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A Tribute to our Founder Chairman Dr. M.S. Ramaiah ( 1922-1997)

Industrious and enterprising, Dr. M. S. Ramaiah is among Karnatakas illustrious sons

and an engineering contractor of national repute. He founded Gokula Education
Foundation in 1962 without expecting any kind of assistance from the establishment
with an objective of serving the society. M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology
(MSRIT) was born under the aegis of this foundation in the same year, creating a
landmark in technical education in India. Through the years MSRIT has imparted
quality engineering education, accessible thousands from across India and abroad
facing a lack of opportunity to pursue higher education.
Widely acknowledged as a visionary, Philanthropist, educationist & industrialist
Dr. M.S. Ramaiah personally ensured that the institution which began with just
two disciplines, grew phenomenally over the years. MSRIT now offers Bachelors,
Masters and Doctorate programmes in several disciplines and is recognized as
one of Indias leading names in technical education. The Institution is equipped
with state-of-the-art laboratories, well stocked libraries and has highly qualified,
experienced and dedicated faculty. In tune with the noble ambitions and aspirations
of Dr. M.S. Ramaiah to developed the institution so as to become a Jnana Sagara, all
departments are continuously engaged in implementing appropriate procedures to
initiate, include and conduct unique programmes keeping in touch with the emerging
requirement of the industry.

OUT STANDING SPORTS ACHIEVERS

Mr. ASHWIN MENON,

EKALAVYA AWARD 2013-14

International Swimmer, Graduated in 2013-14 from ISE department

Mr. AKASH ROHITH, NADAPRABHU KEMPEGOWDA AWARD 2014-15

Student of VI Semester ISE, National Level Swimmer

MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Chief Editor
Dr. N V R Naidu

Mr. Niranjana Murthy M

Assistant Professor, Computer
Applications

Mrs. Pushpa M.K

Principal

Associate Professor, Electronics and

Instrumentation Engg.

Editor

Mr. Rajaram M Gowda

Dr. A.T Venkatesh

Associate Professor, Information

Science and Engg.

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Members
Dr. Ahalya N
Assistant Professor, Biotechnology

Mrs. V. Anandi
Associate Professor, Electronics and
Communication Engg.

Dr. Annapurna .P. Patil

Associate Professor, Computer Science and
Engg.

Mr. Kodeeswara Kumaran. G

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Electronics
Engg.

Dr. Manish Kumar

Assistant Professor, Computer Applications

Dr. Nagabhushana B.M

Professor, Chemistry

Dr. C.K Narayanappa

Associate Professor, Medical Electronics

Mr. Naveen Kumar B.K

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engg.

Dr. M. Rizwana
Associate Professor,
Management Studies

Ms. S.B. Rashmi

Assistant Professor, Management
Studies

Mr. Ravi Sadasivan

Associate Professor, Chemical Engg.

Mr. S.G Shivaprasad Yadav

Assistant Professor,
Telecommunication Engg.

Dr. R Shobha
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engg.
and Management

Mr. Uday Kumar H.M

Faculty, Humanities

Dr. B. Umadevi
Associate Professor, Civil Engg.

Mr. Vishwas H
Professor, Architecture

Mr. Jagadish S.M

Student Co-ordinator, Computer
Applications

EDITORIAL
I feel privileged in presenting the third issue of our college magazine
SUDARSHAN. The essential purpose of SUDARSHAN is to inform,
engage, inspire and entertain a diverse readership -- including alumni,
parents, students, faculty

and staff of MSRIT. SUDARSHAN was

conceived to be a platform where students, staff, alumini and faculty

would present their literary talents. In the originality of its conception,
in the excellence of its writing and visual presentation and in its
commitment to accuracy, healthy discourse and editorial balance, the
magazine endeavors to reflect the values and the quality of the institution
itself. I would like to place on record my gratitude and heartfelt thanks
to all those who have contributed to make this effort a success.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

CONTENTS
Messages

- 06 -

Departments Messages

- 11 -

Alumni Association

- 51 -

Farewell to Outgoing Students - 2015

- 54 -

Pradarshana Open Day - 2015

- 59 -

Sports

- 61 -

English Articles

- 74 -

Poems

- 105 -

Kannada Articles

- 110 -

Poems

- 113 -

Hindi Articles

- 114 -

Poems

Sketches

- 115 -

Group Photos

- 121 -

- 116 -

Message from Chairman

Dr. M.R. JAYARAM

Chairman, GEF & MSRIT

I am very glad that SUDARSHAN 2015, MSRIT college

magazine is being released showcasing talents of staff
and students.
On this occasion, I would like to reiterate that academic
excellence, global relevance and contemporaneous
curriculum continue to be the corner stones of MSRIT.
With every height we scale in our achievements, our
responsibility towards society increases
I wish the students and staff of MSRIT the very best
and am extremely happy that SUDARSHAN has served
as the platform for the staff and students to exhibit
their talent.
Best Wishes

(M.R. JAYARAM)

Message from Vice Chairman and Director

SRI. M.R. SEETHARAM

Vice-Chairman, GEF and Director, MSRIT
MLC, Govt. of Karnataka
It is indeed a great pleasure to note that SUDARSHAN
2015, MSRIT college magazine is being released. The
magazine showcasing talents of students and staff is
another milestone for MSRTians. At MSRIT, we have
taken every possible step to develop the necessary
infrastructure, technology, facilities, curriculum and
extracurricular activities. Technological progress in
the last few decades has helped to purge national
barriers and create a global marketplace. Our objective
is to develop confidence, self-motivation, research and
problem solving skill sets and imbibe value education
among our students. We give top priority to discipline
and knowledge and the application of the same for
societal progress and upliftment. I congratulate the
SUDARSHAN team and wish the very best to MSRIT
family to scale new heights to achieve academic
excellence.

(M.R. SEETHARAM)

Message from Secretary

Sri. M.R. RAMAIAH

Secretary, GEF and Director, MSRIT

The creative literary talents of students and staff members

of MSRIT deserve the best space for exhibition, which I
believe the institutes magazine SUDARSHAN 2015 has
provided. I think that the editorial committee had tough
time choosing the best bunch from among countless
contributions.
MSRIT has always been at the forefront in equipping
students with necessary knowledge, skill set and attitude
to deal with the challenges of modern day society and
industry. A lot of meticulous planning and careful execution
have made this possible. As Change is the only thing that
is constant in todays education scenario, we make sure
that our plans continue to remain relevant even in changed
circumstances, I am proud that our administrative and
academic personnel and processes are versatile enough to
produce the best in any dynamic environment.
I wish all the best to the editorial team that strived hard
to place in our hands SUDARSHAN 2015, a collection of
rich literary contributions. I wish all our student and staff
community the best.

(M.R. RAMAIAH)

Message from Chief Executive

Sri.S.M. ACHARYA IAS (retd.)

Chief Executive, GEF (Engg.)

Advent of the global economic order, rapid rate of

technological advancement and the information
highway have all opened up new opportunities and
challenges in the education scenario. MSRIT has
always been a forerunner in providing the necessary
skill sets to students to make them qualified technical
professionals. On the occasion of Graduating ceremony
of MSRIT, I am happy to note that SUDARSHAN 2015,
our annual college magazine exhibiting the talents of
faculty and students is being released.
I wish the outgoing graduating students of M.S.
Ramaiah Institute of Technology all the best.
Best wishes,

(S. M. ACHARYA)

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Principals Message

Dr. N V R NAIDU
Principal, MSRIT

Our College aims at becoming a front runner in

developing the next generation teaching and learning
methods and to foster individual excellence and
participation of our students in the full range of
academic, cultural, social and physical activities,
and make them socially sensible all rounders. In this
regard, I am happy that SUDARSHAN 2015 is being
launched showcasing the literary talent of students
and faculty.
Best Wishes,

(N V R NAIDU)

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

The Civil Engineering Department was started in the year 1971. Master program
M.Tech in Structural Engineering was started in the year 1984. Another milestone
was achieved in the year 1994; the department was recognized as Research
Center. The department has been actively involved in conducting conferences,
workshops, FDPs, Site Visits, Project Tours and several students related
programs (SAMEEKSHA) to provide a platform for sharing and spreading the
latest developments in the field of Civil Engineering.
Interdisciplinary International Conference combining Five Departments
of our Institute Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial and Bio Technology

joined together to conduct an International Conference on Recent

Advances in Engineering Sciences (ICRAES 2014) on 4th & 5th
September 2014. Journal of Civil Engineering Technology and Research
(JCETR) having ISSN 2349-9575 was inaugurated and released during the

Conference.
The Royal Society of Civil Engineers celebrated Teachers Day and
Engineers Day on 17th September 2014. On this occasion Prof. M.
Venkatakrishniah, former HOD of Civil Department of MSRIT and
Mr. Hiriyannaiah, Chief Engineer, Bhagirath Constructions, Bangalore
were felicitated by our beloved former Principal Dr. S. Y. Kulkarni on

this occasion.
The 43rd Survey Camp 2015 was held for the VIII semester B E Civil
Engineering students at Kaiwara from 9th to 21st February 2015. The

students carried out the Survey work under five different projects,
namely Highway Engineering Project, Public Health Engineering Project,
Old Tank Project, New Tank project and New Canal Project.
The Faculty Development Program on CHALLENGES IN GEOTECHNICAL

ENGINEERING under TEQIP was conducted during 29th to 31st December
2014. The focus of the program was on the role of Geotechnical Engineers
in solving the issues of the environment & the ground water.

Guest Lecture was organized by Royal Society of Civil Engineers

on 9th January 2015. Dr. Terry Cousens, Senior Lecturer, Resillient

Infrastructure, (School Of Civil Engineering) , Leeds UK delivered

lecture on Opportunities in Civil Engineering Abroad.

Guest Lecture was organized by Royal Society of Civil Engineers

on 23rd March 2015.
Ms. Britanny G. Wright, International

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Programs and Admissions, School of Engineering and Applied

sciences, George Washington University delivered lecture on
Opportunities and scope for Civil Engineering Abroad.

Faculty actively involved in research in civil engineering field

have published and presented papers in national and international

conferences. Dr. R Prabhakara presented paper at 4th International

Engineering Symposium - IES 2015, 4-6 March, 2015, organised by

Graduate School of Science & Technology, Kumamoto University,

Japan. A total of
three journal papers were published and 25

conference papers were presented
in various national and
international conferences by the faculty of civil engineering.

Civil engineering students participated in various events in IIT

Kharagpur, IISc, RVCE & BMS College of Engineering and won the

1st prizes in 6 events like Debate, Quiz, Auto Cad contest, Concrete
Cube Casting, Geotechnique, Potential Professor. They also participated
In Nirmaan ICESS-2014, an international level inter college civil technical
fest held at BMS College of Engineering on 28th and 29th September
2014 and emerged as the overall champions and brought laurels to the
institute and the department.

Between the 13th and 15th of March-2015, the Civil Engineering

Association (CEA) of IIIT - Madras, Chennai organized national level

technical fest called CEA-Fest. Civil engineering students bagged 6

prizes in events like Sustainable Design Challenge Event, Potential
Professor Event, STAAD.Pro Quiz Contest, Building Information Modeling
(BIM) software design competition, Bon Auto-Routier: a competition of
designing stretch of road in Chennai using the Auto Cad software.
The department of Civil Engineering hosted its inter college Civil Tech
Fest- Sameeksha 2015 on 27th and 28th of April in the college. With
more than 360 students from 22 colleges of Bangalore taking part in

highly competitive technical events. It was a true celebration of the
spirit of civil engineering at this mega fest.

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THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

With a vision in mind, life attains clarity.
The School of Architecture (S.O.A), M.S.R.I.T strives to attain the above said
philosophy, and to constantly reach greater heights. Founded in the year
1992, the S.O.A is an amalgamation of the best of all worlds in terms of
academics, design competitions, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
The department encourages students to think outside the box, and give them
ample opportunity to do so. INSPIRIT- an annual inter college fest organized
by the faculty and students of the department paves way for excellence in
creative fields, while the annual magazine of the department, RENDER, brings
forward the literary talent of the architecture family. Keen participation in
design competitions conducted by companies like Birla White, Saint Gobain,
Asian paints and so forth are testimony to the wholesome interaction that
constantly takes place. Within the department, there is solidarity of thought,
creativity of the mind, and keenness of spirit. Together, these join and form the
building blocks of the School of Architecture.
School of Architecture organized knowledge trips to EUROPE and USA during
June / July 2014 to have greater interaction with Master Architects and eminent
Professors of premier Schools of Architecture to expand knowledge base of
students with case studies of Historical and Contemporary Architecture of
the region. A group of final year students attended LA BIENNALE council
at Venice for a work shop and worked under the guidance of stalwarts. SOA
organized periodical guest lectures on all Fridays by Celebrity Practicing
Architects. Conducted seminars and Symposia on various topics like Nature
in Design , Recent trends in Practice , IPR and Professional Ethics , REVIT
Architecture Structural Glazing , High rise buildings , Interior Design Ceramic
arts and many others. Students attended LBC Training Programme on Cost
Efficient Design Techniques by Laurie Baker Foundation in Trivandrum for 1
week. They have won trophies in ZONASA NASA VTU events / Fests. The most
important event of the year INSPIRIT 2015 Design Fest was held on May 4 &5.
Ar James Law of Hong Kong was the chief guest / key note speaker. An annual
exhibition of Design Show case was the attraction of the fest.

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Student activities of the department were conducted by the Society of Mechanical

Engineers with Dr. C. Siddaraju, Assistant Professor as the secretary and Mr.
T. Anilkumar, Assistant Professor as the treasurer. During the academic year
2014-2015 the society conducted around 20 guest lectures by eminent experts
from the field of mechanical engineering, industry, research organizations and
academic institutions. The students of second and third year were taken to visit
the industries to understand and imbibe the industry environment. In total
the students visited six different industries. The department encourages and
supports the students to participate in various technical competitions, during
this academic year, three groups of students participated in design development
competition in car racing conducted by an external agency. Our students
performed very well and obtained good position in the ranking notably one of
the teams obtained runners up position bagging a cash prize of Rs. 40000.
The department during this academic year jointly conducted an international
conference International conference on recent advances in engineering science
(ICRAES-2014) at the institute. Also, the department conducted two national
workshops in the field of thermal mechanical engineering. The department to
its credit conducted two faculty development programs (FDP) funded by TEQIP,
DST and other funding agencies. Two faculty members obtained Doctoral degree
(Ph.D) during the academic year. The faculty published about 28 research
articles during the year consisting of: 12 papers in International journals, 13
papers in International conferences and 3 in National conferences.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was started in the
year 1962, along with the college. The department also has an M.Tech program
in Computer Applications in Industrial Drives. The department is recognized as
a Research Centre by VTU and is actively involved in R & D activities in the areas
of HVDC Transmission, Power Electronics and Drives, Micro Electro-Mechanical
Systems, High Voltage Engineering, Power Systems and Renewable Energy
Sources. Around 25 research articles have been published in the academic year
2014-2015 in leading Journals and National/International conferences.
A three day International Conference on Circuits, Communication, Control
and Computing has been conducted in association with all Electrical Sciences
branches during 21st to 23rd Novermber, 2015. Also the department in
association with ABB had organized a one day technical event titled ABB
Campus Connect Program for Electrical Science branches on 15th November
2014.
For the benefit of the students, two industrial visits, one to the 5MW Solar Plant
at Shivansamudra and another to TDPS, were arranged. In order to provide
the students with out-of-text book experience, eight guest lectures in different
areas of electrical engineering, has been organized in this academic year
Our students have participated and bagged prizes in many co-curricular
activities. To name a few, Madhushree and team of 6th semester received Rs
25,000 cash award from Canara Bank for the project titled Gravity Powered
Lamp, Madhurya of 6th smester Won II place in Technological Quiz organized
by ABB as a part of the campus connect program, Ramya and team had won 1st
Place in Solar and Smart Energy Systems Workshop, as a part of RoboversityIUCEE challenge.
The students also have participated in inter-college sports events like basketball,
athletics and tennis. Akshitha of 6th semester secured 2nd Place in 1500 meters
girls category at BOLT2014 organized by FITIAM, Shreya of 8th semester was a
part of the Runners Up team in RVCE Inter Collegiate Tournament, Rahul of 8th
semester was part of the runners up team in Momentum 14-15 held at RVCE,
Bangalore.
An MoU with Texas Instruments University Partner has been singed to set
up a DSP lab for drives applications. Recently the department has set up a
micro-wind turbine/ solar pv hybrid power generation facility on the terrace
of apex block to boost up R&D work in the field of distributed generation. On
the faculty achievements side, Dr.Snehaprabha has obtained her doctorate and
Dr.Premila Manohar has been elevated as a senior member of IEEE.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
During academic year 2014-2015, over 10 guest lectures by eminent experts
from the field of signal processing, industry and research institutions were
organized for the students. Some of the eminent experts include Dr.Ashok
Rao from IASC , Prof. Anantharaman Academician, Mr. Shivananda Koteshwar
Director Mediatech Inc to name a few. A three day workshop on statistical
signal processing was conducted jointly with IETE, Bangalore. A regional
level competition was organized for the students of diploma and engineering
colleges across karnataka on Skill Of Electronics . National level design
contest in collaboration with TI INDIA was conducted for the students across
departments on Analog design. Invited talks on Robotics, EDA VLSI flow by
Alumni students was arranged for the students of third year. The students of
the department were awarded best project awards in various International and
National project contests. In the academic year the students of third year were
taken on industrial visits to M/S Tessolve Electronics, Integrated textile park
and LRDE Bangalore.
The department has to its credit KSCST and VGST funded projects for UG and
PG streams. The department jointly conducted an International conference I4C
with other electrical sciences departments and many of the faculties were chair
persons, evaluators and also presented papers. The department had organized
three faculty development (FDP) programmes funded by TEQIP. The faculty of the
department published about 24 research articles consisting of 14 International
conference papers and 5 National conference and 5 International journals. Dr.
S Sethu Selvi HoD of the department contributed a chapter on Image Fusion
Mathematics in Data Fusion Maths published by Springer Germany in 2014.
Mr. K Manikantan Associate Professor was awarded Doctoral Degree during
the academic year.
During the academic year 2014-2015 the department organized one week
faculty development program on Advances in VLSI System Design jointly
coordinated by Mrs V. Anandi and Mr.S.LGangadharaiah, Associate Professors
of the Department.
The alumni of our department Mr. Rohan Shaw was invited to deliver a
technical talk on Robotics organized by Mrs S Lakshmi ,Associate Professor
for undergraduate students of the department.
Mr. K Manikantan ,Associate Professor, in the department was awarded Ph.d
for his thesis titled Development and implementation of novel algorithms for
enhancing the performance of face recognition system.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The Department of Computer science and Engineering (CSE) was established in
the year 1984 to meet the needs of the emerging IT industry and research. The
department started with an initial intake of 60 students in UG programme in
CSE and enhanced its intake to 120 in the year 1994. In 1998, the department
started a PG programme in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) with
an intake of 18 students. Presently the department has two PG programs in
the branch of Computer Science and Engineering and Computer Network
Engineering with in-take of 30 and 18 students respectively.
The curriculum at the department of CSE provides both breadth and depth
across the range of engineering and computer science topics. The department
has well qualified, experienced and dedicated teaching and non-teaching
faculty.
The faculties have published more that 50 papers in the academic year 20142015 in proceedings of reputed Conferences and Journals. The students at the
department of CSE have 30 publications in 2014-15. Faculty members of the
department are very competitive with an active participation in technical talks,
faculty development programs and technical seminars. Eleven of the faculty
members are pursuing their doctoral studies in the area of Data Mining, Cloud
Computing, Image processing, Ad hoc networks etc. Six of the Faculty members
have their Doctoral Degrees in various specializations at the department of
Computer Science and Engineering.
The department has Hosted a number of Workshops and Conferences in
2014-2015 academic year, some of them being: Vocational Training Programs
on Introduction to Python, Java Programming and Computer forensics, Web
Application Development, IBM SEED for Worklight, Cloud, Simulation of WSN
using Qualnet, HPC, CUDA and Parallel Computing using Mathematica, IBM
Cyber Security Awareness Workshop, International Conference on Circuits,
Communication, Control and Computing. Collaboration with the various
IT Industries is another major achievement of the department of CSE; it has
collaborated with SAP, IBM, and NVIDIA in 2014-15. The R & D activity is also
very active at the department. 2 projects funded by UGC and DST and 1 project
funded by KSCST in the current academic year.
The department of CSE also has a very vibrant and versatile set of students who
have varied interest and have won many laurels to the department. Few of the
achievements of the students are listed below:

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1. Winner of student blog contest The Future fo Mining and Metals ----
Nikhil Jannu
2.
Winner of Infosys Programming Contest aspirations 2020---- Nikhil
Jannu, Sankha Karfa, Maaz Syed Adeeb, Ketaki Rao
3. Runner Up at Hack59, a hackathon conducted by Yodlee----Animesh R
and Satya Krishna
4.
JDA hackthon on hackerearth, overall rank 26, one among top 20
according to eligibility criteria ----Darshan Dorai and Dhiresh Jain
5. Big bank challenge on hackerearth, overall rank 17, Bangalore college
students only rank 2---- Darshan Dorai
6. 3rd Place in TCS Codevita, a global algorithmic competition with 46000
teams registered ---- Satya Krishna and Himanshu Jaju
7. Recognition in ABB campus connect program young Engineers Day--
Chethana B
8. Google CodeJam, 2015 ---- Dhiresh Jain
9. CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate ----- Prithvi Sharan S
10.
Participated in ACCSATHON Wipro Advanced Computing &
Comunication Society Hackathon---- Akhil Raj
The department of CSE has 100% placement track record every year. Highest
Package- 16 lpa from Intuition. Students are placed at CISCO, Morgan Stanley,
Juniper Networks, SAP, Amazon and many other reputed Industries.
The department also hosts several activities such as, the Project Exhibition,
department ACE Tech Fest, department Alumni Meet, Conferences, Seminars
from eminent Industry and Academic personalities.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Started in 1978, the Department was the first to offer a course in Chemical
Engineering by a self-financing engineering institution in Bangalore and the
fifth to be started in MSRIT. The Department is certified thrice in succession
by the National Board for Accreditation and is also ISO 9001:2000 certified
for imparting quality education. Over 1900 students have graduated in 31
batches. We have secured majority of the university ranks. The expertise of
the faculty covers a wide range of disciplines and they are engaged in cutting
edge technological research. A testimony to this is the fact that the Bangalore
Regional Centre of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers is functioning
from this department for almost a decade. The countrys most prestigious event
in Chemical Engineering CHEMCON-2011 was organized in MSRIT.
The department is approved as Research Center by VTU for acquiring higher
qualification leading to M.Sc and Ph.D degrees. The department offers excellent
infrastructure and students have won various prestigious awards, international
internships and high accolades for innovative projects.
Apart from having several sponsored projects, it is recognized as a research
centre. With the qualified, dedicated staff and committed students, the results
are always good. The department consistently bags more university ranks.
And also the students are encouraged to participate in co-curricular activities
like simulation, organizing seminars, invited lectures, industrial visits, etc.
The conducive professional atmosphere helps the students in their all-round
development and to become dedicated to profession. The department takes
pride in its past achievements and has the dream and action plans to make it as
one of the best Chemical Engineering Department.

