NIST e-NEWS(Vol 75, March 15, 2011)

Papers published in International JournalsMr. Sarat Kumar Jena, Faculty, Department of Management Studies along with S. S. Padhi,Faculty, M. D. I., Gurgaon, New Delhi published a Research Paper, “Identification of Bottlenecksto Improve Equipment Availability: A Case Study” in the ‘International Journal of Data AnalysisTechniques and Strategies (IJDATS)’ Inderscience publication, UK, Vol.3, No.1, 2011, pp.105-116.Mr. Lakshmi Kanta Raju, Faculty, Dept. of Mathematics along with Mr. Bhaskar Bhaula, Faculty,Dept. of Mathematics, SMIT (DEC), Berhampur, Dr. U. K. Misra, Dept. of Mathematics, BerhampurUniversity & Dr. S. K. Sahu, National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad, published apaper, entitled, “An inventory model for Weibull deteriorating items with permissible delay inpayments under inflation” in the ‘International Journal of Research & Reviews in AppliedSciences’, Volume-6, Issue-1, pp-10-17, January 2011.Mr. Dulal Manna, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, along with Mr. Abhishek Bhattacharya,Mr. Bireswar Paul, & Mr. Amitava Datta, got published his Research Paper, titled, “Biomass Integrated GasificationCombined Cycle Power Generation with Supplementary Biomass Firing: Energy and Exergy basedPerformance Analysis” in the ‘International Journal: Energy’, Elseviewer, Impact Factor: 2.952, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.054.LaurelsMr. K. Venketeswar Reddy, B. Tech., final year student has beenawarded with the 1 st prize in the State Level Essay Competition on‘Oil and Gas Conservation and its Relevance in Daily Life’, inOriya during the observation of Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight2011, Govt. of India. The award was presented by the Secretary tothe Govt. of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas andChairman, Petroleum Conservation Research Association.Ms. Smita Patanayak and Mr. P. Shankar, MBA 2 nd Year students participated in the Business School Meet,‘Romanthan 2011’ held at DRIEMS, Cuttack and won First Prize worth Rs.10000/-.Mr. Subhendu Sekhar Behera, B. Tech. 3 rd Yr. got 1 ST Prize in the C – CODING Event in NOESIS-2K10organized by Silicon Institute of Technology (SIT), BBSR held during 1 st -3 rd Oct 2010.Student Winners at CHAKRAVYUH-2K11 organized by Institute of Technical Education & Research (ITER),Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, BBSR held during 2 nd - 4 th February 2011: Mr. Subhendu Sekhar Behera,B. Tech., 3 rd Yr. stood 1 st in C-Debugging & Java Debugging; 2 nd in C – Coding along with Mr. Nitin KumarMaharana, B. Tech., 3 rd Yr.Student Winners at KRITANSH-2K11 organized by KIIT UNIVERSITY, BBSR held during 14 th - 16 th February2011. Mr. Sai Baba Sachidananda, Mr. Manjeet Sahu & Mr. Simanchal Ku. Panigrahi, B. Tech. 4 th year,stood 1 st in C- Coding and Mr. Subhendu Sekhar Behera, Mr. Anurag Panda, Mr. Sujeet Ku. Panigrahi &Mr. M. Shiva Kumar, B. Tech., 3 rd year stood 2 nd in the same event.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 5 of 18

IBM TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AT NISTDB2 Training cum Certification ProgramAs a part of the IBM Academic Initiative Program, IBM DB2 - 9.7Database and Application Fundamentals Training Program washeld at National Institute of Science and Technology, Behrampur on28th 29th, & 30th January 2011. More than 130 B. Tech. studentsattended the workshop conducted by Mr. Sourav, IBM. A number of102 students and seven of our faculty members qualified the DB2Certification exam held on 23rd & 24th February 2011.RAD Training ProgramIBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) Training Program was held at the Institute during 15th – 18thFebruary 2011 as a part of the IBM AcademicInitiative Program. Around 120 students of bothB. Tech. 3rd yr & 4th yr, and MCA, 2nd yr &3rd yr attended the workshop by Mr. RamaShankar, IBM. A number of 101 students andfive faculty members appeared andsuccessfully cleared the certification, ‘IBMCertified Associate Developer’ — “RationalApplication Developer for WebSphere SoftwareV6.0” held on 23rd & 24th February 2011.Rational SEED ProgramIBM Rational SEED Workshop was held at the Institute during 10th– 13th January 2011. Mr. Ravi Ranjan being the resource personconducted the workshop attended by around 15 faculty members ofComputer Science department along with the M. Tech., CSE, 1styear students.All the aforementioned IBM programs were conducted and coordinated by Mr. Debananda Kanhar, Faculty, ComputerScience and Engineering.Entrepreneurship Awareness ProgramThe Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of the institute conducted an Entrepreneurship Awareness Program inthe