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A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI VISHNU EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY 

aspirations 

to achievement 

The SVES News Magazine 

ISSUE 14 JAN 2017 PAGES 28 

RACING 

AHEAD 

These are the students who strive to recognize the odds and then beat them & whose strength lifts up our hearts. They are highly talented, motivated and determined to succeed; 

these youth are an inspiration to their peers, to younger students and to the people who interact with them. The past quarter has been enormously rewarding with the students of 

SVES proving their mettle in the areas beyond academics. Whether ZIBA Racers at BAJA, the INVINCIBLES at E-MOTO or the JUNO Racers at GO-KARTING, all of them authenticated 

that the breed of SVES is second to none when it comes to competing and winning at any level. 

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INSIDE HIGHLIGHTS 

FACE TO FACE 

LEADER SPEAK 

ENCONIUM 

GOAL POST 

LEAPS AND BOUNDS 

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GO KARTING 

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Dr. R.D. Ravindran 

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Dr R.D. Ravindran 

Chairman, Aravind Eye Care System 

Interaction with Dr. S. Suresh, Associate Professor, 

Department of Public Health Dentistry, 

Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram. 

“It is important for the institutions to have values and principles. 

Then, the success of an institution depends on how well the staff of 

the institution understands and implements its values system” the 

words were flowing from a gentle yet firm voice of a gentleman. 

Accompanied by Mr. Ravi Chandran, the Vice Chairman of Sri 

Vishnu Educational Society, he was addressing the heads of the 

institutions and various departments at the Bhimavaram 

campus. 

'Aravind Eye Care System' (AECS), as it is called today, had a 

humble beginning as 'Aravind eye hospital' in 1976 by Dr. 

Govindappa Venkataswamy (whom the staff fondly 

remembers as Dr. V) in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Today the AECS 

encompasses five tertiary hospitals, a manufacturing centre for 

ophthalmic products, an international research foundation and 

a resource and training centre that is revolutionizing hundreds 

of eye care programs across the developing world. It is the largest and 

the most productive eye care facility in the world, in terms of surgical 

volume and the number of patients treated. It has already made a major 

impact in eradicating cataract related blindness in India. Aravind hospitals received 

various awards, including Champalimaud vision award (2007), Conrad N. Hilton 

Humanitarian Prize (2010), Gates award for global health (2010), India's most 

innovative hospital award at India health care awards (2010), FICCI award for best 

private hospital in India etc. 

Dr.Ravilla Duraisami Ravindran has been serving as the Chairman of the Aravind 

Eye Care System since 2010. He did his MBBS from Stanley Medical College, Chennai 

and Masters in the field of Cataract and Intraocular Lens Surgery from Madurai 

Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Dr.Ravindran started his Ophthalmology 

Practice under Dr.G.Venkataswamy, the founder of Aravind Eye Care System in 1987. 

After serving as Chief Medical Officer in the Aravind Eye Hospital at Tirunelveli, 

Coimbatore and Pondicherry for close to 23 years, Dr. Ravindran took the role of 

Chairman of Aravind Eye Care System from 2010. He is involved in bringing changes 

to standardize quality eye care across Aravind Eye Care System. He has presented 

papers in numerous International and National Conferences both on clinical as well 

as managerial aspects of eye Care. He has over forty publications in national and 

international ophthalmology journals. He served as a Regional Co Chair for 

International Association for Prevention of Blindness from 2004 to 2012 and 

contributes as a Board Member of VISION 2020 Right to Sight India since 2008. He is 

a recipient of several national and international awards and recognition. 

Amid his busy schedule during his visit to Bhimavaram, he took out time for an 

interview. It is transcribed with the valuable contributions from Dr. MV Ramesh, 

Senior Lecturer and Dr. P. Jhansi, Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, 

Vishnu Dental College. 

Q 1: Please tell us about your journey as a young medical graduate from Stanley Medical College to 

the Chief Medical Officer at Aravind Eye Hospitals to the Chairman of Aravind Eye Care System. 

I did my MBBS from Stanley medical college, Chennai, which was then called Madras. I was fortunate few of 

my batch to finish the five and a half year course without any failure in between. I remember receiving few 

medals from my college and University too. Stanley was a medical college with lot of spirit and values; we call 

it as 'Stanlian spirit'. My connection with Aravind Hospitals started in 1978, during the semester-break after 

completing my 2ndyear of MBBS. I used to attend the eye camps organized by SatyaSai Organization and watch 

the ophthalmologists performing procedures in hospital. This exposure helped me to do well in my 

Ophthalmology classes, which we get to attend in 3rd year. After completing my MBBS, I joined Aravind as a 

full time student in 'Diploma in Ophthalmology' (DO). When we were in Internship, our job was limited to 

attending our patients in OPDs, inpatients in wards, and assisting professors in Operation theaters. We used to 

handle patients where diagnosis was already done and treatment was already planned, which was no real 

challenge. We used to treat patients as specimens in pathology and refer to them as 'cases'. But here in 

Aravind we have to talk to patient, examine them, do the investigations, arrive at diagnosis, plan the treatment 

and do the procedures, which was challenging yet gratifying. After joining Aravind, I stopped referring to 

patients as cases and learned to treat them with empathy. Immediately after completing my diploma, I was 

asked to take care of the new hospital, started in Theni. Later I went on to do my Masters in Ophthalmology 

from Madurai medical college. By the time I completed my Masters, a new Aravind Eye Hospital was started at 

Tirunelveli on a regular basis and I joined there as Chief Medical Officer. I was the only doctor for one year 

before a team of doctors joined and the scale of operations were expanded. From Tirunelveli, my journey 

continued as Chief Medical Officer at the newly opened Aravind hospitals at Coimbatore and Pondicherry. And 

then I was asked to come back to Madurai to serve as the Chairman of AECS. Thus my journey that started from 

Madurai completed one full circle to reach Madurai again. I feel fortunate that I was in right place at right time. 

My professional development is an integral part of the development of Aravind Eye Care System.

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Q 2: That is really a long and exciting journey. How did you feel 

when your role was shifted from a Chief Medical Officer to the 

Chairman of AECS? 

It was a mixed. I felt honored and at the same time nervous too. The 

thought that I was to take the responsibility that was once handled by 

Dr. V and Dr. Namperumalsamy made me feel responsible. I 

considered it as a sacred responsibility and I decided to give my best. 

Both of them left their mark on AECS in their own ways. It was Dr. V 

who imparted the values that AECS has today. He believed that 

intelligence and capability are not enough; There must also be the joy 

of doing something beautiful. Dr. Namperumalsamy is known for 

bringing assembly-line efficiency to eye surgery. As the chairman of 

AECS, he was announced by Time magazine as one of the 100 most 

influential people in the world in terms of service in the year 2010. 

Under his chairmanship AECS received the 2010 Conrad N. Hilton 

Humanitarian Prize, which is awarded annually to an organization that 

does exemplary work to alleviate human suffering. 

from April2015- March 2016. 

Thus Aravind Hospital, Madurai has gradually expanded and 

transformed into Aravind Eye Care System. 

Q 4: It is said that the doctors and supporting staff at Aravind 

are highly passionate about their work and empathetic with 

patients. What is the inspiration behind this work culture? 

The inspiration has been there since the inception of Aravind. Major 

credit goes to Dr. V for inculcating the spirit and values into our system. 

When it comes to sustaining the spirit, the key lies in recruitment. We 

have developed our own system of recruiting doctors and staff with 

desired qualities. While recruiting doctors, we not only look for 

qualifications but aptitude too. Each time we give them a new 

challenge, they come up with good solutions. They see themselves 

growing in Aravind in every way, which keeps them motivated. 

free and paid. We manage the hospitals with the amount we receive 

from paid patients. That means, those who are paying for the services 

are actually cross subsidizing for those who cannot pay. Over that we 

receive external funds. AECS is World Health Organization 

collaborating centre for prevention of blindness. We also receive 

funds under National Blindness Eradication Program and similar state 

government programs. But these funds are not continuous in nature 

and often we have to wait for a long period for these funds to be 

released after delivering the care. Hence we have decided to plan our 

internal resources such that our programs can be sustained even in the 

absence of any external funding. 

Q 6: Do you have plans to expand the operations of AECS to new 

places? 

Yes, we have been for a long time planning to open a branch in Andhra 

Pradesh. I am glad that now we are steadily moving in that direction. 

We will soon open a tertiary care eye hospital in Tirupathi. 

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As a Chief Medical Officer, I drew tremendous work 

satisfaction. Once I received the charge as chairman, I 

could not devote my time to treat patients as much as I 

could do as a CMO. But then I realized that this position 

gives me an opportunity to standardize the best practices 

across the Aravind system and replicate at many places, 

what I was being done in one hospital earlier. 

Q 3: Aravind Eye Care System is not only known for 

its clinical excellence but also for its best 

organizational practices. Can you please explain to 

us about 'Aravind Model' of delivering ophthalmic 

services? 

When we started Aravind, nobody knew us around. We 

had to slowly build it up. We did not give any paper 

advertisements; it was considered purely unethical. At 

Aravind we treat all patients belonging to lower, middle 

and upper classes equally. If we take good care and 

deliver good services to them, they go and talk positively 

in community. That's how people got to know Aravind. 

Community is very well interconnected and the word-ofmouth 

publicity help institutions grow on a long run. As of 

2012, Aravind has treated nearly 3.2million patients and 

performed 4 million surgeries, the majority of them being 

cheap or free making it the world's largest eye care 

service group. The hallmarks of Aravind model are 'quality 

care', 'productivity', 'empathy' and 'affordability'. A core 

principle of Aravind system is that the hospital must 

provide services to the rich and poor alike, yet be 

financially self-supporting. The principle is achieved 

through high quality, large volume care and wellorganized 

systems. Regarding quality of care we usually 

do not show any difference. We stress on maintaining 

same levels of efficiency and hygiene for all patients. We 

rotate the doctors and staff between free and paid wards 

in order to eliminate the difference between paid and 

non-paid patients. We trained local youth with plus two 

education as ophthalmic assistants and they play a crucial 

role in optimizing the clinical work efficiency of the 

doctors. Over the years we have developed a robust outreach 

system where in doctors reach out to remote 

villages to conduct eye camps sponsored by various 

organizations like SatyaSai Trust, Lions club International, 

Rotary international etc. The sponsoring organizations 

take care of the costs of camp while Aravind does the 

surgeries free of cost. It takes us close to people, 

overcoming the barriers of accessibility and affordability. 

Initially we conducted out-reach programs and maintained satellite 

clinics in the adjacent areas of Madurai. Once the Madurai hospital 

was stabilized, we converted some of the satellite centers into regular 

hospitals. One particular example I would like to quote is Theni. 

Inaugurated in 1985, Aravind -Theni is the first satellite hospital of 

Aravind Eye Care System. Now it has facilities to accommodate 123 

free and 40 paying patients. The hospital is outfitted with the latest 

equipment, including Phaco and YAG lasers for cataract and minor eye 

surgeries. The hospital provides preventive, rehabilitative and 

promotive services through comprehensive eye care services through 

a unique project launched with support from Sight Savers. Aravind- 

Theni also contributes to the development of eye care delivery by 

serving as a tangible model, for the delivery of rural hospital services, 

to visiting eye care workers from around the world. Aravind-Theni 

handled 213,275 outpatient visits and performed 12,100 surgeries 

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It is important to set out the 

organizational values. It is also important to 

choose those employees who have the 

abilities, enthusiasm and aptitude that 

synchronize with the institutional values. 

