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November 15, 2007; Vol.: 51Prof. Sangram MudaliDr. Ravi P. ReddyDr. Ajit K. PandaMs. Geetika MudaliEditorsMr. Amrut P. MohantyMr. Dipti R. Lenkae-DesignerMs. Suman AcharyaNational Institute of Science and TechnologyPalur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa.Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627e-mail: enews@nist.edu, Website: www.nist.edu.Cover Page: Kartik Maharana

from the director’s deskThe euphoria of Deepawali – the Festival of Lights, was magnified this yearwith the Samanta Chandrashekhar Young Scientist Award to NIST faculty,Dr. Motahar Reza, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, on November 7, 2007.This is the third time in the past few years that NIST faculty have achieved thisfeat of winning the Samanta Chandrashekhar Young Scientist Awards – the othertwo being Dr. Chandal Nahak and Dr. Saroj Meher. From all the students, staff,faculty and well wishers of NIST – a standing ovation to Dr. Motahar Reza for hisstupendous performance for being the best young scientist in the state of Orissa inthe Physical Sciences under the age of 35. We wish Dr. Reza all the best in the years to come as heachieves new milestones.While going through the IIT Kanpur Alumni Magazine “Voices”, I came across a sentiment whichtouched my heart and hence I take the liberty of reproducing it here.CompensationsOne question that I continually ask myself is why am I here, at IIT Kanpur, instead of working atsome research institute or in the industry. Life on campus is comfortable, but financially and in termsof opportunities in the non-professional sphere, this job is severely limited.What IIT Kanpur does offer me is interaction with students who want to learn, who are curious andsupposedly bright. There is a fresh set of young minds coming in every year. I enjoy the challenges ofintroducing them to the most recent advances in technology, and consequently not getting boredmyself. I see this as an important part of my compensation package. Typically, at least two fullworking days out of five go in preparing, engaging and following up on a class.If students don’t come to class, or don’t show interest, my compensation package gets compromised.This trend of students not showing up for class or being disinterested in academics is increasing dayby day and happening across the institute. This means that increasingly I am being deprived of animportant part of my compensation for being a faculty member at IIT Kanpur.Prof T.V. PrabhakarDept of CS, IIT/KOne can simply replace IIT Kanpur with NIST Berhampur and the sentiment of our faculty membersand myself remains the same. The message for the students is loud and clear: their seriousness inacademic pursuits, their respect and admiration for faculty members, alongwith an understandingthat being a faculty in today’s environment is a sacrifice of sorts, are the most essential componentsfor retaining the top brains within the academic community.November 15, 2007Sangram MudaliNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 1 of 18

from the editors’ deskThe dust has settled down after a stormy and volcanic Technical Vista, Sankalp 2007. NISTfamily thanks all the members who participated in the largest technical extravaganza andtakes the pride and privilege to congratulate the winners of different competitions. We hadnever expected such a huge potpourri of students from all across the country. This time even themark soared up to 725 outside participants, which is highest till date. Synergy has really been empoweredand more is expected from the generation next in the coming years. Over years the studentsof NIST have shown great get-up-and-go even after being under lots of pressing schedules. After 10days of Puja Vacation the students have once again been busy with their routine stuff. The wind hasstarted blowing in the usual direction with the promise of bringing back the same flavour of dedication,determination and enthusiasm towards studies, books and exams.The days are getting closer to the time of showing, in black and white, the real test of some months’rigorous reading. With the University nodding to the students’ demand of getting away with the yearback system, the students are equally excited and apprehensive about the frame of new rules to befollowed in their examinations. NIST e_news wishes them all the best for their future endeavors andexpects the same energy in empowering the uncertainty of the coming days as it has seen in the past.NIST e_news also takes the pride and privilege of congratulating the ‘Person of the Month’, Dr.Motahar Reza, for being selected to be conferred with the most coveted and prestigious SamantaChandrashekhar Young Scientist Award.Dipti Ranjan LenkaNovember 15, 2007Amrut Phalguni MohantyachievementsLaurelsNIST Faculty Wins Samanta Chandrashekhar Young Scientist AwardThe prestigious Samanta Chandrashekhar Young Scientist Award has been conferred onDr. Motahar Reza, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Science & Technology,Berhampur, for his significant contributions to the field of Physical Sciences. TheSamanta Chandrashekhar Awards are presented by the Orissa Bigyan Academy andthey are highest Awards of Excellence in the state of Orissa given to scientists andtechnologists of the state. The Award will be presented to Dr. Reza on 15 th December,2007 by the Honorable Chief Minister of Orissa. It is highly praiseworthy that thefaculty of National Institute of Science & Technology have been awarded with thisprestigious award two times in the past, i.e., Dr. Chandal Nahak and Dr. Saroj Meher. The Directorof the Institute Prof Sangram Mudali, while congratulating Dr. Motahar Reza on his stupendousachievements, has called upon other faculty of the state to focus on cutting edge research anddevelopment for the growth of Science and Technology in our state. NIST has always focused ondevelopment of quality faculty and is a pioneer in research and development.Hearty Congratulations to Dr. Reza…National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 2 of 18

