Volume : 5 Issue No. 2 Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

Chief Patron

Mr. V. ThapovardhanSecretary & Correspondent

Patron

Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasad

Principal

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Ms. Satya Ch.VAsst. Professor, Bio-Tech

Members :

Ms. M. NirmalaAsst. Professor, ECE

Mrs. K.V.R. SwathiAsst. Professor, EEE

Ms. A. KavithaAsst. Professor, CSE

Ms. K. Neelima SantoshiAsst. Professor, IT

Ms. P. Lavanya KumariAsst. Professor, MCA

Mr. V. KrishnaAsst. Professor, Mech.

Ms. Paromita MukharjeeAsst. Professor, English

Mr. R. Soma SekharAsst. Professor, Chemistry

Ms. K.V. Sivaganga KumariAsst. Professor, Physics

Ms. G. SireeshaAsst. Professor, Mathematics

DECENNIAL CELEBRATIONS 2010-11

Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences

has celebrated its 10th Year inception on 6th February, 2011

with glitz and grandeur. The Historical occasion was graced

by eminent personalities like Dr. D. Purandeswari, Hon’ble

Minister of State, HRD, Govt. of India, as Chief Guest, Shri.

M. Venakayya Naidu, former Union Minister, Current

Chairman, Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Prof. B.

Satyanarayana, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Andhra University

and Shri Y. Lakshmi Prasad, recipient of Padma Sri Award

as Guests of Honour.

The event was presided over by Dr. Neerukonda B.R.

Prasad, Chairman, ANITS, a Philanthropist NRI. The

Decennial celebrations stood as a witness to showcase some

of the great heights which were scaled by the institute in a

very short span of time. The evening was formally inaugurated

by lighting the lamp by Dr. D. Purandeswari. The event marked

the unveiling of

the Decennial

Logo by Shri Y.

Lakshmi Prasad

and the release of the special issue of the College Magazine

‘ECHOES’ by Shri. M. Venkayya Naidu. The staff members

who have been serving the institution since its inception were

presented with tokens of appreciation on this occasion. Mr. N.

Indra Kiran, Sr. Asst Professor Mechanical Engg, and Mr. M.

James Stephen, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of IT received the “Best

Teacher “awards

for the academic year 2009-10. Gold Medals (22cts

10gms) to the toppers of all the branches of the 2006-10

batch and Merit awards/Cash Prizes to the toppers of the

year end examinations were given away by the Chief Guest

and other Guests of Honour.

Shri. V. Thapovardhan, Secy & Correspon-dent of

ANITS welcomed the gathering and threw light on the genesis

of the institute and gradual but steady progress of the institution

and the various ranks and awards achieved by the institute.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest urged the

young students to take more interest in the research and bring

laurels to the country. She stated that the central and state

governments have more plans to fund the technical education

of our country. Shri. M .Venkayya Naidu inspired the young

ANITIANS by asking them to take part in all spheres of college

life and not to miss the very goal of their life.Prof. Y.Lakshmi

Prasad’s inspiring speech in Telugu was admired and

appreciated by all. He has especially appreciated the Decennial

Logo designed by Ms. Sindhu, III/IV, Bio-Technology.Prof. Beela Satyanarayana, VC, Andhra University informed students that

they should give more importance to discipline, which the beacon light of one’s career growth.

All the dignitaries were felicitated by the people who represented the four pillars of this institute i.e. the management, the

faculty, the students and the Technical staff. The evening concluded with a grand display by the multi talented ANITIANS who

entertained the crowd with various cultural events.

ARC – ‘10

The Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,organized a two-day national level student technical symposiumARC-‘10, for the fourth consecutive year during 27th - 28th

December 2010. Sri B. Ramesh Prasad, Chief GeneralManager, APEPDCL has inaugurated the symposium on 27th

December 2010 at 10.30 AM. And Sri B. Srinivasa Reddy,AGM (Electrical), RINL is the guest of honor. Around 200 studentsfrom various engineering colleges participated in the symposium.During the symposium several events like Technical Quiz, TroubleShooting, Model Presentation, Ensemble, Rover Race,Documentary and Treasure hunt were also conducted along withPaper Presentation. Prof. V. S. R. K. Prasad, Principal, ANITSpresided over the function. Prof. R. Govardhana Rao, Director,and Prof. G. Raja Rao, HOD, EEE addressed the gathering. Prof.G.V.K.R. Sastry, HOD, EEE, AU, Prof. V. Bapiraju Dept. of EEE,AU, Prof. K. Rama Sudha, HOD, EEE, AU Women’s Collegechaired the sessions on paper presentation.

“IGNITION-2k11”

IGNITION’11 a National Level Technical Symposium

was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engg, ANITS

during 24th - 25th Feb, 2011. The event was inaugurated by the

chief guest, Sri G.V.L.Satya Kumar, Deputy Chairman,

Visakhapatnam Port Trust. Prof.K. Ramji, Andhra University

college of Engg the Guest of Honour lighted the lamp and gave

keynote Lecture on Nano Technology. Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasad,

Principal, ANITS presided over the function. Prof. T.V.

