Kriti- Newsletter of Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru...Literary Club and The Quiz Club came...

Volume : 10 ; Issue : 8 : February 2019

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Bengaluru

NEWS LETTER

CYBER DEFENCE & SECURITY 2ND FEB 2019

OFFICE 365 6TH FEB 2019

LITWEEK 4TH - 8TH FEB 2019

UBICNET’

8TH-10TH FEB 2019

VOICE OF AMRITA 12TH FEB 2019

ANNUAL SPORTS MEET 16TH FEB 2019

VISIT BY NI 6TH FEB 2019

FOTO FIESTA 4TH - 8TH FEB 2019

RASE’19 8TH - 10TH FEB 2019

SPOT LIGHT 11TH FEB 2019

DISCOURSES 13TH FEB 2019

AMMA’S VISIT 22ND & 23RD FEB 2019

IEEE Communication Society Student Chapter had organized an introductory talk on “Fundamentals of Cyber Defence and Cyber Security” on 2nd February 2019 in the campus.

This session was started by introduction of Mr. Prayukth K.V. by Ms. Pratyusha Executive of IEEE COMSOC. Mr. Prayukth K.V. Chief - Marketing of IOT SUBEX addressed the audience on Cyber Defence and Cyber Security. The session was for 2 hours and consisted introduction, various examples where Cyber Security is used and Question & Answer session. It covered various topics like Bit Coin, Block Chain Reduction, Somalia Pirates Operations near the Gulf of Aden, Dark Web - Data is on sale there, Texas Road Sign Hacking, F35 n J20 Aircrafts, Crypto Mining - for mining bit coins- available in Switzerland, Smart Metering - prone to hacking, about top cities that loses revenue due to cyber-attacks to name a few. The event ended by thanking and presenting a memento to the Speaker by Mr. Sagar. The event was interactive and witnessed a good number of audience.

On 2nd February 2019, MAARDHANI, the Literary club, hosted TURNCOAT a traditional debate with a variation. The topic was given to participants, a few minutes in advance. At first, they were expected to go ‘for’ the topic and switch stances at a “tap”.

This event of switching from ‘for’ to ‘against’ witnessed a huge participation. Many speaking enthusiasts had shown a very good response. Participants came up with different points that took audience by surprise. This event exhibited diversity in thoughts and brought out spontaneity. It reminded the necessity of thinking pros & cons of a topic.

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FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBER DEFENCE & CYBER SECURITY

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TURNCOAT


SPORTS FOR STAFF : CRICKET TOURNAMENT

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Chethana club and the Department of Physical Education organized Cricket Tournament for Men on February 2, 2019. The teaching and non-teaching staff of the institute participated in it. Four teams of 12 players (11 playing members) were formed and the league matches were played. The winner of each league match played the final match and the members from winner and runner-up teams are below.

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No. Name Dept. Sl.

No. Name Dept. 1 Mr. Rajesh R Mech 1 Dr. T.K. Ramesh ECE 2 Dr. Shankara Civil 2 Dr. Praveen D. Physics 3 Mr. Rajeevlochana G.C. Mech 3 Dr. Phanibhushana M.V. Mech 4 Mr. Basavaraj Noolvi Mech 4 Mr. Ravi Kumar V. Mech 5 Mr. Lohith Transport 5 Mr. Naveen Kumar Library 6 Mr. Bala Subramanyan ICTS 6 Mr. Raviraj S.H. Library 7 Mr. Venkatesh Admin 7 Mr. Ravi Hugar Library 8 Mr. Neelappa Maths 8 Mr. Shital S. Hireppagol Library 9 Mr. Aniruddha Prabhu Library 9 Mr. Deepu MSB (Electrical) 10 Mr. Chethan K.P. Hostel 10 Mr. Shivakumar English 11 Mr. Ningappa Kitchen 11 Mr. Ramesh Transport 12 Mr. Mohan M. Phy Edu 12 Mr. Ravi N. Phy Edu

Dr. Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director, National Instruments visited the campus on 6th

February 2019. This visit was coordinated by CIR Cell of the University. The objective of his visit was to meet the researchers of the School, take the research activities of the School to its next level by way of quality collaborations and helping our researchers to collaborate with other industry/academia in terms of funding etc.

The migration of email platform from Zimbra to Office 365 was carried out in February 2019.

To familiarize the faculty & staff members to Office 365, a training session was organized on 6th February 2019 by Mr. Anup, Head-ICTS from Amritapuri campus. The session saw participation of most of the faculty & staff members.

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OFFICE 365

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VISIT BY NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Foto Fiesta is considered, the biggest event of Smriti, the photography club & is a 5-day festival of photography conducted between the 4th & 8th of February 2019.

With a retro theme, the event created a lot of intrigue. The photo gallery of the college show-cased a spectacular display of pictures addressing important issues like thinning birds population and its adverse effects on the environment. All the photographs amazed the onlookers and were placed thoughtfully. Inauguration of Foto Fiesta was done by Mr. Mahesh Reddy, an ace wildlife photographer. He also gave a talk on wildlife photography. He explained to the students about the challenges one faces in wildlife photography and also showed some of his work.