You need strategies to retain the employees 

and to develop them. 

We prefer people from local areas while recruiting supporting staff. It 

keeps us connected to the local communities. We selectively pick 

people from the applications we receive. We have some unique ways 

of assessing applicants, like how important the job is for their family 

economically, how responsible they are, how well they can 

communicate with people etc., in addition to their educational 

qualifications. After recruiting, we train them according to our needs. 

We developed salary systems in such a way that they start earning 

right from the day one of their training and start saving some of their 

income for their future needs. It improved the rate of retention. 

Q 5: Aravind does a lot of free surgeries. How are you managing 

the finances? Is this system sustainable? 

Yes, it is sustainable. As I have told you, we have two kinds of patients; 

“ 

Q 7: With the chain of hospitals, can we consider 

Aravind Eye Care System as a corporate system? 

Hmm, we don't see it is a corporate set up. I rather 

consider it a cooperative set up with some of the 

patients cross subsidizing the payments for others. Yes, 

we do maintain the efficiency, productivity and 

sophistication that we see in a corporate hospital but 

the financial models are different. We do not operate 

under the principle of profit maximization. Another 

difference between corporate and AECS is we do not 

incentivize productivity. Corporates give incentives to 

employees based on their performance. They gauze 

performance with the number of patients admitted, 

number of surgeries done etc. We don't do it here in 

Aravind. If we incentivize their work, whole dynamics 

will change. We believe that everybody should be able 

to do what they are capable of. 

Q 8: How are you developing your future leaders? 

All the leaders of Aravind come from inside. We usually 

do not import leaders from outside. We nurture the 

talents, identify the deficiencies and train them to 

discharge their duties to the best of their abilities. 95% 

of our clinical as well as supporting staff are those who 

come for training like PGs, nursing trainees etc. We 

retain those who show enthusiasm to work with us and 

possess the aptitude that AECS requires. Once into the 

system, they learn the skills and values that have been 

established and passed on through generations. 

Q 9: What are your suggestions to organizations 

that are engaged in preventive and out-reach 

activities? 

It is important to set out the organizational values. It is 

also important to choose those employees who have the 

abilities, enthusiasm and aptitude that synchronize with 

the institutional values. You need strategies to retain 

the employees and to develop them. Delegate non 

clinical duties to non-clinical personnel and optimize the 

clinical performance of clinicians. It is important to 

organize good number of out-reach programs, but it is 

more important to deliver good care to the patients who 

visit your institution. Tap available external resources 

but don't depend entirely upon them, plan your own 

internal resources to sustain your programs. 

Q 10: What is your message to the young graduates passing out 

of medical and dental colleges? 

Be prepared for a tough journey ahead. Be passionate about your work 

and be empathetic with the patients. Don't look for quick results, they 

are not often long lasting. Instead, work steadily and calmly with long 

term strategies. 

Thank you sir. 

It is indeed a pleasure and honour visiting your campus. I am sure there 

is a bright future for Sri Vishnu Educational Society. Best wishes on my 

personal behalf and on behalf of AECS to the students, staff and 

management of SVES.


LEADER SPEAK 

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Mr Sumeet Rajpal is specialist in the area of Global Markets Technology with a 

strong delivery experience in Operations Technology (Back office & Middle 

Office) and FICC Technology. He has proven experience in scaling strong Agile 

teams and managing delivery for Strategic Initiative programs, Regulatory 

Initiatives and BAU (Business as usual). He is the India Lead (Sr. Vice President) 

for Global Markets Operations Technology (Back office and Middle Office) at 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch since March 2011. He completed his Bachelor of 

Technology from Birla Institute of Technology and MBA from Narsee Monjee 

Institute of Management Studies in Marketing. His interests include 

Management Training, New developments in Global markets especially 

Derivatives, Leadership Skill development, Strategic Planning among others. 

Mr Sumeet Rajpal 

Sr. Vice President, 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch 

Mr. A.L.Kishore, Chief Editor, Dr Mrunalini 

Sasanka, Guest Editor & Student lead Mr. N 

Rakesh Kumar (ECE) had the wonderful 

opportunity to interact with Mr Sumeet Rajpal. 

Excerpts of the 'FACE to FACE” is given below 

Could you please tell us your journey from a Graduate 

student @ BIT to Sr. Vice President at Bank of America 

Merrill Lynch? 

Everybody starts their career more or less as an individual 

contributor. Slowly he evolves into a leader. The difference 

between an individual contributor and leader is that as an 

individual contributor you are responsible for the work you do 

whereas as a lead you have to provide leadership for a team. 

That becomes the next stage of your evolution. Third stage is 

where you become a manager who has to manage and take 

responsibility for being efficient in completing the task with the 

resources in hand. The fourth stage is where you become 

'manager of manager' and then 'manager of manager of 

manager' and so on. The most important aspect is that you have 

to understand the role you are playing. Then you have to figure 

out how to become perfect in the role you are assigned. It's very 

important that, as you are into those four different stages, you 

define for yourself a core set of values and as you move from one 

role to another those core set of values keep accumulating. For 

example, take the case of Nelson Mandela, the value system he 

followed was that there shall be no discrimination based on 

color, creed, race, etc. Same is the case with Mahatma Gandhi 

or Narendra Modi, they have their own core values like integrity, 

honesty, etc which they always believed in. The core values at 

times tend to cause uneasiness to lot of people around you. In 

my own case, one of the core values is about people that you 

work with. They are extremely important at times even more so 

than yourself. Secondly, you can chase money but at the end of 

the day money should be seen more as an outcome than a goal. 

Another aspect is the ability to take risk at the right time. Taking 

risks has a finite probability of failure. But one should not be 

scared of failures. Because most of the times failures are 

nothing but the lessons for future. 

The other important aspect is the personal change 

management. Any change should be well-planned and thought 

of. The perfect example for the change is that what we witness 

during different stages of human life cycle. Most of time people 

know what's going to change. But they never plan and think 

about its execution. All great people / organizations (be it 

Microsoft, Apple, etc) realize this aspect of life. Just like them 

we also need to anticipate the change and improve the skill set 

which defines our worth. Just like Microsoft has a battery of 

engineers taking the product (like Windows OS) from one level 

to another, we have to use all the resources around us so that we 

are better equipped to face the future. This should be 

supplemented with pursuing higher education to gain enough 

knowledge. 

In the first few years of my professional life as an individual 

contributor, I was extremely focused on what I have to achieve. 

Time was no bar for me. I used to work for 16 hours a day. That 

initial hard work helped me to do well for the rest of my life. 

Also at this juncture, I didn't have any coach to guide me on what 

should I be doing. I did what my peers were doing, by observing 

them e.g. pursuing MBA and then specializing in Marketing. At 

that point of time, the decisions were not consciously taken but 

more or less led by what my friends were doing. 

The present generation has a lot of resources like Internet, 

Social media and forums from which they can take conscious 

decisions. But I really doubt this generation is using it 

effectively. 

In general students coming from the engineering college have 

three options – Career in Education (Teaching), working for an 

Organization or becoming an entrepreneur. To be an 

entrepreneur, one should have a bright business idea, know 

how to create a business and have the ability to take risk. 

Once you become a manager we really need an external help 

from the ecosystem you work in, mentor or a coach, even from 

parents, etc. When we don't get that help, we start working on 

our task by trial and error. Trying and failing will ultimately 

result in quality learning. Most of the times, as a manager, I 

learnt everything from failures in a number of things that I tried. 

. Post 5 years of working as a Manager, I realized that delegating 

and balancing the work properly between you and your team is 

important for efficient task execution. This stage of my 

professional life made me realize how important it is for a 

manager to have a coach or mentor who helps to learn things 

quickly. Till this point of time, I was more of a manager than a 

leader. 

But later on as 'manager of manager', you are expected to be a 

leader. The difference between manager and a leader is the 

manager would be purpose-led and the leader would be 

people-led. In this role I started focusing on coaching, guiding, 

making sure the people under me didn't commit the same 

mistakes which I had committed as a manager, etc. Also as a 

leader, I began to do things beyond the scope of my job by taking 

up several new initiatives that would positively affect more 

people in addition to my immediate teams . 

As far as the roles I was in, I was a management consultant with 

KPMG for some years, then I decided to move into IT for couple 

of years and then jumped into to become an entrepreneur (year 

2000) where me and my boss worked on an idea (similar to 

PayTM model). But we backed off because we realized that our 

idea was way ahead of its time. After that I went to IT and started 

working on my specializations viz. payments and cryptography 

and then I decided to step into Global Markets which was in 

2004. I have been in this field for more than 12 years now and 

have developed a reasonable level of expertise in the subject . 

The areas of your expertise deal with a lot of people. 

How challenging is that, considering the diverse nature 

of the people you deal with? 

It's challenging. That's the need of the hour. It's like a symphony 

where we have hundred people playing different instruments. 

Even though we are extremely good players, we have to play in 

synchronization with the team, otherwise, we may be checked 

out of the symphony. Being a team player, we have to adjust and 

play along with the team, living up to the core values. 

What according to you is essential in ready to be 

employees? Where do you think they are lagging? 

For entry level employees, it is important to have thirst for 

knowledge and passion for the work. One should invest time and 

effort in learning and building specialization by working across 

depth and breadth of the subject (T model). In addition to that, 

asking questions and coming up with innovative solutions is


essential. Understanding the bigger picture of 

the task and bringing own vision is always 

highly encouraged. 

What would be your message to the 

engineering students who aspire to make 

a career in the banking industry? 

Banking is a huge domain. Global Markets, 

Wholesale banking, Retail banking, Corporate 

and Investment banking, Wealth management, 

Credit cards, Loans, etc. are various lines of 

businesses in banking. 

Banking is significantly driven by technology in 

the present times. Technical aspects can be 

handled by people with strong technical ability 

even if they do not have good business 

knowledge. Then there is operations part of 

banking which deals with all sorts of back-end 

processes. This area is more suited to people 

who are very sound in the business acumen. 

The third aspect is research and analytics in 

banking. This can be handled by people with 

good technical skills but it does require the 

business acumen as well. The fourth area is the 

front-end processes which is more related to 

the traders and marketing executives. This area 

is apt for the people who have gone through 

management education. People could choose 

from these four streams. But within these 

streams again one needs to decide the area that 

they want to be in as each one requires a 

different set of skills and has a different career 

path. Technical banking is quite well paying and 

possesses a lot of scope for career growth as 

banking is led by technology to a large extent 

today. 

Could you please tell us the key 

differentiators that made BOA, a global 

lead in the banking industry across the 

world? 

I will not be able to share with you some of the 

confidential aspects of our Bank operations. 