Siba Shankar Bishoyi ScholarshipMr. Sasanka Sekhar Pati, MCA, 5 th Sem., of Roll No. - 200510841 has been nominated to be theproud recipient of the Siba Shankar Bishoyi Scholarship, a cash award of Rs. 10,000/-, for theyear 2006-07 for his Academic excellence.research and developmentSeminars/Workshops at NISTRobotics Workshop - “iTRIx”NIST Robotics Club (NRC) in association with The Robotics Institute (TRI), Mumbai organiseda two day workshop on Robotics, ‘iTRIx’, on 6 th and 7 th October 2007. The workshop was aboutmicrocontroller based automatic robots, programming and designing. TRI is an organization underIIT Mumbai and they organize workshops all over the country and are also the title sponsors of theevents like ROBOCON. After witnessing NRC at various national level competitions they werekeen to do the workshop at NIST for entire Eastern India and are also interested to make NRCofficially associated with them for various robotics based programs. Mr. Aswin Kumar and Mr.Baibhav Despandey, TRI, turned as resource persons for the said workshop. About 96 students fromvarious Engineering colleges of the country participated in it. A competition of SUMO ROBOTSwas held at the end. The workshop was organised by Mr. Nihar Ranjan Sahu, Coordinator, NRCalong with the final year NRC members. Each participant was given with a Certificate of Participationand a complete microcontroller based ROBOKIT at the end of this 16 hrs Workshop.Conference/Workshop/Seminars AttendedProf. Suash Deb, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering attended the 7 th WSEASInternational Conference on ‘SIMULATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION’(SMO’07) at Beijing, China from 15 th -17 th September 2007. Prof. Deb delivered a Lecture on GeneticAlgorithm as an Optimization Tool. Other eminent speakers like Prof. Sankar K. Pal, Indian StatisticalInstitute, India and Prof. En-Rong Wang, Nanjing Normal University, China, also delivered talks onrelated topics.Ms. Snigdharani Behera, Faculty, Electrical and Electronics Engineering attended a NationalConference on ‘Distribution Automation’ at Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore from 29 th- 31 st October 2007.The NIST RENEWABLE ENERGY CLUB (REC), participated in the IEEE workshop on GASINSULATED SYSTEM (GIS) at IIT Kharagpur on 28 th October’07. Two of the institute’s students,Mr. Nadim Shahin & Mr. Gaurav Mishra, B.Tech, 7 th semester, EEE branch represented the clubin the workshop convened by Prof. N. K. Kishore, IEEE-IIT UNIT. Eminent dignitaries like Dr. B.K. Singh, the ex-GM, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) and presently the Principal, JCE&T,Hyderabad; Prof. J. Amarnath, JNTU-Hyderabad, Dr. M. Joy Thomas, IISc-Bangalore; Dr. B Hemlata,IIT-Kharagpur were part of this workshop. Many faculties and research scholars from various collegesworking in the field of GIS participated. NIST’s endeavour in the field of Renewable Energy waswell recognized.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 3 of 18

Friday Lecture Seminar SeriesAs a part of our Friday Lecture Seminar Series, a ‘Demonstration on IE3d and HFSS Software’was presented on 5 th October, 2007.Lectures were delivered by the following speakers:1 Ms. Balamati Choudhury2. Mr. Trilochan Panigraphy3. Mr. Prabhudutta Pradhan4. Mr. Rajeev Panighrahy5. Ms. P. SandhyaTopic: Demonstration on IE3D and HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) SoftwareSummary:Electromagnetic simulation is an advanced technology to yield high accuracy analysis and design ofcomplicated microwave and RF printed circuit, antennas, high speed digital circuits and otherelectronic components. IE3D is an integrated full-wave electromagnetic simulation and optimizationpackage for the analysis and design of 3D and planar microwave circuits, MMIC, RFIC, RFID,antennas, digital circuits and high-speed printed circuit boards (PCB). IE3D has been adopted as anindustrial standard in planar and 3D electromagnetic simulation. Much improvement has been achievedin the IE3D since 1993. The IE3D has become the most versatile, easy to use, efficient and accurateelectromagnetic simulation tool.IE3D is a full-wave electromagnetic solver. It solves the Maxwell Equations which govern the macroelectromagnetic phenomenon. There is no much assumption involved except the numerical nature ofthe method. Therefore, the solution is extremely accurate.The original Maxwell’s Equations are in differential form and the solutions of the equations are theelectric field and magnetic field in the whole space. The solutions involve many unknowns. Instead,the IE3D solves the Maxwell’s Equations in an integral form through the use of Green’s functions.Basically, we try to represent the electric field and magnetic field as some weighted integrals ofelectric current on metallic structures and magnetic current derived from the electric field distributionon a metallic aperture.nist welcomesNIST welcomes the following Member to its parivaar:Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Pattanaik joined as Faculty in the Department of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering. He has done his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from S.M.I.T., Berhampurand done his MBA in marketing from ICFAI, Hyderabad. He has worked as a SeniorEngineer in VIBRO Power Generators, Mumbai; as a Business Promotion Assistant inCummins Generators, Pune and Perkins Generators, Mumbai. His research interestincludes Electrical Machines.NIST e_news wishes Mr. Bhagabati a great future ahead.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 4 of 18

eventsBhoomi Pujan of the Campus Ladies HostelThe Bhoomi Pujan of the Campus Ladies Hostel was arranged at the proposed site, i.e., near theGalleria on 1 st October 2007. Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean, washonored to be the Chief Guest at the Bhoomi Pujan Ceremony. Mr. &Mrs. S. N. Mudali, Chairman, S.M.Charitable & Educational Trust,Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, Mrs. Geetika Mudali, PlacementDirector, Mr. Ajay Khuntia, Site Officer, along with other facultymembers and staff were present in the pujan. The construction workof the 1,32,000 sq.ft., six storeyed, 450 seated proposed ladies hostelhas started in full swing.The Sankalp that was…The Annual Technical Symposium of I.S.T.E Student’s Chapter – Sankalp held at N.I.S.T from12 th to 14 th October 2007, attracted students from far and near. Powered by a punch line-‘Empower Synergy’ which perhaps, bestillustrated its resolve to attain quality and tap theintellectual technical acumen, it had more than 550students participating from across the country. Ourhonourable Director Prof. Sangram Mudali set the toneof the event in his opening speech. Mr. R.N Rout,Delivery Manager, L&T Emsys and Mr.Ashok Suyal, HRManager, FISERV Technologies, were the other delegatesrepresenting the industry on this occasion. The formationof the ‘Human-Chain’ highlighted the sky-high moraleof the students. The prelims of all major attractions like C-Online, Robotics, Quiz, Online gamingetc. on the 1 st day saw widespread participations. Web- Designing, VLSI Design using Tanner Toolsand P-Spice, Energy Conservation Models, Hardware Models etc. were some other special events onoffer. Mr. and Ms. Sankalp, Chalk n’ Cheese, Just a Minute, Mobile Video Clips were some eventsdesigned to cater to the fun quotients of the participants.The 2 nd day saw most of the finals of the various eventstaking place. The workshops were held by Mr. Suyal andMs. Soumica Mehrotra of FISERV.NRC (NIST Robotics Club) organizedROBOSTORMZ’07 during SANKALP’07. The themethis time was ARMAGEDDON-The Ultimate Battle. Theevent constituted of both the manual and automatic games.About 77 teams from various engineering colleges all overIndia participated in both the games. This eventROBOSTORMZ is unique of its kind in this region of the country. Our honorable Director, Prof.Sangram Mudali & Mr.R.N.Rout inaugurated the event. The companies like The Vertex Robotics,National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 5 of 18

