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A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

aspirations<br />

to achievement<br />

The SVES News Magazine<br />

ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016 PAGES 20<br />

Vishnu Educational Development and Innovation Centre ( VEDIC) is the first of its kind initiative in India started by Sri Vishnu Educational Society (SVES). It<br />

is a place where the faculty members, staff, students and other members work in a collaborative environment to create rich, engaged learning and<br />

teaching experiences, conduct research in all aspects of education, increase student success, build vital partnerships for improved learning, and invite<br />

individuals to become members of an intellectually diverse, active learning community.<br />

CONT.. on page 10<br />

INSIDE HIGHLIGHTS<br />

THE INTERVIEW<br />

GOAL POST<br />

LEADER SPEAK<br />

ERUDITE PAR EXCELLENCE<br />

ATL<br />

MILEPOST<br />

SPORTING SPIRIT<br />

TRAINING PROGRAMS<br />

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UPPER CUT<br />

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS<br />

MAKING A MARK<br />

RISING HIGH<br />

VEDIC<br />

06 FORWARD THINKING<br />

FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES<br />

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FACULTY CONNECT<br />

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ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATIONS<br />

HANDS ON<br />

TRAINING THE TRAINER<br />

SATELLITE CLINICS<br />

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING<br />

WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS<br />

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LEADER SPEAK<br />

Sri Sujiv Nair<br />

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A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

INTERVIEW<br />

Sri Hari Thalapalli, CEO, CallHealth<br />

Mr Hari Thalapalli is a multidisciplinary leader with close to three<br />

decades of experience in the Technology service space. Prior to<br />

joining CallHealth, Mr Hari was with Tech Mahindra, where he<br />

provided leadership to critical business process areas including<br />

business consulting, digital marketing, CRM, supply chain<br />

management, etc., with an annual revenue run-rate of<br />

approximately $300 million. In addition he provided leadership to<br />

the Global Marketing Function and was instrumental in Tech<br />

Mahindra's brand positioning over the last six years. His prior roles<br />

involved building robust HR practices, through which he helped<br />

raise the performance bar and to help the organization to scale new<br />

heights. He won many accolades, including the CPO of the Year<br />

Award from Bloomberg in 2010.<br />

To bring complete healthcare to the doorstep of the customers,<br />

CallHealth is building a new-age healthcare ecosystem and<br />

harnessing the collective knowledge and experience of its team,<br />

shares Hari Thalapalli, CEO, CallHealth with Team Vishnu Era<br />

comprising of Mr A L Kishore, Assoc Prof, BVRIT N, Mr Anuraag<br />

Kaushik & Mr Rakesh Kumar (ECE)<br />

Could you please tell us your journey from a Post Graduate student @<br />

Loyola College to Chief Marketing Officer (/Chief People Officer) at big<br />

Software Companies to CEO, CallHealth?<br />

To begin with, frankly, if I look back into my life, it was no different from<br />

any other normal guy. I come from a normal middle class family. I have<br />

had my own ups and downs, confused set of thoughts on what to<br />

study, where to study, etc.People around me say that I am a go-getter,<br />

but to be honest I don't plan anything precise. All I knew was whatever<br />

the job you are in, you have to succeed everyday. You can't be<br />

complacent just because you did well yesterday. 'Succeeding in job or<br />

life' should be an integral part of your life. I mean, you'll have to<br />

essentially succeed everyday at work. In order to do that we have to<br />

keep improving in whatever we do. That was one hard lesson I learnt<br />

from my life and I am continuing to do that.<br />

Life sometimes won't give you what you want. I wanted to pursue<br />

mass communication and I didn't get a chance to do it. But I got an<br />

opportunity to do and I took it with both hands and succeeded in flying<br />

colors. Felt slightly bad when I missed the gold medal at my PG with<br />

0.02 difference. I am happy with what I got from life; I never bothered<br />

about how much money I was making or what I was called viz CEO,<br />

CMO, Global Head, etc. I seriously mean it.<br />

The journey was without a definitive end purpose or target or goal, but<br />

was always an effort to do the best of whatever that was given to me<br />

at that point of time. I wanted to be my best at whatever I am doing at<br />

any given point in time.<br />

I am happy that I can do more things with the money I have today, but<br />

material things interests little to me. End of the day, we all end up<br />

having Dal-chawal after all.<br />

What's your take on Organizational objective?<br />

Even when it comes to organization's objectives, you should be never<br />

satisfied with what you can achieve, but you should be always<br />

satisfied with what you get. If you are unhappy and agitated, you<br />

achieve very little. The big play is in seeing the Big Picture. When I was<br />

in HR, we were #13 in the best employer's list. We worked hard to get<br />

to #1. It took 7-8 years to get to #1. In marketing, we wanted be a brand<br />

that everybody should recognize and appreciate; and we got there.<br />

Similarly, CallHealth's objective is to be the world's 1st and best<br />

integrated platform - and we are aiming to get there.<br />

What is the basic idea and purpose of starting CallHealth Services?<br />

In the last two decades, we have seen how technology changes the<br />

way we work, communicate, bank, buy, as well as consume media and<br />

entertainment. Technology has revolutionized the core of the<br />

healthcare industry. We have the best of surgical and diagnostic<br />

equipment. However, the delivery of healthcare services has not kept<br />

pace with this technological advances. CallHealth is aiming to bridge<br />

this gap in the healthcare landscape by using technology.<br />

Callhealth is all about enabling the patient to be at the center of<br />

ecosystem and pull all the services at the convenience of their space<br />

and time. Callhealth is about bringing the last mile connectivity and<br />

everything about health for the convenience of the customer. We are<br />

entering an area where nobody has ever worked before and I hope to<br />

bring dramatic changes. A lot of companies are doing it in bits and<br />

pieces like e-consultation, second opinion, etc. We are planning to<br />

bring all these under one roof.<br />

Kindly let us know about the patient-centric business model @<br />

CallHealth? Is it commercially viable?<br />

Our model integrates all constituents of the healthcare eco-system<br />

(doctors, diagnostics, Medicines, physios, hospitals, Insurance, etc.)<br />

and makes them work in such a way that we provide speed, precision<br />

and results at an affordable price. Consulting a doctor, having<br />

diagnostic tests done, buying medicines, getting medical services like<br />

nursing, physiotherapy and more, is now just a call or click away. Even<br />

for visits to hospitals or imaging/diagnostic centers, CallHealth<br />

provides facilitation services to make the experience easier and<br />

smoother.<br />

By connecting customers to the entire eco-system, especially where<br />

there are gaps today, we derive better capacity utilization. Hospitals<br />

have labs where the utilization is often less than 60%. Some doctors<br />

are loaded 200% while others are not even at 40%. There is lot of<br />

unused capacity. We want to have greater spread of capacity and<br />

utilization. In doing so, we are able to provide services at a lower cost<br />

and at a reasonable discount to the customer. So, the customer gets it<br />

at a lower cost and we still make money on it. This is not a typical<br />

discount driven; often loss-making, e-commerce model.<br />

In addition, our Differential Diagnosis algorithm helps doctors as a<br />

Clinical Decision Support system to bring greater sharpness to the<br />

diagnosis of the illness / disease. This will help narrow the gaps in<br />

diagnosis that we at times encounter today. Our 'Info aids' tool helps<br />

the doctor to explain the cause of the illness to the patient much better<br />

and that helps to bring about a balanced understanding of the 'causal<br />

factors', for the patient.<br />

How are you going to take these services to the people?<br />

We use hub and spoke model. Hub is centralized area with specialist<br />

doctors, core services, etc. based in tier-1 cities like Hyderabad (taking<br />

homogeneity of language, culture into concern) and spokes are On-


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ground services in other cities like Vizag, Ongole, Nellore.<br />

We will gradually replicate to other cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi<br />

and to similar developing markets overseas.<br />

We heard that CallHealth provides single-point solution to all wellness<br />

and healthcare needs? Could you explain?<br />

The end-to-end integrated approach to healthcare enables CallHealth to<br />

provide a one-stop solution for all healthcare needs across a customer's<br />

life span and across the healthcare spectrum – Prevention, Wellness<br />

and Cure. Thus, creating a partnership that is life-long and not<br />

transactional in nature. We brought all components of healthcare under<br />

one roof. We are like Amazon of healthcare for the spread of offerings<br />

with the ease of usage that an Uber provides.<br />

What according to you is disruptive innovation in healthcare? How did<br />

disruptive innovation affect your company and health care system?<br />

In the past, doctor was at the center of ecosystem and the entire health<br />

care eco system was distributed around him / her. The patient was<br />

outside this circle and often had to run between different points in this<br />

eco system to complete a health check-up. In our model, we have<br />

brought the patient to the center and have<br />

placed the entire eco system around him.<br />

That's what technology has enabled us to<br />

do. We have flipped whole table. This is<br />

disruptive.<br />

Who is your real source of inspiration<br />

behind your success?<br />

Frankly, I can't name just one. I have been<br />

inspired by freshers in my team as much<br />

as from peers or people above me. What I<br />

learnt from all those I liked was the<br />

relentless drive and passion for results.<br />

I worked as HR for 20 years and we<br />

became best employers in our industry.<br />

Then, I wanted to challenge myself and<br />

see if I could succeed in other fields. HR<br />

was all about inside-out. In 2007, I moved<br />

to marketing which was completely<br />

outside-in. In 2013, I moved to a highly<br />

complex business role as the consulting<br />

head, where the team helped me double<br />

our revenues in 3 years.<br />

After almost 3 decades in technology<br />

services, I have now decided to provide<br />

leadership in the health care sector.<br />

The inspiration comes from the fact that I disrupt myself continuously<br />

and have to prove to myself that I can succeed.<br />

Currently you may have thousands of employees. What are practices<br />

you follow to retain the best talent?<br />

Currently, we are below 1000 in number.<br />

Our differentiator is that we have a flat organization model where there<br />

is no hierarchy of people; we only have hierarchy of opportunities. At<br />

CallHealth, our Officers are empowered and expected to take<br />

responsibility for a range of areas in their daily routines that are<br />

traditionally considered 'managerial decisions'.<br />

We have brought in a continuous assessment model – not a periodic one<br />

and have digitized most of our internal transactions. Work is still WIP<br />

and we will achieve 100% very soon<br />

Excluding yours, what is your most admired company?<br />

Personally, I love Google. They think brilliantly ahead of the times and<br />

innovate products or services. The few people at Google I have met are<br />

passionate about their company and the way they are building the<br />

products is awesome. I would love CallHealth to bring that culture and<br />

exceed our stakeholder expectations. Apple and Tesla are the other<br />

ones.<br />

How are Google different, in your opinion?<br />

They seem to be thinking of doing things that appear almost impossible.<br />

Imagine talking about providing Wi-Fi through the Loon Project! When<br />

we first hear about it, we would probably think how stupid can that be!!<br />

Then we turn around and realize that they have made it into a reality. It is<br />