But I can say that product differentiation 

(bouquet of services we offer) is one important 

factor for BOA. The other differentiators being 

using state of the art technology, scale and size 

of the Bank. It's not just about what you do but 

also how you do (for eg customer service) is the 

key. Also, our emphasis is more on customer 

service and how quick or fast you respond to the 

customer needs or requests. The history of 

BOA having been the pioneer in innovating new 

products like Credit Cards, ATM etc also drives 

the people of this organization to take pride and 

look into future. 

In your opinion, what is the effect of 

demonetization on India in the Long and short 

run? 

In the short run, it is pain. Any change, in 

general, hurts in the beginning. For example, 

when we change the residence from one city to 

another, for the first few days it's a little difficult 

to get adjusted with the new set up. But 

eventually, everything settles down. 

In the same way, Demonetization is definitely 

going to have a significant impact on India. A 

decision of this kind carries the pain of 

transition. But with this measure by the 

government of India, I think India is going to 

become a society in the long term with a 

certainly better GDP, cleaner ethics, and a 

cleaner economy. Also, in the long-term, a large 

number of benefits like the spread of cashless 

transaction culture, growth of the formal 

economy, registration of new income tax 

payers, etc will happen. 

How hard or easy to witness India as a 

cashless / digital economy? 

India will never become cashless. The 

important part is killing corruption. I cannot 

answer whether it is hard or easy because for 

me, as a person living in Hyderabad it is easy. 

But, for a person living in suburban area or a 

village, it is difficult. 

How important is it to enjoy and have fun 

at work in the corporate world full of 

hustle? 

It is extremely important because you end up 

spending the major part of your day at work. 

Enjoy at the work the same way you enjoy at 

home because that's where you spend most of 

your time, at work. Having said that, there 

should be enjoyment but not at the cost of 

compromising on your key purpose. I led the 

employee engagement initiative for the Market 

technology function till a year back. We have all 

avenues like outings, team buildings, potluck 

lunches, big team outings, family outings, 

community services, games and sports 

competition, fun on the floor etc. 

It is very common today to see people 

dissatisfied with their work. What care 

should one take while selecting a job? 

A lot of times you may not even know what a 

company is like from inside. How do you know 

that? Unless you know people who work there, 

you have to depend on the data points that are 

shown by various surveys. The other important 

aspect is that how desperate you are for a job. If 

you are badly in need of a job and you don't have 

a choice then you would go and join at some 

place. The other thing that people need to 

realize is that the change is always within you. 

We always tend to blame the world around us 

but the change starts with us. Figure out what 

you can do and make that change. 

What is the most important aspect every 

HR expert should possess? 

The ability to empathize with people and have 

people's interest is foremost, keeping in view 

the organization that you work in. That's the way 

I look at it! 

One of the key characteristic of your 

marvelous career is leadership. What traits 

must a leader possess in the 21st century 

organizations? 

The most important thing is that you should be 

an expert in your subject / function. You should 

keep improving the required skill set and 

updating the knowledge in your area of 

influence. The second aspect is the ability to 

work in teams. Most of the jobs today demand 

multitasking and multidisciplinary approach. 

So you cannot do it all alone. The third trait that 

is indispensible with the future leaders is being 

innovative. Innovative leadership is the key to 

accelerate the pace of change in today's global 

business environment. The future leaders 

should move beyond the focus on traditional 

products and services categories to pioneer 

innovations in business processes, distribution, 

value chains, business models, and even the 

functions of management. 

Where you draw your inspirations from? 

I have multiple sources of inspiration. My 

inspiration comes in from my organization, 

family environment, books and talks by global 

leaders. I take inspiration from the best 

practices and experiences. 

What is your Philosophy of life? Any 

Favorite quotes? 

My philosophy of life is: 

Building a Core value system 

Developing ability to make change 

Collaboration in teams 

Realization of what to do at any point of time. 

I generally don't follow any quotes, but follow 

some people closely like Jim Collins, Stephen 

Covey, etc. 

ENCONIUM 

FICCI-Higher Educational 

Summit 2016 @ New Delhi 

On 10th November 2016, the educational summit was inaugurated by 

Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri. N. Chandra Babu Naidu. 

The Principal Secretary of A.P. Higher Education 

Smt. Sumitha Dawra 

visited SVECW stall and was impressed by the way our ATL projects were 

developed and exhibited. She was very keen on listening to the process in 

which projects were developed. 

Smt. Geeta Sree, Manager,Capacity 

Building and Campus Interface, AP Innovation Society, Government of 

Andhra Pradesh visited the stall and said she would help develop our 

projects fast. 

Another visitor was the Honorable Vice Chancellor of 

JNTUK. Vice Chancellor of Krishna University showed a lot of interest in 

knowing about projects. A few other visitors to mention were Professor 

from Shiv Nadar University and Mr. Abhinav, CARDEA Biomedical 

Technologies, New Delhi 

On 11th November 2016, besides delegates of the conference, students from 

different colleges in and around New Delhi visited SVECW stall. The 

students were infused with the idea of social responsibility and the spirit of 

innovation. Mr. Abhinay had a second meeting with SVECW team and was 

happy to share some schemes for continuing projects. One such scheme is 

Bio Technology Ignition Grant by Department of Biotechnology, 

Government of India. The grant is for potential entrepreneurs from 

Academia, start-ups or an Incubatee who have an exciting idea that is in the 

nascent and planning stage. 

On 12th November 2016, delegates from industry as well as from Turkey 

University. Mr. Prashant Sivastava, Associate Director of Seneca College, 

Toronto Canada visited the stall and he was very much interested in 

collaborating with Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women. Even Mr. L. 

Raghu Raman, Business Manager of SIM Info systems was another person 

to involve in the development of SVECW products. There was a lot of 

positive response from these delegates for their technical mentorship in 

collaboration with foreign universities in Europe. 

The team consisted of Dr. K.Padma Vasavi and Dr. J. Rohith Balaji. The 

exhibits were Auto Braille for Visually Challenged & E- Snakes and Ladder 

Game for Visually Challenged. 

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GOAL POST 

C H A S I N G T H E D R E A M S 

It feels exciting to write as an alumnus, when many of 

you can always drop by or give me a call and I can talk 

all about it. Oh, don't scratch your heads, read on my 

friends. 

I was a fresh graduate from BVRIT Narsapur with an oncampus 

job and enjoying my vacation in late July 

before it would be time to join the MNC…Yeah! You 

know what? I am a Biomedical Engineer, but hey I made 

it to India's top IT firm…so why not? I was pretty neutral 

about the decision apart from my initial excitement and 

plans for the next two years running in my head. Soon, 

all my planning went kaput, that's lif e, and 

opportunities are thrown at you at unexpected 

intervals. I got to know that Prof. Alan Rux, heading 

Assistive Technology Laboratory at University of 

Massachusetts Lowell was visiting BVRIT to setup a 

similar center in our campus. 

When the professor arrived in Hyderabad, even before 

we met I got a chance to talk to him over the phone; he 

wanted to see my final year project “Smart Hat”. In the 

final year, I was determined to work on a project that has 

direct application in Biomedical Engineering. I wanted 

to attempt something distinctive that will set us apart. 

“Smart Hat” was an assistive device to help children 

with Spina Bifida, a rare nervous disorder. Immediately, 

while I was still waiting on my offer letter, I got a chance 

to build the Assistive Technology Lab at BVRIT in 

collaboration with the international team from UMass 

Lowell. I thought what better opportunity than this; I 

may as well get some experience interestingly enough 

in my own field. 

The next one year was a very exciting ride, visiting 

rehabilitation institutions, meeting clients, organizing 

student projects, making them work, participating in 

competitions and winning accolades but you know 

what, in this process I had ditched my 

MNC offer letter 

and a higher paying job. 

I received 

i m m e n s e 

encourage 

ment from 

o u r 

C h a i r m a n 

S r i K . V 

Vishnu Raju 

g a r u a n d 

Prof. Alan Rux 

to pursue MS 

a t U M a s s 

Lowell. I had 

a l r e a d y 

attempted GRE 

and got a good 

score at the end 

of my second 

y e a r o f 

engineering. But 

convincing my 

parents to let me 

move to the US 

was a daunting 

task. It 

took two people from UMass Lowell, Prof. Rux 

and his associate Mrs. Senait Hailesselassie's 

assurance to let them agree. Soon after, I was following 

my dreams to pursue higher education in the US, to 

explore, to be independent and to be someone. 

My first steps in the US were set in Boston. Prof. Rux and 

Senait patiently explained every silly question that had 

occurred to me. Boston is a world leader in innovation 

and entrepreneurship and is a university hub, always 

vibrant with young students all over the place studying 

at top notch universities including Harvard and MIT. 

The city will always remain close to me. I was offered 

full Research Assistantship at the Centre for 

Electromagnetic Materials and Optical Systems that 

covered my tuition and also paid 

the monthly 

stipend. I got to 

wo rk w i t h a 

y o u n g l a d y 

Professor from 

China and her 

team of course, 

mostly Chinese. 

A t f i r s t , t h e 

n a t u r e o f 

r e s e a r c h 

happening at the 

University level in 

the US blew my 

mind; it is all very 

re a l a n d t re n d 

setting, most of the 

t i m e s i n d u s t r y 

straightaway tests 

a n d a d o p t s t h e 

technology. In our 

laboratory we built 

optical sensors to 

mea 

sure blood pressure, 

acoustic pressure during explosions in a war 

field and their damages, temperature sensors to 

measure the change in temperature during machining 

and also biosensors to detect bacteria and virus. 

All along I had my share of adventures, right from white 

water rafting in the Hudson to random plans of night 

trekking and star gazing in the middle of a forest; zip 

lining in Colorado to sky diving in Massachusetts. I 

made friends and memories that will remain forever. 

Also contradictory to the trend of extending the study 

period, I had taken extra credits to finish Masters in 

three semesters so I can get to work soon. With the 

history of most of my seniors switching to software jobs 

after finishing masters in Biomedical Engineering, I did 

not want to follow them. I was kind of adamant to work in 

my own area of interest. At the time, prospects for an 

international student to get a full time job in such 

uncommon fields were not very encouraging. But 

immediately after I finished, I started working for a 

star tup called Immunotrex Biologics under 

Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center, 

soon enough I got another opportunity and had to 

relocate from Massachusetts to Dallas, Texas. It was 

time to leave my mentors and start a new life in a new 

city and with a new job. Medisend International gave 

me an opportunity to train biomedical professionals 

working in the hospitals all over the world. We also 

designed training programs for the American Veterans. 

I had an amazing experience and loved working with 

the coolest colleagues who would often try to pull my 

leg, I was the only female in the technical division 

hence was also pampered a little. I was really happy 

and content that I could go and get what I believed in, 

life was easy and smooth, but I never belonged there. 

“Home Is Where Your Heart Is”, for me it was India. In 

India it was my alma mater. Now, when I look back 

everything becomes clear, I followed the dots which I 

never knew made a full circle. As Prof. Rux says, “Keep 

doing things, you will automatically be guided”.


I am back on my home ground with many wonderful memories to recollect and amazing 

people to talk about. I am doing what many do not have the privilege to, working in your 

own field, serving the underserved, directly through technology and innovation that 

promotes inclusiveness and the growth of the nation. 

