MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR XXXV CONVOCATION

At the XXXV Convocation, degrees were awarded to more than 4,500 students of various courses. Prof.Sandeep Verma’s Convocation Address, insisting that ‘graduates should take roads less travelled’, would certainly help them to hone adaptability and individuality, when they encounter problems

and obstacles in their life. Various prestigious awards were presented to students in recognition of their peerless academic and curricular performances. SASTRA ensured that the knowledge acquired by the students was evaluated by conducting ‘Hybrid Assessments’ during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The management had also provided Rs.500 as ‘examination incentive’ to students to help them get the required broadband bandwidth to attend the tests. SASTRA dedicated to the nation the Integrated Academic Block, and student’s hostel block to the academic milieu, built at a cost of 160 Crores. The Integrated Academic Block houses state of the art labs and lecture halls, and Knowledge Resource Centre houses the campus library.SASTRA Ramanujan Award 2021 has been awarded to Dr. Will Sawin of Columbia University for his comprehensive and influential contributions in both number theory and algebraic geometry.12 faculty members of SASTRA University have made to the top 2% in their fields of research according to the Stanford University study report in research, released by Elsevier. SASTRA was granted its 7th patent in significant healthcare applications to improve the performance of supercapacitor.Recognition of SASTRA TBI as a Nidhi Prayas Centre and the establishment of Tata-Palkhivala Chair on ADR & AI by the SASTRA Law School are new feathers added to the cap. The academic and research activities did not stagnate in the unprecedented Covid-19 situation, but rather kept the faculty ambiance vibrant and engaged in various conferences and knowledge leadership forum lectures.

Prof. S. VaidhyasubramaniamVice-Chancellor

The 35th Convocation of SASTRA Deemed University was held on October 16, 2021. Chancellor Prof.R.Sethuraman presided over the convocation. Prof. Sandeep Verma, Secretary, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India delivered the 35th Convocation Address and stressed on the sustainable development goals, and the need for human research capital to work on issues related to environment, mental health, energy, social development, etc.

“With the growing relevance of quantitative social sciences and a robust national mission on cyber-physical systems, there is a converging opportunity for India to offer solutions to not only national but also global problems” said Prof.Verma. He urged the graduates to engage in continuous and boundary-less training to equip themselves with the skillset required for a successful career. They should prove themselves successful in contributing to the socio-economic betterment of the society. He added that SERB’s vision was to position science and technology as the fulcrum for socio-economic transformation by supporting relevant scientific research and deep expertise in specific domains that address challenging national problems.

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Over 4,500 students including 54 Ph.D. graduands were conferred various degrees in UG, PG & Ph.D. across multiple disciplines of Engineering, Sciences, Management, Law, Humanities & Education. The Lord Selvamuthukumaran Award for the Best Outgoing B.Tech. Engineering Student was presented to ECE graduate Ms.Aishwarya Lakshmi, who also bagged the Kamakoti Award for Overall Excellence and the Silver Jubilee Batch Best Outgoing Girls Student Award.

Ms.C.B.Thejaswini and Ms.B.Deepasree were awarded the Justice Patanjali Sastry Award and Nani Palkhivala Award (cash prize of Rs.1 Lakh each) for being the best outgoing B.A.,LLB (Hons.) & B.Com., LLB (Hons) graduates.

The Founder-Chancellor’s Best Doctoral Thesis Award was presented to Ms.Ramya Dhandapani in Engineering and Mr.P.Muthukumar for Sciences. Besides these, over eight special awards were presented during this convocation.

The following faculty members of SASTRA received their Ph.D. Degrees at the XXXV Convocation

Dr. A. Parvathy

Design and Implementation of Machine Learning based Student Performance Analytics Model using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Dr. D. Sarala

A Study on Some Topological Indices of New Sums of Graphs

Dr. C. Nithya

DNA Recombinant Methods-centric Security for Cloud-hosted Multimedia Files

Dr. S. Sanjith

Critical Evaluation of Rights of Married Women and Women in Relationship in the Nature of Marriage

Dr. S. Balachandran

A Critical Study on Corporate Criminal Liability

Dr. S. Kamakshi

Broadcast Storm Mitigation Techniques for VANETs

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Dr. R. Sujarani

Development of Chaotic Bio-Molecular Computing Technique for Secure Image Transmission

Dr. R. Anushiadevi

Development and Implementation of Reversible Data Hiding Algorithm to Enhance Information Security

Dr. P. Shanthi

An Integrated Fine Grained Access Control and Search for Secure Email Archiving System

Dr. Sundar N

Structural Performance of Concrete Beams with Externally Bonded Hybrid FRP Laminates

Dr. M. Lavanya

Development of Heuristic Algorithms to Increase Resource Utilization and Reduce Makespan Time in Heterogeneous Systems

The 2021 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize is awarded to Dr. Will Sawin of Columbia University for his many path-breaking contributions at the interface of number theory and algebraic geometry. The prize recognizes his recent joint publications with Mark Shusterman, Emmanuel Kowalski and Philippe Michel (Annals of Mathematics (2017)), and also for his fundamental

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joint work with Tim Browning on a geometric version of the Hardy-Littlewood-Ramanujan circle method (Annals of Mathematics (2020). He was also successful in resolving the mixing conjecture of Philippe Michel and Akshay Venkatesh in the function field setting, and in particular his paper in Inventiones Mathematicae (2020), where he settled the conjecture in positive characteristic.

RAMANUJAN COLLOQUIUM

SASTRA Deemed to be University organised Ramanujan Colloquium (Virtual Mode) at Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre on December 21 and 22, 2021. Prof. Krishnaswami Alladi, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Florida, USA chaired the session. Eminent mathematicians like Prof. Phillippe Michel, EFPL, Switzerland, Dr. Kaisa Matomaki, University of Turku, Finland, Prof. Ken Ono, University of Virginia, USA and Dr. Will Sawin, Columbia University, USA spoke on topics like Congruences in Modern Analytic Number Theory, Siegel Zeros, Twin Primes, Goldbach’s Conjectre and the Primes in Short Intervals, Arithmetic and Geometric Means over Finite Fields, and Number Theory with Polynomials over Finite Fields.

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INTEGRATED ACADEMIC BLOCK

Shri. T.V.Narendran, CEO & Managing Director, TATA Steel Limited in a virtual programme dedicated to the Nation ‘The Integrated Academic Block’ ‘Jayendra Vihar’ and ‘Vinaya’ Students’ Home (Hostel) on October 15, 2021.

The Integrated Academic Block is a building over 4L sq.ft. constructed at a cost of Rs.85 Crores housing state of the art labs, lecture halls, auditoria, knowledge resource centre, meeting halls, discussion rooms, discussion pathways, ideation tents, etc.