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

AND MANAGEMENT
The department of Industrial Engineering and Management was established
in the year 1979 as a part of Mechanical Engineering. It was titled Industrial
and Production Engineering at that time. The Department got separated as an
independent department in the year 1984. Industrial and Production Engineering
department was renamed as Industrial Engineering and Management in
1992. The department was under Bangalore University from 1979 to 1998.
The department is under Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU) since
1998. The department of Industrial Engineering and Management obtained
the academic autonomous status in the year 2007 affiliated to VTU along with
other departments of the institute. The Post Graduate Program was started in
the academic year of 2012.The department was accredited by the NBA in the
year 2001 and reaccredited in 2004 and 2010.
The Department headed by Dr. G. S. Prakash who has 24 years of academic and
7 years of research experience and is backed by highly motivated and result
oriented staff members. 6 faculty members have been awarded doctorate
degree from prestigious universities, 1 faculty is awaiting for final doctoral PDC
and 1 faculty has already submitted thesis for doctoral degree and 5 faculty
members are pursuing their doctoral program at various stages.
The department conducts National workshops sponsored by DST, UGC, VTU
and also FDP programs under TEQIP-II. Student fraternity actively participates
in journal paper presentation held during National/International conferences,
Technical fests/symposiums and seminars either within campus or outside.
Apart from this the department encourages students to participate in
extracurricular activities and sports, whose result is evident in students bagging
various awards from the department.
The society of Industrial Engineering and Management known as INDEMAN
SOCIETY was established in the year 1996 and formed with the intention of
bringing out the hidden talents of the students and to expose them to latest
technological developments. The society is engaged in organizing invited
lectures from industry experts, industrial visits and other co-curricular activities,
which would hone the latent skills of students like organizing ability, team
work, leadership qualities etc. All the students undergo Industry Internship,
a mandatory course as a part of academic curriculum and all students take
up project work in reputed industries in which they solve real life problems
encountered by industries.

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ELECTRONICS

The following FDP and Hands on Training programme were conducted in
the Department of Medical Electronics.
1. Hands on Training Program on Scientific Computing using Open Source
Software-SCILAB for Signal and Image Processing, - 03days- 26.06.2014

to 28.06.2014.
2.
Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Pedagogy (Core Module) 03days- 22.07.2014 to 24.07.2014.
3. Hands on training programme on Medical Image Processing &Analysis
using MATLAB -03days-31.07.2014 to 02.08.2014.
4.
Hands on training programme on SCI Lab-02days- 12.08.2014 &
13.08.2014.
The Following Papers were published in National/International Journals &
Conferences by the faculty:
1. 6 papers in National and International Journals.
2. 5 papers in National and International conferences.
The Department has conducted 5 guest lectures during 2014-2015.
The Department faculty has delivered 5 guest lectures during 2014-2015.
One day rural project trip was arranged to KAIVARA in the month of April 2014
Achievements, Awards/ Prizes by Faculty/Staff/Students:
1. 26.8.2014: Dr Sriraam.N, HOD received the Outstanding Chapter
Award for the EMB Bangalore Chapter from Dr Bruce Wheeler, President,
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) Chapter at the 36th
Annual International Conference on EMB, Chicago, USA.
Students:
Venkata Pavana Pallavi P, Sanjana U Shankar ,Chetana Javali secured second
place in CAMTECH INDIA JUGAAD A THON during 19.07. 2014 & 20.07.2014.
Funded Project:
VGST has sanctioned Rs. 6 Lakhs to Dr. N. Sriraam, HOD for his Project titled
as Design and Development of Portable device for infant cries detection for the
term 24.02.2014 to 24.02.2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
The department has state of art laboratory on Instrumentation and Automation
(PLC & SCADA). Instrumentation lab with all sensors and process control setup
and Automation laboratory with Allen Bradley PLCs and SCADA from Schneider
Electric along with licensed RS Logix automation software tool provide students
with industrial level practical knowledge. Training on these provides good scope
for students to get placement in core companies.
Activities of the department for the year 2014-15;
1. Faculty members of the department have published 10 research papers in
International journals and 4 papers in international conferences.
2. Three faculty members have submitted thesis for Ph.D final defense and
waiting for viva voce.
3. Students have published three papers in national conferences.
4. Department conducted a three day workshop on PLC and SCADA for the

faculty members
5. Department conducted three Alumni students interaction with present

students
6. Department conducted three expert talk by industry people on latest
technology to the students
7. Conducted an International conference IC4 on computing, communication,
controls and circuits with other circuit departments.
8. 5th semester students of department won 1st and 2nd prize in Innovation
design contest organized by ABB.
9. Students of the department were awarded KSCST project funding for two
8th semester projects.
10. Two batches of 4th semester students presented project ideas at National
Innovation and design contest at New Delhi.
11. 8th semester students presented a paper on automatic waste Segregator a
project idea at National conference held at Dr.Ambedkar Institute of
Technology and won 1st prize.

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

The activities/achievements of the Department of Information Science &
Engineering during 2014-15 are as under:
Two-days workshop was organized on Emerging Technologies in Data
Science (Machine Learning) on 26th and 27th March 2015 under TEQIP II for faculty and PG students.
MOU with SECO, Italy, was initiated and signed by Dr.Vijaya Kumar B.P.,

for establishing Centre of Excellence in Embedded Systems and Rs.5
Lakhs of equipments was donated by SECO in September 2014.
MOU with Tationem was initiated and signed by Dr.Vijaya Kumar B.P., for
establishing Centre of Excellence, in July 2014.
DST funding for Rs. 65 Lakhs was received for Design and Development
of a Low cost portable Gait Motion Analysis System to be co-coordinated
by Dr. Vijaya Kumar B.P.
Two-days workshop on IoT Student innovation was organized under
TEQIP II, Intel Higher Education Program, India, and IISc, during 25th and
26th April 2015.
EMC2 Center of Academic Excellence was established on April 17, 2015

under the EMC Academic Alliance program and inaugurated by Mr.
Manjunath Kashi, Sr. Director IT, VMware with George Philip as a

coordinator.
Dr. Vijaya Kumar B.P., as Vice Chairman, Sports, is happy to congratulate
MSRIT for getting VTU I place in Handball and Basketball (Mens Central
zone), Cricket winners (central and Inter zone), Hockey winners at VTU,
Runners up in many other events.
Hands-on Session on Intel Galileo Development Board was organized in
March 2015 for UG and PG students with guidance from Dr.Vijaya Kumar
B.P.
Three-days workshop on Foundation program was organized in February
2015 under Infosys Campus Connect for the Infosys recruited students of

MSRIT.
Mr. Siddesh G M received Ph.D in the faculty of Computer science &
Engineering from JNTUH in May 2014 in the area of cloud computing.

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Dr. Siddesh received Seed Money to Young Scientist for Research for FY
2014-15, from VGST Government of Karnataka, for the proposal Design
and development of assistive IoT architectural framework for enhancing
the quality of life of physically challenged people.
Microsoft Innovation Meet was held in March 2015. The representatives
of Microsoft research forum Dr. Nagabhushan and Amresh Tripathi, and
coordinators of different engineering colleges attended the meet along
with Dr.Vijaya Kumar B.P. and Dr. Megha Arakeri.

Student Internship Program and Workshop with Microsoft Student
Developer will be initiated in the month of June-July 2015 said Dr.Vijaya

Kumar B.P.
Department has been recognined as a research center by VTU.

Department Faculty have published 26 International Journals, 9
International Conference Paper; Students have published over 25 papers
in journals and conference

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DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

1. Faculty Publications
Dr. B K Sujatha 05 publications in Int. Journal
Dr. Vishwanath Talasila 02 publications in International Conference
S G Shivaprasad Yadav 03 Nos. (01 in Int. Journal and 02 in National

Conference)
Swetha Amit 03 publications in Int. Journal
2. Workshops conducted by the department of TCE since June 2014
1. Three day Faculty Development Program on Pedagogy along with the
Department of ECE during 30th July 02 August 2014 at MSRIT
2. One day Workshop on Fiber Bragy Grating Sensors and its Applications
on 19th September 2014
3. One day workshop on Sensors for Robotics on 15th November 2014
under the IEEE Sensor Council at MSRIT
4. One Day Workshop on Application of RF and Terra Hertz Technologies
on 20th November 2014
5. One day preconference workshop on Micro and Nano Technology for
Consumer electronics on 8th July 2014 along with ISSS, Bangalore
6. One day Workshop on FACTs Controllers-from concept to successful
commissioning on 19th Nov 2014 under IEEE Sensor council & IEEE PES

at MSRIT
7. Workshop on Use of HFSS for Microwave component design on 13th
Feb 2015 at MSRIT
8. One day Workshop on Advance ARM Controllers & its applications on
20th February 2015 at MSRIT
9. Two Day Workshop on Sensing and Control for Automotive Applications
during 27th -28th February 2015 under the IEEE Sensor Council at MSRIT
3. Invited/Guest lectures Conducted by the Department
1. Lecture on Open Source Wireless Sensor Network Architecture by Dr.
Prasant Misra, Senior Member, Technical Staff, Robert Bosch Centre for
Cyber Physical Systems, Indian Institute of Science, on 17th October 2014
2. Lecture on Embedded Systems-MSP430- Internet of things-Live Demo

by Mr.Surjit Singh Gill, Director, Gill Instruments, Bangalore on 17th

October 2014

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4. Guest Lectures Given by the Faculty of the Department

Dr. K Natarajan was Chief Guest for the Diploma students project

Exhibition at Visweswaraiah Technological Museum and also gave a
technical talk titled MEMS and its Applications
Dr. Natarajan delivered a lecture on the topic Micro and Nano sensors &
its Applications at B M S College of Engineering, Bangalore on 11th April
2015 under the IEEE Sensors Council Bengaluru Chapter
Dr. Vishwanath Talasila was the Resource Person and Organizer for
INTEL-IISc workshop on IoT during 25th -26th April 2015 at MSRIT
5. Project Funding
1. Dr. K Natarajan got a funding of Rs. 26.9 lakhs from NPMASS for the
project Design, Development, Fabrication and packaging of RF MEMS

switch
2. Dr. Vishwanath Talasila got a funding of Rs. 3 lakhs from Boeing for the
project Providing Automated tools for Cockpit Security
3. Dr. Vishwanath Talasila and Mr. S G Shivaprasad Yadav got a funding
of Rs. 54.9 lakhs from DST for the project Funded project on Gait Analysis

for HealthCare
6. Award of PhD
Dr.K R Shobha was awarded PhD in Mobile Adhoc Networks from VTU

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

Biotechnology has emerged as one of the important and dynamic fields in
Biological and engineering Sciences. Towards creating professionals in this
emerging space, the Department of Biotechnology Engineering was established
in MSRIT in the year 2002. The Department has highly talented 14 faculty
members with 9 Ph.D.s and postdoctoral experience. At present, the department
offers B.E. in Biotechnology, M. Tech in Biotechnology and M.Sc. (Engg.) and
Ph. D. through research center.
In the year 2014 2015, the Department of Biotechnology Engineering was active
in conducting FDP programs, publications and other co-curicular activities.
The Biotechnology Engineering Department was one among the five departments
to organize International conference on Recent Advances in Engineering
Sciences (ICRAES 2014) under TEQIP. In the Biotechnology discipline of
ICRAES 2014, there were a total of 42 registrants and 30 research papers were
presented in 4 technical sessions during the two days (4th and 5th September,
2014).
The Department conducted a workshop on Molecular Biology Techniques in
Clinical Dentistry
The Departmennt organized several talks by eminent researches from
India and abroad. Some of the notable talks included How to study HIV-TB
Confection by Dr Annapurna Vyakarnam from Department of Infectious
Diseases Kings College London, UK, Applications of Statistics for Research in
Biological Sciences by Dr. Gangaboraiah, Department of Community Medicine,
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Recent Trends in Stem Cells &
Regenerative Medicine by Dr. Steve Winder, Director: Stem Cell & Regenerative
Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK.
The faculty was very active in 2014-2015 in publishing research articles in leading
journals of Biotechnology. A total of 24 papers were published in National
and International journals. About 19 papers were presented in National and
International conferences.
The Department of Biotechnology Engineering got two major research grants
from DST to the tune of Rs. 39 lakhs during the year 2014- 2015. The department
was also successful in obtaining research grants for student research projects.
Some of the funding agencies were VGST, KSCST and MSRIT alumni association.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
The Physics Department conducted a two day workshop on X-ray Crystallography
on 1st and 2nd July 2014 . Prof. Guru Row, chairman, SSCU, I.I.Sc., had
delivered the key note address and Prof. Gautam R Desiraju,, President of IUcr
was the chief guest. On 21-8-2014 , a guest lecture was arranged on Changing
nature of Physics in Research. A concept quiz in Mechanics was conducted
on 20-2-2014. Over 110 students had participated in the quiz. Prizes and
Certificates were distributed to the winners on National Science Day (28-22014) by Prof. Chandrabhas Narayan of JNCASR. Prof. Narayan also delivered
a lecture on Present day Applications of Raman Spectroscopy to commemorate
the Discovery of Raman effect. Sri Vijaya Raghava S. R. of National Instruments
R&D division was invited to deliver a lecture on Physics of Music on 17-4-2014.
Mr. Raghava, who is a flutist, had demonstrated with musical instruments, the
science behind the sounds produced by different instruments.
Dr. K.L. Sandhya was awarded a VGST project in Jan 2015. The faculty have
published 11 research papers and presented 7papers in conferences.
Dr. B. Siddlingeshwar had attended an FDP program from 29-6-2014 to 4-72014 on Nanoscale Science and Technology organized by National Institute of
Technology, Calicut. He had presented a Poster in the 8th Asian Photochemistry
conference APC-2014 organized by CSIR at Tiruvananthapuram.
r. G. N. AnilKumar Delivered Guest Lecture on Applicationn of Crystallography
D
in Drug Design at the Inter disciplinary National Seminar on Drug Design
conducted by the department of Physics, Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt
Vaishnav College of Women, Chennai, on 5th Feb 2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
The Chemistry Department is one of the oldest Departments (established
in 1962) of M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT). The Department
consists of nine well qualified and experienced faculty members, seven of them
are Doctorate holders and the remaining faculty are pursuing Ph.D. degree.
The Department also has five non-teaching staff. The TEQIP committee of
MSRIT has sanctioned new equipments under TEQIP to up grade the laboratory
facilities and to establish research facilities in the Chemistry Department.
The Department aims at preparing the students for careers in all the fields of
engineering aspects and also carry out basic and applied research work.
The main activity of the department is to teach engineering chemistry theory
and Laboratory courses to the under graduate engineering students of all
disciplines. Department is also involved in teaching technical chemistry and
Instrumental methods of analysis for III and IV semester BE chemical engineering
students, along with respective laboratories.
The Department is a recognized research centre by VTU. Several of the faculty
members are actively engaged in research work. Eighteen research scholars
have registered for Ph. D. The faculty members of the Department have
published about 30 research papers in reputed international journals in the
current academic year. More 40 research papers have presented in national
and internationals conferences. Department faculty successfully completed 2
VTU projects.

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DEPATMENT OF MATHEMATICS
The department came into existence in the year 1962 along with the institution
itself to teach mathematics for electrical engineering and mechanical engineering
students. In those days, mathematics was taught in all the five years of study
and in the fifth year mathematics was offered as an elective subject which
plenty of students used to take and score very high marks. Thus mathematics
has remained always a popular subject and even today it is a popular subject
in its own way.
In 1971, civil engineering branch was started in the college and there after
branches after branches, namely, Electronics and Communications, Computer
Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Information Science
and Engineering, Instrumentation Technology, Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, Medical Electronics, Industrial Engineering and Management,
Telecommunication Engineering, Biotechnology, B. Arch and several PG courses
were added as branches of study in the institution.
In tune with this progress of the institution the department of mathematics
also grew in size and stature to its present condition consisting of twenty staff
members with ten Ph.D. holders and remaining are pursuing for their Ph.D.
degree. Department was recognized as a research centre in the year 2004
under VTU. At present, six students have obtained their Ph.D. degree and
fifteen students have registered for Ph.D. programme in the department. To
its credits, the department have taken up many funding projects from various
organization to meet the needs of the industry, research and higher education.
The department is offering engineering Mathematics course to I and II year B.E
and I Sem M.Tech programme. Open electives are also offered for the student
in the seventh semester.
The department of Mathematics conducted One day seminar on Statistical
Modeling, Analysis and its Applications to Engineering on 8th July,2014

under TEQIP-II Program. The seminar mainly focused on developing
statistical models from ecological data and data from the field of Medicine.
The program provided a common platform for exchanging and enhancing
knowledge from eminent resource personalities. Noted speakers from Indian
Statistical Institute Bangalore, M S Ramaiah Medical College and GE India
Technology Centre Bangalore delivered useful talks during the seminar. About
60 participants from engineering colleges affiliated to VTU participated in the
seminar. Beneficiaries the participants appreciated the effort made by the
department in organizing such an important seminar.

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Publications in (National/International) journals

Dinesh P A et al Flow of conducting fluid on solid core surrounded by porous
cylindrical region in presence of transverse magnetic field, Mapana J
Science,Vol.13, No.3, pp 13-30, 2014.
Dinesh P A et al Shooting method to study mixed convection past a vertical
heated plate with variable fluid properties and internal heat generation,
Mapana J Science,Vol.13, No.3, pp 31-42, 2014.
G. Neeraja et all Hematocrit reduction in bifurcation due to plasma
skimming- steady model, International Journal of Science Engineering
and Technology,Vol.17, No.4, pp 219-228, 2014.
Papers Presentated in (National / International) Conferences
Dinesh P A et al Study of Utilization of wind induced vibrations in generation
electricity, The sixth Annual Green Technologies conference, Corpus Christi,
Texas, USA, 2014
Dinesh P A et al Numerical solution of modified Reynolds equation using
multigrid method National Conf.on Emerging trends in Fluid Mechanics,
Christ University, 14-15 March 2014.
Monica Anand et al New Relaxation Schemes for Viscous Flows, ISTAM
Conference, Alliance University, Dec 2014.
Guest Lectures

Dr. Ashwathanarayana Muthkur My Experience as a Research

Scholar,31-07-2014.

Dr. Govindan Ranagarajan Numerical Solutions of Ordinary
Differential Equations and Stability of Numerical Methods, 04-08-2014.
Dr. Thirupathi Gudi Adaptive Finite Element Methods for the Obstacle

Problem,26-09-2014.
Guest Lectures Delivered by department faculty
Dr. V. Ramachandramurthy Finite difference methods for differential
equations, Bangalore University,29-01-2014.
Dr. Monica Anand Design of Experiments: An Analysis, FDP on Design

and Optimization of Experiments, Dept. of Chemical Engg.,MSRIT,4th

Aug 2014.
Funded Project
Dr. Neeraja & Dr. Dinesh P A Two phase model of blood flow by inserting
a catheter under the influence of external forces,VTU (on going project),
Belgaum Grant: 1 lakh

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Department of Computer Applications
The Department of Computer Applications was established in 1997 with the
objective of producing high quality professionals to meet the demands of
the emerging field of Computer Applications. The department got academic
autonomy in the year 2007 and is accredited by NBA. The Department of
Computer Applications is recognized as a Research Center under Visvesvaraya
Techological University in 2012.
Project Exhibition Report
The Department organized a state level project competition second time in
succession for final year MCA students on June 25th 2014.
Abhyuday Report
The department organized a 2 day state level technical fest for B.Sc, BCA and
MCA students Abhyuday on 18th and 19 March 2015, the fest saw around 200
participants from both UG and PG.
Japanese Delegation Visit
LightWorks, Japan in collaboration with MSRIT organized a 2 week workshop
on how to manage simple IT / Marketing related projects in India. The work
shop had students from CSE, ISE and MCA between 9th - 20th Feb 2015.
Three-day National Level workshop on Software Testing using SELENIUM
from 07th, 09th 10th March 2015
The department conducted Three-day National Level workshop on Software
Testing using SELENIUM from 07th, 09th 10th March 2015. The event was
coordinated by Dr. Jagannatha and Niranjanamurthy M. 70 Participants were
benefited by the workshop.
Papers Published
K Sailaja Kumar, D Evangelin Geetha, T V Suresh Kumar - Prediction of
Events in Education Institutions Using Online Social Networks International
Conference on Circuits, Control, Communication & Computing (I4C-2014),
during November 20 22, 2014

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K Sailaja Kumar, D Evangelin Geetha, T V Suresh Kumar - Role of Online

Social Networks in Prediction of Disastrous Events: A Study About Jammu
And Kashmir Floods In September 2014 International Conference on Decision
Support Systems For Early Warning and Mitigation of Disaster (DSS-EWMD),
during December 28 - 30, 2014
Jagannatha S, Niranjanamurthy M, Manushree SP, Chaitra GS -Comparative
Study on Automation Testing using Selenium Testing Framework and QTP
IJCSMC, Vol. 3, Issue. 10, October 2014
Niranjanamurthy M -Research Study on Internal Order Cancellation in online
shopping industry International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile
Computing ISSN 2320088X Vol.3 Issue 7, July- 2014
Niranjanamurthy M, Dr. Dharmendra Chahar - Testing for E-commerce
websites and Internal OMS Application International Conference on Emerging
Trends in Technology, Science and Upcoming Research in Computer Science DAVIM, Faridabad (NCR Delhi), Date: 25th April, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
The Department of Humanities is involved in teaching languages and social
sciences subjects to the students particularly concerned with the first year
BE/B.Arch program. Apart from this core responsibility, it also provides
additional support to students to improvise language skills by conducting
additional coaching programs. At regular intervals, meetings with foreign and
needy students are held to know their performance levels and understand their
academic grievances to give suitable solutions. Guidance is provided to higher
semester students in language proficiency for competitive exams.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

The Department of Management Studies was established in the year 1998
with an objective of bringing out high-quality professional managers to meet
the emerging and ever growing demands and challenges of the industry in
an ethical and socially responsible manner. Since inception, the Department
has shown remarkable growth in the direction of achievement of its objectives.
The faculty of the department are well experienced both in industry and in the
academic field. The department has twelve well qualified faculty members (four
Ph.Ds and six pursuing research in different domains of management).All the
faculties are involved in research and technical paper publications in reputed
technical journals, conferences across the world.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
The Association of Management Studies (VISTHARA) was inaugurated
by Dr. S.Y.Kulkarni, Principal, MSRIT on 19-02-2015. Under VISTHARA,
three different clubs Viz., Akshaya (Finance Club), Samvaha (Marketing
club) and Pravarthi (HR club) has been formed and the department is
regularly conducting the club activities under various domains.
Union Budget 2015-16, panel discussion has been organized by department
on March 14, 2015 in the campus . Various experts from diverse field from
industry, taxation and financial market joined the discussion on Union
Budget 2015 and its implications. The Panel members were Mr. Shankar
Jaganathan, Director Cimplyfive Secretarial Services who talked about
economic impact of budget, Mr. V. Ramu Sharma, Chairman, Bangalore
Commodities Ltd discussed about impact of budget on financial markets,

Mr. Mohan Kumar B.N, CA discussed about the taxation part and
U.N.Bangera, Ex. President, FKCCI explained the impact of discussion on
common man.
The Department has organized Two days Management Fest Vishesh 15
unleash the special in youon 24th and 25th April, 2015. Mrs. Priya
Sundar (Director, Teakalpha Investment Private Limited) was the Chief
Guest of the Inaugural Function.