Hanumantha Rao, HOD, and the convener of the symposium

informed that over 120 papers out of 650 were accepted. Four

sessions were organized on different topics of Mechanical Engg.

More than 700 students from various Engineering

colleges participated in the event. Apart from paper presentations,

other events like poster presentations, technical quiz, Robotics-

robo sweep, robo race, robo-war, documentaries, model

presentations, contraptions and spot events were held. The best

two papers from each session were given a cash prize of Rs.

2000/- and Rs.1000/- respectively. Prof. Pramila Devi,

Mechanical dept., AUEC was the chief guest for the valedictory

function.

JOINT PAPER PUBLICATION

By Faculty & Students

Mr.P.Srinivasu, Assoc. Prof., CSE and B.Sai Praveen,

K.Subrahmanyam, D.R.S.Bindu, IV/IV CSE published a paper

on “A Comparative Study of Intrusion Detection Accuracy

based on Three Feature Selection Approaches using GA-

Weight Extraction Algorithms for NN Classifier” in an

International Conference on Systemics, Cybirnatics and

Informatics (ICSCI-2011), under the Aegis of Pentagram,

Research Centre, Hyderabad, India during January 5th -8th, 2011,

vol.1

Young ANITIANS from the Department of InformationTechnology won the overall championship and stood amongthe top 30 in “NIIT - Java Master Contest” organized byNIIT, Visakhapatnam on 8th Feb, 2011. The ANITS familycongratulates them on their grand achievement and wishesthem more success in their future endeavours.

BLAZE ACTIVITYUnder the banner of “BLAZE” all the Biotechnology students paid special attention in visiting to orphanage on a special occasion i.e.

on Feb 3rd with distribution of clothes, sweets and arranging for dinner.

STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

� Ms. Ch. Sita Kameswari, Assoc. Professor, HOD, MCAhas been awarded M.B.A(HR) from IGNOU in the monthof June-2010.

� Mr.P.Kishore, Sr.Asst. Professor, ECE stood university firstin Pre Ph.D exam conducted by JNTU, Kakinada in January2011.

� Prof. G. Raja Rao, HOD, EEE chaired a technical sessionin the National Technical Symposium, IIZA 2K11 organizedby the Department of EEE, Chaitanya Engineering Collegeon 21st February 2011.

� Ms. Rupa Vemuri, Assoc. Professor, HoD, Dept. of Englishand Humanities wrote a book titled “Verbal and Non-verbal Communication”, which was accepted by Centrefor Distance Learning, GITAM University as one of thecourse modules for PG Diploma in Communication Skills(PGDCS) in 2010. She also Co-authored a book titled“Business Communication”, which was accepted byCentre for Distance Learning, GITAM University as one ofthe course modules for PG Diploma in CommunicationSkills (PGDCS) in 2010.

� Ms. Paromita Mukherjee Ojha, Asst.Professor. Dept. ofEnglish and Humanities secured First Class and toppedthe batch in Masters in Human Resource Management,2010 from Andhra University.

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE chaired an IEEE Sessionat ICMLC 2011, Singapore

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE chaired a session inSpringer Sponsored SEMCCO 2010 at SRM University,Chennai, and Dec 2010.

� Ms. PV. Sireesha, Asst. Prof and Mr. R. Satish, Asst. Prof.,EEE attended the Three day National Symposium on“Evolutionary Computing Techniques for PowerControl & Drives” organized by Dept. of EEE, GITAMUniversity during 22nd - 24th January 2011.

� Ms. Paromita Mukherjee Ojha, Asst.Professor. and Ms. L.Kameswari, Asst.Professor. Dept. of English and Humanitiesattended a three day workshop conducted by Infosys inHyderabad as a part of Campus Connect programme onSoft Skills from 20th -22nd December, 2010.

� Mr. P. Venu Madhav, Asst. Professor. Dept. of English andHumanities attended “Discover the CAN factor in U”a one day faculty development program on skills forpersonal and professional effectiveness organized byKoneru Laxmiah University (KLU), Business School KlubsVijayawada on 12th February, 2011.

� Mr. N.Venkata Rao, Librarian attended 3 day workshop on“INDEST AICTE CONSORTIUM WORKSHOP &8TH ANNUAL MEET” jointly organized by INDESTAICTE CONSORTIUM & IIT MADRAS from Feb18th-20th

2011 at IIT , Madras

� Mrs.K.S.Deepthi, Asst. Prof, CSE participated in a two dayNational Seminar on “Corporate e-Governance(e-COG-11)” conducted by Computer Society of India,during 26th-28th Feb, 2011.

� Mr. M. James Stephen, Assoc. Prof. and Mr. Ch. DemuduNaidu, Sr. Asst. Prof, IT attended a one day nationalworkshop on “Data communications and security"organized by Department of CS&SE at Andhra University,Visakhapatnam on 31st Jan, 2011.

