Advances in technology: Implications to be … in technology: Implications to be discussed - Cusat VC NEWSLETTER OF COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY January - February 2015

Advances in technology: Implicationsto be discussed - Cusat VC

NEWSLETTER OF COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

January -February 2015

Prof. Tapan K. Sarkar, President IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, U.S.Ais inaugurating the International Symposium on 'Antennas and Propagationorganized by the Department of Electronics. (from left) Cusat Vice ChancellorDr. J. Letha, Dr. C.K. Aanandan, Dr. P. Mohanan, Dr. K. Poulose Jacob, (Pro-Vice Chancellor) and Dr. K.G. Nair are also seen.

Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha delivering the inaugural speech at theInternational Conference on Energy, Environment, Materials and Safety organizedby School of Engineering, Cusat. Dr. James Varghese, Organizing Secretary isalso seen.

Along with the benefitsoffered by the advances intechnology, the negative im-plications should also be sub-jected to thorough discussi-ons, according to Cusat ViceChancellor Dr. J. Letha. Thecontributions of internet andantennas towards the fieldsof communication and infor-mation interchange and theway they affect the intensityof human relationships shou-ld also be analyzed in depth.She added that Universitiesshould ensure that syllabiand curricula are updated intune with the rapid develop-ments in science and tech-nology.

the 14th International Sympo-sium on Antennas and Propa-gation, organized by Dept. ofElectronics, Cusat on 17December 2014.

Prof. Tapan K. Sarkar,President, Antennas andPropagation Society of IEEE,USA inaugurated the Sympo-sium. The proceedings of theSymposium was released byDr. K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor who handedover a copy to Prof. Sarkar.Dr. C.K. Aanandan, Dr. K.G.Nair, Dr. P. Mohanan and Dr.K. Vasudevan spoke on theoccasion. Around 100 resear-ch papers on various topicslike antennas, mobile phon-es, radiation, microwave rad-iation, band-width and wire-less communication werepresented.

Dr. Letha was deliveringthe presidential address at

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Enrich by Sharing Research Findings

Dr. J. Letha

Editorial...With the Right to

Education Act (2009) en-suring free and compul-sory education to chil-dren between 6 and 14years under Article 21Aof Indian Constitution.India has become the135th country in theworld to make educa-tion the fundamentalright of every child. Apositive step in the rightdirection, this could cer-

search begins here.

As we know, ourcountry has several in-stitutions of higherlearning that exist toprovide higher/techni-

of such research reachthe public in a compre-hendible manner, withthe emphasis that theirapplication should proveto be of benefit to thesociety. It is not enoughto have scores of re-search projects, buttheir utility to the gen-eral public and the na-tion as a whole shouldbe ensured. Researchpapers and publicationsare as important aspatents in the realm ofscientific research. The

tainly pave the way forthe creation of a fullyliterate nation. But towhat extent can com-plete literacy aid ourcountry in its thirst forgrowth?

In order to ensurethe complete develop-ment of a country weshould make advancesin science and technol-ogy that can revolution-ize commerce and in-dustry, taking the eco-nomy to here-to-foreunattained levels. Theresults of such ad-vances should percolateto the grass-root level ofsociety. The role ofhigher education & re-

cal education as well aspromote research in allareas of academic in-terest. But the generalfeeling is that the pre-cious research findingswill remain idle as amajority of the academicpopulation is not inter-ested in communicat-ing the same to peergroups or the public atlarge. Research findingsare of no use, whenkept safe in thealmirah, especially at atime when the funds forresearch are pouring infrom the public exche-quer. It is the primaryduty of each Universityto ensure that the fruits

distinction between in-dividual and institutionis to be avoided in theseundertakings in orderto achieve the commongood. We should alsohonour the research-ers for their efforts asthey rightfully deserve.

It is generally feltthat the pedagogues andresearchers rarely com-municate the fruits ofresearch, which is high-ly necessary for thereputation of the insti-tution and the profes-sional enrichment ofthe scientist. The im-pact and impact factorof such papers shouldalso be taken into ac-

Research for Sustained Development - Cusat VCThe acute shortage for

natural resources caused byclimate change can be solv-ed only through research forsustained development, acc-ording to Cusat VC Dr. J.Letha. She was delivering theinaugural speech at thethree day International Con-ference on Energy, Environ-ment, Materials and Safety(ICEEMS'14) organized bySchool of Engineering, Cusat

on 10th Dec. 2014. Dr. S. Da-vid Peter, Registrar, Dr. A.B.Bhasi, Controller of Exami-nations, Dr. G. Madhu, Prin-cipal, School of Engineering,Dr. James Varghese, Organ-ising Secretary and Dr. M.N.Vinod Kumar spoke on theoccasion.

Experts from various pre-stigious institutions in Indiaand from abroad, including

U.K., U.S.A and Australiapresented their researchworks during the three daysof the conference. Nearly 100research papers were prese-nted on areas like DisasterMitigation & Management,Corrosion, Energy storage,Fire & Safety, Green build-ing Technologies, HybridEnergy Systems and SolidWaste Management.

count since various re-puted Govt. agencieslike UGC and NAAC giveparamount importanceto papers published inrefereed journals withhigh impact value. Inorder to achieve andretain a reputation on aglobal level, excellencein teaching and produc-ing good results are sim-ply not sufficient.

Here I would like toemphasize that ethicalbehavior in all academicactivities is essential.Plagiarism in researchshould be avoided at allcosts, not through theuse of software but bythe application of con-science. Let our ethicsand cultural heritagebe our anti-plagiarismsoftware. The publish-ing of all research find-ings on a regular basiswill ensure our Univer-sity a good academicreputation and any in-stitution that hesitatesto do so stands to per-ish. It will bring acco-lades not only to theindividual & the insti-tution, but also to thewhole scientific com-munity.

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Media and researchers to focus on Science Writing : Cusat VC

Science Communication & Journalism :11th National Workshop held

News reporters and resear-chers should be more enthusi-astic in Science reporting topopularize Science writingamong the public, according toCusat Vice-Chancellor Dr. J.Letha. Although science shou-ld be written in a simple andcomprehensive manner, it isessential to avoid ambiguitiesand mistakes, otherwise wewill fail in making the peopleunderstand the essence of Sci-ence. Dr. J. Letha was deliver-ing the inaugural address atthe 11th National Workshop onScience Communication, Scie-ntific Awareness and ScienceJournalism at K.M. School ofMarine Engineering on Tues-day 10 February 2015.