sheer absurdity of an idea converted into a reality.<br />

CallHealth is on a journey like that.<br />

How would you like your company to be remembered by the people?<br />

Just like Facebook for bringing people together, Google for bringing<br />

information together, we would love to be remembered for bringing the<br />

healthcare ecosystem together.<br />

You must have faced many challenges in your professional life. What<br />

was the toughest one? How could you overcome?<br />

Only time I probably felt stress was during 2009 Satyam episode. It was<br />

period of time where because of the event one's professional credibility<br />

was also questioned. I had to prove them wrong and resurrect myself<br />

and be a part of the team that resurrected the company.<br />

I had a steep fall, but I climbed back. It was all three dimensions -<br />

professional, personal and financial.<br />

“<br />

Our model integrates all<br />

constituents of the<br />

healthcare eco-system<br />

(doctors, diagnostics,<br />

Medicines, physios,<br />

hospitals, Insurance, etc.)<br />

What are your expectations from an entry<br />

level employee?<br />

I don't give much priority to academic score,<br />

even though it is a nice indicator of student's<br />

performance in academics.<br />

I look for people who challenge and can take<br />

risks. I love people who, when they fail, say<br />

“it is only half time in the game, the next half<br />

time is going to be my game.” (you know,<br />

the outcome of many football games are<br />

changes in the second half!).<br />

I seek game changers. I want the Dhonis of<br />

the world who consistently deliver under<br />

pressure (imagine scoring 23 runs in the last<br />

over to finish off the game - he has done it<br />

often); people with firmness of spirit that<br />

says “I can and will do”.<br />

I don't look for individual heroes -<br />

collaboration is the key. In short, I am<br />

interested in people who are Risk takers,<br />

Can maintain their cool, Have a 'never say<br />

die' attitude & are a pleasure to hang out<br />

with at work.<br />

What are the biggest opportunities for budding engineers in the next<br />

five years?<br />

The world is in midst of digital revolution. We live in a connected world<br />

today. People should leverage this revolution in their areas of study. You<br />

could be a mechanical engineer today, but we are talking about<br />

connected cars. You could be a shoe manufacturer, but we are talking<br />

about shoes that give you multiple health readings.<br />

Bring your analytical and inquisitive blend of mind to use digital<br />

revolution to create opportunities in your own areas of specialization.<br />

If GOD appears and asks you what or whom do you want to be (other<br />

than yourself), what will be your reaction?<br />

I could wish to be as disruptive as Steve Jobs (it takes a lot of guts to say<br />

“I will remove the physical keyboard from your phone”). Even though he<br />

had serious setbacks in life, he bounced back. He has an extraordinary<br />

creative mind, ability to sense the market needs, integrate product ideas<br />

and come out with path-breaking innovation. When the tablet (Apple<br />

Tab) came, many bought it and I know many who didn't know how to<br />

really leverage it. That is the difference.<br />

To be frank, it' not about wanting to be somebody. I would love to have<br />

the risk taking ability of Steve Jobs coupled with the compassion of my<br />

mother.<br />

GOAL<br />

POST<br />

Maneesha likes<br />

to describe<br />

herself as a<br />

Goddess of<br />

Small Things<br />

(professionwise),<br />

Verbal<br />

Architect<br />

and Vocal<br />

Acrobat<br />

(wannabe<br />

singer).<br />

‘Watch'ing<br />

Swissness<br />

(Blogger at- https://thewanderlustswine.wordpress.com/ )<br />

Switzerland shares a special relation with tunnels and tunnelling. Without<br />

sounding like I repeated myself, I must tell you that they are indeed different<br />

things, 'tunnels' and 'tunnelling'. I shall elaborate about them in just a while.<br />

After completing my masters' studies in Micro Nano Integrated Systems at<br />

Politecnico di Torino, Italy. I found myself at crossroads of what to do next. The<br />

Masters course left me with a micro-nanotech (if I may) hangover and the only<br />

thing I was sure of was wanting to remain with it. So, I took up an internship<br />

opportunity soon after at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)<br />

in Switzerland and voilà, since then m here.<br />

So coming back to the tunnels. If you followed the news lately, you might have<br />

heard that Switzerland achieved a huge feat. It finished building the world's<br />

longest tunnel at 57 km, the Gotthard base tunnel (WOAH!). But, it doesn't<br />

start there for the Swiss. Back in the 90's they did something a lot cool. Two<br />

researchers at IBM, Zurich, Switzerland invented the scanning 'TUNNELING'<br />

microscope. This machine lets you peak at individual atoms on the surfaces of<br />

materials (double WOAH!). Just imagine a pen, nano-patterned to an atom<br />

sitting at it's tip. Scanning this tip across the surface of samples you read and<br />

build atomic level information of the material. This is possible thanks to<br />

quantum mechanical tunnelling. Quantum physics tells us that there is nonzero<br />

probability that an electron can be on the other side of a potential<br />

barrier that it sees, by 'tunnelling' through it. So with tunnelling of electrons<br />

between the atomic tip and atoms of the material (surface to be studied)<br />

scientists can get a wealth of information.<br />

But this is the system that the IBM greats made. So, what do you do Maneesha?<br />

I work on tunnelling too. And there ends the similarity I share with those Nobel<br />

Prize winning scientists. I work on tunnelling transistors. In a transistor,<br />

current from one region (source) to another (drain) is mediated by a<br />

controlled barrier (channel) that allows or restricts the flow of charge serving<br />

as an electronic separation between source and drain. Hence, transistors can<br />

be thought of as switches which are used to build more complex circuits,<br />

systems and eventually machines. Tunnelling transistors differ from<br />

conventional field effect transistors as the former are based on quantum<br />

mechanical tunnelling of electrons whereas the latter are based on thermal<br />

emission of carriers over a potential barrier. It's enough to understand that<br />

they have a different switching principle. My research work is to explore these<br />

transistors for various applications. Given the sizes at which they are made<br />

(order of nanometers to a couple of microns), they potentially can sense things<br />

of that length scale. These 'things' can be anything from DNA molecules to<br />

hydrogen or other ions potentially building nano-biological/chemical sensors.<br />

So in my doctoral studies you typically see me reading literature from well<br />

since the beginning of time to today in the field, generating ideas of device<br />

designs/architectures, simulating those ideas and fabricating them in a<br />

cleanroom environment. What excites me very much is the entire process.<br />

Seeing how ideas come alive as real world-devices to do useful things is indeed<br />

fascinating. Delve-in, if you like, there is plenty of space for us in this big SMALL<br />

world.<br />

Maneesha Rupakula (ECE – 2007-11, BVRIT N)<br />

Ph.D Student, Nanoelectronic Devices Lab<br />

@ Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne<br />

(EPFL), Switzerland<br />

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LEADER<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

SPEAK<br />

Sri Sujiv Nair<br />

Chief Executive Officer - TASK at Department of Information Technology,<br />

Electronics & Communication. Government of Telangana<br />

Mr Sujiv Nair, at present, is the Chief Executive Officer, TASK<br />

(Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge). He has 22 years of<br />

global leadership experience in enabling change, transformation,<br />

governance, leadership development, training & skilling across<br />

Indian, Multinational and Government Organizations. His<br />

knowledge, passion for excellence and the dignified way he deals<br />

with colleagues and vendors makes him an asset to any organization.<br />

Government of Telangana established TASK with the objective of<br />

enhancing skill development among the youth. As TASK embarks on<br />

a journey to enhance the employability quotient of youth in the state<br />

through skill development, the editorial team, consisting of Mr<br />

A.L.Kishore, Associate Professor at BVRIT, Narsapur and Mr Anuraag<br />

Kaushik ( 3 ECE) met up with Sujiv Nair, CEO, TASK, to learn more<br />

about their plans, programs and projects. This interview throws light<br />

on how TASK chalked out a clear roadmap to reach the milestones<br />

with their unique value creation for the academia, the industry and<br />

the students.<br />

How would you describe your journey so far?<br />

My learning continues! My career started at Asian paints, where I used to<br />

be on the shop floor handling production in 3 shifts. I acquired several<br />

academic qualifications while working. During the formative years of my<br />

career, I wanted to become a general manager at 30 and was fortunate to<br />

become a Dy General Manager. Work experience teaches you a lot of<br />

things and you begin to set high standards for yourself. As I moved from<br />

production to operations and then human resources, I thought that I<br />

would retire in HR but divine opportunities knock at your door some times<br />

and I got the opportunity of serving the common man through TASK<br />

(Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge).<br />

The areas of your expertise deal with a lot of people. How challenging<br />

is that, considering the diverse nature of the people you deal with?<br />

Diversity has always excited me, if you look at it as something<br />

challenging, it is challenging. If you look at it as something exciting, it<br />

excites you. Suppose you have four different students working on a<br />

problem. Each student comes up with his own solution that is completely<br />

different from the others. A hybrid of all the solutions could be the optimal<br />

solution to the problem. The world is globalizing like never before, sooner<br />

or later we have to work with diverse set of people. By being patient,<br />

empathetic and listening carefully our ideas and creative thinking gets<br />

enhanced. In a nutshell, embracing diversity is key.<br />

What according to you is essential in ready to be employees? Where<br />

do you think they are lagging?<br />

The foremost thing that the current generation students are lagging is the<br />

awareness of the various career opportunities they have. Internet,<br />

technology and media are providing various opportunities to the young<br />

generation. If he or she puts efforts to utilize these opportunities, then<br />

they can be aware of what they have in hand. Next comes technical and<br />

soft skills and most importantly self-esteem.<br />

How important it is to enjoy and have fun at work in the corporate<br />

world full of hustle?<br />

50% percent of it should be fun! Creating an environment filled with fun<br />

makes it productive. When we create an environment filled with fun, our<br />

mood becomes lively and our spirits will be high and by fun I do not mean<br />

cracking jokes. It is all about creating an environment of respect,<br />

recognition & happiness around the work place we are in. Fun is<br />

contagious and keeps us in good spirits.<br />

Sir, you have recently signed an MOU with IIIT Hyderabad, which<br />

aims at establishment of Virtual labs. How and in what stipulated<br />

time do you want to<br />

a c h i e v e t h i s<br />

considering the<br />

complexity of the<br />

project?<br />

IIIT Hyderabad has<br />

signed a MoU with Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) to<br />

carry forward the outreach activities of Virtual Labs. Both of us are<br />

working closely to reach out to all engineering colleges in Telangana and<br />

improve the quality of engineering education in these colleges through<br />

the use of Virtual Labs and other technical training programs.<br />

In my opinion, Virtual labs addresses the issue of lack of good laboratory<br />

facilities, as well as trained teachers, by making remote and simulationbased<br />

experimentation possible through the Internet and it was exciting<br />

to partner with IIIT Hyderabad help spread the awareness and usage of<br />

these labs in Engineering colleges both in Urban and Rural areas across<br />

Telangana.<br />

TASK has achieved 90% of its target. Initially all tasks look like a mountain,<br />

the secret is to break it into pieces .When you join all these pieces your<br />

work is done. I believe in keeping things short and simple. For every<br />

initiative launched, we divide the work and put strict timelines to achieve<br />

them and then monitor & evaluate the progress. Then what gets<br />

measured gets done.<br />

How did TASK make a difference in employability and skills<br />

development, since its inception?<br />

The key focus at TASK is to enhance the employability quotient of youth in<br />

the state. TASK has been collaborating with industry to provide skill<br />

based training to the students and make them industry ready.<br />

Our primary focus is on meeting the industry demand with supply of<br />

skilled workforce. We found that along with technical knowledge, a<br />

student also needs to have soft skills at work. Our value proposition is built<br />

around skills. The employability quotient is classified into personal skills,<br />

technology skills and organization skills. TASK has tie-ups with several<br />

corporates Cisco, Samsung, IBM, SAP, Embry Riddle Aeronautical<br />

University, Pratt, DIETY, Hitachi and other organizations and the experts<br />

from these companies train students, thereby preventing the student<br />

from falling prey to callous approach of the coaching centers. We do all<br />

this at highly subsidized costs. We created another skilling program called<br />

