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June 2018; Vol 96
The news bulletin
National Institute of Science and TechnologyPalur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha.
Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627
e-mail: editorsnistenews@gmail.com, enews@nist.edu
FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK
It has been an action packed year for NISTians. NISTians made a huge splash in the Startup
Odisha event attended by the Hon’ble Chief Minister who handed the coveted Awards to budding
entrepreneurs from NIST. Startups and their funding from Government sources has been a
great source of inspiration as the world looks for breakthrough ideas from India. We should not try
the same problems of the rich (read yet one more app!) but really go out and understand and solve
the problems of the poor and needy at the bottom of the pyramid. The problems are huge - costs
have to be low - maintenance has to be very easy - in short calls for highly innovative skills. The
large number of projects from NIST for the Smart Hackathon make NIST a favorite hunting ground.
This year we have decided to allow students to suggest ideas for their B.Tech projects of one year
duration which they intend to use as a startup idea.
The Institute has been blessed by a large number of recruiters who have held the faith with NIST. More than 50 companies
came calling and recruited hundreds of students. That the industry requirements have changed is completely true and hence
we ought to quickly change our strategy of investing in high end courses. It is a great feeling to see about 600 students in the
Summer Courses working in diverse high end fields such as Data Analytics, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Networking, Industrial
Automation, CAD-CAM and so on. Students have to savvy about current trends by reading trade journals and keeping track
of requirements by networking with alumni and industry folks. I want to see everyone onto LinkedIn.
We welcome the incoming batch of 2018 to this temple of learning and knowledge. Your faith in us places immense responsibility
onto us and we will rise to the occasion. A warm welcome to outside the state students who chose NIST over many other
opportunities.
On a personal front, Geetika and me have been amply rewarded by the huge love and affection from all sections of NIST on
every occasion. The outgoing batch of B.Tech, MBA, MCA overwhelmed us with the number of selfies during the Farewell
day!
Wishing a wonderful Welcome to the batch of 2018. A special welcome to the B.Sc and M.Sc students who join us this year.
May you prosper - you are the future of this great country India.
Best Wishes
Sangram Mudali
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Dear Readers! NIST e_news is and has always been the spokesperson of National Institute of Science and Technology
since 2002. This records and at the same time disseminates the happenings at NIST in a much detailed way to all
members of faculty and staff, students, and more importantly their parents. By providing the readers a sneak peek
into the college affairs it helps all know the college, its students, faculty members, and what sort of work they do that keeps
them different from the rest.
This issue of the newsletter is proudly presented to all the readers as it boasts of having some of the best things that can
happen at a college in terms of their range, variety, innovation, and uniqueness. On one hand, we have workshops of national
and international importance bringing people from all around the world under one roof, having
sessions and discussions on the new trends of technology and science. On the other hand, we
have laurels for the college, students, and its faculty members for making substantial contribution
in the field of education through either their research work or their social enterprises. The most
prestigious Odisha Women Achiever Award to NIST Placement Director, The Pride of Ganjam
Award for the Institute, a whooping 269th All India Rank by Kumari Sunita, a NIST student, in
UPSC Exam, 12 entrepreneurial ideas being selected for a seed funding of Rs. 5 Lakhs each
by Govt. of Odisha, and Sushil Mishra securing a 10/10 in 7th semester University Exam are
some of the exemplary achievements to talk about. The most remarkable of all is the entire
campus recruitment process with 50+ companies visiting the campus. The stupendous effort
put up by the entire placement team is praiseworthy. As you go along, we hope this newsletter
will bring smile on your face and content in your heart.
Wish you Happy Reading!
Dipti Ranjan Lenka
Advisors
Prof Sangram Mudali
Dr Ajit K. Panda
Prof Geetika Mudali
Editors
Mr Dipti Ranjan Lenka
Mr Ranjit Behera
Editorial Team
Dibya Nibedita Nayak
Danish Ahmed Jaffery
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FROM THE PLACEMENT DIRECTOR’S DESK
National Institute Science & Technology (NIST), Berhampur,
Odisha, established in 1996, is an Institute of National
Importance, which provides a steady source of highly skilled
talent to the nation as well as overseas. We are constantly
evolving teaching methods, and providing quality education
to students, whom we see as unique individuals with
different interests and aspirations.
Placements
Our Training and Placement cell ensures placement for all
the graduating final year students from different streams &
strives to guide the students in achieving their career
objectives through adequate personality and skill development
programs.
With structured moulding and vigorous training courses
provided at NIST, our students become quite comfortable
in undergoing practice sessions on selection process of
different Industries, such as Written Tests, Group
Discussions, and Personal Interviews etc & for this we are
tied-up with FACE, Coimbatore, which ensures that each
of our students is industry ready. It is a matter of great pride
that top Corporate/MNCs/Start-ups visit NIST for Campus
Recruitment and a good percentage of the students are
selected by them every year. Some of our regular recruiters
are Wipro, Infosys, Cybage, Mphasis, Adobe, Thoughtfocus,
Cummins, Mindtree, KPIT, Sankalp Semiconductor etc.
GRE Workshops & GATE
We also motivate students for higher studies, those who are
interested, and conduct GRE Workshops and GATE Classes
on regular basis. We tied-up with Manya Education Private
Limited under Princeton Manya for GRE workshops. EveryBest Wishes,
Prof. Geetika Mudali
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year, students get selected by top Indian and Foreign
Universities for higher studies and
PSU’s. Many of our pass-out students
went to foreign universities like Ming
Chuan University Taiwan, Maryland
University USA, California University,
Fang Chia University Taiwan etc and
IIT’s to pursue their Masters or
Doctorate.
Kumari Sunita, an Alumnus of NIST, has cleared Indian
Administrative Services “IAS – 2018” in her first attempt
ranking 269 All Over India.
Mentoring Services
We ensure that our students are always in safe hands.
Managing their academics as well as other co-curricular
activities sometimes takes toll on them. Hence to minimize
the pressure and guide them for a bright career and future
we have allotted each student under the mentorship of one
experienced faculty member who can take care of their
personal and professional exigencies and help cruise through
this crucial period of their lives safely and successfully.
We believe our students are second to none in the country
in terms of technical skill, analytical ability, computer
proficiency and general awareness. We take holistic
approach to produce students with human feelings by
providing them with ethical guidance. It is our endeavor to
ensure more quality placement in large conglomerates in
varied sectors and industries in the coming years.
