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Spiritual Life A blessing is something that comes back to us in response to the way we approach something. -Amma

Amrita School of Engineering Bengaluru

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School Highlights

Two-Day Workshop on ‘Texas Instruments C2000 - Microcontrollers for

Digital Power and Control Applications’

Department of Electrical and Electronics

Engineering of Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru organized a Two-Day workshop on

‘Texas Instruments C2000 Microcontrollers for

Digital Power and Control Applica ons’ on 13th

and 14th March, 2012 in associa on with Texas

Instruments and Cranes So ware. The event was

coordinated by Ms. Nitya M. and Mr. Illango K.

Over 50 delegates from St. Peter’s

University-Chennai, PESIT-Bengaluru, BMS College

of Engineering-Bengaluru, Govt. Polytechnic-

Ramanagara, ASE-E madai and ASE-Bengaluru

a ended the workshop. The workshop

commenced with a formal inaugura on func on

with ligh ng of the lamp. The key note address

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was delivered by Mr. C.P. Ravikumar, Director,

University Rela ons, Texas Instruments, India.

The workshop facilitated a deeper

understanding of C2000 architecture, features and

development tool for Digital Power and Control

Applica ons. The resource persons from Cranes

So ware conducted hands-on-training session for

the par cipants on C2000 Microcontroller

development kits.

The workshop concluded with a

valedictory func on wherein the speakers were

felicitated, and cer ficates were given to the

par cipants. The par cipants found the workshop

highly resourceful and were apprecia ve of the

organizing commi ee.

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School Highlights

‘Global Marathon E-Week’ organised by IBM at Amrita

Engineers’ Week is a coali on of

professional organiza ons and government

partners. IBM has been an ac ve supporter of

Engineers’ Week since 1990, serving as the lead

corporate sponsor. ‘Global Marathon E-week’ is

for, by and about Women in Engineering and

Technology, with an objec ve of enabling

upcoming women engineers.

As part of the E-Week, IBM organized a

session for female students & faculty at Amrita

School of Engineering, Bengaluru, on 14th March,

2012. This event was telecast live to Coimbatore

and Amritapuri campuses using Amrita’s A-VIEW

facility, and was a ended by over 450 women

from all the three campuses.

This event updated the budding engineers

on the various skills required by IT industry, the

so ware domain and the service domain. The

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session by Ms. Lalitha J.S., Senior Manager, IBM

on ‘IT Career Opportuni es’ turned out to be an

eye-opener for many. She recommended the

par cipants to pursue a career rather than a job.

She also presented a roadmap to be followed for a

career in IT domains and its business ver cals.

Yet another highlight of the event was the

technical session by Ms. Sugandha

Srikanteshwaran, Program Director with AIM India

So ware Lab, on ‘Mobile Compu ng’. She spoke

about the evolu on of mobile compu ng, end-to-

end enterprise mobile pla orms and various types

of mobile applica ons. The talk also included a

demo of a mobile applica on in Traffic and

Insurance Management developed by IBM.

The session ended with an interac ve

quiz, which received ac ve par cipa on from all

the three campuses, and prizes were distributed

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School Highlights

A talk on ‘Fasting and its benefits’ by Mr. Mohan

Cultural Educa on Department arranged a

talk on ‘How fas ng, health, and nutri on may be

modelled by mathema cal pa erns in the light of

Vedic thinking’ by Mr. Mohan, who is currently

researching on exo c materials under defence

grant.

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for all correct answers. On this occasion, IBM also

announced the date for the poster compe on.

The event received great apprecia on from the

women’s engineering community that benefited

immensely from the experience. They were

thrilled by the interac on across the three

campuses during the en re telecast.

The event was coordinated locally by

Dr. Shikha Tripathi, Chair, Dept. of ECE,

Dr. Amudha J., Dept. of CSE and Amritadhara

team.

The purpose of the talk was to generate

awareness among today’s genera on about the

importance of a nutri onal diet based on

tradi onal prescrip ons, and benefits of regulated

fas ng.

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School Highlights

‘Vrushti’ at Amrita

In the words of the American Composer

Willam Strayhorn, ‘All music is beau ful’.

Students learnt the truth behind this statement

on the 21st of March, 2012 as they were treated to

a performance by Vrush , a fusion group

combining western percussion instruments with

classical Indian instruments. The event was

conducted in ASE-Bengaluru in associa on with

the Percussion Arts Centre, Bengaluru.

M.K. Pranesh played the flute, V. Krishna

played the mridangam, G. Guruprasanna was on

the khanjari, while B.S. Arunkumar added a

western flavor by playing the drums. Pramath

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Kiran treated the audience to the morching, while

S. Madhusudhan played the tabla. Jagadeesh

Kurthok played the pakhawaj. The en re

performance was co-ordinated and directed by

Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, who played the

thavil.

The event began with the ensemble

performing kadhanakuthuhalam - a rarely

performed Raaga - on both western and Indian

instruments. The group then played a number of

other notable pieces of Carna c music, all to the

enthusias c applause of the audience.

