NIST e-NEWS(Vol 63, JUL 15, 2009) Special Edition

editors
Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty
Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka
advisors
Prof. Sangram Mudali
Dr. Ajit K. Panda
Ms. Geetika Mudali
National Institute of Science and Technology
Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa.
Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627
e-mail: enews@nist.edu, Website: www.nist.edu.

Shri Surendra Mudali
Founder & Chairman, NIST
From the Director’s Desk
It is a great pleasure to welcome the new Batch of 2009 to a temple of modern
learning called NIST. The founder Chairman of NIST, Shri Surendra Mudali
had a dream and a vision to transform NIST into a mecca of technical and
professional education and journey has well begun. NIST is one of the leading top
institutes of the country within the top 100. The 150 faculty members of the Institute
comprising of over 40 core faculty from the IITs, IISc and top universities of the
world, are determined to provide the best undergraduate and graduate education.
What sets NIST completely apart is its singular determination to be a frontline
leader in teaching and research competing with the IITs and NITs for this honor.
Students of NIST stand out in start contrast as they are the most disciplined, hard
working, ethical, multi-skill, highly motivated, ambitious professionals ever produced
in India. This is not mere drum beating but is vouched by thousands of our alumni
and industry partners from all over the world. We welcome the most talented students
to challenge our faculty and together we discover a new frontier in our march towards
Excellence.
Welcome to NIST.
Prof. Sangram Mudali
15 July 2009
From the Editors’ Desk
Amrut P. Mohanty
A year-round-up is at your desk now. This issue of NIST
e_news is going to be a different reading for all the readers
as it highlights the events, achievements, happenings of the
entire year 2008 – 09 in a nutshell to give a glance of the
feats that the institute has achieved over a year. The magazine
through its endeavour in projecting the true picture of the
Institute has successfully come to the culmination of another
academic year. We wait for the arrival of the fresh batch of
students of 2009 to give campus journalism a new fillip and
write the saga of greater success.
Dipti R. Lenka
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TCS selected students
Placement Drive
Wipro selected students
Infosys hired students
Mphasis selected students
Major Recruiters for the Academic Year: 2008 – 2009
Recruiters Students Selected
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Kolkata 159
Wipro Technologies, Bangalore 117
Infosys Technologies, Bangalore 59
Mphasis, Bangalore 38
Vedanta Aluminium, Lanjigarh 21
Recruiters Students Selected
L & T Emsys, Mysore 9
Eventcy Software Solutions, Hyderabad 8
PENTA - C, Banglalore 7
NIST, Berhampur 6
Wipro Technologies( VLSI), Bangalore 6
Atos Origin, Mumbai 5
NIST Faculty - Hall of Fame
BOYSCAST Fellowships - 4
FULLBRIGHT Fellowships - 3
Samanta Chandra Shekhar Young Scientist Awardees - 3
URSI Young Scientist Awardees - 2
Post Doctorates - 20
Faculty members with Ph.D. Degrees - 27
Faculty members from IITs - 25
Faculty with Degrees from Foriegn Universities - 13
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Paper Publications
Dr. Sidharth Panda, Faculty, Electrical and Electronics Engineering got his paper entitled, “Real-Coded
Genetic Algorithm for Robust Coordinated Design of Excitation and SSSC-Based Controller”,
published in the International journal, ‘Journal of Electrical Engineering’, Volume 8 (4) / 2008.
Dr. Sidharth Panda got his paper entitled, “Optimal Supplementary Damping Controller Design
for TCSC Employing RCGA”, published in the International journal, ‘International Journal of
Computational Intelligence’.
Dr. Sidharth Panda got his paper entitled, “Simultaneous Tuning of Static Var Compensator and
Power System Stabilizer Employing Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm”, published in the International
journal, ‘International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Engineering’.
Mr. Diptendu Sinha Roy, Faculty, Computer Science and Engineering along with Dr. Ajit Kumar
Panda, Dean and Faculty, Electronics and Communication Engineering published a paper entitled, “Software
Reliability Allocation of Digital Relay for Transmission Line Protection using a Combined
System Hierarchy and Fault Tree Approach”, in the journal, ‘Institute of Engineering and
Technology (IET) Software’, 2008, vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 437-445.
Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean and Faculty, Electronics and Communication Engineering, published his
paper, entitled, “Comparative Study on the High-Bandgap Material (GaN and SiC)-based Impact
Avalanche Transit Time Device”, in the journal, ‘Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation’, Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 789-793.
Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda published his paper, entitled, “Optimized Ion Implantation Profiles for the p-
n Junction using Fourth Moment Approach for Application in High Frequency VLSI Circuits”,
in the journal, ‘ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications’,
Vol. 6, No. 2, August 2008.
An article of Mr. Suresh Chandra Patnaik, Faculty, Dept. of Management Studies, titled,
“Implementation of Right CRM Strategy for Pharmaceutical Industry” has been selected to be
published in the International Journal, ‘Delhi Business review’, Vol. 9, no.2’. The paper has been already
presented at the 9th International Conference on Management of Transformation.
Mr. Abhro Mukherjee, Faculty, Dept. of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering got his
paper entitled, “Industrial Control of Dancer-Less Take up System for Modern Wire Drawing
Machines with Smart Controllers”, published in the International Journal, ‘Journal of Automation
and Systems Engineering’ (vol. 2, issue- 4, Dec, 2008), Algeria.
Mr. Kanhu Charan Behera, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, presented
a poster on the paper, “Design of a Humidity Sensor with PVT Variation using AMI C5 CMOS
Technology” which got published in the Proceedings of ‘International Conference on Microwave-
08’ which has also a IEEE Reference ID of 978-1-4244-2690-4444/08/$ 25.00@2008 IEEE soon to
be released in the Conference Proceedings of IEEE website.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering got his Research Paper
entitled, “Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm for Robust Coordinated Design of Excitation and SSSC-
Based Controller” accepted for publication in the Journal of Electrical Engineering; presented a poster,
entitled, “Power System Stability Improvement by Differential Evolution Optimized TCSC-Based
Controller” in the 17th International Conference on Computing CIC 2008” held at Mexico City, Mexico,
during 3rd to 5th December 2008. Dr. Sidhartha Panda also presented a paper, entitled, “Simultaneous
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Tuning of Excitation and SSSCbased Controller Employing Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm”
accepted in the ‘National Seminar on Soft Computing in Engineering Applications, NSSCIEA’
during 5th-7th Dec 08, Krupajal Engineering College, Bhubaneswar.