OTPL, Secure Meters, ISDAC, Proloific Systems, Gala Electronics, ROBOKITS etc., sponsored theevent this time.The NIST Musical Society (NMS) performed their indigenous musical composition and enchantedthe evening with their mellifluous voice, scintillating beats, and touchy lyrics, all well synchronized.The DJ nite was the star attraction in the evening. Everyone including the faculties danced to thetunes of DJ NYK and DJ Mark. The final day saw the participation of intellectuals like, Dr. SunderN. Mohanty, M.K.C.G Medical College & Hospital, Berhampur; Mr. Sangram K. Panda, Tehsildar,Berhampur; Dr. C.R. Mishra, Research and Development Head, Nalco, Angul; Mr. Nitai Gaur Dhal,Director, Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar; Dr. S. P. Das, Professor, XIMB, Bhubaneswar;Ms. Deepa Gambhir, Principal, DAV, Berhampur, Mr. Rao Ladi, Mindtree Technologies, and Mr.Ajay Bhanja, Vice-President, ETA, in the panel discussion on the topic ‘India in the year 2020’.The prizes for the various events were given by Mr. Surjya Mohanty, Center Head, BhubaneswarDC, Wipro Technologies. The major sponsors were ARIFIN, ETA, INTERFACE, IMS etc. A total ofRs 1, 20,000/- was given in the form of prizes. The Champion’s Trophy for overall performance inthe events was awarded to Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.The three day fest witnessed intense technical duels and fun amongst students. We all hope that thepresent work serves as a piece of inspiration to the juniors and a challenge for them to excel andemulate, in living up to the standards of providing a quality technical event.Winners ListEvent: COGNOSCENTI-Paper PresentationECEPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Snigdhaswin Kar NIT, Rkl.Prabodh Ku. Mishra2 nd Khajana Swati NIST, Bam.CSE/IT/MCAPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Neha Singh NIST, Bam.Divya Verma2 nd Snehashish Kumar SIT, Bbsr.J.S.S PriyadarshinEEE/EIEPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Manas Mahesh Dash SIT, Bbsr.2 nd Sambeet Ku.Mohapatra ITER, Bbsr.Sambhit SahooMBAPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Shanti Swaroop Mishra NIST, Bam.Swapna SundarEvent: ORACLE-General QuizPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Preetish Manas COEB, Bbsr.Abhishek Chatterjee2 nd Sabyasachi Mohapatra SIT, Bbsr.Harish Chandra BeheraEvent: ELECTRA-P-SpicePRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Manoranjan Mohapatra NIST, Bam.2 nd Anil Kumar Singh NIST, Bam.3 rd Tapas Kumar Sahu RIT, Bam.Event: ENIGMA-Code BreakingPRIZE NAMENistians1 st Kaliyan Hansdah NIST, Bam.2 nd R.Surya Narayan NIST, Bam.Non-Nistians1 st Nanadalal Boxi CET, Bbsr.2 nd Jhushal Khanduja TAT, Bbsr.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 6 of 18

Event: A-‘Seek’-VLSI DesignPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Monalisa Patra RIT, Bam.Tapas Kumar2 nd Lovelina Subudhi NIST, Bam.Neha Srivastava3 rd Rohit Agarwal NIST, Bam.Bibek KumarEvent: DA-VINCI CODE-C-OnlinePRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Krishnananda Kumar SIT, Bbsr.Tapas Kumar Jain SIT, Bbsr.2 nd Sagarika Raju NIST, Bam.Amritesh Raj3 rd Bikash Ku Patro NIST, Bam.Sangram PatroEvent: TECHFRENZY-Technical QuizECEPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Prabodh Ku Mishra NIST, Bam.Snigdhaswin Kar2 nd Punit Ku. Panda SIT, Bbsr.Avilash SadualIT/CSE1 st J.S.S Priyadarshin SIT, Bbsr.Sanat Ku Mohapatra2 nd Parimita Mohanty CET, Bbsr.Swati KarmillaEEE1 st Sagar Mohapatra ITER, Bbsr.Sambhit Swain2 nd Neha Srivastava NIST, Bbsr.Saisudha PatraEvent: MICHELANGELO-Poster PresentationPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Sampad Senapati SIT, Bbsr.Sthiti Pragyan Mishra2 nd Debabrata Padhy NIST, Bam.Swati KumariEvent: PHARAOH- Mr. CEOPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Satya Swarup Sahu SIT, Bbsr.2 nd Sudhamaya Singh SIT, Bbsr.Debasis MohapatraEvent: DEXTEROUS-Web DesigningPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Saumya Ranjan Panda TAT, Bbsr.Sumit Kumar Das2 nd Pranab Kishore Padhy NIST, Bam.Gaurishankar RamayankEvent: CICERO-Technical DebatePRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Sambeet Pattnaik NIST, Bam.2 nd Prerna Priyambada NIST, Bam.Event: RENOVARE-Energy ModelPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Ajay Ku. Viswakarma NIST, Bam.Kanchan MajhiJyotirmaya DhupalAswini Kumar Saurabh2 nd Mrinal Anand JITM,.Vikash Kumar ParlakhemundiAbhishek SinhaRajeev Ranjan3 rd Rajendra K. Khadanga NIST, Bam.Rohit AgarwalK.PratyushaSushant Ku. PatroEvent: CELLULOID-Video ClipPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Subrajeet Chand NIST, Bam.Anup Kumar Subudhi2 nd Jagadananda Purohit NIST, Bam.Biswajeet Panigrahi3 rd Priyabrata Nayak SIT, Bbsr.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 7 of 18

