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Volume : 7 Issue : 4 April 2010 Price : Rs. 3.00
Chairman’s MessageDr. T. Thyagarajan
From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan
Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dr. S. Salivahanan,
Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha
Esteemed Members,
Hope this finds you at the peak of yourdynamic professionalism. You will agree withme that this is examination season and I am sure,you will not mind if I devote my messageexclusively for the student members.
My dear young, energetic and enthusiasticstudent members of IEEE, there are seasons for
every activity – IPL Cricket/Soccer/ Tennis etc. Now the very importantseason for you (that is going to make a permanent mark in your futurecareer) is the examination season. Here are some useful tips for you tofare well in your examinations. I have written them in such a waythat you can remember them very easily using mnemonics (NeTCo,InSeF, MUFASILN and SARAL). Here you go.
1. Tips before going to Examination Hall (NeTCo):
Necessary items - Carry all the necessary items namely ID Cad,Hall ticket, Instrument box, pen, pencil, eraser sharpener, calculator(if permitted)
Time - Reach the Examination Center well before time.
Cool & Calm- Be cool and calm. The tension may spoil yourentire performance.
2. Hints before answering the question paper (InSeF) :
Instructions - Read the instructions given in the question paper& the answer booklet very carefully.
Selection of questions-Go through the question paper thoroughlyand select questions for answering, keeping in mind the timerequired, marks allotted and familiarity etc.
Filling the first page - Fill the first page of the answer sheetcorrectly like the register number, name of the examination, nameof the subject, code etc.
3. Tips while answering the question paper (MUFASILN):
Margin - Leave space for margin while answering. Also givesufficient space between the two answers.
Underline - Underline the subtitles and important points in theanswer sheet.
First answer - The first answer, (especially) should be written ina nice manner (First impression is the best impression)
Avoid lengthy paragraph-While answering the questions try tocontd..... page 2
Dear Friends,
Our Chairman has proved himself as adedicated teacher by presenting a timely, excellentand useful set of tips to the students to fare well inexaminations. LINK wishes all the very best to allour student members in the forthcoming exams.
The proceedings of the two nationalconferences – “Information and Software Engineering” and “VLSI,Embedded Systems, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies”both organized by the Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology with thesupport of the Section and the IEEE Computer Society & CommunicationSociety Chapters are reported in detail. The copies of the proceedings ofthese conferences have been added in the Section Library for reference.
This issue of LINK also reports on the 14th Faculty DevelopmentProgramme on “Recent Trends in Applied Mathematics” held at KarunyaUniversity and the workshops held at RMK Engg College, MPNachimuthu M Jaganathan Engg College, KSR College of Engg alongwith the seminar held at Hindustan Inst. of Tech & Science.
The other items reported in this issue of LINK include:Symposiums at Mepco Schlenk Engg College, KS Rangasamy College ofTech, Kongu Engg College; Guest Lectures at Arunai Eggg College;Personality Devlopment Programme at Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech,Intra College Programme at SVCE; WIE Programmes at Sri MuthukumaranInst. of Tech, St. Xavier Catholic College of Engg, KS Rangasamy Collegeof Tech.; Inauguration of the student branch at Madha Engg College andactivities at Vivekanandha College of Engg for Women along with a shortreport on the brainstorming session at VIT University.
We regret once again for not publishing all the reports on the eventsreceived from various student branches due to space constraints. Misseditems will be included in the next month issue of LINK
LINK congratulates Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE ComputerSociety for receiving the Certificate of Appreciation for the third time insuccession for the notable services and contributions towards theadvancement of the CS Madras Chapter and the Computing Profession.
LINK congratulates Mr. Melappalayam N. Gokul of MahindraSatyam and Mr. T. Dinesh of Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech, thewinners of Info Contest - 1003 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/= eachsponsored by SRA Systems. We are completing TWO years of thisINFO CONTEST feature and LINK wishes to place on record the supportfrom SRA Systems.
The offer of membership in IEEE & IEEE CS along with the accessrights to the IEEE CS Digital Library at a discounted rate of USD 20 isstill open for students. Please make use of this opportunity.
LINK requests the matter for publishing is sent by 8th ofevery month as per the guidelines available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/guidelines-matter-for-ieee-mas-link.pdf
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Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Trends in AppliedMathematics” held at Karunya University
The 14th FDP of the IEEE MadrasSection organized by the Karunya Universitystarted on 26th Feb 2010 with an inauguralfunction which was presided by Vice ChancellorDr. Paul P Appasamy. In his presidentialaddress, he stressed about the necessity of thefaculty development programs. Dr. T. MichaelN. Kumar, addressed the participants explainingabout the IEEE and invited the non memberparticipants to join IEEE. Dr. V. Rajkumar Dare,HOD, Mathematics Dept., Madras ChristianCollege in his inaugural address, highlighted theimportance of mathematics in Engineering fieldand its recent trends.
In the session on Topology and Automatatheory by Dr. V. Rajkumar Dare, explained the
basic concepts in Linguistics and how our bodyitself is a language which is a collection of wordsfrom DNA components. Then he explained howalgebra can be applied in language theory andrelated algebraic topology with linguistics.Finally, he enlightened on the recent researchlines in that area. In the second session on‘Differential Equations and applications’ by Dr.B. Selvaraj, HOD, Mathematics Dept., KarunyaUniversity, covered the basic concepts ofdifference equations and differentiated that withdifferential equations with real time examples.Also he explained about the recentimprovements in that field. After lunch, Dr.Basheer Ahmed took a session on ‘Fuzzy logicand fuzzy graphs’ in which the basic conceptsof fuzzy logic and its applications in engineering
field were covered along with explaining thefuzzy graphs and its applications. Final sessionof the first day was on Latex by Dr. MallikaArjunan who briefed on latex and explainedadvantages of Latex over other documentingsoftware. A practical session in Latex followedwas very much helpful for all the researchers.
