NIST e-NEWS(Vol 65, September 15, 2009)

editors
Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty
Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka
advisors
Prof. Sangram Mudali
Dr. Ajit K. Panda
Ms. Geetika Mudali

From the Directors’ Desk
The untimely demise of our student, James Peter Baa, due to brain malaria has cast a
shadow of gloom over the entire Institute. The accursed disease has claimed a
victim who was full of promise and enthusiastic about life. His friends and teachers
are devastated by this loss. We stand by his family and friends together as the NIST family
in this dark hour as we mourn his loss.
The new team at NIST-ISTE is going full guns to make SANKALP ‘09 a “better than the
best” event. The events are more exciting, challenging and highly competitive. I hope students
from all over Orissa and the country who will congregate here for SANKALP ’09 will make
a stupendous effort to make this a successful event. After all, the home team NIST holds the Championship
Trophy from the last time and would like to retain it this year too!
The NIST has held a number of faculty development programs in the last one-two months. Scientists and researchers
from all over the country have come to our Institute as resource persons for the workshops. They are highly
appreciative of the Institute’s infrastructure, research facilities and core competency of our faculty and most
importantly the discipline of our students and the beauty of our campus. Our special thanks to the FDP
coordinators, faculty and staff who made them successful. On a special note: the first ever workshop on creative
writing brought out a great many hidden talent among our students: our future Chetan Bhagat’s and Anita Desaithanks
Dr. Raja Rao.
We wish all the students, faculty, staff and their families a wonderful Durga Puja and Dussehra.
Prof. Sangram Mudali
From the Editors’ Desk
The dust has started settling down after the fresh batch of B. Tech, MCA, MBA and PGDM students strated
treading on the campus of their alma mater. With fresh hopes and aspirations, students have started their journey
of exploring education through new dimensions. Being exposed to plethora of activities, including their involvement
in various on-campus clubs: Robotics Club, Literary club, Electronics Club, Club Excel, AD Club, Innova Club,
Photography Club, Musical Society, Renewable Energy Club etc., other than their regular studies, definitely
provides them an edge over others. As an addition, surpassing the past records, nearly 200 students of our
Institute have bagged SGPA> 9.0 in the even semester university examinations, thus setting a new bench mark
for their successors. Students get ample of opportunities to update themselves technologically through various
workshops, seminars, conferences - they imbibe the knack of creating something out of nothing, as a work of art,
through creative writing workshops – they fall in love with the passion of music through the vibes of NIST musical
society – they showcase their best of talents in the largest technical symposium, SANKALP & the institute’s
annual youth fest, WAVES, and surely the list is endless.
SANKALP, the largest ISTE sponsored technical symposium, being on the verge of getting explored, calls upon
every participant to carry along the spirit of participating and winning among a crowd of diverse regions and
disciplines.
Among all hapiness and celebrations, we, NISTians have definitely taken a pause to console oue bereaved souls
which has faced an irreparable loss at the sad, and untimely demise of one our beloved students, James Peter
Baa, a B. Tech. 5 th semester student. Our prayer before the Almighty, May the departed soul rest in peace.
Amrut Phalguni Mohanty
Dipti Ranjan Lenka
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AICTE SPONSORED FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Microelectronics/VLSI Design for Engineers & Scientists
An AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program
(FDP) on ‘Microelectronics/VLSI Design for
Engineers & Scientists’ was organized in the institute’s
premises during 27 th July to 08 th August 2009. The
program was inaugurated by Dr. S C. Bose, Senior
Scientist, CEERI, Pilani, Dr. Vijay Mishra, Professor &
Coordinator, INUP, IISc. Bangalore, along with Prof.
Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST and Dr. Ajit Kumar
Panda, Dean, NIST. The program enabled the
participants to improve their skills in the field of VLSI and its applications and also developed their expertise in
industry standard EDA tools such as, Cadence, Synopsys IC station, TCAD, Tanner tool, Xilinx etc.
Dr. S C Bose, CEERI, Pilani
Dr. Vijay Mishra, IISc, Bangalore
Dr. Dhrubes Biswas, IIT, Kgp
Dr. Sudeb Dasgupta, IIT, Roorkee
Dr. A. Halder, IIT, Kgp
Resource Persons of the Program
Dr. S. K. Sarkar, JU, Kolkata
Dr. Sushabhan Choudhury, SMIT, Sikkim
Dr. C. K Sarkar, JU, Kolkata
Dr. Baidhyanath Ray, BESU, Kolkata
Dr. Monojit Mitra, BESU, Kolkata
Participants from JITM, Paralakhemundi; IASST, Guwahati; GIIT, Berhampur; DRIEMS, Cuttack; University
Polytechnic, AMU, Aligarh, UP; Surajmal College, Sambalpur; GITAM, Khurdha; Purussottam Institue of
Engg & Tech, Rourkela; Apex Institute of Technology & Management, Bhubaneswar & the host institute NIST,
Berhampur attended the program.
Advanced DSP Implementation Using FPGA & DSP processor
A 7-day AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program on ‘Advanced DSP Implementation Using FPGA
& DSP processor’ was organised during 25 th to 31 st
August 2009. Prof. R. K. Mishra, Berhampur University
was the Chief Guest in the inaugural function along with
Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director and Dr. Arun Kumar
Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech.,NIST. Prof. Asit
Dutta, Calcutta University, and Prof. Mrityunjaya
Chakraborty, IIT, Kharagpur and Prof. R. K. Mishra,
Berhampur University were the resource persons for the
program. Keeping in view of the current requirements of
industries and research organizations, the course was
designed in such a way that the faculties from different institutes of the country got exposed to various implementation
aspects of Advanced DSP Algorithms in FPGA and DSP Processors for different applications. Participants from
RIT, Berhampur; PIET, Rourkela; GIIT, Berhampur; Heritage Institute of Technology, Calcutta; SKU, Andhra
Pradesh; MVSREC, Hyderabad, AP; GITAS,Vizayanagaram, A.P.; CBIT, Hyderabad; Sri Krishna Devraya
Univ., Anatapur including the host institute, NIST, Berhampur attended the FDP.
