Voice of September 2011 - Vignan University

VOICE September 2011 2 

EDITORIAL BOARDEditor-in-Chief 

: 

A. Leela Mohan Rao 

Executive Editor : 

A. Sharada 

Editorial Board : 

Faculty : 

B. Padma Sree 

Ratna Malathi 

Raghuram 

EDUCATION 

UNDER FIRE ! 

When we say India, we speak of a 

nation that was known from earliest 

times for its wise scholars and 

philosophers. As a nation that 

taught the world how to count, how 

to meditate and medicate; a nation 

where astronomy was born; a 

nation that once had centres of 

learning; a nation renowned for its 

great civilization and heritage, it 

was indeed a beacon to the rest of 

the world. 

Can any of us, otherwise proud to 

be Indians, digest the bitter truth 

that this nation, once a renowned 

center of learning, has not a single 

university today that can claim a 

ranking in the top 500 institutions 

of the world? 

But one has to… 

For this epic accomplishment, 

kudos to our prevailing education 

system. The objective of the 

twenty-odd years of education in a 

person’s life is to provide him/her 

with an orientation and ideology 

essential for leading a socially 

responsible, materially successful 

and emotionally balanced life. It is 

this very objective that the present 

system ignores. Moreover, the 

system has not succeeded to any 

extent in promoting scientific 

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temper among students; we lack 

visionary scientific leaders. Even 

our so called premier institutions of 

higher learning lack credibility at 

the global level. Teaching of 

science or technology is most often 

limited to theory. Our system does 

not lay adequate thrust on creative 

applications of science or 

technology as western institutions 

do. 

Education in the past was driven by 

values and morals. Discipline and 

right conduct was the natural 

outcome of good education. On the 

contrary, the current education 

system is in deep crisis. It is 

churning out hollow men and 

women, devoid of character or 

intellect. 

Today, we lament on the gross 

commercialization of education. 

There is an exponential increase in 

the number of educational 

institutions. Education, in the 

dubious sense of the word, has 

spread to remote corners of the 

nation. But the question that needs 

to be answered is whether the 

students from these institutions 

deserve to be recognized as 

‘educated’. 

Often, it is the parents, who are 

Greetings to 

Faculty and Students of 

Vignan University! 

We are pleased to introduce the revamped 

September 2011 edition of Voice. 

This issue that you hold in your hands 

owes itself to a conversation the Editor 

had with Mr. Lavu Krishna a couple of 

months ago. Browsing through an issue 

of Voice, he remarked that the newsletter 

needed more colour and student 

contributions to appeal to the student 

community. This got us thinking and the 

VOICE editorial board decided to seek 

some professional help. We approached 

The Hindu for suggestions and Mr. Samuel 

Jonathan, Chief reporter, Guntur and Mr. 

Anand Mohan, Designer graciously 

accepted to conduct a series of workshops. 

We are delighted with the results of the 

make-over. 

This has been a particularly eventful and 

responsible for this sorry state of 

affairs. They are ill informed and 

overambitious regarding their 

child’s education. They spend 

money rather than time on their 

child’s education. This has spawned 

a host of corporate educational 

institutions. The resultant system is 

an oppressive one, limiting 

students’ horizons often rendering 

them ‘frogs in a well’. Examinations 

were intended to be mere 

appraisals of a student’s learning 

process, but they have now become 

the very purpose. Students who 

long for education as something 

transcendent and powerful find 

themselves locked in institutions 

that reduce learning to a mindless 

and irrelevant routine of drill and 

skill. The reservation system that is 

a boon to the underprivileged 

students has become a bane to the 

student community because it 

promotes mediocrity and produces 

inept teachers. 

If the abundant human resources of 

this great nation are to be harnessed, 

a wholesome educational system is 

the need of the hour, one that will 

equip students with a broad 

knowledge base and instill values 

and skills that will enable them to 

face any situation in life. 

By V.V.Nagarjuna 

IV ECE 

Editor's Voice 

successful period for the University. Our campus is, 

indeed, the most happening place, full of events and 

activities. Students and faculty are breaking new 

ground across a wide spectrum of areas; hence the 

varsity has many reasons to celebrate the fabulous 

accomplishments of its members. 

Along with the student and faculty accomplishments, 

this issue of Voice has a special focus on the 

achievement of VU's alumni, both recent and past 

graduates. As a university, it is important for us to 

keep in touch with our graduates. You can see that 

our alumni continue to do us proud. They have not 

stopped studying and contributing to the world 

around them. 

Voice would continue to report the multifarious 

activities that are being successfully carried out on 

the campus. Catching the VOICE bug, some of our 

outstanding students feel encouraged to enhance their 

writing skills, stretch their creativity and become 

passionately involved in the bringing out of this 

newsletter every month. There are other interesting 

tidbits and brain teasers strewn over the following 

pages. In order to make the newsletter interactive, we 

propose to include a new section titled ‘Letters to the 

Editor'. Readers can respond to the views expressed 

in the articles/book review/film review and make 

further suggestions for the improvement of future 

issues of the newsletter. 

As the university grows and continues to thrive, our 

accomplishments highlight the vibrant culture within. 

No wonder VU is one of the best and most sought after 

institutions of this region. With this issue we hope to 

reach out to a much larger number with an expectation 

that more and more readers will get interested in 

reading the newsletter. Once again, thank you, 

students, faculty, staff and management for your 

commitment to VOICE. 

Hope you all have as much fun reading it, as we had 

writing and compiling it!


Counsel 

HR FAQs from TCS-2011 Campus Drive 

Q1 

Q2 

Q3 

Q4 

Q5 

: Introduce yourself. 

: Talk about your family 

background. 

: So you studied under the 

ICSE board. What are the 2 

merits and demerits of 

ICSE board over CBSE 

board? 

: How does TCS earn its 

revenues? How does it 

conduct its business? 

: What was the need for 

bringing Information 

Technology to India? 

Q6 

Q7 

Q8 

Q9 

: There is a round cake. You 

have 3 chances to cut the 

cake. Divide the cake into 

8 pieces in the 3 chances. 

: Suppose I reject you today, 

what will you do next? 

: You have good 

communication skills. Do 

you attribute it to your 

schooling or family 

atmosphere? 

: What are your strengths 

and weaknesses? Cite two 

incidents from your life to 

illustrate your strengths? 

Q10 : Of which branch is 

Computer Science 

Engineering a mother 

branch ? 

Q11 : Why the interest to join 

TCS? 

Q12 : Being a non IT/CSE 

student, why do you want 

to switch over to IT? 

Q13 : Can you relocate? Can you 

work under tight 

deadlines? 

Q14 : What is the most 

complicated thing you 

have ever done? 

Q15 : If I were to ask your friend 

about you, how would he 

describe you? 

Q16 : Who is a Nightwatchman 

in Cricket? 

Q17 : How do you prepare an 

omlette? 

Q18 : What is your Eamcet rank, 

college joining date, marks 

in intermediate ? 

Q19 : Why do you like Vignan? 

Q20 : Tell me about any recent 

newspaper article that 

impressed you. 

Q21 : Imagine yourself as a 

flower and speak for one 

minute 

Q22 : If you were on an island / 

mountain, what would you 

do? 

Q23 : Why should we hire you 

when there are so many out 

there? What is your USP? 

Q24 : Who is your role model in 

life? Why? 

Q25 : What are the last two 

versions of Android? What 

Operating system does 

Android use? 

Tech Buzz 

Human beings have five basic 

senses that constitutes sight for 

vision, sound for communication, 

smell for fragrance, taste for sweet 

and sour and touch. When a child 

is born it does not have all its 

senses from its birth but most of 

them are developed during the life 

time. Millions of years of 

evolution have equipped us with 

the sensory apparatus to sense the 

world. According to human nature 

when we see someone, something 

or someplace our five senses 

perceive the information and help 

us in making our decision. 

However, the useful information 

perceived by our five senses 

doesn’t always help us to make 

correct decisions. Being human we 

have some limitations while 

interpreting the data, information 

or knowledge, especially one that 

is available online. But the 

miniaturization of computing 

devices and the availability of 

internet everywhere has made that 

data available everywhere. This 

data has a limitation, that they are 

limited to paper or mobile phone 

or digital screen. There is no 

interaction of the data confined to 

the digital screen with our actual 

world. Consider an example: If we 

meet a distant relative, we can get 

to know his/her personal or 

professional information by taking 

our mobile or the digital screen 

and googling about him/her in the 

data record or where ever we 

store it. 

Sixth Sense Technology 

There is no link between the digital 

information and our interaction 

with the physical world. 

Finally, 6 th sense technology 

bridges this gap, bringing 

intangible digital information to the 

physical world which is tangible 

and allows us to interact with the 

information using our normal hand 

gestures. 

Sixth Sense is also named as 

“WEAR THE WORLD.” It 

enables us to use the entire world 

as our computer. 

Physical Aspects of the 

Sixth Sense Device : 

Sixth sense is a device with basic 

gestural interface which augments 

the physical world around us with 

the digital information available. 

The hardware components are 

coupled in a pendant like mobile 

wearable device. 

The components constituting the 

sixth sense device are, 

1. Micro Battery Projector. 

2. Mirror. 

3. A high resolution camera. 

4. A Phone with internet 

connectivity and software to 

allow the other devices to 

interact with Phone. 

5. Coloured markers. 

Now coming to the function and 

use of each of the components 

mentioned above. 

Micro Battery Projector : 

It’s a small battery powered 

projector that projects the digital 

information on any surface - it can 

be a wall, a piece of paper or if 

nothing is available, on our palm. 

In simpler words it can be used to 

project on any opaque surface. 