Research Papers of Dr. Sidhartha Panda, faculty, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
have been accepted for publication in reputed International Journals like, ‘International Journal of
Innovative Computing and Applications’ (IJICA), ‘International Journal of Computational
Methods’, & ‘International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education’.
Dr. Motahar Reza, Faculty, Dept. of Mathematics along with Dr. A. S. Gupta, Dept. of Mathematics,
IIT Kharagpur, published a paper, entitled, “Momentum and Heat Transfer in the Flow of a
Viscoelastic Fluid Past a Porous Flat Plate Subject to Suction or Blowing” in the ‘International
Journal of Fluid and Thermal Engineering’ Vol. 1 No. 3 page: 140-143.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering published a paper, “Multiobjective
evolutionary algorithm for SSSC-based controller design”, in the journal, ‘Electric Power
System Research’. Elsevier, Article in Press, doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2008.12.004.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, along with S. K. Tomar, R. Prasad, C. Ardil, published a paper, “Reduction of
Linear Time-Invariant Systems Using Routh-Approximation and PSO”, in the ‘International
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences’, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 82-89, 2009.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, along with S. K. Tomar, R. Prasad, C. Ardil, published a paper, “Model Reduction
of Linear Systems by Conventional and Evolutionary Techniques”, in the ‘International Journal
of Computational and Mathematical Sciences’, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 28-34, 2009.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda and Narayana Prasad Padhy, published paper entitled, “Application of Genetic
Algorithm for PSS and FACTS based Controller Design”, in the ‘International Journal of
Computational Methods’, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 607-620, 2008.
Mr. Chandan Kumar Jha, and Mr. Trupti Ranjan Lenka, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and
Communication Engineering, published paper, “DST based Implementation of Spatial-to-frequency
Domain Transformation of Image using VHDL”, in the ‘International Journal of Electronics
Engineering’, 1(1), 2009, pp. 37-39.
A research paper of Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and N.
P. Padhy, on “Improving the Stability of a Distribution System Embedded with Wind Turbine
Induction Generators Using STATCOM” has been accepted for publication in ‘International Energy
Journal’.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and R.N. Patel published
a paper, “Optimal Location of Shunt FACTS Devices in Long Transmission Lines to Improve
Transient Stability”, in the ‘International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education’, Vol. 46,
Issue 2, pp. 150-163, 2009.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, J. S. Yadav, N. P. Patidar
and C. Ardil published a paper, “Evolutionary Techniques for Model Order Reduction of Large
Scale Linear Systems” in the ‘International Journal of Applied Science, Engineering and
Technology’, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 22-28, 2009.
Dr. Gayadhar Panda, Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
and C. Ardil published a paper, “Hybrid Neuro Fuzzy Approach for Automatic Generation Control
of Two–Area Interconnected Power System” in the ‘International Journal of Computational
Intelligence’, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 80-84, 2009.
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Mr. Trupti Ranjan Lenka, Faculty and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, Dept. of Electronics and
Communication Engineering published a paper, “Characteristics Study of GaAs Based Pseudomorphic
HEMT” in the ‘GITAM Journal of Information Communication Technology’, Vol. 2, No. 1, ISSN
0974-4622, January-July 2009.
Mr. M. Suresh, Course Coordinator, M. Tech Program, Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, Mr. Mukesh
Sukla, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, along with Ms. Jayasri Acharya,
and Ms. Lusita Sahu, B. Tech., Final year students, ECE branch, published a paper, “Power Analysis
and Simulation of Low Power Gated-Clock Design of LFSR using 250nm Technology”, in the
‘International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research and Applications’, Vol. 3, No. 1,
Books Published
1.“Enjoy Your Breath” by Maharshi Dr. Yogiraj, Founder & Chief Faculty of Hundred Years Life Club,
NIST Publications, Berhampur.
2.“A Textbook of Small C Programs” A Comprehensive Introduction to ANSI C by Dr. Ravi P
Reddy, NIST Publications, Berhampur.
3.“An English Vocabulary Reader” for GRE, TOEFC, GMAT, SAT, CAT, MAT, & all Examinations
requiring vocabulary skills by Dr. Ravi P Reddy, NIST Publications, Berhampur.
4.“Optimization in Engineering” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, SCITECH Publications (INDIA) Pvt.
Ltd., Chennai.
5.“Probability and Statistics” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi.
6.“Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prentice - Hall of India,
New Delhi.
7.“Numerical Analysis” by Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, NIST Publications, Berhampur.
8.“Linux for Beginners” A Self Study Book by K. Lakshmi Narayan, NIST Publications, Berhampur.
9.“Web Designing with HTML, JAVA Script and Flash MX” by K. Lakshmi Narayan , NIST Publications,
Berhampur.
10.“MATLAB and Simulink” A Quick Start Guide by Dr. Partha S. Mallick, SCITECH Publications
(INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
11.“Production and Operations Management” by Mr. Sushanta Tripathy, SCITECH Publications
(INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
12.“Operation Management” by Mr. Sushanta Tripathy, S.M. Publication, Bhubaneswar.
13.“Materials Science” by Dr. Sukanta Tripathy & Dr. Arun K. Padhy , SCITECH Publications
(INDIA) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
14.“Digital Systems Fundamentals” by Dr. Ashutosh K Singh , Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi.
15.“Object Oriented Programming using C++” by Mr. Muktikant Sa, SCITECH Publications (IN-
DIA) Pvt. Ltd.
16.“Differential Equation” by Dr. P. C. Biswal, Prentice Hall of India, Ltd.
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Young Scientist Awardees
Laurels
Dr. Motahar Reza, Asst. Professor, National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur was awarded
with the most prestigious award of the state, the Samanta Chandra Shekhar Orissa Young Scientist
Award - 2006, for his significant and commendable contribution in the field of Physical Sciences. Hon’ble
Minister for Planning & Co-ordination, Science and Technology, Shri Duryodhan Majhi graced the occasion
being the Chief Guest and conferred the awards wherein 4 science writers and 2 young scientists were
awarded.
Ms. Anita Pati, Faculty, Dept. of Chemistry, received the ‘Prof. R. C. Tripathy Young Scientist Award’
from the Orissa Chemical Society in recognition of her research work carried out in the field of “Synthesis
of Organic Compounds containing Pharmacologically Active heterocyclic Moieties”. She was
felicitated with a cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and a certificate in the recently concluded 22nd Annual Conference
of Orissa Chemical Society held at North Orissa University, Baripada.