campus on 28th & 29th January 2011. Being the resource person, Dr. Sasi Bhusan Mishra, Institute Professor,Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Gandhinagar presented a talk on ‘Prospects and Career inEntrepreneurship’ and Mr.Sibashish Mishra, MD,Five Elements Group,Bhubaneswar delivered atalk on ‘Idea Generation andBusiness Plan Statement’to all the PGDM, MBA andB. Tech., 6th semesterstudents. The last daywitnessed a galore of very interesting and mind blowing ideas been presented by the students. “Inclusion of CoolingElements in ACs” and “Automated Water Flow” presented by the B. Tech., 6th semester students were adjudged asthe best two ideas and were awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/- respectively whereas the PGDMstudents also showed their talent by putting up a presentation on “Service of Bill Payments” and got the third bestidea title with a cash award of Rs. 300/-. The entire program was coordinated by Dr. Pavan Kumar, EDC Coordinator.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 6 of 18

Employment oriented courses - 2011 @NISTElectronic Design automation software tools for VLSI / ASIC DesignCertification course on Introduction to ORACLE 9i: SQLAdvanced Industrial Automation TechnologyEmbedded System and Embedded VLSICertifcation course on CISCO certified Network Associate (CCNA)Certification course on J2EE and Rational Rose (SCWCD)Republic Day celebration at NISTNIST commemorated the 62nd Republic Day at the Institute hostels by hoisting the Tri-Colour andobserved the day by distributing food packets among the hostelites. Hostel superintendents, Dean of theinstitute, faculty members, staff and students were all present to mark the celebration.Maa Saraswati puja at HostelsCampus Connect Road Show and Orientation ProgramThe Infosys Campus Connect Team conducted a Road Show and Orientation Program at the institute campus on 10 thFebruary 2011. As a part of the program Mr. Sumesh Khatua and Mr. Bhupesh Dheka, Resource persons from Infosys,Bhubaneswar DC, took sessions on Business Etiquette, Basics of Communication, Introduction to Computer System,and Global Effectiveness. An Online Assessment (Pre Test) of Foundation Program and Soft Skills were also conducted.The program was successfully coordinated by Mr. Debananda Kanhar, SPoC, Campus Connect Program, NIST andMs. Tripti Mund, SPoC, Campus Connect Soft Skills Program, NIST.Employment Oriented Program (EOP) 2011Like previous years, this year too the institute started Employment Oriented Program (EOP), an EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Cell (EDC) initiative, from 20 th January 2011.A number of 60 students from different parts of SouthOdisha have been short-listed and selected from around120 applications and are admitted in six different brancheslike: Basic Computer Skill (BCS), Computerized DTP,Electronics Repair & Maintenance (ERM), ComputerMaintenance & Repair (CRM), Repair of ElectricalAppliances (REA), and Workshop Practice (WP). All the students are provided with hands on training on CommunicationNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 7 of 18

Skills Practice, Interview Skills, Business Writings, Presentation Skills, and Etiquettes. The coordinators involved indifferent programs are:Mr. Rajesh Kumar Das- Coordinator (ERM & REA), Mr. Bimal Kanta Samantra - Coordinator (CRM), Mr. KabirajPradhan - Coordinator (WP), Mr. Asesh Kumar Tripathy - Coordinator (BCS & DTP)The program is of 4 months duration during which each of the candidates receive a stipend amount of Rs. 1000/- permonth along with free transportation facility, lunch and books & study materials. Hostel facility has been provided tothe out-station students. Mr. Asesh Kumar Tripathy is the Coordinator of the program.1st NIST Inter-College Basket Ball Tournament-2011As a part of the Annual Sports Meet, NIST organized the 1 st Inter College Basket Ball Tournament, ARGONAUT’STROPHY – 2011 during 21 st – 23 rd February 2011 in the institute campus. Ten different colleges of Odisha namelyIGIT, Sarang; COEB, Bhubaneswar; DRIEMS, Cuttack;SILICON, Bhubaneswar; GITA, Bhubaneswar; GIET,Gunpur; RIT, Berhampur; TRIDENT, Bhubaneswar; APEX,Bhubaneswar; along with the host institute participated inthis tournament. The grand finale was between the hostinstitute and GIET, Gunpur in which the host institute lostthe battle to GIET with 39 – 41. DRIEMS, Cuttack wasawarded as the Best Disciplined Team, Satish Tiwari, GIET,got the title of Man of the Series and Subhrojeet Samant,NIST, the Man of the Match.The NIST Student Activity Center feels indebted to Prof.Sangram Mudali, Director, Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, Dr. Arun KumarPadhy, B. Tech., Course Coordinator