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IF NOT THIS,WHAT ELSE WILL ??“Woman is not man’s plaything”- Mahatma GandhiWhile the speaker of these words wouldbe bleeding tears in heaven, the childrenof his land are going about their usualexistence. The nation was rocked by protests againstthe gang rape of a 23 year old girl in the nation’scapital, and like any other cradle which stops afterrocking, India has resumed to normalcy. Here, wortha mention is the amazingly short civic memory ofthe Indian public (don’t heave, it also includes meand you). How many times in the past has such aheart wrenching incident happened and gone unnoticed?How many times in the not very far pasthave heinous rape crimes been forgotten? The gangrape of a nun in north India and a few other handfulof incidents come to my mind but I wouldn’t like topump statistics into this piece of writing. Let’s let thepast rest, talking about the present – after the Delhiincident a plethora of sex crimes were reported indailies and channels all around India, it was as if thespotlights had suddenly shifted to rape crimes. As ifone brutal rape – turned murder wasn’t enough, therapists were trying to prove that they would havetheir way and they made their statement with an evilgrin and the successive reports which came in afterthe Delhi bus incident stand testimony to whateverI just said.In this land where the apostles of peace such asMahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa once walked, itis nothing less than ironical to see lust thirsty animalsroam. If hunger drives the four-legged beasts ofthe jungle, it is testosterone that drives their twoleggedconcrete jungle counterparts!! Apostles ofSatan don’t take the cover off the night or sanctityof seclusion to satisfy their hunger, instead thesemonsters commit the crimes in public places in daylight and walk among us without fear. The long armof the law which hurts other life offence committersappears to caress the rapists. I am not a critic of thejudicial system and neither am I qualified to questionit, but I cannot help but point out the in-adeptnessof the penal code on tightening the noose aroundthese people’s necks. In my personal opinion,keeping the recent incident in mind, I feel that thereis a gaping hole in the law system and it should befilled with proper law amendments rather than befilled with SYMPATHY which nobody is in need of.“Rape” in itself is a taboo word in Indian culture.You aren’t allowed to utter it out loud in public, youaren’t allowed to discuss it in front of your familyand in a culture such as ours which deems sex astotal taboo, talking about RAPE can put a person inbad books. Despite all these barriers and unwrittentaboo laws, the people of this strange land managedto brave the odds and raise their voice against therapists and hoped against hope that it would ringbells to the snoring politicians. (India Awakening???) What started off as a moaning initially, withstudents group protesting and assembling at publicsites, turned into a feeble cry when activists andwomen’s rights groups joined hands and becamea full-fledged clarion call only when Hundredsmarched on streets, by this time rape incidents werecropping up so abundantly that, owing to the mediaattention, Rape and related protests had become aphenomenon!The Delhi Phenomenon (one that it had become),continued to gain strength feeding off the temporaryanger of the Indian public (with a population whichcries to soap operas and relents in anguish to thecricket team’s losses, inhumane rape issues wouldeffortlessly qualify to incite anger) and gainingmomentum, the country was walking tight ropebetween chaos and total explosion of riots. Thiscalled for the Illusionists – None other than the menand women who are at the helm of the nation, cladin white clothes and call parliament their workplaceto think of stringent laws.Rape in itself is massacre of a woman’s self, thesheer un-holiness of violating a woman’s psyche isuntellable. The 6 satanic men who were aboard thebus not only raped the unsuspecting girl, but alsoannihilated her body and destroyed it beyond repair.If this barbarous, gross, bone-chilling act doesn’tqualify these men for hanging, what else will?. Thestrong words in this piece of writing might do wellto appeal to your heart, but strong words haven’tstopped criminals in the past, nor will they in thefuture. Only strong action can stop the beasts – thekind of strong action which I see coming soon in thismysterious land.S.Y.A. AASIM SHERIFF ( I ECE)67