Best Thesis Award
Dr. B. Pavan Kumar, Faculty, Dept. of Management Studies, has been awarded with the Prof. Durganand
Sinha Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award among all Ph.D. theses in the year 2008 in the field of management
in the entire country. Only top five of Ph.D. theses from leading institutes of the country including IITs and
IIMs were short listed for presentation. The gold medal and certificate were presented to Dr. B. Pavan
Kumar in the XVIII Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (India), held at IIT,
Guwahati. The award was given by the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), the apex body of
psychological research in India.
POSCO Asia Fellowship to NIST Student
Aditi Gidra, Student, B. Tech. 6th Sem. received the POSCO Asia Fellowship provided by the POSCO
TJ Park Foundation, Korea on 24th December, 2008. It was handed over by Dr. Omakarnath Mohanty,
Vice Chancellor, BPUT, Mr. Soumya R. Behera, HR, POSCO India, and other eminent personalities on
24th December 2008 at the BPUT office in Bhubaneswar.
Fellowship to NIST Faculty
Mr. Trupti Ranjan Lenka, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering got the Fellowship
to attend the 22nd IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design 2009 and 8th International
Conference on Embedded Systems at Taj Palace, New Delhi from 5th – 9th January 2009 and he was
the only academician getting this fellowship from the entire state of Orissa.
Mr. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay, Faculty, Department of Management & Humanities has been selected
for Participation in the Strategic Marketing Management (SMM) Program organized by the Stanford
University Graduate School of Business, California, USA between August 10- 20, 2008. Mr.
Bandyopadhyay has been selected for the programme through a scale of 5 parameters of typical student
class profile consisting of Management Function, Industries Represented, Geographic Origin, Education,
Age Distribution.
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‘IIT Madras Summer Fellowship Program 2009’
Mr. Saurabh, B. Tech, 6th Sem, bearing Roll No. 200620062, have been selected for the prestigious ‘IIT
Madras Summer Fellowship Program 2009’ in the Dept. of Physics based on his credentials for a period of
60 days from 16th May – 15th July 2009. He will be receiving a stipend amount of Rs. 6,500/- (Rupees six
thousand and five hundred) for the entire period of two months. The programme is designed to enhance awareness
and interest in high quality academic research among young Engineering, Management, Sciences and Humanities
students through a goal oriented summer mini-project to be undertaken in different departments of this Institute.
AICTE Sponsored FDPs
NIST has bagged six Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) from the AICTE which are as follows:
1. Microelectronics/ VLSI Design for Engineers and Scientists
2. Advanced DSP Implementation using FPGA and DSP Processor
3. Advanced Computer Control of Industrial Process and Automation Engineering
4. Emerging Trends and Advances in Renewable Energy
5. National Symposium on DSP and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Power Energy Systems
6. VLSI Design using FPGA and IC Station
‘Quizzards’ at Tata Crucible Business Quiz Contest
Mr. Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt and Mr. Rohit Mohanty, B. Tech., 6th Semester students participated in the
“Tata Crucible Business Quiz Contest” held at Crown Plaza, Bhubaneswar. About 125 teams from all
across the state of Orissa and West Bengal participated in the event. NIST, Berhampur along with IITKGP,
KIIT-BBSR, and XIMB-BBSR emerged as the final six teams on stage. The students won prizes worth Rs.11000/
- which includes DVD players, pen drives and sun glasses. The two students are core members of ‘NIST
Quizzards’ working under the banner of ISTE Students’ Chapter.
2nd Prize in on-line Technical Quiz
Mr. Ashish Kumar Ram, B. Tech., 2nd year student participated in the “On-line Technical Quiz Competition”
conducted by IIT-Roorkee and won the 2nd Prize, a Certificate of Merit along with a Cash Award of Rs. 3000/
- (Rupees three thousand). The quiz had four rounds with questions from different technical fields like, computer
and web security, programming in C++, mathematics and physics.
Students cleared GATE-2009:
Name of the Student Roll No Branch Percentile
Navnidhi Kumar Upadhyay 200620344 ECE 91.97
Suruchi Kumari 200670013 ECE 96
Niladri Bihari Nayak 200626388 ECE 86
Debashish Sahu 200610065 ELE 96
Rana Ashraful Abrar 200510390 ECE 95.6
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Workshops at NIST
AICTE -FDP on Organic Electronics
The AICTE sponsored “Faculty Development Program on Organic Electronics” organized by NIST
aimed at creating awareness among the technical student community. It discussed some of the important issues
regarding some of the recent developments in the fields of Chemistry & their application as Electronic devices.
Resource persons from different Universities & renowned institutes such as Sambalpur University, Burla; IACS,
Kolkata; IIT, Chennai; SLIET, Punjab; Utkal University, BBSR; NISER, BBSR; S.B.Rath Women’s College,
Berhampur; IMMT, BBSR; IMMT, BBSR; RIPS, Berhampur; IMS; IMMT, BBSR attended the program and
made it successful. The program was effectively coordinated by Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Dept. of Chemistry,
NIST.
AICTE -FDP on Power Electronics
The Department of EEE, NIST conducted an AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Program (FDP) on
“Application of Power Electronics to Emerging Trends in Power Sector”. Eminent experts like Dr.
Sukumar Mishra, Asst. Prof. I.I.T., Delhi; Dr. K. Baisakh, Prof. A.U. College of Engineering; Dr. N.C. Padhy,
Professor, I.I.T., Roorkee; Dr. R.K. Jena, Asst. Prof., C.E.T., Bhubaneswar; Dr. D.K. Mohanto, Prof., BITS,
Meshra; Dr. Gayadhar Panda, Faculty, NIST, Berhampur; Dr. B.K. Panigrahi, Asst. Professor, IIT, Delhi; Er.
Niranjan Sahu, Faculty, NIST, Berhampur; and Er. O.P. Suresh, Faculty, NIST, Berhampur, delivered lectures
on different aspects of Applications of Power Electronics. Delegates from Sambalpur University, Burla; IACS,
Kolkata; IIT, Chennai; SLIET, Punjab; Utkal University, BBSR; NISER, BBSR; S.B.Rath Women’s College,
Berhampur; IMMT, BBSR; RIT, Berhampur; IMS participated in the program. The entire program was
coordinated by Dr. Gayadhar Panda.
