Amrita School of Engineering

Bengaluru

KritiThe E-Newsletter

March ‘11

"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

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

“Our humbleness and large-heartedness are the foundation of our upward progress.”-Amma

SENTIENCE ‘11 – Robotic Competition by ACROM

ACROM, the Amrita Club for Robotics and Mechatronics, held its

maiden robotic competition-Sentience’11 from 5th March to 6th March. The events

judged the strength of the logic and the design of the robots against obstacles

such as sand traps, ramps and of course, robots from the opposing teams. The

event was inaugurated by our correspondent Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, by flagging off

the first event “Robothon”. “Robothon” was a robotic obstacle race that tested the

navigation on the track with obstacles placed at random. The first round required

the robot to navigate across bends and ramps placed at random intervals on the

track.

Day two witnessed “Battlebots”, a robot competition of “sumo”

proportions. The qualification round required the participants to push a black box

out of the ring; whereas, the second round had the robots furiously pushing the

competitors out of the ring. After furious struggles the team PUMA won the first

place.

Sentience’11, under the patronage and support of its mentor Dr.

T.S.B. Sudarshan, was a huge success. The event was attended by the Associate

Dean, Dr. Rakesh S.G.; mentors Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan and Dr. S.R. Nagaraja, Chair of

student’s activities; Dr. Shikha Tripathi and various faculty members.

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“People look for happiness in things whose essential nature is not happiness at all. They go from one object to another.”-Amma

National Symposium on ‘Shock Waves’

The Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted the First

National Symposium on ‘Shock Waves’ on 15th March 2011 in association with

Society for Shock Wave Research (India), Department of Aerospace Engineering,

IISc, Bengaluru. Over 110 delegates participated from IISc, ASE Bengaluru, DRDL

Hyderabad and other Institutions.

The symposium commenced with a formal inauguration function

where the dignitaries lit the lamp. All the members present, observed a minute of

silence as a mark of homage to the deceased of the Tsunami and earthquake in

Japan. Dr. Rakesh S.G., the Associate Dean welcomed the gathering and

introduced the dignitaries to the audience. The key note address was delivered by

Dr. Satish Kumar, Director, TBRL, Chandigarh on “Shock Waves & their

Applications”.

The symposium featured invited talks from distinguished speakers

from various institutions such as IIT Chennai, IIT Guwhati, IISc Bengaluru, BARC,

DRDL etc., and touched upon the emerging facets of research in the area of

shockwaves. Detailed discussions were held on topics such as “Study of Materials

Under Intense Shock Dynamic Loading”, “Heat Transfer and Force Measurement

Studies in Hypersonic Flows”, “Unimolecular HF Elimination of

Monofluorodimethylether and 1,2-difluorodimethyl- ether in the Temperature

Range of 800-1500K”, “Stress Analysis of Hydrogen Recombiner Test Chamber

(HRTC) for Shock Load due to Internal Explosion”, and “Shock Wave based

Therapeutic Device”. The final presentation of the day looked at the occurrences

of Tsunami and its impact on civilization.

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“Change is possible only through action.”-Amma

National Symposium on ‘Shock Waves’

The event concluded with a valedictory function and felicitation of

the speakers and the session chairs. The day ended with much accolade cultural

programme presented by the invited troupe, SPICMACAY and the college

students.

The symposium also included visit to the Laboratory for Hypersonics

and Shock Wave Research at IISc on 16th March 2011, attended by the delegates

and faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, ASE Bengaluru.

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“If we are not ready to willingly change, Nature or God will take up the task in His own way.”-Amma

National workshop on “Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Non-

LinearDifferential Equations- ANSNDE-2011”

The two day National workshop on ‘Analytical and Numerical

Solutions of Non-linear Differential Equations’ was held on 18th and 19th March

2011. The workshop was attended by 80 participants of whom 34 were from

various parts of the country and 46 from different parts of Karnataka. The event

was inaugurated with a ceremony presided over by the by guests Prof P.G.

