exposure to all India

capacity and potential of

renewable energy as on installed wind power capacity and

penetration level, typical solar generation pattern in Gujarat,

typical demand profile and supply-mix in Southern Region,

Typical transmission arrangement of RE Generation farm with

grid.

He gave a clear picture of solar power evacuation scheme,

ISTS strengthening, intra state strengthening, dynamic reactive

compensation, phase-wise transmission strengthening etc. He

discussed about integration issues like forecasting and

scheduling, energy balancing in real time due to

unpredictability, regulation – age etc., load following, costs of

wind generation – mode, energy storage, demand response,

effect on voltage profile and variations.

Various issues in large scale renewable integration and

mitigating measures for these issues were introduced to

audience. He also discussed about electric vehicles which

introduce vast electricity storage potential for enabling wind

generation and provide ancillary service for grid operators by

participating in electricity markets. He touched upon

Renewable Energy Management Centers (REMCs) and its

functions and energy penetration and capacity penetration

variation according to present scenario.

IEEE WIE Student Chapter

IEEE PELS Student Chapter

Department of EEE

March 2016 PAGE 15

IEEE ASE Student Chapter conducted:

Election

On 19th March 2016, an election was held to select the

office bearers for IEEE Student Chapter, Amrita School

of Engineering, Bengaluru. The student members of

IEEE gathered in Rama Hall at 3:00 PM to contest and

vote for the office. The positions included IEEE Student

Branch Chapter Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and

Treasurer, IEEE WIE Student Affinity Chairman, Vice

Chairman and Secretary. The contestants were given an

opportunity to display their positives and sell their

candidature. This helped students to decide on the de-

serving candidate and cast their vote. The faculty

monitored the poll and the candidate with majority votes

was chosen for individual positions. This election, along

with other events conducted under the banner of IEEE

exposed the benefits of being an IEEE member and was

successful in attracting students to enroll in IEEE.

First Execom Meeting

The first Execom meeting of IEEE Student Chapter,

ASE-B was

held on 28th

March 2016,

which was

attended by

Execom

members and

other IEEE

members.

The meeting was presided over by the Counsellor, IEEE

Student Branch ASE-Bengaluru and Chairman-EEE

Dr. S. Ravishankar. The chief guest for the meeting was

Dr. T. Srinivas, IEEE Bangalore Chapter Execom

Member and Associate Professor, Electrical

Communication Department, IISc., Bengaluru.

Dr. Srinivas highlighted the importance of IEEE student

branch and its activities. He guided the new Execom

members in running the student branch effectively.

The following project grants have been sanctioned by

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology for the

final year B.Tech. projects:

Rs.3,500/- for the project titled “Effective Implementation

of Automated Fertilization Unit Using Arduino and

Analog pH Sensor” submitted by Ms. Antara

Chakraborty, Mr. Nitheesh, Mr. Pradeep Nair, Prince

Gupta - final year EEE students and Ms. Anjali S. Nair

(final year ECE student) under the joint guidance of

Mr. Sagar B., faculty in the Department of ECE and

Ms. Lekshmi S., faculty in the Department of EEE.

Rs.3,000/- for the project titled “Automatic Anesthesia

Control for Pregnant Ladies” submitted by

Ms. Chennareddy Lakshmi Sowmya, Ms. Dasari

Tejaswin and Ms. Dupakuntla Hema (Final Year EIE

students) under the guidance of Ms. Sreekala

Manmadhan, faculty in the Department of EEE.

IEEE ASE Student Chapter

Department of EEE

Student Achievements

March 2016 PAGE 16

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Vinod Kotebavi

Divakara Shetty

Debjyoti Sahu

“Performance and Emission

Characteristics of a CI Engine run on

waste cooking Oil-Diesel blends”

March

2016

Pollution Research.

Vol.35 (1) PP 159-166(2016).

Impact Factor:0.15

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

T. Srinivas Rao

Single Author

“A Comparative Evaluation of GA and

SA TSP in a Suppply Chain Network”

12th – 13

th

March 2016

5th International conference on Material

Processing an d characterization held at

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of

Engineering &Technology (GRIET),

Hyderabad, Telengana in collaboration

with Maulana Azad National Institute of

Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, India

Scopus Indexed

Presented By:

M.V. Phanibhushana

Authors:

M.V. Phanibhushana

Dr. C.N. Chandrappa

(Acharya Institute of

Technology, Bangalore)

Dr. Niranjan H.B.