Entrepreneurship Development Workshop
The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of the institute organized a Three-Day Sensitization Workshop
on the theme “Initiation to Entrepreneurship”. The 3-day program focused on the potentials and possibilities
around us and we could see excitement happen with our students and resources. Day 1 witnessed a discussion
on a very pertinent issue “Student Enterprises” initiated by the resource person by Prof. T. Prasad, Professor,
NITIE, Mumbai. The discussion on “Business Ideation and Writing Business Plan” initiated by resource person
Mr. R. Bhat, Entrepreneur & NEN Certified Teacher, Mumbai, on the 2nd Day, helped the student community
immensely. Day 3, the final day witnessed a talk on “Financing New Ventures” by Mr. Jinesh Shah, Vice-
President, Nexus Capital (India) and also an elaborate discussion on “Enterprising Opportunities in Orissa” by
Mr. B.S Pani, CEO, Span Resources, Bhubaneshwar.
26th Annual Convention of Orissa Physical Society
Orissa Physical Society conducted a two-day Annual Conference and Seminar on “Role and Relevance of
Physics in Engineering Education” at National Institute of Science and Technology. This happened to be
the largest gathering ever in the OPS conventions. More than 200 Physicists from across the state of Orissa and
outside attended the Conference. Prof E. S. Rajagopal, Emeritus Professor IISc., Bangalore was the Chief
Speaker and Prof. Omakarnath Mohanty, Vice-Chancellor, BPUT was the Chief Guest for the occasion.
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Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST, convened the Conference. All the speakers emphasized the importance
of Physics in engineering education and how it helps in cementing the fundamentals of engineering education. The
eminent physicists, Dr. Laxmidhar Satpathy, Dr. Amresh Bhattacharya, Dr. Krutibas Patnaik, and Dr. Jagannath
Sha were felicitated on the occasion.
Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp
An Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was organized at NIST under the execution of EDC Coordinator,
Mr. Jagannath Mohanty and Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Pattnaik, Faculty, NIST. The program was sponsored by
IED, Orissa and NSTEDB, New Delhi. Among the Resource persons were, Mr. T. Badri Narayan, Asst. Manager,
DIC, Ganjam; Mr. C. R. Barik, Officer-in-Charge, PNB, Berhampur, Dr. B. B. Padhiarry, HOD, Dept. of
Commerce, P.N. College, Khurda; and Prof. S. K. Mohanty, Senior Training Faculty, IED, Orissa. Mr. B. P.
Pattnaik gave a presentation on Business Process Identification and Venture.
Sankalp-08
Cultural and Sports Activities
The Annual Technical Symposium of ISTE Student’s
Chapter, Sankalp-08 held at NIST witnessed a
conglomeration of young technocrats of various technical
institutes of the country. Powered by a punch line-
‘Futurizing the Present’ which perhaps, best illustrated
its resolve to attain quality and tap the intellectual technical
Band ‘Euphoria’ Perfoming live
Human
Chain
acumen, it had more than 700 outside participants from
across the country. Our Honourable Director, Prof.
Sangram Mudali set the tone of the event in his opening
speech. The following delegates made their august
presence felt in the opening ceremony: Mr. Rabinder
Henry, HOD, Nanotechnology, Director, Professional
Robotics Course in I 2 IT, Pune; & Mr. Ch. Prakash Rao, Principal, Khallikote Jr. College, Berhampur.
WAVES - 08: Another Saga Continues…
NIST celebrated its Annual Cultural Extravaganza,
Waves – 08 with great sparkle and dazzle. The fest
got better with new talent, new shine, new flavor, and
new energy loaded with total excitement and full of
creativity. The three day program showcased a plethora
of sports, cultural and creative talents of NISTians including
Mini Marathon, Volleyball Match, Basketball
Modern dance in WAVES
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Match, Swimming Competition, Songs and Dances, Skits, Quiz & Antakshari, Mimicry
& Dumb Charade and Fashion Show by both students and Faculty members.
It’s the alumni that make its Alma Mater proud of. Waves-08 acknowledged the Alumni
with NIST Best Graduate Awards (2008 Passouts in B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA, MBA) for
Excellence in their respective fields. To sum up it was yet another golden moment in the
history of NIST which united everybody to rejuvenate & celebrate to the fullest.
NIST Business School Celebrates ‘ALLAP-09’
Enjoyment, freedom, comfort, new friends and simple fun – these words describe the spirit of ‘ALLAP-09’
conducted by NIST Business School. Under the able guidance and stewardship of MBA Course Coordinator,
Mr. Shom Prasad Das, Faculty members of Management program and 2nd year MBA students, successfully
organized the ‘Management Meet’ which included a range of both formal and informal events, like, Sudoku,
Phoenix, Equity Pulse, Big Fight, Ad Venturer, Big Ask, Treasure Hunt, Ta Ra Ram Pam, Graffiti, Volte-
Face, and It’s my Style. The MBA students of APEX Institute of Technology & Management (AITM), BBSR
participated in the Meet. ‘ALLAP – 09’ provided the much needed platform to unleash the hidden potentialities
of the students, and discover their valuable strengths.
Parasailing
NIST in association with National Adventure Foundation,
Bhubaneswar organized a Para-Sailing activity at New
Cricket Ground, NIST, Palur Hills. The NIST members
comprising of Faculty, Staff and Students experienced
and enjoyed the Sky Ride, flying free at a height of 50ft
to 300ft above the ground level. Around 218 students,
many staff and faculty members participated in the activity.
It was all made possible under the able stewardship of
Mr. Vinay Kumar Das, Coordinator, Student Activity
Center, NIST.
PARASAILING at NIST
National Himalayan Trekking Expedition - 08
If one expects to find the rarest blend of raw ‘Adventure’ with exquisite ‘Heavenly Beauty’, it is this. ‘The
National Himalayan Trekking’ takes one into the world of gentle walks along pine–shaded slopes over the
city roads to hard, perspiring treks over rough and rocky
terrains crossing high mountain passes, from challenging
‘on-the-top-of-bus’ rides on narrow paths (at a height
of 7000-8000 ft) with no fencing to rappelling straight
down from the mountains, gentle shuffling of skies on
easy gradients of a snow covered meadow or a wind
splitting rush of a heavy downpour or an even more exciting
Ice-skiing experience, a soaring flight in a hangglider
or the adventurous take on the white-water Rafting.
You name it, Himachal has
NISTians at Himalayas
it.
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NIST organized the National Himalayan Trekking Expedition to Sarpass, a
Himalayan range at the height of 13, 800ft above sea level. Every year Faculty
members along with students take the chance of experiencing the chilly hills in
the month of May being a part of this expedition which is coordinated by the
Students Activity Centre, NIST in association with Youth Hostels Association
of India (YHAI).