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENTEVENTSNOTABLE STUDENT’S PROJECT :The final year students Jerin John, Karthick Kumar S, Mohammed Niyasdeen and Sarath Raj presented aproject on Design, Fabrication and Experimental characterization of 4-Poles, 5 N Active Magnetic BearingDEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY1. Dr.A.Manickam, Professor & Head Dept. of Biotech was as an NBA expert to Heritage Institute ofTechnology, Kolkata, for accreditation of Biotech. Programme from 5th to 7th May.2. Dr. J. Aravind, Assistant professor (SRG) was nominated as Associate Editor for the Springer Journal,International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology.DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGONE DAY WORKSHOP ON OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONSA One day Workshop was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering on May 7, 2013.~ ~ Dr. J.S. Rao, President, Academics (KCT) and Dr. R.Saravanan, Principal, JCT College of Engineering andTechnology, Coimbatore, delivered lectures on Basics and Applications of Optimization Techniques.~ ~ Dr.K.Rameshkumar, Chairman- Department of Mechanical Engg., Amrita Institute of Technology,Coimbatore, provided hands-on training on Optimization Tools using MATLAB.~ ~ About 80 participants including PG students, PhD Scholars and faculty members from various institutionsparticipated in the workshop.~ ~ Prof. V.R. Muruganantham, Asst Prof (SRG), Prof. A.P. Arun, Asst Prof and Prof. D.S Ebenezer Jacob Dhas,Asst Prof, were the organisors.3. Ms.S.Vanitha, IV B.Tech Biotech (Guide: Mr. S.Sivamani) and Mr.A.Manojkumar II M.Tech Biotech. (GuideDr.N.Saraswathy) were selected under Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology StudentProject award for their Project Work.DEPARTMENT OF MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONSNotable Student ProjectThe Project Viva Voce for final year MCA students was held on 07 May 2013. Many commendable projectswere undertaken in the industry by the students. We are happy that Mr. C.K.Dass of III MCA has developed theproject titled “Exam Hall Seating Arrangement and other Utilities” for the COE section of KCT which has beenimplemented and tested successfully. It automates the various tasks related to the conduct of end semesterexaminations such asI. Exam Time Table generationII.III.Exam Hall allocation and seating arrangementsThe eligibility of students for the exam89

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONSPAPERS PRESENTED BY StUDENTSNAME OF THE FACULTY TITLE OF THE PAPER PUBLICATION DETAILSNAME OF THESTUDENTYEAR OFSTUDYSEMINAR /CONFERENCEORGANISER(BY & AT)DATETITLEMr. Shanmugaprakash, M., Asst.Prof (SRG)., & Dr. Aravind, J. Asst.Prof (SRG)Department of Bio TechonologyBatch and dynamics modelingof the biosorption of Cr (VI)from aqueous solutions by solidbiomass waste from the biodieselproductionEnvironmentalProgress & Sustainable Energy.