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School Highlights

Of note was the ‘Thani Avarthanam’

wherein all the ar sts performed solos on their

respec ve instruments. The drum solo in

par cular was met with wild cheers and applause

from the students.

The concert also featured a unique

performance on the morching and the congo

drums. The event finally concluded with the same

Raaga as the opening, the kadhanakuthuhala.

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The evening concluded on a high note, as

the troupe was introduced and felicitated by

Br.Jayakanth Swamy, Head of the Facili es

Department. The performers extolled the value of

the Indian arts, and appealed the students not to

forget their roots.

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Department of CSE

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition ⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan a ended the Research Retreat at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri

Campus on 28th March, 2012 and presented an overview of research ac vi es of Bengaluru

Campus.

⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan has been invited to join the program commi ee of ‘Federa on of Interna onal

Robo-Soccer Associa on [FIRA] World Congress 2012’ to be held in Bristol, UK between 20th and

25th August, 2012.

⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan is invited to become the ‘Publica on Chair’ for an Interna onal Conference on

‘Informa on Technology in Educa on and E-learning (ITEeL 2012)’ to be held on 17th and 18th

December 2012, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan will ‘Co-Chair’ the organizing commi ee of Fourth Interna onal Conference on

‘Advances in Recent Technologies in Communica ons and Compu ng (ARTCom 2012)’ to be held in

Bengaluru on 19th and 20th October, 2012.

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NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Ms. Chandrika K.R. Na onal Conference on “Cloud Compu ng & Enterprise Networks”

AMC Engineering College, Bengaluru

21st - 22nd March, 2012

AMC Engineering College, Bengaluru

Dr. Sudarshan T.S.B. Mr. Radhakrishnan G. Mr. Nippun Kumaar A.A.

“SAP Faculty Day” SAP Labs 16th March, 2012

SAP Labs, Bengaluru

Workshops / Seminars / Conferences Attended

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Department of CSE

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Students’ Achievements / Participation / Recognition

⇒ CSE Students’ Forum, FACE, organized Python - a Technical talk and programming workshop on

‘Bang Pypers’ on 17th March, 2012 at ASE, Bengaluru Campus. It was a ended by about 60 students

from the 4th semester of CSE and ECE.

⇒ The Forum also organized a talk on ‘Careers in IT industry’ by Mr. Ghananil Phukan from Intel

Technologies on 18th March, 2012.

⇒ Students of VI semester CSE and the faculty members a ended the talk on ‘Joy of Compu ng’

delivered by Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar from ISI, Chennai on 28th March, 2012 at ASE, Bengaluru. The

talk was on P/NP and NP problems.

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Department of ECE

Workshops / Seminars / Conferences Attended NAME TITLE NAME OF THE

ORGANIZER DATE VENUE

Mr. Karthikeyan R. Seminar on ‘Matlab and Simulink for Engineering Educa on’

Mathware India Pvt. Ltd 7th March, 2012

Bengaluru

Mr. Karthikeyan R. Workshop on ‘State Es ma on & Mul sensor Data Fusion for Engineering Applica ons’

Instrumenta on & Control Systems Engineering, PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore

10th March, 2012

PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition ⇒ Dr. Shikha Tripathi a ended the Research Retreat Programme conducted by Amrita Vishwa

Vidyapeetham at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, on 28th March, 2012.

⇒ Dr. Shikha Tripathi delivered a keynote address at the Interna onal Conference on ‘Informa on

Technology, Electronics & Communica ons (ICITEC-2012)’, at Bengaluru, conducted by

Interna onal Academic & Industrial Research (IAIR), Sussex University, UK.

⇒ Prof. Sa sh Manocha a ended the Conference on ‘Innova on’ as invitee, organised by MIT Boston

(USA) & Cyber Media on 27th March 2012. It was held at Hotel ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru on 27th and

28th March, 2012.

⇒ Mr. Ganapathi Hegde was an ‘External Examiner’ at Jain University, Bengaluru to evaluate the

projects of M.Tech. students of Signal Processing and VLSI Design on 7th March, 2012.

⇒ Mr. Giriraja C.V. successfully completed the comprehensive viva-voce for his Ph.D. thesis tled

“Performance Analysis of Edge Emi ng and Surface Emi ng Semiconductor Lasers” on 7th March,

2012 at ASE - Bengaluru. The following were the External Examiners:

Dr. J. Majhi (Retd. Professor, IIT Madras)

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

Doctoral Commi ee Members:

Dr. Shikha Tripathi - Convener

Dr. P.R. Vaya - Thesis Advisor

Dr. K.V. Nagaraja - Faculty from Minor Area

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Department of ECE

Students’ Achievements / Participation / Recognition ⇒ The team comprising of Suraj, Venkat, Vasanth & Vinay of VIII semester ECE is among the top 15

teams selected for final phase of ‘Analog Design Contest’ conducted by Texas Instruments. They

have been selected out of 156 teams which qualified to phase-I of the contest. The final phase to

select top 3 winners is scheduled on 6th April, 2012 at TI, Bengaluru.