Mirror : 

The small mirror receives the data 

from the projector and reflects it on 

to the opaque surface. 

A high resolution camera : 

The high resolution camera is used 

to capture the physical world 

around and the physical gestures 

through which we contact the 

physical world around us. The 

camera recognizes and tracks the 

user hand gestures and the physical 

object that is in front of it. 

Coloured Marker : 

Coloured markers are simple 

colour caps or it can be nail paint 

that helps to differentiate the 

normal fingers from the fingers 

with which we perform the gestures 

and each is different enough to 

differentiate it a little further. These 

are also called as visual tracking 

fiducials. Movements or 

arrangements of these fiducials are 

interpreted as gestures that acts as 

interaction instruction for the 

projector application interface. The 

maximum number of tracked 

fingers is constrained to the 

uniqueness of the fiducials. Hence 

by using unique fiducials we can 

provide a support for multi touch 

and multi user interaction. 

HOW IT WORKS: 

The Sixth Sense prototype is 

comprised of a pocket projector, a 

mirror and a camera. The hardware 

components are coupled in a 

pendant like a mobile wearable 

device. Both the projector and the 

camera are connected to the mobile 

computing device in the user’s 

pocket. The projector projects 

visual information enabling 

surfaces, walls and physical objects 

around us to be used as interfaces; 

while the camera recognizes and 

tracks user’s hand gestures and 

physical objects using computervision 

based techniques. The 

software program processes the 

video stream data captured by the 

camera and tracks the locations of 

the colored markers (visual 

tracking fiducially) at the tip of the 

user’s fingers using simple 

computer-vision techniques. The 

movements and arrangements of 

these fiducials are interpreted into 

gestures that act as interaction 

instructions for the projected 

application interfaces. The 

maximum number of tracked 

fingers is only constrained by the 

number of unique fiducials, thus 

Sixth Sense also supports multitouch 

and multi-user interaction. 

Mobile computing device 

The SixthSense system uses a 

mobile computing device in the 

user’s pocket as the processing 

device. The software program 

enabling all the features of the 

system runs on this computing 

device. This device can be a mobile 

phone or a small laptop computer. 

The camera, the projector and the 

microphone are connected to this 

device using wired or wireless 

connection. The mobile computing 

device is also connected to the 

Internet via 3G network or wireless 

connection.To run the Software 

component of Sixth Sense the 

prototype system runs on windows 

platform and major part of the code 

is written in C++ and C#. 

1. Drawing in open air 

2. Getting updates while 

reading newspaper 

3. Using hand as dial pad 

4. Playing with image 

About the Inventor : 

Name: 

Pranav Mistry 

Education: 

B.E Gujarat University, 

M Tech (IIT Mumbai, 

Design),Master in Media Arts 

and Sciences from MIT PHD 

(pursuing) From MIT 

Job Profile: 

UX Researcher with 

Microsoft. 

Currently, he is a Research 

Assistant and Ph.D. candidate 

at the MIT Media Lab. 

For details and more of his works visit 

http://www.pranavmistry.com/ 

Source: 

http://www.pranavmistry.com/ 

projects/sixthsense/ 

http://www.probintech. 

blogspot.com/2010/11/sixthsense.html 

Compiled by: 

Anjali 

II ECE

Campus 

Placements 

Pre-Placement 

Training for 

Prokarma 

Mr. Sarath, invited expert on the 7 th 

Sept.conducted a session on 

Logical Reasoning and Data 

Interpretation to the students 

undergoing campus recruitment 

training with VU’s Training & 

Placement Cell. Mr. Sarath also 

conducted sessions on critical 

reasoning, discussing model 

questions that are likely to figure 

in the PROKARMA recruitment 

test on 10 th Sept. 106 students of 

final B.Tech and M.C.A underwent 

the training session. 

Gearing up for 

VIRTUSA 

A two day special training 

programme for the eligible 

students aspiring to take 

VIRTUSA campus drive was 

organized by the T & P Cell on 

24 th & 25 th September. Eminent 

trainers, Mr. Mallik and 

Mr. Shabbir of COIGN 

Consultant Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad 

conducted comprehensive 

sessions covering the areas of 

Technical, Aptitude and HR 

Interview for the IV B.Tech 

students. A 2 ½ hr Virtusa mock 

test was conducted as a part of 

the training session. 

22 Selected for ProKarma 

Mr. Azaz interacting with students 

Prokarma, a Hyderabad based fast 

growing Business Process 

Organization conducted campus 

interviews for students of Vignan 

Engineering Institutions, Guntur 

and Vishakapatnam. The process 

started at 9.30 AM on 12 th 

September, with a pre-placement 

talk by HR manager, Mr. Srinivasa 

Reddy and another senior official, 

Mr. Azaz. Mr. Sreenivasa Reddy 

elaborated on the company’s 

profile, service conditions, work 

culture, opportunities for career 

growth, employee recreation 

activities etc. Mr. Azaz, informed 

that Prokarma was reputed for 

offering IT services such as 

software development, applications, 

cloud computing, 

infrastructure support, Oracle, SAP 

and testing solutions to telecom, 

insurance, banking and automotive 

clients. 356 students (174 from 

VEC, 139 from VLIT and 43 from 

VIIT) of CSE, ECE, IT, EEE and 

Mechanical branches participated 

in the drive. The recruitment 

process started with a written test, 

in which 105 students got 

shortlisted. About 59 students made 

it through the second phase, i.e., 

G.D, to take the technical 

interviews. Finally, out of the 25 

who took the HR interview, 22 got 

selected. 12 students of VEC, 8 of 

VLIT and 2 of VIIT received the 

offer letters on the same day. 


Leaap World Wide.. 

3 Vignanites selected 

Outside the Interview Hall 

Leaap International Logistics is a 

company known for its business 

acumen and customized approach 

to plan and execute projects. It 

is renowned for offering 

warehouse to warehouse 

movement of cargo services. The 

services involve packing, 

customs brokerage, insurance, 

route planning and transportation, 

drawing up logistics 

solutions etc. On the 5 th of 

September, the company 

conducted its preliminary campus 

interviews and shortlisted 10 

candidates. They were asked to 

take the final interviews on 12 th 

Sept at the company’s head office 

in Chennai. Eventually, three 

students of VU got selected. 

Pool Campus Drive by Indian Navy 

GK Time 

1. Where is the tomb of 

Emperor Akbar located? 

a) Sikandra b) Vrindavan 

c) Mathura d) Gwalior 

2. Which port city was the first 

Portuguese colony in India? 

a) Mumbai b) Kerela 

c) Goa d) Assam 

3. Where did Alexander of 

Macedonia first enter in 

India? 

a) Abhara b) Alampura 

c) Anastu d) Gandhara 

4. Who founded the Indian 

National Army? 

a) Lala Rajpat Roy 

b) Chandra bose 

c) Nehru 

d) Gangadhar Tilak 

5. Which city is closest to the 

geographical center of India? 

a) Nagpur b) Mumbai 

c) Pune d) Sindi 

6. Which classical Indian dance 

is traditionally performed by 

men? 

a) Kuchipudi b) Kathakali 

c) Bharatanatyam d) Manipuri 

7. Which was the first-all-Indian 

cricket club? 

a) Bedworth 

b) Collycroft CC 

c) Bulkington 

d) Orient 

8. How many Indians have won 

the Nobel prize? 

a) 10 b) 7 

c) 6 d) 8 

9. Which Indian athlete is known 

as the "Payolli Express"? 

a) P.T.Usha b) Ventura 

c) Venus d) Luther 

10. In which State in India would 

you find lions? 

a) Bihar b) Assam 

c) Gujarat d) Goa 

11. Which is the Oscar winning 

movie in the year 2011? 

a) Black swan 

b) The fighter 

c) Inception 

d) The king's speech 

12. Who is the Oscar winning 

director of 2011? 

a) Darren Aronofsky 

b) Tom Hooper 

c) David O. Russell 

d) Joel and Ethan Coen 

13. Who is the creator of barbie 

doll? 

a) Ruth Handler 

b) Mike Johnson 

c) Russels Peter 

d) Diego Camego 

14. The japanese call their 

country as ...?? 

a) Jappoi b) Nippon 

c) Janips d) Naisel 

15. The river Jordan flows out 

into the?? 

a) Nile b) Dead Sea 

c) Red Sea d) Caspian Sea 

16. What is the only manmade 

object that is observable from 

the moon? 

a) Wan Nian b) Chang Cheng 

c) Tai Fung d) Lao Tuzi 

17. Speaking of Canberra, what 

does that name mean in 

Aboriginal lingo? 

a) Hot Spot 

b) Meeting Place 

c) Hangover 

d) Desert 

18. What does the name Rasputin 

mean?? 

a) The dissolute 

Cdr. Nagesh exhorting students to explore a career with Indian Navy 

“Indian Navy provides dream 

opportunities to young technocrats,” 

said Cdr. Nagesh during his 

pre-placement talk on 22ndSept. 

He explained in detail career 

growth, monetary benefits and 

other facilities that the Indian Navy 

provides to its personnel. Lt. Cdr. 

Fregado shed light on the cutting 

edge technologies being deployed 

by the Indian Navy. Engineers can 

choose areas of work like Signal 

b) The holyman 

c) The priest 

d) Demon 

19. Which of these has long been 

considered the world's 

smallest fish?? 

a) Jelly fish 

b) Stout instant fish 

c) Obiter dictum 

d) Dwarf pygmy goby 

20. What was Williams' batting 

line during the final game of 

major league baseball? 

a) 2 for 3 with a single and 

double 

Systems, Submarine, Commandos, 

etc., suiting their own interest. Lt. 

