NIST e-NEWS(Vol 80, April 15, 2012)

Editors
Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty
Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka
Advisors
Prof. Sangram Mudali
Dr. Ajit K. Panda
Ms. Geetika Mudali
National Institute of Science and Technology
Palur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha.
Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627
e-mail: editorsnistenews@gmail.com, enews@nist.edu
Website: www.nist.edu.
Cover page
Arpit Mohapatra

Coming close on the heels of the much disappointing performance by Indian
school students in the PISA test conducted worldover (India stood 72 out of
73 countries), the recent report of Aspiring Minds regarding state of the nation’s
graduating engineers comes as another shocker. As shown in the accompanying
graph only about 22% of our graduating engineers are employable in the IT products/
services domain. Of course, I have many reservations regarding the process and
results of the test, but the results are reasonably true as I have been witness to the
slide in students lack of seriousness towards the business of academics. Many
students from the graduating batch asked me why should we try for higher grades
when recruiting companies makes no distinction or gives no extra recogntion due to
higher CGPA (read domain knowledge). This argument is fallacious. All product based companes, either IT or core
companies, hire engineers only for domain excellence, the soft skills are an added extra. Most engineers graduating
today will find the workplace much more competitive that it was before as HR’s keep deleting bottom 10% for nonperformance.
It is domain competence and skills which will keep our engineers in the forefront when the demand
is much more for innovative and creative engineers rather than vanilla engineers. A > 9.0 CGPA, or a “O” grade in
a tough course or a superb “Project” or a
published “Research Paper” is a
recognition by your peers, faculty and
Institute of your hardwork, determination,
sheer brilliance or as they say in today’s
parlance “fundu”. When the legendary
mountaineer George Mallory was asked
why he wanted to climbed Mount Everest,
he replied “because it is there”. So that’s
our answer – get the top grades because
it is there! In this vein, I congratulate all
the students who have secured CGPA
greater than 9.0 in the BPUT
examinations. May your tribe increase!
With Best Wishes.
Sangram Mudali
NIST e_news: Year of birth 2002. Mission: to witness and report the events of NIST as they happened to all
its readers – students, parents, faculty and society at large. Today on its 10th anniversary we look back at
what has been a glorious journey that has been an enriching one with many experiences worth sharing.
We would like to share one of them on this occasion (of course all experiences would be shared in the due course).
It happened few days after I (Dipti Ranjan Lenka, the only editor of NIST e_news as Amrut Phalguni Mohanty is
moving on) joined the institute in September 2005. One day, I was delayed at the college and was about to move
to town, ignorant of the fact that there were no buses after 5 PM. As per the guidance of the guard at the gate, I
waited for someone in a four wheeler (the dedicated people go late) to offer me lift to the town. I was lucky. A deep
blue Maruti 800 came to my rescue. Without wasting any time and suppressing all apprehensions, I asked for a lift
and the only man in the car stopped, opened the door and allowed me to get in. Surprisingly, with little interaction
we started to move. On our way, after almost 15 minutes when the man (little short in height, little hefty, and round
headed) opened his mouth, he told about my debut appearance in the previous faculty meeting at LHC 409, the
Conference Room. I was shocked and felt elated at the same time with a little doubt and gladness in my mind
about how this person knew me and the fact that even though I was only a few days old in the campus, people
knew me. In fact, it was not I who was popular but the whole credit goes to that person who was much vigilant in
learning about every soul who joined the institute. That person was the first editor of
NIST e_news, Dr. Partha S. Mallick. The first lesson I learnt, “Having eyes open
for all minor and major incidents of people, place and publication, makes
good editors”.
NIST e_news owes its glorious 10 years to all its readers.
It would never have been so enjoyable without them.
A. P. Mohanty
Thank you readers for your good wishes and support.
D. R. Lenka
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Branch - ECE
GATE Qualified Students
The following is the list of students who cleared the GATE examination 2012 with a percentile point
of > 90. Around 40 students have cleared the examination this year.
NAME RANK PERCENTILE
A. Avinash 1279 99.27718
Tapan Ku Sabat 1701 99.03868
Soumya Ranjan Senapati 5667 96.7973
Sourav Kumar Agarwal 7981 95.48953
Rishu Kumar 9070 94.87408
Branch - EIE
Ipsita Panigrahi 612 97.15468
Ashutosh Pati 827 96.1551
Swarup Ku Sahu 1412 93.4353
Anurag Kumar 1577 92.66818
Aditya ansuman Routray 1612 92.50546
B.Manoj Kumar 1662 92.273
Dibyajyoti Mahapatra 1841 91.4408
Branch - EEE
Gourav Kumar 1049 99.04745
Sourav Kumar Mishra 2055 98.13394
Ankur 3163 97.12781
Ch. Eshwar Prasad 4717 95.71668
Bibhuti Bhusan Padhy 7234 93.4311
D.Gopal 9540 91.33712
Branch - CSE / IT
Dilip Ku Meher 1479 99.05664
Pashupati Jha 2337 98.50938
K Sudipta Achary 3837 97.55262
Manish Kumar 5709 96.35859
Sonal 6132 96.08878
Tirtharaj Dash 9479 93.95395
Ujjwal Prakash 10240 93.46855
Y.Manas 1151 92.63236
Pankaj Klumar Agarwal 11551 92.63236
Rakesh Kumar Sahu 11998 92.34724
Lopamudra Mahapatra 15108 90.36356
B.Swati 15108 90.36356
Subhendu Sekhar Behera 15607 90.04529
The Director’s Award of Excellence of Rs. 5000.00
goes to each of the Top GATE Scorers above 99%.
Congratulations all GATE Scorers!
AICTE sponsored SDP on “Recent and Future Trends in
Industrial Mathematics for Engineers”
Department of Mathematics, NIST organized a 5-day AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Program on “Recent
and Future Trends in Industrial Mathematics for Engineers” during 20 th – 24 th March 2012. The program
had host of luminaries from top academic institutions of the country. The 50 participating candidates from different
institutions of the country were exposed to various facets of Industrial Mathematics.
Objective of the Program:
Industrial mathematics is inter-disciplinary by nature and this
program provides a broad understanding of the different
aspects of applied mathematics and computer applications.
In order to tackle complex problems in the applied engineering
sciences there is an increased demand for interdisciplinary
research between mathematicians and researchers working
in Engineering, the sciences and business. The mathematical
sciences are undergoing rapid changes and the boundaries
between the mathematical sciences and other disciplines are
blurring. An important objective of the study of industrial
and applied mathematics is to analyze and visualize phenomena of nature and real world problems for its proper understanding.
Gradually, it is also becoming the language of modern financial instruments. The applied engineering sciences are faced with
increasingly complex problems which call for sophisticated mathematical models. Fast computers make it possible to optimize
strategic objective and industry is applying mathematical models that aim at reducing production costs and increasing profitability.
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S.No.Resource Person Institute Topic
1 Prof. Swadhin Patnayak Institute of Mathematics and Application Fourier Series of a Function
Bhubaneswar
2 Prof. Saroj Meher Systems Science and Informatics Unit, Applied Soft Computing
ISI Bangalore
3 Prof. M. Reza NIST, Berhampur Ordinary Differential Equation
4 Prof. P. A. Sreeram IISER, Kolkata High performance computing/
Parallel Computing
5 Prof. A. K. Mishra Berhampur University Time estimates for simple
arithmetic operations
6 Prof. U. C. Gupta IIT, Kharagpur Probability and Statistics
7 Prof. Sudarshan Padhy IIIT, Bhubaneswar Cryptography & Network Security
8 Prof. N. Rao IIT, Chennai Finite element methods
9 Prof. C. Nahak IIT, Kharagpur Applied Optimization
10 Prof. P. C. Biswal Parala Maharaja Engineering Graph Colouring Problem
College, Berhampur
11 Prof. R. C. Das APEX Institute of Technology Modelling of Industrial problem
& Management, BBSR
(Steel Casting)
12 Prof. Anisur Rahman NIST, Berhampur Parallel computing design and
analysis of algorithms
13 Prof. Sujit K Samanta NIST Berhampur Queuing theory and its application
The program was coordinated by Dr. Motahar Reza.
AICTE sponsored SDP on “Emerging Trends in Business
Communication and the Methods of Teaching”
Department of English, NIST organized a 5-day AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Program on “Emerging Trends
in Business Communication and the Methods of Teaching” during 20 th – 24 th March 2012. A galaxy of eminent
resource persons from top institutes of the country and corporate houses delivered their talks on different aspects of
Business Communication and the emerging trends in teaching methodologies. Around 50 delegates from various
colleges of Odisha, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh participated in the program.
Objective of the Program:
To explore the areas like the LSRW skills in business communication, effect of culture on communication, level of language
needs of the industry, types of communication , new areas of hindrances in communication, emerging types of business
communication.
To bring the language teaching fraternity and representatives from the industry to a common forum which could give an
opportunity to the faculty to understand the real challenges of communication problems in the corporate world.
To recognize the right method of transferring knowledge to the students and sensitize the teachers with the emerging
methods of teaching business communication.