The Hostel block ‘Vinaya’ is a building over 4L sq.ft. constructed at a cost of Rs.80 Crores, with 1000 single rooms and 550 4 in1 rooms, sprawling dining and well equipped kitchen area, recreation centre, RO plant, zero discharge effluent treatment plant, well designed walkways, etc. Both are SASTRA’s new additions to meet the emerging requirements of higher education and student expectations.

SASTRA TBI – A NIDHI PRAYAS CENTRE

The Technology Business Incubator facility at SASTRA  has been approved by NIDHI-PRAYAS (2016-17), the Department of Science and Technology to act as a PRAYAS Centre (PC) for nurturing the ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) of young and aspiring innovators into successful start-ups. Under the PRAYAS programme, SASTRA would be supported for five years with a Rs.1 Crore grant as capital expenditure for creating a dedicated fab-lab and working space of about 3,000 square feet, and Rs.1 Crore each year for grants to innovators (Rs.10 Lakh each for 10 innovators) and Rs.20 Lakh each year for annual operations, fab-lab management and other expenses. SASTRA has invited aspiring innovators especially from Thanjavur region, to utilise the facilities at SASTRA TBI, which includes rapid prototyping labs in the areas of 3D Printing, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality and Idea Drones. The Wi-Fi-enabled facility houses ready to operate work stations, conference rooms, library and other facilities.

STEM Lab Kits

To empower the next generation towards STEM education, TBI Incubatee Propeller Technologies delivered STEM Lab Kits @Rs.5L per kit to 10 schools in Tamil Nadu. This model is all set to be scaled for STEM Edu in many schools in India through an immersive STEM Lab & online learning platform.

PATENTS

Dr.S. Devaraj, Dr.P. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr.S. Manikandan and Dr.K. S. Rajan, SASTRA, filed a patent on “Nanofluid as an Additive in the Electrolyte: A Facile and Efficient Strategy to Improve the Performance of Supercapacitor”. It is the 7th patent of SASTRA in significant healthcare applications. DST provided the Startup Research grant for the project.

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2. Dr. R. Jayasree, Department of Education, School of Arts, Sciences, Humanities and Education, SASTRA, received ‘Perumaimigu Peraasiriyar Award’ from Porunai Ilakkiyak Kalam in association with Tamil Nilam Arakkattalai and Naangal Arakkattalai on October 31, 2021.

3. Dr.S.Arunkumar, Assistant Professor-III, School of Management participated as a key note speaker in the ‘International Congress on Business and Marketing (ICBM’21)’ by Dogus University,Turkey, in the 4th Congress with IBEMS Congress Co-chairship with the aim to discuss digital transformation for business and marketing. He delivered the lecture on the topic “Digital Disruptive Innovation”. Students’ Achievements

1. Sri. Munibhagyala Kalyan of  IV B.Tech EEE, SASTRA, won the first prize at national level in the COVID-19  awareness  “Short Film Contest “ winning a cash award of Rs 21,000/- and a merit certificate in the Unnat Bharath Abhiyaan (UBA) program. He had earlier won first prize with a cash award of Rs.10,000 at regional level (among 180 colleges).

2. Ms. I. Ranjani Hilda Mary, M.Tech. (Wireless & Smart Communication) was awarded third prize for the project titled “Microwave Food Processing and Inactivating Pathogenic Micro-Organisms” in IEEE Madras Section Post Graduate Student and Doctoral Scholar Project Funding 2021 – PGDSPF held on November 15, 2021.

LAURELS IN FACULTY RESEARCH

Elsevier-Stanford recently released its 2020 report wherein a dozen faculty from SASTRA University have made it to the top 2% of authors worldwide for their quality of research publications in reputed International Journals. They have been ranked in their areas of research based on citations and h-index.

FacultyAchievements

1. Dare To Dream 2.0 Innovation Award Dr James Baskaradas of SASTRA Deemed University was felicitated by Honorable Minister of Defence Shri. Rajnath Singh for bagging the second place in D2D 2.0 Challenge addressing “Detection and Classification of LPI Radar Signals for Electronic Support Systems”. This technology, with proper adaptation, will be beneficial for our tri forces for surveillance support.

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Virtuals as well as Second place in Engineering Design Event amidst several teams from India and Indonesia.

b. Sow. Swetha Lakshmi, Sow. M. Varsha, and Chi. G.M. Sabari Krishna, B.Tech (Aerospace Engineering) final year students won first place, and Chi. AM Jeeva, Sow. G. Bhanu Chandana, Chi. Shree G. Nikkesh, Sow. Srishivani Arulraj, II Year  B.Tech (Aerospace Engineering) won Third place in the Design Competition organised by Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space, Sriharikota during the World Space Week 2021, from October 05 -10, 2021.

c. Chi. M. Venkattesh Kumar, final year student of B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, won the Best Paper Award for “Design and Construction of a Robotic Arm for Machining Solid Propellants” in “Aerospace and Defence Related Mechanism” Conference at ARDE-DRDO, December 2-4, 2021.

d. Team comprising Sow. S Swetha Lakshmi, Sow. M Varsha, Chi. GM Sabari Krishnaa, and Dr. VM Sreehari won the first prize in World Space Week Design Competition from October 4-10, 2021, organised by ISRO-Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

e. Chi. Jegadeeshwaran, Chi. S. Karthikeyan and Sow.A. Kiruthika,  of B.Tech Aerospace Engineering were awarded  the  first prize  (Rs.5000/- Cash Award) for the Project titled “Aerodynamic Characteristics of Nrel S809 Airfoil with Ridges”  in the project competition  conducted by  Aeronautical Society of India, Chennai Branch. The project was done under the guidance of Dr. S. Nadaraja Pillai, Professor, SoME.

3. S. Harshinivhalli, fourth year B.Sc. B.Ed. (Mathematics) student published a short story in ‘The Writer Orders - Anthology ‘Delusion’’ published by The Youth of India.

4. Shalini Maria Francis, IV year B.A. B.Ed. (English) won first prize under the category of best story for her maiden short film “Amaranthine” in the National Level Short Film which was conducted by Indian Film House at Bangalore on November 5, 2021.

5. P.V. Akila, III Year B.Sc.B.Ed. (Physics) gave a special talk on ‘Emotional Intelligence’ through virtual mode, on October 9, 2021. The programme was conducted by GENEXT.

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

a. Formula Student Wing, the official Formula Student Racing Team of SASTRA Deemed University, secured the second place overall at the Formula Bharat 2021 - 22

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PLACEMENTS 2021-22

SASTRA has crossed a historic milestone of over 2000 job offers to its students. Amazon, PayPal, CISCO, Walmart, Oracle, Accenture, IBM, TCS, WIPRO, Cognizant, Tiger Analytics, MuSigma, Zoho, TVSM, etc. have offered high paying jobs. So far, over 650 students have got job offers with average pay of 10L+ p.a. and the remaining over 700 with average pay of 4L+.