A Mini-Trekking Expedition
NISTians enjoying Rafting
NIST organized a mini-trekking expedition for all first year students
of the institute including Staff & Faculty members from RAMAIHA
PATNAM to GOPALPUR SEA BEACH. Around 175 students,
staff and faculty participated in the 18 kms long trek.
NIST Students – Badminton Champions
NIST students participated in the ‘Inter College Sports Meet (ICSM) - 09’, held at University College of
Engineering (UCE), Burla. The NIST Girls’ Badminton Team, Ms. Aarati Maharana, Ms. Priyanka, B. Tech., 6th
Sem., and Ms. G. Divya, B. Tech., 2nd Sem., won the Badminton Champion’s Trophy (Girls).
Asim Memorial Engineers’ Cup – 09
NIST Students’ Activities Center (SAC), as a part of
NIST Cricket Team with the trophy
the Institute’s Annual Cultural & Sports Meet, organized
a Cricket Tournament named as ‘Asim Memorial
Engineers Cup’ at Berhampur Stadium in the memory
of our beloved student, Late Asim Abhinash Panda (2001
Batch). Eight different engineering colleges of Orissa, CV
Raman College of Engineering, BBSR; IACR, Raygada;
College of Engineering, BBSR; Roland Institute of
Technology, Berhampur; Silicon Institute of Technology,
BBSR; APEX Institute of Technology & Management,
BBSR; GIET, Gunpur, along with the host college
participated in the tournament. In the grand finale NIST team won the match against IACR, Raygada, by twenty
runs.
Congratulations to NIST cricket team!
Inauguration of NIST Business School
National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur added another feather into its existing disciplines by
starting the NIST Business School (NBS). The institute runs the 2 Years Full Time Post Graduate Diploma
in Management (PGDM) with 60 seats of intake. Approved by the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), New Delhi & Govt. of India (Ministry of Human Resource Development), the program’s courses
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structure is designed based on the Industry & Business requirement. The NBS will focus on the ever changing
paradigms in the Industry context and will teach students in the growing segments of the industry. The intake of
the NBS is through CAT/MAT/XAT/JEE scores and performance in GD/ Interview. The NBS is housed in a
separate building with 15000 sq. ft of space. It is well equipped with an exclusive computer laboratory, English
Language Laboratory and Digital Library with access to latest case tools and management journals. The NBS
was formally inaugurated with the first batch joining the PGDM program on its orientation day on 6 th September,
2008. Mr. Shom P. Das is the Course Coordinator of the PGDM program. We wish him all the best in the efforts
to make the PGDM program the most sought after in the state of Orissa.
NIST Robotics Club’s Achievements
The NIST Robotics Club (NRC) members participated in various competitions held at different places and
won the following prizes:
Event Venue Prize Won by NIST
12 Doors Down- IIT Kharagpur, 2nd (Rs11000/-)
Mountain Terrain Bot KIIT University 1st (Rs10000/-)
Koutuk (Open Hardware) KIIT University 1st (Rs7000/-)
SAMAVESH-09 UCE, BURLA 1st (Rs5000/-)
CONFLUENCE-2K9 NIT, RRKL Rs. 20,000/-
Automatic Event GITAM University, Vizag 1st Prize
Automatic Event OEC, Bhubaneswar 1st Prize
Summer Workshop organised by Team NRC
NIST Robotics Club at ROBOCON-09
NIST Robotics Club (NRC) participated in ROBOCON-2009 held at Pune. ROBOCON is a national level
competition conducted by MIT, Pune in collaboration with DOORDARSHAN-INDIA. The winner of this
competition has the honor of representing India in the
international contest. NRC has been participating in this
competition for the last 5 years. This year total 52 colleges
from all over the country participated in the contest. NRC
went up to quarterfinals performing brilliantly this time.
To reach to this level the team had to cross two league
matches and a super league round. This time NRC was
considered as one of the strong contenders for the title.
Only team NRC along with IIT Kanpur, IIT Chennai,
NIRMA University and MIT Pune out of the total 52
Team NRC at ROBOCON - 09
teams was able to complete the target this time. NRC
played against MIT Pune (the host team) in the
quarterfinals. The commentators of DD had been describing team NRC as the dark horses of the game. The
referees and organizers of the event appreciated the performance by telling that they wanted to see the team in
the finals. One of the automobile majors Mahindra & Mahindra visited the team pit area to meet our students and
asked for their resumes for future reference. They were very happy to see the kind of technology that had been
implemented in the machines. The winners, IIT, Chennai will be going to Tokyo, Japan to play the international
contest.
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Foreign Delegation at NIST
A Foreign Delegation comprising of high ranked dignitaries from the Republic of Uganda, East Africa visited the
NIST campus. The Special Advisor to the President of Uganda on IT, the Member of Parliament of Republic of
Uganda, the Managing Director of Advance Technologies (a $70million IT company) & Mr. Pradeep Verma,
MD, Knowledge Online, India had a formal interaction with the faculty members of the institute along with the
Director, Prof. Mudali & the Dean, Dr. Panda, with respect to a collaboration on the opening of Jinja Institute
of Technology, a premiere Post Graduate and Professional Education Institute at Republic of Uganda.
On-line Learning Centre
NIST has installed the ‘Online Learning Center’ compiling the study materials prepared by in-house faculty
members and external resource persons. After IIT-KGP in the entire Eastern India this is the first of its kind in any
colleges of the state. The course materials of the leading institutes of the world are now available at the click of a
button for all students and faculty of the Institute. The materials are of extremely high quality and consist of both
web based lectures and video lectures. This portal was inaugurated by esteemed Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali
along with Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean; faculty & staff and some students. This facility has been successfully
possible due to the sincere and unflinching efforts of the NIST Technological Consulting Services (NTCS) team.
On-Line Examination at NIST Wi-Fi
NIST conducted its On-Line Examination for the first time through their Wi-Fi connections which enabled the
students to appear the exam through their laptops. The entire campus is now Wi-Fi and students could access
Internet anywhere in the institute premises.
BEC Training Centre at NIST
It’s a matter of pride that NIST has been selected as the Training Centre of BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTI-
FICATION (BEC), an initiative of BPUT in association with University of Cambridge, for the students of entire
southern Orissa’s Engineering, Pharmacy & Management Institutes. Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty & Mr. Dipti
Ranjan Lenka, Faculty, NIST have been appointed as the official facilitator/trainer for the training program. In its
first venture a batch of 29 students from NIST, Roland Institute of Technology, Berhampur and Roland Institute
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur, were trained and all of them successfully cleared the certification.