The second started with a talk by Dr.Indhira Rajasingh, HOD, Mathematics, LoyolaCollege on Graph Theory and its applicationsin Computer Architecture. She, interestinglytook the session by telling lots of backgroundstories and explained the recent trends andworks in the field of Graph theory and motivateddelegates by providing lots of open researchproblems existing in Graph theory field. ThenDr. Devarul took a session on Probabilitytheory and its applications. After covering thebasic concepts of probability theory, heexplained its vast applications in industries andalso in the research field especially in medicine.After the lunch, Dr. E. Thandapani, in his talkon ‘Delayed Differential equations and itsapplications’, enlightened the participants byexplaining about delayed difference equationswith its applications. The final session by Dr.Mohan who conducted the practical in Matlabprogramming. He taught each participant howto write simple program in Matlab software. Atthe end, participation certificates weredistributed to the participants all the 37participants including 2 IEEE members.
Networking 2010: International Conferenceson Networking: 10-14, May 2010 at IITMadras, Chennai, India. Sponsored by theIFIP Technical Committee on CommunicationSystems and organized jointly by IIT Madrasand Computer Society of India. For details,pl. contact: Mr. S. Ramasamy, Chairman, CSIChennai Chapter at +91 9840009417 ORvisit http://www.networking-2010.org/
ICAET-10: International Conference onAdvances And Emerging Trends InComputing Technologies: 21 – 24, Jun2010 at Chennai, India, Organised by Schoolof Computer Science & Engineering, SRMUniversity in association with University ofArkansas, Little Rock, USA, Div II & DivIV, Computer Society of India, IEEEComputer Society, Madras Chapter. Contact:Dr. S. Chellaiah, Conference Chair ICAET-10at [email protected] OR Mr. H.R. Mohan,Chair, Div IV at [email protected] e: h t tp:/ /w ww.srmun iv. ac. in /events.php?page=icaet10
Forthcoming Eventsavoid lengthy paragraphs. You can evenwrite in the form of salient points.
Sequencing-As far as possible, try tofollow a sequence while answeringdifferent ‘parts’ of question paper. Avoidmixing of Part ‘A’ answer with Part ‘B”.
Irrelevant answers -Answer ‘to thepoint’. Writing the additional irrelevantmaterial is a waste of your precious time.
Legible answers - Answers should bewritten more legibly. Overwritingshould be avoided.
Numbering the answers - Write the questionnumber correctly for every answer.
4. General Instructions (SARL) :
Scribbling - Do not scribble ‘working’on the question paper or on the writingdesk in the hall.
Additional sheet - Tie the additionalsheets in the correct order.
Rough work - Perform rough work inthe last page of the answer booklet.
Leaving the Hall - Do not leave theexamination hall before the end of theexamination. Revise and attempt to writethe unanswered questions.
May God’s choicest blessings crown allyour efforts with brilliant success.
Finally, let me conclude my message by recallingthe golden words,
He knows not and knows that he knows notis a child-teach him
He who knows and knows not that he knowsis asleep-awaken him
He who knows not and knows not that thehe knows not is a fool-shun him
He who knows and knows that he knows is aleader-follow him.
With regardsAffectionate office bearer
Prof. T. Thyagarajan
Chairman’s Message continued....
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Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic Application to Power System” at M.P. NachimuthuM. Jaganathan Engineering College
A one day workshop on “Fuzzy LogicApplication to Power System” organized byAssociation of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering & IEEE Student branch of M.P.Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan Engineering Collegewas held on 26th February 2010 at the collegecampus.
Dr.C.K.Babulal, Associate Professor,Dept. of EEE, Thiagarajar College of
Engineering, Madurai was the chief guest. TheCollege Correspondent “Udyog Rattan “ThiruJ. Sudhanandhen presided over the function anddelivered the presidential address. Principal Dr.K.Jagadeesan offered the felicitation. Mr.P.Selvan HOD/EEE welcomed the gathering.Selvi.Sivashankari, second year studentintroduced the chief guest.
The Chief Guest, Dr. C. K. Babulal, inhis address, said that the habit of studying isinherent in engineering students. He stressedthe students to attend more workshops andseminars which are more application oriented.
In his felicitation, the Principal Dr.K.Jagadeesan advised the students to enrichtheir knowledge by attending such kind ofworkshops.
The workshop had three sessions withfocus on fundamentals, implementation and
application of fuzzy logic. All the sessions wereinteractive. Around 102 members participatedin the workshop which included facultymembers, P.G. Scholars and Research Scholarswith various disciplines from various colleges.
In the evening, at the valedictory, theCollege Correspondent “Udyog Rattan “ThiruJ. Sudhanandhen presided and the Chief guest,Dr.C.K. Babulal addressed that participantsstressing the importance of workshops whichfacilitates interaction with each other about theadvancements. Dr. K. Jagadeesan, Principal, inhis felicitation said that these types ofworkshops help us to know about thefundamentals and at the same time about thecurrent trends. He advised the students to usesuch kind of opportunities to explore more inthis field. Certificates were distributed to theparticipants by the Chief Guest Dr.C.K.Babulal. Mr. K. B. Manikandan, AssociationTreasurer proposed the vote of thanks.
Workshop on “PLC & Its Applications” at RMK Engineering College
A two days workshop on “PLC & ItsApplications” sponsored by the IEEE MadrasSection was successfully organized by thedepartment of Electronics & InstrumentationEngineering of R.M.K Engineering College,Kavaraipettai, on 19th and 20th February 2010.The response of the students for this workshopwas amazing. Out of 150 registered across thecountry from reputed engineering colleges, 70were short listed to participate and 67 attendedthe workshop.
Shri.V.V. Lakshminarayanan, MarketAccess Manager, Rockwell Automation IndiaPvt. Limited, Chennai inaugurated the workshopand delivered an informative keynote addresson Industrial Automation and the role of PLC.He briefed on the history of automation, theconcepts of PLC, the networking of PLCs andthe evolution of PACs. The inaugural wasfollowed by a Lecture Session on “Basic PLCProgramming Concepts” by Mr. K. Samba SivaRao, Lecturer – EIE. This session dealt withwriting simple Ladder Logic for Gates andconcepts like Latching and Timers. This lecturesession was followed by a demo on Allen –Bradley PLC by Mr.C.R. Lakshmanraj,Application Engineer, Enpro HitechDistributors Pvt. Limited. The last session ofthe first day was an extensive laboratory sessionon the basic programming concepts of Keyence
PLC. This session was handled by Mrs. V.Tamilselvi, A.P – EIE, Mrs.L. Annie Isabella,Lecturer – EEE / RMKEC and Mrs. V.Aarthidevi, Lecturer – EEE / RMDEC.
