Kriti February 2016 - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham fileAs part of ‘Amrita Alumni Talk Series’, a talk by four of our Alumni of 2005-2009 batch was organized on 9th February 2016

Volume : 7 Issue : 8 February 2016

CONTENTS

‘Amrita Alumni Talk Series’ 9th February 2016

‘Spotlight’ 10th February 2016

‘Voice of Amrita’ 15th-22nd February 2016

‘Wellness In Your Hands’ 20th February 2016

‘Eco Week’ 20th-28th February 2016

‘Science Week’ 22nd-26th February 2016

‘Diabetes & Eye Check-Up’ 24th & 25th Februray 2016

‘Shivagange Trek’ 27th February 2016

As part of ‘Amrita Alumni Talk Series’, a talk by

four of our Alumni of 2005-2009 batch was organized on

9th February 2016. Approximately 200 B.Tech. students

attended the talk and the session went on for nearly two

hours.

The Alumni team members were:

Mr. Sandesh - Manager, MTR Foods, Bengaluru

Mr. Nikhil Das - IT Security Consultant, Dubai

Mr. Sriram - Consultant company for Airbus, France

Mr. Thejas Gupta - Mistral Solutions, California

The session was very interactive and informative

as the Alumni shared their experiences in & after Amrita.

They encouraged the students to choose their career as per

their intuitions and focus on their growth in the field of

their interest.

The focus of the session was on:

How Alumni can help to bring internships/

projects for current students?

Opening own Start-ups and developing/

succeeding in it.

Help from Alumni on choosing graduate universi-

ties for higher education

Wide range of opportunities after engineering

Fields of passion/interest etc.

It was also decided to build an android app that

acts as an interface between the student community and the

Alumni for facilitating speedy response with regard to

career related queries from the alumni who have expertise

in it. The session was highly appreciated by the students as

the main focus was following one’s dreams and achieving

it. They wanted many more of such events/talks to be

organized from the passed out students.

Narthana’, the Dance Club of ASE-B organised

its flagship event called ‘Spotlight’, which was an on-

campus hunt for ‘Amrita’s Best Dancer’ in the Male &

Female categories on 10th February 2016.

Being the first of its kind, Spotlight enticed

twenty entrants. Battling against each other, eight

participants qualified to the final 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 choreographing

capabilities. Mr. Sai Teja (S2 CSE) was declared as ‘The

Best Dancer’ in the Male category and Ms. Sriya (S6 EIE)

was declared as ‘The Best Dancer’ in the Female category.

School Highlights

February 2016 PAGE 1

‘Alumni Talk Series’ ‘Spotlight’

The music frenzy on campus topped the charts as

‘Raaga’, the Music Club of ASE-B presented its flagship

event, ‘The Voice of Amrita’ from 15th to 22nd of February,

2016. The format of the event was revamped this year by

the Club, which endeavored to surpass the successes

attributed to its previous editions. Out of the 70

participants who walked in to mesmerize the jury with

their melodies, 15 of them proceeded to the next round

where they enthralled the audience and jury with myriad

emotions with their romantic and melancholic songs.

The grand finale witnessed breath-taking and

heart-warming renditions which tested the versatility of the

top 7 finalists. The first round of the finale was the

presentation of a song from the 1960’s to 1980’s. The

performance of the participants had the crowd applauding

in exultation. The second round comprised of music with

fast beats which had the audience swaying energetically.

Only four contestants entered the final ‘Challenge Round’

– Mr. Nikhil Kumaar (S8), Ms. Anjali Nair (S8), Mr. Ravi-

teja (S8) and Ms. Ramya Lakshmi (S2). The Top 4 amazed

the audience with their melodies showcasing their voice,

adeptness in singing and excellent choice of numbers.

Mr. Aditya Vikram, (S2-M.Tech.) was awarded the

People’s Choice Award based on aggregate audience votes

from the first two rounds at the finale and Ms. Ramya

Lakshmi, (S2 CSE) carried home the title of ‘The Voice of

Amrita’ for this year.