Two Days National Conference on
New Perspectives in Indian
Management was conducted in the department on 23rd & 24th April 2014.

Dr. N.S.Vishwanath, Director, M.P.Birla Institute of Management
inaugurated the conference. Dr. K.R.S.Murthy, Director,Ex IIM, Bangalore
had shared his rich experience highlighting the New Perspectives in
Indian Management.

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A One day workshop on Risk Management and Derivatives was conducted

in the Department on 14-02-2014. Prof. Ajay Kumar from SIT, Tumkur was
the Chief Guest for the workshop and lead a session on Commodity
Trading Mechanism
A One day workshop on Practical Components of Personal Growth and
Interpersonal Effectiveness was conducted in the Department on 21-02 2014. Dr. B.Thygaraja was the Chief Guest for the workshop and lead a
session on FIRO B.
One Day Workshop on Practical Components of Business Analytics

was conducted in the department
on 27th November 2014. Dr.
N.V.R.Naidu, Vice Principal, MSRIT handled a session on Linear

Programming Problems.Dr. P.V.Raveendra, MSRIT took a session on
Transportation model. Sri N.Srikanth Reddy, MSRIT handled a session on
Probability distribution and Dr. A.Mahalakshmi, MSRIT handled a session
on Network Analysis.

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PLACEMENT REPORT

267 COMPANIES1784
OFFERS.. 24 LPA-The highest CTC
Creating a record and breaking our own record : 267 COMPANIES on
board1784 OFFERs made..24 LPA-The highest CTC . This is the
huge achievement. This number is the record in the history of placements
MSRIT. 24 LPA is the hishest CTC Offered.
The Placement season turned out to be a resounding success with participation
from top-notch companies from various sectors.
Within no time the high-end companies picked our seventh semester students.
Recruiters were extremely satisfied and happy with the quality of students and
the way the placement process was conducted.
Our past students who were placed in leading companies have served as our
brand ambassadors. Their performance has certainly increased our visibility
and reputation
Besides, Placement dept has maintained a sound industry-institute interface,
which convinced corporate to look to our campus for recruitment.
Placements for the batch of 2015 was a super-duper success and confirmed the
growing faith and interest the industry has on MSRIT and its students.
Biggies from the various sectors such as Linkedin, Google, Amazon, SAP,
Oracle, Goldman Sachs ,Directi, Flipkart and so on made their presence felt by
selecting the candidates in significant numbers.
Trainings:
We impart training (soft skills training and hard skills training) to students
throughout the year so that they become competent and motivated engineers
and scientists.
Our Major Recruiters:
MuSigma, L&T Infotech, Akamai, Bristlecone, Skanray Health Care, SAP Labs,
Mahindra, J.P.Morghan, Unisys, Capgemini, L&T Construction, Hindustan
Unilever Ltd, ABB, Bosch, Volvo, Commvault, Sapient Nitro, Aricent, Aptean,
Expicient, Google, HP, Oracle, Tesco, Ernst & young, Societe Generale, Juniper

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Networks, Caterpillar, Aryaka, Genpact, Infotech Enterprises, Atkins, Avtec,

Tractors India, Moonraft Innovation Labs, LangdonSeah,
Century link, Inmobi, National Instruments, Bally Technologies, L&T - Integrated
Engineering Services, Morgan Stanley, Icreate, Yodlee, Kone Elevator India Pvt
Ltd,
TD Power Systems Ltd, Obopay, AIG Analytics, AVAYA, Textron, Book My
Show, Aatria Power, Target, Vtiger, Grail Research, TechAspect solutions, Sika
Interplant Systems Limited, Lam Research, Parker Hannifin India Pvt. Ltd, FICO,
Sobha Developers, MCF,
L&T Technology Services, JSW Steel, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, Abeyti
technologies, Brigade Group, Symphony Teleca, Tata Teleservices, Health Asyst,
Adobe, Samsung, TE Connectivity, Toyota-Kirloskar, Ansys, Systemantics, Artha
and so on.

International placements from:
1. Khimji Ramdas from Muscat, Oman
2. PNC Architects, Dubai
3. EMRILL, Dubai
Engagement Activities:
Technical quiz, hackhathon, guest lectures, IWD(International Womens
Day),Girls in Technology, Code for Good, Epic Code15 and so on are the other
activities conducted.
Diversity recruitment drives:
Recruitment drives were conducted specialy for women cadidates by the below
mentioned companies:
1) Intuit
2) Ashok leyland
3) Thought works
4) IBM-ISL
5) SAP Labs

We have already started placements, for the batch 2016. As on today the highest
CTC offered to this batch is 38 LPA
Written test in process

Dr Savitha Konna .M.

Placement & Training Officer

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL (EDC)

Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of MSRIT conducted DST-NIMAT
Sponsored Two week Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship Development
Programme (EDP) on the Theme Leadership & Techno-Entrepreneurship
through Project Based Learning System from 16th March 2015 to 27th
March 2015. The program began with the inaugural function graced by Shri
S.M.Acharya, Chief Executive, GEF, Dr.T.V.Suresh Kumar, Registrar (Academics)
and Dr.Lingaraju G M. Head of Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) with
a keynote address by Mr. S N Rangaprasad, Director, MSME, Govt. of India.
In the second session, Ms. Mala Mary Martina, CEO of I Love Mondays spoke
on New Age Entrepreneurs highlighting on what goes on in the minds of
Entrepreneurs. Dr. Lingaraju G M discussed the context of EDP and Techno
Entrepreneurship with Indian case studies.
Several speaker spoke on various topics. Skills for Success - EDP by Mr.
Gururaja Rao, CEO, Parimala Consultants discussed that skills for Success is
a six-level series with two strands: Reading and Writing, and Listening and
Speaking. He also focused on Information on Cluster Development. Ms. Indu
Venugopal addressed on Lifestyle: Dress to the Occasion. Dr.S.Basavaraj Patil,
Professor, BTLITM & Founder and CEO, Predictive Research emphasized on
Intrapreneurship Case Study: Creation of a new business unit in Investment
Research Division of a Global MNC Bank. Ms. Chaitali Sengupta presented
a session on Need and the Development of an Entrepreneurship Campus
Ecosystem. Ms. Shalini Venugopal, Chief Image Consultant, EVOLVE, Bangalore
spoke about Business Etiquettes.
Mr. Annamalai Natarajan, Renouned Trainer, Chennai gave a talk on Creativity
and Innovation for Entrepreneurship which included team building activities.
Ms. Suji Prabhat, Senior Consultant, Target involved participants in team
building activities through the topic Making your Pitch (Selling your Ideas).
Mr. Siddhartha Sastry, Head Sales, Smart & Connected City Projects, D-Vois
gave a talk on Solar Energy in India: A Start up Perspective and provided
information on forming smart cities in India. Mr. Roehit, Co founder, Scribbler
spoke on the success story of Scribbler note books. Mr. Ravi Kumar gave talk
on success stories of great Entrepreneurs in India.
Dr. Sheena Joseph gave an insight into the thoughts, power of thoughts and
its analysis (Positive and Negative) through the topic Power and Analysis of
Thought. Ms. Bhuvana Suresh, Chair Person, ISO, Research and Resource
Centre, AWAKE, Bangalore being an woman Entrepreneur spoke about success
stories of Women Entrepreneurs in Karnataka and also on Dissemination of
AWAKE Activities. Ms. Leema Bernad Viji spoke about Body Language and

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Corporate Etiquette. Mr. Balajee. K. M, Asst. Director, MSME, briefed about

Innovation Ecosystem and MSME Policies (How to Facilitate the Start Up?. He
involved the participants in the discussion who wished to start up a business.
He also highlighted on government policies for start ups.
Dr. Rizwana, Associate Professor, Dept of MBA, MSRIT gave a case analysis on
Business viability. Dr. Mohan Babu, Professor, Department of IEM, MSRIT, gave
a talk on Lateral Thinking and Innovation emphasizing the qualities that the
Entrepreneurs should acquire. Dr. Mahalakshmi, Associate Professor, Dept of
MBA, MSRIT, spoke on Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs. Finally the EDP
program concluded with a talk on Leadership, Techno Entrepreneurship and
Intrapreneurship by Dr. Lingaraju GM.
Certificates for participants and organizing committee members were
distributed by the Vice Principal Dr.N.V.R.Naidu and Dr.T.V.Suresh Kumar,
Registrar (Academics) at the Valedictory function.

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Womens Day

Womens Day was celebrated in our college on 14thMarch 2015. The programme
was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)and women of
IEEE which was graced by the presence of Guest of HonourShri S.M.Acharya,
Chief Executive of Gokula Education Foundation and presided by Principal,
Dr.S.Y.Kulkarni.
The chief guests being Ms. Bhuvana Suresh, Chairperson, Research & Resource
Centre & ISO, Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE)
and Ms. Meghana.S.Belwadi, Google Certified AdWords Professional made
the programme more memorable with their speech promoting Women
Empowerment.
This celebration provided a platform for all students to portray their talents
in Logo Designing competition, without fire cooking, essay competition and
winners were felicitated. An exhibition by girl students of MSRIT displaying
handicraft items stood out as the star of the show.

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Report on activities conducted from Aug 2014 - June 2015
The following are the major events conducted by DECA for the academic year
2014-15
1. Dr M S Ramaiah Memorial Parliamentary Debate Tournament
2. Freshers quiz
3. Shoutout 7.0
4. Nature week 2014
5. Kannada Rajyotsava 2014
6. 15th annual VTU youth festival
7. Udbhav 2015
A detailed description of the above mentioned events are provided below
Dr M S Ramaiah Memorial Parliamentary Debate Tournament
The 5th edition of the Dr. M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Parliamentary Debate
tournament was held between the 15th and 17th of August 2014. There were
more than 200 participants from reputedcolleges all over India. We received
participation from NLS, NALSAR, RVCE, PESIT, MSR-LAW etc.
The adjudicating core for this years tournament were 4 distinguished debators.
1. Sharada- Ex MSRIT
2. Aditya Shetty
3. Parnil
4. Anirudha Basu- NLS.
After 5 qualifying rounds and 2 elimination rounds the team of Souradip and
Tarang was adjudged the best. At the end of the tournament the organising
committee received an immensely positive feedback on the quality of the
tournament.

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ShoutOut has always been the most coveted event during an odd semester.
ShoutOut 7.0 was no less, as it was organized, publicized and executed to
perfection. This edition of ShoutOut was held on the 16th, 17th and 18th of
October 2014. The performances by the members of Chiraranga- The Kannada
Theatre Society and Theatrix - The MSRIT Theatre Society were appreciated by
a houseful audience on all 3 days.
The event showcased 9 Skits, 19 One Acts and 13 Short Movies and 3 Short
Ads which left the judges amazed with the young talent present in our college.
At the end of each day, the judges provided their valuable insights on every
performance and feedback, which was well received by every performer. With
the success of the event, the next years edition of ShoutOut is expected to raise
the bar to a whole new level.

THE NATURE WEEK

The NATURE CLUB MSRIT held its annual nature week from 16th to 21st of
October 2014. In its very first instalment ,it managed to garner the students
attention towards the cause of nature.
On the very first day it held a pledge towards a greener diwali on the grounds
of MSRIT, which met was appreciated by both students and faculty alike.The
students did so by leaving their hand prints on paper as a sign of authenticity .
The following days saw an onslaught of competitions bringing out the best of
the MSRITIAN talent.

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The17th of October saw photographers and art enthusiasts bring out the
best of nature, through a photography competition and an art out of waste
competition encouraging the concept of reduce.reuse.recycle.
The 18th of October saw the preparation and registrations for a walkathon
to propagate a greener diwali around MSRIT. This saw students meet the
event with widespread appreciation, the registration desk remained flooded
throughout the day.
The 19th of October saw students coming together early in a Sunday morning
to express their support for nature. The walkathon started at 7:30 am where
spirited students under the guidance of cultural faculty representative DR.K.R
Phaneesh walked a distance of two miles from the gates of MSRIT to sankey
tank spreading awareness on the way. They were pleasantly surprised to be
met with an equally encouraging crowd of bangalorian by passers ,many of
whom themselves pledged to the cause of a greener diwali.
The 20th of October coerced the students to think about the plight of nature
while simultaneously tickling their creative sides. This was done with events like
creative writing, face painting, poster making and a session of brain storming.
The events went on simultaneously after 4:30 pm and was still met with a large
number of enthusiastic participants.
The 21st of October saw the artistic brilliance of the MSRITIANs being showcased
in an exhibition held in the cultural committee office by the NATURE CLUB.
The exhibition struck a chord with a student and faculty alike, and received
much appreciation for the same, Even the principal expressed his support for
our cause and encouraged us to carry on with the same.

Kannada Rajyotsava 2014

Kannada rajyotsava has always been the most celebrated event during an odd
semester. Kannada rajyotsava 2014 was no less, as it was organized, publicized
and executed to perfection. This edition of kannada rajyotsava was held on the
3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th of November 2014. The events conducted during these 4
days were well received and appreciated by the college faculty and students
The event was flagged off by a flash mob (kolata) which was presided by
principal which had the following events
Day one (3-11-2014)
Street dance
Fun events
Day two (5-11-2014)
Voice Of Msrit

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Light vocals
Cooking
Anthakshari
Teachers anthakashari
Aircrash
Dc
Day three (6-11-2014)
Personality
Quiz
Debate
Jam
Creative writing
Face painting
Photography
Treasure hunt
Day four (7-11-2014)
Rangoli
Teachers rangoli
Main stage events (7-11-2014)
Chief guest of the function were Dr.Putturaya and Mr.Shashikumar
Prize distribution for all prize winners in various events
Dance performance by all dance teams of our college
Fusion music performance by Indian music team of our college
The event left the judges amazed with the young talent present in our college.
At the end of each day, the judges provided their valuable insights on every
performance and feedback, which was well received by every performer. With
the success of the event, the next years kannada rajyotsva is expected to raise
the bar to a whole new level

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15th Annual VTU Youth Festival

The 15th Annual VTU Youth Festival was scheduled from 27th March, 2015
to 31st March, 2015 in VTU, Belgavi. A contingent of 43 students and 2 staff
members represented M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology at this festival,
and emerged victorious. There were a total of twenty five events that were
conducted across the four days. The festival saw the participation of 135 colleges
across Karnataka. The details of the participants and winners are as follows

The Winners of VTU Youth Festival 2015

SL.
NO.
1

NAME OF THE EVENT

Western vocal solo

PLACED
SECURED

PARTICIPANTS

3RD

Joewin

Western vocal solo

1ST

Subashnaveen, Aishwarya,
Sharan, Mridula, Akshay, Tanoy,
Tanay, iddhi, Shriya, Ankit,
Shashank, Rohit

Cartooning

1ST

Akshay Vardai

Mime

1ST

Kiran, Supreeth, Sharan,

Aishwarya, Pranjali,
Subashnaveen

Debate

3RD

Nagarajan, Sukrut

On the spot painting

3RD

Varsha Raju

Poster making

1ST

Varsha Raju

Folk orchestra

2ND

Riddhiman, Shruthi, Shashank,

Ankit, Pramod, Priya, Rohit, Amol,
Chaitra, Akash, Vinayaka

Western group music

1ST

Akash, Judith, Annju, Joewin,

Jonathan, Vinayaka

10

Installations

3RD

Jeffrey, Daksha, Mridula, Varsha

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UDBHAV 2015 The MSRIT annual cultural festival

Udbhav 2015, the annual cultural fest of MSRIT was a thumping success and
was truly the melting pot of culture and youthful extravagance. From 9th to
11th April, for three days, the college witnessed the enthusiasm and energy
of over five thousand students who contributed invariably in making Udbhav
such a grand event. We left no stones unturned in providing all our patrons,
especially students, our revered members of faculty, staff and administration
an event worth being enjoyed and remembered.
This year we worked together to set a new benchmark in the way Udbhav is
handled by not only increasing its outreach among the students of MSRIT and
Bangalore in general, but also by putting in dedicated efforts towards improving
the quality of the events that were offered. Udbhav 2015 boasts of organizing
over fifty events of which twenty two events were open to participation from
non-MSRIT students as well, we also had four professional performances spread
over the three days. On the first day, we had a fashion show by the college
fashion team and a well received and memorable performance by the acclaimed
music group from our college- The Ramaiah Household; on the second day we
had a stellar performance from the highly acclaimed band Lagori, in association
with Storm festival which broke all previous records of audience participation
and enthusiasm and, on the third day we witnessed a short yet highly applauded
performance by the Dualist Inquiry Band, in association with the Red Bull Tour
Bus, the opening act for which was from one of our own college students band
Spaghettify. The enthusiasm of the audience was unparalleled on all these three
days and what better proof of it can exist other than the fact that all our guest
artists highly praised the audience on social media forums.

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The events that took place during Udbhav provided perfect opportunity to the
students to showcase their talent in the field of arts, dance, music and literature
among all fields of creativity. These events were very well received and we saw
an increased level of competition and interest among all participants which
helped us in providing everyone with a great environment to harness their talent
in order to compete for the winners spot and give everyone good memories.
Events which saw heavy footfall and participation were Western Group Music,
Western Group Dance, Indian Group Dance, Street Dance, Dance As You Like,
MSRIT Got Talent, Personality, General Quiz and J.A.M among all events. These
events not only captured the imagination of the students but also raised the
bar for events to come in future. We had a distinguished judge pool for all our
events which represented the the elite of Bangalores cultural scene as a result
of which, the judgements were extremely fair and considerate, despite of the
hard time these judges had while trying to select the top three for all events,
among a group of extremely talented participants.
The idea behind Udbhav was very well received by the corporate and the
business sector and this helped us in partnering with some of the most reputed
names in the industry in order to supplement the resources we had, to put
in combined efforts to make Udbhav truly memorable. Among some of our
biggest contributors were Cognizant, Esyasoft and Peps Industries. We also
had Zebronics as our prize partner, 9XO as our media partner, Oh Campus
as our online media partner, Fever as our radio partner among other highly
esteemed sponsors. The support of our sponsors has been instrumental in
giving Udbhav the necessary structural support and complementing the events
and their participants with attractive incentives.

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MILANA-2015 - MSRIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

(Activities: Following are) The accomplished activities of MSRITAA during
2014-15 are as beloved.
MILANA Annual Get-together: MILANA-2015 was conducted on 24th
January 2015. The meet was attended by about 300 members. During this
program, the annual activities of the MSRITAA were presented, donors (are
alumni) were felicitated, alumni present shared their past experiences at the
institute, a laser show and cultural program was organized.

Awarding Scholarships:
Merit and Means Scholarship: Distributed on 30th March 2015 to 65 students.
An amount of Rs 7500/- was paid to each person. This year, about Rs. 4.9 lakh
was given under this scheme. Following are the details of students selected:
Shri Krishna P. Godasi Scholarship: Instituted by Maganti Foundation, Full
tution fee is paid under this scheme to the students. Students were interviewed
on 16th May 2015. An amount of Rs 10 lakh is paid by them every year.
GMW Aspire Foundation Scholarship: Instituted by Sri Jasbir Singh. Under
this Rs One lakh is given every year for 10 students.
Shri Anurag Agarwal Scholarship: Instituted by Sri Anurag Agarwal. Under
this Rs One lakh is given every year for 10 students. This scholarship was
distributed on 30th March 2015.
Student Project Funding: Selected projects, both UG and PG are funded under
this scheme. 20 Projects were funded during 2014-15 for an amount of Rs
1,64,500/-.

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Rank holders felicitation: Gold medals instituted by the alumni were awarded
during the graduation day ceremony on 11th August 2014.
Alumni Talk: Invited talks by eminent alumni at the departmental level were
organized. During 2014-15 two talks were organized by EC department, 0ne by
CSE department and one by medical electronics.
Bus Pass Scheme: Students are provided financial assistance for their
conveyance. 43 students were given an amount of Rs 1500/- each towards bus
pass.
Campus to Corridor Connect Soft Skills Development Program was initiated
this year. The program was organized during 11th to 14th August 2014 for MSRIT
Alumni Scholarship students. 29 students participated in this program.
MSRITAA Research Fellowship Grant was Initiated this year. A fellowship of
Rs 5,000 per month is given to researcher, with a contingency of Rs 10,000 per
year. Following three proposals were accepted for the grant this year:
Study of properties of steel subjected to multistage quenching as a prior
step to bhasma preparation by Prof. BP Harichandra and Sri Vignesh Pai.
Enhancement of polymer based nanocomposites with enhanced properties
using nano metal composite fillers of Dr. GM Madhu and Sri J Kotes wara

Rao
Fast and facile synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanodots (C-dots) for
catalytic applications by Dr Nagaraju Kottam, Ms Pooja Nayak, Ms Ananya
Mohanty, Ms Sunaina P Shetty and Mr. Muhasin Mustafa
3D printing facility was donated by the President of MSRITAA Sri Tallam
Venkatesh, to the institute on 24th January 2015. Training program for students
and faculty members were conducted on 3D printing on 17th April 2015.

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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE

(Welcome to treasure house of wisdom)

The Library began its existence in 1962. The library with its modern collection
knowledge resources and innovative information services fills an essential
role for students, faculty and the surrounding community in their intellectual
pursuits. It is a centralized Air Conditioned fully automated library predominantly
related to Engineering, Technology, Management and allied subjects. The
collection comprises of 1, 42,089 volumes of Books with 37,512 Titles. Library
subscribes to leading National /International e-Resources pertaining to
Engineering & Management, which include 9990 full text e-journals from
IEEE [IEEE Conference Proceedings (6514), 3043 IEEE Standards from IEEE/
IET Online], Springer link, EBSCO, Taylor & Francis Online and K-Nimbus. We
have also subscribed to 13785 e-Books from Springer and Taylor & Francis (CRC
basenet) publications. The e-resources can be accessed remotely. In addition
there are 4000 Bound volumes of journals, 5000 Compact Discs (CDs), 75
Video Cassettes & 1421 IS Standards. Library has developed a State of the art
Digital Library with Wi-Fi connectivity & automated all services through Web
based Library Management Software Libsys 7 Rel. 3.
As per the fourth Law of Library Science, Save the time of Reader, The MSRIT
Library has been (distributed) into 6 Locations spread over with 40350 Sq ft,
with the 1500 seating capacity along with state of art infrastructure facilities.
Library is an extremely important primary support service provided by MSRIT.
The library and the associated library facilities are indispensable services in
support of imparting and acquiring competent and up-to-date professional
knowledge. This basic necessity has been recognized and the methodology of
developing and using the library and library-associated services is established
in this Library. Mainly Open Access, Lending Of Books, Reference/Referral
Service, Indian Standards/Patents, Web Opac, Sc/St Book Bank Scheme,
Reprographic Facility, Msrit Book Bank Scheme, Alumni Book Bank
Scheme, User Orientation Programme, Major Inter Library Loan Facilities
And Library Tour. MSRIT Digital Library is well facilitated with 141 computers
(distributed) across different libraries. The Broadband service is provided by
SWIFT MAIL COMMUNICATION with 100Mbps Speed. Users can access
through intranet the e-resources, Institutional Repository (IR) and e-learning
courses.
To facilitate the library services 20 committed library professional staffs are
always ready to serve the user community. The library also provides One Month
Internship Training Programme to Post Graduate Library Science students from
all over Karnataka State Universities every year. Library conducts National
level Workshops, Conferences, Training programmes, and Book Exhibitions etc.