The second day of the workshop startedwith an interactive lecture session on “AdvancedProgramming Concepts” by Mr. K. Samba SivaRao, Lecturer – EIE in which concepts likeCounters, Process repeat etc. were discussed.This was followed by a laboratory session onbuilding ladder logic for day to day controlapplications such as the two way and four wayTraffic Control. Ladder logic for PracticalProcess Control applications such as two tanksystem, coffee maker system, biscuitmanufacturing and conveyor systems were alsodeveloped.
The two days workshop ended with avaledictory function on 20th Feb 2010. The
chief guest of the function Dr. T. Thyagarajan,Professor & Head Department ofInstrumentation Engineering, MIT Campus,Anna University, Chennai delivered thevaledictory address. He briefed on the evolutionof PLCs and the growing applications of it inthe automation industry. He stressed on theimportance of workshops of this nature for theparticipants in view of their placements. Hemade the participants understand the need forteam building to achieve greater heights in theircareer. He also showed the pathway for thestudents to cope up with the growingcompetition. The informative valedictoryaddress was followed by certificate distributionto the participants.
The workshop was coordinated by Prof.K. A. Mohamed Junaid, HOD – EIE and wasco coordinated by Mrs. V. Tamilselvi, A.P –EIE & Mr. K. Samba Siva Rao, Lecturer – EIE.
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Section Membership as on15th April 2010
Life Fellow - 1
Fellow - 1
Life Senior - 6
Senior Member - 73
Life Member - 4
Member - 908
Associate - 60
Affliate - 28
Graduate Student Member - 977
Student Member - 4494
Total - 6,552
ABHIVART’10 Symposium at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
Successful men and women think with anew streak always. If such persons of highthinking gather to give a symposium, we wouldget nothing but ABHIVART’10 on 5th march2010. The auspicious and blessed is the time ofinauguration by lighting the kuthuvilaku andsinging the prayer song in the presence of thedearly awaited guest, Dr. N. Raghavan, thehonorable Prof. & Head of ECE department ofthe National Institute of Technology, Trichy.His illuminating lecture on “Micro Antennas”made every brain tick.
The delegates came from different partsof Tamil Nadu such as Madurai, Chennai andCoimbatore.
The paper and project presentationswere both brain busters, the judges being veryquerulous. But they also had hard time inchoosing the winner as every delegate wasuniquely good for the trophy. Being verystringent and judicious, they choose only thehighly deserved ones.
The program of Circuitrix is the essenceof Elec IQ bringing both inter and intra studentsin throngs to the lab. This session has to beextended to the afternoon also due to the wideresponse it got while the technical paper andproject presentations ended with the morningsession itself. The delegates were treated to arejuvenating meal so as to strengthen theirresolve for the next round of events.
The B-PLAN bought out themanagerial skills. This innovative approach was
to be their first step to entrepreneurship. TheVirtual Share Marketing (VSM) was an the otherway gamboling into the path of Dalal Street.The balance sheet at the end of ten days ofvirtual buying and selling of shares gives out thewinner.
VIDYUT Quiz (general) was the clichébut it was made zeitgeist by the compeering byour own IEEE Student Members. The stressmanagement was the fitting jewel atop the daylong crown of events. The committee had adifferent way of testing the effective stresshandling capacity of the participant.
“All that begins well, ends well”
Abhivart’10, from sunrise to sunsetsatisfied every expectation of the audience,participants, the committees, the organizersunder the support of staffs, the Heads of variousDepartments, our Branch Counselor Mr.C.Kalyana Sundaram and our illustrious Director– MCA, Dr. G. Chandrasekaran.
Seminar at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science
In association with Hindustan Instituteof Technology and Science, the IEEE students’branch of HITS conducted a one day seminaron “Recent trends in Semiconductor research,Advances in non-volatile memories, Solar cellsand Solid state lighting” on 16th February 2010.
Dr.R.Devanathan, Principal and ViceChair, IEEE Education Society chapter of IEEEIndia Council addressed the gathering and inthe welcome note highlighted the importanceof the seminar topic.
Mrs.A.K.Parvathy, Associate Professorof EEE Department of HITS had introducedthe speaker Dr. N. Ganapathi Subramaniam,Assistant Professor, Dongguk University,Republic of Korea and member of Quantum
Functional Semiconductor Research Center(QSRC).
In the morning session, the speakerin his lucid talk to the UG and PG, IEEEmembers and Research scholars, explained thecurrent trends in the semiconductor researchand highlighted his achievements and relatedresults. After covering about the basics and theadvances in the volatile memory, he had briefedthe operation of solar cells and explained theways for enhancing the energy collection bythe solar panels. He, further detailed about theimportance of solid state lighting. He, then,explained the major role going to be played bythe LEDs in lighting in the future.
More than 200 students and faculty ofHITS had attended the first session and gainedknowledge .Students had shown activeparticipation in the session by answering thequestions raised by the speaker during the talk.
In the Afternoon session, the speakerspoke on “Summer School Opportunities andEducation in Korea for the Students”. Morethan 150 students participated and benefitedby his talk.
Mrs. B. Aruna Rajan, Associate Professor
of EEE department proposed the vote of thanksthanking the Management, The IEEE student’sbranch and the speaker for the wonderful seminar.
Report by Mr.E.Terence Student Counselorand Mr. Guru Prasad Student Chair.
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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems
Info ContestH.R. Mohan
Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK
AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai
This is the 24th edition in the series ofInfo Contest – a regular column in our newsletterIEEE MAS LINK. The content mix nowincludes some General Knowledge questions inaddition to IT related. This, we believe wouldprovide an overall exposure and also facilitatemore participation.
TWO lucky winners who answer tomaximum no. of questions and early (selectedby lot if multiple entries qualify) will receive anaward of Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRA Systems.
Members are encouraged to participate inthe contest and win prizes. Answers are to besent by EMAIL ONLY. Please follow theguidelines provided at the end of the questions.
With this edition, we will be completingTWO years of this column INFO CONTESTin the newsletter which has attracted a no. ofmembers. We thank SRA Systems for theircontinuous support in the form of cash awards.