On day 2, the guest speaker Mr. Ravitej

enlightened the audience on various aspects and

the essence of street photography. He also

shared his mantra which is ‘Picture Speaks

Louder Than Words’ with all the students

present. This was followed by an interactive talk

session on day 3 with Mr. Chetan Karur, a

Bengaluru based photographer whose stunning

work has been published in many renowned

magazines. He talked about his journey in

becoming the most successful baby

photographer. On day 4, the guest spoke about

how photography happened to her by chance

and now there is no looking back for her, as she

established herself as the most sought wedding

photographer. She creates magic in her pictures

by capturing deep emotions and weaves a story

with her photos.

On the final day which is day 5, the club

conducted the photo hunt which was the most

awaited event. The event was different from the

normal treasure hunt filled with surprises and

cash rewards for the winners. The entire week

was completely engaging and amazing. The club

experienced a good turnout and students had a

wonderful learning experience.


FOTO FIESTA

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The Literary clubs of ASE-B : The Humour Club, Lekhani-the Press Club, Maardhani-the Literary Club and The Quiz Club came together to organize ‘Litweek’ from 4th to 8th February 2019.

The week started with 'MASQUERADE', which was a wonderful blend of humour, drama and elocution with the participants having to deliver a speech in character as the situation given to them. Topics ranged from subjects like - a General giving a rallying speech to his army, a daughter-in-law refusing to pay dowry, a son convincing his parents about a career in being a Youtuber among many others. The participants efficiently captured the essence of their characters, delivering their speeches with the utmost conviction and vigour, making the most of their time on stage and letting their imaginations take the wheel. In ‘CAPTION IT’, participants were shown a set of pictures and were expected to write a funny and witty caption. The event garnered entertaining responses. ‘SPELLING BEE’ tested the language abilities of the participants. In the two rounds, the participants were required to spell out commonly used words that are often overlooked, a challenge that the participants took up enthusiastically. At the end, the event proved the importance of keeping an eye out for the correct spellings. ‘LITQUIZ’ with questions based on modern culture tested the participants’ decrypting skills and their familiarity with contemporary affairs. In the culminating event, ‘CUT-IT-TO-FIVE’ the

participants were given funny situations and

were required to speak out a dialogue each. The

major catch in the event was that each dialogue

had to be made up of only ‘five’ words (not a

word more or less). Each one got a chance to

speak out one dialogue. Framing a dialogue

consisting of exactly five words was slightly diffi-

cult, but it added to the humour of the event.

The participants tried hard to find the right

words for the dialogue and many times ended

up in creating some uproarious statements. This

event marked the end of LitWeek and the audi-

ence hoped to participate in more such events.


LITWEEK

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ACROM and IEEE RAS in association with IEEE RAS Bengaluru Chapter joined hands to organize RASE’19 (Robodium@ASE), ASE-B’s Annual National Level Robotics Competition from 8th to 10th February 2019.

The event was conducted with an aim to lay a platform for young college students to compete in lively battles ranging from mind puzzling, algorithm testing and design improvement seeking competitions through the robots they built to showcase in the competition. RASE’19 had a total of 48 teams from 22 Engineering Colleges from all over the country, participating across five different competitions, namely LIFO, Throttlewars, Robo Soccer, Death Race and Maze Runner. The event was flagged off by Associate Dean Prof. Rakesh S.G., Chairman-CSE Dr. Amudha J., and Mentor ACROM & Mentor IEEE RAS Student Chapter and Mr. A. A. Nippun Kumar. Following the flag off, the first event was Death Race. This event challenged the bots of the participating teams on different terrains and mediums. The subsequent event, LIFO, the line follower-based competition put to test the coding skills of the participants along with their calibration and design strategies, a competition which witnessed a heated battle owing to the high skill sets of the participants. The second day was kick-started with ‘Robo Soccer’, a fun yet exacting event which demanded teams to control their high-power driven bots in order to score goals in a race against time. The first round of the next event -Maze Runner played to the interests of many inquisitive minds. It was the first of its kind event that involved the bot to maneuver itself out of a maze that was created at the site of the event. However, the complexity of the challenge proved too hot to handle, as no team qualified for the second round.

The event saw the best 3 teams in each of the events winning a total whooping amount of Rs.66,000/-. The three-day event came to a close after the distribution of certificates and prizes for all the events in their respective arenas. Given the increasing influence of robotics in the modern day, it was overwhelming to see the response from the participants who turned up in large numbers to exhibit their skills and understanding in building robots. Following an extremely successful stream of competitions that played host to some exciting, prospective talents in the field, the event concluded with participants leaving with broad smiles and moments to cherish for time to come along with a deeper understanding of robotics.


RASE’19

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RASE’19

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A three-day programme of presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue - International Conference on Ubiquitous Communications and Network Computing (UBICNET-19) was held during 8th – 10th February, 2019. This was jointly organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering and Department of Computer Science & Engineering.