Cdr. Madhav briefed students on 

the different training activities at 

various centers in India. “physical 

and psychological traits of the 

candidates will be tested during the 

drive,” he added. At the end of the 

preplacement talk, Cdr. Nagesh 

announced that shortlisted 

candidates would be asked to 

attend the interview at Bhopal. 

b) 3 for 4 for a single and 

double 

c) 4 for 5 for single and 

double 

d) 1 for 2 for a single and 

double 

Answers: 

1) a, 2) c, 3) d, 4) b, 

5) a, 6) b, 7) d, 8) c, 

9) a, 10) c, 11) d, 12) b, 

13) a, 14) b, 15) b, 16) b, 

17) b, 18) a, 19) d, 20) a 

Compiled by 

Srita Boyapati, III ECE

Campus 

News 

Workshop on HRD 

Dr. A.M. Rao on aspects of organisational dynamics. 

A two-day workshop on Human 

Resource Development was 

organized by the School of 

Management on the 27 th and 28 th 

August, 2011. Sr.Vice-President of 

Mahindra Satyam, Dr. A. M. Rao, 

the key resource person for the 

workshop focused on the 

imperative for human resource 

development against the backdrop 

of the changing organizational 

scenario. Dr. Rao enlightened 

students on some of the important 

aspects of Organisational dynamics 

Ad-Making Event by KAIZEN 

The students of MBA and BBM had 

the opportunity to participate in an 

Ad-Making competition conducted 

on the afternoon of 30 th August 

2011 by KAIZEN, the Association 

of Management Students, Vignan 

University. The faculty organizers 

of the event were Dr. Y. V. Rao and 

Mr. K. Sripathi. while the jury for 

the competition consisted of Mr. D. 

Vijaykrishna, HOD, MBA, and 

such as employee & employer 

attitude, motivation, values, skills 

etc. He emphasized the influence 

of these aspects in shaping the 

behaviour of individuals in an 

organization. A few outbound 

training activities were also 

conducted to provide students with 

simulated exercises on business 

operation. The programme was 

organized and coordinated by Mr. 

Sk. Khamuruddin, Ms. K. Kalpana 

and Mr. K. Sripathi, of MBA 

department. 

faculty members Mr. D. Sudheer 

Babu and Mr. Chandra Sekhar. A 

total of 14 teams from I BBM and 

II MBA participated in this event. 

The teams that were declared 

winners are : 1. Anusha, Swetha, 

Sandeep, Sachin of I MBA. 2. Sri 

Lekha, Lakshmi Priyanka, 

Mounica of I BBM. 3. Raghu 

Pavan, Surya Teja, Jyothi of 

I BBM. 

Guest Lecture on 

Strategic HRM for Budding Managers 

Mr. Ajit Kumar on the concept of personality development 

The School of Management 

organized a two-day guest lecture 

on Strategic HRM on the 13 th & 

14 th September. The resource 

person, Mr. Ajit Kumar, Senior 

Vice President, HR of BSCPL 

Infrastructures Limited discussed 

the concept of personality 

development, a case study on 

BSCPL Group, their recruitment 

policy and strategy , performance 

management system, the role and 

significance of different models 

of PMS, etc. Students of BBM and 

MBA along with the faculty 

attended the guest lectures. 

On September 5 th , Teacher’s Day, 

the Chancellor, Dr. Lavu Rathaiah 

made a special address to the 205 

TCS selected students. “Ours is a 

rich tradition where highest 

reverence is accorded to gurus and 

parents”, reminded Dr Rathaiah. He 

cautioned students that success 

should not make them arrogant. 

Students should acknowledge their 

teachers’ role in supporting them 

and shaping their lives and careers. 

Having secured jobs, students 

should not become complacent. He 

advised them to maintain regularity 

and pursue real-time, industry 

relevant projects. He appreciated 

the fact that, when most global 

companies were downsizing their 

human resources, 205 students 

getting selected into TCS was a 

commendable achievement. He 

expressed happiness that so many 

girls had made it into TCS, which 

he felt, reflects the growing 

empowerment of women in India. 

He praised the efforts of T&P 

personnel in training and 

facilitating so many students in 

securing jobs. 


‘Ours is a Culture, where Gurus are Worshipped’ 

says the Chancellor 

The birth anniversary of 

Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan, 

commemorated as Teacher’s day 

was celebrated by faculty and 

students of Vignan University on 

5 th September. Extolling the virtues 

of Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan 

who even today stands as a role 

model for all teachers in the 

academic profession, the 

Chancellor, Dr. Lavu Rathaiah 

advised faculty members to shape 

themselves after him. The teacher 

is hailed as a maker of the nation, 

as s/he plays a vital role in shaping 

student career. He advised the 

faculty to be a good friend, 

philosopher and guide to the 

students. Speaking on the occasion, 

Vice-Chancellor, Dr. V. Govardhan 

Rao cited examples of great 

teachers and exhorted the faculty 

to follow in their footsteps. Citing 

UGC schemes like QIP for 

pursuing quality research 

Dr. Rathaiah making a special address to the 205 TCS selected 

Addressing the non selected 

students of TCS, the Chancellor 

said, ‘Luck is a small factor but it 

is not everything. Hard work and 

knowledge would definitely yield 

success in everyone’s life one day’. 

He encouraged them by narrating 

personal anecdotes, how failures in 

his early career had later proved to 

be stepping stones to his success. 

He asked students to carry out self 

analysis and identify areas that 

needed improvement. Instead of 

brooding over past failures, it is 

better to concentrate on improving 

ones knowledge and 

communication skills. He gave 

several examples on how attitude 

and personality would be assessed 

in interviews. On a closing note he 

addressed students to carry out 

aggressive preparation for the 

forthcoming campus drives. The 

Vice Chancellor, Dr. V. 

Govardhana Rao, Director, DET, 

Dr. V. Madhusudan Rao, Training 

Officer, Ms. A. Sharada, were 

present during the interaction. 


Remote Sensing & Geological Information System 

Teachers Shape the Nation’s Destiny 

programme at premier institutions 

like IITs NITs, he advised the 

faculty to make best use of the 

research opportunities to upgrade 

themselves. Young faculty can 

even explore the option of going on 

paid leave, under QIP and pursue 

their doctoral degrees. Mentioning 

four types of teachers, Director, 

DET Dr. V. Madhusudhan Rao said 

The Department of Civil 

Engineering organized a guest 

lecture on Remote Sensing & 

Geological Information System 

on 17 th Sept. Dr. M. Ratnakanth 

Babu, Department of Civil 

Engineering, KL University was 

the resource person. 

Chancellor Dr. Rathaiah extolling the virtues of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 

that the best kinds are those who 

inspire their students and, kindle in 

them a thirst for knowledge. He 

exhorted faculty members to strive 

towards the holistic development of 

the students by imparting not only 

lessons but also values in the class 

room. Teachers are to elicit the 

innate talent of students through 

their committed endeavors.

Potpourri.. 

So Near 

So far 

Bibliophile 

CHARLIE AND THE 

CHOCOLATE FACTORY 


Amaravathi 

The Lore and 

The Legend 

Have you ever heard of a 

Shivalinga that is nailed at its top? 

Well, legend has it that, the 

Shrine of Lord Shiva in 

Amaravathi, named 

Amaralingeswara derives its name 

from the chief god, Lord Shiva. 

It is believed that it was Lord 

Indra who installed the 

Shivalinga. As soon as the linga 

fell here it started to grow 

upwards towards the sky. Local 

myths abound, how Devendra 

planted a nail on it’s top to halt the 

growth. Apparently, the 

Shivalinga bleeded profusely and 

Check your 

Tech Fundas !!! 

1. What is the name of a 

computer program that 

performs a specific task apart 

from the computer operating 

system that runs programs? 

a) Software 

b) Format 

c) Computer system 

d) Operating system 

2. What is the area inside the 

computer that allows the 

computer to store and/or act 

on information coded in 

binary code? 

a) Microprocessor 

b) Circuit 

c) Byte 

d) Memory 

3. Who is Apple’s new CEO?? 

a) Tim Cook 

b) Larry Page 

c) Ruport Murdoch 

d) Mark Zuckerberg 

4. What is the command given 

which stores information on a 

disk, tape, or other device? 

a) Print b) Copy 

c) Save d) Paste 

the blood stains are still evident 

to give credence to the popular 

narrative. The outer flank of the 

Shaiva shrine has exquisitely 

carved sculptures, depicting in 

stone, a rich narrative of the 

numerous myths of the region. 

This shrine is also one of the 

Dattakshetras where Lord 

Dattatreya is worshipped. River 

Krishna flows alongside the 

temple of Lord Amareshwar and 

devotees take holy bath in this 

river. The specialty of pooja here 

is the Abhisheka done with the 

help of a staircase,as the tip of the 

idol cannot be reached from the 

ground. The goddess, Bala 

Chamundeswari is also 

worshipped with great devotion. 

Coming to the place, Amaravathi 

nestling on the banks of Krishna, 

is a small town. Apart from the 

Amareswara temple, famous as 

one of the Pancharamas, the place 

is also known as Dharanikota. 