MoU with Cantier Systems

A Centre of Excellence (CoE) has been established in School of Computing, SASTRA Deemed University as a part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by SASTRA, with Cantier Systems Pvt. Ltd. Singapore. The MoU was signed by Dr.R.Chandramouli, Registrar, SASTRA and Mr. Ravishankar Ramakrishnan, Director & CMIO, Cantier Systems on December 10, 2021. The CoE will provide Industry 4.0 solutions for smart manufacturing using machine vision, IoT, and AR/VR. SASTRA and Cantier Systems will work together in establishing an Experience Center for Smart & Digital Manufacturing.

Sekkizhar Adi-Podi Dr. T.N. Ramachandran Memorial Endowment

Sekkizhar Adi-Podi “Dr. T.N. Ramachandran Memorial Endowment” has been created at the Department of English, School of Arts, Sciences, Humanities and Education in remembrance of Dr. T.N. Ramachandran, an unsurpassed scholar in Tamil and English. He was an acknowledged cognoscente on Tamil Saivism and Saiva Siddhanta, and a prolific writer on several facets of Tamil hagiographical literature, and a versatile translator of Tamil Saivite Scriptures.

Earlier in 2021, SASTRA had acquired his personal library, a rare collection of over 35,000 books. The family of late Dr. TNR has contributed a sum of Rs 5,00,000/- towards the creation of the endowment.

KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP FORUM (KLF) LECTURES

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

School of Mechanical Engineering organised a KLF Lecture on October 15, 2021. Dr. Prabhakar Kandasamy, Principal Surveyor - South East Asia, Pacific and India, DNV, Singapore explained that offshore research has its roots in the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources.

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A talk was hosted on December 28, 2021 at the Department of Bioinformatics, SASTRA, by COMBIGS. Dr.Manish Kumar, Associate Professor & Head, University of Delhi (South Campus), New Delhi, shared with the audience about antibiotic resistance and the long ordeal efforts of his team in developing an indigenously developed database ‘CBMAR – Comprehensive, Beta-lactamase Molecular Annotation Resource’.

SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

A KLF lecture was conducted at the School of Civil Engineering on October 19, 2021. The guest speaker Dr.Venkataramana Sridhar, Diplomate, American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA spoke on “Effective Water Management in the Transboundary River Basins Using Systems Dynamics Framework Around the World”.

A second online KLF lecture was conducted on October 22, 2021. Senior Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai Dr.S.R. Balasubramanian, spoke on “An Overview on Seismic Behaviour of Structural Masonry Buildings”. The lecture was focused mainly on the seismic behaviour of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Buildings (URBM) and their different modes of failure.

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

A KLF Lecture on “EEG Based Brain Computer Interface: Current Status, Challenges and Possible Solution” was delivered by Dr. Rahul Bhardwaj, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Qneuro, Inc., Chennai on October 29, 2021.

The second KLF Lecture on “Career Guidance” was delivered by Shri. G.Subramaniyan IRS, Deputy Director, Enforcement Directorate, Kozhikode on November 13, 2021. This lecture was attended by Research Scholars, Faculty members and Students of SEEE.

WORKSHOPS

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

1. School of Computing conducted “IBM-Open Power/Power Hybrid Workshop” from December 6-8, 2021. Prof DK Panda, Ohio State University, Dr. Sivakumar Shanmugam from Werner Enterprises, USA, Dr. Sameer Shinde from University of Oregon, and Dr. Arghya K Das from University of Wisconsin gave talks on various topics. Dr. Shankar Sriram, SASTRA, illustrated “AI/ML infra@SASTRA”.

2. NetSim training was arranged for the students of SASTRA from September 27 to October 1, 2021. Mr. Vishal Bhat, Application Engineer from Tetcos gave a hands-on content in TCP-IP Simulation, RIP, OSPF Analysis, DHCP Simulation, IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.11 in netsim.

Workshop on Traditional Rice Seed Banks at SASTRA

A State Level Farmers’ Meet was organized as ‘Workshop for Strengthening Community Seed Banks of Heritage Rice Varieties’ on December 23, 2021 by Department of Science and Technology (DST), SASTRA Deemed University, and CREATE- Save Our Rice Campaign, Tamil Nadu.

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(WHEC-2022), “Data and Knowledge Production” on October 23, 2021.

Prof. S.Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice-Chancellor,delivered the keynote address in Session I on ‘Data & Knowledge Contours in HEI – Opportunities & Challenges’ on October 23, 2021.

Four sessions thematically were curated for those interested in aligning their HigherEd strategy, WRT Data & Knowledge with global & NEP 2020 trends. The sessions were handled by stalwarts from Industry and Academia and were moderated by Prof. S.Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice Chancellor, SASTRA Deemed University, along with Prof.N.T.Rao, Vice Chancellor, MIT World Peace University.

SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY

CRID 5th Annual Meet 2021

The 5th Annual Meet of the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA, was conducted on October 24 & 25, 2021. Dr. Vinod Scaria, Senior Scientist, CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi delivered the guest lecture on “What did we learn from the Genomes and Genomics Surveillance

Mr. V. Balakrishnan, Inspector General of Police, TN-Central zone, the chief guest, along with Mr. K Balamurugan, DDM – NABARD, Thanjavur & Dr. P. Duraisingam, Chairman CREATE, encouraged the heritage rice farmers to strengthen the community seed banks in Tamil Nadu. He highlighted that these efforts of SASTRA would greatly aid in the restoration of indigenous rice varieties of Tamil Nadu.

Workshops of Margdarshan Activites

Under AICTE sponsored Margdarshan Scheme, SASTRA organized two days’ online workshops on “NBA Accreditation – Criteria and Process” for the faculty members of the following Mentee Beneficiary Institutions:

1. October 22 & 23, 2021 - Mookambigai College of Engineering and Oasys Institute of Technology.

2. November 18 & 19, 2021 - Gnanam School of Business, Sengipatti.

3. December 15 & 16, 2021 - Annai College of Engineering and Technology, Kumbakonam.

4. November 25 & 26, 2021 - “Preparation of Self-Assessment Report for NBA Accreditation” at Senate Hall, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur

WEBINARS

1. SASTRA-AIJ Consultative Webinar for WHEC-2022-Faculty Moderator SASTRA Deemed University in association with Association of Indian University (AIU), New Delhi organised a one-day consultative webinar on one of the subthemes of the upcoming UNESCO World Higher Education Conference

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of SARS-CoV-2 in India” On the second day, Prof. Xiaoying Zhang, Distinguished Professor, Shaanxi University of Technology, China delivered an invited talk on “IgY Technology, Empower Infectious Disease Control by Rapid Detection, Immunotherapy and Antibiotic Alternative”, and served as Chairperson for oral presentation.