UBICNET-19 is a forum which brought together researchers, software architects & industry professionals to discuss innovative ideas and diverse topics on advanced communication technologies which support ubiquitous communication and networking for connecting devices & people across the globe. Also, to discus the advancement in cellular systems, research & development in the next generation of communication and networks such as 5G and ever growing IoT connecting anything to everything. The conference began with the lighting of lamp and by a welcome note delivered by Associate Dean Prof. Rakesh S.G., Chair-ECE Dr. N.S. Murty, and Chair-CSE Dr. Amudha J., which was then followed by the opening remarks by our Chief Guest Prof. Anatoliy Platonov, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, then by Mr. Subodh Gajare, Chief Architect, CISCO Pvt. Ltd. and by Mr. Sudeendra Koushik, Chief Innovator, Prasu Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Navin Kumar conveyed the gist about the conference which was then concluded by Dr. N. Rakesh with best wishes to the participants. The conference witnessed delegates from different parts of India. The Conference commenced with three keynote sessions. First keynote address was on ‘Theoretical basis for development of new classes of simple low energy perfect systems with feedback transmitting signals without coding’ delivered by Prof. Anatoliy Platonov, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, which proved to be very helpful for the participants.

The second keynote address was on the topic ‘G Architecture with IoT/SDN/NFV Industry Use Cases’ by Mr. Subodh Gajare, which gave a new experience to the attendees. The third tutorial session was taken up by Mr. Sudeendra Koushik, in which he expounded on ‘Research 4.0’ where the attendees got a clear view about how the research has to be done. The second half of the day saw technical paper presentations and the session chairs were Dr. Amudha J. and Dr. Vijay Pande. The conference resumed on second day with technical paper presentations chaired by Dr. Reema Sharma and Dr. Raghu. This was followed by a keynote address by Ms. Chitra Amin, Performance Architect, Nokia Network Pvt. Ltd. on ‘5G and Cloud Computing’ where the technical aspects of 5G network and cloud computing was highlighted. The next keynote address was delivered by Dr. E.R. Rajkumar from BOSCH Pvt. Ltd. on ‘IoT in Futuristic Product’ and the last keynote was delivered by Mr. Ravindra Barlingay, General Manager, Schnieder Electric Pvt. Ltd. on ‘Connected and IoT Systems for Smart Future’. The second half of the day witnessed technical paper presentation which was chaired by Dr. Arpita Thakre and Dr. Navin Kumar. On the third day workshops and special tutorials were held in collocation with UBICNET-19. A full day workshop on ‘Deep Dive in Machine Learning’ with hands on session was conducted by Dr. Shivaram K.R., Co-founder, Curl Analytics Pvt. Ltd., along with this a parallel workshop on ‘Design Considerations for Evolution of 5G Networks’ by Mr. Ravikanth P. and his team from AVP Aricent Networks Pvt. Ltd., provided an overview of evolution of 5G networks in terms of Design and by afternoon a workshop on ‘Fiber Network Connectivity Scenario and its Survivability’ by Dr. K.V.S.S.S.S. Sai Ram from NMAMIT, Nitte. There were 110 participants who attended the workshop from across India.


UBICNET’19

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24 technical papers were presented in UBICNET-19. Conference also was a benefit to the M.Tech. students (VLSI Design, CSEP, Embedded Systems and Computer Science & Engineering), research scholars and faculty community. Organizing Committee of UBICNET’19 conference had Dr. Navin Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of ECE contributing as General Chair, Dr. Arpita Thakre, Assistant Professor (SG), Department of ECE rendered as TPC Chair. Mr. Sagar B. and Ms. Sreebha Bhaskaran, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE & CSE, as Local Chairs. Dr. N. Rakesh Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, as Publicity & Social Media Chair. In addition, Mr. C.V. Giriraja, and Dr. Kaustav Bhowmick, Assistant Professors (SG), Department of ECE, chaired few of the technical sessions.


UBICNET’19

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UBICNET’19

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Narthana, the dance club hosted its flagship event ‘Spotlight’ which was an on-campus hunt for Amrita’s “Best” and the “Most Popular” dancers.

Spotlight witnessed twenty participants on 11th February 2019 battling against each other. Out of the twenty, fifteen participants qualified to the second round. The first round comprised of Solo, Duos and Group Dance. The following round was exclusively for the solo performance of the qualified teams. The third round consisted of sub rounds that tested their versatility and on-spot choreography. Ms. Vineetha Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, Mr. Arjun Bharadwaj and Mr. Maneesh, Assistant Professors from Amrita Darshanam were the judges of the event. Mr. Hitesh (S6-ME) was adjudged ‘The Best Male Dancer’ and Ms. Nikitha, (S4-ECE) as ‘The Best Female Dancer’. The title of ‘The Most Popular Dancer’ was awarded to Mr. Srijan (S4-CSE).


SPOT LIGHT

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VOICE OF AMRITA

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Raaga, the Music Club conducted auditions for ‘Voice of Amrita’ on 12th February 2019.