5. What is Google’s anwer to the 

social networking site 

facebook? 

a) Google+ 

b) Google New 

c) Google FaceBook 

d) Google doogle 

6. Who established 

WIKILEAKS? 

a) Juline Asange 

b) Mark Zuckerberg 

c) Sergie Brien 

d) Paul Smith 

7. Which of these is the upcoming 

version of windows? 

a) Windows Beta 

b) Windows Google 

c) Windows 8 

d) Windows Black 

Compiled by 

A. Monisha , III ECE 

1. Software, 2. Memory, 3. Tim Cook, 

4. Save, 5. Google+, 6. Juline Asange, 

7. Windows Beta 

Popularly referred as 

Dhanyakataka, it houses the site 

of a great Buddhist Stupa built in 

pre-Mauryan times. It was once 

the capital of Satavahanas, the 

first of great Andhra kings who 

reigned the land from 2BC to 

3BC, i.e., after the downfall of 

Mauryan empire. The holy shrine 

of Amaralingeswara, however, 

dates back to the reign of 

VasireddyVenkatadri Nayudu who 

ruled the region prior to the 

white masters . Yet another legend 

narrates how the shrine was built 

to restore peace following the 

brutal massacre of 1000 

tribesmen, who had participated 

in an uprising against the king 

Later Venkatadri Nayudu, on the 

advise of his priests, built the 

temple as an atonement for the sin 

of shedding so much blood. 

by D. Akhila 

III BioTech 

Believe it 

or 

Not ..!! 

Not able to believe your 

eyes right?? This is not an 

“edited photograph”, but a 

snapshot of a train in 

Bihar of Eastern India. It 

poses a million dollar 

question to the Indian 

Railways. Whether the 

government can continue 

to meet the transportation 

needs of an ever 

exploding Indian 

population? 

Author: Roald Dahl 

Imagine a bar of rich, creamy 

chocolate that melts even as you 

put it in your mouth.Visualize a 

young boy who fantasizes over a 

chocolate more intensely than 

anything else. Sadly, his parents 

can afford only a bar of chocolate 

a year, on his birthday. And when 

he gets it, he has the largesse to 

share it! Meet Charlie Bucket, the 

scrawny boy with a loving but dreadfully poor family consisting of an 

earner (his father) and six dependents-his grandparents, his mother and 

Charlie-a family for whom two square meals were a luxury. Meet the 

eccentric genius, Mr.Willy Wonka, the owner of the world’s biggest 

chocolate factory whose announcement sends kids world-over, 

scrambling to buy chocolates. The five lucky ones to find golden tickets 

in their chocolates would bag a lifetime opportunity to visit Wonka’s 

mysterious factory, besides earning truckloads of chocolates and goodies 

to last a lifetime. 

Through a bizarre stroke of luck, Charlie finds the last of the coveted 

golden tickets. Along with his grandpa, he earns the opportunity of a 

guided tour to Wonka’s factory. 

Entering the factory, is like a dream come true. Charlie, along with the 

four other winners, beholds some of the most amazing and irresistible 

sights. Chocolate waterfalls, eatable marshmallow pillows, magical 

creatures called oompa loompas, fizzy lifting drinks, lickable 

wallpapers, grass made of sugar, great gum machines, strange 

contraptions that transmit chocolate through television and so on. 

As the other children, all spoilt brats fall prey to different temptations, 

Charlie the staunchest one sticks out to the very end, for which he is 

rewarded with offers beyond his wildest dreams. 

Essentially a children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, appeals 

to all people, regardless of age, culture or geography. It presents a 

delightful, pristine world viewed with a child like wonder. At the heart 

of it, though, lies a profound message. The book depicts the triumph of 

the underdog. The author, Roald reminds us how important it is to 

savour the simple joys of life, like Charlie who nibbles a single, precious 

bar of chocolate for an entire month. At another level, the book upholds 

the never- say-die human spirit. It inspires us not to abandon hope or 

our values even in moments of despair while reinforcing to us the 

valuable lesson that virtue is greater than wealth. With his exquisite 

touch, Roald creates a world of pure fantasy. His fluid and casual style 

gently nudges the reader into the magical world of Willy Wonka. 

Ultimately it leaves them with a warm, enchanted feeling, much like 

the aftertaste of a pure Wonka’s creamy chocolate. 

Happy reading! 

Satire 

by Prathyusha Raviprolu 

III ECE 

Collected by Vivek Sinha, III ECE


Denmark picks 

“Gucci Helle” as 

first woman PM. 

The left democratic leader, Helle 

Thorning Schmidts, once ridiculed 

as “Gucci Helle” given her penchant 

for designer clothes and accessories 

is slated to become Denmark’s first 

woman prime minister. Once 

elected to office, she will face the 

arduous task of roping in coalition 

party leaders on a wide range of 

issues from pension reform, taxes to 

unemployment rate. 

Gali Janardhana 

Reddy under 

C.B.I probe. 

Mining baron, Gali Janardhana 

Reddy and M.D of Obalapuram 

Mining Company (OMC), B.V. 

Srinivasa Reddy were thrown 

behind bars on 4 th September, 

following the disclosure of the 

multicrore scam in the Obalapuram 

mining contracts. OMC allegedly 

sold high quality ore, illegally 

mined in Karnataka by using A.P 

permits to its benami firms based 

at Singapore, Dubai, Vietnam, and 

other countries. The money was 

returned to the Indian firm OMC 

in the form of “Investments”. 

A.P Govt. 

Hikes VAT 

A month ago there was no VAT 

(Value Added TAX) on sugar, salt, 

textiles etc. But now, what the 

government claims to be only a 

modest hike from zero to four percent 

on sugar and textiles and the raise to 

five percent on all other essential 

commodities is sure to become a 

burden for the people. Wonder how 

the government plans to curb 

Inflation? 

Greece Reeling 

on Bankruptcy 

Greece’s economy has been on a 

downward spiral since the country 

joined the euro in 2001. While their 

euro zone peers have expressed 

concern about the state of the Greek 

economy for years, it wasn’t until the 

global financial crisis hit that the 

depth of the problem was revealed. 

Years of reckless spending and 

borrowing has left Greece on the 

verge of financial ruin by the 

beginning of 2010 — not to mention 

the flagrant violation of inflation and 

deficit limits set by the European 

Central Bank. 

Jasmine 

Revolution 

Starting with the December 2010 

mass uprising in Tunisia that 

Prince makes a comeback 

overthrew the president, Zine El 

Abidine Ben Ali on January 15, the 

revolution, also called the Arab 

Spring is sweeping across the 

Arabian peninsula. The world 

watches as the tsunami goes onto 

topple dictatorship regimes one after 

another like a pack of cards. The 

movement raging across Tsunami, 

Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain 

has been christened the Jasmine 

Revoluion by the media, in keeping 

with the geopolitical nomenclature 

of ‘colour revolutions’. 

India Fastening 

seat belt 

for Grandprix 

Formula I breaks new ground in the 

coming month as the sport ventures 

into the Indian sub-continent for the 

first time. 

India will showcase itself to the 

world over the next few days at the 

Buddh International Circuit, a venue 

at the heart of the £250million ‘Sport 

City’ site built 35kms south east of 

Delhi. The 5.14 km-long track with 

16 corners will host India’s first-ever 

Formula One Grand Prix on 

Oct 30 th , Sunday. 

Film : Dookudu 

Cast : Mahesh babu, Samantha, Prakash Raj, Brahmandam, 

Kota Srinivas Rao, Sonu Sood, M S Narayana 

Story : Gopi Mohan 

Producer : Achanta Gopi chand, Ram & Anil Sunkara 

Director : Sreenu Vaitla 

Runtime : 2hrs 50mins 

Prince Mahesh Babu’s most awaited movie has finally hit the theatres. It got released in more than 1500 

theaters on day one. Well, does the movie meet the expectations raised by fans? 

Glimpse of the story - Mahesh Babu(Ajay) is the son of Prakash Raj(Shankar Naryana). Prasanthi(Samantha) 

is his love interest. Shankar is a gentle human being, who loves to help the poor. He lives on the hope that his 

son, Ajay will someday become an MLA after him. But his hopes are shattered as things go awry. What goes 

wrong? 

Will Ajay be able to keep his father safe and happy? The story revolves around these questions and whether 

or not Ajay will succeed keeps the audience on tenetrhooks… 

Opinion - Dookudu, no doubt, bears the hallmark of Sreenu Vaitla and is bolstered by a sound script but,one 

wonders how a professional movie critic may feel.Though the movie starts with a good pace, halfway through,it 

wanes. As if realizing this, the director attempts to make up for the lost tempo in the second half. With a good 

load of humour and sentiment,after a few twists, the pace, once again quickens leading to a sharp climax. 

Performance - Super star Mahesh Babu most definitely steals the show with his stunning looks, super cool 

attitude and wry humour, he has endeared himself even more to his fans after this performance. Coming to 

Samantha, she is absolutely gorgeous. Of course, Brahmanandam’s acting tickles you to the core.. Prakash 

Raj and Sonu Sood gave credible performances. But, M S Narayana stands out. His comical antics provide 

high moments of amusement in the film. 

R@ting - Out 5, I would give 3 stars to this flick 

Plus points for Mahesh Babu’s acting, Samantha’s looks, Narayana’s 

comedy, exotic locations and songs. 

Minus points for an uninspiring story, lackluster screenplay and 

excessive sentiment 

Last word: A good family entertainer!! 

Compiled by 

Ashok Nallamadugu 

IV EEE 

by J. Virat 

II CSE 

Faces & Voices 

Campus Buzz... 

Can love and education go together? 

* “Sure why not? Career and love can indeed go together. 

If the love is true, not passing infatuation, then it will 

inspire the pair to succeed in their career”. 

– Pavan Kumar (II CSE). 

* ‘Depends on the level of maturity of the persons involved. 

Lack of maturity may land them in trouble. They might 

so easily mess up their lives’. – Santosh Jain (II CSE). 

* “A strict no, especially for teenagers. Young ones often 

get deviated and end up complicating their lives. Quite a 

few lose concentration on academics and waste the golden 

years of student life. – Saleem (I ECE). 