SCHOOL OF ARTS, SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND EDUCATION

Dr.K.Srikanth, Associate Dean, SASHE, was the resource person of the following webinars:

1. December 22, 2021 - “Application of Pell’s Equation and Galois Field in Cryptography Influenced by Srinivasa Ramanujan” on National Mathematics Day conducted by Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore.

2) December 23, 2021 - A special Talk on Ramanujan conducted by Valluvar College of Science and Management.

3) He spoke on the topic “Tamil Genius Ramanujan” at Pride of Bharath Heritage, Tamil Mandram, RSS Organization, New Delhi.

4) December 24, 2021 - “Ramanujan’s Contribution towards Number theory” at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Kanchipuram.

Dr.Sujatha Menon, SASHE, was the resource person in an FDP “A Confluence of Changes & Incentives: Language” at PSG College of Arts and Science for three sessions on  December 11, 2021. She spoke on the topics “Interspersing Myth and  Narrative: Exploring the  Graphic Novel” and “Concept and Conceptualisation in Gamification”.                                 

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

1. Computer Society of India-Student Chapter organized “Web Development” on November 13, 2021. Ms. Vaddi Sai Sri Charishma, Software Development Engineer, Samsung India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, explained the advanced concepts of web and web development, web applications, web services, and how people develop web-based software, restful web services, SOAP, service-oriented architecture, and URL rewriting.

2. A second webinar of Computer Society of India-Student Chapter was organized on December 29, 2021. Sri. P. Purna Chandra, Full Stack Web Developer, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai spoke on “Deep Learning and its applications”, and stated various advantages of Deep Learning and its applications. He listed the various advanced applications of Neural Networks such as Reinforcement Learning and GANs.

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

A Webinar on the title “Studies on Semiconductors for Novel Applications” was delivered by Dr.R.Vidya, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physics, Anna University, Chennai on November 24, 2021.

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

1. SASTRA-ICSI Study Centre

School of Management and ICSI – Thanjavur Study Centre conducted “Career Guidance and Prospects for Company Secretary” on October 27, 2021 to orient the students on career prospects for Company Secretaries. Ms. Chithra Anantharaman, Deputy Director, Southern India Regional Office, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Chennai provided comprehensive information on the Company Secretaries’ programme structure and its career prospects.

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2. Guest Lecture Series by Phoenix Association

a. November 12, 2021 - Shri Jayachandrou Jayaraman, Senior Consultant, CTS, Hyderabad and one of the distinguished alumni of SoM, SASTRA addressed the MBA students on “HR Operations During Pandemic”. He explained the essence of practicing various round the clock HR operations, wellness programmes, and the challenges faced by HR during pandemic.

b. November 17, 2021 - Dr.Kiran Nair, Director, Abu Dhabi School of Management, UAE addressed the MBA students on “The Relevance of Masstige Marketing Strategy”. He highlighted recent concepts of marketing masstige, the process of creating customer value with various real brand examples and recapitulating the premium price strategies.

c. November 27, 2021 - “Placement readiness & Job market trends for Management Graduates” by Ms. Shveta Raina, Founder CEO, Taleang, Mumbai gave details of various career opportunities mapped with

existing COVID scenario, and social and emotional skills in academics, as they will be imperative for higher jobs by 2030.

d. December 15, 2021 - Phoenix Association, Philip Kotler Club of School of Management, conducted a guest lecture on the topic “Work Place Behaviour – A Global Perspective”. Dr.S.Ganesan, Managing Director & CEO, AANCHU Training Academy, Chennai addressed the MBA students on how an organization’s work behaviour creates a culture of empowerment through excellence in a global context.

e. December 17, 2021 - Phoenix Association, Abraham Maslow Club of HR of School of Management, conducted a lecture on the topic “Acquisition & Merger- HR issues”. Dr.K.Jafar Ali, CEO, Redefine HR Consultants, Chennai delivered his thoughts on people issues with focus on retention of key talents and managers, communication, and integration of corporate culture.

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f. December 18, 2021 - Shri.Satish Ramanathan, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Equity JM Financial Asset Management Ltd., Chennai addressed the MBA students in Phoenix Association, Warren Buffet Club of Finance of School of Management’s virtual lecture on the topic “Recent trends in Indian Capital Markets”.

4. SPARC Project Indo-Japanese Lecture Series

As part of the SPARC Project awarded by MoE, The International Project Investigator, Dr. Caroline S.L.Tan, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan delivered two special lectures on October 21 and December 3, 2021. She highlighted on how the Japanese cultural, social and personal factors affected consumer behaviour with live examples on the topic “Incorporating Culture in Japanese Retail Industry”. Dr. Tan presented an overview of environmental frameworks PEST, PESTEL/PESTLE and STEEPLE, while addressing on the topic “Macroenvironmental Impact on Japanese Retail”

Study Abroad Webinars

The following online sessions were conducted for the benefit of SASTRA students by different external agencies:

1. October 1, 2021 - Global Education Career Forum (GECF) organized Indo-UK Higher Education and Career Summit aimed at exploring academic and research partnership, faculty development programmes, master classes, enhanced scholarships, career opportunities and alumni awards to Computing, Business, Finance, Economics, Electronics and Communication and Bioscience students.

2. December 7, 2021 - PlaceMe Consultants organized New Zealand University webinar, where SASTRA students directly interacted with the faculty of New Zealand universities and got their doubts clarified about admissions.

3. October 22 & 26, 2021 - Manya organized “Meet the expert” webinar series to transform knowledge about higher studies in different countries.

4. December 22, 2021 - Magoosh Learners cortex hosted an Admission Meet with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to help students attend the session with Maria  Blanca, Manager - International Recruitment.

5. November 23, 2021 - Azent Overseas Education organized “Interact Live with a Student from the University of Sheffield”.

SASTRA Community Outreach Programme – SCORE Webinars

1. December 4, 2021 - “Engineering as a Career” was delivered by Chi. G.S. Gowtham Rao and Thennarasu T to the students of class 10, 11 and 12 of Thanjavur District.

2. December 28, 2021 - Dr. Anuradha Narayanan, Principal, Elite School of Optometry, Sankara Netralaya Hospital, Chennai addressed on the topic “Eye Health in the Changing World – Concerns and Solutions”.

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3. Blood Donation Special Lecture

To emphasize the importance of blood and organ donation, a special lecture on the topic “Donate Blood, Save Lives” by Dr.R V S Velmurugan, District Blood Transfusion Officer, Thanjavur Medical College and Hospital Blood Bank, Thanjavur was organized on December 18, 2021. In continuation to the Blood Donation awareness lecture, a Blood Donation Camp was organized on December 23, 2021 at Vaidhyanatha Aarogyashala. Thanjavur Medical College Hospital Blood Bank collected blood from 105 students and staff volunteers. The University has been rated at the top at the state level for the past several years.