Science Communication isa noble venture as well as aneed of the times, in the opi-nion of Dr. K. Poulose Jacob,

School of Marine Engineering,and Sri. G. Suresh Kumar,Section Officer, Directorate ofPublic Relations and Publica-tions spoke on the occasion."Sasthramezhuthu Malaya-lathil" and "Nattarivum Ketta-rivum" two books authored byDr. S. Anil Kumar were relea-sed by the Vice-Chancellorduring the function.

Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha is being honoured by Dr. Paulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor during the inaugural function of the National Workshop on ScienceCommunication, Scientific Awareness and Science Journalism for Media Studentsorganised by the Directorate of Public Relations & Publications and Centre forScience Communication.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, who pre-sided over the inaugural fun-ction. In addition to topics onScience-writing, sessions willbe held on intellectual propertyRights patents, Cyber Lawsand space travel, according toDr. S. Anil Kumar, workshopCo-ordinator who welcomedthe gathering. Dr. V. Ajith Pra-bhu, Joint Director, KSCSTE,Prof. Dr. K. Girish Kumar,Dept. of Applied Chemistry,Dr. K.A. Simon, Director, KM

Although science and

technology should be

written in a simple and

comprehensive manner,

it is essential to avoid

ambiguity and mistakes,

otherwise we will fail in

making the people

understand the essence

of Science - VC

Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha is releasing two popular science bookspublished by Cusat, titled "Sasthramezhuthu Malayalathil" and "NattarivumKettarivum" authored by Dr. S. Anil Kumar, Director, Public Relations andPublications during the function. Dr. Ajit Prabhu is receiving the books. Dr. K.A.Simon, Dr. K. Girishkumar, Dr. K. Poulose Jacob (Pro-Vice Chancellor) and Dr. S.Anil Kumar are also seen.


Though she is the first wo-man Vice Chancellor of CochinUniversity of Science andTechnology , Dr. J. Letha with herclear academic vision andboldness has proved that she willcomplete the tenure unlike manyof her predecessors. Many of thereputed academicians who heldthat post did not or could not com-plete the term.

I have had the chance tointerview almost all VCs rightfrom Dr. MV Pailee (of courseexcept K Gopalan). Among those

With a clear mission and visiononly Dr. Babu Joseph and Dr.Ramachandran Thekkedath didcomplete the term. Well knownacademicians like Dr. Harsh KGuptha, Dr. Maheswari, Dr. KGAdiyodi , Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair,Dr. Abdul Azeez and Dr. GanganPrathap did not complete the term.KG Adiyodi left Cusat aftergetting nomination as member ofUPSC. So also Dr. Azeez left Cusatto join as VC of AMU.

Usually I ask a particularquestion to all of them. Have youexpectation of completing theterm? Among the above mentio-ned VCs I did feel Dr. KG Adiyodiwas the most powerful man. Nextcomes Dr. Abdul Azeez. And now

Regulatory Regime of Free Speech workshop heldJustice V.R. Krishna Iyer

Chair on Human Rights atSchool of Legal Studies hasorganised a national work-shop on Inroads into Freedomof Speech and Expression: AStudy on Regulatory Regime ofFree Speech during 29-31January 2015 at the Schoolof Legal Studies auditorium.The programme was inaugu-rated by Prof. C.K. Ramach-andran a close associate of

Justice Krishna Iyer and Prof.M.K. Sanu who know theversatility and commitment ofJustice Iyer towards humanrights.

The theme of the work-shop was introduced by Dr.K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai,Former Director, School ofLegal Studies, Cusat, IndianLaw Institute, New Delhi andNational Judicial Academy

Bhopal. In his opening remar-ks, Prof. K.N. Chandrasekha-ran Pillai said that thoughIndian constitution stands forthe protection of freedom ofexpression, it has its ownlimitations in a constitutionaldemocracy. Cusat Vice Chan-cellor Dr. J. Letha presidedover the function.

Dr. N.S. Soman, Director,School of Legal Studies, Dr.V.S. Sebastian, Dean, Fac-ulty of Law, Cusat and Dr. P.S. Seema, Assistant Professoroffered felicitations.

the present VC also resembles thecompetence of the above twopersons.

Here are some excerpts fromthe interview.

Q : You have heen in this seatfor the last three months. What isyour experience in Cusat?

A : I am studying each andeverything. Now having dept.visits to study the atmosphere andculture.

Q : Years back NAAC peercommittee had observed that the

depts. are fragmented. That wasa minus point then for gettinghigh score.

A : I too feel so. Fragmenteddepts. I am trying to bring themunited and have a cordial rela-tionship. The NAAC peer commi-ttee will have their visits to Cusatshortly. We have to do a lot beforethat.

Q : What is your academicvision and plans ?

A : Two major plans are goingto be introduced. We will intro-duce it in the Syndicate and afterthe ratification of the Syndicatewe plan to introduce them fromnext academic year.

Q: What are they?

A : One is digital valuationand the other is academiccalendar. In digital valuation ofexam papers all the answersheets will be scanned and theconcerned teacher will at hisconvenience to value the paperwith computer. With marking fora question the entire process isdone automatically like tabulation,putting the tabulated marks inmarksheets etc. We will have toscan around one and half lakhanswer papers in an exam for

this. The next thing is academiccalendar. This is not examcalendar. We will divide all theclass hours into six and the lasttwo hours will be for electives.Any student studying for anysubject should be allowed to taketwo electives at his discretion. Forthis a calendar is a must. ForB.Tech classes, sem 1 and sem 2results should be released beforethey register for sem 3 exam.

- Rajendran Puthiyedath

(Asst. Editor, Mathrubhumi Daily &

Educational Columnist)

Published in MathrubhumiOnline on 27 January, 2015.