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FAREWELL FUNCTION FOR OUTGOING STUDENTS

B.E, B.Arch, M.Tech, MBA and MCA
15th May 2015

The Event was graced with the presence of Chief Guest Sri Srikanth Srinivasan,
Director-HR Cognizant, Bangalore and Guest of Honor Sri Tallam Venkatesh,
President, MSRIT Alumni Association.
The function was presided by Dr. M R Jayaram, Honorable Chairman, GEF
Foundation, Sri M R Seetharam, Honble Member of Legislative Council, Vice
Chairman, GEF, and Director MSRIT, Sri. M R Ramaiah, Honarable Secretary
GEF and Director MSRIT, Chief Executive Sri. S M Acharya, Dr. S Y Kulkarni,
Principal MSRIT, Vice Principal Dr. N V R Naidu and Registrar Academic Dr. T V
Suresh Kumar and Chief Finance Officer Sri. Ramchandra
The function began with a welcome address by Dr S Y Kulkarni, Principal
MSRIT. He welcomed all the dignitaries and the Chief Guest Sri Srikanth
Srinivasan, Director-HR Cognizant, Bangalore, also Guest of Honor Sri Tallam
Venkatesh, President, MSRIT Alumni Association. He welcomed the Media and
Press members and also extended a warm welcome to the retired Principals
of the College Dr. Prahalada Rao and Dr Krishnappa. He also welcomed all the
outgoing students both UG and PG of MSRIT 2015 batch. He wished Good Luck
to all the outgoing students in all their future endeavors.
The Chief Guest Sri Srikanth Srinivasan, Director-HR Cognizant, Bangalore
addressed the gathering and motivated the students with his rich experience.
He expressed that his association with MSRIT is very strong and powerful since
10Yrs. He also acknowledged MSRIT students and staff for their Knowledge
and contribution towards the success of Cognizant, Bangalore. He advised the
students to build a positive thinking and personality skills, interaction with
customers and respect for others in their professional life. He Concluded by
wishing all the students Good Luck for their examinations and their Future Life.
The Best outgoing student Awards from each Department and also at the
College Level were presented by all the dignitaries. Around 30 Best outgoing
students from all the departments were awarded with certificates and Cash
prize. Miss Neelam R Khor of Chemical Engineering Department was awarded
the best outgoing student at the college level for her overall excellence.
The M S Ramaiah Institution Technology Alumni Association (MSRITAA) is
hosting a number of events such as scholarship distribution, funding research
students, arranging Alumni talks etc. The Best Project awards were later
distributed in the event by the MSRIT Alumni Association. Around 20 projects
from all the departments were recognized and given certificates.

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The Institute had hosted a two day Project exhibition PRADARSHANA 2015 Open day on 13th and 14th May 2015. In continuation of this event, around 350
projects of MSRIT students participated across all the departments. Judges from
both industry and Academics evaluated the projects. The best three projects
from each department at UG Level were awarded in the Farewell Function.
Chief Executive of MSRIT, Sri. S M Acharya addressed the gathering. He
inspired the students with his vast experience stating that students should
remain ethical and passionate with their carriers and dreams.
He put on record that Students are very lucky to be associated with MSRIT as
the Institute is one of the Best Institution aspired by many of the candidates
both at national and international Level.
Finally The Vice Principal Dr. N V R Naidu delivered the vote of thanks. He
thanked the Management MSRIT, Chief Guest and the Guest of Honor for their
esteemed presence to make the event a grand success.
He also thanked all the dignitaries, the faculty of MSRIT and the press and
Media persons for their presence. He also thanked the outgoing students for
their gracious presence and for making this event Farewell Function in Honor
of Outgoing Students a Grand Success.

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GRADUATION DAY
for
B.E, B.Arch, M.Tech, MBA and MCA
On 16th Aug 2014 at 11:00 am
The Event was graced with the presence of Chief Guest Dr. A.R. Upadhya, (former
director of NAL) ,Guest of Honor Sri Tallam Venkatesh, President, MSRIT Alumni
Association.
The function was presided by Dr. M R Jayaram, Honorable Chairman, GEF Foundation,
Sri M R Seetharam, Honble Member of Legislative Council, Vice Chairman, GEF, and
Director MSRIT, Sri. M R Ramaiah, Honorable Secretary GEF and Director MSRIT, Chief
Executive Sri. S M Acharya, Dr. S Y Kulkarni, Principal MSRIT, Vice Principal Dr. N
V R Naidu and Registrar Academic Dr. T V Suresh Kumar , Chief Finance Officer Sri.
Ramchandra.
The function began with a welcome address by Dr S Y Kulkarni, Principal MSRIT. He
welcomed all the dignitaries and the Chief Guest He also welcomed all the Graduating
students both UG (BE,B.Arch) and PG (M.Tech,MBA,MCA) of MSRIT 2014 batch.
He wished Good Luck to all the 4th batch of Graduating students under Academic
Autonomy in all their future endeavors.
Dr. M R Jayaram, Honorable Chairman, GEF Foundation and Dr.C.G.Puttappa Controller
of Examinations declared the Graduation Ceremony Open.
Chief Executive of MSRIT, Sri. S M Acharya and the Chief Guest Dr. A. R. Upadhya
addressed the gathering. They inspired the students with their vast experience stating
that students should remain ethical and passionate with their carriers and dreams to
meet the challenges.
Guest of Honor Sri Tallam Venkatesh, President, MSRIT Alumni Association addressed
the gathering. He projected the various activities of MSRITAA association and invited
all the outgoing students to be a part of the MSRITAA activities. He also urged the
students to respect Parents, Elders , Teachers and the Institute.
DR T.V Suresh, Registrar Academics, along with the dignataries on the dais presented
GOLD MEDALS and Rank Certificates for 47 Rank holders from 13 Engineering
branches,11 Rank holders from M.Tech ,3 Rank holders from MBA and 3 Rank holders
from MCA.
Governing council and Academic Council members distributed momento and certificates
to all the Graduating students.
Honorable Chairman, GEF Foundation Dr. M R Jayaram delivered Presidential address
,he blessed all the students to have good carrier and good life and then declared the
Graduation day ceremony dissolved.
Honorable Principal Dr .S.Y.Kulkarni proposed vote of thanks. He thanked the
Management MSRIT, Chief Guest and the Guest of Honor for their esteemed presence
to make the Event a grand success.
He also thanked all the dignitaries, the faculty of MSRIT and the press and Media
persons for their presence. He also thanked the Graduating students and their parents
for their gracious presence.

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PROCTORIAL SYSTEM
CHIEF PROCTOR
Dr. G.S. Prakash M.Tech, Ph.D
Professor and Head, Department of IEM, MSRIT, Bangalore-54,
Contact No: 080 23600822, Extn:324
e-mail:chiefproctor@msrit.edu

The Proctorial system is introduced with the main objective of providing

supportive care and advice for the students to help them in their academic and
personal problems, if any, from time to time and to counsel them appropriately.
This system would help the students to complete their studies comfortably and
successfully.
(In order to continuously and regularly monitor the academic progress of the
Students and to rectify their problems, a Proctorial system is introduced.) The
college encourages parents to be in regular contact with the Proctor/Chief
Proctor/HOD/Principal
Objectives of a Proctorial system:
To stimulate a healthy relationship between the teacher and taught.
To eradicate any indiscipline from among the students.
To improve the academic performance in the Examination.
To give students a measure of self confidence
Functions of the Proctor:
Each member of the teaching staff will be designated as proctor and is the
teacher person in charge of a number of students.
The Proctor shall exercise an effective control and influence over the
students under his charge.
The Proctor shall assist in academic and over all development of the
student under his charge
Instructions to students:
The student will meet the proctor at least once in a week or even more
and discuss his/her difficulties and problems.
The student shall furnish such information to the proctor as are required
for the maintenance of the Proctorial records.
Students are required to observe the rules and regulations of the Institute
that may be framed from time to time as per the Autonomous requirement.

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PROCTORIAL PROCESS AT MSRIT:

The Proctorial process was started in the late 1990s and started on full scale
from the year 2002. Chief Proctors Office is housed in the first level of
the Apex Block.
Proctorial process is a supportive process, where in Chief Proctor heads
the system. Every department has a deputy chief proctor and all the
faculty members are the proctors.
Each proctor is allotted around 20 to 25 students.
The proctor acts as a local guardian helping to solve the academic and
administrative problems faced by his wards, and would help in solving
personal problems, if any.
Proctor maintains a Student Information Record for each of his/her wards,

This record gives all the details of the students, in terms of course
registration/course dropping/withdrawn/re-registration etc.
In addition to the details of Proctor-student meetings held from time
to time, SIR, also gives the details of the performance of the candidate in
the semester end examination.
Provision is made to send the progress reports of each student to his/
her parents/ guardians furnishing the details of attendance, class marks,
examination results, etc.
These reports are sent twice in a semester (at the end of 45 days & 90
days from the starting of the semester.) to the parent / guardian of all the

students
The third report is sent in case of such students who fail to satisfy the
minimum attendance requirement of 85% in each of the subjects and

the necessary internal marks of 40% as stipulated by VTU norms /

autonomy Regulations.
The Proctorial Process is made more effective by web enabling the SIS
(Student Information System) by e-sutra software
Each of the student and the parent are assigned with a Login ID and
password, which enables both the student and the parent to view the
status of attendance and CIE marks regularly.
Each student is given an ID card, which can be used anywhere in the
college and to some extent outside the college also.
Chief Proctor conducts scheduled meetings with the deputy chief proctors,
HODs and Principal to update the details of the Proctorial process.
The attendance/CIE Marks entered by each faculty member on to the SIS
is constantly monitored in the Chief Proctors Office.

The attendance and CIE Marks are displayed in the notice board of
respective departments regularly
A student whose performance is not up to the mark is asked to appear for
counseling with the proctor/deputy chief proctor/chief proctor in order
to help the student to improve the performance in the coming semesters.
The proctorial System has received an excellent response and encouragement.
However, continuous efforts are being made to give the best services from our
Institution.

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PRADARSHANA 2015 - Project Exhibition

Pradarshana 2015, two days Open Day - Project Exhibition for the academic
year 2013-2014 was organised at MSRIT on 13th and 14th May 2015.
Prof.E.S.Dwarakadasa, Managing Director & Chairman, Karnataka Hybrid
Micro Devices Ltd., Bangalore, being the Chief Guest inaugurated the exhibition
and along with Dr.S.Y.Kulkarni, Principal, Dr.N.V.R.Naidu, Vice Principal,
Dr.T.V.Sureshkumar, Registrar (Academics) and Mr.Ramesh Naik.S Registrar
(Admin.) released the proceedings of Pradarshana 2015, a book of abstracts of
all projects carried out by the students from various engineering disciplines of
MSRIT.

Around 350 projects were displayed by students of 13 Undergraduate

Programmes under one roof. The projects from each department were
evaluated by a panel of external judges and winners of these best projects were
felicitated at the Farewell function held in May 2015. The media partners for
this programme were TV9 and 92.7 BIG FM. The programme was telecasted by
Chandana TV in May 2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS

KEY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

MEMORIAL TOURNAMENTS:
1. Organized 17th Dr. M S Ramaiah Memorial Cricket Tournament from 6th
to 17th September 2014.
2. Organized 9th Dr. M S Ramaiah Memorial Basketball Men & Women
Tournament from 15th to 18th October 2014.
VTU Tournaments:
1.
Organized VTU Bangalore Central Zone Basketball Men Tournament on
21st & 22nd April 2014.
2. Organized VTU Inter Collegiate Swimming Competition on 10th September
2014
3.
Organized VTU Bangalore Central Zone Handball Men Tournament on
19th & 20th March 2015.
4.
Organized VTU Bangalore Central Zone Hockey Men Tournament on
15th 16th April 2015.
In House Activities:
1.
Organized 44th Annual Athletic Meet in college new ground on 23rd
September 2014.
2. Conducted MPL MSRIT Premier Cricket League T-20 Cricket Tournament
(Inter Branch Competition) from 6th to 27th September 2014.
3.
Conducted MFL MSRIT Football League from 22nd to 29th November
2014.
4. Conducted Inter Branch Tournaments in Basketball, Volleyball, Throw ball,
Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis, Chess & Carom for Men & Women.

(Mechanical Department Secured Overall Champions Trophy scoring 114
Points by Winning maximum no. of games)
5. Conducted Staff Tournaments for Men & Women in Cricket, Throwball Table
Tennis & Carom.
6. Conducted Sports Felicitation, Cash Award for the Achievers and Annual
Sports Prize Distribution Function on 11th May 2015.

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VTU ACHIEVEMENTS 2014-15

GAME

TOURNAMENTS

POSITION

CHESS
(Men & Women)

VTU Bangalore Zone held at

RVCE, Bangalore

WOMEN WINNERS

TABLE TENNIS
(Men & Women)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at BNMIT, Bangalore

MEN
1st RUNNER UP
Secured Men Runners
Championship Trophy
Akash Rohit V -ISE
Gold 2
Silver 6
Bronze 3

SWIMMING
(Men & Women)

Meghanaa Sreevatsa III

-IT
Gold - 3
VTU Single Zone Competition Silver 1
held at MSRIT, Bangalore on Bronze 2
Setu Snehil III- CIVIL
10th September 2014, RK
Silver 2
Swimming Pool, J P Park,
Bronze -1
Mathikere.
In Inter University
Swimming Competition
held at Jain Uni.,
Bangalore from 25-29
Oct.2014
Akash Rohit V -ISE
Gold 1
Silver 1
Bronze 1

ARCHERY
(Men & Women)

Swathi H Nayak VII Civil

VTU Single Zone Competition
50 M Indian Round
held at DBIT, Bangalore
Bronze

BEST PHYSIQUE
(MEN)

VTU SINGLE ZONE held at

NMAM IT, Nitte

Kaiser Sheik V Chem

Silver - 90 kg
Ravi Kumar K L VII- TC
Bronze - 90 kg

THROWBALL
( Women)

VTU Bangalore Zone held at

Sai Vidya IT, Bangalore

RUNNERS

THROWBALL
( Women)

VTU Inter Zone held at

NIEIT, Mysore

1st RUNNER-UP

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JUDO
(MEN)

VTU SINGLE ZONE held at

KLSVDRIT, HALIYAL

Sreekanth B III - ISE

Gold - 56 kg

BADMINTON
(Men & Women)

VTU Bangalore Zone held at

BMSCE, Bangalore

WOMEN: WINNERS
MEN: RUNNERS

BADMINTON
(Men & Women)

VTU Inter Zone held at

SDMIT, Ujire

WOMEN: WINNERS

ATHLETICS
(Men & Women)

VTU Single Zone held at

VTU, Belgaum

Jithendra H K M
Tech(E&C)
Gold -Javelin
Sachin B M V IEM
Silver - 200 M
WOMEN:
Silver- 4 X 100 M Relay
MEN:
Bronze- 4 X 100 M Relay

VOLLEYBALL (MEN)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at Vemana I

RUNNERS

KHO-KHO (MEN)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at BMSCE

S/F

CRICKET (MEN)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at Dr. AIT, Blore

WINNERS

CRICKET (MEN)

VTU Inter Zone held at

SJBIT, Blore

WINNERS

HANDBALL (MEN)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at MSRIT

WINNERS

HANDBALL (MEN)

VTU Inter Zone held at GAT

2nd Runners-Up

HANDBALL (WOMEN) VTU Single Zone held at GAT RUNNERS

BASKETBALL (MEN)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at BMSCE

WINNERS

HOCKEY (MEN)

VTU Bangalore Central Zone

held at MSRIT

S/F

HOCKEY (WOMEN)

VTU Single Zone held at

RLJIT, Doddaballapura

WINNERS

VTU Bangalore Zone held at

RLJIT

1st Runner-Up

BALL BADMINTON
(WOMEN)

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BALL BADMINTON
(WOMEN)

VTU Inter Zone held at RLJIT 2nd Runner-Up

BASKETBALL
(WOMEN)

VTU Single Zone held at

BLEADCET, Bijapura

WINNERS

VTU Bangalore Zone held at

Gopalan C E

Runners

VTU Inter Zone held at

BLDEACET, Bijapur

WINNERS

TENNIS
(MEN) & (WOMEN)

BASKETBALL (MEN)

INVITATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ACHIEVEMENTS 2014-15

GAME

TOURNAMENTS

POSITION

BASKETBALL
(MEN & WOMEN)

MEN
9th Dr. M S Ramaiah
WINNERS
Memorial Inter Engineering
&
Colleges conducted by MSRIT
WOMEN RUNNERS

TENNIS
(MEN)

BMSCE KREEDOTSAVA 2014

Inter Collegiate tournament

RUNNERS

BMSCE KREEDOTSAVA 2014

Inter Collegiate tournament

RUNNERS

RVCE MOMENTUM 2014

Inter Collegiate tournament

RUNNERS

RVCE MOMENTUM 2014

Inter Collegiate tournament

WINNERS

REVELS CUP-15, MIT,

MANIPAL 2015 All India
Invitational Inter Collegiate
Basketball tournament

WINNERS

REVAMP CUP-15, Rava

ITM 2015 Invitational
Inter Collegiate Basketball
tournament

WINNERS

BASKETBALL
(MEN)

NHCE Invitational Inter

Engineering Basketball
tournament

RUNNERS

VOLLEYBALL
(MEN)

NHCE Invitational Inter

Engineering Volleyball
tournament

RUNNERS

VOLLEYBALL
(MEN)

Sambram CE Invitational
Inter Engineering Volleyball
tournament

RUNNERS

VOLLEYBALL
(MEN)

Sai Ram CE Invitational

Inter Engineering Volleyball
tournament

RUNNERS

TABLE TENNIS
(MEN)
TENNIS
(WOMEN)
BADMINTON
(WOMEN)
BASKETBALL
(WOMEN)

BASKETBALL
(MEN)

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The following players represented State & VTU for the year
2014-15
SL.
No.

NAME OF THE
STUDENT

SEM

BRANCH

GAME

REPRESENTATION

1.

ROHIT D HEMMADY

IV

MECH

HANDBALL

VTU

2.

AASHISH P

VI

E&C

CHESS

VTU

3.

GOVIND M PRABHU

IV

ISE

CHESS

VTU

4.

SUJAN KUMAR J

VIII

CHEM

CCR

VTU

5.

AKASH ROHIT G

VI

ISE

SWIMMING

VTU

6.

AKSHAY S MURTHY

II

IT

SWIMMING

VTU

7.

SOFIYAMMA CHACKO

VI

E&C

BASKETBALL

VTU

8.

RAGINI GOPI

IV

IEM

BASKETBALL

VTU

9.

SWATHI H NAYAK

VIII

CIVIL

ARCHERY

VTU

10.

PRATEEKSH R

VIII

E&C

CRICKET

VTU

11.

PIYUSH CHAWLA

IV

CIVIL

TENNIS

VTU

12.

SHREEKANTH B

IV

ISE

JUDO

VTU

13.

SUSHMITH R B

VI

CSE

TABLE TENNIS

KARNATAKA STATE

14.

PRAJWAL H K

IV

ISE

KHO-KHO

KARNATAKA STATE

15.

AKASH K RAJU

II

CIVIL

ROLLER SKATING

KARNATAKA STATE

16.

SOWKIN SHETTY

II

IT

BASKETBALL

KARNATAKA STATE

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17.

VISHNU PRABHAS

VI

ML

CRICKET

KARNATAKA STATE
UNDER 25 YRS,

18.

SUJITH N GOWDA

II

EIE

CRICKET

KARNATAKA STATE
UNDER 19 YRS,

19.

MUTHAMMA M C

IV

B ARCH

HOCKEY

BANGALORE TEAM
IN
SOUTH ZONE Compt

OUTGOING CAPTAINS 2014-15

SL.
No.

NAME

BRANCH

GAME

MRIDULA NAIR

TELECOM

TABLE TENNIS AND CHESS

SONAL GUPTA

E&C

CHESS

CHANDAN C K

E&C

CHESS

ADITI G MARUDWAR

RAHUL R

MECH

THROWBALL

EEE

BASKETBALL

ARPITA H HAGARGI

E&C

BASKETBALL ALSO REPRESENTED ATHLETIC, BADMINTON, CROSS COUNTRY

& HANDBALL

PRTEEKSH R

E&C

CRICKET

SAATWIK SATYAPRAKASH

CIVIL

BADMINTON

SUJAN KUMAR J

CHEM

ATHLETIC AND CROSS COUNTRY

10

BHARATH REDDY M

IEM

VOLLEYBALL AND SOFTBALL

11

CHETHAN KUMAR B C

E&C

KHO-KHO ALSO REPRESENTED

KABADDI & CROSS COUNTRY

12

SUMEDH SUDHAKAR HEGDE

ISE

HANDBALL

13

M R PAVAN

14

ASHWINI K PATIL

15

SHREYAA SREENIVASA

TELECOM

HOCKEY

M TECH (MECH)

HOCKEY

EEE

TENNIS

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Organized 17th Dr. M S Ramaiah Memorial Cricket Tournament from 6th to 17th September 2014.

MSRIT Women Basketball Team Secured Winners Trophy in the Tournament

Organized VTU Bangalore Central Zone Cricket Tournament from 24th Feb to 1st March 2014.

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Organized VTU Bangalore Central Zone Hockey Men Tournament and MSRIT Secured Winners Trophy

Organized 44th Annual Athletic Meet in college new ground on 23rd September 2014.

Athletic Meet inaugurated by Sri. M R Seetharam,

Honble Vice-Chairman, GEF & Director, MSRIT

Best March Past Team Prize Won by Electronics & Communication Department

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Felicitated to Chief Guest Mr. R Rajan, International Basketball player, Karnataka Rajyotsava and Ekalavya Awarder in this occasion

Student of VI Semester ISE, National Level Swimmer, has been Awarded NADAPRABHU KEMPEGOWDA AWARD from BBMP, Govt. of Karnataka for the
year 2014-15 and felicitated by our college in Annual Sports Achievers Felicitation Function held on 11th May 2015

Rs. 1.5 Lakh Cash Awards have been given to the Sports Achievers, VTU & Dr. M S Ramaiah Memorial Tournament Winners/Runners.

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Prizes have been awarded for the Men and Women Staff teams:

COLLEGE TEAMS ACHIEVEMENTS:

Badminton Men Team Secured Runners Trophy and Women Team Secured Winners Trophy in VTU Bangalore
Central Zone Badminton Tournament held at BMSCE on 25th & 26th Oct.2014 and also Won Winners Trophy in
VTU Inter Zone Badminton Tournament held at SDMIT, UJJIRE from 29th to 31st Oct.14 & RVCE Inter Collegiate
Tournament held on 15th Oct.2014.