Some people still judge the book by its cover, with a young team like us, they have hard 

time believing the nature and future of work taken up at the Assistive Technology Lab, it 

takes them a visit to accept it. I feel one must also believe in the power of inexperience, 

because then one does not really set bounds for oneself and before you have the time to 

comprehend you are already head on with the problem. Everyday then becomes 

interesting but for experience leads to a lot of presumptions and caution. As is the law of 

nature everybody becomes experienced, let it be through your own and learn from 

each. 

I want to 

excer pts 

Fountainh 

e a d ” , a 

1 9 4 3 

Novel by 

A y n 

R a n d 

t h a t I 

recentl 

y read: 

share some of these everlasting 

f r o m “ T h e 

7 

LEAPS 

AND 

BOUNDS 

BVRIT STUDENTS DO IT AGAIN !! 

“Thro 

u g h o 

ut the 

c e n t 

ur ie 

s there 

were men who took first 

steps down new roads armed with nothing 

but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had 

this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, 

and the response they received — hatred. The great creators — the thinkers, the artists, 

the scientists, the inventors — stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new 

thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was 

considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible. The power loom was 

considered vicious. Anesthesia was considered sinful. But the men of unborrowed 

vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered and they paid. But they won.”-Ayn Rand 

“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every 

hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - 

you understand why that's much harder?” -Ayn Rand 

w o u l d 

As time and technology evolves, sources of influence good or bad, around you and 

sitting next to you manifolds, it's up to you to have your own conviction, make your own 

way, have the courage and do what is right. 

P. Shiva Subhashini 

Associate Dean, BVRIT N (BVRIT N Alumnae) 

Ms Pratima Kumari and Mr Pranay Kumar receiving the awards 

from Mr V Rajanna, Vice President & Regional Head, TCS 

B V Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) Narsapur 

students of 2015-16 batch received Best Performing 

Student awards from TCS at an award function held at TCS 

Synergy Park Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad on 23rd 

December 2016. The Best Student Award has been 

received by Ms. Pratima Kumari from the Department of 

Electronics and Communication Engineering for her 

academic excellence, and the Best Student Project Award 

has been presented to Mr. Kasam Pranay Kumar from the 

Department of Computer Science and Engineering for the 

project entitled “Best Buy” for developing a novel 

application in the field of computer science. Both these 

awards have been presented to students by TCS Vice 

President and Regional Head Mr V Rajanna. Each of these 

awards comprises a gold medal, a certificate and a cash 

price of Rs. 10,000. 

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Rajanna informed that TCS 

Best Student and TCS Best Student Project Awards are two 

of the many initiatives from TCS to encourage students to 

focus on academics and projects through healthy 

competition. These awards are presented to the best 

student and best project as nominated by the college from 

each of the colleges with which TCS has signed MoU. These 

awards aim to promote creativity and social usefulness.

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E-Moto 

championship 2016 

The students of Vishnu Institute of Technology participated in E-Moto 

Championship 2016 which was organized by Shri Vishnu Engineering College 

for Women, Bhimavaram from 23 to 26 September 2016. In this 

championship, three teams represented from Vishnu Institute of 

Technology, Bhimavaram. The teams were - ROAD RASCALS, TEAM INVINCIBLES 

and TEAM HYDRA. The team Road Rascals was overall Championship 

Runner-up and won a cash prize of Rs 40,000/-. It was also the winner in 

Acceleration and Brake test category (won a cash prize of Rs 10,000/-). 

Another team-Team Invincibles won in the BEST INNOVATION category 

(received a cash prize of Rs 8,000/-). 


KUDOS !!


GO-KARTING 

I ndian Karting Race 

@ Coimbatore WINNING 'BEST BUSINESS PLAN AWARD' 

JUNO RACERS… a complete women's team from Shri Vishnu Engineering College for 

Women (Autonomous) began its debut journey with Vishnu Karting Championship 

in January 2016 and achieved 'Best Business Plan Award' among 21 teams from all 

over India. This achievement boosted the morale of team members and the journey 

continued even to 'Indian Karting Championship' organized by Imperial Society of 

Innovative Engineers-ISIE in August 2016 with a team of 25 girls representing Shri 

Vishnu Engineering College for Women (autonomous) to prove the caliber of women 

mechanical engineers. This was a National level Go-karting event which had 53 

teams from nook and corner of the country to test their talent in engineering skills. 

The team proved its mettle. The team won Best Business Plan Award worth of 10,000 

rupees cash prize and a trophy. 

In the competition 'Indian Karting Championship' the team got 'Best Acceleration & 

Braking Award' worth of 10,000 cash prize and a trophy. The team also received 'ISIE 

Future Award' worth of 40,000 cash prize and a trophy. In its overall performance, the 

team stood in III Place amongst 53 teams that participated in the competition. 

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A RECAPITULATION 

The Baja SAE Competition originated at the University of South 

Carolina in 1976, under the supervision of Dr. J. F. Stevens. 

Baja SAE is an intercollegiate engineering design competition 

for undergraduate and graduate engineering students. The 

objective of the competition is to simulate real-world 

engineering design projects and their related challenges. Each 

team is competing to have its design accepted for manufacture 

by a fictitious firm. The students must function as a team to 

design, build, test, promote and compete with a vehicle within 

the limits of the rules, also to generate financial support for 

their project and manage their educational priorities. 

Each team's goal is to design and build a prototype of a rugged, 

single seat, off-road recreational vehicle intended for sale 

to the non-professional weekend off-road enthusiast. The 

vehicle must be safe, easily transported, easily maintained 

and fun to drive. It should be able to negotiate rough terrain 

without damage. As of 2010, the SAE Baja Series consisted of 

three competitions, though in the past there had been as many 

as seven sanctioned events. A Baja SAE competition event 

happens for three to four days. 

ZIBA RACERS 

AN EMERGING YOUNG TEAM: 

Team ZIBA Racers started its journey in 2015 with a team of 14 

enthusiastic girls exhibiting good teamwork and perseverance 

which helped the team clear the virtual round in the very first 

attempt. This was the only women's team from SOUTH INDIA. It 

is always a herculean task for any team to clear the virtual 

round in its first attempt. ZIBA Racers achieved it by their 

unswerving determination to win. The team achieved this feat 

by competing with 395 teams and moved to dynamic round. 

In the dynamic round, the team successfully finished the 

technical inspection, acceleration test, brake test and 

finally stood in an endurance test. Though it was a new 

entrant, it gave tough completion to the other teams. The 

result was that the team was successful in getting a decent 

score. This story is all about the ZIBA Racers last year's 

scintillating performance in their debut. 

ZIBA RACERS – THIS YEAR 

Inspired by last year's great attempt, the team is going ahead 

with great energies in order to outsmart other teams. In its 

attempt this year, the team has participated in the virtual 

round which has been held at Chirst University, Bengaluru. 415 

teams from all over India have attended it. The teams are from 

teams NITs, IITs and BITS colleges. 

Out of 415 teams, there are 3 women teams and ZIBA Racers is 

ranked 2nd among all women teams in India. The team has got 

70th rank in its virtual round. ZIBA Racers have bagged 1st 

place in Andhra Pradesh and has got 3rd rank in both Andhra 

Pradesh and Telangana. 

This is the second time that Team ZIBA Racers is participating 

in SAE BAJA 2017. From the last year's experience, they have 

learned many new techniques and this time they have come up 

with new design learning lessons from its mistakes. This year 

TEAM Ziba Racers has 18 girls who are going to participate in 

SAE Baja representing the whole South India. 

Now the vehicle is under manufacturing process and the team is 

working restlessly day and night to build its car with a new 

avatar of perfection. From the starting of sketch of design, 

to the end of body framework everything is being handled by 

these 18 girls. More than half of the vehicle has been finished 

and will be ready for the competition by January 2017. The 

approaching February will be the memorable month for the team 

since it is participating in BAJA SAE 2017 for 6 continuous 

days at Phitampur Indore.


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THE IBM-TGMC 2015 

AWARD CEREMONY 

The awards ceremony of IBM-TGMC 2015 was grandly organized on 15th of 

December 2016 at auditorium in B.V. Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) 

Narsapur campus. 

IBM announced the winning teams in the Developer Connect Conference in 

Bengaluru for TGMC 2015 and the awards ceremony was held at BVRIT with 

the Chief Guest Mr. Willie Tedaja , IBM World-Wide Director for developer & 

start up ecosystem. He presided over the function, gave the prizes and had the 

interaction with the students about the future prospects of IBM software. 

At this function, IBM also honoured the "Top-20 Teams" and the "All Girls 

Team" of the contest, besides the Winner and Runner-up of the contest. 

Miss. Durga Bhavana of 4 IT, BVRITN won the Best Project Award. 

Miss. Durga Bhavana of IV B.Tech IT, BVRITN 

winning the Best Project Award 

Prize Winners of Best Project Teams 

Chief Guest Mr. Willie Tedaja , 

IBM World-Wide Director Wiily, 

addressing the gathering

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Construction Project 

Management Program 

Remote sensing, 

GIS and GPS applications 

in Civil engineering 

A five-day program on Remote sensing, GIS and GPS 

applications in Civil engineering was held in the 

Department of Civil Engineering from 12th to 16th 

September 2016 at Shri Vishnu Engineering College for 

Women. 

The Department of Civil Engineering organized a 

five day faculty development program on 

“Construction Project Management” from 27th 

September to 1st October 2016. 

In this five day FDP program, the participants 

were given a lot of useful inputs about present 

scenario. Construction project management 

issues as well as the prominent role of software 

in rectifying problems related to this industry 

were discussed in detail. Resource person was 

Mr. Vasant from Skylabs, Bangaluru and was 

coordinated by Mr. P. Sridhar and Miss. P. Lavanya 

Assistant Professors. 

Web Technologies 

Department of CSE @ SVECW organized a oneweek 

national level faculty development program 

on 'Web Technologies' from 14th October to 18th 

October 2016. 

The objective of this workshop is to teach the basic 

principles of web technologies from the perspective 

of providing client-server communications and its 

best practices for the real world. Dr M.V.Padurga 

Rao, IIT-Hyderabad, Dr K.Satya Babu, NIT-Rourkela 

and Mr Sashank from Innovians Technolgies, Pune 

acted as resource persons. Prof V.Purushothama 

Raju, HOD-CSE was the convener and Dr P.Kiran 

Sree , Dr K. Ganesh Reddy were the coordinators. 

Software Testing 

Department of Computer Science & 

Engineering organized a one-week 

national level faculty development 

program on Software Testing from7th 

September to 11th September 2016. 