Employment Oriented Program
The fourth batch of Employment Oriented Program (EOP), an initiative of NIST Entrepreneurship Development
Centre (EDC), commenced on 9th February 2009. A total of 43 students in five different disciplines,
DTP, Basic Computer Skills, Electronics Repair & Maintenance Skills, Computer Maintenance and Mechanical
Workshop Practices. Meeting the fundamental objective of serving the weaker sections, having the potential, this
time the group has a mix of students from across the south Orissa even from very far off places like Nowrangpur
and Malkangiri. All students are awarded a monthly scholarship of Rs. 1000.00 alongwith books, study materials,
placement opportunities, etc. The EOP team is hopeful that this batch will be the trendsetter for future
batches. Mr. Jagannath Mohanty, Coordinator, EDC and Mr. Asesh Kumar Tripathy, Coordinator, EOP mentor
the entire program.
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Employment Oriented Summer Courses 2009
COURSES OFFERED :
• Electronic Design Automation software Tools for VLSI/ASIC Design
• Certification Course Introduction to ORACLE 9i : SQL [Exam # 1Z0-007]
• Advanced Industrial Automation Technology
• Certification Course SUN Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for Java Platform
• Embedded System and Embedded VLSI
• Certification Course Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Simulation & Modeling of Adv. Research Technologies in Electrical Engineering
• J2EE and Rational Rose
• Spoken Japanese Language Course
• Business Process Integration using SAP
• Microsoft.NET Frame-work 2.0
AICTE Emeritus Professors join NIST
Emeritus Professors, Prof. Sankar Prasad Pati, a renowned teacher and researcher and former Professor of
Sambalpur University in the area of Semiconductors and Prof. Jagabandhu Majhi, a reputed researcher in the
area of VLSI Design and former Professor of IIT, Madras have been appointed by the AICTE to work with
NIST for a period of two years. Both the Emeritus Professors will work with NIST faculty and students to
enhance the level of research conducted in the Institute to match with the International standard.
This is the first such honor to any engineering Institute of Orissa.
M. Tech. program in Computer Science & Engineering at NIST
NIST got the approval from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi to run the M. Tech.
program in Computer Science & Engineering with 18 seats from the academic session 2008- 09.Students have
already been enrolled under this program through the PGAT conducted by the BPUT.
Japanese Language Proficiency Test-07
The Institute offers an extensive course in one of the most sought after foriegn language studies, Japanese Language,
and in this venture six of our students got internationally acclaimed by clearing the Japanese Language Proficiency
Test ‘07.
7th Anniversary celebration of NIST e_news
NIST e_news, the monthly news bulletin of the institute celebrated its 7th Anniversary in the college premises.
The Central Sahitya Academy Awardee, Prof. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, Former Principal, Ravenshaw (Autonomous)
College, adorned the occasion being the Chief Guest along with Mr. Chandrashekhar Raopatnaik,
Asst. General Manager, The Sambad, Berhampur. as the Guest of Honor. The entire program was coordinated
by Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka and Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty, Editors, NIST e_news.
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Core Faculty Members
Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director
B. Tech., from IIT-Kanpur and MS from
University of Houston, USA. Worked at B.
F. Goodrich Company, Ohio in the area of
‘Computer Aided Design’. Received the
JFK Lincoln award during his master’s
program and also worked with HCL Technologies in
the CAD/CAM division. He is the founder promoter
and Director of NIST. He is a member of the Board of
Management, Biju Patnaik University of Technology
(BPUT), Orissa.
Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean
Received his Ph. D. in Microelectronics
from Sambalpur University, M.Tech. in
Electronics & Communication Engineering.
Was a CSIR Fellow during his Ph.D.
Received the BOYSCAST Fellowship from
the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of
India and pursued his Post Doctorate at University of
Michigan, USA. He is the recipient of ICTP Regular
Associate Award for the collaboration work with ICTP
Microelectronics Laboratory. He is a member of IEEE,
IETE, ISTE, and VLSI Society of India.
Mrs. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director
B.E. from Osmania University, Hyderabad
and MS from New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), USA. She is a founder
promoter of NIST. She has played a key
role in the formation of the Pre-Placement
team for the purposeful improvement of soft skills among
the students.
Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech.
Received his Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry
from Berhampur University. Worked as a
project fellow in a UGC sponsored project
as University Research Fellow at the
Department of Chemistry, Berhampur
University, worked as a visiting scientist at the University
of Denver, USA, in a US Army Medical Defense project.
He is a life member of Indian Chemical Society,
Chemical Research Society of India, Indian Council of
Chemistry, and patron member of Orissa Chemical
Society. Dr. Padhy has qualified NET (CSIR-UGC).
He is the reciepient of Dr. R.K.Nanda award and young
scientist award conferred by Orissa Chemical Society.
Mr. Shom Prasad Das, Course Coordinator, MBA
B.E. from NIST, Berhampur. Joined as
Software Engineer at NIST Technology
Consulting Services at New Delhi office.
Worked for Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
(TCS) as a Project Leader. He is a Life
Member of Orissa Information Technology Society
(OITS) and member of IEEE (USA). He is also a Sun
Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD).He
is currently continuing his Ph.D. in the area of
‘Computational Finance’.
Mr. Bhawani Shankar Patnaik, Director, NTCS
B.E. from NIST, Berhampur. 7 years of
experience both in industry as well as
teaching. Currently continuing his Ph.D. in
the area of ‘ Parameterization, Fault
detection and isolation for any process
using Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation’ under
BPUT.
Mr. Sidhharth B. N., Course Coordinator, MCA
M. Tech. from Indian School of Mines,
Dhanbad . He is a Life Member of Orissa
Information Technology Society (OITS)
and ISTE also a SCWCD and CCNA. He
is a core team member of NIST Technology
Consulting Services (NTCS).
Mr. M. Suresh, M. Tech. Course Coordinator
Completed his M.E. from Jadavpur
University, B.E. From Andhra University.
He has got an experience of more than ten
years in the field of Industry & Teaching.
Currently he is one of the core members of
the NIST VLSI Group.
Dr. Sukant K. Tripathy, Associate Prof. Physics
Ph.D. in ‘Optical Communication’ from
Berhampur University and has more than15
years of teaching experience .
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Dr. Purna Chandra Biswal, Prof. Mathematics
Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science
(IISc.), Banglore. He is also a CSIR NET
Qualified, Having more than 10 years of
teaching experience. Has written several
books on Discrete Mathematics,
Optimization, Probability and Statistics.