Event: GLADIATOR-Online GamingQuake-IIISudeepta Das SIT, Bbsr.PRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE Counter Strike1 st Bidya Bhusan Pradhan CVRCE, Bbsr. 1 st Saroj Kumar Rout SIT, Bbsr.2 nd Sudeepta Das SIT, Bbsr.Rahul Singh SisodiaMoto-Cross MadnessManoj Sethi1 st Swagat Rath ITER, Bbsr.Sambit MohantyNeed For SpeedAbhishek Patra1 st Bidya Bhusan Pradhan CVRCE, Bbsr. 2 nd Sunil ku Singhdeo2 nd Satya Prakash Rath NIST, Bam.Umashankar JhajhariaAge of EmpiresNitish Pradhan1 st Abhijit Hansda NIST, Bam.Sudeepta BeheraRamaya Ranjan SethySagar Nayak2 nd Bidya Bhusan Pradhan CVRCE, Bbsr.MANUALPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Suman Siromoni ITER,Bbsr.D.V.SasankSubhasis Dutta2 nd K.Rajesh Ku.Subudhi NIST, Bam.Dipankar ChoudhurySalin Kumar ChoudhuryEvent: ARMAGEDDON- RobostormzAUTOMATICPRIZE NAMEINSTITUTE1 st Tapan Palei NIST, Bam.Lopamudra PanigrahiKrushna Chandra Panigrahi2 nd V.Jagannath NIST, Bam.Abinash PatroSiddarth DasBest Model AwardSuman Siromoni ITER, Bbsr.D.V.SasankSubhasis Dutta(Cash Award of Rs.3000/-+16 motor controlled Remote sensingkit+ Complete microcontroller board+ John Player shirts as1 st prize, Manual; Rs.2000/-+ Servo controller kit+Microcontroller board as 2 nd prize, Manual; Rs.3000/-+ AVRkit+ Microcontroller board+ Shirts as 1 st prize, Automatic;Rs.2000/-+ USB programmer kit+ Microcontroller board as2 nd prize, Automatic; and Rs.1000/-+ 2GB Pen Drive+Complete microcontroller board for Best Model)Event: CRESCENDO-Inter College Dance CompetitionPRIZEINSTITUTE1 st : NIST, Bam2 nd : SIT, Bbsr.Event: RED CARPET-Mr & Miss SankalpPRIZE NAME INSTITUTEMr Sankalp Suraj Behera NIST, Bam.Miss Sankalp Utkalika Mohanty SIT, Bbsr.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 8 of 18

creativity cornerSeven Secrets to College SuccessDr. Sisira Kanti MishraDept. of Management & Humanities ScienceCongratulations to the new student friends and very best wishes to all!!!You have made the decision to pursue higher education and to meet your goal of obtaining aprofessional college degree. You are embarking on a journey that can take you places youmay have only dreamed of. Being in college can be fun but it can also be challenging. Here,I have put together seven steps that can help you to be successful at your collegiate goals.1. Be punctual: Being late for class is a sign of disrespect. It tells the instructor that you don’t wantto be in his/her class or that you don’t take the class seriously. You also miss important informationwhen you are late. Do you like it when people are late for something you’ve planned? Of course, not.The instructor has spent time preparing for the class and you should give the instructor the time youhave scheduled for his class. Besides, you have spent money for the class so you should show up ontime to get what you paid for. Being punctual also helps when it comes time for grading. Grading issubjective and you want to do everything you can to leave a positive impression in your instructor’smind so he can remember you this way doing grading. Being late for class doesn’t make a positiveimpression. So if you are habitually late, why should he sweat over your grade? Take my word for it,show up on time.2. Do the homework: It is a waste of your time and the instructor’s time if you just sit in class butnever do the assignments. Not doing class assignments is a guaranteed way to fail. Instructors useassignments to determine your knowledge and your grade. Assignments also help you to learn moreabout your field of study. Instructors can also tell if you half-heartedly completed an assignment.And don’t wait until the last minute to do your assignment. If you start early you will have a betterproduct than if you waited until the due date to start on it.3. Ask questions: Some people think asking questions is dumb. In reality, it’s just the opposite.Instructors like students who ask questions. It shows you are interested in the class and that youreally want to learn more about the subject the instructor is an expert in. The question you ask isprobably the same question several other students in the class want answered so you’ll be doingthem a favor.4. Be confident: As an instructor, I like students who are confident in their abilities and act on them.Many times students are afraid to speak up in class or write a paper about an interesting subjectbecause they are afraid what the instructor or their fellow students may think. As a result researchpapers or projects are sometimes dull and boring because they cover “safe” topics. It’s okay to beafraid. It’s not okay to let fear keep you from doing something you really wanted to do. So go aheadand write that paper you’ve been longing to write or start on that project that you truly believe in. Beconfident and be able to back up your findings with logical conclusions.5. Volunteer: College instructors like students who volunteer. Volunteerism shows you want toreally get involved in the specific areas of involvement as per your capacity and capability. You don’thave to volunteer for something big. It could be something as simple as agreeing to be a groupdiscussion leader or leading a class project. It could be volunteering to be on a student committee orto be on the board of a student chapter of an organization. Find ways to volunteer. This will not onlyhelp your grades but it can also enhance your studies.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 9 of 18

