Volume : 8 Issue 2 : August 2016

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Bengaluru

NEWS LETTER

ISSISP 2016

2nd-6th Aug 2016

3rd Alumni Meet

6th Aug 2016

Movie Making &

Editing Workshop

6th Aug 2016

IET Presentation

Competition

9th Aug 2016

Amritadhara Meet

& Orientation

4th Aug 2016

IoTAD Workshop

5th-7th Aug 2016

AV Students Visit

12th & 13th Aug 2016

Flash Mob

12th Aug 2016

Students Reach Out

Programme

18th Aug 2016

MADNITE

19th Aug 2016

Independence Day

15th Aug 2016

Satsang

17th Aug 2016

Sweden-India Nobel

Memorial Quiz

19th Aug 2016

ETCVision’16

19th-21st Aug 2016

Kalakriti’16

20th Aug 2016

Sri Krishna

Janmashtami

25th Aug 2016

The 7th “International Summer School on Information Security and Protection

(ISSISP)” was hosted by the Amrita Center

for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks,

Amrita University in Bengaluru Campus

during August 2nd – 6th , 2016.

There is an increasing need for Software Security and

Protection due to the growing sensitivity of user data

coupled with the ubiquitous nature of computing

systems ranging from tiny embedded devices to

powerful data centers.

The summer school highlights this need by bringing

several internationally renowned speakers from

diverse fields in Computer Science such as Software

Engineering, Machine Learning, Computer

Architecture, Operating Systems and Compiler design

into Software Security and Protection. In particular,

topics that were covered included code obfuscation,

software watermarking, tamper-proofing, virtualization,

security modeling, supervised and unsupervised

learning for security, formal methods and Android

security. The summer school catered undergraduate/

graduate students and professionals from academic,

government organizations, industries and research

laboratories.

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7th International Summer School on Information Security

School Highlights

Amritadhara, the student activities ensemble of

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, inaugurated

its perennial endeavour of providing opportunities to

students to excel in various extra-curricular and

co-curricular spheres. ‘Sanskriti’, the cultural wing of Amritadhara flagged off a series of club introductions

elaborating on the potential role of the club in honing

one’s skills.

The office bearers who met on 4th August 2016 took

their turn in discussing the objectives of their club as

well as providing a probable plan of the journey to

come. As decided, one hour sessions were shared by

two clubs starting for briefing students beginning 4th

August 2016 and ending on 16th August 2016. These

sessions witnessed an enormous turnout and the

positive feedback received, undoubtedly, echoed of a

mighty success.

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A ritadhara - First Meet & Orie taio to the Freshers

School Highlights

Department of CSE, ASE-B hosted a workshop on

“Internet of Things Application Development (IoTAD)” jointly with Future TechLabs, France. The workshop was held during 5th to 7th of August, 2016.

The workshop was also supported by IEEE Robotics

Automation Society and Mr. Kousik Sankar

Ramasubramaniam, Co-Chair IoTAD workshop and

Chair-IEEE Consumer Electronics. The three-day

event had Mr. Soumya Kanti Datta, Research

Engineer in Eurecom, France and Co-Founder of

Future TechLabs and various other faculty members.

The meet was to discuss IoTAD implementation in

various research domains.

The first day of the program began on an auspicious

note with lighting of the lamp and an invocation song.

Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan, Chairman, Department of

Computer Science and Engineering and Co-Chair

IoTAD workshop welcomed the attendees by stressing

the importance of IoT in the present research point of

view and wished the participants well.

IoTAD Workshop Chair, Mr. Soumya Kanti Datta

addressed the gathering emphasizing on IoT

predominance in the present context of research and

future revolution in smart city projects. She also

briefed about the three day sessions, about various

speakers and hands-on sessions. Dr. Rakesh N.,

Department of CSE, ASE-B and Convener- IoTAD

workshop proposed the Vote of Thanks.

The morning session started with a talk by

Dr. Thinagaran Perumal, who is a Senior Lecturer in

the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of

Computer Science and Information Technology,

University Putra Malaysia who spoke about the IoT

Framework, Architecture and Applications. He also

discussed two IoT related projects which are already

implemented. In the afternoon, hands-on sessions

were handled by Mr. Soumya Kanti Datta. The

second and third days of the workshop had talks by

various distinguished speakers like Mr. Bob

Frankston, BoG, IEEE CE Society, USA, Mr. Ayan

Datta, Intel Corporation, India, Dr. Pankesh Patel,

ABB, India, Dr. Vishwas Lakkundi, IoT Specialist &

Consultant, Bengaluru, India, Dr. Ganesankumar

Annamalai, Cisco, India. The speakers also stressed

on ongoing research work and government initiatives

in IoT domain. The workshop witnessed attracted

about 100 participants including students and

members from teaching fraternity and Industry.

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Internet of Things Application Development (IoTAD)

School Highlights

The School hosted the 3rd Annual Alumni Meet

on 6th August 2016. The event commenced with a

lamp lighting ceremony by Director Br. Dhanraj

Swamy, Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G.,

Chair-Alumni Chapter Ms. Supriya M., Alumni

Mr. Karthikeyan and Ms. Pragnya. The event was

mastered by Ms. Sreevidya B. and Ms. V.S. Kirthika

Devi from Departments of CSE and EEE respectively.

