NIST special.p65
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NIST special.p65
SPECIAL EDITION Advisors Prof. Sangram Mudali Dr. Ajit K. Panda Ms. Geetika Mudali Editors Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka National Institute of Science and Technology Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa. Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627 e-mail: editorsnistenews@gmail.com, enews@nist.edu I am delighted that the editors of NIST E-news are publishing a special edition covering the high points of 2010-11. Our greatest accomplishments this year has been the fantastic progress of research and development in NIST. The undergraduate research assistantship program is progressing well and so are the sponsored projects of our faculty members. More than 35 referred journal publications in this year are a satisfactory achievement. Similarly “innovation” has been the buzz with students and faculty working jointly in incubating new companies on the campus. I was recently asked what an aspiring student should look for while choosing a college for a career. My answer is “First: look at the Institute’s Promoters, their Education, Vision, Plans, Second: Faculty, their qualifications, research, grants, achievements, Third: Placement Track Record especially the quality of Placements, Fourth: Student Academic Performance Track Record, Student Activities, Sports & Extra-Curricular, Fifth: Infrastructure, Ambience & Discipline, and Finally, Choose the Best College - Branch is immaterial. I want all top rankers of AIEEE and Orissa JEE to seriously consider NIST as their choice for an engineering or management career. As we have promised, we shall continue to pursue our goal of providing the students the highest in quality education. As the saying goes the finest steel goes through the hottest furnace, so shall be NIST – the hottest furnace of education. The finest steel goes through the hottest furnace, so shall be NIST – the hottest furnace of education. Prof. Sangram Mudali With Best Wishes, T he campus recruitment drive for the graduating batch of 2011 conducted in the month of January was one of the most successful ones at NIST. The companies that visited the campus were Cap Gemini, Infosys Technologies, HCL Technologies, Mahindra Satyam, Wipro Technologies, Wipro VLSI, Acumen Consultancy Services, Sankalp Semiconductor, TVS Motor Company, Gennum Technologies, L&T Integrated Engineering Services, Infotech Enterprises, Mphasis. The total B.Tech. and MCA placement till date is 557. In addition, 90 job offers to NIST Business School students also sets a benchmark placement record. Congratulations to all those who have been selected. Continue to keep your focus in the academics as this area is equally important. Campus recruitment was not as stringent as it used to be for the previous batches because the requirements are high and the companies are in a mood to hire as many candidates as possible. Therefore the job market is bright with many opportunities. If the trend continues in the same way, the next batch also will be lucky! However, there can be no easy approach for the preparations for the selection process for these companies. All the students must put in the maximum efforts for the pre placement training especially in the area of verbal skills and communication skills. At NIST there are lots of opportunities to develop and hone talents and personalities in different ways. Instead of wasting time students must utilize it to the fullest and make ‘Learning’ – a continuous process. At regular intervals they must evaluate themselves – progress towards your goals, both short and long term. Inviting criticism from friends, teachers and parents would help them to trace their own drawbacks. Analyzing their own strengths and weaknesses would help them to improve further. Developing leadership skills and most importantly, improving communication skills is always paramount. Communication skills are very important for career advancement and professional achievements. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 Ms. Geetika Mudali 1 of 22 “ All’s Well that Ends Well”, in other words, an enterprise is justified so long as it turns out well in the end. With the wrapping up of the accomplishments and landmarks of the year, be it, academics, research, trainings and workshops, sports and cultural activities, the Campus Journalism takes the privilege of publishing one more ‘Year round-up’ for the readers. With innumerable reasons to celebrate the success story, the magazine awaits the arrival of new buds, bringing in new hopes and aspirations, and add few more feathers into its cap.NIST e_news welcomes all the aspiring fresher into the abode of Learning and Wisdom. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty Dipti Ranjan Lenka The National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) was established in the year 1996 by a group of academicians educated in the top Institutes of India & abroad with the avowed mission to “create engineering minds capable of mastering the global challenges of tomorrow’s technology”. The Institute is approved by the AICTE (under MHRD, Govt of India) and is affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha. The Chairman of the Institute, Shri Surendra Mudali had a dream to build a world class institution in his home state of Odisha, more specifically in an educationally challenged location of South Orissa. In the year 1996, NIST was the first Engineering College of the entire South Odisha. Today NIST is a leading Institute within top 100 engineering colleges of India and a leading icon in technical education in Eastern India. The founder Director, Prof Sangram Mudali is B.Tech from IIT Kanpur (1985) & MS from Univ. of Houston, USA (1987). He & his wife Mrs. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director (B.Tech-Osmania University, MS-NJIT, USA) left USA to pioneer a world class institute in their home state of Odisha. Within a short span of 14 years, it has produced 4 BOYSCAST faculty scholars who have been funded by Government of India to pursue postgraduate research in the top institutes in USA and Germany. NIST has produced 3 FullBright Scholars. Three of its faculty has won the Samant Chandrasekhar Young Scientist Award given by the Government of Orissa. Three faculties have been awarded the URSI Young Scientist Award. Currently 2 AICTE funded Emeritus Professors are working in NIST. More than 20 Post doctorate scholarships have been awarded to the Institute faculty. The faculties of the Institute are alumni of IIT’s, IISc, ISI, Jadavpur Univ., etc. The faculties of the Institute have published more than 150 journal papers in refereed journals and are authors of about 15 books published by reputed publishing houses. The Institute also has its own publishing house “NIST Press”. The Institute has received a number of grants, projects, special funding, travel funding, SDPs, FIST grant, scholarships, etc., from the DST, CSIR, AICTE, IT companies, etc. In the year 2010-11, NIST has received about Rs. 50 Lacs funding from AICTE, DST, CSIR. TIFAC (Govt. of India), IBM and CADENCE have already established Centre of Excellences in the NIST campus to train and develop the students through certifications and small projects. NIST has State-of-the-art-laboratories for its B.Tech and M.Tech programs. Some of the unique high end laboratories are the Device Fabrication Lab, VLSI Design Lab, Antenna Design & Fabrication Lab, Parallel Computing Lab, Wireless Communications Lab and Industrial Automation Lab. About 15 faculty members are currently in the process of completing their Ph.Ds. The teaching learning process has been significantly enhanced with the availability of NPTEL courseware (web and video based) from the IITs / IISc which are being extensively used by all NISTians. The unique product of NIST Technology Consulting Services (NTCS) called “Online Information Systems (OIS)” is currently being used by most Orissa colleges for the management of the institutes. NIST is a leader in implementing e-governance and best practices. NIST has established long-lasting campus-corporate relationships with the top MNCs to train, develop, certify the graduating students every year. Infosys Technologies conducts the Campus Connect foundation program on latest technologies and soft-skills. They also conduct the Aspirations2020 on Programming contest, Quiz contest, outstanding student contest and Music band competition & SPARK, an industry awareness program on IT. Wipro Technologies conducts the Magnum Opus Project program for the recruited students. Wipro also conducts Mission10X program at NIST. The teachers of the Institute go through a 7 days training program of teaching methodology followed by a certification program. Wipro organizes CodeZapGuru contest every year to find the best talent in India. In 2010, 7 out of the top 10 National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 2 of 22 Engineering students are from NIST who won the Wipro Technologies Code Zap Guru online coding contest from all over India. TCS conducts its 5-phase induction program called Pre ILP program for its recruited students. Mphasis conducts the College Connect program for students and faculties. They also run a domain skill enhancement program of the students and faculties. IBM has launched The Great Mind Contest (TGMC), a programming contest which has lots of prizes and job assurances on successful completion of the program. The Institute conducts rigorous Pre-Placement Training Programmes for the B. Tech, MCA, M. Tech, MBA and PGDM students to make them Industry-ready throughout the academic year. The Institute has tied-up with IMS and TIME, Bhubaneswar, to train the students in Aptitude, Critical Reasoning, Spoken English, Group Discussions, Technical and HR Interview skills. The T & P Cell assists the faculty members to provide certification courses during the summer vacation at NIST campus on VLSI, Oracle, J2EE, CCNA, Industrial Automation, Electrical Engineering, SAP, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Japanese, etc. to groom the students and make them Industry-Ready. The Institute is also a SAP University Alliance Partner During the summer vacation every year NIST students visit the top Institutes of India and Abroad, like, IIT, NIT, ISI, IIIT, etc. to work on small research-based projects under the guidance of eminent Professors as a part of Academic Internship Programmes. They are also sent for Industrial visits to Tata Steel Plants, Vedanta Aluminium Factories, ISRO, DRDO, Indian Telephone Industries, NALCO, SAIL, NTPC, HAL, etc. NIST- Centre of Excellences TIFAC-Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council established its Rs. 9.15 crore