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Volume 9 : Issue 9 : March 2018

Prabidhi 2nd March 2018

A True Couch Potato 15th March 2018

Spotlight 16th March 2018

The Last Shot 19th - 21st March 2018

Foto Fiesta’ 18 19th - 23rd March 2018

Best Actor

20th March 2018

Cuisines Quiz

20th March 2018

Dance Day

21st March 2018

Movie Quiz

22nd March 2018

SLAC 2018

24th - 25th March 2018

Ramanavami Celebrations

25th March 2018

The Quizzing Championship

26th March 2018

MADnite

28th March 2018

Amritotsavam’ 18

30th March 2018

Amritakalanjali’ 18 30th - 31st March 2018

Prabidhi

School Highlights

Prabidhi’18, the annual tech-day of ASE-B, was held on the 2nd of March 2018. The event had an auspi-cious commencement with the lighting of the lamp followed by a welcome address. Dr. S. Ravishankar, Chairman, Dept. of EEE, declared the event open. The participants were briefed about the event details and rules before pro-ceeding to the respective venues.

‘Business Street’ was organized by Sankhya in collaboration with ACE. The participating teams competed in

a simulated stock market environment and attempted to outdo each other using virtual cash and commodities. ECIF and Aavishkara hosted ‘Prison break’ where the participants faced the classic ring-wire game which tested their en-durance. Vidyuth and ANC organized ‘Funology’ in which the teams had to crack puzzles to obtain the values of carbon resistances and solve for the truth tables of various logic circuits.

The PELS, PES, ComSoc and WIE chapters of IEEE put together a fun filled game titled ‘Breakthrough’,

where the participants had to solve mazes, decrypt messages and use the solutions to complete a buzzer circuit. ACROM, Vyom and SAE organized ‘C. O. G.’ which involved constructing rudimentary water transfer setup and a bot race. FACE and Sankhya conducted ‘Detective Quest’ which comprised of a treasure hunt and a game of tech taboo while JIDO hosted ‘Strong Arm’, an event which tested the mechanical basics of the participants. IEEE-RAS and Ingenium came together to host ‘Tech Sparks’ as a part of which the teams had to build a Da Vinci bridge, a self-supporting structure made of small wooden sticks.

The top three teams were selected for the flagship event which arrived under the banner of ‘Stupid Theory’.

Each team received a problem statement which proposed an unscientific theory and a power point presentation that contained a simple questionnaire. The solutions to the questions steered the teams towards a logical explanation that justified the ‘Stupid Theory’. Each team was required to give a 5-minute presentation on its cogitations and were judged based on the criteria of spontaneity and relevance to the topic.

The eventful day concluded with the declaration of winners and the organizing team thanking the faculty

and students for their support.

March 2018 . Page 1

A True Couch Potato

School Highlights

The Quiz Club held Couch Potato, the TV show quiz on 15th March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Ben-galuru.

In this event, avid TV show viewers participated to bag the title of 'A true couch potato'. The executive members of the club briefed the rules. The secretary and quiz master, Mr. Suraj Nukala (S6-ME) screened the questions to the participants, the answers to which were to be written on the sheet of paper provided to them. The participants teamed up and enthusiastically answered the questions which put their memory to test. The questionnaire was based on popu-lar shows over the years. The brainstorming questions gave the participants a hard time finding the answers. After an intense session, the quiz came to an end and the answers were revealed to the participants, who thoroughly enjoyed the event. Couch Potato quiz was an eventful quiz where the participants enjoyed the camaraderie of ardent TV-show viewers.

Narthana, the dance club, hosted their flagship event ‘Spotlight’, a three-round dance competition.

The first round of spotlight was held on 16th March 2018. It was a casual round permitting the contestants to present any style of dance within a time limit of 4+2 minutes.

The second round, held on 19th March 2018, comprised of three stages and permitted only solo performances. Round 2.1 required the contestants to perform dance pertaining to folk genre. Round 2.2 had a hip-hop theme with a maximum time of 2 minutes. Round 2.3 had the prop round where the contenders have to incorporate a prop of any kind into their performance. This was a qualifier round for finals, which allowed the audience to vote for their favourite dancer.

The final round of Spotlight was held on 21st March 2018. The final round was a themed round, permitting the finalists to form a group of five and put up a performance while alluding to the chosen theme.

The participants were judged based on their creativity, their style and originality, coordination, attitude and presentation, their overall impact and audience response.

This week-long tournament kept the audience on the edge with the thrilling competition and enticing performances.

Spotlight

March 2018 . Page 2

The Last Shot Epic, The Movie Club, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru conducted ‘The Last Shot’ on 19th, 20th and

21st of March 2018 in the campus. On the first day, the attendees were given two softwares- Sony Vegas Pro and After Effects and were given a

brief introduction to the various fields involved in film making such as acting, editing, cinematography, direction etc. On the second day, acting and cinematography workshops were conducted where the attendees learnt how

to use Sony Vegas Pro in an effective manner. On the last day, workshop on editing was conducted and the working of After Effects was explained thor-

oughly. The workshops and the talks were undertaken and delivered by Mr. Ajith (S4-ME), Mr. Subash (S6-EIE), Mr. Dinesh (S6-ME) and Mr. Vijay (S6-ME).

The event provided an insight into the intricacies of film making and proved to be informative.

Foto Fiesta’18

School Highlights

Smriti, the Photography club, organized FotoFiesta’18, a week devoted to honour the art of photography, from the 19th of March to 23rd March, 2018. The underlying goal of the event was to create awareness about the intricacies of photography through special guest lectures, workshops and contests.