for their unflinching support in making the program a grand success and specialthanks to Ms. Geetika Mudali for being present on the final match and for encouraging the students, to NMS forputting up a rocking performance, NRC for the Electronics score board and the faculty and staff for their neverreceding support and encouragement.New ResponsibilityDr. Sudhir Panigrahi took the charge of Hostel Superintendent of Hostel 2NRC’s AchievementsNIST Robotics Club (NRC) participated in various events in the month of February 2011 and won accolades for theinstitute.Students: Event: Prize:Sarthak Ray KRITANSH Tech Fest KIIT, BBSR 2nd Prize in Automatic RoboticsRahul KumarAkhilesh KumarAlok Patro CONFLUENCE, Tech Fest NIT, RKL 1st Prize in Manual RoboticsVivekAlok Patro Tech Fest GITA, BBSR 3rd Prize in Manual RoboticsD. NagrajNIST e_news congratulates NRC members!Mini Trekking-2011A Mini Trekking Expedition was organized for all 1 st year students of theinstitute on 27 th February 2011 (Sunday) from Ramaiyah Patnam to Gopalpuron Sea. The trek flagged off by Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, NIST, alongwith Mr. M. Suresh, Course Coordinator, M. Tech.; Mr. Rabindra KumarShial, Batch Coordinator, B. Tech., 1 st year; Mr. Satyabrata Das, BatchCoordinator, B. Tech., 4 th year; and Mr. K. Laxmi Narayana, Faculty,Computer Science. All the 135 M. Tech., B. Tech., MCA, MBA and PGDMNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 8of 18

trekkers were provided with T-Shirts, Caps, food packets and finally lunch on reaching Gopalpur on Sea where theywere received by Mr. Suresh Ch. Patnaik, Mr. Mihir Hota, Faculty members and Mr. Sanjeet Mohanty, Staff. Thefollowing students were adjudges as best trekkers in both male and female categories:Winners:1. Subodh Kumar ,B. Tech2. Madhusmita Barik, MBA1 st Runners-Up3. Durga Madhav Patra, PGDM4. Stuti Kumari, B. TechMr. Dulal Manna joined as Faculty in the Dept. of Electricaland Electronics Engineering. he has donehis B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering fromCollege of Engineering and Management,Kolaghat, West Bengal. He has done hisM.E. in Power Plant Engineering fromJadavpur University. He worked as a ProgramAnalyst at Cognizant Technology Solution India Pvt. Ltd.,Kolkata. His Research Interest lies in the areas of PowerSystems.Mr. Saswat Mohanty joined as Software Engineer at NISTTechnology Consultancy Services (NTCS).He has done his B. Tech. in ECE fromOrissa Engineering College (OEC),Bhubaneswar. He has worked at N. R.Switch & Radio Service (Pvt. Ltd), Gurgaonand has also worked as 2G & Wimax BSSIntegration & Commissioning Engineer and as BSSTechnical Trainer (Corporate). His Research Interest liesin the areas of Voice over IP & Microprocessors &Microcontrollers.NIST WelcomesNIST welcomes the following members to its Parivaar:2 nd Runners-Up5. Manoj Kumar Behera, MBA6. Priyanka Behera, B. TechA play on CHARANDAS CHOR (Spic Macay)In Association with SPIC MACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth)Odisha Chapter, the institute organized a famous Play by‘Habib Tanvir’s Naya Theatre’ on 3 rd March 2011 at the openstage of the institute campus. Habib Tanvir, one of the mostpopular Indian Urdu, Hindi Playwrights, a theatre Director,Poet and Actor, won several national and international awards,including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Shri,Kalidas Samman, Padma Bhushan and many more. His play ‘Charandas Chor’ (Charandas, The Thief) got him theFringe Firsts Award at Edinburgh International Drama Festival. Ms. Nageen Tanvir, Habib’s daughter along with 29other lively characters staged the play in a very comical way and swayed the audience away with its wit and humour.Around 600 audiences including faculty, staff and students enjoyed the evening with the great actors around.Mr. Ujjal Dey joined as Software Engineer at NTCS. Hehas done his B. Tech. in Computer ScienceEngineering from Jalpaiguri GovernmentEngineering College, West Bengal. HisResearch Interest lies in Database.Mr. Amit Bose joined as Software Engineer at NTCS. Hehas done his B. Tech in Information and Technology fromMallabhum Institute of Technology and is trained onAsp.net on C from HCL, .Net frame work and RDBMSfrom CMC, Kolkata, PHP from E_Job India. Mr. Bose takesinterest in the field of Software Development.Mr. Sunil Kumar Sahu joined as Laboratory Supervisorin the Dept. of Computer Science &Engineering. He has done his B.Sc. inComputer Science and Master in ComputerApplication (MCA) from Khallikote(Autonomous) College, Berhampur.NIST e_news welcomes all the new members and wishes you a wonderful career!National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 9 of 18