Sri. K.M. Mani, Hon'ble Minister for Finance, Govt. of Kerala is delivering theinaugural speech at the Pre-Budget discussion on State Budget 2015-16 organizedby K.M. Mani Centre for Budget Studies, Cusat. Dr. K. Sajan, Member, Syndicate,Cusat, Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha, Dr. Jose Jacob, Director, GIFT, Dr.S. Anil Kumar, Director, Public Relations & Publications and Dr. Sabu Thomas, Co-ordinator, KMMCBS, Cusat are also seen.

Solving the needs of the times – the basicfunction of Budgets: K.M. Mani

The basic function of bud-gets is to solve the needs ofthe times, according to Sri. K.M. Mani, Hon’ble Minister forFinance, Govt. of Kerala. Bud-gets should provide answers tosocial needs, he added. He was

22 December 2014.

Although resources arelimited, needs are numerousand priorities have to be fixedwith a focus on balanced gro-wth, the Minister opined. Thepresent times require develop-ment to reach the masses.

Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr.J. Letha presided over the dis-cussion while Dr. Jose Jacob,Director, Gulati Institute, Dr.K. Sajan, Member, Syndicate& Dean, Faculty of Marine Sci-ences, Dr. S. Anil Kumar, Dir-ector, Public Relations andPublications and Dr. Sabu Tho-mas, Co-ordinator, KMMCBSspoke. A book on the Welfareschemes in the Eleven Bud-gets presented by Sri. K. M.Mani, authored by Dr. SabuThomas was released by Dr.Letha who handed over a copyto Dr. K. Sajan.

delivering the inaugural add-ress at the Budget discussionorganized by K. M. Mani Centrefor Budget Studies (KMMCBS),Cusat in association with Ker-ala State Commercial TaxesDept. and Gulati Institute on

Aravind Ravikumar tops the RegionalMathematical Olympiad-2014

vamkulam), Sailesh Chandal(K.V., INS Dronacharya,Cochin), Jomal Jochan (Pla-cid Vidyavihar, Changana-ssery), Arya Gayathri M.(Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Tri-punithura), K. Sree Vaish-navi (Bhavans, Eroor), Vigh-nesh S. Pillai (Bhavans Adar-sha Vidyalaya, Kakkanad),Balu. V. (KEHSS, Manna-nam, Kottayam), Ajay Damo-dhar (Naval ChildrensSchool, Kochi) have also beenselected for INMO-2015 to beheld on 1 February 2015 atCusat Campus. INMO is thesecond stage in the selectionof an Indian team for Inter-national Mathematical Oly-mpiad to be held in Thailandin July 2015.

Aravind Ravikumar (Sar-aswathi Vidyanikethan Sch-ool, Elamakkara, Cochin) hastopped the Regional Mathe-matical Olympiad co-ordina-ted by the Dept. of Mathema-tics, Cusat and organized bythe National Board for HigherMathematics, Dept. of AtomicEnergy, Govt. of India, heldat 12 centres in Kerala on 7December 2014. Adith Vish-nu P.M. (Harisri VidyanidhiSchool, Poonkunnam Tric-hur), Amrith Chand (Bhava-n’s, Elathur, Calicut), Sand-eep S. (KEHSS, Mannanam,

Kottayam), Joe Boby (Bhava-ns Munshi Vidyasram, Thiru-vamkulam) have been rank-ed second to fifth respecti-vely. They all will be awarded‘KSCSTE Cash awards’ andProf. C.S. Venkataramanmemorial Prizes.

Ajay S. Dinesh, MathewsBoban, Kavitha ElizabethVarghese, Bharadhwaj Nay-anar, Madhav Binesh, Mek-hna Hari and Sumedha (allfrom Saraswathi Vidyanike-than School, Elamakkara),Alan Varghese (BhavansMunshi Vidyasram, Thiru-


Power of ICT in life is significant: T.P. Sreenivasan

Information and Communi-cation Technology (ICT) has asignificant power to changepersonal and professional lifeof people, according to Sri. T.P. Sreenivasan, IFS, ExecutiveVice-Chairman, Kerala State

Higher Education Council. Hewas inaugurating the Inter-national Conference on Infor-mation and CommunicationTechnologies organized bySchool of Engineering, Cusaton 3 December 2014. The

Sri. T.P. Sreenivasan, IFS, Executive Vice-Chairman, Kerala State Higher EducationCouncil inaugurating the International Conference on Information and CommunicationTechnologies organized by School of Engineering, Cusat. Dr. S. David Peter,Registrar, Cusat, Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha, Dr. K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor, K.A. Zakkariya, Syndicate Member, and Dr. G. Madhu, Principal,SOE are also seen.

three day Conference is beingconducted at Bolgatty Palaceand Island Resort. The inaug-ural session was presided overby Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr.J. Letha. Dr. K. Poulose Jacob,Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr. K.A.Zakkariya, Syndicate Member,Dr. S. David Peter, Registrar,Dr. G. Madhu, Principal, SOEand Dr. Philip Samuel, Confe-rence Chair spoke on the occa-sion. The conference witnes-sed the presentation of 245research papers (from Indiaand abroad). The conferenceproceedings would be publi-shed by Elsevier ProceediaSeries. Delegates from Tunisia,Sweden, Australia, and USAwere participated in the event.A book on Data Mining authoredby Dr. Sudeep Elayidom was alsoreleased on the occasion.

The InternationalSchool of Photonics,Cusat organized the 19th

Annual Photonics Work-shop during 26-28 Feb-ruary 2015 with the focaltheme "Recent Trendsin Optics". Dr. K. PouloseJacob, Pro-Vice Chance-llor inaugurated theworkshop which waspresided over by Dr. M.Kailasnath, Director,ISP. Cusat.

'Photonics News', theannual news magazine of

Annual Photonics Workshop at ISP

Peter, Registrar, Prof.V.P.N. Nampoori and Dr.Sreelekha G., WorkshopCo-ordinator, spoke onthe occasion.