Dr. Motahar Reza, Asst. Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D. in Mathematics, IIT , Kharagpur,
M.Sc in Applied Mathematics, Jadavpur
University, Calcutta.4 years of Research
Experience at IIT, Kharagpur, teaching
experience also at IIT, Kharagpur during
Ph.D. He is NET Qualified. Recently done the Post
Doctorate Program through BOYSCAST fellowship of
DST at Institute of fluid mechanics, Erlangen-Nurnberg
University, Germany. Receipient of Samanta Chandra
Sekhar Orissa Young Scientist Award-2006
Dr. Arun K. Mohapatra, Professor, MBA
Ph.D., M. Com., L.L.B. More than 34
Years of Experience in teaching at
Government College. Has supervised 3
Ph.D thesis, 4 M.Phil thesis and other P.G.
projects
Dr. E. Raja Rao, Professor, English
Ph.D. in English, Utkal University. Former
Prof., English, Berhampur University (B.U),
Former Director, Centre for Canadian
Studies, B.U , Senior Fulbright Fellowship
at the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, U.S., Canadian Academic Fellowship at
the University of Regina. U.G.C. Visiting Associateship,
Utkal University, Canadian Academic (Women-and-
Development) Research Fellowship at the University of
Winnipeg, Canada. U.G.C. Teacher Fellow at the Utkal
University. Teaching experience of more than 40 years.
Dr. Sidhartha Panda, Professor, EEE
B. Tech. from Bangalore University and M.
Tech. from UCE, Burla, and Ph.D. from IIT,
Roorkee. Worked as Associate Prof. at both
VITAM, A.P., & KIIT University, and also
as a Research Scholar at IIT, Roorkee. He
is a Reviewer of 3 Elsevier Journals and IEEE Journal
and has teaching and research experience of 18 years.
Dr. Gayadhar Panda, Professor, EEE
Ph.D. in ‘Power System, Operation and
Control’, Utkal University, M.E., Power
Electronics from B.E. College, Calcutta.
Teaching experience of more than 10 years.
Dr. Sisira K. Mishra, Asst. Prof., MBA
Ph. D. in ‘Capital Market Efficiency
through Share Price Behaviour’, M. Phil.
in both Commerce and Futurology, B.U.,
Continuing D.Litt. More than 12 years of
teaching experience.
Dr. Sudhir K. Panigrahy, Asst. Prof., MBA
M. Phil and Ph. D. in Economics,
Berhampur University, MBA in HRM.,
U.G.C. NET Qualified. Has teaching
experience of more than 12 years.
Mr. Anisur Rehman, Asst. Prof., CSE
M. Tech, Computer Science Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta, M.Sc (Pure
Mathematics), University of Calcutta.
Mr. Rabindra Kumar Shial, Lecturer, CSE
B. Tech., Moulana Azad College of
Technology, Bhopal (REC), M.E., Bengal
Engineering College, WB. He is a CCNA
from IIIT, Hyderabad. Has more than 10
years of teaching experience. He is a Life
Member of ISTE and OITS.
Mr. Trupti R. Lenka, Asst. Prof., ECE
B.E., NIST, M. Tech. in VLSI Design,
U.P. Technical University. Worked as
Reader in the Dept. of ECE at G.L.A.
Institute of Technology & Management,
Mathura.
Mr. Abhro Mukherjee, Asst. Prof., EIE
Pursuing Ph.D., M.S., Ecole Centrale de
Lille France, Recieved the prestigious
‘Excellence Eiffle Scholarship ‘ from the
French Goverment. Worked with Stuerung
Anlage Ltd. as a Design Engineer and as a
Sr. Executive at DPS Technologies.
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Mr. Debananda Kanhar, Lecturer, CSE
M. Tech.IIT, Kharagpur. Currently pursuing
Ph.D under BPUT, Orissa. Having more
than 5 years of
Mr. Sushanta K. Tripathy, Asst. Prof., MBA
M.Tech in Industrial Management, UCE,
Burla, continuing Ph.D from IIT, Kharagpur.
Worked as a Research Scholar at IIT
Kharagpur, as an Asst. Prof. at Mekelle
University, Ethiopia. Has authored a book,
“Production and Operations Management”. More
than 20 years of teaching & research experience.
Dr. Pawan Kumar, Lecturer, MBA
Ph.D. in H. R. Management from IIT,
Kharagpur, MBA from IEM, Kolkata, More
than 5 Years of teaching and research
experience. Received the ‘Best Ph.D.
Dissertation Award’.
Mr. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay, Asst. Prof., MBA
MBA in Marketing, IISW & BM, Calcutta
University, PGDBA from Annamalai
University, Continuing Ph.D. program.
Experience as a Business Development
Officer at World Bank-IFAD-Govt. of
India, 18 years of both corporate & teaching experience.
Mr. Jagannath Mohanty, Asst. Prof. MBA
MBA, Berhampur University. He has more
than 10 years of teaching and research
experience in the field of Management
studies.
Mr. Maifuz Ali, Lecturer, ECE
Submitted his Ph.D. at IIT, kgp., M. Tech.
in Microwave, University of Burdwan, WB.
Received National Fellowship from Ministry
of HRD, Govt. of India. Has both teaching
& research at IIT, kgp. Listed in ‘Who’s
Who’ in Science & Engineering.
Placement for MBA (2007-09)
Sl. No. Name of the Recruiters No. of Students Selected
1. BASIX 02
2. Capital IQ 02
3. Genepact 03
4. Honeycomb Holdings Ltd. 15
5. India Infoline 03
6. Innovative Funds Ltd 15
7. Max Newyork Life Insurance 01
8. WIPRO BPO 05
9. IMS 01
NIST awarded with Rs. 30 Lakhs grant from AICTE
National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) has received a grant of Rs. 30.00 Lakhs from the All India
Council of Technical Education (AICTE), MHRD, Government of India. This grant will be utilized for conducting
six high-level faculty development programs in the areas of VLSI, Industrial Automation, Control Systems, MEMS,
Power Systems, Renewable Energy, etc. Two seminars on “Applications of DSP & AI in Electrical Engineering”
& “Role & Relevance of Physics in Engineering Education” will also be conducted. The grant also includes the
salaries and expenses of two Emeritus Professors who will be joining NIST immediately. This grant of Rs. 30.00
lakhs is in addition to the grant of Rs. 1.00 Crore from the Department of Science & Technology under the FIST
program and Rs. 50.00 Lacs for the Entrepreneurship Development Program under Department of Science &
Technology, Govt. of India.
