VSSUT Q1 2010 Newsletter

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VSSUT, Burla

Inside this issue

Robo Fever Engulfs VSSUT ....2

In remembrance of Sar Sir.......3

First Convocation..................... 4

Dramatics Fest .......................... 4

Inter University Sports Meet ..4

Students go International........5

Samavesh 2010 ......................... 5

VASSAUNT... 6

VSSUT in pictures .................... 6

From the VCs desk..

It gives me immense pleasure to know about the

release of a News Letter by the Alumni Association.

After the up gradation of University College of Engi-

neering, Burla to a Unitary University, the expecta-

tions of one and all have increased to a large extent.

Certainly, the News Letter VSSUT will focus on the

activities of the University for the benefit of its mem-

bers, employment personnel and the Society at

large. Undoubtedly, this is a noble attempt on the part of the Alumni to

bring out the progress and achievement of the University.

I congratulate the organizers for their effort and wish, the News Letter

VSSUT will fulfill the purpose for which it is launched.

Q1 2010 (JanuaryMarch)

Volume 1, Issue 1

Placement Company

profiles in 2009-2010

Many high profile companies have

recruited students from VSSUT in the

year 2010. Some of the companies

that have visited are:

Tata Motors, Tata Power, TCS, Infosys,

Nokia (Offcampus), L&T ES, L&T ECC,VISA, LANCO, Vedanta, HINDALCO,

ONM, Vodafone, Bhusan Steel, Adani

Power, TCE, OCL, Aptel etc.

This blended profile of Core and IT

sector companies is one of the best

line up in the state.

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VSSUT

The Quarter that was.. at

In this issue.. (Editorial Team)

VSSUT has always had many success stories to share. Sometimes, owing to

our busy life, we find it difficult to catch up with the latest of happenings at

this 50 year old institution. This initiative is an endeavor to reach out to the

stake holders of VSSUT and make them aware and feel proud of the pro-

gress that is being made consistently.

This opening issue features the triumph of the Robotics club in Eastern India

with an interview with its founders. We also have an interview with the

group who decided to go global with their 8th semester project work. VSSUT

has always believed in the mantra, Work Hard and Party Harder. Keeping

this spirit alive, the readers will also find a few glimpses of the series of tech-

nical and cultural events at the National and the State level that we had in

the last quarter. Last but not the least, we have an obituary for probably one

of the nicest souls that VSSUT have ever had, Late Prof (Dr) S. K. Sar. This

and many more as you read the first edition of VSSUT.. Happy reading..


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The Newsletter team got a chance to have a quick talk

with this dynamic duo on the journey so far:

Team: Biswajit, so how did it all start?Biswajit: It all started in the year 2006, when we joined

VSSUT. We made a group of 15 interested students and

bought necessary equipment together. We thought of

robotics club in the same year. After few wins we realized

it is not that difficult to do it if Alumni and college help.

That actually happened and here we are today.

Team: How would you rate Robotics Club today?Biswajit: Currently, we stand #1 in Eastern India in terms

of number of National level competitions won in both

automatic and manual category. Most of them are at IITsand NITs. We have also represented our University at

ROBOCON 2009, which itself is a milestone in our his-

tory.

Team: Sarada, as the current secretary of the RoboticsClub, how would you rate your recent wins at various

Robo fests? Was it too difficult or were you confident?

Sarada: Our first win in NEXUS at IITB gave us the boost.

There we got a chance to test ourselves and then we

developed our robot in mechanisms, hardware and algo-

rithms to accommodate even complex problem state-

ments. This made us pretty confident.

Team: Also, as the secretary, when you pass on thebaton to the next batch, how do you see the future of

robotics in VSSUT and what steps are you taking to en-sure that the legacy continues?

Sarada: We have identified some potential students and

we are currently training them. They are also a part of the

core team. They are doing wonders.

Team: There are many a time, when what we envision isnot what we get due to various circumstances. Which

one move would you think helped you get along your

journey successfully?

Biswajit: Inspiring and creating a potential team, which is

passionate about robotics and good at team work, was the

right move. From the very beginning, in 1st year only, we

made a very good team. That is the only reason we have

succeeded.

Team: Biswajit, we know you are a dreamer and you sethigh goals for the robotics team. Is there any event

which you thought would be your goal. Were you able

to accomplish that?

Biswajit: ROBOCON-international is my goal. But we

could not achieve it due to lack of funds in time. It is still

our goal. Though I am going to pass out in a month, I

believe this goal is going to be realized soon by our jun-

iors. Sarada and I have promised to take all steps, as

Alumni, to make this dream real..

