Amrita School of Engineering

Bengaluru

KritiThe E-Newsletter

August ‘10

The main indicator

that true knowledge is growing,

is the blossoming of

discriminative thinking-

the ability to differentiate

that which uplifts us

from that which pulls us down.

-Amma

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

“Grace will flow into us when we have the humble attitude ‘I am nothing’.”-Amma

1st year M.Tech. classes of 2010 batch were inaugurated on

Wednesday the 11th August 2010. The Chief Guest of the ceremony was Dr. V. T.

Ranganathan, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, and it was presided over by

Br. Dhanraj Swami, Correspondent and Dr. Rakesh S.G., Associate Dean.

The M.Tech. Program on Power Electronics was inaugurated on this

occasion. The M. Tech. Programmes, VLSI, Embedded Systems and Power

Electronics were spoken about by the respective Coordinators Prof. Pukhraj Vaya,

Prof. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Manjula Nair.

August ‘10

Inauguration of I year M.Tech. Classes

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

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

The college celebrated Gurupoornima on 16th August 2010. Poojya

Swami Amritageetanandapuri presided on the auspicious occasion. He

enlightened the students about the significance of Gurupoornima. He also spoke

of the importance of Gurumantra. Offering reverence to Satguru Mata

Amritanandamayi Devi, a series of Bhajans were sung by a group led by Poojya

Swami. Prasadam was distributed to all who attended the celebration.

August ‘10

Gurupoornima Celebrations

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

“Only when goodness awakens within, will one's personality and actions gain beauty and strength .”-Amma

The seventh convocation of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was held

on August 28th 2010 at Ettimadai Campus for 3,392 graduates of five campuses -

Bangalore, Amritapuri, Mysore, Kochi and Coimbatore .

Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri declared open the Convocation and

said graduands should learn to avoid unintelligent attachment, learn to manage

ego and to tap higher realms of consciousness. Venkat Rangan, vice-chancellor,

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, said in the past seven years, the

institution had won several funded projects from the Government of India and

was working with Indian Institutes of Technology as an equal partner.

Gururaj Deshpande, Chairman and Co-Founder of Sycamore

Networks, USA, was the chief guest. In his address to students he said “People

must innovate to find a new way of living and a new confident India would play an

important role in coming up with the Solution”. Martin Chalfie, winner of the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008, delivered a special address through video

conferencing from Columbia University, New York.

August ‘10

Seventh Convocation of Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham

Gururaj Deshpande, the Chief Guest, addressing students at the seventh graduation day function

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

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

August ‘10

S. No. Roll Number Name of Graduating Student CGPA Rank Medal

ECE

1 BG106EC114 Ms. VINEETHA K A 9.66 Second Rank Silver Medal

2 BG106EC102 Mr. SUHAS G. 9.38 Fourth Rank

3 BG106EC094 Ms. SMITHA SESHAN 9.33 Fifth Rank

4 BG106EC076 Mr. S SRIRAM 9.12 Eighth Rank

5 BG106EC036 Ms. MADHURA K. 9.1 Tenth Rank

EEE

1 BG106EE014 Mr. K. S. AMIT KUMAR 9.58 First Rank Gold Medal

2 BG106EE025 Ms. MAYURI R. 9.23 Fourth Rank

CSE

1 BG106CS095 Mr. SREEJITH R. 9.36 Fifth Rank

2 BG106CS084 Ms. SAYANA VARUGHESE 9.29 Sixth Rank

3 BG106CS117 Mr. YOGESHWARA K. 9.28 Seventh Rank

4 BG106CS045 Ms. KRITHIKA S. R. 9.19 Ninth Rank

IT

1 BG106IT022 Ms. JAMINI S. 9.68 First Rank Gold Medal

2 BG106IT021 Mr. J MARIA PRAVEEN KUMAR 9.48 Second Rank Silver Medal

3 BG106IT024 Mr. JAYAPRAKASH 9.44 Third Rank

4 BG106IT054 Ms. UPASANA S HAVERI 9.26 Fourth Rank

EIE

1 BG106EI015 Ms. DARPANA DILIP 9.41 First Rank Gold Medal

2 BG106EI020 Ms. DEEPIKA S. 9.21 Third Rank

3 BG106EI054 Ms. SHRAVYA SHANMUKH 8.73 Fourth Rank

4 BG106EI011 Mr. ARJUN SHANKAR K S 8.52 Sixth Rank

5 BG106EI005 Ms. AISWARYA JOSYULA 8.51 Seventh Rank

6 BG106EI019 Ms. DEEPIKA PADIYAR 8.46 Eighth Rank

7 BG106EI007 Ms. AMRITHA SANATH 8.4 Ninth Rank

M. Tech VLSI

1 BLENP2VLD08007 Lakshmi Prakash 8.94 Third Rank

2 BLENP2VLD08003 Dhanya Viswanathan 8.77 Fourth Rank

M.Sc-MITES

1 BL.BU.P2MIS08033 Suyamprabha K 8.70 First Rank Gold Medal

2 BL.BU.P2MIS08010 Krishnakumar Arunachalam 8.64 Second Rank

Students of Amrita Bangalore received coveted accolades as they paved their way to the toppers list.

