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AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Bengaluru
NEWS LETTER
IConAMMA 2016
14th—16th July 2016
Guru Poornima
19th July 2016
Book Exhibition
19th July 2016
B.Tech. I Year Inauguration
20th July 2016
5G IoT Workshop
21st—23rd July 2016
M.Tech. I Year Inauguration
27th July 2016
The School hosted the International Conference on
Advances in Materials and
Manufacturing Application
(IConAMMA- 2016) from 14th
to 16th of July, 2016. The event
was conducted to discuss the
recent advances and
developments in the field of design and manufacturing
process using experiments with high precision
equipment and computational techniques.
The inaugural ceremony commenced with lighting of
the lamp which was followed by a Welcome Address
by Dr. S.R. Nagaraja, Chairman, Department of
Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Rakesh S.G., Associate
Dean & Head, ASE-B took the gathering through the
University and its achievements on various fronts.
Dr. S.K. Mishra, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace
addressed the gathering with valuable insights into
BrahMos Cruise Missiles and related topics. Also in
attendance were Dr. S. Basavarajappa from IIIT
Dharwad and Dr. C.S.P. Rao from NIT Warangal in
the role of Guest Editors for all papers presented.
The conference comprised of six parallel
sessions at various halls in the campus. Delegates in
attendance included experts from academia, industry,
research organizations and engineers from other
professional organizations. The conference focused
on the recent advances in the field of Mechanical
Sciences applied to Materials and Manufacturing
Engineering. The aim was to create a cross
disciplinary summit that transcended global barriers to
integrate research and education in the field of
advanced materials. The event ended on a high note
with the dissemination of ideas for a better future.
A total of 506 papers from INDIA, U.S.A, Israel,
Ethiopia, Malaysia, Australia, Singapore and
Germany were received. After a double peer
review process by subject experts from across the
globe, 246 papers were accepted, 226 registered and
202 presented in the proceedings of IConAMMA
2016 by means of oral presentations in 6 parallel and a
total of 47 technical sessions.
During the conference M/s. DUCOM Instruments
Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru gave a demo session of their
equipments.
Dr. Rakesh S. G., Dr. Nagaraja S. R., Dr. T. Srinivas
Rao, Dr. Debjyoti Sahu, Mr. Phanibhushana. M.V.
and Mr.Ravi Kumar. V chaired technical sessions in
the conference.
All the faculty and staff members actively participated
in the event to make it successful.
July 2016 PAGE 1
IConAMMA-2016
School Highlights
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July 2016 PAGE 2
IConAMMA-2016
School Highlights
As a tribute & token of respect to teachers
worldwide, Guru Poornima was celebrated in the
campus on 19th July, 2016 with great solemnity.
The event was blessed with the presence of
Dhyanamrita Chaitanya Swami from Amritapuri who
presided over the festivities alongwith Campus
Director Br. Dhanraj Swami, Dr. Rakesh S.G.,
Associate Dean & Head, ASE-B and the Chairmen of
various departments. Members of faculty, staff and
students were active part of this celebration.
The celebration commenced with Padha Pooja of our
beloved AMMA, Satguru Mata Amritanandamayi
Devi to ritualistic chants of the guru paduka mantra.
The session drew to a close with an enlightening and
invigorating Satsang by Dhyanamrita Chaitanya Swami
which helped the gathering perceive and understand
the nuances of leading a fruitful life. The evening
witnessed the prayer hall resonating with powerful
bhajans and spiritually uplifting rhythmic chants.
July 2016 PAGE 3
School Highlights
Guru Poornima
Books are mirrors of one’s soul which enrich
the mind and soothe the heart.
The Department of library successfully organized the
3-day book exhibition in the campus on 19th, 20
th and
21st of July 2016. Most of the reputed Publishers /
Vendors viz., Allied Publishers, Tata McGraw Hill,
Pearson Education, PHI, Wiley, Oxford
University Press, Cambridge University Press, CBS
Publishers, Prism Publishers, NAROSA, New Age
International Pvt. Ltd., S.CHAND Publication, I.K.
International Publishing House, Scientific
International Pvt. Ltd., Tata Book House, Knowledge
Book House, Info Book Distributors etc., participated
in this great event
The three day fair was inaugurated by the Campus
Director Br. Dhanraj Swami, Associate Dean & Head
Dr. Rakesh S.G., Chair-CSE & Chairman-Library
Advisory Committee Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan, Chairman
-ECE Dr.. Shikha Tripathi, Librariran Mr. K.K.