Team: Sarada, as the secretary, what do you think arethe key challenges that lie ahead for the Robotics Club.

Sarada: Fund, permanent and larger workspace, source of

raw material and advanced equipments are the main

challenges that lie ahead for the Robotics club

Team:We would like to know from both of you, on whatdo you think, can college or the alumni do to boost this

niche sector?

Biswajit: The Alumni and the college both have to believe

in the students abilities first. Necessary fund in time and

involvement of young and passionate faculty members

throughout the year is most needed. We are really thank-

ful to Prof. Debu Mishra for helping us out on this.

Sarada: Alumni and college together can get projects and

sponsorship from industries, which will help the studentsto achieve their goals.

Team: As youth icons what is the message that youwould like to convey to all the students of VSSUT before

passing out?

Biswajit: You should do what you love and give your

best to it and then success will follow you. May it be

robotics or anything you want in your life..

Sarada: Along with academics students should realize

their passion and explore it to achieve great heights in the

field of technology..

Robotics Club Hall of

Fame 2010..1. All India First Prize in

Xplode at IIT, Kharagpur

Tech-Fest (Kshitij) in Feb

2010.

2. All India First Prize in

NEXUS at IIT, Bombay

TechFest in Feb 2010.

3. All India First Prize in two

eventsNeed for Speed

and Insight at NIT Jam-

shedpur Tech-Fest Ojass

in March 2010.

4. All India First Prize in Sun-

dial Searcher Automatic

robotics event at VSSUT

Burla Tech-Fest Samavesh

in March 2010.

These are just the few of the

events won in the first quarter

of 2010. The entire win list is

long enough to fit this space..

Currently, we stand #1 in Eastern India in terms of number of National level compe-titions won. Most of them are at IITs and NITs which includes both automatic andmanual category..

Robo Fever engulfs VSSUT..

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Biswajit Parida Sarada Prasanna Nayak

The Robot which has won several

battles for VSSUT

In recent times, Robotics has come out to

be a craze among VSSUTians. As a matter

of fact a Robotics society has come up

with the sole aim of training and inspiring

young and budding technocrats in

the field of robotics.

The success of this club can be

derived from the fact that in the

first quarter of 2010 itself, the team has

won around 5 All India first positions in

various institutions like IIT Bombay, IIT

Kharagpur, NIT Jamshedpur etc. This club

has brought a revolution in the field of

robotics in VSSUT. In the recently con-

cluded All India Techno-Management fest

of VSSUT, Samavesh 2010, more than 60

teams participated in around 4 robotics

events. It was a scene worth so many

accolades to see First year girls

bagging prizes in the robotics

arena.

This whole concept of starting the Robot-

ics club and this techno renaissance that it

has brought has been the brain child of

the dynamic duo of Biswajit Parida (Final

Year, Mechanical) and Sarada Prasanna

Nayak (Final Year, Electrical).


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OBITUARY

Late Prof. (Dr.) Santosh Kumar Sar(19562010)

Late Prof. (Dr.) Santosh Kumar Sar (Sar Sir as he was popularly known) was born on

15th April, 1956 in the village of Rasol, in Dhenkanal district. He did his graduation from

VSSUT (then UCE) Burla in the year 1977. He decided to join the teaching fraternity and joined

as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering in the year 1988. In his journey at VSSUT he became

the Reader in Mechanical Engineering in the year 1992 and then Professor in Mechanical Engi-

neering in the year 2003. Sar Sir also served as the HOD in Mechanical Engineering during

this period and was the Chairman of Orissa JEE for the current year, 2010.

A very popular and amicable person in the campus, a person whose like cannot be

found, very dedicated to his work, very much approachable for any difficulties and someone

who could be trusted at any point of time. VSSUT (UCE) will remember him for remarkable

events like turning back the placement figures in 2004 when he took over as the Professor in

charge of Training and Placement department; his contribution in making the beautiful garden

in between the four boys hostels; his impeccable tenure as the Head of Mechanical Dept.; hisamicable role as the Dean, Students Affairs and so much more..

He is survived by his wife and son.

On behalf of one and all ever associated with him in his walks of life, we pray to

Almighty to give his family enough strength and courage to withstand the grief and loss.

Sar Sir has left behind a tale of good humanity and dedication, a tale that will be told in

VSSUT for many generations to come. May his soul rest in peace.


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The 1st IUSM for the

year 2010-2011 was held

from 29th-31st January. This day was

treated with exhilarating anticipation by

all the students irrespective of the years

and colleges. Finally after days of prac-

tice, the big day dawned. The campus

was buzzing with a mix of excitement

and apprehension.