Siddheshwar and Dr. P.S. Datti; the Correspondent, Br. Dhanraj Swamiji; Prof. C.G.S.

Sarma, Chairman, Department of ECE; and Dr. K.V. Nagaraja, Chairman, Dept. of

Mathematics. Dr. K.V. Nagaraja welcomed the gathering, followed by a key note

address of Prof P.G. Siddheshwar.

Two invited talks were scheduled on day one. The first speaker of the

day was Prof P.S. Datti of TIFR Bangalore. He spoke on solving Linear and Non-

Linear PDE using different transformation methods like Backlund Transformation

method, Point and Hodograph Transformation, Porous Medium Equation, Burger

Equation etc.

The next talk was by Prof. Pradeep G. Siddheshwar of Bangalore

University. In his talk, he emphasized the importance of mathematical modeling,

and its role in non-mathematical disciplines. He discussed the problems which

arise in non-linear equations such as the slipper bearing problem, flow due to a

stretching film, non-Darcy flow through porous media etc. He discussed the

Differential Transform and Homotopy based methods in great detail and stressed

the importance of Mathematica and Matlab. He called upon all researchers to be

tech-savvy and keep themselves abreast of the latest developments.

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“Each kind word, each smiling face, each good action benefits our neighbors, our community and the world.”-Amma

National workshop on “Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Non-

LinearDifferential Equations- ANSNDE-2011”

The second day was dedicated to offer the participants hands-on-

training using Matlab. The participants were familiarized with Matlab commands

starting from the basics up to solving differential equations analytically and

numerically by writing small programs. After the lab sessions, a quiz was

conducted to encourage the participants, of which three of them were adjudged

as best three participants. The workshop concluded with a valedictory function

that was held in the afternoon on 19th March. The participants found the

workshop highly informative, and were appreciative of the organizers. They also

said that they were looking forward for more opportunities to associate with

Amrita Institute. s

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“Always keep a positive attitude towards life. Optimism is a great tool to eliminate agony from life.”-Amma

College bids adieu to 2007 Batch

The college hosted farewell for the 2007 batch of engineering

graduates on 30th March 2011. This was also a year which saw the first Mechanical

batch graduating. The function was graced by the Chief Guest, Ashok Haranahalli,

Advocate General of Karnataka. Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, in his opening address,

congratulated the students on their successful completion of four years at Amrita,

and reminded them of the importance of controlling the mind and being

consistent in life.

Dr. Rakesh S.G., Associate Dean, praised the batch for their conduct

and excellent placements. He also administered the Oath. The Dean, Dr. B.N.

Nagaraj, in his farewell note recollected his fond memories with this batch, and

asked the students to embody Amma’s message into their lives. Farewell notes

were also delivered by the heads of all the departments. The Chief Guest

addressed the students with his words of advice and caution as they enter the

professional phase of life. He also made a special mention of the fortune of

studying in Amrita, the institute of this stature where scientific temper is imparted

along with ethics.

The ex-president of Amritadhara, Mr. Shomir Dutt and Vice-President

Ms. Meenakshi Mohan, on behalf of the outgoing batch expressed their gratitude

for the cooperation they received from the management, Dean, Associate Dean

and the faculty.

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“Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself.”-Amma

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“Just as a person needs air to breath, the soul needs to be nurtured with love and care.”-Amma

Amritotsavam 2011

Amritotsavam 2011, the Institution Day of ASE Bengaluru, was held

on 31st March 2011. The ceremony was graced by the Chief Guest

Prof. A. Jayagovind, former Vice Chancellor, National Law School of India.

Correspondent, Br. Dhanraj Swamiji; Dean Academics, Dr. B.N. Nagaraj; and

Associate Dean, Dr. Rakesh S.G. were present.

The event commenced by the welcome address delivered by

Prof. Baldevraj, Chair, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

followed by Br. Dhanraj Swamiji’s blessings. The Associate Dean, Dr Rakesh S.G.

presented an exhaustive annual report highlighting the significant achievements

of the faculty and the students at Bengaluru Campus.