Suresh Kumar, Assistant Librarian Mr. Arunkumar,
Library staff members and Heads of all other
departments.
Students and parents visited the exhibition and
purchased books for S1 and S2 . Also, the higher
semester students were delighted to see the good
collection of subject books, fictions, novels and general
books. There was also on-the-spot purchases from the
Students. Publishers/Vendors showcased around 5000
books which included books from Engineering,
Management, Literature, Current Affairs to Showbiz
etc. The response was overwhelming, as many
aspiring young readers including faculty were seen
gorging on many critically acclaimed volumes. There
was enthusiastic participation of all the faculty & staff
members in terms of recommendations of books for
the School Library.
The event was organized in order to bring outer
exposure to its students, to sow the seed of interest and
to enhance their knowledge and it turned out to be a
grand success. The event turned out to be a grand
success because of the untiring work & support of all
the Library staff members.
July 2016 PAGE 4
School Highlights
Book Exhibition
Behind every stack of books is a
flood of
KNOWLEDGE
The Inauguration & Orientation Programme,
which marked the beginning of a new journey for
young Engineering aspirants on 20th July, 2016. This
was one of the most anticipated events by parents and
students alike. The School welcomed its 15th batch of
B.Tech. Students with open arms.
The morning hours of the 20th of July, 2016 witnessed
uninhibited enthusiasm and joy in the faces of around
700 new entrants, who commenced their new journey
by lighting a lamp, seeking blessings from Goddess
Saraswati, the embodiment of knowledge and AMMA
-Satguru Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. Following this
devout gesture, the students and their parents were
escorted to the venue of the programme.
The inauguration ceremony started with the lighting of
the lamp by Poojya Swami Amritageetananda
Puri and other dignitaries. Ms. G.S. Jyotsna, Asstistant
Professor, Dept. of English called upon Ms. Anagha
Menon (III Year CSE student) to render the
invocation song. Following this, the Campus Director
Br. Dhanraj Swami warmly welcomed Poojya Swami
Amritageetananda Puri, senior most disciple of
AMMA, Chief Guest Dr. Gopalan Jagadeesh,
Professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering,
IISc, Bengaluru, Associate Dean & Head, ASE-B
Dr. Rakesh S.G and others.
The insights Br. Dhanraj Swami offered energized the
students and offered them unique perspectives on
seemingly mundane occurrences. Poojya Swami
Amritageetananda Puri addressed the august gathering
and discussed the role of spirituality in society,
inherent infinite potential in students and the
importance of equanimity & purity of the mind.
Dr. Rakesh S.G., Associate Dean, expounded on
Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham & Amrita School of Engineering,
Bengaluru and highlighted the achievements of Amrita
on various fronts. He then proceeded to administer
the oath to the new students, following which he
introduced the Chief Guest of the day, Dr. Gopalan
Jagadeesh.
Dr. Jagadeesh's address was humorous yet impressed
upon all the essence of focus, appreciating sage advice,
having the right mindset and being in good company.
The audience was captivated by his verbose delivery
filled with anecdotes and analogies.
The gathering was entreated to a special address by an
alumnus Mr. Saagar Anand (Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, Batch of 2012) who advised the students
on how to make the most of their time and the need to
hone communication skills. Mr. Sanjay R., President,
Amritadhara (III Year, Mechanical Engineering)
welcomed the students on behalf of the student
council and assured them assistance and a memorable
journey ahead.
The Vote of Thanks was proposed by Dr. K.N.
Meera, Asst. Professor, Department of Mathematics.
Poojya Swami Amritageetanandapuri distributed
Prasadam to the gathering, which was followed by a
sumptuous lunch arranged by the School for all the
parents and their wards.
July 2016 PAGE 5
School Highlights
B.Tech. I Year Inauguration
July 2016 PAGE 6
School Highlights
B.Tech. I Year Inauguration
The School hosted the workshop on 5G
Internet of Things (IoT) jointly with the 25th Global
ICT Standardization Forum for India (GISFI)
Standardization Meeting (GSSM) from 21st to 23
rd of
July, 2016. The three-day event had Dr. Smriti Dagur,
President of the Institution of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering (IETE),
Prof. Ramjee Prasad, Founder & Chairman, GISFI,
Ms. Tulika Pandey, Director, Ministry of
Communications & Information Technology,
Government of India and various other distinguished
guests. The meet was to discuss “5G IoT Technology”
and its implementation in Indian cities and villages.
