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Volume 9 : Issue 7 : January 2018

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Bengaluru

NEWS LETTER

PESTSE’18 18th to 20th January 2018

Republic Day 26th January 2018

National Seminar on Temples 5th to 7th January 2018

TEDx 21st January 2018

Lekhani, The Press Club hosted letter writing

session ‘WriteRight’ on the 2nd, 4th and 5th January,

2018 in the campus.

The sessions were conducted by Mr. Sesha Sai Rakesh

J. (S6-ECE), Secretary, Lekhani along with Mr. Prasen

Moudgal (S6-EIE), Joint Secretary, Lekhani, both of

whom were assisted by the club's executive members.

The event was targeted at creating awareness about the

significance of writing formal letters and emails

amongst the freshers in the campus. Mr. Rakesh high-

lighted the importance of writing letters in the correct

format. To further emphasize on this point, he shared

with the audience the mistakes and errors commonly

found in letter writing through some examples.

Following this, different types of emails and formal

letters such as the letter of enquiry, cover letter, leave

letter and apology letter were discussed in detail.

Letters with incorrect content were displayed to the

students which enabled them to comprehend the

common errors committed while writing letters.

At the end of the sessions, the students were asked to

draft their own formal letters to assess their learning

through the session.

It ended on a good note with the students taking back

a lot of positives from what they learnt and gained

throughout the session.

IEEE ComSoc (Communication Society), Student

Branch, ASE-B, organized a talk on LiFi technology

on 5th January 2018.

The session commenced with Mr. Nikhil Pabbisetty,

Chair of IEEE ComSoc introducing the speaker

Dr. Navin Kumar (Dept. of ECE), Mentor, IEEE

Student Branch.

The speaker introduced the audience to LiFi, in

relation to the familiar topic of Wi-Fi. He went on to

elucidate that LiFi is a much more efficient way of data

transmission when compared to Wi-Fi as it offers

higher speeds with greater security and is unimpeded

by radio interference.

Some insights into the areas of research in the field

Visible Light Communication (VLC) were given. The

importance Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and their

potential to replace other lighting sources were

discussed. Dr. Navin Kumar emphasized the

importance of keeping up with the latest technological

developments, especially those in the field of

communication.

On a concluding note, Dr. Navin Kumar shared his

experiences of working on a project in the field Visible

Light Communication and the future scope of Li-Fi.

The session concluded on a positive note with

Mr. Nikhil proposing the vote of thanks.

Write Right

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School Highlights LiFi

National Seminar on Temples: Symbolism,

Art and Architecture – January 2018, Bengaluru

Amrita Darshanam – International Centre for Spiritual

Studies, Bengaluru in collaboration with the South

Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur organised a 3 day

National seminar on Temples: Symbolism, Art and

Architecture. The seminar was held on 5th, 6th and 7th

January 2018 in the campus. The seminar aimed at

bringing reputed scholars together and creating a

platform for academic discussions related to the

different aspects of Indian temples.

The inaugural session started off on 5th January in the

morning with traditional Vedic Chanting, invocatory

prayer and a Welcome Speech by the Seminar

Convener, Arjun Bharadwaj. Dr. KS Kannan, former

director, Karnataka Sanskrit University delivered the

key note address. He spoke at length about the

evolution of temple from the Vedic culture and how it

has laid foundation for the Indian civilization. He

pointed out how temples have been the locii of India,

have held the socio-economic fabric of the society

together and have also served as storehouses of all

classical learning and arts.

Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, Director, Bengaluru campus

stressed the importance of temples for today’s society and spoke about the Brahmasthanam temples

established by Universal Mother Satguru Mata

Amritanandamayi, the Chancellor of the Amrita

Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The inaugural ceremony had

experts and participants from different parts of India.

The seminar focused on several different dimensions

of Indian temples. The list of experts who spoke

included Dr. R. Nagaswamy, Dr. Krishnan

Namboodiripad, Dr. Umapathy Acharya, Dr. SAS

Sharma, Dr. M.G. Sasibhooshan, Dr. Rama Murthy,

Dr. Satya Murthy, Dr. C.B. Patil, Dr. Karuna

Vijayendra, Dr. Shobha Shashikumar, Dr. Meera

Nathampally, Sri Gnananada and Dr. Ramanujan.

The topics presented by the scholars included temple

architecture, yāmaḻa rituals, virtual reconstruction of

temples, temple arts, dance as seen in temple

sculptures, Kerala temple murals, temples as

engineering marvels, temple conservation and

traditional sculptors’ perspective of making of a temple.

The seminar also had fifteen paper presentations,

which were selected by an expert committee. Motlial

Banarsidass, a renowned publisher had put up a book

exhibition during the seminar.

Several faculty of Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru joined hands in helping organised the

seminar. Br. Prasanth, the co-convenor was the driving

force behind all the activities related to the seminar.

Dr. Vishwanath Guha, Ananta Sharma and

Manjushree Hegde, Assistant Professors at Amrita

Darshanam formed the core of the organizing

committee.

The seminar concluded on 7th January with a

valedictory address by Arjun Bharadwaj. The

proceedings of the seminar will be published in the

form of a book and a CD by the Amrita Darshanam.

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School Highlights National Seminar on Temples

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School Highlights

Prerana, the Social Outreach club organized

‘Tactile Diagrams’ on 6th and 7th January, 2018 in the

campus. The event received an overwhelming

response and saw a participation of 40 enthusiastic

students.

Tactile diagrams make use of raised surfaces and

ridges to convey necessary information to the visually

challenged. Ms. Jeshmitha Reddy (S6-ECE), Secretary,

Prerana and Mr. Anudeep Krishna (S6-ME), Joint

Secretary, Prerana warmly greeted the enthusiastic

gathering and gave a brief introduction to tactile

diagrams.

The event aimed at fostering a sense of responsibility

in the students towards the less fortunate by creating

awareness about the difficulties faced by visually

impaired students. The students were guided through

the process of making tactile diagrams by volunteers

from India Enable, an organization dedicated to

empowering people with disabilities. The volunteers

were present for the entirety of the two day event,

alongside the students, who dedicated their time and

effort to contribute to the betterment of the society.

At the end of the two-day workshop, a total of 50

tactile diagrams were made which the club plans to

distribute to various schools.

The session ended on a bright note with the organizers

thanking the attendees for their partaking and the

students looking forward to more such thoughtful

events in the near future.

The literary clubs of the School came together to

organize Lit-Week from 8th to 12th January in the

campus.

Lekhani, the Press Club organized Spell Bee to kick-

start the week. The event was aimed at testing the

ability to spell. Mr. Rakesh (S6-ECE), Secretary,

Lekhani began the proceedings by welcoming the

crowd and also laid out the rules of the competition.