Info Contest – 1004This contest has 25 questions in five sections
- A, B, C, D & E - each having five questions.A. Provide the answer.A1. Who makes the PlaySport Video Camera,
capable of shooting full 1080p HD evenunderwater? Sony / Kodak.
A2. Which IT company’s tagline is “Let’s DoAmazing.”
A3. Name the on-demand movie service fromSony
A4. Name the engineer cum doctor who isconsidered as the “Father of PersonalComputer” and who had inspired Bill Gates& Paul Allen the founders of Microsoft
A5. Name the optimized build of MozillaFirefox for Linux
B. Provide the answer.B1. Amazon : Kindle = Plastic Logic : ———B2. All IPL 2010 matches will be webcast on
Youtube.Com/IPL with a ——— minutedelay in India
B3. ——— is the Twitter like site, which is
about macro blogging and requires everypost to have a minimum of 1,400 characters
B4. Blog : Posts = Twitter : ———B5. MINIX is a portmanteau word made from
the words Minimal and ———C. Fill in the blanks.C1. Google and Intel have teamed with Sony
to develop a platform called ——— tobring the Web into the living room througha new generation of televisions and set-top boxes
C2. ——— was the first dot com domain nameregistered 25 years ago
C3. ——— is the Twitter style version ofWikipedia that gives definitions in underten words with a touch of humour
C4. ——— is a free software project (supportedby Sun Microsystems) under the GPL tocreate an innovative 3D desktop environmentfor Linux, Solaris, and Windows
C5. ‘World Day Against Cyber Censorship’is observed on ———
D. Select the right answer.D1. This country does not have any constitutional
provision to provide free and compulsoryeducation to children. US / UK
D2. Good Friday is observed on the Friday,preceding / following the Easter Sunday.
D3. The cartoon character who is also knownas “the Caped Crusader”, “the DarkKnight”, “the World’s Greatest Detective”is Batman / Superman
D4. Whose image is the most reproduced inthe world? Mickey Mouse / Jesus
D5. Who is considered to be the fist billionairenovelist? J B. Rowling / Agatha Christie
E. Fill in the blanks / provide the answer.E1. ——— is the 126th career of Barbie (Doll
to be available in Winter 2010) which wasrecently (in Feb 2010) decided based onvotes that poured in from her fans all overthe world
E2. After the President Pratibha Patil,——— became the second person to beenumerated for the 2011 Census
E3. The World Health Day is observed on———
E4. The colour of the black box flight datarecorder is ———
E5. ——— is the only metal that is liquid atroom temperature
Guidelines to submit the answers to the InfoContest by email.In the Subject,
Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –1004) in the subject line.
In the body of the mail, In the first line, write the contest No: Info
Contest – 1004 In the second line, write your membership no. In the third line, write your email id. In the fourth line, write your name. In the fifth line, write your college /
organization name In the sixth line, write the answers to the
five questions of Section A, separated bycomma.
In the seventh line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section B, separatedby comma.
In the eighth line, write the answers to the fivequestions of Section C, separated by comma.
In the ninth line, write the answers to the fivequestions of Section D, separated by comma.
In the tenth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section E, separated bycomma.As the evaluation of the entries is
automated, pl. ensure the above guidelines arefollowed.Email the answers to:[email protected] last date to receive the answers byemail is 5th May 2010.Info Contest – 1003:: Answers & WinnersAnswers:A3, ZZZ, Cutie, BBFN, Think PositiveBuzz, False, Eiffel, IMEI no, Sholinganallur IT parkTelenor, RIM, IaaS, Tim Bernes Lee, Virgin Mobile1st Women to get this award, A-Star, Jyoti Basu,Cancerous Mouth, 11th MarchLIC Mutual fund, Lakshmi Mittal, Qatar, False,FalseWinners:
Melappalayam N. GokulMahindra SatyamMem No : 80659991Email: [email protected]
Dhinesh.TSri Muthukumaran Institute ofTechnologyMem No. : 90745242 Email: [email protected]
Both the above will be awarded a prizeof Rs. 500/= each. LINK acknowledges withthanks the sponsorship of the awards by SRASystems (www.srasystems.com).
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NCISE-2010: National Conference on Information and Software Engineering
IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter,IEEE Computer Society Branch Chapter-AVITand Department of Information Technology,Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technologyorganized a two-day national conference onInformation and Software Engineering, during26-27, Feb 2010 at the TTDC Beach Resorts,Mahabalipuram. The event was supported byCSIR and the Div II on Software of CSI. TheConference was inaugurated by Capt. K.Srinivas, Vice-President, Capgemini. In hisinaugural address Capt. Srinivas stressed thenecessity of in-depth knowledge in the designso as to produce quality software. Followingthe inauguration, Mr.V. Viswanathan, SeniorManager-HR, Wipro Technologies, Chennai,released the conference souvenir and delivered
the keynote address. Sri. H.R. Mohan,Chairman, IEEE Computer Society MadrasChapter & Div II, CSI and AVP (Systems), TheHindu, released the conference proceedings anddelivered a special address to the delegates,focusing the importance of research underSoftware Engineering, in particular softwaredesign and development. He also outlined thebenefits of being the member of IEEE CS whichcertifies professionals in the SoftwareEngineering. Dr. A. Anthony Irudhayaraj, Dean(IT), Program Chair of the conference welcomedthe gathering and provided the highlights of theconference. Prof. C. Karthikeyan, Head of theDepartment (IT) & Vice Chair of the conference,proposed the vote of thanks.
Around 200 delegates including research
scholars, faculty members, professionals fromindustry and students from all over the countryparticipated in the conference. About 70technical papers out of 180+ papers receivedwere presented both in Information andSoftware Engineering. Renowned specialists anddomain experts from industry and academiadelivered invited talks lectures and shared theirrich and varied experiences. The following werethe invited talk sessions.
“Software Performance Engineering” byMr. Ramesh Lakshmanan, Senior ITManager, Infosys, Chennai.
“Effective Project Management — Keyto overall Software Engineering Success”by Prof. Gopalaswamy Ramesh,Consultant and Adjunct Professor, IIITB
“Producing Quality through betterunderstanding of Software Engineeringfundamentals” by Mr. SrinivasanDesikan, HP Research Lab, Bangalore.