The first day of the program began on an auspicious
note with the lighting of the lamp and an invocation
song by Ms. Saranya V.G. (III Year, ECE). Dr. Shikha
Tripathi, Chairman, Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering welcomed the attendees
and Dr. Rakesh S.G., Associate Dean and Head, ASE,
Bengaluru gave an bird’s eye view of the University &
the School and wished the participants well.
Campus Director Br. Dhanraj Swami addressed the
gathering, following which the audience was briefed
about the workshop by Coordinator Dr. Navin
Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE. Various
guests were also invited on stage to address the
audience. Prof. Ramjee Prasad enlightened the
audience with a speech ripe with witty remarks and
anecdotes. The Chief Guest, Ms. Smriti Dagur, spoke
of the importance of technology and scientific develop-
ments reaching rural India.
The Guest of Honor, Ms. Tulika Pandey, who was
present at the event expressed her support in
embracing the new technology and requested the
delegates to send all consensus and reports to the
Government of India for assistance in integrating
scientific work into national planning. Before the
Technical Presentations, Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan,
Chairman, Department of CSE, ASE-B, proposed the
Vote of Thanks.
The Technical Presentations began with the Keynote
Address by Dr. Anand Prasad, Chief Advanced
Technologist, NEC Corporation, Japan, who spoke
about 5G IoT Technology. Delegates from the
academia and premier institutions across the world
discussed of the future of IoT and how it could poten-
tially change the world. Presenters were posed with
questions from the audience at the end of every lec-
ture.
The speakers stressed on the need for enhanced gov-
ernment support for research and many spoke about
how 5G IoT Technology could be the first step in
achieving government initiatives such as The Smart
City program and Digital India. A decision was taken
to bridge the gap between the ongoing research work
and government initiatives. The first day culminated
with a programme presented by the student cultural
ensemble ‘Amritadhara’.
The attendees were treated with harmonious classical
music performances of Ms. Yamini Madan (III Year
CSE) and Ms. Lakshmisri Karra (II Year ECE). The
classical dance performed by Ms. Aparna Pallavaraja
(II Year CSE) energized the audience. The group
dance performances were thoroughly enjoyed by all
present.
July 2016 PAGE 7
School Highlights
5G Internet of Things
July 2016 PAGE 8
School Highlights
5G Internet of Things
On the second day, Prof. Ramjee took the meeting
forward with a stimulating address. Privacy and
Security concerns regarding the implementation of
IoT was discussed in great detail by experts in the
industry. Dr. Prasant Mishra, Scientist at CTO
Innovation Labs, TCS, emphasized the need for
consumer-centric models for Smart Tech. in IoT.
Four Amrita Scholars also presented their research
and were appreciated by industry experts for their
innovation. A delegate also offered support for
inter-organizational research activities and projects
between universities.
The day ended with the Research Scholars' Forum
where scholars from GISFI presented their research
work.
The third and final day of the event started with
Prof. Ramjee acknowledging the great attendance and
participation of the delegates. The day was marked
with seven GISFI sessions based on various technical
aspects of Information and Communication
Technology. Throughout the day and till the end of
the event, various delegates pitched for greater
interaction between GISFI meets and the Government
of India. The event ended with dissemination of
information and resolutions for the future.
July 2016 PAGE 9
School Highlights
5G Internet of Things
The School organized a formal Orientation
Programme for the B.Tech. I Year students on the 25th
& 26th of July 2016 in batches.
Associate Dean & Head Dr. Rakesh S.G. apprised the
students of various aspects of campus life, academic
administration, teaching, learning & evaluation
processes, rules & regulations, infrastructure & sports
facilities available in the campus, discipline, ragging
etc., during these sessions.
He also informed the students about the research
activities being carried out in the University,
collaborations with foreign Universities, student
exchange programmes, national & international
rankings, accreditations etc.
Students were overwhelmed when Associate Dean
made them understand ‘How Big & How Good We
Are’ as a University. They were thrilled to know that
the students of Amrita University are preferred to
students of other Universities by the employers, as the
Amritians are loaded with opportunities to imbibe
good human values along with academics of good
rigour all through their course of study.
Each session lasted for about 3 hours at the end of
which the students were convinced that they are in the
right place & in the right hands and they get
education not only for living, but also for life.
July 2016 PAGE 10
School Highlights
B.Tech. I Year Orientation
The School welcomed its new batch of
M.Tech. students on 27th July, 2016.
The enthusiastic and ambitious new entrants started
their new journey by lighting the lamp and seeking the
blessings of the Goddess Saraswati, the embodiment
of knowledge and Mata Amritanandamayi Devi,
fondly called AMMA. Following this, the orientation
session commenced in Amriteshwari Hall, which
hosted the new batch of M.Tech. students and their
parents.