Talks were deliveredon latest trends in Opticsby Dr. Simon Officer,Robert Gordon Univer-sity, UK and Mr. SajanAmbady, Research Scie-ntist, C-DiT. The Natio-nal Science Day as wellas 20th birthday of Inter-national School of Photo-

Poulose Jacob presented mem-entos to Prof. P. Radhakrish-nan and Prof. C.G. Devaki onthe occasion. Dr. S. David

Dr. A. Mujeeb, Syndicate Member and Director, LBSCentre is releasing the Photonics News by handing overa copy to the Pro-Vice Chancellor. Dr. David Peter,Registrar is looking on

the School was released by Dr.A. Mujeeb, Syndicate Memberand Director, LBS Centre forScience and Technology. Dr.

nics were celebrated on thesame day with lectures byProf. K. Gopalakrishnan Nairand Prof. V.P.N. Nampoori.


Ensure justice for women throughCultural Forums:

Dr. Janaki SreedharanWe can ensure justice for

women through the variouscultural forums like literature,

according to Dr. Janaki Sreed-haran, University of Calicut &noted feminine literateur.

She was delivering thekeynote lecture at the two dayNational Seminar on “DistantThunder: Voice of the Silen-ced” organized by the Dept. ofEnglish and Foreign Langua-ges, Cusat on Thursday 11December.

The function was inau-gurated by Dr. K. PouloseJacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor,Cusat. Smt. Brinda Bala Sree-nivasan, Head, Dept. of Englishand Foreign Languages presi-ded over the function.

Dr. S. Anil Kumar, Direc-tor, Public Relations & Pub-lications, Cusat, Dr. A. AchuthMenon, former Head, Dept. ofEnglish & Foreign Languages,Cusat, Smt. Preethi Pillai andSmt. Jubimol K.G. spoke onthe occasion. Dr. Sunil P.Elayidom, Prof. Prathibha, Dr.Mathew Joseph and Dr. Ranga-rajan were the Resource per-sons at the seminar.

Dr. Janaki Sreedharan, noted feminine literateur is delivering the keynote lectureat the National Seminar organized by the Department of English and ForeignLanguages, Cochin University of Science and Technology. Dr. S. Anil Kumar,Director, Public Relations & Publications, Dr. A. Achuth Menon, former Head,Department of English & Foreign Languages and Smt. Brinda Bala Sreenivasan,Head, Department of English and Foreign Languages are also seen.

Maintain quality in research : Dr. Gangan PratapThe quality of research in

Indian Universities, especiallythose in Kerala is going down-hill, according to Dr. GanganPratap, distinguished Scient-ist, CSIR-NIIST & former ViceChancellor of Cochin Univer-sity of Science and Technology.

He was delivering theinaugural address at the twoday National Workshop onEnsuring Quality in ScientificResearch organized by TheSchool of Marine Sciences,Cusat in association withCentre for Information LiteracyStudies, University of Keralaand Kerala Library Association

on 7 January 2015. Prof. K.Mohan Kumar, Director,School of Marine Sciences,presided over the function.

Prof. N. UnnikrishnanNair, former Vice Chancellor,Cusat, Dr. K. Sajan, SyndicateMember & Dean, Faculty ofMarine Sciences, Prof. K.T.Thomson, Director, School ofIndustrial Fisheries, Dr. K.P.Vijayakumar, Head, Dept. ofLibrary and Information Scien-ces, University of Kerala, Sri.V.S. Kunjumuhammed, Presi-dent, Kerala Library Associa-tion and Sri. P.J. Manuel spokeon the occasion.

Dr. Gangan Pratap, distinguishedScientist, CSIR-NIIST & former ViceChancellor of Cusat inauguratingthe National Workshop organized bySchool of Marine Sciences, Cusat. (left)Prof. N. Unnikrishnan Nair, former ViceChancellor, Cusat is also seen.


Smart phones & sensor networks pose challengein defence: Dr. Tessy Thomas

Dr. Tessy Thomas, Direc-tor, Advanced Systems Labora-tory, DRDO, Hyderabad inau-gurated the IEEE 2014 Inter-national Conference on DataScience and Engineering(ICDSE 2014) held during 26-28 August 2014 hosted by the

Dr. Tessy Thomas, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, DRDO, Hyderabaddelivering the inaugural address at the International Conference conducted by theDept. of computer science, Cusat. Dr. Sumam Mary Idicula, Dr. K. Poulose Jacob,Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dr. K. Sajan, Syndicate member are also seen, among others

Dr. A. Chandrasekar, noted climatologist is delivering the inaugural address at theNational Workshop organized by The Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Cusat. Dr.C.A. Babu, Head, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Dr. K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-ViceChancellor, Cusat, Dr. K. Sajan, Syndicate Member and Dean, Faculty of MarineSciences and Sri. B. Chakrapani are also seen.

Dept. of Computer Science,Cusat. Dr. K. Poulose Jacob,Pro-Vice Chancellor presidedover the function.

High volume of data of theorder of peta and zeta bytesgenerated from various appli-cations, smart phones and

sensor networks pose manychallenges in almost all thefields including defence,weather and finance, said Dr.Tessy Thomas in herinaugural address. There wereseven keynote addresses in-cluding tutorial sessions ledby pioneers in the field of DataScience and Big Data. 43 par-ticipants presented their res-earch findings in eight sess-ions. Foreign delegates fromAustralia, USA, Tehran andMalaysia presented their paperthrough skype sessions. Theproceedings of the conferencehave been published by IEEEand are available through IEEEDigital Library. This was thesecond edition of the confer-ence organized by the Dept.Dr. Sumam Mary Idicula wasthe organizing chair and Dr.Santhosh Kumar G. and MiniUllanat were the conferenceco-ordinators.

Monsoon workshop held at Cusat Atmospheric Dept.Dr. A. Chandrasekar, not-

ed climatologist inauguratedthe National Workshop onCharacteristics of Monsoon-Factors responsible for Cont-rasting Features organized bythe Dept. of Atmospheric Sci-ences, Cusat on 11 December2014.

Dr. K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Cusatpresided over the function. Dr.K. Sajan, Syndicate Memberand Dean, Faculty of MarineSciences, Dr. C.A. Babu, Head,Dept. of Atmospheric Scienceand Sri. B. Chakrapani spokeon the occasion.


InternationalConference on

energy harvestingThe International Confer-

ence on Energy Harvesting,Storage and Conversion orga-nized by Dept. of Physics andSPIE and ECS Students' Chap-ters was inaugurated by Pad-mashri Prof. A.K. Barua. CusatVice Chancellor Dr. J. Lethapresided over the function.