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Inter School Literary Competition
Promoting literary skills, developing the flair for literature,
being the primary objective, CLUB EUREKA:
Rediscover Yourself, A Quest for Literary
Brilliance, the Literary Club of the institute, organized
one of its mega ventures, ‘Inter School Literary
Competition-09’ on 30 th August 2009 in the institute
premises. A total number of 120 students from 17
different schools of in and around the city of Berhampur
participated in 11 different competitions held in both
English and Oriya. Faculty members of different
disciplines evaluated the performance of the contending students. The whole day event witnessed the literary
spark in young enthusiastic minds who came up with flying colors bagging many prizes at the end of the day. Dr.
Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech, Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor, Dept. of Management Studies
distributed trophies to the winners and runners-up of each of the events in the valedictory function. The Literary
Day was successfully coordinated by Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka and Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty, Faculty Advisors,
Club EUREKA, Mr. Jagannath Satpathy, President, Mr. Pratyush Mishra, Secretary and other active members
of the club.
Winners List
1. Debate Competition (English)
Winner : Ms. Smidhi Kalpita De Paul School
Runner-up : Ms. Sugyani MohapatraMAV School
2. Debate Competition (Oriya)
Winner : Mr. Sahaban Nayak Medical Campus
Govt. High School
Runner-up : Ms. Adhyasha Mohapatra De Paul School
3. Essay Writing (English)
Winner : Mr. Sairam Padhy DAV Public School
Runner-up : Mr. Gaurav Dash Kendriya Vidyalaya
4. Essay Writing (Oriya)
Winner : Mr. Suraj Bisoi K. C. High School
Runner-up : Mr. Abhishek Panda DAV Public School
5. Poem Composition (English)
Winner : Mr. Rajsannu Reddy De Paul School
Runner-up : Mr. Jeet Sahu De Paul School
Champions’ Trophy Winner: De Paul School
Congratulations!
6. Poem Composition (Oriya)
Winner :Mr. Babul Kumar Dalai Medical Campus
Govt. High School
Runner-up :Ms. Aiswariya Misra
Giri Road Girls’ High
School
7. Story Writing (English)
Winner :Mr. Sibanarayan Padhy De Paul School
Runner-up :Mr. Pratyush Kumar Sahu De Paul School
8. Story Writing (Oriya)
Winner :Mr. Sirshak Patro Saraswati Sishu
Vidya Mandir
Runner-up :Ms. Pallavi Nayak Sri Aurobindo
Integral School
9. Volte-Face (English)
Winner :Ms. Preeta Pratikshya De Paul School
Runner-up :Mr. Rakesh Ku. Biswal DAV Public School
10. Collage Composition
Winner :Mr. Praveen Kumar Sahu Kendriya Vidyalaya
Runners-up :Mr. Arun Kumar Yadav Kendriya Vidyalaya
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When I look back...
Rajasannu Reddy, De Paul School, Berhampur-10
When I look back,
I feel the sanguine sunrise crack
With the trees so lashing,
and the wind so dashing.
I could feel the blue cloud so gentle,
resting on the mountain top,
As the small particles on the earth’s mantle
lying on the earth’s floor.
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There’s a reflection from the prism so bright,
As the success has arrived like a light.
And when the clouds appear so dark,
It appears just to be the failure’s mark.
Oh! What a tender, compassionate friend,
Who made the need of my heart,
Shadows dispelling- with joy I’m telling,
He made all the darkness depart.
Heaven came down,
And glory filled my soul.
When at the cross,
He made me whole.
I could feel the presence,
by her essence.
As shining as gold,
Who is there to mould.
When there is a sudden turn,
I could feel the hailstones fall,
With the slow riftling of multicoloured birds,
Which make the rainbow so charm.
The heavens being so blue,
just proclaiming to you.
With the glory of God,
in nature so good.
The song of the birds so delight,
Which make the world so bright.
When again I look back,
I found myself in heaven.
The blooming flowers so beautiful,
and the hauling cock so wonderful.
Feel as if I’m in the garden of heaven,
went aside to meet the final destiny.
Lured by the love of success,
who followed me all across.
Now, its the time of the twinkling stars,
whose sparkles met me at the end.
But the wind so swift left me to my destiny,
As if I were His faithful buddy to Him.
I felt well secured,
when I found the Nature’s care.
Who left me in my house,
and departed away to meet her spouse.
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Attended
Dr. B. Pawan Kumar and Mr. Suresh Chandra
Patnaik, faculty members, Department of Management
Studies attended a “Short Term Course on
Interpersonal Communication Strategies” at Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur from 10 th - 16 th
August 2009. The course highlighted on the ‘Behavioral
Aspects of Interpersonal Communication’. Most of the
resource persons were from IIT Kharagpur including,
Prof. Damodar Suar, Prof. K. B. L. Srivastava, Prof.
Priyadarshi Patnaik, Prof. C. Chakaraborty. Around 50 participants from different institutes of the country attended
the 7-day program. The coordinator of the course was Prof. Dr. V. N. Giri.
