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‘Ayudha Pooja’ Celebrations

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Ayudha Puja being an integral part of the Navratri festival was celebrated on 30th

September, 2014. All the departments and labs made elaborate arrangements for the worship of

tools, gadgets and implements on this auspicious day. The campus was decorated with flowers

and Rangoli. Pooja, invoking the blessings of Goddess Durga, followed by bhajans and songs

filled the air with festive fervor.

Blood Donation Camp

As part of Prerana (Social Outreach Club) activity, a Blood Donation Camp was

organized in coordination with Rashtrothana Blood Bank on 17th October, 2014. The event was

inaugurated by Director Br. Dhanraj. The event turned out to be successful by the active

participation and support of student volunteers and teachers. 314 units of blood were collected.

‘AAROHAN 2014’ - Reaching for the Stars

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“Aarohan‟14”, the Annual Science Fest, was organized by Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru, for high school and intermediate students. 30th and 31st October, 2014

saw the sixth edition of the fest providing a scientific exposure to the students. Around 20

schools enrolled with a turnout of more than 700 participants. Every year, with the increase in

the number of participants, there is an inundating surge of innovative ideas. National Public

School (Koramangala); Amrita Vidyalayam (Bengaluru, Mysore, Mangalore, Davangere);

Presidency School (East, South); Delhi Public School (East, South) etc., were among the

schools that participated.

Aarohan‟14 was declared open by Director Br. Dhanraj. There were various events like

Twisterz, Planets of Earth, Avishkara, Maths & Science Olympiad, Mock Tail that provided an

enthralling experience to students. Laser Tag and Treasure Hunt were popular among young

minds. Each event was drafted in a challenging way to bring out the best from the participants.

The participants in turn were fully geared up to meet the various challenges and eventually

made the event a grand success.

Project Exhibition was the scientific and creative floor for the students to propose their

innovative ideas in the form of exhibits. Presidency School, Bengaluru South, secured the 1st

place for creating a self sustainable model called „Smart City‟.

The winners and runners up of all the events were awarded with certificates and cash

prizes worth INR 4 lakhs. The rolling trophy was bagged by National Public School,

Koramangla, Bengaluru for the second consecutive year.

Energetic participation by the students proved, yet again, that Aarohan is a platform to

explore various fields of science and technology for the young minds and will continue for years

to come.

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International Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL

Saravanan S. B. Uma Maheswari

“Analyzing Large Web Log Files in a Hadoop Distributed Cluster Environment”

September, 2014.

International Journal of Computer Technology and Applications (IJCTA), Volume-5, Issue-5.

Indexed in Scopus Sanju S. (M.Tech. student) Nippun Kumaar A.A. T.S.B. Sudarshan

“Autonomous Robotic ARM with Enhanced Intelligence”

September, 2014

International Journal of Advanced Computational Engineering and Networking, ISSN: 2320-2106, Volume-2, Issue-9.

Juhi R. Srivastava (Research Scholar) T.S.B. Sudarshan

“Energy-efficient cache node placement using genetic algorithm in wireless sensor networks”

October, 2014

Journal: Soft Computing Publisher: Springer ISSN: 1433-7479 (electronic version) and 1432-7643 (print version)

Papers Published

International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Supriya M. K. Sangeeta G.K. Patra

“Estimation of Trust values for Varying Levels of Trustworthiness based on Infrastructure as a Service”

October, 2014

International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Applied Computing (ICONIAAC 2014) held at AmritaVishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. (Indexed by Scopus)

Papers Presented

Ms. Tripty Singh was invited to be a Technical Program Committee member at the:

International Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Conference 2014 at Kota

Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia held between 28th September & 1st October, 2014

International Symposium on Research of Arts, Design and Humanities (ISRADH

2014) Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah AlamSelangor, MALAYSIA held

between 28th September & 1st October, 2014.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

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Dr. Rakesh N.:

Was invited to serve as as “Technical Program Committee Member” for:

IEEE IBP 2015 (International Broadband and Photonics Conference 2015).

IBP 2015 to be held during 23rd-25th April, 2015 in Bali, Indonesia.

eQeSS 2015 (2015 International Conference on e-Quality & e-Service

Sciences). The conference will be held during 24th - 25th February, 2015 in

Dubai, UAE.

IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications

and Informatics (ICACCI) will be held in Aluva, Kochi, India during 10th -

13th August, 2015.

Invited to serve as “Program Committee Member” and he also reviewed technical

papers for the VLSI-SATA 2015 (International Conference on VLSI Systems,

Architecture, Technology and Applications) Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham

(University), School of Engineering, Bengaluru Campus to be held between 8th &

10th January, 2015.

Invited to serve as a “PEER REVIEWER” for 2015 IEEE International Conference

on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (2015 IEEE ICECCT)

which is scheduled during 5th - 7th March, 2015 at SVS College of Engineering,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Invited to serve as “International Review Committee Member” and he also has

reviewed technical papers for IEEE ICCCI - International Conference on Computer,

Communication and Informatics 2015, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India which will be held during 8th - 10th

January, 2015.

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Other News

Amrita-Computer Society of India Chapter

“Amrita - Computer Society of India Student Chapter” organized a technical talk on “e-

security Technology” which was held on 29th October, 2014 at Krishna Hall. The talk was

delivered by Dr. C.R. Chakravarthy Ex-Director and Scientist DRDO, who is presently the

Chairman of Special Interest Group of Information Security (SIG-IS). He emphasized on the

concept of Cryptography and its importance, security measures, challenges, job avenues and

research work in this area.

Forum Activities

Seminar - Computer Graphics

A seminar on Computer Graphics was organized on 16th September, 2014 at Krishna

Hall. The seminar was given by Mr. Sandilya Jandhyala of third year CSE. He gave the

audience a brief and informative tour on the architecture and working of the basic Graphic

Processing Unit and Graphic User Interface. He explained the concept of Computer Graphics in

an easy language to the audience, for, to many of them this topic was new. He also explained

more technical aspects of the topic such as 3D modeling, 3D rendering and Graphics pipelines

etc., in an hour long session. The role of graphics card and illumination technique was also

briefly dealt with. Close to 100 students attended the seminar.

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Seminar - How Web Works

An informative seminar on “How the Web Works” was held on 19th September, 2014 at

Krishna Hall. Around 30 students availed the opportunity to clear their concepts on the working

of the web. Various important points about IP address, ports and protocol were covered by the

speaker, Mr. Sricharan Chiruvolu, a third year CSE Student. His detailed description with

appropriate presentation made the seminar effective for the computer enthusiasts. The session

was interactive and enriching. The seminar concluded with a small video about networking and

trafficking.

Seminar - Internet of Things

A seminar on Internet of Things (IoT) was conducted on 17th September, 2014 at

Krishna Hall. Over the last decade, Internet has made significant impact on our economy and

society by bringing in remarkable communication and networking infrastructure. To follow up

this trend, Internet of Things (IoT) emerged and served as a platform where the physical world

meets the web. The seminar was conducted by Mr. Pranav Girish of second year CSE student.

He put across the essence of IoT in layman‟s terms with the help of various examples. The

growth of IoT has not only facilitated new businesses but has also expanded the usage of cloud

storage and servers as a reality search engine. Pranav also emphasized on how we can use IoT as

a medium to access remote day-to-day appliances. However, the expansion of Internet of Things

also includes privacy issues and other concerns regarding the authenticity of the user. The

various security concerns associated with the same was also discussed at length. The hour long

session ended well in time, allowing the host to interact with the audience and answer their

queries. Around 40 students attended his talk.

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International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Sruthi A.S. (M.Tech. Student) Ms. Archana A.M. (M.Tech. Student) Ponni M. P.R. Vaya

“Study of Device Physics Impact Ionization MOSFET Using Synopsys TCAD Tools”

October, 2014

2014 International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications (ICAECC)

Papers Presented

Dr. Shikha Tripathi has been included as „Program Chair‟ for the 19th International

Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT-2015, which is flagship event of VLSI

Society of India.

Mr. R. Karthikeyan under the guidance of Dr. Shikha Tripathi successfully defended his

Ph.D. Thesis defense on “Parallel Cascade Control Using Intelligent Techniques” on 20th

October, 2014 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Ms. Suja P. successfully defended here Ph.D. Proposal titled “Emotion Recognition from

Facial Expression Using Images” under the guidance of Dr. Shikha Tripathi on 15th October,

2014 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Dr. N.S. Murty:

Attended the “Design and Verification Conference & Exhibition India (DVCon)” at

Hotel Park Plaza, Bengaluru held on 25th & 26th September, 2014.