WOMEN OF ODISHA AWARD to Prof. Geetika MudaliNIST Promoter and Placement Director, Prof. Geetika Mudali has been conferred the most prestigious Odisha Women
Award on International Womens’ Day from Hon’ble
Minister for Women and Child Development, Government
of Odisha, Shri Prafulla Samal. This is for her stupendous
work in the field of technical education, research work,
social work, and entrepreneurship. Prof. Mudali has
created an indelible mark in the educational map of the
country by imparting quality education to hundreds and
thousands of students from all across the country. She
has been instrumental in placing the students in top
industries of the country and globe since 1996 ever since
the establishment of NIST, Berhampur. Her work has
been well recognized and awarded. She stands as a role
model for many.
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‘The Sambad’ an Odisha daily
felicitated NIST, Berhampur with the
Diamond Award in Education Sector
under ‘Daksh, The Pride of Ganjam’
programme. Prof. Geetika Mudali,
Placement Director, NIST received the
award from Dr. Pradeep Panigrahy,
Former Minister, Higher Education in
a ceremony at Berhampur.
THE PRIDE OF GANJAM AWARD
WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABILITYWorkshop on Sustainability was held at NIST. Prof. Farrokh Mistree, The University of Oklahoma, USA; Prof. John Hall,
University at Buffalo, USA graced the occasion as resource
persons along with Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST and
Dr Ashok K Das, CEO, SunMoksha. Prof S Peppin, Dean,
School of Sustainability, Xavier University,Bhubaneswar and Mr
C K Ravish, Director, B.C, Debai (a stock advisory services
firm) delivered a talk on ‘Challenges to Corporates in Modern
day Business’ on 2nd February 2018. Both the speakers delivered on visible as well as invisible forces that force corporates to
take some decisions which are prudent and having strong challenges and isks. All the Department of Management faculty
members as well as students were present in this talk. At the end Prof Peppin tested the decision making expertise of students
through some games.
TECHNICAL LECTURE ON ‘SCALING VS. ESD : Thedriving strength of Semiconductor Industry’
IEEE-EDS NIST Student Chapter organized a technical lecture on “Scaling vs ESD: The driving strength of Semiconductor
Industry” on 21st February 2018 at the Institute campus for the graduate
and undergraduate students to enhance the research activity. Mr Basudev
Dash, currently working as a Senior Analog Design Engineer at Intel
Corporation, USA was the resource person for the lecture. During the
interaction he highlighted on the technology scaling and his experience
with 45nm, 22nm, 16nm, 7nm and beyond. Technology scaling solves
many issues at a cost of ESD. ESD protection plays a major role for
improving yield. This recent updates will generate the new ideas to carry
out the research activities within the young minds. Approximately 120
participants attended the talk and responded with very nice interactive
session.
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MINI-COLLOQUIUM ON ‘QUANTUM ELECTRONICS’IEEE-EDS NIST Student Chapter organized the 8th Mini-Colloquium on “Quantum Electronics” on 23rd February 2018 at
National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur for the
graduate and undergraduate students. More than 120 participants
registered from different institutes and universities from Odisha
and other states. Four distinguished lectures were organized
throughout the day. Dr Subir Kumar Sarkar, Jadavpur University
talked about MOSFET Scaling: Basic Concepts and approaches.
He gave the new dimension of research methods focusing on
low threshold and parasitics and effect of EM and ESD. Dr G N
Dash pushed the concept of Graphene structure and a true
alternative of MOS Device. Dr Chandan Kumar Sarkar from
Jadavpur University and Dr Yogesh Singh Chauhan from IIT-
Kanpur talked about the compound Semiconductors and their
structures. IEEE ED-NIST Student Chapter conducted this Mini-Colloquium for giving an opportunity to all the students and
researchers to interact with different DLs and help create new milestones in the field of electronics and semiconductor.
4TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE on Devices and Circuits (NCDC-2018)IEEE-EDS NIST Student Chapter organized ‘The 4th National Conference on
Devices and Circuits (NCDC-2018)’ on 24th February 2018. About 80 delegates
registered from different institutes and universities. Approximately 60 papers were
received from NIST Berhampur, KIIT Bhubaneswar, VSSUT Burla, University
of Calcutta and others. The selection committee selected 42 papers to be published
in the proceedings of Conference with ISBN number 978-93-83060-16-0. Prof.
Rakesh Vaid from university of Jammu and Prof. Saumya Pandit from University
of Calcutta delivered the invited talks in two different sessions. The works “Effect
of Cap Layer in an InP/InGaAs Metamorphic ¶-doped Heterojunction Bipolar
Transistor” and “RTL Implementation of Programmable Peripheral Interface using
UMC180nm Technology” were awarded as best presentation in device and circuit session respectively.
PROJECT DAY 2018Project Day 2018 was organized successfully for the B. Tech 2018 graduating batch on 20th March 2018. The best 44
Projects were demonstrated during the exhibition. The projects ranged
from Software to Hardware Modeling, Simulations, VLSI, Embedded
Systems, Renewable Energy, and others. These projects were thoroughly
inspected, examined and evaluated by the committee of 16 external
examiners from different reputed colleges, universities and government
departments of the state. Prof. K. V. Ramana Chary, Director IISER
Berhampur graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. He was
overwhelmed with the quality of projects been undertaken by NIST
students and encouraged students to work more on these projects and
try to convert them into entrepreneurial enterprises. Among the esteemed
Examiners were:
Prof. D. P. Dogra IIT BBSR
Prof. C N Bhende IIT BBSR
Prof. AkhileshBarve IIT BBSR
Prof. RajanJha IIT BBSR
Prof. B.B. Nayak CVRCE, BBSR
Prof. RachitaMisra CVRCE, BBSR
Prof. Narayan Parida CVRCE, BBSR
Dr. HillolJoardar CVRCE, BBSR
Dr. P. Mohapatra CVRCE, BBSR
Er. Sarat Choudhury Retired Engineer, R&E Berhampur
Dr. Dhruba C Panda BU, Berhampur
Dr. R. K. Swain PMEC, BAM (Principal)
Dr. R. Swain PMEC, BAM
Dr. S. K. Bhoi PMEC, BAM
Dr. Sushree S. Patnaik PMEC, BAM
Dr. Trilochan Rout PMEC, BAM
The programme was administered by Prof. Sandipan Mallick,
B. Tech Project Coordinator.
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INSPIRE SCIENCE CAMPEach year NIST conducts the DST Sponsored Inspire Camp - a five day program - wherein about 250 of the top 1% of the
Class XII/Class XI Science students get to hear top scientists and researchers, many being Bhatnagar Awardees, Infosys
Prize winners, who inspire them to go for a career in Science, Mathematics, Astronomy, Biology, Geophysics, etc.