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Athletic Team Secured Medals in Javelin Throw, 200 Mtrs &
4x100 Mtr Race (M & W) in17th VTU Athletic Meet held at
VTU, Belgaum from 5th to 8th Nov.2014

Basketball Women team Secured Winners Trophy in VTU

Single ZoneTournament 2014-15 and also Won Winners
Trophy in REVELS CUP-15 MIT, Manipal Tournament

Cricket team Secured Winners Trophy in VTU Bangalore Central Zone and Inter Zone Tournament 2014-15

Handball Team Secured Winners Trophy in VTU

Bangalore Central Zone Tournament 2014-15

Handball Women team Secured Runners Trophy in VTU Single Zone Tournament 2014-15

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Hockey Women team Secured Winners Trophy in VTU Single
Zone Tournament 2014-15

Basketball Men team Secured Winners Trophy in VTU Bangalore Central Zone and Inter Zone Tournament 2014-15

Volleyball Men team Secured Runners Trophy in VTU Bangalore Central Zone Tournament 2014-15 and also Won Runners
Trophy in Sambram Col. of Engg. Tournament, New Horizon Col. of Engg., Tournament, Sai Ram College of Engg.,
Tournament 2015

Tennis Men team Secured Runners Trophy in VTU Bangalore

Zone and Inter Zone Tournament 2014-15

Tennis Women team Secured Runners Trophy in VTU Single

Zone Tournament 2014-15

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Kho-Kho Team

Hockey Team

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FATE

Neha Verma
1ms12im024

She also helped miss.rose whose school was about

to close down due to lack of money. Sarah came back
to India with Mr.singh and had decided that she will
help orphans like her. She turned out to be a great
social reformer.

In the midit of a place, heavily snowing a beautiful

girl is trying to sell matchstick to people. The girl tries
her best to sell matchsticks, sometimes she used to
succeed sometimes not. She starts to recollect what
and all has happened to her. She remembers

It is rightly said fate is unreliable, how when it

changes no one knows.

the day she came to France for studying in a

boarding school as her mother belonged to this place
and had always wanted to study here. How everyone
welcomed her, especially the head of the institution,
Miss rose. They all were good to her as she was
very friendly and most importantly daughter of a
diamond businessman. Everything was going well.
Sapecially Miss Rose was extremely good towards
sarah.one year passed and they were planning
to celebrate Sarahs birthday in a grand fashion.
Suddenly, a news from India held them dumbstruck
that Sarahs father has died as he was not able to
withstand his business partners cheating .miss rose
changed from that day as she was no longer rich and
beneficial for her. She threw her out of the boarding
school. Sarah had no place to go. Then at that point,
a guy Peter who used to drive Sarah in his horse cart
came to her help and took her to his home. Sarah
on reaching there sees a devastating scene, Peters
mother is lying on the bed as she extremely sick, and
his father did not have a leg so he was not able to
walk properly. Sarah that day decided that she will
not be a burden to these people, Instead she with
the help of Peter, started selling matchsticks which
was being provided to her by one of the residents
there. From that day, she was doing the same and
supporting peter and his family. It is correctly said
fate is meant to be changed. Sarahs fathers business
partner Mr.singh came in search of Sarah and found
her and explained her entire situation that everything
was a misunderstanding. He wished to adopt Sarah
and Sarah also compiled to his wish. Now Sarah
was again as rich as previous one, but she did not
had any grudges against anyone. She helped peters
family financially to overcome their miserable life.

Rajan Kumar Sah

LIFE:AN UNRESOLVED
MYSTERY
(1MS12CS084)
Life.it is not as simple as it sounds. It starts even
before you enter this world. Even to enter this world,
you have to race against millions of sperm and if you
are lucky you will get a chance to visit this world.
This is the moment when your life starts and exist till
you die. Life is not just about birth, growing up and
then one day leaving this world. Its about how you
live your life.
Life is not fair. The every person you are going to
meet will not be nice to you. Somepeople will be
there just because they need something from you.
If you are not careful in choosing people, you will
be exploited, demotivated and they will drag you to
their level and destroy you. People would be jealous
about you and will always try to break you but there
will also be somepeople who will always be there
for you, who can give life for you, who can sacrifice
anything to see a beautiful smile on you and you got
to make them stay in your life forever because in
this heartless world you are not going to meet many
such selfless good people. Dont waste time and
your efforts on someone who does not care about
you. They are not worthy enough to worry. But still
I will tell you, life is beautiful and its worth living no
matter how tough it gets. We are lucky that we are
born as human and got a chance to be part of this
great human legacy who can think. Life changes, it
is not same for everyone and everytime. Sometimes
it would be rough and sometimes it would be very
easy going. Each event that happens in our life has a
reason and we should learn from it. Each thing that
happens to us, each person we meet influence our
life and create path for our future life. It gives us

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experience and becomes part of our little life. You
never know when life is going to surprise you. You
never know what will happen to you the very next
moment and this is the biggest mystery of this life
and dont dare to solve it.
Every step we take it takes us little further towards
the ultimate goal of our life. Life is a journey and we
meet many people, learn a lot from them. We face a
lot of trouble and one who face it happily is the one
who know the real meaning of life because everyone
can live in good time but the real test of person
happen when they face hard time. No matter how
much we try to make it comfortable, it will show its
true colour of variation and the best part is it does
not discriminate on the basis of these stupid caste
and religion which our great human races does. It
tests everyone and shows them the real you. So, I
will say keep calm and enjoy life because its so real
and beautiful if we could see with open heart and
eyes. Dont waste your life on these stupid and crapy
social network site where you spend some part of life
to someone whom you do not know, because life is
more than these likes, comment, status Etc.
Love the life the way it is and dont complain,
otherwise you would never be happy. Wherever
you are you are there because you are meant to be
there and you have a purpose. I bet it will give you
chance to taste everything, to see every side of it and
it totally depends on you whether you embrace it or
miss it. Dont regret ,do what your heart says and
live each day as it is you last day because we never
know what would happen to us and whether we
would be lucky enough to be born again as human.

IS SOOT THE CULPRIT BEHIND

MELTING HIMALAYAN GLACIERS?

Mrs. Sini Anna Alex

Assistant Professor,
Dept. Of CSE, MSRIT
The Himalaya Mountain region is warming up
three to five times faster than the global trends
or about half a degree Celsius per decadeand
many of its glaciers are rapidly losing mass.
Greenhouse gases alone cannot explain this
warming, however, and several new studies are

pointing to an old form of pollution: soot.

A thick cloud of soot covers most of India,
produced in part by millions of small cooking
stoves, which typically burn wood. Soot, also
known as black carbon, is made of particles less
than a micron wide resulting from incomplete,
inefficient combustion. (A micron is one millionth
of a meter.) Globally, soot from sources such as
forest fires and power stations is considered
a major contributor to climate. The particles
linger in the air, where they absorb sunlight and
contribute to warming the atmosphere; they may
also affect cloud formation and precipitation.
But soot also eventually falls to the ground.
When it lands on snow it can significantly
darken it, so that glaciers absorb more sunlight
and are warmed.
Using data from an international atmospheric
observatory in Nepal,Teppei Yasunari of the
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Md., and his colleagues estimated the amount
of soot that falls on a typical Himalayan glacier.
The teams computer simulations suggested
that the soot can cause a decrease of between
1.6 and 4.1 percent in the glaciers albedoa
measure of its sunlight-reflecting whiteness
and that the resulting heating can cause up to
a 24 percent increase in the annual snowmelt,
Yasunari reported here Monday at a meeting
of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The
team made conservative assumptions when
estimating the albedo reduction, Yasunari
said, neglecting other potentially important
factors. Dust deposition, snow algae, wind and
turbulence could bring further reductions, he
said.
Soot has already been implicated in the melting
of the polar ice caps, and heating of the
atmosphere over India was directly measured
in 2007 by Veerabhadran Ramanathan of the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the
University of California, San Diego, and his

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colleagues. In that study the researchers also

used a climate simulation to show that the soot
could help melt the mountain ranges glaciers.

DONT LIMIT YOUR

CHALLENGES, CHALLENGE
YOUR LIMITS:
Chethan C T
Asst.Professor, CSE MSRIT
9008365087
cctchethan@msrit.edu

Who doesnt love challenges in life? Everyone

does. Life is all about challenges which help us
to unleash our true potential. Challenges are
in a way the best mechanism to expand our
competency, which helps to think holistically and
to have comprehensive, sustainable solutions
Challenges in a way empower us to be a solution
finder and also make us self sustained individuals
which results in not seeking for solutions from
others but we restrict it to just seek a opinion.
In certain case finding a temporary solution
is just like creating more problems in the near
future. Also we have to remind ourselves finding
solutions doesnt mean that we have to move
away the problem, but few such faulty theory
have been floated, which in a way encourages
us to move away from the problem but it doesnt
in any way guarantee the solutions but the
problem persist. Before working towards the
solution we should know in what way its going
to hamper the growth and also what would be
the reward it offers if we nullify it so for that we
should know the in and out the problem and
later we should eliminate the root cause of the
problem and also to break the association of
many elements which has got potential to cause
the problem.
Mr. M K Gandhi faced the difficulty in

articulating the case draft in English in spite of

being a lawyer and completed his graduation
and internship abroad but he wasnt undeterred
by the difficulty that inadequacy throws at him.
He took the challenge with a high spirit and
went on to become a known lawyer and one of
the well known English Orator of all times.
By the way we are the trouble makers and in a
way trouble shooters. Lets not do all the action
with being So conscious of the outcomes, lets
stick on to giving best at any situation which
eventually leads to Better Outcome than
desired/expected with this we can conclude
success is the by product,Satisfaction is what
we strive for in any action.

Even in this pursuit if we fail to come with the

concrete and feasible solution for few of the
problems, At least we can find Quantum of
Solace in the journey to find the solutions. Just
if you find a solution for a problem it doesnt
mean everything is in order, life keeps offering
many more challenges. It goes on whether you
find solution or not, So there is no definite end
for this pursuit.
So, have the open mind set when challenges hits
you I would quote Barb Januszkiewics(US Artist)
Being open to new ideas, new opportunities and
new challenges will keep you young and thinking
like an artist. As we grow up slowly we play less
with our imagination and dreams. We expect
the youth to be more adventurous and as we
mature we take less risks. As my goal today is to
play, just play and play some more.
If you still love challenges, than its time for
us to shed victimhood syndrome towards the
problems/challenges life offers to us. Lets not
run away from the challenges instead run over
them. We all know that, umbrella cant stop
the Rain But can make us stand in the Rain
.Confidence may not bring success but gives
power to face any challenges.

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A PROGRAMMERS NULL
AND A PHILOSOPHERS
NIHILISM

languages have used null, nil and nothing in

their syntax to signify a data abstraction of
something unassigned.
The interesting question here is how null has its
deep roots embedded in nihilistic philosophies
and how the same can be used to answer the
dilemmas technology faces today or will face in
the future.

Name: - Sourav Roy

USN: - Alumni (Hindi poet and translator. Author
of 3 books. Working as vernacular editor
at Your Story.)
Dept :- Information Science and Engineering
Being software engineers, we use null as a
value that is unavailable, unassigned, unknown,
or inapplicable. It is neither a zero nor a
blank space. A database designer uses a null
to indicate a data value that does not exist
in the database. A programmer uses a null
pointer for an uninitialized, undefined, empty
or meaningless value. Since a huge amount
of space and memory is wasted in blank and
unassigned variables, some futurists claim that
a null reference is probably the worst mistake
made in programming. I will argue otherwise.
The origin of the word null is not completely
known. It is believed that the word is derived
from the Latin word nullus, which is further a
combination of the words ne and ullus meaning
not and any respectively. There is also an
argument that the word null is derived from the
Latin word nihil which means nothing. If we
take the utilitarian path here, null seems closer
to nil than signify the negation of anything. The
origin or significance of null, however is not the
primary question, since different programming

Nihilism suggests the negation of one or more

reputedly meaningful aspects of life. Or in
simple words, Nihilism says that it is wrong to
say something exists. This is similar to leaving
a value unassigned in a database or leaving a
variable uninitialized in a computer program.
I had argued in an old article that software is
progressively replicating the real world and will
continue to do so, until at a point it will surpass
the capabilities of real world. Then, the next
moral ambiguity that we as programmers will
face is not what is to be done, but what should
not be done with the power we will have at
hand. The moral threads of nihilism may have
an answer to such dilemmas.

Nihilism, when looked at as a rejection of such

meaning or meta-narrative seems to be in many
ways similar to Buddhism. While Buddhism is
much more deep, profound (and confusing),
its rejection of despair and desire follows
the tetralemma which boils down to a logical
construct something like

1.
It is incorrect to say something exists. X
(affirmation)
2. It is incorrect to say that something does not
exist. X (negation)
3.
It is incorrect to say that something both
exists and does not exist. XX (both)
4. It is incorrect to say that something neither
exists nor does not exist. (XX) (neither)

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It is quite obvious that if we stop our argument

at the first step, we reach nihilism. Buddhism
on the other hand rejects nihilism as well as
relativism in the aforementioned subsequent
steps. There is a general belief that nihilism
breeds alienation and that this alienation is
dangerous for society in general. While this fear
of nihilism is quite widespread, let me construct
a counter-argument here.
Unlike Buddhism, Nihilistic rejection is not
the general rejection of everything. Nihilism,
similar to the other prominent philosophies
which were born and became important in the
nineteenth century like Marxism, Freudianism
and Darwinism is strongly based on critical
thinking and an objective scientific analysis of
the question at hand. Like the null value in a
database or the null assigned to a variable in a
computer program, a nihilist experiences much
greater flexibility and freedom of thought. He
is not only at a higher state of thinking; he is
at a higher state of being. A nihilist does not
close your eyes. Instead, it enables greater
far sightedness. No wonder Camus Rebel and
Nietzsches Superman are both nihilists.
One might argue that technology is already a
nihilist product, since in itself, it has no value, it
is amoral. It is given meaning by how it is used
as the superhumans actions are given value
by others. The thought of using technology to
reveal loopholes either in society or in science
is already prevalent. But then the question
arises of where we limit it and since such a
question arises, technology cannot have a freewill. Null is the closest technology has come in
terms of dealing with abstractions. Every other
advancement has been based on algorithms
but when it came to abstractions, technology
is limited and may well remain so. The problem
centres on null being perceived negatively.
It must be noted here that never before in

history have human lives changed so drastically

and profoundly by science and technology. In
modern times, the ones to possess the deepest
understanding of nature and the human
condition are the scientists and technocrats;
not politicians, philosophers, businessmen
or economists. While science is intrinsically
nihilistic, technology is not. Stephen Hawking
had once said that The human race is just a
chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet,
orbiting around a very average star in the outer
suburb of one among hundreds of billions of
galaxies. A general consensus among scientists
is that human life is meaningless. To the question
Where am I going?, the scientist will reply, To
oblivion. To nonexistence.
Technology on the other hand, is not merely
means. Some argue that technology is merely a
tool. I believe technology is also a philosophy in
itself. According to Heidegger, technology is a
way of revealing. Technology, unlike science, is
short sighted, and because of this very nature,
it tries to seek meaning in everything. Null is the
most common entity across databases. Calling
it a mistake is an affirmation to this fallacy. The
loopholes in a computer program is revealed
through null. Similarly the loopholes in a society
is revealed when seen through through the
nihilist lens. Handling null being considered
dangerous in programming circuits is similar to
how nihilism is seen in the world we live in after
world war two.
However, based on the argument that the
future of our world will be determined not by
what technology does, but by what we stop
technology from doing bringing back the
nihilist perspective into technology the birth
of a rebel or the rise of a superman is very
important.

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INDIA GLOBAL SOLAR

LEADER

Name: -
Dr.A.Mahalakshmi
D
esignation: - Associate Professor
Department: - MBA Department
We the proud to be the citizens of Mother India,
are blessed with abundant solar energy potential
which is practically limitless. The daily average
solar energy radiation over India varies from 4 to
7 KWh/m2 with around annual sunshine of 2600
to 3200 hours and is able to fulfill ever growing
energy needs. Solar energy is non-polluting,
lessening the greenhouse effect and provides
sustainable energy future resulting in reduction of
carbon emissions.
This article is to create an awareness of availability
of Solar Home Systems (SHS) enabling every
household to cut down electricity and water bills.
Bangalore is the first city in India to adopt an
incentive mechanism by providing a rebate of Rs.50
on monthly electricity bills for residents using rooftop thermal systems. Solar home systems (SHS)
include a solar panel, battery, lights as well as a cell
phone charger and helps in lighting, powering fans
and television sets and charging mobile devices
and other electrical equipments. The SHS systems
are available in different sizes to meet differing
needs of households. The largest system energizes
multiple lights, televisions, laptops, refrigerators
and charges even ten mobiles simultaneously.
Today, around 400 million people in India have no
access to electricity. Several solar power projects
have been initiated by the central and state

governments to electrify our dark rural villages

and also to make cities ever illuminated. The State
government of Gujarat has launched a roof-top
solar power generation scheme with a vision of
making Gandhinagar a solar city and has installed
solar panels on about 50 state government
buildings and on 500 private buildings. The state
owns Asias biggest solar park which has been
awarded as the most innovative and environmentfriendly project by Confederation of Indian
Industry. A 4000MW Ultra Mega Green Solar
Power Project (UMPP) being built in Rajasthan
would be the worlds largest solar power plant.
At present, the Welspun Solar MP project on 305
hectares of land is the largest solar power plant
in India. The Mysore City Corporation and Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation have plans to install solar
power plants.
The worlds largest solar steam system owned
by Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust is used to cook
50,000 meals per day resulting in annual savings
of 1,00,000 kg of cooking gas. Thus solar power
being independent of electricity grid and diesel,
ensures regular energy supply and save electricity
and water bills.
Let us participate in this energy transition effort
by installing SHS and make India a Global Solar
Leader.

LIFE A GAME OF CHESS

Name : SHRADDHA G S
USN : 1MS13ML050
Semester : FOURTH
Department : MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
Life is weird. It gives us things that we have
never asked for. We are prepared for a life
which we have never ever dreamt of and finally
when we reach a particular stage it takes back
the things it had given us before.
Life is a game of chess. Here, each one of us is
playing separate chess games. However, one

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player (self) remains constant at any point in

time. It is only the opponent who keeps changing
after each round of play. The sum total of all
rounds gives us the final result of our game of
chess. It doesnt matter how many rounds weve
won or lost. The final result of our life depends
on what we have learnt from each round of chess
played. The opponents\situations we face in our
game may be same / different in each round of
play. Whatever may be the case, the game has
to be played as long as our breath resides in us.
We are the king of our game and various
other people in our lives act as different
pawns (soldiers, elephants, camel, and queen)
depending on our priorities. With the help of
these pawns, the king progresses in every round
and with the increase in the number of rounds,
we elevate onto higher stages of life. At the end
of each round, we would have lost a few pawns
(e.g.; dead soldiers) and also retained some. The
ones we have lost are replaced by new ones as
we move to the next round. So now, some faces
are similar while others are brand new. Yet, it is
the same game and we should move on without
wasting much time on the pawns lost in our
previous rounds. Practice makes man perfect.
By the time we reach the last round, we would
have definitely gained a lot more experience
than we had in our first round. By the end, we
(king) would have died or survived a number of
times. In this way, we lead a series of lives by
dying and taking rebirths in one life itself.
Sometimes, some pawns are retained till the
final round. It all depends on how we choose to
move our pawns and play our game. Its only the
treasured and deserving ones who remain with
us till the end.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Name: Murali.T.R
USN: 1MS13MBA49
Department: MBA
You might be listening to news, reading newspaper
or magazine, you would have gone through
incidents and accidents with women in India.
While any other article on womens empowerment
in India will take a look at our rich heritage and
enlightened societies of the past where women
were treated as equals, the concept of India
itself evolved quite recently, relative to the sum
of its parts histories. But the TRUTH is that in
the modern India, the woman has always been a
second grade citizen, no matter what its esteemed
leaders have said or done.It is hard to fathom how
slow moving the cultural exchange of the world
is when you find out that there are several places
across the country where harmful customs of the
ancient world coexist with modern appliances and
thought. However that may come as hardly any
surprise to anyone who has lived in India the
dichotomy of society is something that can only
be explained by a refrain from an old Bollywood
song: It happens only in India!
Yes, it is only in India that glaring and brutal gang
rapes occur frequently in a state that is headed
by a woman Chief Minister. Gender discrimination
is the least of worries for women in India, known
otherwise as the fourth most dangerous country in
the world for women. Other instances of violence
against women has an astonishing and grim variety
to it with acid throwing, domestic violence

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stemming out of dowry, rape, harassment and an

assortment of others.There are several challenges
that are currently plaguing the issues of womens
rights in India. A few of these challenges are
presented below. While a lot of these are redundant
and quite basic issues faced across the country,
these are contributory causes to the overarching
status of women in India. Targeting these issues
will directly benefit the empowerment of women
in India.India as a country is still recovering from
years of abuse in the time of the Raj and more years
of economic suffering at the hands of the License
Raj. It is only now that globalisation, liberalisation
and other socio-economic forces have given some
respite to a large proportion of the population.
However, there are still quite a few areas where
women empowerment in India is largely lacking.
To truly understand what women empowerment
is, there needs to be a sea-change in the mind-set
of the people in the country. Not just the women
themselves, but the men have to wake up to a
world that is moving towards equality and equity.
It is better that this is embraced earlier rather
than later, for our own good.Swami Vivekananda
once said arise awake and stop not until the
goal is reached. Thus our country should thus be
catapulted into the horizon of empowerment of
women and revel in its glory.
We have a long way to go, but we will get there
someday. We shall overcome. We shall empower,
enable and emerge the women of this country.

