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Alumni Meet 2014

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Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru inaugurated the Bengaluru Chapter of the

Amrita Alumni Association on Saturday, the 2nd August, 2014 under the banner of „Alumni

Meet-2014‟.

The Programme was graced by the Campus Director Br. Dhanraj, Associate Dean &

Head Dr. Rakesh S.G. and Chair of the Alumni Association, Bengaluru Chapter Ms. Supriya

M., Assistant Professor, Department of CSE. The meet saw an attendance of around 60 Alumni.

While most of the alumni were physically present on the occasion, few of them formed part of

the Meet through Skype. The programme gathered the Chairmen and Heads of various

Departments, faculty and staff members.

The programme began with lighting of the lamp followed by the prayer. A formal

welcome address was given by Ms. Supriya M., Chair of the Alumni Association. Director

Br. Dhanraj blessed the gathering through his words and stressed on the importance of humility

in one‟s life. Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G. apprised the alumni of the progress, changes &

extensions in the domain of academics, co-curricular & extra-curricular activities, student

exchange programmes with Universities abroad etc. He also took this opportunity to invite the

alumni community for the Meets, which are planned to be conducted on the first Saturday in the

month of August every year.

The meet included a Panel discussion on the topic, “IT Boom-Growing Pressure on the

Stakeholders”. Among the alumni who actively participated in this public exchange of ideas on

the topic were Mr. Thejas Gupta, Mr. Navdeep, Mr. Bharath Hebbar, Mr. Nayanar Dikshit,

Mr. Sriram and Ms. Vinela. The Panel Discussion was moderated by Mr. A D. Balakrishnan of

the CIR Department.

The later part of the event was devoted to recreation with cultural activities. The current

students of the School presented few cultural events including dance and music for their seniors.

The cultural events were followed by high-tea.

Alumni Meet 2014

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 2

Some of the alumni visited their respective departments. The HoDs of each department

were happy to take them through the progress and activities. During their interactions, the

alumni came up with many suggestions regarding the syllabus of courses, laboratory

development etc.

The Alumni were, in general, very appreciative of the existing campus facilities and also

were willing to extend help in terms of conducting sensitization sessions for their juniors,

arranging for invited talks by industry experts etc. They appreciated the efforts put in by the

School in making this initiative happen.

The Alumni Meet closed on a very emotional note with the vote of thanks proposed by

Mr. Pramod R., faculty from the Department of ME.

Everyone parted with a resolve to visit again and with a promise to make sure that there

is more number of participation in the next Meet.

National Workshop on ‘Computer Networks

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A 2-Day Workshop on „Computer Networks and Network Simulation / Emulations using

NS3‟ was held on 2nd and 3rd of August, 2014. The main aim of the workshop was to provide

the participants with a comprehensive understanding of Network Simulation Techniques for

Next Generation Networks & Mobile Communication Systems. Topics covered in the seminar

included an Overview of Network Simulation Concepts, Discrete Event Simulation

Mechanisms, Essential Tools for Simulation & Design Choices, Simulation and Emulation

Architectures, Usage Examples and Configurations for Wired & Wireless Network Simulation

Systems. The seminar concluded with a discussion on trends and future directions in Network

Engineering & Research. The resourse person for the program was Mr. Deepak Nadig Anatha,

Director, Solutt Corporation, Bengaluru. There were around 50 participants.

Kalakriti 2014

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Kalakriti 2014, the talent fest for the first year students, was organized by Amrita School

of Engineering, Bengaluru on 16th August, 2014. Every year Kalakriti, which is conducted in

the beginning of the semester, provides a platform for the new entrants to showcase their talents.

MADNITE, the melange of sophisticated and graceful acts of songs, dance and drama

put together by seniors on the eve of Kalakriti set the standards for the performances during

kalakriti.

The eventful day dawned with the lighting of the lamp led by Chair - Amritadhara,

followed by an invocation song. There was a sense of excitement in the air and the campus was

vibrant with seniors encouraging the freshers to participate in every possible event to exhibit

their talents. Fun filled events like Music, Dance, Drama, Quiz, Treasure Hunt and Laser Tag

attracted a large number of participants. The group activities also projected the co-ordination

among the first year students who in a fortnight‟s time could conceive their own team and

eventually stage such wonderful performances. Students in great numbers participated in sports

events like Crazy Cricket, Football, Chess and Badminton. The most awaited and flagship event,

“The Icon” was won by Mr. Raunaq Kamra of ECE department.