Dr. D. Damodharan, Additional Director& Scientist ‘E’, Centre for Reliability,Department of Information Technology,Government of India, Chennai addressed thedelegates during the valedictory function anddistributed certificates. Dr. (Mrs) N.R.Alamelu,Principal, AVIT, Chairperson of the conference,gave away the presidential address.
National Level Technical Symposium COMµNIX’10at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology
IEEE student branch of K.S. RangasamyCollege of Technology in association withDepartment of Electronics and CommunicationEngineering conducted COMµNIX’10, ANational level technical symposium on 19th &20th Feb 2010 sponsored by IEEE MadrasSection.
Mrs. Ramalatha Marimuthu, IEEE R10WIE Coordinator, IEEE Madras section WIEchairman, adorned function as the chief guest.
Dr. K. B. Jayanthi, Prof & Head, Dept of ECE,welcomed the gathering. Dr.K.Thyagarajah,Principal, KSRCT, presided and delivered thepresidential address. Dr. K. Duraiswamy, Dean,KSRCT, offered the felicitations. Prof. T.D.Senthilkumar, convenor-Communix’10,introduced the distinguished chief guest.
In the inaugural address the chief guestMrs Ramalatha Marimuthu initiated thediscussion on IEEE and delivered a motivatingspeech. She explained the activities on outreachprogrammes and the Sangamam project.
Students from various colleges presentedtheir papers so as to proven their technical skills.Out of 300 papers and 30 projects received, 96papers 14 projects were selected forpresentation. The events conducted during thesymposium included:
Tour de force (paper presentation) Invenzione (project presentation) Cyber Xodus Victorina(Quiz) Brain vista Code Blast Final Destination LAN Gaming Fun Test Technomania. Culturals
The paper presentation session was veryinteractive and the students enjoyed all theevents. It was a delightful technical treat to thestudents. During the valedictory function thewinners were awarded by the distinguished chiefguest. The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr.N. Santhiyakumari , IEEE Student Branchcounselor, KSRCT.
Report by: Dr.N.Santhiyakumari, Prof/ECE,[email protected]
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NCVESCOM’10: National Conference on VLSI, Embedded Systems,Signal Processing and Communication Technologies at AVIT
The Dept. of ECE, Aarupadai VeeduInstitute of Technology (AVIT), VinayakaMissions University organised the thirdNational Conference on VLSI, EmbeddedSystems, Signal Processing and CommunicationTechnologies (NCVESCOM’10) during April2nd to 3rd, 2010 at AVIT, Chennai. Theconference was co-sponsored by
IEEE Madras Section IEEE Communication Society, Madras
Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter Council of Scientific & Industrial research Tamil Nadu State Council for Science &
Technology Broadcast Engineering society (India) IETE Madras Chapter Computer Society of India, Div II
(Software) & Div IV (Communications)
The conf. attracted over 180 papers andafter a review process, 60 Research papers wereselected for presentation at the Conferenceunder the themes of VLSI, Embedded Systems,Signal Processing and CommunicationTechnologies.
At the inauguration on 2nd Apr, 2010,Prof. D. Vijendra Babu, Head of the Dept. ofECE and co-chair of the conference welcomedthe gathering. Prof. R. Vijaya Arjunan of theDept. of ECE and the organizing secretary ofthe conference briefed about the conference. Dr.N. R. Alamelu, Principal and Chairperson of theConference delivered the Presidential address.
Dr. P. Swaminathan, Head, Electronicsand Instrumentation Division, Indira GandhiCentre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam was
the chief guest of the conference. After theformal inauguration of the conference, in hiskeynote address, Dr. Swaminathan highlightedthe importance of the signal processing andcommunications in managing the operations ofthe nuclear reactor installations. He added thatIGCAR and other nuclear establishments attractqualified engineers from all the branches ofengineering for a bright career as the country isgoing in for nuclear power generation in a largescale.
Shri. R. Vidyasagar, Chief Engineer, AllIndia Radio & Doordarshan, South Zone wasthe Guest of Honor and while delivering hisspecial address he recalled the tremendousdevelopments that had taken place in thebroadcasting industry and the role of varioustechnologies.
Shri. H. R. Mohan, Chairman IEEEComputer Society, Madras Chapter, ChairmanDiv IV of CSI and Associate Vice President
(Systems), The Hindu released the conferenceproceedings both in Print and Electronic form.In his address, Shri Mohan after highlightingthe rapid developments in the areas of the conf.interest and their impact on the society,emphasized the need for such conferences wherein researchers could share their experiences withthe world.
Prof. P. Subramanian, Dept. of ECE andprogramme coordinator of the conferenceproposed the formal vote of thanks
This two days conference apart from thepaper presentations in four tracks had thefollowing invited talks which were appreciatedby the participants numbering around 200comprising of industry professionals, academicfaculty, researchers and students.
1. “Sensor Networks” by Dr. P.Swaminathan, Head, Electronics andInstrumentation Division, IGCAR,Kalpakkam.
2. “Speech & Image Processing - AnOverview” by Dr. P. Jaganathan, DeputyRegistrar (Education), VinayakaMissions University.
3. “Entropy and its Applications” by Dr.K. Gunavathi, Professor, PSG College ofTechnology, Coimbatore.
The authors of the Best Paper in eachtrack were awarded with a cash prize of Rs.1000and merit certificate.
For copies of the conference proceedings,pl. contact Prof. D. Vijendra Babu [email protected]
Inauguration of Student Branch at MadhaEngineering College
The IEEE student branch of MadhaEngineering College, Kundrathur, Chennai - 600069 was inaugurated on Monday, 1st March2010. Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Chairman
Students Activities Committee IEEE MadrasSection inaugurated the branch and was alsothe Chief Guest at the event. The eventcommenced with an invocation. The ViceChairperson Ms. P. Mercy Florence, Mrs. G.Uma Gowri – Head of ECE Dept. and theBranch Mentor welcomed the gathering. Dr. C.B.Lakshmikantha, Principal appreciated themembers and expounded on the primaryobjective to be accomplished through thestudent branch. Dr. M. Ramswamy, Dean ofPG Studies motivated the students by his brieftalk sharing the keys to success. N.P.Karthickeyan, Chairman, student branchproposed the vote of thanks.