TCS WorkshopTata Consultancy Services (TCS), conducted a Workshop for the Pre-Final year B. Tech. and MCA students ofthe institute on 18 th February 2011. Dr. Suman Bhattacharya, and Mr. Simanchala Panda, TCS, Bhubaneswarbeing the resource persons of the workshop discussed on ‘Authentication and Securities’.QUIZ?MD ASHRAF ADILB. Tech., 8th Sem., Team e_newsashrafadil013@gmail.com1) The Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue helped which king overcome hisstammer?2) Published anonymously in 2000, the romance novel Zabibah and the King is believedtohave been written by which unlikely author?3) Which artist’s largest work on canvas is a 34 feet by 38 feet back cloth that hecreated for the Ballet Russes’ 1924 production of Le Bleu Train?4) What potential hazards are measured by the Palermo Scale and the similar, but lesscomplex, Torino Scale?5) When there are two full moons in the same month, what is the second called?6) Which English soccer club was originally known as Newton Heath?7) In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whisky, beeror wine?8) After which actor was Mickey Mouse named?9) What are the small indentations on the golf ball called?10) Connect: David Beckham, Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Jackson?ANSWERS:1. GEORGE VI 2.SADDAM HUSSEIN 3. PABLO PICASSO 4. IMPACT OFNEAR EARTH OBJECTS or COMETS or ASTEROIDS 5.Blue Moon 6.Manchester United 7. Beer 8. Mickey Rooney 9. Dimples 10. They sharethe same middle name, JosephNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 11 of 18

NewsdeskMr. Abhisek Pahadi, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_newsAs the world catches a glimpse of dawning decade, clouds of turmoil engulfs the oil richcountry, Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of common man ranging from students and doctors to joblesspoor join hands in protest against the embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, thereby demanding for hisimmediate ouster. The political scenario changed in Myanmar with the election of Thein Sein, a former PM and longtime adjutant to Myanmar’s military dictators as the president of country’s newly inaugurated parliament worldremained stunned as a major terrorist attack rocked Russia when an explosive device was set off by a suicidebomber at Domodedevo international airport thereby killing at least 31 and severely injuring another 131. Natureshowed it’s harsh face when a severe flood hit Australia’s Brisbane city thereby killing 38 people and leaving manyother homeless. In another event of political turbulence in Pakistan, severed clerics have issued fatwas againstformer Pakistan minister and declared him infidel for calling for changes in the blasphemy law. On the nationalforefront, the much awaited mobile no. portability scheme was flagged off by PM, a move that will allow users toswitch operators without l0osing their phone numbers. In another case of political upheaval in the country, Karnatakagovernor H.R.Bharadwaj sanctioned to prosecute chief minister B.S.Yeddyurappa on corruption charges givingrise to a state wide protest.In a surprise development, PM resets it’s cabinet with induction of 3 new faces, 3 promotions but no exits.Judiciary took its own course with the arrest of former Telecom Minister A.Raja for being allegedly involved in themulticrore 2G spectrum scam. A current of uncertainty ran through the student community when the case ofhundreds of students being duped by a dodgy California based university named “Tri-valley university came to thelimelight. In a noble measure to give dignity to each and every individual of the republic India, Census 2011 will firsttime include “other” as an option for the question on genders. To the much disappointment to the cricket lovingKolkata fans, the Eden Gardens has been dropped as the venue of the high profile India England match during theimminent World Cup due to delays in renovation work. The onset of new decade brought happiness to the peopleof Orissa. To begin with, judiciary proved its might with Supreme court upholding the life sentence awarded to DaraSingh, who was convicted for burning alive Australian missionary Graham Staines along with his two minor sons inJanuary 1999. As a myriad mixture of cheers and tears, the Union govt. finally gave green signal to the much hypedPOSCO project but introduced but introduced 60 additional conditions to the Korean company for setting up the12$billion steel plant at Paradip. On the other side, as an indication of political embarrassment to the country, 59Afghan students studying at Ravenshaw university left for Delhi after a violence at the campus but returned laterafter necessary security arrangements were made for them. As a shame to the