This was followed by a welcome address by Dr. Sarada

Jayan from the Department of Mathematics.

Ms. Supriya M., extended a statistical report on the

participation of the alumni, which has increased

tremendously.

Following this, Director Br. Dhanraj Swamy addressed

the gathering emphasizing on the need to develop the

inner-net between individuals for true development.

Dr. Rakesh S.G. apprised the gathering about the

progress & development made by the School,

conveyed his happiness & gratitude to the attendees.

Heads of Engineering Departments Dr. T.S.B.

Sudrashan, Dr. Nagaraja S.R., Dr. Shikha Tripathi

and Dr. S. Ravishankar addressed the alumni and

spoke about the fact that the alumni are responsible

for the ranking on the social media and have

contributed to the overall progress of the School. They

also stressed on how the growth of alumni has an

impact over the research & development in the

School.

Alumni Mr. Gadhadhara Raja and Mr. Sahajaksh

Hariharan whole heartedly thanked the faculty and

staff for all support given. Alumni Mr. Vignesh V. and

Mr. Chetan Rao along with Ms. Neethu S. expressed

their feeling of being proud to be a part of Amrita

family and watching it offers a bigger and better

platform for the students entering every year. The

crowd was enthralled by a guitar performance by

Mr. Kailash Suresh and Mr. Vivek Raghu (Batch of

2011) who belong to the band called ‘Distortion Culture’ which is the first band of ASE-B and is set to

release its first music album soon. An alumnus who is

the Global Ambassador of SAP Labs Ms. Sruthi spoke

about the importance of inspiring and helping.

Raaga-the music club and Narthana-the dance club of

the school presented myriad mellifluous musical

performances and electrifying dances to applause from

the crowd. The meet concluded with the distribution

of mementos to all attendees.

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rd Alu i Meet

School Highlights

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rd Alu i Meet

School Highlights

EPIC, the Movie Club of the School hosted a

movie-making and editing training workshop on the 6th

of August 2016.

The event was attended by over 100 students, who

were first given a general overview of movie-making

and editing.

Following this, students were grouped as per their

genre of interest and further insights were provided.

Mr. Aakash Balaji (S5, EEE) discussed the finer points

of direction while Mr. Bhuvanesh Sankar (S5, ECE)

expounded on Scripts and Screenplay. Ms. Rashmi

(S3 ECE) offered inputs on acting, Mr. Ajith (S3, ME)

and Mr. Abishek (S3, ME) provided details on

Cinematography. The importance of lighting was

highlighted by Mr. Naveen Kumar (S7, EIE),

production managing was covered by

Mr. Vijayakrishnan K. M. (S5, ME) and editing was

taught by Mr. Dinesh Kumar G. (S5, ME).

The event ended on a great note with students learning

the nuances of movie making and editing.

The “Present Around The World (PATW)” competition was held in Bengaluru campus on 9th

August 2016 by the IET (Institution of Engineering &

Technology). This presentation competition was for

students, recent graduates, apprentices and young

professionals in the age group of 18 to 30. Around 20

participants from various institutions of Karnataka

attended the event. Chair-ME Dr. Nagaraja S.R.

served as one of the Judges for this event.

The competition was open to members and non-

members of IET. Competitors were asked to give a 10

-minute presentation on a subject related to

engineering and technology and to answer questions

for a further five minutes.

The event was mainly to judge presentation skills with

topic intended to create new innovations in the field of

science and technology.

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Mo ie Maki g & Edii g Workshop y EPIC

School Highlights

IET Prese taio Co peiio

Amrita School of Engineering witnessed a flash

mob on 12th August 2016. The excitement in the air

was palpable as the countdown began.

The Narthana Team mesmerized the onlookers with

astounding agility, grace, precision and exceptional

style. Dances on various genres were performed to

popular music. The moves presented were greeted

with cheering and raucous applause from all. The

crowd was entreated to the performance of

Amritadhara Team 2016-17 also along with the

dancers of Narthana–the Dance Club. Following the

lively display, students were briefed about Music,

Acting and Dance night (M.A.D.Nite 2016) slated for

18th August 2016 and ‘Kalakriti’, the annual talent hunt for freshmen scheduled on the 20th of August 2016.

Class X students of Amrita Vidyalayam,

Davanagere visited the campus, as a part of their

annual campus visits which culminates in AMMA’s darshan in Amritapuri. The students were in the

campus on 12th & 13th of August 2016.

As a part of Amritam project, the students interviewed

few prominent people serving the institution, where in

they were asked to share their life experiences and

their experiences with AMMA.

Swami Amritageetananda Puri, the senior most

disciple of AMMA made it to campus on the second

day and spent a lot of time with the students.

There was a small Satsang by Swamiji, which ended

with prasadam distribution.

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Ca pus Visit y Stude ts of A rita Vidyalaya , Da a agere

School Highlights

Flash Mo

The School conducted the 70th

Independence Day Celebrations on

the 15th of August 2016. Director

Br. Dhanraj Swamy, Associate Dean

Dr. Rakesh S.G., the Heads of

various Departments, teaching & non-

teaching staff members and the

students took part in the celebration.