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Inauguration of Activities & Project Expo atVivekanandha College of Engineering for Women
The IEEE Student Branch activities ofVivekanandha College of Engineering forwomen were inaugurated on 3rd March 2010by Dr. M. Nagarajan, Scientist-E, DRDO-LRDE, Bangalore.
The function started with the prayersong. The Inauguration of the activities wasembarked in a traditional way by the lightingof kuthuvilakku. The Principal Dr. R.K.Gnanamurthy welcomed the gathering andspoke on the History & Benefits of being anIEEE member. The Chief Executive Officer
Thiru. S. Meganathan and Dr.VathapureeswaranHOD/English offered their felicitations. Mr. B.Gopinath Asst Prof & Head/EEE and IEEEStudent Branch Mentor introduced the ChiefGuest. Mrs.T.R. Sumithra Asst Prof/EEE, IEEEStudent Branch Counselor briefed on the IEEEConstitution and then formed the variouscommittees and introduced the office bearers ofIEEE Student Branch.
The Office bearers areMs. P. Divya Priya - ChairpersonMs. S. Jennifer - Vice-ChairpersonMs. Meera Raveendran - SecretaryMs. M .Yamuna - Treasurer
Ms. P. Divyapriya IEEE StudentChairperson proposed the vote of thanks andthe function ended with national anthem.
In the afternoon, “Student TechnicalProject Expo 2010” was organized as a part of
the IEEE Student Branch Activities. Out of 196projects received from 42 Engineering Colleges,after a peer review process of the projectsynopsis, 26 projects were selected forexhibiting in the Project Expo. The Juries wereDr. S. Thangavel, Professor & Head/EEE, KSRCollege of Technology, Tiruchengodu, Ms. N.Mohanapriyaa Asst.Prof/EEE, VivekanandhaCollege of Engineering for Women, and Ms. K.Thenmalar Asst.Prof/EEE, VivekanandhaCollege of Engineering for Women.
The Project Expo attracted the facutltymembers and students from various depts. Thebest three projects were selected by the Juryteam and the prizes were distributed by thecollege Chairman Vidya Rathna, RashtriyaRattan, Hind Rattan Prof. Dr. M. Karunanithi,Chairman and Secretary VivekanandhaEducational Institutions. The function wasindeed a grand success.
Report by: Mrs.T.R.Sumithra,IEEE Student Branch Counselor,
Women’s Day Celebration at Sri MuthukumaranInstitute of Technology
The IEEE student branch and Women inEngineering Affinity Group of SriMuthukumaran Institute of Technology,Chennai celebrated International Women’s dayon 8th March, 2010.
The International Women’s Day (8March) is a global day celebrating the economic,political and social achievements of women,past, present and future. The WIE (Women inEngineering) vice chairperson Ms. S. Keerthanaaddressed the gathering.. Mr.Zakir Hussain,lecturer EEE addressed the gathering about therole of women in the past history.
Prof. A. Murugesan, Prof. A. Murugesan,
HOD, department of EEE spoke on theimportance of women in the day- to-day lifeand wished all the WIE members to attain theirgoals. He then briefed the members about thevarious techniques in reducing power losses intransmission system. Our branch counselorMrs.G.Janaki, lecturer EEE put forward thevarious fields in which women shine and madeall the WIE members to take an oath on thisday to succeed in their respective interests.She also, spoke on the various hurdles facedby women in daily life.
Reported by: Keerthana.S,Vice chairperson, WIE-AG
Workshop at K.S.R.College off Engineering
IEEE Student Branch of K.S.R. Collegeof Engineering organized a workshop on “RealTime Project Design Using Microcontrollers”on 26th Feb 2010. Er. P. Jayachandar, ManagingDirector, ABC Computers, Erode was the guestspeaker at the workshop. Around 200 Studentsfrom Electrical & Electronics Engineering and& Electronics & Communication Engineeringparticipated in the workshop. The workshopwas very informative and very interactive onewith series of queries from the students.
The highlights of the talk include:
Importance of Controllers Implementation of Controllers Tools for Programming Real Time Operating System
Report by: Mr. S.Ramesh, AP-EEE,IEEE Student Branch Counselor.
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AVANZARE ’10: National Level TechnicalSymposium held at Kongu Engineering College
IEEE student branch of KonguEngineering College conducted a National LevelTechnical Symposium, AVANZARE’10 on19th and 20th March 2010. Avanzare ’10 bearsin itself the meaning ’progress’, was a hang-onpackage of talents, enthusiasm, knowledge,innovation and fun.
The function was inaugurated with aprayer song. The Branch coordinator, Prof.K.Narayanan welcomed the president of thefunction, Prof.S.Kuppuswami, (BranchCounselor) the Principal of Kongu EngineeringCollege and the student participants. In hispresidential address, the Principal appreciatedthe students for their active participation andenthusiasm for conducting the grand event ofAvanzare. With this note of pride, the eventsfor the day kick started with TechCarto – paperpresentation contest and Proyecto – posterpresentation contest.
Twelve papers were selected from 250papers and the papers presented took a widerange including most of the promisingtechnologies like Pervasive Computing, Virtual
Instrumentation and Robotics. Proyecto was aproject presentation contest which was a launchpad for the project aspirants. In the posterpresentation contest participants discussedvery picturesquely the burning issue of theworld including Global warming and RuralDevelopment. It highlighted the artistic anddesign skills of the students.
Following it, the preliminary rounds forvarious events like software and hardwarecontests were held. Situation handling was alsoconducted in which students were given an on-spot situation and they were given thirtyseconds to think, and one minute to speak as tohow they will react in the particular situation.It was a test to the student’s spontaneity,reasoning and shrewdness. The last event ofthe day was a technical quiz which gave theperfect finish to the day.
On the second day, Mr. S. N. Barathi,Managing Director, Tensor Consulting Pvt Ltd,Coimbatore addressed the participants on“Energy Audit-A Booming Sector” withfascinating case studies which employs cutting
edge technologies to conserve energy. Hisobjective was to install first hand expertinformation about the recent energy auditingschemes in the minds of the future Engineers.He also focused on the promising Career optionsawaiting the students. The session turned outto be an interactive one with a series of queriesfrom the students. To express the gratitude ofIEEE-KEC, Prof. K. Narayanan presented amemento to the chief guest.
