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

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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