This was the 13th time that the Institute was entrusted the responsibility of conducting the INSPIRE SCIENCE CAMP from
20th to 24th March 2018 by the Department of
Science & Technology (DST), Govt of India.
Prof. K.V. Ramana Chary, Director, Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research
(IISER) Berhampur was the Chief Guest and Dr
D. P. Duari, Director, Research & Academic,
M. P. Birla Institute of Fundamental Research,
Kolkata was the Guest of Honor in the Inaugural
Ceremony. Both the distinguished dignitaries
congratulated the young talents from different
schools and colleges of the state for being among
the top 1% students of the state based on their
10th results. The participants were encouraged
throughout the camp by many luminaries from different fields of science, research, and innovations on various aspects of
science so as to help them at this early stage of their lives to take up science as their career in the future. Besides the sessions
on science the students were also exposed to participate in various competitive events organized such as Debate, Essay,
Sports, Cultural, and finally a Very Similar PISA Test. All the winners were felicitated with Cash Prize and Certificate on the
final day of the event.
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2-DAY TRAINING PROGRAMME on Automotive MechanicsSAE NIST Collegiate Club in collaboration with TECHNEX (IIT BHU) organized a two-day training programme on Automotive
Mechanics, IC Engines and BAJA Designing for
B. Tech (Mechanical & Electrical Engineering)
students at NIST premises. A total of 101 students
participated from the institute. During training,
students experienced the theoretical concepts on
Automobile Engineering, Automobile Ergonomics,
Electronics Vehicle Systems, Basic Combustion
Theory on IC Engines, Performance Parameters
of an IC Engine, Measurement and Center of
Gravity of a Vehicle during Designing of a Vehicle
with practical sessions including overhauling of a
complete 2 wheeler 100cc engine and complete
ergonomics on a 4 wheeler.
START-UP INDIA ODISHA EDITIONStartup India in collaboration with Invest India launched a countrywide Startup Campaign. The Odisha edition was flagged off
by CM Odisha under which 50 campuses including 10 Nodal Institutes were selected to act as the torch bearer of this event.
NIST was one of the Nodal Centers
for the southern region. Startup India
Odisha Yatra Boot Camp was
organised at NIST on 20th February
2018. Dr Mrutyunjay Suar, CEO, KIIT
TBI, Shri Surya Madhab Panigrahy,
General Manager, DIC, Ganjam, Mr
Pratham Varshney, Manager Invest
India graced the occasion along with
Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director,
NIST. NIST awarded the best boot
camp in terms of number of startup
ideas pitched. A total of 256
participants had taken part in the
startup accelerator program. Prof. Bhagabati P Pattnaik, Coordinator, EDC and Skill Development Cell NIST was felicitated
by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha in a ceremony at Bhubaneswar.
In addition to this two project ideas
from NIST have been picked up by
International Centre for
Entrepreneurship and Technology -
icreate, the esteemed incubation facility
of IIM Ahmedabad. And out of the 256
ideas pitched at NIST, 14 project ideas
have been selected for a seed funding
of Rs. 5 Lakhs each by the Govt. of
Odisha. Out of these 14 project ideas,
12 are from NIST and two from
PMEC, a government engineering
college in Berhampur. NIST is all set
to setup in-house incubation facility to
support young innovators and assist
them with product development.
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TWO-DAY WORKSHOP on Cloud ComputingThe School of Computer Science organized the
Two-day Workshop on Cloud Computing for
B. Tech, MCA and M. Tech students at college
premises. A total of 87 students participated
from NIST and from other engineering institutes
of Odisha. During the workshop students
experienced the hands-on on cloud
configuration, private cloud setup, public cloud
and dealing with existing cloud players like IBM
Blumix and Amazon (AWS, EC2). The
workshop ended with discussion on the
applications of cloud and IoT in Industry.
NIST hosts South Odisha’s First Model United NationsNIST embarked on the voyage to contribute in maintaining the world peace which is the need of the hour by organising the
first edition of Model United Nations for the first time in Berhampur in collaboration with VSSUT-Burla on 3rd and 4th March
2018. The goal was to inspire curious learners who care for the world from a global perspective with a local flavour. The
conference springing over two days witnessed intense
debate on international issues by delegates from different
colleges and universities of the Odisha and other states.
NIST MUN 2018 simulated three committees like UNGA
DISEC (United Nations General Assembly Disarmament
and International Security Council), UNODC (United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and UNHRC (United
Nations Human Rights Council). About 80 delegates from
Jadavpur University, Ravenshaw University, KIIT
University, XIMB, VSSUT and others joined this mega
event and exhibited their skills and put forward their
opinions. Through this event NIST aimed to educate
participants regarding international relations, diplomacy
and the United Nations’ agenda.
WORKSHOP ON CRYPTOGRAPHY AT NISTSchool of Computer Science and Engineering organized the National Workshop on Cryptography 2018 (NWC-2018) from
26th - 27th February 2018. The workshop was attended by the researchers/B. Tech students and faculty members from all
over India.
Distinguished Speakers
· Dr Dhananjoy Dey Scientist E, Scientific Analysis Group, DRDO, New Delhi
· Dr Deepak Kumar Dalai Reader-F, NISER, Bhubaneswar
Topics of Series of Lectures :
First Day:
· A Gentle Introduction to Cryptography
· Block Ciphers : Design & Analysis
· Cryptographic Significant of Boolean Functions
(including designing of stream ciphers
· Public Key Cryptography - I
Second Day:
· Hash Functions : Design & Analysis
· Public Key Cryptography - II
· Key Management in Wireless Sensor Network/
Algebraic Cryptanalysis
· A Gentle Introduction to Quantum &Post Quantum
Cryptography
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WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES Attendedq Dr Ratnakar Mishra and Prof. S B Neelamani attended a 3-day Executive Leadership Program organised at C V
Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar with active support of AICTE New Delhi from 17th to 19th May 2018.
The three days leadership program was supervised and mentored by The Art of living Society, Bengaluru. More than 70
participants who are all senior professors attended from Odisha, Jhadkhand, and West Bengal.
q Dr Ratnakar Mishra and Prof Gourav Rath from Department of Management Studies participated in XUB Sustainability
Summit-2018 along with three MBA 2nd years students. The two days summit was organised by Xavier University,
Bhubaneswar which saw a delegation from all over India. The program was organised by Prof. S Peppin of XUB,Odisha.