state govt., women and childdevelopment minister Pramila Mallick was found involved in the huge corruption in the midday meal scheme andsupplementary nutrition programme, thus leading to her ouster from the Naveen Patnaik led cabinet. Taking aflashback on the business world, shivers ran through the Dalal street with sensex continuing to move in descendingtrend. In a major change of supremacy, Wipro chairman Azim Premji, in a decisive mode, ousted the company’sco-CEO, Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani and replaced it by an insider T.M.Kurien as the software giantlagged behind in profit growth as compared to it’s peers, TCS&Infosys. Moving to the sports arena, the state is allset to roll out the most exciting cricket event, World Cup 2011, with India, Sri Lanka&Bangladesh hosting the megaevent. We wish all the best to the Men In Blue in their journey to the cup. The Campus of NIST is in a jubilationmood with several top IT companies visiting the campus to hire 2011 graduating students.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 12 of 18

Mr. Naquib Akhtar, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_newsGoing against the customary Sportscast, this edition shall not begin with cricket but with the34 th National Games which finally got to see the light of day on 12 th of February. After seeingsix postponements and seven government changes the National Games began with much fan fare and anamazing opening ceremony graced by the ‘who’s and who’s’ of Indian politics, sports and entertainment industry.The event saw many records being created and new stars coming forward. In the end Services once again toppedthe medal list followed by Manipur. In cricket India lost its first ever chance to win a test series in South Africa bydrawing the series 1-1 retaining its numero uno status. The ‘Men in Blues’ however lost the One-Day Series 3-2though it was witness to some serious “Pathanic Verses”. Australia revenged its painful Ashes loss by thrashingEngland 6-1 in the One-Day Series. The tainted trio of Pakistan was left high and dry when ICC pronounced itsjudgment. Salman Butt got banned for 10 years, Muhammad Asif for 7 years and green horn bowler MohammadAamer for 5 years. But the biggest newsmaker in cricket was the IPL auctions. Gautam Gambhir turned out to bethe dark horse after bagging a contract worth $2.4 million with KKR. The Shah Rukh Khan led team didn’t stopthere by also bagging marauder Yusuf Pathan for a record fee of $2.1million and Jacques Kallis. Punjab failed toretain Yuvraj Singh who went to Team Pune along with Robin Utthappa. Saurav Ganguly created news by not gettinga single bid along with Brian Lara and Chris Gayle. Rookie Saurav Tiwari too created ripples by getting a bid of $1.6million by Bangalore Royal Challengers.And now coming to the Cricket World Cup 2011. The event saw a glitzy opening in Dhaka on the19 th of Feb. In the first match India demolished Bangladesh comprehensively which saw Sehwagscore a lightening century. In other big matches Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka and England were heldout to a draw against India in a high scoring nail biting match which saw two great centuries by‘the god’ Sachin Tendulkar and the English captain Andrew Strauss.In football the Barcelona juggernaut demolished its opponents and created a new record of 16 straight league winsand steering clear of arch rivals Real Madrid by 7 points to lead the ‘La Liga’. In England, Manchester Unitedcontinues to lead the league table following some impressive wins against the top teams. ManU is followed byArsenal on second and cross town rival Manchester City on third. Londoners Chelsea is currently on fourth. Theywere some mind boggling transfers this transfer window. Chelsea signed Fernando Torres form Liverpool for aBritish record of 50 million pounds. Liverpool in turn signed Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez from Ajax F.C. Withthe quarter final rounds of the Champions League getting underway there are some mouth watering clashes in theoffing.In lawn tennis the Serbian Novak Djokovic won his second grand slam by claiming the Australian Open, defeatingScott Andy Murray. Kim Clijsters won the women’s trophy on the way to becoming the first mom to claim the topspot on the ATP rankings. Indian Narain Karthikeyen makes his return to F1 racing with team Hispania this seasonwhich is scheduled to begin with the Valencia circuit in Feb end.And to end with the NIST family wishes team India the very best to go all the way—“Jeet Lo Jahan”..That was all for this edition of Sportscast. For any queries mail me at raazakhtar@gmail.com.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 13 of 18

