Amrita School of Engineering

Bangalore

KritiThe E-Newsletter

January ‘10

“If you stand together in oneness,you can soar up and stretch across the sky like the rainbow with all the seven colours

harmoniously standing side by side –the symbol of peace and beauty"

-Amma

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

“Love sustains everything. Love is the foundation of the Universe.”-Amma

Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Dr. Venkatrangan addressed

the Ph.D. aspirants and scholars on 21st Jan 2010. The interaction was an eye

opener to the Ph.D. programs offered by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. He

spoke on Public-Private Academia partnership for Ph.D. programs and

underlined the need to carryout quality research work. His address was

followed by a Q&A session wherein the Vice Chancellor answered research

related queries put forth by the faculty.

January ‘10

VC’s Address

Aarohan ’10 - An Inter-School Amrita Science Fest

Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore, organized Aarohan- an Inter-School

Science Fest on the 21st & 22nd of January 2010 to kindle the scientific

aptitude among the school children. This event happened to be the first of its

kind where an engineering college provided a platform for the young minds

to showcase their scientific know-how. The response was overwhelming with

over 17 schools and 380 students registering for the different events of

Aarohan. The events were inaugurated by Dr. G. Jagadeesh, Professor, Dept.

of Aerospace Engineering, IISc Bangalore. In his address, he highlighted the

need for believing in one’s ability to develop ingenious technology rather

than aping the western world. The event was presided by Br. Dhanraj Swami,

Correspondent and Dr. S. G. Rakesh, Associate Dean, ASE, Bangalore.

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“Just as a person needs air to breath, the soul needs to be nurtured with love and care.”-Amma

The teams battled it out for prizes worth Rs. 3 lakhs in various

competitions held in 2 tiers- one for the Pre University students & the other for

the high school students. The events organised were Anvesh - the science

exhibition, in which a laptop-controlled Maruti 800 won the first prize, Math

Olympiad - Utkarsh, the technical quiz and several other on-spot events. The first

day ended on a high note with the students tapping their feet to the college band.

The highlight of the second day was Aasubhashan - the symposium,

in which the students had to make presentations on selected technical topics

followed by the Science Olympiad - Vaigyanik. The valedictory ceremony was the

final showdown which drew the curtains on the 2-day gala event. “It was truly a

wonderful experience… I mean… to participate in an event hosted by an

engineering college…” said Ryan from KV, Malleshwaram. The rolling trophy for

overall performance was won by National Public School, Koramangala. Seeing the

huge success of the event, the management has decided to follow it up every year.

January ‘10

Anvesh - the science exhibition in progress

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

“The real center is within. It is not to be found in the external world”-Amma

January ‘10

Aarohan ’10 - An Inter-School Amrita Science Fest

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“The smile that lights up a face brimming with love is the most beautiful in the entire world”-Amma

26th January 2010, India’s 61st republic day was celebrated with full

fervour in Amrita Bangalore Campus. The spirit of Indianness was all over the

campus and students turned up in large numbers to acknwoladge what we call

completeness of our freedom.

The occassion was graced by the presence of our Dean and Associate

Dean for the celebration. The ceremoney began with the flag hoisting by our Dean

Dr.B. N. Nagaraj. This was followed by a short cultural program put together by the

students including songs, dances and skits, drowning the audience in the flavour

of patriotism. The skits “India v/s India”, “Who Are We??” and “ Jhansi Ki Rani”

were applauded by all.

After the program, Dean Dr. B.N. Nagaraj addressed the gathering

and defined republic day as “inter dependence day.” The day ended with

everyone singing to the tunes of ‘Rang De Basanti’

January ‘10

Republic Day Celebrations

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“Whenever a heart beats with compassion : God is there.”-Amma

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME TITLE NAME OF THEORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Ms. Sanjika DeviMs. Kusuma Keerthi

23rd International

Conference on VLSI

Design & 9th International

Conference on Embedded

Systems

VSI (VLSI Society of

India)

7th Jan 2010 NIMHANS

Convention

Centre

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

Prof. C. G. S. Sarma was a special invitee at an International Conference on

“Aerospace Electronics, Communication & Instrumentation (ASECI-2010)”

held on 6th & 7th Jan 2010 jointly organized by V.R. Siddhartha Engineering

College and P.V.P. Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, A.P. He

chaired technical sessions on ‘Instrumentation’ and ‘Biomedical

Instrumentation’. He also reviewed the papers on Biomedical

Instrumentation.

Dr. P. R. Vaya has been nominated as a member of the Board of Studies for

M. Tech. Programme in VLSI Design, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,

Bangalore.

