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It is indeed a great pleasure to see the department is bringing out the 2nd edition of “E-GRID” maga-zine, which is the outcome of sin-cere efforts from Students and Staff of E&E dept. The depart-ment has always been on the forefront in marching towards ex-cellence. I hope the newsletter gains popularity and maintains high standard. The main purpose of this news letter is to share the achievements of the department students and faculties in the year

2013-14. This newsletter would encourage the faculties and students to bring more laurels to the department in future.

The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was estab-lished during the year 2008 and offers UG Programme. It has adequate infrastructural facilities which includes state of the art laboratories equipped with Electrical Machines, Power Electronics systems, Analog and Digital Electronics Systems, Measurement and Instrumentation Sys-tems, Control Systems, High Voltage and Relay. The department has Wireless Broadband Internet Connectivity upto 6MBPS. The department has well qualified and dedicated faculty mem-bers who are specialized in the fields of Power Systems, Industrial Drives, Energy Management, Industrial Electronics and Information Com-munication Technological areas. The department has also formed a students’ association called ‘e-SURGE. The vision of our association is ―TO INCULCATE BOTH TECHNICAL AND TECHNO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES among the student fraternity.

From the HOD’s Desk…. INS IDE THIS

I SSUE :

Department

Activities

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Faculty

Development

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Paper Published

by Faculty

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Paper Published

by Students

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Students

Acheivement

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Faculty

Acheivements

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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

e-Grid NewsLetter Department Of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

NIE Institute of Technology, Mysore 1 5 / 0 5 / 2 0 1 4

V O L U M E 1

Advisor:

Dr. C. Vidya Raj Principal

Chief Editor:

Sri. B S Srikanthan

HOD, E &EE

Editorial & Design

Team:

1. Mr. Mohan N, Asst Prof,

Dept. of EEE

2. Mr. Lokesh M, Asst Prof,

Dept of EEE

3. Ms. Rekha S, Asst Prof,

Dept of EEE

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A technical talk on “POWER SYSTEM

PLANNING” by Sri.Shankar Sharma, Power

policy analyst, was organized on the 7th

August, 2013 for the Final Year Students.

The talk mainly focused on the Current

trends of the power system planning,

operation and control. The programme was

co-ordinated by Mr. Sandeepkumar K J,

Asst. Prof, EEE.

Technical Talks Orgainzed

DID U KNOW ! • One lightning bolt has enough electricity to serve 200 000 homes. • Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was one of the most well known inventors of all time with 1093

patents . • An Electric eel can produce an electric shock of up to 650 volts at one ampere. • Iceland is the first country to supply full electricity from renewable sources . • Electricity travels more than 186,000 miles per second .

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A technical talk on “Space Research” by C D

Prasad, Retd. Scientist, ISRO, was jointly or-

ganized with ECE on the 22nd of April, 2014.

The talk mainly revolved around the funda-

mentals of Space Science and astro physics.

The talk was targeted to the Pre-final year stu-

dents of EEE and ECE. The programme was

co-ordinated by Mr. Lokesh M, Asst. Prof, EEE

and Smt. Abhinetri K, Asst. Prof, ECE.

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A technical talk on “MECHATROLINK” by

Mr. Seetharam, Sales Lead, YASKAWA

India, was organized on the 23rd of April,

2014 for the Pre-Final Year Students of EEE

and ECE. The main objective of the talk was

to bring awareness among the students

about the present practices in the field of

automation. The programme was co-

ordinated by Mr. Lokesh M, Asst. Prof, EEE

and Smt. Abhinetri K, Asst. Prof, ECE

A one day inter college workshop for

students on “ANDROID APP DEVEL-

OPMENT” by Soham Mondal and

Anktith Goyal (Google speakers) was

organized on 8th FEB 2014. The pro-

gramme was Co-ordinated by Mr. Am-

ruth R T., GSA President, Asst. Prof,

EEE and Mr. Bharath Raj Google Stu-

dent Ambassador, 6th Sem EEE.

Industrial Visit

Industrial visit to ATRIA Hydro Electric power

generating station, KRS Mysore was organ-

ized for 6th semester students on 21-03-

2014. The visit was aimed to enlighten the

students about the actual operation of a Hydro

power plant and 66kV substation together.

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Faculty Development Programme An FDP on “Electrical design estimation and costing” by Er. K R Lakshmikantha, retd. CEE, KPTCL and former Principal KEBEA Kadakola and Er. B S Prabhakara, Retd. SEE, KPTCL, was organized on 28th Jan 2014 for the Faculties of Electrical Department of Vari-ous Colleges. The FDP was aimed at providing exposure about the vital basic aspects of op-eration, Safety measures, Earthing and construction practices which are in vogue for trans-mission and distribution system. The FDP was inaugurated by Chief Guest Er. S Ranga-raju, EEE, KPTCL, Mysore who in his speech stressed more on Safety measures during erection of HV transmission systems. The programme was inaugurated in a novel way by energizing a miniature model of transmission system and it was followed by two sessions of technical lecture and site visit to Koorgalli Industrial Area Mysore . The programme was presided over by Sri. M Sreepadarao , Hon. Secy. NIEIT , Mysore. The chief resource per-sons Engineers, G.S. Vishwanath, GM (Retd.) ,CESCOM, mys ore ,B S Prabhakara, SEE(Retd.) KPTCL and Dr.Usha Surendra I/C principal were present. The faculties from various engineering colleges belonging to Electrical & Electronics Engineering Depart-ment participated in the programme. The valedictory function was presided by Er. Athee-bulla Khan, EE, TL&SS division as chief guest and he spoke mainly on the need of good construction practices in the distribution system and he stressed the importance of Industry-Institution interaction. The programme was coordinated by Sri. Amruth R.T. , Asst. prof. EEE dept. and Sri. Mohan N. , Asst. prof. Dept of EEE.