The two days event from 9th and 10th February 2018 was focussed on various sustainability agenda of UN and its
member countries.
q Dr Ratnakar Mishra and Prof. Gourav Rath participated in a National Seminar on Statistics in Research: Trends &
Applications on 15th April, 2018 at Utkal University, P. G. Department of Statistics. Three students of MBA department
also presented their dissertation papers during this seminar. The seminar was inaugurated by Vice Chancellor of Utkal
University, Bhubaneswar. Priyabrata Das, Anwesha Padhi, Itishree Patra and J Aiswarya of MBA department presented
their papers.
q Prof. Pramath Nath Acharya, Faculty Member, Department of Management Studies, presented a paper titled ‘Foreign
Direct Investment and Economic Growth of India’ at the International Conference organised by Utkal University in
association with NITI Ayog, New Delhi during 28-29 January 2018.
q Prof. Pramath Nath Acharya presented a paper titled ‘Demonitisation and Changing Landscapes of Digital Payments in
India’ at the National Seminar of organised by Ravenshaw University Cuttack during 4-5 February 2018.
INTER-SCHOOL LITERARY AND CODINGCOMPETITION 2018
On 21st January 2018, Club Eureka, the literary club of NIST, conducted the 10th edition of FLAIR in collaboration with Club
Excel, the coding club of NIST, which conducted the 3rd edition of CODE CHAMP.
FLAIR is the annual inter-school literary event of NIST. The enthusiasm exhibited by the students was heart-warming. An
overwhelming response from 20 different schools in
and around Berhampur with a total participation of
more than 450 students made the event a grand
success. The events organized by Club Eureka were
Painting, Impromptu, Poetry and Essay in Phase 1
and Debate, Collage, Skit, Nano Tales, and Quiz in
Phase 2. The students were welcome to participate
in these events in the language of their choice, be it
Hindi, Oriya or English. Students from class 8th
onwards participated in this event. The inaugural
ceremony commenced at 9:30 am immediately after
which the Phase 1 competitions were started. The
students along with their respective faculty members
were provided with lunch and refreshments after
which the Phase 2 competitions started.
The Skit performances were the major crowd-puller
of the day-long extravaganza bringing the attention
of all the students together to the sensitive issues of “Pressure against Peer” and “Religious Violence”. The Painting, Collage,
Quiz and Essay events witnessed a great no. of students’ participation.
The events organised by Club Excel were Quest O’ Code and Code N Play in Phase 1 and Phase 2 respectively. With the
collaboration of Renewable Energy Club there were workshops and tour conducted to make the students aware of the
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renewable installations in and around the campus. The students were
also introduced to the world of robotics by the NIST Robotics Club.
The closing ceremony was felicitated by Prof. Sukanta Tripathy from
Berhampur University. He guided us with his inspirational words and
gave us the motivation to do better in our lives as students. The Champions
Trophy for the literary event, FLAIR, was won by De Paul School for
the 3rd time in a row and the Champions Trophy for the coding event,
Code Champ, was won by St. Vincent’s Convent School. The event
was dispersed with a sincere hope that such mega events are organised
time and again, giving the students a chance to showcase their talents.
MINI-TREKKING-2018A trekking expedition was organized on 21st January 2018 from
Ramaiyha Patnam to Dhabaleswar Temple for 2017 batch
students. Around 325 students, members of staff and faculty
participated in this trekking program. Prof. Mitu Baral, Batch
Coordinator, B. Tech 2nd Year and Dr Bishnukar Nayak, Batch
Coordinator, B. Tech 1st Year flagged-off the programme at
Ramaiyha Patnam. The group wsas received at Dhabaleswar
by Prof. Anisur Rehman, Prof. Swagat Samantray, and Dr
Rajendra Khadanga, Professors, NIST.
FAREWELL PARTY 2018A formal send off was given to MBA students on 6th April 2018 at Kama’s INN, Berhampur. All the final year MBA students
attended the party along with many members of faculty and staff. Many students shared their experiences at NIST. They felt
really nostalgic about their life at NIST amongst friends and faculty members and expressed their deep sense of belongingness
to the college. In a separate programme B. Tech and MCA final year students were given a farewell party at the college
premises on 18th April 2018. It was difficult on the part of the final year students to accept that their stint at NIST came to an
end. Prof. Geetika Mudali and Prof. Sangram Mudali along with other faculty members wished them all the best for their
future and career and asked everyone to feel free to visit the campus as when they want and to always stay connected to
their alma mater.
IIT Bombay : e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) at NISTe-Yantra is a project supported by MHRD through the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) to spread
Embedded systems and Robotics education in colleges across India. e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) supports infrastructure
creation at colleges by providing a platform for training teachers in theory and applications of Robotics, in addition to providing
guidance in setting of Robotics lab at colleges. Through the e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI), the government is creating
the necessary eco-system at colleges to teach embedded systems and robotics in an effective manner. It has already established
robotics labs in 259 colleges from 32 regions across the country.
NIST was awarded with Grade ‘A’ because of excellent work done by the following team members to compete the Task
Based Training (TBT-2017) during December 11, 2017 – March 31, 2018.
Team Member(s):
· Prof. Mitu Baral (Team leader) · Prof. Swagat Samantaray
· Dr Palash Dash · Prof. Aswini Kumar Khuntia
MSC, BSC, AND BCOM PROGRAMMES AT NISTThe Institute added Master of Sciences programme from the academic year 2017 with an intake of 16 seats each in Mathematics,
Physics, and Chemistry. This year, along with the masters programme, Bachelor of Sciences (Honours) and Commerce
(Honours) programmes have been added to the School of Sciences with an intake of 32 seats each in Mathematics, Physics,
and Chemistry and 64 in Commerce.
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RESEARCH FUNDINGS IN 2017-2018
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RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF NIST FACULTYMEMBERS YEAR- 2017 (JAN 2017 -DEC2017)
PUBLISHED IN REPUTED NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:
• P.C. Srivastava, R. Sahu and V.K.B. Kota, Shell model results for T=1 and T=0 bands in 66As, Journal of Physics G
44,125107 (2017), IOP Publishing IF=2.899.