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Sl. No Resource Person Institute Topic
1 Prof. Meenakshi Raman BITS, Pilani, Goa Campus 1. Conducting Productive
Business Meetings,
2.Effective ProfessionalPresentation
2 Mr. Sumesh Khatua Infosys Technologies, Ltd. Emerging Trends in Business
Communication and the Methods of
Teaching
3 Mr. J. K. Das Emeging Syndicate Negotiation Skills & Hindrances in
S.A.R.L, NICE, France Communication
4 Mr. Rajeev Sasmal T.I.M.E., Bhubaneswar GD, Interview and Resume Writing Skills
5 Prof. Ram Krishna Singh ISM, Dhanbad 1. Teaching English for Communicative
Performance and Business Comm.
2. Process Approach to Writing
6 Dr. Punyashree Panda IIT, Bhubaneswar Teaching Listening and Speaking
7 Dr. Manmath Kundu NISER, Bhubaneswar 1. Cultural Communication
2. Developing Self Awareness, Cultural
Awareness, and Intercultural Awareness
8 Dr. E. Raja Rao NIST, Berhampur 1. Listening Skill and Business Comm.
2. Non-Verbal Communication
9 Mr. Amrut P. Mohanty NIST, Berhampur Pedagogy: A Humanitarian Approach
10 Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka NIST, Berhampur Business Etiquette
11 Ms. Tripti Mund NIST, Berhampur Methods of Teaching & Types of
Activities to Personalize Teacher
Instructions
The program was coordinated by Ms. Tripti Mund.
Conference/ Seminar/ Workshop Attended
Mr. Chandan Kumar Behera, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, attended a workshop on
Recent Advances in Data Structures from 17th – 20th December 2011, organized by Institute of Mathematical
Sciences (IMSc), Chennai. The workshop covered research topics in the area of succinct data structures,
external memory data structures, data streams, dynamic graph algorithms and many more. Among the speakers
were, Roerto Grossi, University of Pisa, Italy, Francesco Silvestri, University of Padova, Italy, John Lacono,
Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and many others. The talks were targeted towards the research in
data structures and algorithms.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Dass, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering attended a 2-day National Conference on
Emerging Trends in Signal Processing & Embedded Systems on 9th and 10th February 2012 organized by Geetanjali
College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad and presented a paper entitled, “A Fingerprint De-noising Technique
using Wavelet Transformation”. The conference is held every year and it aims at bringing together the different researchers,
engineers, scholars and students from all disciplines of engineering education and provides a national forum for
dissemination of original research results, new ideas, practical developments and experiences, which concentrate on both
theory and practices.
Ms. Monalisa Misra and Ms. Sreta Patnaik Faculty members, Dept. of English attended the oneday
workshop on “Pedagogical Implications of Teaching Spoken English to Professional
Students” organized by C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar on 17 th February
2012. Among the resource persons were, Dr. Kalyani Samantaray, Prof., Dept. of English, Utkal
University, Bhubaneswar and Dr. Sridhar Mohapatra, Prof., Dept. of English, CVRCE. Around 35
candidates from different engineering colleges of the state participated in the workshop.
Dr. Sisira Kanti Mishra, and Mr. Pramath Nath Acharya, Faculty members, Department of Management
Studies attended a 2-day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Infrastructure Development during
Post Global Slump - The Promotional & Operational Issues, organised by Dept. of Commerce,
Ganjam Degree College held at Youth Hostel, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Berhampur on 26 th & 27 th February
2012. Dr. Mishra presented a paper on Growth of Infrastructure in India and also chaired the 4 th
Technical session on 27 th February 2012.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Dass along with Mr. Santosh Kumar Kar, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science
and Engineering attended a Faculty Developed Program on Object Oriented Analysis and Design
in Business organised by TCS, Kalinga Park, Bhubaneswar on 27 th February 2012. Faculty members
from different engineering colleges of Odisha attended the program.
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Papers Presented
Mr. K. Hemant Reddy, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, presented a paper, entitled, “An Adaptive
Scheduling Mechanism for Computational Desktop Grid Using Grid Gain” co-authored by Dr. D.S. Roy, Associate
Professor, NIST, and Dr. Manas Ranjan Patra, Associate
Professor, Berhampur University, in the 2 nd International
Conference on Computer, Communication, Control and
Information Technology (C3IT-2012) during 25 th - 26 th
February 2012 at Academy of Technology, Kolkata. Around
400 delegates participated in the conference. All accepted
and presented papers will be included in conference
proceedings and will be published in ScienceDirect by ELSEVIER.
Mr. K Hemant Reddy, along with Mr. Buddhadeb Pradhan, M. Tech. (CSE) 2009 Batch, NIST, presented a paper,
entitled, “Intentional Islanding of Electric Power Systems in a Grid
Computing Framework: A Graph-Theoretic Approach” co-authored by
Dr. D.S. Roy, Associate Professor, NIST , Prof. Dusmanta Mohanta,
Professor, BIT, Mesra, in the International Conference on Recent Trends
in Information System (ReTIS-2011) during 21 st - 23 rd December 2011
at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Around 350 delegates participated in
the conference. Conference proceedings got published in ieeexplore,
Page(s): 156-160 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ ReTIS.2011.
6146859.
Ms. Tanistha Nayak, B. Tech., 8 th Sem. IT student presented a paper entitled, “Pushdown Automata Vs Quantum
Pushdown Automata” co-authored by Ms. Basanti Meher, B. Tech, 8 th Sem, Computer Science &
Engineering, under the guidance of Mr. Chandan Kumar Behera, Faculty, Dept. of CSE at the IEEE-
International Conference on Advances in engineering, Science and Management-2012 (IEEE-ICAESM-
2012) in Nagapattinum, Tamil Nadu. The conference was held during 30 th – 31 st March 2012, organized
by E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu and around 700 delegates participated
in the conference. The presented paper will be published in IEEExplorer.
Ms. P. Praveena, B. Tech., 8 th Sem. CSE presented a paper entitled, “Base Conversion By Using
Automata”, under the guidance of Mr. Chandan Kumar Behera, Faculty, Dept. of CSE at the IEEE-
International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management-2012 (IEEE-ICAESM-
2012) organized by E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu during 30 th & 31 st March
2012,. The presented paper will be published in IEEExplorer.
Ms. Tripti Mund, Faculty, Dept. of English attended the 10 th Asia CALL Conference held at Bangkok from 9 th – 12 th
February 2012. The theme of the conference was ‘Mobility in Language Teaching
and Learning Through Technology’. Ms. Mund presented her paper on ‘Video
Shooting: A Therapy to No English Speaking Syndrome’. Her paper focused on
how video recording could help in overcoming the stage fright and building in
confidence, hence the English speaking skills. She also presented a model module
to do this. The conference was hosted by Srinakharinwirot University Bangkok,
Thailand. There were around 60 paper presentations from different countries.
PAPER PUBLICATIONS
Dr. M. N. Murty, Faculty, Dept. of Physics, published a paper, “Recursive Algorithm for One-dimensional Discrete
Hartley Transform with High Throughput Rate” in International Transactions on Electrical, Electronics and
Communication Engineering(ITEECE),Pages:26-38,Feb.2012,ISSN:2249-8921, Publisher: Ada Lovelace
Publications.
Ms. Devashree Mahato, Ms. Sulipta Das, M. Tech., ECE, NIST along with Mr. Durga Prasad Dash, Faculty,
Dept. of ECE, NIST published a paper, “A Novel Architecture of I2C Slave using One-Hot Encoding Technique”
the International Journal of Computer Application (IJCA).
Acharya U. R., Ghista D. N., Nergui M., Chattopadhyay S., Ng E. Y. K., Sree V. S., Tong J. W. K., Hong T. J., Meng
L., Suri J. S. – “Diabetes Mellitus: Enquiry into its Medical aspects and Bioengineering of its Monitoring and
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Regulation”, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (2012); 12(1): 1-40. World Scientific [ISI IF:
0.493]. Lim T-C., Chattopadhyay S., Acharya U. R. – “A Survey and Comparative Study on the Instruments for
Glaucoma Detection”, Medical Engineering & Physics (2012); 34:129-139, Elsevier [ISI IF: 1.906].
Mund, Tripti and Dr. Arun Kumar Behera. “Understanding the Theories of Personality: A Step towards Being Effective
in Communication Skills.” International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, vol 2 Issue 1, January 2012.
Mund, Tripti and Dr. Arun Kumar Behera. “Know Your Audience before You Teach: A Study on the Students of
NIST.” International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, vol 2 Issue 1, January 2012.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Chattopadhyay S., Joshi R., Gajendran R., Acharya UR., Tamura T., Eddie Y-K Ng. – “Prevention Rehabilitation
of Suicide Prone Patients” in Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare - Vol.3 (Editors: E.Y.K. Ng, U.R.
Acharya, T. Tamura) Chapter 15, pp. 241-252 American Scientific Publishers, USA. (2012). ISBN: 1-58883-237-
6, Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937545, 2012.
Acharya UR., Yu W., Faust O, Chattopadhyay S., Lim T.C., Eddie Y-K Ng., Tamura T., Mei S S. “Non-linear
analysis of simulated hemiplegic walking” in Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare - Vol.3 (Editors:
E.Y.K. Ng, U.R. Acharya, T. Tamura) Chapter 16, pp. 253-274 American Scientific Publishers, USA (2012).