� Mr. B.Naga Raju, Associate Professor, N. Indra Kiran, Sr.Asst. Professor, V.Bindu Neeharika, Asst. Professor,Ch.Aparna Devi Asst. Professor and V.Krishna Asst.Professor, all from Department of Mechanical Engineeringattended a two day pre-conference workshop conductedby A.U on “Challenges in Micro and NanoManufacturing: Indian Perspective in the GlobalScenario” during December 11th -12th , 2010

WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS

ATTENDED BY FACULTY

� Ms. T. Susan Salomi, Asst. Professor and Ms. P. LavanyaKumari, Asst. Professor, MCA have attended a Nationallevel Workshop on “Data, Communications &Security” organized by the Department of ComputerScience & Systems Engineering, College of Engineering(A),Andhra university, Visakhapatnam on 31st January 2011.

� Ms. Ch. Sita Kameswari, Assoc. Professor, HOD, MCA andMr. Lazarus T. Prakash, Training and Placement Officer,ANITS attended Infosys Campus Connect meeting atInfosys Campus, Hyderabad on 18th Feb., 2011.

� Mr.B.Tirumula Rao, Assoc. Prof. and Mr.B.Ravi Kiran, Asst.Prof. CSE attended a two day workshop on “Advancesin Signal & Image Processing” at JNTUCK, during25th -26th Feb., 2011.

� Ms.K.PraveenaKumari, Ms.G.V.S.Nalini Kumari, Labtechnicians, ECE, Mr. Y. Rama Koti and Mr. DVRKV. Sagar,Lab Technicians, EEE, participated in a two day NationalWorkshop for Technicians on “Trouble Shooting andMaintenance of Electronic Equipment” approved byAICTE organized by Department of ECE, Vignan’s Instituteof Information Technology during 11th-12th Dec 2010.

� Mr. K. Sravan Kumar and Mr. D.V.R.K.V. Sagar, Technicians,EEE attended a two-day workshop on “Maintenance &Service of Electrical Lab Equipment” at VIGNANEngineering College during 13th - 14th Dec 2010

� Ms.P.Sailaja, Asst.Prof, Biotech attended a workshop on“Molecular simulation and chemoinformatics-approaches to new drug delivery” organized byKarunya University, Coimbatore, from 24th-26th Feb’11

WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS ATTENDED

BY STUDENTS

� Mr. Subhrajit Bhattacherjee, III/IV IT, attended a two dayworkshop “Hackfest” organized by IIT Mumbai atMumbai from 7th to 8th Jan, 2011.

� Mr. M. Santhi Prakash, III/IV IT, attended a two dayworkshop on “Robotics” organized by Raghu EngineeringCollege, Vizianagaram from 22nd - 23rd Feb, 2011 .

� Ms. M. Mani Manasa, Ms. J. Indira Priyadarshini and Ms.K. Sarada Devi of IV/IV IT attended a national seminar on“Corporate eGovernance” organized by CSI at HotelGateway, Visakhapatnam from 26th to 28th Feb, 2011.

PAPER PUBLICATION BY STUDENTS

� Ms. A.Vindhya, III/IV CSE presented and published a paperon “Swarm Intelligence for Optimizing HybridizedSmoothing Filter in Image Edge Enhancement” in anInternational Conference on Swarm, Evolutionary andMemetic Computing (SEMCCO-2010), held at Chennai,during December, 2010, vol.6466/2010, pp.370-379.

� Mr. E. Vinod Kumar , Mr. L.V.V.R.K. Sri Harsha of 2006-10 batch, Dept. of IT, published a paper titled "PSOClustering with Preprocessing of Data Using ArtificialImmune System", in International Journal of Computerand Information Science, Vol 4, N0.1, Jan 2011, pp.163-

PAPER PUBLICATION BY FACULTY

� Ms. Ch.Sita Kameswari Assoc. Prof. and HOD, MCApublished a paper titled “A Machine Doctor forDiagnosis of Gynioc and Obstetric problems UsingNeural Networks” in the International Journal ofComputer Science, Systems Engineering and InformationTechnology( IJCSSEIT), Vol. 3(2) July-December,2010 ,pp 293-303, ISSN : 0974-5807.

� Mr. K.Yogeswara Rao, Asst.Professor, Mr. D. Srinivasa Rao,Asst. Professor and Mrs. Ch.Sita Kameswari, Assoc. Prof.,HOD, MCA published a paper titled “Metric-DrivenLoad Balancing System in WMS on Distributedcomputing platform” in IEEE 3 rd InternationalConference on Machine Learning and Computing(ICMLC-2011) organized at Singapore in the month of Feb-2011withISBN No: 978-1-4244-9253-4

� Mr. D.Srinivasa Rao, Asst Professor, MCA published a papertitled “Detection of Road Traffic Congestion UsingVoting Scheme in VANET”, in the 3rd NationalConference on Next Generation computing and InformationSystems organized by Model Institute of Engineering andTechnology, Kotbhalwal, Jammu & Kashmir during 18th -19th December 2010, sponsored by EMC & AICTE.

