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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 />
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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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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 />
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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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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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.
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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 />
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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 />
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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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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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World University<br />
Rankings 2015-2016<br />
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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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03<br />
05<br />
06<br />
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11<br />
13<br />
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15<br />
16<br />
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18<br />
USA<br />
California Institute<br />
of Technology<br />
Stanford<br />
University<br />
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 />
20<br />
21<br />
22<br />
25<br />
30<br />
36<br />
39<br />
39<br />
41<br />
46<br />
50<br />
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 />
14<br />
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 />
19<br />
34<br />
38<br />
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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