Right through the event, participants were read out

words, the spellings of which belonged to a varying

range of difficulty. The competition ended on a

positive note as Mr. Rakesh went on to reveal the

spellings of each word that saw the participants erupt

with peals of laughter.

The following day, the Humour Club organised ‘Plot twist’, a fun yet challenging event. The gathering was welcomed by Mr. Krishna Sandilya (S6-EEE), Joint

Secretary, Humour Club who described the rules of

the event. Subsequently, volunteers from the audience

were given a shot at picking a topic randomly based on

which they were given a chance to exhibit their

humour quotient in completing the plot with comical

twists. The event was received very well as the

audience was treated to some excellent wit on display.

On Day 3, the final round of ‘Know Your Leader’, a mock election exclusive to freshmen was jointly

organized by all four literary clubs. Potential

candidates underwent a preliminary screening prior to

the competition and six promising speakers made it to

the finale. Contestants were given the theme, 'Morning

People Vs. Evening People’ and unabashedly split into the two designations. The speakers went on to show-

case their spontaneous oratory and persuasive skills.

Two speakers were chosen post the first round of

voting by the audience for the last leg of the battle

which was based on the trending topic—'Is the Aadhar

Card a feasible concept?’. Both freshmen put forth strong and diligent arguments and tried to convince

the voters of their opinions. A spectacular audience

made the event a grand success, with the winner and

runner-up being decided with a single vote.

‘Turncoat’, hosted by Maardhani was held on Day 4 which began with Ms. Harini Srivatsan (S6-ME),

Secretary, Maardhani introducing turncoat to the

audience.

Tactile Diagrams

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School Highlights Lit Week

Turncoat is a form of debate where the speakers

literally debate amongst themselves. They started by

taking a stance on the topic and switching sides on

receiving a signal from the judge. The participants

were judged by the confidence with which they argued

and on their handling of the transition.

‘Books Vs. Movies’ and ‘Life as Day-scholars Vs.

Hostel Life’ were the two topics assigned. The audience were kept engaged by hilarious arguments

from the participants and filler by Mr. Prasen Moudgal

(S6-EIE) capped off another good event. On the final

day, The Quiz Club hosted “LIT QUIZ”, an amalgamation of twenty questions based on

contemporary meme trends, puns and distinguished

writers were posed to the participants. The quiz was

hosted by Mr. Anupam Vamsi (S4-ECE) and

Mr. Rohan Ippalpally (S4-ECE) on behalf of the quiz

club. The event, which demanded creativity, garnered

enthusiastic and excited response from the audience.

On the whole, literary week was a resounding

success with the clubs coming together to celebrate

literature.

Prakriti, the Nature Club, organized an event titled

'Do It Yourself' on 9th January, 2018.

The motto of the event was 'Best out of Waste'. The

main objective was to create ornamental and useful

products out of non-biodegradable materials such as

plastic.

The session received an enthusiastic response, with

nearly 40 students in attendance. All the necessary

supplies and stationery were provided by the club.

Participants rose spectacularly to the occasion and

hand crafted a variety of unique items, such as pen

stands, money banks, water filters and other decorative

pieces.

The event succeeded in reminding the students of the

hazards posed by non-biodegradable waste to the

environment.

The School celebrated Pongal with a lot of zeal

and fanfare. The first day of Pongal, Bhogi, was

celebrated with the ceremonial lighting of bonfire in

hostel grounds. The festivities continued throughout

the day with the bonfire being fed with the old and

unused possessions.

As a part of the celebrations, SPICMACAY Student

chapter organized pongal making in the quadrangle of

the new block during the afternoon of 11th January

2018. Students and staff came together and prepared

delicious Pongal to commemorate the occasion. The

pongal was then distributed to everyone present, who

relished the taste of the delicacy. The other event

hosted as a part of the Pongal celebrations was ‘Kite flying competition’. The afternoon sky was decorated with colourful kites and was a sight to behold. All the

students had a lot of fun and the event helped to bring

back some of the nostalgic memories of childhood.

Raaga, The Music Club, hosted ‘Raagasudha’, a classical solo singing competition, on 11th January 2018

at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Ms. Mrinalini Gopakumar (S4-ECE) welcomed the

judges for the event, Mr. Basavaraj Noolvi (Asst Prof.,

Dept. of ME), Mentor, Raaga and Mr. Ananth

Sharma, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Cultural Education

briefed the participants about the rules of the event.

Each of the participating students was allotted an initial

time of 10 minutes along with a bonus time of 3

minutes to perform a song of their choice from the

genres of Carnatic or Hindustani music. They were

allowed to have a maximum of two accompanists and

were restricted from performing songs from movies.

The participants mesmerized the attendees with their

melodious and soulful rendition of classical songs.

Following this, the judges appreciated the participants

for their scintillating performances. They then went on

to enthral the audience with their mellifluous

performances ensuing which, Ms. Pruthvi Bhat (S6-

ECE), Secretary, Raaga thanked the judges for their

time. The event witnessed an overwhelming turnout

and was a great exhibition of the singing talent of

students.

January 2018 PAGE 5

School Highlights

Do It Yourself

Pongal

Ragasudha

Vedanta, the cultural club, organized a talk titled

“Manifest the Vivekananda in you” on 17th of January

2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The guest speaker Mr. Shri Hari Kumar, a renowned

musician and writer, spoke about Swami

Vivekananda’s life and his teachings by relating them to some familiar incidents that occur in the lives of

students. Through his address, the speaker motivated

the students to achieve their goals and highlighted the

importance of making the most out of the

opportunities that one is presented with. The

significance of having a goal in life and upholding a

positive outlook, even in the face of difficulties, was

accentuated. He went on to share that the formula to

lead a happy life was to take responsibility of our

actions and maintain a guilt free conscience. The

session came to an end with an interactive Q&A

session which saw the speaker answer the questions

posed by the audience in great detail.

The session was a great success and the effective

speech of the speaker prompted the invigorated audi-

ence to look back in their lives and start working to-

wards defining and establishing their goal.

Lekhani, The Press Club held ‘True-Ending’ on 17th January 2018.

True-Ending was a creative writing event with a subtle

change where the ending of a story would be written

by a participant but is not revealed to their partners

and the duo would have to weave a tale that brings to

climax in the most creative way possible.

The session had many pairs participating in the contest

and putting forth the best of their creative sequels to

the sentences penned by their partners. The event had

enthusiastic participants from all semesters who

couched in their imagination and creativity in the tales

that they spun. Through ‘True-Ending’, the participants were able to embrace their writing skills

through a fun-filled event and the outcome was an

impressive collection of intriguing short stories with

unexpected endings.