* “Love during adolescence means playing with fire. At an 

age, when one is undergoing physiological changes and 

increased hormonal activity, it would be better to sort out 

one’s responses to the opposite gender before we think of 

love". – Sai Krishna (III CSE). 

* “LOVE is an acronym that could mean : L-loss or logic, 

O-of, V-valuble, E-education. It all depends on our 

attitude.” – Sree Harsha (II CSE ) 

Interview 

of the Month 

Interviewed by 

Sasank, IICSE 

Reverend guru Sevyananda, a dedicated disciple 

of Swami Vivekananda, currently working with 

Ramakrishna Mission, Vijayawada was an 

invited speaker during the International Peace 

Day celebrations, on 21 st September 2011 at 

Vignan University. Varun of II yr Mechanical 

Department took the opportunity to interview the 

swami. Here is the essence of the exchange… 

Varun : Swamiji, would you tell us 

something about your premonastic 

life? 

Sevyananda : Basically, we do not attach too much importance to our 

pre-monastic life. The time, when I became a monk is my 

real moment of birth, that’s when I became an enlightened 

being. What I was before that is not of much significance. 

Varun : May I know, why you chose to become a monk? 

Sevyananda : “Urge within myself”, a book by Swami Vivekananda, that 

I read early in my youth made me reflect on the true 

purpose of life. It was a great inspiration to me. 

Varun : Where does the beauty of monastic life lie? 

Sevyananda : We believe that every man is a divine being. God is not an 

imagination. It is the power within you. This realisation is 

reinforced to us every day of our monastic life. It is what 

helps us enjoy true celestial bliss. 

Varun : What does peace mean swamiji? 

Sevyananda : Peace is nothing but eliminating negative thoughts from 

our mind and transforming the power within us into 

something fruitful. 

Varun : Do you think it is important to celebrate World Peace Day? 

Sevyananda : Certainly, it’s important. The present day youth should 

think of seeking peace at least once a year, right? 

Varun : Lastly, swamiji, what message would you give our youth 

on this occasion? 

Sevyananda : Cultivate a strong brain with a large heart. 

Always strive to fill your mind with positive 

thoughts. And remember education, as said 

by Swami Vivekananda, is not merely 

working for exams. It is the manifestation 

of perfection that lies already in you. 

by Varun, II MECH

Campus 

News 

Freshers’ Day, on the occasion of 

Engineers day on 15 th Sept., was 

celebrated with great gusto on the 

campus. Scores of students 

showcased their talent in the open 

air auditorium of the AryaBhatta 

Block. They participated in a 

variety of cultural programmes like 

singing, dance, instrumental music, 

mimicry and drama. The chief 

guest Prof. G.. Subramaniyam, IIT- 

Mumbai addressed the student 

gathering and shared his memories 

of student life. He advised students 

to acquire observation skills and 

a questioning attitude. The 

Chancellor, Dr. Lavu Rathaiah 

appreciated the efforts of senior 

students for organizing such a 

colourful programme. He advised 

the seniors to be mentors, guides 

and friends to their juniors. This 

will enable the freshers to 

overcome their inhibitions and 

excel in studies.” The Vice 

Freshers’ Day Celebrations 

Chancellor, Dr. V. Govardhan Rao, 

opined that functions of these sort 

helped to establish healthy rapport 

with one another, which will 

indirectly influence students to 

improve in academics. The 

Registrar, Sri. A. LeelaMohan Rao, 

exhorted students to take active part 

in Optional Clubs and develop life 

skills. The Director, DET, 

Guest lecture on 

Cloud Computing 

by Prof. Paul Stains 

Prof. Paul Stains delivered a guest 

lecture for the students and faculty 

of the School of Computing on the 

topic “Cloud Computing on 4 th 

July. Prof. Paul Stains from 

National College of Ireland 

discussed some interesting aspects 

of cloud computing like, 

difference between cloud 

computing, grid computing, utility 

computing, or autonomic 

computing—though all involve 

the interaction of several 

virtualized resources. Cloud 

Servers connect and share 

information based on the level of 

website traffic across the entire 

network. Cloud computing is often 

provided “as a service” over the 

The School of Computing 

organized a one–day workshop on 

“Ethical Hacking” for students on 

the campus on 25 th Sept. Mr. Imran 

and Mr.Raghunath, resource 

persons from Young Mind 

Internet, typically in the form of 

infrastructure as a service (IaaS), 

platform as a service (PaaS), or 

software as a service (SaaS). 

Cloud computing customers don’t 

have to raise the capital to purchase, 

manage, maintain, and scale the 

Workshop on Ethical Hacking 

Students receiving hands on training 

Prof. Paul Stains on cloud computing 

A first year student enthralling the audience 

Institute, Hyderabad conducted the 

workshop covering the 4 intriguing 

ways of hacking: Phishing page, 

Install a key logger into system, 

password guessing and social 

Engineering. 

Dr. V. Madhusudhan Rao, 

appreciated the efforts of seniors 

towards making the party a huge 

success. The programme 

concluded with the prize 

distribution ceremony, in which 

academic rank holders, winners of 

competitions and Best Teacher 

Awards to faculty were given away 

by the Chief Guest. 

physical infrastructure required to 

handle drastic traffic fluctuations. 

Instead of having to invest time 

and money to keep their sites 

afloat, cloud computing customers 

simply pay for the resources they 

use, as they use them. This 

particular characteristic of cloud 

computing—its elasticity—means 

that customers no longer need to 

predict traffic, but can promote 

their sites aggressively and 

spontaneously. Engineering for 

peak traffic becomes a thing of the 

past. Prof Stains discussed 

threadbare the Problem Based 

Learning (PBL) and Technologies 

besides the Research areas being 

pursued at Ireland University. He 

also discussed the differences 

between the curriculum of Vignan 

University and that of Ireland 

University. 

An ethical hacker is a computer and 

network expert who attacks a 

security system on behalf of its 

owners, seeking vulnerabilities that 

a malicious hacker could exploit. 

To test a security system, ethical 

hackers use the same methods as 

their less principled counterparts, 

but report problems instead of 

taking advantage of them. Ethical 

hacking is also known as 

penetration testing, intrusion 

testing and red teaming. Even large 

companies, like IBM, maintain 

employee teams of ethical hackers. 

59 students along with 4 faculty 

attended the workshop and gained 

rich knowledge on ethical hacking. 

The workshop was coordinated by 

Mr.S.V.Phani Kumar, Asst.Prof, 

CSE Department. 

My 

Clubs 


Vanamahotsav by Varsity’s 

Environmental Club 

The Environment Club of the university led by Faculty Coordinators, 

Ms. B. Lalitha Kumari and Ms. MVK Srivani organized an environmental 

awareness campaign on 9 th September. I B.Tech students of the club 

participated with great enthusiasm and planted about 25 varieties of flora 

at the Aryabhatta Block. The planted species included, Azardicta indica, 

Carica papaya, Mangifera indica, Nerium, Hibicus esculantus, Tagetus, 

Capsicum, Lycopersicum, Croton varieties and many more ornamental 

plants. Exhibiting great zeal for the plantation, members of the 

Environmental Club felt that they were able to enhance their awareness 

on a number of environmental issues through the programme. 

Rangoli 

Competition 

by 

Heritage Club 

VU’s Heritage club, conducted a “Rangoli” competition on the theme 

“Environmental awareness and Peace” on 23.09.2011. A large number of 

students participated in the event and turned the surroundings beautiful. 

Ms. Suman, Convener of Heritage club adjudged the winners and informed 

them that the prizes would be awarded to them on 30 th September during 

the Heritage club meeting. 

Environment Club to Start 

‘No to Plastic’ Campaign 

Environmental Club Coordinator, Mr. Shareef of EEE department, 

organized a forum for the III year students on 28 th Sept. The theme “Plastic 

and its Effect on Environment” was mooted and the student members 

ratiocinated on the topic. They finally came out with a resolution that the 

club members should play an active role in the spread of awareness 

regarding avoiding of plastic water bottles on the campus. 

Cultural Club Organizes Dance Masti 

Under the aegis of Cultural Club, the Dance Club organized a fabulous 

programme “Dance Masti” on 30 th Sept. at the Visweswaraiah-Block open 

air auditorium. Dr. D. Malleswari, Convener, Dance Club, Coordinators, 

Mr. K. Praveen, Ms. N. Satya Sree and Student Coordinators Md. Ramiz, 

(IV Bio-Tech) and Ch. Anusha (IV IT) organized the programme in which 

thirteen teams participated and gave scintillating performances, setting 

the stage on fire. 

Compiled by B. Lahari, III ECE

Campus 

News 

VIDYAA Pays Tribute to Teachers 


‘Peace Should be Made a Way of Life’ 

says SP, Syam Sundar 

HoD, MCA, Dr. Ande Prasad being felicitated 

The Student Association of MCA, 

VIDYAA, celebrated Teachers Day 

on 5th September, to pay tributes 

to their teachers. Dr.AndePrasad, 

HoD, MCA and Mr.D.Vijay 

Krishna, HoD MBA were the 

invited guests for the occasion. 

Addressing students, Dr.Ande 

Prasad spoke on the many fold role 

of a teacher as a mentor, counselor 

and a guide in building the career 

of a student. Mr. D. Vijay Krishna 

Dr. N. Ramesh Babu delivered a 

guest lecture on Scenario of 

Manufacturing to the students and 

faculty members of the varsity on 

30 th Sept.2011. He said that 

manufacturing is a wealth 

generation activity contributing to 

30% of overall wealth of the 

Nation (GDP). He dwelled on 

various materials that were in 

vogue in manufacturing from 

1925 – 2005 and explained how 

the percentage of Iron and Steel 

in manufacturing sector came 

down from 74 to 55%, with the 

introduction of materials like 

plastic, aluminum, elastomers, 

new age materials etc. He 

explained the evolution of 

manufacturing, right from 

traditional phases to the present 

stage of intelligent manufacturing 

interspersed by manual, 

mechanized and automatic stages. 