In his inaugural speech,Prof. Barua said that it isnecessary urgent to developand deploy on a large scalesustainable sources of energyto replace depleting and pollu-ting fossil fuels. Solar energyis the largest sources of sustai-nable energy.

IUCAA Seminar atPhysics Department

The Dept. of Physics,Cusat in collaboration withIUCAA Resource Centre-Kochiand SPIE-Cusat Student Cha-pter organized a one day semi-nar as part of "Centenary Yearof General Relativity" and"International Year of Light".

Dr. K. Babu Joseph, formerVice Chancellor, Cusat, Prof.A.N. Ramaprakash, IUCAA,Pune, Prof. P.P. Divakaran,formerly of TIFR, Mumbai andProf. Ramesh Babu T., Dept.of Physics, Cusat spoke on theoccasion.

Workshop onElectron Microscopy

The Sophisticated Test andInstrumentation Centre (STIC)at Cusat is organizing a 4-dayWorkshop on Electron Micros-copy from 4th March, 2015.

Cusat: STIC installs High ResolutionTransmission Electron Microscope

The Sophisticated Testand Instrumentation Centre(STIC) in the Cusat has in-stalled a High ResolutionTransmission Electron Mic-roscope imported fromJapan. The installed modelJEM 2100 is having 0.24nmresolution with an accele-ration voltage of 200kV. Thisequipment was with Sophi-sticated Analytical Instru-ment Facility (SAIF), at acost of Rs. 3.5 Crore receivedfrom DST, Govt. of India. DSThas been supporting the SAIFby providing funds for pro-curing instruments like Sca-nning Electron Microscope(SEM), Single Crystal XRD,FT NMR etc. So far 15 analy-tical instruments have beeninstalled in SAIF which areextensively used by theresearch community.

The Transmission Elect-ron Microscope (TEM) ope-rates based on the sameprinciple of light (optical)microscope but uses elect-rons instead of light to image

a sample. Due to smallerwave length of the electrons,the magnification possible inTEM is more than 10,00,000times, which enables theuser to examine the samplestructure in fine detail. App-lications of TEM includeCancer Research, Virology,Material Science, Pollution,Nanoparticles, Nanotubes,Semi - conductor Researchetc. At present, with the in-stalled facility in STIC, Pow-der, Polymer and Biologicalsamples are accepted foranalysis.

A joint venture ofKSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala andCusat, STIC has a world-class calibration facility forElectro-technical, Thermaland Mechanical parameters.These laboratories are accre-dited by National Accredi-tation Board for Testing andCalibration (NABL) based onthe standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

website www.sticindia.com.


Reunion

Mathematical OlympiadSilver Jubilee (1990-2014)

Dept. of Mathematics whichis co-ordinating the Mathe-matical Olympiad organi-sed by the National Boardfor Higher Mathematics, aunit of DAE, Govt. of Indiasince 1990. The functionwas presided by Dr. J. Le-tha, Hon'ble Vice Chance-llor, Cusat and was initia-ted with the speech of Prof.A. Vijayakumar, RegionalCo-ordinator, INMO. TheChief Guest was Dr. ChristyFernandez, Secretary toFormer President of Indiaand Dr. Babu Joseph, for-mer Vice Chancellor, Cusatwas the Guest of honour.

After the brief inauguralmeeting, the floor was opento the former INMO award-

Civil Service examinationsand the interview.

Dr. Sandeep Varma whohad secured the first rankin 1997 has a unique recordin the history of Mathema-tical Olympiad in the cou-ntry. In the INMO-1998, hewas the topper, securing100% marks, which nonehas secured so far. Curre-ntly he is a faculty in theSchool of Mathematics,TIFR, Mumbai, after obtain-ing a Ph.D. from PurdueUniversity, USA.

The meeting came to aclose with a vote of thankspoposed by Dr. K.V. Pramod,President of OSADMS – TheAlumni Association of theDept. of Mathematics.

Best PaperAward at Science

CongressMs. Lak-

shmi M., Re-search Scho-lar, Dept. ofB i o T e c h -nology (underthe supervis-ion of Dr. Saritha G Bhatt,Associate Prof. Dept of Bio-Technology) has won the bestpaper award for her paper onBio-control of Biofilm formingbacterial food pathogens usi-ng the bioactive compoundsfrom strain Pseudomonasaeruginosa (BTRY1) presentedat the Kerala Science congressheld at Alappuzha on 27 - 29January 2015. The awardconsisted of a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- and a contingencygrant of Rs. 1 Lakh for theforthcoming two years ofresearch.

Best Paper Awardin Life Sciences

Ms. Mri-dula V.G., Re-search Scho-lar, Dept. ofB i o T e c h n o -logy (under th-e supervision

of Dr. Saritha G Bhatt,Associate Prof. Dept. ofBioTechnology) has won thebest paper award for her paperpresented at the InternationalConference on Earth, Environ-ment and Life Science held atDubai during Dec., 2014.

Re-union of Maths Olypiad winners at Cusat Maths Dept.

A reunion of INMO Awa-rdee - those who have beenqualified to appear for In-dian National MathematicalOlympiad based on theirperformance in the RegionalMathematical Olympiad –during the period 1990 to2014 was organized by the

ees to share their experie-nce. Mr. Gokul. G.R. IAS,currently Sub Collector,Devikulam, who won II rankin the RMO-2004, narratedhis experience on how thesuccess in the Mathema-tical Olympiad gave him theconfidence to appear for the


Paucity of youth inscientific researchdangerous: Prof.George VargheseNational development

will be impeded by the lackof youth in scientific resea-rch, according to Prof. GeorgeVarghese, Director, KeralaState Council for Science,Technology and Environment(KSCSTE). The United Stateshas 4000 scientists for every10 lakh people and China has850, while India has only137, he added. Dr. Varghesewas delivering the ScienceDay Oration at the NationalScience Day Celebrationsorganized by the Directorateof Public Relations & Pub-lications and Centre for Sci-ence Communication, Cusat.India conducts space resear-ch and experiments to eradi-cate poverty and elevate the

Prof. George Varghese, Director, Kerala State council for Science, Technologyand Environment is delivering the National Science Day Oration organised bythe Centre for Science Communication and Directorate of Public Relations andPublications also seen are Prof. N. G. Nair & Dr. S. Anil Kumar.