ISBN: 1-58883-237-6, Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937545, 2012.
Invited Talks @ NIST
The IEEE-EDS NIST Students Chapter organized a Seminar talk on 10 th January 2012 where Dr. Shinji Nozaki,
University of Electro-Communications, Japan delivered a talk on MOS device characterization on the topic, “Zinc
Oxide Nano-Rods Grown by the Hydrothermal Technique
and their Selective Growth”. NIST signed an MOU with
University of Electrocommunications, Japan.
Abstract:
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods were grown on various substrates
by the hydrothermal techique, and the effects of a substrate to
be used on the growth of ZnO nanorods were studied. ZnO
nanorods could grow vertically on a GaN but not on a Si
substrate. However, they could grow on a Si substrate coated
with a thick Ag film. The crystallinity and luminescence
characteristic are also affected by a substrate to be used. It
was also found that an array of ZnO nanorods could be formed
by selective growth of ZnO on the e-beam lithographed resist pattern. Some unique properties of the grown ZnO nanorods
are also discussed.
Mr. Santosh Kumar, CEERI, Pilani delivered talks on VLSI for Wireless Communication, RF and Mixed Signal IC
Design, Communication System Design to all M. Tech students during 10 th – 14 th January 2012.
Mr. Kanhu Charan Behera, CEERI, Pilani and Ex-Faculty, NIST delivered talks on RF IC Design (ADC & DAC)
during 16 th - 21 st January 2012.
Prof. Rutu Parna Panda, VSSUT, Burla, delivered talks on Adaptive Signal Processing during 22 nd - 24 th January
2012.
As part of corporate seminar series NIST B-School organised a Seminar Talk on ‘Leadership Qualities; Transformed
Now-a-Days’ by Dr. Abinash Panda, Associate Vice President (Learning and Development), Adani Enterprises
Ltd., Ahmadabad on 23 rd February 2012 at NIST Conference room. Dr. Panda has an illustrious background ranging
from XLRI to overseas assignments to Adani now. He delivered a talk comprised of a survey that showed the varied
facets of leadership qualities of modern day entrepreneurs. The seminar was presided over by Dr. E. Raja Rao and
attended by all management faculty members.
Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi delivered a talk on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ on 30 th January 2012.
Profile : Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi, B.Tech (IIT), PhD (USA, founder Director of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI),
Maharashtra. Dr. Rajvanshi was born and raised in Lucknow. He has been the director of NARI, Maharashtra since 1981. Prior
to taking this position he served on the faculty at the University of Florida. Dr. Rajvanshi has more than 25 years of experience
in renewable energy research, rural and sustainable development. He has 135 publications and 7 patents to his credit. For his
solar energy and rural development work Dr. Rajvanshi has been inducted into the Solar Hall of Fame (1998). He has received
the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2001, the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) award in 2002 and
an Energy Globe Award in the AIR category in 2004. In 2009 he received the Globe Award for Sustainability Research.
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Invited Talks by NIST Faculty Member
Dr. Mihir Hota, Faculty Member , Dept. of Physics
delivered an Invited Talk on “Nanotechnology and
its impact on Society” at National Conference in
Nagaland held by Agricultural University (Nagaland
Central University) on 18 th February 2012. The topic
of the conference was “Material Science”. The
conference was organised by Department of
Chemistry, Patkai Christian College (Autonomous)
in collaboration with School of Agricultural Science
and Rural Development, Nagaland University.
NIST Faculty Members
as Soft Skill Trainers
Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka and Mr. Amrut Phalguni
Mohanty, Faculty members, Dept. of English visited
Vikram Deb Autonomous College, Jeypore as
Resource Persons for a 6-Day Soft Skills Training
Program. The training was imparted to the graduate
and post graduate students of all disciplines. Around
50 students attended the program.
High Performance
Computing Lab@nist
The institute installed a High Performance Computing
(HPC) Lab with the help of TIS Lab, Kolkata, to
enable students work efficiently on many of their
projects. Four Dell Power edge Rack Servers were
used to setup the lab. Cent OS was used as
operating systems with other HPC tools. This lab is
primarily used to write parallel and distributed
computing based programs. At present around 10
B. Tech project groups are using the lab for
developing their projects in OpenMp/MPI. Mr.
Kaushik Goswami, and Dr. P. A. Sreeram, TIS Lab,
Kolkata, demonstrated the various functioning of the
very lab equipment.
A 1-Day Workshop on
‘The Challenges of
Teaching English to
Engineering Students’
The Department of English organized a 1-Day
workshop on ‘The Challenges of Teaching English
to Engineering Students’ sponsored by Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, on 15 th February 2012.
Dr. Meenakshi Raman, Prof., and Head, Dept. of
Humanities, BITS, Pilani, Goa Campus and Dr. E.
Raja Rao, Prof., Dept. of English, NIST delivered
talks on the topic to around 40 delegates from
different engineering and management institutes
of the state of Odisha and the neighbouring states.
During the panel discussion on the topic,
participants shared their practical classroom
problems and an effort was made to bring out the
solutions to face the challenges of teaching
English. Ms. Tripti Mund coordinated the program.
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NIST Robotics Club @ ROBOCON 2012
NIST Robotics Club (NRC), the only contender from Odisha, participated in the ROBOCON 2012 during 1 st
– 3 rd March 2012 held at MIT, Pune. ROBOCON is a national level contest jointly organized by Doordarshan
and MIT, Pune. The winner of this contest will be representing India in the international contest. In ROBOCON
2010 NIST won the National Award for BEST IDEA for design of Robot. This year the theme of ROBOCON
2012 was ‘In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity’. A total of 67 colleges from the country participated in this mega
event including IITs and NITs. Contending with the top institutes, NIST was ranked 12 th out of 18 top performing
colleges. Eventually the host, the organizing institute, MIT, Pune became the winner of the contest. Mr. Swagat
Samantaray, Faculty Advisor, NRC along with a team of 18 students from B. Tech pre-final year and final year
represented NIST at this event.
DST INSPIRE Program
The Institute organized the 3rd DST Sponsored INSPIRE Science Camp at the institute premises during
31st January – 4th February 2012. Around
350 top 1% students from all over the state
of Odisha participated in the program. A
host of luminaries, academicians and
scientists through their talks and
presentations exposed the students to
various aspects of science. Among the
speakers were, Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi,
Director, Nimbkar Agricultural Research
Institute (NARI), Maharastra, Dr. Sanjio S. Zade, Dept. of Chemical Sciences, IISER, West Bengal, Prof
S P Pati, Dept. of Physical Sciences, Former Professor, Sambalpur Univeristy, Prof. Bimalendu B.
Bhattacharya, Dept. of Geology, INAE Distinguished Professor, S N Bose National Center for Basic
Sciences, Prof. Bichitra K. Guha, Dept. of Popular Science, Professor of Physics and DEAN, Faculty of
Basic and Applied Science, BESU, Shibpur, Howrah, Prof. Indranath Sengupta, Dept. of Mathematics,
Jadavpur Univeristy, Prof. Debi Prasad Duari, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Director, Research
and Academic, M P Birla Institute of Fundamental Research, Prof. Tavarekere. K. Chandrashekar, Dept.
of Chemical Sciences, Director, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER),and Dr.
Subhash Chandra Bose, Dept of Electronics, Scientist, CEERI, Pilani.
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Academic Honorarium Awards
Ph. D Guidance
Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech program and Prof., Dept. of Chemistry for being the Ph. D
Guide for Dr. Satya Prasad Nanda, Berhampur University on his Ph. D Thesis titled, “Studies on Synthesis and
Reactivity of some Nitrogen Heterocycles”.
Best Feedback (July – December 2011)
Semester Names Feedback Semester Names Feedback
B. Tech
7th Sem Mr. Kaushik Halder (CSE) 9.8
5th Sem Mr. M. Suresh 9.5
3rd Sem Mr. Rajesh Kumar Dash 9.63
1st Sem Mr. Amrut P Mohanty 9.84
MCA
5th Sem Mr. Kaushik Halder (CSE) 9.9
3rd Sem Mr. Anisur Rahman 9.61
1st Sem Mr. Pradeep K. Jena 9.53
MBA
1st Sem Mr. Bishnu Kar Nayak 9.32
PGDM
1st Trim Prof. E. Raja Rao 9.68
Research Papers Publication (July – December 2011)
1. Acharya U. R., Molinary F., Sree V. S., Chattopadhyay S., Ng K-H. – “Automated Diagnosis of Epileptic EEG
using Entropies”. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (2011), DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2011.07.007, Publisher:
Elsevier, USA. [ISI IF: 0.734]
2. Chattopadhyay S., Kaur P., Rabhi F., Acharya U. R. – “Neural Network Approaches to Grade Adult Depression”,
Journal of Medical Systems (2011), DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9759-1, Publisher: Springer Verlag, USA [ISI IF: 1.064]
3. Faust O., Acharya U. R., Molinari F., Chattopadhyay S., Tamura T. – “Linear and Non-Linear Analysis of Cardiac
Health in Diabetic Subjects”, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (2011), DOI:10.1016/j.bspc.2011.06.002
Publisher: Elsevier, USA. [ISI IF: 0.734]
4. Lim T-C., Chattopadhyay S., Acharya U. R. – “A Survey and Comparative Study on the Instruments for Glaucoma
Detection”, Medical Engineering & Physics (2011); accepted on 22/07/2011 (in press) DOI: 10.1016/
j.medengphy.2011.07.030 Publisher: Elsevier, USA. [ISI IF: 1.906]
5. Chattopadhyay S., Pratihar D. K., De Sarkar S. C. –”A comparative study of fuzzy C-means algorithm and
entropy-based fuzzy clustering algorithm”. Computing and Informatics (2011); 30(4):701-720 Publisher: Slovak
Academic Press Ltd. [ISI IF: 0.356]
6. Faust O., Acharya U.R, Nergui M., Ghista D.N., Chattopadhyay S., Joseph P., Ahamed T., Tay D. – “Effects of
Mobile Phone Radiation on Cardiac Health”, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (2011); 11(5):1241-1253
doi:10.1142/S0219519411004186 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing, USA. [ISI IF: 0.493] 7. Reza, M.