The day dawned bright as ‘Squad’, the adventure enthusiasts club paid a befitting tribute

to the brave hearts of the nation with a

well-coordinated parade after the flag

hoisting by Director Br. Dhanraj

Swamy. Inspirational addresses given

by the Director and Mr. Swaroop

Singh Arora (S5, ECE), convinced the

onlookers of the importance of youth

and the nuances of a peaceful co-

existence. The staff members and their families were

then ushered to the mess hall for breakfast.

The cultural programmes commenced at 9:30 AM

with a mellifluous performance by Raaga, the music

club. India's rich culture, traditions and heritage were

paid homage through a riveting speech delivered by

Mr. Sai Bharat Reddy K., Cultural Vice President,

Amritadhara which was followed by an energetic

performance by the girls of ‘Narthana’, the dance club. Mr. Shivappa, Warden, Boys Hostel addressed the

gathering prior to an enactment of patriotism

presented by ‘Abhinaya’, the drama club. As the artists walked off stage to thunderous applause for their

creativity, presentation and spirit, ‘Raaga’, the music club of the school presented a melodious medley of

patriotic songs.

Following this, the boys of Narthana dazzled the crowd

with a lively performance. The winners of the thought

provoking contest to instil sensitivity about nature,

'Nurture Nature', presented their views on themes

related to 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' and 'Preserving

Biodiversity in India'. The gathering participated in a

patriotic slogan writing contest under the banner of

'Penning Patriotism', an initiative of ‘Lekhani’, the press club.

The series of visuals presented by ‘Prerana’, the social outreach club provoked thought in the audience about

the plight of the society and the true definition of

Independence Day. Amala Bharatham cleaning

campaign, ASE-B's contribution towards a Swachh

Bharat began at 11:30 AM and witnessed enthusiastic

participation from the students and staff members.

Refreshments and fun games were organized for the

participants of the campaign. The day ended on a

great note as students promised to join hands

bimonthly to continue the cleaning effort.

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I depe de e Day Cele raio s

School Highlights

The School hosted an inspirational talk by Poojya

Swami Amritageetananda Puri on the 17th of August,

2016 for the freshmen.

Poojya Swami Amritageetananda Puri, senior disciple

of Sadguru Mata AmritanandaMayi Devi and Head,

Mata Amritandamayi Math, Bengaluru made a deep

impression in the hearts and minds of students with

his rich & stimulating tales. In the presence of

Director Br. Dhanraj Swamy, Associate Dean

Dr. Rakesh S.G., Chair-ME Dr. Nagaraja S.R.,

members of faculty and students of 1st Year B.Tech.,

Swamiji threw light upon the vibrant carnivals of the

nation. He described god as the infinite positivity and

potential pushing man forward every moment.

Terming practice as the easiest shortcut to perfection,

Swamiji called Unity in diversity a university, spreading

smiles on the fresh faces of the multi-faceted audience.

Lively interactions, newfangled interpretations, brand

new observations and some spell-binding answers

characterized the discussion.

Prasadam was distributed at the end of the session with

Swamiji's blessings.

Amrita Networking Club, Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru conducted a Student Reach

Out programme for the Class 11 and 12 CBSE

Computer Science students of Kendriya Vidyalaya,

which served as an introduction to certain basic

concepts on Networking with focus on practical

application. The early morning hours of the 18th of

August, 2016 witnessed unbridled enthusiasm, joy and

curiosity in the faces of the students of the school who

were accompanied by three faculty members

Ms. Mahalakshmi, Mr. Mahalingam and Ms. Mosina.

The gathering was cordially welcomed by

Ms. Shaambhavi Shrivastava (S3, ECE), following

which Ms. Lakshmi Pavani (S3, CSE) gave a short talk

on the Internet of Things (IoT). Ms. Shwetha Koushik

(S3, CSE) discussed about Cloud Computing. A

demonstration on Network Components was given by

Mr. S. Ullas, Assistant Dept. of CSE and also the

mentor of the Amrita Networking Club. The

interactive session was based on the prescribed CBSE

Syllabus for Computer Science and related questions

were discussed. Mr. Vijay (S3 CSE) and Ms. Sri Lasya

(S3 CSE) gave presentations on Communication

Protocols and IOS-OSI,TCP/IP following which the

gathering was addressed by Mr. V. Sukumaran,

Marketing Manager, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,

Bengaluru who expounded on the achievements and

various courses offered by the School. A quiz was

organized based on the sessions conducted. Students

were entreated to a tour of the campus after a

sumptuous lunch. The gathering, then witnessed the

prize distribution ceremony and vote of thanks

proposed by Mr. Preetham (S3, EEE). The event

ended on a high note with a photo session.

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Satsa g y S a i A ritageeta a da Puri

School Highlights

Stude t ‘ea h Out Progra e

The School organized a cultural

and dance extravaganza, MADNite,

with the tagline “Ye Karke Dikhao” on August 18th, 2016. The event kicked off

at 6 PM with much fanfare and an extremely excited

crowd.

The rendition of popular Malayalam, Hindi and

Tamil numbers by Ms. Anagha Menon (S5, CSE) and

team got the music fans ecstatic, followed by the band

‘Gravity’, led by Mr. Rakshit Ravindranath (S3, ECE), Mr. Amandeep Singh (S3, EEE) and Ms. M.S.