6. Be prepared for tests: Depending on your instructor, you may not know when she may call asubjective quiz. Successful students are prepared and always ready. You can be prepared by readingthe class material before the class, participating in class discussions, and by doing the assignmentsand exercises in your textbook.7. Get to know people: Successful people network. You have to do the same too, even on a collegecampus. When you get to know people on campus they share with you information that they have,this information can help you in a class, help you to save money or a purchase, assist you in choosinga specialization, or even choosing a minor or major. Networking is a very important tool in the worldof business, so you might as well practice the skill while you are in college.Remember that you can be a success in college. Yes it’s hard but you can do it!WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!!!Tips to Remain Ever HappyCollected by Suvendu ChoudhuryIt is our reactions and not the actions which are the root cause of our trouble.Avoid making remarks/comments/advice to others unless asked for.Eliminate the ego of name, fame, property, wealth, family etc., because all these things aretransient and will vanish some day. They have been given to you temporarily by the grace ofGod. As soon as ego dissolved, you come face to face with God.No matter how many failures you have undergone in achieving a tasks, still remain optimisticabout your success. Remember there is no force on earth or in heaven which can prevent youfrom achieving what you want to achieve provided you are determined for a right cause. Therequirement is only a determined mind with firm faith in God. Also remember that NOT EVENTHE SLIGHTEST EFFORT MADE BY YOU GOES IN VAIN. THIS IS THE LAW OFNATURE.Have your independent personality which should stand like a rock amidst even severe oppositionif you are right. If you want to become great and unique, you will have to be different from therest of the crowd.Avoid the habit of lingering things for tomorrows and ahead. Successful people are those whoget up from their seat and take immediate action. The right time for starting or doing an appropriatething is just now and not tomorrow.Go Close to nature whenever you find opportunity.There is nothing free of cost in this world. Never think of grabbing any property, money just outof way or by unfair means. It won’t stay with you. It will drain away in some form or the other.Only whatever is due to you by virtue of your eligibility under Divine laws will finally remainwith you.Enjoy the work, not the fruit. You have done your duty and your part is over; now you go on toyour next work. Why do you interfere in the part which God has to play?There is always a scope for further improvement, no matter at what stage you are. So, be flexiblefor adopting new changes and improvements.To be continued…National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 10 of 18

Idea....Jagannath SatpathyB.Tech, 3 rd Sem., Team e_newsI made a mountain of hopes and dreams,with love that flows in the rivers and streams,where waterfalls splash with pride and joy, likethe laughter of every girl and boy.At first it was just an unnoticeable thought,that went out in searching and back home itbrought...A seed that went and nestled into the soil of mybrain,calming my worries and easing my pains.I watered it carefully with imaginationand fertilized the soil with much inspiration.Slowly it flowered and slowly it grew,painting the dense forests green and the stormyskies blue.And so you see, it just goes to show, how much asingle idea can grow...ResurrectionSurya Narayan DashB.Tech, 3 rd Sem.From the dilapidated ruins of dreamsThere the indomitable verve still gleamsUnsheathed by the squalls of animosityEnshrouded by the stifling odysseys of painsThe ever-resurgent clout still shines.Life’s been the trek of tribulationsBut the jinx failed to make the gusto woe-begone.Now the perky soul is determinedTo usurp the scourge to asideThe era of its renaissance has begunSends the innuendo of its contiguous divine.Poetry is“Spontaneousoverflow ofpowerful feelingsrecollected intranquility.”-WordsworthQuizSubhasis DalalB.Tech., 7 th Sem, Team e_news1. Which biscuit shares its name with a European country?2. Who was Bagheera in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling?3. What type of vegetable is “King Edward”?4. Which country’s National Anthem is played at the closing ceremony of all Olympics?5. Who was at the receiving end of Yuvraj Singh’s plight of scoring six sixes in an over?6. Which killer disease was controlled by Jonas Salk?7. In medicines what does the term CAT stands for?8. Which two players constitute a battery in a game of baseball?9. What kind of leaf is on the Canadian flag?10. In what kind of tree, often associated with England did Charles –I hide from his enemiesduring the civil war?ANSWERS1. Britain after Britannia (Britannia), 2. The Black Panther, 3. Potato, 4. Greece, 5. Stuart Broad, 6.Polio, 7. Computerized Axial tomography, 8. Pitcher and Catcher, 9. Maple, 10. OakNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 11 2 of 18