The event came to a close after receiving an

impressive number of stories and very encouraging

feedback from the participants who thoroughly

enjoyed the whole event. The Club's secretary,

Mr. Sesha Sai Rakesh J. (S6-ECE), Secretary, Lekhani

assessed the tale and the winners were declared later

that day.

Sankhya, The Math club, hosted its flagship event

'Math mode’ on the 18th of January, 2018.

Ms. Preethi B. (S6-EIE), Secretary, Sankhya

outlined the rules of the event. Ms. Samanvitha

Ikkurthy (S6-EEE), Joint Secretary, Sankhya then took

over and briefed the gathering on the club activities.

The participants were provided with a set of 30

questions to solve in 30 minutes and the team which

answered the most number of questions were declared

winners. The questions included quirky arithmetic

puzzles and tricky questions which intended to test the

aptitude and logical reasoning of the participants.

At the end of the allotted time, the participants handed

back their answer sheets and Coordinators were

grateful for their involvement. Curtains were drawn

with students leaving the hall with hope of many such

fruitful events in the near future.

IEEE WIE ASE-B Student Chapter conducted an

exciting event titled ‘SOCIO NET BEE’ on the 18th of

January.

It was a fun event and a place to get your ideas

supported by many in a very less time. 20 students

participated for the same with 4 students forming a

group. One person from every group was selected and

was asked to share their idea to gain support from the

other four groups in the least amount of time possible.

Finally, the group which received the most support

from other groups was declared the ‘Queen’.

January 2018 PAGE 6

School Highlights

True-Ending

Math Mode

Manifest the

Vivekananda in You

Socio Net Bee

It was indeed a great honour for the Department

of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amrita School

of Engineering, Bengaluru to host the 3rd IEEE

Biennial International Conference on “Power and Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energy

(PESTSE – 2018)”, in association with IEEE Bengaluru section and IEEE Power & Energy Society

(PES) – Bengaluru Chapter, from 18th – 20th January

2018.

The conference aimed at providing a platform for

researchers, scientists, industrial professionals and

students to exchange and share their research

accomplishments, achievements and new ideas on the

contemporary and emerging trends in Power and

Energy Systems, which would enable them to arrive at

new ideas and techniques not only to enhance Power

and Energy, but also work towards sustaining it.

The conference received 157 papers, 8 from abroad

and 149 from within India, out of which 65 were

selected through double blind peer review process and

67 authors registered.

This three day event, started off with the tutorial

sessions (18th January 2018) conducted by experts in

their fields, in order to facilitate brain storming

discussions which were about to follow the next two

days. The speakers were:

Dr. Diego Bellan - Assistant Professor,

Department of Electronics, Information and

Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Dr. Paventhan Arumugam - Director (R&D) with

ERNET India (autonomous society under the

Ministry of Electronics and IT).

Prof. Krishna Shenai - IEEE Fellow, Professor

and Chair of EECS Department - University of

Toledo.

Prof. Sasi K. Kottayil - Professor, Department of

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita

School of Engineering, Coimbatore, India.

The second day (19th January 2018) was the formal

inaugural ceremony, in the presence of Chief Guest,

Prof. H.P. Khincha, Retired Professor of IISc., Bangalore and Hon’ble Former Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belagavi. Guest of Honor was Mr. Suresh V.

(General manager, POSOCO and Vice Chair, IEEE

PES Bangalore chapter (2017) and the Invited Guest

was Mr. Prabindh Sundareson, Nvidia Graphics and

founder trustee/chair of the IEEE Consumer

Electronics chapter, Bangalore.

Inauguration was followed by Keynote Address-I by

Prof. Sasi K. Kottayil, Professor, Department of

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita School

of Engineering, Coimbatore, India, on the title

“Energy Management on Smart Power Systems”.

Keynote Address-I was followed by Keynote Address-

II by Dr. Diego Bellan, Assistant Professor, Depart-

ment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering,

Politecnico di Milano, Italy, on the title “Circuit Analysis of Asymmetries in Three-Phase Electrical

Systems”.

Keynote address-II was followed by two technical

sessions with three parallel tracks where 31 papers

were presented. To wind up the day, a fine cultural

programme by students of ASE, Bengaluru was

arranged and the day ended with a grand banquet

dinner.

The third day (20th January 2018) started with two

technical sessions with four parallel tracks where 34

papers were presented.

In the post lunch session a panel discussion on

“Enabling Natural Energy in Smart Grids”, with

Mr. Sethuraman Ganesan (Product Manager- Power

Grid Division, ABB India Ltd.,) as Moderator was

held. The panel members were

Mr. Abilash E.T. Nair, Sr. Manager (Business

Development), ABB India Ltd.

Mr. Jose Thomas, Vice President – Power T&D

Division, Kalkitech

Mr. Sandip Chatre, Innovation Head for

Corporate Technology Energy Management

Business Unit, SIEMENS

The Valedictory was presided by Mr. Sethuraman

Ganesan (Product Manager-Power Grid Division,

ABB India Ltd., and IEEE PES Bangalore Chapter

Chair (2017)). He gave a positive feedback and also

few suggestions for the betterment of the next edition

of the conference. He also gave away the Best Paper

Award to the papers mentioned below.

January 2018 PAGE 7

School Highlights PESTSE’18

Prof. Muhammad Harunur Rashid - BEST PAPER

AWARD

Prof. Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid instituted Best Paper

Award fund for Biennial PESTSE conference during

his visit for PESTSE-2016.

For PESTSE-2018 conference the Best Paper Award

Winners are:

Dr./Mr./Ms. Debdeep Saha, L.C. Saikia, More

Raju and Rumi Rajbongshi for “Introducing Electric Vehicles in AGC of restructured hybrid

system with DSTS and WTS”, paper ID : 12 Dr./Mr./Ms. Yijun Chen, Feng Liu, Chen Shen,

Xiaoqing Chang and Wei Wei for “Mitigating a Class of Ultra-Low-Frequency Oscillations in

Hydro-Turbine Dominant Power Systems”, paper ID : 112

Dr./Mr./Ms. Annapoorna Sreekumar and Balajee

Ramakrishnananda for “Objective Function Formulation for Small Wind Turbine Aerofoil

Design” paper ID : 73

The above winners were awarded with a cash prize of

Rs. 5000/- along with merit certificates.

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School Highlights

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School Highlights

The School hosted the TEDx event, TEDx

AmritaU Bengaluru under the title ‘What it looks like, but what it really is’ on the 21st of January, 2018. The

event had 10 renowned speakers sharing their

experiences which went in parallel with the topic of the

day.