Invited Talks
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering delivered two talks on “Role of
FACTS Controllers in Improving Power System Stability” and “Modelling and Simulation of Power
System with FACTS Controller for Stability Studies” at AICTE Sponsored FDP on “Modern System
Operation and Control”, at CV Raman College of Engineering (CVRCE), Bhubaneswar, held through 3 rd –
15 th August, 2009.
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Papers Published
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of EEE, published a paper, entitled, “Differential Evolutionary Algorithm
for TCSC-based Controller Design”, published in the International Journal of Simulation Modelling
Practice and Theory, ELSEVIER, DOI: 10.116/j.simpat.2009.07.002.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of EEE; N. P. Padhy, and R. N. Patel, published a paper, “A multiobjective
GA method for generating Pareto solutions for coordinated design of PSS and TCSC”, in the
International Journal of Intelligent System Technology and Applications, INDERSCIENCE Publications,
UK, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 430-445, 2009.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Dept. of EEE, published a paper, “TCSC-Based Controller Design by Multi-
Objective Non-Dominated Shorting Genetic Algorithm-II”, ACTA ELECTROTEHNICA, Vol. 50, No.
2, pp. 108-118, 2009.
Orientation Program on Creative Writing
The Orientation Program on Creative Writing, the most significant segment of Literature Appreciation program,
beautifully conceived by the Director, NIST Prof. Sangram Mudali was held from 28 th Aug. to 3 rd Sept. 2009.
The program was held from 3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. with two sessions on all days. Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor of
English, NIST B-School took the onus of conducting the Program, chiefly assisted by Mr. Jagannath Mohanty,
Coordinator, EDC Program. The whole of the Department of English was quite alive to the grand success of the
event. The distinguished scholars who addressed
to the problematics of composing poetry, writing
essays and short stories were Prof. Harihara Das,
ex-acting Vice-Chancellor, Berhampur University,
a prolific writer of short stories in Oriya, Prof.
Soubhagya Kumar Mishra, Former Professor of
English, Berhampur University and Central Sahitya
Academy Awardee for Poetry, Prof. Ram Narayan
Panda, Professor and Head, Department of English,
Berhampur University, the practicing short story
writer in Oriya, and Prof. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty,
Former Professor of English, Khallikote
Autonomous College, Berhampur, and Principal,
Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, also a Central Sahitya
Academy Awardee for Essay Writing. With Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST as the President of the
Valedictory Function, certificates to the effect of participation in the program were given away to all participants
by the Chief Guest, Prof. P.K. Mohanty, and the Coordinator, Prof. E. Raja Rao. Those who have established
proven skills of poetry writing and short story writing will be suitably awarded. The Coordinator thanks the
Dean, Dr. Ajit K. Panda, the Course Coordinator, Dr A.K. Padhy, and the B-School Coordinator Mr. Shom
Prasad Das for their active cooperation for the success of the event.
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Laurels
The following students of B.Tech., MCA, MBA and PGDM secured >=9.0 in
their university semester exams :
B. Tech 1st Semester-08
Name of the Student
SGPA
Vivek Padhi 9.00
Satya Narayan Panda 9.00
Abhishek Sahu 9.11
Kamal Kumar nayak 9.11
Pratyasha Patnaik 9.14
Smaranika Swain 9.32
Alisha Mahaptra 9.43
B. Tech 2nd Semester-08
Tapan Kumar Sabat 9.00
Satabdi Mohanty 9.00
Ashik Kumar Nayak 9.00
Satya Narayan Panda 9.00
G Sasmita Patra 9.00
Dilip Kumar Meher 9.04
Nitesh Kumar Thakur 9.04
Biswajeet Padhy 9.04
Prashant Kumar 9.04
Jogeswar Nanda 9.04
Saroj Kumar Jena 9.04
Prasant B. 9.04
Sukti Sutta Baisakha 9.04
Lipika Priyadarshini 9.07
Kewal Krishna 9.07
Bidur Panigrahy 9.07
Subhendu Sekhar Behera 9.07
Asit Kumar Dash 9.11
P.V.Apoorva 9.11
Manashmita Acharya 9.11
Manmayee Maharana 9.11
Tirtharaj Dash 9.11
Kumar Siddhartha 9.14
Monika Ray 9.14
Nilakantha Padhy 9.14
Saurav Kumar Agarwal 9.14
Padmalochan Panigrahi 9.14
Sumit Sekhar Pradhan 9.18
Name of the Student
SGPA
Pratyasha Ray 9.18