Yoga, Acupressure and Natural Therapy

(YANTRA) Foundation, a voluntary non-profit

organization, was founded by Prof. K. Ravindran in the

year 2010. Prof. Ravindran is an Acupressure Expert. The

main objective of YANTRA is to create awareness among

the masses about acupressure, yoga and all other natural

therapies. Since these therapies are of no cost or low cost

& 100% safe without any side effects, it means only

prevention, diagnosis & cure, YANTRA ensures this

wisdom reaches the very common man. YANTRA has

been conducting the acupressure and naturopathy

workshops with well equipped and trained faculty through-

out South India.

To create awareness about this amongst our

students and staff members, the School had organized a

talk by Prof. Ravindran on ‘Naturopathy and Acupressure’

on Saturday, 20th February 2016. Prof. Ravindran

highlighted on simple remedies for different health

problems.

At the end of the programme, our students and

staff members gained some insight about the various

factors that are involved in maintaining their own

‘Wellness’ through Acupressure, the interesting of which

is that the patient himself/herself can stimulate the pressure

points on his/her own body without any external help or

side effect.

School Highlights


‘Voice of Amrita’ ‘Wellness In Your Hands’

The students at ASE-B enthusiastically celebrated

‘Eco Week’ during 20th -28th of February, 2016. It was

organized by ‘Prakruti’ the Environment Club. The

objective of ‘Eco Week’ was to create a diversified

awareness about nature.

During this period, a visit to Thayimane Ashram -

a plantation field was organized, which enthralled many

students and nurtured the environmentalist in each one of

them. Followed by the Ashram visit, an event titled ‘No

Plastic Day’ was organized by the ‘Go Green’ initiators of

the campus. The event attracted students to create paper

bags out of waste paper which culminated in 270 paper

bags and biodegradable dustbins. The paper bags and

dustbins were distributed in the cafeteria and the stationery

store in the campus.

Considering the high consumption of energy and

its negative impact on the environment, ‘Earth Hour’ was

organized as the fourth event of the week, in which

electricity supply to the entire campus was cut off. As a

mark of a successful ‘Earth Hour’, paper lanterns were

released into the starry sky, increasing its opulence. Eco

Week arrived at its climax with the ‘Cleaning Campaign’

where students joined hands to make the campus trash free

and beautiful.

One of the most awaited celebratory weeks of

ASE-B was the ‘Science Week’ which was organized by

‘Aavishkara’ the Science Club, ‘Vyom’ the Astrophysics

Club and ‘Sankhya’ the Mathematics club. A plethora of

events ranging from Olympiad to Tech Exhibition were

conducted from 22nd to 26th of February 2016. The

exhibition was open to Amritians on all four days and it

garnered the attention of numerous students. Various

working models were displayed and each exhibit was

accompanied by a brief & fascinating description.

‘Olympiad’, the true test of knowledge on a large

scale was conducted on 23rd February, 2016. Being an

online test, it made the takers search for a secondary

thinking cap. It was a mind wrecking experience for the 42

students who registered for the test. The winners of

Olympiad were Mr. Boyana Ravi Teja (S6 ME), Mr. P.

Bharadwaj (S4 CSE) and Mr. P. Madhivani (S2 CSE). The

following day played host to a renowned guest speaker,

Dr Annapurni Subramani, Professor at the Indian Institute

of Astrophysics. Dr Subramani expounded on

ASTROSAT, which is India’s first space observatory

containing a conglomerate of Hubble SpaceTelescopes that

are used to discover and explain astronomical phenomena.

Science Week had surprisingly the most engaging

closing ceremonies in the campus. ‘Treasure Hunt’ was the

final leap into the week, which saw participation of 40

teams. Each clue led to another and the final clue involved

the application of the theory of graphs and solution of

equations. The entire campus appeared to be the movie-set

of Indiana Jones. The unity showed by each team was

incredible.