Freshers‟ voices on Kalakriti Rahul of CSE in an excited tone, “It is a “breath-taking event!”

Shamika of ECE said, “A unique way of extracting talent from first year students.”

Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations

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Sri Krishna Janmashtami, the annual celebration of birth of Lord Krishna was celebrated

with gaiety & grandeur in the campus on 20th August, 2014. The idols of Lord Krishna in

various forms were decorated and put up in the reception area. Rangoli competition took place

where many students participated and drew various forms of Lord Krishna and adorned the

same with attractive colours. The programme started off with a pooja and recitation of Krishna

Ashtothara, followed by signing of a Bhajan by Director Br. Dhanraj and dramatic enactments

covering some aspects of the life of Lord Krishna by the students. The friendship of Sudhama

and Krishna was also enacted. The celebrations concluded with the „Uriyadi‟ / „Dahi Hundi‟,

which was organized near the boys hostel, wherein the boys enthusiastically formed human

towers to reach and break the pots. Prasadam was distributed to all the staff and students at the

end of the programme.

Kathakali Performance - SPIC-MACAY

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Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru hosted the SPICMACAY „Kathakali‟

performance by the Sadana Troupe - Sadanam Balakrishnan, Kalamandalam Narayana

Nambiar, Sadanam Bhasi, Sadanam Vijay, Sadanam Ramakrishnan, Sadanam Devadas and

Sadanam Srinivas - on Monday, the 25th August, 2014. The programme was organized in

Amriteswari Hall.

The performance by the artists was truly mesmerizing. The attractive make-up of

characters, their elaborate costumes, gestures and the body movements enthralled the audience.

The musicians and accompanying instrumentalists greatly added to the energy of the dance.

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Internati nal Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL

Tirumale K. Ramesh

“Security and Trust- New Challenges to Computi g Today in Cyber Space”

August, 2014

In Proceedings (IEEE Xplore) of the 7th International Conference on Contemporary Computi g

Tirumale K. Ramesh

“Coarse Grain to Mixed Grain Parallel Computi g”

August, 2014.

STM Journal of Recent Trends in Parallel Computi g, Vol 1, No.2 ( Published as a commissioned paper)

Sonal D. Shenoy Vaibhav Sharma S. Santhanalakshmi

“Automation of Timetable Generation using GeneticAlgorithm”

July-August, 2014

Int. J. Computer Technology & Applicati ns,Vol 5 (4),1491-1494 (IJCTA)

Indexed in Sciverse Scopus

Papers Published

Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan:

Represented the university at Nokia on 20th August, 2014. The

events at Nokia included Technology Talks by senior members of Nokia

and tech demos. There was a meeting on improving Industry-University linkage.

Was invited as Chief Guest for the inauguration of the 3-day Workshop on

“Multicore Architectures, Multithreading and Programming” on 21st August,

2014 at Acharya Institution, Bangalore. He delivered a keynote address on

"Multicore Architectures: Progress in Parallelism".

Has been in v i t ed to be T echn ica l P ro gr am C ommi t t ee

Member for IEEE Cloud Computing for Emerging Markets 2014, to be held in

Taj Vivanta, Bangalore between 15th & 17th October, 2014.

Dr. Tirumale Ramesh:

Delivered a keynote talk on “Security and Trust- New Challenges to

Computing Today in Cyber Space" in the 7th International Conference on

Contemporary Computing, August 7-9, 2014, Noida, India.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

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Was invited to give a talk on "Cyber Security and Trust" at ITS Engineering College,

Greater Noida, 8th August, 2014.

Ms. Tripty Sigh:

Member of Technical Program Committee for first International Conference on

Networks & Soft Computing- 2014(ICNSC -14), Department of CSE, Vignan

University, Vadlamudi, Guntur Dist - 522 213, Andhra Pradesh, India held on 19-20

August, 2014.

Member of Technical Program Committee for the Fourth International Conference

on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH 2014). The University of

Bedfordshire is based in Bedford and Luton, the two largest towns in Bedfordshire,

England held on 13-15 August, 2014.

Reviewed research paper for IET Image processing Journal.