IIChE Students’ Chapter

The Third IIChE Chapter Talk of the Month was held on December 4, 2021, by Dr. Sreepriya Vedantam, Principal Scientist & Faculty (AcSIR), Incharge-Reaction Engineering Lab, Process Engineering & Technology Transfer Division CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad. Her lecture on ‘Multiphase Flows: Intensification from a Hydrodynamics Perspective’, introduced to the participants CSIR – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, where she highlighted Process Engineering and Technology Transfer Department Activities and learning opportunities at CSIR-IICT.

SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY

PLASMA Compendium and Red Ribbon Club (RRC)

1. On October 6, 2021 the Plasma Compendium and Red Ribbon Club activities for the academic year 2021-2022 was inaugurated by Dr. Sidharth Parivallal, M.S., Chief Medical Officer-Puducherry Health Services (PHS) DHFWS, Puducherry. He delivered a lecture on “COVID19 Pandemic and the Indian Response” and highlighted the Indian academic response to the COVID pandemic, by contributing to knowledge building, rising quickly to a manufacturing hub to meet the demand of PPEs nationally and to export them to the needy countries.

2. World AIDS Day Special Lecture

To commemorate World AIDS Day and to raise awareness on the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, a special lecture was organized on December 1, 2021. Dr. P. Manorama M.D, DCH, DM [Gastro], Founder of CHES (Community Health Education Society), Chennai, delivered her talk on the topic “HIV and AIDS over 40 Years”.

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SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Inauguration of Civil Engineering Association (CEA)

Er.K. Nagaraja Kumar, Principal, Manufacturing Innovation at Innomantra Consulting Pvt Ltd, New Jersey, U.S.A. inaugurated CEA and delivered the inaugural address on the topic ‘Industry Expectations & Facing Interviews”

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Centre for Nonlinear Science and Engineering (CeNSE)

SASTRA Deemed University, was the proud organizer of the 13th CNSD from December 17 – 22, 2021, being the first private institute organizing CNSD in India. The inaugural address was delivered by Prof. M. Lakshmanan, Professor of Eminence and DST-SERB National Science Chair, Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Bharathidasan University. Prof. Soumitra Banerjee from IISER, Kolkata, headed the inaugural session. 26 researchers around the globe presented their recent works as invited talks. 56 oral presentations, along with 23 poster presentations, were presented.

Faculty Development Programme

SASTRA in association with Intel Technologies, Bengaluru conducted a 3-day National Level Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Remote Access to Intel FPGAs & SoCs for Embedded System Design” from November 11 - 13, 2021. Mr.Padmanaban, Program Specialist – India FPGA University Outreach Intel Programmable Solutions Group enlightened the participants through both lecture and hands-on sessions on developing embedded applications using Intel FPGA boards using Quartus Prime design software.

SCHOOL OF LAW

17th Nani Palkhivala Memorial National Tax Online Moot Court Competition 2021

SASTRA Deemed to be University organised virtually the 17th Nani Palkhivala Tax Moot Competition, 2021 from November 19-21, 2021. Symbiosis Law School Pune University School of Law and Legal Studies won the Competition and the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi were the Runners Up. The final round of the moot was adjudged by a Three Judges-Bench, and the winners were awarded certificates and cash prize worth Rs.50,000/ and the Runners with Rs.25,000/. The Moot Problem was related to disputes in Income Tax Exemption Available to Trust, and disallowance of exemptions when the expenditure is against objectives of the Trust.

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Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Asian Mooting Competition (India Round)

Kum. Pranaya Dayalu, Chi. Prajeeth Prem and Chi. L.K. Swaraj of Final Year B.B.A., LL, B. (Hons.) qualified to the International Rounds of the 7th Prof N.R. Madhava Menon Mooting Competition 2021-22 and won a cash prize of Rs.15,000. A total of 44 teams participated which consisted of around 10 National Law Universities, and the top 7 Indian teams were selected to the International Rounds. SASTRA Deemed University is the only University which qualified from Tamil Nadu. The Moot problem for National Rounds dealt with Constitutional law aspects of freedom of speech in internet era and limitations posed by the IT Act. Kum.Pranaya Dayalu was awarded the Sourojeet Basu Ray Award for the Best Student Advocate.

Maria Philip Future Leadership Debate Competition, 2021

Chi. Vignesh Hariharan of V year, B.A, LL.B. (Hons.) and Kum. Jumanah Kader of IV-year, B.BA, LLB (Hons.) were declared the winners of the Tamil Nadu State Finals of Maria Philip Future Leadership Debate Competition, 2021. Chi.Vignesh Hariharan bagged the Best Speaker Award and was awarded with Rs.10,000

cash prize. The team has been awarded with the cash prize of Rs.40,000 and a trophy. They were the winners of the Qualifier Rounds - Madurai held on November 25, 2021.The team had competed with more than 50 teams from different colleges all over Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Tata-Palkhivala Chair on ADR & AI

On December 12, 2021, under the aegis of the Tata-Palkhivala Chair on ADR & AI established by the SASTRA Law School, a 6-Day Executive Training Programme on ‘Conflict Assessment & Management Training’ was organised. The Vice-Chancellor Prof. S.Vaidhyasubramaniam in his welcome address announced the creation of ‘Rural Mediation Cell’ at SASTRA Law School.

Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy, Judge, Madras High Court delivered the Valedictory Address of the hands-on and interactive programme. He highlighted the growing relevance of conflict avoidance and resolution through non-litigation transactions leading to transformations, and the need for professionals engaging in the art of negotiation, mediation and arbitration to address the present litigation burden. 

Winners of Shri Narayana Law College Moot Court Competition

Chi.Shakthi Jayanth of IV year B.Com., LL.B.(Hons.),

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Kum.Amridha Varshini of IV year B.Com.,LL.B.(Hons.) and Kum.Aparajitha of IV year B.Com., LL.B.(Hons.) have won the II Virtual Moot Court Competition among 20 competing teams, conducted by Shri Narayana Law College, Kerala on December 19, 2021. Kum.Amridha Varshini bagged the Best Speaker Award. SASTRA Team competed with KMCT Law College, Kerala in the finals. The moot proposition was based on the enforceability of e-contract, validity of crypto currency and right to privacy in internet era. The team won a total cash price of Rs 20,000.

Winners of 1st NJ Yasaswy National Moot Court Competition

Kum.N.K. Kiruba of IV year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Kum.M.Dixshitha of IV-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and Kum.P.Vennila of IV-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) won the 1st NJ Yasaswy National Moot court competition conducted by ICFAI University, Jharkhand held from December 18-20, 2021. Kum.N.K Kiruba bagged the Best Speaker Award. A total of 31 teams participated in the competition which included National Law schools. The team competed with Bennett University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh in the finals.