The afternoon session was anentertainment package with events like BattleCity which was a leisure event to bring out thegaming talent in oneself. The session geared upwith the final rounds of hardware and softwarecontests. The Multimedia Contest made thesession active and lively. Various on the Spotfun events were conducted that added an extracolor to the day. The day ended with thevaledictory function and the prize distributionsession for the events was held.
On the whole Avanzare’10 was one of itskinds and had truly exceeded the expectations.It was a blast with loads of innovation andcreativity that gave an excellent platform forthe students to excel on technical grounds.
Report by: Sheetal Bhararia, Secretary, IEEEStudent Branch, [email protected]
Aura 2010 – Intra College Program at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
The IEEE Student Branch of SriVenkateswara College of Engineering,Sriperumbudur organized an intra collegeprogram, Aura 2010 on March 9th and 10th inthe college premises. The program comprisedof 5 innovative events and two guest lecturesby eminent personalities. The following eventsnamely Quiz, Board Room, Eureka, Geo Huntand Rags-to-Riches were conducted. There werearound 400 participants from variousdepartments of the college for the program.
The first day had 2 events followed by aguest lecture by Mr. K. Bhaskar, GeneralManager of Kyungshin Motherson Pvt. Ltd.He gave a talk on “The role of management inengineering” and stressed the importance ofmanagerial ability for budding engineers and itsreflection in day to day life. The first eventEureka was about science, inventions and theirinventors. The participants were primarilytested on their knowledge about inventions andthe finalists had to prove their insight into thesame by contradicting accepted but unproventheories in science. The second event BoardRoom, tested their knowledge of the corporate
world. They were tested on their businessacumen in random situations provided to them.
The second day comprised of 3 eventsand a guest lecture. Geo Hunt tested on theability of the participants to identify locationsbased on clues. Rags to Riches gave anopportunity to convert a pile of junk and randommaterials to useful products. A quiz programmewas conducted to test the knowledge ofparticipants in diverse fields. The event
concluded with a talk on “Experimental skills”by Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar, IIT Madras inwhich he spoke on the importance ofidentification and correction of random errorsand system errors. He explained with exampleson the importance of the methodology andprocedure for conducting experiments. He alsostressed in the importance on monitoring all theparameters of the test setup to preventunforeseen errors.
We are pleased to inform that theproceedings (both in Print & CD) of theNational Conference on VLSI, EmbeddedSystems, Signal Processing andC o m m u n i c a t i o n Te c h n o l o g i e s(NCVESCOM’10) held during April 2ndto 3rd, 2010 at AVIT, Chennai has beenadded to the Section Library. For copiesof the conference proceedings, pl.contact Prof. D. Vijendra Babu [email protected]
Addition to Section Library
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Brainstorming Session on “Achieving Excellence in ProfessionalDevelopment Programmes” at VIT University
Prof. D.P. Kothari, Vice Chancellor, VITUniv., chaired a brainstorming session on therole of professional societies in education andresearch. A select group of about 25 professorsrepresenting IEEE, Computer Society of Indiaand other leading professional societiesparticipated in the session and contributed inthe lively interaction on 19th Feb 2010.
The VIT University’s IEEE StudentBranch, established way back in 1993, has beenrated one among India’s best IEEE StudentBranches. The university has a strong presenceof the Computer Society of India, India’s firstand the largest IT professional body, establishedon 6th March 1965 and has been adjudged asthe CSI Best Student Branch for the 2008-09.Under the dynamic leadership of Prof. D.P.Kothari, the faculty and students formed anIEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity groupon 25th Aug 2009.
Prof. H.R. Vishwakarma, welcomed theparticipants and gave a brief on the IEEE andits activities. He also gave an over view of theIEEE-Computer Society of India agreement atthe national/international level. At theorganizational level, the IEEE Computer Societyhas entered agreement with VIT University (thisis unique distinction as no other academicinstitute has achieved this) from India Academiaand Siemens Information Systems, Bangalorefrom Industry. He mentioned proudly that theVIT University has been among very fewIndian universities frequently visited by IEEEdistinguished members and officials – includingPresident and Vice President of IEEE ComputerSociety.
Prof. V. Arunachalam and Prof. P.Swarnalatha briefly spoke about theachievements of the IEEE Student Branch andIEEE WIE.
Subsequently, the participants joined thebrainstorming session on the role of professionalsocieties in education and research focusing onthe need for radical innovations. They opinedthat the professional development and formalengineering education must go hand-in-hand foropening new vista of opportunities. Theuniversities and professional organizationsmust launch a variety of outreach programmesaiming at development of next generationengineers and technology leaders. There arenumerous opportunities of research andinnovation for faculty and student through theprofessional societies. To name a few, modelcurricula development, the distinguished lectureprogrammes, student internship programmes,project completions and young achiever awards,financial support for attending internationalconferences, best faculty and best studentawards, awards for academia introducingeducational technologies, support for researchand publications, access to knowledge resources– digital library – the list goes on.
During the concluding discussion, it wasresolved to work towards forming the IEEEVellore Subsection located in the VIT Universityunder the dynamic leadership of the ViceChancellor Prof. D.P. Kothari. The meetingended with the participants thanked Prof. D.P.Kothari for his guidance and encouragement.
Report by: Prof. H.R. Vishwakarma, VIT Univ.,
SPIRITUA: IEEE & WIE Awareness Programmeat St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering
An awareness programme SPIRITUAwas conducted by the St. Xavier’s CatholicCollege of Engineering IEEE WIE SB AffinityGroup on 13th March 2010. About 75 membersincluding faculty and student members from 10colleges in and around Nagercoil attended theprogramme.
The Code of Ethics was read by Ms. J.Rex Fiona, IEEE Student Member. Ms. TeresaMary George, IEEE Student Member,welcomed the gathering. The correspondent ofthe college Rev. Dr. V. Hilarius delivered thepresidential address. Mrs. A. Subitha, facultyadvisor of WIE introduced the chief guest Mrs.Ramalatha Marimuthu who in her addressmentioned about the development of womenand the involvement of IEEE and WIE in thecollege. Dr. S. Joseph Sekhar, Principal ofSXCCE felicitated the gathering. The inauguralsession came to an end with the vote of thanksby Ms. Nimmy Balakrishnan, IEEE StudentMember.