The inauguration ceremony, on 19th March, was presided over by the chief guest Mr. Sudeep Bhattacharya, who was introduced to the gathering by Mr. Arjun Pillai (S4-ECE). Mr. Battacharya, a photographer and filmmaker with over ten years of experience in the field of audiovisual art, accompanied by Mr. Kasi Viswanath(S6-CSE), Secretary, Smriti, and Mr. J. Krishna Chandan(S6-ME), Joint Secretary, Smriti, launched a special photo gallery that remained open to students for the entire week. Mr. Battacharya was also presented with a memento by Mr. Sagar B., (Asst. Prof., Dept. of ECE), Mentor, Smriti .

‘Photo Hunt’ was organized on Day 2. The competition required participants to solve a riddle that would lead them to a particular location on campus, and the objective was to photograph the location. Cash prizes were award-ed to the winners and runners up.

Smriti hosted ‘Workshop on Time lapse and Hyperlapse’ on Day 3 of FotoFiesta’18. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Sudeesh Reddy (S6-CSE) and Mr. Charan (S6-CSE). The participants were treated to an in-depth analysis of the various techniques involved in clicking such photographs.

‘Advanced Workshop on Photography’ was another hands-on session hosted by the club on Day 4. The event was conducted by Mr. Gowtham Reddy (S8-ME) and Mr. Kartheek (S8- CSE).

The grand week came to a close on day 5 with a guest lecture by Mr. Shubhakant Swain, an experimental photographer from Odhisa, who was introduced to the audience by Ms. Sanjana Reddy (S4-ME), and Ms. Sunayana Devi (S4-ME). Mr. Swain interacted with the audience and shared his expertise on time-lapses and nature photog-raphy. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. Kasi Viswanath, and Mr. J. Krishna Chandan presented the guest with a token of appreciation at the end of the session.

FotoFiesta’18 helped budding photographers hone their skills and gave them multiple platforms to showcase their work and interact with the experts in this field. Smriti hopes to conduct similar events in the forth coming semester.

March 2018 . Page 3

Best Actor

School Highlights

Abhinaya, the drama club hosted its flagship event for the semester, ‘Best Actor’, on the 20th of March 2018. The event was kick-started by Ms. Jaswitha K. R. (S6-ECE), Secretary, Abhinaya explaining the rules for the event. The judging panel comprised of Ms. Paromita, CIR Dept., and Mr. Basvaraj Noolvi, Dept. of ME. The event saw about 20 participants show-casing their talents. The participants were required to stage a mono-acting per-formance in the language of their choice. They were given 3-4 minutes for preparation and could use props. The audience witnessed several amazing performances and encouraged the participants with great enthusiasm.

Cuisine Quiz

The Quiz Club hosted ‘Cuisine Quiz’ on the 20th of March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The participants, who contested in teams of 3 were briefed about the rules of the quiz by the host Mr. Sharan R.V.(S6-EIE), Joint Secretary, Quiz Club and were then presented with the set of questions that encompassed the various styles of food across the world and business aspects of the cuisines.

The event concluded with the host thanking the audience for their enthusiastic

participation.

March 2018 . Page 4

Movie Quiz

The Quiz Club hosted ‘Movie Quiz’ on the 22nd of March 2018 at

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The quiz master, Mr. Rohan Ippalapally (S4-ECE), welcomed the

gathering and briefed them on the rules of the event.

The event witnessed a participation of more than 15 teams with

each team consisting of three members. The questions tested the partici-

pants’ familiarity of Indian movies, controversies in the industry and lesser known facts about movies on a whole.

The host then closed the event by giving away the answers to the

questions that evoked a lot of laughter in the room.

School Highlights

March 2018 . Page 5

Dance Day

Dance Day was hosted by Narthana, the Dance Club, on the 21st of March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. The event with tagline ‘Where Talent Meets Opportunity’ comprised of two flash mob performances and the finals of a dance competition.

The beginning of Dance Day was marked by a flash mob performance by students in the short break between B and C blocks as the audience gathered to watch the show. At noon, a second flash mob was performed at the fountain road. The crowd roared with enthusiasm as the dancers performed their energetic moves.

At 3:30 pm, marking the end of Dance Day was the final round of Spotlight,

a competition that began its preliminary round the previous week. The panel of

judges comprised of Ms. Paromita Sharma, Dept. of CIR , Ms. Vineetha Jain,

Mentor, Narthana and Mr. Arjun, Dept. of Cultural Education. The contestants

were first required to perform in a ‘Theme Round’, weaving a story around their dance. The finalists of the Theme Round, two each from boys and girls, then took

part in a face-off. The winners of the competition were Ms. Anagha Ragunath (S6-

CSE) and Mr. Anil Varma (S6-EIE).

SLAC FACE, the acronym for Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers successfully organized their flagship event,

Stay Late and Code (SLAC) for the sixth year in a row on the 24th March 2018. The much awaited 24 hour

hackathon provided a platform for budding engineers to showcase their skills in the field of coding.

FACE having enthusiastically expanded their outreach, this year SLAC saw participation from not just

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and its sister campuses, but also from institutions belonging to top ranked colleges of

Bengaluru City as well. A total of seventy five teams registered with two hundred and eighty five participants. SLAC

was sponsored by Study Owl, GitHub, Pradhis, CSI, AWS Activate, ACM and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Participants started pouring in at 11am on the 24th March 2018. Inauguration took place at 12:30 pm in

Reception area in the presence of Director Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, FACE mentor Mr. Vishwas H.N.

The Chief Guest inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp with prayers and good wishes. They wished the

participants the best of luck and the contest began at 13.00 on the dot.

The coding arena was well lit with blue light and decorated with decors representing the theme of ‘Coding’ that was adopted for the event. Teams filled up their allocated places and with the aid of free internet access, teams

got to work. Participants referred to resources at their convenience and unleashed their creativity. FACE also

conducted mini challenges like the Codechef coding competition on Code Grounds and the winners received

Codechef Laddus sponsored by Codechef.