KNOCKING ON
HEAVENS DOOR:
Shristi Singh

VIII Semester
Department of Biotechnology

The child opened her eyes, a toothless smile

spread across her face as she raised her tiny
hands indicating to be cuddled. But her parents
faces bore no smile as their daughter begged for
their attention. As the girl grew into a beautiful
teen, her parents showed her the importance of

obeying her brothers and persevering through

pain. She asked the reason for discrimination
and why her brothers were never fashioned on
a similar routine and her parents hushed her
saying that a GIRL did not deserve the right to
ask such questions.
In this age of advancing fights over women
empowerment and women rights, many of us
fail to see that the Men who inflict pain describe
Women as the weaker sex. Such a paradigm has
been followed consistently biasing women as the
lighter end of a balance. But instead of blaming
the entire male community as the culprit under
such circumstances, a few existing principles
of society require improvements for a further
illuminated future.
As part of the current society, we are fully
aware of the crimes against women, Rape and
Domestic Violence being the most prominent
among them. Laws are being formulated for a
severe punishment but the numbers of cases
recorded on an average are at an all-time high.
So what can us, members of the society do to
stop such atrocities?
Firstly, the portrayal of Man as an individual
who is not allowed to release his emotional fare
by crying needs to be stopped. Boys should be
encouraged to release their emotional stress and
they should not be portrayed non-masculine if
they cry. If boys are encouraged to cry when
they are hurt, they would accept their emotional
side in a beneficial manner. They would not seek
release by physically hurting someone like their
wives or daughters.
Secondly, the notion of a girl doing household
chores and serving the men of the house requires
to be toned down. When such notions are
implanted in the men of a household, through
the course of time they become dependent on
such treatment. Any deviation from it would

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cause them to believe that the girl is retaliating

and requires to be taught a lesson. The girls are
also molded in a similar fashion and they are
scared to lift a finger against any injustice done
towards them.
Thirdly, the over excessive rules of society
should not be enforced on girls. A girl should
not be expected to look a certain way or dress
a certain way. She should not be forced into
doing something that is not to her liking. Every
individual has a right to dress the way they deem
fit. If someone is afraid that certain styles cross
a certain decency line, they require a change
in their thinking. A girl knows how to protect
herself and her dignity hence complete and
utter trust in her choices should be concrete.
Sometimes, parents do fret over such decisions
but they should not worry and teach the society
that a girl has the freedom of choice similar
to a boy with no discrimination. In this way, a
girl would build her confidence and achieve a
greater status making parents believe that a girl,
if given a chance, can achieve her dream in a big
manner making her parents proud.
Lastly, the blame game on every man present
in the society has to stop. Instead, we can
come together and try to build certain rules
and regulations which benefit every man and
woman. Access to the internet does not remain
as a commodity today, so we can share some
of the stories that we have experienced and
seek help in every which way. The society has
to understand that any crime against a woman
is not her fault and she is not the one to be
treated like a criminal. Bullying, sexual assault
and domestic violence are not a womans fault.
We can definitely hear each others stories
and provide support to the ones suffering
from such pain because an individual requires
communication and should believe that they
are a part of the society instead of shutting
themselves off. Such crimes can be committed
against men too. They should also speak about

it and let everyone know that their pride and

confidence hasnt been depleted by such
incidents. To ensure that people come forward
with their pains, the society needs to develop
a broader view and shouldnt judge. Instead,
people need to accept and help in building up
the confidence of every person who is living.

PROTEINS-THE WONDER
MOLECULES
Dr. Sravanti V.
sravanti@msrit.edu
All of us are familiar with the word Protein. Today
Protein is a household term as it has become an
indispensable component of our consumables
like health supplements, cosmetics, detergents,
textiles and medication. Whether we know
enough chemistry and biology to comprehend
it or not we still think it is healthy and safe to
use consumables with protein ingredients. If
you love silk outfits you should be aware that
silk is a natural protein fiber produced by the
mulberry silk worm. Today Mehndi (Henna)
decoration is an integral part of our culture.
The beautiful colouration is produced when the
skin/hair protein, Keratin, interacts with the
pigment Lawsone in Henna extracts. Proteins
are vital for our existence and are nicknamed as
Workhorse of cells
Cells are the basic unit of life and water
constitutes 99% of our cellular molecules. The
sole 1% is composed of biomolecules namely;
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
Proteins are the most abundant biomolecules
and surprisingly more abundant than the blue
print of life; DNA itself. It is estimated that the
human body has more than 100,000 proteins.
Even small organisms like bacteria have an
astounding number, like 2000-3000 different
kinds of proteins within a minute cell of 2-5m
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Proteins are ubiquitous biomolecules found in

bacteria, plants, animals and even viruses. From
cell division to cell death, proteins play a critical
role in all the biochemical processes. Cell division
and cell cycle are stringently controlled by
proteins called Cyclins. They act as check points
and regulate the cell cycle. p53 is also a cell cycle
regulatory protein and is a tumor suppressant
involved in preventing cancer. Therefore p53 is
a very sort after protein for cancer therapy.
Several proteins have regulatory functions
as well. The protein Haemoglobin, present
in our RBCs performs the vital function of
transporting oxygen throughout the body.
Myoglobin, a protein belonging to the same
family as Haemoglobin binds and stores oxygen
in the muscle tissue. Calmodulin protein binds
calcium, Transferrin and Ferritin binds iron and
aid in the intake of nutrients. The transmission
of nerve impulse along the nerve cells involves
the role of gated-ion channels like the sodium
and potassium channel, which are regulated by
specialized proteins. Impaired functioning of
ion-channels is observed in serious disorders
like Cystic fibrosis which is characterized by
abnormal transport of sodium and potassium
across the membrane leading to viscous
secretions in the lung and pancreas. Structural
proteins like Collagen provide strength and
flexibility to the bones, tendon, skin, ligaments,
blood vessels, cornea and other fibrous tissue.
Proteins are the key players during the
transmission of visual, tactile, acoustic and
chemical stimuli by the sense organs. The
protein Rhodopsin present in the rod cells
of our eye is photosensitive and changes
conformation when light is impinged. This
change in chemical structure leads to a series
of chemical reactions which are transmitted as
an impulse and thus provides vision to humans.
While the information from the external world
is transmitted to the internal world through

sense organs, the internal chemical messengers

are the hormones. Altered levels of protein
hormone, Insulin in the body leads to Diabetes
mellitus. Thus proteins also regulate several
metabolic pathways.
International tourists are often jet-lagged and
their body is soar with long hours of journey.
Jet-lag occurs because your biological clock or
circadian rhythm needs to adapt to the change
in day-night schedule. Recent research has shed
light on a light-sensitive protein called CRY
(cryptochrome) which is an important member
of circadian rhythm. On the other hand, pain
and inflammation are due to the activity of an
enzyme COX-2 (Cyclo Oxygenase). Most of the
pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs target
and inhibit COX-2 enzyme to provide relief from
pain. Our body also produces several proteins
called Immunoglobulins or Antibodies for self
defense from disease causing organisms.
It is amazing that several animals and plants
adapt to the extreme cold conditions in
the Arctic, Antarctic region and the marine
organisms do not freeze to death even at subzero
temperatures. This is because, Anti freeze
protein (AFP) and Antifreeze Glycoproteins
(AFGPs) are produced by these organisms which
inhibits ice growth and prevents the freezing
of organisms. The beautiful green colour of
the Jelly fish and glow of Fire fly are the magic
of proteins itself. In case of Fire fly a small
molecule Luciferin is oxidized in the presence of
Luciferase protein which catalysis the formation
of a bright yellow compound. The Jelly fish
have a naturally fluorescent protein called GFP
(Green Fluorescent Protein) which provides the
biofluorescence to the organism.
The proteins discussed here are only a speck
in the vast protein world. The protein world
is growing continuously as newer and newer

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proteins are being discovered. Today Protein

Engineering & modeling has taken a leap forward
in the Pharmaceutical industry, Biomaterials &
Polymer industry, Food & Agricultural industries.
Let us wait and watch as proteins might hold the
key to unravel several biological mysteries and
might also aid in alleviating problems related to
health, agriculture and energy.

IS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
A CONCERN?
Dr. P. DHAMODHAR
Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Antibiotics are powerful medicines with one very
important job: to fight disease-causing bacteria.
These antibiotics, when used properly, can save
lives.During the 1940s and 1950s antibiotics
were extremely effective. By the 1970s the
World was awash with antibiotics.The clinical
success of antibiotics led toincreasing efforts
to discover new antibiotics, modification of
existing drugs, and development of antibiotics
with broader spectra.
The antibiotics were (and still are) widely being
prescribed, often for medical conditions that
did not require them led to the development
of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistant
bacteria are bacteria that mutate and are able to
resist the antibiotics that are meant to kill them.
This is a normal process speeded up by the
overuse and misuse of antibiotics.Effort is now
targeted towards overcoming strains resistant
to current antibiotics.
Why Antibiotic Resistance is a Concern?
Microorganisms, predominantly bacteria, are

becoming resistant to one or more classes

of antimicrobial agents. The evolution of
resistant strains is a natural phenomenon that
happens when microorganisms are exposed to
antimicrobial drugs, and resistant traits can be
exchanged between certain types of bacteria. The
misuse of antimicrobial medicines accelerates
this natural phenomenon. Although the names of
certain multi drug resistant organisms describe
resistance to only one agent (e.g., MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus,
VRE- Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus),
these pathogens are frequently resistant to
most available antimicrobial agents. These
resistant organisms are becoming common and
poor infection control practices, encourages the
spread of antibiotic resistance.
Antibiotic resistance results in treatment failure
and increased mortality and cost. Resistance
will continue to worsen if not addressed.
Persons infected with drug-resistant organisms
are more likely to have longer hospital stays and
require treatment with second- or third-choice
drugs that may be less effective, more toxic,
and/or more expensive. Additionally there
are no antibiotics on the immediate horizon
with activity against these multi-drug resistant
pathogens.This is a major concern because
a resistant infection may kill, can spread to
others, and imposes huge costs to individuals
and society.

Conclusion

Antibiotics are powerful medicines, but
theyre not always the answer!

Misusing antibiotics now means they may
not work when needed later to fight a bacterial
infection.

Take as directed and finish the full
prescription even if you are feeling better.

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Help antibiotics to do their job and prevent

antibiotic resistance.

We all need to play a role to help keep
antibiotics working!

EXTREMITIES ARE
THE ONES THAT COUNT
Name: - Chinmay Hegde
USN: - Alumni (mchinmay@live.com)
Department: - Information Science and
Engineering

Right from my childhood, I have always wanted

the best things I see around, to be mine. I
remember the time when the most sophisticated
and the costliest compass-box came into our
villages only shop, when I somehow convinced
my Mom and Dad to buy me the single piece
available before anyone else goes and grabs it
(I was just 7 years old then and all I knew using
was the pencil in that box). In school I always
was the first to class and in the rare times when
I was second or third, it used to hurt me real
bad. Even my teenage crushes were two of the
hottest girls in my class and in no way I saw
them out of my league! And even today, I just
walked into a Croma Store and I spent half an
hour with HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3 to
finally say, Damn Im going to buy one of these!
So from the beginning, I always wanted the best,
and anything second made me feel defeated and
worthless.
This attitude of mine gave me a life with a lot of
extremities to cope up with: both sweet success
and deep doom. But one thing I learnt from
everything I did and everything I got was that
mediocre life wont be remembered for a long
time. When you look back, you see only the
extremities that stand tall, be it good or bad.
Good ones bring smile on your face, and the bad
have made you strong and taught you lessons.
About an year ago- in July 2011, my life was
absolutely different from the one that Im living
now. I was desperate, hopeless and clueless of
what to do to get things right on my way. Then

I used to work for a Software Start-up as an

Intern. Not just because I needed to build up my
resume for the campus placements that were
about to begin, but because I was ashamed of
myself. I once used to be the Numero Uno and
popular of sorts and I suddenly had realized
that it was all lost at once. I didnt have an
achievement to boast about since a long time,
and it kept bothering me. So this Internship was
also a kind of hibernation for me, that I chose
to escape from the world that was going all
against me. I deliberately did it the hardest way,
staying all alone in the backroom of a diagnostic
lab in Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (where most
things smelled shit and rotten beef) for about
2 months. It was kind of a self punishment.
Not because I like to (nobody would), but that
I believe in spare the rod spoil the child. To its
meaning, things changed after that. What I did
in those tough two months came to my rescue
in the interviews. For whats even more, the girl
I dreamed about for years finally came into my
life. And now Im writing this, with a feeling of
peace and an air of complete happiness around
me.
So, things change and the good times always
come by our way sooner or later. Its just the
extra minute we need to hold on when we are
caught in trouble or in distress. Extremities
again, always make the life so delightful to live
in. Positive ones for obvious reasons, and the
negative ones by teaching us how to achieve
positive extremities more and more.

IT IS TIME FOR THE C

OMPUTERS TO GO
GREEN TOO
Name: - Priyanka C R Murthy,
USN: - 1MS11IS080
Semester: - VIII B
Department: - Information Science and
Engineering

As we all know that the world faces the threat

of global warming and environmental disasters,
initial steps towards environment friendly use
of computers came in the form of energy star

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.This was the label born under the aegis of

EPA(Environmental Protection Agency)of US . It
sparked of other such initiatives and ultimately
led to the concept known as green computing.
This in the simplest words means using
computers responsibly. This responsibility is not
limited to the practice of using energy efficient
computer hardware, but also includes proper
disposal of hazardous e-waste. It is thus an
ideology and a mindset that energy user should
incorporate.
The cost of neglecting this responsibility would
be very high indeed. For example
1.
Manufacturing
a
typical
desktop
computers creates 63kg of waste and 22kg
of hazardous materials.
2.
Computers and other electronic devices

consume 74 billion KW of electricity per
year, which is equivalent to annual electricity
consumption of 7 million households.
Energy efficient computing
Here are some tested suggestions that may make
it possible for you to reduce your computer
energy consumption by 80% or more while still
retaining most productivity and other benefits
of your computer system.

Thanks to EPA , personal computer systems

purchased today can be easy on energy. These
energy star computers and monitors can be
programmed to automatically power down to
a low power state when they are not being used.
These efficiency gains can be achieved without
any sacrifice in computing performance.
Some specific suggestions:

Unless you require immediate access to
e-mail or other internet services, break the

habit of turning on all your computer
equipment as soon as you enter the office
each day.
If practical, informally group your computer
activities and try to do then during one or
two parts of the day, leaving the computer off
at other times.
Avoid using the switch on a power-strip in
turn on all your equipment.

If you use a laser printer, dont turn your
printer on until you are ready to print.
Turn off your entire computer system or at
least your monitor and printer when you go
to lunch or will be out office for a meeting .
For computer server which must be on to
server network functions, explore ways to turn

servers off at night. If monitors are not
needed for servers to operate, keep server
monitors off. If server monitor is needed during

the day, at least turn it off at night and
weekends.

Screen savers save no energy

If screen saver images appear on your monitor
for more than 4 minutes , you are wasting
energy! Screen saver programs may save the
phosphors in your monitor screen, but this is not
really a concern with newer monitors especially
LCD screens. And they do not save any energy.
It displays moving objects/images which causes
your monitor to consume as much as electricity
as it does when in active use.
Enable power management features

So let us all say together, It is the time for

computers to go GREEN too
Reducing paper waste
Rather than creating a paperless office, computer
use has vastly increased paper consumption
and paper waste.
Here are some suggestions for reducing paper
waste:
Recycle waste paper
Use e-mail instead of taxes

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On larger documents use small font size to

save papers
If your printer prints a test page whenever it
is turned on, disable this

unnecessary feature
Print as little as possible. Review and modify
documents on screen and use print preview

Minimize the number of hard copies and
paper drafts you make. Instead of

printing save information to disks
Green computing is more about understanding
ones responsibility and state of mind. It
would be senseless to blame technology for
environmental degradation, as some people are
prone to do.
As Robert Orban said,
to err is human but to blame it on computers is
even more so
Courtesy : Electronics for you

A MATTER OF CHOICE
Nikhita Jayakumar
CSE , 3rd year
The ocean; A blue sapphire so deep in its color
that u cant decide what color it could be. The
light played along the surface of the water,
sparkling as if the stars bowed down to them in
awe. The sun holds the water in its warmth and
caresses it. The gentleness of the ocean breeze,
running through my hair.
The yacht was adrift the Pacific Ocean. I leaned
over and saw my reflection in those waters,
glimpsing back and forth at me. I looked away,
as to avoid what I have become. I look back,
trying to search for the person I once knew, to
pull through to the other side. Guide me into the
light, so that I could surrender and be set free.
The weight in my heart had heavily wounded

me. It needed to be turned into what I once

called friendship and love.
I hold my breath, look at my reflection bobbing
up and down beside me; calling me to be a part
of it. To be what we once were, brothers of one
body and soul.
I jump into the water below and everything
becomes quiet, still as night. And I felt being
pulled into the deep.
I was quite intrigued, by how the water made
me feel. It made me a free person. My worries
were past me by now. I let the water guide me.
I was entering a stage of hypnotic bliss, almost
trance like. Where I felt nothing but, pure love.
I felt one with myself, my body and soul joined
hands.
It was time to let myself be who I truly was.
But then I felt a sudden jerk, pulling at me. I
began feeling light, as light as the clouds floating
above. I opened my eyes and looked through
the water.
I saw a distant white image, a blurry image of
ME. My other side. It called me, with open arms;
it told me to choose my path.
I could swim back to the surface and be a part
of the materialistic world above. I could live that
way, but with a heavy heart.
I smiled and laid back. The water pulled me into
the infinite abyss.
I had made my decision.
I began to swim as far as I could, I was tired
but I had to go on. The beautiful ocean was
breathtaking. I felt more content and happier
here.

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EXTREME ENGINEERING

Name: - VEERESH
USN: - 1MS12CV135
Sem : - VI(C SEC)
Dept :- CIVIL

It is said that BEHIND EVERY CREATION THERE

IS A PURPOSE and the creation becomes perfect
only when it fulfills the purpose for which it was
created and designed , same applies to the civil
engineering structures also as they stand as
proof of ones intelligence and skill.
One such structure which marks the exhibition
of the smart engineering skills and unsolvable
mysteries is the JAGGANATH TEMPLE of Puri,
Orissa
1. The flag atop the temple always flaps in the
opposite direction of air.
2. From any place in Puri you will always find

the Sudarshan Charka (Charka at top of
Temple) facing you.
3. Normally during day-time, air comes from sea

to land & during evening, the vice-versa
occurs. But in Puri its totally opposite
4. No bird or planes fly above the temple.
5. The shadow of the main dome is invisible at
any time of the day.
6. The quantity of cooked food inside the Temple
remains same for the entire year. But that

same quantity of Prasadam can feed few

thousand people & 20 lakh people, Still it
wont get wasted

7. In the Temple kitchen, 7 pots are kept one on

top of another and cooked on firewood. In
this process the contents in the top pot get
cooked first & then the bottom one.
8. After entering from Singhadwaras first step
(from inside of the Temple), you cannot hear
any sound produced by the ocean. But, when
you cross the same step (from outside of the
Temple) you can hear it. This can be noticed
clearly during evening.
The temple is located at a distance of 60km from
Bhubaneswar on the coast of Bay of Bengal, the
credit for laying the foundation of jagganath
temple goes to Kalinga ruler Raja Ananta
Varman Chodaganga Dev, the temple possess
some of the great architectural splendor and
unsolvable mysteries which are as follows:
The next monument is one which has seen many
generation and other structures falling before
it , but it never shook even for inches till date,
representing the intelligence of the engineers
who were involved in raising it, it is none other
than THE INCA CIVILIZATION MONUMENTS
of machu pichu in Peru,
The monuments of Inca Civilization were
designed in such way that the structures would
withstand against all sort of odds such as heavy
rainfall ,cyclones ,high magnitude earthquakes
and many other calamities, all this was
possible due to one common thing which INCA
CIVILIZATION engineers had in all the buildings
which they had built, it is TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPE.
The trapezoid shape recurs constantly
throughout Incan culture -- in particular in their
architecture. Doors and windows in temples
and fortresses were trapezoidal in shape, and
anthropologists have questioned the symbolism
of this shape.
The trapezoid is an extremely stable shape.
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and unmovable, but stones cut in this shape are

structurally more stable than rectangles and some
squares. Given that the Incan Empire ran through
the Andes in a known seismic zone, it is highly
likely that Incan architects learned over time that
trapezoids provided extreme stability in times of
earthquake. In fact, a trapezoidal door is much
more seismically sound that the traditional 8 foot
rectangular door found in most of the homes.
The Inca developed this technique to the highest
point. The large stones were cut to interlock like a
jigsaw puzzle. They were shaped so precisely that
no mortar is necessary. This was done with harder
rocks. Original walls were built in interlocking
trapezoids, the wall was built of regular rows of
`identical bricks,
In order to conserve and protect the buildings
UNESCO had reconstructed some portions of the
monuments but during an earthquake at Ecuador
in 2007, the reconstruction collapsed and the 700
year old pre-Inca wall still stands.
By deliberating deeply onto the structures of
Inca civilization one can possibly make solutions
to the various structures built in the earthquake
prone areas and increase the safety levels of the
buildings considerably.

WHY PETS ARE YOUR

BEST COMPANIONS..

Name: -

VENKATAPAVANI PALLAVI P

USN: -

1MS11ML063

Semester: - 8THSEMESTER
Dept: -

MEDICAL ELECTRONICS

Any kids childhood is incomplete without Mickey

Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, ScoobyDoo, Tweety, Timon, Piglet, Sylvester, Droopy,
Garfield, Stuart Little and of course the villain
Mojo-Jojo, the list is endless! As kids, we were
flattered by these animal characters and wanted
to be friends with them; then would imagine the
fun we could have and bug our parents for a
pup, a kitten or a hamster! But, petting animals
isnt just about the cute nose, furry hair or a
curly tail; it is about this unconditional love that
exists between the animal and you.
Over the years, there have been trends even
in owning a pet- from a pup, kitten or birds to
now the latest additions such as a hamsters
and turtles depending on a persons capacity to
take of them. Owning a pet is a task of complete
responsibility but can be fun and even healthy
to you!
ost dog owners are clear about the immediate
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joys that come with sharing their lives with
canine companions but many remain unaware
of the physical and mental health benefits that
can also accompany the pleasure of playing
with or snuggling up to a furry friend. Its only
recently that studies have begun to scientifically
explore the benefits of the human-animal bond.
ccording to a study conducted by The American
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Heart Association, pet owners are at lower
risk of depression, heart disease, lower blood
pressure and are calmer and more relaxed than
those who do not have any pets!! Voila! A pets
touch or a gentle movement is enough to calm
ones owner and decrease stress levels. Plus, pets
make you practice effective time management
given their duties which you need to attend to
periodically. No matter the mood swing for the
day-depression/anxiety/stressed, pets help you
lighten up the mood as you attend to their needs
such as feeding them or taking them for a walk.
Since pets live in the moment and not worry
about past or future, you get sync in that mood

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of living in the moment with them- a refresh

button like moment all of us which we need
once in a while.
Need motivation for that 30 minute walk
for the daily exercise? A study revealed that
people who walked therapy dogs for up to 20
minutes five days a week lost an average of 14.4
pounds in a year, without change in their diets!
Your pet (especially a dog) is the best exercise
partner you can get- no chitchat, no breaks in
the middle of the sprint; just the right kind of a
partner you need as an exercise buddy! It will
deepen the connection between you, eradicate
most behavior problems in dogs, and keep you
and your pet fit and healthy. This sounds fun
for people, who want to be active, fit and fiddle
all the while, but what about elders or specially
abled people? Pets, do help them lead a very
comfortable life but in different ways.
ets help elders to exercise more, laugh more
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and encourage playfulness which helps elders
maintain their zeal for life which in turn boosts
their immunity system! As one ages, one may
retire from professional life and feel bored at
times. In such times, caring for pets can boost
ones morale, optimism and sense of self-worth.
Pets also help elders maintain a social life since
elders get to go for walks and interact with
others in a dog park or a walking lane. Studies
have revealed that Alzheimers patients have
fewer anxious outbursts if an animal is present,
and research shows that caregivers can feel less
burdened as well, especially if the animal is a
cat.
ets, especially dogs are playing a remarkable
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role in treating children with rare diseases and
disorders. Since pets can act by command of
children and not be critical towards children,
children feel free to be themselves in company
of pets and become emotionally attached to
them forming a loyal, unconditional bond.

hile many people adopt dogs for security

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purposes, birds for those chirping sounds and
so on, one must develop a good relationship
with pets since they help you add life to years.
The feeling of satisfaction one gets after an
interaction with an animal is extremely elating.
Pets are always there for you, no doubt, but all
you need to do is shower unconditional love
on them; they are your true loyal companions.
Forever.