(Impact factor: 1.6)NAME OF VISITOR DATE OF VISIT DETAILS OF VISITOR PURPOSE OF VISITProf. Colin RenfrewProf. Jane LedburyMr. Somnath NandyNOTABLE PERSONALITIES WHO VISITED THE CAMPUSDepartment of Fashion Technology2-May-20132-May-20132-May-2013Pro Vice Chancellorof ManchesterMetropolitan University(Centre of Design)Principal Lecturer,Hollins Faculty,Department ofClothing Design andTechnology, ManchesterMetropolitan University.Country Coordinator,MMU IndiaOffice, ManchesterMetropolitan University,New DelhiInternationalCollaboration withDepartment of FashionTechnology and TextileTechnology.InternationalCollaboration withDepartment of FashionTechnology and TextileTechnology.InternationalCollaboration withDepartment of FashionTechnology and TextileTechnology.Department of Electrical and Electronics EngineeringM.Daffna II M.E ConferenceK.Jeganraj II M.E ConferenceR.Jeevitha II M.E ConferenceJustin K John II M.E ConferenceD.Kavinpriya II M.E ConferenceP.Selvakumar II M.E ConferenceKarunyaUniversity,CoimbatoreKarunyaUniversity,CoimbatoreKarunyaUniversity,CoimbatoreKarunyaUniversity,CoimbatoreKarunyaUniversity,CoimbatoreKarunyaUniversity,Coimbatore1 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’13“Control Strategiesfor InverterInterfacing WECS inmicro-grid system”(ICIIIOSN-13)“HexagramConverter basedSTATCOM forinterfacing twelvebus systemwith wind farm”(ICIIIOSN-13)“A NovelImplementationof Nine LevelReversing VoltageMultilevel InverterTopology”(ICIIIOSN-13)“Current ControlTechniques forcurrent sourceactive power filter”(ICIIIOSN-13)“GA basedOptimized SHE-PWM Techniquewith odd and evenvalues” (ICIIIOSN-13)“Three phaseimpedance sourceshunt active filter”(ICIIIOSN-13)1011

A.S.Vanmukhil II M.E ConferenceTamil Selvi T III B.E ConferenceBharathi M III B.E ConferenceSanthiya B III B.E ConferenceSuganya M III B.E ConferenceSuganyaKanagavelIII B.EConferenceAdline R.G. III B.E ConferenceKarunyaUniversity,CoimbatoreKRIYA ‘ 13InternationTechnoManagementFest, PSG CT,CoimbatoreKRIYA ‘ 13InternationTechnoManagementFest, PSG CT,CoimbatoreKRIYA ‘ 13InternationTechnoManagementFest, PSG CT,CoimbatoreKRIYA ‘ 13InternationTechnoManagementFest, PSG CT,Coimbatore“McCLAVDE‘13” at KKIT,Coimbatore“Resonance2K13” SKCET,Coimbatore1 Mar’131 to 3Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’131 Mar’13“ANFIS Controllerbased MPPT controlof photovoltaicgeneration system”(ICIIIOSN-13)Attended workshopon smart Grids byABBAttended workshopon smart Grids byABBAttended workshopon smart Grids byABBAttended workshopon smart Grids byABBParticipatedin nationallevel TechnicalSymposiumParticipatedin nationallevel TechnicalSymposiumGayathri U III B.E ConferenceAmulya D III B.E ConferenceKavipriya K III B.E ConferenceSuganth G III B.E ConferenceVivek G.R III B.E ConferenceSuganth G III B.E ConferenceVivek G.R III B.E ConferenceSivas.A III B.E ConferenceVinothkumar.S III B.E ConferenceVinothkumar.S III B.E ConferenceSivas.A III B.E ConferenceJansons Instituteof Technology,CoimbatoreJansons Instituteof Technology,CoimbatoreJansons Instituteof Technology,Coimbatore‘PORT 13’SONA Collegeof Technology,Salem‘PORT 13’SONA Collegeof Technology,Salem‘PORT 13’SONA Collegeof Technology,Salem‘PORT 13’SONA Collegeof Technology,Salem“SYNERGY 13”GCE, Salem“SYNERGY 13”GCE, Salem“SYNERGY 13”GCE, Salem“SYNERGY 13”GCE, Salem1 to 2Mar’131 to 2Mar’131 to 2Mar’137 Mar’137 Mar’137 Mar’137 Mar’1315 Mar’1315 Mar’1315 Mar’1315 Mar’13Secured I Place inpaper presentationin ECTRANZSecured I Place inpaper presentationin ECTRANZSecured I Place inpaper presentationin ECTRANZ3rd place inpresence of code3rd place inpresence of code2nd place in ProjectParadigm2nd place in ProjectParadigmI place in projectpresentationI place in projectpresentationParticipated in Cthru CParticipated inworkshop onpermanent magnetsynchronous motorSivapreethi S III B.E Conference“Resonance2K13” SKCET,Coimbatore1 Mar’13Participatedin nationallevel TechnicalSymposiumNithya R III B.E ConferenceJansons Instituteof Technology,Coimbatore1 to 2Mar’13Secured I Place inpaper presentationin ECTRANZ1213