The inaugural ceremony commenced with Mr. Rohit

Nair (S6-ME) welcoming the audience which was

followed with the lighting of the lamp by all the 10

speakers along with Dr. S. Ravishankar, Chairperson,

Amritadhara. Following this, Mr. Rohit briefed the

audience about TEDx and captured the interest of the

audience by showing a few videos on TEDx – ideas

worth speaking.

The first speaker was

Mr. Nalapad Harris, an

entrepreneur and a

philanthropic worker. His

talk focused on the

challenge to prevent

youngsters from drug addiction. He also spoke about

his passion in contributing to build a better society and

how everyone can be a part of it. He concluded his

speech by sharing an interesting saying that went

“Responsibility is yours to claim and one who takes it for the country is the greatest person”.

The second speaker was

Mr. Sai Krishna V.K, one of

India’s youngest entrepreneurs and a

graduate of Mechanical

Engineering. Mr. Krishna’s talk was mainly focused on

‘Curiosity in young minds’ which he managed to bring out perfectly using a generous coating of humour and

technicalities of the real world.

Mr. G.N. Seshadri, a

personality development

trainer from Bengaluru was

the third speaker of the

event. A graduate engineer

and co-founder of the

SHINE organisation, he shared dozens of thought

provoking points and secrets of success. He stressed

on the fact that one could gain success only with a

perfect blend of attitudinal skills, positive attitude and

a calm mind.

The fourth speaker was

Mr. Shekar Babu, a research

scholar in Amrita School of

Business, Bengaluru. His

talk for the day was based on

the significance of leadership

in an individual’s life. He spoke about adopting a compassionate and responsi-

ble approach towards life and shed light on the

value of leadership and the support of compassion in

it. He then concluded with a strong message based on

“Reflective Listening” following which the participants were treated to a sumptuous lunch.

Ms. Niharika N.M., a

YouTube sensation, popular

for her YouTube channel

was the fifth speaker for the

day. She began by narrating

her experiences during his

school days and also empha-

sised on the importance of overcoming obstacles in

life. She then explicated the different pressures she

had in her alma mater. Her description of dreams and

goals threw light on how fulfilling one’s ambition is more important than earning money.

The sixth speaker,

Mr. Prasad Bidappa,

a Bengaluru based fashion

stylist and choreographer

briefed the crowd about the

glamour industry and the

efforts required to make a

mark in the field. He shared his opinions on the

present situation of Bollywood and also spoke in

length about the different modules used to promote

young talent in India using real life examples such as

Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone.

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School Highlights TEDx


School Highlights

Mr. Anup, a Graphic/Web

Designer with a set of

other myriad talents such as

beatboxing, song writing

amongst others took stage

and showcased his talent by

rendering a mellifluous song called ‘Rain’, a song in Kannada. Mr. Anup also displayed some of his design-

ing work following which he got the audience tapping

their feet to a song he composed titled ‘Never will stop’. As a concluding remark, he finished with a quote that went “Believe in yourself and don’t care about those who don’t care about your dreams”.

The eighth speaker of the

day, Ms. Shwetambari

Shetty, fitness expert and an

entrepreneur, started her talk

by giving a live demo of dead

lift by lifting a weight of

100kg. She further educated

the audience about actual fitness and the importance

of keeping fit through proper exercise. She shared her

experience as a fitness trainee and spoke about the

impact she has had on others’ lives. She further said that fitness is all about aging gracefully and concluded

her talk with a quote “Fitness is not just what it looks like, it is to remain active,” that received a loud applause from the crowd.

As filler, Ms. Aparna Pallavaraja (S6-CSE), Joint

Secretary, Narthana entertained the audience and the

speakers with her spectacular dance performance that

thrilled the gathering on the day.

Mr. Sriram Sullia, a

Bengaluru based radio

jockey was the ninth

speaker. Mr. Sriram shared

his journey of life, which

started with media studies

that saw him evolve as a

campus RJ to finally a content producer and traffic

reporter on Radio. He spoke about the criticisms he

had to endure throughout the journey and how he

developed a thick skin to take up criticism with a

positive attitude. He encouraged the audience to go

forward with whatever one is passionate about with a

positive approach. He put forth his view of happiness,

as just a piece of mind that charmed the audience.

The final speaker of the day

was Mr. Sai Kaustuv

Dasgupta, a self-taught

graphic designer who was

unfortunate to succumb to

partial paralysis at a young

age. He spoke about the

tools he uses to express his feelings and emotions, first

being dancing and then singing, the former which he

had to discontinue at the age of five due to his suffer-

ings from Osteogenesis. He shed light on his major

support system, his parents and how his smile was a

major weapon to overcome various obstacles

in his life. He inspired the audience to celebrate every

moment of one’s life with a smile, which as he said, is the signature sign of positivity. He further quoted “Life is a unique story. Everything is possible. Nothing to

worry”. He fired up the audience with motivation by singing an inspirational song as the audience gave him

a standing ovation in the end.

The stimulating and motivational event came to an

end with, the host, Mr. Rohit Nair, thanking the speak-

ers for spending their valuable time with the students

of Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. At the

end of the event, the audience were then given a

chance to interact with any of the speakers.

The School celebrated the 69th

Republic Day on 26th January 2018

with pomp and grandeur.

The celebrations commenced with

the attendees welcoming the Guest

of Honour, Dr. Ravishankar S.,

Chairman, Dept. of EEE. The cadre

escorted the guests as they unfurled

the national flag while the spectators sang the national

anthem. The flag hoist was followed by a flawless

parade by marchers from all the years and the security

force. The squadron showed impeccable coordination

as they marched on. Following this, the attendees were

enlightened by the insightful words of

Dr. Ravishankar, who reminded the importance of the

day on which our constitution came into force. He

also explained the significance of the tricolour and the

preamble also mentioning the socialist, secular,

sovereign, democratic and republic nation that India

is. His words of thought made a mark in the minds of

the audience and brought the outdoor ceremony to a

culmination.

The celebration commenced at 9.45 am in Sudhamani

Hall where the MCs for the day were Ms. Avanthika

Durai (S4-ME) and Mr. Anupam (S4-ECE). The

members of Raaga welcomed the audience with a

melismatic medley of patriotic songs. This was

followed by a lively and graceful contemporary dance

performance by the girls of Narthana, the dance club,

followed by a speech from Mr. Shivappa, Warden,

Boys Hostel, whose addressed instilled pride in the

audience about the nationalistic ideologies of the

people who formed the constitution that lead to the

formation of our large democracy.