School Highlights


‘Eco Week’ ‘Science Week’

‘Prerana’, the Community Outreach Club of ASE-

B organized a free ‘Diabetes and Eye check-up’ camp on

24th & 25th February 2016.

Due to the massive increase in diseases across the

globe, professionals suggest that everyone should take the

test and move towards ‘prevention is the best cure’

lifestyle. With the assistance of Apollo Hospital, sponsored

by Lifestyle, the camp had nearly 950 students and

members of staff having their blood tested. More than 500

people from the campus got their eyes checked by ‘The

Eye Foundation’.

‘Squad’, the adventure enthusiasts club of ASE-

B organized its first ever

event on 27th February

2016. A zealous crowd

of 116 students and 9

accompanying faculty

from the School

assembled near the main

gate at 6:30 AM.

Shivagange trek area is a popular site for rock

climbing in Karnataka state. The entire trail to the peak is

well marked and the presence of man-made steps makes

the trail suitable for beginners. The trek commenced from

Milestone-1 which was the base of the hills. The entire

crowd was divided into 10 groups and a group leader was

assigned to each group. The thrilled trekkers wearing a

white shirt bearing the proud logo of ‘Squad’ started

ascending and it took about an hour to reach Milestone-2.

Milestone-2 is a small primeval ‘mandab’ (rest house)

where breakfast was served to the trekkers.

Dr. D. Praveen (Faculty in the Department of

Physics) led the group

from the front and

Mr. M.E. Shashi Kumar

(Faculty in the Department

of ME) backed up at the

end. On their way to the

peak, the students paid

respect to the Nandi statue and on reaching the summit,

Mr Shashi Kumar addressed the gathering and dedicated

this trek to the brave soldiers at the Siachen who recently

lost their lives due to an avalanche. A 1-minute silence was

observed in their honor. The trek at the Shivagange hill

came to an end, which left the students in awe. It was an

exhilarating experience for the trekkers.

School Highlights


‘Diabetes & Eye Check-Up’ ‘Shivagange Trek’


Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE

CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Ms. Suja P.

Authors:

Ms. Suchitra

Ms. Suja P.

Dr. Shikha Tripathi

“Real-Time Emotion Recognition

from Facial Images using

Raspberry Pi II”

11th -12th February

2016

3rd International Conference on Signal

Processing and Integrated Networks

(SPIN) 2016 at Amity University,

Noida

Scopus Indexed

Will appear in IEEE xplore

Department of CSE

‘FACE’ - the departmental forum organized:

A talk by representatives from Institute of Advance

Network Technology - IANT on 16th February 2016,

in order to help students get a broader perspective

about the different fields of computer networking.

IANT, is a premier IT Company which facilitates

Advanced IT Training, International Educational

Certifications, Infrastructure Development and also

Manpower Outsourcing & Recruitment.

Globally recognized as the No. 1 IT institute in India,

it has five regional offices offering a variety of courses

to students. It has also partnered with companies like

CompTIA, EC Council, Redhat, to name a few. The

session prevailed with a run through about the institute

and a brief description about all the certification

courses they offer and its importance in the real world.

It proved to be a new exposure to students, and also

enriched the students about the various options

available to pursue their interests. The talk gathered an

audience of around 60 students.

An interesting one day workshop on NodeJS on 13th

February 2016. Node-JS is an open-source, cross-

platform runtime environment for developing server-

side Web applications. The Session commenced with

one of the executives from ACADGILD addressing

the attendees about the company. He briefed about

how interviews are conducted, the importance of

doing projects, building-up the resume and about

various opportunities available to the budding

Engineers.

Following this discussion, Mr. Aqueel Shah, the Frontend

Mentor took over the whole session. The session began

with the introduction of some very basic terms associated

with the language, software installation and moving on to

executing the Hello World program. He also spoke about

front end computing and the various kinds of operations

that could help one develop a web page. It was later

concluded with an interesting discussion about Google

Glass, its different features and the technology behind it.