GREEN BUILDING

Name: USN: -
Semester: Dept: -

Mohammad Nabi
1ms12cv056
V1(B SEC)
CIVIL

Green building Is also known as green

construction or sustainable building refers
to a structure and using process that is
environmentally responsible and resourceefficient throughout a buildings life-cycle:
from setting to design, construction, operation,
maintenance, renovation, and demolition. In
other words, green building design involves
finding the balance between homebuilding and
the sustainable environment. This requires close
cooperation of the design team, the architects,
the engineers, and the client at all project
stages. The Green Building practice expands
and complements the classical building design
concerns of economy, utility, durability, and
comfort.

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GOALS OF GREEN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Greater Efficiency
It has been said many times already, but
decreasing energy use is not only good for
the environment its good for the wallet
When a building is more energy efficient, less
HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning)
equipment is necessary. Since heating and
cooling the air accounts for roughly half of
a buildings energy expenditure, improving
efficiency can significantly reduce operating
costs. Other small measures, such as upgrading
insulation and sealing any air leaks, can make a
big difference in a monthly electricity bill.
The high costs commonly associated with going
green are usually a result of installing new
technology in a new building or retrofitting an
older one. On-site renewable energy generators
from sources such as photovoltaic solar panels
or wind power can include prohibitive start-up
costs and may not be feasible for every structure.
However, efficient appliances with the Energy
Star label often cost the same as traditional
appliances, and installing ceiling fans to reduce
the need for air conditioning is a simple step
that makes a measurable difference. For new
buildings, passive solar heating principles that
take advantage of the orientation of the sun and
the landscape go a long way toward improving
energy efficiency
Better Health
Another goal of green building is to improve air
and water quality within structures, as well as
the productivity of their occupants. One EPA
report states that indoor air pollutant levels
are about two to five times higher than those of
outdoor air. Some of these pollutants, such as
radon gas, are attributable to natural conditions,
while others such as second-hand smoke are
a direct result of human behavior. However,

many of these pollutants are a byproduct of

the materials used to construct or furnish the
building. Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs,
can cause serious health consequences in large
enough concentrations. These chemicals may
occur naturally, but they can also be manmade,
and are found most commonly indoors in
products such as paints, solvents, carpets,
cleaning products, and some household
appliances.
Asbestos is another dangerous pollutant. While
this thread-like mineral is no longer used in
the manufacture of new building materials,
it was widely used in nearly every aspect of
construction until the 1980s and can still
be found in most of these buildings. When
breathed in or ingested, asbestos fibers can
cause serious health problems such as lung
scarring, asbestosis, and mesothelioma cancer
Energy efficiency

Green buildings often include measures to
reduce energy consumption both the embodied
energy required to extract, process, transport
and install building materials and operating
energy to provide services such as heating and
power for equipment.
As high-performance buildings use less
operating energy, embodied energy has assumed
much greater importance and may make up
as much as 30% of the overall life cycle energy
consumption. Studies such as the U.S. LCI
Database Project show buildings built primarily
with wood will have a lower embodied energy
than those built primarily with brick, concrete,
or steel.
To reduce operating energy use, designers
use details that reduce air leakage through
the building envelope (the barrier between
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also specify high-performance windows and

extra insulation in walls, ceilings, and floors.
Another strategy, passive solar building design,
is often implemented in low-energy homes.
Designers orient windows and walls and place
awnings, porches, and trees to shade windows
and roofs during the summer while maximizing
solar gain in the winter. In addition, effective
window placement (day lighting) can provide
more natural light and lessen the need for
electric lighting during the day. Solar water
heating further reduces energy costs.
Onsite generation of renewable energy
through solar power, wind power, hydro
power, or biomass can significantly reduce the
environmental impact of the building. Power
generation is generally the most expensive
feature to add to a building.
Water efficiency
Reducing water consumption and protecting
water quality are key objectives in sustainable
building. One critical issue of water consumption
is that in many areas, the demands on the
supplying aquifer exceed its ability to replenish
itself. To the maximum extent feasible, facilities
should increase their dependence on water
that is collected, used, purified, and reused
on-site. The protection and conservation of
water throughout the life of a building may be
accomplished by designing for dual plumbing
that recycles water in toilet flushing or by
using water for washing of the cars. Wastewater may be minimized by utilizing water
conserving fixtures such as ultra-low flush
toilets and low-flow shower heads. Bidets help
eliminate the use of toilet paper, reducing sewer
traffic and increasing possibilities of re-using
water on-site. Point of use water treatment
and heating improves both water quality and
energy efficiency while reducing the amount of
water in circulation. The use of non-sewage and

greywater for on-site use such as site-irrigation

will minimize demands on the local aquifer.
Materials efficiency
Building materials typically considered to be
green include lumber from forests that have
been certified to a third-party forest standard,
rapidly renewable plant materials like bamboo
and straw, dimension stone, recycled stone,
recycled metal, and other products that
are non-toxic, reusable, renewable, and/or
recyclable. For concrete a high performance
or Roman self-healing concrete is available.
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
also suggests using recycled industrial goods,
such as coal combustion products, foundry
sand, and demolition debris in construction
projects. Energy efficient building materials and
appliances are promoted in the United States
through energy rebate programs.

APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE
Name: - Shruthi.R
USN: - 1MS13ML052
Semester: - 4th Semester
Department: - Medical Electronics

India is a land of villages. Villages have always

been considered as the heart and soul of
India. No wonder 75% of Indian population
still lives in villages. Nearly 58% of the people
depend on agriculture. Farming is the backbone
of our economy too, as it provides 35% of
national income of the total gross national
product. Darkness ruled in Indian agriculture
until a few decades ago. Indian farmers used
obsolete and outdated methods of farming.
Indian agriculture was entirely on the mercy
of the nature. So there was once a saying that,
Indian farmers are born in debt, live in debt
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agriculture was a gamble with monsoons.

Previously sowing seeds and reaping harvests
used to be a laborious task for the farmers. But
today modern technology holds an important
place in India in all developmental fields like,
scientific, industrial and of course agriculture.
Because of the modern technology the methods
of farming have been revolutionized. Outdated
and obsolete methods of farming are discarded
and new innovative methods have been widely
adopted.
The use of tractors, tillers, harvesters and other
modern agricultural implements have perfected
the art of farming to a large extent. Today
modern technology invented transplanters, seed
drillers, artificial methods of irrigation like tube
wells, canals, dams etc., which prove to be a boon
to the farmers in times of crises. Better quality
seeds and fertilizers are yet another result of
modern technology which have successfully
led India on the path of self sufficiency in food
grains. Extensive and intensive cultivation of
crops and the greatly successful green evolution
have presented a better picture of Indian
agriculture to the world. India does not import
food grains anymore and has been able to build
a substantial buffer stock of its own and in fact
in a position of export. With the help of tissue
culture it is possible to cultivate large number of
plants with least accommodations and in short
period.
There are several merits on the application of
science and technology in agriculture. Because
of modern technology, the standard of living
of an average Indian farmer has risen. As more
and more machines are taking the place of
manual work, farmers are encouraged to take up
subsidiary occupations which are the additional
source of income for them. India today is proud
exporter of food grains in contrast to being an
importer country when it attained freedom.
Better quality seeds and fertilizers yield crops

in greater quality and the government sees to

it that, they are produced on a large scale and
sold at reasonable rates so that the majority
of farmers can produce them to obtain a good
harvest. Greater and diverse horizons of modern
technology have helped to put Indian farmers on
a strong footing economically. Today an Indian
farmer has greater hopes and aspirations in his
life as he is more educated than his counterpart
in older generation.
But there are certain aspects of modern
technology which have adverse effects on the life
of man. In some villages the modern agricultural
implements are beyond the reach many poor
farmers which leads to an unequal distribution of
wealth. Excessive use of fertilizers, insecticides,
pesticides cause environmental pollution. Air,
water and soil are being polluted with the use
of these. Ripening of fruits by using toxic acids
is also a dangerous to human health and seed
fertility is the most important disadvantage of
tissue culture.
In the light of above considerations, it is necessary
that the tools of modern technology should be
used properly and only for beneficial purposes
and not for destructive activities. Nevertheless
when we weigh the pros and cons of modern
technology in Indian agriculture we find that it
has definitely transformed the life of farmers.
The knowledge of science and technology in
India has gone up in leaps and bounds. So, we
are not left far behind any progressed countries
of the world.

LIFE IN RAMAIAH IS
SOOOPERAWESOME

Name: USN: -
Semester: Dept: -

SACHIN N.H.
1MS13CV102
4th Sec C
CIVIL

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Make ups Back papers Time pass Late

night parties CGPA Mass bunks..People
may find it difficult to relate these words but all
the GENIUS BRAINS know what Im talking
about.
Talking about Ramaiah, its the best.The joy of
living in Ramaiah is undefinable.It has taught
me that the most important thing is to keep the
most important thing the most important thing.
It is the most interesting part of my life.Im
enjoying it to the core.
We all enter here with a Tsunami of thoughts
in our minds( new friends, new place, Ragging,
Professors..).But once the college starts, then
starts the real fun.The first year passes in making
new friends,knowing about the college.Then we
get introduced to bunch of cultural and social
societies in Ramaiah like NSS,DEBSOC,various
dance teams like Inferno,Invincibles and lot
more.The time spent during UDBHAV(official
fest of MSRIT) and RAJYOTSAVA celebrations
are just awesome.You can see everyone
volunteering for these fests.We have a number
of north Indian friends.Even the north Indians
celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava with a lot of fun.
Ethnic wears,unlimited photographs(which
were uploaded on the very same day,no
matter how bad they are) with my friends
Bhavana,chethana,Rishab.Unforgettable
moments.
Then slowly the so called engineering virus
enters us showing the symptoms like getting
late to the class,mass bunks,late night parties
etc.But somehow I completed my first year and
thought of being Teacher Ka Baccha in the
next year.
But I was back to square one.Bunked classes,late
night parties and the cycle repeats.But we all
were seniors now (a heroic feeling).All this
doesnt mean we were not good at studies.

Ramaiah creates the best engineers every year.

But the most bestest part is HOSTEL.Ask
Ramaiahans and they will say its all that lures
them to dorms and corridors of a hustling
bustling hostel. I bet you that MSR hostel is the
best hostel in Bangalore in all views.It offers
the most important thing space.Hostel lifeno tension of keeping the room clean and there
is nobody to sag you for that.And in Ramaiah
hostel if you sleep before 11,then it means only
one thing-you are sick.Crazy incidents and
wild experiences are guaranteed packages
in Ramaiah.The sagas of mess,escaping
through the long mess queue,fests like Ganesh
chaturthi,Holi,everything is so fun.
I have already become a nocturnal,no fixed sleep
hours,being awake till 6 am and then sleeping
till mid noon Eat,Sleep,study whenever you
want to(even my roomie Loki follows the same
viral engineering schedule).Our moods change
like weather cycle.
EXAM time here it comes like a nightmare,you
can see tsunami of students running around
begging for notes.But there are some exceptions
too (so called Batch toppers) who become
closest friends during exams.Then the 2am
Maggie noodles at babu bhais canteen(full
demand during exams).All the genius brains
brains will agree that engineering teaches us to
cover the whole syllabus (no matter how much)
in one single night.After all this hardwork once
you come out of the exam hall,you feel like
the king of the world and ready to kickaway
everything that comes in our way.
We had a meet in college headed by Seetharam
sir about the hostel needs which was very useful.
No other college does this.During the meet one
of us complained that hot water was being
supplied late during evening.Then Seetharam
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college without having bath in the morning.

Decision turns out to be no hot water supply
in the evening:( (Still in search of the guy who
complained).To sum up the fun we also have
HPL(Hostel Premier League).Different teams
from hostel are registered for it.This tournament
is more than IPL for us.Everybodys favourite.
This type of fun can be had only in Ramaiah.
However the fact that takes the cake is that
everlasting friendships are made here.Bonds for
life are formed.
This was just half the fun,lots more to
come..

SMART CITIES FOR

A SMART TOMORROW
Name: - Rachana Premchand
USN: -
1MS14CSE021
Semester: - II_M.Tech
Dept: CIVIL

In an ambitious effort to Modify the rapid

urbanization which is dominating our national
scenario, our grand Prime Minister announced
in all pomp the undertaking to build a 100 smart
cities by 2020 aptly citing that Cities in the past
were built on river banks. They are now built
along highways. But in future, they will be built
based on availability of optical fiber networks and
next-generation infrastructure.The cities of the
21st century are the largest sites of settlements
today, and are increasingly acting as critical
nexus points of social, economic, ecological
and technological change state the United
Nations Environment Program (UNEP).By 2030,
Indias urban population will touch 590million
or nearly twice that of the United States while
Indian cities will generate almost 70% of the
GDP.This boom will exert an enormous pressure

on infrastructure and services, thereby fuelling

the need for cutting edge innovations that tackle
the urban challenges with continual growth and
assured sustenance.
A smart city utilizes digital tool kits to enhance
its performance capabilities, assess its wellbeing
and solve engineering problems at reduced
costs and optimized resource consumption. A
popular news channel beautifully summarized
the concept as A vision of an urban space that is
ecologically friendly, technologically integrated
and meticulously planned with a particular
reliance on the use of information technology
to improve efficiency. The aim is to create a
grid that is liveable, workable and sustainable.
Arup Group Limited, an engineering services
firm based in London, estimates that the global
market for smart urban services will be $400
billion per annum by 2020.A smart city can be
visualized as a conglomeration of diverse sectors
which act in unison to bring about a more positive
tomorrow. The constituents can be classified
as Smart Governance, Smart Energy, Smart
Environment, Smart Transportation, Smart ICT
(Information and Communications Technology),
Smart Healthcare, Smart Education and Smart
Buildings.
Smart Governance aims at revolutionizing the
way governments function to bring about a level
of transparency advocating a trust building
exercise between the governing bodies and the
citizens they are bound to serve by the extensive
incorporation of information technologies such
as the Wide Area Networks (WAN), Internet,
World Wide Web and Mobile Computing
Applications. Smart governance is the future
of public services to improve on deliverables by
empowering the common man to be a decision
checker if not the decision maker through
access to adequate knowledge, hence making
the service truly public. Complaints, suggestions
and feedbacks are the key to develop, implement
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a efficient communication channel between

the high offices and the residents. With Zero
Tolerance being our guiding mantra this could
mean fraudulent babus running out of business
soon.
India is the third largest producer of electricity
in the world claiming a 4.8% share in the global
electricity generation after China and the United
States with an installed capacity of 261.006 GW
as of February 2015 and our nations demand is
set to exceed 7% a year over the next decade.
Our country being one of the largest electricity
transmission and distribution networks has
an overall electrification rate of a mere 64.5%
which leads us to conclude that 35.5% of our
fellow citizens live in darkness. Apart from
this inadequate access to electricity; supply
shortfalls, enormous avoidable losses, reliability
criteria and theft are the tough challenges
that needs to be encountered effectively by
advancing towards smart grid systems that
allows for digitization for analysis, monitoring,
control and communication within the supply
chain to optimize it at supplier and the consumer
levels. Indian economy loses upto $16.2 billion
a year due to the rampant electricity theft.
Nationally, total transmission and distribution
losses approach 23 per cent. These issues can
be tackled by the deployment of smart meters
which in turn will make the Indian utilities
financially sustainable. These meters give real
time feedback on energy usage and its cost.
Smart energy is the smart usage of available
resources to power the nation which plays a
pivotal role in shaping the growth of a thriving
economy like our own.
Non-renewable power plants constitute about
72.20% of the total installed capacity with coal
being the primary energy source standing at
63% of total energy solutions. Coal, apart from
being an environmental pollutant, is also a
sharply depleting resource and this has given a
new impetus to alternative energy / renewable

energy/green energy. Water system is very

critical piece of the infrastructure. Availability
of clean water will soon turn out to be a luxury,
if the problem isnt contained in a timely
manner, since only 30% of the 38billion liters
of sewage generated in India on a daily basis,
is being treated. A smart water system is one
that maintains the sanctity of its water bodies
while realizing the importance of every drop. It
ensures that this precious resource is managed
effectively. It is designed to gather useful data
about the flow, pressure and distribution within
the network to monitor its consumption with
ideally zero leakages.
In India around 60million tonnes of municipal
solid waste (MSW) are generated per annum.
Dumpsites in most cities are already handling
more than their capacity and finding new sites
are close to impossible due to scarcity of land
and tough resistance from the rural population.
Besides it is truly inconsiderate to attempt to
keep your surroundings clean at the cost of
your neighbours. Most dumpsites lack effective
systems for leachate collection and analysis,
landfill gas monitoring, prevention of ground
water contamination, arresting air pollution
due to fires, toxic gas and termination of public
health problems as a result of insect infestation
and other epidemics. A smart environment
is one that identifies technically feasible,
financially affordable and environmentally
sound processing and disposal technologies to
enhance resource recovery by implementing
appropriate reduce-reuse-recycling techniques
and promoting waste to energy mechanism. A
smart environment believes in a less parasitic,
more symbiotic interaction between man and
nature.
If time was money then most of us would be
broke by just commuting to our respectively
schools, colleges, workspaces, function venues
and homes. Clogged roads which only get worse
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local trains and bursting buses only add to our

woes. Our own city, which isnt even a recognized
metropolitan has a vehicular population of
over 5 million and a whooping 1250 vehicles
are introduced to our roads per day while the
road network itself hasnt increased by even
a kilometer in the past decade. The city has
only 13000 km of roads and the average speed
has been reduced to a laughable 10kmph. Our
transportation systems need a desperate facelift
with the usage of modes like metro, monorail,
walkways, rechargeable electric vehicles
accompanied by underground parking spaces,
intelligent traffic predicting, monitoring and
control systems. Smart, interconnected mobility
can improve quality of life and its implications
on health and wellbeing cannot be overlooked.
Smart IT and communication is the nucleus
of a smart city and its role in creating general
awareness, public participation programmes,
trade and commerce, knowledge and information
transfer, public safety, security, prevention
of accidents and terrorism are crucial. Every
functional domain has use of ITC as it has the
potential to make it better. In order to ensure
its availability to the mass, fixed and mobile
broadband penetration must be enhanced
along with an increased Internet speed. Studies
indicate that only 4.9% of Indians have access
to speed higher that 4Mbps.A 10% increase
in broadband penetration produces upto
4.8% growth in the GDP. Since the web has
transformed into a gigantic virtual playground
with millions of users to safeguard, cyber laws
need to be stringent and enforceable.
Unhealthy liftstyles, lack of proper sanitation
and hygiene, easier access to quality healthcare
facilities, large pool of trained medicos have
led to the growth of the healthcare industry
in India. Our countrys life insurance sector is
the largest in the world with investments that
will run into 1 lakh crore rupees by 2020.Smart

health is the lifeline of smart cities and they vow

to provide affordable, state of the art medical
facilities ethically and promote an overall fitter
lifestyle. The health sector is projected to grow
by 32billion USD in the next 3 years.
Smart education would result in the creation of
ambitious entrepreneurs, ingenuous innovators,
free thinkers, edgy artists and liberal writers who
can establish the strong foundation of knowledge
based economy. Our education system must be
based on its potential use of acquired knowledge
for the betterment of society. We run the call
centers of the world instead to contributing to
technological advancements inspite of having
the largest number of engineering graduates
in the world. A smart education system has no
tolerance towards mediocrity and malpractices,
stapling currency notes in answer scripts should
no longer award degrees. India is home to
approximately 600million people under the age
of 25years.We need to identify the importance
of this collective grey matter towards nation
building activities and deem all sorts of crippling
reservations irrelevant.
Housing for all by 2022 in India means
development of 110 million housing units. Smart
buildings is the very foundation of a smart
city that contributes to the sustainability of
the environment by incorporating in it green
building concepts of design, intelligent lighting
systems and energy saving options based on real
time occupancy ratio, usage of clever modern
construction techniques which reduce the
dependence on conventional building materials,
breakthroughs in concrete technology like
green concrete, translucent concrete, optimized
cooling and ventilation equipments, reuse of
recycled materials, reduced maintenance costs
that aim at lowering our carbon footprint
while enhancing the comfort,health,safety and
happiness of its occupants.

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The realization of smart cities is possible

only when smart citizens propel the concept
forward. This requires a better mental set up,
an open attitude, respect for the law, lowered
crime rate, higher tolerance to religious,
creative and economic diversity, a less selfish
more considerate approach that advocates
coexistence, higher literacy rates, better
employment prospects and cultural pride which
is not misrepresented. Growth and evolution are
2 constant parameters and good intellect must
be used to make it wholesome and durable. The
future is very exciting and we as young minds
must take pride in being an integral part of this
success story.

UG PROJECTS: INNOVATION
BEGINS FROM PROBLEM DEFINITION

Name: Supriya Babu

Designation: - Assistant Professor
Department: - Medical Electronics

Innovation is a highly sought-out word now

a days. Everyone wants to invent, especially
many of the students come with great ideas
about solving a problem, never understanding
the nitty-grittys of the problem who is facing
it? Is this the only person facing this particular
problem? Under what circumstances are they
facing it? What would be impact if it is not
solved?.. so on and so forth
Asking these questions gives the inventor a fair
bit of idea about the problem. Still to completely
understand the problem, one needs to be very
observant so as to bring the WOW factor or
so called the USP (Unique selling proposition)

into the solution to the problem. Precise the

problem definition unique will be solution. In
this regard I would like to suggest the following
process, followed in renowned institute in
Biomedical Engineering which has resulted in
more than 3-4 patents/year for last decade for
the department:
Problem definitions should be acquired from a
client who needs and wants the problem to be
solved. In the Medical Electronics/ Biomedical
field, the client can be a medical, veterinary,
dental, health science personnel, or medical
device designer or manufacturer. The problems
can also be acquired from research institutes
working on various cutting-edge projects. This
allows the innovator to work on real and not a
fabricated problem.
Understanding the problem is very important
by way of posing queries to the client and
understanding clients precise description of the
problem. One has to be very careful not to bring
any solution into the problem statement. Asking
questions is also a skill that needs to be learnt.
Generally they should not be of the leading type
where the person is asking the question with a
hint of the answer included in it. The replies also
need to be carefully understood and if there are
any fixed ways of viewing things - these needs
to be questioned so as get a clear picture.
Many a times the client/user is not aware of the
problems they are facing, since he/she is used to
doing it the same way for years in such cases
observing the way people do things is important
in looking for latent problems which may be the
greatest issues, that are not yet recognized.
Failures also provide vital information. Doing
an analysis of the problem fault-sequence will
provide opportunities for innovation not only to
prevent faults but to do the entire process in an
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Concept of Trade-off is also a key feature in

an innovators dictionary, which should be
addressed in the problem definition stage itself.
These will help to develop clear objectives for
example deciding: should it be cost-effective but
compromising certain features or it needs to be
highly accurate and efficient, but can cost more.
Some of the specific questions to be kept in
mind as per the Biodesign process developed by
Stanford university [1] are:

Why does the problem occur? What are
the possible explanations and causes for the
problem?