Ms. V.S. Kirthika Devi, Asst. Professor, Dept. of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering greeted the
gathering and called upon Ms. Srrayvinya, (II Year
M.Tech., VLSI Design) to render the invocation song.
Dr. T.K. Ramesh, Vice Chairman, Dept. of ECE
welcomed the august gathering. Dr. Rakesh S.G.,
Associate Dean & Head then addressed the gathering
and briefed on Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Amrita School of
Engineering, Bengaluru and highlighted the
achievements of Amrita on various fronts. He then
informed the students about the education system,
rules & regulations to be followed and invited them to
join the student exchange programme in their second
year of study. He also assured them a ragging-free
campus and concluded by delivering the statistics of
placements last year.
Mr. G. Radhakrishnan, Vice Chairman, Dept. of CSE
and M.Tech. Coordinator explained the importance
of regularity & punctuality and the attendance policy of
the institution.
The event ended on a high note with a meet & greet
session of students and faculty in their respective
classrooms.
July 2016 PAGE 11
School Highlights
M.Tech. I Year Inauguration
Papers Presented
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE
CONFERENCE
Presented by:
Tripty Singh
Author(s):
Tripty Singh
Josna Mary C.
“Development of Accurate
Face Recognition process
flow for Authentication”
29th -30
th
July, 2016
Proceedings of Fourth International
Conference on “Emerging Research in
Computing, Information, Communication &
Applications” (ERCICA-2016) in Nitte
Meenakshi Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Proceedings will be published by Springer
Scopus Indexed
Ms. Priyanka Vivek joined as Assistant Professor in
the Department of Computer Science &
Engineering on 13th July 2016.
She completed her M.Tech.
in CSE from Amrita School
of Engineering, Bengaluru
Campus. She is pursuing her
research and her areas of
interest include Data Mining
in Healthcare, Machine
Learning, Text Analytics and
Software Engineering.
Ms. Manju Venugopalan joined as Assistant
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
& Engineering on 13th July
2016. She completed her
M.Tech. in Computer
Science & Engineering from
A m r i t a S c h o o l o f
Engineering, Bengaluru
Campus. She is pursuing her
research and her areas of
interest include Machine
Learning, Data Mining,
Natural Language Processing and Analysis of
Algorithms.
Other News
Department of CSE
July 2016 PAGE 12
Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE
CONFERENCE
Presented by:
Ponni M.
Author(s):
Ponni M.
Madhura P.
Poster Title: “A novel coarse
grained re- configurable array for
reducing hardware compilation
time”
25th to 27
th
July 2016
Highly Efficient Accelerators and
Re-configurable Architectures
HEART 2016, Hong Kong
Presented by:
Nitiyanka Dohare
Author(s):
Nitiyanka Dohare
(M.Tech. Student)
Sonali Agrawal
“APB Based AHB Inter-connect
Test Bench Architecture Using
UVM-Config-db”
22nd to 24
tth
July 2016
2nd International Conference on
Computing Paradigms (ICCP) 2016,
organized by Don Bosco College,
Yelagiri Hills, TN, India and
Integrated Intelligent Research,
Chennai, India.
Department of ECE
July 2016 PAGE 13
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE
Organizing Chair:
Dr. Shikha Tripathi
Workshop Coordinator:
Dr Navin Kumar
Dr. T.S. B. Sudarshan
Assisted by:
Mr. Sagar B.
“5G Internet of Things” 21st to 23
rd
July 2016
Amrita School of Engineering,
Bengaluru
Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Organized
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE
Ms. Ponni M. Croucher Summer Course on
“Performance Aware
Programming with Application
Accelerators”
18th to 22
nd
July 2016
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Shikha Tripathi,
Ms. Lalitha,
Ms. Susmitha Vekkot
Ms. Padmini P. Reddy
Ms. Sushmitha
Vekkot’s Ph.D. abstract was
selected for 5 minute Ph.D.
thesis Presentation
Summer School on “Speech
Signal Processing (S4P)” - 2016
Speech Source Modelling and its
Applications
4th to 8
th July
2016
DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended
A lead technical talk on “Mobile and Wireless
Technology Evolution and Challenges &
Opportunity in 5G Cellular”, a key note talk was
delivered by Dr. Navin Kumar during FDP at
BMIT, Bangalore during 11th -16
th July, 2016.
Ms. Sreeja Kochuvila joined the department as
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.)
on 11th July 2016. She holds
B.Tech. (EEE) degree from
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
Technology, M.Tech.