'The Professors of Practice', where the soft skills are taught by a person<br />

with experience in corporate in a creative manner. An academician<br />

teaching communication skills is very different from that of a Practitioner.<br />

Tim cook has recently visited Telangana for the establishment of<br />

development office in Hyderabad and there are several other giants<br />

like Amazon coming in .What is role of TASK in setting up standards<br />

and meeting the expectations of companies like Apple?<br />

TASK helped Apple to connect them to the talent pool in Telangana and<br />

conduct a skill pilot to show them the potential talent in Telangana. In life<br />

it is important to practice what is called 'empathetic listening' that helps<br />

you to understand exactly what other person is saying and expecting from<br />

us. When Apple approached us, we tried to understand exactly what they<br />

wanted. Once this was understood 50% of the job was done. Secondly,<br />

Understanding and respecting their culture is important. For example,<br />

Core values are prime for Apple. So, in a nutshell when new people come,<br />

comprehend on what they want and after that you can advise them on<br />

how best their agenda can be taken forward in your culture and state.<br />

What is the most important aspect every HR expert should possess?<br />

The most important objective of a HR professional should be to focus on<br />

the company's greatest resource of all – its employees. Without good<br />

employees, the best business plan and ideas will fail. Also he/she has to<br />

make sure that all employees are treated fairly and equitably and that the<br />

business and employee needs are balanced.<br />

HR has to do many functions like training, recruitment & compensation<br />

and many others, each one has its own importance. The degree of each<br />

function varies from one organization to other. If it is a start-up, then<br />

recruitment is given more importance. If it is an already established<br />

company then importance is given to training. Depending on time, a<br />

smart HR allocates time to each of the mentioned functions on need. In<br />

simple terms, a HR should always be grounded to understand what's<br />

happening in reality. One of the main challenges that any HR faces is<br />

leadership development and finding the right person in the right job. An<br />

effective HR person is a good listener too.<br />

One of the key characteristic of your marvelous career is leadership.<br />

What traits must a leader possess in the 21st century organizations?<br />

I have learnt that respect is recognition of value and creativity enhances<br />

value. Leadership is the process of transforming employee behaviors and<br />

attitudes so that they better align with the organization's mission and<br />

with the employees' individual strengths. True Leadership always<br />

empowers employees at all levels of the organization to exhibit respect for<br />

one another, open communication and pride in their work, and to express<br />

opinions rationally and objectively. The idea is that inspired leadership<br />

leads to a higher level of teamwork, which in turns leads to increased<br />

productivity. True leaders both know and communicate their values<br />

openly with the people they lead, creating an atmosphere of certainty and<br />

trust.<br />

For a leader it is important to create a good working environment and find<br />

avenues to recognize when people create value.<br />

Where you draw your inspiration from?<br />

James bond . I admire 007 for many reasons, firstly because of his<br />

creativity and mission accomplishment, Secondly, 007 uses the latest<br />

technologies, that people can't even imagine. Thirdly, his speed and<br />

agility. One of the best ways to find inspiration, solve a problem or stretch<br />

your limits is to actively put yourself outside your comfort zone, which you<br />

find in Bond.<br />

What is your Philosophy of life?<br />

“Happiest people don't have the best of everything but, they just make<br />

the best of everything”. I measure success by the number of hours a<br />

person stays happy in a day.


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

5<br />

ERUDITE PAR<br />

EXCELLENCE<br />

Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan,<br />

Director,<br />

Sri Vishnu Educational Society<br />

Sri Vishnu Educational Society takes the privilege of<br />

announcing Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan as its Director. It<br />

is really an honor to have someone of his stature to be at<br />

the helm of affairs at Sri Vishnu Educational Society<br />

whose leadership acumen will definitely take SVES to the<br />

next level. His most endearing quality is his humility and<br />

his genuine good nature. His illustrious contributions to<br />

the nation and humanity have made him a role model who<br />

has inspired vast multitudes of our present day<br />

generation.<br />

Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan was an outstanding missile<br />

scientist with Defence Research and Development<br />

Laboratory, Hyderabad between 1974 and 2011. He was<br />

the Director of National Institute of Technology –<br />

Tiruchirappalli (NIT-T) from 2011 - 2016.<br />

Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan was the Director of National<br />

Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, a prestigious<br />

Institute rated consistently among top ten institutions in<br />

India. He is actively engaged in transforming this Institute<br />

to the future requirements through strategies and<br />

initiatives, adopting disruptive technology route. He led<br />

the team incorporating changes in academic curriculum,<br />

delivery and evaluation techniques, and setting up<br />

Centres of Excellence with industry oriented research in<br />

interdisciplinary areas. He has networked Research and<br />

Development Laboratories in CSIR, DRDO and ISRO and<br />

multiple industries and International Universities towards<br />

this objective.<br />

Dr.Sundarrajan completed Mechanical Engineering from<br />

Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, and did his<br />

post graduation and doctorate degrees at the Indian<br />

Institute of Technology, Madras, in Industrial Metallurgy.<br />

He also has a PG certificate from Indian Statistical<br />

Institute. He had his initial training at Ashok Leyland,<br />

Chennai, Mukand Iron and Steel, Mumbai and Hindustan<br />

Aeronautics Limited, Koraput. He edited two Engineering<br />

Handbooks and published over eighty technical papers.<br />

Seven researchers have completed doctorates under his<br />

guidance As an INAE (Indian National Academy of<br />

Engineering) – AICTE Distinguished Professor,<br />

Dr.Sundarrajan made significant contribution for<br />

curriculum development integrating emerging areas of<br />

technology.<br />

Prior to joining NIT in 2011, Dr.Sundarrajan was with<br />

Missile Programme of Defence Research and<br />

Development Organization for over thirty years and<br />

received mentoring by Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.<br />

