“Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to

Half Yearly News Letter
Vol.2
No.1
FEBRUARY 2013
“Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love”
- Swami Vivekananda
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FRESHER’S DAY
. The newly setup departments like the Automobile
Engineering Department, Aeronautical Engineering
Department and the Construction Technology
Department also presented the future prospects of
the departments.
Even
sports department,
transport department and other facilitative
departments like the accounts, accommodation etc.
also displayed their activities and information.
A Program was put together, which included
some interesting stalls that showcased the
achievements of different departments of the
College.
A Stall by the Placement Department was put up by
the students of the Acharya. With Mr. C.B.M.
Bhooshan
standing
in
the
centre.
A group of student volunteers, who are involved in
the placement activities in the campus.
It was a perfect occasion to break down all
barriers between Senior and junior batches, and
the students mingled freely with one another,
getting to know more about their peers.
The guest of honor Dr. Jagadeesh Gopalan
appreciated the environment of the college and
was pleased with the warm welcome accorded
for the freshers, organized by the Acharya
Institute
of
Technology.
The Civil Department in their 3rd year of formation
put up a colorful, informative and extremely
exuberant display of the efforts made within the
department to provide its students with all round
education.
All in all the entire fete was a huge success and we
are hoping to outdo ourselves with the help of our
juniors the next time around. But the show did not
comprise of only the Departmental displays, our
students put up a vibrant display of cultural
programs. After a sumptuous lunch the students
and parents were requested to visit their ward‘s
respective departments, where they would be
provided with ample information about the life and
prospects of those particular departments.
The program started with invocation, and
lighting the Lamp by the dignitaries. Dr. K
Ramakrishna Reddy, Chief Librarian, Acharya
Institutes, welcomed the gathering. He also gave
a brief message on the National Librarians Day.
Prof. Gurunath Rao Vaidya, Principal, AIGS,
introduced both Dr. N Prabhudev, Vice
Chancellor, Bangalore University, Bangalore,
and Dr. I R N Goudar, Retd. Head - ICAST,
NAL, Bangalore.
NATIONAL LIBRARIANS DAY 2012
August 12th of every year, is celebrated as
National Librarians Day in India, in
remembrance of
Padmashree Dr. S R
Ranganathan (1892-1972), the National Professor
of Library and Information Science who had
spearheaded library development in India. The
Library & Information Science professionals at
Acharya Institutes, celebrated National Librarians
Day on13th August 2012. For the program, more
than 100 faculty members and other support staff
were present.
For this special occasion, Dr. N Prabhu Dev
was kind enough to be as Chief Guest and
delivered Key Note address. He was
felicitated by Shri. B M Reddy, Founder, JMJ
Educational Society, Bangalore.
Dr. I R N Goudar, Retd. Head – ICAST,
NAL, Bangalore, was the Guest of Honour
and delivered a lecture on ―Academic and
Research Performance Indicators‖. He was
felicitated by Dr. N Prabhu Dev.
Dr. C Vijay Kumar, Director (HR & IA) also
addressed the gathering.
Shri. B M Reddy gave presidential remarks.
The senior students of Acharya Institute of
Technology went out of their way to make
their fresher's feel welcome.
Srujan‖ the departmental forum of the Civil
Department displayed its future prospects, with the aim
of creative learning and all round development.
The program ended with Vote of Thanks by
Mrs. Tinoki Rodrigues.
Because of such low number of donors this
nonprofit organization took this initiative of
spreading the awareness among the youth breaking
all the myth in their mind. They wanted to reach
the youth inspiring them to become a organ donor
such that millions of people‘s lives can be saved.
To achieve this motive they chose our prestigious
college
ACHARYA
INSTITUTE
OF
TECHNOLOGY, Bangalore.
“ORGAN DONATION REGISTRATIONS
AND
AWARENESS
PROGRAMME”
CONDUCTED ON 7TH,8TH NOV 2012.
The Event was headed by the faculty Lekshmi
Nair, Assnt prof, EEE dept. The nonprofit
organization which took initiative to spread the
awareness in our college "Good Hearted Soul". It
was part of their National Youth Awareness
Campaign on organ donation across the nation in
all states.
Coming to hard statistics,55% of the accidents
in India are dealt within age group of 17 to 30,
in which 70./. results in death in the hospital.
Ever imagined if all these people had registered
for organ donation, then they could have saved
millions of people. At present organ donation is
in a very bad situation in India. In Karnataka,
from the past 5 years, there are only over 1000
registered organ donors who wish that their
organs can be taken after their death and their
body should be given back to the family
members for further rituals.