Anil Kumar 9.18
Tanmay Kumar Behera 9.18
Swarup Kumar Sahu 9.18
Rajesh Nahak 9.21
Sujeet Kumar Padhi 9.21
Lalita Mohapatra 9.21
Sasmita Dash 9.21
Sidharth Panda 9.21
Sagnyarani Satapathy 9.21
Miss Anjali 9.21
Hasyasmita Dash 9.21
Abhaya Prasad Panda 9.21
Debasish Acharya 9.25
Sradha Goutam 9.25
Biswanath Dash 9.25
Niharika Panigrahy 9.29
Sibani Saidarsini 9.29
Suhani Behera 9.29
Bhabani Sankar Nayak 9.29
Sunita Choudhary 9.29
Khusboo Gupta 9.32
Ankit Goyal 9.32
Abhishek Sahu 9.32
Saswati Mahapatra 9.32
Pabitra Ranjan Nayak 9.32
Manash Ranjan Raiguru 9.32
Ankita Panigrahi 9.36
Moningi Shilpa Devi 9.36
Avinash Kumar 9.36
Anurag Panda 9.39
Soumya Shatakshi Panda 9.39
Anna Jain 9.43
Pallabi Panigrahi 9.43
Sibasish Pattnaik 9.43
Gourav Kumar 9.43
Rajan Kumar Agarwal 9.43
Santosha Kapala 9.43
Baisakhi Das 9.46
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Name of the Student
SGPA
Alisha Mahapatra 9.54
Kamal Kumar Nayak 9.54
Sruti Sahani 9.57
Pratyasha Patnaik 9.57
Ch. Rajesh Kumar Subudhi 9.68
Sidharth Ranjan Panda 9.71
Smaranika Swain 9.75
Ashutosh Mohanty 9.75
Deepankar Mohapatro 9.79
B. Tech 3rd Semester-07
Sobhan Sahu 9.00
Trupty Acharya 9.03
Subhashree Dash 9.03
Suman Mohanty 9.03
Nikita Srivastava 9.03
Priyanka Sahoo 9.03
Shakuntala Meher 9.03
Nirada Nalini Das 9.07
Soumya Singari 9.10
Chinmaya Mohapatro 9.17
Cherukuri Esha 9.21
Abinash Tripathy 9.28
Swastika Panda 9.31
Itishri Dash 9.34
Gautam Kumar 9.34
Ramanpreet Kaur 9.38
Sangita Panigrahi 9.41
Stuti Pandey 9.41
Pranayraj Maharana 9.45
B. Tech 4th Semester-07
Swarup Pattnaik 9.00
Ashwini Kumar Mohanty 9.00
Abinash Tripathy 9.00
Deepa Rani Patro 9.03
Chinmaya Rath 9.14
Prasanjit Panda 9.17
Suman Mohanty 9.17
Cherukuri Esha 9.24
K. Praveena 9.24
Itishri Dash 9.24
Laxmi V 9.28
Chinmayee Palo 9.28
Name of the Student
SGPA
Nishant Kumar 9.28
Subikash Sahu 9.28
Stuti Pandey 9.28
Debashish Mahapatra 9.31
Srimant Panda 9.31
Trupty Acharya 9.38
E Manasa 9.41
Ipsa Akankshya 9.41
Ramanpreet Kaur 9.41
Pranayraj Maharana 9.45
Sangita Panigrahi 9.48
Kumari Ankita 9.59
Sobhan Sahu 9.62
Anu Patnaik 9.62
Karukunda Mohan Rao 9.90
Chinmaya Mohapatro 9.90
B. Tech 6th Semester-06
Archana Samantaray 9.00
Soma Giri 9.04
Katnala Sarita 9.04
Swati Kumari 9.08
Apurva Singh 9.11
Rajesh Panda 9.11
Adyasha Anapurba Biswal 9.12
Suranjeeta Behera 9.15
Saurabh 9.15
Mukesh Kumar 9.15
Ankita Swain 9.15
Gadi Jagannadh 9.15
Sudhajit Misra 9.19
Avinash Patnaik 9.22
Lipika Muni 9.22
Moni Kumari 9.26
Debashis Sahu 9.30
Deepika Parida 9.31
Repaka Sri Varuna 9.33
Anumachpalli Chakravarty 9.33
Ayushee Nigam 9.38
Chandra Shekhar Jha 9.38
Aswani Kumar Nayak 9.46
Aditi Gidra 9.48
Jyotsna 9.62
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MCA 1st Semester-08
Name of the student
SGPA
Manoranjan Dash 8.61
MCA 2nd Semester-08
Subharam Palai 8.50
Koushika Rout 8.54
Chinmayee Das 8.64
Bijaylaxmi Sahoo 8.64
Sabita Sahoo 8.71
Rama Ranjan Panda 8.71
Manoranjan Dash 8.71
Manas Prasad Nayak 8.79
Santosini Sahu 8.86
Debashis Mishra 8.93
Bishnu Prasad Pradhan 8.96
Aradhana Rani 9.11
G. Madan Mohan Patnaik 9.11
Rojalini Sahoo 9.21
Samudrika Jena 9.25
MCA 3rd Semester-07
Nibedita Rath 8.5
Sasmita Kumari Behera 8.5
Name of the student
SGPA
M Tejeswara Rao 8.5
Gayatri Padhi 8.58
Gayatri Padhy 8.58
Ippili Archana 8.65
Susanta Kumar Panigrahi 8.73
MCA 4th Semester-07
Sunita Kumari Dash 8.54
Sasmita Kumari Behera 8.61
Sagarika Mishra 8.61
Gayatri Padhy 8.75
PGDM 1st Trimester-08
Abhishek Tiwary 8.77
Trisha Singh 8.91
PGDM 2nd Trimester-08
Trisha Singh 8.50
PGDM 3rd Trimester-08
Abhishek Tiwary 8.57
Trisha Singh 8.57
MBA 2nd Trimester-08
Sanjukta Mohapatra 8.77
NIST Student in World’s most difficult Mountain Biking
Mr. Jhasaketan Patra, B. Tech student of 2004-08 batch, the only selected student from the state of Orissa,
participated in the world’s most hazardous and difficult Mountain Biking on the terrains of Himalayan Mountain
Ranges, organized by the Youth Hostel Associations of India (YHAI), New Delhi from 22 nd August – 7 th
September 2009. The expedition of 600 kms on Mountain Bikes along with 100 other mountain bikers from all
over India, took Jhasaketan 17 long days climbing some of the toughest ranges like, Rohtang Pass (13,051ft),
Bara Locha Pass (16.050ft), Lachung La Pass (16,600ft), Tangla Pass (17,469ft) and finally to the world’s
highest motorable point, Khardung La Pass (18,380 ft).
Congratulations to Jhasaketan for completing this arduous expedition successfully!