Dr. Rakesh N.:

Has been invited to serve as a Technical Programme Committee Member for

Eighth Asia International Conference on Mathematical Modeling & Simulation,

Taipei, Taiwan, during 23-25 September, 2014.

IEEE 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and applications in

Engineering and Technology, ICAIET2014), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Malaysia)

during 3-5 December, 2014.

International Conference on Computer Applications & Aided Diagnosis (ICCAAD‟

2014), during 25-26 November, 2014 in Algiers, Algeria.

IBMSGS' 2015 (2015 International Summit on Bio-Metrics and Smart Government),

Sousse, Tunisia during 18-20 January, 2015.

IEEE for Euro Med Telco Conference 2014, Naples (Italy) - University of Naples

“Federico II” Congress Center, during 12-15 November, 2014.

IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication

Networks (ICCICN 2014) during 14 -15 November 2014, Bhopal.

IEEE 2015 Asia-Pacific International EMC Symposium and Exhibition in Taipei,

Taiwan, during 26-29 May, 2015.

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 9

Has been invited to serve as Reviewer for

IEEE C3IT 2015: 3rd International Conference on Computer, Communication,

Control and Information Technology, Adisaptagram, Hooghly, WestBengal, India

during 7- 8 Feb‟2015,

IEEE 2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium to be hosted in Zadar, Croatia, 13

- 15 April, 2015

Dr. Sudarshan T.S.B., Mr. M. Rajesh and Mr. A.A. Nippun Kumaar attended IEEE

Authorship Workshop on 12th August 2014 at IISc., Bangalore. The workshop was

conducted by Prof. Saif ur Rehman and attended by IEEE members.

Other News

Researchers' Day

A Department-level Research Scholars' meet was held on 19th August, 2014. The event

was organized for all the research scholars with an objective to share and discuss their research

topics. The meet included presentations by scholars on their research work. All the research

scholars attended the meet.

Dr. Bharat Jayaraman, Chair PGP, Amrita University & Professor at University of

Buffalo attended this meet. The Meet started with an opening address by Dr. Bharat Jayaraman.

This was followed by presentations by the scholars and interactions.

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„Train the Trainer‟ Workshop on Business Intelligence- A Campus Connect initiative by

Infosys

A 3-Day “Train the Trainer” Workshop on Business Intelligence co-hosted by Infosys

Limited, Bangalore and MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore was held between 5th

& 7th August, 2014 at M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. This workshop which

is a part of the Campus Connect initiative of Infosys was attended by Dr. Rakesh N. and Ms.

Sreevidya B.

The objective of this workshop was to enable the faculty of the institutions, which are

partnering with Infosys and other Corporates under Campus Connect initiative, to get a hands-

on experience on how to orient the students to put into practical use the knowledge gained from

classroom lectures & projects carried out and make them “industry-ready”.

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Internati nal Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL

Priya B.K. Harshita P. Sanjana Devraj S. Chandana Naga Deepti

“Embedded Controller for Safety in Automobiles”

June, 2014 BEST: International ournal of Management, Information Technology & Engineering, (BEST: IJMITE) Vol. 2, Issue 6, pp. 27-34, ISSN 2348-0513

Papers Published

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended

NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

R.V. Sanjika Devi IEEE Authorship Workshop - “ How to Publish a Technical Paper with IEEE”

Indian Instit te of Science, Bangalore

12th August, 2014

Indian Instit te of Science, Bangalore

R.V. Sanjika Devi Parul Mathur

Workshop - “Practical Electromagnetics or Modern Antennas, RF and Microwave Designs”

Entuple Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

18th - 22nd August, 2014

Entuple Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

Dr. Vamsi Krishna Tumuluru: Served as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Communication

Systems (ICCS) to be held in Macau in November, 2014. He reviewed 4 papers for the conference.

Reviewed a paper under IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing Reviewed a paper in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

Dr. Shikha Tripathi attended an event called „A Day at NOKIA‟ on 20th August 2014, at NOKIA Siemens, Bangalore. Five Universities participated in this event which provided a platform for selected students to get exposure to work being done by NOKIA and latest technologies in Communication & Networking.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

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Dr. Dhanesh G. Kurup arranged a demonstration and talk on "Software Defined Radio" on

22nd August 2014 at ASE, Bangalore. The event was conducted by Agile SDR Pvt. Ltd., a

Bangalore based company offering products competitive with similar NI products. The talk

was arranged for faculty members and students.