Mindsplash!!Vijayalaxmi MohapatraB.Tech., 5 th Sem., Team e_newsIt was a bewildering experience to decide what was the top story of the month? Wasit Aishwarya Bachchan keeping ‘Karva-Chauth’ or the Shahid-Kareena split? Alas!Neither the tabloids nor the news channels were of any help. I’m sure many of uswould have faced the same dilemma. Looking at the present scenario one wonders ifthere is any news at all? (Or it has turned into the business of news-makers rather thannews-reporters!) Whether media is actually doing what it has always claimed to door just hype up facts?From horse-backs to the current superfast means, media surely has travelled a long way. Gone arethe times when we eagerly awaited for news of the past month or even week. Media has differentiatedthe most distinguishable feature of the Homosapiens that is to communicate. With the present twentyfourhour surveillance of the media we are now eligible to get per second news of everything wewant to. (Only people like Bin Laden are an exception to this worldwide phenomenon !) Peoplenowadays are far more aware of what’s happening in the world (even if they are ignorant about theissues cropping in their neighbourhood!) A recent peek into the happenings in our own countryshows there were uproars over the ‘headless chickens’ remark (the poor diplomat probably landedhimself in the hot chicken-soup!), the Sensex reaching the 20K mark (the limelight probably shiftedto the inmates of the stock-exchange cutting the milestone cakes.), the controversy of the Nuke deal(the result is still pending with the government doing left-right-left!), the phoenix-like controversyof Gujarat-riots are still in headlines, declaration of Taj Mahal as the first wonder of the world(though Bipasha hosting the show and her rendezvous made more of the news!), strikes, the TwentytwentyWorld Cup win, the Bollywood and the political drama going on and on. Apart from thelittle relevant news the rest all seems to be made up for the purpose of news itself! Why everybodywould admit to watching the entire rhetoric coverage of Abhi-Ash wedding as well as the joining ofthe Gandhi scion in the office (and his infamous back-door entry and exit!) The media seems tohave perfectly reported everything in view (only not everything was news!). For it certainly is alaughable issue when the breaking news is somebody’s marriage or split!The media does report everything happening. But the way the news is perceived mostly dependsupon the way it is presented and that solely is the responsibility of the media and its power too. Theexposure of truth behind the Gujarat riots definitely has been a commendable job by the media.When it comes to exposing facts its fine but what when it turns to airing rumours? What is that givesthese irrelevant things such importance...Surely our very own media. Ironically it is the mole-hillwhich is gaining importance rather than the mountain! With hordes of self proclaimed celebrities, beit politicians or the cine stars or sports persons, all are basking in the warmth of the hype that themedia has given to them. Is it that we do not have any grave issues to ponder on? Or is it that theworld comes to a standstill if we do not know if Mr. So-and-so went to Shirdi to pay regards! Therelevance of the headlines is evident by the fact that they fade as soon as the sun goes down! Are thecrucial issues resolved that quickly? Why the issue of Sethusamudram was confined to the remarksby the D.M.K. Chief and the political drama that followed it!Media should put forward the clear picture of the relevant and crucial issues as the headlines. It isnormal to publicize commendable qualities of persons and idolize them but only to a certain extent.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 12 of 18

Certainly peeking into private lives of people, be it celebrities, questions their fundamental right toprivacy. It is due to this flaw that people are even resorting to false claims to gain media attention.Now what is relevant and what is not is another issue which has long been debated upon, but all of uswill agree that we can do without knowing what the president had for breakfast or which side of thebed does Shahrukh sleep, Right?[Any suggestions or feedback regarding the article are welcome and can be mailed tovijaya_126@hotmail.com ]News DeskAmit Kumar DashB.Tech, 7 th Sem., Team e_newsHello readers! The month of October had festivity written all over it. Perhaps this was one ofthe most exuberant and cheerful Dusshera we had for a long time. There was no hindrancefrom the Rain God and the festival went well from its onset to its closure. Autumn season isbidding its farewell and I believe with Diwali over, the winter season is knocking at the door. Althoughthe whole of India was engrossed in this festive atmosphere but there were many thingshappening both in India as well as outside India. With the Indian cricket team wining the Twenty20cricket tournament in South Africa, there was a lot of prizes both in cash as well as in kind waitingfor the players when they returned to the country. Not to forget the warm reception that they got butat the same time the Indian Hockey team that went on to win the Asia Cup, were surprisinglysubjected to a very cold and demoralizing reception when they returned home. Hockey is no wayeasier than cricket but I believe this is the best example to reflect people’s inclination towards cricketeven though Shah Rukh Khan tried his best to sow the seeds of excitement and interest in the mindsof Indian citizen for Hockey. Indian hockey team skipper Prabodh Tirkey made his teams’ presencefelt by slamming the government with charges of partiality and favoritism, may be that was thereason why government reacted seriously to the charges and felicitated the Indian cricket team aswell as the Indian hockey team in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of Hon’ble PresidentDr. Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. This might have healed their wounds tosome extent. But with the Pakistan Tour in action it was curtains down for Rahul Dravid’s one dayprospects as he was dropped from the One day team for the first two outings against archrival Pakistan.It was a very controversial decision as most of the former cricketers have challenged Chiefselector Dilip Vengsarkar’s impression towards Dravid. Whatever might be the reason but with theyoungsters knocking at the doors, the veterans in the side, will surely be given a run for their money.When I talk about the Pakistan tour then I have to mention about the crisis that our neighbors aregoing through. President Musharaf made a shocking decision recently by calling the nation under astate of emergency. His decision comes in reaction to the controversy of his owning a dual post of theArmy Chief as well as the President of the country. Such a decision of his has really crippled the soto say democracy in Pakistan. It has come up with strong criticism from political leaders insidePakistan as well as leaders from all across the world. I feel that its time that people across the borderrealize that they are living in the 21 st century and are into their 61 st year of independence, so theymust try to chose a government which is transparent and purely democratic. But then with militantsand fanatics being a majority in that region this looks highly improbable and virtual. When I talk ofpeople living in the 21 st century, one thing puzzles me and confuses me a lot that do the people reallyNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 13 of 18