This was followed by a scintillating folk dance

performance by the members of Narthana, which

highlighted the idea of unity in diversity. ‘Nukkad Natak’, the traditional street theatre put up a scintillating performance glorifying the achievements

of India in the year that was 2017.

The boys from Narthana followed up with an

energetic dance performance on the theme of

patriotism that received a thunderous applause from

the viewers and drew the cultural program to a close.

AmalaBharatam cleaning campaign, ASE-B’s contribution to the Swachh Bharat cleaning campaign,

marked the end of the day.

The event witnessed an immense turn-out with faculty

members, students and staff at the helm of affairs. The

campaign reminded everyone of their responsibility in

keeping the country clean and contributing for the bet-

terment and progress of the society.


School Highlights Republic Day


School Highlights

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Sanket M. Bhat

Author(s):

Sanket M. Bhat

Sarraf Nikhil

Vineetha Jain K.V.

Sarada Jayan

Dhanesh G. Kurup

“A parallelized method for global single variable optimization”

18th -20th

January 2018

Biennial International Conference

on Power and Energy Systems:

Towards Sustainable Energy

(PESTSE), Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru

Department of CSE


Dr. G. Prakash attended the Workshop on “IoT and Edge Computing/Networking” organized by Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri on 09th January 2018.

Amrita CSI Student Branch, Dept of CSE mentored by Dr. N. Rakesh received the prestigious “Best Accredited Student Branch Award” for second consecutive period at the CSI Annual Convention 2018 held in Kolkata.

Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition

Six students from S6-CSE listed below along

with Dr. Supriya M. attended the awareness workshop

on “Smart India Hackathon 2018” organized by MHRD partnered with Persistent Technologies.

The organizers elaborated on the Hackathon Program

to be held during March 2018. A non-stop

digital product development competition, where

problems would be posed to technology students for

innovative solutions. It harnesses creativity & expertise

of students, sparks institute-level hackathons, builds

funnel for ‘Startup India’ campaign, crowd sources solutions for improving governance and quality of life,

and provides opportunity to citizens to come up with

innovative solutions to India’s daunting problems.

The venue for this awareness workshop was at New

Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru and was

held on 11th January 2018. The student attendees were:

BL.EN.U4CSE15004 Akhil Katam

BL.EN.U4CSE15012 Ashwin Preeth K. S.

BL.EN.U4CSE15069 Manmohan Singh Thakur

BL.EN.U4CSE15088 Padigela Vivek Reddy

BL.EN.U4CSE15099 Ramyalakshmi S.

BL.EN.U4CSE15102 Rishikeshwar

A talk on “How to talk to your Car?”

Mr. Anand C.V., CEO Deep-thought

Systems, Trivandrum, Kerala, addressed M.Tech.

students (S2-Embedded System) on 18th January 2018

between 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm.

He has rich industry hands-on experience of 20+ years

in the area of Embedded systems and has seen the

growth and of this field from close quarters working as

an engineer as well as leadership roles in companies

like BEL and C-DOT, NeST, UST Global and Accel

Frontline Ltd.

FACE, Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers,

hosted the following events during the month:

The first event of the semester, ‘Wingman’ on 3rd

January 2018 in the campus.

The event attracted active participation from cod-

ing enthusiasts and had an overall turnout of 30

teams. The questions were designed to assess the

coding skills and logical thinking of the students. It

was a pen-and-paper test comprising of a mix of

code writing and output-predicting questions. On

answering all the questions in the initial round, the

teams were allowed to proceed further and solve a

bonus question. All the teams were within the al-

lotted time of 30 minutes. Six teams faced each

other with great zeal in final round that was held

on the 9th of January 2018. It was an online con-

test, where the contestants had to solve three cod-

ing questions in a short span of 40 minutes. The

teams took part with great enthusiasm and showed

great competitive spirit to bask in the title of

‘Wingmen’.

‘Concepts of Reality’ under the banner of

‘Distinguished lecture program’ on 8th of January

2018. The speaker for the day was Mr. Prashant

from Studyowl. The objective of the session was to

enlighten the students about the concepts of virtual

reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. The

applications of augmented reality in the education

sector were highlighted and the career opportuni-

ties in this field were listed. Following this, the re-

search being pursued by Google in the domains of

AR and VR was discussed. The Developer Week-

end program, held at Trivandrum, Kerala, which

witnessed the country's first large scale demonstra-

tion of augmented reality was spoken about. The

concept of mixed reality was explained and its ap-

plications were expounded on. On a concluding

note, he shed light on Microsoft’s superlative holo-gram device and accentuated the growing populari-

ty of augmented reality.

At the end of the session, the students were given

an opportunity to experience VR through a VR

kit. The event proved to be highly informative and

it imparted knowledge to the students about the

modern technologies and research opportunities.

Student Participation


Department of CSE Forum Activity

Department Activity

ACM Student's Chapter and FACE (CSE Forum)

organised an event named “Cyber Investigation” on the 11th January 2018. The event commenced

at 3:30 PM in the CP Lab, fifth floor. About 30

students from various branches and years of study

took part in this event.

It required the contestants to solve 6 simple

puzzles regarding a fictional cyber crime case

which eventually led to the location of the culprit.

The participants had to solve the puzzles in a spe-

cific order and the right answer to each puzzle was

the password which allowed them to access the

next puzzle. The puzzles tested the participants’ ability to solve sudoku, ASCII codes and apply

their common sense into problem solving.

The event came to an end at 4:20 PM.

Ms. Sowmya, Mr. Chandra and Mr. Sri Ram

Kalyan of S6-CSE finished first. Mr. Krishna

Vamsi and Mr. R. Anirud of S4-CSE bagged the

second place. A few participants were asked for

their views, which revealed that the contestants

enjoyed the event and could not get enough. They

were intrigued and found the event innovative and

interesting.

On popular demand, the organizing team is

looking forward to host Cyber Investigation Part 2

in the close future.

The Google Android Workshop was held on 17th

and 18th of January, 2018. The 2-day session was

conducted by Akshay Sushena Manjeri (S6-CSE)

who taught a gathering of more than 40 students.

Given the fast growing interests in the domain he

highlighted the importance of Android

development in the current era.

The session mainly focused on Android 3.0 and

rendered insights into calculator application. He

started off describing all the tools and components

available on Android studio.

Following this the students were engaged in a

question answer session to clarify their doubts and

queries.

The session ended on good note promising to

have similar sessions with hands on workshop in

the coming days.