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published 2 papers titled“Integrated PSO and DE for Data Clustering”,(pp.443-447) and “Function Optimization WithAdaptive Differential Evolution Technique”, (pp.460-462) in IEEE 3rd International Conference on MachineLearning and Computing(ICMLC 2011), Singapore, Vol2,Feb 2011,

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published 2 papers titled“Fingerprint Image Enhancement With NeuralNetwork And Effective Extraction Of Minutiae”(pp.301-305) and “Cat Swarm Optimization BasedNeural Network And Particle Swarm OptimizationBased Neural Network In Stock Rates Prediction”(pp.292-296) in IEEE 3rd International Conference onMachine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2011),Singapore, vol4, Feb 2011,

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published 2 papers titled“A Software Tool for Data Clustering Using ParticleSwarm Optimization” (pp.278-285) and “EffectiveDocument Clustering with Particle SwarmOptimization” (pp.623-629) in Lecture Notes inComputer Science (LNCS 6466) Springer, Dec 2010,

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published a paper titled“Cat swarm Optimization for OptimizingHybridized Smoothening Filter In Image EdgeEnhancement” in International conf Systemics,Cybernetics and Informatics ( ICSCI-2011), Jan 2011, pp.247-252 and was adjudged as Best paper.

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published a paper titled“A Wrapper Approach Of Feature Selection UsingGP Ensemble Classifier”, in Proceedings of InternationalConference on Swarm, Evolutionary, and MemeticComputing, SRM University, Chennai, Dec 16-18th, 2010

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published a paper titled“PSO Data Clustering With Preprocessing Of DataUsing Artificial Immune System”, in an InternationalJournal of Computer and Information Science, (publishedby Canadian Center Of Science And Education), ISSN1913-8989 E-ISSN 1913-8997 Vol4 , No.1, Jan 2011,pp.163-171

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published a paper titled“Effective Image Clustering using DifferentialEvolution Technique” in an International Journal ofComputer and Communication Technology, ISSN (Print):0975-7449, Vol.2, No.1, 2010, pp.11.19.

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published a paper titled“Data Clustering Using Almost Parameter FreeDifferential Evolution Technique”, in an InternationalJournal of Computer Applications, ISSN (0975-8887),Vol.8, No.13, Oct 2010, pp.1-7

� Prof.S.C.Satapathy, HOD, CSE published a paper titled“Effective Image Clustering with DifferentialEvolution Techniques”, in an International Journal ofComputer and Communication Technologies, Vol.2, No.1,2010, pp 11-18

� Prof.Ch.Suresh, HOD, IT published a paper titled “PSOClustering with Preprocessing of Data UsingArtificial Immune System", in International Journalof Computer and Information Science, Vol 4, N0.1, Jan2011, pp.163-171.

� Mr. D. Appala Naidu, Mr. P. Vijay, Mr. P. King and Prof.V.S.R.K. Prasad published a paper titled "Biosorption ofcongrate from aqueous solution using guava(Psidium guajava) leaf folder, equilibrium andkinetic studies" in an IUP Journal of ChemicalEngineering vol.2(1), 27-45, 2010

� Ms. S. Beena Lahari, Mr. P. King, Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasadpublished a paper titled "Biosorption of Zinc ontochetamorpha antennia Species" in an InternationalJournal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.2(1), 41-56, 2010.

� Mr. Ch. V. Subba Rao, Mr. G. Mallikarjun Rao, Mr. P.Venkateswaralu, Mr. C. Bhaskara Sharma, Prof. V.S.R.K.Prasad published a paper titled "Drag reduction bypolymer additions in once through systems" in anInternational Journal thick Mechanics Research, Vol.37(5),391-405, 2010

� Mr. Ch.V. Subba Rao, Mr. G. Mallikarjun Rao, Mr. P.Venkateswaralu, Mr. C. Bhaskara Sharma, Prof. V.S.R.K.Prasad published a paper titled "Drag reduction bypolymer additives in gravity driven flow" in anInternational Journal applied Engineering Research,Vol1(3), 452-468, 2010.

MICROSOFT QUIZ

The Microsoft Technology Quiz was conducted on 23rd

December 2010 by ANITS IEEE Student Branch, ECE Dept. Itwas organized by Ms.K. Rani Poojitha Devi and Ms.M.Priyankaof III/IV ECE under the aegis of Prof. Prasad Gandikota, HOD,ECE Dept. and it was volunteered by Ms.K. Jyotsna Devi, Ms.A.Alekhya, Mr.M. Sreekanth and Mr.J. Sreekanth.Nearly 129students from departments of ECE, CSE, IT, Mechanical andMCA participated in the written quiz.Dr.Prasad Gandikota, HOD,ECE opened the sealed question papers in front of the studentsand started the quiz. Ms.Ch. Uma and Mr.Kumar Naik invigilatedthe proceedings of the quiz.

Participation and merit certificates were distributed by theHead of department, ECE, Mr. Prasad Gandikota.The 1st positionwent to Mr.G.Anudeep from (III/IV CSE-A) who is qualified forthe All India Final round. The 2nd and 3rd being Ms.J.Tanuja III/IV CSE-A and Ms.S.Sruthi Bhargavi of III/IV CSE-B respectively.Goodies from Microsoft and merit certificates were given to thetop three rank holders.

PAPERS PRESENTED BY FACULTY

� Mr.P.Kishore, Sr.Asst Professor and Dr.Prasad Gandikota,Professor and Head, ECE presented a paper on “VLSIArchitecture for DataManagement in DSPProcessor” in a National Conference on CommunicationTechnologies (NCACT-2010) organized by Department ofECE, GITAM Institute of technology GITAM University,during Dec 3rd-4th , 2010.