Attended “User2User India 2014”, The Mentor Graphics User Conference at Hotel

Vivanta, MG Road, Bengaluru on 31st October, 2014.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended

NAME TITLE NAME OF THE

ORGANIZER DATE VENUE

P. Sathish Kumar Kirti S. Pande

“Synopsys University Symposium 2014”

Eigen Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

10th October, 2014

Hotel Fortune, Bengaluru.

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Organized the following events during Aarohan‟14 held on 30th & 31st October, 2014:

Quantum Quest (Laser Tag) - This event was a great success with a participation of

65 teams with each team consisting of 3 students. The concept of this game attracted

many school children, who were engrossed in this gaming event. They were

introduced to the fun world of electronics. Many students showcased an urge to learn

about the circuits and its working principle. We received positive feedback, with

wishes for even more next year. The event was well organized and proceeded

systematically by the efforts put on by ECIF and SANKHYA.

Twisters - This even saw 51 teams (juniors and seniors), with a maximum of 3

students per team participating in the first round of this fun, yet informative event.

The participants were expected to move forward through the tiles numbered from 1

to 30 by correctly answering the questions corresponding to the tile numbers within

the given time limit. The students performed well despite the music and

simultaneous game-play that was designed to distract them. Out of the 51 teams, 6

teams, 3 from each category were selected on the basis of accuracy and time-taken to

answer the questions. The teams were allowed to compete with stricter rules such as

negative evaluation and tougher time constraints in their own respective categories.

Out of the three teams in each category, the team with highest accuracy and the

highest number of tiles conquered was pronounced winner and the second best team

was awarded the runners up. The students from NPS, Koramangala, Bengaluru, were

victorious in both the categories. However, students from DPS East were very

competitive and emerged as runners-up in Juniors‟ category. The students were

enthusiastic and were exposed to a very intellectual and entertaining event.

Forum Activities

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Papers Presented

International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Baldwin Immanuel T. Suresh A. Rashmi M.R.

“A Novel Multi Input Converter for Three Non-Conventional Energy Sources with Reduced Complexity for a Three Phase Induction Motor”

9th & 10th October, 2014

International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ICEECE'2014), Antalya (Turkey)

Forum Activities

The forum arranged for an Industrial visit to BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICAL LIMITED,

Electronics Division, Mysore Road, Bangalore on 13th October, 2014 for second year EEE

students. The students were accompanied by 2 faculty members- Ms. Sireesha K. and Mr. S.

Shankar.

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended

NAME TITLE NAME OF THE

ORGANIZER DATE VENUE

Ilango K. One-week Coordinators Workshop on “Control Systems” Conducted by IIT Kharagpur

MHRD 15th - 19th September, 2014

IIT Kharagpur

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Forum Activities

A Wax Casting event was organized at the Foundry Lab by Ingenium and Kala (the Fine

Arts club) on 18th October, 2014. 20 teams participated in this event each having 2 members.

The participants were required to make a mould and pour molten wax into the moulds to obtain

castings of the mould. There were cash prizes of Rs.350/- and Rs.200/- respectively for first and

second winning team.

Papers Presented

International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Smita Singh “Experimental Investigation on Red mud Based Geopolymer Mortars”

17th - 18th October, 2014

International Conference on

Sustainable Civil Infrastructure 2014

by ASCE

Visit to Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment

Student of S7 & S5 visited Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment, HAL, Yemalur,

Bengaluru, on 8th October, 2014 as a part of industrial visit organized by the forum under the

mentorship of Mr. Ravi Kumar V. The students were accompanied by Mr. Raghavendra

Ravikiran, Mr. Dileep B.P. and Mr. Akhil J., faculty from the department. Students had a close

interaction with engineers of ASTE and they had a chance to learn about their valuable

experiences. They saw various aircraft designs and models.

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International Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE JOURNAL

M. Dharani Basudeb Sahu C.S. Shastry

“Threshold conditions and bound states for locally periodic delta potentials”

October, 2014

Central European Journal of Physics, Vol. No. 12, Issue. 10, Page No. 755-766 Impact Factor : 1.07

Papers Published

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)

“We should never forget that after every

night, there is a dawn. We should never lose

our optimistic faith”