• R. Sahu and V.K.B. Kota, Deformed shell model study of event rates for WIMP-73Ge scattering, Modern Physics
Letters A 32, 1750210 (2017), World Scientific IF= 1.165
• Narayan Sahoo, Ajit K. Panda, Trinath Sahu, Enhancement of multisubband electron mobility in squareparabolic asymmetric
double quantum well structure, Superlattices and Microstructures 105, 11- 21(2017)
• Sudhakar Das, Meryleen Mohapatra, Rasmita K. Nayak, Ajit K. Panda, and Trinath Sahu, Improved two-dimensional
electron mobility in asymmetric barrier delta-doped GaAs/AlGaAs modulation-doped field-effect transistor structures,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56, 034001 (2017)
• Meryleen Mohapatra, Arttatran Sahu, Sangita R. Panda, Sudhakar Das,Trinath Sahu, and Ajit K. Panda, Nonlinear
electron transport in GaAs/InGaAs asymmetric double-quantum-well pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor
structure, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics IN PRESS (2017)
• Motahar Reza, S Panigrahi, A. K. Mishra, Stagnation point flow and heat transfer for a viscoelastic fluid impinging on a
quiescent fluid, Sadhana ( Springer) , Volume 42, Issue 11, pp 1979–1986 (2017) ( IF: 0.5)
• Vinay Yadav, A. K. Bhurjee, Subhankar Karmakara, and A. K. Dikshita, “A Facility Location Model for Municipal Solid
Waste Management System under Uncertain Environment”, Science of the Total Environment, 2017. (Impact Factor-
3.97)
• Asit K. Panda, S. K. Sahu and Rabindra K. Mishra, “A compact dual-band 2x1 metamaterial inspired mimo antenna
system with high port isolation for LTE and WiMax applications,” Int. J. RF Microw ComputAided Eng.,Willey, 2017.
• Jatindra Kumar Dash, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, and Rahul Das Gupta, Classifier System Using Classification Confidence
for Texture classification. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 76(2), pp.2535-2556, 2017.
• S. Padhy, S. Panda.”A Hybrid Stochastic Fractal search and pattern search technique based cascade PI-PD controller
for Automatic GenerationControl of multi source power systems in presence of plug-in Electricvehicles”, CAAI Transactions
on Intelligence Technology, Vol 2(1) ,pp. 12-25 March. 2017.
• S. Padhy, S. Panda, S.Mahapatra “A modified GWO technique based PI-PD controller for AGC of power system in
presence of plug in Electric vehicles”, Engineering Science And Technology, an International Journal’,Vol . 20 (2), pp.
427-442 April 2017.
• Sakuntala Nahak, Somnath Chattopadhyaya, Saurabh Dewangan, Sergej Hloch, Grzegorz Krolczyk, Stanislaw Legutko
(2017) Microstructural study of failure phenomena in WC 94%-Co 6% hard metal alloy tips of radial picks.”Advances in
Science and Technology Research Journal”, Volume 11, pp.36-47, (Polish Academy of Sciences) (Web of science)
• Sakuntala Nahak, Saurabh Dewangan, Somnath Chattopadhyaya, Sergej Hloch, (2017) Characterization of failure
behaviour in distorted WC-Co tip ofcoal mining picks. Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Volume 17,pp. 136-143
(Springer- ASM international) (SCOPUS & Web of Science).
• Basant Sahu, Bidyadhar Subudhi, “Flocking Control of Multiple AUVs Based on Fuzzy Potential Functions, “IEEE
Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, with DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ. 2017. 2786261, Volume: PP Issue: 99. 2017 IF 7.6, 2017
• S K Swain, J Pradhan, G N Dash, S R Pattanaik, “A sensitivity analysis of millimeter wave characteristics of SiC
IMPATT diodes”, Journal ofSemiconductors, Vol. 38, No.6, pp 064003, June 2017 (DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/38/6/064003)
• Subha Prakash Mallick, D.P. Dash, S. Mallik, Rakesh Roshan, ShrabaniMahata, Palash Das, S.S. Mahato, “An empirical
approach towards photovoltaic parameter extraction and optimization”, Solar Energy, 153(2017) 360–365.(IF:4.018)
• Prashant Kumar Singh and Anjini Kumar Tiwary, “Ultra-Compact LPF with Wide Stop-Band”, Microwave Review, Vol.
23, No. 1, pp. 35-39, June2017.(SCOPUS)
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• Panda A. K., Sahu S, Mishra, R. K., “A compact dual-band 2x1 metamaterial inspired mimo antenna system with high
port isolation for LTE and WiMax applications,” Int J RF Microw Comput Aided Eng., 2017 ( IF: 0.74)
• Tapas Kumar Mishra and Sachin Tripathi: Design of Per-Flow Fairness Protocol with Dynamic Priority for Ad Hoc
Networks, Wireless Personal Communications, DOI 10.1007/s11277-017-4398-6. (Indexed in SCI, Scopus, others) IF
0.951.
• Vinay Yadav, A. K. Bhurjee, Subhankar Karmakara, and A. K. Dikshita, “A Facility Location Model for Municipal Solid
Waste Management System under Uncertain Environment”, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 603-604, pp. 760-
771, 2017. (SCI indexing, Impact Factor-4.90)
• Vinay Yadav, Subhankar Karmakara, A. K. Dikshita and A. K. Bhurjee, “Interval-valued facility location model: An
appraisal of municipal solid waste management system , Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 178, pp. 250-263, 2018. (SCI
indexing, Impact Factor-6.29)
• Rima Sahani, Vasundhara, D. and Bhuyan, P. K., (2017) “Defining pedestrian service levels at signalized intersections
through modelled parameters andSOM clustering”, International Journal for Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 7(4),
pp.534-548.
• D. Acharya, S. Sahu, P. C. Nayak and U. K. Misra, Indexed Absolute Riesz Summability Using General Class of Power
Increasing Sequence Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences Vol. 29(9), 401-409 (2017).
• Gayatri Panda, Sumita Mishra, Influence of Competency Based Management in HRM:A Review and Implications,
Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies, Volume-8,JULY 2017.
PATENT FILLING/PUBLICATIONS (IP GENERATION):
Title of Invention: Solar Augmenter, Inventor name: Palash Das, Dhrubes Biswas,
Application no.: 62556019 (USA), Date of Filing: 8th September 2017
Publications by Students
• Ankit Kumar Singh (B. Tech, EE), Abhisek Negi (B. Tech, EEE), SMAK Azad and Sangram Mudali, Fuzzy based
controller for LiDAR Sensor of an Autonomous Vehicle”, First International conference on Power Engineering Computing
and Control, Organized by VIT, Chennai, during 2nd to 4th March 2017.
• SMAK Azad, Ankit Kumar Singh (B. Tech, EEE), Abhisek Negi, (B. Tech, EEE) and Sangram Mudali, Analysis of
Automatic Sensing Model of an Autonomous Vehicle, IEEE International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control
(ICISC 2017) 19-20, January 2017 by JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.