Dr.Sundarrajan's contribution for development and<br />

production of prestigious missile systems Prithvi, Agni,<br />

Akash and Brahmos, spans over three decades. He was<br />

leading BRAHMOS programme team and completed a<br />

massive indigenisation project that has enabled cost<br />

reduction and schedule compression. He has also<br />

designed and developed over 1,000 products and<br />

processes for aerospace systems, and has an impressive<br />

background in academic inter-disciplinary research,<br />

institute-industry interaction, and technology<br />

development and transfer. He saw through the formation<br />

of foundry clusters and modernised industries in SME<br />

sector into quality export-oriented units in Andhra<br />

Pradesh . Dr. Sundarrajan networked over 400 industries<br />

and 40 academic institutions for R&D leading to quality<br />

products and positioned them in National Supply Chain<br />

Grid. As member of TIFAC (Technology Information,<br />

Forecasting and Assessment Council) national team, he<br />

was instrumental in making 2020 vision documents in the<br />

area of materials. More than 30 of his research projects<br />

are being executed by academic institutions and industry.<br />

His project on Energy Audit and Conservation through<br />

shop-floor oriented R&D has been appreciated by<br />

international agencies working on Energy.<br />

The recognitions he won includes UNESCO Fellowship<br />

(1988), Best Metallurgist of the Year Award from the Govt.<br />

of India (1992), Vishwa Bharathi Award for Professional<br />

Excellence (1999), Performing Team Award (2004), and<br />

Best JV Management Award (2008). Madras<br />

Management Association awarded Professional<br />

Excellence Award (2013) in the category of Best Managed<br />

Education Institution.<br />

Assistive<br />

Technology<br />

ATL Lab<br />

ATL PROJECT SHOW CASE<br />

AT HYSEA, HYD<strong>ERA</strong>BAD<br />

The ATL team @ Bhimavaram participated in the 24th edition of<br />

HYSEA Summit and Awards 2016: Celebrating Design, Innovation<br />

and Start-ups', on 31st March 2016 at HICC (NOVOTEL). As one of<br />

the most prestigious Industry events of the city, it showcased the<br />

buzzing innovation culture, increase in Start-ups' & Start-up<br />

support activities in Hyderabad. The team ATL showcased their<br />

projects along with other student teams from IIT Hyderabad and<br />

BITS PILANI, Hyderabad campus.<br />

ATL PROJECT SHOWCASE<br />

AT INDIA REHAB & CARE<br />

EXPO, MUMBAI<br />

Assistive Technology Lab Projects were showcased at<br />

INDIA REHAB & CARE EXPO, Mumbai. INDIA REHAB &<br />

CARE EXPO was successfully held at the Bombay<br />

Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, INDIA. The<br />

show had a special significance, as it was the first time<br />

ever that an event was held in India, which was purely<br />

devoted to the rehabilitation segment. The three day event<br />

attracted all categories of stakeholders like manufacturers,<br />

suppliers, policy-makers, scientists, physiotherapists,<br />

orthotics & prosthetics experts, rehabilitation<br />

professionals and end-users. The show had 57 exhibitors<br />

from across the country and was visited by 3344<br />

professionals, over a period of 3 days.<br />

A team of three students and two faculty mentors<br />

showcased around 15 ATL projects. Here the team had a<br />

benefit of showcasing them to the end users. The<br />

beneficiaries were extremely happy to make a trial of their<br />

usage. The most attracted projects are: the E-Snake and<br />

Ladder Game for the Visually Challenged, E-Stick for<br />

visually challenged, Play and Learn Android App for<br />

mentally challenged children and Mood Chameleon for<br />

mentally challenged people.<br />

PARTICIPATION IN THE<br />

TACTILE DIAGRAMS DESIGN<br />

WORKSHOP @ IIT DELHI<br />

ATL Narsapur was invited to be a part of the ”DESIGN AND<br />

PRODUCTION OF PERCEIVABLE AND AFFORDABLE TACTILE<br />

DIAGRAMS" workshop organized by Assistech Lab at IIT Delhi<br />

from 30th March-1st April. The idea of the workshop was to gather<br />

all the centers working on assistive technology to build the<br />

repository of tactile diagrams relevant to the study of non-sighted<br />

children across all states in India.<br />

DST-TIDE FUNDING<br />

ATL's research proposal of “Biosensor Based<br />

Control Interface for Lifelike Mobility of a<br />

Trans-radial Prosthetic Arm” has been<br />

approved under the Technology Interventions<br />

for the Disabled and Elderly Scheme of<br />

Department of Science and Technology and<br />

has been awarded Sixty Five Lakh Twenty<br />

Thousand rupees for the period of three years.<br />

NEW & EXCLUSIVE<br />

ATL WEBSITE<br />

ATL – BVRIT N now boasts of a new and<br />

exclusive website where the users will know<br />

about the recent technology being developed,<br />

ask for a solution, suggest an idea and<br />

contribute in many different ways.<br />

VISIT TO<br />

CALLHEALTH<br />

ATL Narsapur team along with the placement<br />

team visited CallHealth, a healthcare service<br />

company in Hyderabad on 1st of June. Talks<br />

are in progress to collaborate in the Medical<br />

Device development domain.<br />

NIMH STUDENTS' FIELD<br />

VISIT TO ATL, BVRIT N<br />

Rehabilitation Psychology senior and junior year<br />

students visited ATL for a field visit. By the<br />

demonstration of simple tools and assistive devices<br />

they were showcased how assistive technology along<br />

with counseling can make the rehabilitation process<br />

more convenient and impactful.<br />

HACKLABS FOUNDER<br />

VISITS ATL<br />

Hacklabs is a startup building hackerspaces<br />

in India to provide easily accessible<br />

technology centers with resources and<br />

guidance, enabling people to work on their<br />

ideas and solve challenging societal and<br />

technological problems. Mr. Vikram an IIT<br />

Kanpur alumnus visited ATL, BVRIT N on<br />

March 16th and interacted with the students<br />

about entrepreneurship and taking an idea to<br />

a marketable product. ATL is exploring<br />

collaboration with Hacklabs.<br />

IPR MANAGEMENT<br />

FOR STARTUPS IN<br />

ELECTRONICS AND<br />

ICT SECTORS<br />

ATL Narsapur was represented at a one day<br />

Seminar on 'IPR Management for Startups in<br />

Electronics and ICT Sectors' on 6th May,<br />

organized by Andhra Pradesh Technology<br />

Development & Promotion Centre (APTDC)<br />

of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in<br />

association with Department of Electronics<br />

and IT (DeitY).


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MILEPOST<br />

Scholastic Expedition @ BVRITH<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

In the context of globalization, English language has assumed greater<br />

significance and English teachers have a predominant role to play in<br />

enhancing employability potential of students. Unless the teachers<br />

update their pedagogical procedures & polish their practices, it is<br />

difficult to do justice to the task assigned. In this context, this Seminar<br />

provided opportunities for the English fraternity to increase<br />

awareness of new technologies & trends in all the three domains,<br />

Language, Literature & Linguistics. Through this seminar, a platform is<br />

provided for the teachers to exchange their creative and innovative<br />

ideas and showcase their professional prowess besides learning from<br />

one another.<br />

The seminar opened with Inaugural Session. Prof. S. Mohanraj, EFLU<br />

was invited as the Chief Guest and Prof Julu Sen, EFLU was the Guest<br />

of Honour. Dr. KVN Sunitha, Principal, BVRIT Hyderabad College,<br />

delivered the presidential address stating that this is the first kind of<br />

seminar to be organized in the college and expressed that the<br />

participants should explore more in their field of study. She also<br />

congratulated the organisers especially for their choice of theme and<br />

volunteering in updating with the trends in the field of Language and<br />

its allied fields.<br />

HYD<strong>ERA</strong>BAD<br />

Dr. P. Anuradha Sudheer, Head, Basic Science & Humanities<br />

department and the Convener of the National Seminar spoke about<br />

the rationale behind organizing this event and has provided an<br />

important forum for a wider group of literary scholars to discuss the<br />

significance of latest trends and techniques. With 60 delegates<br />

attending, the Seminar was proved to be very successful.<br />

SPORTING SPIRIT NYPUNYA2k16<br />

Sports Day Celebrations at BVRIT Hyderabad<br />

BVRIT HYD<strong>ERA</strong>BAD organized a two day National Level Inter<br />

Engineering college Sports Meet NYPUNYA2k16 on 15th & 16th<br />

March 2016. The maiden Sports meet was opened with an inaugural<br />

session. Ms. Poornima Mandava, a renowned International athlete,<br />

sports person and widely popular as a motivational speaker was<br />

invited as the Chief Guest for the event and Sri Ravichandran<br />

Rajagopal, Vice-chairman, SVES, Joint secretary Mr.Aditya Vissam<br />

have graced the occasion. The welcome speech was delivered by Dr.<br />

KVN Sunitha, the Principal of BVRITH.<br />

The Chief Guest Ms. Poornima Mandava has enthralled the<br />

audience by sharing her own experiences in life and she motivated<br />

girls to take up sports in life to be young at heart and body.<br />

After inauguration, the teams from various colleges were introduced<br />

and made March Past. Sports Torch relay by the Chief Guest was<br />

followed by Flash Mob by BVRITians. There were around 20 teams<br />

participating in 10 events coming across the country. On the second<br />

day of the event, winners of the different teams were distributed<br />

with trophies in the valedictory ceremony by the chief Guest of the<br />

day Prof. Y. Gopi Krishna, Chairman, Sports Council, JNTU<br />

Hyderabad. The Management and the Principal of BVRIT<br />

Hyderabad congratulated all the Champions and teams for their<br />

participation.


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

7<br />

SOUND MIND IN<br />

A SOUND BODY<br />

NSS-BVRITH in coordination with<br />

Apollo Hospitals organized a general<br />

medical camp in the campus on 23rd<br />

April, 2016 which included regular<br />

check-up such as BP, BMI(Body Mass<br />

Index),dental, DRA(Diabetic Risk<br />

Assessment), random Sugar etc.<br />

Dr.Meenal, Dietician & Mr. Eswara Rao,<br />

Diabetic counsellor gave a health talk on<br />

their concerned health topics. Around<br />

100 members availed the facility.<br />

Extravaganza<br />

Facts of Science<br />

National Science Day” SPECTRUM-16 was organized on 29th February 2016 by the<br />

Dept. of BS & H, BVRIT HYD<strong>ERA</strong>BAD College of Engineering for Women, Bachupally,<br />

Hyderabad to commemorate the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir<br />

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.<br />

The main objective of observation of National Science Day is to spread the message of<br />

importance of science and its application among the students. Professor Harjinder<br />

Singh, IIIT Hyderabad was invited as the Chief Guest of the function and the Principal,<br />

Dr. KVN Sunitha graced the occasion. Professor Singh spoke about “Knowledge<br />

Acquisition in Science”. Later the Principal congratulated the department of BS&H<br />

and the faculty of Science in particular for sustaining the culture of celebrating such<br />

events @ BVRITH to remember the legendary personalities in the field of Science in<br />

the Indian history. In order to popularise the benefits of scientific knowledge certain<br />

competitions like Models presentation, Poster presentations and Oral presentations<br />

were conducted. Nearly 20 Oral presentations and 15 Posters were presented and 15<br />

models were exhibited. An Essay writing competition was also conducted on the theme<br />

of 2016, “Make in India: Science & Technology driven Innovations”. Nearly 30 students<br />

participated in the competition. Prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest & the<br />

Principal for the winners. The guest was felicitated by the Principal.<br />

Interviews were conducted on April <strong>12</strong>th 2016 and<br />

two students Ramakrishnama Charya S V and K.<br />

Shashi Priya were selected from VIPER by Incogen<br />

Therapeutics Pvt . Ltd.<br />

7 members have been placed in My Health pharmacy<br />

campus recruitment conducted on 18/05/16.<br />

26 members have been selected by SDS PATHOLOGY<br />

INDIA PVT.LTD conducted on 23.05.2016<br />

PLACEMENTS<br />

IN VIPER<br />

TRAINING<br />

PROGRAMS<br />

Dr.Reddy's Employees Training<br />

We have successfully trained 20 batches of Dr.Reddy's<br />

Laboratories Ltd. Training of 21st batch is in progress.<br />

LSSSDC Training<br />

Vishnu skill development centre was inaugurated. It is a training<br />

program for quality control chemist. 16 members were selected<br />

for training purpose. Five from BVRICE Degree College<br />

Bhimavaram and 11 students from Ellenki Degree College,<br />

Hyderabad. Training period was 60 days and classes commenced<br />

from 25th April, 2016<br />

Faculty Achievements<br />

Dr.K.Vanitha Participated and acted as an evaluator in Two day<br />

national symposium CORE-2016 11 -<strong>12</strong>th March, 2016 held at CPT,<br />

JNTUH.


8<br />

Dr G Srinivasa Rao<br />

Principal, SVECW<br />

Currently, Professor and Principal, Shri<br />

Vishnu Engineering College for Women<br />

Guided two M. Tech Students in<br />

CAD/CAM and more than 90 students<br />

at UG level. Currently executing nearly<br />

Rs. 1.5 crore worth of projects.<br />

Education<br />

Ph. D, Fracture Mechanics from<br />

Visvesvaraya Technological University,<br />

Karnataka.<br />

M. Tech, in Manufacturing Technology<br />

from NIT-Calicut.<br />

B. Tech in Mechanical Engg., from S. V.<br />

University College of Engg – Tirupathi,<br />

L. M. E from S. V. Govt. Polytechnic,<br />

Tirupathi<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

UPPER<br />

cut<br />

Favourite book of all time<br />

'Born To Win' by Dr. Muriel James<br />

Teacher who changed my life<br />

Prof. K.B.M. Namboodiripad<br />

Perfect day out<br />

Discussions with friends at Alipiri<br />

The best advice I've ever been given<br />

NEVER compare yourself with others<br />

The best advice I've ever given<br />

“Action Creates Opportunity”<br />

My most unexpected achievement<br />

Starting Software Training Institute<br />

The prettiest natural landscape I've ever seen<br />

Talakona forest<br />

The hardest question a child has ever asked me<br />

Why only men are getting baldness<br />

The most treasured book in my library<br />

Antharmukham<br />

Song that makes me move no matter how bad I feel<br />

"Kaun aaya mere manke dware"<br />

from the movie Dekh kabira roya<br />

The one item I would take to the desert island<br />

Knife<br />

Favourite famous person I've admired,<br />

living or dead, whom I'd like to meet<br />

Prof. Stephen Hawking<br />

If I had one hour to live, what would I spend it doing?<br />

Sleeping<br />

Favourite movie of all time.<br />

The Guns of Navarone<br />

Your Favourite Quote<br />

Just Do It


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

Awards & Recognitions Go Kart Championship featured<br />

on YUVA aired through ETV<br />

9<br />

Dr. Vini Kaila, a final year postgraduate student<br />

from the department of Oral & Maxillofacial<br />

Surgery @ VDC won Best Oral Presentation<br />

Award for her paper presentation entitled<br />

“Orofacial Pain” at “9th AP AOMSI Conference”<br />

held on 15 & 16 April 2016 at Rajahmundry.<br />

Dr. K.S. Nataraj, Associate Professor of Sri Vishnu College of<br />

Pharmacy presented a paper “Need of Community<br />

Pharmacist in Health Management Systems in India” at an<br />

international convention “Modern Trends in Pharmacy<br />

Education- Team Based Learning & Institutional Research”<br />

conducted by Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of<br />

India in association with RAK Medical & Health Sciences<br />

University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE on 29 February 2016 at RAK<br />