Out of 80, 16 people qualified to the second round which was held on 19th February 2019. The participants were required to deliver their renditions of renowned musicians such as Lata Mangeshkar, Shankar Mahadevan, Bruno Mars and Adele. 8 participants made it to the final round held on 25th February 2019.

The finalists were required to perform songs covering the themes of nostalgia and upbeat. Pruthvi C.H. (S8- ECE) emerged as the Best Singer, Judges’ Choice, and Nikhil J.S.B. (S6 – ECE) was voted the most popular singer.

On 13th February 2019, The Squad and Vedanta Clubs organized the fifth session of “Pride of India”, “Transforming Indians to transform India”, a talk by Ms. Srinidhi B. (S6-ECE).

In this galvanizing session, Ms. Srinidhi spoke about how a patriotic, physical and emotional transformation that is required to transform India.

As a precursor to our beloved Amma’s visit

to the city of Bengaluru on 22nd and 23rd of February 2019, Pujya Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri and Pujya Swami Amritageetananda Puri visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus on 14th February 2019.

The students, faculty members and staff alike had a good fortune of listening to them. In their discourse, they emphasized on a head-heart balanced life. They encouraged all of us to lead a life with clarity of thoughts and inculcate compassion & humility in life. They motivated each one of us to nurture ambition and never the greed and urged everyone to manifest our finite power within us in a righteous path. The discourse was followed by question and answer session where the students had insightful queries which were addressed by the Pujya Swamijis. The discourse concluded with prasadam distribution.


PRIDE OF INDIA

DISCOURSE BY SWAMIJIS

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DISCOURSE BY SWAMIJIS

ASE-B hosted its 17th Annual Sports Meet on

16th February 2019 in the campus sports ground.

Dr. Arokia Raj, Senior General Manager, 3M R&D Centre, Bengaluru, was the Guest of Honor. Director Br. Dhanraj, Associate Dean & Head Prof. Rakesh S.G. and Professor Students Welfare Dr. T.K. Ramesh were the other dignitaries on the dais. The programme started with the discipline-wise march-past by students, with Mr. R. Bharat (S6-CSE) Secretary, Chetana leading the contingent. He was followed by six members of the university sports team carrying the prestigious university flag. All the Engineering departments showcased their noteworthy coordination skill in the march-past. The Guest of Honor along with the dignitaries inspected the march past troupe and appreciated them. The Department of ECE won the march-past shield and the Mechanical Engineering Department was the runner-up. Following this, Dr. Arokia Raj shared his words of inspiration with the gathering. He emphasized the significance of sports and sportsmanship in architecting and refining life and livelihood. He then declared the Sports Meet open which met with a widespread applause. The sports enthusiasts competed with vigour in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m sprints, and in shot put and discus throw. The main event also had a 100m dash for all the teaching and non-teaching staff. Cheers resounded in the air following the end of each race for the display of excellent aptitude, sportsmanship and healthy competitive spirit by the students. The announcement of each race was accompanied by applause from the audience, invigorating the participants to give their best shot.

The remarkable day culminated with the post-match presentations by awarding medals and certificates to the winners. Mr. Ramakrishnan, Head, Dept. of Physical Education proposed the vote of thanks, a word of gratitude to all the people who made the sports meet a grand success.


ANNUAL SPORTS MEET

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ANNUAL SPORTS MEET

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On 19th February 2019, Chethana in collaboration with the Quiz Club, hosted a sports quiz. In the quiz the participants were presented with questions regarding diverse sports and achievements in the sports field. The quiz witnessed a good participation of students across all years and all branches.

Sankhya hosted ‘Blank Sudoku’, a traditional Sudoku with an interesting twist, on 20th February 2019.

The event witnessed a huge crowd especially from the first year students.


SPORTS QUIZ BLANK SUDOKO

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The days 22nd & 23rd of February 2019 were a time of great festivity and splendor at the Kengeri Brahmasthanam, Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Bengaluru, as it bore witness to the divine presence of Satguru Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, fondly known as Amma.

22nd February dawned with chants of Amma’s Sahasranamarchana and Lalitha Sahasranaamam. Rituals like Ganapathi Homa, Sudarshana Homa and Rahu, Shani – dosha pujas were performed to create a favourable environment for spiritual development as well as nurture optimism in the devotees. Associate Dean Prof. Rakesh S.G. welcomed the gathering and anchored the two day program. Various dignitaries such as Dr. Justice. N. Kumar, Former Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Retired Justice Sri Ashok Hinchigeri, Honourable Justice Sri Santosh B. Adi and Kotemane Ramachandra Bhat, VC, S-VYASA University attended this cultural congregation and shared with other devotees their personal stories of Amma’s altruism. Everyone present there participated in Amma’s Satsang, where Amma illustrated the need for developing a meditative mind, a loving personality and maintaining emotional balance through various anecdotes. This was followed by Bhajans and Manasa Puja. The much awaited darshan of Amma began in the afternoon and continued into the early hours of 23rd February 2019. The students and faculty members of Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru along with the devoted residents of the ashram, engaged in seva activities such as serving food, cleaning utensils and managing massive gathering of devotees. The selfless efforts of all volunteers were lauded by Amma. The students of the school showcased a wide array of cultural programmes. Narthana, the dance club captivated the audience through

their homage to the Gods in the form of graceful dance performances. Vedanta, the spiritual club, rendered beautiful bhajans that soothed the atmosphere. Abhinaya, the drama club, staged various acts from Ramayana to demonstrate the different moral values that it illustrates. The two day programme witnessed unparalleled enthusiasm and served as a reminder for everyone to work for the upliftment of the society as a whole.