� Mr.P.Kishore, Sr. Asst Professor and Dr.Prasad Gandikota,Professor and Head, ECE presented a paper on “FPGAimplementation of high speed crypto-system usingAES alogoritm” in a National Conference on Automation,Communication & Computing (NCACC-2010) organizedby Department of Electronics and InstrumentationEngineering, GITAM Institute of Technology GITAMUniversity sponsored by DST, New Delhi during December9th -10th ,2010.

� Ms.M.Syamala,Asst Professor, ECE, presented a paper on“Lasers in Bio-medical Applications” in SixthInternational Conference on Microwave, AntennaPropagation and Remote sensing organized by InternationalCenter for Radio Science (ICRS), Jodhpur duringDecember 14th -17th ,2010.

� Mr.P.Kishore, Sr.Asst Professor, and Dr.Prasad Gandikota,Professor and Head, ECE presented a paper on “VLSIArchitecture for the efficient estimation of movingComponents in a Video Image Sequence" in anInternational Conference on Electronic Systems (ICES-2011) organized by Department of ECE, National Instituteof Technology, Rourkela sponsored by IEEE CalcuttaSection during Jan 7-9th ,2011.

� Mr.P.Kishore, Sr. Asst Professor,and Dr.Prasad Gandikota,Professor and Head, ECE presented a paper on “Designof High Speed Routers using RED algorithm” in anInternational Conference on Communication Computing& Security organized by Dept. of CSE, National Instituteof Technology, Rourkela during Feb 12th-14th , 2011

� Mr.P.Kishore, Sr. Asst Prof, Mr.D.Anil Prasad, Asst. Prof. andDr.Prasad Gandikota, Prof. and Head, ECE presented apaper on “Implementation of Dual-Core Power 5 FineGrained Multithreaded Processor on Spartan-IIIFPGA” in an International Conference on Devices andCommunication organized by Department Of ECE, BITS,Ranchi during Feb 24th-25th , 2011.

� Mr.S.V.Satish, Asst.Prof. Dept of Chemistry participated andpresented a paper on “Urban Waste Water TreatingTechnologies” in APPCB Sponsored two-day NationalWorkshop on “Urban Waste Management –CurrentChallenges & Mitigation” conducted by GMRIT, Rajam,during 10th – 11th December, 2010.

� Prof. Ch. Suresh, HOD, IT presented a paper on “CATSwarm Optimization based Neural Network andParticle Swarm Optimization based Neural Networkin Stock rates prediction" in ICMLC InternationalConference on Machine Learning and Computing atSingapore , from 26th - 28th Feb , 2011.

� Mr. M. James Stephen, Assoc. Prof, Dept. of IT presenteda paper on “Fingerprint Image Enhancement withNeural network and effective extraction of minutiae"in ICMLC International Conference on Machine Learningand Computing at Singapore, from 26th - 28th Feb , 2011.

� Mrs. N. Sarada, Asst. Prof., Dept. of IT presented a paperon “CAT Swarm Optimization based Neural Networkand Particle Swarm Optimization based NeuralNetwork in Stock rates prediction" in ICMLC

International Conference on Machine Learning andComputing at Singapore , from 26th - 28th Feb , 2011.

� Mr.N. Indra Kiran, Sr. Asst Professor presented a paper titled‘Back propagation ANN for the analysis of controlchart pattern” at AIMTDR – 2010 conducted by AndhraUniversity, Visakhapatnam from December 13th - 15th 2010.

� Ms. M. Sujatha, Ms. P. Kalpana, Mr. D.A. Naidu, Mr. P. Kingand Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasad, Principal ANITS presented apaper titled "Studies on biosorption ofCadmium(II)ion from aquous solution usingSyzygium cumini, L.(plum leaves)" at Indian ChemicalEngineering Congress, CHEMCON-2010 held at Dept. ofChemical Engineering Annamalai University,Chidambaram, 27-29th December, 2010.

� Ms.K. China Malakondaiah, Ms. P. Kalpana, Mr. D.A. Naidu,Mr. P. King and Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasad, Principal ANITSpresented a paper titled "Removal of cadmium fromaqueous solution using egg shell powder :Equilibrium & kinetic studies" at Indian ChemicalEngineering Congress, CHEMCON-2010 held at Dept. ofChemical Engineering Annamalai University,Chidambaram, 27-29th December, 2010.

� Ms. M. Sujatha, Ms. S. Beena Lahari, Mr. D.A. Naidu, Mr.P. King and Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasad, Principal ANITS presenteda paper titled "Equilibrium & Kinetic Studies ofbiosorption of copper(II)ion from aqueous solutionusing Syzygium CuminiL" at Indian ChemicalEngineering Congress, CHEMCON-2010 held at Dept. ofChemical Engineering Annamalai University,Chidambaram, 27-29th December, 2010.