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

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

August ‘10

International Conference

NAME PAPER PRESENTED DATE NAME OF EVENT/ PUBLICATION

Authored and

presented by

T. K. Ramesh

Co-Author:

P.R. Vaya

‘A Proactive and Self

Regulating Protocol for

WDM All-Optical

Networks’

12th – 14th

August 2010

International Conference on Innovative

Research in Engineering and

Technology- ICIRET 2010 organized by

Park College of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore in association

with School of Computing , Information

Technology and Engineering, University

of East London, London

Authored and

presented by

P SatishKumar and

C. Babu

Co-Author

P.R. Vaya

‘Design of CMOS-

MEMS Electronics

Digital Gyroscope

Based Micro Air

Vehicles’

12th – 14th

August 2010

International Conference on Innovative

Research in Engineering and

Technology- ICIRET 2010, organized by

Park College of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore in association

with School of Computing ,Information

Technology and Engineering, University

of East London, London

National Conference

Authored and presented by

Prabhu Maria Pragasam (M.Tech. Student)

Co-authored by Ganapathi Hegde and P.R. Vaya

‘Algorithm for

Improving the Delay

Fault Coverage for

Functional Broadside

Test using

Pseudorandom Test

Pattern’

13th – 14th

August 2010

National Conference on Convergence of

Signal Processing, Communication &

VLSI Design NCSCV’ 10 organized by

SDM College of Engineering &

Technology, Dhavalagiri, Dharwad.

Authored and presented by

Prabhu Maria Pragasam (M.Tech. Student)

Co-Author: C. Babuand P.R. Vaya

‘ Incremental Viterbi

Algorithm to Extract an

Optimal Pat’

13th – 14th

August 2010

National Conference on Convergence of

Signal Processing, Communication &

VLSI Design NCSCV ‘10 organized by

SDM College of Engineering &

Technology, Dhavalagiri, Dharwad.

PAPERS PRESENTED

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“We cannot change situations in life, but we can change our attitude towards them.” -Amma

August ‘10

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

NAME SEMINAR DATE VENUE

Dr. V. Prithviraj

Dean, School of

Engineering Sciences at

Pondicherry University.

‘Internet of Things’ 17th August 2010 E-Learning Center, ASE

Bangalore

OTHER NEWS

ECI FORUM organized an address by Mr. Sunil Maheshwari, CEO-Mango

Technology on 4th August, 2010. He spoke about Mango Technology, India’s

most successful, innovative, young company which has bagged several

innovation awards in last few years. He offered ASE Bangalore a unique

opportunity to associate with Mango Technologies and a chance to contribute

to ‘Innovative Mobile Application Idea’ through a competition for ASE

Bangalore Students. The participants were students from ECE and EIE

branches and interested faculty from ECE department.

Dr. V. Prithviraj - during his seminar on “Internet of Things”

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“Nature is a book to study. Each object in nature is a page in the book.”-Amma

August ‘10

OTHER NEWS

ECI Forum organized a seminar on ‘Upcoming Trends in Wireless

Communication Technology’ on 11th August 2010. The seminar was presented

by Mr. S. Ramesh from Award Solutions. Mr. Ramesh is a Senior Network

Consultant responsible for imparting training on Cellular Technologies in India,

Middle East and Asia Pacific region. The seminar was conducted in E-learning

centre and beamed across all three campuses.

Mr. S. Ramesh addresing the faculty

Mr. S. Satya Jagadish Marina joined as an Assistant Professor on 12th August

2010. He holds an M.Tech. degree in VLSI Design from IIT, Chennai.

A Maintenance Cell has been created in ECE Department to oversee the

maintenance of the equipments of the various labs of the Department.

Mrs. K. Deepa is the in-charge of this maintenance cell .

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING

Dr. T. S. B. Sudarshan has reviewed a paper for the 2nd International

Conference on ‘Complexity, Information and Cyber Security’ to be held from

27th to 30th March 2011 at Orlando, Florida, USA.