and Gupta, A. S: (2011), Magnetohydrodynamic thermal instability in a conducting fluid layer with throughflow, International
Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, ELSEVIER, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.10.006. ((Impact Factor 1.388)
Employment Oriented Program (EOP) 2012
As every year this year too Employment Oriented Program (EOP), 2012 started with more than 200 applications out
of which 164 were selected for the interview and finally 102 applicants were selected. The number of selected
students is the highest this year and they are being trained in different programs like:
1. Basic Computer Skills (BCS)
2. Repair of Electrical Appliance (REA)
3. Computerized DTP (DTP)
4. Electronics Repair & Maintenance (ERM)
5. Computer Repair and Maintenance (CRM)
6. Workshop Practice (WP)
The program is a part of the NIST Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) venture. It is a free-of-cost program
where the students get a stipend of Rs. 1000 per month besides free accommodation, lunch, books and study
materials. The honorable Placement Director, NIST, Prof. Geetika Mudali while inaugurating the program wished
everyone a very successful learning stint at NIST. Mr. Asesh Kumar Tripathy coordinates the program.
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IBM WID Training
IBM Web Sphere Integration Developer V6.2 Solution Development training was held for B. Tech 3 rd year, 4 th year,
MCA 2 nd year and 3 rd year students of the institute at the IBM Center of Excellence Lab during 21 st – 24 th February
2012. Around 65 students and 5 faculty members attended the training program delivered by Mr. Chinmay Saraswat,
Resource Person, IBM.
Infosys Spark Program
Infosys organized the Spark Program at the institute for the students of B. Tech, and MCA. The aim of the program
was to raise the aspirations of the students to a new high by exposing them to IT, helping them understand the
relevance of IT in business, and helping them sow the seeds to a dream career. The resource persons from Infosys,
Mr. Swastik Choudhury, and Ms. Arati Patra (both NIST alumni), through the Infosys story and the Infosys experience
demonstrated the possibilities of dreaming and making dreams come true. Efforts were made to identify the students’
hidden talents and awaken their potential to excel. Interaction with senior Infosys employees exposed the students
to current trends in the IT industry.
NIST Summer Research Internships & Fellowships
The Institute has initiated a Summer Research Internships and Fellowships Program for faculty members
and students from all over India. The aim of the program is to facilitate talented student interns/faculty to work
under the guidance of highly experienced research professors resulting in R & D publications, Term Papers, innovative
B. Tech. Projects, Ph.D Topics, etc. Faculty member with M. Tech or Ph. D degree and final year or pre-final year
students of B. Tech/M. Tech/MCA/M.Sc. are eligible to enroll for the program. The duration of the program is 2
months and is tentatively starting from May/June, 2012. The enrolled candidates would get a stipend of Rs. 1200/-
per month in addition to free boarding & lodging. Their travel expenses would also be reimbursed.
Research Areas: Embedded Systems, Wireless Communications, Sensor Networks, VLSI Design, Nanotechnology,
Semiconductors Devices, High Speed Computing, Cloud Computing, Parallel Processing, Optimization, Fiber Optics,
Virtual Instrumentation, Simulation Studies, Robotics, Fluid flow, Heat and Mass Transfer, CFD, Organic Synthesis.
NIST is a DSIR, Government of India, certified and recognized R & D Center. NIST is the only TIFAC CORE
Center of India funded by Department of Science & Technology in 3G/4G Communications.
Application forms, list of faculty members and research areas can be downloaded from http://www.nist.edu/current/
SUMMER_RESEARCH_INTERNSHIPS.html. For more details please contact Dr. Motahar Reza.
Book Fair
The Institute organized a Book Fair in the institute library on March
21 st and 22 nd . More than 5000 recent books from renowned publishers
in all fields were on display. Being inaugurated by the Placement
Director, Prof. Geetika Mudali, the fair was a good exposition of
books catering to the technical, literature, general and competitive
tastes of all who thronged the place. This is the first such book fair at
NIST.
Mini Trekking
Around 100 first year students, faculty
members and staff of the institute
participated in a mini-trekking program
organized by Students Activity Centre,
NIST on 18 th March 2012 from Ramaiya
Patnam to Dhabaleswar Temple (near
Army Defense College) along the side of
Bay of Bengal. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy,
Course Coordinator, B. Tech program
flagged off the program along with Dr. Mihir
Hota, Mr. Rabindra Shial, Dr. Ratnakar
Mishra, Mr. Trymbaka Mahapatra, Ms.
Basanti Patra and Ms. Vilomita Sarkar.
Trekkers T-Shirts and Caps were
distributed among the trekkers and lunch
was provided at the destination point. The
trekking was coordinated by Mr. Vinay
Kumar Das, Coordinator, SAC.
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Waves-2011
ABang! and then the Blast! Save was the call. But the dynamite had to explode. The
inevitable blast encumbered entire NIST assaulting its members with heavy doses of
excitement, energy and entertainment. Yes we are talking about the whimsical waves
2011 that whirled around like a tsunami, whelmed the entire NIST in its gigantic whirlpool of
exuberance and exultation and finally waned away leaving tranquility and serenity all around.
23rd March, 2011. The aura was resplendent with hues of spring palette, the fire of passion
was inflaming, the glee and enthusiasm was snowballing, the river of excitement and zeal was
flowing unrestrained in entire campus of NIST and intoxication had begun! Finally after 1 year
of prolong wait it was time to extricate anxiety, forget the load the academics and unveil the
real self of you.
Waves-2011 justified its conduction by divulging the talents, unfathomable perseverance and
boundless determination of students as well as faculty members in extra-curricular like sports,
dance, songs, skits etc. Entertainment and relaxation became motive of Waves – 2011, BIKE
SHOW and DOG SHOW were organized showing different exciting bike moves and different
funny and thrilling dog gestures. Sports like LAWN TENNIS, BASKET BALL COMPETITION
(boys and girls) and VOLLEY BALL COMPETITION held between staff & faculty members
versus students revealed the athletic skills and team spirit.
Melodious SONGS sung by students rooted the audience to their chairs and brought them
into anodyne state. Jazz and hip-hops exacerbated the addiction of audience to the
entertainment and everyone stood up shaking wildly. Our very own Band NMS let the audience
sink into the melody dipped musical notes. SKITS and MIMICRY played major role in removing
the worries and burdensome life of engineering and spreading laughter. Innovation was flourishing.
The ALVIDA NIST portrayed by two final year students, one in form of rap and one in shayari
andaaz was flabbergasting. SAND ARTIST was invited from Puri to fill his creativity in sand
and portray it in different amazing looks.
ALUMNI AWARD DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY was conducted where highly talented and
innovative alumni toppers were awarded.
The following is the list of Awardees:
Name Regd. No. Branch CGPA Award
B. Tech
Chinmaya Mohapatro 0701202142 ECE 9.38 Gold
Suman Mohanty 0701202051 CSE 9.12 Silver
Itishri Dash 0701202023 CSE 9.12 Silver
K. Praveena 0701202041 IT 8.97 Silver
Abinash Tripathy 0701202109 EIE 8.85 Silver
Nishant Kumar 0701202306 EEE 8.55 Silver
M. Tech
Bhawani S. Pattnaik 0807202009 CSE 9.37 Gold
Sonali Prava Dash 0807202020 ECE 8.93 Silver
MCA
Bijayalaxmi Sahoo 0805202011 8.87 Gold
MBA
L. Rama Kumari 0906202013 8.49 Gold
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But Hey! That was not the end. The FASHIN SHOW by teachers and students became
the cynosure of entire show. Dazzling the stage with exotic look landed the faculty
memebers of NIST. Their bizarre style and outlandish dressing amazed the students.
Their motive was to depict different attitudes, approaches and variety of teachers and they
were successful in it. The FASHION SHOW by STUDENTS completely drowned us in the
immense depth of razzmatazz. Some get-up such as those of DON and WEDDING theme
were astonishing and mesmerizing. It was based on the central idea that what suits what
occasion? That is different style of dress-up in different circumstances of life, moods and
occasion.
The plethora of razzle-dazzle that was flowing in entire campus of NIST finally came to an
end. The blast was over and college was entombed in stark silence and lull. The regular
college life routine started. We started attending 100 minutes classes, teachers in same
flow engaged in course completion and we same way complaining about hectic schedules
of NIST.