think that way or are they still coming into terms with the changes in the society. But for some,religion is more important than mankind and humanity. And the person who was a scapegoat to suchactivities of ruthlessness and violence was the innocent computer graphics teacher Rizwanuir Rehmanin Kolkata. His only crime was that he loved and got married to a girl that did not belong to hisreligion and status. He got married to Priyanka Todi, the daughter of industrialist Ashok Todi ofKolkata and the price that he had to pay was his own life, a month ago. His body might have beenburied but truth always finds a way to come out of the grave and starts haunting the culprits. With theCBI into the matter and the Prime accused being Ashok Todi himself, Rizwanuir’s family are surelyon the verge of getting justice. Justice was also done to Mukesh Ambani for his efficiency and abilityin taking the Reliance Brand to higher peaks as he became the richest man in the world surpassingBill Gates. He is the first Indian to achieve this landmark and I expect that he guides RelianceIndustries along with India to cover more distant milestones. The students in India are also set to takeon the acid test of CAT examinations to cross one of the biggest milestones in their life. Each year thecompetition grows tougher and the story is no different this time around. I won’t be surprised to seethe percentile rise this time. Finally I wish all the aspirants best of luck and may the deservingpersons get through.[For any feedback or information regarding this article, viewers can mail me atamitdash_nist@yahoo.co.in]Tech CheckSrastanka Kumar Behera & Ankan GhoshB. Tech., 7 th Sem.Password-Protected BulletsSafety catches do not always prevent firearm accidents and even newfangled biometric guns, whichcheck the identity of a user by their fingerprint, cannot stop thieves from using stolen ammunition inother weapons.The way to make firearms really safe, says Hebert Meyerle of Germany, is to password-protect theammunition itself.Meyerle is patenting a design for a modified cartridge that would be fired by a burst of high-frequencyradio energy. But the energy would only ignite the charge if a solid-state switch within the cartridgehad been activated. This would only happen if a password entered into the gun using a tiny keypadmatched one stored in the cartridge.When they are sold, cartridges could be programmed with a password that matches the purchaser’sgun. An owner could set the gun to request the password when it is reloaded, or to perform a biometriccheck before firing. The gun could also automatically lock itself after a pre-set period of time haspassed since the password was entered.The system would undoubtedly cost more than a conventional gun, but many firearm enthusiastswould surely pay a premium for such added security.Nanotubes Turn Paper into a Power SourceConventional capacitors cannot store much energy, but researchers have begun to experiment with“supercapacitors” created using carbon nanotubes as electrodes. The high surface area of theseNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 14 of 18

nanotubes can potentially store a relatively large amount of chargeTo make carbon nanotube supercapacitors flexible, nanotubes were grown on top of a silicon substrateusing standard chemical vapour-deposition.Then a mixture of plant cellulose and chloride was dissolved and was spread among the nanotubes.After peeling this off the silicon substrate the thing left was a piece of paper a few tens of micrometersthick, with carbon nanotubes sticking out from one side.To create the supercapacitor, two sheets of this paper were stuck back-to-back, nanotube side out,with aluminium foil coating both sides as current collectors. When a current was applied, the paperstored the charge, with the carbon nanotubes serving as electrodes and the cellulose as an insulator.The researchers then used a similar method to create a flexible battery. They used a piece of papercontaining carbon nanotubes as a cathode and evaporated a layer of lithium onto the other side toserve as an anode. Once again they sandwiched it between sheets of aluminium foil, which served ascurrent collectors.Finally, by layering supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, they created a hybrid device in whichthe batteries could be used to charge the supercapacitors.Courtesy: www.newscientisttech.comWatch this space for more in the next issue.(Please mail your suggestions and feedback at srkbehera@yahoomail.com orghosh_ankan@rediffmail.com)birthday bash (16 NOV. –15DEC.)NIST e_news wishes a very Happy Birthday to:Ms. Suman Acharya17-NovMs. Sonali Prava Dash 18-NovMr. Atul Kumar Gupta 19- NovMs. Sumtra Ojha25-NovMr. Jagannath Mohanty 26-NovMr. Bhabani Shankar Pattanaik 5-DecMany Many Happy Returns of the Day!!!marriage anniversaryNIST e_news wishes a very Happy JoyfulMarriage Anniversary to:Mr. Bhaskar BandopadhyayMr. Abhro MukherjeeMr. Arabinda PandaDr. Arun K. PadhyMr. Jagannath MohantyMr. M. SureshMr. M. Rajendra KumarMr. Shom P DasDr. M.Reza23-Nov25-Nov28-Nov8-Dec8-Dec9-Dec12-Dec14-Dec19-DecNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 15 of 18

alumni pageContributions for NIST Alumni Scholarship FundMs. Charulata Palai MCA, 2005 Rs.2500/-Mr. Ranjit Behera B.Tech, 2004 Rs.2000/-Ms. M. Aparna B.Tech, 2006 Rs.1000/-Mr. Mrutyunjaya Sahoo B.Tech, 2007 Rs.2000/-Mr. Bhabani Gouda MCA, 2006 Rs.2000/-Ms. Snigdharani Behera B.Tech, 2001 Rs.2000/-NIST Alumni Association renders heartfelt thanks to all the contributors on their noble gesture. Alumniare requested to contact Dr. Arun Padhy to donate to NIST Alumni Scholarship Fund.From MailboxFrom: Dr Partha S Mallick (psmallick@yahoo.com)Sub: Teaching as my career and my studentsTo: nist e_newsThanks Smruti (Smruti Sagarika of Final year) for giving me a chance to write for NIST e_news. Itis always impossible for me to say ‘no’ to my students whether it is a doubt in class or an article fora magazine. I shall never forget the moment when the NIST e_news Team came to meet me on mylast day at NIST. Probably they came to spend some time with me or to get some advice from me.When I saw them in front of me, I could not stop myself weeping and simply told them to leave theroom, “I’ll talk with you later on, etc”. How are you Amit, Pankaj, Sanjit, Kartik, Subhasih, Smruti,Jagannath? I am happy that every year my “e_news Team” leads Sankalp and other extracurricularactivities of NIST and they get the job on the first day of campus placement also. The selectionprocedure of the e_news team was embarrassing initially to you but it works. I still remember manymemorable moments with my students of NIST. From 1998 to 2005 batch B.Tech and 2003 to 2006batch M.Tech, I remember my classes, moments with students. They have played an important rolein shaping my teaching career. I have 100% trust on student’s feedback. After receiving their feedback,I immediately plan for taking action. In our time, there was no student feedback system, an essentialtool for rapid development of teacher’s performance. Now I am a confident, successful and one ofthe best teachers due to YOU only! A big THANKS to all my ex-students who gave constructivefeedback during the starting days. I should add few lines about my M.Tech students. Probably thedifficult job I did there was to unite the team of M.Tech students so that no one leaves the teambefore successful completion of M.Tech. NIST M.Tech students are the Hot Cake for teaching positionsat Orissa. For example, CV Raman engineering college booked our students giving advance salaryfor six months. They got six month salary extra before joining!! Once an BBSR based engineeringcollege was recruiting faculty members, the Chairman of the interview board immediately called meand told “We got one of your M.Tech students (Sreelekha), so now the number of vacant posts are3”(total posts were 4). Another day our Director sir told me that CV Raman college is so happy thatone NIST M.Tech student (Madhusmita) joined them. These are few examples only. Besidesacademics, they have many other professional qualities and ethics. I know about one faculty whojoined a college of Orissa leaving NIST and again joined NIST and a subject was assigned to him toteach. All were waiting for him but in the meantime he joined another college (Trident) where he wasassigned another subject to teach. Finally it was found that he joined in another college! This is aNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 16 of 18