The Chief Guest, in his address, called for the need to uplift the

under-privileged, and also appreciated the institute for imparting wholesome

education.

The prize distribution, rewarding the achievements of the students in

academics and sports, marked the closing of the ceremony. The second edition of

the college magazine, Sanchita, was also released on this occasion.

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“Realize that the real problem is not what is happening, but how you are reacting to it.”-Amma

Amritakalanjali 2011

Amritakalanjali 2011, the 3 day inter-campus fest, started off on 31st

March 2011. It was inaugurated by the renowned personality of the music world,

Ms. Archana Udupa, presided over by Br. Dhanraj Swamiji and graced by Associate

Dean, Dr. Rakesh S.G.

The fest, an opportunity to stage individual and collective talent, had

wide spectrum of events spread over three days. The fest had participation from

Ettimadai, Mysore and Bengaluru campuses of Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham. Some

of the popular events included solo and group dance, drama quiz and gaming. The

concluding event of the fest was Bandwagon, a showdown amongst the various

amateur rock bands in college.

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“Why be anxious thinking about tomorrow? What happened even a moment ago is like a cancelled check.”-Amma

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERINGPAPERS PRESENTED

National Conference

NAME PAPER PRESENTED DATE NAME OF EVENT/ PUBLICATION

Presented by:

Mahalakshmi V.

(M.Tech. student)

R. Karthikeyan and

C. Babu

Under guidance of

R. Karthikeyan, C. Babu

and P. Sathish Kumar

“ Implementation of

Velocity Algorithm Base

Digital PID Controller

Using FPGA”

11th – 12th

March 2011

National Conference on Emerging

Trends in Instrumentation Systems

NCETIS’11 Organized by Sri

Ramakrishna Engineering college,

Coimbatore

Presented by:

Lakshmi M.

(M.Tech. student)

Guided by:

Dr. P.R.Vaya, Srinivasan

Venkataraman

“Low power VLSI

Chip Design”

1st -2nd March

2011

Third National Conference on

Recent Trends in Communication,

Computation and Signal

Processing- RTCSP 2011 organized

by Department of ECE Amrita

Vishwa Vidyapeetham ,

Coimbatore

Presented by:

Swetha Priya A

(M.Tech. student)

Guided by:

Dr. P. R. Vaya

“Modeling of Second

order CT & A

Modulators for Stability

Analysis “

1st -2nd March

2011

Third National Conference on

Recent Trends in Communication,

Computation and Signal

Processing- RTCSP 2011 organized

by Department of ECE Amrita

Vishwa Vidyapeetham ,

Coimbatore

March ‘11

NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Mr. C. V. Giriraja CEP Workshop for

Coordinators’ on

“Basic Electronics”

Continuing Education &

Quality Improvement

Programmes (CE & QIP),

IIT Bombay

1st – 5th March

2011

IIT , Bombay

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

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FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

Prof. S. K. Manocha, as an invitee of Karnataka Government, attended the

“Bangalore Cyber Security Summit” held on 17th and 18th March 2011. In his

advice, he stated that the state should involve young Indians with domain

knowledge in various topics of cyber security to build better security. His

suggestion was taken as one of the major recommendations at the

conference.

Prof. S. K. Manocha attended a two day conference organized by M.I.T.

Boston (USA) & Cyber Media on “EmTech India 2011” held on 22nd and 23rd

March 2011 at Bangalore. The conference showcased the research and

innovations made by faculty of MIT & by Indian companies.

Prof. S. K. Manocha is reselected as Executive Committee member for year

2011 for “ITU Foundation of India”, which is sectored member of ITU-D and

ITU-T . He is the founder member since year 2003.

Prof. S. K. Manocha will continue to be an external expert of ICT, for the

Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Mr. Ayonam Roy, Director, RR Logic

Systems Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, and

Developer for Post Link Optimizer for

Embedded Systems Major

“Binary

Transformation”

9th March 2011 E-Learning , ASE,

Bangalore

Lt. Col. A. M. Uniyal . (Retd.)