But the enjoyment and thrill which sustained in our hearts
for two days has left us vividly thinking about it. But don’t
worry it’s said good things never end. So wait! Next year
promises us a better and bigger blast, WAVES – 2012.
Till then keep enjoying your regular classes and keep
envisaging the next Waves with promising features. Enjoy!
Report prepared by
Sheetal Chandni, B. tech., 8th Sem., & Anjali Sinha, B. Tech., 6th Sem
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Date: December 01, 2011
Speakers
Thursday Lecture Seminar Series
Title
Ms. Sagarika Satapathy and Mining Important Predictors
Prof. S Chattopadhyay
of Heart Attack
Mr. Asim Kumar Mahakul Development of Portable i-
Tongue
Mr. Satyabrata Das &
Mr. Abhro Mukherjee
NI EDUCATOR DAY
Date: December 08, 2011
Mr. Pradyumna Ku Patra
Fabrication, Testing and
Validation of Complimentary
Split Ring Antenna
Kewal Krishna, Ankit Goyal,
(2008-2012 Batch CSE) Non-correlated character
Recognition using
Hopfield network: A study
Ms. Sonali Prava Dash
Realization of Logic gates
using Y defect in a two
Dimensional Photonic Crystal
Structure
Date: December 15, 2011
Mr. Pabitra Kumar, Tata Elxsi Ltd. SGI performance suite and
performance of Fujitsu
Workstations
Date: January 12, 2012
Mr. Rajendra Kumar Khadanga Gravitational Search
Algorithm for Unified Power
Flow Controller Based
Damping Controller Design
Dr. Diptendu Sinha Roy Reliability Analysis of Grid
Computing Based Power
System Monitoring and
Control
Date: January 19, 2012
Mr. Niranjan Sahu
Development of Nuclear
power in India and its impact
Dr Ratnakar Mishra
Psychometric Test for self
Mr. M. Suresh and Mr. T R Lenka
Date: February 09, 2012
Mr. Sukanta Kumar Swain,
Mr. Mitu Baral &
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Sukla
improvement
International Conference on
VLSI Design, 2012
National Conference on VLSI
Design & Embedded Systems
(NCVDES-2011)
Prof. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay &
Prof. (Dr.) A.K.Mahapatro
Dr. Mihir Hota &
Dr. Manabendra Patra
Mr. Bhanu Prasad Behera,
Mr. Pinaki Prasad Panigrahi
Date: February 23, 2012
Mr. Rabindra Ku.Shial
Prasad Dash
Ms. Monalisa Misra
Dr. D. S. Roy
Mr. Buddhadeb Pradhan
(M. Tech. CSE),
Ms. Trupti Mund
Date: March 01, 2012
Dr. M. N. Murty
Ms. Sasmita Padhy
Dr. D. S. Roy, Mr. Subhendu,
Mr. Sujit and Mr. Siddharth
(B. Tech, final year)
Mr. Kumar Srikanta Nayak
SAP TECHED 2011, Bangalore
Date: March 08, 2012
Mr. O. P. Suresh ,
Apex Institute, BBS
Mr. Satyabrata Das
Mr. Abhro Mukherjee &
Mr. Satyabrata Das
Application of Business
Intelligence in constructing
the Lead Strategy for the
Strategic Marketing of
Agrochemicals in Eastern
India: An ISM Approach
4th Bangalore Nano
Workshop on SAP GBI 2.0 at
IMI New Delhi
Grid Computing Based NIC
Infrastructure: A step towards
IT Enabled IndiaMr. Durga
The 2011 International
Conference on Field
Programmable Technology
FPT-2011
How is IE phonology system
different from RP/GA?
Intentional Islanding of
Electric Power Systems in a
Grid Computing Framework:
A Graph-Theoretic Approach
An Introduction to ELTAI
Systolic Architecture for
Implementation of Two-
Dimensional Discrete Sine
Transform
Genetically Optimized
Supplementary Controller For
SSSC to Damp Sub-
Synchronous Oscillations
Auto scaling A Web Server
Using A Native Grid Middle
ware
Modeling and control of hybrid
energy systems
Paradigms and Applications
of Pattern Recognition in
Image Processing and
Computer Vision
LabVIEW core1 & core2
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A decade at NIST
The institute celebrated the relentless service of its faculty
members and staff on their completion of 10 years. The following
members were felicitated with a certificate and cash award.
Name Designation D.O.J
Ms. Malabika Pattnaik Faculty 1 -12 -2000
Mr. K. Premeswar Rao Admn. Manager 1 -11- 2000
Mr. Nruparaj Sahu Liasoning Officer 10 -1- 2000
Ms. Haripriya Mishra Manager, NTCS 1 -7- 2000
Mr. Manas Rn. Biswal Lab Supervisor 16 -10 -2000
Mr. Haris Mohanty Store Keeper 1 - 7 - 2000
Mr.Dhirendra Parija Peon 25 - 9 - 2000
Mr. Surendra Behera Peon 1 -10 - 2000
Mr. Subas Sethy Driver 5 - 1-2000
Mr. Lokanath Sethy Driver 16 - 8 -2000
Mr. K. Mohan Reddy Bus Helper 12 -1- 2000
Mr. Satyapriya Choudhury Guard 17- 6 -2000
Mr. N. Raghunath Patra Guard 3 - 1- 2000
Mr. W. Kanka Rao Guard 2 -1 - 2000
Mr. Sagar Choudhury Lift Operator 1-12 - 2000
Mr. Uma Sankar Behera Sweeper 1- 7 -2000
Mr. Mahendra Hati Sweeper 19 -10-2000
Mr. Ranjan Kumar Nayak Sweeper 23 -8 -2000
8 th Asim Memorial Engineers Cricket Cup
The “8th Asim Memorial Engineers Cricket Cup-2012” tournament was hosted by National Institute
of Science and Technology from 15 th – 18 th March 2012 at Berhampur Stadium, Berhampur. The
tournament was played between the following teams:
1. G.I.E.T., Gunupur
2. GITA, Bhubaneswar
3. SILICON, Bhubaneswar
4. CEB, Bhubaneswar
5. SMIT, Berhampur
6. RIT, Berhampur
7. APEX, Bhubaneswar
8. NIST, Berhampur
NIST won the 8 th ‘Asim Memorial Engineer’s Cricket
Cup Tournament’ in the final match by defeating GIET,
Gunupur. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator,
B. Tech program, NIST, honoured the
winning team and the best performers of the
tournament.
Winner
-: NIST, Berhampur
Runners-Up
-: GIET, Gunupur
Best Bats Man -: Pramatesh Bhatt-NIST
Best Bowler
-: Md. Waqar-GIET
Man of the Series -: Amarnath Singh-NIST
Best Fielder -: Baba Balaram Hansda-NIST
Best Wicket Keeper -: Pramatesh Bhatt-NIST
Best Disciplined Team -: SMIT, Berhampur
Congratulations to NIST Cricket team!
Runners-up
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NIST Welcomes
NIST welcomes the following members to its Parivaar :
Mr. Trilochan Panigrahi joined as Faculty in the Dept.
of Electronics and Communication
Engineering. Mr. Panigrahi has done his M.
Tech in ECE from NIST and Ph. D on the
thesis, “On the Development of
Distributed Estimation Techniques for
Wireless Sensor Network” from NIT,
Rourkela. During his Ph. D, he worked on the UKIERI
(United Kingdom India Education Research Initiatives)
project in collaboration with University of Edinburg, UK.
Before he left for his Ph. D., Mr. Panigrahi served NIST at
the position of a Lecturer in the Dept. of ECE for 3 years.
He has 6 International Journal Publications and 20 National
and International Conference Paper publications to his
credit. His research interest lies in the areas of Distributed
Signal Processing for wireless sensor network.
Ms. Manaswini Misra joined as Faculty in the Dept. of
Electronics and Instrumentation
Engineering. She has done her B. Tech in
EIE from GIET, Gunupur and M. Tech in ECE
from NIST. She has more than 5 years of
teaching experience working at RIT,
Berhampur and NIST. Her research interest
lies in the area of VLSI design.
Dr. Sujit Kumar Samanta joined as Faculty in the Dept.
of Mathematics. He has done his B. Sc and
M. Sc in Mathematics from Vidyasagar
University, West Bengal and Ph. D from IIT,
Kharagpur. Dr. Samanta visited Technical
University of Lisbon, Portugal, University of
Avignon, France and Wilfried Laurier
University, Canada during his Post doctorate. He worked
at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar for a period of one year
before he left for his post doctorate. His research interest
lies in the areas of Queueing Theory, Inventory System
and Adhoc Wireless Network.
Mr. Aswini Kumar Khuntia joined as Faculty in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering. He
has done his BE from SMIT, Berhampur and
is pursuing M. Tech in Mechanical System
Design from IGIT, Sarang. Mr. Khuntia has
3 years of teaching experience and 5 years
of industry experience. He has 2 IEEE, 1
journal, and 4 national and international Conference paper
publications to his credit. His research interests lies in
the areas of robotics.