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (RAKCOPS).<br />

Center of Excellence award 2015-16@BVRITN<br />

Center for VLSI Design (CVD) of ECE Department, BVRITN got<br />

center of excellence award for the academic year 2015-2016.<br />

Dr. I.A.Pasha, Head of the Department have received the<br />

award on the occasion of Annual Day Celebrations. This center<br />

is being coordinated by Mr I.B.K.Raju, Assoc Prof, ECE Dept.<br />

Mr. M. Sai Chaitanya,<br />

IV B.Tech, Mechanical<br />

Engineering has won<br />

t h e p r e s t i g i o u s<br />

Padmabhushan Dr. B.<br />

V. Raju Memorial<br />

Award (The Highest<br />

Academic Honor in<br />

BVRIT for Students)<br />

for the academic year<br />

2015-16.<br />

MAKING A MARK<br />

Presentations ABROAD<br />

Dr.A .Ramesh presented poster<br />

entitled” Pharmaceutical engineering -<br />

New domain to Pharmaceutical<br />

Development and manufacturing” in<br />

“A P T I - R A K M H S U I n te r n a t i o n a l<br />

Convention” at RAK Medical & Health<br />

Sci. University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE on<br />

February 29, 2016.<br />

The II and III B. Tech students of Mechanical engineering @ BVRIT N participated in Go Kart championship-2016<br />

held at SVECW, Bhimavaram. The work undertaken by our students at Mechanical Engineering department got<br />

wide coverage and recognition through “YUVA” program on ETV2 on 31st May 2016.<br />

UGC<br />

Autonomous<br />

Shri Vishnu College of<br />

Pharmacy, Bhimavaram granted<br />

UGC Autonomous status for the<br />

period of 6 years.<br />

Going up<br />

the Ladder<br />

Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy<br />

secured Nationwide 39th rank<br />

and Andhra Pradesh State wide<br />

2nd rank by NIRF (National<br />

Institutional Ranking Framework).<br />

Congratulations!!<br />

PhD Awardees<br />

Three faculty members of ECE in<br />

B V Raju Institute of Technology<br />

named as M.C.Chinnaiah, T.<br />

Venumadhav and Sathyam<br />

bonala were awarded PhD this<br />

academic year.<br />

S. M. Padmaja, Associate<br />

Professor in the Department of<br />

Electrical and Electronics<br />

Engineering of Shri Vishnu<br />

E n g i n e e r i n g C o l l e g e f o r<br />

Women, was awarded with<br />

Ph.D. by J N T University,<br />

Hyderabad on 1st April 2016.<br />

Mr. Rajesh Yadav Mudi, Asst. Professor of Physics,<br />

Department of Basic Sciences, Vishnu Institute of<br />

Technology was awarded Ph.D. degree from Acharya<br />

Nagarjuna University, Guntur<br />

Nomination<br />

Dr.A.Ramesh is nominated as<br />

scientific committee member in 2nd<br />

Convention of the Indian Association<br />

of Colleges of Pharmacy held on 2nd<br />

and 3rd April, 2016 at Hotel Le<br />

Meridian, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.<br />

STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS<br />

The first batch student @ VIPER,<br />

Ms.Rajitha Indukuri is pursuing<br />

PhD in Oncology. Her Project title<br />

is “Breast and Colon cancer -<br />

Earlier diagnosis and treatment”<br />

in Karolinska University, Sweden.<br />

(University which issues Nobel<br />

Prize)<br />

The students of BVRIT Narsapur<br />

MIC have exhibited their calibre at<br />

National level once again in the<br />

selection procedure of Microsoft<br />

Student Partners (MSP).According<br />

to the final selection list released<br />

by Microsoft Corp., a total of 20<br />

students from BVRIT MIC were<br />

selected as prestigious MSPs for<br />

the year 2015-16.The new MSPs<br />

once again proved that BVRITians<br />

can only create and achieve new<br />

records at National level as BVRIT<br />

is the only Institution and BVRIT<br />

MIC is the only MIC in the entire<br />

Country to get 20 MSPs in a single<br />

Academic Year. It is the highest<br />

number of MSPs in the entire<br />

Nation.<br />

The following students got<br />

selected as MSPs: Navya Trilok, III<br />

CSE, Sudha V, III CSE, Aditya<br />

Mankal, III CSE, Ooha Pravallika, III<br />

CSE, Sai Sheshank V, III CSE, Sai<br />

Teja M, III CSE, Kulbir Singh, IV<br />

CSE, Deepak Mavin, IV CSE,<br />

Swapna Padugami, III IT, Sneha<br />

Battu, III IT, Laxmi Mahitha, III IT,<br />

Simhachalam D, III IT, Vamshi, IV<br />

IT, Sandeep, IV IT, Chetana<br />

Borancha, IV IT, Srikanth K, III ECE,<br />

Ravi Teja P, III ECE, Sravan Reddy<br />

Ch, III ECE, Shanmukha Reddy, III<br />

ECE, & Surendhar Reddy, III ECE<br />

New Microsoft Student<br />

Partners from BVRIT MIC<br />

for the year 2015-16<br />

RISING HIGH<br />

RECORD BREAKING PLACEMENTS @ SVES<br />

The placement season for the year 2016 is on a brisk note since the beginning of this academic year with<br />

almost <strong>12</strong>0 top notch companies recruiting more than 2<strong>12</strong>0 students. Some of the prominent recruiters<br />

included Tech Mahindra, IBM, Infosys, Virtusa, HCL, TCS, Air India, IVTL, etc. There were a clutch of super<br />

dream companies offering jaw dropping packages like 9.1 Lakh from SAP, Kony Labs Rs. 6 lakh per annum,<br />

Schneider Electric Rs. 6 lakh per annum, etc. Many more companies are to visit in coming days.<br />

(As on 30.06.2016)<br />

B V Raju Institute<br />

of Technology<br />

(www.bvrit.ac.in)<br />

557<br />

Vishnu Institute of<br />

Technology<br />

(www.vishnu.edu.in)<br />

335<br />

BVRIT Hyderabad<br />

College of Engg.<br />

for Women<br />

(www.bvrithyderabad.edu.in)<br />

189<br />

Smt.B.Seetha<br />

polytechnic<br />

(www.seethapoly.edu.in)<br />

55<br />

Vishnu Institute of<br />

Pharmaceutical<br />

Education & Research<br />

(www.viper.ac.in)<br />

38<br />

Sri Vishnu College<br />

of Pharmacy<br />

(www.svcp.edu.in)<br />

173<br />

grand total<br />

Note: For Complete Placement details – visit the individual college websites<br />

Shri Vishnu Engg.<br />

College for Women<br />

(www.svecw.edu.in)<br />

527<br />

Padmasri Dr. B. V.<br />

Raju Institute of<br />

Computer Education<br />

(www.bvrice.edu.in)<br />

227<br />

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10<br />

contd. from page 1<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

Aziz Nagar,Moinabad Mandal,R.R.Dist<br />

VEDIC is a residential Faculty Learning Centre, where<br />

effective training happens for Teaching, Non-teaching<br />

faculty and students. VEDIC provides positive and<br />

professional learning environment where the students and<br />

staff are inspired to strive for excellence and become<br />

technology innovators and leaders in a global society.<br />

VEDIC was started with a vision 'Mentoring the Mentors'<br />

with training facilities with international standards. It was<br />

inaugurated by honorable Chairman of SVES, Sri K V Vishnu<br />

Raju on 17th of April, 2016 and started its first training<br />

programme on 28th of April. Dr Srinivasan Sundrarajan,<br />

Retd. Director, NIIT, Trichy, is the Director and Dr. Rajeev<br />

Sukumaran, working as Sr. Advisor, Teaching and Learning<br />

Centre, IIT Madras, has donned the role of Sr. Advisor at<br />

VEDIC. The team at VEDIC consists of highly qualified<br />

professionals to train the students and Staff. It has an airconditioned<br />

<strong>12</strong>5-seating capacity auditorium with all<br />

amenities, a 45 seating capacity interactive studio, lush<br />

green lawns, a dining hall and a kitchen, 14 furnished airconditioned,<br />

double room accommodation, 2 suite rooms<br />

with 3 star facilities, a library, a discussion room, a<br />

playground and an indoor games room with all sports<br />

equipment with a Physical Director and a trainer. We have<br />

recreational activities like TT, volleyball, skating, walking,<br />

jogging, yoga, etc., to initiate physical and health activities<br />

at this center. Along with training our minds, physical<br />

fitness and healthy eating practices are also initiated here.