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National Institute of Science & Technology- A Brief Introduction
The National Institute of Science and Technology was established in 1996 and is being managed by
the SM Charitable Educational Trust with the mission to “create engineering minds capable of mastering the
global challenges of tomorrow’s technology”. The Institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE under MHRD, Govt of India) and is affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology
(BPUT). The Institute campus of 60 acres is located at the picturesque Palur Hills about 12 kms from
Berhampur and 3 hours drive from Bhubaneswar. The Institute has grown by leaps and bounds under the
able leadership of the founder Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director (M.S., University of Houston, B.
Tech., IIT Kanpur), Prof. (Mrs.) Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, (M.S.(MIS), New Jersey Institute of
Technology, NJ), Prof. Ajit K. Panda, Dean, (Boyscast Scholar at University of Michigan, USA). About 2700
students are studying in various disciplines of B. Tech, M.Tech (CSE, ECE), MCA, MBA & PGDM at NIST. The
entire campus is 24x7 wi-fi connected. For the recreation of students and employees of the Institute, we
have Lawn Tennis court, Basket Ball court, Swimming Pool, Cricket ground, Paragliding, Gymnasium, Adventure
Sports, Canoeing, Kayaking, Himalayan Trekking, etc. A plethora of rock gardens, fruit gardens,
nurseries, water fountains, aquarium, glass house for cactus vegetation, animal parks, etc., make the
campus an eco-friendly zone where man and nature coexist in a rare ambience away from the dust and
grime of city life.
Within a short span of 13 years, the faculty of NIST has been awarded 4 BoysCAST fellowships, 2 FullBright
fellowships, 3 Samant Chandrashekhar Young Scientist Awardees and more than 20 Post-Doctorate. The
faculty members have published more than 15 Books and 150 International journal papers in refereed
journals. The Institute has received a number of grants from AICTE, DST, UGC, MHRD, CSIR and private IT
companies for Projects, Staff and Faculty Development Programmes. In the year 2009, NIST received a
grant of about Rs. 30 Lakhs to conduct Faculty and Staff Development Programmes in Advanced Computer
Control of Industrial Process and Automation Engineering, Advanced DSP implementation using FPGA &
DSP Processor, Microelectronic VLSI Design for Engineers and Scientists, VLSI Design using FPGA & IC
station, Advanced Power Systems, EDC programmes, etc., all sponsored by the AICTE. Renowned faculty
Prof. S. P. Pati and Prof J. Majhi have been appointed by AICTE as Emeritus fellow for NIST for the next 2
years.
NIST has State-of-the-art-laboratories equipped with Lab-equipments like, Distributed Control Systems,
PLC , Interactive-Non Interactive Process Trainer, Batch Process Reactor Trainer, Level Transmitter Trainer,
5 HP shunt motor coupled to 3 KVA alternator salient pole type with 3 point starter field regulator for motor,
alternator & experimental panel, TRANSFORMER Experimental Trainer, AC DRIVE, AC SOFT STARTER,
PLC MACHINE & DRIVE, SYMBOLS shakti, Software like, Synopsis, Cadence, IE3D, Tanner, Xilinx, and
Equipments like, Vector Network Analyzer, Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, FPGA Board, etc. The teaching
learning process has been significantly enhanced with the availability of NPTEL courseware (web based
and video based) from the IITs / IISc which are being extensively used by all faculty and students. NIST is
the only Institute in Eastern India to have implemented full e-governance (online ERP systems) in all aspects
of teaching and administration using its internally developed programs by its NIST Technology Consulting
Services (NTCS). Presently NTCS is implementing e-governance in all Institutes under the Biju
Pattnaik University of Technology, Orissa.
More than 40 Top Multinational and Indian IT sector & Core Engineering sector companies are hiring our
students each year. In the year 2009, the top five companies hired about 400 students from NIST. They are
TCS (159), Wipro (117), Infosys (59), Mphasis (38) and Vedanta (21). In addition numerous companies
hired NIST students leading to 80% on-campus placement in top-notch companies. NIST conducts certification
courses during summer vacation on VLSI, Oracle, Industrial Automation, Java, .NET, SAP, Japanese
Language, Soft-skills, etc. to groom the students and make them Industry-Ready. The Institute runs clubs
on Robotics, Electronics, Renewable Energy, Bioinformatics, Literary, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Programming,
Music, etc. The Institute has tied up with companies like, Infosys, Wipro, Mphasis, TCS, etc., for
Projects, Technical and Soft-skills Certification courses etc., through corporate-campus connect programmes.
NIST is rated the best for its GATE coaching, VLSI, CCNA, Oracle, JAVA, SAP certification courses and E-
governance practices (ERP) among all the Technical Institutes of Orissa.
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National Institute of Science and Technology
Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa.
Ph: 0680 2492421/422, Fax: 0680 2492627, web: www.nist.edu
A world in itself, A home away from home..
Shri Surendra Mudali
Chairman, NIST.
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) was established in 1996 and is being
managed by the SM Charitable Educational Trust under the vision and guidance of its legendary
philanthropist chairman, Sri Surendra Mudali .The Institute is approved by the All India
Council for Technical Education (AICTE under MHRD, Govt of India) and is affiliated to the Biju
Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The Institute campus of 60 acres is located at the
picturesque Palur Hills about 12 kms from Berhampur and 3 hours drive from Bhubaneswar. The
Institute has grown by leaps and bounds under the able leadership of its founder Director, Prof.
Sangram Mudali, Director (M.S., University of Houston, B. Tech., IIT Kanpur), Prof. (Mrs.) Geetika
Mudali, Placement Director, (M.S.(MIS), New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ), Prof. Ajit K.
Panda, Dean, (Boyscast Scholar at University of Michigan, USA).
FACILITIES
Courses Offered:
Bachelor in Technology(B.Tech) 450
Master in Technology(M.Tech)-cse 18
Master in Technology(M.Tech)-ece 18
Master in Computer Application(MCA) 60
Master of Business Administration(MBA) 60
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) 60
60 acre green and eco-friendly campus, 5 Lakh square feet of space | 600 seated boys
hostel & 500 seated girls hostel on Camzpus | 800 seater hostels outside campus in
Berhampur | Food Court serving hygienic food | Swimming pools | Wi-fi enabled entire
campus & hostels | Tennis courts | Gym | Medical center | Billiard room| Dedicated 8 mbps
Connectivity | Multimedia Library | NPTEL Courceware
We offer B.Tech in :
60 Acre green campus, eco- friendly peaceful ambience
away from hustle-bustle of city life..
Computer Science and Engineering 120
Electronics and Communication Engineering 120
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 60
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 60
Information Technology 90