After the inauguration, Mrs. Ramalatha
Marimuthu., in the awareness programme on“IEEE and WIE” spoke on the advantages ofIEEE and WIE and gave guidelines on how tostart an IEEE student branch and WIE in collegesand actively participate in it. She gave a briefoverview of the framing of committees, officerreporting, applying for funding, reporting theevents, applying for digital library getting themost out of membership, and many otheressentials the branch officers need to know. Shealso mentioned the awards given by the IEEE,their benefits and the various facilities providedby IEEE & WIE.
The programme came to an end by thedistribution of certificates by Mrs. RamalathaMarimuthu to the external participants. Theprogramme was arranged by Mr. C. JohnMosses.
Report by Saji KV
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“Becoming A Successful Engineer” - Lectureat Arunai Engineering College
As a part of technical activity for the monthof February, ARUNAI IEEE student branchorganized a guest lecture for the first year studentson 25th Feb 2010.
The lecture was given by Mr. Vijaya Kumar,Chief Mentor, The Proffessionalss on “How tobecome a successful and employable engineer”.Arunai IEEE Student Branch coordinator, Sr.LrKumaravel welcomed the gathering. DirectorR&D, Dr. M. Arumugam felicitated the gatheringwith many useful criteria to follow for becominga successful engineer. Mr. Mahendran, The
Proffessionalss, also graced the guest lecturewith his presence and felicitations.
The lecture by Mr.Vijaya Kumar was aneye-opener not only to the first year students,but even to all the IEEE student members whoattended the lecture. The informative and aninteractive talk inspired and motivated theyoung minds. Mr. Vijaya Kumar explained inan interesting way about the presentcompetitive atmosphere and how should thestudents prepare themselves for the campusselection. He stressed the need for developinggood communication and soft skills at the earlierstage itself. In the Q&A session, the studentscame up with many doubts which were clarifiedand suitably answered with patience by theguest speaker. The vote of thanks was deliveredby Ms. M.Papitha, Chair, Arunai IEEE StudentBranch.
Report by: Mr. M.Giridharan, Head, WebsiteCommittee, Email: [email protected]
PersonalityDevelopment Programat Sri MuthukumaranInstitute of Technology
The IEEE Student Branch of SriMuthukumaran Institute of Technologyorganized a Personality Development Programon 11th March, 2010. Behavioral Scientist Dr.Ganapathy Vijayakumar was the guest speakerat the programme. The college principal Dr. M.Sundar and Head of EEE Dept. Prof. A.Murugesan graced the accasion. The programstarted with a prayer song by pre-final yearstudents Ms. Mahalakshmi and Ms. JamunaKannan. Then introduction about the IEEE wasgiven by Mr. M. M. Hari Krishnan for the benefitof Non-IEEE members and fresher. The chiefguest and the college principal together releasedthe student branch magazine “INSIGNITER”.
In the afternoon, the guest speaker startedthe program with a small trick game inviting twoteams each of 6 members. This grabbed theattention of the audience. He presented thestudents with an excellent lecture on how to learnfrom our mistakes and the skills we need todevelop for successful career. Assessment formwas circulated to all the participants to assesstheir lateral thinking skills, memory skills and..etc.The five lessons from the pencil, magical keys tosuccess, self improvement program are thehighlights of the training. The Dept. HODappreciated the IEEE members for organizingthis program in a grand manner. The Vote ofthanks was offered by our student branch vicechair Mr. M. Karthik. All the participants wereprovided with a certificate of participation and acopy of the magazine launched. AT SMIT, weare planning for a no. of interesting activities inthe near future. Together everyone achievesmore, it’s the team. Team work never fails.
Mr. J. Dinesh Kumar, Chairman, SB
Guest Lecture at Arunai on “Guidelines to prepareand present papers in IEEE conferences”
A guest lecture for the benefit of PGstudents on “Guidelines to prepare and presentpapers in IEEE conferences” was arranged byARUNAI IEEE student branch on 1st March2010. The chief guest was Dr. S. R. Paranjothi,Dean, Rajalakshmi Engineering College.
ARUNAI IEEE student branch councilorMrs. Vijaya Ravichandran, welcomed the gatheringand shared her experience on presenting papers.Director R&D, Dr. M.Arumugam felicitated thegathering with very valuable tips on preparationof papers.
Through the informative lecture by Dr. S.
R. Paranjothi, the procedures for presenting apaper in IEEE were explained. The speakerthrew light on various criteria that was to benoted throughout the preparation process. Fewof them included body language, originality ofthe paper, technical content of the paper, IEEEformat, extraction of information from multiplereferences etc.
On the whole, it was a very informativelecture by the guest. The programme came to anend with the vote of thanks by Ms. A.Arthi,Treasurer, Arunai IEEE Student Branch.
Report by: Mr. V.Santhosh, Head, WebsiteCommittee, Email: [email protected]
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Guest Lecture on “Women In Engineering” atK.S. Rangasamy College of Technology
IEEE student branch of K. S. RangasamyCollege of Technology organized a guestlecture on “Women In Engineering” on19th Feb 2010 in association with theDepartment of Electronics and CommunicationEngineering. Welcome address was delivered
In the guest lecture, the chief guestMrs.Ramalatha emphasized the students aboutwhat is IEEE?. Why IEEE?. Benefits, that onecan receive as a member of IEEE. She advisedthe students to come up with creative thoughtsand work on it. She also emphasized abouthumanitarian projects and students role in that area.
She talked about early developmentaldisorders’ and disability like dyslexia and autismare difficult to detect in early stages in children.She said that Mr. Sampathkumar Veeraragavanof Brahmam research forum and WIE team,Madras Section have joined together indeveloping screener software for the detectionof disabilities and disorders.
She also briefed about the initiatives onoutreach programs and sangamam project, anda seed plan as a part of sangamam project in avillage. It was very well received and the effortsof the members and students for such a goodcause were appreciated by all (members).Finally Ms. C. Indhumathi, IEEE graduatemember proposed the vote of thanks.
Report by: Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, Prof/ECE,[email protected]
by Ms. Richu Paul, IEEE graduate member.The chief guest Mrs. Ramalatha MarimuthuR10, WIE coordinator & IEEE Madrassection WIE chairman was introduced byDr. N. Santhiyakumari, IEEE student branchcounselor.