Cynosure of all EyesMs. Neena Choudhary, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_newsAnniversaries and birthdays are always special, aren’t they? ☺ Here while we celebratethe 9 th anniversary of e_news thoughts poured in of how important e_news has become to ourNIST family. E_news coming up with all the college updates, facts and also the global news in a nutshell haslead to a revival of NIST, and the pleasure is truly all ours. Media has brought an enlistment into the social world.Ah! I am now trapped into thinking of the role of Social Media Networking Sites.They have become one of the hottest commodities in the international online marketplace. And if you don’t believe justask the citizens of Egypt, where social networks played a major role in their recent revolution. It was difficult to findany single political party or activist group that promoted the “Revolution of January 25” there in Egypt. Neither werethere any newspaper articles, official press releases or TV news segments, instead we could find facebookpages, tweets and YouTube videos. And when the Egyptian government shut down the Internet and cell phoneservice, the movement continued to spread by word of mouth, hastily printed flyers and makeshift signs. The “WeAre All Khaled Said” Facebook page that has been widely regarded as the catalyst that marked the firstripples of revolution within Egypt has grown tremendously with people all over the world joining in deliveringtheir messages. This hasn’t been the only uprising led by the social media. The election of the 44th Presidentof the United States in 2008 has been accredited in part to the massive support from young voters. Many of thesevoters got “plugged-in” to the campaign through Facebook and other Internet outlets. Right now, there are alreadyFacebook pages to re-elect or not to re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012, along with dozens of similarsites for an election that is less than two years away.From campaign messages to updates about their personal life, politicians are moving with the times and headingonline and they all agree social media is a quick and easy way of communicating with a wide audience. The tweetsgive the Newspapers and TV news channels the latest information about the haps and happenings of the well renownedpersonalities. And we can proudly say that we need not read newspapers to get the news. Withoutaccessing to any of the news channels we know where Mrs. Sushma Swaraj will be campaigning in thecoming days, or the comments form Mr. Sashi Tharoor which drew him to controversies. How cool is this!Social Media for recruiting sounds much cooler. The employment recruiters have accepted the challenge to turntheir organization’s social network presence into a powerful recruitment tool and integrate it into their current strategies.These facts, coupled with the ever-growing speed and access to the Internet and the social sites like Facebook,Twitter and YouTube, can only lead one to wonder about the where and when the next “Revolution of January 25” willbe. Perhaps it will be a revolution with a different cause and a different result. But one can be assured that the Internetand sites like Facebook and its young users will play a prominent role. People on the ground are recording andtweeting the latest developments and the world is receiving first hand, unedited, uncensored, and unaltered news viaTwitter. It has sparked unity among groups of people regardless of class, religion, or ethnic background. Ithas reminded people of the common thread we share, our desire for progress.We all undoubtedly accept and appreciate the role of the Social Media Networking Sites. But then it is not alwaysgood to go with the flow. These sites are just as wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Seeing all the benefits Isuppose a few harms can be neglected. So, is it wise to block the access of such sites in our college?[Any suggestions or feedback regarding the article are welcome and can be mailed to me.neenac@gmail.com]National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 14 of 18