Dr R.Mohan, NIT-Trichy, Dr Raju Naik, NIT- 

Warangal, Dr Manish Tiwari, DRDO, Mr 

Manish Jain and Mr Kousara of Innovians 

Technologies, Pune were the resource 

persons. Prof V.Purushothama Raju, HOD 

was the convener and Dr P.Kiran Sree, Dr 

K. Ganesh Reddy were the coordinators. 

An eminent professor Dr. P. Kesava Rao with his vast 

experience of 20 years was able to give very useful 

information to the participants through his talks. He is 

from C-GARD (Center on Geo informatics Application in 

Rural development, NIRD, Hyderabad). Another 

resource person Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao from C-GARD NIRD 

spoke on how to rectify several GIS, GPS, Mobile 

mapping related issues since he has got reasonably good 

experience in this area. Mr. Rajesh Nune, a scientist from 

ICRISAT, Hyderabad shared his expertise on water resources related issues using GIS remote sensing filed. He is also a specialist in the 

Hydrological model using SWAT. All the resource persons made the sessions very informative and useful for the participants. 

Mobile Application 

Development using 

Android 

The Department of Information Technology 

conducted a one-week workshop on “Mobile 

Application Development using Android” for 

faculty members under TEQIP-II during 16th 

to 21st November 2016. The response was 

overwhelming. Participants from different 

parts of India attended the course. The 

resource persons for the workshop came 

from Industry. Miss. Santhoshi Pininti, Mr. 

Naveen Reddy Yerra, and Miss. Sujitha 

Pushpanathan are senior software engineers 

at Infosys, Bangalore. They have vast 

experience in the field of mobile application 

development using Android. 

International Conference 

ICACC-2016 

The Department of Computer Science & 

Engineering organized an International 

Conference on Advanced Computing and 

Communications (ICACC-2016) from 20th 

October to 22rd October 2016. 

The aim of International Conference on 

Advanced Computing and Communications 

(ICACC-2016) is to provide an international 

forum for the exchange of ideas among 

interested researchers, students, developers, 

and practitioners in the areas of computing and 

communications. ICACC-2016 will be attended 

by experts in all aspects related to computing 

and information from all over the world. ICACC- 

2016 addresses key topics and issues related to 

all aspects of computing and communications. 

The inaugural ceremony presided over by Vice-Principal, Dr P.Srinivasa Raju and the Chief Guest was Dr Kasukurthi Venkata Rao, 

Professor in the department of CSE, Andhra University. More than 120 technical papers were received and 60 papers for 

presentation were accepted by the technical team of experts. The accepted papers are published in the proceedings of the 

conference and the presented papers were released as a special edition of International Journal of Engineering Research & 

Technology (IJERT), ISSN: 2278-0181, Volume 4, Issue 34. 

The conference had several keynote addresses in the areas of advanced computing and communication from 

Dr.R.B.V.Subhrahmanyam, NIT-Warangal, Dr.K.Venkata Rao, AU Dr M.Babu Rao, Professor, GDEC & Dr.A.Sudhir Babu, Professor, 

PVPSIT and Dr.R.Srinivas, Professor, ACET. Prof V.Purushothama Raju, HOD was the Conference Convener. Dr.P.Kiran Sree and Dr 

Ganesh Reddy were Chair & Co-Chair respectively.


Internet of Things using 

Arduino and Raspberry Pi 

Catia toolbox for emerging 

Industrial applications 

The Department of Mechanical Engineering of Shri 

Vishnu Engineering College for Women organized a 

one-week student training program on “CATIA 

Toolbox for Emerging Industrial Applications” under 

TEQIP-II from 7th to 13th September 2016. This oneweek 

student training program aimed at enriching 

skills of students with the state of art information on 

the modeling and experimental design techniques in 

the thrust areas of Mechanical Engineering. This was 

to inculcate research interests in this area. The 

speakers were Mr. Satya Prakash Sundara Bhanu, Mr. 

Pulimamaidi Srikanth Goud, Mr. Kamal Irukkula from 

EMUG Technologies, Hyderabad. 

Aerial and underwater 

communication 

Avionics industry is a major multi-billion 

dollar industry worldwide. Avionics 

equipment on a modern military or civil 

aircraft\account for around 30% of the total 

cost of the aircraft, 40% in the case of a 

maritime patrol or anti-submarine aircraft 

and over 75% of the total cost in case of an 

airborne early warning aircraft. 

The lecture was about aerial and underwater 

communication on 30th September 2016. 

The resource person was Dr.M.R.Nayak who 

is an expert in the areas of oceanography 

and aerospace electronics and systems. The 

HOD of the Department of ECE Dr. G.R.L.V.N. 

Srinivasa Raju chaired the session and 

emphasized the importance of lecture on 

aerial and underwater communications. 

Modern Control of 

Electric Drives 

The Department of Electrical and 

electronics engineering of Shri Vishnu 

Engineering College for Women 

organized a TEQIP II sponsored oneweek 

faculty development program on 

“Modern Control of Electric Drives” 

during 12 and 17 September 2016. The 

resource persons were from reputed 

universities and industries. 16 

participants were from various 

engineering colleges attended the 

program. Dr. P. V. V. Rama Rao was the 

convenor and Mr. M.D.Lakshman Kumar 

and Mr. N.Venkata Ramana were 

coordinators. 

The Department of Information Technology 

conducted a one-week short term course on 

“Internet of Things using Arduino and 

Raspberry Pi” for faculty members through 

TEQIP-II during 17th and 22nd October 

2016. 

The resource persons were Mr. Naveen 

Kumar K, Mr. K. Shiva Kumar Goud and Mr 

B. Naveen, senior software engineers at 

Thingsnet Hyderbad. The program started 

with an inaugural function by the Principal 

Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao & Convener and HOD 

Department of IT Prof.P.Venkata Rama Raju. 

Design and simulation of 

Antennas & Microwave 

devices using ANSYS HFSS 

From 3rd to 7th October 2016, a short term 

course on “Design and Simulation of Antennas 

and Microwave Devices using ANSYS HFSS” was 

organized by the Department of Electronics and 

Communication Engineering. 

The objective of the program was to provide a 

platform for the academicians and industrial 

communities with a view to exploring and 

exchanging information on the progress of 

research and development in innovative antenna 

technology. 

The resource persons were from industry and 

academia. The former Vice Chancellor of Andhra 

University Dr.G.S.N.Raju was the chief guest for 

the inaugural function as well as the resource 

person for the workshop. It was really a feasting 

to the mind of all the participants and got 

benefitted from the talks of the eminent resource 

persons. 

DSP Design 

A three day workshop on “DSP Design TMS32C6713” 

under TEQIP-II was conducted by the Department of 

Electronics and Communication Engineering from 

29th September to 1st October 2016. 

The overall objective of the workshop was to design 

a Digital Signal Processor using TMS320C6713 and 

the practical applications as well as basics of DSP 

with MATLAB and Simulink. The convener was Dr. G 

R L V N Srinivasa Raju and the coordinator was Mr. 

M.Prema Kumar, Associate Professor. The resource 

persons were Mr. Mayank Ranjan and Mr. Sri Ram 

from Crane Software International Limited, 

Bangalore. The faculty and students of III B.Tech 

participated in it. 

APP Development 

for beginners 

The Department of Electronics and 

Communication Engineering conducted a 

three-day workshop on “App 

Development for Beginners” from 10th to 

12th September 2016 for both faculty and 

students. The convener of the workshop 

was Dr. G R L V N Srinivasa Raju, Head of 

ECE Department and coordinators of the 

workshop were Mr. M. Prem Kumar, 

Associate Professor and Mr. M. Pradeep, 

Associate Professor. The resource person 

was Mr. K. Surya Gopal from Harman 

Connected Services, Bangalore. 

Power Electronic Converters 

The Department of EEE organized TEQIP-II 

sponsored one-week national level faculty 

development program on "Advances and 

Applications of Power Electronic Converters 

(AAPEC)” from 3rd to 8th October 2016. 

Faculty members along with M.Tech students 

participated. 

The objective of this program was to study 

the challenges in Advanced Technologies and 

to know the applications of Power Electronic 

Converters using various techniques. 

The resource persons were reputed 

universities and industry. 

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Hybrid Electric Vehicles 


VALUE ADDITION 

RANA - Recent Advances 

in Nanomaterials and 

Applications 

The Department of Basic Science conducted a 

five-day workshop on “Recent Advances in 

Nano Materials and Applications” from 3rd to 

7th October 2016 under TEQIP-II. The convener 

of the workshop was Dr. T. Srirama Murthy, the 

HOD of the Department of Basic Science. Dr. 

S.P. Brahmanandam and Mr. K. Krishna Kumar 

were the coordinators. 

The students from the department of electrical 

and electronics engineering attended a lecture 

on hybrid electric vehicles delivered by Dr. P.V. 

Rajugopal, a retired assistant general manager 

BHEL (R&D), Hyderabad. In his lecture, he 

discussed reasons behind using Electric vehicles 

in India, urban mobility patterns, handling the 

taxes regarding vehicles, Future of mobility and 

hybrid electric vehicles, HEV developers, and 

finally the major research organizations involved 

for HEV development. The resource person 

discussed why these vehicles are important in 

the present day context. 

The resource persons were Dr. V.R.K. Murthy, 

Professor of Physics, IIT-Chennai, Dr. C. 

Sandhya, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, 

Dr. R V S S N Ravi Kumar, Acharya Nagarguna 

University, Mr. A R V Siva Krishna, Techmeet, Vizag, Dr. Balaram Padal, A.U., Vizag, Dr. N. Annapurna, A.U., Vizag and Dr. Vijaya Kumar 

from Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Bangalore. The participants came from various engineering 

colleges of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. 

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Faculty from SVES 

13th - 15th Oct 2016 

Intellectual Learning in Dentistry Applications 

First year VDC Students 

7th - 10th Nov 2016 

Intellectual Learning in Dentistry Applications 

I years BDS of VDC Bhimavaram 

5th - 8th Dec 2016 

Intellectual Learning in Engineering Applications 

for III year students of SVECW, Bhimavaram 

12th - 15th Dec 2016 

Intellectual Learning in Management Applications 

Final year MBA Students of VIT Bhimavaram 

19th - 21st Dec 2016 

Scientific Educational Practices 

Faculty of Dental and Pharmacy 

21st - 23rd Dec 2016 

Some of the 

important Value 

additions are 

At Shri Vishnu Engineering College for 

Women, the Department of Basic 

Science conducted a workshop on 

“English for Writing Ph.D. Thesis and 

Journal Papers” under TEQIP-II from 

19th to 23rd October 2016. 

The workshop exposed the 

participants to the pitfalls of 

plagiarism in intellectual work and 

how to avoid it. The resource persons 

were from reputed universities such as 

IIT Chennai and Anna University. 

Other Activities @ VEDIC 

Dept of Science and Technology (DST) conducted Women Scientists meeting on 16th -17th Sept 

2016 Experts committee evaluated the projects. 

CII - Principals meet was conducted at VEDIC 125 Principals of Various Engineering and 

Polytechnic colleges of Telangana state attended. 

Teacher Training Programme IAOMR held from 30th sept-Oct2nd 2016 by Vishnu dental College. 

Advanced Engineering Optimization through Intelligent Techniques by Prof R.Venkat Rao of NIT 

Surat held 21-22 Oct 2016 

Follow up Workshop on Advanced Engineering Optimization through Intelligent Techniques By 

Dr.Madhsudhan Rao, Dr.Adepu Kumar NIT Warangal and Mahyak Pal. Held on 18th-19th Nov 2016 

A workshop on Theories in Learning & Curricula Design held on 24th-26th Oct 2016.