Skill Improvement Program at NIST
Directorate of Technical Education & Training, Govt. of Orissa under the “Employment Mission Programme”
has selected NIST as a partner Institution to roll out the Skill Improvement Programme, under different trades.
NIST has been allotted a total of 77 students under three trades namely Computer Hardware Technician, Data
Entry Operator & Repair of Electrical Appliances. The scheme is fully sponsored by Govt. of Orissa. This is a
unique opportunity to extend our technical and professional expertise to certain weaker and unskilled sections of
the society. The classes have already commenced from 1 st September 2009.
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NIST Student winners at Youth Inspire’ 09
NIST students participated in the ‘Youth Inspire-09’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at
Bhubaneswar on 28 th August 2009. Under the aegis of the program, an event, iNNOVEX- “Show your own
way of Being Innovative”, an exhibition cum innovative competition, was conducted in which many students from
various engineering colleges of Orissa participated. A number of seven B. Tech students (2006-2010 Batch) of
our institute participated in the said program. The judges from different Industries/Corporates appreciated the
models of our students.
The following is list of students who got 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd prizes in the said program:
Prize Name of the student Title of the topic
1st Satyajeet Panda (ECE) Mobile Controlled Locomotory System
2nd Anand Kumar (EIE) Hybrid Car
2nd Jaya Madhab Panda (ECE) Gated Clock Design LFSR
3rd Tapan Kumar Palai (IT) Spy Robot
The winners would receive the prize from the Honourable Chief Minister, Orissa.
Inauguration of SAS by NIST B-School
The NIST Business School has initiated the Saturday Activity Session (SAS) which would provide the
management students with ample opportunities to make themselves coporate ready, enhance their personality
and above all, improve their life-skills. This is a regular weekly activity where the students perform-and-learn
through various activities like, management games, presentations, quizzes, case study analyses etc. Each session
is mentored by resource persons both from NIST and different industry, corporate houses, & govt. Organizations.
On 29 th August 2009, the program was formally inaugurated in an Orientation Program in the presence of Dr. Ajit
Kumar Panda, Dean, Mr. Shom Prasad Das, Course Coordinator, MBA and other faculty members of the
institute.
Thursday Lecture Seminar Series
Date: 13 August 2009
Speakers
Dr. A. K. Padhy
Mr. Subhasis Das
Mr. Satyabrata Das &
Mr. Nihar Ranjan Sahu
Date: 20 August 2009
Speakers
Mr. Trupti Ranjan Lenka
Dr. Satya S. Mahato
Mr. Ratnakar Mishra
Title
Nanotechnology and its Applications
An EQO Model for Deteriorating Items with Partial Backlogging
Graphical System Design
Title
Indian Nano-electronics Users Programme
Silicon Heterostructure for MOSET Applications
Case teaching and writing
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NIST students at ‘Inter College Management Meet’
NIST B-School students participated in the Inter
College Management Meet conducted by ICFAI
National College, Berhampur on 26 th August 2009. The
students brought laurels to the institute by winning in
every event they competed in.
Name of the student Batch Prize Event
Ms.Shradanjali Nayak MBA 2 nd yr Winner Group Discussion
Ms.Vashali Padhi MBA 2 nd yr Runners-up Group Discussion
Mr. Abhishek Tiwary PGDM 2 nd yr
Ms.Swagatika Sahu PGDM 2 nd yr
Ms.Shruti Epari
MBA 2 nd yr
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Winner Role Play
Mr. Prabir Ku.Swain MBA 2 nd yr Winner Online Trading
Mr. Satyanarayan Patnaik PGDM 2 nd yr Runners-up Online Trading
Ms. Swagatika Sahu PGDM 2 nd yr Runners-up Just 3 Minutes
A Workshop by Microsoft
Microsoft India conducted a one day workshop for the Engineering & MCA students and the faculty members
of NIST on 4th September 2009. Mr. Ramesh Chandak,
Senior Lead Program Manager, Mr. Balaji Mishra,
Development Lead, and Mr. Rakesh Parida, Senior
Software Development Engineer, represented Microsoft.
350 students from 3 rd year & final year and 50 faculty
members from different disciplines attended the
workshop. The workshop included Introduction to
Microsoft by Mr. Ramesh Chandak, Introduction to SQL
Server Session: RDBMS Concepts, TSQL Querying,
Manageability Concepts with SQL Server, Optimizing
Procedural Code by Mr. Balaji Mishra and Introduction
to SQL Server Session: Introduction to BI Integration
Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, BI Application Development by Mr. Rakesh Parida. The Postlunch
session dealt with the Introduction to Windows Academic Program (WAP) and the college Resources for
Windows Academic Program by Mr. Ramesh Chandak followed by Application Development using Microsoft
technologies, Introduction to Microsoft Technologies on the presentation layer Middle Tier and Data Tier Microsoft
Technologies by Mr. Balaji Mishra and Mr. Rakesh Parida. This Technical workshop at NIST was successfully
coordinated by Mr. Atanu Dutta, Mr. Debananda Kanhar and Dr. Sudhir K. Panigrahy along with the staff of
Training & Placement Cell under the guidance of Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement
Director, and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean.
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NIST Welcomes
NIST welcomes the following members to its parivaar:
Dr. Manabendra Patra joined as faculty in the
Department of Chemistry &
Environmental Sciences. He did his
M. Sc., M. Phil and Ph. D on
“Polymerization of Vinyl
Monomors in Micellar Phase”
from Sambalpur University. He has more than 25
Research Publications in both National &
International Journals. He has more than 16 years of
Research experience and has qualified the Senior
Research Fellowship & Research Associateship from
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New
Delhi (CSIR). He has presented one of his research
papers in University of Florida, USA. His research
interests lies in the areas of ‘Surface Science’,
‘Polymer Chemistry’, ‘Kinetics’ & ‘Organic
Synthesis’.