Other EventsTIFAC - Technology Information, Forecasting andAssessment CouncilTwo day Certificate Course On“Advances in Testing of Textiles & Apparels”Organized by KCT – TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology & MachineryDepartments of Textile & Fashion Technology KCT-CoimbatoreKCT-TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology &Machinery Jointly with Department of Fashion&Textile Technology of Kumaraguru Collegeof Technology, Coimbatore, organized atwo day Certificate Course On “Advances inTesting of Textiles & Apparels” on 29.04.13 and30.04.13 at Kumaraguru College of Technology,Coimbatore. About 30 delegates representingindustry/academia/research participated. Thiscertificate course highlighted on the need fortesting of textile and apparel products by usingadvanced testing machines. The conferencetheme and place were ideal and provided acommon platform for experts and participantsto exchange knowledge on the latest technological developments taking place in the global arena oftesting instruments. Leading industry players in the testing machinery manufacturers such as M/s USTERTechnologies, STATEX Electronics , MESDAN and MAG Solvics presented papers, besides papers presentedby faculty from Fashion Technology and KCT-TIFAC CORE. Practical demonstration on advanced equipmentswere also provided to the participants from equipment manufacturers and faculty of KCT-TIFAC CORE.Mr.R.Senthil Kumar, Manager-Sales of M/S Statex Equipments,Coimbatore was the chief guest. He also releasedthe conference CD and the first copy was received by Mr.C.Dhandayuthapani, Vice President-Marketing ofM/s MAG Solvics. Prof.N.Jayapathi, Prof & Head, Department of Computer Engineering, Kumaraguru Collegeof Technology presided over the function. Earlier Dr.G.Ramakrishnan, Coordinator, KCT-TIFAC CORE briefedabout the programme to all the delegates and Dr J.Srinivasan, Prof & Head, Fashion Technology gave a warmwelcome. Mr.K.Gopinath,Senior Scientific Officer proposed the vote of thanks. Certificates were distributedto the participants during the valedictory function.iQube is a KCT Students’ Initiative - Technology Incubation Centre that aims at people workingon their ideas to see it as a product. iQube is specially meant for students to improve and exceltheir technical experience. It has an R & D lab where one can try experimenting their idea withthe available resources in the lab. For outstanding Ideas and Projects, one would even get fundedto complete a prototype model. It further aims at mentoring and training the interested ones withthe necessary and updated technology. Students can even take guidance for their Academic MiniProject as well as Final Year Project to improve their practical knowledge.Activities at iQube :~ ~ Real Time Industrial Projects~ ~ Research & Development~ ~ Academic Projects~ ~ Tech Review (Talk on modern Technology)Contact : Sufian K A +91 94888 44242iqube.kct@gmail.com“KCT Student’s Initiative”From Left : K. Gopinath, J. Srinivasan, N. Jayapathi, R. Senthilkumar, G. Ramakrishnan, C. Dhandayuthapani1415

Greenspiration 201330 Birds Spotted by Bird Watching in KumaraguruCollege of TechnologyMr Praveen Bhargav, Co-founderWILPEG and Wildlife firstMr Ramesh Venkataraman, Managing TrusteeJunglescapes Charitable TrustMr Shekar Dattatri, India’s leading wildlife and conservationfilmakerThe Wild Wing Society is an NGO formed by a team of individuals who are passionate on Wildlife, Environmentand the well being of Society. The Wild Wing Society conducted the Greenspiration 2013 on May 25thand 26th in Kumaraguru College of Technology for the budding environment enthusiasts, activists andconservationists working to conserve nature. There were several sessions by renowned environmentalistslike Mr.Shekar Dattari India’s leading wildlife and conservation filmmaker, Mr.Praveen Bhargav Co-founderWILPEG and Wildlife first, Mr.Sanjai Gubbi recipient of Carl Zeiss Wildlife Conservation Award, Mr.RameshVenkataraman Managing Trustee of Junglescape Charitable Trust, Dr.N.S.Manoharan Forest Veterinary Officer, Mr.Badrasamy Chinnasamy District Forest Officer, Mr.Piyush Manush, Environmentalist and Mr.RameshRajesh, Environmentalist.16Mr Sanjai Gubbi, recepient of Carl Zeiss WildlifeConservation awardUmesh Marudachalam is a well known Environmental activist in Coimbatore. On 25th