SAT SAYS: V DAY... girls & thornsMr. Kewal Krishna, B. Tech., 6th Sem., Team e_newsOYes! SAT has arrived one more time to shove the boredom out of your dull and monotonic lives andtake you to heavenly abodes. And hey…its SAT’s favorite month of the year…LOVE-U-ARY(no punintended).Much water has passed down the bridge since St.Valentine’s departure to the ultimate saint, and truly speaking he won’tregret that move at all. What was meant to be a celebration of love has turned into… well lets see for ourselves. You allare aware of the Valentine’s week aren’t you- the rose day and the chocolate day, the promise day and the teddy day, and ofcourse the very important ones- hug day, kiss day and the VALENTINES DAY itself? SAT knows you remember them (it wasa rhetorical question of course). Well SAT would like to give a nascent perspective of them. Let’s talk Business.ROSE DAY: While you have to get up early to go the florist and get a red rose for your loved one (and SAT knows that you hategetting up early and don’t want to spend a day’s worth of pocket money on some stupid red rose but we all know GIRLS…),the thorns, i.e., the moral police break their busy schedule of sitting idle in the sun and gather themselves.PROPOSE DAY: Those anxious few seconds while you are on your knees waiting for a yes are from the same day when thethorns (moral police… didn’t SAT already told you) propose a plan to their head leader on how to harass people on V DAY.CHOCOLATE DAY: Again you have to let go your wallet because GOD has- and this SAT can never figure out why- given specialtaste buds to the EVES which fall prey to those sweet little things. While CADBURY is the one having the last laugh and youkeep spending (read wasting) your money (read DAD’S hard earned money), the thorns just sloth around while the clockticks over.TEDDY DAY: Another one of those bewildering aspect of the woman psyche- what is this huge fascination with stuffed goods?The thorns (come on, you have to get it now- its moral police) actually enjoy this day as it symbolizes them, well at least theirbellies or should SAT say their teddy-bellies.PROMISE DAY: Now you have to promise her something. When will she realize that men are anything but men of word? Anyways while you promise her to treat her like a princess and get her the moon and the stars, the thorns start featuring ondifferent TV networks and make a promise that if they find a couple roaming around during the V DAY they will marry them off(HA HA HA. If SAT had a girlfriend then SAT would certainly roam around that day because then SAT would be married and allthe marriage costs along with the courage to tell mom & dad about the girl will not be a necessity. Boys are you listening?)HUG DAY & KISS DAY: These two should always occur together, not necessarily in the same order. And the thorns… well whocares about them if you already are hugging and kissing. And now, drum rolls please…VALENTINES DAY: The race begins, to meet the one you love without being noticed because if you are seen today all hellbreaks loose. Any other day it wouldn’t have mattered but not today, for this day is a day to catch the most dangerous sinnersof them all- LOVERS and punish the biggest sin of them all-LOVE.SAT never knew that love was not a part of the Indian tradition and culture but if they say so they must be correct because theyare the ones who have seen the world and are experienced and matured enough to tell us what is right and wrong. And youare little kids trying to adopt the western culture. ARE YOU? SAT has got only one thing to say that love is not a sin but publicdisplay of love just to be called cool is not right either, so just do what your heart says you to do because true emotions & lovecan never be indecent.Okay then, its time to go as SAT has a date to be present at. Until next time, keep loving one and all as ALBUS DUMBELDOREsays: LOVE IS THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING (it was something like that, the point is you got the message).>National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 15 of 18

1. What have been your memorable achievements? Professionally it is being able to become a good teacher and the personal is yet to be achieved.2. Someone whom you have always looked up to… 12 years in NIST, it’s definitely Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dr. Ravi P. Reddy and Dr. Arun KumarPadhy.3. What has been a turning point in your life… It’s me joining the post-graduation.4. What remains unachieved yet? Getting a Ph.D…5. What cultural show would you like to participate in? Dance is the only thing I like amongst all other shows.6. Who is your favorite actor and have you ever tried to model yourself like him? I have never tried to model him but my favorite actor is Chiranjeevi.7. Students view you as a very strict man…what do you have to say about this view? Whoever says I am strict, they never tried to understand my policies.8. Do you ever sing…and who is your favorite singer? Never tried to sing…and I have no favorite singer.9. What is your message to the students resorting to alcohol and smoking? They should not do so. By doing so, they are spoiling themselves, their family’s reputation aswell their career.10. What is your message to NIST’s students.. First be punctual…meet the deadlines for classes, assignments andattendance…STUDIES will come to you automatically.Interviewed by Mr. Pratyush MishraB. Tech., 8 th Sem., Team e_newsNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 16 of 18