A snack stall outside the air-conditioned labs entertained the participants during their breaks from coding.

The hackathon also nurtured networking amongst students as they shared their ideas and discussed various

technologies and software. SLAC 2018 stickers were distributed as a memento and many used it to decorate their

laptops. The participants ploughed through the night with the aid of coffee and worked on their projects with great

zeal. AWS Activate appreciated all the participants by providing free AWS Activate access worth $50 per team and

every team received GitHub stickers, cheat sheets and other funky comics related to Git queries as goodies.

School Highlights

The contest ended at 10 am on the 25th March 2018. After a break for lunch, the presentation session com-

menced. The judges for the contest were Mr. G. Radhakrishnan, Dr. Dhanesh, Mr. Rajesh M., Ms. Sreevidya B., Mr.

Prashant Reddy and Mr. Sai Teja. This session witnessed remarkable applications which had the judges impressed.

Team ‘NoobCoders’ from Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru secured first place in the Business Cate-gory with their Restaurant Management System. In the business category, teams Black Hat from PESIT-South and

Debug from Ramaiah University for Applied Sciences and Technologies stood at the second and third positions for

their AR/VR Ads Analytics for better Conversion Ratio and Credible and secure health diagnostic sector application.

The Utilities category had the teams Prowlites from Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, Pied Piper

from Global Institute and Byte Me from PES University bagging the first, second and third positions with Real time

traffic routing, Hub to share screens and video communication and Spectrogram Application using Python, ML algo-

rithm and Tflern applications respectively.

The Games Category witnessed the teams for Pixels_ from PESIT-BSC, LionsClaw from Hindustan Institute

of Technology and Sciences and 3.14 from Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering for their interesting and mind

boggling games at the top three positions.

The event concluded by thanking all the judges and participants for making the event possible. FACE also

thanked Dr. Amudha J., Chairperson, Department of CSE, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru Campus for

her amazing support and guidance in making SLAC-Fest 2018 a grand success.

SLAC 2018 proved to be not just a platform where learning enthusiasts picked up a new skill or two but also

an experience sharing hub where many likeminded people could meet and exchange thoughts and ideas. This sleep-

less night spent by three hundred students who stayed up to code and all the fun that under went in these twenty four

hours would become wonderful unforgettable memories, leaving everybody excitedly awaiting the next hackathon

with much anticipation, SLAC – 2019!

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School Highlights

March 2018 . Page 7

Staff Sports Tournament

Chethana club and the Department of Physical

Education organized several sports tournaments for the

teaching and non-teaching staff of the Institute. The staff

participated enthusiastically in an overwhelming way.

Some of the matches were witnessed and supported by the

student community as well.

The Cricket tournament was conducted in the

month of November 2017 with five teams. Volleyball and

throwball were conducted on March 8th and 9th, 2018. Bad-

minton and Table-tennis were conducted on March 17th,

2018. In addition to the above sports, discus throw, shot

put and 100m sprint were also conducted for the staff dur-

ing the Annual Athletic Meet on Feb 17th, 2018.

“ LIFE is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to DANCE in the rain.”

Ramanavami Celebrations

School Highlights

Vedanta, the cultural club celebrated Ramanavami, on the 25thof

March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The celebrations began at dusk in the presence of Br. Dhanraj Swa-

miji, Director, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru and

Ms.Divya Sharma, Faculty Associate, Dept. of ME. A Pooja was per-

formed virtuously by Mr. Sharma, Dept. of ME and a melodious rendition

of bhajans were emanated. This was followed by a dance and an enact-

ment of the characters of Ramayana. The celebrations came to a culmina-

tion with the distribution of Prasadam.

The day ended on a positive note with everyone looking forward to

many more such celebrations of the festivals.

The Quizzing Championship The Quiz Club organized The India Quiz on 26thMarch 2018 in ASE-B.

The India Quiz embarked as the 10th and the final quiz of ‘The Quizzing Championship’. The Quizzing championship is the flagship event of The Quiz Club, a year-round competition which decides the top 3 quizzers for

the following year.

The quiz was hosted by Mr.Sharan R. V. (S6-EIE), Joint Secretary, Quiz Club, and entailed 20 questions

which tested the participants’ knowledge of India. The quiz ended with the host presenting the solutions to the ques-tions.

March 2018 . Page 8

MADnite

School Highlights

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, hosted MADnite, an

evening dedicated to talented performances of various arts on the 28th of

March 2018. The second edition of MADnite served as a precursor to

Kalanjali, ASE-B’s intra-college cultural fest.

Mr. Arjun Pillai (S4-ECE) and Ms. Sanjana Reddy (S4-ME) took to

the stage as hosts and welcomed the lively gathering. The evening began

with a scintillating rendition of popular songs by the band Entropy. Subse-

quently, Pruthvi Bhat (S6-ECE), Secretary, Raaga and Shishir Harishankar

(S6-ECE), Joint Secretary, Raaga took over and mesmerized the audience

with a soulful performance. The audience was then swept into a trance as

the bands Euphoria, Nemesis, Enigma and Gravity dazzled the gathering

with their renditions of my riad songs from multiple languages.

Members from Abhinaya, the Drama club, and The Humour Club

entertained the audience with a wide range of comedic fillers, skits and

‘MadAds’.

The night soon gave way to a plethora of exciting performances by

various troupes under Narthana, the Dance Club. FFOC group kick-started

the dance performances with an energetic south Indian dance which was

followed by Desouls, who enthralled everyone present with their astounding

choreography. This was followed by an explosive performance by Narthana

heart-throbs Mr. Vinay Vardhan Reddy (S8-ECE) and Mr. Manoj (S8-ME),

who involved the gathering by dancing amidst them. Other groups that en-

thralled the audience included ‘Unique’, ‘DhithDhith Thai Dab’, and ‘ChikChik Boom’. ‘Dancing Dolls’, ‘DIA,’‘Adholkam’ and ‘Tamil Thalai-vas’ got the throng to groove in sync with them.