Awareness Lecture on “The Legal Rights of Women in India”

Smt. R. Gomathi, School of Law, SASTRA, Thanjavur delivered a lecture on “The Legal Rights of Women In

India” for the Legal Awareness Program organised by the Hon’ble National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi and the Hon’ble Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority, Chennai in coordination with the National Commission for Women (NCW) for  the celebration of  “Azadi ka Amrit Mahostav” and 25 years of inception of   National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi. The program was held on November 11, 2021.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

1. Gandhi Jayanthi Day Celebrations

The Department of Education (DoE), SASTRA commemorated Gandhiji’s 152nd Birth Anniversary on October 2, 2021. Mr. Pothuchelvan, Retd. Incharge DEO, Thiruvarur Dist. spoke on the topic “Gandhian Thoughts”. Students delivered speeches on unknown facts and famous quotes of Gandhiji.

2. World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day was celebrated on October 11, 2021. The resource person Mrs.V. Karthika, Department of Training and Placement, SASTRA Deemed University, underlined the importance of

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1. Dr. Samuvel Chellaiah, Regional Director, NSS & Dr. Senthil Kumar, State Liaison Officer, NSS visited SASTRA on October 7, 2021, and interacted with the new NSS Program Officers and planted tree saplings.

2. On 7th, 8th and 9th special vaccination camps were organized at SASTRA for the benefit of faculty, students and supporting staff on October 22, November 23 and December 28, 2021. About 420 people got vaccinated in the above camps.

3. The NSS unit of SASTRA placed COVID awareness banners in various places within the campus on October 26, 2021.

4. “A Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance Workshop” was conducted in SASTRA on October 28, 2021 presided over by Dr.Rameshkumar, Deputy Director Health Service and Dr.Sairabanu, Surveillance Medical Officer. The lucky draw prize winners of the

“Teachers’ Position in Mentoring Students” and encouraged student teachers to recognise their role as mentors in helping students shape their lives and careers.

3. Dr. Abdul Kalam’s 90th Birth Anniversary

Kalam Centre for Development Studies celebrated the 90th Birthday of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on October 15, 2021. Dr. V. Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations & Extension Activities, and Chair, Dr. Kalam Centre for Development Studies, School of Management addressed the gathering on the topic “Think Big”. He emphasized that students should educate atleast one poor child, and announced the Elocution Competition winners.

4. Dr. Usha Ajithkumar, Professor & HOD conducted a session on the topic “Communication - styles in Conflict-reactive Clues and Response to Difficult Conversations, Validation and Reciprocation” on November 28, 2021 for  ‘Conflict Assessment and Management Training’, organised by the School of Law, under the aegis of TATA-Palkhivala Chair on AI & ADR.     

CORPORATE RELATIONS AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

NSS Activities

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6th & 7th COVID-19 Vaccination Camp received their prizes from the chief guests.

5. 13 NSS student volunteers of SASTRA Deemed to be University along with Dr.B.Sriperiya, NSS Co-ordinator and Dr.R.Balasubramanian, NSS Program Officer celebrated Diwali with sweets in Mother Teresa Orphanage Home at Mathakoottai, Thanjavur on October 29, 2021.

6. An online orientation programme for the 1st year NSS student volunteers was conducted on October 30, 2021. Dr.V.Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities addressed the students and briefed them about NSS and its significance.

7. In compliance with the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order and directives laid down by the Government of Tamil Nadu on bursting crackers and creating awareness among public on Air/Noise pollution, the NSS unit of SASTRA issued guidelines to celebrate a noiseless and

smoke free Deepavalli 2021, to the students through handbills on November 2, 2021.

8. The NSS student volunteers of SASTRA along with Dr.V.Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities (CREA) and Dr.S.Sriram, NSS Program Officer, celebrated Deepavalli eve on November 3, 2021 with sweets with the inmates of Gangaru Karunai Illam for physically and mentally challenged at Srirangam, Trichy.

9. The NSS student volunteers of SASTRA along with Dr.R.Balasubramanian, NSS Program Officer were involved in crowd control duty at the Brihadeeswara Temple, Thanjavur during Sadhaya Vizha on November 13, 2021.

10. The NSS Co-ordinator along with all the NSS Program Officers and NSS student volunteers participated in the Constitution Day Preamble reading online event on November 25 & 26, 2021.

11. As part of the campus cleaning drive organized by the NSS unit of SASTRA Deemed to be University, 27 NSS student volunteers cleaned the Paramananda Vihar (PV) Hostel within the campus premises on December 17, 2021.

12. The prize distribution function for prize winners

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of various competitions (Elocution, Essay, Singing and Quiz) conducted as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations was held on December 21, 2021. Dr.V.Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities (CREA) gave a lecture on the freedom fighters of our country and distributed the prizes.

13. As part of the “Green Thanjavur” initiative, the NSS unit of SASTRA University comprising 13 student volunteers along with Dr.V.Badrinath – Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities (CREA), Dr.B.Sriperiya – NSS co-ordinator, SASTRA University and Dr.R.Balasubramanian, NSS Programme Officer planted 50 tree saplings in Munnayampatti village along with MGNERGA workers on December 29, 2021.

ONGC sponsored Sustainable Livelihood in Agriculture through Organic & Technology Based Farming

ONGC sponsored Sustainable Livelihood in Agriculture through Organic & Technology based farming was conducted for the 6th and final batch. Farmers from different parts of Tamil Nadu participated and totally 327 farmers got trained between November 29 and December 2, 2021.

Various sessions were handled in this residential

programme and the farmers were taken for a field visit to Kolinji Farm House, Pudukottai District. Mr. C.I Sebastian, GGM (Group General Manager) & Support Manager of ONGC, participated in the valedictory function and distributed the certificates and organic kits to the participants.

CLOVES CLUB ACTIVITIES

CLOVES Club of SASTRA organized “Mupperum Vizha” on October 2, 2021 combining Mahathma Gandhi’s Birthday, Mahakavi Bharathiar Centenary and Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Memorial Day. Dr. V. Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities delivered a special lecture on “Three Great Leaders”

Prof. Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna, Associate Professor & Head In charge, Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, Chennai, delivered a special lecture on “An Abridged Introduction to Indian Music” on November 19, 2021.

KS UPAHAAR

In the tough times of heavy rains and floods, Team KS Upahaar, extended their helping hands to children and old age people in Loubra Home Trichy. Following Covid protocols, students visited the home in person, spending quality time with the people. Fifteen blankets and ten school bags were donated to the inmates for Rs.5250/-. Dr V.M. Sreehari, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, donated Rs.5000.

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Chi Mohamed Shajith, IV year B.Tech. CSE student won a cash prize of Rs.500 along with a shield and certificate from the Deputy Inspector General of Police and the Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur in the Short Film Making Competition conducted by the Thanjavur District Police, to mark the Police Commemoration Day 2021.