(Instrumentation & Control
Systems) from NIT, Calicut.
She is pursuing Ph.D. in the
area of Robotics and Control
at Amrita School of
Engineering, Bengaluru. Her areas of interest are
Control Engineering, Robotics and Signal
Processing. She has a teaching experience of about
10 years.
Dr. Chithra R. joined as Assistant Professor (S.G.)
in the Department of ECE on 11th July 2016. She
holds a B.Tech. (ECE)
degree from Amrita School
of Engineering, Amritapuri,
M.Tech. (Communication
& Signal Processing) from
NIT, Rourkela and Ph.D. in
Wireless and Mobile
Communication from NIT,
Rourkela. Her areas of
interest are Mobile Commu-
nication, Communication and Signal Processing.
The KSCST project titled, “Effective
Implementation of Automated Fertilization Unit
using Arduino & Analog pH Sensor” has been
selected for state level seminar & exhibition to be
held at ‘BLDE Associations Vachana Pitamaha,
Dr. P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering and
Technology', Bijapur on 19th & 20
th of August 2016.
The project was carried out by Ms. Antara
Chakraborty (Student of 2012-2016 Batch,
Department of EEE), Ms. Anjali S. Nair (Student
of 2012-2016 Batch, Department of ECE),
Mr. Prince Gupta (Student of 2012-2016 Batch,
Department of EEE), Mr. Nitish Nair (Student of
2012-2016 Batch, Department of EEE) under the
guidance of Mr. Sagar B. from the Department of
ECE and Ms. Lekshmi S. from the Department of
EEE.
MUDRA
The census in 2011 revealed that over 26
million people in India (2.1% of the total population)
have some kind of disability. The speech impaired
people account for 7.68% of the total disabled people.
These segments of society suffer in their day to day life
as they are unable to communicate or express
effectively. The usual mode of their communication is
through hand gestures and symbols which is often
misunderstood or ridiculed by the general public as
they are not aware of them. This devoid has certainly
hampered speech impaired people of their normal life
and are isolated with social insecurities.
In a vision to bridge the gap between normal and
speech disabled people; 4 B-Tech students under
Amrita Robotics Research Lab (ARRL) have devised a
wearable glove “MUDRA” upholding the social driven
values of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. This team at
ARRL has come up with the first working prototype
and the demonstrator is as shown in the figure below.
Faculty Achievements/
Participation/Recognition
Department of ECE
July 2016 PAGE 14
Other News
Student Achievements
The glove converts the hand gestures to voice output.
It’s economical with the cost of the prototype is
approximately INR 7500 and the team has worked for
over 4 months in this regard.
MUDRA demonstrator glove worn on hand which can convert gesture to voice
The glove in its present form can recognize numbers
from one to ten and “Indian Sign Language” gestures
of words like morning, good, thank you, night.. to
name a few. It is now in the advance development and
refinement stage of its production cycle. The team has
started to validate its social feasibility and the
preliminary results have proven to be very encouraging.
They are confident that it will be a reality in the near
future catering to the needs of the speech impaired
people and encourage them to have a normal life with
more ease. Also, the team exudes that the glove is more
versatile and can be interfaced with medical
instruments to benefit remote operation, used as input
Student Achievements
Department of ECE
July 2016 PAGE 15
KNOWLEDGE is like manure. It’s only good when spread.
Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE
CONFERENCE
Presented By:
Siva Kumar
Author(s):
Siva Kumar
J. Ramprabhakar
Shankar S.
“Coordination of Wind-Hydro
Energy Conversion System with
Sliding Mode Control”
4th to 6
th July,
2016
First IEEE International Conference
on Power Electronics, Intelligent
Control and Energy Systems
(ICPEICES 2016), at Delhi
Technological University, Delhi.
Department of EEE
July 2016 PAGE 16
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE
Dr. K. Deepa
Ms. Manitha P.V.
FDP on Power system design and
analysis using DIgSILENT
power factory software with
DELLSOFT Technologies Pvt.
Ltd.
11th to 13
th
July, 2016
Webinar
Ms. Manitha P.V. FDP on Circuit simulation / PCB
design using Target 3001!
Software with DELLSOFT
Technologies Pvt. Ltd
13th July,
2016
Webinar
Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended
Dr. J. Ram Prabhakar reviewed the following
manuscripts:
“A New adaptive state of charge control for hybrid
energy conversion systems” for International Journal
‘IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion’.
“A Novel approach to solve power in islanded micro
grids” for International Journal ‘IEEE Transaction on
Sustainable Energy’.