Shivani (S3, ECE), which delivered a truly melodious

rendition of a popular song, drawing the crowds into a

chorus. The band ‘Drishti’, led by singer Mr. Shubham Silswal (S5, CSE) and lead guitarist

Mr. Aditya Krishna (S5, CSE) drove the crowd into a

renzy with an innovative performance.

The filler from upcoming Telugu movie

Janatha Garage drove the crowds mad

with excitement. A hilarious play from

Abhinaya, kept everybody’s attention glued to the stage. A scintillating dance performance

by Mr. Ch. Vinay Vardhan Reddy (S5, ECE) and

Mr. Manoj (S5, ME), enticed onlookers to participate

in an impromptu dance. Different dance groups,

Vortex, The Beats, Pakka Locals and The Dixit girls

elicited cheers from the audience. The Fusion Girls, a

dance team led by Ms. Aishwarya Raja (S5, ECE)

inspired the audience into applause.

The gathering requested for more when Mr. Karthik

Karthikeyan (S5, ECE) showcased his talent in beat

boxing and Mr. Aashish Pai (S5, CSE), grooved with

fantastic moves to the beats. The act became all the

more delightful with vocal support from Pranav. A

humorous filler by Abhinaya and The Humour Club

got the audience roaring with laughter. Mr. Girish Nair

(S7, CSE) and Mr. Vamsi’s karaoke performance was received with tumultuous applause. The attention of

the audience was held throughout the event by the

anchors Mr. Sriram Ganesh (S5 ECE), Ms. Sahana

Anbazhagan (S5, EIE). The event came to an end with

a thrilling dance performance by team Unique with

famous Tollywood yesteryear classics and modern

hits.

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MADNITE

School Highlights

The Embassy of Sweden organises one of India’s most prestigious quiz contests annually, 'The Sweden-

India Nobel Memorial Quiz'. The quiz series is part of

the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week

celebrations.

The tenth edition of the quiz was open to all Indian

students in teams of three currently enrolled at a

university in India. The quiz was hosted by architect

and quiz master Mr. Kunal Savarkar and Ms. Seema

Chari.

The Quiz was held on the 19th of August, 2016 at R.V.

College of Engineering, Bengaluru. A team from ASE-

B consisting of Ms. Harini Srivatsan (S3, ME),

Mr. Manoj A. (S3, ECE) and Ms. Akshaya S. (S3,

CSE) procured a Honourable Mention, falling just

short of the final round, while another team consisting

of Mr. Govind S. (S5, EEE), Mr. Anand V. (S5, CSE)

and Mr. Rejath R. (S5, ME) were able to procure a

position in the top 6 and competed in the finals, after

competing with 140 teams in and around the city, as

well as from other states.

Attending this event gave the teams a much needed

exposure to quizzing culture and many takeaways on

how to perform better were discussed in detail for

future events.

The School hosted

ETCVision’16, a workshop on Eye Tracking and

Computer Vision by the

Association of Computing

Machinery (ACM) and the

Computer Society of

India (CSI), sponsored by

Tata Consultancy Services

(TCS) and Senso Motoric

Instruments (SMI) from

19th to 21st of August,

2016. The event recorded

huge participation from

the students of many

universities, and caught

the eye of many

researchers. The talks

focussed on research statistics of many universities and

organisations.

The first day of the workshop started with an

explanation of eye tracking and its growing importance

in the field of advertising and ended with a

questionnaire with answers delivered by the delegates.

The second day commenced with a talk by Dr. Sidhu

Sudarsan who extends his services presently to the

ABB India Corporate team. A specialist in the fields

of security, data analytics, symantics and many others,

Dr. Sudarsan discussed how IoT contributes to eye

tracking and industrial research and support from

front end and back end. The HEILBRONN

experiment (the DeSTinY project) aimed at the

development of a software tool for automatically

checking interface against usability related standard

guidelines and style guides was also expounded upon.

Videos by the delegates helped the participants

understand the wide range of research activities being

carried out and the nuances of fixing violations in the

coding blocks. Following this, hands on workshop

about Visual saliency models was conducted by Dr. J.

Amudha, Associate Professor, Department of CSE

who spoke about the regions of fixation of the human

eye. Mr. Juan Zon spoke about the applications of

the eye trackers.

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The S ede -I dia No el Me orial Quiz- 6

School Highlights

Eye Tra ki g a d Co puter Visio 6

The following session consisted of a live demo of the

eye tracker and its applications. The project was a

huge success and tracked eye movements with great

accuracy.

The third day of the workshop started off with a guest

speaker Dr. Prakash Padakannaya, Professor, Dept. of

Psychology, University of Mysore enlightening the

listeners on the various kinds of vision and different

kinds of eye tracking. Dr. Kumar Rajamani spoke

about deep learning and explained the working of

neutral networks the various steps involved in

procuring a final processed image. The concept of

deep learning increased the success rate of many

medical surgeries. The last speaker of the day

Dr. Tripty Singh, Asst. Professor, Dept. of CSE spoke

about computer aided medical expert system for

diagnosis of breast cancer. The last day of the

workshop culminated with the distribution of

mementoes to the keynote speakers and certificates to

the participants.

The workshop concluded on a successful note and

received appreciation from all.