The evening culminated with the hosts thanking the crowd and

hoping for a similar, if not better participation during Kalanjali’18.

March 2018 . Page 9

Amritotsavam’18

School Highlights

The school witnessed the Institution Day, Amritotsavam’18, a platform that rewards academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements of the students, faculty & staff members on 30th March 2018. The event commenced with lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest Dr. P. Karthigeyan,a renowned researcher in the field of ancient sciences, Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, Director, ASE-B, Dr. Rakesh S.G., Associate Dean and Head, and Chairpersons of the Engineering De-partments.

Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, discussed on the importance of breaking

the shackles from the conventional methods of learning and the contri-

butions made in this area by Amrita University under the able guidance

of Chancellor Sadguru Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. He inspired the

gathering with his words of thought and encouraged them to have zeal to

achieve their goals.

Dr. Rakesh S.G., then presented the annual report in which he

outlined the achievements of various departments of the school and the

projects that were undertaken in the preceding year. He then went on to

summarize the accomplishments of students and staff.

Dr. P. Karthigeyan, the honourable Chief Guest for the occa-

sion, spoke about the breakthroughs of science made by Indians in vari-

ous eras. Dr. P. Karthigeyan, researcher in Ancient sciences and a prac-

titioner of Siddha medicine, alluded to the renaissance in science and

drew a comparison with ancient Tamil medical practices. He elucidated

that ancient discoveries metamorphose into the current day Engineering

departments.

Following this, the Chief Guest and the dignitaries launched the

9th edition of Sanchita, the school’s annual magazine. Members of the team were congratulated on producing the latest edition, and they se-

cured certificates of appreciation. The following awards were presented

to the meritorious students: Academic Excellence Award and the

Karthik Kalaichelvan Memorial Award. Winners of various cultural and

technical events were lauded. The office-bearers of Amritadhara, the

student activities ensemble were also awarded with mementos for their

contributions, and the winners of sports events received their medals

and certificates. The Department of ECE emerged the overall winners

and carried home the Champions Trophy. The event then drew to a

close with Mr. Phanibhushan, Vice Chairman, Dept. of ME, delivering

the vote of thanks. Amritakalanjali'18, the annual cultural festival

followed this felicitation of talents.

March 2018 . Page 10

Amritakalanjali’ 18

School Highlights

The School witnessed Amritakalanjali’ 18, with the tagline #talent is timeless on the 30th and 31st of March 2018. The theme of the event, ‘Mythology’ gave rise to numerous creative events that were enthusi-astically organised. ‘Green Screen’, ‘Franchise Mania’, ‘Acoustics’, ‘Duo It Up’, ‘The Drama Com-pany’, ‘Screencast’, ‘Headlines’, ‘Quiz up duels’, ‘Mehendi Mela’, ‘CAN-DID’, ‘Draw Your Luck’, ‘Pictionary’ and ‘Debate’ were some of the events organized by the various clubs on the first day. An eye-catching Big-picture art was dis-played at the quadrangle region in the New Block and an art gallery was set up in the new block while a photo gallery was set up in the Yoga Hall. The yearly ‘Tikki-Taka’ tournaments held in the campus grounds witnessed a sizeable crowd. Events like ‘Battle of bands’ and ‘Street dance’ received much fanfare. The second day comprised of events like ‘Group Dance’, ‘Mannequin Challenge’, ‘Coooking Without Flame’. ‘Short film Screening’, ‘Sherlocked’, ‘Ball’s in your quote’, ‘Stand up Comedy’, ‘The General Quiz’, ‘Get the Cavalry’, ‘Face Painting’ and ‘Gamers Hub’.

The students participated actively in all the games and events organized. ‘Game of Thrones’, the flagship event of AK’18, which included a series of assessment rounds with stress interviews culminated with Mr. Sachin Pulil (S8-ME) being declared as Mr. Kalanjali. The culmination of the two-day fest left everyone with pleasant memories to carry with, making this event a grand success.


Amritakalanjali’ 18

School Highlights


Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE

Presented By: Prakash Gopalakrishnan Author(s): Prakash Gopalakrishnan Uma Maheswari B.

“Keyless Cryptosystem for Se-cure Primitive Pairing of Mo-bile Devices”

2nd- 3rd March 2018

DRDO Sponsored International Conference On Cyber Physical Sys-tems For Next Generation Compu-ting (CPSNGC 2018), Bannari Am-man Institute of Technology, Sath-yamangalam.

Presented By: K. Rasmitha Choudary

Author(s): I. SriUsha

K. Rasmitha Choudary

Kavitha C. R. T. Sasikala

“Data Mining Techniques used in the Recommendation of E-commerce services”

30th-- 31st March 2018

2nd International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA 2018), RVS ,Coimbatore, India

Detective Quest Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers (FACE) in collaboration with CSI and Sankhya organized

‘Detective Quest’ as part of the college Tech day Prabidhi on 3rd March 2018. FACE Co-Secretary Ms. Lalitha Prasuna (S6-CSE), CSI Chair Ms. Rachana P (S6-CSE) and CSI Chair Akhil Katam (S6-CSE) organized the events with the help of the other members of FACE. The event was a two round contest. In the first round or the treasure hunt round, the students had to drill their heads to decode clues and get to the ultimate spot which paved way for their next round. There were five clues hidden in unexpected places hidden around the campus. Using the password obtained from first round, the teams participated in a tech taboo round. The winners were adjudged on the basis of time taken right from start. The team with the least time duration became the ultimate detectives! The event witnessed a huge turnout with almost 80 teams taking part. It was a fun filled event where the

participants had a lot of fun. The event got the highest turnout among all other events held that day.