What are the medical implications of the
problem (anatomy, physiology, epidemiology,
etc.)?

Which constituencies are affected by

the problem-Patients? With what specific
condition(s)? Providers? What type, and in

what specialties? The overall healthcare
system? In what ways?

In what ways are they negatively

affected (clinical outcomes, cost, safety/

risk, inconvenience, recovery, ease-of use,
productivity, cost, etc.)?
How severe is the effect of the problem?
In what setting does the problem occur during

procedure in physicians office, operating

room, etc.? During inpatient/outpatient
recovery? Anywhere (without notice)?
There are many ways in which the real world
problems can be acquired. One of them is that
the institute/advisors send out e-mails/letters
to members of departments in nearby medical
schools, veterinary schools, dental schools,
health science personnel, hospitals or medical
device companies requesting them to suggest
problems that biomedical engineers might solve.
In addition, various institutes call for biomedical
engineering design contests every year like that

of GE Edison Challenge, NIYANTRA, http://www.

gatesfoundation.org/, etc These challenges
can also be converted to students project ideas.
[1] http://ebiodesign.org/

MARKETING; FINDING ITS

WAY INTO INDIAN
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS TOO!

Name: PADMALINI SINGH

Designation: - Assistant Professor
Department: - MBA

Indian election campaigns have witnessed a

steep growth. Gone are the days when elections
were fought on false promises and star power.
Today, political parties are considered as
service provider and voters as customers
who consume service in the form of plan and
policies. As the number of first time voters
went up in General Election 2014, so was their
expectations from contesting parties. These
voters were young, informed and knew the
power of their vote.
Elections are the biggest platform to implement
marketing strategy and one party that did it
effectively was BJP. They used ROPE trick to
work systematically. Different teams were made
that researched thoroughly on the kind of
voters and their current unfulfilled need. Their
approach was very simple but well researched
to organize voters into different segments.
Next step was the preparation of the product
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inimitable by competitors and only player in the

market that could satisfy the current needs. The
execution was synced with the balanced use of
innovation and technology to reach out to the
audience.
Similar to a product launch that involves
time and work beforehand before a product
is commercialized, Modi as a product was
also crafted over the years as an epitome of
development to be projected as PM candidate
later. Slowly, Gujrat State identity (as developed
state) was shifted to Modis identity (as an agent
to development) preparing his acceptance for a
bigger stage (as PM candidate).
He captured voters mind completely by his
presence on every possible media to reach out
to everyone. Social media and crowdsourcing
being most important along with TV, radio,
BTL advertising etc. Use of 3D holograms was
the most innovative idea to have multiple
presences. His team did a good job in fading
out the glimpses of godhra issue in voters mind
and shifting the focus to development issue by
personifying Modi as a rainbow of hope.
Thus, the importance of marketing also applies
to the field of politics where it helps the parties
to understand voters behaviour that cannot
be predicted by exit poll alone that is just a
collection of data!

MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES
BALANCED DIET FOR THE BRAIN

Name: -

Dr. S. SETHU SELVI

Designation: - Professor and HOD,

Picking up the newspaper, a person never thinks

he or she will be the one to get hooked. The
truth remains, however: The crossword puzzle
and Sudoku are taking over the entire nation. It
can certainly be habit forming, said a Professor
of psychology. There is no physiological
mechanism - its not like a heroin addiction - but
puzzles can activate the pleasure area of the
brain. The effects of doing daily Sudoku and
crossword puzzles are still being discovered.
According to a recent Newsweek article, experts
claim frequently doing Sudoku or other puzzles
can lower blood pressure, relieve stress and even
improve a persons mental focus and sharpness.
Its always good to stay active mentally, but I
dont think it will be a permanent effect, is the
view of a psychologist. A 2005 study conducted
showed doing puzzles such as Sudoku and the
crossword can make the brain appear 14 years
younger. Along with many cognitive exercises,
Sudoku and crossword puzzles have the
potential to increase mental processing in the
frontal lobes of the brain, improving memory.
Puzzles can improve vocabulary and help to
learn things about the world. To that extent,
they can improve mental performance, but not
necessarily IQ.
If you are a regular reader of conceptispuzzles.
com articles and news you know that logic
puzzles are far more than just a brain game.
They are also a source of inspiration to endless
of wonderful creations - from Sudoku pizza and
Pic-a-Pix wood sculptures to car license plates
to name a few. Sudoku puzzles are undoubtedly
an inspiration on handicraft and arts .

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BIKE AMBULANCE- FIGHTING

WITH THE HECK OF URBAN TRAFFIC

Name: Dr.RIZWANA
Designation: - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department: - MBA

Everyday hundreds of people lose their lives

because they cannot reach the hospitals on time.
To overcome such problems, the Government
of Karnataka is the first state in the country
which has come up with a novel initiative to
beat the traffic jams and to provide prompt and
timely medical access to the needy patients by
introducing bike ambulances on April 2015. The
novel idea has been implemented in all cities in
the state, including the state capital, Bangalore.
According to news published in Economic
Times and The Hindu , other than Bangalore
one bike ambulance will be made available
in the other districts of the state like Mysore
Mangalore, Kalaburagi, Hubli- Dharwad,
Davanagere, Tumkur and Shimoga Disticts.
Due to the heavy traffic situations in the city,
though the public want to provide space for the
conventional ambulance, in congested places it
is very challenging for a full fledged ambulance
to reach the accident spot on time. The hectic
traffic situations in the city had created the
thrust for the government to develop . The
main objective of launching the Platinum
Ten Minutes bike ambulance is to reduce the
numbers of deaths which happens due to road
accidents. The project is in joint venture with
GVK EMRI emergency services. It is expected
that the project will be very useful in fighting
against the heavy traffic in the states urban

areas where it will be difficult for conventional

ambulances to reach the accident spot at the
earliest. To offer the first aid at the earliest, a
fully trained paramedic who possess a valid
driving license will be the bike ambulance rider
and the care was launched in such a way that the
paramedic will reach the spot in ten minutes and
provide first aid and start recovery measures
to save the injured person till the four-wheeler
ambulance arrives. Each bike ambulance will
carry the necessary first aid equipments like
stethoscope, pulse oxymeter, bandages etc. The
government has spent nearly Rs 2 lakh on each
of the bike ambulances. Based on the accident
spot , distance to the location ,accessibility and
the traffic situation the operator will decide the
type of ambulance to be sent .It is expected that
that this bike ambulance will help to transfer the
organs from one destination to other destination
at the shortest duration. We the citizens of India
should take a pledge to provide space for both
the conventional and bike ambulance at the top
priority to save the lives of needy people.

SOME OF INDIAS GREATEST IN

NOVATIONS OF THE CENTURY

Dr. Y M Satish

Name: -

Designation:-Associate Professor
Dept: -

MBA

Name: -

Somashekar G

USN: -

1MY14MBA38

Sem: -

IInd

Dept: -

MBA

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Indias greatest innovations in this century,

what are they? I would like to point out some
events or innovations I said that took place
which created a whole new wave in our country.
I would like to talk about 5 such innovations.
The IPL
This event has created a lot of excitement about
cricket, which we just cant imagine. Before
2008 tensions were mounting for matches
such as India vs Pakistan or may be Australia.
But since the IPL seasons started the tensions
have shifted for the teams representing
their states. This new hybrid event IPL has
transformed cricket, establishing a new model
that shows how a nearly 500-year-old game
can be revamped, restructured, and tailored to
todays short attention spans and entertainment
infrastructure -- and succeed wildly.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is an annual
Indian Twenty20 cricket tournament, founded
in 2008 by the BCCI. It consists of a number
of teams (currently 8) which are named after
Indian cities and owned by franchises and is
held in India, between April and June. The IPL is
the most-watched Twenty20 league in the world
and is also known for its commercial success.
In 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event
to be broadcast live on YouTube. The brand
value of the 2014 Indian Premier League was
estimated to be around US$7.2 billion. As we
all know of the 11 teams to have competed since
its inception, five have won the title: Kolkata
Knight Riders (2 times), Chennai Super Kings
(2), Rajasthan Royals (1), Deccan Chargers (1),
and Mumbai Indians (1).
Narayana Health
One particular hospital which has been in the
news always for good reasons is Narayana
Health. A hospital with a mission to take

affordable health care to the people. Dr Devi

Shetty, a person who is responsible for this
for this wonderful hospital, is to be thanked.
When in Kolkata in Birla Heart Foundation,
where he worked he would see over 100 heart
patients daily. Most needed surgery but never
came back for it. This intrigued him. He soon
found out that the high cost of cardiac surgery
(Rs 1.50 lakh then) was the reason. He realised
that almost 80 per cent of health-care expenses
in the country were borne out of pocket. Even
worse, 47 per cent of rural and 37 per cent of the
urban population either borrowed money or sold
assets to pay for medical expenses. Therefore, Dr
Shetty began searching for a model that would
marry affordability and quality. I was certain of
one thing though - charity is not scalable while
a sound business model is, he says.
In 2001, he founded Narayana Hrudayalaya
(later renamed Narayana Health or NH) in
Bangalore with a mission to take affordable
health care to the people. What started as a 280bed hospital then has, in the last 13 years grown
to become a 26-hospital network with 6,900
beds across 16 cities employing 13,000 people
and 1,500 doctors. It has so far performed
over 100,000 cardiac surgeries and 250,000
cath lab procedures. The group performs 150
major surgeries (including 44 cardiac surgeries)
daily. NH says about 12 per cent of all cardiac
surgeries done in the country are performed at
its hospitals and 50 per cent of its patients are
from the economically-weaker sections.
Tata Ace
Surprisingly, a goods carrier vehicle? Yes when
Tata was suffering the after math effects of
Nano, its most efficient and affordable car, they
suddenly came out with a similar affordable
and efficient four-wheeled light commercial
vehicle, which they had no idea that it would
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a radical decision. Also considering the fact

most competitors were focusing on mediumsized trucks, Tata Motors was considering a
compact four-wheeler in the lowest-tonnage
segment of the market: a mini-truck. Tata
Motors is Indias only fully range manufacturer
of automobiles with a portfolio covering trucks,
buses, utility vehicles and passenger cars. In its
drive to continually innovate and improve upon
transportation solutions, Tata Motors began
work towards a small 4-wheeled mini truck.
The project aimed at offering superior safety,
versatile performance in varied conditions,
ease-of-maintenance, style, comfort and costeffectiveness, in a way not experienced by the
small cargo vehicles owner. In May 2005, Tata
Ace, Indias first four-wheel mini truck was
launched, and it changed the face of sub 1-tonne
goods-carriage in India forever.
The success of the Tata Ace shook up the market
and within the first year of it production, Tata
Motors sold 30,000 Aces, and demand more
than doubled to 70,000 in next year. With time,
the numbers of Ace vehicles on the road grew
from strength to strength and by 2012, there
were over 10 Lac Ace on the road. Today Ace
has emerged as the single-largest commercial
vehicle brand in the country. By delivering a
superior and safer driving experience, and the
chance to garner more earnings, the Ace has
not only met the expectations of the thousands
of owner-operators across the country, it in
fact, exceeded them to create a new paradigm
in cargo movement. The popularity of the Tata
Ace has crossed the shores of India. Since 2006,
the Tata Ace and the Tata Magic have as of now
been made available in over 20 countries.
Bajaj DTSi Technology
Now when we talk about Bajaj, the bike which
strikes us is the pulsar. This Bike did bring the

company to a whole new platform and spree of

never ending success since it was born. All thanks
to one of the most innovative technologies Bajaj
came up and that is the DTSi technology (Digital
Twin Spark ignition).
Before the introduction of the Pulsar, the Indian
motorcycle market trend was towards fuel
efficient, small capacity motorcycles (that formed
the 80125 cc class). Bigger motorcycles with
higher capacity virtually did not exist (except
for Enfield Bullet). The launch and success of
Hero Honda CBZ in 1999 showed that there
was demand for performance bikes. Bajaj took
the cue from there on and launched the Pulsar
twins in India on 24 November 2001. Since the
introduction and success of Bajaj Pulsar, Indian
youth began expecting high power and other
features from affordable motorcycles.
The Bajaj Pulsar is a motorcycle brand owned
by Bajaj Auto in India. The two wheeler was
developed by the product engineering division
of Bajaj Auto in association with Tokyo R&D,
and later with motorcycle designer Glynn Kerr.
Currently there are five variants available, with
engine capacities of 135 cc, 150 cc, 180 cc, 200
cc, and 220 cc. With an average monthly sales
of around 86,000 units in 2011, Pulsar claimed
a 2011 market share of 47% in its segment. By
April 2012, more than five million units of Pulsar
were sold.
Tata DoCoMos one-paisa-per-second tariff
plan
How can we forget this plan? In 2009 I saw sim
card outlets filled with customers to get a Tata
DoCoMo sim for the one paisa for one second
plan. This was indeed a great innovation by
Tata DoCoMo to release a mobile plan at such
a cheap tariff even though it had just entered
the market and also in the midst of taking up
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with a slogan Pay-for-what-you-use- and the

best thing was there were no roaming charges
throughout India.
In Delhi, 22 November 2009, Tata DoCoMo
Company launched TV and print advertisements
with catchy taglines such as Second is the new
minute. Within five months of the launch Tata
DoCoMo attracted 10 million customers. Threefourths of them came from other operators. Soon,
all operators including market leaders Bharti
Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular launched
per-second plans and a major tariff war erupted
in the telecom industry that had far-reaching
effects. It was a disruptive pricing innovation

in a crowded market, as more companies rolled

out similar tariff plans, attracting users at the
bottom of the pyramid, mobile penetration in
the country surged from 29 per cent to 43 per
cent within a year. The Indian telecom industry
began adding about 15 million subscribers every
month, the fastest pace in the world. From
about 500 million subscribers in 2009, the
market expanded to nearly 800 million users
by 2014. For perspective, the European Union
was adding about a million users a month,
the US around three million and China almost
eight million users a month. Tata DoCoMo this
innovation became a turnaround for most of the
companies and last but not the least the users.

FOOT PRINT IN THE SAND

Oh baby,my little princess;
I vow to never let them wash out
Your tiny roots on my land,
For you are my flesh,blood and soul.
When the world slept in silence,I wept
Never realizing that you are my greatest strength,
From the day I am your mother,till I perish,
I shall be by your just to see you smile.
Even while I sit all alone,
I shall fear not the encroaching darkness:
For you are the light of my life
And shine for its your right.
Your eyes that glow moonlight bright,
And the laughter that lightens my heart,
All your words ,all your deeds,
Cherished the faith that then I had lost.
Being your mother,watching your tiny legs grow
Forgetting the tears that rolled down my cheeks:
Now I smile for you are unscathed,
For you are here to embellish my land.
- ANUSHA.K.NAIR

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Oh! Mother Nature

Oh! Mother Nature,
Your clemency bestowed upon us,
For we were born,
Hearing your lullabies,
We grew up in fine fettle.
Oh! Mother Nature,
The song continually mitigates our ear by the chirping of birds,
The cool breeze blown over takes away the immorality,
The clear blue sky blesses us,
When we seek upon for help.
The clear water stream brings freshness by the mere touch,
The fragrance of the blossomed flower,
Instill within us purity and goodness,
Wait! But Wait!
This isnt the scene now!
We have honking noise instead of birds chirp,
We have concrete structures instead of lush green trees and grasslands,
In substitute of cool fresh breeze ,we have smoke,
The floating garbage on water bodies.....
Oh! Mother Nature,
We have been cruel indeed,
For humans have been known for their intelligence for ages,
Its a shame on our knowledge,
For the very reason of exploiting you for our greed.
Oh! Mother Nature,
Now realising your love and care towards us,
We are striving our best to keep your smile,
Intact always and for ever.
Keerthana S,
III Year, Biotechnology
MSRIT

THE SOUL THAT NEVER HATES

When I was born the smile which joined my mom was my dad....
He enjoyed and encouraged my delicate beginning of life,
That was the love with no expectation I got forever...
As I grew up, he nourished my confidence to face life and taught
dare to do right and fear to do wrong,
He never complained to anyone to correct me, his unknown
presence commanded me when I was going wrong,
Gratitude is the only attitude I can show him being his daughter...
The soul that never hates, my near and dear DAD...
Name: - JAGRUTHI D ATADA
USN: - 1MS11ML019
Semester: - 8th SEM
Dept: - MEDICAL ELECTRONICS

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TO THOSE WHO ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED

In every corner, almost every place
A smile yearns out to dawn the face,
Of a special child sent from Heaven above
For us to show our care and love.
You werent like the other children
And God was well aware,
Youd need a caring family
With love enough to share.
And so he sent you to us
And much to our surprise,
You havent been a challenge
But a blessing in disguise.
A precious gift from Hevean
A treasure from above
A child whos taught us many things
But most of all- real love.
So heres to all my friends out there,
Who find themselves in despair
Its not about the money you make,
Its not about the pledges you take
Its all about the joy you impart,
That can soften the coldest heart
So be the change, go the extra mile,
To light up a face with a radiant smile
For in every corner, almost every place
A special child awaits your grace.

By,

Ankitha P
USN: 1MS13CS023
Computer Science & Engg
SEC IV A

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THE UNITY SONG OF INDIANS

We are Indians! the proud children of Bhaaratha!
Who strive for Integrity, prosperity and security in unity
Of our beloved motherland that is Bhaaratha!
So what if we dwell in different regions of the nation?
We belong to one nation! We are true Indians!
So what if we speak many languages and dialects?
We speak sister languages! We are multi-lingual Indians!
So what if we are of different religion, caste and creed?
We are children of India! We are secular Indians!
So what if we are of various customs, culture, tribes and races?
We are one! We are Incredible Indians!
So what if we are young, elder, men and women?
We know our rights, duties and we are responsible Indians!
So what if our dress, style and ways of life differ?
We are of one soil!-We are beautiful Indians!
So what if we are poor or rich, minority or majority?
We are second to none in patriotism! We are happy Indians!
So what if we are weakling, strong, handicapped and so?
We are soul and wealth of our land! We are great Indians!

So what if our aspirations, goals and professions are different?

Our mind is only one!-We are wonderful Indians!
So what if we are literate or illiterate, innocent or brilliant?
We have equality, sovereignty! We are simply Indians!
So what if our beliefs and traditions are different?
We are great Democratic republic of the world! We are unique
Indians!

Name: HARSHA HN
USN: -
1MS12EC042
Semester: -
4th SEM
Ph No: 72040 01820

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OH GOD!
When I asked god for strength,
He gave me difficult situations to face
When I asked god for brain
He gave me puzzles in life to solve
When I asked god for happiness
He showed me some unhappy people
When I asked god for wealth
He showed me how to work hard
When I asked god for favors
He showed me opportunities to work hard
When I asked god for peace
He showed me how to help others
God gave me nothing I wanted
He gave me everything I needed

Name: SUDHA. K
Designation: - FDA
Department: - Mechanical Engineering

THE CARNIVAL
Round and round the merry go round
Up and down the slide abound
Swinging high in the air
Holding on to this magical world
Happy screaming faces of yesterday
No clue where theyve gone today
Never stopping lest I miss my fun
Chasing dreams in a maddening rush
Blowing bubbles throwing hoops
Binging till I can take no more
No ones with me yet I dont care
Just busy making my rides
Breathless & tired I know I have to leave
Wish I could stay for just a while more
Want to be here every time I come by
Want to be here for Ive earned my place
Dont know if I will be missed while I am gone
All I know is the carnival will go on

Name: Dr Bindu S
Designation: - Associate professor
Department: - Biotechnology
Email: bindu@msrit.edu
Ph: 080-23606934 Ext. 167

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REVE
A baby Angel was born, she shed tears but the world smiled
God had given her a chance to see new life
She was a winner in every field, no matter how wild
She dreamt of raising a family, being a wife
But destiny had his own agendas filed
Was getting into a bus, leading her to afterlife?
As she entered her thoughts were no longer mild
She looked uneasy, the man ran rife.
The girl pleaded, cried but the monsters were beguiled
The funerals elegy played the fife
Universe woke up, they all reviled
To be a carefree lady was her only strife
The court banged their order, her respect was defiled.

MY FRIEND
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days go by, and weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone,
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race.
She knows I like her just as well
As in the days when I rang her bell
And she rang mine. We were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired women:
Tired with trying to make a family good.
Tired with playing a foolish game of life,
Tomorrow, I say, I will call on Roopa,
Just to show I am thinking of her.
But tomorrow comes - and tomorrow goes,
And the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner! - yet miles away . .
Heres the call, Madam. . .
Roopa died today.
And thats what we get, and deserve in the end:
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

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NITESH KUMAR
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NIMBU R MALLABADI
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GRANTHIKA CHATTERJEE
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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGG. M.TECH (CIM)

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS STAFF

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS STAFF AND STUDENTS (Section A)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (M TECH)

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS

Digital Electronics and Communication (M TECH)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION STAFF AND STUDENTS (Section A)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION STAFF AND STUDENTS (Section B)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION STAFF AND STUDENTS (Section C)

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

AND MANAGEMENT STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGG. & MANAGEMENT STAFF

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGG. & MANAGEMENT

STAFF & STUDENTS M.Tech

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

AND MANAGEMENT STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGG. & MANAGEMENT

STAFF & STUDENTS M.Tech

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGG. & MANAGEMENT

NON TEACHING STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGG. STAFF

DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGG. STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGG. STAFF AND STUDENTS (M.Tech)

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY STAFF

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY STAFF AND STUDENTS

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY STAFF AND STUDENTS

(M TECH)

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF B ARCH STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE STAFF AND STUDENTS (SECTION A)

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE STAFF AND STUDENTS (SECTION B)

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF AND STUDENTS

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS STAFF

LIBRARY

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGG. STAFF AND STUDENTS (SECTION A)

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGG. STAFF AND STUDENTS (SECTION B)

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGG. STAFF AND STUDENTS (M TECH)

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGG. STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGG. STAFF

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS(M.Tech)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS (Section A)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS (Section B)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ELECTRONIC

ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF MASTERS OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARMENT OF MCA STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARMENT OF MCA STAFF

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DEPARTMENT OF MBA STAFF AND STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT OF MBA (SECTION A)

DEPARTMENT OF MBA (SECTION B)

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DEPARTMENT OF MBA STAFF

PROCTORS TEAM

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES STAFF

PLACEMENT STAFF

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MAGAZINE COMMITTEE

PROVIDENT FUND COMMITTEE

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TEQIP STAFF

EXAM SECTION STAFF

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MAIN OFFICE

ADMISSION SECTION

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MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT

ALUMINI ASSOCIATION

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

MSRIT BOYS HOSTEL STAFF

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EDC STAFF

BASKETBALL TEAM

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SPORTS STAFF

VOLLEY BALL TEAM

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SPORTS COMMITTEE

DRIVERS

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CULTURAL TEAM

CULTURAL COMMITTEE

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FAREWELL TO OUTGOING STUDENTS

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FAREWELL TO OUTGOING STUDENTS