Use Polymers judiciously - Dr. K. Poulose Jacob

Polymers as Bio-materialsmust be recognized for theirhuge potential to improve thequality of human life. The needof the hour is to make judicious

use of polymers as human lifeis increasingly becoming de-pendant on it, according to Dr.K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-ViceChancellor, Cusat. He was

inaugurating the one day se-minar on Nano and Bio-Mate-rials organized jointly by theDept. of Polymer Science andRubber Technology (PS & RT)and the Society of PolymerTechnologists (SPOT). Dr. N.M. Manoj, Scientist, NPOL,Kochi and Dr. Sailaja G.S.,Scientist, NIIST, Thiruvanan-thapuram presented invitedlectures. Around twenty pap-ers and posters were presen-ted during the seminar. Dr.Sunil K. Narayanankutty,Head of the Dept. welcomedthe participants. Dr. ThomasKurien, Professor, PS&RT andMr. Ananthu Nair, Secretary,SPOT spoke on the occasion.

Dr. K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Cusat inaugurating the seminar on Nanoand Bio-Materials. Also seen are Dr. Thomas Kurian, Dr. Sunil K. Narayanankutty& Dr. G. Madhu

common man’s standard ofliving. Such activities cannotbe considered as extravag-ant. The development oftechnology and achievementof excellence in a particulararea should not be construedas squandering, he opined.The function supported byKSCSTE and Dept. of Science

and Technology, Govt. ofIndia was presided over byProf. N.G. Nair, Course-in-charge, K M School of MarineEngineering, Cusat. Dr. S.Anil Kumar, Director, PublicRelations & Publications andSri. Suresh Kumar G., Sec-tion Officer, DPR&P spoke onthe occasion.


Cusat: National Seminar on Organic Synthesis heldthe Vice Chancellor stressedthe importance of seminarsand workshops in the area ofadvanced research.

Dr. K. Girish Kumar, Dr.Prathapachandra Kurup andDr. Manoj spoke. Dr. V.N.Rajashekharan Pillai, FomerVice Chancellor, IGNOUdelivered Dr. K.K. MuhammedYussuf endowment lecture.Ms. Smitha George, ResearchScholar of the Dept. who wonbest paper award during theKerala Science Congress wasfelicitated. Dr. D. Bahuleyan,Dr. N. Renuka and Dr. S.Prathapan took classes around100 deligates participated.

Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha inaugurates the National Workshop on Pers-pectives in Organic Synthesis at Dept. of Applied Chemistry. Dr. K. Girish Kumar,Dr. M. R. Prathapachandra Kurup and Dr. N. Manoj are also seen.

Cusat Vice ChancellorDr. J. Letha has inaugurateda National Seminar on Organic

Synthesis organised by Dept.of applied Chemistry, Cusaton 20 Feb. 2015. In her speech

Cusat Marine Engg. gets Outstanding RatingThe K.M. School of Mari-

ne Engineering, Cusat hasbeen rated A1-Outstandinglevel Institution by theIndian Register of Shippingon behalf of the DirectorGeneral of Shipping, Govt. ofIndia. The rating was provi-ded after a Comprehensive

Inspection Programme cond-ucted during 13-15 January.The inspection is mandatoryfor all pre-sea maritimetraining institutions andcovers infrastructure, qualityof training to ensure inter-national standards in allaspects.

Discussion onUnion Budget

The K. M. Mani Centre forBudget Studies (KMMCBS),Cusat is organizing a discu-ssion on Union Budget 2015-16 on 5 March 2015. Prof. (Dr).Narendra Jadhav, eminenteconomist and former Mem-ber, Planning Commission willtalk about the prospects andimpact of Union Budget 2015-16.

Prof. (Dr.) K. PauloseJacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor,Cusat will preside over thefunction. Dr. Narendra Jadhavis a leading educationalist,eminent economist & policymaker and a well-knownsocial scientist. Currently heis Professor at Durgabai Desh-mukh Chair, Council for SocialDevelopment (CSD), NewDelhi.

K.M. School of Marine Engineering, Cusat


With computers providing thecapability to handle regionallanguages with ease, even therural population can reap thebenefits of the digital era,according to Dr. K. PouloseJacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor,

Cusat. Language computing,the modern branch of sciencewill enable the smooth execu-tion of various functions inclu-ding translation of regionallanguages, he added. He wasdelivering the presidential

address at the National Work-shop on Indian Language Com-puting organized by the Depa-rtment of Computer Applica-tions, Cusat on Saturday.Noted Language Computingexpert Dr. Shivaji Bandho-padhyay (Jadhav University)inaugurated the Workshop.Dr. K.A. Zakkariya, Member,Syndicate, Dr. B. Kannan,Head, Dept. of Computer Appli-cations, Dr. K.V. Pramod,Workshop Convenor, Dr. S.David Peter, Registrar, Com-mdr. P. Koshy Varghese, Pre-sident, Cochin Chapter, Com-puter Society of India, Dr.Sumam Mary Idicula, Head,Dept. of Computer Scienceand Dr. Vishal Goyal, PunjabUniversity spoke on the occa-sion.

Dr. Shivaji Bandhopadhyay inaugurating the National Workshop on Indian LanguageComputing organized by the Dept. of Computer Applications, Dr. K.A. Zakkariya,Member, Syndicate, Dr. B. Kannan, Head, Dept. of Computer Applications, Dr. K.Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr. S. David Peter, Registrar, Dr. K.V. Pramod,Workshop Convenor, Commdr. P. Koshy Varghese and Dr. Vishal Goyal, are alsoseen.

National Seminar at Hindi Department

Dr. Dwarika Prasad Charumitra (Delhi) is inaugurating a National Seminar onthe literary works of Bheeshma Sahney. Dr. N.G. Devaki, Dr. K. Ajitha,

Prof. Nedumudi Harikumar, Dr. P.V. Vijayan, Dr. K. Vanaja are looking on.