ACM Student Chapter: Talk on “Recent Trends in Cloud Computing”

ACM student chapter of ASE-Bengaluru, organized a talk on “Recent Trends in Cloud Computing” on 16th March 2018 at the campus. Ms. Ashwini Nayak, The Chair, ACM (S6- CSE) welcomed and introduced the speaker of the day, Mr. S. Suresh, founder and CEO of Cloudsiksha, to a gathering of around 100 students. Mr. S. Suresh, started his talk by giving an introduction on Containers and Dockers, to the audience. He

further explained the various challenges faced by Docker, the usage of Dockers and the difference between a con-

tainer and a virtual machine. He then shed light on Orchestration software, Docker Swarm and Kubernetes. He

showed the complete architectural overview of Kubernetes, a portable open source platform for managing contain-

erized services.

Departmental Activity

Department of CSE


Department of CSE

He then discussed about the streaming platform for IoT. His last topic of discussion was on serverless compu-ting and its applications.

The event came to a closure with a question and answer session, wherein the enthusiastic audience asked doubts from various fields of Computer Science and Mr. S. Suresh answered all the questions patiently. He suggested few websites for various courses. Dr. Supriya M., ACM mentor, presented the speaker with a memento and the crowd dispersed looking forward for many such talks in the forthcoming semesters.

Forum Activity

Studyowl workshop on Chatbots Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers (FACE) in collaboration with StudyOwl conducted Chatbot Sunday

on 18th March 2018 as a gearing up session before SLAC. Mr. Prashanth Reddy from Studyowl conducted a fun filled hands on workshop imparting knowledge on how to make a chatbot for Facebook Messenger.

The event witnessed a bunch of technical enthusiasts who benefitted greatly from the session. It was a half-day session that taught the students on how to go about chatbots. The attendees were introduced to Chatbot Fuel which is the best bot platform for creating an AI chatbot on Facebook. The Students also got to learn and experience cre-ating bots through Gupshup, which is again a platform for developers to build bots for SMS, Twitter, Slack, WeChat and others with a unified API.

The speaker also shed light on the various applications and advancements made by this modern technology. He also gave an insight into the other emerging fields of technology and its scope. The event came to an end with a Q&A session and a lot of effective knowledge on the aspects related to coding.

Session on Python, Block Chain & Data Analytics by Pradhi The Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers invited the CEO of Pradhi to address students belonging to the CSE department on the 21st March 2018. Pradhi is a newly founded start up that deals with training individuals in the fields of Python and Big Data Analytics. The CEO Mr. Ganesh gave an energy packed talk and spoke about what Pradhi hoped to achieve in the passing years and how its cus-tomers could use it to their benefits. He also introduced Plumb5, Pradhi's latest tie-up. Plumb5 is a marketing and

analytical platform. Plumb is a measure and plumb5 defines its user's journey into five categories, hence the name. Plumb5's main area of focus is to analyse data and with the help of tools and techniques, reap business insights. Mr. Ganesh concluded the talk by giving a very informative presentation on Block Chain technology. He spoke about how the digital ledger is a hot topic in the industry and also spoke briefly about hyper ledger.

Other News The National Cyber Defence Research Centre (NCDRC) team has confirmed the National Cyber Defence

Resource Centre at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, on 16th February 2018.


Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION

H. Saliq Afaque Dasari Vishal T. K. Ramesh

“A Technical Survey on Under-water Communication”

February 2018

International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET), Science Publishing Corporation, Publisher of International Academic Journals, Vol. 7, No. 2.9

Vehicular Communication and Intelligent Transport Systems

The IEEE ComSoc organized a talk on Vehicular Communication and Intelligent Transport Systems on the 15th of March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The event commenced with Mr. Nikhil Pabbisetty (S6- ECE), Chair of IEEE ComSoc and Mr. Mujahid (S6-ECE), Secretary, IEEE Student Branch welcoming the speakers for the event. The first speaker, Prof. Shrikanth Tangade, Reva University introduced Intelligent Transport Systems and Vehicular networks with the help of visuals on V2V technology. He later emphasized on Vehicular Ad hoc networks (VANET) depicting its stand in the network hierarchy. The event proceeded with the next speaker Mr. Anand M, CDoT emphasizing on the importance of differentiating ‘want’ and ‘need’ in Cooperative-ITS. He also precisely described the various static and dynamic data viewed in every vehicle. He then concluded the talk with an analysis on situations that arise when the Cooperative Awareness Messages (CAM) are concatenated.

Dr. Navin Kumar then took to the stage, giving an in-depth analysis on the humongous scope available on ITS in our country. He then described the applications of ITS and discussed their viability in a broad aspect .

Mr. Nikhil concluded the session by acknowledging the contribution of the speakers and the interest shown by the attendees on the day.

Departmental Activities

Department of ECE

Workshops Organized

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr. N. S. Murty, Chair-man, Dr. Navin Kumar as Program Chair and Dr. Rajath Vasude-vamurthy as Workshop Convener.

2-day National workshop titled “System on Chip Architectures for Mixed Mode Applications (SoCAMMA)”

23rd to 24th March 2018

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru


Forum Activity

A 2-day National workshop titled ‘System on Chip Architectures for Mixed Mode

Applications (SoCAMMA)’ was conceived by the Department of Electronics and Com-munication Engineering from 23rd to 24th March 2018. The workshop emphasized on ‘Field Programmability for Rapid Prototyping’. Dr. N. S. Murty, Chairman of the Department of ECE was the driving force behind the workshop ably assisted by Dr. Navin Kumar as Program Chair and Dr. Rajath Vasudevamurthy as Workshop Convener.