He outlined the goals of 

manufacturing for productivity, 

quality and also for cost reduction 

thereby driving the manufacturing 

into the intelligent mode wherein 

machines can think as, humans do! 

Various orders of manufacturing 

are highlighted and ideas are 

extrapolated to a level where later, 

operators and engineers take 

advice from the machine itself on 

how to use them, when to replace 

them etc. 

Dr. Ramesh Babu, Professor and 

Head of Manufacturing Engg, IIT 

Madras, as the faculty mentor for 

the School of Mechanical 

Engineering spent four days with 

in his inspiring speech motivated 

them to plan well and work towards 

a bright future. Students of MCA 

presented a short documentary on 

Dr.Sarvepalli to highlight the 

significance of the day. Later the 

students expressed their gratitude 

to the teachers and felicitated them. 

Recreation games were conducted 

for the teachers and staff of the 

Department. 


‘Scenario of Manufacturing’ 

Dr. N. Ramesh babu on the 

significance of research 

the department faculty and guided 

them on areas of advanced 

technologies. He is also a member 

of the Planning Commission for 

Capital Goods Sector. He has been 

to several countries like U.S.A, 

U.K, Japan, Italy, Germany, 

Australia etc., as a technical 

advisor and is also the consultant 

for several reputed industries like 

Volkswagen, Denford Machine 

tools, AMADA Co. Ltd. etc. 

Dr. Ramesh Babu enlightened 

faculty on the significance of 

research and briefed them on 

various methods of writing project 

proposals and identifying 

appropriate funding agencies. In 

this connection, he emphasized the 

development of laboratories 

towards academic and industrial 

research. He visited the 

laboratories in the department and 

advised the faculty concerned to 

modify certain experiments, so 

that the students could learn 

analytical and practical skills 

simultaneously. 

S.P, Syam Sundar addressing 

the students 

The International Peace Day on 21 st 

September was observed at the 

University. The chief guest of the 

function was Sri. S. SyamSunder, 

Superintendent of Police Guntur 

Division and the guest of honour 

was Sri. Swami Sevyananda of 

Rama Krishna Matt,Vijayawada. 

Smt. Ratna D.S.P, Dr. V. 

Govardhana Rao, Vice-Chancellor, 

Dr. V. Madhusudhan Rao, Director 

DET, Dr. B. Seetharamanjaneyulu, 

HoD-ECE, Ms. A. Sharada, 

Training Officer, faculty and a large 

number of students of the 

Humanities minor stream took part 

in the celebrations. Addressing the 

students, the SP, Sri SyamSunder 

highlighted the significance of the 

World Peace Day, which was 

initiated by UNO in 1981. He 

opined that where there is peace 

there is prosperity. The effects of 

violence can be observed across all 

countries across the world. ‘Peace 

should be made a way of life’, he 

said and added that the Nobel Peace 

Prize had been instituted to 

encourage people to work for 

International peace and harmony. 

Sri Swamy Sevyananda, Rama 

krishna Math, Vijayawada in his 

address said, ‘Where science stops, 

spirituality starts. Achieve peace 

within and conquer the world’. 

Citing the words of Swami 

Vivekananda, ‘Strength is life, 

weakness is death,’ he exhorted 

students to fill their minds with 

positive thoughts and eschew 

negative thoughts. “Spiritualism 

aims at bestowing on an individual 

strong body, brilliant mind and 

generous heart, to achieve a holistic 

personality.’ he added. Vice 

Chancellor, Dr. V. Govardhana 

Rao, reinforced the message that 

peace and harmony are two wheels 

on which progress and prosperity 

rides. Director, DET Dr. V. 

Madhusudhan Rao greeted the 

students on the occasion and 

advised them to live and work in 

harmony. The programme ended 

with the vote of thanks by the 

Training officer, Ms. A. Sharada, 

who expressed heartfelt gratitude to 

the guests for giving an inspiring 

message to the university students. 


‘Security Analysis and Portfolio Management’ 


organized a guest lecture on 

Security Analysis and Portfolio 

Management on the 6 th & 7 th of 

September. Mr. J. Randeep Kumar, 

Vice President of Talent Sprint, 

Hyderabad enlightened students on 

various recent trends in Security 

Analysis and Portfolio 

Management. He motivated 

students to undergo certification 

courses like NCFM (National 

Certified Financial Markets) CFA 

(Charted Financial Analyst) and 

CFP (Charted Financial Planner), 

etc. As a part of his lecture, he 

covered several important aspects 

like Investments, Mutual Funds, 

Insurance Products, and Primary 

and Secondary Market and so on. 

The faculty and students of II MBA 

attended the lecture. 

A Bird’s Eye view on Indian Financial System 


organized a two-day guest lecture 

Mr. Sridhar on Indian Financial System 

for the students of Management 

stream on 9 th & 10 th Sept. 

Students taking the peace pledge 

Mr. J. Ranadeep Kumar on importance of certification courses 

Mr. Sridhar, Country Head, Talent 

Sprint gave an Overview of Indian 

Financial System. In the second 

half of his lecture, he 

demonstrated to the participants 

the difference between activity 

based learning and conceptual 

learning by conducting several 

activities and citing a plethora of 

examples. Mr. Sridhar concluded 

the informative session by 

throwing light on the various job 

opportunities and career paths 

open to the students of 

management.

Campus 

News 

Workshop on 

Drupal Technology 

The School of Information 

Technology organized a two day 

workshop, 29 th & 30 th Sept., on 

Drupal Technology. Mr. Aravind of 

Satinos Technology, Chennai, 

conducted the workshop covering 

rich information on the Drupal 

world class technology used to 

make websites and open source 

website content management 

system (CMS). The workshop was 

coordinated by Mr. A. N. 

Lakshmipathi, Asst. Prof, IT. 

IFTAR Party 

for the Muslim 

Brethren 

Students breaking their fast 

Wishing all Muslim brothers 

and sisters a Happy Ed- 

Mubarak, an IFTAR party was 

arranged on the lawns of 

Visweswaraya Block 

(H-Block) at 6 PM on 29 th 

August 2011. Esteemed 

Chancellor, 

Dr. Lavu Rathaiah along with 

the Registrar, Sri A. Leela 

Mohan Rao, Director, DET, Dr. 

V. M. Rao and other Directors, 

Deans and HoDs graced the 

occasion to convey hearty 

greetings to the muslim 

brethren of the university. 

‘Engineers Should Start Imagineering’ 

says Dr.Hanuman Chowdhary 

15 th September, the Engineers’ Day 

was celebrated at the university 

with great fervor and rich tributes 

were paid to the Father of Indian 

Engineering, Sir Mokshagundam 

Visweswarayya. Addressing the 

gathering, Dr.Hanuman 

Chowdhary said, “There can be no 

history for a nation, if great people 

are not honoured”. “There is not 

enough recognition for intelligence 

and creativity in India”, he 

lamented. Young engineers should 

combine imagination and 

engineering, and be led by 

‘Imagineering’. Quality education 

and patriotism are necessary to 

make Bharat Mahan. Mr. R. 

Mahesh Ronda advised students to 

develop learning ability, 

communication skills, and 

presentation skills in addition to 

improving their knowledge of 

programming languages. Dr. MYS 

Prasad, Associate Director of Satish 

Dhawan Space Centre shared his 

experiences while launching the 

space craft, Chandrayan-I. He 

discussed the travails faced by 

space engineers. Rs.5000 crores is 

spent annually on Space Research 

in India. Satellite or Aerial Remote 

Sensing (RS) technology helps to 

obtain reliable data for supporting 

the growth of agriculture, trading, 

industries, services, science and 

technology in the country. The role 


Advances in Immunology 

Dr. G. Subrahmanyam interacting with the faculty 

Dr. G. Subramanyam, from 

Department of BioSciences & 

Biotechnology, IIT delivered a 

guest lecture on Advances in 

Immunology on 11 th Sept. Being 

the faculty mentor for the School 

of Chemical Engineering & 

Biotechnology, Dr. G. 

Subramanyam, interacted with 

faculty of both departments and 

gave them suggestions on areas of 

prospective research. He also 

visited the Chemical Engineering 

laboratories on 16 th Sept. 

Dignitaries on the dias 

of engineers is crucial in all fields,” 

said Dr. Prasad. The Chancellor, 

Dr. Lavu Rathaiah, in his message 

advised students to develop passion 

for innovation and become great 

technocrats and entrepreneurs. 

Vice-Chancellor Dr V.Govardhan 

Rao, said “The need of the hour is 

to improve quality of education, for 

which, commitment is necessary 

from all quarters, the government, 

educational institutions as well as 

students. Everybody should 

contribute their bit to rebuild the 

nation.” Sri. A. Leela Mohan Rao, 

Registrar said, “Every 

undergraduate of engineering 

should take Sir Mokshagundam 

Visweswarayya as his or her role 

model. He exhorted students to 

understand the role of engineers 

and acquire human values in 

addition to technical competency. 

Dr.V. Madhusudan Rao, DET said, 

“Simplicity and single minded 

devotion to work endeared 

Dr. Mokshagundam to his people.” 

He reminded students of the clarion 

call of Visweswarayya, 

‘Industrialize or Perish.’ Dr. M. 

Venkata Rao, Principal, VLIT 

extolled Dr. Visweswarayya as a 

multifarious personality who 

brought laurels to the nation. The 

programme concluded with the 

felicitation of the guests by the 

Chancellor and senior 

functionaries. 