Forum Activity


Department of CSE

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Hari Prasath

Author(s):

Hari Prasath S,

Kirti S Pande,

N.S. Murty

“Operation Aware SRAM Cache Line for Low Power Cache using

Multi Threshold CMOS Tech-

nique”

4th to 6th

January 2018

2018 International Conference on

Computer Communication and

Informatics at Shri Shakthi Institute

of Engineering & Technology, Co-

imbatore

Presented By:

N. Sai Anuhya

Author(s):

N. Sai Anuhya

Sagarika Naik

K. Kirtisha

Kirti S. Pande

N. S. Murty

“Low Power Architecture For 3-

Level Data Cache Module Using

Write Buffer”

Presented By:

Sarungbam Shila

Author(s):

Sarungbam Shila

Sonali Agrawal

“Configurable Booth Multiplier with Wave Pipeline and DWT as

an Application”

Presented By:

Alok Kumar Jha

Author(s):

Neeraj Sunil

Jayakrishanan V.

Harish Somanathan

Alok Kumar Jha

“Transmission Spectrum of a Typical Waveguide in Photonic

Crystal with Tunable Width Sim-

ulation and Analysis”

24th to 25th

January 2018

1st International Conference on

Communications and Cyber Physical

Engineering (ICCCPE—1st

International Conference on

Communications and Cyber Physical

Engineering (ICCCPE)

Presented By:

Karthikeyan R.

Author(s):

Karthikeyan R.

Ganapathi Hegde

“High Performance VLSI Architecture for 3-D DWT

(Discrete Wavelet Transform)”

19th to 20th

January 2018

2nd International Conference on

Inventive Systems and Control

(ICISC 2018) organized by JCT

College of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Aravind Koithyar

T. K. Ramesh

“A Faster Phase Frequency De-tector Using Transmission Gate

Based Latch for the Reduced

Response Time of the PLL”

January 2018 International Journal of Circuit The-

ory and Applications

John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Impact Factor: 1.571

Department of ECE


Dr. T. K. Ramesh reviewed the technical papers for 2018 International Conference on Computer

Communication and Informatics held during 4th to 6th January 2018.

Dr. Navin Kumar

was invited as one of the panelists to represent academia on a panel discussion on “5G Technology” challenges and opportunities in India organized by NXP India on 17th January 2018.

participated in standardization meeting of PLC Test Bed Development Research in India working group

organized at Velankani Tech Park, Electronic City on 24th January 2018.


Department of ECE


VIDEOTRONICS

ECIF, the departmental forum conducted its first event of the even semester “VIDEOTRONICS “on 17th

January 2018.

The main objective of the event was to educate students regarding blooming topics and intriguing technological

inventions that have made life easier to live. The session was kick started with an introduction on vacuum tubes and

the evolution of transistors and integrated circuits by Mr. Deepak Prabhala (S6-ECE). The session was then taken

over by another ECIF office bearer Mr. Achyuth Kumar (S6-ECE) who went on to explain how the fabrication

process takes place and the steps involved in it. A video was then played on how the Intel IC’s are made with utmost precision. This gave a clear understanding of how fabrication takes place practically in the industries. Mr. Vijay

Bhaskar (S6-ECE) took over to explain how the concept of vacuum tubes revolutionized transportation in the world

with the example of the famous Hyper loop train conceptualized by Elon Musk and team.

The session was concluded by Mr. G. Jashwant Raj (S6-ECE), Joint Secretary of ECIF and was appreciated by the

students with a thundering round of applause.

Forum Activity

Department of ECE


Other News

Inauguration of ‘RF & WIRELESS SYSTEMS’ Lab

With the support of the Management of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus and the co-sponsorship of

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, the Department of ECE, under the guidance of

Dr. Dhanesh G. Kurup set up a ‘RF and Wireless Systems Lab’, which was inauguarted on 10th January 2018.

Dr. V. K. Lakshmeesha from ISRO Satellite Centre Bengaluru (retired), who was responsible for several indigenous

Satellite Systems and recipient of many national awards for his various noteworthy contributions in Space

Technology was the special invitee during the inauguration ceremony.

The Inauguration ceremony was conducted under the auspices of Director Br. Dhanraj Swamy and was attended by

faculty members & research scholars from within & outside the department.

Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


CONFERENCE

Presented By:

P. Athira Asokan

Author(s):

P. Athira Asokan

Mamatha I.

“A Novel Approach for Wireless Power Transmission”

21st-23rd De-

cember 2017

2017 IEEE International (biennial)

Conference on “Technological Advancements in Power & Energy–TAP Energy 2017” at ASE Amritapuri campus 21st to 23rd

December 2017

Presented By:

Spoorthi K.

Author(s):

Spoorthi K.

T. Gowtham Sri Harsha

U. Lakshmi Divya

Shankar S.

J. Ramprabhakar

“Controlled Injection of Power into Grid from Wind Energy

Sources using Matrix Converter”

20th January

2018

PESTSE 2018, the Biennial IEEE

International Conference on “Power & Energy Systems: Towards

Sustainable Energy”. Presented By:

Aparoop Mahadev L.

Author(s):

Aparoop Mahadev L.

Thanmay J.

Sai Varun Krishna V.

K. Sireesha

“Smart Energy Conservation Sys-tem with Embedded GSM Mod-

ule”

Presented By:

K. Deepa

Author(s):

Prasanna Kumar

K. Deepa

“PV Based Sag Mitigation for 1Φ

Grid Connected Critical Loads”

18th - 20th

January 2018

PESTSE 2018, the Biennial IEEE

International Conference on “Power & Energy Systems: Towards

Sustainable Energy”.

Presented By:

Nipin K.K.

Author(s):

Nipin K. K.

M. Nithya

“Load Voltage Stabilization Using Electric Spring During Genera-

tion Insufficiency”

Presented By:

Syama S.

Author(s):

Syama S.

Abhijith Shankar

Abhijith U.

Parvathi A.

“Wireless Energy Meter Reading System Using

GSM and GPRS”

Presented By:

Sophi Shilpa

Author(s):

Sophi Shilpa

Gururajapathy P.

Hazlie Mokhlis

Hazlee Illias

Lilik Jamilatul Awalin

“Direct Circuit Analysis and ANN-Based Fault Location

Method considering Measure-

ment Errors”

Department of EEE


Department of EEE


NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr. Ravishankar

Dr. Rashmi M.R.

Ms. Mini Sujith

Dr. Shankar S.

Dr. K. Deepa

Dr. J. Ramprabhakar

Ms. M. Nithya

Ms. Kirthika Devi

Ms. Mamatha I.

Ms. Anjana Jain

Ms. Sailaja V.

Ms. Lekshmi S.

Ms. Sudha Yadav

Ms. K. Sireesha

Ms. R. Mahalakshmi

Ms. Manitha. P.V.