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PUBLICAT IONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL BY

FACULT IES

1. Mr. B S Srikanthan published a paper titled "Relevance Of Solar Energy - Impact On Grid Integration " at National

Conference, SKIT BANGALORE

2. Mr. B S Srikanthan published a paper titled “Performance enhancement of Solar power inverter system for Domestic

Applications” at National Conference, EIT, Ummatur

3. Mr. B S Srikanthan published a paper titled “Finger print reorganization using MATLAB techniques” at National Con-

ference, EIT, Ummatur.

4. Mr. B S Srikanthan, "A study of Thermal behaviour of the switching component used in solar inverter system for bet-

ter performence" UGC sponsored Two days National Seminar JSS college of Arts, Commerce & Science ooty road,

Mysore-570025.

5. Mr. Amurth. R.T. published a paper titled "Design of DC/DC Buck-Boost Converter Charge Controller for Solar

Power Applications" , Global Research Analysis, Volume:2 Issue:7 July 2013.

6. Mr. Amurth. R.T. published a paper titled "A Study to improve performance efficiency of solar power application by

PWM with MPPT charge controller" National Journal, NSMSE, 2014 .

7. Dr.Usha Surendra and Smt. Archana N V published a paper titled “Location Of Series FACTS Device Using GA

Method” -International Journal IJECSE, Australian journal.

8. Smt. Archana N V published a paper titled “Location Of Series FACTS Device Using Genetic Algorithm and En-

hancement of Stability Using Self tuning Regulator” -International Journal IJECSE 2013.

PUBLICAT IONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL BY

STUDENTS 1. Mr. Harsha M, Mr. Jagadeesha M Y , Mr. Nachiketha V Shastry and Mr. Nanjaraje Urs M B, VIII sem EEE under the

guidance of Mr. Amruth R T Asst. Prof EEE , published a paper titled “Analysis of long term load forecasting using

ANN technology”, Indian Journal of Applied Science Volume IV, Issue V, June 2014 Impact Factor

2.16.DOI:10.15373/2249555X.

2. Mr. Avinash G Bharadwaj, Mr. Sandesh S , Mr. Sharath S M ,and Mr. Siddarth M, VIII sem EEE under the guidance

of Mr.Amruth R T Asst. Prof EEE , June 2014, “Design And Implementation of UAV based Explosive Detection and

Surveillance”, Indian Journal of Applied Science Volume IV, Issue V, June 2014 Impact Factor 2.16 .ISSN-2249-

555X.

3. Mr. Mahesh P.S. And Mr. Praveen C. B Under the guidance of Smt. Archana N. V, Assoc. Professor EEE, reviewed

and accepted a paper titled “Voltage Regulation and Reactive Power Control In Distribution System Using D-

STATCOM”, ICCTEM-2014. 2.16.DOI:10.15373/2249555X.

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Students’ Achievement

1. Mr. Devesh Babu R and Mr. Sujith kumar, student of VIII

semester E & EE, qualified GATE 2014.

2. Mr. Bharath Raj a student of VI semester E&EE, was se-

lected as google student ambassador for NIEIT for the

academic year 2013-2014.

3. Mr. Shreyas Y student of VIII sem E&EE was awarded JN

TATA ENDOWMENT FUND-scholarship of INR 3,50,000

to do his masters in university of Illinois at urbana-

Champaign or Stamford University.

4. Ms. Brisitina S, Ms. Neinshi Raju Singh, Ms Lavanya A J

and Mr. Prashanth DVSN of 8th sem EEE short listed to

participated in “Project Innovation 2014” organized by

Infosys, Mysore.

TOPPERS OF 2013 • Ms. Divyashree R student of III sem EEE, topper in First year securing 82 percent.

• Ms. Greeshma M C student of V sem EEE topper in sec ond year securing 73 percent.

• Ms. Meenakshi venkatesh student of VII sem EEE topp er in third year securing 82.88.

Talk Delivered… Sri. B. S. Srikanthan, HOD of EEE Dept. has participated and delivered a talk on “Loss Reduction in Power

Distribution” in Two Day National Workshop held at Ballari Institute of Technology & Management, Bellary

on Feb 2014.

Ph.D Awarded

• Smt. Usha Surendra was awarded a Doctorate for her

thesis on “Robust optimization Techniques for Location

of FACTS Controllers to Improve Power System Stabil-

ity” Under the Guidance of Dr. S.S Parathasarathy.

Ph.D Comprehensive Viva Voce

• Sri. B S Srikanthan and Sri. Amruth R T have com-

pleted their Ph.D comprehensive viva voce under the

guidance of Dr. B J Ranganath.

• Smt. Archana N V has also completed her Ph.D com-

prehensive viva voce under the Guidance of Dr. S.S

Parathasarathy.

They are on the verge of submitting their thesis.

Ph.D Registration

• Mr. Sandeep Kumar K J has registered for Ph.d pro-

gramme under the guidance of Dr. A. D Kulkarni, Prof

of EEE department, NIE Mysore.