Mr. Samarendra Patro joined as faculty in the
Department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering. He did his B. Tech. in
Electrical Engineering from College of
Engineering & Technology (CET),
Bhubaneswar. His research interests
lies in the areas of ‘Control System’
and ‘Power Electronics’.
Mr. Asit Kumar Panda joined as faculty in the
Department of Electronics &
Communication Engineering. He
did his B. E. and M. Tech. both in
Electronics & Communication
Engineering from National Institute
of Science & Technology (NIST),
Berhampur. He has worked in HCL Infosystem Ltd.,
Mumbai as a System Engineer for three years. His
research interest lies in the area of ‘Wideband
&Multiband Antenna’, ‘Soft Computing’ & ‘Particles
Swarm Optimization Technique’.
Mr. K. Hemant Kumar Reddy joined as faculty
in the Department of Computer Science &
Engineering. He did his M. Tech. in Computer
Science from Berhampur University and M. Phil from
Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. He
is continuing his Ph. D. in the area of
“Service Oriented Architecture
and it’s Modeling”. He has 4 yrs of
teaching experience to his credit and
has two publications in MNGSA
International Conference Proceedings. His research
interests include ‘Algorithm’ & ‘Programming’.
Mr. M. Rajasekhar Reddy joined as faculty in the
Department of Computer Science &
Engineering. He did his M. Sc. in
Mathematics from IIT Kanpur and M.
Tech. in Computer Applications from
ISMU, Dhanbad. His Research
interest includes ‘Parallel Computing’
and ‘Algorithms’.
Mr. Rajendra Kumar Khadanga joined as faculty in
the Department of Electrical &
Electronics Engineering. He did his
Diploma in Electrical Engineering from
SMIT, Berhampur and B. Tech. in
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
from NIST, Berhampur. He was
working with C. P. Aquaculture Pvt. India Ltd., Chennai
as Junior Electrical Maintenance Trainee. His research
interest lies in the areas of ‘Power System’ & ‘Electrical
Machine’.
Mr. Sidhartha Sankar Sahu joined as faculty in the
Department of Japanese Language. He did his B. Tech.
in Electronics & Telecommunication
Engineering from NIST, Berhampur.
He has qualified the ‘Japanese
Language Proficiency Test’ (JLPT),
Level-3 and has also won 3 rd prize in
‘Japanese Language Prose Reading Competition’ held
at Kolkata. He has interest in the research area of
‘Business Management’.
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Mr. Bhavani Sankar Padhi joined as faculty in the
Department of Electronics &
Communication Engineering. He did
his B. Tech. in Electronics &
Communication Engineering from
National Institute of Science &
Technology (NIST), Berhampur.
He takes interest in the research area of ‘Analog VLSI
Design’ (specially using Cadence Tool, Tanner Tool),
‘Communication’, & ‘Electro Magnetic Theory’.
Ms. Supriya Panda joined as faculty in the
Department of Electronics &
Communication Engineering. She
did her B. Tech. in Electronics &
Communication Engineering from
National Institute of Science &
Tech Check
Technology (NIST), Berhampur. Her research
interest lies in the area of ‘VLSI Design’.
Mr. Dinesh Moharana joined as Workshop
Technician. He did his graduation
from Berhampur University. He has
done the Workshop Practice
training under NIST Employment
Oriented Program (EOP). He has
also done Post Graduate Diploma
in Computer Applications (PGDCA) from Alfa
Institute, Berhampur.
Nist e_news wishes all of you
a bright and successful career!
Md. Ashraf Adil, ashraf13@rediffmail.com
B. Tech., 5 th Semester, Team e_news
Handycooler Personal Air Conditioner
Someone asked me “Is the summer over?” Well I had no answer because I was
sweating like hell. Then I saw this. The new “HANDYCOOLER PERSONAL AIR
CONDITIONER”. So, now you have the ac in your pocket. Evaporative cooling is
the trick here. It is a device a little bigger than a cordless phone with a sponge on
which you simply have to drizzle some water. The fan draws air over the damp sponge,
cooling it by up to 25 degrees Fahrenheit. The ducted fan rotates to move the air
where you want it. It requires a quartet of AA batteries and rechargeable batteries can
be a good option in a long run. Four batteries will bring you around 5 hours of cooling,
but you can always opt for USB power whenever your computer or notebook is turned on. The Handycooler
Personal Air Conditioner will retail for $39.99 a pop.
Sennheiser Mini Headphones are foldable
Well, I prefer headphones over earphones and earbuds. But, when it’s the question of portability I have to
scratch my head hundreds times. Hey! Wait a minute now we have the new
foldable “Sennheiser Mini Headphones” which are a little smaller than the rest
and will fold up to make them even more compact.
The headphones have powerful transducers with neodymium magnets for clear
and natural sound. The cable itself allows you to control the volume on the cord
itself. The product will hit the market this month. So, get ready to have one for
your ears.
Courtesy: gizmowatch.com, gadgets-network.com
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News Desk
Mr. Pratyush Mishra
B. Tech., 5 th sem, Team e_news
What dominated the news headlines for the month was Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister, YSR’s untimely
and tragic demise when his chopper crashed into the hills due to bad weather conditions. Speculations
were high about Maoist groups abducting the chief minister due to the ongoing Bandh by the Maoists
during this accident. This news shook the entire political community of the nation leaving cracks in the congressled-state-government
which got clearly exposed as the names began to pour as the next heir to the “Gaddi”.