AMMA’S VISIT

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AMMA’S VISIT

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Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By: Kakan Adwani Author(s): Kakan Adwani N. Rakesh

“Smart city Traffic control system”  

14th -15th

February 2019

Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks (ICICV 2019), Francis Xavier Engineering College Tirunelveli, India

Presented By: R. Venkat Tejas Author(s): R. Venkat Tejas N. Rakesh

“A Novel method to safeguard patients details in IoT healthcare sector using Encryption techniques”

Facutly Achievements/Participation/Recognition

Department of CSE

Dr. Tripty Singh reviewed the paper for the International Journal on Telecommunication Systems published by Springer.

Dr. N. Rakesh, participated as Ph.D. External examiner for Mr. Aswin Kumar at Sri Chandra

Sekharendra Saraswathi Vishwa Mahavidyalaya (Sankara University), Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu on 21st February 2019.

Ms. S. Santhanalakshmi successfully defended her thesis titled “Design and Analysis of

Cryptographic Primitives based on Computational Intelligence Techniques” on 23rd October 2018 under the guidance of Dr. K. Sangeeta. The Provisional Degree Certificate has been issued to her on 1st February 2019.

GATE WAY TO YOUR NETWORKING CAREER

Amrita Networking Club (ANC) had conducted an event on 15th February 2019. The main aim of the event was to reach out to all the enthusiasts who were interested to know more about networking and interact with our alumni from Cisco and Arista to help them build their career.

The guests of the event were Akshay Vishwakumar (Technical Solution Engineer-ARISTA), Meenalatha (Network consulting Engineer-CISCO), Ashwin (Technical Software Engineer-ARISTA), Nikhil (Network Engineer-CISCO), Dharmini (Wireless Engineer-CISCO), Sachin Menon (Technical Solution Engineer, Technical lead-ARISTA) and Suruchi Kale (Technical Engineer-CISCO). The event was conducted in Sudhamani hall and around 80 members were a part of this event.

Departmental Activity


Department of CSE

A brief introduction about Web Development was given and was continued with the demands of different programming languages, also the scope of automation in the coming up years was briefed in detail. They also shared their experience in different domains of their work. This event not only gave the students an insight of how a career would be in networking domain but also helped them understand about placement procedure which they will have to face in the future. There was a Q&A session. The curious young minds were very enthusiastic and these sessions were of a great help to them. The students look forward to engage in more interactive sessions.


Web Development Workshop Series Web Development Workshop series (W3S) was conducted by the combined team of FACE and CSI during the Even semester of 2019. The aim of the session was to introduce students to Full Stack Web Development and provide them with necessary skills. A Five day workshop was conducted with Aravind V. Nair and Abhishek Sai , as instructors. It was held during 7th to 11th January 2019 and numerous topic were discussed.

Day 1 : Introduction to Front End Web Development Day 2 : Introduction to CSS, Bootstrap and Html tags Day 3 : Introduction to Git and Github Day 4 : A coding session to design dashboards Day 5 : Introduction to Javascripts

Assignments were given out to students so that they could implement what they learnt in the sessions. The official Documentation of Web Development workshop series, written by Ramshankar (FACE Secretary) and the instructors was published on Dropbox. It served as a reference material for the students.

Wingman 2.0

FACE conducted Wingman 2.0 as a part of ‘The FACE Season’. The aim of the contest was to highlight the importance of logical thinking over coding skills. Wingman 2.0 was conducted on 25th February 2019. It was pen paper based test that involved solving two challenging algorithmic questions and a bonus question. There were above 30 enthusiastic participants from First and Second years. All teams had a time limit of 30 minutes to solve the questions. Because this contest had no requirement of knowledge in programming language, we attracted participants from not just CSE but also from other branches.

Department of ECE

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr. Navin Kumar 2nd EAI International Confer-ence on Ubiquitous Communi-cation and Network Compu-ting (UBICNET 2019)

8th to 10th February 2019

Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Organized

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Dr. Navin Kumar: Conducted Research Methodology and IEEE Authorship Lab workshop on 1st & 2nd February 2019 at

Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru. Was the General Chair for 2nd EAI International Conference on Ubiquitous Communication and

Network Computing (UBICNET 2019), during 8th to 10th February 2019 organized by Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Served as Local Arrangement Co-Chair at Silver Jubilee (25th) edition of National Conference on Communication (NCC) organized at IISc Bengaluru from 20th to 23rd February 2019.

Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition

New Appointments

Dr. Vijay Pande joined as Professor on 1st February 2019 in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. He holds the degree of Ph. D. (Systems and Control Engineering), 1996 from IIT Bombay. He has the credit of creating a Company with Essel group called Essel ADI Smart Grid Pvt. Ltd. He has also conceived, conceptualized, designed, developed and implemented the innovative solution called “Reactive Power Managed Service” for the electric utility of Nagpur. He has been System Architect for Glodyne Technoserve Limited and started Glodyne power and won Patna and Gaya Distribution Franchisee bid in 2010. He has also setup Powertec India Pvt. Ltd. - AMR metering company in San Jose, California funded by Dong Denmark. He has completed multiple National and International projects in his expertise. His research areas of interest are Network Calculus, Graph theory, Game theory, Control Systems, DSP, Digital Communication, Real time systems, Error Correction Coding, Measurement and Metering, Power Systems, Energy Systems and Energy Economics.

Other News

Dr. C. Paramasivam joined as an Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) on 6th February 2019 in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. He holds the degree of Ph.D. (Certain Investigations on High Performance CORDIC based Efficient VLSI Architectures for Fast Fourier Transform) from Anna University, Chennai. His research areas of interest are Digital VLSI Design, VLSI Architecture Design for Digital, Signal Processing Application, Wireless Sensor Networks, LTE Architecture Design for 5G Technology.

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By: Anjana Jain Author(s): Anjana Jain R. Sarvanakumar

“Performance analysis of Fractional order PI Based controller for Variable Speed Hybrid Standalone WECS”

1st & 2nd February 2019

International Conference on Renewable Energy and Climate Change (REC 2019), IITRAM, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India


Department of EEE

Dr. Anand R. has been selected as the Vice Chairman of “IEEE Industrial Electronics Society”, Bengaluru Chapter.



IEEE-PES & IAS joint student branch chapter of Amrita School of Engineering [PE31/IA34-SBC63931] in collaboration with IEEE WIE of Amrita School of Engineering [STB63931] had organized a talk on “Innovation Growth Mindsets” on 19th February 2019. The speaker of the talk was Dr. Kumudhini Ravindra, Innovation Researcher, Coach & Design Thinker, Innomantra.

Dr. Kumudhini Ravindra has over eighteen years of multidisciplinary experience. She has worked in Innovation Management and Design Thinking Methodology, Technology Management, Knowledge Management, e-learning, Academia and Business research. She has a Ph.D. in Energy Modeling and Management from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. She holds an MBA from the Department of Management Studies, IISc and a B.E. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) from UVCE, Bengaluru University. She was an exchange student at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2010. She is a University rank holder and has won several accolades over the years.

Department of EEE


She commenced the talk with the basic definition of innovation and the various parameters which are dependent on it. She discussed the different problems occurring in various fields of Engineering. She further exhibited various videos elucidating the concepts of failures and innovations in an individual’s life. She elaborated the pre-requisites for innovation, some of which were creativity, experimentation, time, and failure. Also, a Mindset Quiz was conducted for the students to categorize them into various mind-sets based on the number scored. The talk culminated on a high note with the students having gained a brief idea on the notion of innovation and implementing it in their life in an effective way.


Department of ME

Mr. Shashi Kumar M.E. has reviewed a manuscript for “Advances in Tribology” Journal.



Industrial Tour -2019

On 15th February 2019, 86 students of S6-ME accompanied by Mr. Shashi Kumar M.E. (Mentor- Ingenium), Mr. Mohan Kumar S. and Mr. Rajesh R. went on an industrial tour to the “Varahi Hydroelectric power station and Kaiga Nuclear power plant” located along the Varahi river and Kali river respectively. This tour was organized by Ingenium with the sole purpose of giving the students an industrial exposure and also to learn and appreciate the practical use of machines and equipment in large scale industries. The first destination was the Varahi Underground Hydroelectric power plant where the students witnessed the applications of various concepts of Turbomachinery put to actual use. Varahi is Karnataka’s first underground powerhouse - a key milestone in the corporate history of KPCL. The use of the Pelton wheel and the different techniques and controls for operation was explained by working personnel at the site. The students were also allowed to go around the power plant to get a good understanding of the process and design of various nozzles, shafts, generators and also about the control and distribution of power.

Department of ME


The final destination of the industrial tour was the Kaiga Nuclear power plant on 16th February 2019.

This plant is located near the river Kali in northern Karnataka. The students were taken to the Model

Room where they were introduced to the layout of the plant and its operations by Mr. A. L. Vikram

Reddy and his team. Mr. Reddy then presented a seminar on the history and the progress of the plant

since its inception.

Students were also explained the principles underlying the production of electricity from nuclear fission

reaction along with the insights on nuclear programs or stages implemented in India for nuclear power

generation. The students had the privilege to witness the Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)

and the inplant operation site where Mr. Reddy and his team showed and explained the working

principles involved in the HP and LP turbines. On the whole, the industrial tour indeed fulfilled its

purpose with the students gaining valuable experience and knowledge.