GM (R & D –QA)

“Management of

Telecom Network

Project”

21st March 2011 E-Learning , ASE,

Bangalore

INVITED TALKS

March ‘11

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“Develop selflessness and reduce your personal comforts as far as possible”- Amma

ECI FORUM ACTIVITIES

A technical talk on “Data Networks”, attended by students and faculty of all

branches, was organised on 16th March 2011. The talk was delivered by Mr.

Ezhil Buddhan, the Director for Regional Telecommunications, South-Zone,

Ministry of Telecommunications.

March ‘11

OTHER NEWS

Amrita Mango Techno Innovation Center has established a lab in the campus

with five Computer Systems equipped with Real Time Operating System.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Prof. K. Gopakumar,

Chairman, CEDT, IISc,

Bangalore

“Current Research Trends in the Area of Power Electronics and Applications and Drives”

24th March 2011 E-learning centre,

ASE, Bengaluru.

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS / PARTICIPATION / RECOGNITION

Dr. K. Manickavasagam reviewed a research paper titled “Fuzzy Logic-Based

Method for Lightning Arrester Location in Electric Power Transmission Lines”

for the International Journal, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution.

Ms. Sreeja Kochuvila has registered for her Ph.D. in Amrita Vishwa

Vidhyapeetham under the guidance of Dr. Shikha Tripathi.

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“Spirituality is the science that teaches us how to live happily in the material world”- Amma

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING

March ‘11

CSE Forum – FACE Activities

Organized a workshop conducted by Intuit technologies on the topic

"An introduction to textWeb" on 9th March 2011 at ASE, Bengaluru by a

team from Intuit.

Organized a talk on "Real Time Operating Systems" for M.Tech. and B.Tech.

students on 28th March 2011 . Speaker : Mr. Shivaramasubramanian , Design

Engineer, Flowserve.

Conducted the IEEE xTREME Programmers League contest - Prelims level on

29th March 2011 at CPL Lab1 . 26 students participated in the contest.

PAPERS PRESENTED

National Conference

NAME PAPER PRESENTED DATE NAME OF EVENT/ PUBLICATION

Kavitha C.R. “Secured E- chhannel

Bank Transactions”

10th March 2011 National Conference on “Emerging

Trends in Information Technology

– NCETIT – 11” organized by Don

Bosco Institute of Technology,

Bangalore

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“The mental attitude of a person is transmitted in his actions”- Amma

March ‘11

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING

PAPERS PRESENTED

National Conference

NAME PAPER PUBLISHED DATE NAME OF PUBLICATION

Rohit Jha, Dhivaharan R.

Harish C., Srinivasan

( Students of VIII Sem)

Guided by

Vinod Kotebavi

“Performance Analysis of a

Variable Compression Ratio

Engine using Petrol Ethanol

Blends”

25th March

2011

National conference on “Recent

Advancement in Engineering &

Technology- RAET, 2011” held

at Dr. Thimmaiah Institute of

Technology at KGF, Kolar

R. Pramod

“ Influence of Drilling and

Material variables on Thrust

Force, Torque and

Delaminaiton of GFRP / CGRP

Composites”

25th March

2011

National conference “Recent

Advancement in Engineering &

Technology- RAET, 2011” held

at Dr. Thimmaiah Institute of

Technology at KGF, Kolar

OTHER NEWS

Mr. Murali Mohan R. resigned and was relieved from his duties on 9th March

2011

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Mr. Vivek M Short Term Training

Programme on "Introduction

to Turbulent Flows and their

Prediction"

Department of

Applied Mechanics,

IIT Chennai

March 19th -23rd ,

2011

IIT , Chennai

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“Children should be brought up with an understanding of their culture”- Amma

March ‘11

OTHER NEWS

The CAD/CAM and Robotics laboratory was successfully commissioned on

18th March 2011, with a total cost of Rs. 23,42,446/-

XL TURN XL MILL

6 AXIS ARISTO ROBOT

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“Perform your actions with an attitude of worship”- Amma

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

March ‘11

Organized a book exhibition on engineering subjects on 28th and 29th March

2011.