A technical paper titled “An Adaptive Reliable Multipath Routing Protocol for

WDM Networks” authored by Mr. T. K. Ramesh and Dr. P. R. Vaya has been

accepted for publication in the ‘International Journal of Computer Sciences

and Engineering Systems (IJCSES)’ and will be published in Vol.4, No. 4(Oct),

2010 of the IJCSES.

January ‘10

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“The mental attitude of a person is transmitted in his actions”- Amma

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

Dr. T. S. B. Sudarshan has been invited to be a technical member for the First

International Workshop on ‘Trust Management in P2P Systems’ being

organized in conjunction with Third International Conference on ‘Network

Security and Application’ to be held from 23rd to 25th July 2010 in Chennai.

Ms. Kavitha C. R. has completed her M.Tech. in ‘Computer Science &

Engineering’ from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

January ‘10

OTHER NEWS

ECI Forum, formed by the students of Electronics and Communication

Engineering & Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering streams, was

inaugurated on 27th Jan 2010. Mr. V. V. R. Sastry, Retd. Chairman and Managing

Director, Bharat Electronics Ltd. was the Chief Guest. In his inaugural address

on "R&D in Industry“, he emphasised on research. The forum shall work with the

core objective of providing an extra dimension to the academic growth of

student fraternity by conducting various events like invited talks, workshops,

industrial visit, establishing alumni network etc.

Electronics Engineering Forum - Inauguration

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“Children should be brought up with an understanding of their culture”- Amma

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME TITLE NAME OF THEORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Ms. Mini Sujith Ms. Sreeja KochuvilaMs. J. KavithaMs. M. NithyaMr. K. IlangoMs. V. SailajaMs. S. Lekshmi

‘Power Quality

Improvement’

Dr. Manjula G. Nair 9th July- 9th Dec

2009

Amrita School

of Engineering,

Bangalore

Ms. Sreeja KochuvilaMs. M. NithyaMs. Sreekala Manmadhan

Digital Signal

Processing

Dr. K.V.V Murthy 9th July- 9th Dec

2009

Amrita School

of Engineering

Bangalore

January ‘10

PAPERS PRESENTED

International Conference

NAME PAPER PRESENTED DATE NAME OF THE EVENT/ PUBLICATION

P. Subbaraj K. Manickavasagam

AGC of Multi-Area Power

System Using Hybrid Neuro

Fuzzy Controller

7th-10th Jan

2010

Advances in Energy Conversion

Technologies (ICAECT 2010) at

Manipal Institute of Technology,

Manipal.

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“In the eyes of the spiritual aspirant all are different forms of God”- Amma

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING

January ‘10

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

Ms. Janaki R. was honoured with Gold Medal at the Ninth Annual

Convocation of VTU held on 7th Jan, 2010 at Belgaum for securing First Rank

in M.Tech. in Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

OTHER NEWS

Mr. Murali Mohan has been appointed as Asst. Professor. He reported to

duty on 8th Jan 2010.

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“The real center is within. It is not to be found in the external world”-Amma

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICSPAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

International Journal

NAME PAPER PUBLISHED DATE NAME OF PUBLICATION

H. T. RathodArunkumar G.K. V. NagarajaK. T. Shivaram

“Some Composite Numerical

integration Schemes for an

Arbitrary Linear Convex

Quadrilateral Region”

Vol. 4,

March 2010

International -Journal of

Numerical Analysis and Related

Topics

H. T. Rathod, A. S. Hariprasad, B. Venkatesh, C. S. Nagabhushana.

On Quartic Splines with

Applications to Function and

Integral Function

Approximations.

Vol. 4,

March 2010

International E-Journal of

Numerical Analysis and Related

Topics.

PAPERS PRESENTED

International Conference

NAME PAPER PRESENTED DATE NAME OF EVENT / PUBLICATION

K. V. Nagaraja

H. T. Rathod

“Gauss Legendre Quadrature

Formulas for Composite

Numerical Integration over

Arbitrary Linear Tetrahedral in

Euclidean Three Dimensional

Space”

20th Dec 2009 Indian Society of Theoretical and

Applied Mechanics(An

International meet), held at NSIT,

New Delhi

Dr. Neetu

Srivastava

Effect of Curvature on an

Oscillatory Free Convection from

a Solid Sphere Embedded in a

Porous Medium.