Department of ME

JIDO – THE INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CLUB Workshop on 3D Printing

A workshop on “3D Printing” was organized on 6th February 2019. The workshop attracted students of all semesters irrespective of their branches.

The event started with a small briefing about the club JIDO by Mr. Prashanth B. N., Mentor, JIDO followed by the importance of rapid prototyping over conventional machining and the advantages of rapid prototyping over conventional methods. Later the students were explained about working of the 3D Printer and its parts, Conversion of 3D CAD model to STL. file format, Principle of 3D manufacturing and printing an object in a 3D Printer. Students were then explained about the CubePro Trio 3D Printer and its interface, the settings, the modules and its operation. Later a live demonstration of printing of an object using CubePro trio 3D printer was displayed. The design of the object was done using the same software and necessary settings and requirements were given. The material and its characteristics used for printing the object was mentioned and information about various materials that can be used were stated. The object was displayed after its process. Finally, the session was concluded with advantages and applications of 3D Printers in upcoming days. Also, some drawbacks and updates of 3D printers were listed. The students were then given a chance to ask and clarify their doubts regarding the 3D Printer and its working. The students were happy and delighted to learn about one of the latest and emerging technologies and were very curious to know about the various opportunities the 3D Printer provides.

Departmental Club Activity


Department of ME

Visit to Heritage Centre & Aerospace Museum

A Visit to Heritage Centre & Aerospace Museum, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bengaluru was organized on 12th February 2019 for the students from ME. Ninety-Eight S6-ME students accompanied by Mr. Prashanth B.N. and Mr. Rajesh R., Faculty in the Department of ME visited the museum.

The students were given a brief information of the importance of HAL and what they have to cover in the time given to them. They were also briefed about the Basic and Motion Simulators that were put at the HAL MUSEUM. Later they were divided into groups and were allowed to explore the HAL museum. Students were delighted to see the fighter jets, helicopters and stealth aircrafts which were displayed in the museum and were able to identify the parts and systems and were also able to appreciate and dif-ferentiate the various designs of aircrafts which were exhibited. The main aim of organizing this visit was to bridge the gap between classroom learning and practical learning. Students found the place informative and knowledgeable and helped to recall and ponder over the points which were taught in class and ensured themselves that the points would be vividly etched in their minds. Students also experienced the basic and motion simulator of aircraft in the museum, came across the different jet engines such as turbo-prop, turbo-jet, turbo-fan engines and were able to appreciate the difference between them and learnt the various applications of engines. They also came across different aircrafts which were classified depending upon number of wings, number of engines, position of wings, type of engines. Students were very much delighted to learn about the rich heritage of HAL and felt very inspiring to learn about the journey of HAL.


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Invited talk on “Recent Trends and Advancements in Automotive Technology”

An Invited Talk on “Recent Trends and Advancements in Automotive Technology” was

organized on 20th February 2019. The talk attracted students of S4-ME & S6-ME of ASE-B.

Mr. B. Ramakrishna, Program Manager, Mercedes Benz, Bengaluru, who was the resource person of the event explained about the various factors that makes Mercedes to be different from other companies, the systems that makes Mercedes special. Evolution of Electric and hybrid vehicles and the role of sensors in Automobiles. Further, he covered the research activities going on in the field of automobile at Mercedes. He also conveyed the students how to develop his/her knowledge about the latest technologies used in Automobiles to grab the opportunities that come in their way and also how digital technologies is playing a vital role in mechanical and automobile sectors. The main aim of this event is to make students know about present technology used in Automobiles and the technology that will be used in Automobiles in future. At the end of the speech, students were given an opportunity to clarify the doubts related to the topic and the speaker Mr. B. Ramakrishna was very keen in clarifying the doubts and queries of the students. Mr. Prashanth B. N., Mentor, JIDO club, concluded the event by handing over the memento to the resource person as a small token of gratitude and Mr. Akarsh, Secretary of JIDO club delivered a thank you note.


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SAEINDIA Collegiate CLUB Industrial Visit to ‘Ashok-Leyland’

An industrial visit to Ashok-Leyland Plant, Hosur was organized on 8th February 2019. The visit started off with a brief presentation on the Company & various plants across India, international exports of engines and the evolution of the Ashok Leyland engines from 1st generation to BS VI norms. Students visited engine assembly shop where they learnt about the various stages of Engine Assembly. The Plant, which the group visited, mainly focuses on the Hino engine manufacturing and assembly, dost engines and other medium and high capacity engine manufacturing & performance testing beds. They also maintain a class 6 cleanliness facility which stands apart in the plant. The team consisted of 35 SAE student members from S6-ME accompanied by two faculty members Mr. Ravi Kumar & Mr. Raghavendra Ravikiran. Students were very much delighted to learn about the rich heritage of HAL and felt very inspiring to learn about the journey of HAL.