Prof. S. Ravishankar & Dr. Navin Kumar, in association with IEEE Bangalore Office

organized the event “IEEE Awareness and Membership Drive” on 27th August 2014 at ASE,

Bangalore. The event was organized for faculty and students. It gave a brief awareness about

IEEE current activities and procedure to join, cost etc.

Dr. Navin Kumar presented a Seminar titled "The New Emerging Technology: Visible Light

Communication in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)", to all the faculty members of

the Department of ECE on 2nd August 2014 at ASE, Bangalore.

Dr. Vamsi Krishna Tumuluru presented a Seminar titled “Demand response in smart grids”

on 16th August 2014 which was attended by all the faculty members of the department. The

Demand response is very critical for the smart grid. It is changing the way the grid used to

operate. While demand response was offered by large consumers traditionally, that

convention is changing today with the inclusion of small consumers (e.g., residential loads

like HVAC, EVs, etc.) through load aggregators. The presentation gave a broad overview of

demand response; highlight the research opportunities and few insights into his research.

Dr. P.R. Vaya presented a Seminar titled "Origin of Concepts"on 30th August 2014, which

was attended by all the faculty members of the department.

Amrita Center for International Programme (ACIP) Coordinators, Ms. Sunitha R. and Ms.

Priya B.K. arranged a talk on “Electronic Materials Used for Flexible Devices” by Dr. Shadi

Dayesh, on 7th August, 2014 at ASE, Bengaluru. The talk was telecasted trough A-VIEW

and was arranged for the faculty members and students of the Department of ECE. Around

55 students attended the event.

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The game show attributed as „ECIF‟ was conducted as a part of Kalakriti 2014. Participants

in a team of 3-4 were required to solve number puzzles and riddles within a stipulated

amount of time. Two teams competed against each other and the team solving maximum

number of puzzles was victorious. A total of 22 teams participated and enjoyed the event.

ECIF in collaboration with SANKHYA put forth „QUANTUM QUEST‟ as a part of

Kalakriti 2014. „QUANTUM QUEST‟, a gaming event in which the circuits were designed

by the higher semester students received a huge response by the participants. A total of 51

students were part of this gaming event which can act as a substitute for shooting games in

future.

Forum Activities

Mr. Akanksh B. (VII Semester, Department of ECE) and Mr. Raghunandan N.V. (VII

Semester, Department of ECE) were selected at the University level, to attend an event

called „A Day at NOKIA‟ on 20th August 2014, at NOKIA Siemens, Bangalore. Five

Universities participated in this event which provided a platform for selected students to get

exposure to work being done by NOKIA and latest technologies in Communication &

Networking.

Ms. Saakshi Singh (BL.EN.U4ECE11148) of final year, carried out a project titled „Photo-

induced tunable zone plates for terahertz beam focusing‟ under the guidance of Dr. Lei Liu,

as part of Summer Research Fellowship at Department of Electrical Engineering, University

of Norte Dame, USA between 2nd June & 8th August, 2014.

Student Achievements

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 14

Papers Published

Internati nal Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL

Nirupama P.K. Rashmi M.R.

“Cascaded H Bridge Multilevel Inverter Booster as a Dynamic Voltage Restorer”

July, 2014 Advanced Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering-Online ISSN:2349-5812 Volume 1,Number 2(2014) pp.93-100

National Journal

Deepa K. Nandini Harish Antara

“Simulation of Photo Voltaic System For Irrigation Purpose”

2nd & 3rd August, 2014

Advanced Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering-Online ISSN:2349-5812 Volume 1, Number 2(2014) pp.35 - 40.

Deepthisree K. Ilango V.S. Kirthika Devi

“Voltage Flicker Mitigation in Electric Arc Furnace Using D-STATCOM”

2nd & 3rd August, 2014

Advanced Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering-Online ISSN:2349-5812 Volume 1, Number 2(2014) pp.7-11

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences organized

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Prof. N.J. Rao (Associate Faculty DESE, IISc Bangalore and Consulti g Professor IIIT Bengaluru)

Seminar on “SCHOLORSHIPS”

2nd August, 2014

Krishna Hall ASE, Bengaluru

Dr. H.V. Manjunath (Professor, Department of EEE, ASE Bengaluru)

Seminar on “Soft Switching Converters for Renewable Energy”

16th August, 2014

E-learning Hall ASE, Bengaluru

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

Ms. Anjana Jain, Assistant Professor has registered for Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. H.V. Manjunath, Professor, Dept. of EEE in the area “Wind Energy systems - Doubly Fed Induction Generator”.