The Chief Guest, Dr. P. V. Ananda Mohan (Fellow, IEEE & Chair, IEEE Cir-cuits and Systems Society Bengaluru Chapter & Technology Advisor, CDAC) who deliv-ered the keynote address of the workshop covering all the essential blocks of analog and mixed signal design, also touched upon recent advancements of field programmability. Mr. Hitesh Garg (NXP Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.), talked about the three verticals of Analog Design namely Data Conversion, Power Handling and Timing & Reference Generation. Through his talk, he emphasized on automobiles as a target application where the philosophy followed was “sense, think and act”. Mrs. Swathi G (Texas Instru-ments Pvt. Ltd.) delivered information about the salient features and importance of Semiconductor Testing in the context of manufacturing defects. Prof. Subhajit Sen (IIIT-B), Dr. Ganesan Thiagarajan (MMRFIC) and Dr. Pratap Kumar Das (Achronix Semiconductor Corp.), spoke about Digital assisted Analog and Mixed Signal Design, Embedded RF Design and Embedded FPGA respectively. The workshop had two demo sessions on using MATLAB to interface to FPGAs, which was presented by Ms. Vidya Viswanathan (Mathworks Pvt. Ltd.) and Anadigms Field Programmable Analog Array (FPAA) presented by Mr. Rajesh R (Oppila Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.). The workshop was registered and attended by 16 external participants, the faculty members and the students.

Department of ECE

Videotronics The ECI Forum conducted their much awaited event Videotronics on 21st March 2018. The event was aimed at giving students the practical knowledge required through informative and educational videos. The rationale was to motivate the students into learning new technologies and increasing their interest towards the field of electronics. Mr. Sai Swaroop (S4-ECE) started the event with a talk on Notch Revolution. He started by introducing the first phones in the market that had a notch and discussed the various sensors that are arranged in it.

The fingerprint scanning technology was explained in detail and more light was shed upon the proximity sensor and its function. The evolution of the notch was discussed in detail and the screen to body ratio of several phones was compared with each other. The iPhone X’s notch that went through much criticism in the market was debated as well. A video that comprised of the different kind of existing notches was on display followed by a humorous video that mocked the iPhone X’s unsatisfying notch. Mr. Poojith (S4-ECE) took over the event with a talk on Stephen Hawking and his theories. The Hawking Radiation, a famous theory was talked upon and por-trayed by an interesting video that narrated the story of the big bang and how the universe was created. Gravitational waves were also discussed along with the history of blackholes. The event concluded with Ms. Harini M, Joint Secretary, ECIF (S6-ECE) addressing the audience and taking in questions from the audience for the speakers to clarify the doubts.

System on Chip Architectures for Mixed Mode Applications


Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE

Presented By: Anila E. P. Author(s): Anila E. P. Mini Sujith

“Multi Level Inverter with reduced number of switches for drives”

3rd March 2018

IEEE International Conference on current trends towards converging technologies- ICCTCT 2018 at SVS College of Engineering, Coimbatore

Presented By: Shikha Tripathi Author(s): Meghna Nair Mamatha I. Shikha Tripathi

“Distributed Arithmetic based Hybrid Architecture for Multiple Transforms”

21st -23rd March 2018

2018 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communica-tion at Jaypee Institute of Infor-mation Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Paper will be pub-lished in Springer Lecture notes "Advances in Signal Processing and Communication-Select Proceedings of ICSC 2018"

Department of EEE

Papers Published INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE

MONTH & YEAR

NAME OF THE PUBLICA-TION

M. Deva Brinda Suresh A. M.R. Rashmi

“Optimal sizing and distribution system reconfiguration of hybrid FC/WT/PV system using cluster computing based on harmony search algorithm.”

February 2018

Springer Cluster Computing.

M. Monisha Suresh A. B. R. Tapas Bapu M. R. Rashmi

“Classification of malignant melanoma and benign skin lesion by using back propagation neural network and ABCD rule.”

March 2018

Springer Cluster Computing

Mini R. Binoj P. V. B. Hariram Satheesh Dinesh M.N.

“Real Time Validation of EKF Estima-tor for LowSpeed Estimation in DTC IMD.”

March 2018

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), a Scopus indexed jour-nal. ISSN:20888694 Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2018, pp. 433~442

Porselvi T. Deepa K. Muthu R.

“FPGA based selective harmonic elimination technique for multilevel inverter.”

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS) Vol. 9, No. 1, pp: 166 - 173

Anjana Jain Shankar S. Vanitha V.

“Power Generation using Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) based Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS): An Overview”

Journal of Green Engineering Scopus indexed (IF-0.357)


Department of EEE

Break Through - IEEE WIE EVENT IEEE WIE (student affinity group- SBA63931) in Collaboration with IEEE-PELS, IEEE-PES, IEEE WIE, IEEE COMSOC, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru organized a technical fun event ‘Break Through’ as a part of Prabidhi on 2nd March, 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. Prabidhi is a tech day exclusively conducted for students every year by the Amrita School of Engineering. Teams comprised of 3 members. This was basically a fun event. In First Round, one of participant was asked a question based on general knowledge. Numbers from 0 to 9 were placed vertically on the wall and a puzzle reference sheet was given to the participants. The participant who was asked the question showed the answer to the other two by pointing a pointer that was connected to the rotating arm. With the help of the puzzle reference sheet the other two participants answered the question. In the Second round, a maze was placed vertically. Two magnets were placed on either side of the maze such a way that they were attached magnetically. The team mates were expected to guide one of the team members to bring the magnet out of the maze. The Third Round was called Kill the Buzzer, which was a buzzer round. One among the team members was asked to pick a name card which consisted of some technical names. The teammates were allowed to discuss on the name card for 30 seconds and the one who took the name card is asked to stand in a circle known as ‘Red Zone’. The other teammates were supposed to bring the clues related to that name card in 2mins. Person within the red zone, arranged the clues with the wires collected from his teammates to form a circuit in a way that the buzzer is switched OFF. The Technical Fun Event earned a good response from all the participants who in turn requested us to

conduct more programs in future. The importance of IEEE membership was highlighted in the same program. A

total number of 68 teams participated in the event.