⇒ ECI Forum conducted a seminar by Mr. Viswajith S.V. on various compe ve exams for students of

all branches.

⇒ ECI Forum conducted a workshop on ‘PCB Designing’ for students of ECE & EIE under the guidance

of Mr. C.V. Giriraja. The workshop was conducted by EFY Pvt. Ltd. on 23rd and 24th March, 2012.

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⇒ Mr. Ganapathi Hegde reviewed a research paper for the journal on “IET Image Processing” during

February, 2012.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

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Department of ME

Interna onal Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Shankara K.

“Biodegrada on of Malachite Green by Fungal Isolates”

31st March, 2012 Two-Day Interna onal Conference on ‘Role of Green Technologies for Sustainable Development (RGTSD 2012)’, organized by Guru Naanak Ins tu ons Hyderabad

Shankara K.

“Ambient Air Quality Trends & Prepara on of Air Quality Atlas: A Case Study of Bangalore City”

31st March, 2012 Two-Day Interna onal Conference on ‘Role of Green Technologies for Sustainable Development (RGTSD 2012)’, organized by Guru Naanak Ins tu ons Hyderabad

Papers Presented

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Na onal Conference

Deepthi Y.P. Bhanu Prakash S.

“Effect of Double Tempering a er Cryogenic Treatment on Coated Inserts”

23rd March, 2012 Na onal Conference on ‘Emerging Research and Advances in Mechanical Sciences (ERA-2012)’, organized by Velammal Engineering College, Chennai

Workshops / Seminars / Conferences Attended NAME TITLE NAME OF THE

ORGANIZER DATE VENUE

Mr. Bhanu Prakash S. AICTE QIP Curriculum Development Programme on ‘Advanced Topics on Modelling of Turbulent Flows’

Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras

23rd - 24th March, 2012

Indian Ins tute of Technology Madras

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Department of ME

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⇒ Dr. Rakesh S.G. has been appointed 'Chairman', Board of Studies for Mechanical Engineering (UG)

for a period of three years from March 2012. This body consists of 19 members from Amrita

fraternity and two external experts from Indian Ins tute of Science and Na onal Aerospace

Laboratories. The primary func on of the Board of Studies is to consider and recommend the

curricula and syllabi for B.Tech. programme under its purview for approval of the University.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

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Department of Chemistry

Interna onal Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Nanjunda Reddy B.H. Akanska Saxena Pandit

“Study of Compression Strength, Hardness and Chemical Resistance of Short Glass/Sisal Hybrid Fiber Epoxy Nano-composites”

23rd - 25th March, 2012

Third Interna onal Mul component Polymer Conference (IMPC 2012) Mahatma Gandhi University, Ko ayam

Giridhar Reddy S. Akanksha Saxena Pandit

“Thermal and Morphological Characteriza on of Sodium Alginate and Lignosulphonic Acid Sodium Salt Blends”

23rd - 25th March, 2012

Third Interna onal Mul component Polymer Conference (IMPC 2012) Mahatma Gandhi University, Ko ayam

Papers Presented

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Other News ⇒ ‘Aavishkara’ the Science and Humani es Forum, organized a talk on ‘The Joy of Compu ng’ by

Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar, ISI, Chennai 28th March, 2012.

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Library

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Book Exhibition The college library o en organizes book exhibi on by reputed publishers in the college

premises. Such exhibi ons facilitate recommenda on for procurement of books to the library, and also

encourages the students and faculty to purchase them for their personal use. These books are made

available at discounted rates.

The library organized yet another exhibi on from 26th March to 28th March, 2012. Wide range

of exclusive books on Engineering and Management was displayed by some of the prominent

publishers and vendors. The fair began with an inaugural ceremony a ended by Correspondent,

Br. Dhanraj; Dean Academics, Dr. Nagaraj B.N.; Associate Dean, Dr. Rakesh S.G.; Chair - ASB, Mr. Manoj

P.; Head of Facility Department, Br. Jaykanth and Chair - CSE, Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan, along with the

library staff.

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Amma’s teachings on Spiritual practices

AMRITA

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Patron

Ms. Smita Sail Assistant Professor

Department of English Editor

Mr. Rajesh M.

Assistant Professor Department of CSE

Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Board Members ⇒ Ms. Paromita Ganguly (Department of English) ⇒ Ms. Kir S. Pande (Department of ECE) ⇒ Ms. Vidya K.V. (Department of CSE) ⇒ Ms. Janaki R. (Department of ME) ⇒ Dr. Amrita Thakur (Department of Chemistry) ⇒ Ms. Sarada Jayan (Department of Mathema cs) ⇒ Mr. Shruthidev (ICTS) ⇒ Mr. Shiju Kumar (ICTS) ⇒ Ms. Soma Mukherjee (CIR)

Optimism is the

light of God.

It is a form of Grace

which allows you

to be much more

perceptive and to

look at life with

greater clarity.