normal issue taking place for those who are not honest and dedicated to their profession. But atpresent, 18 of our M.Tech students are in teaching profession, 17 in Orissa and 1 in Tamilnadu, youwill hardly find anybody without professional ethics. I salute, respect their morality and ethics inprofession. Many such examples they have equally shown in industries. One of them (Amol Joshi)was selected star of the month for consecutive three times in Adya Systems, New Delhi and Manmath(2003 batch) initiated the big salary gap between and B.Tech and M.Tech Engineers in Jataayu S/W,Bangalore. I receive most of the mails, calls and SMS from my students only, either B.Tech orM.Tech. With best wishes to all…From: Satyakam.Rath@atosorigin.com Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:58:41 PMTo: arun_nist@hotmail.com; akpanda62@hotmail.comHello Sir,And Salute NIST. Comment allez vous? (How are you?). I was going through the newsletter of 15thOct 2007 of NIST and found many exciting news coming up. As always Sankalp was rocking throwingin talent and fun at the same time. Although I am some 1500-2000 kms away from NIST but still thenI love to keep track of the changes taking place in our Institute.I found that recently there was a workshop held on Tivoli (from IBM) by Neelamani Sir and KanharSir. That made my eyes to pop out in amazement. To tell you I am in TIBCO where day in and day outwe tend to handle various incidents based on the level of the issue and Tivoli acts a sort of backboneto our project. And as we are a Technical Support group giving various kinds of cutting edge servicesto Phillips Semiconductors (NXP), it becomes very important for us to have a fair amount of ideaabout Tivoli.Hence Sir, it would be a request to you if the Institute aims at giving more and more Industry orientedtraining rather than making the students to “devour” bulky books. I hope you will be looking intothis suggestion seriously and will be doing the needful at the earliest.Again I found an Inter-School Literary Competition, held by Eureka: Rediscover Yourself, A Questfor Literary Brilliance where more than 100 students from 14 different schools of Berhampurparticipated. Now this was a very nice thing to do. Because many of the students at NIST feel that ifever they are studying Engineering they should be able to contribute to the society in their own smallway.I would be happy to see the Institute holding various such competitions for school students in Roboticstoo and I am sure the students are capable of imparting the best of their knowledge.Last but not the least, it was heartening to know our college Band PHOENIX coming of age andproducing some real great music for the music maniacs out there. I whole-heartedly congratulate theBand members on their success. Come on guys and girls. Keep Rocking.Thanking you,Au Revoir (See you)Regards,Satyakam Rath,EAI-TA (for Phillips Semiconductors), Atos Origin (Mumbai)National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 17 of 18

person of the monthBorn on 8 th September 1974 in the family of Mr. Sadeque Reza andMotahera Banu, Dr. Motahar Reza, graduated in Mathematics fromCalcutta University. After his M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics fromJadavpur University, he did his Ph.D. in the broad area of Fluid Dynamics– “Some Problems on Momentum and Heat Transfer in Flows ofElectrically Conducting and Non-conducting Fluids” at IIT, Kharagpur.He was awarded with BOYSCAST Fellowship for his Post-DoctoralResearch in the area of “Computational Fluid Dynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Stability of Fluid Flows, Heat transfer in Fluid Flows,Turbulence Modeling,” at Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Friedrich-Alexander- Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, conferredby Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Dr. Reza startedhis teaching experience at IIT Kharagpur during his Ph. D., joined as SeniorLecturer at National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, and promoted to the post ofAssistant Professor in the Dept. of Mathematics. He qualified in the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Testin Engineering) and the NET (National Eligibility Test), CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India.Recently Dr. M. Reza has been selected to receive the most prestigious award of excellence, theSamanta Chandrasekhar Young Scientist Award 2007 by the Orissa Bigyan Academy for hissignificant and commendable contribution in the field of Physical Sciences.Presently Dr. Reza is working in collaboration with eminent professors in the Department ofMathematics and Mechanical Engineering, IIT KGP and BHU. He has attended InternationalConferences at IIT KGP, IISc-TIFR Centre, Bangalore, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Bangalore. Hehas 6 publications in reputed International Journals to his credit. He is also the Life Member ofIndian Society for Theoritical Applied Mechanics and Orissa Mathematical Society. He is a regularVisitor Scholar to the Center of Theoritical Studies, IIT KGP.Married to Ms. Nasreen Sultana, Dr. Rezalies in Photography, Listening toPhilosophy and History. He haswrite the code in differentlanguages.leads a happy conjugal life. His interestssoft music, Reading books onalso a strong fascination tocomputer programmingThe ‘Person of the Month’column is privileged to bebedecked with the persona par excellence,Dr. Motahar Reza and NISTe_news wishes the ‘YoungScientist of the State’ a heartycongratulations & a great luckin all his future endeavours.(Dr. Reza with his wife during his Europe visit)National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 18 2 of 18