(Sambram Institute of

Technology, Bangalore)

“Study of Wear Characteristics of

Hematite Reinforced Aluminum Metal

Matrix Composites”

Presented By:

Shashi Kumar M.E.

Authors:

Shashi Kumar M.E.

Pramod R.

“Evaluation of Mechanical and

Insulation Properties of Nomex-T410

and H S Glass Polymer Matrix

compostites”

Presented By:

Prashanth B.N.

Authors:

Prashanth B.N.

Dr.R Venkatram

(East Point College of

Engineering)

“Development of Modular Integration

Frame work between PLM and ERP

Systems”

Presented By:

Ullas K. Annigeri

Single Author

“Method of stir casting of Aluminium

metal matrix compostites —A Review”

Presented By:

S. Mohan Kumar

Authors:

S. Mohan Kumar

Pramod R.

“Evaluation of Mechanical and Wear

Properties of Aluminium AA430

Reinforced with SiC and Mgo”

Department of ME

March 2016 PAGE 17


Mr. Ravi Kumar V. Faculty development programme on

“NBA Accreditation Process” 29th

February

to 4th

March

2016

Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru


‘Ingenium’ – the departmental forum organized:

‘Auto Mechanika’ an event in collaboration with

SAEINDIA from 8th March 2016 to 12th March 2016. The

event was a 5-Day Seminar-cum-Workshop, which aimed at

giving insight into the modern day engines, transmission

systems, exhaust norms and other improvements in

automotive technology.

It had a variety of tasks in store for the students of

S6 ME, who were glued to each interesting round. Video

presentations were a highlight of the seminar and promised

efficient learning through student – media interactions.

The event was executed in a way that the students

had to take up a specific component or topic and with the

help of videos and power point presentations they had to

explain the working and advancements in technology when

compared to the conventional engines. The audience were

passionate about automobiles and highly appreciated the

event. This was followed by a competition where 5 finalists

were asked to design an engine based on the given

requirements. The best team was awarded a prize.

Departmental Forum

Department of ME



CONFERENCE

12th – 13

th

March

2016

5th International conference on Material

Processing an d characterization held at

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of

Engineering &Technology (GRIET),

Hyderabad, Telengana in collaboration

with Maulana Azad National Institute of

Technology( MANIT), Bhopal.

Scopus Indexed

Presented By:

Sandeep Koundinya

Authors:

Sandeep Koundinya

Mr.Vignesh Kumar N ( KPR

Institute of Engineering and

Technology)

“Experimental study

and comparison with computational

study on cooling of PV solar panel using

finned heat pipe technology”

Presented By:

Basavaraj Noolvi

Single Author

“Actively Tuned Vibration Absorber

using Smart Adaptive Composites

Presented By:

Dileep B.P

Authors:

Dileep B.P.

Ravi Kumar V.

“A comparative study on mechanical

properties of heat treated EN24 alloy

steel and its MMC”

30th – 31

st

March

2016

International Conference on Mechanical

Engineering Researches and Intelligence

technologies (ICONMERIT 2016) -

Nehru Institute of Engineering &

Technology, Coimbatore.

Papers Presented

March 2016 PAGE 18

NATIONAL CONFERENCE


CONFERENCE

Dr. Meera K.N.

“Energy of Graphs” 11th to 12

th March 2016 Bahadur Institute of Management, Mysore

Department of Mathematics


Ms. Sreevidya B. Dept. of CSE

Ms. Kirti S. P ande

Dept. of ECE

Ms. Lekshmi S.

Dept. of EEE

Ms. Mrudula Prashanth

Dept. of ME

Mr. H. Manjunath

Dept. of Sciences

Dr. Neetu Srivastava

Dept. of Mathematics

Ms. Deepa K. Narayan

Dept. of English

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Ms. Sangita Khare Assistant Professor

Dept. of CSE

Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Mr. Shiju ICTS

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