Exnora Activities1. Dr. P. Brindha, Associate Dean, Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine (CARISM), SASTRA, gave a special talk on medicinal plants of India ‘A World of Wonder’ on October 30, 2021. She briefed the audience on the importance of medicinal plants highlighted in Vedas and Upanishads. 

2. A seminar on “Waste Management” was organized on November 27, 2021. “Padmashri” M Subburaman, Trichy, Founder, SCOPE - a famous rural NGO,

inaugurated and spoke on “Rural Sanitation”. Dr. Veera Padman, Founder, Save Tirupur Movement, spoke on “Waste to Wealth” and Dr. V. Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities, SASTRA spoke on “Think Globally, Act Locally & Do Domestically”.

3. A bird feeding station was inaugurated on December 15, 2021 near School of Mechanical Engineering with an idea to preserve and attract birds as well as to make SASTRA a nature friendly campus.

4. Swachh SASTRA Abhiyan, a clean-up drive in SASTRA campus was conducted on December 29, 2021by the Exnora students. 256 students collected and segregated the waste materials from their respective School premises and deposited them at specific waste collection centers on the campus.

Activities of EDII Hub

EDII Hub SASTRA organized the following programmes:

1. October 2, 2021 - Mr. Nithish Kumar, Founder and CEO, Alinea Ventures LLP spoke on ‘A Power Talk with Entrepreneur’.

2. October 6, 2021 - Mr. A. Sivakumar, Managing Director, Thamarai Siva Industries, Sembodai,

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Vedharanyam was the resource person at the launching of ED cell at Sembodai Rukmini Engineering College, Vedharanyam.

3. October 8, 2021 - Mrs. Raja Maheswari, Founder, Jayam Industries, Thuvakudi, Tiruchirapalli addressed at Kundavai Nachiyar Arts & Science College for Women, Thanjavur.

4. October 9, 2021 - Mr. M. Martin, Field Coordinator, IEDP, EDII Hub SASTRA, spoke on ‘Awareness on Entrepreneurship & Innovation’ at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering, Perambalur.

5. ED Cell activities for the year 2021-22 were inaugurated at Kings College of Engineering. Mr. Lakshminathan, Founder, Medico Ltd, Thiruvaiyar addressed the students.

6. October 21 – 27, 2021 - A Faculty Development Training Programme was organized for the Trichy Hub faculty at Government Polytechnic College, Trichy.

7. ‘Entrepreneurship Impact on Higher Education’ for the benefit of the students of Kings College of Engineering..

8. October 26, 2021 - Mr.R.Aravind, CADD Centre Head, Thiruthuraipoondi and Mr.T.Parthiban, Head, Live Wire, Thiruthuraipoondi addressed the students at ‘Programme on Innovation and Excellence in Design’ in Sembodai Rukmini Engineering College, Vedharanyam

9. November 13 and 14, 2021 - ‘Innovatia – 21’ was organized for SASTRA Deemed University students.

10. November 16, 2021 - ED Cell activities for the year 2021-22 inaugurated at Gnanam School of Businees, Thanjavur by Mr.Sivarama Krishnan, MD-Sri Velavan Agro, Trichy.

11. December 7, 2021 - Awareness on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, EDII TN and TNSI 2021 organized at Maruddupandiyar College of Arts and Science, Thanjavur.

12. December 14, 2021 - at Chendhuran College of Engineering, Pudukottai.

13. December 15, 2021 - Awareness on EDII TN and TNSI 2021 was organized at Kings College of Engineering, Thanjavur.

14. December 16, 2021 - Ramakrishna College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli

15. December 17, 2021 - Dr. V. Badrinath, Dean, Corporate Relations and Extension Activities/Hub Coordinator, IEPD EDII Hub, SASTRA conducted Hub Review Meeting 2021 at SASTRA.

16. December 19 & 26, 2021 - Pitchathon was organized at SASTRA.

17. December 20 2021 - St. Joseph’s College, Trichy.

18. December 23, 2021 - Mount Zion College of Engineering, Pudukottai.

19. December 27, 2021 - Srinivasa Ramanujan Campus, SASTRA, Kumbakonam.

20. December 29, 2021 - AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Poondi.

21. December 30, 2021 - Valluvar College of Science & Management and Kundavai Nachiyar College of Arts & Science, Thanjavur.

22. An Idea Generation Workshop was organized for the students of Kings College of Engineering, Thanjavur.

Mr. M. Martin, Field Coordinator, IEDP EDII Hub, SASTRA delivered the following virtual addresses:

23. October 27, 2021 - created awareness on Entrepreneurship & EDII TN at Nachiyappa Swamigal Arts and Science College.

24. November 2, 2021 - An awareness programme on ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation and One Million Awareness’ at AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Poondi.

25. November 6, 2021 - An online orientation about ED Cell SASTRA, EDI Hub SASTRA and One Million Awareness was conducted for the benefit of SASTRA students.

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116 candidates attended the programme. Honourable Chancellor Shri.R. Sethuraman, announced  Rs 2000 and Rs. 5000 as cash award for the candidates with 100% attendance and physically challenged. Training was given on aptitude, verbal, reasoning and other soft skill sets.

Visit of US Consulate officials to SRC, Kumbakonam

Ms. Anne Seshadri, Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate, Chennai visited Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre, SASTRA, Kumbakonam and Government School, Tulasendrapuram, native of the US Vice President Kamala Harris. It is proposed to offer English Language training to 50 economically backward students of Government School of Mannargudi including Tulasendrapuram and the students of SRC, SASTRA, who are willing to improve their English Communication Skills. Total cost of the project sponsored by US Government is about 50000 USD.

NATIONAL CADET CORPS

Dr. G. Jegadeesan, Maths successfully completed the PRCN (Pre commission) course. The final POP (Passing Out Parade) was completed on October 23, 2021 and he is now Commissioned as ANO (Associate NCC Officer).

NCC @ SRC

1. October 25 - 29, 2021 - Two SD and one SW cadets of SRC campus attended an online Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat XI Camp (EBSB), hosted by West Bengal & Sikkim State Directorate.

26. November 17, 2021 - ‘Awareness on Entrepreneurship & Innovation and One Million Awareness by EDII TN’ at AVC College of Engineering, Mayiladuthurai.

27. November 20, 2021 - conducted a workshop on Business Models in IT Industries and One Million Awareness by EDII at AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Poondi.

ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES @SRC

1. October 29, 2021 - The Chief General Manager of BSNL, Mr.C.V. Vinod inaugurated the activities of the associations for the students of Computer Science EXACT, SFOSS, CSI.

2. Ms. Leena Thomas, Deputy General Manager of BSNL, Kerala Circle delivered the Knowledge Leadership Forum Lecture on the topic “Trends that shape the Telecom Industry”.