Mr. Kailash Pati Mandal joined as Faculty in the Dept.
of Computer Science and Engineering. He
has done his B. Tech and ME in CSE from
Bengal College of Engineering and
Technology, Durgapur and Jadavpur
University respectively. He has around three
years of experience in teaching as faculty
at Institute of Science and Technology, Paschim
Medinipur, West Bengal. His research interests lies in
the areas of Mobile Computing.
Ms. Reena Devi joined as Laboratory Supervisor in the
Dept. of ECE. She has done her Diploma
Engineering in ETC from UCPES,
Berhmapur and has undergone Apprentice
Training for 1 year at the same college. She
has 4 years of experience as an Instructor
at IEM, Jeypore.
Mr. K. Manoja Kumar Patra joined as Laboratory
Supervisor in the Dept. of ECE. He has done
his ITI in Electronics from Govt. ITI,
Berhampur and his Diploma Engineering in
ETC from UCPES, Berhmapur. Before joining
us, Mr. Patra worked at GRIDCO as
Apprentice Trainee.
Mr. Jiban Chand Padhy joined as
Laboratory Supervisor in the Dept. of ECE.
He has done his Diploma Engineering in
ETC from Hi-Tech Institute of Information
and Technology, Jeypore and underwent a
training at NALCO for a period of one month.
He worked with Flash Electronics, Pune as Trainee
Operating Engineer before joining us.
Ms. Sagarika Behera joined as
Laboratory Supervisor in the Dept. of ECE.
She has done her Diploma Engineering in
ETC from UCPES, Berhampur.
Mr. Baba Baidyanath Mahapatra joined as
Administrative Officer. He is a BA and LLB
from Berhampur University. Mr. Mahapatra
has worked in different capacities like,
Assistant Consolidation Officer, Tahasildar,
Executive Magistrate at many places of
Odisha and retired as the District
Development Officer from Collectorate, Ganjam, Chatrapur.
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Newsdesk
Mr. Manish Billung, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_news
2012 (MMXII) is a leap year that started on a Sunday. In the Gregorian calendar, it is the 2012th
year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and of the
21st century, and the 3rd of the 2010s.There are variety of popular beliefs about the year 2012. These beliefs
range from the spiritually transformative to the apocalyptic, and center upon various contemporary interpretations of
the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Scientists have disputed the apocalyptic versions. Moving on, the explosion
of fist fights, police, jeers, and cheers that greeted the notorious series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano,
Nigeria, results in 185 deaths. The attacks are blamed on the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, 11 members of
which are killed in a shootout in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The King who opted to be driven around
in a taxi, George Tupou V, the king of Tonga, has died after ten days in intensive care in a Hong Kong hospital. The 63-
year-old brought democracy to his nation of 115,000 people. The reformist swore into power in 2006 but his coronation
was pushed back two years in the wake of Nuku’alofa rioting. War crimes are serious violations of the laws applicable
in armed conflict, also known as international humanitarian law, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility. The
Latest such incident was reported in Afghanistan, when a US soldier, Sgt Robert Bales, went on a spree, killing 16
civilians. The aftermath of World War II left Korea partitioned, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a Sovietstyle
socialist regime, was established in the north while the Republic of Korea, a Western-style republic, was
established in the south. Amidst tension, President Barack Obama visited the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on South
Korea’s border with the North on Sunday before a nuclear summit in Seoul. The United States president’s trip to the
area separating the north and south on the Korean peninsula comes amidst increased tension over Pyongyang’s plan
to launch a rocket next month. His visit was a show of support for South Korea. The US has travelled a long way in
recent decades, but cases like the killing of Trayvon Martin stir up fears that some lessons have not been learnt well
enough. There’s mounting outrage at the shooting dead of an unarmed black teenager in Florida - it is online and it is
on the streets. The reason for the fury is the belief that 17-year-old ‘Trayvon Martin’ was a victim of racism.
Focusing on the national forefront, the biggest news maker was ‘Akhilesh Yadav’. The youngest CM of Uttar Pradesh
is credited for winning the state for the ‘Samajwadi Party’. In a stunning electoral performance that decimated the
ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh’s Samajwadi Party won 224 Assembly seats, shattering
the ‘national’ conceits of both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party along the way. Unhappy over the railway
budget , Trinamool Supremo , Mamata Banerjee demanded the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi . Trinamool Congress MP
Mukul Roy was sworn in as a cabinet minister and is expected to replace party MP Dinesh Trivedi, who had to quit as
railway minister following the rail budget in which he proposed to hike passenger fares. The Maoist abduction of two
Italians have taken the state of Orissa by a shock. Two Italian citizens were taken hostage by Maoists at an undisclosed
location in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Saturday. One of the two abducted men, Boscusco Paolo, has been
visiting Odisha sinch 1999 and runs a travel agency in Puri that takes foreign tourists on tribal tours. The other, Clandio
Colangilo, is a tourist. Fast industrialization has seen the state lose close to 12000 hectares of forest land that have
been diverted in the past 10 years for mining activities and also to make way for industries in sectors like steel,
aluminium, power and petroleum refining.While mining activities have taken the lion’s share of the forest land (10,182
hectares), 1749.02 hectares have been diverted for industrial projects. In the business world, Apple has launched their
new iPad3 . First weekend sales exceed the iPad 2, but not the iPhone 4S. Early reports that its reception was “notso-spectacular”
seem to have been off the mark. Within hours of Supreme Court dismissing the review petition in the
Vodafone’s tax case, government on Tuesday refunded about Rs 2,500 crore plus four percent interest to the firm. In
its judgment on January 20, the Supreme Court had set aside the Bombay High Court ruling and asked the Income
Tax Department to return Rs 2,500 crore deposited by Vodafone International Holdings within two months along with
4 per cent interest. Rise, cheer, shed a tear, or just clap in awe. The milestone – which for some was awaited with
bated breath, for others seen as merely a number, for some a zenith – has finally arrived. He searched it the world over,
for over a year, not knowing that the landmark would come near to home. And on March 16, 2012, he finally found it,
in Bangladesh. Sachin Tendulkar is a 100-century man. On the other hand ‘THE WALL’ of Indian cricket , Rahul Dravid
, has announced his retirement from International cricket. Dravid left cricket assuring everyone that India had an
abundance of batting talent which could easily fill in the No. 3 slot he has left vacant. The pundits however find it hard
to arrive at a consensus over the most likely candidate capable of filling the void created by his departure.
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Sports Cast
Mr. Ashraf Haroon Rashid, B. Tech., 4 th Sem., Team e_news
As this month marks the beginning of a typical warm, sunny and at times sultry, Berhampurian
summer along with a tightly packed NIST schedule, we have Mr. Fidio with us who is helping
me out to get latest sports update from all across the globe. ‘Regards NISTIANs’, he says. Let’s see what
he has got for us. ‘All’s well that ends well’, he says. Yeah, you guessed it right, it’s for our dearest team India who
finished off their despicable campaign in Australia in super style by beating Sri-Lanka in their last encounter. Team
India’s batsmen showed off some real guts to chase down a score of 321 within 37 overs. Applauses to Virat Kohli
who went all guns blazing, scoring 133 in just 86 balls. In the end of the Australian tour, team India lost more than
just a series, as ‘The Wall’ took a highly dignified retirement from all forms of international cricket. The Aussies won
the CB series after they beat Sri-Lanka in two out of three well fought finals. In the national level, West Bengal lead
by Sourav Ganguly won the Vijay Hazare trophy. Asia cup has begun and Pakistan draws the first blood by beating
Bangladesh in a close first encounter. Also during the start of the Asia cup, there was a mass speculation about
Sachin’s retirement. But ‘the master blaster’s’ fans do not have to worry much because Sachin won’t be retiring as
of now. ‘The god doesn’t retires’, does he?
Speak of the god, how can Lionel Messi be left out? The current ‘Ballon d’ Or’ scored an amazing 5 streak to guide
FC Barcelona to a 7-1 win over Bayern Leverkusen in the UEFA champion’s league. Barcelona thereby entered the
UEFA quarters. Chelsea produced a stunning victory against Napoli by beating them 4-1 and entering the UEFA
quarters by overturning a two goal lead. This was only the fourth time when in the champions league when such a
feat has been attained by any team. The other teams that qualified for the UEFA quarters are Apoel, Bayern Munich,
Real Madrid, Milan, Marsielle, Barcelona, Benfica. In EPL, Manchester United lead the table followed by Roberto
Mancini’s Manchester City. Tottenham and Arsenal are having a neck to neck competition for the third and fourth
place followed by Chelsea at the fifth position. The La Liga is still being ruled by Real Madrid, who managed to take
a more or less unbeatable lead. Following them Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona in the second place. Valencia, Levante
and Malaga are at third, fourth and fifth position respectively. In Asia Cup, the Indian soccer team showed a dismal
performance as they lost all of their league matches, and looked desparate to open their account. And thus, their
campaign ended without even a single goal being scored by them. ‘With despair comes joy’. The Indian Hockey
Team managed to qualify for the London Olympics in style as they won each and every game and emerged as the
‘Numer Uno’ of their in the asian olympic qualifiers. ‘Ladies first’ says Fidido, for the Indian Women’s kabaddi team,
which won the women’s hockey world cup. This was a perfect answer to the critics and Mr. Sukhbir Badal who was
hell bent on demoralizing the formers. There was yet another added attraction for the women’s sports fraternity,
which was marked by the well fought final of the Australian open between the screaming queens Victoria Azarenka
and Maria Sharapova. The former came up triumphant. It was a ‘clash of the titans’ at the Rod Lavers arena in men’s
Australian open finals which was fought between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovick, which was the longest in the
history with time duration close to six hours. Djokovick was bestowed a win by the ‘goddess of victory’. This was
Djokovick’s third Australian Open title. Leander Paes gave India yet another glory by winning the men’s doubles final
along with Stepanek whereas, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Robert Vinci won the women’s doubles event. Leander
Paes and Elena Vesnina lost the mixed doubles finals of the Australian Open against Mattek-Sands and R. Tacau.