Each department was represented by their
volunteers. ECE dept was represented by:
•Prem Kumar.E and R. Deepak ( Head coordinators for the event.): 5th Sem
•Jeevan D Raj, Kiran R, Sujay (Volunteers): 5th
sem.
Working as a team we went to each class and
explained the importance of saving lives, doing a
good deed, being an organ donor and finally
taking the registrations from the students.
Each class of ECE dept was covered in such
fashion. Same way with combined team work all
volunteers covered ECE dept, Cs dept, ISE dept,
Mechanical dept, Civil dept, Biotech dept, MBA
and MCA dept, EEE dept of AIT college. Even
Acharya School of Architecture was covered in
the process.
Our Respected Principal, Dr.Maheshappa also
registered himself to be an organ donor. Giving
their complete support, all the faculty members
and the working staff even registered themselves
as organ donors. The whole event took place on
7th and 8th of November,2012.
The event successfully completed with a huge
number of 1000 registrations from our college. If
seen statistically Karnataka as a state could add
up to 1000 donors while we, Acharya Inst of
Tech, alone could add up to the same. That‘s
something to be proud off.
Good Hearted Soul has been closely working with
ZCCK( Zonal Co-ordination Committee of
Karnataka for Organ Transplantation) and Gift your
organ foundation. ZCCK is the only organization in
K‘taka through whom organ donations and
transplants are co-ordinated. Such facts allowed us
to easily clear the doubts which arose on the
legitimacy of this event.
Contacts:
Zonal Co-ordination Committee of Karnataka
Near OPD, Nimhans, Hosur road, B‘lore-29
Contact:+91 9845006768/080 26995716
Email:zcckbangalore@gmail.com | website: zcck.in
Good Hearted Soul can be reached by the following
ways:
7 Natural skills of women to be a teacher
Invited talk organized by Sakhi, AIT
The game was followed by an interactive session
on ― 7 natural skills of women to be a teacher‖,
by the Chief Guest.
The session was coordinated by Prof. Shalini
Sadanand, Joint Treasurer, Sakhi and presided over
by Dr. K. Sumangala Bhat, President, Sakhi.
It was a pleasure to have the presence of our
respected Principal Dr. H D Maheshappa, who is
the source of motivation of all the activities in
AIT. He expressed his views regarding the topic
of guest lecture and teacher-student relationship in
general, which enlightened all of us by invoking
As per the agenda of the event began with our strength and responsibilities.
invocation by Ms. Soumya, PGDM. Followed by
welcome address and introduction of the Chief The session was followed by another game
Guest, Dr. Indrani Pramod Kelkar, Professor, sponsored by Mrs. Geetha Gopinath, Executive
Mathematics, AIT, Bangalore. by the President, member, Sakhi and executed by Prof. Shalini
Sakhi.
Sadanand, Joint treasurer, Sakhi. ―Lucky woman
A small game for selecting ―Lucky woman of the of the Year‖
Day‖, sponsored by Mrs. Geetha Gopinath, The meeting was concluded by vote of thanks
Executive member, Sakhi and executed by Ms. Sri proposed by Prof. Nagapushpa K. P., Executive
Lakshmi, CPRD, was won by the Chief Guest.
member, Sakhi followed by a light refreshment.
NSS ACTIVITES
The following program was conducted under the
banner of NSS of Acharya Institute of Technology
to create awareness about the benefits of yoga &
pranayama at the Vivekananda PU College,
Mallur, near vijayapura on 8th November 2012.
As per Vice Chancellor of VTU circular the NSS
of AIT had conducted programs on ―Awareness
on Crackers Bursting‖ . The program was
conducted to educate the students regarding the
adverse effects of bursting crackers especially with
pollution and Physical damages to the person.
SPORTS ACTIVITIES
Rahul secured silver in weight lifting & bronze
in
Best
Physique
competition
Acharya Institute of Technology Weight Lifting,
Power Lifting and Best Physique (Men) team
participated in AVTU Weight Lifting, Power Lifting
and Best Physique (Men) competition for the year
2012-13.
Secured
1
gold,
3
Silver, 3 Bronze medals in above said tournament
Recently held at SDMIT Ujire.
*Standing from the left:* Kanhaiya Lal, Ankith,
Kunal Gandhi, Milroy, AnantSahai, Ajith, Abhijeet,
Yeahwanth, Vikas, Abhijeet, *Sitting from Left:*Mr.
Raghu (Fitness Trainer), Mr. Ramakrishne Gowda,
Dr. Ramesh Babu (Dean Administration & HOD
ISE)
Dr. H D Maheshappa (Principal AIT),
Gangadhar G S (Physical Education Director),
Harsha
K
(Coach).