In collaboration with Indian 

Geotechnical Society, Guntur 

Chapter, the Department of Civil 

Engineering organized a one-day 

workshop on ‘Problems and 

Adversities in Geotechnical 

Engineering Practice and Solutions 

(PAGES)’ on 30th July 2011. 

The objective of the workshop was 

to promote good liaison and cooperation 

among the geotechnical 

researchers, faculty, professional 

engineers and students. “It offered 

the participants a unique 

opportunity for exchanging 

academic and practical experiences 

in Geotechnical Engineering,” said 

Dr. A. Srinivasa Prasad, HoD Civil 

Engineering. “The advancement 

and innovative achievements in 

Soil and Rock Engineering Projects 

were discussed during the 

workshop. About 400 delegates 

took part in the workshop. Dr.V. 

Madhusudhan Rao, Director-DET 

in his opening address appreciated 

the endeavours of the Department 

of Civil Engineering and felt that 

workshops of this sort provide both 

teachers and students with a 

platform for learning and research. 

Er. I.V.Anirudhan said that ground 

improvement programmes like 

pre-loading with settlement 

accelerators would require good 

planning with respect to site 

development. He expressed that the 

co-ordination among the 

foundation consultant, the 

architect, the structural engineer 

and the owner is a must in taking 

up ground improvement programs. 

Prof. M.Rama Rao, Secretary, 

IGS-Guntur Chapter presented two 

case- studies related to problematic 

soils; one being the soil, which was 

expansive at Kakatiya Medical 

Seminar on Fire and Safety 

Mr. Johnson Narayana giving a live demonstration 


Huge Turnout at the 

Geotechnical Engineering Workshop 

Anirudhan Lighting the lamp 

College, Warangal and the second 

being soft clay sub-grade at Deep 

Water Port, Kakinada. He 

explained how, in the first case, an 

inadequate site investigation could 

cause distress to a structure founded 

in expansive clay and in the second 

case how the introduction of a jute 

geo-textile vastly improved the 

performance of the pavement laid 

over a soft clay sub-grade. Mr. 

M.Lakshman Rao, Asst.Manager 

(Designs), M/s IVRCL Ltd. 

Hyderabad familiarized the 

participants with the Reinforced 

Soil Structure (RSS) with 

wrap-around system. He discussed 

elaborately the needs, advantages 

and applications of reinforced soil 

structures. He felt that the 

Reinforced Soil Slopes were costeffective 

solutions as good quality 

of material is not available in many 

parts of India. 

The workshop concluded with a 

prolific interaction between the 

participants and the resource 

persons. 

The School of Chemical and 

Bio-Technology conducted a 

seminar on “Fire and Safety” 

on 27 th Sept. The Resource 

person, Mr. Johnson 

G. Narayana from Kings 

Institute of Fire and Safety 

enlightened the participants on 

the crucial steps to be taken for 

avoiding domestic fire 

accidents. They shed on light 

on how to conduct Leakage 

Test, causes of electric short 

circuit, fire fighting etc. They 

elaborated on the minimum 

rules and regulations to be 

followed for maintaining an 

accident free and safe 

atmosphere at home and office.

Campus 

News 

Faculty Achievements 

Felicitation to Sri A. Leela Mohan Rao 

In a special function organized on the occasion of Teacher’s Day at 

Kandukur, The Registrar, of VU, Sri A. Leela Mohan Rao was 

felicitated in recognition of the fine services rendered by him as a Sr. 

Lecturer in Economics from Sept. 1979 to Sept. 1985 in TRR Govt. 

Degree College. Incidentally he is also the recipient of A.P State Best 

Teacher Award in the year 1989-90. 

Felicitation to Dr.Seetha Ramanjaneyulu 

Dr. B. Seetha Ramanjaneyulu, HoD, ECE was awarded ‘ Best Teacher 

Award’ by Rotary Club, Guntur. MLC of Guntur, Sri K.S.Lakshmana 

Rao presented the award. 

Ph.D. awarded to Mr. P. Srinivas -Sri Venkateswara University, 

Tirupati conferred a doctorate on Mr. P. Srinivas, Associate Professor, 

Department of Civil Engineering on 3rdSept. 2011 for his thesis entitled 

“Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Groundwater using Remote 

Sensing and GIS Techniques - A Case Study” done under the 

supervision of Dr. G..N. Pradeep Kumar, Professor, Dept. of Civil 

Engineering, S.V. University. 

Mr. YNVL Ayyappa Chithajallu presented a research paper entitled 

Design of a Low Power and High Speed Multiplier using SPST at 

an International Conference on ‘Soft-Computing and Engineering 

Application’ (SEA-2011) held in Kolkata on 11 th September 2011. 

Mr. Ravi Shankar Chandu, Assoc. Professor, ECE Department, 

attended ELITE organized by International Institute of Information 

Technology (IIIT), Bangalore. The programme, held from 5th-9thSept. 

2011 was sponsored by the Department of Information Technology, 

Government of India. It dealt with curriculum design, content design, 

assessment and teaching- learning processes. 

Congratulations to Mr. M.V. RAJU, et.al. Assistant Professor, 

Department of Civil Engineering for publishing a research paper 

entitled “An Integrated Multistage and Multi criteria Analytical 

Hierarchy Process GIS Model For Landfill Siting: A Model” in the 

International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER), Vol.1, 

Issue1, PP-40-51, ISSN: 2249-6645. 

Mrs. PRSM. Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Dept.of MCA, and 

G. Kavya Sri of III MCA presented a paper titled “A Study on 

Scalability of Services in Cloud Computing” at the International 

Seminar on Wireless Communication, Mobile Computing and 

Emerging Technologies (WICOMET) at Toc H Institute of Science & 

Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala. 

VU Associates Bid Adieu to Dr. GRK Murthy 

The Management, faculty and staff of the University organized a farewell 

party to Dr. GRK Murthy on 3 rd Sept. Speaking on the occasion, the 

Chancellor, Dr. Lavu Rathaiah, Registrar Sri LeelaMohan Rao and 

Director, DET commended the services of the veteran faculty member 

and thanked him for his wonderful service during the critical phase of 

the institution’s growth and evolution. 

IBM TDS Workshop 

for Final Year Students 

The School of Computing 

organized a 4- day IBM Tivoli 

workshop from Sep. 8 th to 11 th on 

the campus.The IBM resource 

person Mr. Ram Sankar 

enlightened the participants on IT 

Service Management and Industry 

standards, overview of IBM 

Service Management (ISM) Frame 

work, Introduction to Tivoli 

software and Tivoli Security 

Management portfolio, Understanding 

the LDAP Protocol, LDAP 

architecture, etc. 61 students and 

four faculty members of CSE and 

MCA attended the workshop.Mrs. 

Jhansi Lakshmi ,Asst prof of CSE 

Coordinated the programme. 

52 Take DB2 

Certification Exam 

As a part of the upgradation 

programme for faculty and 

students, the School of 

Computing is offering an add-on 

course on DB2 technologies. 62 

students and 5 faculty members 

underwent the training on DB2, 

while 52 students and 3 faculty 

members took the exam 

administered by the IBM mentor, 

Mr. C.Yuktesh. The DB2 

certification exam was 

conducted on 7 th Sept. 2011 in the 

IBM Centre of Excellence. 

Obituary 

VU’s Management, 

Faculty and Students 

express their heartfelt 

condolence to the family 

Lam Maheeja, of I M.C.A 

who had been ailing for 

some time. Maheeja 

breathed her last on 8 th 

Sept.2011. We pray that 

her soul rest in peace. 

BTEC Implementation Training by Edexcel 

Ms. Lizzie Elizabeth Toms, BTEC 

Principal Standards Verifier, 

Public and Security Services, 

Birmingham, UK conducted a 

two-day training programme for 

the faculty of Management 

Studies, on the 11 th & 12 th of 

August2011 at the varsity campus. 

Vignan University, which is an 

Edexcel Approved Center for 

Vocational Training, is soon to 

offer BTEC Level 17 Extended 

Diploma in Strategic Management 

and Leadership. This 120-credit 

programme will facilitate students 

in getting admission into the 2 nd 

Year MBA programme of the UK 

Universities. Vignan faculty was 

Mr. Johnson Narayana giving a live demonstration 

trained in various areas such as 

planning, delivery and assessment, 

standards and expectations of 

Edexcel. Dr.K.Vizaya Kumar, 

Director, School of Management 

Studies, Mr. D. Vijay Krishna, 

HoD, M.B.A, senior Professors and 

other faculty members of the 

Management School participated 

in the training programme. 


Student Achievements 

Mr. R.V. Abhilash IV CSE attended the National level Tech Festival, 

Wishv @ 11, organized by NRI Inst. of Technology, Guntur on 12 th & 

13 th Sept. He participated in ‘Click-Capture’ (Photography) and 

‘Elocution’ competitions and secured first place in both the events. 

Mr. Abhishek’s team, which included three other members, Mr. S. 

Sandeep (LITAM), Mr. Tapasvi (TEC) and Mr. Vijay (SCREC) took 

part in the event ‘Ad Guru’ and secured the 1st prize. 

Kudos to the 17 students from III Mechanical Engineering who 

participated in the Automotive Engineering workshop conducted on 

the 16 th & 17 th September at VIT University Vellore. Their names are: 

Y. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, K. Vishnu Teja, V. Gouri Sankar, P. Gopi 

Ramakrishna, Thirumala Sitha Ram, K. Dheeraj, M. Kartheek, 

K. Kishore Kumar, E. Sandeep, N. Ganesh, R. Radha Krishna Muthy, 

R. Anil Kumar Dattu, S. Mahithosh, S.L. Vikas, S. Mahesh Reddy, 

Y. Akhil, Y. Ashok Kumar. 

All the best to III CSE students, P. Vamsidhar, Viswajeet Kumar, 

N. VijayKumar, P. Durga Rakesh for being short listed among the final 

200 eligible candidates for Shaastra-2011, Annual Technical Festival 

of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M). 