� Ms. K. Anuradha, Ms. S. Beena Lahari, Mr. D.A. Naidu,Mr. P. King and Prof. V.S.R.K. Prasad, Principal ANITSpresented a paper titled "Biosorption of copper fromaqueous solution using Azadirachta Indicabark:equilibrium and kinetic studies" at Indian ChemicalEngineering Congress, CHEMCON-2010 held at Dept. ofChemical Engineering Annamalai University,Chidambaram, 27-29th December, 2010.

PLACEMENT @ANITS 2010-11

The Campus Recruitment Process of 2011 witnessedyoung ANITIANS selected by top players of Indian industries. Atotal of 14 firms have so far tested our students. Infosys visitedin the first slot and selected 126 students in November 2010initiating another successful campus placement season followedby Persistent Technologies, L&T, Medha Servo Drives, Efftronics,Syntel Inc, HCL Infosystem, Schwing Stetter (India) Pvt Ltd. Theaverage salary recorded in the campus this year is 3.08 Lacs perannum. A few more companies like Mphasis, United HealthGroup, Mahindra Satyam, SASKEN and Polaris are under thepipeline in the next few months. Indian Navy final interviews areunder progress and results are awaited.

S.NO NAME OF THE COMPANY NO OF STUDENTS

SELECTED

1 INFOSYS 1262 L & T 33 Persistent systems Ltd 84 Wipro - Bpo 55 Syntel 336 Efftronics 197 sutherland Global 38 Convergys 69 Cummins India Ltd 1

10 DIPL 911 Schwing Stetter(India) Pvt Ltd 7

Total 220

� Ms. J.Priyanka, Ms. Ch.KrishnaVeni and Ms. S.VeenaKusum, III/IV CSE presented a paper on “Concept ofEmbedding Secret Messages-Steganography” atANITS, Visakhapatnam at CSI -2010, 1st AP STATERegional Student Convention, on 11th December, 2010 andwon First prize.

� Ms. S.Geetha and Ms. P.Niharika, II/IV CSE presented apaper on “Data Mining” at ANITS, Visakhapatnam atCSI -2010, 1st AP STATE Regional Student Convention,on 10th December, 2010 and won First prize.

� Mr. P.V.V.Satyanarayana, II/IV CSE presented a paper on“Nano-Technology” at ANITS, Visakhapatnam atBIOFLARE -2010, on 27th December, 2010 and won Firstprize.

� Ms. P. Swathi, Ms. N. Durganjani and Ms. Ch. Sruthi. IV/IVIT presented a paper on “Fingerprint ImageEnhancement with Neural network and effectiveextraction of minutiae” in ICMLC InternationalConference on Machine Learning and Computing atSingapore, from 26th to 28th Feb, 2011.

PAPERS PRESENTED BY STUDENTS

� P.S.Avinash, I.Yeswanth and Y.Chaitanya, III/IV CSEpresented a paper on “Diamond Chip” at EKATHRA event,organized by Gayathri Vidya Parishad, in February 2011 andwon the first prize.

� Ms. A.A.Saranya and Ms. H.P.Divya Krishna, III/IV CSEpresented a paper on “Swarm Intelligence based KeyGeneration for Text Encryption in Cellular Networks”in EKATHRA competition organized by Gayathri VidyaParishad, February 2011 and won the first prize.

� J.Tanuja, K.Bhavani and B.Haritha, III/IV CSE presented apaper on “Image Fusion and its Techniques” under theguidance of B.Ravi Kiran, Sr. Asst. Prof, Dept of CSE inEKATHRA competition, organized by Gayathri VidyaParishad, February 2011 and won the First prize.

� V.Nikhil Raj, P.V.V.Satyanarayana and P.Balachandra, II/IVCSE won the First prize in “Codifique” event, inEKATHRA competition organized by Gayathri VidyaParishad, February 2011.

� Ms.N.Ragini Devi and Ms.P.Sandhya, II/IV ECE presenteda paper on “Solid and Demolition Waste Management”in a National Level Student Technical Symposium,GREENTECH 2011 organized by Department of Chemical,Mechanical & Civil Engineering, MVGR College ofEngineering Vizianagaram and Andhra Pradesh PollutionControl Board, Regional Office, Vizianagaram during Jan19th -20th, 2011 and won first prize.

� Mr.Ch.Varun, II/IV ECE presented a paper on “StealthTechnique for Air Navigation” in a national level studenttechnical symposium, INTERACT-2K11 organized byDepartment of ECE, ANITS, Sangivalasa during Feb 19th -20th, 2011 and got second prize.

� Ms.M.Vinuthna, II/IV ECE won second prize in the eventUNMUTE(Idea Presentation) in a national level studenttechnical symposium, INTERACT-2K11 organized byDepartment of ECE, ANITS, Sangivalasa during Feb 19th -20th, 2011.

� Ms.P.Tulasi Chowdary, II/IV ECE won first prize in the eventof MOCK INTERVIEW in a national level student technicalsymposium, INTERACT-2K11 organized by Department ofECE, ANITS, Sangivalasa during Feb 19th - 20th, 2011

� Mr.V.Hemanth Kumar and Mr. B.Chakravarthy, IV/IVBiotechnology presented a paper on “sea weeds formonitoring heavy metal pollution” in Ripples’10organised by Department of chemical engineering, A.U onDec 15th-16th and won first prize.