*Sitting
Front,
from
left*:
Sunny
Rai
(Captain), Bharath Raj.
The NSS officers & the student volunteers hadhd
prepared a power point presentation which
showcases the pictures of physical damages of the
children and Environmental pollution.
The awareness program was conducted at
Vivekananda high school on 8th November 2012,
Jindal school bigger on 9th November 2012, &
Widia purnapragna school on 10th November 2012.
The NSS unit of Acharya Institute of Technology
organized AIDS awareness programme. Dr. S. M.
Gopinath, HOD, Biotechnology delivered a talk on
Government programmes for prevention of AIDS,
Treatment and Precautions.
VISITORS BOOK
―A very impressive campus and very well
equipped. Education is the need of the hour and
you are doing India Proud‖.
-Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra
Dynamic Technologies ltd.
Peenya ,Bangalore.
―Prestigious Institute having an unbelieveable state
of the art Facility‖.
- G.P.Reddy
C.E.O Dynamic Areospace.
―Excellent infrastructure facility ambience a very
good place for learning‖.
-Nagaraj Mauthy
Moog India Tech. Center.
Electronic City, Bangalore.
Standing from the lefr: Rahul Dev M, Pradeep kumar,
Kanhaiva Lal, Dhananjaya, Karthik K,
Sitting from Left: Mr. Ramakrishne Gowda, Dr. H D
Maheshappa
(Principal
AIT)
Gangadhar G S (Physical Education Director)
VTU Gold medalist for 2012-2013 Wrestling and
Judo championship held at MVJCE, Bangalore on
14th to 16th of September 2012. In photo from left
Mr. Gangadhar (PEd), Mr. Ramakrishne Gowda
(Gen Admin), Mr. .Maheshappa H.D (Principal
AIT) and Mr. saeed Asghartabar (Gold Medalist in
Wrestling and Judo)
Acharya Institute of Technology Soft Ball
(Men)team participated in VTU Soft Ball (Men)
Tournament for the year 2012-13.becomeWinners
in above said tournament Recently held at Acharya
Institute
of
Technology
.
VTU nominated him as VTU Soft Ball team
manger to participate in All India
Inter university competition, also he was
selection committee member of Wrestling,
Judo & Gymnastics, Volley ball (Women),
Football (Men) to take part in inter university
competition.
DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
Dr.H.Sekar Babu, Prof R & D Head
delivering a talk.
ACHIEVEMENTS
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING
Dr.H.Sekar Babu, Prof R & D Head,
Veltech High tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr
Sakuntala engg College, Avadi, Chennai
inaugurated Forum activity and magazine
―Illuminati‖ release event on 27th Aug, 2012
and delivered a lecture on
“Animal
Experimentation on Drug Discovery ―.
As part of Forum activity special lectures was
delivered by Dr.Kshitish Acharya, Founder
Director, Shodaka shared his knowledge and
delivered talk on “A link between
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics” held on 29th
Sep 2012 .
Mrs.Suneetha.T.B, Asst Prof G-2, Department
of Biotechnology was facilitated and awarded
―Karnataka Suvarna Shree‖ Award by
Karnataka Rajya Seva Dala
UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Onam celebration in the Department
Ashritha.M, Anabele Valerina Charles-Vth sem
students presented a paper on ―Effect of
Flavonoids against bacterial pathogens causing
bovine mastitis of methanolic and aqueous extracts
of Punica granatum‖ and won 2nd prize under the
guidance of Prof Suneetha.T.B, Asst Prof which
was held on 10th Nov, 2012 at Biochess-12,
National Student Technical seminar, SIT.
Dr.Sreekanth.B, Asst Prof G I, Department of
Biotechnology was awarded a PhD degree by
Kuvempu university in the month of Nov, 2012.
―Illuminati‖, magazine release
Dr. Gopinath, HOD Biotechnology was facilitated
with various awards and recognition. Expert
committee Member, DBT, New Delhi, Eminent
Educationalist Award, New Delhi, ―Rajiv Gandhi
Vidya Gold award‖ and ― Certificate of
Education
excellence‖
for
outstanding
achievements and remarkable role in the field of
education by international institute of education and
management, ―Karnataka Suvarna Shree‖ Award
By Karnataka Rajya Seva Dala.
Ms. Annabele Valerina Charles-Vth sem
student, won 4th place in solo dance in
Kalanjali-2012Organized
by
SirMVIT,
Bangalore
Under the forum of SRUJAN, Dr. Kirti
Malhotra gave an enterprising talk on ‗dare
to Dream‘ to the Civil Engineering Students
on 22 September 2012.