“Design and Experimental Validation of Photovoltaic-
Thermal collector articles” for International Journal
'Energy and Conversion Management' by Elsevier.
“Optimization of Diversion Tunnel Diameter in
Storage Dams for Minimum Construction Costs” for
International Journal 'Energy Journal' by Elsevier.
Two events were conducted by IEEE PES & IAS
Joint Student Branch Chapter, Amrita School of
Engineering, Bengaluru. Both these events were attended
by B.Tech. and M.Tech. students of the Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Details of the events are as below:
Seminar titled “Overview of aircraft electrical systems”
was arranged on 22nd July, 2016. The guest speaker
was Mr. P.V.R. Saikiran
Scientist in CSIR-National
Aerospace Laboratories
(NAL), India. Mr. Saikiran
commenced the session by
p r o v i d i n g a b r i e f
introduction on the
Faculty Achievements/
Participation/Recognition Departmental Forum Activity
aerospace related disciplines and R&D at NAL.
The main focus was on the role of power
electronics in the evolution of electrical systems in
the aircrafts. Mr. Saikiran also covered the
standards used for an aircraft electrical power
generation and distribution system. Alongside, a
research work in power electronics carried at NAL
was elaborated and he shared some insight
information regarding internships and work
opportunities at NAL with the students. It was
indeed a session to gain knowledge about the
electrical system employed in aircrafts.
Seminar titled “Propulsion Equipment for
Indian Railway”" was arranged on 28th July, 2016
from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm. The guest speaker was
Mr. Shekar R., DGM BHEL-EDN. He was
accompanied by
Mr, V. V. N. S. S. R. M.
Krishna, Sr. Engineer
BHEL-EDN. Mr. Shekar
started the event with the
evolution of Indian
Railways i.e., from steam
to electric locomotives.
His main focus was on the role of power electron-
ics in the evolution of electric traction. He also
highlighted the use and advantages of IGBTs for
the traction purpose of locomotives. Mr. Shekar
described briefly about the nomenclature of locos
(eg., WAG9, WAP5, WAP7) and covered about
the development, manufacture and supply of 3-
Phase IGBT-based propulsion systems for Electric
Locomotives and AC EMUs for Indian Railways.
The session was a great opportunity for the
students to get equipped with the knowledge and
ideas related to the advancement of power
electronics in the field of traction.
The IEEE- WIE Student Branch Affinity Group of
the School organized a talk on “Work Life Balance”.
The theme of the talk involved the significance of
prioritizing between work and
personal life. The talk was
delivered by Dr. D.N.
Sujatha, Chairman of IEEE-
WIE affinity group,
Bangalore section on 29th July,
2016 from 2.30 pm to 4.30
pm. The event was attended
by B.Tech. and M.Tech. students. Dr. D. N. Sujatha
explained work-life balance and stressed on deliberate
sharing of works, perks at work and the support
systems. She briefed about the IEEE-WIE affinity
group and the events planned for this year ahead. She
closed the session by mentioning about the benefits of
being a member of IEEE and suggested ideas to
encourage & drive students to join the association.
Department of EEE
July 2016 PAGE 17
IEEE-WIE Student Chapter
Papers Presented
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE
CONFERENCE
Presented by:
Mrudula Prashanth
Author(s):
Mrudula Prashanth
B.P. Harichandra,
Associate Professor,
MSRIT, Bengaluru
S.V. Prakash
Professor & Head,
CMRIT, Bengaluru.
“Evaluation of fatigue
properties of EN31 steel heat
treated using biodegradable
gingily oil”
16th July,
2016
IConAMMA – 2016
IOP Conference Series: Materials
Science and Engineering, organized by
D e p a r t m e n t o f M e c h a n i c a l
Engineering, Amrita School of
Engineer ing, Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Scopus indexed
Presented by:
Shali S.
Author(s):
Nagaraja S.R.
Jafarali P.
Associate Research
Scientist, Kuwait
Institute of Scientific
Research
“Non-uniform Beam Vibration
using Differential Transform
Method”
15th July
2016
Presented by:
Smita Singh
Author(s)
S.N. Basavanagowda
M.U. Aswath
R.V. Ranganath
“Durability of Bricks Coated with
Red mud Based Geopolymer
Paste”
15th July
2016
Presented by:
Sandeep Koundinya
Author(s):
Sandeep Koundinya
Vignesh Kumar N.