But, apart from the all the sports action across the globe, the NIST cricket team has managed to steal the show yet
again by usurping the 8 TH ASIM MEMORIAL ENGINEER’S. Also the Intra-college lawn tennis tournament was held
during Waves. The main draw consisted of 16 spots with 8 for top seeds and the rest from qualifying rounds. After
some exciting matches the semi final line up came down to top seed Sandeep facing 4th seed Shankarsan and 3rd
seed Pratik Mohanty facing 2nd seed Gaurav Rath. The Final was held on the 23rd of March where Gaurav Rath
defeated Sandeep Terai 6-2, 7-6 in just under two hours to emerge champion.That’s all folks for this edition of
sportscast, and stay tuned for more interesting sports updates. Adios amigos…
Guided by: Mr. Naquib Akhtar
That was all for this edition of Sportscast. For any queries mail me at ashurshd1@gmail.com
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NOISE POLLUTION:
Will it remain an integral part of Berhampur forever?
Mr. Gaurav Rath - MBA, 1 st Sem
Berhampur has always been a victim of noise pollution. This is due to the heavy use of
loudspeakers at various temples, marriage processions, domestic functions and political
events. This happens because the city administration and the police turn a deaf ear. If one approaches
the police, the first reaction they give is as if you are an alien. They seem to be oblivious to the
term/concept of noise pollution. They try to give various reasons like: they cannot prevent or play
with the sentiments of the people. This gives the public a perception that using loudspeakers is their
birth right and they carry on with their crime of using them at any place and any level, irrespective of
how it affects others.
The reason behind the problem is the lack of awareness among the people. They are not aware of
the various laws that prohibit the use of loudspeakers. The city administration is equally responsible
for this lawlessness. They have never initiated any steps to counsel the temple administrations
against use of loudspeakers. Although the police have the necessary powers and equipment to
monitor noise pollution levels they hardly try to give it a thought. Whenever the public approaches
them, they try to pass the buck by saying that the permission is granted by the Sub-Collector etc.
This inaction on the part of police and city administration gives a boost to the spread of this evil.
Some or the other temple always has some function and the first thing they do is: put up two huge
loudspeakers and conduct their proceedings. The other horrible practice in the city is that of marriage
processions. They use heavy loudspeakers and very loud crackers. During the marriage season the
whole city feels like a warzone. The law is clear:
· No permission can be granted by any authority for use of public address
system in the open after 10.00 PM and before 6.00 AM. No exception is
possible. Any person or organization making noise on amplified system after
10.00 pm is violation of the law and the person can be prosecuted under the
provisions of the EPA 1986. Only District Magistrates can grant permissions
after 10.00 PM for functions within closed premises. District Magistrates
cannot grant permission for use of any amplified public address system after
10.00 PM.
· After permission has been procured the sound must fall within the sound
limits prescribed in the Noise Rules. This can be measured on a sound meter.
Any person violating the Rules is liable to be arrested under the stringent
provisions of the EPA.
This gross violation of law is almost a daily affair in the city. To be specific let me give the example:
The Mahashivratri
on 20/2/2012.
This is believed to be a very sacred and holy festival as per Hindu tradition but the way it was
conducted all around the city squeezed all the holiness out of it and turned it into a sham. Although,
it was scheduled for 20 th February, most of the temples around the city started playing loudspeakers
two days prior to its commencement. They continued this all through the night. By conducting such
heavy crime in the name of God they violated the very basis on which every religion stands. No
religion ever preaches to achieve itss goals by harming innocent people. And all the so called religious
people who attended the functions at these temples also become a party to this crime. Their
culpability cannot be absolved by feigning ignorance about the law. Because of the way the
religion is preached in most of our cities, it loses all the sanctity that it is supposed to have.
The city police patrol teams like PCR Vans are just show pieces. Even when they pass the place
where a function is going on with use of loudspeakers they do not bother to get out of their vehicles
and see to it that the law is not violated. They do not seize the equipment nor do they take any legal
action against the offenders. All this only gives us an indication about the things to come ( a state of
anarchy). The major reason behind this is that people generally do not come out and report this
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matter or lodge a complaint with the appropriate authorities. They prefer to just shut their own doors
and windows so that they are not disturbed. By doing this we are only encouraging such incidents. In
such circumstances it is the duty of us, the educated people of this city, to take up this issue and
try to sensitise people about the issue. So my dear friends let us try to be more civilized and act in
a more mature way given that we are well educated. Let’s not spoil the peace of others by acting in
a selfish manner. If we continue to take part in and encourage such acts then what can we expect
from others? Please try to pass on this message to as many people as possible. I expect a good
response to this article and wish that many of the readers come forward and join me in
starting a mass movement to bring about a change. Because if we consider these issues to
be petty ones and not act on it now, then a time would come when things would have slipped
from our grip. If we continue to turn a blind eye to these issues and prefer to shut our doors
and windows rather than pointing out the wrong of others then, we would only be encouraging
this malady.
Responses at:gauravrath@yahoo.com, http://www.facebook.com/gauravrath
Cynosure of all Eyes
Ms. Neena Choudhary, B. Tech., 8th Sem., Team e_news
This is different… also awkward… but true! When I sat down to think about an issue for this edition I
suddenly got overwhelmed. No, this is not my ast piece for the bulletin, but yes, this will end very soon.
Writing for e_news has been one of the most treasured feelings for me. I have received more than I could
contribute and above all, I am proud that hundreds, if not thousands, read what I wrote.
This issue is not to bring a change in you but will focus on what a college gives you. You lament the
ending of a college life only when a couple of months are left and you realize that you will never get back
this life, even in the exchange of no matter what. This is the time when you realise how perfect everything
was at college.
I hadn’t started to lament the ending of my college experience until one of my cousins told me, “Make
sure you have fun your last few months of college. And it’s O.K. if you cry when you leave.” That one line
made me realise I grew up in college. I am a completely different person than the stubborn, naïve,
wisdom-tooth-less18-year-old (yes that is news! I have three of my wisdom tooth growing) who stumbled,
nervous about facing her seniors. I’m certainly not saying that after four years I know it all. In fact, I would
guess that I know little to nothing about anything. But, I am thankful to the Almighty that I had my college
surrounding and protecting me. When unemployment is at its peak I am lucky that I have a job in hand
while I will be leaving my college. It actually does matter if your career is molding into the shape you
always wanted, but, again, this is not the end of the road. The day you will be leaving college, it won’t
matter how many offer letters you have in your pocket, what will matter most is, if all your friends are
leaving with a job in hand. This is what college teaches you.
My college life has been like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires, and yet for at least a second
brings light in to the dark and stormy night. The things I hated about the college at the beginning all of a
sudden I am starting to love them (There always are exceptions… I still do not love attending the 100
minutes class.). It seems like time is running away now. A very few days are left and I have got so much
to enjoy, so much to do (yes, including the project work!) and so much to write about.
I am privileged that I will not be leaving instantly and have this chance of saying “Good Bye” to the college,
the one that gave me the best memories of my life, people whom I can look up to and also showed a new
direction which surely leads to a road with no ends.
(To be continued…. in the next edition…)
[Any suggestions or feedback regarding the article are welcome and can be mailed to
me.neenac@gmail.com]
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SAT SAYS: The Last Hooray!!!
Mr. Kewal Krishna, B. Tech., 8 th Sem., Team e_news
It’s time you take out your kerchiefs. Its time you find a shoulder to weep on. Its time you
dive in nostalgia. Its time you savor every word you read. Its time for your beloved, your
champion, your voice to fizz out. The time has come for SAT to die...
Well not just yet. How can SAT depart before giving one of SAT’s famous preaching? Didn’t you all enjoy
those monologues- sometimes rude, sometimes catchy, sometimes biased, sometimes even racist but
always true and insightful. In this final issue SAT won’t do any of that but rather take you through a trip
down memory lane. SAT started out as an acronym for satire. “Satire on Attire”, the first trumpet, though
naive, was well appreciated by you all. Thank You. Students personally came up to the so-called-creator of
SAT, Kewal Krishna (however SAT, has already made it clear in earlier issues that Kewal is just a medium.
SAT is nothing but that voice within you that begs attention but is always unheard and ignored) and
thanked him for writing something related to the students of this college and not about world economics
and politics. Who reads them anyway? From there it became a mandate for SAT. SAT’s sayings would
always then be related to the student fraternity.