Raviswamy.G.H.Math, Arvind.Nambiar -Vth
sem & Shreya Singh Pundir-4th sem student,
won 3rd place in Indian Group Song in
Kalanjali-2012 Organized by Sir MVIT,
Bangalore.
On 22 September, the department was also a
witness to a unique mixture of learning in the
form of three parallel competitions, namely
Bridge Modelling, photography and Quiz
competition on Civil Engineering trends. The
documentary of ‗Hoover Bridge‘ was also
showcased during the day, which eventually
culminated with awarding the winners of the
competitions and a cultural event.
Between 13-15 October 2012, the students of 5th
semester went for an educational trip to
Wayanad (Kerala), along with Dr. Kirti
Malhotra. The sites visited also included
ASIA'S 2ND largest earth dam Bunsura Sagar
Dam.
A historic success, a total of 36 teams participated
in the event. Conceptualised by Rajesh Gopinath,
it was based on knock-out rounds encompassing a
variety of themes. With vibrant students
coordinators and Prof.(s) Rajesh, Yateen and
Sushma, as the quiz masters, the competition was
marvelled for its conduction and organisation, by
participants and viewers alike.
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Ms. Rini Mathew received 1st rank with
gold medal for Offshore Structures, from
NIT Calicut on 17th Oct 2012.
Under the forum of SRUJAN, a 10 over Cricket
Match was organised for the students of Civil
Engineering of each semester versus the faculty
team. The students of 5th semester eventually
won the Tournament. The role of Sridhar S in
organising and conduction of the event is
commendable.
K. Jeffery Ponnappa. [7 sem] won the Best
Male Model Prize during Metro Life
fashion show organised by Deccan Herald
at DSCE Oct 2012.
The Inaugural function for the same was held in
the MBA Seminar Hall at 9:30am.The Chief
Guest for the day was
Dr P. Nagabhushan,
Professor, Department of CS&E, University of
Mysore.
BLITZKRIEG 2012
Students of 3rd Semester (Sachin and
Team) won the 3rd prize during Metro Life
fashion show organised by Deccan Herald
at DSCE Oct 2012.
On 25 September 2012, 5 students of the
department
participated
in
CLIMATE
SCIENCE quiz at IISc. They were accompanied
by Dr. Kirti Malhotra and Ms. Vrinda T.
SRUJAN – STUDENTS FORUM
Under the forum of SRUJAN, Dr.
Raghavendra
Jana
from
TEXAS
UNIVERSITY gave a Guest lecture for
students of 5th and 7th semester on the
topic ‗Water in the Environment‘ on 03
August 2012.
Under the forum of Srujan, the dept. organized
a unique General Knowledge competition
―BLITZKRIEG‖ for entire ACHARYA
INSTITUTES on 09 October 2012. The
novelty of the event witnessed a never before
format of having both faculty and students as
joint participants within each competing team.
The Departments of Computer Science and
Engineering & Information Science and
Engineering organized Two day Workshop on
“Research Methodologies” on 30th & 31st
January, 2013. The speakers were eminent
academicians from across the state. The target
audiences were faculty from different colleges
and PG students.
Lakshya – student forum conducted Mock
Recruitment Process (Aptitude test, Technical
test, Group Discussion and HR interview) for
7th semester students on 03/10/2012. Nearly 70
students participated in the event. Prof.
Nagashree, Prof. Deepa T.P, Prof. Praveen
Naik , Prof. Vaishak Sundresh and Prof.
Varshini Vidhydhar had coordinated the
event along with Forum coordinator Prof.
Narasimha Murthy M S
Project Exhibition was organized for 7th and
5th semester students. Principal Dr. H. D.
Maheshappa inaugurated the exhibition.
Many different projects in various domains
were presented for the benefit of students to
carry out their final year project and also to
start with hobby projects. Overall 150
students attended the exhibition..
Mr. Kaustubh - Software Engineer,
NASSCOM, USA, had delivered a talk on
“Advanced
.NET
Utilities”
on
13/10/2012.The target audience were 7th
semester students. Overall 75 students took
part in the event. Mr. Kaustubh had given
complete idea about the topic and its
importance in the IT industry.
The department organized series of Invited
talks by eminent persons drawn from
various leading Industries and academia in
areas of computer science and engineering:
Dr.Sanjay–Professor &HOD, Department
of ISE, NMIT, Bangalore delivered a talk
on “Grid computing and Parallel
Computing”, on 10/10/2012. The target
audience were 7th semester students. Overall
90 students were present for the event. The
students had given a good feedback about the
talk. .