What was another concern to the country was the rising cases of swine flu. While majority of the educational
institutes and offices in the infected areas were kept in quarantine, the state saw its first case in an NIT student.
The toll has already crossed nearly 50 with no specific cure for the killer virus. The BJP found its ideals fading
away with members of the party following Mr. L.K Advani in their praise of Jinnah. The BJP seems to be losing
its aides with the RSS going clear off the mess by the BJP members. The border of the country remained active
with Pakistan and China continuing their attempts for acquisition of Indian territory with the Chinese troops even
crossing the border and painting parts of the territory RED. The tension between India & Pakistan reached
heights with reports of Pak missiles being fired to the territory. Pakistan, however, denied any such incidents. The
situation at the Line of Actual Control remained grim with reports suggesting China occupying Indian areas
slowly. The Indian army finally has its Women battalion of the BSF ready for deployment at the highly sensitive
Indo-Pak border. Startling revelations by the former Pak supremo Pervez Musharraf about the use of US
military aid in building up of defense against India gave the diplomatic talks between the two countries a setback.
The international politics remained active with Karzai holding a lead in the partial Afghan vote count. Switching
over to technology, the Microsoft-Yahoo deal in the US further deepened with no clear message about the
outcomes. Motorola finally unveiled the Google phone but to a muted response. The state however saw a series
of scams…the mining and the cheat fund scam...to name a few. The Maoist rampage continued with the rebels
attacking forest offices in Sundergarh, blowing up railway station in Rourkela and even entering into the mineral
rich district of Keonjhar. Meanwhile the banned CPI (Maoist) carried out abductions of five railway employees
and have asked for a swap of the hostages with 30 arrested tribal leaders. The speculations about shifting from
the state were rubbished by controversial Posco project committee. The key indices of the sensex touched the
15k mark as the markets showed signs of improving. JET airways went through a tough time with the pilots going
on a strike to protest against the sacking of two employees and finally the matter being sorted out nearly after 15
international and 137 domestic flight cancellations. Anti-ragging laws set by the Apex Court became stricter with
various help-lines being launched to curb the activities. P.C’s visit to the U.S bore some results with U.S pressurizing
the Pakistani government for cooperation regarding the Mumbai attacks. The CBSE board finally announced its
plans of making the Class-X exams optional from 2011 and introducing the grading systems from this year
onwards. This move is being termed as path-breaking and is expected to cheer lakhs of students across the
nation. The state technical education met with a grim situation where seats were left vacant even after a 2 nd JEE
being conducted. Switching over to sports, F-1 is finally coming to India despite the sports ministry denying
recognition of F-1 as a sport. The Men in Blue were finally in action after a gap, putting up a brilliant show in the
first match->climbing to the top spot in ODI rankings & then losing the spot in the very next match against Sri-
Lanka. The tennis fraternity saw its 16 top seeds advancing to the 2 nd round for the first time in this U.S open.
However this U.S open, it was India vs India as both Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes with their respective
partners advanced through the stages setting up the final clash. Pankaj Advani became the World Billiard’s
Champion..to add another star to his legacy. Brazil, Spain and Italy advanced into the World Cup (Football)
through the qualifiers with the French tied with Portugal in the WC qualifiers.
Dussehra is already knocking…wishing all the readers a great vacation ahead. HAPPY DUSSEHRA! :)
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Sportscast
Mr. P. Kumar Sachin & Adityanshu
B. Tech., 7 th Sem.
Hello friends! Welcome to yet another adrenaline gushing edition of sportscast. The world of sport was
abuzz with excitement with special joy for Indian fans.
The cricketing world was in for a major upheaval at the top with the mighty Aussies being humbled by the English
and dropping down to 4 th in ICC test rankings. Also their skipper punter bid adieu to T-20 cricket. But in the
ensuing ODI series Australia were back at their dominant best buoyed by the return of Brett lee and are leading
4-0 in the 7 match series. Also team India made a winning start to their new season with a victory in sri-lanka, thus
gearing up for the champions trophy.
There was joy for Force India at F-1 with Giancarlo Fisichella finishing 2nd and securing the first points for his
team at the Belgian grand prix with only a safety car punctuating him and 1 st placed kimi raikonnen. But his
consequent move to Ferrari was a great loss for force India. In the next race at Monza another force India driver
Adrian sutil finished 4 th Rounding off a fantastic fortnight,.
In the world of boxing vijender singh became the first Indian pugilist to secure a podium finish winning bronze at
the world boxing championships in middleweight category.
In the ever exciting soccer pitch there were places at world cup finals at stake and 5-time champions Brazil and
European champs Spain danced their way to the finals in ever dominant fashion. Also England, Netherlands,
Ghana, South Korea and North Korea have booked their berths for South Africa while other teams will battle it
out in the final few matches to be held in October.
In club football Manchester city gunned down the gunners at home to scalp their first big four victim. While it was
routine affair for other big guns. Elsewhere Barca, Bayern Munich and inter Milan won their matches with ease.
The us open has been set ablaze with the recent controversy surrounding Serena Williams with her on court
behavior and also with the performance of 17 year old American Melanie Oudin who has accounted for all the top
Russian divas. Super mom Kim clijsters has made a remarkable comeback reaching the finals. in the doubles final
Indian ace Leander Paes defeated compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.
We pledge to bring in more thrill and excitement the next time around.
For any queries and details do contact the fanatics at anshu.aditya@gmail.com or panda.sachin101@gmail.com.
Orientation Program 2009
The institute welcomed the fresh batch of Engineering and MCA students in an Orientation Program. Prof. Sangram
Mudali, Director, Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy,
Course Coordinator, B. Tech along with Faculty members of various disciplines officially welcomed the students
with the note of motivation, caution and awareness towards their respective courses.