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

11<br />

7-9, March 2016<br />

Pedagogic and Personal<br />

Skills Effectiveness<br />

Teaching Faculty<br />

21, May, 2016<br />

Art of Writing Research<br />

Project Proposal<br />

Teaching Faculty<br />

08, June 2016<br />

Art of Writing Research<br />

Project Proposal<br />

Teaching Faculty (Ph.D Aspirants)<br />

14-16, April, 2016<br />

Scientific Educational<br />

Practices<br />

Teaching Faculty<br />

19-22, May 2016<br />

Perceptual Learning in<br />

Engineering Applications<br />

Students<br />

9-11, June 2016<br />

Cultivating Research<br />

Mindset<br />

Teaching Faculty (Ph.D Aspirants)<br />

25-30, April 2016<br />

Perceptual Learning in<br />

Engineering Applications<br />

Students<br />

23-25, May 2016<br />

Scientific Educational<br />

Practices<br />

Teaching Faculty<br />

15-18, June 2016<br />

Intellectual Learning in<br />

Engineering Applications<br />

Students<br />

9-11, May 2016<br />

Leading and Learning<br />

Senior Teaching Faculty &<br />

Top Management<br />

07, June 2016<br />

Art of Writing Research<br />

Project Proposal<br />

Faculty who have completed Ph.D<br />

23-25, June 2016<br />

Workspace Ethics and<br />

Diversity<br />

Non-Teaching Faculty<br />

Activities<br />

at VEDIC<br />

09.05.2016<br />

Dr. Jose Carlos Quadrado,<br />

Prof. of Electrical Machines in<br />

Electrical Engineering and Automation<br />

from the Institute of Superior Engenharia de Lisboa ISEL,<br />

Portugal<br />

09.06.2016<br />

Dr.Kishen Kumar Reddy<br />

Ex-Rector, JNTUH<br />

Prominent<br />

Visitors<br />

23.05.2016<br />

Mr. Ramana Gogula<br />

Start up Evangelist and<br />

Music Composer<br />

24.05.2016<br />

Dr. Mahesh Burande<br />

APTI Central President


<strong>12</strong><br />

FORWARD<br />

THINKING<br />

National Conference on<br />

Recent Innovations in Mechanical and<br />

Manufacturing Engineering (RIMME)<br />

The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a National conference on<br />

“ Recent Innovations in Mechanical and Manufacturing engineering (RIMME)” on<br />

21st and 22nd April 2016.RIMME-2016 is a platform for presentation of<br />

technological advances and research results in field component design and<br />

manufacture of components for various applications. The conference provided<br />

an opportunity for Researchers and Academicians to share the cutting edge<br />

technology in the field of mechanical engineering.<br />

Dr. T Kishen Kumar Reddy, Rector, JNTUH was invited as Chief Guest for the<br />

Conference. Dr. N. Venkat Reddy, Professor IIT Hyderabad was invited as Key<br />

Note Speaker for the conference. He delivered a Lecture on “Metal Forming”.<br />

Centre of Excellence<br />

R. Shankar Narayanan, Chief Operating Officer, Harita, TVS group visited<br />

Mechanical Engineering Department on 27/04/2016 for possible research<br />

collaboration. The TVS group is setting up the following centres of<br />

excellence/Research Centres in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.<br />

· A Center of Excellence for Advanced CAD, Digital Manufacturing and<br />

Technical Illustration Creation Learning.<br />

· A reverse Engineering Lab- Fully equipped with latest technology 3D<br />

Scanner and a Rapid Prototyping Machine.<br />

RESEARCH FRONT<br />

PhD Guidance<br />

Dr.Ch. Venkateswarlu, Principal BVRIT N guided Ms. J.<br />

S. Eswari, currently an Asst. Prof., NIT Raipur, whose<br />

PhD in Chemical Engineering with the thesis entitled<br />

“Experimental, Modeling and Media optimization of<br />

Rhamnolipid and Lipopeptide Production” was<br />

awarded by IIT Hyderabad in April 2016.<br />

Book Chapter<br />

Venkateswarlu,Ch., “Advances in Optimal Control of<br />

Polymerization Reactors”, in a Polymer Science Book<br />

entitled, “Polymer Science: Research Advances, Practical<br />

applications, Educational Aspects”, Accepted for<br />

publication, Formatex Publishers, Spain, 2016.<br />

Research Papers<br />

Venkateswarlu,Ch.,<br />

Perspectives of Process<br />

Systems Engineering.<br />

Editorial article, Austin<br />

Chem Eng. 2016; 3(1): 1022.<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

Satya Eswari, J, Anand, M and Ch. Venkateswarlu, Optimum<br />

Culture Medium Composition for Lipopeptide Production by<br />

Bacillus Subtilis Using Response Surface Model-Based Ant<br />

Colony Optimization, Sadhana, Springer Sadhana Academy<br />

of Proceedings in Engineering Sciences. 41(1) 55-65, 2016.<br />

DST project sanctioned to<br />

ECE Department<br />

Project sanctioned to ECE department. Dr.M.C.Chinnaiah is the Principal investigator and Co-<br />

Principal Investigators are Dr.I.A.Pasha and Professor Sanjay Dubey for the Project entitled<br />

" Design & Development of an Embedded Assistive YOGA System to Treat Autism Spectrum<br />

Disorder", Ref No:SR/SATYAM/469/2015 under SATYAM (Science and Technology of Yoga and<br />

Meditation) scheme of CSRI, DST, Delhi.<br />

Workshop on Solar Study Lamp<br />

Design, Analysis and Assembling<br />

Achievements<br />

Mr. M. Sai Chaitanya - V Pharm.<br />

D, secured second position in<br />

Essay Writing, conducted by<br />

GIET School of Pharmacy on 4<br />

and 5 March, 2016.<br />

Placements<br />

6 students of Pharm.D<br />

were placed in campus<br />

drive conducted on 5<br />

April 2016 by GVK Bio<br />

Sciences<br />

Three day workshop on 'Solar study lamp<br />

design, analysis and assembling' was<br />

conducted in EEE Department, BVRITN<br />

from 27-4-2016 to 29-04-16 under IEEE<br />

student chapter, with the association of<br />

Sirius Solar Company. The objective of<br />

conducting this workshop is to enable the<br />

students to have knowledge in the design of<br />

solar product. 43 students participated in<br />

the workshop. Along with expert lectures on<br />

solar energy, each student was provided<br />

with the bill of material (BOM) for<br />

assembling a solar lamp. At the end of the<br />

work shop each student carried with him a<br />

solar lamp along with knowledge on Solar<br />

Energy. Promoting the Solar energy is also<br />

one of the objectives behind organizing this<br />

work shop.<br />

I E E E ” ( A d v a n c i n g Te c h n o l o g y f o r<br />

Humanity) presents a certificate to 3rd Year EEE Student TAKUR VIJAY MOHAN SINGH<br />

bearing Roll no 13211A02B8 for outstanding support of the student branch at B.V.Raju<br />

Institute of Technology as a Chair 2015.


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

FACULTY<br />

13<br />

CONNECT<br />

Training Program by Microsoft<br />

Microsoft Corp. conducted "Faculty Connect Training Program" at our campus during 4th & 5th March<br />

2016. The main objective of faculty Connect Training Program is to drive awareness among the Faculty<br />

Members /Educators / Research Scholars to Azure Curriculum patterns through intensive in depth hands<br />

on training and learning on Microsoft Azure.<br />

National and Regional MOS<br />

Champions from BVRIT Narsapur<br />

MIC (Microsoft Innovation Center)<br />

The students of BVRIT Narsapur<br />

Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC)<br />

have proved their calibre by<br />

winning Platinum medals, Gold<br />

medals, Merit Certificates, Paid<br />

Internship, Certifications and<br />

Goodies as National and Regional<br />

l e v e l C h a m p i o n s i n M O S<br />

(Microsoft Office Specialist)<br />

Championship.<br />

Out of <strong>12</strong>00 student participants for MOS Championship from the entire Country, a total of 100 students in<br />

which 10 students from BVRIT MIC have been selected as Regional Level Champions yesterday (i.e. on<br />

29-03-16) based on their merit in online examination. These 10 students were awarded with Gold<br />

medals, Merit Certificates, Certification and goodies from Microsoft.<br />

Out of these 10 students, in turn, 2<br />

students from BVRIT MIC were<br />

selected as National level MOS<br />

Champions. These 2 students were<br />

awarded with Platinum Medals,<br />

Merit Certificates, Certifications,<br />

Paid Internship and goodies from<br />

Microsoft.<br />

Miss Navya & Miss Sai Harshitha<br />

of III CSE and Adarsh & Neelima of II CSE received merit certificates in National level MOS Championship<br />

at New Delhi. Out of 8 students selected for National level MOS Championship from Telugu states, 4<br />

students are from BVRIT MIC only.<br />

Internship & Scholarships<br />

T h e H e a d o f t h e<br />

Department and the faculty<br />

m e m b e r s o f C S E<br />

c o n g r a t u l a t i n g<br />

Miss.Sravani Durga from<br />

IV year CSE who got<br />

internship in Amazon.<br />

Miss Sravani Dodla from IV<br />

CSE got Fair & Lovely<br />

Scholarship 2015 on 19th<br />

April 2016 by Fair & Lovely<br />

Foundation.<br />

Brain storming @ BVRIT CYIENT<br />

Incubation Centre<br />

BVRIT CYIENT Incubation centre conducted project brain storming session on <strong>12</strong>th March 2016. Total 52<br />

students from B-Tech and M-Tech participated in this session. In this event, <strong>12</strong> engineers from CYIENT<br />

were felicitated.<br />

Registration with Rogers<br />

Corporation, USA<br />

Department of ECE, BVRITN got successfully registered with Rogers Corporation, USA a leading material<br />

manufacture which gave a provision to use the imported sample frequency laminates for carrying the<br />

experimentation on developing the microwave/RF/Antenna modules for the purpose of system<br />

integration in the host institute. Mr. Sanjeeva Reddy, Faculty of ECE is coordinating the activity.<br />

Certified Course by C-DAC at BVRIT-N<br />

The Department of ECE, BVRIT N conducted a short term course on Digital System Design (VLSI) in<br />

association with CDAC during 16th June to 2nd July 2016 for 3rd year B-tech students.<br />

Mr.M.C.Chinnaiah is the Chief coordinator of the C DAC course. The total duration of the courses was 15<br />

days.<br />

ZEALOTZ<br />

2K16<br />

BVRIT Cultural Fest- Zealotz, held annually, is an expression of the creative and the lighter side of BVRIT Family. This year Zealotz<br />

was celebrated with all pomp and splendour within BVRIT Campus. It was indeed a pleasant and a rocking evening with a sense<br />

of enjoyment in the air. ZealotZ is an excellent platform for the students to showcase their entrepreneurial skills and other<br />

multifaceted talents. The food & drink stalls at the venue were a gourmet's delight and some stalls of entertainment added<br />

enjoyment to the audience. The whole event was covered by print and electronic media.


14<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATIONS 2016<br />

BVRIT celebrated its 19th Annual<br />

Day on 1st of April, 2016 to<br />

commemorate the progress of the<br />

institution and the achievements<br />

and awards bagged by the students.<br />

The Guest of Honor of the day Sri<br />

Ramana Gogula, Startup Evangelist<br />

and Musician, motivated the<br />

students with his inspiring talk.<br />

This was followed by the prize<br />

distribution for academics. The<br />

students set the stage on fire with<br />

their amazing performances that<br />

were well appreciated by the<br />

audience. The day was filled with<br />

fun, frolic, smiles and rejuvenated<br />

spirits. The event was coordinated<br />

by Dr. E. Laxminarsaiah, HOD &<br />

Dean (Freshmen) & his team.<br />

POLYCET 2016<br />

COACHING<br />

Smt. B. Seetha Polytechnic conducted POLYCET coaching (initiated<br />

in the year 2004) that focuses on importance of technical education<br />

during 9 April & 25 April 2016. The college faculty also provide FREE<br />

COACHING for the students who belong to KOVVADA ANNAVARAM<br />

village which was adopted by Sri Vishnu Educational Society.<br />

HELPING<br />

HANDS<br />

Seetha United Hands (SUH) contributed an amount of<br />

Rs.8000/- for the purpose of medical treatment to an 8<br />

year girl named Deepika, who is suffering from blood<br />

cancer.<br />

INCENTIVE<br />

FOR ACTION<br />

Smt. B. Seetha Polytechnic College conducted a meeting<br />

with the students of 2016 batch who placed in various<br />

companies and their parents on 18 March 2016 in<br />

Padmabhushan Dr. B.V. Raju Auditorium, Sri Vishnu<br />

Educational Society, Bhimavaram. The main motto of this<br />

meeting is to elicit the importance of giving priority to both<br />

job and career among the students and their parents.


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

15<br />

HANDS ON !!<br />

At Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, the Department of EEE<br />

installed two experimental setups in Power and Energy Lab. The<br />

setups are Configurable DC-DC Power Converter & Selective Harmonic<br />

Elimination Technique for Asymmetrical Seven-Level Inverter.<br />

Configurable DC-DC<br />

Power Converter<br />

TRAIN THE TRAINER<br />

TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME<br />

A prototype DC-DC converter which can be configurable as Buck,<br />

Boost, Buck-Boost, Cuk, C and D type power converters was developed<br />

by Ms. K.K.K Phanisri of II Year M.Tech. (Power Electronics) student<br />

under the guidance of Dr. Sankar Peddapati, Associate Professor. Major<br />

components that have been used are Opto-coupler, inductors (1mH,<br />

5A), digital controller (PIC16F887), capacitor, transformers, power<br />

supply boards, MOSFET and Rheostat.<br />

Selective Harmonic Elimination<br />

Technique for Asymmetrical<br />

Seven-Level Inverter<br />

Asymmetrical<br />

s e v e n - l e v e l<br />

i n v e r t e r<br />

prototype was<br />

developed by Ms.<br />

M . R a t n a<br />

Manjusha of II<br />

Year M.Tech. in<br />

P o w e r<br />

Electronics under<br />

the guidance of<br />

D r . S . M .<br />

P a d m a j a ,<br />

A s s o c i a t e<br />

Professor. This<br />

t o p o l o g y h a s<br />

reduced number of power semiconductor devices, driver circuits and<br />

voltage stress on the switching device. Selective harmonic elimination<br />

technique is applied for finding optimal switching using particle<br />

swarm intelligence in MATLAB environment (offline) for asymmetrical<br />

multilevel inverter. Future work is to incorporate optimal switching<br />

angles obtained through offline calculations for desired output voltage<br />

in digital controller using look-up table. Major components that have<br />

been used are Opto-coupler, digital controller (PIC16F887),<br />

transformers, power supply boards, MOSFET's and Rheostat.<br />

A three day Training Programme for the faculty of Vishnu Dental College on “Educational Science &<br />

Technology” was conducted from 21 to 23 April 2016 at our Vishnu Dental College. 24 Faculty members from<br />

various dental specialties have attended the Programme.<br />

Eight faculty members of Vishnu Dental College who underwent training of Train the Trainers were the<br />

resource persons for this programme.<br />

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY<br />

ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAMME<br />

The department of Public Health Dentistry conducted an “Oral Health Awareness Programme” for Health<br />

Workers of Kalla Mandal PHC on 5 April 2016. Around 55 health workers including Auxiliary Nurse Mid-wives<br />

(ANM's) and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA's) attended this awareness programme.<br />

An awareness lecture regarding identification of common oral diseases and various treatment facilities<br />

available at Vishnu Dental College was presented to them. The participants then interacted with the staff<br />

at Vishnu Dental Care.


16<br />

SATELLITE CLINICS<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

LEARNING<br />

ALAMPURAM EXPERIENTIAL<br />

Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman, Hon'ble Union Minister<br />

of Commerce & Industry, Government of India<br />

along with Sri. Pydikondala Manikyala Rao,<br />

Minister of Endowments, Government of Andhra<br />

Pradesh inaugurated our Fourth Satellite Clinic at<br />

Alampuram on 25 March 2016.<br />

Workshop on Interactive Dialog Systems<br />

Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman, Hon'ble Union Minister of Commerce &<br />

Industry, Government of India along with Sri. Pydikondala<br />

Manikyala Rao, Minister of Endowments, Government of Andhra<br />

Pradesh inaugurated our Fourth Satellite Clinic at Alampuram on<br />

25 March 2016.<br />

Workshop by Thought Works<br />

DWARAKATIRUMALA<br />

Our honorable Chairman Sri K. V. Vishnu Raju garu along with Mr. Sudhakara Rao,<br />

Chairman, Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, Dwaraka Tirumala and Mr.<br />

Trinadha Rao, Executive Officer inaugurated our Fifth Satellite Clinic at Dwaraka<br />

Tirumala on 8 April 2016.<br />

A Workshop on Advanced C Language for III year ECE & CSE<br />

students of Vishnu Institute of Technology conducted by Thought<br />

Works India Pvt. Limited, Hyderabad on 19 March 2016. Mr.<br />

Bhargava Gopichand Moganti, Mr. Murali Krishna Vemula, Mr.<br />

Bairam Santhosh, and Mr. Maharjun Meesala are from Thought<br />

Works Pvt. Ltd., who acted as resource persons in that workshop.<br />

Faculty development program on<br />

Smart Grids and Renewable Energy<br />

To enhance the research skills among the faculty members in new<br />

trends, the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,<br />

Vishnu Institute of Technology, Bhimavaram organized a two-day<br />

Faculty Development Program on "Smart Grids and Renewable<br />

Energy" on 18 and 19 March 2016.<br />

Dr.K.Vaisakh, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics<br />

Engineering, Andhra University and Dr. D.V.S.S. Siva Sarma,<br />

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Warangal<br />

acted as resource persons for the two day program.


ISSUE <strong>12</strong> JULY 2016<br />

OUT OF THE<br />

CLASSROOM<br />

Intellectual Learning in<br />

Engineering Applications<br />

at VEDIC<br />

PROGNOSIS<br />

"BETTER BHIMAVARAM"<br />

A PANEL DISCUSSION<br />

17<br />

The role of the people becomes crucial in the building of a nation or a state. This process<br />

becomes much more dynamic with the involvement of youngsters in it. Keeping in tune<br />

with this concept of involving all sections of the society in state building, Vishnu Institute<br />

of Technology, under the aegis of Shri Vishnu Educational Society, organized a<br />

programme called Better Bhimavaram to create awareness amongst the student<br />

community. A panel discussion was organized on 19 March 2016 in B. Seetha Indoor<br />

Auditorium. The discussion covered the entire gamut of issues that need to be<br />

addressed for better Bhimavaram.<br />

Sri Vishnu Educational Society organized a workshop on "Intellectual Learning in<br />

Engineering Applications" to the students of Vishnu Institute of Technology and<br />

Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women from 25 to 29 April 2016 at Vishnu<br />

Educational Development and Innovation Centre (VEDIC), Hyderabad. 20 III B.Tech.<br />

students of Vishnu Institute of Technology which includes 17 students from CSE<br />

department and 3 students from IT department attended this workshop and learnt<br />

various methods and techniques of Innovative Learning and Self-Assessment<br />

during the workshop.<br />

The students of VIT were divided into nine teams. Each team discussed a topic each,--<br />

Swachh Bhimavaram, Traffic and Crime, e-governance, Legal Awareness, Information<br />

Technology and Digitalization, Affordable Buildings for Poor, Public Health, and Skill<br />

Development and Energy Management. The panel members interacted with the nine<br />

teams with regard to major public issues in and around Bhimavaram. Our Director &<br />

Principal Dr. D. Suryanarayana presided over the program. The Municipal Commissioner<br />

Sri N.V. Nageswara Rao outlined the Skill Development Programme being organized in the<br />

town and called for the support of educational institutions and voluntary organizations.<br />

The opinion that Better Bhimavaram would be possible with the concerted efforts of all<br />

the sections of the society was unanimously expressed.<br />

Annual Day Celebrations<br />

V i s h n u E d u c a t i o n a l<br />

Society celebrated its<br />

annual day on 19 March<br />

2016. Various sports,<br />

c u l t u r a l p r o g r a m s ,<br />

academic activities<br />

were conducted under<br />

this program. Prizes<br />

were distributed for the<br />

winners as well as the<br />

runners in all activities.<br />

During this eve, Mr. G.<br />

Rama Swamy, Asst.<br />

Professor of Chemistry<br />

w a s f e l i c i t a t e d f o r<br />

completion of 10 years<br />

service in Sri Vishnu<br />

Educational Society.<br />

Nav Nirman Deeksha<br />

Vishnu Institute of Technology, Bhimavaram conducted Nav Nirman Deeksha, an oath-taking ceremony on 13 June, 2016 on<br />

the instructions given by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Nara Chandra babu Naidu and by the Jawaharlal Nehru<br />

Technological University Kakinada, Kakinada. Events like Group Discussion and Debate were conducted under the program<br />

focusing on reconstructing a new state on a grand scale. The students participated enthusiastically in the events and the<br />

faculty members and respective department co-ordinators guided the students. At the end of the program, all the<br />

participants have taken the pledge of Nav Nirman Deeksha.