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING
Mr. Vivek Juneja – Lead R&D, Cloud
Computing, Torry Harris, Bangalore
delivered a talk on ―CLOUD COMPUTING
– a Deep Dive”, on 17/10/2012. The target
audience were 7th semester students. Overall
95 students were present for the event. Mr.
Vivek Juneja had cleared most of the doubts of
the students on this promising technology.
Prof. Narasimha Murthy M S had
coordinated the event along with other Prof.
Nagesha A G
Dr.T.G Basavaraju - Professor & HOD,
department of CSE, SKSJTI, Bangalore
had delivered a talk on “Recent
Developments and Research Direction in
Wireless Networking” on 30/10/2012. The
target audiences were 1st and 3rd Semester
M.Tech students. Overall 30 students took
part in the event. Dr.T G Basavaraju
presented the complete idea and the research
direction in this field. Prof. Narasimha
Murthy M S had coordinated the event along
with Prof. Surekha K B.
The department had organized a two day
workshop
on
“Advanced
Android
Application Development‖, on 12th and 13th
of October 2012. Students from different
Engineering colleges along with Students of
Acharya Institutes had attended the workshop.
Mr. Abdul Ansari and Mr. Prithvi from
Meta, Innovations, Bangalore were present as
resource persons on both days. About 125
students had attended the workshop. Prof.
Nagesha and Prof. Vani K S coordinated the
event. Students gave a very good feedback
about the workshop and requested many more
of kind in future.
Mr. Abdul Ansari and Mr. Prithvi from Meta,
Innovations, Bangalore delivering talk on
android application
Mamatha K.M, Divya Nishani, Gangadhara
Naik and Ashwini kumar of final year
engineering presented KSCST sponsored
project
titled ―EOG based HMI for
Paralyzed people to control electrical
devices‖ at Sambraham College of Engg.
Bangalore in the project exhibition and
secured state level first place in the contest.
The forum activities for the academic session
2012-13 began with great enthusiasm by our
department students on 9th Aug 2012. The
Technical and general quiz was organized by
the forum coordinators and the students
participated in full zeal and vigour.
Ltd from 11th -13th Sep 2012. III sem, BEECE students of Acharya Institute of
technology had visited this expo on 13th
September, 2012
Students of 5th Semester conducted
―CIRCUIT DEBUGGING‖ for 3rd and 5th
Semester students of ECE & EEE Dept‘s .
In this expo , the main attraction was ISRO‘s
stall, hub of information was gained by students
regarding sensor systems, GSAT systems and
Digital Communications Systems. Core
companies dealing with electronics came to
light like Renesas, HAL , Nutek, Panasonic,
microchip and many more. Thus it was an
knowledge gaining experience for the students.
The EC Department ‘s first bi-monthly ENews letter
named E-SPECTRA was
launched on
11-10-12
by Dr.H.D
Maheshappa, Principal of AIT in presence
of faculties and students. The main theme
of starting the newsletter was to keep
everyone connected and in touch with the
departments achievements and progress.
As a part of Forum activity Mr. Venkatesh M,
Design
Engineer,
NxP
semiconductor
Technologies, Bangalore shared his knowledge
and delivered presentation over current status
and future trends in VLSI technology and the
manufacturing & technical aspects on 22nd
September 2012.
Tech-Speak was organized by the forum
coordinators from 7th Semester students.
Under
Electronica and Productronica India
2012 expo was held at Bangalore
International Exhibition Centre . It was
organized by Messe Munchen India Pvt.
On 27-09-12 , a talk show was arranged for 5th
Sem students on
“ CREATIVE
THINKING ― by Mr.T.Sabapathy , COO of
Cymfony Net. Pvt.Ltd,. He was passionate in
training the students and he made them to
think creatively and proved that everyone are
creative in their own ways.
The final year ECE students attended conference
organized by PMI primer on 13/9/2012. Conference
sessions focused on planning involved in project
management
& gave basic insight about
implementation & management of project. The topic
focused on various areas of project management
from development of project idea, arranging
required resources for project, focused on
operational areas of project and how to tackle Gap
analysis when project is not as per expected
standard.
the Forum SPECTRA, a volleyball
tournament was organized for boys on 4th
October 2012.
REPORT
ON
REGISTRATIONS
PROGRAMME”.
“ORGAN
AND
DONATION
AWARENESS
The Event was conducted on 7th & 8th of Nov
2012. The nonprofit organization which took this
initiative to spread the awareness in our college was
"Good Hearted Soul". It was part of their National
Youth Awareness Campaign on organ donation
across the nation in all states.
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERING
Department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering organized National conference on
―Recent Trends in power systems” on 13th Oct
2012. It was inaugurated by dignitaries of the
conference.