Librarian, Mr. Suresh attended UGC sponsored refresher course in “Library &

Information Science" from 7th March to 26th March 2011 at UGC Academic

Staff College, Bangalore University.

Mr. Suresh attended "INDEST-AICTE CONSORTIUM WORKSHOP and 8th

ANNUAL MEET" jointly organized by INDEST-AICTE Consortium and IIT-

Madras Library during 18th to 20th February 2011.

Organized a book exhibition on Management subjects on January 28th and

29th January 2011.

PAPERS PRESENTED

International Conference

NAME PAPER PUBLISHED DATE NAME OF PUBLICATION

Giridhar Reddy S.,

Akanksha S. Pandit

“Effect of Sodium Alginate on

SA/LS Bends for PH-Responsive

Swelling for Drug Delivery to

the Gastro Intestinal Tract”

3rd – 5th

March 2011

International Conference on

Advances in Polymer Science

and Rubber Technology (APSRT)

organized by IIT Kharagpur

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER

DATE VENUE

Reshmi M. National Workshop on

“Recent Trends in

Theoretical Physics”

Dept. of Physics, Cochin

University of Science

and Technology.

19th – 21st

March 2011

Cochin, Kerala

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY

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“The real center is within. It is not to be found in the external world”-Amma

March ‘11

Evolution and up gradation of corporate relations and placement cell, Bengaluru

During August 2010, the Corporate Relations and Placement Cell underwent

a metamorphosis in order to add value to the Bengaluru Campus of Amrita

University.

The role and mission was revised to provide synergy between training

and development, learning initiatives as well as coaching & counseling. The

objective was two fold:

Train and Equip students on life skills.

Create placement readiness by impacting students communication skills,

presentation skills , aptitude and leadership skills which would consist of a

bundle of soft skills for impacting personal effectiveness.

Restructuring of the Department

Centre Manager - Mr. A. D. Balakrishnan

Learning and Development Team:

Communication Trainers– Ms. Adithy Chamuah, Mr. Dipankar Roy Karmakar

Soft skill Trainers - Ms. Soma Mukherjee, Mr. A. D. Balakrishnan

Aptitude Trainer – Ms. Jisha Nair

Administrative Support Team: Ms. Dainy, Ms. Asha Shyam

Placement Team: -

Placement Manager in charge - Mr. Vadivelan Gopal

CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS (CIR)

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“In the eyes of the spiritual aspirant all are different forms of God”-Amma

March ‘11

CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS (CIR)

Placement Results – 2011

Highlights: -

Out of 425 B.Tech. eligible students, 420 students have received job

offers in various organization. This represents 99% success rate for B.Tech.

placements, which is an all time high for our campus. Some of the memorable

placements for the year included Microsoft, SAP Labs, Toyata Kirloskar,

Caterpillar.

Out or 33 M.Tech. students 10 students have ideas of pursuing

higher studies or entering into teaching. 23 M.Tech. students have received job

offers.

L & D initiatives: -

With the induction of the L & D team at Bangalore campus, training

has commenced for III semester students and will culminate with the 7th

semester. Currently two streams of L & D initiatives are in place:-

Training imparted to students in English Communication and soft skills by

the internal training team.

Currently aptitude training is outsourced to TIME and with the advent of

internal aptitude trainers. This function will be taken over by the internal

team from July onwards.

Amrita School of EngineeringKasavanahalli, Carmelaram P.O,

Bengaluru - 560 035

Ph: 080 25183700Fax: 080-2844 0092

Web: www.amrita.edu/campuses/blr

Dr. Rakesh S.G.Associate Dean

Patron

Ms. Smita SailAssistant Professor

Department of EnglishEditor-in-chief

Mr. Rajesh M.Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and EngineeringAssistant Editor