BIG BANG OPENING 

FOR 2016 PLACEMENTS!! 

P.Nishita of IV year EEE exhibited SMART 

SEGREGATOR (IOT Product) at the INTEL-DSP Event 

at Telangana-Hub (T-Hub) on 8 September 2016. 

SMART SEGREGATOR is a smart bin which 

automatically segregates the dry and wet waste 

which facilitates implementation of the current 

waste management system and user-friendly. 

IV EEE year student P.Nishita, at INTEL-DSP Event at 

Telangana-Hub (T-Hub) on 8 Sep 2016 in the 

presence of Telangana State IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao 

SMART 

BEING 

15 

B Sai Sruthi (CSE) 

T Ravali (ECE) 

Having achieved a very good placement 

numbers in the very first batch (2016), it was a 

challenge for Placement Team and 2017 batch 

students to live up to or beat the benchmarks set 

by the first batch. This is felt even more 

challenging with many IT companies cutting 

down their requirements of fresher's 

recruitment this year. 

However, training and grooming programs 

planned by placement team and well executed 

by the college faculty as well as external 

agencies have produced excellent results in 

terms of placements. The account opened with 2 

students placed in John Deere (first for BVRITH) 

and followed by 109 students selected by 

Capgemini (compared to 37 for 2016) and 71 

students selected by Tech Mahindra (32 in 2016 

batch). 

Other companies in which students got placed 

include GGK Technologies, Robost, Seneca 

Global, HTC, NTT, ZenQ, etc. So far 144 students 

are placed with total 195 offers. There are 258 

students in 2017 batch while 184 students are 

eligible for placements. Overall, more than 70% 

of eligible students got placement offers with 2 

months. 

Celebrating the Spectacular beginning of placement season with faculty and students! 

WORKSHOP 

All EEE and ECE faculty attended the One day 

workshop on 'Python for Scientific 

Research'. The hands-on workshop was 

delivered by Prof.Prabhu Ramachandran, 

Dept.of Aerospace, IIT Bombay on 26 Nov16. 

MOU 

FOSSEE at IIT Bombay is excited to conduct 

Satellite SciPy India 2016 Conference in the four 

institutes of Sri Vishnu Educational Society. 

BVRITH is one of the Remote centres for SciPy 

India 2016 Conference. MOU was signed 

between BVRITH and IIT Bombay in the presence 

of Prof.Prabhu Ramachandran, Dept.of 

Aerospace, IIT Bombay, Principal Dr. K.V.N. 

Sunitha and SVES Director Dr S. Sundarajan. 

EMERGING 

OPPORTUNITIES 

Three Day faculty development Program on Emerging Opportunities for Research 

and Development in VLSI from 19th to 21st October 2016 was organized under 

IEEE SB, BVRITH. The program was inaugurated by the hands of chief guest Dr. 

K. Subbarangaiah, Director, Veda-IIT, and Principal Dr. K. V. N. Sunitha. Ms. P. 

Prashanti and Ms. R. Sridevi working as an Asst. Prof's and the conveners of the 

Program reported that Participants from various Engineering Colleges like 

GITAM, VNR VJIET, VJIT, CMRCET, Bhoj Reddy, BVRIT Narsapur, Geethanjali, 

etc. participated. Resource persons from Industries like Veda-IIT, AMS, RCI and 

from Academic Institutions like IIT Hyderabad, B V Raju Inst. of Technology, 

Muffkhamja, Geethanjali, MRCET, etc were invited.

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INTERNATIONAL 


CONFERENCE CARING 

FOR YOU 

WORLD PHARMACIST DAY 

Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Bhimavaram in association with Pharmacy Professionals conducted 

5th Indo-African International Conference on “Recent Trends and Future Development in 

Pharmaceutical Sector” on 1 September 2016. Dr. Subhas Chandra Dinda, Professor of Pharmaceutics, 

Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia and Dr. P. K. Lakshmi, Professor and Head, Department of Pharm.D 

and Pharmaceutics in G. Pula Reddy College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad and Ex- Director, Drug 

Information Center, Karnataka State Pharmacy Council, Bangalore were the key speakers for this event. 

L I T E R A R Y 

C O R N E R 

Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy celebrated “World Pharmacist 

Day” on 25 September 2016 at Bhimavaram Campus. “Pharmacists: 

Caring for you” was the theme of this year's World Pharmacists 

Day. This year's theme reflects the important role of 

Pharmacists in providing care to the public and also to highlight 

the emotional connection they have with their patients. Dr. D. 

Basava Raju – Director, Dr. K. Prasad – Principal, Shri Vishnu 

College of Pharmacy graced the occasion. 

Winners of PowerPoint Presentation 

The first prize 

D.KOMALEE CHANDRA & 

K.J.NAGA SUNANDINI 

The second prize 

T. RAKESH & 

S. KARTHIK KUMAR 

Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy celebrated “World Pharmacist Day” on 25 

September 2016 at Bhimavaram Campus. “Pharmacists: Caring for you” was the 

theme of this year's World Pharmacists Day. This year's theme reflects the important 

role of Pharmacists in providing care to the public and also to highlight the 

emotional connection they have with their patients. Dr. D. Basava Raju – Director, Dr. 

K. Prasad – Principal, Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy graced the occasion. 

PLAY GROUND 

The third prize 

A.RAJU & 

A. VENKATA SAI AKHIL 

SPELL BEE WINNERS 

First prize 

K.B.SATYA BHUPATHI 

Second prize 

B.GANESH 

Third prize 

CH.DEVI SREE 

Andhra University Volleyball intercollegiate sports Selections Hosted By SVCP 

Andhra University Women Volleyball Inter-Collegiate Sports selections were hosted 

by Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy on 26 and 27 November 2016. Ch. Sri Ramya (IV. 

B. Pharm), M. Soma Srujana (M. Pharma) were promoted to the next level of 

competitions.


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BVRICE hosted SETWELL YOUTH FESTIVAL-2016 at the divisional 

level. More than 120 students from various colleges of Narsapur 

division took part in this event. The competitions were held in 18 

different categories like folk song, folk dance, playing of musical 

instruments, one act play, debate, etc. Sri Pulaparthi 

Ramanjaneyulu, Member of Legislative Assembly, Bhimavaram 

constituency and Dr. D. Suryanarayana, Director of Dr. B.V. Raju 

Institute of Computer Education were the chief guests. Sri K. 

Govinda Rao, Chairman of Bhimavaram Municipal Corporation was 

the guest of honor for this event. Sri Paradesh Kumar, Bhimavaram 

MPDO, Mr. K.S.Prabakar, Manager, SETWELL, Deputy Sarpanch, 

and Mr. Ch.S.V.Satyanarayana, Vice Principal of BVRICE 

participated in this program. 

The winners of Narsapur division were 

Sunkara group 

BVRICE 

One act play 

Ms.Y.Ramya 

BVRICE 

Kuchipudi 

Ms.M.A.Revathi 

BVRICE 

Kathak 

YOUTH FESTIVAL 

K.Aswani group 

Dr.C.S.N.College, Bhimavaram 

Folk song 

Ms.V.Sridhari 

BVRICE 

Debate 

MDV.Prasad group 

D.N.R.College, Bhimavaram 

Folk dance 

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 

NSS DAY CELEBRATIONS 

On 24 September 2016, on the occasion of NSS 

day, competitions like Nutritious Food 

Preparation and Waste Product Modeling were held 

at BVRICE. More than 250 students participated 

enthusiastically in these competitions. Students 

showed their prowess in Waste Product Modeling. 

A toothsome nutritious food was prepared by the 

students. It was a great festival for food 

lovers. NSS coordinators Mr. MEVV Rambabu and 

Mr. Y. Kirankumar organized the event. 

CONTROLLING OF 

RUSH AT BANKS 

Demonetization of money made an 

uncontrollable rush at banks and 

post offices. About 30 NSS 

volunteers of Dr. B.V. Raju 

Institute of Computer Education 

rendered their services in rural 

areas around Bhimavaram, like 

Palakoderu Mandal and Undi 

Mandal on 10 November 2016. 

A SURVEY ON 

SOCIO-ECONOMIC 

PROBLEMS 

More than hundred students of Dr. 

B.V. Raju Institute of Computer 

Education took part in SOCIO- 

ECONOMIC SURVEY. It was conducted 

in rural Bhimavaram areas like 

Palakoderu Mandal and Undi Mandal 

in the month of November. 

LIGHT 

on 

Life 

A motivation program was conducted in 

Bhimavaram by SRI AUROBINDO SOCIETY on its 

22nd Annual State Conference of Andhra Pradesh 

and Telangana States. It was organized on 28 

November 2016 in Sri Jaddu Brahmaji Rao and 

Suryakantham Kalyana Vedika, Bhimavaram. Sri 

Aurobindo Society Chairman - Mr. S. Swaroop, 

Student Counselor - Mr. M. Srinivas and the Guest 

of Honour - Dr. Ch. V. Srinivas, Principal of Dr. B.V. 

Raju Institute of Computer Education motivated 

the students. They addressed the students on the 

topic “ROLE OF YOUTH IN OUR COUNTRY”. 

Dr. B.V. Raju Institute of Computer 

Education has been accredited by 

NAAC with a grade of B+.

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BANKING ON 

Federal Bank Chairman’s 

Interaction with Students 

Sri Syam Srinivasan, the Chairman and CEO of Federal Bank Ltd. visited Sri Vishnu 

Educational Society, Bhimavaram on 7th November 2016. He addressed the students of 

MBA and inspired them with his speech reflecting his vast knowledge in banking and on 

Indian Economy. Students took initiative to share his knowledge by asking questions on 

various issues ranging from the problems being faced by Indian Banks in the wake of rising 

NPAs, fast changing technology, raising customer expectations, the future of Indian 

Banking System and the impact of the outcome of US Elections on Indian Economy. Sri K. 

Vishnu Raju, Chairman, Sri Vishnu Educational Society, presided over the meeting. Dr. D. 

Suryanarayana, the Director and Principal and the staff of Vishnu Institute of Technology 

also attended the meeting. 

EPITA Team 

A delegation headed by Mr. Joel Courtois, Director of EPITA, a French Engineering University 

specializing in Computer Science and Applied Technologies visited the Bhimavaram campus of Sri 

Vishnu Educational Society on 22 October 2016. Mr. Courtois and team interacted with I B.Tech CSE 

and IT students, of both Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women and Vishnu Institute of 

Technology. Mr. Courtois underlined the importance of engineers in changing the world. Earlier, Sri R. 

Ravi Chandran- Vice Chairman, Sri Vishnu Educational Society introduced the EPITA team to the 

gathering and set the theme for the interaction. 

Industrial Visit 

The students of III B. Tech Mechanical Engineering (2014-18 Batch) went for an industrial visit to 

Vijjeswaram Gas Turbo Power Station (VGTPS), Vijjeswaram. The students visited various sections of 

Unit-I namely Compressor, Combustion system and the Turbine. The visit was very much beneficial to 

the students. Dr. N. Naga Krishna, Associate Professor, Sri Ch. Bhanu Prakash, Sri K.V.G Rama Seshu 

and Sri. M. Rahguraman, Assistant Professors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, accompanied 

the students.