Dr C B M Bhooshan, Director placements,
Acharya Institutes, Former Vice president of
ABB Ltd., gave a presentation on AREVA IEC
81650 based Substation automation system.
The 7th Sem ECE students visited Regional
Telecom Training Centre, Mysore (RTTC)
on 11th October 2012 .
Dr. G R Nagabhushana, Former chairman,
Department of High voltage engineering, IISC
Bangalore, chief guest of the NCPS conference,
addressed the conference with the present problems
in the power system where research is required,
which ignited minds of the young participants.
On 11th October 2012 the students of 7th sem
ECE
visited
the
Sugar
factory
Chamundeswari sugars Ltd. at K.M Doddi
which is producing about 24 MWh of power .
Total 70 research articles from different research
areas like power electronics, High voltage, power
systems were received from various technological
institutes of the country and out of which 47
research articles were selected for the conference.
Two Parallel sessions were held for the
presentation of research articles where one of
the sessions was chaired by Dr.Pradipkumar
Dixit and co-chaired by Mr. Chandrashekhar A
Badachi and other parallel session was chaired
by Prof. V. Keshavamurthy and Mrs. Aruna M.
Dr. S G Shreekantheswar Swamy, Fellow
and Principal Investigator of Karnataka
State council for science and technology,
presented a talk on ―Project of excellence –
Role of the institutions‖. This talk was
organized by the department of electrical
and electronics engineering for the benefit
of pre final and final year under graduate
students, Post graduates and faculty.
.members to reach the expections of the
socity in bringingout innovative projects.
Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering organized an Industrial visit for the
students of VII sem. BE (EEE) to ―Varahi
underground Hydro Power station, Mani Dam
& Nagarjuna Thermal power plant at Udupi”.
on 28th& 29th Sept.12. Industrial visit was
organised by Mr. Lakshmikanth Reddy V, Mr.
Sunil Kumar A V & Mrs. Swetha G, Assistant
professors of the department.
Dr.D K Subramanyam, Former professor,
IISC Bangalore briefed on the ―National
board of accreditation
process‖ to
various departments of the Acharya Institute
Technology. This talk was organized by
department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering which helped all the
departments to work towards betterment of
the institute and meet the expectations of
NBA.
An invited talk on careers in software testing was
conducted for students of ISE & CSE nearly 100
students took part on 1st September 2012
An invited talk on Big-Data was held in
association with IACE and Acharya Institutes for
students of ISE & CSE on 26th September 2012
An invited talk on Career Guidance was held in
association with IACE and Acharya Institutes for
students of ISE & CSE on 28th September 2012
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Moog
India Technology Centre jointly conducted
training program for the students of its
department & Employees of Moog at Moog
premises from 8th Jan 2013 to 5th Feb 2013.
INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
Dr.Ramesh Babu H.S, Dean(Admin) &
Head dept of ISE Participated in a panel
Discussion on TELon National Television
Channel of GabonE-Africa. Professors from
Africa also took part in the Live Television
Programme— A panel Discussion on
Opportunities in IT at Acharya Institute of
Technology, on TV-RTM channel, Gabon,
Africa on 30th and 31st July 2012.
Mr. Sudarshan Subramanian, Miss.Cladia
Monica Correa and Mr.Nikhil Kumar students
of 7th semester actively participated in- ―IBM
Tivoli Directory Server V 6.3 Training‖ Held
at IBM centre of Excellence, Acharya
Institutes, Bangalore from 1st November- 4th
November 2012
Dept of ISE & CSE successfully rolled out InfosysCampus Connect Program for students of Acharya
Institute of Technology, in which 200 students from
different disciplines took part from 6th July-30th July
2012
Vision Group on Science & Technology,
Govt. of Karnataka has granted Rs.40 lakh
under K-FIST to the Department of Mechanical
Engineering during the year 2012-13. This fund
to be utilized to develop facilities for Research
in "Material Science".
The Department of Mechanical Engineering
had a MoU signed with National Institute of
Technology, Ahmedabad to carry out student
projects under the scheme ―Design Clinics".
Raktim Hath of first year Mechanical
Engineering has been selected as the winner of
the "DREAM PLAN" competition held on 26
Oct 2012.
Prof. R M Devarajaiah and team won first
prize in Quiz competition ―BLITZERING"
conducted by Department of civil engg,
Acharya Institute of Technology on 9th October
2012.
Department of Mechanical Engineering has
started a Prestigious American Society for
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student
Chapter from December 2012.