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 15

Ms. M. Nithya, Assistant Professor has registered for Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Rashmi M.R., Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE and Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan, Professor & Chairman, Dept of CSE on the topic " Design and Development of Heterogeneous Team of Robots for Rescue / Service Applications".

Dr. Rashmi M.R. reviewed the following papers for an International Conference on “Computational Intelligence in Data Mining (ICCIDM-2014)”, organized by Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Odisha:

Intelligent System for Efficiency Enhancing Program of Thermal Power Plant: A case Study

Solar Integrated Battery and Super Capacitor fed Electric Vehicle Mr. Ilango K:

Reviewed the manuscript titled on “Unified Power Quality Conditioner Based on P-q Theory Control Strategy for Power Quality Enhancement” for the International Research Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, by Premier Publishers.

Was invited as an examiner to evaluate M.Tech. Project in EEE Department at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, School of Engineering Amritapuri campus, Kollam, Kerala.

Demonstration on integrating contol algorithm with - Digital Signal Processor (TMS320F28335)

An interactive session about TMS320F28335 processor and its usage was conducted by

Ms. Ishwarya, (S3 M.Tech. student) for M.Tech. first year students. The objective of the

workshop was to guide students about how to link control algorithm in MATLAB to Digital

Signal Processor.

Technical Dumb Charades and Quiz

Technical Dumb Charades and Quiz was organized by the Vidyuth forum members on

21st August, 2014. Nearly 80 students took part in the event.

Orientation of MPLAB through knowledge sharing

An interactive session was organized between 3rd & 4th year students of EEE to

understand PIC16F778A microcontroller and programming the same using MPLAB software.

The students Ms. Sneha, Ms. Srilekha, Ms. Kavya, Mr. Madan, Mr. Praveen and Mr. Balaji

from the 4th year explained about the software and its applications.

Forum Activities

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 16

Papers Presented

Internati nal Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Shali S. Nagaraja S.R. Jafarali P.

“Analysis of natural frequency using diff rential transform method”

21st -23rd August, 2014

International conference on Mechanical Engineering , Vijaya Vittala Instit te of Technology, Bengaluru.

Elsvier Publicati n

Yashwanth B. Naveen V. Vinayaka Moorthy N. Nagaraja S.R.

“Waste Heat Recovery by Thermo-Electric Generation”

Phanibhushana M.V. Dileep B.P. Mrudula Prashanth Vinod Kotebavi

“Evaluation of Mechanical Properti s of Al 2618 Hybrid composite reinforced with SiC and E-glass”

Ulhas K. Annigeri Y.P. Deepthi Raghavendra RaviKiran K.

“Development of Stage tools for side panel of an automobile”

Mohan kumar S. Pramod R.

“Evaluation of Mechanical Properti s of Hybrid composite Reinforced with SiC and MgO”

Student Achievements

Pavan K., S3 M.Tech. student presented a paper titled “Three dimensional CFD Analysis of a gas turbine exhaust system” at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering ICME2014, Bengaluru India, held at Vijaya Vittal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru during 21st to 23rd August, 2014. The paper is published in Elsevier Publication.

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 17

A technical talk on “Basics of Machining” was organized on 6th August, 2014.

Mr. Prasanna, Head Training, Guhring Private limited was the resource person. He delivered

a talk on the machining processes and its application in tool cutting industries. It was an

interactive session with loads of videos to aid visualization on the topic. The students had an

excellent insight to what the cutting tool industries do, challenges faced by them and how

they overcome it. The seminar was attended by 120 students belonging to S5 & S7.

A talk on “Digital Solutions in PLM” was organized on 19th August, 2014. The programme

was organized at Krishna Hall. 50 students of S5, attended the same. The resource person

was Mr. G.V. Ravi Kumar, Head-Training and EDS Technologies Private Limited, who

gave an excellent insight into the topic and shared his experience at Ashok Leyland Pvt Ltd.

and at EDS Technologies. He explained how PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is being

revolutionized by using digital solutions like CATIA by saving time, money and effort and

why it is important in today‟s industries. The session was highly interactive with students

involving in the discussion.