3. October 30, 2021 - Under the auspices of ExACT, S-FOSS & CSI Associations of the Department of Computer Science, a lecture “Nitty Gritty on Novel Paradigms in Computer Engineering: Future Perspective” by Dr.V R Sarma Dhulipala, Anna University (BIT Campus), Trichy was organised.

4. November 26, 2021 - Professor Dr. C. Vijayalakshmi, Department of Statistics & Applied Mathematics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur inaugurated Math Forum, the Mathematics Association and delivered the inaugural address on ‘Fuzzy Optimization’.

5. December 8, 2021 - A KLF lecture on “NIRF & Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation and Achievements (ARIIA)” was given by Dr. K.Narayan, Dean, Research and Development, Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

6. December 28, 2021 - Dr. N. Bhalaji, Associate Professor, SSN College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai delivered a talk on ‘Block Chains’.

Bank Recruitment Training Programme

Bank Clerk Recruitment Training Programme was conducted free of cost for the benefit of the people around Thanjavur and Kumbakonam on November 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2021 and on December 4 and 5, 2021. Around

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2. November 1, 2021 - Capt. Senthil Nathan, NCC Officer received an Appreciation Certificate from Dr. Anbazagan MLA, Kumbakonam for conducting Blood Donation Camps and donating blood to Govt. Hospital Blood bank.

3. On the eve of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Cpl. Jayapriya. M of III B.C.A. delivered a speech on the role of students in building national integration, developing peace and unity.

4. November 9 - 18, 2021 - Five SD cadets from SRC campus attended a Basic Leadership Camp (BLC) held at Hindustan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

5. November 16 - 30, 2021 - Cadet Desineni Hemanth Kumar of II B.Sc. Maths won the first place in Cross Country Competition, and participated in Mountaineering Course at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, Uttarkhand. He participated successfully in river crossing, jummaring, rappling, sports climbing, etc. for 15 days at the temperature of around 1o C.

6. November 30 - December 07, 2021 - Cpl.G.Guru

and Lcpl. M. Devabharathi of III B.Sc. CCS participated in Shivaji Trail Trek 2021, at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

7. December 6 - 15, 2021 - 16 SD and 6 SW cadets along with NCC officer from SRC attended an Annual Training Camp at NTA, Idayapatti.

Sports Events

R.Karthikeswar, a Shanmugha Polytechnic alumnus 2012-15 batch, Electrical and Electronics Engineering won the Bronze medal in Mr.World Body Building Championship in the 12th World Body Building and Physique Sports Championship - 2021 held at Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan from October 1- 7, 2021.

Vignesh J B S of Second Year MBA won the Gold Medal in Badminton Men Singles in the All India National Federation Cup 2021 held at Mapusa, Goa from November 25 - 27, 2021, organized by Youth Sports Development Association.

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S.Aravind of Third Year ICT won the Silver Medal in 4X100 Relay under 20 men category in the 35th Tamil Nadu Inter District Junior Athletic Championship held at NPR College, Dindigul from December 8 – 11, 2021 and Bronze Medal in 100 mts. under 20 boys category in the Trichy District Athletics Championship held on November 28 & 29, 2021.

S.Shivasuriya 4th year B.Com LLB., won the Silver Medal in Junior Dead Lift and Bronze Medal in Senior Dead Lift in the Open South India – 2021 organized by Erode District Indian Fitness Federation, held at Erode on November 28, 2021.

S.Shivasuriya also won the Gold Medal in Junior and Senior Tamil Nadu State Powerlifting Championship and also Junior and Senior Dead Lift Championship

held at Kulithalai, Karur on October 23 & 24, 2021.

Shanmugha Polytechnic College student S.Amsavarthan of First Year Electrical and Electronics Engineering won the Gold Medal in Shot Put under 16 boys category in the District Open Junior Athletic Meet 2021 held at Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Vallam, Thanjavur on December 3 & 4, 2021.

Shanmugha Polytechnic College student Chi.V.Muhil Ram of First Year Mechanical won the Gold Medal in Archery Indian Outdoor Team Junior Men Category inthe 14th Tamil Nadu State Archery Championships – 2021 organized by The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu, held at MGR Janaki Women’s College from October 25 - 31, 2021.

NSS ACTIVITIES @ SRC

1. October 12, 2021 - Free Mask Distribution and COVID -19 Awareness Campaign was held at Aadhi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam.

2. October 22, 2021 - A special lecture on “Stop being, Start Living” was delivered by Dr. K. Sivasankar,

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Founder, Nalam Natural Healthcare & Yoga Research Centre, Kumbakonam.

3. October 27, 2021 - The NSS units displayed COVID awareness banners in various places within the campus.

4. October 29, 2021 - Deepavali was celebrated with the members of Thillaiyambur home for aged, by distributing sweet packets.

5. November 2, 2021 - NSS unit of SRC issued guidelines to the students through handbills to celebrate a noiseless and smoke free Deepavalli. 6. December 24, 2021 - The NSS, Plasma Compendium and the Red Ribbon Club of SRC in collaboration with the Government Hospital, Kumbakonam organized a blood donation camp at SRC.7. December 31, 2021 - 485 seed packets of Kitchen Garden Seeds were distributed to students and the staff.

8. On December 31, 2021 – at First Year NSS Volunteers Orientation Programme, “Everyday Ethics” by Dr. D. Narasimhan, Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, “Awareness on Cyber Security” by Dr. S. Meganathan, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, and “Understanding the Adolescent” by Dr.R.Ravi, Assistant Professor, Department of English were delivered.

Special training for IBPS aspirants

SASTRA SAGE offered special weekend training to the aspirants of IBPS, through Smart Training Research India Private Limited, Chennai on November 20, 21, 27 and 28 and December 4 & 5, 2021. About 130 people from Thanjavur District including a physically challenged participated in the training offered both in SASTRA Main Campus, Thanjavur and Srinivas Ramanujan Center, Kumbakonam. A special cash incentive of Rs.2000 was given by the Chancellor, SASTRA Deemed University, to about 50 participants each who attended the training on all the 6 days and

Rs.5000 was given to the physically challenged aspirant.

Kamalalayam Tank Renovation

The south side walls of the famous Kamalalyam Water Tank of Arulmigu Thyagaraja Swamy Temple, Thiruvarur collapsed  on October 25,  due to heavy and incessant rain in the delta region. SASTRA University immediately offered to carry out the re-construction of the parapet wall of Kamalalayam Tank, and began the restoration with a ritual pooja on December 23, 2021.

Annadhanam

SASTRA provided annadhanan to all devotees from 9 30 a.m. to 2.30 pm on November 20, 2021 at the famous Triprayar Sri Rama Temple in Thrissur District in Kerala on Thiruparayar Ekadasi, observed after the full moon day in the Malayalam month of Vrishchikam (November – December).

A Quarterly Newsletter published by SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITY, Thanjavur-613 401, Tamil Nadu.Designing & Printing : Sumukha Agencies, BANGALORE.