Dept of ISE in association with Dept of CSE
conducted 3 Day workshop on Software Testing and
Quality Assurance for faculty members of various
institutes under VTU. 75 participants took part in
this workshop from 22nd January -24th January 2012
MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has
organized rangoli competition ―Mecholi‖ on the
account of ayudha pooja celebration on 10th
October 2012.
The V semester students of Mechatronics Mr.
Sanal Kuriakose, (USN 1AY11MT408), Mr.
Yashwanth
Kumar.
B.
V.
(USN
1AY11MT411), and Mr. Madhusudhana. K.
P (USN 1AY11MT404)of Acharya Institute
of Technology, Bangalore won the Maiden
Edition of Bosch-NID, INDIA changers
Industrial Design Competition organized at
National Institute of Design (NID) on
Thursday 29th November 2012, held at Bosch
India, Ahmadabad.
Students of V and VI semester Mechatronics
have won first prize in Robotryst (IIT
DELHI), zonal intercollege competition held
at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
News paper
30/11/20152
–
DNA,
The department of Mechatronics organized an
industrial visit for the students of 7th and 5th
semester to Supa dam and Nagajhari power
plant in Dandeli, Karnataka. The visit was
undertaken by over 100 students and faculty
members for two days in September 2012.
Ahmedabad-
Prithu Hazarika(1AY09MT053) of 7th
Semester Mechatronics department, AIT, was
selected for SUMMER PROJECT 2012,
among many young talents across the
country, which is sponsored and conducted
by
Vellore
Institute
of
Technology,Tamilnadu.
Mr. Shahid Salman (1AY09MT044) of seventh
semester had participated and won in 5 rallies (2
Wheeler & 4 Wheeler) which include state and
national level .
The department of Mechatronics organized a
technical seminar, the Chief guest and the
speaker being Mr Chandrashekar of SUMIT
InfoTech technologies. The seminar was on the
RFID (Radio frequency Identification).
DEPARTMENT OF MBA
Marketing conference was held in MBA
department on 31/3/2012. Major focus of
conference was futuristic trends in marketing
which gave insight about recent trends in areas
of marketing. It projected about current trends in
area of marketing, challenges and opportunities
standing ahead for companies in future.
WINNERS
RECEIVING
MOMENTO
(From left to right, Mr. Yashwanth Kumar.
B. V, Mr. Madhu Sudhana. K. P & Mr. Sanal
Kuriakose) with judges & organizers.
Mr. Moksheeth (1AY09MT026) of seventh
semester has participated in RACE TO THE
CLOUDS(NANDHI HILL CLIMB organized
by
MOTORSPORTS
CLUB
OF
KARNATAKA on 28th March.
FDP – HR focused on understanding human
resource from various perspectives which
includes
recruitment,
training,
employee
retention, compensation practice followed in
various countries, and how cultural aspects and
social customs effects various human resources
function in organization. It also gives brief insight
into various challenges faced by MNC‘s during
the process of business set up in other countries.
Students of first year MBA attended SPARK
program organized by Infosys as part of industrial
visit on 4th Aug' 2012. As part of the program
students were given an insight about the
company, its management, products, and various
branches within and outside India were the
company operates. Work culture, objectives of
company, employee practices followed, as well
as research and development activities
implemented in company were communicated to
the students.
They also had an opportunity to explore the
infrastructure of the company.
Students of first year MBA was on an industrial
visit in the month of October on 16, 17, 19 and
20. Students during the industrial visit were
given a brief insight about the company, process
involved in manufacturing soap, work as well as
compensation policies followed in organization.
DEPARTMENT OF MCA
The Department of MCA had organized one
day National Conference on ‗Project Design‘
on 3rd June 2012. The Inaugural function for
the same was held in MBA Seminar Hall
The Department of MCA had organized two
days National Conference [ TECHMAN-12]
on 7th and 8th August 2012.
The objective of this conference is act as
forum to deliver the knowledge, strategies
and research methodologies to the audience
of industry and academia. This conference
[TECHMAN-12] is expected to deliberate the
innovative ideas in the field of Information
Communication
and
Technology
Management and disseminate the
knowledge to the detail-seeking young
generation
of
researchers,
practicing
corporates and academia.
Young researchers and faculty from Universities,
R&D Laboratories and industries in the country
participated to discuss and expose the various
facets of the conference theme. Faculty from
different streams
had participated in the
conference
The chief guest for the day was Dr K. Balaveera
Reddy, Former vice Chancellor, VTU,
Belgaum.The key note address was delivered by
Dr K.R.V Subramanian CEO, Radix Learning,
Bangalore, The guest of honor for the program
was Dr. C Vijay Kumar, Director HR & IA,
Acharya Institues,
The program was presided by our beloved
principal Dr. H. D. Maheshappa
Acharya
Institute of Technology,The Inaugural function for
the same was held in MBA Seminar Hall.
e-disha -A Student Forum.