Nearly 80 students attended the session.

The department organized an Industrial Visit for the

S6 students and the Infosys recruits to Infosys

Bengaluru Campus on 22nd February 2016. Students

actively participated in the session organised for them

on Big Data. The students were accompanied by

Dr. Tripty Singh, Ms. Nalini Sampath and Mr. H.N.

Vishwas.

Departmental Forum Activities

Other News

‘The light of Guru’s

grace helps us to see & remove the obstacles in

our path’ - AMMA


Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented by:

Ms. Priya Darshini V.

Authors:

Ms. Priya Darshini V.

Dr. K. Porkumaran

Dr. Prabhakar

“Morphological Analysis for

Breast Cancer Detection”

5th - 6th February

2016

2nd International Conference on Intelligent

Computing and Applications (ICICA) -

2015 at KCG College of Technology,

Chennai

Presented By:

Dr. T.K. Ramesh

Authors: Dr. T.K. Ramesh

Mr. C.V. Giriraja

“Study of Reassignment Strategy

in Dynamic Channel Allocation”

11th -12th February

2016


Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN)

2016 at Amity University, Noida

Scopus Indexed


Department of ECE

The following faculty members successfully completed

their Comprehensive Oral Examination related to the Ph.D.

Programme:

Ms. Kirti S. Pande in the area of ‘Semiconductor

Memories’ under the guidance of Dr. N. S. Murty on

2nd February 2016 at Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru.

Ms. Vinodhini M. in area of ‘Network on Chip’ under

the guidance of Dr. N. S. Murty on 18th February 2016

at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Mr. S. Abhishek and Mr. Vikram Chauhan (S8, ECE)

have been selected for the post of ‘Sub Lieutenant’ in

Indian Navy from December 2016. They are

recommended for Indian Navy (Pilot) from 12 SSB

through University Entry Scheme (UES) conducted on

16th January 2016. They have to undergo training at

the Indian Naval Academy Ezhimala, Kannur

from July 2016 subject to the merit list to be published

by the Indian Navy.

Mr. M. Sriharsha (S8, EIE) has been selected for the

post of Sub Lieutenant in Aviation Branch of Indian

Navy (Observer) from January 2017. He is

recommended as a Commissioned Naval Officer from

12 SSB through University Entry Scheme (UES)

conducted on 16th January 2016. He has to undergo a 6

-month basic Naval training at The Indian Naval

Academy.

Mr. Prateek (VIII Semester, ECE) has been selected

for the post of Lieutenant in Indian Army from May

2017. He is recommended for Indian Army from 20

SSB, Bhopal, under University Entry Scheme (UES)

conducted on 14th January 2016. He is to undergo

training as Joining Indian Military Academy (IMA) at

Dehradun from July 2016, subject to merit list to be

published by Indian Army.

Facutly Achievements/

Participation/Recognition

Student Achievements

‘Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that’ - AMMA

‘ECIF’ - the departmental forum organized:

A workshop titled ‘Electronica-16’ to learn the

interfacing of Microcontrollers and Sensors on 13th -

14th February 2016, for S2, S4 & S6 students. Around

60 students attended the workshop.

An Industrial Visit to Festo, ETDC and IISc. on 26th

February 2016 for S4 & S6 students. Dr. Kaustav

Bhowmick, Mr. T. Sreenivasulu, Mr. C.V. Giriraja,

Mr. P. Satish Kumar and Mr. R. Swaminathan assisted

students during the visit. Around 81 students

participated in the visit.

Dr. R. Karthikeyan organized a seminar on “Industrial

Automation” on 11th February 2016. The speakers

were from M/s. Warteen’s Technologies, Bengaluru.

The talk was arranged for S2, S4 & S6 EIE students.