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Cynosure of All Eyes
Ms. Neena Choudhary
B. Tech., 3 rd Sem.
Hello readers! Last month was dedicated to Indian politics and believe me it was really very difficult to get
you the top story of the month. Jaswant Singh being expelled from BJP for praising Jinnah in his recent
book and the book being banned in the BJP ruling state Gujarat stole the limelight. The death of Dr. YSR
Reddy due to his chopper crash which was then followed by death of his supporters has created a storm in the
whole country. And then there were various other issues like Indian politics in Indian cricket team and Kapil
Sibal’s declaration to make Class-X exams optional. With all these happenings around, Cynosure Of All Eyes
would like to draw your attention towards the current educational scenario in our country.
In the 21 st century, knowledge is the most valuable resource. The long-term success of our future generation is
based on its ability to innovate and adapt. And education plays the most crucial role in that. Education is about
learning, the joy of that process, thus self-discovery is far more relevant than to be taught. In India we can
recognize a child as a school going student only with his heavy ‘bastas’ and books which weigh even more than
him. This thought has begun to change now, at least at the grass root level and for this all thanks goes to Mr. Kapil
Sibal. It was really brave on his part to come across with the idea of making the Class-X CBSE board exams
optional and evaluate the students via grades. Well, we all know the number of interviews and cross-questions
that he had to face. It’s truly very difficult to try to bring around a change in a well established system. We Indians
boast of producing world-class engineers, doctors and scientists but here arises a question. Is education limited
only to physics and biology text books? Each one of us knows the answer, but we are afraid of taking a step in
a different direction. Yes, a new trend of producing managers has begun now. But a recent study reports that
mere 25% of India-trained engineers and 15% of finance and accounting professionals have the skill sets to work
for multinational companies. Is this our world-class standard??? The dismal quality of education in many private
institutes is such that even the curriculum is not in sync with the industry’s need. Students are trained in Pascal and
Fox Pro despite knowing that these computer languages have become archaic long ago.
In our education system, students need to understand that why are they pursuing a particular course and where
would it take them in future. Unfortunately, at present not many students are aware that why are they in a
particular course. And majority of students which most of our institutes churn out every year are not at all
employable. We need to prepare a road map for this type of a new curriculum. The ‘attitude’ has to change. The
tutor-driven curriculum has to be transferred into student-driven curriculum. And for this we do need some real
role models other than Hrithik Roshan and MS Dhoni. Though there are some icons like NR Murthy but that’s
not enough. We need more such role models who can inspire our young generation.
The need of the hour is to implement a holistic educational system that would produce candidates which can be
absorbed in industries. We have to be more receptive to new ideas and suggestions. Significant efforts are
required for change in the entrenched attitudes of parents and teachers towards the practice of measuring the
child’s progress and interests. It is good to adapt to change and be a part of it rather pretending to be ignorant.
It is never late. The future of lakhs of students is at stake. And before it gets too late we have to arouse the
innovator inside us.
[Any suggestions or feedback regarding the article are welcome and can be mailed to
neena.choudhary.28.06@gmail.com]
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SANKALP-09
Sankalp-09, the National Level Techno-Management Symposium under the aegis of Indian Society for
Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi shall be organized this year in the college campus from October
14th - 16th. This will be the 7th version of the original theme since its inception in the year 2003 and shall
be carried out with greater success. More than 1000 students from various colleges across the country confluence
and more than 2000 students from National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) itself participate in this
event. It involves a number of Technical activities, Business activities and few Fun activities as well providing the
participants a platform to showcase their talents.
Sankalp’ 09 is an effort determined to scale new heights at bringing about the culmination of original ideas of
technical students at a national level in a scale never before achieved in the region. Every new idea is a brand new
beginning, which requires a platform to be exposed to the masses. Ignited minds need a catalyst for instigation of
original ideas and sustenance of the thirst for knowledge.
We are determined to make Sankalp’09 the place and the time where your idea is unleashed to the world and
save it from the monotony of stagnation. Creative thinking, team leadership, decision making under stiff competition
is what you get to exercise here. Along with the technological content of the symposium there is an appropriate
blending of cultural events to give the mind a welcome respite, sure to make SANKALP’09-Rephrasing
Dreams. For our accomplishments check our site http://www.sankalp09.com
Stacks of events this year to ignite you are:-
1. Robotics- Agnishamak,Kritavdhaan
2. Poster Presentation-Aalekhya
3. Paper Presentation- Rochaka
4. Inter College Dance- Lashya
5. Mr./ Ms. Sankalp- Shreyas
6. Junk Sense- Paras
7. Mr. CEO- Kautilyam
8. General Quiz- Yakshya
9. Renovare- Dadhichi
10. Java Programming- Gargi
11. Gaming- Chakravyuh
12. Debate- Wakritwa
13. Share Market- Arthasastra
14. C - Programming- Tarkashastra
15. Web Designing- Web-Kriti
16. Techquiz- Nachiketa
17. Hardware Modeling- Nirman
18. Treasure Hunt- Prahelika
19. King of Computers- Kanisk
20. New Software Development - abhinavam
21. 21.VLSI- Khyudrakriti, Laghukriti, Parizat
The three day fest promises intense technical duels and fun amongst students. I.S.T.E student’s chapter of NIST
welcomes you with arms open to this saga of ultimate excitement.
Ms. Monalisa Mishra
Mr. Sushant Tripathy
Mr. Bhavani Sankar Padhi
19-Sep
24-Sep
09-Oct
Birthday Bash
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