A talk by a delegation from Pro/E Creo CAD Training Center was organized for the students

of 140 S3 on the topic "Designing on PTC Creo" by CMS Technologies Pvt. Ltd at E-

Learning Hall. The students were given an insight on the advantages of CMS-Pro\E course

and how it has been developed to cater to Engineering students seeking to improve their

employment prospects by improving their skills and build their career through higher

productivity and technical expertise. The talk was organized on 20th August 2014.

Forum Activities

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 18

SAE Club Activity:

The following students of SAEINDIA Collegiate Club attended the 'Virtual Baja 2014‟,

representing 'Amrita School of Engineering', which was organized by SAE India on the 1st and

2nd August, 2014 at the Gujarat Technical University, Ahmedabad under the guidance of Mr.

Vinod Kotebavi.

Sugosh G. (S7)

Arjun Kanoor (S7)

Satya Praveen (S5)

Atulya Uday Kumar (S5)

Baja SAEINDIA is an intercollegiate design competition run by the Society of

Automotive Engineers (SAE). Teams of students from universities all over the world design and

build small off-road cars.

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 19

Internati nal Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL

K.M. Nagaraja K. Murali V. Lokesha

“Schur convexity and concavity of gnan mean”

August, 2014

Proceedings of the Jangjeon Mathematical Society, South Korea , Vol. 17, No. 3, 2014, 355-367 (Indexed in Scopus, Impact Factor:0.6, H-index:8)

Neetu Srivastava “The Casson fluid model for blood flow through an inclined tapered artery of an accelerated body in the presence of magnetic field”.

August, 2014

Int. J. Biomedical Engineering and Technology, U.K., Vol. 15, No. 3, 2014,198-210. (Indexed in Scopus, Impact Factor:0.54, H-index:7)

Papers Published

Dr. K.V. Nagaraja delivered an invited talk on “Introduction to Finite Element Method” on 1st August 2014 in a one-week Faculty Development Program, “Analytical and Numerical Techniques in Applied Mathematics and Engineering”, organized by the Department of Mathematics, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan during 28th July - 2nd August 2014. The workshop was sponsored by TEQIP-II (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II).

Dr. V. Kesavulu Naidu delivered an invited talk on “FEM using Mathematica” on 1st August, 2014 in a One-Week Faculty Development Programmee, “Analytical and Numerical Techniques in Applied Mathematics and Engineering”, organized by the Department of Mathematics, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka during 28th July - 2nd August, 2014. The workshop was sponsored by TEQIP-II (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II).

Dr. Neetu Srivastava‟s biographical note is included in Biography India, which is a compilation of short biographical profiles of eminent and up-and-coming Indian personalities and encompassing in its fold the diverse fields, both men and women. It presents a cross-section of business people, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, technocrats, educationists, writers, artists, politicians, bureaucrats and many others meriting mention in this book.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

AUGUST 2014 PAGE 20

Other News

„Battery Research Laboratory‟ was inaugurated by Director. Br. Dhanraj and Associate

Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G. on 11th August, 2014. The new lab is equipped with Electrochemical

Workstation and Hot Air Oven. The funding for the instruments was obtained from Vision

Group of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka under their „Seed Money for

Young Scientist for Research‟ Scheme. Our college management has sponsored

Rs. 1,50,000.00 towards the purchase of the instrument and has allotted a room in 2nd Floor

of „B‟-Block. The lab is equipped to measure Current-Voltage, Current-Time, Charge-

Discharge, Impedance etc., of solid samples. A wet-lab is also available for preparation of

samples.

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Mr. Rajesh M. Assistant Professor

Department of CSE

Editor

Ms. Sangita Khare Assistant Professor

Department of CSE

Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Board Members Ms. Sreevidya B. (Department of CSE) Ms. Kirti S. Pande (Department of ECE) Ms. Lakshmi S. (Department of EEE) Ms. Mrudula Prashanth (Department of ME) Mr. H. Manjunath (Department of Physics) Ms. Sarada Jayan (Department of Mathematics) Ms. Deepa K. Narayanan (Department of English) Mr. Shiju Kumar (ICTS)

“Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself ”