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NEWS @ MANGALAM Volume 2 Issue 1 A Quarterly Publication from Mangalam Group of Educational Institutions May 2011

Strength of the nation depends on technology: Dr G Madhavan Nair “The strength of a nation depends on the technology and achievements and how they are placed in perspective of global community”, the Former Chairman of ISRO said. Speaking at the inauguration of “PYROS 2K11”,the National level Technical Fest organized by the Computer Science and Engineering Department ,he reminded the way the Europeans, Japanese, Koreans etc. had struggled hard to become world leaders in terms of technology. In his words, Independent India had seen a phenomenal growth in terms of investment in education, national laboratories and for the development of heavy industry. India surely put its step forward in the process of development and in the scientific research. With respect to space technology, though we have a late start, 20 years behind many other countries in the world, but now we are self reliant and using them for societal application. Our Chandrayaan mission is unique, it

shows our global competitiveness and is looking forward to see how it can serve the humanity at large. He also stressed the need for quality teachers and expressed that it is pathetic that youngsters are not preferring teaching profession. He also reminded that unless we have quality oriented teachers to impart quality education, we cannot reach global standards and what we are enjoying in the country today is the result of the selfless services of our excellent teachers. He also expressed his anxiety that among the thousand student candidates, only very few are employable and the companies have to provide series of training to make them really productive

Moment Of Pride Dr G Madhavan Nair, former Chairman of ISRO inaugurating “Pyros 2K11”, the two day technical fest of Computer Science and Engineering department. Right : Mr Sabu Varghese, Chairman, Mangalam Group handing over the momento to Dr. G Madhavan Nair.

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“IT has revolutionized the whole world”, Shri Vayalar Ravi. “Information Technology has changed the whole world. IT has become a part of the social life and it has created a revolution in the thinking of the people,” Shri Vayalar Ravi said. Speaking at the Inauguration of National Level Technical Fest “Inceptra 11”, organized by the Department of information Technology, the Honourable Union Minister talked about the importance of Information Technology and how much it has influenced the minds of people. He also said that the growth in the Arab and Gulf countries is because of the capacity and expansion of IT. “People get to know what is happening around the world and it has encouraged the people to fight against the prevailing political systems in many countries”. Quoting the example of the protests against the dictator rule of Gaddafi, he emphasised the way Information Technology has helped the entire mankind. Information Technology has changed the whole system and he expressed his hope that IT will continue to change the entire humanity in future. “Inceptra 11” was really, a platform for the technocrats to ‘break the barriers’ in the technical field with the aim to excel and fly over the zenith of greatness. Students from various institutions participated in the various technical and cultural competitions. In the dance Competition –‘Break the Beat’, out of the eleven colleges participated, SCMS College of Engineering and Nirmala College Muvattupuzha won the First and second position respectively.

AZIONARE 11” The Deparftment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering conducted a National Level Technical and Cultural Fest “Azionare 11” on 7th March 2011. Dr P M Rajan Gurukkal, Honourable Vice Chancellor ,Mahatma Gandhi University was the Chief Guest of the Inaugural function. The meeting was presided over by the Director, Mr. Biju Varghese. Students from various colleges participated in different cultural and technical competitions. The National level paper presentation was the highlight of the events. Among the papers presented, the first, second and third prizes were awarded to Faisal Muhammed of SNSCT Coimbatore-“Floating Hydro Electric Barrel Generator”, Abin Cherian of RIT Pampady -“Voice Controlled Zigbee based Intelligent Robo Car” and Eby Shaji of SJCET, Choondacherry –“ Fuzzy Logic control of DC Shunt Motor”

Dr. P. M. Rajan Gurukkal, the Honourable Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University during the inaugural ceremony of the National Level Techno Cultural Fest of EEE dept., “Azionare 11”.

Shri Vayalar Ravi,( Hon. Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Overseas Indian Affairs) inaugurating “Inceptra 11”,the National levelTechnical fest of Information Technology Department

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Kurushethra ‘11’A national level technical and cultural fest was conducted by the Department of ECE on 28th February and 1st March , 2011. On the first day, a national seminar on the “Emerging trends in Nanotechnology” was organized. It was inaugurated by Dr. Sabu Thomas, Director of Nanotechnology, M.G University. The day was dedicated for sharing ideas on the most recent developments in Nanotechnology. The first session was taken by Dr. Sabu Thomas on ‘Polymer Nano Composite Materials’, the second and third sessions by Dr Nanda Kumar and Mr S. Gopalakrishnan respectively. The members of Faculty and students presented papers on Topics related to Nanotechnology.The cultural fest was inaugurated by the cine artist Ms Sarayu. Various technical and cultural competitions were also held .The event ‘Best Entertainer’ judged by Shri Rahul Ishwar gained the keenest attention of the audience

Welcome dance during the fest

PHYSICAL EDUCATION The Basket ball team of Mangalam College of Engineering won 3rd place in Viswajyothi Inter Collegiate Basket Ball Tournament. The team also won 2nd place in the MC Varghese Memorial Basket Ball Tournament (Radix 2011) . The Students of IT Department under the captaincy of Toogle Toms George won the Inter Department Volleyball Tournament

PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES The Training and Placement Cell assisted by the student Placement Co-ordinators and representatives from various courses is working rigourously to provide the best placement services to the students. Nearly 60% of eligible students got placed in the campus recruitment drives conducted by the following firms. 1) Speridian Technologies 2) IBS 3) Accenture 4) HCL 5) US Technologies 6) Oceanship Maritime services Pvt Ltd 7) First Source 8) Mphasis 9) Six Dee Telecom 10) HCL (BPO Division) 11) LCube 12) AllSec Technologies 13) Cognitel

Automation of the College Bell The Dept of ECE implemented a low cost, highly reliable and programmable periodic alarm actuated Siren system. Mr Bino Joseph (Lab Instructor of ECE) is the brain behind this achievement

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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

The Department organized a one day National Seminar on “Green Management” in association with Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, BPCL Kochi Refineries & Hindustan Newsprint Limited , Kottayam on 11th February 2011 at Mangalam Campus. The Seminar provided a broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research and discussions in Green management. Mr Biju Varghese (Director Mangalam Group of Institutions ) presided the inaugural meeting. Dr A Sukumaran (Director,College of Co-operation Banking and Management, Kerala Agricultural University) inaugurated the Seminar. Dr. Kochu Baby Manjooran (Dy Manager, Energy and Environment, BPCL Kochi Refineries) delivered the Keynote Address. The Encon Club was inaugurated by Dr. G Chrostopher (Research Co-ordinator, Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University by planting a tree with the objective of practicing energy conservation and environment protection. The other sessions were led by Dr. G Chrostopher, Mahatma Gandhi University, Mr M S Sreekumar (President, National HRD Network Cochin Chapter and Former GM, Binani Zinc) and Mr E.K Shahjahan (Dy GM, Operations and Maintenance, HNL Kottayam).Delegates from various educational institutes presented papers on topics related to Green Management .

PLACEMENT @ MMS The Placement activities of the 5th MBA batch of Mangalam Management Studies, is in progress. The Department initiated placement activities of the 5th MBA batch (2009-2011) with a week long placement training. The training was done by Mr Rahul .J. Nair of Divrah Foundation , Trivandrum. The entire batch was

trained on various skills like Group Discussion, Interview, Resume Writing, Personality Development, Attitude formation etc. Companies like Wipro (Consumer Products), HDFC Bank and Spectrum Solutions visited the campus for recruiting the MBA students. Students have been short listed and waiting for the next round of placement.

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Alumni Association An Alumni meet was organized on 28th March 2011 and it was officially inaugurated by the Dean, Department of Management Studies and the Keynote address was delivered by our Legal Advisor Adv. Dr. Abraham Chettissery . Mr Siby James welcomed the gathering and Mrs. Reena Alias delivered Vote of Thanks

Office Bearers of MBA Alumni Association

Guest Talks :-

§ Mrs Sakhi Manuel , Sr Executive –HR, of ARS Software Solutions, Technopark gave a talk on important HR functions in an enterprise.

§ Dr. Mathai Baker Fenn, Former Faculty member of

XLRI took a session on “Knowing India through Entrepreneurs”

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. Going beyond the syllabus - A philanthropic mission

The Department of Management Studies is very keen in providing holistic and professional education that cater to the overall personality development of the students; equipping them for fulfilling professional career along with requisite societal consciousness. As a part of our social activities, the S3 MBA students and members of faculty visited the mentally challenged inhabitants of Navajeevan Trust and spent time with them. The amount collected through the charity fund was handed over to the Trust. The S1 MBA students and the members of faculty visited the Kerala Balagram (Christavashram) at Manganam, Kottayam and spent a day with the destitute children over there and sponsored their one day food with the amount collected through the charity fund.

“Home for the Homeless” - A visit to Balagram, Kotayam

Our S1 MBA students during a two day training session by Mr Siju Thomas of ‘‘Wings to Win”.

Words of Wisdom

“ Education without values, as useful it is, seems rather to make man a more

clever devil.”

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Industry –Institution Interface Apart from gaining academic brilliance we are organizing Industrial visits for our students to acquire industrial exposure and to get them familiarized with the corporate sector. Our students of MBA had visited Technopark and interacted with the company officials. The other companies visited include VismayaMax, Trivandrum, and Kitex Limited, Ernakulam

Other activities

§ An industrial motivation campaign and a Management Development Programme were organized by the MSME Training Institute, Ettumanoor on 9th February 2011 to ignite the young and talented, and to motivate their aspirations to grow as real entrepreneurs .

§ A budget Analysis session was organized by our S1 MBA

Students soon after the announcement of the Union Budget -2011 and a group of selected students actively participated in the presentations.

Industrial Motivation Campaign

Our MBA students celebrating Christmas

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M Tech-Industrial Engineering and Management The Department of Mechanical Engineering organised a one day workshop on “Supply Chain Management and Logistics” on 4th May 2011. Dr N Sudharshan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut took a session on Basic concepts and Modern Trends in Supply Chain Management and Dr M. Bhasi, School of Management Studies, CUSAT took another session on Sea Transport Logistics and International Logistics. Academicians, research scholars and students from various institutes participated in the workshop. “Yes to Ban, No to Endosulphan” – A Campaign to Protest the use of Hazardous Endosulphan

The management of Mangalam shows keen interest in protecting the rights of the public and always stood with the interest of laymen. The faculty of Mangalam College of Engineering and the students of MBA also joined with the efforts of Mangalam Management to protest against the harmful use of Endosulphan. Political leaders like Shri V M Sudheeran, Shri Mons Joseph, Shri V N Vasavan, Shri Thomas Chazhikadan and the representatives of Ettumanoor Panchayat addressed the audience during the campaign.

M C Varghese Award for Excellence in Journalism The M C Varghese Award for Excellence in Journalism was awarded on 25th January 2011to Mr J Gopikrishnan, Reporter of Pioneer Daily, who unearthed the spectrum scam. The former M P and a well known media critic, Dr Sebastian Paul presented the award to Mr J Gopikrishnan. Mr Biju Varghese, Director, Mangalam Group of Educational Institutions welcomed the audience. Mr Sabu Varghese, Chairman and Chief Editor of Mangalam presided over the meeting. Shri K M Roy, Director, Mangalam Institute of Journalism and Communication delivered the introductory speech and applauded Mr Gopikrishnan for his courageous effort as a journalist. Mr. Raju Mathew, Executive Editor, Mangalam Daily gave away the felicitation and Prof. John T Varughese, Dean, Department of Management Studies marked vote of thanks. Mr .J. Gopikrishnan after receiving the award expressed his gratitude in recognizing his efforts and selecting him for the award. He also interacted with the Students of Mangalam Institute of Journalism and Communication and with the students of MBA

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MANGALAM CBSE SCHOOL The students of our school actively participated in the academic as well as extra curricular activities.

Our students won prizes and cash awards in various competitive examinations like Maths & Science Talent Search Examinations, PCM Scholarship Examinations, Sahodaya Scholastic Achievement Test and in the examination conducted by The University of New South Wales.

Our teachers have also attended orientation programs to enhance their effectiveness in their respective subjects organized by various organisations.

The 5th annual day celebration of Mangalam CBSE school , ‘Utsav 2011’ started at 2.00pm on Friday ,11th February. The programme began with a prayer by Rev.Dr. M.P.George , Spiritual Advisor of Mangalam Campus .It was followed by welcome speech by Dr. Abraham Chettissery, Legal Advisor of Mangalam Group .The school report was presented by Mrs. Annie George, Principal CBSE School. Mr. Biju Varghese, Director of Mangalam Group of Institutions and Managing Director of Mangalam Publications presided over the meeting and delivered the presidential address. ‘Utsav 2011’ was inaugurated by Sri V N Vasavan, the then MLA of Kottayam and he delivered the keynote address. Inauguration of the cultural programme and release of academic calendar was done by the Cini Artist, Dhanya Mary Varghese. It was followed by the distribution of prizes. Jerin Johny, the head boy of the School thanked the gathering. It was followed by the cultural programmes. The students presented various festivals of India before the gathering.It was a very colourful presentation. The marvelous annual day came to an end by 9.30 p.m.

MANGALAM ENGLISH MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL HSS

The Institution Celebrated its 26th Annual Day on 4th February 2011.Sri Sabu Varghese, Chairman Mangalam Foundation Educational presided over the function. Rev. Dr Sam T Mathew ,Corporate Manager of CMS Schools was the chief guest. The famous Cine artist Sri Babu Antony inaugurated the cultural programme. The Key note address was delivered by Sri Radhakrishna Panicker, Principal, Devivilasom HSS. Sri Mathew Jacob, District Educational Officer, Pala, Sri Roy P George , District training Commissioner for scouts, Brig (Retd) Joseph Mathew, Dean, Mangalam College of Engineering and Smt Claramma Varghese honoured the occasion with their valuable presence. The School got excellent result with higher grades in the SSLC and Higher Secondary Examinations. Six of our students secured State level Rajapuraskar Award for Scouts and Guides this year. Master Justin Walston of Std X got 1st Prize in

District IT Multimedia Presentation. We give much importance to co-curricular activities. We envisage a value based education with emphasis on creating confident and competent individuals who will be an asset to the society

Cine Artist Sri Babu Antony inaugurating the Annual day Celebrations

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MANGALAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The Mangalam College of Education organised Alumni Association meeting and the proficiency award distribution to the top scorer of B.Ed Degree Examination on 4th March 2011.The college honoured. Rev. Dr. M. P George for his doctoral degree awarded in Music in the meeting. A formal farewell ceremony was organized by Mangalam Management on 24-03-2011 for the outgoing students of 2009-2010 batch. A warm welcome was extended to all by Dr. Abraham Chettissery. In the key note address, the Director of Mangalam Educational Institutions, wish the students a bright future and blessed them. In the Presidential Address the Principal, Dr. Peter Mathew said that it is the blessing, goodwill and favour of God that make the man more prosperous. The programme was blessed with the presence of Rev. Dr. M.P.George, spiritual Advisor Mangalam Group. A touch of personal sadness is true for any departure. Our management salutes our students by wishing them th happiest and richest future with confidence and stability.

MANGALAM TEACHERS TRAINING INSTITUTE The institute organized various programmes in addition to the usual academic activities to develop the capability of future teachers. A demonstration class on the basis of Evaluation and Sociometry was taken by Mr Gopakumar, Principal, TTI, Edamattom. The Christmas of Mangalam TTI, “MANGALAPIRAVI” was celebrated on 21st December 2010 at Sevagram, Vettimugal. Dr. Abraham Chettissery presided over the function and Rev. Dr. M P George distributed sweets to the children. Rev. Fr Francis Kadalikkattil (Director, Sevagram) delivered the Christmas message and Prof Radha Krishnan (HOD, Department of Civil Engineering) felicitated the function The One week Sahavasa Camp was organized from 31 March to 9th April 2011.The excursion was arranged to Ooty and Wayanadu in the end of November.

Butterflies Eurokids At Butterflies Eurokids, we offer programmes that helps in fostering the all-round development of the children. This year we started the Euro-Junior with the goal to make the child enjoy learning in the initial years of his life. Our integrated curriculum promotes learning through music, dance, projects, outdoor plays, field trips, water plays etc. We have been celebrating all the festivals and competitions for both parents and kids on every Sports day.

The annual day programme of butterflies Eurokids was conducted on 26th march 2011 at M.C Varghese Digital Theatre. The programme started at 11 am with a prayer by Rev. Dr. M.P. George, spiritual advisor of Mangalam Campus. The welcome speech was delivered by Mrs. Annie George, Principal Mangalam CBSE School. All the kiddies of Eurokids together did welcome dance. The programme was inaugurated by Brig (Retd.) Joseph Mathew, Dean Mangalam College of Engineering. It was followed by a felicitation by Adv. Dr. Abraham Chettissery, Legal Advisor of Mangalam Group. The students presented on stage flower, fruits & colour songs. The prizes were distributed by Prof John.T.Varghese, Dean of MBA. Butterfly Eurokids Counselor Mrs. Angela thanked the audience.

Come, Let’s Play Parents with their kids on Sports day

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CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME Mangalam Management organised a Christmas celebration and Carol Service for the staff of the campus at Manganam Christhavasramam chappel. Rt. Rev Dr Sam Mathew (Rtd.Bishop, CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese) gave away the Christmas message. Famous trio choir 'The Living Stones' chanted the Christmas Carols. Campus bulletin and calendar were released in the function.

FREE ENGINEERING SEAT AT MANGALAM

On the occasion of the 51st Kerala School Youth Festival held at Kottayam from 18th to 23rd Jan 2011, Mangalam, as part of social commitment, organized a mega bumper prize to the participants and the visitors offering a free engineering seat at Mangalam college of Engineering. The lot was taken from among the thousand higher secondary science students participating in the fest from all over the state, by the former Hon. Minister for Education and Culture, Shri. M. A. Baby in the presence of Smt. Mini Antony, Kottaym District Collector and Shri. V. N. Vasavan, the then MLA. The scholarship was awarded to Ms. Anisha Xavier of St. Peters Higher Secondary School , Kurumbanadam, Changanassery. The message was passed to the student and her parents by the minister himself. The certificate of award was presented to Ms. Anisha Xavier by His Excellency Mar. Joseph Powathil in the function organized at St. Peters HSS, Kurumbanadam on 8 Feb 2011 in the presence of Brig (Rtd) Joseph Mathew, Dean of students, Mangalam College of Engineering and School Principal Shri. P. A. Kuriachan.

MANGALAM ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

Mangalam Academy of Performing Arts presented an evening of Western Classical Guitar Recital on 4th January 2011 by renowned Swiss guitarists Prof. Michael Rutschol and Ms. Christine Dauwalder accompanied by Mr. Emmanuel Wuthrich in flute and Mr. Nandakumar in Edakka Mangalam Academy of performing arts arranged a music concert led by the famous Acapella choir 'The Chariots'.The team members were the students at Spicer Memorial College, Pune

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SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS/ FDPs

ü Dr Sibu C Chithran (Prof & Head, MBA)

presented a paper on “Corporate Management Strategies among Public Sector Industrial Organizations under Manufacturing Sector in Kerala” during the International Seminar “Intersections – Strategy Across Traditional Boundaries” organized by Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kochi on 10th January, 2011.

He also attended a Two-Day Workshop on

“Improvement of Quality and Ensuring Uniformity in Evaluation”, for the Examiners organized by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi on 24th and 25th February 2011 at Chennai.

ü Mr. Siby James (Asst Professor, MBA)

participated in the one week Faculty Development Programme on Research Proposal and Development conducted by Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) in January, 2011.

ü Ms Asha Rani K (Lecturer, M.Ed Dept.)

presented a paper on “Sensational youth, an alienated generation of 21st century -The way to get them focused” in the Golden Jubilee International Seminar on Education for the 21st century organized by Karmela Rani College Kollam on 10th January, 2011 .

Another paper was presented a paper on “Beliefs,

Understanding and intention to act on Global Warming” in the National Seminar on 17th and 18th February 2011 at SAM College, Poothotta.

Also she has attended a National Workshop on

‘Research in Education-Perspectives and Prospects’ from 3rd to 9th April, 2011 at Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education for Women, Kottayam.

ü Ms. Ambily Varghese has participated in the

Orientation Programme for University & College Teachers on Students Welfare Activities held at Chaithanya Pastoral Centre, Kottayam

ü .Ms Reena Alias (Asst Professor MBA) participated in the National Conference on Human Resource Practices held at Berchmans Institute of Management Studies on 24th January 2011.

ü Mr Nidhish Mathew Nidhiry (HOD, ME Dept.)

participated in the National Seminar on “Green Management” organized by the Department of Management Studies, Mangalam College of Engineering on 11th February 2011.

ü Ms Divya S B (Lecturer, IT Dept ) presented a

paper on “Intrusion Detection in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor networks” in the National Conference on Advanced Trends in Computing organized by Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli.

Another paper was presented on “Implementation

of Secondary Authorisation Recycling Using Co-operative Approach” in the International Conference on Emergency Trends on Cloud Computing organized by Baselious Mathews College Of Engineering, Kollam

ü Mr. Radhakrishnan (HOD, Civil Dept.)

participated in the National Seminar on “Green Management” organized by the Department of Management Studies, Mangalam College of Engineering on 11th February 2011

ü Mr Sarath Chandran C (Lecturer ECE) presented

a paper named “An autonomous Road side Infrastructure based system insecure Vehicular Adhoc network” in the National level Conference on Emerging Trends in Computer Communication and Informatics held at Tamilnadu College of Engineering in March 2011

He also presented a paper on “High Capacity

Storage Methods for Roadside Units(RSU) in Vanet in the National Level Seminar on ‘Emerging trends in Nanotechnology’ organised by Mangalam College of Engineering

ü Ms Bidhuna Babu and Mr. Deepak K ,Students

of ECE Dept. presented a paper on “Fabication and Scanning of Carbon Nanofibre Nano Electrode Arrays Using Atomic Force Microscopy” in the National Level Seminar on ‘Emerging trends in Nanotechnology’ organised by Mangalam College of Engineering

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MANGALAM GROUP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

● Mangalam College of Engineering ● Mangalam Management Studies ● M.C Varghese College of Arts & Science● Mangalam College of Education ● Mangalam Teacher Training Institute ● Mangalam College of Allied Health Sciences ● Mangalam Institute of Journalism & Communication ● Mangalam School of Printing Technology ● Mangalam English Medium Residential Higher Secondary School ● Mangalam CBSE School ● Butterflies Euro kids Pre School

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PUBLICATIONS/ BOOKS

Ø Mr Anjit T A (Lecturer ECE) published a paper named “Multiresolution Analysis of Ultra Sonogram for the early detection of Down Syndrome” in the proceedings of International Conference on Technological Trends 2011(ICTT 2011) held at College of Engineering, Trivandrum in November 2011

Another paper on “Identification of nasal bone for the early detection of Down Syndrome using Back Propagation Neural Network” was published in the proceedings of International Conference on Communication & Signal Processing 2011 (ICCSP 2011) held at NIT Calicut in Feb 2011.

Ø Ms. Reena Alias (Asst Professor MBA ) and Dr Sibu C Chithran (Prof & Head, MBA) published an article titled “Growing Ethical Pitfalls in the Workplace and Changing Workforce” in the edited book “International Business and Culture”, published by Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai for the United Business Institutes, Belguim, Europe of Jaro Education in the year 2010

Ø Mr Siby James (Asst Professor MBA) published an article on 'A Study on Organized Private Retailing in India, in the Albertain Institute of Management's Journal ‘Erudition’, ISSN 0973-7839

Editor’s Desk

“I have gathered a posy of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is

mine own." It’s hard to believe summer’s “officially” over, that it’s back to college anew, and that we’ve virtually reached the middle of 2011.

Among the many pleasures of putting together a campus bulletin, the delay in bringing out this second issue really aches me. Despite, as an issue comes together, the experience is existential.

My heartfelt gratitude to the contributors of this issue for their insights and support.

Reena Alias (Asst. Professor, MBA )

Our heartfelt Condolence

We deeply mourn at the sad demise of Mr Gibin P Varghese of 3rd Year EEE.