Kriti The E-Newsletter Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore
"Never be depressed seeing the obstacles on your path. You have the lamp of faith with you. Light it. Perform your actions with care and attention, with the attitude that everything you do is an offering to God. " -Amma
Pro-Chancellor s Visit to the Campus SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS Pro-Chancellor, Br. Abhayamrita Chaitanya visited ASE Bangalore on 3rd March 2010. In his address to the faculty, he emphasized the need for taking pride in Indianness. He also called for a collective effort in the field of research from the entire faculty to lift the Institute to greater heights. On this occasion, the Pro-Chancellor introduced Sri. P. Venugopal, HR Director, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, who had accompanied him. Pro-Chancellor s speech was followed by Q&A session in which he clarified the administrative and academic doubts of the faculty. In this session he also made the faculty aware of the system that recognizes the excellence of a teacher in the field of teaching; and spoke about introducing incentive programme for faculty s contribution in the field of research. Dean Academics at TREAT - 2010 Dr. Nagaraj B. N., Dean Academics was invited to attend the deliberations of TREAT-2010, the International Conference on Trends and Advances in Transportation Engineering held by Association of Bangalore University Highway Engineering Alumni on 10 th and 11 th March 2010 in Bangalore. Dr. Nagaraj was also a panelist on the subject The Role of Engineering Colleges- the Way Forward. Realize that the real problem is not what is happening, but how you are reacting to it. -Amma
Why be anxious thinking about tomorrow? What happened even a moment ago is like a cancelled check. - Amma DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING PAPERS PRESENTED International Conference NAME PAPER PRESENTED DATE NAME OF EVENT/ PUBLICATION Co-Author Kusuma Keerthi Presented by Mr. P. V. Rao (Asst. Prof., RNSIT, Bangalore) Image Compression Using Artificial Neural Networks 9 th - 11 th March 2010 National Conference The 2 nd International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2010), Bangalore, India R. Jeyanthi K. Deepa Presented by- Ashwini Mary Job and Vaishak Venkat (Students of EIE VIII semester) Design and Analysis of a Generic Control Loop Feedback Mechanism for a Four Tank System 5 th March 2010 National Conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems (NCIEES 10), organized by and held at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Sai Leo Nagar, West Tambaram, Chennai Ashwini Mary Job, Deepika Padiyar, Kishore Shek Ahmed, Vaishak Venkat (Students of VIII sem EIE) Co-Author - K. Deepa Presented by- Deepika Padiyar and Kishore Shek Ahmed Remote Monitoring of Patient Parameters Using Body Area Networks 5 th March 2010 National Conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems (NCIEES 10) organized by and held at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Sai Leo Nagar, West Tambaram, Chennai V. Naveen Kumar Santosh Hariharan (Students of EIE VI semester) Study of Graphene Based Transistor - The BISFET 5th March 2010 National Level Technical Symposium organized by Society of Electronics & Communication at TJ Institute of Technology,Chennai
WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER Satish K. Manocha Conference on M.I.T. (Boston, USA) and Cyber Media India Em India 2010 DATE 8 th -9 th March 2010 VENUE ITC Hotel, Bangalore S. Ravishankar Kirti S. Pande Seminar on Analog & Mixed Signal Mentor Graphics, Bangalore 12 th March 2010 Mentor Graphics, Bangalore STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS A technical paper Remote Monitoring of Patient Parameters Using Body Area Networks won the Best Paper Award at the National Conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems organized by Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai on 5 th March 2010. This paper was jointly authored by Ashwini Mary Job, Deepika Padiyar, Kishore Shek Ahmed and Vaishak Venkat students of VIII semester EIE under the guidance of faculty K. Deepa A paper titled Study of Graphene Based Transistor - the BISFET presented by V. Naveen Kumar and Santosh Hariharan, Students of EIE VI semester, won the Best Paper Award at National Level Technical Symposium organized by Society of Electronics & Communication at TJ Institute of Technology, Chennai on 5 th March 2010 Mr. Gurucharan V. Karnad and Mr. Ninad R. N., students of VIII semester ECE, secured the Second Prize for the event Project Display at WAVES, the National Level Technical Symposium organized by SEEE, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai held from 22 nd to 24 th March 2010 Develop selflessness and reduce your personal comforts as far as possible - Amma
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Inauguration of CSE Forum - FACE FACE - Forum for aspiring Computer Engineers was inaugurated on 3 rd March 2010 by Mr. Bhagawan Krishna, HR Director, Motorola. The first two events to be conducted under this forum were a Quiz and C Classes. The mental attitude of a person is transmitted in his actions - Amma