VSSUT had hosted the Sports Meet in

which more than 400 participants from

15 different colleges across the state had

participated.

The fixture of events included inter

college Cricket Tournament in which

VSSUT bagged the championship tro-

phy, the Basket ball Tournament in

which the very promising team of

VSSUT lifted the shield. For the first

time in the history of the tournament,

football was introduced and VSSUT did

hit the goal by winning the trophy for

the college. In the Table tennis match

again, VSSUT was the undisputed win-

ner. In badminton (girls), the winners

were the team VSSUT and (boys) the

winning team was from CEB, BBSR.

And the last event added onto the list

was volley ball with IGIT, Sarang as

winners.

Even the choking throats, profuse

sweating, cramped limbs, injuries and

terribly tiring matches couldn't over-

power the very spirit of the occasion. Tobe precise Fighting it out until you

reach the pinnacle of success was the

motto of IUSM.

The program concluded on an enthusi-

astic note with efforts of the students

and the teachers putting up such a sen-

sational and organized show. With this

ended another eventful meet showcas-

ing the eternal sportsman spirit.

On 25th Feb 2010, the very first convocation

of the newborn University was held.

The beautifully renovated Audio Visual

Club witnessed its first celebration of felici-

tating the graduates of the year 2005-2009.

His Excellency Shri M.C.Bhandare, Gover-

nor of Odisha had graced the ceremony

with his presence.

The Vice-Chancellor, VSSUT Prof

D.K.Tripathy handed over the certificates

and medals to the graduates in the pres-

ence of renowned aerospace scientist and

technologist of India, Padmashree Dr Kota

Hariharan, Registrar Dr P.K.Pradhan,

Members of Board of Management and

Academic Council, the officials and faculty

members.

The degrees were conferred on 337 outgo-

ing students; among which recipient of the

University Gold medal for the best engi-

neering graduate 2009(B.Tech) was Er.

Seema Sahu of Electronics and Telecom-

munication engineering and the university

gold medal for the best post graduate 2009

(M.Tech) was Shri Ganga Bhushan Nayak

of Mechanical engineering.

The formal part of the ceremony

was followed by exquisite lunch and a

cultural night. It included thrilling per-

formances by the official college band-SOULS, a skit by the college students and

presentations by the college dance club-

VIBRANZ.

Due to the efficient hard work of the stu-

dents, faculty members and participation

by the alumni, the event was a success.

Thus, this convocation stands testimony to

the very fact that the over 50 years old

college UCE has evolved into a fully

fledged University, infusing a sense of

pride amidst all VSSUTians.

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Inter University Sports Meet 2010

VSSUT conducts First Convocation

The annual dramatic festival of VSSUT was

a platform to demonstrate the passion, the

desires and the angst of the actors of our

college. It transformed one and all into the

realms of theatre.

Amongst the plethora of events, the college

drama was phenomenal earning rave re-

views .It was a harmonious collage of a

commendable script, consummate actors

and a strong social message.

Events like mono-acting, dialogue writing,

script writing and dance competition en-

couraged each VSSUTian to rake up their

dormant talents.

VSSUT got talent and NUKKAD NATAK

were events class apart and had a huge

impact on the masses through their sheeringenuity and wit.

VSSUT is among the

very few technical

institutes which

boasts of conducting

a dramatic festival,

thus bringing out the unusual and innate

acting skills of the students .So, it is more

like a feather being added to the already

ornate cap of this more than 50 years old

grand institute.

SARVASSUTRAthe metamorphosis of characters13th-14th Mar 2010

29th-31st Jan 2010

25th Feb 2010


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VSSUT has the distinction of delivering

the best technocrats to the society for

half a century now. Taking this legacy

ahead is this group of Final year Com-

puter Science students who have re-cently participated in an International

conference based on the idea submitted;

and have brought laurels to the institu-

tion.

The newsletter team happened to meet

the team members (Ms Khusbu Patwari,

Monisha Dash ,Sudhashree and Manas

Das) to know more about this. Here is

what they had to say:

Q. Khusbu, what is this all about, please tell

us more on this.

Khusbu: Our paper is all about design

and performance evaluation of a new

proposed CPU scheduling algorithm

with dynamic time quantum concept. In

this paper we have compared the per-

formance of our algorithm with static

round robin.