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GRADUATION DAY 

Vishnu Dental College conducted Graduation Day on 22 October 

2016. Dr. Keerthilatha M. Pai, Senior Professor, College of Dental 

Sciences, Manipal University was the Chief Guest of the event. 

CHAIRMAN'S INTERACTION 

Sri K. V. Vishnu Raju - Chairman and Sri R. Ravichandran - Vice- 

Chairman, Sri Vishnu Educational Society addressed and interacted with 

the 1st BDS students. 

6th SATELLITE CLINIC 

Honorable Chairman of Sri Vishnu Educational Society Sri K. V. Vishnu 

Raju inaugurated 6th Satellite Clinic at Munganda, East Godavari 

District on 7 November 2016. 

ORAL 

HEALTH 

ALLIANZ 

Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram initiated a 

novel mass campaigning program “ORAL HEALTH 

ALLIANZ - Miles for Smiles” in the month of 

November 2016. The program was incepted to 

communicate and collaborate with groups and 

individuals on oral health issues, to deliver 

personalized oral health education, appraisal of 

individual's oral health status and to promote 

health seeking behavior among rural masses. 

These objectives were achieved through door to 

door visits by the students of Vishnu Dental 

College in the neighbouring villages.

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National Conference 

(RAPIDEET - 2016) 

PARENT–FACULTY 

I N T E R A C T I O N 

B V Raju Institute of Technology conducted the 

Parent – Faculty Interaction Programme with 

first year students' parents on 5th of November 

2016 in Dr B V Raju Auditorium at their 

Narsapur Campus. Dr. E Laxmi Narsaiah Dean 

(Freshman) and HOD of Basic Sciences and Prof 

I A Pasha, the Incharge Principal addressed the 

gathering and gave their inspiring and valuable 

suggestions. A special lecture session was 

conducted for the parents by Dr C Veerender, 

famous Psychologist, You & Me. He stressed on 

the importance of greater involvement of 

parents in their child's education and career. 

He said “Quality education can be imparted 

only when parents and teachers work together for the overall development of their wards”. 

Also, the department of CSE has conducted Parent-Teachers Interaction for II & III B.Tech I Semester 

students on Nov 5th and Oct 1st 2016 Dr. A. Jagan, HOD-CSE has addressed the gathering. 

IT INNOVATIVE CLUB (ITIC) 

The department of EEE of B V Raju Institute of Technology, Narsapur organized two day annual 

national conference on “Recent Advances in Power, Industrial Drives and Energy Evolutionary 

Technologies” (RAPIDEET-2016) 24th & 25th, October-2016. The specialty of this conference is it 

was sponsored by science and engineering research board (SERB) which is a structured body under 

department of science and technology (DST), Government of India. 

This event was successfully organized by Organizing Secretary Dr. N. Bhoopal, Professor & HOD 

EEE, BVRIT Narsapur, Convener Mr. P. Chandra Babu, Asst. Professor, Co-Convener & Treasurer 

Mr. D. Gireesh Kumar,Asst. Professor, Program Coordinators are Mr. J. Bangarraju, Associate 

Professor, Mr. G. Naresh Kumar, Asst. Professor, Editor in ChiefMr. K. Sainadh Singh, Asst. 

Professor and all faculty members of EEE Department. 

Conference proceedings book and CD Released by dignitaries 

Convener Mr. P. Chandra Babu 

receiving appreciation Certificate from 

Principal Dr. I. A. Pasha 

CIMS 2016 

To encourage the hidden talents of the students in both technical & co-curricular activities, IT Department 

started a forum, IT Innovative club which was inaugurated on 21st October 2016. Under this club, IT 

Department organized Technical events such as Project Expo, Coding, Paper presentation, JAM, Technical 

quiz etc. And also cultural activities like Music, Dance, Arts and craft, social service activities exclusively for 

IT students. For this Forum, Akshay, Vijay Kumar, Tharun, Shirisha, Pavan Kumar, Poojitha, Bhaskar, Aadhya 

Singh & Lokesh of III IT students are elected as screening committee members for this club. All the events 

will be organized under the guidance of Prof. K. Dasaradha Ramaiah, HOD and the faculty Mr M.Amarender 

Reddy & Mrs. K.Jayalaxmi 

Department of EEE BVRIT, Narsapur is organized 

Seminar on “Cultivation of Innovative Mind Set” on 

16th September, 2016. Dr. Anumakonda Jagadeesh, 

t h e D i r e c t o r f o r N a y u d a m m a C e n t e r f o r 

Development Alternatives, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 

was the speaker for this seminar. He explained the 

different alternative techniques for developing green 

energy in India and he motivate the students and 

faculty members toward innovative thinking with his 

innovative developments in water purification with 

less cost, non electrical based fan design, effective 

utilization of solar energy etc. 

This event was successfully organized by Convener 

Mr. P. Chandra Babu, Asst. Professor with the ample 

support of Dr. N. Bhoopal, Professor & HOD EEE, 

BVRIT Narsapur, EEESTA student coordinators and 

all faculty members of EEE Department 

Seminar delivered by Special 

Guest Dr. A Jagadeesh 

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT 

Mr. N. Ramchander, Sr. Assistant 

Professor Invited as an expert lecture cum 

session chair for “National Conference on 

Renewable Energy Technologies and 

Energy Efficient Systems” organized by 

Gurunak Dev Engineering College 

(GNDEC), Bidar 27-28 October 2016. 

Mr.N.Ramchander, Sr. Assistant 

Professor Attended 7th CII Global Summit 

on Skill Development-2016@Hyderabad, 

9th-10th November 2016. 


Professor participated in “Renewable 

E n e r g y I n d i a I n t e r n a t i o n a l 

Conference/Expo”@Greater Noida, Delhi, 

7-9 September 2016. Also visited 

National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE). 


Professor participated in "CII Conference 

on Clean Power & Energy” at Hyderabad 

on 23rd November 2016.


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BLOOD DONATION CAMPS 

On the occasion of birthday anniversary of our founder Chairman, Late Sri. Padmabhushan B.V Raju 

garu, IT Department organised Mega Blood Donation Camp on 15th October 2016. Faculty, Students 

from BVRITN & VIPER have enthusiastically participated in the event. Totally 220 members have 

donated blood for NTR Trust. 

IT Department also organized another Blood Donation Camp on 9th 

November, 2016 with inspiration from the words “ You don't have to 

be a Doctor to save lives”. Students from BVRITN, VIPER have 

enthusiastically participated in the program. 

FRESHERS' 

PARTY 

The BVRIT once again rocked the show, on the Freshers 

Day -22nd of October 2016. The expectations were 

high, the hopes were unlimited the time was limited 

but BVRIT rock stars mesmerized the audience with 

their outstanding and unprecedented performances. 

Seniors guided the juniors to perform on the day. The 

programme was started with the speech of the In 

Charge Principal Prof I.A.Pasha wherein he inspired the 

audience and performers with his encouraging words. 

The programme was started with a prayer song as 

usual but reached the heights of our expectations at 

last. The juniors danced and enthralled the audience 

with mellifluous songs, rib-tickling skits and 

scintillating dance numbers. 

EEESTA 

Engineers 

Day celebrations organized by EEESTA, Department of EEE 

Winners in Technical Quiz 

On this occasion Dr. Ch. Venkateswarlu, Principal, BVRIT Narsapur given his valuable message, in his 

words Sir M. Visvesvaraya was a very great engineer in India and also the first engineer. The dams built 

by him are still functional even today, a testimony to his brilliance, skill, honesty and dedication. So 15th 

of September 2016, Engineers Day, is quite a remarkable tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat 

Ratna M. Visvesvarayya. 

This event was successfully organized by EEESTA coordinators with the support of Dr. N. Bhoopal, 

Professor & HOD EEE, BVRIT Narsapur, and all faculty members of EEE Department.

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ATL@EPICS Workshop 

Workshop by Dr.William Oakes, Purdue University 

PRODUCT INSTALLATION 

OJAS 


ATL's on-site product installations continue with IoT based 

Wireless Water Management System (OJAS) operating 

successfully at a 4 floors building in L.B Nagar. The entire system 

for the client was custom built and works on WAN. 

Associate Dean-ATL attended a one day workshop on designing the curriculum with community based 

engineering projects by Dr.William Oakes, Director EPICS, Purdue University on 6th July at MLRIT. EPICS 

Program is an engineering-centered, multidisciplinary, community-based approach to design education. 

TRUE GRIT 

ATL Projects Selected for TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 

All of the 4 proposed projects from ATL have been shortlisted to enter the quarter finals of DST & Texas 

Instruments Inc. INDIA INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2016 

Anveshana 2017 

“Smart and Sustainable Sanitation System for Swachh Bharat” has been shortlisted for the finals of 

Anveshana 2017 to be held by Agastya International Foundation in collaboration with Synopsis. 

S-CUBE 

Similarly another product from ATL, S-CUBE was successfully 

installed at a client's house in Isnapur near Patancheru. Their 

household has three wheel chair users, all of them with Muscular 

Dystrophy. Now they are capable of operating their home 

ATL's proposal for the United States India Science & Technology Endowment Fund titled “Low-Cost & 

Portable Braille Printer for the Non-Sighted Users” was represented at Santa Clara, California USA by 

Prof. Alan Rux from the US and Ms. P.Shiva Subhashini from India in association with Hacklab, 

Bangalore on 18th October, 2016. 

EPITA School of Computer Science & Advanced Techniques Managing Director Dr. Joel Courtois visited 

Assistive Technology Lab along with his team. 

HELPING HAND 

Visit to Sai Baba School 

for Blind, Narsapur 

66 students of ATL of BVRIT N along with their staff along with from 3rd year CSE visited Sai Baba School 

for Blind at Narsapur on 27th October, 2016 to interact with the kids.


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DIFFERENTLY – ABLED 

Celebration of International Day of People with Disabilities, December 3rd 2016 

IoT versions of OJAS and S-CUBE namely OJAS 2.0 and S-CUBE 2.0 were launched and delivered on the occasion of International Day of People with Disabilities on December 3rd 2016. Both the products can now 

be remotely accessed and monitored from anywhere in the world via internet. Ms. Sujatha Burla, founder of Shraddha Foundation, a social activist and an active member of “Challengers on Wheels” launched the 

products along with the Vice Chairman, SVES Sri Ravichandran Rajagopal, Directors, SVES Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan and Sri S. Ram Kumar, Mr. Prabhakar, Principal, Sai Baba School for Blind was also present 

along with his students who performed a skit on “Louis Braille”. Newly developed devices were delivered to Shraddha Foundation and Sai Baba School for Blind. 

MEETING OF THE MINDS 

BVRIT's Interaction with the 

Society of Women Engineers, 

UMass Lowell 

Future women engineers from BVRIT Narsapur participated in multiple weekly discussions with the 

members of the “Society of Women Engineers (SWE)”, UMass Lowell chapter as a part of an initiative 

by SWE called “Friends of SWE”. The SWE coordinator at UML Mrs. Linda Barrington and Assoc. 