Dr. Sophi Shilpa

Dr. Saravanakumar

Ms. Syama S.

2018 Biennial International

Conference on Power and Energy

Systems: Towards Sustainable

Energy- (PESTSE)

18th - 20th

January 2018

Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences Organized


Dr. Rashmi M.R.

Ms. Mini Sujith

Dr. K. Deepa

Dr. J. Ramprabhakar

Ms. M. Nithya

Ms. Kirthika Devi

Ms. Anjana Jain

Ms. Sailaja V.

Ms. Lekshmi S.

Ms. K. Sireesha

Ms. R. Mahalakshmi

Ms. Manitha P.V.

Dr. Sophi Shilpa

Ms. Syama S.

IEEE PELS Distinguished

Lecture Programme on

“Distributed Clean Energy Infrastructure”

By Prof. Krishna Shenai

16th January

2018


Bengaluru

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences Attended

Department of EEE



Dr. Ravishankar

Dr. Rashmi M.R.

Ms. Mini Sujith

Dr. Shankar S.

Dr. K. Deepa

Dr. J. Ramprabhakar

Ms. M. Nithya

Ms. Kirthika Devi

Ms. Mamatha I.

Ms. Anjana Jain

Ms. Sailaja V.

Ms. Lekshmi S.

Ms. Sudha Yadav

Ms. K. Sireesha

Ms. R. Mahalakshmi

Ms. Manitha P.V.

Dr. Sophi Shilpa

Dr. Saravanakumar

Ms. Syama S.

2018 Biennial International

Conference on Power and Energy

Systems: Towards Sustainable

Energy- (PESTSE)

18th - 20th

January 2018


Bengaluru

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences Attended

IEEE PELS Distinguished Lecture on “Distributed Clean Energy Infrastructure” - By Prof. Krishna Shenai

The IEEE Power Electronics Society Student branch chapter of ASE, Bengaluru organised a Distinguished

Lecture on 16th January 2017 from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm on the topic “Distributed Clean Energy Infrastructure” by

Prof. Krishna Shenai, in Amriteshwari hall of Amrita University, Bengaluru. About 150 members including

Academicians from and nearby university(s) of Bengaluru attended the DLP out of which 50 where IEEE members, 3

members from other university and one member from industry. Dr. Shenai is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of American

Physical Society, a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Senior Fellow of The

Computation Institute at The University of Chicago, a University Scholar of the University of Illinois, and a member of

Serbian Academy of Engineers.

He gave a glimpse on the history of electricity and discussed about the power grid system across the world,

highly focussing on India’s grid. The main focus point throughout the talk is to generate, store, and utilize DC electricity locally from clean and sustainable energy sources without the need of long transmission line and distribution system

which enables the possibility for transformational changes in the electric utility and transportation infrastructures.

Department Activity

VAWO Workshop

“VAWO 2.0” workshop, an interactive hands-on

session by Vidyuth- the departmental forum of the

electrical engineering branch was held on 5th & 6th

January 2018 at E-Learning Hall and Power

Electronics Lab, Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru.

On Day 1, the event started with the Vidyuth members

giving a brief idea on the basic concepts of electrical

engineering. These included fundamental laws and

data sheets of 555 timer, transistors and diodes. This

was followed by a question and answer session on the

above topics before the start of the hands-on session.

On Day 2, descriptions on the concept of sensors were

provided to the participants. This was followed by

hands on workshop on a mobile detector circuit,

which involved rigging up the circuit on bread board

for testing and soldering the same tested circuit on a

general purpose PCB and its testing.


Department of EEE Forum Activity

The session concluded with logical questions

based upon the previous discussions & quiz.

Dr. R. Saravanakumar currently serves as an Assistant

Professor (Senior Grade) in the

department.

His research interests include

Nonlinear control, Evolutionary

computation, system

identification and adaptive

control its application to wind

energy. He received his

Bachelor degree of Electrical

and Electronics Engineering from Anna University in

2008 and he received Master degree of Engineering in

Control and Instrumentation in 2010 and Ph.D. in

Control System Engineering from the Department of

Electrical Engineering, National Institute of

Technology (NITK), Surathkal, Karnataka, India in

2016.

He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIT Roorkee.

Dr. Anand R. currently serves as an Assistant

Professor (Senior Grade) in the

department.

His area of interest in research

includes Power Electronics,

Electrical Drives, Renewable

Energy Systems and Soft

Computing.

He completed his B.E.

(Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from Velalar

College of Engineering and Technology, Erode. He

then completed his M.E (Power Electronics and

Drives) from AMS Engineering College, Namakkal.

He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

from Anna University, Chennai. He has 10 years 6

months of teaching and research experience. He has

published his research works in 5 National

Conferences, 10 International Conferences and 10

International Journals out of which majority of the

papers are indexed in SCOPUS, SCI and Web of

Science. He has filed and published 2 patents.

He is a member of professional body - IAENG. He

has guided many B. Tech. and M. Tech. student

projects.


Department of EEE Other News Forum Activity

Papers Published INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Phanibhushana M.V.

C.N. Chandrappa

H.B. Niranjan

“Characterisation ofAl6061-Fe2O3

metal matrix composites

subjected to severe plastic

deformation for multiple passes

through equal channel angular

pressing”

December

2017

Indexed in

Scopus in

January 2018

International Journal of Mechanical

Engineering and Technology

(IJMET)

Vol. 8, Issue 12, December 2017,

pp. 1180–1187, Article ID:

IJMET_08_12_127

Rakesh S.G.

Rajesh R.

“Effect of dimensions of sharp spiked cylinder on the buzz

phenomenon subjected to hyper-

sonic flows”

January 2018 International Journal of Fluid

Mechanics Research; Vol. 44

Issue 6

Begell House Publications, UK

Department of ME


Mr. Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi was invited to take a lecture on “Robot Kinematics and Path Planning” and conduct a hands-on session on RoboAnalyzer in the “AICTE-QIP sponsored one-week Short Term Course

(STC) on Vision Based Robot Navigation and Manipulation” at Thiagarjar College of Engineering, Madurai, on 25th January 2018.

Four projects titled, “Automated Trimming and Water Sprinkling Machine”, “Pneumatic Delivery System”, “Design and Development of Areca Press and Areca Sheath” and “Drilling induced Delamination Characterization & Mathematical Modeling of Nano particles reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites” under the guidance of Mr. Prashanth B. N. & Mr. Pramod R. were exhibited at International Machine Tool Exhibition

(IMTEX) 2018 held at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru from 25th to 30th January

2018. IMTEX 2018 is South & South-East Asia's apex exhibition showcasing the very latest trends in metal

forming, machine tools as well as technological refinements from India & other global players. The mega event

attracts visitors from a wide spectrum of manufacturing and ancillary industries starting with key decision & poli-

cy makers as well as industry captains who are keen to source latest technologies and manufacturing solutions for

their production lines throughout the world. The mega show, also the apex event of IMTMA, laid out the very

latest machines/equipment, processes, tools, accessories, software and raw materials as well as feed stocks

required to manufacture formed parts in every engineering application.