The Department of MCA had organized one day eDisha Faculty Seminar on 18th August 2012.
Prof.Rajesh Rao presented on the topic ‗Java
Based Applications‘, and Prof. Susmita J Nair
presented on the Topic ‗Data warehousing‘.
The Inaugural function for the same was held in
MBA Seminar Hall.
The Department of MCA has got a collaboration
with IBM Excellence Centre. Through which
number of projects were carried out for 5th
Semester Students under the guidance of Prof
Mamatha G and Prof. Manish Kumar Thakur
and The Great Mind Challenge [TGMC] project
Was one among them.
The Department of MCA had organized DB2
Training from 30th August to 1st September 2012.
The target audiences were 5th semester students.
The Department of MCA had organized Soft
skills Training from 17th to 22nd August 2012.
The target group were 5th semester students.
HUMANITIES
On 23rd November the department conducted an
International Seminar on ―Effective Mathematical
teaching and learning with TI Nspire technology‖.
Conducted in collaboration with Texas
Instruments, the invited talk was delivered by
Professor. Wade Ellis, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Department of Physics in association with
department of mathematics and department of
chemistry organized a seminar on Natural
radiation by Dr. Chandrashekar M S,
Department of Studies in Physics, University of
Mysore
on
1st
September
2012
The Department of MCA had organized one
day e-Disha Technical Guest Lecture on 2nd
September 2012. The target audiences were
faculty from different streams.
The chief guest for the day was Dr. Iqbal
Ahmed,. Director International Academy
for Competency Enhancement, Acharya
Institutes, and Mr .Sreenivasan from HP
Departments of Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics in association with department of
mathematics organized a debate competition on
25th October 2012 .
Ramesh Hegde, Asst Prof. & HOD Dept. of
Physics receiving the memento from the
organizing chair Dr. R B Patel (2nd from right
side) for co-chairing the session in the
international conference on ―Methods and
Models in Engineering and Technology
(ICM2ET-12) held in Gujarat, India recently.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
The department has VTU recognized R&D
center started in the year 2004. Till date, 6
scholars were awarded with Doctor of
Philosophy [Ph.D] and currently 10 scholars
are pursuing the same. Among these, 4
registered during December 2012.
The Department of MCA had organized
TIVOLI IBM on 1st to 4th November 2012
through the professional body IBM. Faculty
and 3rd Semester students were trained.
The Department of MCA had given a
provision for the first semester students to
attend SAP Techniversity “ A National IT
Conference‖ on 26th Nov 2012
Inspirational talks by thought leaders like
Vishwanathan Anand and Suresh Raina.
Departments of Physics, Mathematics and
Chemistry organized a singing competition on
8th November 2012. and
a group dance
th Novemberof2012
competition on 29Department
During the academic year 2011-2012, the
Department R&D center awarded three Ph.D‘s
under V.T.U. Recently, Mr. Vijay S was
awarded Ph.D for his Doctoral Research on
―An Elucidative Study on Signed Graphs and
its Application‖, by VTU on 12th July.
On 30th November, the department conducted
an International Seminar on ―EWebex Session
on Mathematical Tools and Geometrical
Representation‖. Conducted in collaboration
with Texas Instruments, the invited talk was
delivered by Prof. Michel Beaudin, University
of ETS, Montreal, Canada.
We regret the sad demise of Prof Sunita.D’Souza.on May 2nd 2013. May her soul Rest In Peace.
EDITORS
Dr. S. M Gopinath (Editor, BT Department)
Ms. Lekshmi M. (Editor, EEE Department)
Ms ShaliniSadanand(Editor, of Humanities Department)
MEMBERS:
Mrs.Asha latha. (BT Department)
Mr. Satish.K (Chemistry Department)
Mr. Rajesh Gopinath (Civil Department)
Mr. Suresh Patel (CSE Department)
Mrs. Jayalaxmi.H (EC Department)
Mr. Ravi Chandra M. (IS Department)
Dr. P.S.Kotta Reddy (Mathematics Department)
Ms. Chaitra V.H (MBA Department)
Mr. Kiran.D (Mechanical Department)
Mr. L. Ranganath Gowda (Mechatronics Department)
Ms. Ahalya (Physics Department)
Mr. C.G.Ranjini(Aeronautical Department)
Mr. Santhosh Ananthapura (Manager Corporate and Media Relation)
Student Representatives:
Shubham Srivastav (VI ,EEE)
Meghana (VI- BT)
Joylin (VI -BT)
Sweekruthi Shetty(VI-BT)