Centre of Excellence at NIST on 3G/4G Communication Technologies under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. The foundation of this mission rests firmly on the triangular linkage between the academic institution, industry and government. Its objective is to create a Centre of Excellence for the growth of Indian Telecom Industry and an Incubator for Emerging Technologies in the field of Communication. For the development, training and product marketing linkage is established with the following Industries: NI Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, Ammos Software Technologies, Altera Semiconductor, ARM Embedded Technologies, Adya Systems & Software, Agilent Technologies, VI Microsystems, Sutra Consulting, Sovereign Technologies, Microline India, Integrated Microsystem, Cranes Software International, CoreEL Technologies, etc. TIFAC is led by renowned Professor Ajit K Panda, Dean, recipient of the DST BOYSCAST Scholar at University of Michigan, USA and fellow of the ICTP, Trieste, Italy. Cadence, a VLSI Tool Company, in association with NIST, Berhampur, Orissa, got the Cadence Centre of Excellence inaugurated at the NIST premises on 10th August 2010. A total of sixty final year students registered for the same in the Cadence lab incepted in the institute premises. The Cadence team emphasized that the collaboration with NIST would enable the students to be exposed to industry relevant practical training, have access to the latest EDA Software/flows, certifications, industry access via cadence, soft skills training and above all, it would build a complete solution for all pressing challenges. Cadence has promised to celebrate a VLSI DAY in the campus along with the other VLSI Companies. This type of initiation by Cadence is first of its kind in India. The first batch of 60 students has achieved over 80% placement with the highest pay package of Rs. 7.8 Lacs per annum. IBM Center of Excellence, the 1st of its kind in Orissa, was established to give students and faculty the opportunity to work closely with the industry and utilize both the resources in the best possible manner. IBM has donated software worth lakhs in the fields of database engineering, software engineering, web applications, etc. In addition, IBM key faculty is training our students towards certification. NIST faculty is working together with IBM trainers on key projects, sabbaticals, research, etc. The students of Biju Patnaik University of Technology have ranked NIST as the No. 1 Engineering Institute of Orissa, having surpassed all private and government engineering colleges of the state. In an online voting portal held in May, 2010, consisting of votes of thousands of students, NIST, has been ranked 1st with 97.2% based on parameters of industry exposure, infrastructure, placement, learning, faculty and extracurricular activities. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 3 of 22 The Institute Campus The Institute campus of 60 acres is located at the picturesque Palur Hills about 12 kms from Berhampur and 3 hours drive from Bhubaneswar. The entire campus is 24x7 wi-fi connected. For the recreation of students and employees of the Institute, we have Lawn Tennis court, Basket Ball court, Swimming Pool, Cricket ground, Paragliding, Gymnasium, Adventure Sports, Wind Surfing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Himalayan Trekking, etc. A plethora of rock gardens, fruit gardens, nurseries, water fountains, aquarium, green house for cactus vegetation, animal parks, etc., make the campus an ecofriendly zone where man and nature coexist in a rare ambience away from the dust and grime of city life. Student Community About 2700 students are studying in various disciplines of B. Tech, M. Tech. (CSE, ECE, EE, VLSI and Embedded Systems, Wireless Communications), MCA, MBA & PGDM at NIST. Students of 16 states are studying in the Institute. The Institute runs clubs such as Robotics Club, Electronics Hobby Club, Astronomy Club, Renewable Energy Club, Bioinformatics Club, Literary & Dramatics Club, Entrepreneurship Club, Eureka Club, Programming Club, NIST Musical Society, GATE/GRE Club, etc. The students reside in the on-campus 600 seated Boys Hostel and 500 seated Girls Hostel. In addition the Institute has 600 strength hostel accommodations off- campus. 60 acre green and eco-friendly campus, 5 Lakh square feet of space | 600 seated boys hostel & 500 seated girls hostel on Campus | 800 seated hostels outside campus in Berhampur | Food Court serving hygienic food | Swimming pools | Wi-fi enabled entire campus & hostels | Tennis courts | Gym | Medical center | Billiard room| Dedicated 10 mbps Connectivity | Multimedia Library | NPTEL Courseware We offer the following programs with the intake as mentioned below: B. Tech. Programs : M. Tech. Programs: Computer Science and Engineering 180 Computer Science and Engineering 18 Electronics and Communication Engineering 120 Electronics and Communication Engineering 18 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 18 60 + 60* Electrical Engineering Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 60 VLSI & Embedded Systems Design 18 Information Technology 90 Wireless Communication Technology 18 Mechanical Engineering 60* Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering MCA Program: Master in Computer Application (MCA) Nano-Technology 18* 18* 60 + 60* Management Programs: Master of Business Administration (MBA) 60 + 60* P. G. Diploma in Management (PGDM) BOYSCAST Fellowships FULLBRIGHT Fellowships Samanta Chandra Shekhar Young Scientist Awardees URSI Young Scientist Awardees AICTE Emeritus Professors Faculty members with Ph.D. Degrees Faculty with Post Doctorates Faculty members from IIT’s Faculty with Degrees from Foreign Univ’s. 4 3 3 3 4 30 20 25 13 National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 180 *awaiting AICTE approval for 2011-12. 4 of 22 Books published by NIST Faculty 1. “Enjoy Your Breath” by Maharshi Dr. Yogiraj, Founder & Chief Faculty of 10. “MATLAB and Simulink” A Quick Start Guide by Dr. Partha S. Mallick, Hundred Years Life Club, NIST Publications, Berhampur SCITECH Publications (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 2. “A Textbook of Small C Programs” A Comprehensive Introduction to ANSI 11. “Production and Operations Management” by Mr. Sushanta Tripathy, C by Dr. Ravi P Reddy, NIST Publications, Berhampur SCITECH Publications (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. 3. “An English Vocabulary Reader” for GRE, TOEFC, GMAT, SAT, CAT, 12. “Operation Management” by Mr. Sushanta Tripathy, S.M. Publication, MAT, & all Examinations requiring vocabulary skills by Dr. Ravi P Reddy, NIST Bhubaneswar. Publications, Berhampur 13. “Materials Science” by Dr. Sukanta Tripathy & Dr. Arun K. Padhy , 4. “Optimization in Engineering” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, SCITECH SCITECH Publications (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai Publications (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. 5. “Probability and Statistics” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prentice - Hall 14. “Digital Systems Fundamentals” by Dr. Ashutosh K Singh , Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi of India, New Delhi 6. “Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, 15. “Object Oriented Programming using C++” by Mr. Muktikant Sa, SCITECH Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi Publications (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd 7. “Numerical Analysis” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, NIST Publications, 16. “Differential Equation” by Dr. P. C. Biswal, Prentice Hall of India, Ltd. Berhampur. 17. ‘Internet and Web Technology’ by Mr. K. Lakshmi Narayana and Ms. M. 8. “Linux for Beginners” A Self Study Book by K. Lakshmi Narayan, NIST Aparna, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineerin, Scitech Publications Publications, Berhampur. (India) Pvt. Ltd. 9. “Web Designing with HTML, JAVA Script and Flash MX” by K. Lakshmi 18. ‘C Programming’ by Mr. K. Lakshmi Narayana, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Narayan , NIST Publications, Berhampur. Science and Engineering, Sure Success Publications. Papers published in International Journal in 2010 - 11 1. Dr. Sidhartha Panda, “Application of non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II technique for optimal FACTS-based controller design”, Journal of the Franklin Institute, ELSEVIER, Vol. 347, Issue 7, pp. 1047-1064, 2010. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.13). 2. Dr. Sidhartha Panda, S. C. Swain, P. K. Rautray, R. Mallik, and G. Panda, “Design and analysis of SSSC-based supplementary damping controller”, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory, ELSEVIER, Vol. 18, pp. 1199-1213, 2010. (Journal Impact Factor: 0.799). 3. Dr. Sidhartha Panda, S. R. Khuntia, NISTian,2006 Batch, “ANFIS Approach for TCSC-based Controller Design for Power System Stability Improvement” and “A Comparative Study of PSO-technique and Fuzzy based SSSC Controller for Improvement of Transient Stability Performance” in the proceedings of ‘IEEE International Conference on Communication Control and Computing Technologies (IEEE ICCCCT 2010)’, Ramanathapuram, Kanyakumari, during 7th – 9th October, 2010. 4. Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Rabhi F., Acharya R.U., Joshi R., Gajendran R., “An Approach to Model Right Iliac Fossa Pain using Pain-only-parameters for Screening of Acute Appendicitis”, in the ‘Journal of Medical Systems (2010)’; in press DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9610-0 (Indexing: *ISI/THOMSON REUTERS, *ELSEVIER: SCOPUS, SciSearch, Pubmed/Medline) ISSN: 0148-5598 (Print) ISSN: 1573-689X (Electronic) Publisher: Springer Verlag. Impact factor: 0.654. 5. Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Davis R.M., Menezes D.D., Singh G.,Acharya R.U., Tamura T., “Application of Bayesian Classifier for the Diagnosis of Dental Pain”, in the ‘Journal of Medical Systems (2010)’; in press DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9604-y. (Indexing: *ISI/THOMSON REUTERS, *ELSEVIER: SCOPUS, SciSearch, Pubmed/Medline) ISSN: 0148-5598 (Print) ISSN: 1573- 689X (Electronic) Publisher: Springer Verlag. Impact factor: 0.654. 6. Mr. Abhro Mukherjee, S. Sengupta, Prof., Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur, “Active Stabilization of Rotors with Circulating Forces due to Spinning Dissipation” in the ‘International Journal of Vibration and Control’ 1077546310380728, published on November 22, 2010 as doi:10.1177/1077546310380728. 7. Ms. Sasmita Padhy, Mr. Swadhin Mishra, Dr. Susant Kumar Das, and Ms. M. Santhi Sri Rukhmini, “A Low Complexity Antenna Selection Algorithm for MIMO System” in the ‘International Journal of Electronics Engineering’, Vol-2, Number-2, December 2010. 8. Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Dr. S.C. Swain and Dr. A. K. Baliarsingh, “Differential evolution algorithm for simultaneous tuning of excitation and FACTS-based controller” in the International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, INDERSCIENCE Publications, UK, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 404-412, 2010. 9. Mr. Sarat Ku. Jena, S. S. Padhi, “Identification of Bottlenecks to Improve Equipment Availability: A Case Study” inthe ‘International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies’ Inderscience publication, UK, Vol.3, No.1, 2011, pp.105- 116. 10. Mr. Lakshmi Kanta Raju, Mr. Bhaskar Bhaula, Dr. U. K. Misra, & Dr. S. K. Sahu, “An inventory model for Weibull deteriorating items with permissible delay in payments under inflation” in the ‘International Journal of Research & Reviews in Applied Sciences’, Volume-6, Issue-1, pp-10-17, January 2011. 11. Mr. Dulal Manna, Mr. Abhishek Bhattacharya, Mr. Bireswar Paul, & Mr. Amitava Datta, “Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Generation with Supplementary Biomass Firing: Energy and Exergy based Performance Analysis” in the ‘International Journal: Energy’, Elseviewer, Impact Factor: 2.952, doi:10.1016/ j.energy.2011.01.054. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 5 of 22 12. Dr. Saiful R. Mondal, Dr. A. Swaminathan, ‘Stable Functions and Extension of Vietoris’ Theorem’ in the Journal, ‘Result in Math.’ The link of the volume is https://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/x051327772473795/ resource secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=2yy2xg45pwd4l545wia5rqq3&sh=www.springer link.com. 13. Dr. Saiful R. Mondal, Dr. A. Swaminathan, ‘Geometric Properties of Generalized Bessel Functions’ in the Journal, ‘Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society’. The link of the volume is http://www.emis.de/journals/BMMSS/ accepted_ papers.htm. 14. Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Mr. F. Daneshgar, “A Framework for Crisis Management in Developing Countries” in an International Journal, Intelligent Decision Technologies, 2011; 5(2): pp. 189-199. DOI: 10.3233/ IDT-2011-0106. (Indexing: Ulrich & Scirus) ISSN: 1872-4981 Publisher: IOS press, Netherlands”. 15. Mr. Ch. Murthy, “DistributionAutomation Using Wireless Communications for Improving Reliability”, co-authored by Ms. Sasmita Kar, M. Tech., student, BIT, Mesra, Dr. R. C. Jha and Dr. D. K. Mohanta, IEEE XPLORE, pg. 1-5, Digital Object Identifier : 10.1109/ICDECOM.2011.5738544, ISBN: 978-1-4244-9189-6. 16. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Role of Nanoscale AlN and InN for the Microwave Characteristics of AlGaN/ (Al, In) N/GaN - based HEMT,” Fizika i Tehnika Poluprovodnikov/ Semiconductors (Springer), Vol. 45, 2011 (In Press). Impact Factor: 0.637 (2009). 17. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Effect of Structural Parameters on 2DEG Density and C~V Characteristics of AlxGa1-xN/AlN/GaN-based HEMT,” Indian Journal of Pure and applied Physics, Vol. 49, No. 6 (2011). Impact Factor: 0.3 (2009). 18. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Characteristics Study of 2DEG Transport Properties of AlGaN/GaN and AlGaAs/GaAs-based HEMT,” Fizika i Tehnika Poluprovodnikov/ Semiconductors (Springer), Vol. 45, No. 5 (2011), pp.660-665. Impact Factor: 0.637 (2009). 19. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Polarization Induced 2DEG Study of Strained Al1-xInxN/GaN-based HEMT,” International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA) through ISDMISC 2011, pp. 475-478, 2011 (In Press). 20. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Self-consistent Subband Calculations of AlxGa1-xN/(AlN)/GaN-based High Electron Mobility Transistor,” Advanced Materials Research Vol. 159 (2011) pp 342-347, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.159.342. Impact Factor: 0.232 (2009). 21. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Effect of Nanoscale AlN layer for improving 2DEG Transport properties in AlGaN/AlN/GaN-based HEMT,” International Journal of Pure and Applied Physics (IJPAP), Vol.6, No.4 (2010), pp.419-427. (Elsevier SCOPUS/EI Compendex/INSPEC/ACM/CSA Indexed). 22. T. R. Lenka and A. K. Panda, “Polarization Dependent Capacitance Voltage Analysis of GaN-based Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor,” International Journal of Materials Sciences (IJoMS), Vol. 5, No. 5 (2010), pp. 747-758. (Elsevier SCOPUS/ EI Compendex/INSPEC/ACM/CSA Indexed). 23. S.P.Dash, Mihir Hota, Trinath Sahu and S.K.Tripathy “Analysis of Coupling Efficiency between Two Holey Fibers Using a Holographic Coupler” International conference on Computing and Signal Processing(ICCSP-2011) available in IEEE explore. 24. S.K.Tripathy, Amit Suryavansi, Priyanka, “Optical Interconnects For Multichip Module Using Polymer Embedded Waveguide Gratings”, International Journal of Material Science,Vol 5,No 5,715-722 ,2010 25. S.K.Tripathy and Lingaraj Sahu “ Efficiency Improvement in Vertical Interconnection using Phase Grating in Wave Guide”, International Journal Of Physics,V0l.3,No.1.pp.33-39,January-June,2010 26. S.P.Dash, M.Hota and S.K.Tripathy, “Segmented Core-clad Fiber Design for Enhanced SBS Threshold and Improved Coupling Efficiency”, International Conference on MEMS and Optoelectronics Technology(ICMOT-2010) organized by International Accreditation Council of quality Education and Research.pp76-79 27. S.S.Mishra,D.Das and S.K.Tripathy,”A New Approach to Optical Character Recognition for Oriya Based on Character Crossing Set Ratio”,Conference proceeding NCETACS-2010,PP 42-43 28. Trinath Sahu,M.Hota and S.K.Tripathy “Analysis of Coupling Efficiency between Two Large Mode Area Photonic Crystal Fibers Using a Holographic Coupler” presented at International conference on Radio Science(ICMARS-2010) held at International Center for Radio Science(ICRS) Jodhpur and to be published in IEEE explore. Papers Published by Emeritus Professors, NIST, from June 2010 - April 2011. 29. M. M. Khandpekar and S. P. Pati, “Growth, Characterization, Non-Linear Optical Properties and Dislocation Studies in New GCF Crystals”, Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 312, Issue 8, 01.04.2010, 1150-53, Elsevier, North Holland Publication. 30. M. M. Khandpekar and S. P. Pati, “Growth and Characterization of New Non-Linear Optical Material á-Glycine Sulpho-Nitrate (GLSN) with Stable Dielectric and Light Dependent Properties”, Journal of Optics Communication, online: 20.03.2010, Vol. 283, pp 2700-04, 2010, Elsevier, North Holland Publication 31. Shankar P. Pati, Pravash R. Tripathy and Santosh K. Dash, “Avalanche Breakdown Characteristics of Wide Band Gap vis-à-vis Low Band Gap Junctions and High RF Power/Low Noise Generation in ZnS DD IMPATTs”, Accepted for International Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, 2010. 32. Moumita Mukherjee, Pravash Tripathy, S. P. Pati, “Effects of Mobile Space-Charge on Dynamic Characteristics and Parasitic Resistance of InP Terahertz IMPATT Oscillator Operating at Elevated Junction Temperature”, Archives of Applied Science Research(USA) (Release in June 2010) Manuscript No: SRLAASR-2010-988 Date: 21/05/2010. 33. S. K. Dash , P. R. Tripathy, MIEEE, P. K. Mishra and S. P. Pati, FIETE, ”Effect of Diffusion Impurity Profile across Junction Interface, on MM-Wave Properties of Si Complementary SD Diodes”, Orissa Journal of Physics, pp 233-44, No. 1, Vol. 1, 2010. 34. P. R. Tripathy, R. K. Mishra and S. P. Pati, “MM-Wave Characteristics of SiC-Based IMPATT Oscillators”, IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference Proc. (AEMC-2009) : IEEE Explore. 35. Surjyo Behera, Shamalendu Bose, D.Ndengeyintwali.electromnic “Transport through a Quantum Dot with metallic Contacts”, APS, Volume 55, No 2, March 2010. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 56 of 22 l Prof. S. C. Bose, Sr. Scientist, CEERI, Pilani, delivered a Guest Lecture on ‘VLSI Design’ on 28 July, 2010 to the final year students of ECE, EIE and EEE branches and also encouraged students to do project works on VLSI Design and fabricate on Silicon. l Dr. K. K. Patnaik, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IIITM), Gwalior delivered a talk on ‘High Performance and Grid Computing’ to the Computer Science Faculty members & M. Tech. students of the institute. l Dr. Saroj Kumar Meher, Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, delivered a talk on ‘Granular Computing: A New Paradigm in Information Processing’ on 10 July 2010 at NIST. l Dr. Priya Ranjan, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur; a Ph. D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Maryland at College Park, delivered an invited talk on ‘Non-Linear Dynamics and Control’ to the students and faculty members on 27th September 2010 in the institute premises. Dr. Ranjan had worked in the field of Networking, Underwater Robot, Power System Operation, etc. l Dr. Ranjan Kumar Behera, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna delivered a talk on ‘Renewable Energy’ on 20th December 2010. Dr. Behera has received his M. Tech. and Ph. D. degrees from IIT Kanpur and B. Tech. from NIT Rourkela. He was a visiting Scholar for The Center for Energy Systems, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, USA. His research interests include Design and Fabrication of Power Electronics Circuits, Control of Electrical Drives, Renewable and Alternative Energy. Many of the institute’s faculty members and all M. Tech. 1st semester students attended the talk. l Dr. Nirmal Hui, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur delivered a talk on ‘Computational Intelligence’ from 5th -7th January, 2011. He did his Ph. D from IIT Kharagpur, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. His research interest lies in Robotics. All M. Tech. students and few of the faculty members attended the informative sessions which mainly focused on ‘Traditional Optimization’ & ‘Search Techniques’. The talk was coordinated by Dr. Diptendu Sinha Roy, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering. l Prof. B. S. Panda, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi delivered a lecture series on ‘Algorithm Analysis and Design’ from 23rd – 25th December 2010. All the M. Tech CSE students along with other faculty members attended the lectures. The lecture series was coordinated by Mr. Anisur Rahman, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering. A talk on Nanotechnology A Talk on Nanotechnology was delivered by Prof. S. N. Sahu, Nanotechnology and Cluster Lab, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar on 25th and 26th March 2011. Many faculty members, staff and students attended the 2-day seminar. Prof. Sahu delivered a series of lectures, including, Fundamentals of Nanotechnology, Experimental Method for Characterization of Nano Material, and Application of Nano Material in Alcohol Sensor, Glucose Sensor Devices. The aim of the lecture series was to motivate the young faculty members and students to pursue a career in the field of Nanotechnology. FUNDS & GRANTS Funds to NIST in 2010-11 1. AICTE Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) Grant of Rs. 6.56 Lacs vide RIFD/IIPC(52)/2010-11 dated 31.3.2011. 