• Ranjit K Behera, Nicky Kumari, Avinash Mahala, (B. Tech, CSE), (B. Tech, CSE), K. Hemant Reddy, “A Novel Cost
Minimization Approach for Data Transaction in the Context of IoT”. Proceedings of the Second International Conference
on Smart Computing and Informatics (SCI). LNCS Series, 3-4 March 2017.
• Motahar Reza, Badrinath Tripathy, Harsh Ranjan, (B. Tech, CSE), G. Anant Kumar (B. Tech, CSE), Study and Analysis
of Hadoop Cluster Optimization based on configuration properties, IEEE International Conference on Innovations in
Power and Advanced Computing Technologies [i-PACT2017], 22-23 April 2017, VIT Vellore.
• Paritosh Piyush Sahu, (B. Tech, ECE), S. Sachin Kumar, (B. Tech, ECE) and Debashis Panda* “Reset modelling and
simulation of unipolar NiO RRAM devices”, International Electron Devices and Materials Symposium (IEDMS 2017),
Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 6-8, 2017.
• S. Sachin Kumar, (B. Tech, ECE), Paritosh Piyush Sahu, (B. Tech, ECE), and Debashis Panda* “Metal-Oxide Barrier
Modeling in Binary Oxide RRAM”, International Electron Devices and Materials Symposium (IEDMS 2017), Hsinchu,
Taiwan, September 6-8, 2017
• Suchandra Pal, Subhash Chandra Kumar (B. Tech, EIE), Kunja Biahri Swain, “Remote Health Assistance and Automatic
Ambulance Service” IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies and Management for Computing,
Communication, Controls, Energy and Materials (ICSTM), Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of
Science and Technology, Chennai, India2nd-4th August, 2017.
• Kunja Bihari Swain, Rakesh Kumar Patnaik, Suchandra Pal, Raja Rajeswari, Aparna Mishra, Charusmita Dash (B.
Tech, EIE), “Arduino Based Automated STICKGUIDE for a Visually Impaired Person”, IEEE International Conference
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on Smart Technologies and Management for Computing, Communication, Controls, Energy and Materials (ICSTM), Vel
Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & DInstitute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 2nd-4th August, pp. 407-410,2017.
• K. B. Swain, G. Santamanyu (B. Tech, EIE) and A. R. Senapati, “Smart industry pollution monitoring and controlling
using LabVIEW based IoT,” 2017 3rd International Conference on Sensing, Signal Processing & Security, Chennai, 2017,
pp. 74-78. (www.spcet.ac.in/icsss2017).
• K. B. Swain, S. Mahato, M. Patro (B. Tech, EIE) and S. K. Pattnayak, “Cattle health monitoring system using Arduino
and LabVIEW for early detection of diseases,” 2017 Third International Conference on Sensing, Signal Processing and
Security (ICSSS), Chennai, 2017, pp. 79-82.(www.spcet.ac.in/icsss2017).
• P. Mohanty, P. Siddharth (B. Tech, EIE), K. B. Swain and R. K. Patnaik, “Driver assistant for the detection of drowsiness
and alcohol effect,” 2017 Third International Conference on Sensing, Signal Processing and Security, Chennai, 2017, pp.
279-283. (www.spcet.ac.in/icsss2017).
• K. B. Swain, S. Dash (B. Tech, EIE) and S. S. Gouda, “Raspberry PI based Integrated Autonomous Vehicle using
LabVIEW,” 2017 Third International Conference onSensing, Signal Processing and Security (ICSSS), Chennai, 2017, pp.
69-73.(www.spcet.ac.in/icsss2017).
• R. Sahu (B. Tech, EIE), M. K. Swain, K. B. Swain and R. K. Patnaik, “Productive and economical sorting of objects by
low resolution camera,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies and Management for Computing,
Communication, Controls, Energy and Materials (ICSTM), Chennai,2017, pp. 290-294. (www.veltechuniv.edu.in/icstm2017)
• Akhilesh Prasad Mehta (B. Tech, CSE), T Kiran Kumar (B. Tech, CSE), Motahar Reza, Analysis on Traffic Big Data
Prediction and Visualization using Parallel M5P and Random Forest Regression, The 23rd IEEE International Conference
on High Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC 2017), in Jaipur, India, from December 18 - December 21,
2017.
• Sumit Kumar (B. Tech, CSE), Lasani Hussain (B. Tech, CSE), Sekhar Banarjee (B. Tech, CSE), Motahar Reza,
Energy Load Forecasting using Deep Learning Approach-LSTM and GRU in Spark Cluster, Fifth International Conference
on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT 2018), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,
Shibpur January 12-13, 2018.
BOOK CHAPTER PUBLICATIONK. Hemant Kumar Reddy, Himansu Das, Diptendu Sinha Roy, “Chapter 18- A Data Aware Scheme for Scheduling Big-
Data Applications with SAVANNA Hadoop”, Book: Networks of the Future Architectures, Technologies, and Implementations,
Edited by Mahmoud Elkhodr, Qusay F. Hassan, Seyed Shahrestani, Chapman & Hall / CRC computer and information
science, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group – 2017 – 492 pages. [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uCLHAQAACAAJ]
CSI INAPP National Student Project CompetitionThe Computer Society of India (CSI) is organizing InApp National Student Project Competition for B. Tech, MCA and M.
Tech students for the past two years. This year around 750+ project proposals were submitted from different engineering
colleges from across the country including IITs, NITs and central universities out of which only 74 teams were selected for
the 2nd round. Of these 74 teams, two teams were shortlisted from NIST. NIST had one team in the 19 teams group selected
for the final round.
PROJECT TITLE :
ENHANCING TEXTBOOKS USING AUGMENTED REALITY
Team members:
• Manzar Alam B. Tech, 6th Sem.
• Sachin Kumar B. Tech, 6th Sem.
• Shorav Sharma B. Tech, 6th Sem.
• Amitesh Nag B. Tech, 6th Sem.
Mentor: Dr K. Hemant Kumar Reddy
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ACADEMIC HONORARIUMThe following Research papers published during Jan 2017– Dec 2017 are considered for Academic Honorarium Award of
amount Rs. 3000 per each paper:
PUBLISHED IN REPUTED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:
1. P.C. Srivastava, R. Sahu and V.K.B. Kota, Shell model results for T=1 and T=0 bands in 66As, Journal of Physics G
44,125107 (2017), IOP Publishing (IF=2.899).