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School Highlights

Eye Tra ki g a d Co puter Visio 6

The School flagged off

Kalakriti with an inaugural

ceremony. The

inauguration started off

with the lighting of the lamp

by Associate Dean

Dr. Rakesh S.G., Chair-

Amritadhara Dr. S. Ravishankar, Chairperson, Co-

Chair (Sanskriti) Ms. G.S. Jyotsna, Co-Chair

(Prachodhana) Ms. Shali S., and Student

President, Amritadhara Mr. Sanjay Jain. Ms. Yamini

Madan (S5, CSE) rendered a soulful

prayer. Dr. Rakesh S.G. then welcomed the freshmen

and commended the Amritadhara team for their

dedication and commitment towards the initiative and

concluded by declaring the event open.

The Quiz Club conducted a

plethora of events like ‘General Quiz’ and ‘Quiz Up Duels’ to spur the inquisitive minds. ‘Kala’, the Fine Arts Club organized Comic

Sketching and Face Painting to bring

out the artist in all. ‘Smriti’, the Photography Club preserved

memories of the gargantuan

celebration, and attracted budding

photographers for Capture the Emotion and Spot It.

Prakriti, the Eco Club demonstrated the importance of

nurturing nature through Water Balloon Shoot and

Art from Paper. ‘Chetana’, the Sports Club inspired freshmen to play hard and smart to win through Crazy

Cricket, Tiki Taka, Counter Strike and Treasure

Hunt. The ‘Squad’, the Adventure Enthusiasts Club encouraged students to strive for fitness with One

Minute Challenge and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. ‘Raaga’, the Music Club brought to the fore musical talents

through Indian, Western and Classical solos,

instrumentals and duets.

‘Narthana’, the Dance Club was credited with hosting scintillating

events like Dancing Duos, Step Up

and Group Dance. The ‘Humour’ Club imparted hilarity, spontaneity

and communication skills through

events Jester of the Campus and

The Improvement. ‘EPIC’, the Movie Club tested the acting and

video making skills of the students

through events like Act On Cam,

30's Video Art and Ad Making.

‘Vedanta’, the cultural club emphasized the importance of

happiness and perseverance

through events like Game of life

and Maze. ‘SPICMACAY’, the Indian fine arts club promoted the

various aspects of Indian culture by

organizing events such as Strain Your Brain and Go

Tattoo. ‘Abhinaya’, the Drama Club gauged the acting skills of students in Dramebaaz and Curtain Call.

‘Lekhani’, the Press Club provided students an outlet for creativity through Fun with Formalisms, Boggle

and Alterne Fin. ‘Maardhani’, the Literary Club assisted in honing oratory skills through War of

Words and Aircrash. The flagship event of

Kalakriti'16, “ICON” bore witness to the unravelling of immense talents with Mr. Pinaki Prasad being

adjudged Mr. Kalakriti 2016.

Food stalls set up and managed by ‘Prerana’, the Social Outreach Club and Photo booths by ‘Smriti’ garnered appreciation from all. Kalakriti'16 culminated

with a closing ceremony and declaration of prize

winners. Mr. Sanjay R. (Year 3, ME), President,

Amritadhara proposed the Vote of Thanks.

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School Highlights

KALAK‘ITI

Sri Krishna Janmashtami

was celebrated in the

campus on 25th August,

2016. A group of ebullient

students participated in the

pot painting competition

conducted by the SPICMACAY (Society for the

Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture

Amongst Youth) student chapter. With bright colors

adorning the mud pots, this event brought out the

innate creativity of students. The celebration began

with the Rangoli competition which hosted more than

20 teams. The given theme “The childhood days of Lord Krishna” brought out aesthetic masterpieces from participants. The celebration followed with the

Pooja in the New Block reception area and cultural

programme at Sudhamani hall. Evening witnessed

Pooja and Bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna and pot

breaking event at Boys hostel ground. It culminated on

a note of anticipation for the oncoming festival

celebrations.

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School Highlights

KALAK‘ITI Sri Krish a Ja ashta i

August 2016 PAGE 15

Department of CSE

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Pallavi Kochar

Author(s):

Pallavi Kochar

Supriya M.

“Vehicle Speed Control using Zigbee and GPS”

6th -7th

August 2016

International Conference on Smart

Trends in Computer

Communication and Information

Technology, at Jaipur, India.

Proceedings published by Springer

CCIS series.

Presented By:

Sangita Khare

Author(s):

Sangita Khare

Deepa Gupta

“Association Rule Analysis in Cardiovascular Disease”

12th-13th

August 2016

International Conference on

Cognitive Computing and

Information Processing

(CCIP-2016), SJCE, Mysuru.