Subject: NISTians shine @ TCS-Thanks to NISTFrom: “Aswanikumar Nayak” Date: Thu, January 20, 2011 11:50 pmTo: smudali@nist.eduDear Sir,After entering into the new corporate life, I have come across many substantial evidences which will alwaysmake an NISTian to stand proudly in any corner of the world. Our college has really the best in placepractices that nurture the young minds in best possible way. Say it technology, innovation, or extra-curricularactivities; in every part NISTians will always stand ahead of others. I would like to site few instances thatmade me extremely happy in the morning of my career. In one of the sessions during the training program ofTCS, the English instructor asked-How many of you are aware of the word- Phonetics;. Suddenly, couple ofhands raised in air, and all of them were of NISTians. After inquiring about the college name of the handraisers, the instructor said I really appreciate the college to make it’s students fit globally. During the training,we had to deal with UNIX operating system only. All most all of the students used to face difficulty in handlingthe less popular yet secured OS. Only exceptions were the NISTians. Thanks to the UNIX classes during1st year and the lab sessions in the subsequent years at NIST. The whole training batch was divided intosome groups. In all the groups, the most popular associate in terms of technical stuffs and/or extra-curricularactivities was a NISTian. We did really enjoy a lot during the training program and are continuing the sameat our base branches as well. There do exist some gaps between the work being executed in the corporateworld and the education pattern, but one needs to be dynamic and open to accept all the opportunities in thefuture in order to shine brightly amongst the rest. This mail of mine was intended for saying my college and allothers who are a part of my college that- I will always be grateful for the deeds and gifts of my college. I amnow well trained because I was well educated in my college. I am sure my college must be continuing withmore spark and energy with the essence of innovation for the future engineers. All the best to all the NISTiansfor a bright future ahead. Thanks & amp;Regards Aswani Kumar Nayak Btech,NIST(2006-2010)Aswani Kumar Nayak, Tata Consultancy Services, Ph:- +91 9861537575,Cell:- +91 7501021100, Mailto: aswanikumar.nayak@tcs.comWebsite: http://www.tcs.comNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 17of 18

From: Bhawani Shankar Pani bspani@yahoo.comTo: Sangram Mudali smudali@rediffmail.comCc: prnanda@visa.comSubject: Re: Thanks & Best wishesDear Mr. Mudali,Last week, on my way back from Raipur, I met one of your illustrious ex-student Mr. Prasant Nanda who isworking with VISA at their Singapore hub in their Global Open System Development wing. I was indeedvery impressed with the way he is committed to his profession and employers and also the way he thinks ofhis alma-mater.Like many young and successful professional, Prasant too has dreams of becoming an entrepreneur and dosomething for NIST. I discussed with him about Dr. Romesh Wadhwani- the founder of Symphony Systemsin USA, who is supporting the business incubation center at IIT Mumbai and also the NEN program ofentrepreneur and Mentor development program in India. I don’t think I could sell my ideas all that well butone thing is for sure. You have an excellent pool of knowledge and financial resource in your ex-students,who, if brought together and given a chance, can bring lot of good to NIST and Orissa.In fact - I suggested to Prasant that if he has an idea on which he could plan becoming an entrepreneur, hecan as well put that idea to be worked on in the NIST Business incubation center utilizing the services ofstudents and faculty who can later join him as partners once the enterprise takes off. . I am sure you know ofmany cases from your times in the USA where such field testing has been done in India before the projectsponsors quit their USA jobs and move into India at the take-off stage of their enterprises.Anyway, I leave the idea with you and Prasant to make things happen in the days to come.Rest all fine. A bit tired and sick after last three weeks of hectic and uncomfortable traveling to ‘mufsil’ towns.B.S.PaniSPAN RESOURCES Management Services,>N2/125, IRC Village, Nayapalli,Rest, next!Pani BS>Bhubaneswar - 751 015: (Orissa): INDIA>Ph. 91 (674) 2558122 / 2558067; FAX: 230 00 36>M- 94 370 181 22 / 97 766 181 22bspani@yahoo.com bspani@indiatimes.comNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 18 of 18