Feb. Dr. Dwarika PrasadCharumitr (Delhi) inaugura-ted the national seminar.Dr. Virpal Singh Yadav, Dr.Preethi Sagar (MahatmaGandhi International HindiUniversity, Wardha), Dr. P V.Vijayan (President, Bharati-ya Sahitya Prathisthan, Dr.Shameem Aliyar (EmeritusProfessor), Dr. N. Mohanan(Dean), Prof. V. Raveendran(Kannur University), Dr. P.Ravi (Sanskrit University),Dr. Isaac (M G University),Dr. P. Praneetha (M G Uni-versity) and Dr. P.J. Herman(Calicut University) presen-ted papers during the se-minar.

Language Computing: rural population tobenefit - Cusat PVC

zed a National Seminar onthe literary works ofBheeshma Sahney from 12

The Dept. of Hindi,Cochin University of Scienceand Technology has organi-


Ph. D AwardeesSiju M. Varghese Integron StudyMolecular Typing and Character-ization of Salmonella SerotypesIsolated from Seafood and Poultry(Dr. Sarita G. Bhat)

Sasidharan K.K. Natural RubberLatex Filler Masterbatch by SoapSensitised Coagulation-prepa-ration, Processing and Evaluation(Dr. Thomas Kurian)

Anit M. Thomas Algal Blooms andAssociated Bacteria Along TheSouth West Coast of India (Dr. A.V.Saramma)

Alphonsa Vijaya Joseph Charac-terization and Pathogenicity ofVibrio Cholerae and VibrioVulnificus from MarineEnvironments (Dr. Sarita G. Bhat)

Renjini D. Market Orientationand Organisational Performanceof Nonprofit Organisations inKerala (Dr. Mary Joseph T.)

Smitha V.S. Sol-gel PhotocatalyticTitanium Dioxide MultifunctionalNanocomposites and Coatings (Dr.K.G.K. Warrier)

Jayaprasad P.N. Maximal com-pactness, minimal hausdorffnessand reversibility of frames and astudy on Automorphism group offrames (Dr. T.P. Johnson)

Anil Kumar N. A study on thequality of life of the members ofself help groups assisted bynongovernmental organisations inKerala (Dr. P.R. Wilson)

Midhu N.N. Modelling and analysisof life time data using quantilefunctions (Dr. P.G. Sankaran)

Archana S.N. Resource SharingAmong Engineering CollegeLibraries Affiliated to MahatmaGandhi University, Kerala: Aproposed model (Dr. HumayoonKabeer S.)

Prem Gopinath Mosquito larvaeborne viruses from the centraltravancore region of Kerala:Isolation and characterization (Dr.I.S. Bright Singh)

Prashob Peter K.J. Modulation ofhydrophobic partitioning affinity ofhumic acid from mudbank sedi-ments and its potential applications(Dr. S. Muraleedharan Nair)

Ignatius Kunjumon K.V. Computa-

tional techniques in the study ofprotein folding and the design ofdrugs (Dr. Babu Philip)

Jisha Jose Biochemical effects ofcadmium salinity and temperatureon the catabolism of proteins andpurines in oreochromis mossam-bicus (Peters) (Dr. Babu Philip)

Seena Kurian Samakaleen hindikavita mein lok tatv (Dr. K. Vanaja)

Rajasree K.P. Beta-glucosidasesfrom aspergillus unguis nii 08123:molecular characterization prop-eries and applications (Dr. RajeevK. Sukumaran)

Naijil George Adrenergic andmuscarinic receptor subtypesfunctional regulation duringdiabetogenesis: Effect of curcuminand vitamin d3 pre-treatment (Dr.C.S. Poulose)

Preetha Nair K. Studies on theuse of nanokaoline, mwcnt andgraphene in nbr and sbr (Dr. RaniJoseph)

Mothi Krishna Mohan Synthesis,characterization and applicationsof modified tio2 systems (Dr. S.Sugunan)

Hamza V.K. Cumulative approachto customer satisfaction with res-pect to compact segment car users(Dr. Zakkariya K.A.)

Dhanya Alex Risk disclosurepractices in Indian companies

and the impact of risk disclosureson the cost of equity (Dr. K.B.Pavithran)

Hari Sankar H.S. The major dige-stive enzymes in etroplus suraten-sis and oreochromis mossambicusdistribution and characteristics(Dr. Babu Philip)

Johnson Zacharia Evolution anddynamics of the Lakshadweep coldpool and Lakshadweep low in theArabian sea (Dr. C.K. Rajan)

Preeth M. Properties of equilibri-um distributions of order n (Dr. N.Unnikrishnan Nair)

Neetha J. Eapen Service providerswitching:a study on the switchingprocess in retail banking (Dr. K.B.Pavithran)

Girish Kumar K.K. Samakaleenhindi kavita mein nav upaniveshka pratirodh (Dr. N. Mohanan)

Nifty John Distribution extracellular virulence factors and antibiogram of mobile aeromonards infresh water ornamental fishesand immune response of cyprinuscarpio against aeromonas hydro-phila infection (Dr. A.A. Muham-med hatha)

Pamy Sebastian A study on semigroup action on fuzzy subsets,inverse fuzzy automata and relatedtopics (Dr. T.P. Johnson)

Priya Rani M. Investigation onphytochemical constituents andbiological potential of some tradi-tional medicinal plants (Dr. K.P.Padmakumari Amma)

Best Paper Award for Cusat ResearchScholar

Mr. Jos Prakash A.V., a Ph.D. ResearchScholar of Division of Electronics, School ofEngineering, Cusat has received the best paperaward for the engineering and technologydiscipline in the 27th Kerala Science Congressheld at Alleppey during 27 to 29 January 2015.The 27th Kerala Science Congress was organizedby Kerala State Council for Science, Technology& Environment (KSCSTE) jointly with National TransportationPlanning and Research Centre (NATPAC). The Best Paper Awardcarries a Certificate of merit and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-.Mr. Jos Prakash A.V. is pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance ofDr. Babita Roslind Jose, Assistant Professor, Division of Electro-nics, School of Engineering, Cusat.