Ms. Anjana Jain reviewed seven papers for International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems (Special Issue 2018), De Gruyter Publisher.

Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition

Departmental Activities


Forum Acvitivy

Industrial Visit to Mettur Thermal Power Station (MTPS) VIDYUTH in collaboration with IEEE PES and IAS joint student branch chapter organized an Industrial

visit to Mettur Thermal Power Station (MTPS), Salem, Tamil Nadu on 23rd March 2018. Mettur plant is operated by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and is also ISO 9001:2008 certified. It consists of two units, with one unit generating 600 MW of power and other unit generating 840 MW of power. The visit was made to 840 MW plant which is further sub categorized into four other subunits, each capable of generating 210 MW. Thirty Five students of sixth semester Electrical and Electronics Engineering branch accompanied by two faculty members Dr. J. Ramprabhakar and Ms. Mamatha I. visited the Power Station. Students visited the Central Control Room, where a clear explanation about the working of plant was given by the employees. The students were taken to different sections of the plant to observe diverse operations in the power plant. The students were explained how coal is powdered before feeding it to the boilers. Different processes like water treatment for generation, combustion process that includes the operation of diesel gun, oil gun and pow-dered coal, the steam turbine operation etc., were also thoroughly explained. The state of the art construction and technologies awed the visiting delegates. The students had a great experience in visiting the plant and got an insight of the actual working of the thermal power plant.



Ravi Kumar V. Prakash K.R.

“Mathematical modeling of un-saturated isophthalic resin’s cur-ing cycle”

March 2018 International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001,Vol. 8, Issue 2, Apr 2018, 805-810

Invited Talk on “Overview of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and its Feasibility in India.”

Invited Talk on “Overview of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and its Feasibility in India” was organised by JIDO in collaboration with SAE on 28th March 2018 at E-learning hall, Amrita School of Engineering. A total of 130 S8-ME students attended the event. The speakers were Mr. Abhay and Mr. Karthik who are the alumni of ASE-B. They are presently working as engineers in Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts in Production Control and Production Engineering Department respectively. They started off by briefing on automobiles, which gave a deeper insight in to the industrial work culture. They spoke taking turns, giving real life examples, which helped them understand the course very well. They emphasized on hybrid and electric vehicles and how India has to work on to be a better country than it is today. They mentioned the benefits about electric, hybrid and their drawbacks. India, being a developing nation should consider shifting from fuel to hybrid vehicles was an informative message conveyed than shifting from fuel to elec-tric as per the Governments Notice. It was very interactive session that helped the student community clear their doubts. The session ended with

a question and answer interactive session between the speakers and students. The students were happy with the ses-

sion filled with fun learning and interaction.

Departmental Activity

Department of ME

Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

EVENT

Presented By: D. Sahu Author(s): Praveen Alok D. Sahu

“Experimental study on vapor adsorption refrigeration system with carbon-methanol pair”

2nd March 2018

IConMMEE 2018/ IOP Science conference proceedings/ MITE Mangalore


Department of ME

Two-day workshop on BIPED ROBOT JIDO, the Industrial Automation Club, hosted a two-day workshop on BIPED ROBOT on the 3rd and 4th of March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. 95 students from all the branches participated in the event at Sudhamani hall. Contestants were allowed to participate in teams of utmost 4. The main objective of the ses-sion was to familiarize the students with the working of servo motors and their applications in a BIPED ROBOT. Mr. Nishanth Singh, a trainer at Protex Electrical Supplies Limited instructed the stu-dents during the workshop. He proposed several challenges and motivated them by announc-ing a merit certificate for winners sponsored by IIT Kharagpur. The students were introduced to the basics of Arduino and Servo Programming which

were medium for regulating the input and the motion of the robot respectively. Mr. Nishanth

enlightened the participants on the various applications of Arduino and Servo motors in

today’s technological era. Further he familiarized the participants with the components required for the construction of the robot. The participants spent the day implementing

distinct codes, verifying the output through a rheostat and mastering the servo programming.

Second day witnessed a practical hands-on session of the assembling of the robot. The teams

soldered their respective PCB’s, constructed their own robots. Mr. Nishanth then expounded the code for the smile, the movement of the robot and the Bluetooth control of the robot.

The participants uploaded the code on their respective Arduino boards and verified the

movement and the smile using a 3*3 LCD matrix. They examined the Bluetooth control of

the robot. Merit certificates were given to the teams with the best code for controlling a servo

motor with the application of a rheostat and with the best swift movement of the BIPED RO-

BOT.

The workshop ended on a high note with Mr. M.V. Rayudu (S6-ME), Joint Secretary present-ing the vote of thanks and the students look forward for many such workshops.


Python and NumPy Workshop Ingenium, the Forum of the Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a workshop on Python and

NumPy on17th March 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. The workshop was aimed at educating the students about the popularity of Python and NumPy. The one-day workshop was conducted by Mr. Abhinav, alumnus of Amrita School of Engineering currently serving as a research scholar at The University of Munich working on PLM and CFD. In the first session, Mr. Abhinav introduced the software to the participants following which the second session saw students solving ordinary differential equations related to real life scenarios. The third session comprised of various tactics to solving partial differential equations while the final session was inclined towards a practical approach wherein participants had to prepare a case study related to finite element methods. At the culmination of the event, Mr. Abhinav was felicitated with a memento by Mr. Shashi Kumar, Mentor, Ingenium. The workshop was a grand success and taught the students the software and its applications in the real world.