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. K. S. Amit Kumar, VIII semester student has secured 53 rd rank in All India GATE Examination 2010 with a percentile of 99.90% and a score of 860 out of 1000. OTHER NEWS The VI semester students visited a Sub-Station of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited located in Hosur on 6 th March 2010 accompanied by faculty members Ms. Kavitha J., Ms. Sailaja V., Mr. Giriraja and lab staff Mr. Avinash. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS PAPERS PUBLISHED International Journal NAME PAPER PUBLISHED DATE NAME OF PUBLICATION H. T. Rathod A. S. Hariprasad B. Venkatesh C. S. Nagabhushana The Use of Quintic Splines for High Accuracy Function and Integral Function Approximations Volume (4), March 2010, pg104-128 International e-journal of Numerical Analysis and Related Topics OTHER NEWS Dr. P. Anantha Lakshmi Narayana joined the Amrita family on 08 th March 2010 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. The mental attitude of a person is transmitted in his actions - Amma
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OTHER NEWS Mr. Kiran Kumar K. joined the college as Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) on 5 th March 2010 Instrumentation and Control Systems Lab was established and started functioning in the month of March 2010. The Mechanical Engineering forum Ingenium organised: A technical talk on IC Engines by Mr. Lakshmipathi from Honeywell on 25th March 2010 A workshop on Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing by Mr. K. Satyanarayan from Epitome Consultancy. Children should be brought up with an understanding of their culture - Amma
CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY FACULTY PARTICIPATION Ms. Deepa K. R. and Mr. Umesh N. participated in Cisco SAARC Academy Meet conducted by Cisco Systems at Taj Residency, Bangalore on 26 th March 2010. At the SAARC Academy Meet, Cisco Systems appreciated the Networking Club running as part of Cisco Networking Academy at Amrita, Bangalore campus for successfully conducting a National level Technical Fest, Netwarz 09. OTHER NEWS Networking Club and Cisco Networking Academy jointly conducted a workshop for the students on Internet Simulation on 10 th March 2010. The workshop was also marked by an invited talk by Mr. Shripad Sengaonkar from Juniper Networks. Cisco Systems organized an Interactive session with top lady executives of Cisco Systems for the college girls in Bangalore on 20 th March 2010. This program was attended by students from various colleges in Bangalore, and 28 students from different branches of ASE, Bangalore. Mr. Luca Lepore, Education Program Manager East Mediterranean, Cisco Networking Academy, visited the Cisco Networking Academy at ASE Bangalore on 31 st March 2010. CCNA students took this opportunity to have an interactive session with him on the career opportunities in the East Mediterranean. Perform your actions with an attitude of worship - Amma
PLACEMENT CELL The month of March was eventful for the Placement Cell gearing up for the Placements of the 2007 batch. Various training companies of the city were roped in by the Placement cell to provide training on technical and soft skills for the corporate, and competitive exams. Seminar on Foreign Languages was conducted by Vidushi Academy on 1 st March 2010. TIME conducted a seminar on CAT for the aspiring students on 2 nd March 2010. Workshop on Mobile Technology was conducted on 4 th & 5 th March 2010 by Nextgen Telesystems Pvt. Ltd. Leaders Ladder, a leading training company that provides high quality training solutions on soft skills, conducted a workshop on Creativity & Problem Solving on 9 th & 10 th March 2010. Seminar on Industrial Automation on 25 th March 2010 by Prolific, India s Number one Company in Industrial Automation training and Projects. Workshop on Aptitude, C, C++, GD & PI was conducted by Ethnus 27 th March 2010. Seminar on Ship Technology / Offshore Engineering on 29 th March 2010 by Dr. S.K Pyarilal, Former Head, Dept of Ship Technology, CUSAT. Seminar on Emerging Technologies was conducted by AbhedyaSoft on 30 th March 2010. The real center is within. It is not to be found in the external world -Amma
PLACEMENT CELL The placement of 2010 batch has touched a new high of 95% with several leading companies visiting the campus such as Patni Computers, Sprint Technologies Pvt. Ltd, and Microsoft for recruitment. PLACEMENT ANALYSIS 2010 Passing Out Batch (Placements Under Progress) Placement Branch Wise Sl B.Tech M.Tech TOTAL Name of the Company No CSE IT ECE EEE EIE Total VLSI (Overall) 1 MARICO / SCHNEIDER 1 1 1 2 SUBEX 1 1 1 3 COGNIZANT 51 29 71 15 18 184 2 186 4 INFOSYS 23 11 19 11 14 78 78 5 HP Services 3 1 1 2 1 8 8 6 IBM India Ltd (Actual count -20 Dream Option-11 Fresh Placements-9) 5 1 2 1 9 9 7 ROBERT BOSCH 1 1 2 2 8 BIRLASOFT 6 6 5 17 17 9 ACCENTURE (Actual count -28 Dream Option-5 Fresh Placements-23) 4 2 5 5 7 23 23 10 TITAN 1 1 1 11 MINDTREE 1 1 2 2 12 PATNI 3 1 4 4 12 12 13 SPRINT TECHNOLOGY Pvt.Ltd. (Job Guaranteed training program) 2 0 3 0 1 6 1 7 14 UST GLOBAL 1 1 1 3 0 6 2 8 Total Placements 99 52 109 42 48 350 5 355 Total eligible strength 102 55 109 45 54 365 9 374 Placement Status 97% 95% 100% 93% 89% 96% 56% 95% In the eyes of the spiritual aspirant all are different forms of God -Amma
Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean Patron Ms. Smita Sail Assistant Professor Department of English Editor-in-chief Mr. Rajesh M. Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Editor Amrita School of Engineering Kasavanahalli, Carmelaram P.O, Bangalore - 560 035 Ph: 080-2843 9565,2843 9566 Fax: 080-2844 0092 Web: www.amrita.edu