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Prof. R.N. Pillai awardMs. Pree-

thi John, Res-earch stude-nt, Dept. of St-atistics, Cusatwon the Prof.R.N. PillaiYoung Statistician Awardconducted as part of theannual conference of theKerala Statistical Associationheld at Sree Kerala VarmaCollege, during Jan. 2015. Sheis doing her research underthe guidance of Prof. P.G.Sankaran, Dept. of Statistics.

A.R. Kamath awardDr. Shiji

K., Dept. of St-atistics, recei-ved the Profe-ssor A.R. Ka-math awardfor best docto-ral thesis-2014 instituted byIndian Society for Probabilityand Statistics. The award pre-sented to her at the 34th ann-ual conference of ISPS held atS.V. University during Nov-Dec. 2014. She carried out theresearch under the guidanceof Dr. N. Balakrishna, Dept. ofStatistics, Cusat.

Dr. M.N. Gopalan awardMs. Anjana S., Research

student, Dept. of Statistics,

won the Dr.M.N. Gopalanaward of Indi-an Society forP r o b a b i l i t yand Statistics,by securingsecond position in the YoungStatistician Award competitionconducted as part of theannual conference of IndianSociety for Probability held atS.V. University during Nov-Dec. 2014. She is doingresearch under the guidanceof Prof. P.G. Sankaran, Dept.of Statistics, Cusat.

Research Scholar Bags AwardMs. Lisha

R a g h a v a n ,R e s e a r c hScholar at theDept. of Phy-sics has bagg-ed the BestPoster Award at the Interna-tional Conference on MagneticMaterials and Applications -ICMAGMA 2014. Ms. LishaRaghavan, who is pursuingher Ph.D. under the guidanceof Prof. M.R. Anantharamanwon the award for the paperentitled "Tailoring topographi-cal and magnetic properties ofzinc ferrite thin films by 100MeV Ag7+ ions" at the confere-nce held during Sept. 2014 atPondichery University. Shealso won the third prize forBest Paper award for a paperentitled "Effect of substrate

temperature on the structural,topographical and magneticproperties of zinc ferrite thinfilms" at the ISAS Conferenceon Advanced Technologies forMaterials processing and dia-gnostics.

Dr. S. Bijoy Nandan SelectedAs Fulbright ScholarDr. S. Bij-

oy Nandan,Associate Pr-of., Dept. ofMarine Bi-ology, Micro-biology & Bio-chemistry, was one amongthe 17 scholars selected forthe prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Visiting LecturerFellowship. He was attachedto the Environment & AquaticAnimal Health Dept. of theVirginia Institute of MarineScience, College of Williamand Mary, teaching in thearea of Science & Techno-logy (Marine Biology: MarineEcotoxicology, Ecosystemlevel monitoring, Assessment& Management) for graduate,undergraduate and doctoralstudents. Dr. Bijoy was alsoselected for the coveted “Out-reach Lecture Fund Award”of Council of InternationalExchange of Scholars (Ful-bright) to deliver the specialCMBC lecture in ScrippsInstitution of Oceanography,University of California.


ISRO Pavilion at

Cusat C-SiSA space pavilion set up by

the Indian Space ResearchOrganization at the Centrefor Science in Society (C-SiS)at Thrikkakkara Campus ofthe Cusat will greet youngscience enthusiasts gettingready to attend Cusat’s Sci-ence Talent and Total Capa-city Development Programmethis summer vacation.

Sri. M.C. Dathan, Direc-tor, Vikram Sarabhai SpaceCentre (VSSC) inauguratedthe facility on 14 January2015. In his address on theoccasion, Sri. Dathan saidthe ultimate goal of scientificresearch should be thebenefit of mankind andnature.

Cusat Vice ChancellorDr. J. Letha urged the stake-holders in higher educationto work together to obtainpatents for their scientificfindings. Sri. P. Ratnakara

Rao, Dy. Director, V.S.S.C.,Dr. K. Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Cusat, Dr.S. David Peter, Registrar,Cusat and Dr. K.G. NairDirector, C-SiS spoke on theoccasion. The pavilion hasshowcased models of variousrockets and artificial sate-llites launched by I.S.R.O.and busts of renowned sci-entists.

Participants at the scie-nce talent programme andother visitors will be exposedto the lives and achieve-ments of renowned scient-ists and inventors throughactual demonstrations andvivid descriptions of storiesbehind such discoveries. Theaim is to inculcate the basicprinciples of science amongstudents in an interestingmanner especially throughobservations and experime-nts.

Sri. M.C. Dathan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (V.S.S.C.). deliveringthe inaugural address at the dedicating function of Space Pavilion by The IndianSpace Research Organization (I.S.R.O) at Centre for Science in Society (C-SiS),Cusat. (from left) Dr. S. David Peter, Registrar, Cusat, Sri. P. Ratnakara Rao, Dy.Director, V.S.S.C., Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha, Dr. K. Poulose Jacob,Pro-Vice Chancellor, Cusat and Dr. K.G. Nair, Director, C-Sis, Cusat are alsoseen.

Science TalentProgrammes

The Centre for Science inSociety (C-SiS), Cusat has co-mmenced admissions to theMidsummer Science Talent &Total Capacity DevelopmentProgrammes for school child-ren (4th to 9th standard). Theone-month programme willhave two batches beginningfrom 1st April and 4th May,2015. The programme facili-tates the planning and execu-tion of a science project byeach student. The newly ins-talled ISRO Space Pavilionand Artificial Space Stationare the additional attractionsthis year, according to Dr. K.G. Nair, Director, C-SiS.

Science DayCelebrations at STIC

The Sophisticated Testand Instrumentation Centre(STIC) at Cusat celebrated theNational Science Day. Thelaboratories at STIC openedto the public on that day. Dr.T.O. Varghese, Centre forBio-Polymer Science andTechnology, Kochi delivered atalk on Bio-Polymers and Bio-degradable Plastics.

Workshop on Povertyand Inequality

The Centre for the Study ofSocial Exclusion and InclusivePolicy, Cusat is organizing aWorkshop on ‘Poverty andInequality’ during the firstweek of March. The Workshopintends to provide a platformfor discussing various issuesconcerning social exclusion,poverty and inequality inIndia.

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