2. AICTE Funded SDP for Rs. 2.10 Lacs on “Application of Econometrics Tools for Management Research” vide 1-78/ RIFD/SDP(54)/2010-11 dated 28.3.11. 3. AICTE financial assistance of Rs. 5.76 Lakhs as PG GATE scholarship vide F. No.PG/GATE-SCH/2002-2003/161 dated 3/3/2011. 4. DST Inspire Grant of Rs. 10.0 Lacs for conduct of Inspire 2010 Science Camp. 5. DST, CSIR, UGC Travel Grant of Rs. 0.68 Lacs to faculty to attend Conference. 6. DST SERC Project Grant on “HEMT Modeling for High Frequency Communication Circuit” of Rs.27.0 Lakhs in the year 2010-11. 7. MSME Project Grant on “K-Technologies” of Rs.9.64 Lakhs in the year 2009-10 vide No.6(19)/(NMCPIncubator/ Meeting/2009-10 dated 29/3/2010. 8. MSME Project Grant on “Wi-Fi Electronic Guide/E-Guide for Tourist Application” of Rs.12.7 Lakhs in the year 200910 vide No.6(19)/(NMCPIncubator/Meeting/2009-10 dated 29/3/2010. 9. MSME Project Grant on “A service aimed at students community to understand Industry needs and its best practices” of Rs.7.36 Lakhs in the year 2009-10 vide No.6(19)/(NMCPIncubator/Meeting/2009-10 dated 29/3/2010. 10. MSME Project Grant on “Noiseless Solar Grass Cutter” of Rs.10.0 Lakhs in the year 2009-10 vide No.6(19)/ (NMCPIncubator/Meeting/2009-10 dated 29/3/2010. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 7 of 22 Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, visited IIT, Chennai under Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Fellow Program. He worked with Prof. Ashok Mishra, Dept. of Chemistry and carried out research on ‘Fluorescence Active Molecules for Metal ion and pH Sensing’. Mr. Trupti R Lenka Asst. Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Communications Engineering, received the DST Young Scientist Grant for International Travel Support (ITS), Travel Grant from CCSTDS/INSA, Chennai and Grant of Partial Financial Assistance (PFA) from CSIR towards International Travel to attend the International Conference on Micro Nano Devices, Structure and Computing Systems (MNDSCS 2010) at Singapore. During his stay, he visited the National University of Singapore to have an exposure of the Stateof-Art Laboratories of Department of Electrical and Computer Science Engineering. Ms. Sanjukta Mohapatra Faculty, Dept. of Management Studies, has been certified as a ‘AIMA (All India Management Association) Accredited Management Teacher’. She has now been empanelled on a number of organizations as exam setter/evaluator/ trainer etc. Dr. E.Raja Rao Prof. Dept. of English, won a Visiting Fellowship for one month to the Centre for Contemporary Theory, Baroda, the foremost Center in developing Literary Theory in the country. He worked on an avant-garde topic, “A Theoretical Construct for the Reading of the Postmodernist A-canonical Texts.” Best B. Tech. Project Advisor Award 1st Prize Ms. Tripti Mund Faculty, Dept. of English, completed Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching English from English and Foreign Language University (EFLU, earlier CIEFL), Hyderabad. Ms. Sreta Patnaik Faculty, Dept. of English cleared the Business English Certificate Vantage Examination held at the Institute and is now a Cambridge University Certified BEC Trainer. Project Title Smart Surveillance System using Mobibot Dr. Saiful Rahman Mondal Advisor Mr. Rajesh Kumar Dash Faculty, Dept. of Mathematics, has been awarded with his Ph.D. Degree on the Thesis, titled, “Geometric Properties of Hypergeometric Type Functions using Positivity of Trigonometric Sums” from IIT, Roorkee, at the Convocation held on 13th Nov. 2010 under the supervision of his guide, Dr. A. Swaminathan. Project Title Smart Surveillance System using Mobibot Advisor Mr. Nihar Ranjan Sahu Project Title Implementation of Speech using DSP Processor Advisor Mr. Satyabrata Das National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 2nd Prize: Project Title Advisor The AQUABOT Mr. Nihar Ranjan Sahu 8 of 22 A Mr. K. Venketeswar Reddy, B. Tech., final year student has been awarded with the 1st prize in the State Level Essay Competition on ‘Oil and Gas Conservation and its Relevance in Daily Life’, in Oriya during the observation of Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight 2011, Govt. of India. The award was presented by the Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Chairman, Petroleum Conservation Research Association. A Ms. Smita Patanayak and Mr. P. Shankar, MBA 2nd Year students participated in the Business School Meet, ‘Romanthan 2011’ held at DRIEMS, Cuttack and won 1st prize worth Rs.10000/-. A Mr. Subhendu Sekhar Behera, B. Tech. 3rd Yr. got 1st prize in the C – CODING Event in NOESIS2K10 organized by Silicon Institute of Technology (SIT), BBSR. A Mr. Subhendu Sekhar Behera, B. Tech., 3rd Yr. stood 1st in C-Debugging & Java Debugging; 2nd in C – Coding along with Mr. Nitin Kumar Maharana, B. Tech., 3rd Yr., at CHAKRAVYUH-2K11 organized by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, BBSR. A Mr. Sai Baba Sachidananda, Mr. Manjeet Sahu & Mr. Simanchal Ku. Panigrahi, B. Tech. 4th year, stood 1st in C- Coding and Mr. Subhendu Sekhar Behera, Mr. Anurag Panda, Mr. Sujeet Ku. Panigrahi & Mr. M. Shiva Kumar, B. Tech., 3rd year stood 2nd., at KRITANSH-2K11 organized by KIIT UNIVERSITY, BBSR. A Mr. Nitin Kumar Maharana, B. Tech., 6th Semester, CSE, participated in ‘Alfresco ‘11’ – the Tech Fest organized by Gandhi Engineering College (GEC), Bhubaneswar in the contests like ‘Java Wise’ and ‘Algo Design’ and was adjudged 2nd in both the events and been awarded with a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/- respectively. He also participated, in ‘TSAR 2K11’ – the Tech Fest organized by Gandhi Institute for Technology (GIFT), Bhubaneswar in ‘C – le - Program’ and received the 1st prize with gift vouchers worth Rs. 35000/-. A Mr. Chandan Kumar Mohanta and Mr. B. Jagannath Patro, Final year PGDM students participated in the Business Quiz Contest held at Rajadhani College of Engineering and Management, Bubaneswar and won the 2nd Prize of Rs. 1500/- along with the certificate of merit. A Mr. Swasti Ranjan Khuntia, 2006 Batch, EEE, presented a Paper, entitled, “ANFIS Approach for SSSC Controller Design for the Improvement of Transient Stability Performance” co-authored by Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at the International Conference, the Fourth Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization held at Kuching, Malaysia and was selected as the ‘Best Oral Presenter’. (Details available in http://www.pcoglobal.com) A Mr. Soumya Debabrata Pani, B. Tech., 8th Sem., CSE, presented a paper, “Empowering Measures for Quantum Finite Automata (QFA)” co-authored by Mr. Chandan Kumar Behera, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering at the 3 rd International Conference on Computer Research and Development (ICCRD 2011) in Shanghai, China organized by IEEE and IACSIT (International Association for Computer Science and Information Technology). Nearly 150 papers from 20 countries were selected for presentation. People from various countries like USA, UK, Canada, UAE, China, India, Australia, etc. presented their prudent ideas in various fields of Computer Science like Computer Network, GPS Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Computer Vision, etc. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 9 of 22 NIST Students as Toppers in WIPRO Code Zap Guru Contest Orissa IT OLYMPIAD 2010 NIST students bagged six positions out of top 10 in the IT Olympiad conducted by Orissa Information Technology Society (OITS) on 21st November 2010. The test was conducted at different centers in Berhampur, Puri, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Sarang, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rayagada, Balasore, Damanjodi, Paradeep, Angul, Paralakhemundi, Gunupur, and Bhubaneswar. About 1500 students registered for the same, and around 1300 students appeared the said test. Professor Sudarshan Padhy, Convenor, and Dr. A. K. Rath, Coordinator, IT Olympiad, organized this activity. Sl. No. Name Position 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Niral Kumar, Sai Baba Satchitanand, Swadesh Kumar Nayak, Laxmi U., Bhagirath Kumar, K. Venketeswar Reddy, 1st 2nd 4th 5th 6th 7th Name Rank Jagadish Kumar Sethi Swadesh Nayak Manjit Sahu Jayanta Dhupal Sai Nageswar Satchidanand V.Jagannath Simanchala Prasad Panigrahi 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 BEC Certified NIST Students GATE Scorers We are delighted at the large number of students (more than 50) who have cleared GATE and are eligible for admission to top Institutes in the country such as IITs, IISc, NIT. The GATE Club and its Coordinator Satyabrata Dash, Faculty, have taken the challenge to put NIST in the top bracket in the GATE examinations. The topper of each Department having scored greater than 99 percentile will be awarded with the Director’s Award of Excellence with prize money of Rs. 5000/- each from the Institute. Name ECE Shahbaz Sarik Ashutosh Ranjan EEE Gourav Kumar Anil Kumar EIE Abinash Tripathy Siddhanta Dash CSE Saibaba Satchiotanand Shailesh Kumar NIST Students have topped the list of WIPRO Code Zap Guru - the all India Test conducted by WIPRO Technologies at its different centers. Seven of our student-turned-Wipro employees found a place in the top 10 list of the contest which stands as a rare welldeserved achievement of our Institute. Bravo! Code Gurus of NIST! Mark Gate Score All India Rank 54.33 48.33 648 577 1304 2558 37.67 36.67 488 474 2403 2752 43 34.67 735 588 67 228 53.33 50 672 632 1107 1604 The University of Cambridge, UK in collaboration with British Council, Kolkata conducted the Business English Certificate (BEC) Preliminary Examination in the institute for 259 registered B. Tech., MCA, MBA, and PGDM students. It tested on all four skills of learning English, including, Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking. Ms. Parminder Jeet Kaur, from British Council, Kolkata administered the entire program along with 18 of our faculty-invigilators & 6 student-ushers. Out of the toal appeared students 240 passed the examination which makes a record breaking result of 92.6 %. Best Pharmacist Award Sri Surya Narayan Panda, Medical Officer, NIST Medical Centre and Ex-Pharmacist, MKCG Medical College Hospital, Berhampur has been felicitated with the ‘Best Pharmacist Award’ for his outstanding services rendered to the poor and sick of the state of Odisha at MKCG MCH campus by the MKCG Orissa Pharmacists’ Service Association (OPSA) branch, in presence of the Honorable MLA Dr. R. C. Chyaupatnaik, Prof. Jogendra Prasad Behera, Superintendent, Prof. R. N. Mangual, Prof., Surgery and Prof. Tapan Roy, HoD, Anasthesia with President Mr. Ashok Kumar Sahu, Pharmacist and Sri. Rabindra Rout, General Secretary of the Association. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 10 of 18 T he Annual Techno-Management Fest, SANKALP-2010 race for the coronet was held on October 8th, 9th and 10th. The 7th edition of SANKALP chose ROMAN as its theme and witnessed a true conglomeration of brain, skills and talent. The annual extravaganza witnessed some magnificent events with the gladiators viz-a-viz the young technocrats from myriad technical institutions competing to outdo each other in the RACE FOR THE CORONET. The total number of events that were thrown open to the students was 29 and the number of participating students touched a huge figure of 2500 students. The events were divided into four categories that included TECHNICAL, CULTURAL, MANAGEMENT AND RECREATIONAL. The three day extravaganza saw some of the most prominent figures of the state grace the occasion. A number of invited talks were organized and the list of dignitaries present included the following names: Opening Ceremony Prof. S. N. Behera (Chief Guest), Ex- Vice Chancellor, Berhampur University, Ex-Director, Insitute of Physics, Orissa.Prof. S. P. Pati (Guest of Honor), Ex-Professor Sambalpur University, Emeritus Professor (AICTE) Mr. Suresh Raina (topic: Entrepreneurship and Invited Talk Risk Taking) Dr. B.P. Patra, XIMB (topic: Beyond Whistle Panel Discussion Blowing: Corporate Ethics of 21st Century) Topic: Industrialization and its Impact on Odisha Mr. Dilip Satapathy, Bureau chief , Business Panelists: Standard , Odisha (topic: India is rich but Bharat is Choudhary Pratap Mishra, Ex-Justice, Odisha poor) High Court Prof. S.N Sahu, Institute of Physics (topic: The magic of Nano Technology ) Closing Ceremony Mr. Dilip Satapathy, Bureau Chief, Business Standard, Odisha Dr. B. P. Patra, Professor, XIMB Mr. Naquib Akhtar (B. Tech., NIST) Mr. Kishore Swain, (Head, ISU, TCS, BBSR) Dr. Suman Bhattacharya, TCS, BBSR All the events that were held over the period of 3 days witnessed some really close competitions with NIST finally emerging as the overall Champion bagging the maximum number of awards. The cultural flavor over the entire three days was even more breathtaking. It included a fabulous performance by the NIST Musical Society, who for the first time broke the shackles of the trend set by the seniors and ventured into a completely new world of music. The 9th evening witnessed the magic of India’s truly international band- INDIAN OCEAN. Their music touched the souls of the audience and proved to be the perfect conclusion to a fabulous event. We expect the trend would continue and the next editions become bigger and better. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 11 of 22 T o drench NIST in the colors of competitiveness, fun and frolic, WAVES 2010, the intra collegiate fest of our college, was organized on the 18th and 19th of March 2011. This much awaited fest was inaugurated by Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director along with Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech. program. The celebrations started with a series of sports events which included Basketball matches, volleyball match (student vs. Faculty), swimming, lawn tennis etc. The evening was splashed with the spirit of enjoyment as students took to the stage showcasing their varied talents in the field of music, dance and acting. Our very own band NMS brought the audience to their feet as they belted out one mellifluous number after another. The second morning was dedicated to various stage events like antakshari, dumb charades, Quiz and the “Faculty student event “organized by club Innova. However, off the stage was not less interesting. The Dog Show was no way less thrilling and exhilarating than any other shows. The stunts shown by the rarest of breeds of dogs with the help of the trainers were really breath stopping. The series of events provided another liberal dose of fun to the proceedings as both the students and the faculties came together to make the events a success. The evening of the 19th commenced with the felicitation of the toppers for the 2010 pass out batch with Gold and Silver medals been awarded to them. This was followed by several performances by students showcasing the plethora of talent that is hidden inside all NISTians. From breathtaking dance moves to soulful renditions to hilarious mimicries and amazing acting skills, the student community took the stage by storm. However the show stopper like any other year was the performance by our faculty members. This time our faculty members in their own inimitable style did something different from the usual by staging a skit revolving around the theme of life at NIST. The wonderful play won the hearts of all present and the applause just did not stop. The celebrations were capped by a fashion show by the students titled “Phases of Life” which put on display the various facets, emotions and stages that life takes an individual through. The celebrations came to an end with the singing of the national anthem. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 12 of 22 NIST AD Club celebrated ‘The Earth Day’ on 22nd April 2010 on the theme “Green and Global Warming” with the motto of spreading awareness on global warming and to seek for individual contribution in curbing the pandemic. The NISTians organized, ‘open-exhi’ an open exhibition on global warming which exhibited the aspects and impact of the same on the Green Globe through various posters prepared by the members. All NISTians wore the badge of green ribbon to observe the occasion. The observation culminated with a road show sharing opinions and feedbacks on the theme, and discussing the measures to make the campus greener. INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION This time the Institute celebrated the 64th Independence Day in a noble way by organizing an awareness campaign on ‘Child Labour’ in the city of Berhampur. The students surveyed many of the child labour schools run by NCLP, India, in Berhampur. They raised a fund of around 13000 INR from the staff, student and faculty members of NIST and donated two sets of uniforms and study materials to each of the students of one of the child labour schools at Lochapada, Berhampur. Various competitions were also conducted and the prizes were distributed among the school children. In the afternoon, more than 60 NIST students held an ‘Anti Child Labour’ awareness rally in the town from Berhampur Stadium to Courtpeta Square, carrying placards and banners with very innovative slogans. NEW YEAR PARTY AT SONEPUR BEACH The institute celebrated the New Year 2011 in a very unique fashion. All NISTians, including faculty and staff enjoyed the Picnic Party at Sonepur Beach. The half an hour bus ride followed by the boat sailing to the venue was quite enjoyable. NISTians enjoyed the serene Sun and Sand, and with the encouragement of Director Sir, started cleaning the littered beach, touched which the Sarpanch of the nearby village and the local people so much that they complemented by saying that the beach witnessed many picnics but this kind of noble gesture is one of its kind. Honorable Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali, welcomed all NISTians to the institute after the winter break and wished a great year ahead which was followed by a very special and sumptuous lunch. REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION AT NIST NIST commemorated the 62nd Republic Day at the Institute hostels by hoisting the Tri-Colour and observed the day by distributing food packets among the hostelites. Hostel superintendents, Dean of the institute, faculty members, staff and students were all present to mark the celebration. FELICITATION FOR COMPLETING A DECADE AT NIST The Institute recognizes and appreciates the service rendered by its employees and boosts their spirit up on a regular basis by honoring them. On such an occasion, NIST felicitated and celebrated the successful completion of 10 years of selfless and dedicated service of its employees and each of the deserving members was garlanded and felicitated with a memento, certificate of appreciation and cash award. Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST along with Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, while felicitating the members congratulated them and felt nostalgic about the golden past that was created few years back. NIST e_news congratulates all the members and wishes few more great decades ahead! National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 13 of 22 National Institute of Science and Technology celebrated the 9th Anniversary of its monthly newsletter, NIST e_news on 17th March 2011 at its premises. Prof. J. Seshagiri Rao, Prof., Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Berhampur University, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, Mr. Sisira Panigrahy, State Correspondent, The Indian Express and Dr.Yadam Ram Kumar, Eminent Writer as the Guests of Honour. The audience was enlightened by the very informative talks of the dignitaries. Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST, while chairing the meeting, persuaded the students to look beyond and go that extra mile in substantiating their future goals and as an individual they must contribute in some way towards the national growth and prove their mettle in becoming the true citizens of the globe. The Youth Forum on “Social Networking” witnessed a wonderful participation from the audience and generated a lot of debate on the topic. Birthday was cut, Anniversary issue of the magazine was released, e_news T-Shirts were distributed, the regular columnists were PROGRAMS felicitated, and food packets were distributed on the occasion. Wipro Mission10X program @ NIST The Institute hosted the Wipro Mission 10X Program at the Institute premises. The program was primarily designed to radically transform the cultures of learning in the institutions of engineering education. It was highly critical about the teacher-centered pedagogy and positioned learner at the center of the educational discourse. Amongst the many pedagogical and androgogical approaches, the Mission 10X learning approach focused on ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy’ and ‘Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence’. Around 15 of our faculty members, 10 from Roland Institute of Technology, Berhampur and 2 members from SMIT, Berhampur and 3 members from APEX Institute of Technology & Management participated in the program and received certificates from the Wipro, Bhubaneswar DC Head and Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST, for successfully completing the Mission 10X Certification Program. Dr. J. Surya Rao and Ms. J. Jayalaxmi, Founder Promoters and Directors, Roland Institute of Technology, Berhampur graced the occasion in the Valedictory Function. First PGDM Convocation, NIST Business School, 2010 NIST Business School held the debut Convocation Function to confer the Degrees on the PGDM students of the session, 20082010. Out of a total strength of sixty, fifty one students qualified themselves to be conferred with the Post Graduate Degree of Management. Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, National Institute of Science and Technology while presiding over the Convocation Function, categorically stressed on the need of the corporate discipline coupled with ethical values to be successful Managers in future. Prof. Arun K. Mohapatra, Professor, Management Studies, NIST Business School submitted a biennial report on the PGDM Program, emphasizing on the criterion of admission into the Program, and the rigorous discipline of teaching which was responsible for the grand achievement of the students. Prof. Binayak Rath, Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, conferred the Degrees on the qualified students, and delivered the Convocation Address entitled, “Prospects and Opportunities for the Management Professionals in the Globalizing World of the 21st Century” which was richly nuanced with several factors relevant to the future Managers. The topper of the PGDM Program, 2008-2010, Ms. Trisha Singh was felicitated with a gold medal and a Certificate. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 14 of 22 INSPIRE Science Camp 2010 @ NIST NIST organized the Department of Science & Technology (DST, Govt of India) funded Science Camp for the top 1% (based on their 10th examination marks) Class XI and XII students. The students were drawn from all over Orissa, especially South and Western Orissa. About 25 teachers of top schools also attended the science camp. Reputed Scientists of International fame such as Prof Trilochan Pradhan, Padma Bhusan, Prof. B. K. Mishra Director, IMMT, served as Mentors to the students and inspired them to think and dream about research and development. Faculty from IIT’s, top Universities, NISER, ISI, etc., were the other mentors. The students of NIST had organized a science and technology exhibition on this occasion which was highly appreciated. The Director of the Institute, Prof Sangram Mudali, said the science camp has succeeded in its mission in inculcating research ambitions among the participants. The DST Advisor, Dr. Mukhopadhyay urged the students to join the INSPIRE program and avail the numerous scholarships for research. Dr. Ajit K Panda is the Coordinator of the DST program alongwith other faculty members and student volunteers. Orissa Physical Society Meeting @ NIST The Orissa Physical Society conducted its first ever executive members meeting outside Bhubaneswar, since its inception in 1971, at NIST. Twenty executive body members and around 40 Physics Professors from in and around Berhampur attended the meeting. Prof. S. P. Pati, Emeritus Professor, NIST, President, Orissa Physical Society (OPS), chaired the meeting. A conceptual talk on ‘How to teach Quantum Mechanics’ by Prof. Niranjan Barik enlightened the physicists present on the occasion. English Reading Revolution (ERR) Program The Institute has initiated an innovative approach for instilling the reading interest in the students and thus improving their communication skills through, one of its kind program, ‘The English Reading Revolution’, with the first year students of B. Tech. and MCA. This program is based upon testing the students on newspaper reading, vocabulary building (GRE, Barron’s Guide Word List), and critical appreciation of novel. As a part of the English Reading Revolution, the Saturday Movie Series has also been started in the institute auditorium to give the students the taste of Classic English Movies and to rejuvenate them for the following week. IEEE EDS Mini-Colloquium on ‘Nano-Electronics’ @ NIST A 1-day IEEE-EDS (Electron Devices Society) Mini-Colloquium on ‘Nano-Electronics’ was organized by IEEEEDS Berhampur Students Chapter in collaboration with NIST, Berhampur. Distinguished Professors such as, Prof. Hiroshi Iwai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, IIT-Bombay; Prof. C. K. Sarkar, Jadavpur University and EDS Chair, Calcutta Chapter; Prof. K. Mohan Rao, EDS Chair, Madras Chapter; Prof. J. Majhi, Emeritus Professor, NIST delivered a series of lectures on Nanoelectronics on the occasion. Training Program on Support Vector Machines A 1-day Training Program on Support Vector Machines (SVM) was organized in the institute. Prof. Sudershan Padhy, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, International Institute of Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar, being the resource person, delivered talks on the areas like, SVM Classification, SVM Regression and Application of SVM. Around 20 faculty and students attended the training program. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 15 of 22 IBM Training and Certification Programs at NIST IBM Rational Functional Tester Training Through the NIST IBM Center of Excellence, under the aegis of IBM Academic Initiative Program, IBM conducted the following host of certification, training and workshops for the students and faculty members of NIST: F DB2 Training cum Certification Program F F RAD Training Program F Workshop on Tivoli Directory Server Rational SEED Program Entrepreneurship Awareness Program The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of the institute conducted an Entrepreneurship Awareness Program in the campus. Being the resource person, Dr. Sasi Bhusan Mishra, Institute Professor, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Gandhinagar presented a talk on ‘Prospects and Career in Entrepreneurship’ and Mr. Sibashish Mishra, MD, Five Elements Group, Bhubaneswar delivered a talk on ‘Idea Generation and Business Plan Statement’ to all the PGDM, MBA and B. Tech., 6th semester students. Employment Oriented Summer Courses - 2011 @ NIST The Institute as part of its academic pursuit offered the following certification and training courses to the students of B.Tech., MCA, MBA, and PGDM programs : l Electronic Design Automation Software Tools for VLSI / ASIC Design l Certification Course on Introduction to ORACLE 9i: SQL l Advanced Industrial Automation Technology l Embedded System and Embedded VLSI l Certification course on CISCO certified Network Associate (CCNA) l Certification course on J2EE and Rational Rose (SCWCD) l Business Process Integration using SAP l Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Business Intelligence on SAP Platform l Software Design and Testing l J2EE and Rational Rose l Spoken English Language Course. Campus Connect Road Show and Orientation Program The Infosys Campus Connect Team conducted a Road Show and Orientation Program at the institute campus. Mr. Sumesh Khatua and Mr. Bhupesh Dheka, Resource persons from Infosys, Bhubaneswar DC, took sessions on Business Etiquette, Basics of Communication, Introduction to Computer System, and Global Effectiveness. An Online Assessment (Pre Test) of Foundation Program and Soft Skills were also conducted. Employment Oriented Program (EOP) 2011 Like every year, as an Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) initiative, the Institute started the Employment Oriented Program (EOP), with 60 students from different parts of South Odisha been short-listed and selected from around 120 applications. They are registered under different branches like : Basic Computer Skill (BCS), Computerized DTP, Electronics Repair & Maintenance (ERM), Computer Maintenance & Repair (CRM), Repair of Electrical Appliances (REA), and Workshop Practice (WP).All the students are provided with hands on training on Communication Skills Practice, Interview Skills, Business Writings, Presentation Skills, and Etiquettes. The program is of 4 months duration during which each of the candidates receive a stipend amount of Rs. 1000/- per month along with free transportation facility, lunch and books & study materials. Hostel facility has been provided to the outstation students. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 16 of 22 Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director: B. Tech. from IITKanpur and MS from University of Houston, USA. Worked at B. F. Goodrich Company, Ohio in the area of ‘Computer Aided Design’. JFK Lincoln awardee during his master’s program and also worked with HCL Technologies in the CAD/CAM division. He is the founder promoter and Director of NIST. He was a member of the Board of Management, Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Orissa. He is considered as a leading icon of technical education in Orissa. Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean: Ph. D. in Microelectronics from Sambalpur University, M. Tech. in ECE. Was a CSIR Fellow during his Ph.D. Received the BOYSCAST Fellowship from the DST, Govt. of India and pursued his Post Doctorate at University of Michigan, USA. Recipient of ICTP Regular Associate Award for collaboration work with ICTP Microelectronics Laboratory. Has been awarded a number of prestigious DST projects in the field of semiconductors. Member of IEEE, IETE, ISTE, and VLSI Society of India. Presently the Coordinator of TIFAC CORE in 3G/ 4G Communications at NIST. Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director: B.E. from Osmania University, Hyderabad and MS from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. Founder promoter of NIST. Played a key role in the formation of the PrePlacement team for the purposeful improvement of soft skills among the students. Has been instrumental in bringing top IT companies and MNCs to NIST and helping build Brand Orissa Engineers. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B.Tech: Ph.D. in Chemistry from Berhampur University. Worked in a UGC sponsored project as University Research Fellow at the Dept. of Chemistry, Berhampur University, as a visiting scientist at the University of Denver, USA, in a US Army Medical Defense project. Life Member of Indian Chemical Society, Chemical Research Society of India, Indian Council of Chemistry, and Patron Member of Orissa Chemical Society. Dr. Padhy has qualified NET (CSIR-UGC). The recipient of Dr. R. K. Nanda award and Young Scientist Award conferred by Orissa Chemical Society. Prof. Shankar Prasad Pati, AICTE Emeritus Professor, NIST: SIETE, SIMS, Former Professor, Sambalpur University and Berhampur University, Department of Electronics, Former Director, UGC Academic Staff College, Sambalpur University. Research Interest in Semiconductor Physics. Prof. Jagabandhu Majhi, AICTE Emeritus Professor, NIST: Former Professor, Berhampur University and IIT – Madras. More than 36 years of teaching and research experience. Research Interest in Materials Science. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 Prof. Surjyo Narayana Behera, AICTE Emeritus Professor, NIST: Renowned Physicist, Former Vice - Chancellor, Berhampur University, Senior Professor and former Director, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. Leading authority on theoretical aspects of Nanotechnology. Prof. Niranjan Das, AICTE Emeritus Professor, NIST: Retd. HOD and Professor, Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, UCE, Burla, Former Research Scientist, Brown Beverages, Switzerland, Advisor, DRDO. Research Interest is in Communications Technology. Mr. Shom Prasad Das, Course Coordinator, MBA: M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engg. from NIST, Joined as Software Engineer in TCS as a Project Leader. Life Member of Orissa Information Technology Society (OITS) and member of IEEE (USA). Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) and SAP Certified Trainer. Currently continuing his Ph. D. in the area of ‘Computational Finance’. Mr. Bhawani Shankar Patnaik, Director, NTCS: M. Tech. in CSE from NIST, 8 years of experience both in industry as well as teaching. Currently continuing his Ph.D. in the area of Parameterization, Fault detection and isolation for any process using 17 of 22 Bond Graph Modeling and Dr. Arun Kumar Mohapatra, Simulation’ under BPUT. Leading a Professor, MBA: team of 15 software professionals Ph.D., M. Com., under NTCS in software development L.L.B. More than 34 especially for E-Governance of Years of Experience Educational Institutions. in teaching at Mr. Sidhharth B. N., Course Government Colleges. Has Coordinator, MCA: supervised 3 Ph.D theses, 4 M.Phil. theses and other P.G. projects. M. Tech. from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad . Life Member of Orissa Information Technology Society (OITS) and ISTE also a SCWCD and CCNA. Core team member of NTCS. Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor, English: Ph.D. in English, Utkal University. Former Prof., English, Berhampur Mr. M. Suresh, M. Tech. University, Former Director, Centre Course Coordinator: for Canadian Studies, B.U., Senior Fulbright Fellowship at the Univ. of M.E. from Jadavpur University, B.E. From Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S., Canadian Academic Fellowship at Andhra University. More than10 years of the Univ. of Regina. U.G.C. Visiting Associateship, Utkal Univ., experience in the field of Industry & Teaching. One of the core members Canadian Academic (Women-andDevelopment) Research Fellowship of the NIST VLSI Group. at the Univ. of Winnipeg, Canada. Dr. Motahar Reza, R & D U.G.C. Teacher Fellow at the Utkal Coordinator: University. Teaching experience of more than 40 years. Ph.D. in Maths, IIT , Kharagpur, M. Sc in Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Prof. EEE: Applied Mathematics, B. Tech. from Jadavpur University, Bangalore University, Kolkata. 4 yrs. of Research and M. Tech. from UCE, Teaching Experience at IIT,KGP. Burla, and Ph.D. NET Qualified. Post Doctorate from IIT, Roorkee. Program through BOYSCAST Worked as Associate Prof. at fellowship of DST at Institute of fluid VITAM, A.P., & KIIT Univ., a mechanics, Erlangen-Nurnberg Research Scholar at IIT, Roorkee. University, Germany. Recipient of He is a Reviewer of 3 Elsevier Samanta Chandra Sekhar Orissa Journals and IEEE Journals and has Young Scientist Award-2006. teaching and research experience of Dr. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, 18 years. Presently guiding a Associate Prof. ECE: number of Ph.D. candidates. Ph.D. in ‘Optical Dr. Sisira Kanti Mishra, Associate Communication’ from Prof., MBA: Berhampur University Ph. D. in ‘Capital and has more than 15 Market Efficiency years of teaching and research through Share Price experience. Presently guiding a Behavior’, M. Phil. in number of Ph.D. students. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 both Commerce and Futurology, B.U., Continuing D.Litt. More than 12 years of teaching experience. Dr. Sudhir K. Panigrahy, Associate Prof., MBA, Placement Coordinator M. Phil and Ph. D. in Economics, Berhampur University, MBA in HRM., U.G.C. NET Qualified. More than 12 yrs. of teaching experience. Mr. Anisur Rahman, Asst. Prof., CSE: M. Tech, Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, M. Sc (Pure Maths), University of Calcutta. Has industry, teaching and research experience of over 7 yrs. in Parallel Computing, Algorithm Design, etc. Mr. Rabindra Kumar Shial, Asst. Prof, CSE: B. Tech., Moulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal (REC), M.E., Bengal Engineering College, West Bengal. CCNA from IIIT, Hyderabad. More than 11 yrs. of teaching experience. Life Member of ISTE & OITS. Mr. Trupti Ranjan Lenka, Asst. Prof., ECE: B.E., NIST, M. Tech. in VLSI Design, U.P. Technical University. Worked as Reader in the Dept. of ECE at G.L.A. Institute of Technology & Management, Mathura. Pursuing Ph.D. Mr. Abhro Mukherjee, Asst. Prof., EIE: Pursuing Ph.D., M.S., Ecole Centrale de Lille France, Received the 18 of 22 prestigious ‘Excellence Eiffle Scholarship’ from the French Govt. Worked with Stuerung Anlage Ltd. as a Design Engineer and as a Sr. Executive at DPS Technologies. Mr. Debananda Kanhar, Asst. Prof., CSE: M. Tech.IIT,KGP. Currently pursuing Ph. D. under BPUT, More than 5 yrs. of academic experience. Coordinator IBM Center of Excellence, Infosys Campus Connect and Wipro Mssion 10X Program. Mr. Sushanta K. Tripathy, Asst. Prof., MBA: M. Tech in Industrial Management, UCE, Burla, continuing Ph. D from IIT,KGP. Worked as a Research Scholar at IIT KGP., as an Asst. Prof. at Mekelle Univ., Ethiopia. Has authored a book, “Production and Operations Management”. More than 20 years of teaching & research experience. Mr. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay, Asst. Prof., MBA: MBA in Marketing, IISW & BM, Calcutta University, PGDBA from Annamalai University, Continuing Ph.D. Experience as a Business Development Officer at World BankIFAD-Govt. of India, 18 years of both corporate & teaching experience. Dr. Diptendu Sinha Roy, Asst. Prof., CSE: M.Tech & Ph.D, BITS, Mesra, 3 yrs. of teaching and research experience. Working in the area of parallel processing and computer architecture. Mr. Satyabrata Dash, Asst. Prof. EIE: B. Tech., NIT, Rkl & M. Tech, MNIT, Allahabad. Over 15 years of teaching and research experience in DSP, Virtual Instrumentation.Coordinator of GATE Club. of Discrete Sine Transform’. More than 35 years of teaching experience. Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Professor, CSE: MBBS and PG Diploma in Gynecology & Obstetrics from Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from Sikkim Manipal Univ., Ph. D in Information Technology from IIT, KGP. Pursued a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship in the University of New South Wales, at its Singapore and Sydney campuses. Research Interest in Applications of IT in medical fields. Dr. Saiful Rahman Mondal, Asst. Mr. Tryambaka Mahapatra, Asst. Prof., Mathematics: Prof., MBA: B. Sc. and M. Sc. in B. Sc. Chemistry from Mathematics from G. M. College, M. A. Aligarh Muslim in English from University, Ph. D. Sambalpur University, from IIT, Roorkee. Received P.G. MBA, Dept. of Management Studies, Merit Scholarship from Department Benaras Hindu University, MBA in of Mathematics, AMU, cleared Finance from Leeds University GATE with an all India Rank of 192; Business School, Leeds University, cleared CSIR-UGC NET; UGC, and PGCRM, Paisley Business Junior Research Fellowship, also School, West Scotland University. UGC, Senior Research Fellowship. Dr. Satya Sopan Mahato, Asst Dr. Martha Narayan Murty, Prof., ECE Professor, Physics: Ph.D. from Jadavpur M. Sc. Physics from University. Presently Berhampur University, working in MHRD Ph. D. on ‘Algorithm project in and Architecture for collaboration with IIT, VLSI Implementation Kharagpur on “Virtual Laboratories”. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 19 of 22 RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP The Institute has a unique Research Assistant Scheme for the students of B. Tech. (3rd & 4th yr), MCA, MBA and PGDM (final yr) to provide them with the ultimate workforce preparatory research experience for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The purpose of the scheme is to identify talented students who are interested to do research work with faculty members and help students and faculty members in promoting their professional growth. It also supports original research work undertaken by a team of faculty and students, for periods of at least one year up to a maximum of two years. Funding and Benefit Research Assistants (students) associated to all selected proposals given by faculty will be given an assistantship of Rs1000.00 per month for the period of the research grant. All research related expenses will be paid by the Institute. Research Assistants and Research Guide can attend one conference/workshop per year within India (TA/ DA and other expenses paid by the Institute). Research Assistant on being an author of a paper in any journal/ conference/workshop given an Honorarium and a Commendation Certificate by the Institute. Research Assistants may be sponsored with all expenses paid for any special training by the Institute.Faculty members with Research Assistant(s) will be given due credit and recognition by the Institute. CLUB AFFAIRS Teaching Assistantship Teaching Assistantship is given to the toppers of each branch to assist faculty members in academics, such as grading answer sheets etc. Around 14 students of each batch qualify for the same and each of them is given with a stipend of Rs. 1000/- per month. Economic Hardship Scholarship This scholarship is given to Yearly 20 students of B.Tech, 3 Students of MCA, 2 Students of MBA and 2 Students of PGDM. The amount of Scholarship is Rs. 1000/- per Month to each student. Book Grant Scholarship This scholarship is given to 15 student of B. Tech., 3 Student of MCA, 2 Student from MBA and 2 Student from PGDM per Semester. The amount of Scholarship is Rs.1500/- per