Assistant Professor
KPR Institute of
Engineering and
Technology
A.S. Krishnan
Associate Professor
Coimbatore Institute
of Technology
“Computational and
Experimental study of fluid flow
and heat transfer characteristics in
porous media.”
15th July
2016
Department of ME
July 2016 PAGE 18
Papers Presented
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE
CONFERENCE
Presented by: Abinav
R.
Author(s):
Abinav R.
Nambiar G.K.
S8 students)
Debjyoti Sahu
“A case study of a low power
vapour adsorption refrigeration
system”
16th July
2016
IConAMMA – 2016
IOP Conference Series: Materials
Science and Engineering, organized by
D e p a r t m e n t o f M e c h a n i c a l
Engineering, Amrita School of
Engineer ing, Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Scopus indexed
Presented by: Vinod
Kotebavi
Author(s): Harikrish-
nan S.S. (M.Tech.
Student)
Vinod Kotebavi
“Performance Study of Solar
Heat Pipe with Different
Working Fluids and Fill Ratios”
15th July
2016
Presented by:
Vinod Kotebavi
Author(s):
Hithesh U.Warrier
(M.Tech. Student)
Vinod Kotebavi
“Heat Transfer Enhancement in
solar Air Heater Duct Fitted with
Punched Hole Delta Winglets”
15th July
2016
Department of ME
July 2016 PAGE 19
Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi reviewed a
paper for “International Journal of
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Sciences
(IJMMS)”, published by Inderscience
Publishers.
SAEINDIA Collegiate Club, ASE-Bengaluru
has qualified for the Main BAJA SAEINDIA. BAJA is
an event for the undergraduate engineering students,
organized globally by the Society of Automotive
Engineers. The Virtual Baja is the first round in this
competition and it was held on 24th June 2016 at Christ
University, Bengaluru. Five students from a team of 25
represented the Collegiate Club. They gave a
presentation on the virtual design of their All-terrain
vehicle and online exam.
Facutly Achievements/
Participation/Recognition SAEINDIA Collegiate Club
Mr. Dineshkumar L., joined the department on 14th
July 2016. He completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical
Engineering as well as
M.Tech. in Engineering
Design from Amrita School
of Engineering, Ettimadai.
He possesses a research
experience of 6 months as
‘Junior Research Fellow
(JRF)’ in UP (Polytechnic
University of Catalunya),
ETSEIB, Barcelona, Spain.
His areas of interest are Heat & Mass Transfer,
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite
Element Method. He is a gold medalist in his PG
Programme.
Mr. Sreekanth N., joined the department on 13th
July 2016. He completed B.Tech. in Mechanical
Engineering from MCET,
M.G. Universtiy, Kerala and
M.Tech. in Thermal
Science & Energy Systems
from Amrita School of
Engineering, Bengaluru. His
areas of interest are Heat &
Mass Transfer and
Computational Fluids.
Mr. Prabhudev B.M, joined the department on 13th
July 2016. He completed his B.Tech. in
Mechanical Engineering
from GMIT, Davanagere
and M.Tech. in Thermal
Power Engineering from
Adichunchanagiri Institute
of Technology,
Chickmagaluru. He is
currently pursuing Ph.D.
in the domain of ‘Shock
Waves’ at Amrita School
of Engineering, Bengaluru, Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham. He has a teaching experience of
one year as ‘Assistant Professor’ at CBIT, Kolar. He
also has industry experience of 6 months as a
‘Quality Inspection Engineer’ at GTS, Bengaluru.
His areas of interest are Heat Transfer, Fluid
Mechanics, Energy Systems and Shock waves.
Other News
Department of ME
July 2016 PAGE 20
Power is gained by sharing KNOWLEDGE, not hoarding it
Papers Published
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
NAME TITLE MONTH
& YEAR
NAME OF THE
PUBLICATION
M. Dharani
C.S. Shastry
“Band Structures in Transmission
Coefficients Generated by Dirac
Comb Potentials”
July, 2016 Physica B; Vol. 500
Page No. 66-76
Impact Factor : 1.353
Elsevier
Papers Presented
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE
CONFERENCE
K.N. Venkatachalaiah “Mimosa pudica (L.) assisted
green synthesis and
Photoluminescence Studies of
Y2O3:Mg2+
nanophosphor for
display applications”
14th to 16
th
July, 2016
IConAMMA 2016—International
Conference on Advances in Materials
& Manufacturing Applications, Amrita
School of Engineering, Bengaluru
Dr. Kumaraswamy G.N. Chaired a Session for the
papers in Physics stream in IConAMMA 2016
from 14th to 16
th July 2016.