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Launching of ATV

The team ‘AMEYA’ designed and built an, All Terrain Vehicle “Kratos” to participate in ESI ATV Racing Championship. The vehicle was launched on 11th February 2019. The event was flagged off by Associate Dean Prof. Rakesh S.G., Chairman Department of ME Dr. Nagaraja S.R., Vice Chair Dr. M.V. Phanibhushana, Faculy Advisor Mr. Vinod Kotebavi, other faculty members and the students were present during the event.

Department of ME


ESI ATV Racing Championship

Enduro Student India (ESI) is a collegiate engineering design event conducted in PCET’s Nutan Maharashtra Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pune, Maharashtra for the year 2019. Team Ameya (Car no -28), from Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, consisting of 30 B.Tech. students across S6-ME and S8-ME under the mentorship of Mr. Vinod Kotebavi, took part in the event that spanned for 5 days from 14th to19th February 2019. The participating teams were tasked with designing and building a prototype of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) intended for sale to off-roading enthusiasts. The competition was designed in a manner that challenges engineering students to apply their theoretical knowledge gained from classroom lectures. Team AMEYA cleared Technical Inspection, Weight check, Engine check, Brake test, Acceleration & Maneuverability test, Sprint and finally participated in endurance race. The team was led by the captain Mr. Jayanth Reddy.

Department of ME

GOKART

The team ‘VEGAM’ designed and built a GOKART and participated in the sixth GKDC GOKART competi-tion held at Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh from 22nd to 26th February 2019. Team VEGAM completed all the Static events (Technical Inspection, Turning Radius and Brake and Ac-celeration Test) and the Dynamics events (Auto Cross, Skid Pad and Endurance). Team secured overall rank of 11. The team consisted of 25 student members from S6-ME and it was led by the team captain Mr. Manne Uday. The team was mentored by Mr. Vinod Kotebavi.



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Other News

Dr. T. R. Vijaybabu joined Department of Mechanical Engineering as Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) on 1st February 2019. He holds Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Indore; M.E. in Engineering Design from Anna University regional campus, Madurai; B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from K.L.N. College of Engineering. He secured 1st Rank in both B.E. and M.E., and he has five publications in reputed International Journals to his credit. He has a teaching experience of approximately five years as Assistant Professor in the Department of Automobile Engineering at K.L.N. College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. His research Interests are, Lattice Boltzmann method, Flow and heat transfer from porous medium,

Entropy generation analysis, Magneto hydrodynamics (MHD), Nanofluid flow, Multi-phase flows and

Bluff-body flows. Currently, he is working on entropy generation of nanofluid and porous medium.

Department of Physics


Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE MONTH

& YEAR NAME OF PUBLICATION

Author(s): M. Dharani Basudeb Sahu C.S. Shastry

“Selective suppression of eigenstates with an absorptive delta potential in one and three dimensional potential scattering”

February 2019

Physica B (2019) Volume No. 557 Page No. 97-98 Indexed in Scopus, Impact factor 1.48

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Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented By: Arjun Bharadwaj Author(s): Arjun Bharadwaj

“Tracing the roots of Arthālaṅkāra from the Ṛg-vedasahitā”

11th February 2019

Three-day National Seminar on Texts and Manuscripts of Vedic Corpus - Sources of Indian Knowledge Traditions held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysore campus. The Seminar was conducted in association with South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur


Mr. Arjun Bharadwaj & Mr. Anantasharma B.G. were in the organizing committee of the Three-day National Seminar on “Texts and Manuscripts of Vedic Corpus - Sources of Indian Knowledge Traditions” held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysore campus. The Seminar was conducted in association with South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur held on 11th February 2019.


Mattavilāsaprahasanam - a Sanskrit one act-satirical play- directed by Mr. Manish Rajan Walvekar

It is a matter of immense pleasure that 22 students of ASE-B staged a Sanskrit play-

Mattavilāsaprahasanam written by the Pallava king Mahendravarmāin at the 20th R.N. Dandekar

Sanskrit One-Act competition organized by Fergusson College, Pune.

The play won two prizes though this was Amrita’s first entry in the competition. Moreover, Amrita was

the only non-traditional Sanskrit college to participate in the competition for the first time.

1. Best play- Consolation prize 2. Best actress- Third prize- Sreeja Sridhar (S4-CSE) The students were guided by Mr. Manish Rajan Walvekar and Mr. Arjun Bharadwaj, faculty members

of Amrita Darshanam.

The play received critical acclaim from the judges and was well appreciated by the audience.


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A visit to Gurukula

On 2nd& 3rd February 2019, a group of interested students (belonging to Amrita Darshanam Electives) were taken to the Prabodhini Gurukulam for a visit and interaction with the students of Gurukulam. Students experienced several daily activities of Gurukulam in the company of the resident students. They took part in Bhū-Sevā (organic farming), Go-Sevā and Śrama-Sevā, helping with some physical activities. Later they had a mutual exchange program of one-to-one teaching with the Gurukulam students. Then they had a lively interaction with a senior Acharya (Teacher). Apart from this, they were taken for a small trek to Kundadri hill, and a visit to Sringeri temple. They also visited the Belur temple on the way back.

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Dept. of ME

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