An invited talk was delivered by Dr. Chetan Parikh

(Professor at IIIT, Bengaluru) on ‘Enhancing Student

Learning and Innovative Pedagogies’ on 26th February

2016. The event was coordinated by Ms. Ponni M. for

the faculty members of Department of ECE and

Department of CSE.

The talk presented some broad observations,

principles and recommendations that literature in this

area has arrived at. With increasing numbers of

students in classrooms and drastic shifts in student

attitudes towards learning, innovative pedagogies and

teaching methods are a critical need in engineering

education. Also two interesting methods for enhancing

student learning were discussed such as ‘structured

co-operative learning groups’ and ‘non-technical

creative assignments’. Student feedback over the past

twelve years has shown that these methods are very

effective in enhancing enthusiasm, motivation and

deep learning.

Department of ECE



Other News


Papers Presented

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr. Kishore Naik Mude “EMN Meeting on Batteries” 21st -25th February

2016

Orlando, Florida, USA

(Sponsored by DST and Amrita

University)

Dr J. Ramprabhakar “Challenges and Opportunities of

Renewable Energy Conversion

Technologies”

25th -26th February

2016

ACS College of Engineering,

Bengaluru

(Sponsored by MNRE)

Dr. S. Shankar

Ms. V.S. Kirthika Devi

“Micro Grids Challenges and

Opportunities”

26th February

2016

IIT Chennai

(ABB IITM sponsored one day

workshop)

Department of EEE



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Ms. Mamtha I.

Authors:

Ms. Mamatha I.

Dr. Shikha Tripathi

Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan

“Pipelined Architecture for Filter

Bank based 1-D DWT”

11th -12th February

2016


Processing and Integrated Networks

(SPIN) 2016 at Amity University,

Noida

Scopus Indexed


Mr. J. Ramaprabhakar successfully defended his

Ph.D. thesis titled is “Coordination Controls for

Moderating Generation-Demand Mismatch in Wind-

Solar-Hydro Energy Conversion Systems” on 30th

January 2016 at the Indian Institute of Technology

Gandhinagar.

Dr. K. Deepa has reviewed a paper for Scopus

Indexed journal “Ingenieria e Investigacion”,

Colombia with h-index: 3.

Dr. Kishore Naik Mude:

Delivered an invited talk on ‘Wireless Charging

Infrastructures’ in ‘EMN (Energy- Materials-

Nanotechnology) Meeting on Batteries’ organized

by University of Central Florida, USA during 21st

-25th February 2016.

Participated in workshop and delivered a key-note

speak on ‘Electrical Vehicle Battery

Infrastructures’ on 26th February 2016 at the

International Transport Innovation Centre,

Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

Participated in a panel discussion on ‘Electric

Vehicle Scenario in global Market’ along with

Toyota R&D-USA, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory (ORNL)-USA and Cisco Systems, CA

-USA.

Participated in ‘South Carolina Automotive

Summit’ held at Greenville, USA and met the

Governor of South Carolina Ms. Nikki R. Haley.

Delivered an expert talk on ‘Wireless Power

Transfer for Future Transportation and

Electrification’ in University Ontario Institute of

Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Canada.

Visited the ‘General Motors Automotive Centre

of Excellence’ (GM ACE), Oshawa, Ontario,

Canada.



IEEE PES and IAS Student Branch Chapter, ASE-B

organized:

A talk by Mr. Raghunandan N.V. from National

Instruments (an alumnus of the School, who actively

involved himself with IEEE as a Student Chair for

about 2 years) on the Topic ‘IOT in Industries’.

Mr.Raghunandan emphasized the impact of IOT in

industries and briefed about NI’s role in

revolutionizing IOT. The session was interactive with

more effective participation from audience. He could

easily bring out the future need of IOT for augmenting

present day technology. He shared NI’s involvement

in developing complex algorithms connecting front

end machines to smart control through cloud. He also

emphasized on the crucial role of big data involved in

this industry. He gave a brief about the ‘N.I Yantra’

competition conducted towards the betterment of

college students.

IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter of Amrita School

of Engineering which was inaugurated in August 2015

under the mentorship of Dr. K. Deepa has been

ranked 19th in the world ranking of ‘High Performing

Student Branch Chapter 2015’and 3rd in India. The

chapter will receive $294 as award fund from IEEE

Headquarters.

IEEE WIE Symposium 2016 organized by IEEE

India Council WIE-AG supported by Amrita School

of Engineering Bengaluru on 7th and 8th November

2015 has been published in the 2015 Annual Report of

IEEE Bangalore section

The following events conducted in Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru have been published in the

Annual Report 2015 of IEEE Bangalore section

Inauguration of IEEE Power Energy Society

Student Chapter held on 10th August, 2015

Seminar on “Power Quality” on 1st September,

2015

A talk on “Impact of Greenhouse Effect and

Carbon Footprint” held on 9th September, 2015

Workshop on “Industrial Energy Auditing” held

on 19th September, 2015

A talk on “ Future Battery Charging Infrastruc-

ture for Transportation Electrification” on 5th

October, 2015

Department of EEE


IEEE PES Student Chapter Other News

‘Beware; your

actions in the present

determine your future’

AMMA


Papers Presented

Workshops / Conferences / Seminars Attended

NAME TITLE DATE VENUE

Dr Rakesh S.G.

Dr Nagaraja S.R.

Mr. Akhil J.

Mr. Vinod Kotebavi

Mr. Sandeep Koundinya

4th National Symposium on

Shock Waves (NSSW-4)

organized by Society for Shock

Wave Research (India) in

coordination with Indian Institute

of Science and Karunya Institute

of Technology and Sciences,

Coimbatore

25th - 26th

February 2016

Karunya Institute of Technology and

Sciences, Coimbatore

Department of ME



CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Mr. Sujith Sai

Authors:

Mr. Sujith Sai (S8)

Mr. Anish (S8)

Mr. Dileep B.P.

“Investigation of mechanical

properties of Al6082-nickel

composites”

29th Feb - 3rd

March 2016

International Conference on Energy

Environment and Engineering (ICEEE

2016) held at Coimbatore Institute of

Technology, Coimbatore

Dr. Rakesh S.G. and Dr. Nagaraja S. R., chaired

one session each at the ‘4th National Symposium on

Shock Waves (NSSW-4)’, held from 25th - 26th Feb

2016 at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences,

Coimbatore.

Mr. Sandeep Koundinya r egistered for par t time

Ph.D. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

at Amrita school of Engineering, Bengaluru in

February 2016 under the guidance of Dr. Rakesh S.G.,

Professor and Associate Dean & Head, ASE

Bengaluru.

The team of Dr. G.B. Veeresh Kumar and Mr. R. Pramod

received an internal funding from Amrita Vishwa

Vidyapeetham. The details of the project are as under:

Title : “Mechanical and Tribological Properties

of Composite Materials”

PI : Dr. Veeresh Kumar G.B.

Co-PI : Mr. Pramod R.

Amount : Rs. 10.00 Lakhs



Project Funding

NATIONAL CONFERENCE


CONFERENCE

Presented By:

Mr. T. Vasudevan

Authors:

Mr. T. Vasudevan

Dr. Rakesh S.G.

“Calibration of Hypersonic Test

Facility at Amrita School of

Engineering, Bengaluru”

25th—26th

February 2016 4th National Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-4) at Karunya Institute

of Technology and Sciences,

Coimbatore

‘Ingenium’ - the departmental forum organized:

Screw up your brain with Ingenium-IV

The event was conducted on 11th February 2016, in

continuation with the previous event Screw up your

brain III. Around 76 students from S2 & S4

participated in the event. It had two phases.