Forum Activity

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL


B.H. Nanjunda Reddy Pradipta Ranjan Raut V. Venkata Lakshmi Swamy Sreenivasa

“Synthesis and characterization of novel Sa-PA-LSA/C-30B/AG Nano Composites for swelling, antibacterial, drug delivery and anticancer applications”

March 2018 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. Vol 11, issue 3, 2018 Indexed in Scopus, Impact factor 0.40

Department of Humanities & Sciences

Chemistry



Murali K. Kesavulu Naidu V. Venkatesh B.

“Optimal subparametric finite element approach for a Darcy-Brinkman fluid flow problem through a rectangular channel with one curved side”

March 2018

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 310(1), 012145, 2018. Scopus indexed

Kesavulu Naidu V. Banerjee D. Siddheshwar P.G. Shankara

“Optimal sub-parametric finite element approach for a Darcy-Brinkman fluid flow problem through a circular channel using curved triangular elements”

Mamatha T.M. B. Venkatesh R. Pramod

“Numerical Integration over El-lipsoid by transforming into 10-noded Tetrahedral Elements”

Mathematics



Cultural Education - Amrita Darsanam

Arjun Bharadwaj Presented a paper titled “Vedanta – Its Empirical proofs and universal applicability” at an international Seminar

on Ananda Meemamsa on 5th March 2018. The seminar was organized by the Indian Council for Philosophical Research at Gokul, Mathura.

Delivered a talk on the topic “Dharmi, Vrtti and Pravrtti - the modes of artistic expression” at the Department of Humanities and Performing arts, Jain University, Bengaluru on 23rd March 2018.

Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition

Glimpses of Indian Mathematics Workshop Amrita Darshanam – International Centre for Spiritual Studies, Bengaluru, in collaboration with the

Department of Mathematics, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, organized a two-day workshop on “Glimpses of Indian Mathematics”, aimed at providing a glimpse of the rich mathematical heritage of India. The workshop was conducted during March 3rdand 4th, 2018, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus. The workshop was presided over by Prof. K. Ramasubramanian from IIT Bombay. The inaugural session started off on 3rd March 2018 in the morning with traditional shloka chanting by Mr. Ananta Sharma B.G., Dept. of Spiritual Studies, and a welcome address by Dr. Sarada Jayan, Dept. of Mathematics. This was followed by the first lecture of the morning session where Prof. Ramasubramanian gave a brief introduction to Jyotishashastra. In the subsequent sessions on that day, he explained the purpose of Ganitashastra and its ubiquity. The significant contributions of Kerala mathematicians: the series expansion of sine function (the so-called Newton’s series), Paridhi (the so-called Gregory-Leibniz series) and the derivative of the sine inverse function, among others, were explained. He also introduced the idea of the Bhutasankhya system and gave various examples from the ancient Indian texts illustrating it. The second day saw the introduction of Chandasshastra and some famous examples of metrical composi-tions, thereby presenting various combinatorial techniques very beautifully in the form of poetry. The lecture sessions on the second day were followed by a small valedictory session where Prof. Ramasubramanian was felicitated by Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, Director, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, and Br. Prasanth, Dept. of Spiritual Studies, Amritapuri, who was the driving force behind all the activities related to the workshop. Several faculty members came together to help organize the workshop. Dr. Suhas B.N., Dept of Mathematics, Mr.Arjun Bharadwaj, Dept of Spiritual Studies, Mr. Ananta Sharma B.G., Dept. of Spiritual Studies, Dr. Sarada Jayan, Dept. of Mathematics, Ms. Vineetha Jain, Dept. of CSE and Dr. Rajath Vasudevamurthy, Dept. of ECE, formed the core organizing committee. The workshop concluded on the evening of 4th March 2018 with a vote of thanks by Dr. Suhas B.N.



CIR

Internmela Amrita Center for Entrepreneurship, the E-cell of

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, organised its flagship event, Internmela on 17th March 2018, at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. The Event started off with registrations for students and companies that arrived for the event. Then it moved on with the inauguration ceremony. The ceremony was auspiciously started by light-ing of the lamp by Mr. Amanulla Khan, the chief guest, (an Entrepreneur, a business coach and consultant), Mr. Balakrishnan, (Vice HOD, CIR) , Capt. Rajiv Sood, (HOD, CIR) and Mrs. Amrita Verma, Mentor of ACE Club (Soft skills trainer, CIR dept.). The secretary of the club, Mr. Ashwin Krithik M. (S6-ME), then took over to give a speech that highlighted the importance of the rela-tionship between startups and interns. The audience was then inspired by the speech of the keynote speaker, Mr. Amanulla Khan. He spoke about different aspects of life, different experiences in life and about things that would make all the difference between a successful person and an unsuccessful person. As the inauguration ended the companies went to conduct interviews as the students went on to attend them. A new concept of scanning QR codes was introduced to let the students join respective groups where they were informed about the companies throughout the day. Some companies conducted tests and exams before qualifying students to interviews and some companies took interviews directly while some companies conducted group inter-views. Each company was taken care of individually and specifically, throughout the day, by their assigned start-up assistant. Each company was felicitated with a certificate and a memento. A total count of 43 companies arrived for the event and a number nearing 650 students attended the interviews. The event went on smoothly throughout the day with the coordination between the event organisers and the volunteers. The event ended on a good note. More than 200 students have been selected for in-ternships. Results from few more companies are awaited. Internmela has not only helped the students to get internships but also has helped them to understand them-selves better on the level of formal interactions with profes-sionalism within them.


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