Semester. Shiv Shankar Bisoi Scholarship This scholarship is given to one Student Per Year and amount of Scholarship is Rs.15000/Travel Grant Scholarship This scholarship is given to students who publish paper in any national/ international conference. All the expenses incurred to present the paper are taken care of under this scholarship. M. Tech Scholarship M. Tech scholarship is given to students of Electronics and communication engineering and computer science and Engineering departments. Rs. 3000/- per month has been given to the students who are not sponsored by any institute or do not receive any GATE scholarship. All GATE qualified students receives RS. 8000/- per month. Merit Scholarship This scholarship is given to all the students of B. Tech, M. Tech, MBA, MCA and PGDM who secure greater than 9.0 CGPA in under graduate program and greater than 8.5 CGPA in graduate program. The amount of scholarship is between 1000/- to 5000/- Club Eureka- the 3rd Inter-School Literary Competition The NIST Literary Club Eureka, successfully conducted the 3rd Inter-School Literary Competition. An overwhelming response from 18 different schools of in and around Berhampur with a total of around 100 students made the event a grand success. Eleven different events including, Debate, Essay Writing, Poem Composition, StoryWriting, Extempore, Collage Composition, Spell Bee, both in English & Oriya, kept the contenders busy throughout the day. De Paul School, being the recipient of the highest number of awards, was adjudged the Champion Team and was felicitated along with other winning members of different schools by Shri Surendra Nath Mudali, Chairman, NIST. Being present on the occasion as the Chief Guest, Mr. Mudali emphasized on the importance of literary skills and encouraged the student contenders to participate in such events and hone their literary flair. National National Institute Institute of of Science Science && Technology, Technology, Berhampur, Berhampur, 761008 761008 20 22 of of 22 22 NRC won National Award at ROBOCON-10 NIST Robotics Club (NRC) participated in the 8th ROBOCON 2010, the National Level Robotics Competition, organized by Doordarshan, India in collaboration with MIT, Pune. Contending with 45 top engineering institutes of the country, including all IITs and NITs, NIST was awarded with the ‘National Award for Best Idea in Designing the Robots’ and was felicitated with a Trophy. It was a moment of pride and glory for NRC members receiving this national honor from Mr. Lakshmendra Kumar Chopra, Senior Director, Prasar Bharti Doordarshan Mumbai. Congratulation NRC for bringing this National Accolade to NIST! Electronics Hobby Club (EHC)- 2nd Electronics Month EHC observed the Electronics Month (Version 2) by conducting Quiz (Electronics Dexterity), Electrokriti (Electronics Workshop), Design Contest and Optimized Design Contest. The workshop for the junior level was on bread-boarding that comprised working with voltage regulators, timer ICs and decade counters and the second module being soldering in which the students themselves soldered an object sensor using an LDR. Working with Microcontrollers was the topic of interest for those attending the workshop for the senior level. Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, NIST distributed the prizes to the winners of different events. Renewable Energy Club Club EXCEL The club has collaborated with OREDA (an agency of Science & Technology, Govt. of Odisha) and conducts many activities for promoting the use of Renewable Energy. The Club recently organized different Seminars and Workshops inviting professor from IITs and other reputed technical institutes. It holds inter-college competitions on various models & posters presentations. The club participated in the model competition held at APEX, Bhubaneswar & bagged the 1st & 2nd positions. In the institute’s Inter - College Technical Symposium, SANKALP, this year, 40 models were exhibited and three of NIST models won 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes. The club conducted Workshops on ‘Awareness on Entrepreneurship” and participated in many activities across India and the following lists their winning streaks: 1st in C programing contest in Silicon institute of Tecnology, BBSR 2nd in C programming contest in ITER bbsr 1st in C-Debugging in ITER, BBSR 3rd in Java programming Cotest in ITER, BBSR 2nd in C-programming contest in KIIT BBSR 1st in C-debugging in IEM Kolkatta 2nd in C-programming contest IEM Kolkata 1st in c-Programming in GEC-BBSR Entrepreneurship Development Cell As an EDC Venture, NIST “Business Incubator Scheme” has been funded a grant of Rs. 35.95 Lakhs by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India (MSME) for the projects like K- Technologies, Wi-Fi electronic guide / E Guide for tourist application, Service aimed at students community to understand Industry needs and its best practices, Noiseless Solar grass cutter. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 21 of 22 National Himalayan Trekking & Biking Expedition Himachal has been referred to as the land of Gods and Goddesses and snow-clad mountains, perennial streams with crystal clear water. Its beautiful valleys present extensive forests and picturesque meadows dotted with a variety of flora and fauna which beckon the young adventure lovers to come and experience the serene and calm atmosphere of all pervading nature. Its beautiful colourbirds, wildness of wild life, botanical species of thick and colourful foliage enchanting fragrance, leave passers by tempted to the irresistible view of natural beauty. It has always been a dream about doing adventurous things and NIST provides an opportunity to be a part of mountaineering and biking at the heights of Himalayan Ranges. Kullu, Manali, Manikaran, and Rohtang Pass are among some of the most sought after summer destinations and NISTians, every year, find respite from their pressing schedules and rejuvinate themselves in the fantabulous, dreamy lap of mother nature. 1st Inter-College Basket Ball 7th Asim Memorial Engineer’s Tournament-2011 Cricket Tournament As a part of the Annual Sports Meet, NIST organized the 1st Inter College Basket Ball Tournament, ARGONAUT’S TROPHY – 2011 in the institute campus. Ten different colleges of Odisha including the host institute participated in the tournament. The grand finale was between the host institute and GIET, Gunpur in which the host institute lost the battle to GIET with 39 – 41. DRIEMS, Cuttack was awarded as the Best Disciplined Team, Satish Tiwari, GIET, got the title of Man of the Series and Subhrojeet Samant, NIST, the Man of the Match. The Institute organized the 7th Asim Memorial Engineer’s Cricket Tournament at Berhampur Stadium. Different Engineering colleges such as, C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar; SILICON, Bhubaneswar; IACR, Raygada; GIET, Gunpur; RIT, Berhampur; TRIDENT, Bhubaneswar; APEX, Bhubaneswar and the host institute, NIST, Berhampur, participated in the 4-day tournament. Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST presented the Champion’s Trophy to the winning team, GIET, Gunupur and NIST, Berhampur was declared as the Runners-Up In Association with SPIC MACAY (Society for Promotion in the final match played between the two teams. of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth) Odisha Chapter, the institute organized a famous Play by ‘Habib Tanvir’s Naya Theatre’ at the open stage of the institute campus. Habib Tanvir, one of the most popular The NIST Student Activity Centre in association with the Indian Urdu, Hindi Playwrights, a theatre Director, Poet and Actor, won several national and international awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Shri, Kalidas Samman, Padma Bhushan including the Fringe Firsts Award at Edinburgh International Drama Festival. Play on CHARANDAS CHOR Parasailing @ NIST Lawn Tennis Coaching Camp A Lawn Tennis Coaching Camp was organized for students at the institute’s Lawn Tennis Court. Around 95 students, both boys and girls, participated in this camp. The enrolled students were trained by Coach, Md. Rafique, every day during morning and evening hours. Dr. Sukanta KumarTripathy, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering inaugurated the camp and Dr.Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, NIST, being present on the Closing Ceremony addressed the students and discussed on the importance of sports activities in students’ lives. NationalAdventure of Foundation, Bhubaneswar, organizes Parasailing at NIST Cricket Ground. The NISTians enjoy flying at the height of 300ft above ground level. The para-sailors being strapped in the harness are dragged by a jeep that towed them up gradually from a height of 50ft to 300ft. The rarest experience of flying free at such a height is greatly enjoyed by students, faculty members and staff. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 22 of 22 More than 40 Top Multinational and Indian IT sector & Core Engineering sector companies are hiring our students each year. In the year 2010 - 11, the top five companies hired around 500 students from NIST. They are Infosys Technologies (138), Capgemini (129), HCL Technologies (83), Wipro Technologies (69), Mahindra Satyam (55). In addition, numerous companies hired NIST students leading to the record breaking on-campus placement with the statistics of 83.08% of placements in CSE branch, 89.23% in EIE, 91.8% in EEE, 92.03% in ECE, 92.94% in IT, and 55.17% in MCA. B. Tech., and MCA Business School Name of Company Students Recruited INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES 138 CAPGEMINI 129 WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES 69 HCL TECHNOLOGIES 83 MAHINDRA SATYAM 55 MINDFIRE SOLUTIONS 15 OTHERS 12 Electronic EDA/ VLSI Companies: L&T INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SERVICES 23 WIPRO VLSI 19 SANKALP SEMICONDUCTOR 4 TVS MOTOR COMPANY 3 ACUMEN CONSULTANCY SERVICES 3 GENNUM TECHNOLOGIES 2 NETLOGIC 1 BROADCOM 1 The highest pay package received is Rs. 7.8 Lacs while the minimum is 3.10 Lacs. Name of Company Students Recruited THYROCARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD, MUMBAI 15 CAPITAL IQ, HYDERABAD 1 FUTURE GENERALI 6 SMC GLOBAL 7 AADMARC 8 TIME 2 INDUSIND BANK 1 PUMEC CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. 1 RARE N FAIR 5 ZUVENTUS 1 HB ENTERTAINMENT 20 LINXSMART TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD. 4 CEASE FIRE INDUSTRIES LTD. 3 ARTHATATWA CONSULTANCY PVT LTD 1 MONEYLAND ASSETS & SECURITIES LTD 2 SUV SATYA PROPERTIES & INFRASTRUCTURE (P) LTD 1 RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE 2 BINAYAK GROUP 2 MET LIFE INSURANCE CO LTD 1 A.V THOMAS & CO LTD 2 SANJEEV ENTERPRISERS 2 OCL 3