2. R. Sahu and V.K.B. Kota, Deformed shell model study of event rates for WIMP-73Ge scattering, Modern Physics
Letters A 32, 1750210 (2017), World Scientific (IF= 1.165).
3. Narayan Sahoo, Ajit K. Panda, Trinath Sahu, Enhancement of multisubband electron mobility in squareparabolic asymmetric
double quantum well structure, Superlattices and Microstructures 105, 11- 21 (2017), Elsevier Publication, (IF: 2.123).
4. Narayan Sahoo, Ajit K. Panda, Trinath Sahu, Electron Mobility in AlxGa1-xAs based square-parabolic double quantum well HEMT structure – Effect
of asymmetric doping profile. Physica Status Solidi b, 254, 1700221 (2017), Wiley Publication, (IF: 1.674).
5. Sudhakar Das, Meryleen Mohapatra, Rasmita K. Nayak, Ajit K. Panda, and Trinath Sahu, Improved two-dimensional
electron mobility in asymmetric barrier delta-doped GaAs/AlGaAs modulation-doped field-effect transistor structures,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56, 034001 (2017) (IF: 1.384).
6. Meryleen Mohapatra, Arttatran Sahu, Sangita R. Panda, Sudhakar Das, Trinath Sahu, and Ajit K. Panda, Nonlinear
electron transport in GaAs/InGaAs asymmetric double-quantum-well pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor
structure, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume 56, Number 6, 064101 (2017) (IF: 1.384).
7. Duryodhan Sahu* Subhendu Chakraborty, “Synthesis and Electro-Optical Properties of Fluorene Containing Blue
Luminescent Rod-coil Homopolymers with Pendant Pyridine”, Materials science –Poland, 2017, 35(1), 217-224. (IF:0.533).
8. Ansuman Nayak, P S Rama Sreekanth, Santosh Kumar Sahu, Duryodhan Sahu* “Structural Tuning of Low Band Gap
Intermolecular Push/Pull Side-chain Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications” Chinese Journal of Polymer Science,
(springer), 2017, 35(9) 1073-1085. (IF: 1.811).
9. Motahar Reza, S Panigrahi, A. K. Mishra, (2017) Stagnation point flow and heat transfer for a viscoelastic fluid impinging
on a quiescent fluid, Sadhana ( Springer) , Volume 42, Issue 11, pp 1979–1986 (2017) (IF: 0.5).
10. Asit K.Panda,S.K.Sahu and Rabindra K. Mishra, “A compact dual-band 2x1 metamaterial inspired mimo antenna system
with high port isolation for LTE and WiMax applications,” Int. J. RF Microw ComputAided Eng., Volume27, Issue 8, pp-
1-11 Willey, 2017. (IF= 0.74).
11. R. K. Khadanga and A. Kumar, “Hybrid adaptive ‘gbest’-guided gravitational search and pattern search algorithm for
automatic generation control of multi-area power system,” in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 11, no.
13, pp. 3257-3267, 9 7 2017 (IF: 2.23).
12. Rajendra Kumar Khadanga and Jitendriya Ku. Satapathy, “A Hybrid Gravitational Search and Pattern Search Algorithm
for Tuning Damping Controller Parameters for a Unified Power Flow Controller: - A Comparative Approach.” International
Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. 10.1002/jnm.2312 pp.1-21, Wiley (IF: - 0.62).
13. Sachin Kumar, Paritosh Piyush Sahu and Debashis Panda*, “Barrier Potential Engineering in Ti/HfO2/Pt RRAM”; J.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 17, 9328-9332, (Nov 2017) (IF=1.339).
14. Debashis Panda* and Paritosh Piyush Sahu, “Thermal assisted reset modelling in nickel oxide based unipolar resistive
switching memory”, J. Applied Physics, 121, 204504 1-9 (2017) (IF=2.169).
15. Basant Sahu, Bidyadhar Subudhi, “Flocking Control of Multiple AUVs Based on Fuzzy Potential Functions, “ IEEE
Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1. doi: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2017.2786261 Date of Publication: 22
December 2017, (IF: 7.6).
16. Subha Prakash Mallick, D.P. Dash, S. Mallik, Rakesh Roshan, Shrabani Mahata, Palash Das, S.S. Mahato, “An empirical
approach towards photovoltaic parameter extraction and optimization”, Solar Energy, 153 (2017) 360–365.(IF: 4.018).
17. Vinay Yadav, A. K. Bhurjee, Subhankar Karmakara, and A. K. Dikshita, “A Facility Location Model for Municipal Solid
Waste Management System under Uncertain Environment”, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 603-604, pp. 760-
771, 2017. (SCI indexing, IF: 4.90).
18. Nitesh Dhar Badgayan, Sutanu Samanta, Santosh Kumar Sahu, Venkata Siva S B, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, Duryodhan
Sahu, P S Rama Sreekanth, “Tribological behaviour of 1D and 2D nanofiller based high density poly-ethylene hybrid
nanocomposites, A run-in and steady state phase analysis.” WEAR, (ELSEVIER) Volumes 376–377, Part B, 15 April
2017, Pages 1379-1390, doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2016.12.037, 2017, (IF: 2.323).
19. Tapas Kumar Mishra and Sachin Tripathi: Design of Per-Flow Fairness Protocol with Dynamic Priority for Ad Hoc
Networks, Wireless Personal Communications, October 2017, Volume 96, Issue 3, pp 4485–4503 DOI 10.1007/s11277-
017-4398-6. (Indexed in SCI, Scopus & others) (IF 0.951).
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Academic Honorarium Award for Ph. D. Award Work1. Dr Asit Kumar Panda (KIIT University)Academic Honorarium:Best B. Tech. / MCA Project in 2016-2017-------------------------------Category: MCAProject: Online Shopping for Blind Persons (SoftwareDevelopment)Mentor: Prof. Garimella Vivekanand
Category: Simulation (Simulation & Modeling)Project ID: Load frequency control of a dual mode PIcontrollers for interconnected power system using Soft-Computing techniquesMentor: Dr Rajendra Kumar Khadanga
Category: SoftwareProject ID: Distributed stream processing for machinelearning and data analyticsMentor: Dr Motahar Reza
Category: HardwareProject ID: Guarding the Ground with ‘IAVSWAYAMBHU’Mentor: Prof. Kunja Bihari Swain
Category: Renewable EnergyProject: Development of Electrical VehicleMentor: Prof. Sangram Mudali
SANKALP 2018The NIST ISTE Students Chapter organized the annual national level Techno Management Symposium ‘SANKALP 2018’ at
the college premises on 8th and 9th March 2018. The symposium witnessed a conglomeration of young & dynamic technocrats
from different technical institutes of the country. The gritty determination, zealous
perseverance, intellectual indulgence, myriad unbounded enthusiasm of
technocrats was tested and challenged. Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan, Director &
Professor of Strategy at Indian Institute of Management, Indore graced the
occasion as the Chief Guest. A mammoth participation of over 3000 students
from over 10 engineering colleges from all over India participated in the event.