19th-22nd Dec

2009

International Conference on

“Recent Advances in

Mathematical Sciences and

Applications” at Gayatri Vidya

Parishad Vishakhapatnam

V. Kesavulu NaiduK.V. Nagaraja

The Use of Cubic Arc in Matching

Curved Boundary by Point

Transformations for Quintic

Order Triangular Element

20th-22nd Jan

2010

International Conference on

”Mathematical Modeling and Non-

linear Equations”, held at BNM

Institute of Technology, Bangalore

K.V. NagarajaSarada Jayan

Generalized Gaussian

Quadrature Rules over a Triangle

20th-22nd Jan

2010

International Conference on

”Mathematical Modeling and Non-

linear Equations”, held at BNM

Institute of Technology, Bangalore

January ‘10

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“Spirituality is the life’s greatest secret. It enables us to awaken unlimited but dormant inner power”-Amma

January ‘10

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME TITLE NAME OF THEORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Ms. Geetha K. N. “Thesis

Development Using

Latex”

VTU 1st Jan 2010 Sri Jayachamarajendra

college of Engineering,

Mysore

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME TITLE NAME OF THEORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Dr. Mohan Kumar T. M. Dr. Bhaskar B. L.

“National conference on The Emerging Areas in Chemistry”

Mysore University 31st July-1st

Aug 2010Mysore University, Mysore

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

Mr. S. Giridhar Reddy chaired the session on “Advanced Polymer Processing

and Characterization II”, in the Second International conference on Polymer

Processing and Characterization (ICPPC) at Kottayam, Kerala held from 15th-

17th Jan 2010. He also presented paper titled “Swelling Behavior of Ca ions

Cross-linked Sodium Alginate - Lignosulphonic Acid Blends” at this

conference.

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“Perform your actions with an attitude of worship”- Amma

The Institute takes great pride in announcing the placement of the students

of 2010 passing out batch under the guidance of Mr. Satish Kumar. The

recorded percentage of the placements so far is 82%. The institute is hopeful

of attaining 100% placements by the end of the academic year. Placement

details are as follows:-

PLACEMENT CELL

PLACEMENT ANALYSIS 2010 Passing Out Batch

Sl No Name of the CompanyNo. of students

placed

B.Tech.

1 MARICO 1

2 SUBEX 1

3 COGNIZANT 184

4 INFOSYS 78

5 HP Services 8

6IBM India Ltd ( Actual count – 20, Dream Option-11 &

Fresh Placements-9 )9

7 ROBERT BOSCH 2

8 BIRLASOFT 17

Total number of students placed 300

Total number of students eligible for placements 368

Percentage of students placed. 82

M.Tech.

M.Tech. - Out of 10 eligible students 2 are placed in INFOSYS

January ‘10

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“Although the world has become closer through technology, we have not drawn closer in our hearts.”-Amma

A “Leadership Skills Workshop” was organized by the Prerana Club, a

social activities wing of Amritadhara on 20th Jan 2010 in the college premises.

Mr. Sudhir Udayakanth, President and CEO of EDGE Academy,

Bangalore, a finishing school, conducted the workshop. He is a visiting faculty at

IIM Bangalore and conducts regular workshops at HP, Mindtree, RBI, Sun

Microsystems, Mico Bosch, GE Healthcare and Wipro. He is a trainer of

international repute known for his corporate grooming workshops.

It was a well organized event with an overwhelming response from

the students. Around 380 students and over 20 teachers attended the workshop.

The workshop had educative and interesting sessions on leadership and know-

how of management.

Among the special invitees, Dean, Dr. B.N. Nagaraj, ECE HoD, Prof

C.G.S Sharama, EEE HoD, Prof. Baldevraj, Students’ Warden, Mr.

Balasubhramaniam and Placement officer, Mr. Satish Kumar were present.

STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

January ‘10

“Leadership Skills Workshop” gets an overwhelming response at ASE

Bangalore

“PRAKRITI” – The Eco Club of ASE Bangalore

Amritadhara added yet another feather to its wing to carry forward the initiatives

to bring around awareness of nature conservation. A new club “Prakriti”, Eco

club, was inaugurated on 13th of Jan 2010. The mentors for this club are Dr.

Amrita Thakur and Ms. Ruhhi Bhateja, and student secretaries are Ratnala

Shrikanth and Pooja Sastry of CSE B VI SEM

Amrita School of EngineeringKasavanahalli, Carmelaram P.O,

Bangalore - 560 035

Ph: 080-2843 9565,2843 9566Fax: 080-2844 0092

Web: www.amrita.edu

Dr. Rakesh S.G.Associate Dean

Patron

Ms. Smita SailAssistant Professor

Department of EnglishEditor-in-chief

Mr. Rajesh M.Lecturer

Department of Computer Science and EngineeringAssistant Editor