� Ms. U.Priyanka and PSSS Susheera, III/IV Biotechnologypresented a paper on “Gold nanoparticles in cancertreatment” in Ekathra 2011, organized by GVP College ofengineering during 18th-19th Feb ‘10 and won first prize.

� Mr. NNV Krishna Teja, III/IV Biotechnology presented a paperon “Innate immune mechanisms on recognition anduptake of candida species” in Bioflare’10 organised byDepartment of Biotechnology, ANITS during 27th-28th Dec’10and won first prize.

� Ms. K.Lakshmi Kalpana and Ms. B.Jyothsna Padmini, III/IVBiotechnology presented a paper on “Nanomedicine” inVidyatech- 2011 organised by Raghu college of engineeringduring 22nd-23rd Feb’11 and won first prize.

� Ms. M. S. G. Nagamani and Ms. M. S. V. Kalyani, II/IV EEEpresented a paper on “Modern Trends in PowerGeneration” in GITS2K11a national level symposium heldby Gonna Institute of Information Technology & Sciencesduring 18th -19th February 2011 and won first prize.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

� Mr. A.R.Mujahid, II/IV CSE won Silver Medal in Karate,at the 2nd Asian Inter Continental Karate Championship,held at Visakhapatnam from Feb 10th -13th 2011

� Mr. L.Kishore Kumar, II/III MCA won first prize intechnical quiz and second prize in Debugging at‘EKATHRA’ organized by GVP College of Engineering,Visakhapatnam during 17th - 19th Feb 2011.

� Ms.P.Vani,III/IV ECE secured first position in Essay WritingCompetition (English) on “Education is manifestationof the perfection already in man” held at RamakrishnaMission Ashrama, Visakhaptnam on 5th Jan 2011

� Mr. J.Suresh Krishna, IV/IV Biotechnology won bronze medalin 25th National Taekwondo championship organized byInternational Taekwondo Federation in Warangal on Dec 25th.

� Mr. G. Srinivas Rami Reddy IV/IV EEE secured 94.8% inCAT and got interview calls from four IIM’s.

� Mr. R. Ramesh III/IV EEE won 6th prize in CSR Super BrainEssay Contest 2011 on Lessons Learnt fromCommonwealth Games 2010 organized by CompetitiveSuccess Review (CSR) all over INDIA.

� Around 20 students from final year and pre final year EEEhave presented models like wireless water boat, pick andmove robot, remote controlled lamp, bidirectional speedcontrol of DC motor, AC voltage controller, multilevel inverterat Academic Exhibition organized by ANDHRA UNIVERSITYduring 12th – 16th February 2011.

� Ms. B. Kalyani and Ms. M. Lalitha Kumari II/IV EEEparticipated in SPUTNIK 2K10 a National level studentTechnical symposium at Sri Prakash College of Engineeringduring 22nd-23rd December 2010.

� Mr. S.V. Rajesh and Mr. P. Mahendra Verma won first prize inRover Race conducted during “Ekathra” at Gayathri VidyaParishad College of Engineering from 17th to 19th February2011.

� Ms. K. Kalyani , II/IV IT participated in “South Zone Inter-University Table Tennis (Women) Tournament"organized by Visvesvaraya Technological University ,Belgaum, Karnataka from 17th - 19th Feb , 2011.

� Mr. K. Abhiram III/IV IT got 2367th rank (out of 40,000participants) in “All India National Aptitude Test”conducted by NITAT, Visakhapatnam on 25th Feb, 2011.

ANITS-Warriors club of III/IV ECE won the overallchampionship trophy of the most coveted and publicized ‘TheHindu Eplus club Challenge-2011’ and a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- on Sunday, 23rd Januray 2011 held at Raghu EngineeringCollege, Dakamari, Visakhapatnam. Union Minister of State forHRD, Dr. D.Purandeswari, who was the chief guest of the event,gave away the prizes to the winners. ANITS emerged as winnerin a day-long competition where more than 20 engineering anddegree colleges from the three coastal districts took part in. TheANITIANS excelled in all the competitions. Ms. K. Poojitha RaniDevi- First Prize Elocution, Ms. M.K Priyadarshini- Second PrizeElocution, Ms. K. Latha- First Prize Group Discussion, Ms. B.Sravya- Third Prize Group Discussion. The Members of the Quizteam won Second prize, Collage team won the Second Prizeand consolation prize was bagged for Skit.

The Department of English and Humanities initiated thefirst Hindu Eplus club- ‘The Samurais’ in 2009 and two moreclubs-Warriors and Challengers were added in 2010. Since then,the department has guided, trained, groomed and mentored the

BIOFLARE ’10

ANITS Wins The Hindu E-Plus club Challenge 2011

budding professionals with active encouragement from themanagement. The members were made to realize that they needto see themselves as winners first and then only they would beable to perform as winners. This became the guiding principle ofthe three clubs which inspired the teams in bringing thechampionship trophy to the college this year. The coordinatersof the clubs were Ms. Rupa Vemuri, Ms. V.R.P.U Purnima, Ms.Paromita Mukherjee Ojha, Ms. G. Serwani, Ms. L. Kameswariand Mr. P. Venumadhav.