Phase I - Discussion about mechanism: A brief on

aircraft carrier’s landing and take-off mechanism was

given by the Secretary of Ingenium - Mr.Viswajit. A

lot of questions were raised on the topic, which were

adequately answered.

Phase II - Myth Buster: The popular myth, ‘Can a

penny dropped from the Empire State Building kill a

person?’ was discussed. The students thoroughly

enjoyed the event .They left the classroom learning

new mechanisms and also were happy about the event.

Bridge the Gap

On Friday, 16th February 2016 Ingenium Conducted

an event called “Bridge the Gap” on 16th February

2016. The objective of the event was to construct a

bridge with the given materials. The students from all

branches of School attended this event.

The participants were asked to build a bridge between

two desks separated by a certain distance. They were

provided with cardboard, black chart paper, glue, ice

cream sticks, thread and a cutter. The time allotted to

them to accomplish the task was an hour. Around 70

participants took part in nineteen groups of four per

group. The bridges were judged on four categories

namely design, creativity, strength and use of

materials. Scores were provided for each of these

categories individually and summed up to judge the

winner. The Judge for the event was Mr. Basavaraj

Noolvi, faculty in the Department of Mechanical

Engineering, ASE, Bengaluru.

Mr. Rohit, Mr. Varun & Mr. Vishal of S6 ME won the

First place and the Runners-up were Mr. Ebin Jose,

Mr. Akash P.M. & Mr. Anand of S2 ME.

Polymer Casting.

The event was held on 19th february2016. Around 69

Students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year attended the event in

23 groups of 3 students per group. Participants were

asked to use patterns and cast it by making a mould.

An ISO Polymer was used for preparing the cast.

Firstly a demonstration was given on how to prepare a

mould and cast the material. Later, the students were

provided with the facilities and were asked to prepare

the cast. Students prepared the moulds and poured the

liquid polymer with accelerator and hardener into the

moulds, which were allowed to solidify for a day. Next

day participants removed their cast from the moulds

and cleaned the cast using sand paper. The event was

judged by Mr. Dileep B.P., faculty in the Department

of Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. G. Pradeep Kumar, Mr. J. Pridhvi Raj,

Mr. R. Mageshwar won the first place and

Mr. Ch. Guna Sekhar, Mr. A. Hemateja & Mr. C.

Vineeth won the second place in senior category. In

the junior category, the first place was won by

Mr. Abhitej, Mr. K. Jayarami Reddy & Mr. K.N.V.

Shankar and the second place by Mr. Charan &

Mr. Anudeep.

The event saw a healthy participation from students of

S2, S4 & S6 semesters and it helped them to gain an

experience of simple casting technique.

Department of ME



Screw up your brain with Ingenium V

The event was held on 25th February 16. The topic of

discussion was the working of a cross bow, the way

they were made and used in the past which was

followed by the Mythbuster section with the topic

‘Dental floss, the latest Hacksaw’ with a real life

example of an escapade of a prisoner using dental

floss to break bars to evade to the outside world.

Around 43 students attended this event.

The department organized an Industrial visit to

Varahi and Kaiga Power Plant was organized for the S6

ME students on 25th February 2016 accomapnied by

Mr. K. Ravi Kumar, Mr. Basavaraj Noolvi & Mr. Dileep

B.P. faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineeirng

the visit was coordinated by Mr.T. Viswajit Mr. V. Sai

Teja, Ms. Padma Ooha & Mr. P.L.N Sri Harsha.