All the participants and organizers were an integral part of SANKALP, and
their symbolic relationship helped the event become bigger as well as generated
a lot of goodwill among the
students and outsiders alike.
The theme for this edition of Sankalp was Shoonya: Sapling to Infinity. The
campus was decorated with the designs and display boards that stood in
tandem with the theme. The first day of the event started with Sustainability
Pledge followed by a Flash Mob. Paper Presentations, Model Presentations,
Theme Galleries, Sports, Robotics, Online Gaming, Quizzes, Coding, and
other Club Activities kept the day busy. The evening unfurled with an
intense Panel Discussion on the topic: “Only Agricultural Development
can Pull India out of Mass Poverty” followed by cultural activities on the
stage. Like every year, this
year the Institute felicitated Mr Sriram Panda, Founder, MITS Mega Food Park
with NIST Award of Professional Excellence for his tremendous efforts in
bringing up and creating the ecosystem for food processing in the suburbs of
Rayagada and helping hundreds and thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs realize
their dreams. Events like Mr and Ms Sankalp, Inter College Dance Competition,
and Band Performance by NIST Musical Society took the programme to its
next level.
The second day saw more seriousness among all participants as it had the final
rounds of all competitions. The hectic day had in store the state of apprehension
among the student participants with their fingers crossed for the results where they were a part. The institute had the pleasure
of conducting its first ever Writing Workshop by Terribly Tiny Tales (TTT). The subtlety and craftsmanship in writing was
captured in the stories of 140 characters. The evening came as a respite with the much awaited Band Performance by the
national fame The Nalaayak Band from Chandigarh. The entire campus reverberated with the high pitch decibel of the band
and the equal thumping of all NISTians on the dance floor. The two day extravaganza closed with the National Anthem.
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WAVES 2017This year, the time, stage, pitch, arena, sound and the lights were all set to welcome the Extracurricular Talents of NIST for
the One Day Cultural/Sports Extravaganza “Waves-2017” that
was held on 10th March 2018 with a nonstop, hectic but exciting
continuation from Sankalp-2018. The day long programme kept
all NIST enthusiasts on their toes as it had something for everyone
in store. Starting with sports like Cricket, Volley Ball, Basket
Ball, Marathon, Swimming, Lawn Tennis, Football, Kabbadi, and
Billiards to Song, Skit, Dance, Tattoo Making, Painting,
Photography, Stand-up Comedy, and Fashion Show, the
programme sprang over such varieties that could leave the
audience and participants awestruck. All the clubs of the college
had lined up something new and innovative for all student
participants. The Horror Hall, Antique Gallery, Art Gallery, Fun
Fiesta, and Faculty Songs and Fashion Show added zing to the
exuberance of all NISTians. The evening marked a wave of
celebration as it started felicitating all toppers of individual branches and courses of the 2017 graduated batch. The alumni of
2017 graduated batch, while receiving the medals from the Director and Placement Director of the Institute, shared their
experiences of campus life and how the institution helped them achieve what they dreamt of their life. The felicitation
extended a little more with the NIST Scholarship Awards for students for their excellence in academics, sports, and leadership
qualities. The cultural extravaganza kept the audience thrilled till late in the evening before curtains were down for the Annual
Cultural Fest of NIST for the year 2018.
The following students were honored for their academic excellence:
Toppers list of 2017 pass out Batch B. Tech/ MCA/ MBA/ M. Tech
Roll No. Regn. No. Name of the students Branch CGPA
201347601 1301202121 Rupali CSE 9.26
201311858 1301202573 Archana Das CE 8.87
201311883 1301202253 Pratyasha Mohanty ECE 9.11
201318634 1301202790 Subham Mishra EE 8.47
201315946 1421202027 Arpita Panda EE 8.47
201311300 1301202590 A. Anusha EEE 9.12
201310594 1301202610 Mary Gayatree Sahoo EIE 8.08
201311016 1301202353 Amruta Panda IT 8.67
201310181 1301202306 Manoj Kumar Barik Mech 9.2
MCA
201464024 1525202011 Sidhartha Sankar Prusty MCA 9.31
MBA
201581025 1506202029 Suman Behera MBA 8.13
M. Tech
201599008 1507202009 Debaparna Majumder M. Tech 9.3
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ANNUAL SPORTS MEET-2018
Student Activity Center (SAC) of NIST organized the Inter-College Tournament inCricket, Volley Ball and Basket Ball in theCampus from 13th to 20th February 2018as a part of its Annual Sports Meet.Around 25 different Engineering Collegesacross the State participated in thetournament.
Cricket- Asim Memorial Engineers Cricket
Cup (13th - 16th February 2018)
CET, Bhubaneswar bagged the 14th Asim
Memorial Engineers’ Cricket Cup defeating RIT,
Berhampur in the nail-biting final match at NIST
cricket ground.
Volley Ball-Valiant Cup (15th & 16th February
2018)
GITA Bhubaneswar won the 4th Valliant Cup
(Volleyball Tournament) beating NIST in the
finals.
Basket Ball-Argonaut’s Trophy (17th - 20th
February 2018)
NIST band of boys bagged the 8th Argonaut’s
Trophy beating GIET, Gunupur in the finals.
1st Gayatri F -15 Premier League Cricket
Tournament 2018
NIST bagged the Winners’ Trophy in the ‘1st
Gayatri F - 15 Premier League Cricket
Tournament 2018’ organized by Gayatri Institute
of Engineering & Technology, Berhampur.
Batting first, NIST made 170/8 in 15 overs and
SMIT could manage only 134/7 in their allotted
quota of 15 overs. Mr Brindaban B. Singh of
NIST was awarded with Man of the Match prize
and Mr Saroj Padhy, the captain of NIST cricket
team, awarded with the Player of the series prize.
NIST team of staff and faculty bagged the
Winners’ Trophy at the 1st Gayatri F - 15 Premier
League Cricket Tournament 2018 organized by
Gayatri Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Berhampur.
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