III CSE students, A. Vujwal, D. Vishnu, G. Sumanth, K. Varun, and 

Y.Bhargav Reddy attended a workshop on graVIT for Android 

organized at VIT, Vellore on the 16 th & 17 th Sept.2011. 

Congratulations to the 60 students from Vignan who got shortlisted in 

the off campus drive of Cognizant Technology Solutions, Hyderabad 

on 2 nd Sept.2011. 

Kudos to III ECE students, Y.V.Kishore, B. V. Manoj, J. Ambareesh 

and K.K. Chaitanya who participated in Robotics event at 

“TECHNOZION -11” NIT Warangal from 23-25 th Sept. 2011 and 

bagged the Rs.10.000/- cash prize with mementoes and merit 

certificates. Following the 25 instructions given, the winning team 

designed a Robot for path mapping in a record 18.25 minutes 

Kudos to Mr.Ch.Sundeep Pavan, IV B.Tech. for taking part in a 

National Level Technical Fest, WISHV@11 organized by the NRI 

Institute of Technology, Guntur from 12 th -13 th , Sept. 2011 and winning 

first place in Paper Presentation. 

Kudos to J. Srinivas student of IV ECE, secured a band of 7.5 out of 9 

in the IELTS exam, that he appeared on 15 th Sept. 2011. He scored a 

band of 6 in writing, 7.5 in listening, 7.5 in reading and 8 in speaking. 

Congratulations to the team of K.Venkata Dinesh , III EEE and A. 

Ravi Teja IV ECE for bagging first prizes in two events, QUIZ and 

“Circuit O Mania” while the the team of V. Varun, A. Arghya, T. Aditya 

of III EEE won 2nd prize in Eclat-2K11, an inter collegiate technical 

fest conducted by Vignan’s Nirula Institute of Technology for Women. 

Ms. G. U. L. Mounika, IV yr and Mr. Ch. Dinesh Kumar, III yr won I 

and II prizes respectively in the Technical Paper Presentation organized 

by the Dept. of Biotech on Sep. 15 th , as a part of the Engineer’s Day 

celebrations. 

Five Mechanical Engineering students, Mr. K. Vishnu Teja, 

Mr. P. Thirumala Sitha Ram, Mr. P. Gopi Rama Krishna, Mr. V. Gouri 

Shankar and Mr. Y. Vishnu Vardhan attended a 3-day Automotive 

workshop (GRAVITAS) organized at VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu from 

Sep. 16 th to 18 th , 2011. 

III Biotech students, Ms. Akhila Dandamudi, Ms. P. Srilekha attended 

a workshop on Cyber Forensics at Vignan’s Institute of Information 

Technology, Vizag on 15 th &16 th Sept. 2011. 

Ms. T. Sree Jyothsna and Ms. K. Karuna of IV B.Tech Biotech presented 

and won the 2 nd Prize entitled for their Poster “Cancer Treatment using 

Nanotechnology” at National Level Technical Paper Contest 

AAGAMA-11 on 23 rd September, 2011 at DVR & HS MIC College of 

Technology, Kanchikacherla. 

61 students and 4 faculty took part in the 4-Day IBM Tivoli workshop 

held from8th to 11th Sept. by the School of Computing 

Congratulations to the duo from III ECE, Mr. Ch. Naveen Kumar and 

Mr. Pruthvi Naga Teja for bagging the first prize event for Q-BUZZ 

(General Quiz) at the 2-day National Tech Festival, Wishv @ 11, 

conducted by NRI Institution of Technology, Guntur on the 12 th &13 th 

Sept.2011. 

Ashish Pathak, III yr. Mech participated in paper presentation at 

Technozion’11 NIT, Warangal on Advancement of Designing and 

Analysis of Gear Profile. About 30 students from our university 

participated and attended events and workshop and many of them 

bagged prizes.

Ramya 

from Siemens 

Alumni 

Hi folks! Can’t say how delighted 

I am to be talking to all of you. 

After my graduation from Vignan 

in the summer of 2011, I got 

shortlisted for an interview at 

Siemens through a reference 

posted by one of my cousin’s 

friends. There is a programme 

called ‘Connect-Employee 

Referral Scheme’ in Siemens. If 

there are any vacancies for a 

position the information will be 

circulated to all employees. If an 

employee finds someone with all 

the prerequisites s/he can refer the 

candidate by posting the resume. 

My entry happened so. 

On 7 th May, I attended the 

interview for the position of a 

Systems Engineer at Siemens 

Information Systems Limited, 

Bengalur. It consisted of 4 phases 

a) A one hour paper based test 

(+1 for a right answer & -1 for a 

wrong answer) b) Technical 

Interview-1 c) Technical 

Interview-2 d) HR interview. 

The written test was based on 

general aptitude (similar to TCS) 

and programming languages C, 

C++ and operating systems. The 

News 

same was tested in technical 

interview with questions on the 

B.Tech project. The results were 

announced on the same day. 

I joined the organization on 20th 

June 2011. I was lucky to become 

the 200th member of our 

department. 

The last four months at Siemens 

have been immensely beneficial 

to me. Initially I was a bit 

apprehensive about my abilities. 

But, as a fresher I was not expected 

to come up with great innovations. 

All I was expected to do was, be 

proactive and show willingness to 

learn. While learning, wherever I 

stumbled, I was expected to seek a 

quick clarification and move on. 

Be it technical or general, coming 

up with a quick response was 

important. 

In the initial training period, we 

were treated to a lunch with all the 

project managers and briefed on 

Receiving words of commendation 

Siemens’ organizational structure 

and its policies. Next, we were 

assigned a mini project of one and 

a half month, on which we were 

subsequently assessed. 

Once assigned to the project, we 

got acquainted with the work place 

dynamics. I picked up some 

valuable lessons in Soft Skills. I 

learned to appreciate the value of 

others’ time. At office, everyone 

is busy. If I want to meet someone, 

A presentation during the training 

even if related to work, I am to 

seek prior consent. Our individual 

contribution determines the 

team’s progress and the project 

quality. So, we are always on the 

learning curve. We need to equip 

ourselves with sufficient 

knowledge, see that we bring 

value addition to the team. 

Now, with two months into a real 

time project, I find my work being 

tracked on a regular basis. And it 

is not always work; the numerous 

clubs out here (sports, cultural 

etc.) help us to pursue our 

interests. We are encouraged to 

take part in various activities and 

demonstrate our potential. 

So friends, life is a journey of 

continuous learning, growth and 

the ability to adapt. I look forward 

to having a great career with 

Siemens. 

– By V. Ramya, Systems Engineer, 

Siemens Information Systems Limited 


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Suraj back to 

you from Dublin 

Hello friends! 

Without much ado we would like 

to share our experiences with you. 

But before that, one thing worth 

remembering is that technology is 

worth only when it is put to 

practical use. Knowing what’s 

happening in the world, i.e., 

gaining global exposure is 

important. This has prompted me 

to explore VU’s twinning 

programme and join the National 

college of Ireland. 

Ireland ranks as one of the 

friendliest countries of the 

world. Breathtaking landscape 

complemented with an amazing 

climate is what the country 

promises you. Coming here made 

us realize, how simple life can 

become once technology is 

properly implemented. No more 

standing in queues for buses, no 

power cuts, and phenomenal day 

to day services delivered through 

effective governance. Here every 

job is respected and all individuals 

are treated with dignity no matter 

what post s/he holds. That’s 

something; I personally appreciate 

about this country. 

Coming to college life and the 

course, I will sum it up in 5 points 

* The course is 100% practical 

based, that is PBL which is 

problem based learning. We are 

expected to learn by ourselves 

with faculty acting as mere 

facilitators. We are often made 

to work in groups and advised 

to develop applications which 

are out of the box. 

* The classrooms are truly 

heterogeneous. Age of our 

classmates vary from 20 to 70 

years. We always hear that 

learning has no age and time 

limitations. We are constantly 

made to appreciate that 

learning is a process and we 

are blessed to have such an 

opportunity at an early age. 

* However NCI is not only about 

studies. The Student Services 

Department is a hub of 

activity. Recently we 

organized a Diwali festival for 

our college. A cricket match is 

scheduled for next week. Also, 

we have a party almost every 

alternate week. And, guys 

believe me the party is the 

"REAL PARTY". 

* The labs, library, gym are all, 

undoubtedly state-of-the art. 

* The International office team is 

extremely friendly, they make 

us feel at home and help us 

whenever we need them. 

What to do: 

1) Learn cooking; does not mean 

you have to be a professional 

chef. Just enough to make 

some normal dishes. Trust me 

you will even love your halfcooked 

meals. 

2) Manage money: money 

matters, you should have a 

clear idea on your budget. 

3) Proper documents; must have 

all the original documents, 

have to make sure that we 

execute the procedure legally 

and get our visa 15 days before 

the commencement of the 

coursework. 

4) Retain focus; can’t forget that 

Suraj with Arun Kumar, Yashwanth & Hemanth Som 

we are here to study. It is so 

easy to get dazzled by the life 

style, pomp and show of 

Europe. You must not deviate 

from your aim but stick to your 

purpose. Everything else 

comes after. 

Suraj Chawda 

National College of Ireland, Dublin 

"Victories that are eacy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting" – Henry ward Beecher.

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