The ‘Varahi Hydroelectric Power Station’ and

‘Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant’ are located along the

Varahi river and Kali river respectively. This visit was

organized to give an industrial exposure and also to make

the students learn & 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 Turbo Machinery

put to actual use. The use of the Pelton Wheel and the dif-

ferent techniques & controls for operation was explained

by the working personnel at the site. The students were

also allowed to go around the plant to get a good

understanding of the process & design of various shafts

and generators. The Varahi plant has 4 generators which

convert the mechanical impulse from the Pelton Wheel

Turbine to current and have 6 transmission lines to carry

the power to Mangalore and Shimoga districts in

Karnataka. The final destination of the industrial visit was

the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant. This plant is located along

the banks of the river Kali in North Karnataka. The

students were taken to the administrative block where they

were shown a video depicting the history and the progress

of the plant since its inception. Today it generates up to

220 MW of power which is equally distributed to every

state in India. The students had a Q&A session, which was

very informative & effective.

On their return journey, students also visited

Murudeshwar beach and Sathodi waterfalls which added a

little fun and relaxation to the trip. On the whole, the

Industrial visit indeed fulfilled its purpose with the

students gaining valuable experience and knowledge.

Department of ME



Other News

‘All your prolems arise because you don’t stand firm

within your Self’ - AMMA


Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Authored & Presented by:

Dr. Neetu Srivastava

“Effect of permeability on Rayleigh

type acoustic streaming”

22nd -24th

February

2016

Innovative design, Analysis and

Development Practices in Aerospace and

Automotive Engineering, Veltech

University, Chennai.

Will be published in “Springer series” of

“Lecture Notes on Mechanical

Engineering”

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE

Presented by:

Dr. Bhaskar B.L.

Authors:

Dr. Bhaskar B.L.

Mr. S. Anil Kumar

“A facile spetrophotometric method

for the determination of Nitrite in

water samples”

17th -20th

February

2016

Sixth International Conference on Metals

in Genetics, Chemical Biology and

Therapeutics - ICMG 2016 conducted at

IISc., Bengaluru

Presented by:

Mr. S. Anil Kumar

Authors:

Mr. S. Anil Kumar

Dr. Bhaskar B.L.

“Highly sensitive spetrophotometric

determination of Copper in water

samples”

The department arranged for a talk on “Advanced Engineering Materials” on 10th February 2016. The speaker was

Dr. M.V. Reddy, a distinguished researcher from the National University of Singapore.

Other News

Department of Mathematics

Department of Chemistry


Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL


PUBLICATION Deepa Kumari S. “My first Television Experience

(Story in Translation)”

February

2016

E journal of Literary Explorations

Volume 4 Issue 1

ISSN 2320-6101

Impact factor 0.998 (IIFS)

Papers Presented



CONFERENCE Deepa K. Narayanan “Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam -

Transformations and as Reflections

of Pan Indian Culture and

Literature”

5th -6th Feb-

ruary 2016

International Conference on Narrative and

Narratology - Traditions and Innovations

in Story telling patterns, Garden City

College, Bengaluru

Department of English

NATIONAL SEMINAR


EVENT Deepa K. Narayanan “The trajectory contrived through

years by the visual media in con-

structing and empowering women”

25th -26th

February,

2016.

Two day National Seminar on Cinema

and the Formation of Cultural Identities,

Amrita School of Arts and Sciences,

Kochi

Deepa Kumari S. “Demystifying the fallacy concealed

under the portrayal of emboldened

female characters in

K.Balachander’s movies”

Ms. Sreevidya B. Dept. of CSE

Ms. Kirti S. P ande

Dept. of ECE

Ms. Lekshmi S.

Dept. of EEE

Ms. Mrudula Prashanth

Dept. of ME

Mr. H. Manjunath

Dept. of Sciences

Dr. Neetu Srivastava

Dept. of Mathematics

Ms. Deepa K. Narayan

Dept. of English

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Ms. Sangita Khare Assistant Professor

Dept. of CSE

Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Mr. Shiju ICTS

Media Support

Editorial Board

Board Members

“When love overflows and is expressed through every word & deed, we call it Compassion. That

is the goal of religion.”

Documents

Kriti February 2016 - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham fileAs part of ‘Amrita Alumni Talk Series’, a talk by four of our Alumni of 2005-2009 batch was organized on 9th February 2016