It is of great honour to present, that Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru has been selected consecutively for the fifth time, to represent and showcase their R&D capabilities at

IMTEX by exhibiting their B.Tech. projects.


Invited Talk on “Vehicle Dynamics”

JIDO, the Industrial Automation club, hosted a talk

on “Vehicle Dynamics” on 11th January, 2018 at E-

Learning Hall, Amrita School of Engineering, Benga-

luru. The talk was delivered by Mr. Arun M.S.,

TriBlade Technologies, Bengaluru. He is a veteran in

the field of Automotive Technology with over 4 years

of experience in the industry.

Mr. Nikhil (S6-ME), Secretary, JIDO, welcomed the

gathering to the event and Mr. Arun was felicitated by

Mr. Prashanth B.N., Mentor, JIDO club. Mr. Arun

M.S. began with an introduction to Automotive Tech-

nology. He spoke about the various terminologies of

vehicle dynamics and proceeded to expound upon the

various concepts of an automobile. The session ended

with an interactive session discussing about the essenti-

alities of automobile industry as a fresher, followed by

a vote of thanks and a presentation of a memento to

the speaker.

Visit to IMTEX’18:

The club organized a visit to IMTEX’18 held at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre, Tumkur

Road, Bengaluru on 27th January 2018 for students of

ASE, Bengaluru under the mentorship of Mr.

Prashanth B. N. There were 450+ exhibitors from 20+

countries. A total of 90 students of S6 from various

branches registered for the event. The students were

accompanied by Mr. Prashanth B.N. and Mr. Pramod

R., faculty members in the ME department. The

students were exposed to machine tool accessories,

metrology and CAD/CAM cutting tools, tooling

systems and current trends in the tooling industry.

They also came across innovations in technology,

design and product development to achieve

competitiveness and excellence in the machine tool

industry. The expo included various machines ranging

from small drill bits to large compacting machine,

large number of robotic arms employed in various

fields like packing and unpacking, precision cutting,

bending operations etc. The students were given a free

copy of MMI India, the official magazine of Indian

Machine Tool Manufactures’ Association. On the whole, it was an educating and a knowledge enhancing

opportunity for the students.

The session proved to be a great success and witnessed

active participation from automobile enthusiasts.


Department of ME Department Activity

URUS - SAE event

The student chapter of SAE (Society of

Automotive Engineers) organized a presentation on

URUS at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru on

17th of January 2018.

The hosts for the day were by Mr. Harshwardhan (S6-

ME), Secretary, SAE Student Chapter, ASE-B and

Mr. Aravindvas (S6-ME), Joint Secretary, SAE Student

Chapter, ASE-B.

The audience was introduced to URUS, the world's

first super sports utility vehicle made by Lamborghini,

the Italian luxury and sports automobile

manufacturing company. The speakers outlined the

car's history and shared the specifications of the model

such as the engine performance, gears, and braking

systems.

Its features were compared to those of some other well

-known automobiles in this segment. The session

came to a culmination with the hosts presenting a short

presentation showcasing the different driving modes

available in URUS, the inclusion of which has resulted

in the vehicle garnering great admiration

The session proved to be a great success and witnessed

active participation from automobile enthusiasts.

INGENIUM (A Mechanical Engineering Forum):

MECHADOTECNIA

“Great innovations, without great marketing is like driving with your eyes closed”.

MECHADOTECNIA, tech marketing that matters,

was conducted by Ingenium in collaboration with

Maardhani, the literary club, on 4th January 2018.Very

rudimentary components were given to the

participants and they had to market their innovative

products among the audience, within the drop of hat.

From basic pollution control mask to mind-boggling

electric car, participants added their creativity to their

products and tried convincing the judges to buy the

products. If products were fire, their marketing skills

were gasoline. Judges for the day, Lalith kumar,

secretary (Ingenium, the ME Forum), Harini S.,

secretary (Maardhani, the literary club), Rachana D.,

executive member (Ingenium), knocked for six with

the ingenuity of the participants.

Energy producing kettle, pocket friendly helmet and

lecture filtering student friendly radio took the

audience to the laughter world.

CuriousUS

"Time is a weapon. Hold it strong. A slight slip will cut

your skin." Said someone, but “How about playing a controlled game?” thought the curious engineers and Scientists on 18th January 2018. CuriousUS, weekly

dosage of proficiency by Ingenium, was held on two

most Precarious but out of the ordinary topics, time

travel and advance weaponries. Large number of

students attended the event with great fervour.

Mr. Gokul P. (S4-ME) commenced the session with

his enthralling talk on time travel. He spoke about the

possibilities of time travel, past paradox, effect of

gravity and black holes. He elaborated about the

universe and its consequences. Mr. Saivikas (S4-ME)

took over and briefed the attendees on advanced

weaponries. He highlighted on U S arms and their

high-power laser vehicle. He also threw some light On

INS Vikrant. Having gained insights on discussed

topics, the audience are eagerly waiting for next

Session.


Department of ME

Forum Activity

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

R.C. Lakshmi Janardhana

K.M. Nagaraja

K. Murali

“Convexity of Power Type Heron Mean With Respect to Power

Mean”

December

2017

International Journal of Pure and

Applied Mathematics, Volume 117,

No. 11, 2017, 155-163.

Indexed in SCOPUS

Sampathkumar R.

R.C. Lakshmi Janardhana

K. Murali

K.M. Nagaraja

“Schur Convexities and Concavities of Generalized eron

Means”

December

2017

International Journal of Pure and

Applied Mathematics, Volume 117,

No. 13, 2017, 69-79.

Indexed in SCOPUS

Department of Sciences & Humanities


Dr. Neetu Srivastava has reviewed two papers for the conference MSAM-2018, Japan.


Mathematics

Ms. T. Sasikala

Dept. of CSE

Ms. Kirti S. Pande

Dept. of ECE

Ms. Sudha Yadav

Dept. of EEE

Ms. Mrudula Prashanth

Dept. of ME

Mr. H. Manjunath

Dept. of Sciences

Dr. Neetu Srivastava

Dept. of Mathematics

Ms. Smita Sail Dept. of English

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Ms. Kavitha C.R. Assistant Professor

Dept. of CSE Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Mr. Shiju

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