Next in the series was, “P for Placements”. It was the only occasion when you all wanted to follow the
placement department’s advice sincerely. Well almost sincerely, except when it came to attending the PPTs
or bringing in a photo attached CV or wearing a tie. “Strike it out” was the next memorandum wherein SAT
urged the student fraternity to strike against the university strike. The semesters are 3 months and the
exams, Dear Lord, are 2 months long. It can happen only in our dear BPUT. “Waka Waka” was where SAT
brought to you the April fool’s joke played on all Indians by Shakira (now this is where “O la la” fits.
Listening Bappi da? Not Vidya, Shakira), that Waka Waka was the FIFA world cup theme. It actually meant
Wake and Whack for us Indians. Wake up from the dream of 3.25 package and whack out the depravity
prevailing in the country by becoming IASs, politicians, policemen and so on. “The death of GOD” was a
correspondence form He Himself requesting you all to let secularism prevail. SAT does not deny the fact
that it was an opportunistic time to say so as this all took place in the wake of the judgment of the Babri
demolition. Then the Golden period came for SAT where SAT’s popularity rose and rose and rose. (It’s no
secret that SAT likes to brag)
“NIST leaks” based on Wiki leaks were received with great appreciation. That Sagar Xerox’s methods were
monopolistic or that the faculty was also tired of taking classes were all revealed in this cable. “V day”
made fun of girls and their unreal desire for perfect love and the more perplexing one, soft toys. It also
showed how boys spend their mess bills to get those teddies and chocolates. SAT continued the tradition
in “International Men’s Day” demanding a day in recognition of the opposite’s opposite gender. Men duh...
Don’t you hate it when a girl gets ahead of you in the queue and gets the last available tickets of your
favorite movie? How often do you have to get up in a bus or train so that the pretty lady there can be
seated? Don’t you despise the fact that you have to carry around the entire luggage whenever you are
traveling? And how often have you to pay the bill just because you don’t put a lipstick or a suns crème or
mascara…the list can go on and on and on….It was then that SAT proposed a day for the anger amongst
peace, for the greed amongst sacrifice, for the ruthless amongst love, for the problem amongst solution.
How about an INTERNATIONAL MEN’s DAY on the 30 th of FEBRUARY because that’s how the dark and
handsome had turned dark to the women in their life for the past thousands of years- oblivious to their
needs and butchers of their desires. SAT’s last gig featuring the fairer sex was “A or I” where SAT unearthed
an interesting phenomena that 87.5% of the girls studying at NIST from its inception have had a name
ending with, yeah you guessed it right, an “a” or an “i”. After this SAT brought before you “Resolutions
2012” where SAT tactfully showed that the resolution of every boy was to get a girl and that of girls were
to get slim, to get fairer, and to buy clothes… SAT was brought to you the resolutions of famous personalities
like that of the man with the turban having a resolution of making one decision on his own.
It has been a great journey. The love and support you extended mesmerized SAT and SAT always
acknowledged them in the issues. THANK YOU. Now it’s time to say the goodbyes. SAT hopes you would
remember SAT as SAT would always remember you.
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SAP Labs changes the fate of FIVE
It started at 11:00 am on the 24 th of March, 2012 at the office of SAP Labs, Bengaluru. We had two rounds of
interview, technical and Management. Each was an elimination round. The interview was on a one to one basis
and results were told almost immediately to the concerned candidate. Basically, the interview revolved around
what was written in the resume. So like our teachers say from day zero, we ought to know every letter in
our resume in detail.
In technical round we were asked questions majorly from Database. Other subjects that they asked questions were
from C/C++/Java (whichever language we said we were comfortable with), Algorithms, Data structures and Operating
systems. Some of us were grilled on the projects we had mentioned in our resume. Some technical interviews lasted
for an hour. Every technical interview included at least one puzzle question. One thing we all realized was that we
were asked very fundamental questions. It was our understandability of the concepts that they wanted to check.
The management round covered questions from every area including our introduction, projects and technical know-how.
In one round or the other we were
asked what we knew of the company
and its products. They even asked some
of us our goals and where else we have
been placed. One of the most surprising
questions was: “Whether the faculties
of NIST are good or the students?” To that the answer as we know is BOTH. We were asked to write codes and while
doing that they continued to bombard us with more questions. Overall, they made sure we knew what we said we did.
Our suggestion to our juniors would be that make sure you know everything about what you have written in your
resume, including you project partner’s name! Do not take seminars, lab projects, summer training or your paper
presentations lightly. You never know wh en these may turn your interview around. Make sure your basics are clear
and please do keep your class notes, DO NOT lose them. We know how much they matter. At the nth minute books
will look like a big jumble. Most important never ever put yourself down, believe in yourself and have faith.
We thank our Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali; Placement director, Prof. Geetika Mudali; Dean, Dr Ajit Ku. Panda;
Course co-ordinator, Mr A.K.Padhy; the Placement Cell and every single teacher who has taught us either inside
the classroom or the lab or anywhere outside it. Our special thanks to Mr Atanu Dutta, Mr Sudhir Panigrahy, Mr
Bhawani Shankar Pattnaik and Mr Shom P. Das for their help and guidance from the beginning to the end. Lastly
we thank our parents and friends for standing with us through it all.
Anna Jain, 200860006, Hiranmayee Nayak, 200860088, Kumari Sunita, 200870180, Saswati Misra,
200863496, Sonal, 200870173
Saraswati Puja Celebrations
Republic Day Celebrations
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From Mailbox
ODISHA DIARY
Anil K. Rajvanshi
Email: anilrajvanshi@gmail.com
1. I was invited to give 2 lectures in late January
2012 at National Institute of Science and Technology
(NIST), Berhampur, Orissa. This gave me an
opportunity to see Orissa after 30 years.
2. NIST is run by a dynamic IIT Kanpur alumnus
Sangram Mudali. He is trying to set up a first class
Institute of Technology in Orissa almost modeled on
IITs. I gave a lecture on social entrepreneurship to
his MBA/engineering students.
3. NIST also conducts a program (funded by DST)
called Inspire. In this program the toppers of Orissa
schools (CBSE, ICSE and Odisha board) are invited
for a 4-5 days camp at NIST campus to be inspired
to join S&T stream for higher studies. I was the chief
guest of this program this time. It was a wonderful
experience to interact with nearly 400 bright students
of class XI/XII and to respond to their sharp
questions. This was the third time that “Inspire” camp
is being conducted at NIST.
From : Bimal Sethi bimal237@gmail.com
To: editorsnistenews@gmail.com
Sub: Hello Sir
Dear Sir,
I am Bimal Kanta Sethi, Roll No - 200215237, Branch-
EEE. NIST has given me excellent knowledge in the
fields of Instrumentation as well as Electrical.
I joined BHEL in the year February 2008 in the Project
Division. I worked in Electrical & Instrumentation field
in the Thermal as well as CCPP (72MW CFBC Boiler
& 351MW CCPP) in Gujarat. Now I am in Noumea,
Nouvelle Caledonia, French colony for assignment for
2X135CFBC Boiler.
If anyone interested to gain knowledge about Power
Plant in the field of Electrical & Instrumentation, they
are mostly welcome.
My email id:
bimal237@gmail.com,bksethi@bhelpswr.co.in
Wish u all the best.
Bimal
The Challenge
Mr. N. Serish, Faculty Member ,
Dept. of English
“Lots of work – practice. Interested in more
detail, read books, see me, practice more examples. If
no go – OK we slow up. Hand in some problems so I
can tell.”
This was one of the principles that physicist
Richard Feynman wrote up for himself and for his
students before settling down as a lecturer of
mathematical physics at Cornell, US. His subsequent
lectures collected as “Feynman Lectures on Physics”
rewrote the knowledge of physics which was
necessitated by the shockwave of atomic age. Quantum
mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, particle
physics almost every aspect of reality and science that
students learnt at top universities in Berlin, Cambridge,
Caltech, MIT, Princeton and dozens of other universities
was outdated by the time of Trinity test in Los Alamos.
Today, when we read these lectures, we can almost see
Professor Feynman sitting on the desk in the classroom
and trying to talk, running up to the black board and draw
and then try to explain the fundamentals as well as the
more esoteric aspects of physics.
But in the classrooms of 21 st century India the curriculum
has not changed since 1970s. The textbooks are only
becoming fatter and fatter presenting the students with a
challenge of just reading rather than letting them get
enlightened.
Let me state one example, one of the best grammar books
I have read is Richard Morris: English Grammar. A 133-
page book that set me on the path of using correct
language, it also had a message that English can be learnt/
corrected only by using it. Now, when I encounter 700
or 800 page tomes on Technical Communication, I am
zapped. For a fact, I know that a student in a technical
institution would be more focused on his subject than
learning about parsing a sentence into its elements.
NIST students now have access to the sea of technical
knowledge through the e-journals. And as the world learns
more about neutrinos travelling or not travelling faster
than light and God particle (Higgs Boson) the challenges
of learning, problem solving and innovation are becoming
ever more for the students.
For the teachers, the crux of the problem is faced in the
classrooms of 90 students. Should the teachers focus
only on completing the vast syllabus or should they try to
open up the young minds to ideas, problem solving,
innovation turning the students into thought leaders,
entrepreneurs and innovators?
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