Dr. D. Praveen Co-Chaired Sessions for all the
papers in Physics stream in IConAMMA 2016
from 14th to 16
th July 2016.
Faculty Achievements/
Participation/Recognition
Department of Sciences & Humanities
July 2016 PAGE 2 1
Physics
Gaining KNOWLEDGE is the first step to wisdom… Sharing it, is the first step to humanity
Department of Sciences & Humanities
July 2016 PAGE 22
Dr. Neetu Srivastava has reviewed the following
papers for the International journal of Engineering,
Material Energy and Research Centre, Iran:
1. Two -Fluid Electrokinetic flow in circular
Microchannel.
2. Numerical and Theoretical analysis for single
viscous disk- pump.
3. An investigation on the stability, electrical and
thermal characteristics of the insulting oil
nanofluids.
Dr. Bhaskar B.L. Chaired a Session for the papers
in Material Science stream in IConAMMA 2016
from 14th to 16
th July 2016
Faculty Achievements/
Participation/Recognition
Faculty Achievements/
Participation/Recognition
Mathematics Chemistry
English
Papers Published
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
NAME TITLE MONTH
& YEAR
NAME OF THE
PUBLICATION
Deepthi Janardhan
Jyotsna G.S.
A paper on “Alternative
Pedagogies”
June 2016 International Journal of Advanced
Research, Vol: 4, Issue 6, ISSN: 2320-
5407, Pages:2141-2145
NATIONAL JOURNAL
Deepa Kumari S. “Demystifying the fallacy
concealed under the portrayal of
emboldened female characters in
K.Balachander’s movies”
July 2016 Literature and Technology : An
Interface : Collection of Edited
Articles ,ISBN :13#978-81-924422-7-3,
Pages: 56-59
Department of Cultural Education
July 2016 PAGE 23
A workshop on ‘Puppet Training’ was
conducted on 8th, 9
th and 10
th of July, 2016. Gitamritam
students from various campus of Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham participated in this workshop.
The workshop was organised by Dhyanamrita
Chaitanya Swami and
Mr. Shankar Kumaran.
The trainers were from
Kerala who are practicing
the puppet tradition in
temples even now with
200 year old puppets.
Director Br. Dhanraj
Swami and Associate Dean, Dr. Rakesh S.G..
complimented the trainers for their play on Ramayana.
The motto of the workshop is to spread the message of
BHAGAVAD GITA across various schools and
colleges by means of puppet shows and to bring back
our old tradition of puppet shows. In the due course of
the workshop, students have learned to make puppets
and to run a play with puppets. Also, there are few
upgradations done by the students to the old practices
like added background music, used modern characters,
improved lightings and made puppets out of card-
boards.
The students participated with full dedication and m
ade the workshop a success and therefore helped in
carrying out the message of Gita to various upcoming
generations. Few students who came to watch the play
of puppets by Gitamritam students were surprised and
amazed about the play and they showed interest to be
part of this workshop in future.
Yoga Competition
The All India School and College Level YO-
GASANA CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 was held on 22nd
and 23rd of July, 2016 at Malleswaram, Bengaluru.
Three students from Amrita School of Engineering,
Bengaluru (Mr. Shubash and Mr. Kushal of S3 EIE,
and Mr. Mujahid of S3 ECE) participated in the com-
petition. They have performed the following asanas in
the competition:
1. Mr. Kushal- hanuman janushirshasan, padangusta
dhanurasan.
2. Mr. Subhash- titipasan, padma bakasana.
3. Mr. Mujahid-padma mayurasan, eka paada rajaka-
pothasan
These 3 students of Amrita school of Engineering
bagged “A grade” certificates and awards from amongst
700 participants.
Puppet Training
Student Achievements
Department of CIR
July 2016 PAGE 24
The placement update pertaining to students of
ASE-B as on end July, 2016 is illustrated below:
Students of ASE-B who have obtained internship
during their last year of study is as given below:
Company ECE EEE CSE ME
CISCO 1 - - -
Micro
Focus
1 - - -
Xome - - 1 -
Robert
Bosch
9 3 7 7
Zoho - - 1 -
Novell 1 - 1 -
Earnest &
Young
- - 3 -
National
Star
- - 5 -
Company B.Tech. M.Tech.
Amazon 1 -
CISCO 1 -
Zoho 1 -
Thermofisher 1 -
Fire Eye 1 2
Altair - 1
Synopsys - 1
Placement Update Internship Update
The pursuit of KNOWLEDGE is never ending. The day you stop seeking
knowledge, is the day you stop growing.
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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
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