Scopus Indexed

Presented By:

Juhi R. Srivastava

Author(s):

Juhi R. Srivastava

T.S.B. Sudarshan

“Energy Efficient Cache Node Placement using Genetic

Algorithm with Probablistic Delta

Consistency using Flexible

Combination of Push and Pull

Algorithm for Wireless Sensor

Networks”

24th -26th

August 2016

7th International Workshop on Soft

Computing Applications, Arad,

Romania

Won ‘Best Student Paper’ award and paper nominated for ‘Junior Fellowship’

Presented By:

N. Rakesh

Author(s):

N. Rakesh

“Performance analysis of Anomaly detection of different

IoT datasets using cloud micro

services”

26th-27th

August 2016

International Conference on

Inventive Computation

Technologies (ICICT 2016)

organized by RVS Technical

Campus, Coimbatore, India

Publication : IEEE Xplore

Scopus indexed

Presented By:

S. Surya

Author(s):

S. Surya

N. Rakesh

“Flow Based Traffic Congestion Prediction and Intelligent

Signaling using Markov Decision

Process”

Presented By:

Supriya M.

Author(s):

Supriya M.

K. Sangeeta

Poster titled “Trusted Cloud Storage for Big Data”

2nd-6th

August 2016

7th International Summer School on

Information Security and Protection

(ISSISP 2016) hosted by Amrita

University In Bengaluru Campus

The paper was adjudged as the ‘Best’ poster. With this they get a free pass

to NASSCOM-DSCI Annual

Information Security Summit-2016

(Annual Flagship Event) worth of

Rs.10,000/- to attend in the month of

December 2016.

August 2016 PAGE 16

Department of CSE

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Santhanalakshmi S.

Author(s):

Santhanalakshmi S.

K. Sangeeta

Poster titled “Cloud Security : Hash Function”

2nd-6th

August 2016

7th International Summer School on

Information Security and Protection

(ISSISP 2016) hosted by Amrita

University in Bengaluru Campus

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Presented By:

M. Karthik

Author(s):

M. Karthik

N. Rakesh

“Survey on Models for Analysis of Data Centre

Performance and QOS in IaaS

Cloud”

7th -8th

July 2016

National Conference on Recent

Innovations in Computer Science &

Communication Engineering

Proceedings will be published in

Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

Scopus Indexed ; IF : 1.289

Dr. Tripty Singh:

Gave a talk on “A Computer Aided Medical Expert System for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

and recent research prospects in 3D Medical

Imaging” in the National Workshop on Eye Tracking and Computer Vision (ETC-Vision)

2016 during 19th to 21st August, 2016 at Amrita

School of Engineering, Bangalore.

Served as Technical Program Committee

Member at STMIK Amikom Purwokerto which

organized CITISEE 2016 (1st International

Conference on Information Technology,

Information Systems and Electrical Engineering

(ICITISEE) 2016) at Yogyakarta during 23rd to

24th August, 2016.

Served as Technical Program Committee

Member at Sixth International Conference on

Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH

2016) during 24th to 26th August, 2016 at Dublin

Ireland.

The 13th Annual Convocation of Amrita Vishwa

Vidyapeetham which was conducted on 21st of

August, 2016 witnessed:

Ms. Supraja S.

(BL.EN.U4CSE12110)

winning the Gold Medal

and

Ms. Sriharini Ganta

(BL.EN.U4CSE12104)

securing the 6th Rank

at the University Level.

Faculty Achievements/

Participation/Recognition Student Achievements

August 2016 PAGE 17

Department of ECE

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Latha

Author(s):

Latha

“Robust Speaker Identification Incorporating High Frequency

Features”

19th -21st

August 2016

Twelfth International Conference on

Image and Signal Processing (ICISP)

2016, Twelfth International Multi-

conference on Information

Processing (IMCIP) 2016,

Organized by The Society of

Information Processing, Bengaluru

and University Visvesvaraya College

of Engineering, Bangalore

University, Bengaluru

Presented By:

Shikha Tripathi

Author(s):

Sushmitha Vekkot

Shikha Tripathi

“Significance of Glottal Closure Instants Detection Algorithms in

Vocal Emotion Conversion”

24th - 26th

August 2016

7th International Workshop on Soft

Computing Applications (SOFA

2016), Arad, Romania, Supported by

IEEE Computational Intelligence

Society Romania Section.

Publication: Advances in

Intelligent Systems and Computing

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Workshop on “Research Methodologies”

8th & 9th

August 2016

Golden Jubilee Hall, Dept. of

Electrical Communication

Engineering, IISc, Bengaluru

(organized by IEEE, Bengaluru

Section)

Mr. Sagar B. NAAC sponsored National

Seminar on “Curriculum Design & Development for Sustainable

& Societal Development: A

Road Map”

12th & 13th

August 2016

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

ECI Forum conducted an event 'Beyond the Black

Board' on 11th August, 2016 in the campus. The event

was organized to introduce the faculty members of

Department of ECE and their respective area of

research to the S3 B.Tech. and S1 M.Tech. students.

An interactive session was delivered by Dr. K.

Pathak on ‘Scopes of Transdisciplinary

R&D Activities for Mining Industry and Possible

Sources of Funds’ on 19th August 2016. Dr. K.

Pathak (HOD, Mining Engineering, IIT

Kharagpur and Independent Director of Coal

India Limited) holds wide experience in the

mining sector of different countries of the world

and Indian lignite, coal and Iron ore mining. He

talked about few of the areas in Indian mining

industry. The session included Indian mining

industry contribution to Indian economy and

development in various ways. There are number

of research funding possibilities in India.