and 26th of May byBird watching, he has spotted 30 birds in the Campus. He mentioned that the Campus has excellent habitatfor birds survival , because of the tall dense trees found in the campus which also supports nesting and itshabitat. Because of the presence of Cultivation lands found near the KCT Campus Peafowl(Peacock), theNational Bird of India is spotted in large number.House Crow Indian Roller Indian Pond Heron House Sparrow Tailor Bird House Swift SpottedOwlet Black Drongo Brain Fever Bird Asian Koel Common Myna Red Vented Bulbul RedWhiskered Bulbul Red-Rumped Swallow Common Hoopoe Babbler’s Red Wattled Lapwing CattleEgret Black Kite Indian Peafowl Rose Ringed parakeet Greater Coucal White Breasted KingfisherPurple Rumped Sunbird Lotens Sunbird White Browed Wagtail Oriental Magpie Robin CopperSmith Barbet White Cheeked Barbet Blue Rock Pigeon17

CLUB ACTIVITIESYouth Red CrossNATURE CLUB-VALEDICTORY FUNCTIONFOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 - 2013Nature club has successfully organized many events in the academic year 2012-2013 which culminated inthe valedictory function on 02-05-2013 (Thursday). The board members for the next academic year wereannounced. AURORA, the monthly newsletter was released as yearly magazine by the staff coordinator Dr. K.Kumaresan. The magazine depicts the global scenario. Ayyasamy award was given to the Nature club alumniS. Dhivya and M. Ganesh Karthik, for their contribution to Nature club and their activities outside KCT to savemother Earth.List of events held during the academic year 2012-2013 is as follows : V- Can - February 6th 2012 Seminar on Extinct Species - February 27th 2012 Role of students in Birds andNatural conservation s– March 1st 2012 Water Day - March 22nd 2012 Tweet – A Sparrow Campaign - March26th 2012 Earth Hour’12 - March 31st 2012 Inaugural Function for Nature Club cum Nature Library - July 6th2012 Greening Young Minds - August 4th 2012 Snap the Aves - August 4th 2012 Tree Plantation - August15th 2012 Sparrow Conservation - August 22nd 2012 Ffloraa Ancestry for World Heritage Week - August27th 2012 Pink Ribbon Day (Seminar on Women’s Personal Health Care and Natural Life Style Management) -October 6th 2012 Ecoverve’13 - January 21st 2013 Film Fest - January 26th 2013 Field Visit to ThirumurthyHills - February 17th 2013 Valedictory function – May 2nd 201318Red Cross Day Celebration- 8th May, 2013 A day which we might not remember,A day which belongs to the societies who have done so much for the helpless,A day which is so blissful and wonderful, Yes, 8th May! A day of the World Red Cross Societies!!We the Youth Red Cross members celebrated the Red Cross Day with full enthusiasm, igniting the youthminds to care of their own health and of others, to serve the society and to maintain a good friendship withall the people of the world. It is not just the celebration but a starting point to bring in a dramatic change inthis world. The Red Cross Day in KCT, unlike other functions marks a difference by planting service seeds inthe minds of kind hearted KCTians. The students of YRC KCT, on this day made a rightful decision, not onlyto serve their own material needs but also to serve the needy, as they believe that only if there is equalityamong the people in the world there will be peace and harmony. To mark the celebration we showcasedtwo banners near four corner containing the motto and the services of Youth Red Cross. We also displayedin the notice board of all first year classes to ensure that they understand the need for the establishment ofYRC. The poster also contains the motto, fundamental principles and the activities of YRC. It is also one suchremarkable day making all the KCTians know that, knowingly or unknowingly they are all the members ofYRC, once they join this college. Thus, Red Cross Day is celebrated with a message……..When there is a need …. When there is a crisis… When thesituation arises … There we are … The Youth Red Cross.19