Bioflare’10 a National Level Technical Symposium wasorganized by the Department of Biotechnology, ANITS during28th & 29th Dec, 2010. Chief guests, Dr. Parveen Kumar, VicePresident of Krebs Biochemicals & Industries Ltd. andGuest of Honour Prof. T. Ramana, Head, Dept. ofBiotechnology have inaugurated the symposium. Dr. Santosh K.Mishra, President, KeverPharma Pvt Ltd has givena keynote Lecture on DrugDiscovery. Prof. V.S.R.K.Prasad, Principal, ANITSpresided over the function.Prof. G.H. Rao was theconvener and Dr. V.Sridevi was the OrganizingSecretary and informed that over 120 papers were accepted andseven sessions were organized on different topics ofBiotechnology.

More than 150 students from various Engineering collegeshave participated in the event. Along with papers, posterpresentations and other events like technical quiz, treasure hunt,spot events etc were also conducted. The best two papers fromeach session was given a cash prize of Rs. 1200/- and Rs.800/-.Prof. R. Sinha, Head, Dept. of Biotechnology was the chief

guest and Prof. K. Uma Devi was the guest of honor for thevaledictory function.

INDUSTRIAL TOUR

Pre-final year students of Dept. of CSE went for anIndustrial Tour from 7th- 16th January 2011. They visited UTLGroup of Companies, a Telecommunication Industry, HeritageCentre And Aero Space Museum, Visveswaraya Industrial andTechnological Museum in Bangalore and Doddabetta Tea Factoryat Ooty. Mr.P.Srinivasu, Assoc. Prof, Mr.B.Ravi Kiran, Sr.Asst.Prof,Ms.G.V.Gayathri, Asst. Prof and Ms.A.Kavitha, Asst Prof,accompanied the team of 52 students.

TWO DAY WORKSHOP

on Southern Hybridization

A two day workshop on “Southern Hybridization and its

applications” was conducted by BLAZE, Department of

Biotechnology, ANITS in collaboration with Helini Biomolecules,

Chennai during 3rd-4rth Dec 10. Practical session on Southern

Hybridization and two guest lectures on DNA finger printing,

spot painting on “Gene Silencing” and Technical dumbsharads

were arranged in the two day programme. A total of 70 students

from III/IV and IV/IV Biotechnology were participated in the

programme and certificates were distributed.

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INTERACT 2K11

The Department of ECE conducted a National LevelStudent Technical Symposium (INTERACT-2K11) under the aegisof ACES (ANITS COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS SOCIETY)during 19th - 20th Feb 2011.It was inaugurated by the Chief GuestShri P.Sridhar, Chairman & CEO, Xinthe Technoligies,Visakhapatnam.

Dr.Prasad Gandikota, Convener, INTERACT-2K11informed that out of 300 papers received only 85 good paperswere selected. The participation was from more than 50 collegesacross the country. The presentation of papers was divided into09 sessions.

On this occasion a Hardware Project Exhibition coveringareas of neural networks,Embedded systems, Communicationand EMI/EMC, Speech and image processing and other areas,Biometrics and pattern recognition, Nano technology and VLSIdesignNetwork security was conducted by Final Year ECEStudents. At the valedictory function held on 20th February 2010the Chief guest Shri A.S.V.Ramanan, D.G.M (Projects), HPCL,Visakhapatnam addressed the gathering.

CONGRATULATIONS

The ANITS family congratulates

Prof. Ramesh Challagundla, ECE who has

been awarded PhD for his thesis entitled

“Relevance and implications of carbon

fibers for EMI/EMC shielding enclosures

using horn antennas” by Andhra University,

Visakhapatnam on 1st March 2011. He

worked under the guidance of

Dr.P.L.H.Varaprasad, Professor, Andhra

University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam.

CSI REGIONAL STUDENT CONVENTION-2010

1st AP STATE CSI Regional Student Convention-2010 was

hosted by Departments of CSE, IT, & MCA with the theme

“Techno progressivism for Renaissance of IT in India” held at

ANITS campus on 10th and 11th December, 2010. It was

organized in association with CSI Visakhapatnam Chapter . On

this occasion, events like Paper Presentation, Poster Presentation,

Project demo under the domains Soft Computing, Data Mining,

Swarm Intelligence, Grid Computing were organized. About 1500

students from 57 colleges participated in the event. This event

gave an opportunity for the students to interact with other students

from all over the State and share ideas and gain technological

awareness.

Prof. V.S.R.K Prasad has successfully guided 3 PhD

scholars who submitted their theses between Nov 2010

and Jan 2011

� Ms. S. Beena Lahari on “Biosorption of Copper and

Zinc using chaetomorpha Antennina Sp. And

Azadirachta Indica bark”

� Mr. B.V. Lakshmana Rao, on “Studies on ionic mass

transformer through sub merged impinging jets in

cylindrical cells in the presence and absence of solids”

� Mr. D. Appala Naidu on “Biosorption of lead, Nickel

and Cadmium onto tectona grandis L.f. optimization

using response surface Methodology (RSM)”

QuotationTeaching is the profession that teaches all

the other professions.