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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 VOICE September 2011 8 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 VOICE September 2011 9 ‘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. Guest lecture on ‘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. Guest Lecture on ‘Security Analysis and Portfolio Management’ The School of 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 The School of Management 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.
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