Dean ATL, Ms. P. Shiva Subhashini are leading this initiative. It gives students in the international 

universities access to much of SWE's content by registering as a Friend of SWE. Students from 

different disciplines on both the sides exchange their views and ideas right from education, culture, 

travel, food and career prospects.

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VIPER has been ranked Platinum which 

is the highest rank in AICTE CII Survey. 

NAAC Peer Team had inspected 

VIPER on 10th and 11th of 

November and VIPER is now 

Accredited by 'B' Grade. 

PCI also inspected VIPER for 

M.Pharmacy course on 24th 

August, 2016. 

NAAC 

INSPECTION 


STUDENTS 

ACHIEVEMENTS 

TRAINING PROGRAMS IN VIPER 

Mr.Ganesh of third 

B.Pharmacy took part in 

KUNG FU Competition 

from 4th to 6th 

November, 2016 and won 

GOLD Medal. Hearty 

congratulations to him. 

Blood Donation Camp 

DR.REDDY'S 

LABORATORIES 

We have successfully completed 22 batches of Dr.Reddy's employees. Training for 23rd Batch 

was Inaugurated on 5th December, 2016. 

TATA STRIVE 

Interactive session with first years was organised 

in VIPER with Mr.Bhanu, Southern Head TATA 

STRIVE (Skill Development centre) 

VIPER has organized blood donation camp along with Maheshwara Hospital on the occasion of 

National Pharmacist day-2016 

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS/ACTIVITIES 

Dr.A.Ramesh visited 

Western Sydney University 

& National Institute of 

Complimentary Medicine in 

Australia. 

Dr.A.Ramesh is nominated 

as Co-Chairman of 

Placements Conclave in 

68th IPC in Andhra 

University held on 15th 

December, 2016. 

Dr.A.Ramesh acted as 

selection Committee 

member and subject expert 

for Nagpur University 

Mrs.Vanitha Kondi was appointed as 

Resource person for UGC Sponsored 

Three week Refresher course and 

delivered lecture on “ Fortification a 

key part of the solution to 

macronutrient deficiencies”


THE JOY OF 

GIVING 

As a part of DAAN UTSAV, Vishnu Dental College donated 3 benches to Anganwadi School, 

Bhimavaram on 18 October 2016 under the National Service Scheme (NSS). The faculty and 

students of Vishnu Dental College contributed some money for the purchase of benches. 

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Daan Utsav (earlier called the Joy of Giving Week) is India's 'festival of giving'. Launched in 2009, 

the festival is celebrated every year – commencing on Gandhi Jayanti – from October 2 to 8. From 

auto rickshaw drivers to CEOs, school children to celebrities, homemakers to opinion leaders 

and media personnel, millions of people from all walks of life come together during this week to 

give their time, money, resources, or skills back to society. 

As a part of DAANUTSAV 2016, 

Enlightening lives, the student 

organization of BVRIT N organized 

'Rice bucket challenge' and 'Clothes 

for a cause' at BVRIT to raise funds to 

help the needy. Our ten member 

team visited and donated Rice and 

Clothes to the children of Saibaba 

Blind School and members of Old 

age home at Narsapur on 2nd 

October 2016. 

A talent show was organised that 

provided a platform to these children 

to showcase their skills in singing, 

dancing etc. 

This opportunity made our team 

u n d e r s t a n d t h a t w i t h l i t t l e 

encouragement, these kids, being 

smart and sensitive can surpass any 

o t h e r k i d w h e n i t c o m e s t o 

competing with the world, challenge 

themselves and grow up to be 

responsible, honorable citizens that 

the world can be proud of. 

By taking this festival as an inspiration our SBSP college principal D.V. SUBBA RAO garu 

organized 'DAAN UTSAV 'program on October 5th, 2016. On this occasion, our college 

distributed bread and fruits to patients in Bhimavaram government hospital by using of 'SUH' 

FUND. Our campus dignitaries appreciated everyone for conducting this programme. 

The trip to the OLD age hoe reminded 

me of the reality of what true life is! 

We are always cribbing about what life is not offering us although we have everything! 

But……somewhere, a mother sits with her son's photo in her hands, hoping that he has a good life 

someday he finds time to come and meet her and wipe her tears. 

“Thus we have learnt a very great value from this trip and I hope we all 

will respect our elders and old people and make them feel 

comfortable and just not simply neglect them as they are the ones who 

can guide us better in our life and they will be our well-wishers 

throughout our life! " 

By Rushali Vardhan 

Student Lead, Enlightening Lives, BVRIT N

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ON THE 

LITERARY 

FRONT 

NATIONAL 

LIBRARY 

WEEK 

CELEBRATIONS AT 

BHIMAVARAM CAMPUS 


The departments of Library 

& Information Sciences of 

different colleges in 

BHIMAVARAM Campus 

organized National Library 

Week Celebrations from 14 

to 20 November 2016. As a 

part of these celebrations, 

several competitions like 

Debate, Essay Writing, and 

Rangoli were organized for 

the students.


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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 

MTA CERTIFICATION & HACKATHON 

CONFERENCE ON “NANOTECHNOLOGY 

Microsoft innovation center has successfully organized one week Training Program on Windows 8.1 & 

10 Store App Development, MTA Certification & Hackathon with 161 students of II & III Year Students. 

As a part of Training Program, students learnt the technology and got certified with Microsoft 

Technology Associate (MTA). Hackathon was organized, in which the participants have developed a 

total of 49 Apps, which will be published to BVRIT Windows Store by 15th of October 2016. The Jury has 

decided the top best 3 Apps and the respective team members were given the Internship Opportunities, 

Prizes, Appreciation & Merit Certificates. 

The 2ND INDO-GULF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “NANOTECHNOLOGY - From Basic 

Research to Nanomedicines” was conducted by Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Bhimavaram on 2 

September 2016. Dr. Bakthi Bhusan Barik, Professor, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan, 

Saudi Arabia, gave a presentation on “Nanotechnology-based Drug Delivery Systems”. Dr. Muralidhar, 

Principal, Maheswara College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, gave a presentation on “Applications of 

Nanotechnology”. 

FIRST BEST PAPER 

Dr. A. Malya and Dr. R. Anusha II MDS, 

Department of Prosthodontics attended 

“44th Indian Prosthodontic Society 

Conference” held at Navi Mumbai from 

1 to 4 December 2016 and won the First 

Best Paper of the respective sessions for 

their paper presentations in the 

Conference. 

BEST SCIENTIFIC 

PRESENTATION AWARD 

Dr. Y. Hasita Manaswini, II MDS, Department of 

Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry attended 

“38th National Conference of Indian Society of 

Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry” held at 

Kochi during 20 - 22 October 2016 and won 

Best Scientific Presentation Award for her 

paper presentation at the Conference. 

PRATHIBHA 

AWARDS 

The students of Smt. B. Seetha Polytechnic 

received Prathibha awards for the 

excellence in their studies on the birth 

anniversary of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. 

These awards are affiliated to State Board 

of Technical Education and Training, 

Amaravathi, for excellence in diploma 

examination 2016. They received this 

award by the state government of Andhra 

Pradesh. The students got Rs.20,000/- 

prize money, a gold medal and also a Tablet 

which can use for their educational 

purpose. The award receivers: S.Hari 

priya, A.D.Harshitha, 3. M.S.Krishna priya 

& K.S.O.Uday kumar 

Dr. D. Satyanarayana, Retd. Principal and Director, Nitte Gulabi Shetty Memorial Institute of 

Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mangalore (Karnataka), was felicitated with “Life Time Achievement 

Award” and Director of Shri Vishnu Pharmacy Institutions Dr. D. B. Raju received “Appreciation Award” 

by Dr. Suresh V. Chennupati - President, Association of Pharmacy Professionals. Dr. Suresh V. 

Chennupati, Convener and President, APP, Andhra Pradesh state Branch, Dr. D.B Raju, Director, Shri 

Vishnu Pharmacy Institutions, graced the occasion. Dr. K Prasad, Principal, Shri Vishnu College of 

Pharmacy, Vishnupur, Bhimavaram (West Godavari District, AP) presided over the conference. 

Ph.D. AWARDEE 

Umashankari, III EEE 

student of BVRIT H, went 

to BARC, Mumbai to give 

an oral presentation on 

the topic 'Nuclear Power 

in India- Challenges and 

Future direction', from 

20-10-16 to 28-10-16 

at the 28th All India Essay 

contest on Nuclear Science & Technology. She 

was awarded with Consolation prize by the 

Department of Atomic Energy(DAE). 

Mr. R. Krishnam Raju Indukuri, 

Principal of MCA, Dr. B.V. Raju 

Institute of Computer Education 

was awarded Ph.D. degree by 

Adikavi Nannaya University, 

Rajahmundry, in the area of 

Computer Science & Engineering. 

Dr. Rohith Balaji, a 

faculty member in 

EEE of SVECW, 

received his Ph.D. 

degree in the area of 

proposed modulation 

strategy and proposed 

a modification in 

multiband hysteresis 

controller. 

SPRINTING TO SUCCESS 

K.Saikiran and D.Shivani of IIIrd year of Civil Engineering, BVRIT N participated in NCC Parade from 

3.10.2016 to 13.10.2016; Annual Training Camp (ATC) organized by 2(T) Air Squadron Technical, 

secured 1st Prize in Running (100m) and 2nd Prize in Relay (400m) respectively.

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RISING HIGH 

SVES 

2017 Batch Placement 

Till December 14, 2016 


** Special report on PLACEMENTS @ SVES 

in the next issue of Vishnu Era 

Recruitment Events scheduled in the 

month of December 2016 

FSS, Bytes, Amazon, ADP, HITACHI, Kewill, 

Seneca Global, GD Research Center 

144 

109 

167 

165 

20 605 


71 

82 

30 

332 

179 54 

179 54 

18 

13 

31 

3 

2 

7 

2 14 

5 

5 

10 

7 

1 

8 

16 

1 

2 

4 

24 

6 

6 

3 2 

3 2 

12 1 

2 1 


3 

2 

19 

7 

1 

5 

2 

15 


109 

167 

165 

20 605 

2 

1 

1 

4 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

2 

2 2 

2 2 

7 

4 

11 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 4 1 

2 4 1 

1 

1 

5 

5 

TOTAL 

393 195 516 228 26 1360 

SRI VISHNU EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY (SVES) 

Plot No. 7 & 8, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta Main Road, 

Hyderabad – 500082. Telangana, India 

Tel: (040) 40334899, 40334897, 40334866, 40334829 

Fax: 40334818, 40334848 

www.srivishnu.edu.in 

Ms Santosha (VIPER) 

Ms. U. Madhavi (BVRICE) 

Ms. N.L. Pavani (SBCP) 

Mr. M. Hari Babu (VPS) 

Dr Mrunalini Sasanka 

Guest Editor (BVRIT N) 

Mr Arun Kumar Singh (3 ECE), BVRIT N 

Ms Caroline Sangaveera (3 EEE), BVRIT N 

Mr Anuraag Kaushik (3 ECE), BVRIT N 

Mr N Rakesh Kumar (BVRITian @ Deloitte) 

Guest Editor

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