Our paper was selected in International

conference ISCET (International Sympo-

sium of Computer Science engineering

and technology)-2010 held in MandiGo-

bindgarh, Punjab. More details can be

found at:

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The details of our paper can be found at

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Q: So this is your 7th se-

mester project. Did you

ever think that your idea

will get selected in an

international conference?

Khusbu: No, we did not think of this

initially. But later on Rakesh Mohanty

Sir promoted us for the same. Our best

advantage was that our project idea

was original. We prepared the abstract

within 2 days. Thankfully, our hard

work paid off and our paper was se-

lected.

Q: Monisha, So what exactly was this confer-

ence all about?

Monisha: It is an International Confer-

ence where researchers from various

parts of the world gather to present

their ideas. There were 320 submissions

in total out of which 80 papers had been

selected and finally 40 groups had come

up with their presentation. It was a 15

minutes presentation(10 mins for pre-

senting + 5 mins for Q/A).

Q: Sudhashree, being a girl, how easy or

difficult was it for you to get this mission

accomplished?

Sudhashree: Yes, for sure getting this

through being a girl was a challenge.We have restricted hostel timings and

flexibility. But then again we worked

over the net. Rakesh Sir and Manas

were working with us in parallel till the

[ From left to right: Manas, Sudha, Manisha,

Khusboo ]

wee hours in the morning and we used

to share resources and discuss online.

We had the will and so found the way.

Q. What would be the 3 mantras that you

would share with your juniors?

1) Keep the funding ready beforehand

2) Keep track of the conferences that are

being organized. The best conferences

are held in April/May

3) Try to get access to the ACM POR-

TAL/ IEEE journals to get the most

recent research updates and activities.

Even IEEE student bodies can be

formed to get access to journals.

Q. So whats next? Where does this team go

from here?

Team: Currently we are working on

another research paper and in parallel

expanding the current idea so that we

can publish it in International journal.Even when we pass out, we would men-

tor the students in all their endeavors

for research related activities.

With utmost pride we would like to convey that the

Annual Techno-Management Festival of our University,

Samavesh 2010 was a great success, with overwhelming re-

sponse from students in and out the state. The reinforced back-

ing and support from the alumni this year has brought aboutradical changes in the way Samavesh was conducted previ-

ously.

Since its inception Samavesh has

grown by leaps and bounds, with up gradation

of management events and new technical events

being added every year. With 31 different

events and over 2000 participants from in and

around 50 colleges, this time it was regarded as

the biggest technical festival in the state.

The spotlight of this fest was the awe-

inspiring and challenging robotics events, which witnessed a

huge turnout of participants. Two guest lectures by Mr. Abhijit

Sen, DC Head of Software giant Infosys, Bhubaneswar and Sri

Gautam Sinha, specializing in Operations management from

IIT Kharagpur was too captivating for the students.The entertainment part got a big facelift by inclusion

of the Mega Show laser light show. The inspir-

ing workshops gave the undergrads a chance to

interact with some brilliant minds and to add to

their knowledge words from eminent personali-

ties.

Last but not the least it was very sup-

portive on the part of the electronic and print

media for covering all the events and spreading

the spirit and motto of Samavesh at large.

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Technology beckons with Samavesh 2010

VSSUT students participated in International Conference

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VASSAUNT, the first annual cultural festival of VSSUT, Burlawas a beautiful cohesion of dance, music, artand literature.

The cultural extravaganza definitely didstrum a chord in thousands of hearts andwitnessed whooping crowds flocking into the

lush green campus of VSSUT. VaSSaUnT of-fered 30 different events under 8 categories.

The major attractions this year were Fusion Nite, and theperformance by college band SOULS and college dance clubVIBRANZ. And parellelly the exhibitions of the art and photog-raphy club, displaying the imaginations and creations of the

artists was a thing of the spectators muse.

To add to it, the literary society conducted various events giv-ing way to the oratorical and writing skills of the stu-dents .The quizzing event made the students rack theirbrains and did test their general awareness.

Not to forget, the great collection from the pages ofhistory about the legend Veer Surendra Sai broughttogether and beautifully knit in the Arise and Awake

section was worth loads of appreciation. Along with itthe enlightening facts on spirituality did give a soothing feel tothe onlookers.

VaSSaUnT 2010

Editorial Team:

Sandeep Kumar Mishra (2005 Mechanical; Secretary, Alumni Association, Bhubaneswar Chapter)

Ashis Sahoo (3rd Year Computer Science and Engineering)

Sritam Jena (3rd Year Electrical Engineering)

Simpi Patel (3rd Year Computer Science and Engineering)

Rituparana Mohanty (3rd Year Computer Science and Engineering)

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