Dr. T. S. B. Sudarshan has been invited to be a part of the technical programme

committee for the International Conference on “Advances in Computing and

Communications” (ACC20111), to be held from 22nd to 24th July 2011 at Kochi,

Kerala.

Dr. T. S. B. Sudarshan has been invited to be a part of the advisory committee

for the International Conference on “Computer Communications and Electrical

Technologies – 2011” to be held from 18th to 19th March 2011 at Tirunelveli,

TamilNadu.

Mr. Rajesh M. attended the ‘IBM WebSphere Day’ celebration organized by

IBM India held on 27th August 2010 at IBM Software Executive Briefing Center,

Bangalore.

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“No real learning is possible as long if there is fear ”-Amma

August ‘10

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

OTHER NEWS

Ms. Sreevidya B. has joined a part-time Post Graduation Programme in

Embedded Systems at Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore.

Ms. Nalini S. has joined a part-time Post Graduation Programme(QIP) in

Computer Science and Engineering at R.V.C.E., Bangalore.

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

August ‘10

Mrs. Sujeetha R. joined as Assistant Professor on 1st

July 2010. She comes in with an M.E. in Software

Engineering.

Mrs. Amudha J. joined as Assistant Professor on 19th July

2010. She comes in with an M.E. in Computer Science and

Engineering and a teaching experience of over 12 years.

At present she is pursuing her Ph.D. under the guidance of

Dr. K.P.Soman in the area Visual Attention.

Mrs. Sasikala T. joined as Assistant Professor on 7th July

2010. She holds an M.E. Degree in Computer Science

and Engineering and an experience of over 7 years of

teaching .

Mr. Vinoth L. And Mr. Sreedharan Krishnan (7th semester students) have

attained patent registration for their work on the topic ‘Multi Secured

Dropping of Spoofed Packets at the Gateway for Unauthorized Networks’ from

The Patent and Trademarks Office.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

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

Dr. H. V. Manjunath has joined as a Professor in the Department. He is M. Sc. in

Electrical Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in the area of Power Electronics. He

joined Amrita with rich academic experience in research and teaching at CEERI,

B.I.T.S. Pilani and I.I.Sc.

August ‘10

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

OTHER NEWS

A study model of a Windmill cum Solar PV Generating Unit has been installed in

the campus under DST-funded project supervised by Dr. Manjula G. Nair. This

model is going to greatly benefit the students doing research in the area of

renewable energy.

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Ms. Mamatha I. has completed her M.Tech. (VLSI) at Amrita School of

Engineering, Bangalore.

As a part of association activity, fifth and seventh semester students gave a

warm welcome to the present third semester students to join the forum

Vidyuth on 4th August 2010.

“The success of one’s life depends upon one’s ability to forget what is not relevant at the moment.”-Amma

August ‘10

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME WORKSHOP DATE VENUE

Dr. T.M. Mohan kumar ‘Recent Advances inElectrochemical, SurfaceScience and Engineering’

26th August 2010 BNM Institute of Technology, Bangalore

The students of VII semester accompanied by the faculty members Mr. R. Pramod,

Mr. Raghavendra Ravikiran, Mr. Prashanth B.N. and Mr. Shashi Kumar M.E., actively

participated in the function organised to donate houses to the flood destitute of

Dongarampur village in Raichur from 1st to 6th August 2010. The team was

entrusted with responsibilities like accommodation-in-charge, inspection of built

houses, stage activities, felicitation and crowd control.

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING

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

August ‘10

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

“When we realise that real happiness lies within us, we will know that everything outside of us is just a play.”-Amma

August ‘10

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME Conference ORGANIZER DATE VENUE

Mr. Murali. K International

Conference on

‘Recent Trends in

Graph Theory and

Combinatorics’

Cochin University of

Science and Technology

12th August

2010

Cochin University of

Science and

Technology Cochin

Mr. V. Kesavulu

Naidu

An FDP on

‘Recent Trends In

Fluid Mechanics

And Its

Applications’

R. L. Jalappa Institute

of Technology

23rd August

2010

R. L. Jalappa

Institute of

Technology,

Doddaballapur

CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY

Cisco Systems conducted an online competition NetRiders’10 on 18th August

2010. NetRiders is a global networking contest created by Cisco Networking

Academy. Among 100 teams that participated from all over India, 7 were from

Amrita, Bangalore campus. The team consisting of Saurab Rai, Anirudh M. and

G. S. Sai Kiran were in the top 10 positions and thus qualified for the next round

of the event. In the final round the team got to the top 3 positions and became

eligible to participate in the SAARC level competition to be held in September

2010.

Mr. Prakash Mari Muthu. K. was relieved from duties on 6th of August 2010 on

his resignation.

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