However, placing our expertise of various fields

into an industrial problem solving does not

take place always. The industry-

Academic interactions are talked about, but very

few innovative applications have developed over

the years. With the new thrust of the Nation in

“Make in India” it is necessary that industry

experts bring industrial problems to the scientific

and academic experts to evolve solutions. The

session was organized by Dr. N. S. Murty at

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Dr. T. K. Ramesh, Dr. Navin Kumar, Mr. C. V.

Giriraja, Mr. C. Babu, Mr. P. Satishkumar and

Mr. Sagar B. from Department of ECE attended

the “50th Anniversary Celebrations of the IEEE

Region Ten or R10” on 24th August, 2016 at The

Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru. The IEEE Region Ten,

also known as Asia-Pacific Region, which led to

the formation of R10 on 1st January, 1967.

Dr. N. S. Murty arranged a workshop titled “SV based UVM basics and its prospects” on 31st

August, 2016 at Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru. The workshop was conducted by

Mr. Nagasundaram and Mr. Pranesh Sairam A.

from CVC Pvt. Ltd. The workshop was arranged

for faculty members and research scholars

working in VLSI domain and I and III Semester

M. Tech. VLSI Design students.

Dr. K. Srinivasa Reddy joined as

Assistant Professor (SG) in the

Department of ECE on 1st August,

2016. He holds degrees of M.

Tech. in VLSI Design from SRM

University and Ph.D. in VLSI

Digital Signal Processing from

BITS, Pilani. He has teaching experience of 11

years as faculty at BITS, Pilani.

August 2016 PAGE 18

Department of ECE

Departmental Forum Activity

Other News

August 2016 PAGE 19

Department of EEE

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Mini Sujith

Manjari Joshi

Hariram Satheesh

M.N. Dinesh

“Active LC Clamp dv/dt Filter for Voltage Reflection due to

Long Cable in Induction Motor

Drives”

August 2016 International Journal of Electrical

and Computer Engineering (IJECE)

Vol. 6 No.4.

ISSN: 2088-8708.

Scopus Indexed

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Samith M.V.

Author(s):

Muhammad Ibrahim N.

Venkata Gangadhar J.

Partho M.

Deepa K.

“High Frequency SEPIC-

WEIBERG Converter for

Space Applications”

26th–27th

August 2016

IEEE International Conference on

Inventive Computational

Technologies (ICICT2016),

Organized by RVS Technical

Campus, Coimbatore, India

Will be published in IEEE Digital

Explorer

Presented By:

Samith M.V.

Author(s):

Samith M.V.

Rashmi M.R.

“Controller for Integrating Small Scale Power Generation

to Hybrid AC/DC Grid”

Dr. Kishore Naik Mude:

Has been selected as Post-Doctoral Fellow in

Systec R&D –Porto, Portugal for a Period of

One year starting from 27th September, 2016.

Awarded as Da Vinci Diamond from

International Biographic Centre, Cambridge,

England.

Served as one of the organizers of IEEE- IES

Inaugural Workshop on "Transportation and

Electrification" held at Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore on 12th August, 2016.

Served as the Technical Program Convener of

IEEE- IES Inaugural Workshop on

"Transportation and Electrification" held at

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 12th

August, 2016.

Reviewed three papers for IEEE transactions on

Industrial Electronics and Five Papers for IEEE

PEDES-2016.

Faculty Achievements/

Participation/Recognition

“BRAINSTORM”- An Introduction to PES and

IAS chapter was arranged by IEEE-PES and IAS

joint student branch chapter, Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru on 22nd August, 2016 from

3.30 pm to 4.30 pm. The main aim of this session

was to brief the importance of PES and IAS joint

student chapter. The session was witnessed by the

IEEE-PES and IAS joint student branch chapter

members and all B.Tech and M.Tech students of

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Seminar on “IEEE Power Electronic Society(PELS)- An Insight”

IEEE Power Electronics Society Student Branch

chapter of Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru, with the support and

guidance of Chairman and

faculty of EEE department

conducted a seminar on “IEEE Power Electronic Society

(PELS)- An Insight" on 11th

August, 2016 at Amrita School

of Engineering, Bengaluru. The

talk was given by Mr. Nipin K.

K. (S3 M.Tech., PE),

Ms. Sandra Joji (S7 B.Tech.,

EEE) and Mr. Sripada (S5 B.Tech., EEE). The

PELS introductory talk was mainly aimed at the

1st, 2nd year B.Tech. (EEE) and 1st year M.Tech.

( PE) students.

Mr. Sripada started his talk introducing IEEE and

IEEE Power Electronic Society (IEEE-PELS)

student branch chapter. He gave overview of the

activities that will take place under IEEE and

briefed about the importance of the PELS

chapter. He also mentioned the activities

conducted in the past under the chapter and also

gave an idea about various events that are going to

be conducted at Amrita School of Engineering

under IEEE and IEEE-PELS Student Branch

Chapter. He gave a brief outline on how to join

IEEE and how students will be benefited by

joining IEEE and IEEE-PELS.

Ms. Sandra Joji gave a concise explanation of how

the subjects that B.Tech. students are studying can

be related to power electronics with few examples

like choppers and their applications. She also

mentioned about the various power electronic

switching devices such as power diode, MOSFET

etc. and how they can be used in power

converters.