18<br />

ON THE HORIZON<br />

A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />

Futur<br />

Compiled by<br />

Technolo<br />

Simpi Kumari<br />

4 ECE, BVRIT<br />

Technology never<br />

stands still: it's always<br />

changing, adapting and<br />

progressing, and often<br />

times things that<br />

seemed improbable (or<br />

even impossible) one<br />

year can quickly start<br />

becoming possible only<br />

a few short years later.<br />

Wearable computers<br />

seemed like a fanciful<br />

idea only recently, but<br />

now they're pretty much<br />

the next big thing to go<br />

mainstream. The<br />

emergence of the<br />

Oculus Rift could<br />

probably catapult virtual<br />

and augmented reality<br />

into literal reality.<br />

With this in mind,<br />

here's a list of 10<br />

interesting futuristic<br />

technologies that we'll<br />

most probably be seeing<br />

in the near future.<br />

Although these are<br />

mostly still in the very<br />

early stages, they're at<br />

something of a middle<br />

ground. While you won't<br />

see these readily<br />

available everywhere<br />

yet, but at least we now<br />

know that in due time,<br />

they will become actual<br />

products we can see,<br />

touch and utilize.<br />

Without further ado,<br />

here's the list.<br />

1<br />

TALOS<br />

Jet Pack<br />

International<br />

H202<br />

Jet Pack International is making great<br />

strides in jetpack technology H202 and<br />

H202-Z jetpacks. As the name suggests,<br />

both the H202 and H202-Z are hydrogen<br />

peroxide-fuelled jetpacks that will allow<br />

users to fly at up to 77 miles per hour at a<br />

maximum height of 250 feet. So far thought,<br />

the higher-capacity H202-Z is only capable<br />

of a maximum flight length of 33 seconds<br />

and a maximum travel distance of 3,300<br />

feet.<br />

The Jet Pack International H202 and H202-Z<br />

are actually currently available, albeit not<br />

commercially: you can assemble the jetpack<br />

yourself, if you have$100,000 lying around.<br />

2 Aero-X<br />

Aerofex<br />

5<br />

If you're a Star Wars fan, the Aerofex Aero-<br />

X, a real-life equivalent of the Star Wars<br />

speeder bike, is definitely something you'll<br />

want to keep your eyes on. The Aero-X is the<br />

result of more than 15 years of research and<br />

development. Powered by a water-cooled<br />

240 horsepower engine and two large<br />

rotors, the Aero-Xcan hover at an altitude of<br />

<strong>12</strong> feet and at speeds of up to 45 miles per<br />

hour power. It can also carry up to 310<br />

pounds. Think of the potential. Also, as a<br />

result of this extended research and<br />

development period, Aerofex claims to have<br />

overcome the dangerous coupling effect<br />

that can arise due to using two rotors,<br />

ensuring that the Aero-X will be safe and<br />

easy to control.<br />

3 a Prosthetics Sense of Touch<br />

with<br />

6<br />

In March 2013, Denis Aabo Sorensen had the privilege<br />

of testing a new type of prosthetic hand, created by a<br />

group of European engineers and scientists. Unlike<br />

conventional prosthetics, the new prosthetic hand<br />

connects directly to the remaining nerves in Denis'<br />

upper arm. This means that the "hand" has a sense of<br />

touch and is actually controllable. Blindfolded tests<br />

showed that Denis was indeed able to differentiate<br />

between different items such as a bottle, a baseball<br />

and a mandarin orange. It also could exert different<br />

levels of pressure, allowing Denis to touch, hold or<br />

grab something.<br />

While this prosthetic hand is indeed a great leap<br />

forward, it's still far from ready for widespread use:<br />

the arm required electrodes to be implanted directly<br />

into Sorensen, and tests still need to be carried out to<br />

determine the durability of these electrodes.<br />

4<br />

TALOS<br />

"Iron Ma<br />

stands for Tactical Assault Light O<br />

Army hopes will become a reality within t<br />

ballistic, shock and fire protection for Spe<br />

The aim is to provide these soldiers with<br />

protection than what currently exists. The<br />

a collaborative effort between univ<br />

corporations.<br />

While there is yet to be a working proto<br />

rapid pace. The head of the US Special<br />

McRaven is confident that unpowered pr<br />

also the goal of testing a complete workin<br />

Titan Ar<br />

Super<br />

Maglev


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Cave 2<br />

Cave2 is a hybrid reality environment that<br />

lets artists, scientists and engineers<br />

become fully immersed in their research.<br />

The Cave2 is a 360° wrap around structure<br />

consisting of 72 LCD panels, a 20-speaker<br />

surround sound system and a 10-camera<br />

optical motion tracking system.<br />

With 3D glasses, scientists and engineers<br />

will actually be able to virtually experience<br />

and move through anything of their<br />

choosing, whether it's the human body or<br />

planets in the solar system. The Cave2<br />

holds an immense amount of potential,<br />

especially for situations involving large<br />

amounts of data requiring visualization.<br />

19<br />

n suit"<br />

8<br />

3D Printed<br />

Food<br />

3D printing has taken the world by storm, and slowly but surely<br />

people are being won over by the idea that it's for more than<br />

just gadgets. Food is also something that can be easily 3D<br />

printed.<br />

perator Suit, a combat suit that the US<br />

he next four years. The TALOS provides<br />

cial Operations soldiers.<br />

better, more mobile and more versatile<br />

development of the TALOS suit will be<br />

ersities, government agencies and<br />

German company, Biozoon, is harnessing the power of 3D<br />

printing to create seneoPro, a range of 3D-printable powder<br />

mixtures that solidifies when printed but also very quickly<br />

melts when eaten. The main target for this new 3D-printable<br />

food is elderly patients who suffer from dysphagia, or the<br />

inability to swallow.<br />

type, development is proceeding at a<br />

Operations Command, Admiral William<br />

ototypes will be ready in June. There is<br />

g prototype in August 2018.<br />

Such a technology would definitely reduce the risk of choking,<br />

and the 3D-printed nature of seneoPro means that caregivers<br />

and family members can very easily mix and match the powders<br />

to create all types of dishes. And you can also add coloring<br />

agents and texturizers to make the food even more appealing.<br />

m<br />

The Titan Arm is the work of a team from the<br />

University of Pennsylvania, and is a<br />

s t r e n g t h - e n h a n c i n g u p p e r- b o d y<br />

exoskeleton that will help you lift an extra 40<br />

pounds. Granted, it's a far cry from the Power<br />

loader we see – and love – in the Alien films<br />

but the Titan Arm was designed with a more<br />

humble goal in mind.<br />

The Titan Arm is built to help rehabilitate a<br />

person who've suffered serious arm injuries<br />

or strokes as well as provide some extra<br />

strength and protection for anyone who lifts<br />

heavy objects for a living. To keep costs low,<br />

the Titan Arm uses 3D printing techniques<br />

allowing the prototype development costing<br />

to be reduced to <strong>12</strong>00.<br />

9<br />

High Power<br />

Wireless Charging<br />

Wireless charging, up until now, usually means<br />

charging via a pad, rather than via wires and<br />

cables. But if you ask the team from the Korea<br />

Advanced Institute of Science and Technology<br />

wireless charging can also be done a distance<br />

away.<br />

The team recently demonstrated a prototype of a<br />

new Dipole Coil Resonant System (DCRS) that can<br />

wirelessly power devices up to 15 feet away. The<br />

DCRS system achieves this using a magnetic field,<br />

and is apparently powerful enough to charge up to<br />

40 mobile phones, and can even power larger<br />

devices, like a TV. There's no word yet on how soon<br />

we'll be seeing this technology in the real world,<br />

but in the mean time you can check out Cota, a<br />

somewhat similar wireless charging technology<br />

that's coming soon.<br />

Train<br />

Chinese researchers have recently been<br />

looking into the next phase of train<br />

transportation, beyond even Maglev<br />

technology. China and Japan already have<br />

very fast Maglev trains that are capable of<br />

reaching over 260 miles per hour, but the<br />

new next-generation Maglev technology,<br />

dubbed super Maglev, will apparently be<br />

even faster.<br />

Super Maglev is built on the same Maglev<br />

technology, but it encapsulates the train in<br />

a vacuum tube, further reducing air<br />

resistance, allowing for higher, mindboggling<br />

speeds. Researchers claim that<br />

such enclosed-tube Maglev systems could<br />

see trains reaching speeds of up to 1800<br />

miles per hour.<br />

10<br />

StoreDot Fast<br />

Charging<br />

Battery<br />

StoreDot, a ground-breaking nanotechnology company,<br />

recently unveiled a prototype for a next-generation<br />

battery that harnesses all their knowledge of<br />

nanotechnology and energy storage technologies.<br />

StoreDot uses bio-organic "nanodots" that have<br />

increased electrode capacitance and electrolyte<br />

performance.<br />

The science is a bit complex, but the outcome is simple: as<br />

a result of these nanodots, the battery can be fully<br />

charged in only 30 seconds. The best thing is that, since<br />

StoreDot's nanodots are bio-organic, they're a lot more<br />

environmentally friendly, not to mention power-efficient,<br />

than a lot of other competing nanodot technologies<br />

which often use dangerous metals and chemicals. They're<br />

also apparently cheap to manufacture, so who knows, we<br />

may be seeing super-fast batteries in our smart phones<br />

before too long


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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings<br />

2015-2016 list the best global universities and are the only<br />

international university performance tables to judge world<br />

class universities across all of their core missions - teaching,<br />

research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.<br />

The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated<br />

performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive<br />

and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by<br />

students, academics, university leaders, industry and<br />

governments. This year's ranking includes 800 universities<br />

from 70 different countries, compared with the 400<br />

universities from 41 countries in last year's table.<br />

This year's list of the best universities in the world features<br />

147 of the top universities in the US – with 63 American<br />

universities making the top 200 of the list, including the<br />

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as the world's<br />

number one university, followed by Stanford University in<br />

third place, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<br />

in fifth and Harvard University in sixth. But the US has been<br />

losing its dominance of the tables, as institutions in Europe<br />

improve their performance, including those in the UK,<br />

Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland<br />

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of Technology<br />

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Massachusetts Institute<br />

of Technology<br />

Harvard<br />

University<br />

Princeton<br />

University<br />

University of<br />

Chicago<br />

Johns Hopkins<br />

University<br />

University of<br />

California, Berkeley<br />

Yale<br />

University<br />

Columbia<br />

University<br />

University of<br />

California, LA<br />

University of<br />

Pennsylvania<br />

Cornell<br />

University<br />

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Duke<br />

University<br />

University of<br />

Michigan<br />

Carnegie Mellon<br />

University<br />

Northwestern<br />

University<br />

New York<br />

University<br />

University of Illinois<br />

at Urbana-Champaign<br />

University of California,<br />

San Diego<br />

University of California,<br />

Santa Barbara<br />

Georgia Institute of<br />

Technology<br />

University of California,<br />

44<br />

Davis<br />

University of Texas<br />

at Austin<br />

University of<br />

Wisconsin-Madison<br />

UK<br />

02<br />

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23<br />

24<br />

University of<br />

Oxford<br />

University of<br />

04<br />

Cambridge<br />

08<br />

27<br />

32<br />

Imperial College<br />

London<br />

University College<br />

London<br />

London School of Economics<br />

and Political Science<br />

University of<br />

Edinburgh<br />

King's College<br />

London<br />

University of<br />

Washington<br />

SWITZERLAND<br />

SWEDEN<br />

28<br />

Karolinska<br />

Institute<br />

09<br />

31<br />

ETH Zurich<br />

Swiss Federal Institute of<br />

Technology Zurich<br />

École Polytechnique<br />

Fédérale de Lausanne<br />

AUSTRALIA<br />

33<br />

University of<br />

Melbourne<br />

JAPAN<br />

43<br />

University of<br />

Tokyo<br />

CANADA<br />

29<br />

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34<br />

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LMU<br />

Munich<br />

University of<br />

Toronto<br />

University of<br />

British Columbia<br />

McGill University<br />

GERMANY<br />

NETHERLANDS<br />

47<br />

Wageningen University<br />

and Research Center<br />

University of<br />

44<br />

Hong Kong<br />

HONGKONG<br />

CHINA<br />

42<br />

47<br />

Peking<br />

University<br />

Tsinghai<br />

University<br />

SINGAPORE<br />

26<br />

National University<br />

of Singapore<br />

37<br />

49<br />

Heidelberg<br />

University<br />

Humboldt University<br />

of Berlin<br />

BELGIUM<br />

35<br />

KU Leuven<br />

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