Mr. Nipin K. K. started his discourse explaining

what power electronics is and later he discussed

about the courses that M.Tech. Power Electronics

deals with. While explaining the application of

theory to practice, he mentioned how soft

computing techniques such as fuzzy logic

controller can be used to generate gating pulses to

switch the power electronic devices. He concluded

his session mentioning a few applications and

scope of power electronics. He also motivated

students to join IEEE and IEEE-PELS for

networking with experts and to get updated with

the present technology.

Nidhis A.D. and P. Preetham Reddy of S5, EEE

demonstrated the working of " EOG Controlled

Human Computer Interface for Differently

Enabled", in the National Workshop "ETC Vision

’16”, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru during 19th -21st August, 2016.

August 2016 PAGE 20

Department of EEE

Students Achievements

Departmental Forum Activity

August 2016 PAGE 21

Department of ME

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Smita Singh

M.U. Aswath

(B.I.T., Bengaluru, India)

R.V. Ranganath

(B.I.T., Bengaluru, India)

“Durability of Red Mud Based Geopolymer Paste in Acid

Solutions”

August, 2016 Materials Science Forum Trans

Tech Publications, Switzerland/866

Page No. 99-105

Scopus Indexed

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr. Veeresh Kumar. G.B .

NAAC sponsored National

Seminar on “Curriculum Design & Development for Sustainable

& Societal Development: A

Road Map”

12th to 13th

August,

2016

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

(Organized by Amrita Vishwa

Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore)

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

Mr. Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi reviewed three

papers for “International Conference on Robotics & Automation for Humanitarian Applications

(RAHA2016)” to be held at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri during 18th -20th December,

2016.

Faculty Achievements/

Participation/Recognition

August 2016 PAGE 22

Department of ME

Organized a Demonstration of 3D Printing

Technology by CADD Centre, Bengaluru on 4th

August, 2016. Mr. Vidya Shankar M N, Business

Head – GSC and Mr. Yuvaraj, Zonal Head, CADD

Centre, Bengaluru delivered an invited talk on 3D

Printing Technology .The session began with an

introduction on the major advantages and unfolding

opportunities of 3D Printing, followed by an

analysis of the day to day uses of 3D printing, viz.,

manufacturing of artificial body parts in the industry

of medicine, the general cut down in production

costs, as both plastic and metals can now be base

materials in 3D printing. The session concluded with

a demonstration of the 3D printing of a plastic gear

model. Students of S3 and S5 ME attended the

event.

Organized an Invited Talk on Catia V5 and CREO

Parametric by Cyber Metric Services India Pvt. Ltd.

Bengaluru was organized by the forum on 5th

August, 2016. Mr. A.U. Monnappa, Technical

Head, Cyber Metric Services India Pvt. Ltd.

Bengaluru, conducted a short session for the

students of S2 and S5 ME, ASE, Bengaluru. A

glimpse of CAD software namely, Catia V5 and

CREO Parametric was given to create the awareness

of career opportunities that can open up due to

knowledge of the same and also to promote active

learning beyond the college curriculum so as to gain

an extra edge over the competitors vying for the

same opportunities as others.

Departmental Forum Activity

August 2016 PAGE 23

Department of Humanities & Sciences

Mathematics Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

Sarada Jayan

K.V. Nagaraja

“An optimal numerical integration method over a lune by

using an efficient transformation

technique”

August,

2016

Proceedings of the Jangjeon

Mathematical Society,

Vol. 19 No.3 ;Page No. 485- 492

Publisher: Jangjeon Mathematical

Society - Scopus Indexed

Physics Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

R.B. Basavaraj

H. Nagabhushana

B. Daruka Prasad

S.C. Sharma

K.N. Venkatachalaiah

“Mimosa pudica mediated praseodymium substituted

calcium silicate nanostructures for

white LED application”

August,

2016

Journal of Alloys and Compounds;

Vol. 690 (2017) ; Page No. 730-740

Elsevier—Scopus indexed

Impact factor: 3.014

Chemistry Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR

NAME OF THE

PUBLICATION

B. H. Nanjunda Reddy

V. Venkata Lakshmi

K. R. Vishnu Mahesh

M. Mylarappa

N. Raghavendra

T. Venkatesh

“Preparation of chitosan/different organomodified clay polymer

nanocomposites: studies on

morphological, swelling, thermal

stability and anti-bacterial

properties”

August,

2016

Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry,

Mathematics, 2016, Vol. 7 No. 4

Page No. 667–674

Impact Factor (Russian Science

Citation Index):0.726

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr. B.L. Bhaskar NAAC sponsored National

Seminar on “Curriculum Design and Development for Sustainable

and Societal Development: A

Road Map”

12th -13th

August,

2016

Internal Quality Assurance Cell

(IQAC), Amrita Vishwa

Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

Ms. Sreevidya B. Dept. of CSE

Ms. Kirti S. P ande

Dept. of ECE

Ms. Mamatha I. Dept. of EEE

Ms. Mrudula Prashanth

Dept. of ME

Mr. H. Manjunath Dept. of Sciences

Dr. Neetu Srivastava Dept. of Mathematics

Ms. Deepa K. Narayan

Dept. of English

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Ms. Kavitha C.R. Assistant Professor

Dept. of CSE Editor

Ms. Vasanthi

ES to Associate Dean Editor

Mr. Shiju

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