The Principal Secretary advised the Director of Technical
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The Principal Secretary advised the Director of Technical
VOLUME: 2 Aug 2015 Issue: 08 IIT site selection Committee visit to Karnataka. ffffgggggggggggggggggggggggggggg L Sri Bharat Lal Meena, Principal Secretary along with the IIT site selection members, Sri R Balasubramanian, Additional Secretary(Technical Education), MHRD, Prof. Sudhir K. Jain, Director , IIT Gandninagar and Sri Ravi Kant Soni Chief Engineer, CPWD viewing the presentations made by selected Districts officers in order to select the suitable place for IIT in Karnataka. The Principal Secretary advised the Director of Technical Education Sri H. U. Talawar to coordinate the tour program of Central site selection committee. Subsequently SPFU Karnataka was assigned the responsibility to coordinate the program. The four members site selection committee was formed to select a suitable site to start IIT in Karnataka. The committee scheduled its program from 26.08.2015 to 28.08.2015 to visit recommended three cities — Mysuru, Dharwad and Raichur for the proposed IIT. “After visiting Raichur, the team left for New Delhi and the report would be submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development for consideration. Inauguration of a workshop at SSIT, Tumkur One week in-house Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced Pedagogical Skills Development Training for Engineering College Teachers” was conducted from 10th -15th August 2015 at STEP Seminar hall, SSIT, Tumkur. Sri H.U Talawar, Director, Dept of Technical Education, Bangalore Inaugurated the workshop. The objective of the programme was to update the Teachers to Advanced modules of Pedagogical Skills. Dignitaries on dais, from left to right: Sri Abdul Khadar, Resource person, Dr. Ashok Mehatha, Programme Cordinator- TEQIP, Sri H U Talawar, Director, Dept of Technical Education, Karnataka, Smt. Kannika Parameshwari, Member, BOM, SSAHE, Dr. M K Veeraiah, Principal, SSIT, , Prof. Aravind K Kulkarni, , Resource person. Dr. B Rajesh Kamath, Dean, SSIT,Tumkur. IIT at Dharwad. The Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad District Sri Rajendra P. Cholan is explaining the site details with the site map to Sri R Balasubramanian, Additional Secretary(Technical Education), MHRD and the members of the committee During discussion at the Police Training Centre, Dharwad Mr. Subramanian said the team was impressed as the district administration had provided various viable alternatives. Referring to the demand for setting up an IIT in Karnataka, he said it was a longpending demand and now they had been apprised about the facilities and infrastructure available. Finally it was declared by MHRD New Delhi on 8.09.2015 that Mummigatti Dharwad was the right place for establishing IIT in Karnataka State. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 1 TEQIP (PHASE-III): The first phase of TEQIP-I commenced during March 2003 and completed during March 2009, covering 127 institutions in 13 States. The Project helped the Institutions through incentives and funding. Based on the satisfactory completion of the first phase of TEQIP, the second phase (TEQIP-II) has been initiated in 191 engineering/Technical institutions with an objective to improve quality of Technical Education through institutional and systemic reforms. Now Phase III is coming up to include about 250 Engineering/Technical Institutions (Government funded and aided Institutions, University affiliated colleges, University Constituent Colleges, Government Sponsored Deemed Universities) which will be competitively selected based on the pre-notified eligibility criteria and quality of proposals. The project will support quality enhancement in Technical Education through initiatives such as faculty development, curricular revision, procurement of equipment to expand quality programmes, accreditation of continued programs, etc. The Project will develop systemic support mechanisms to help institutions improve themselves holistically to self determined targets. The Project will be complimentary to Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme designed by building on the TEQIP experience. Both TEQIP and RUSA use prerequisites for access to funds and both promote a reform agenda. TEQIP III will focus on targeted support to institutions to develop innovative practices, on specific assistance for lagging states, and on the inter-state eco-system. The project would also focus on the entire ‘ecosystem’ of technical education in India by supporting State affiliating Universities to improve their curricula, assessment and monitoring of affiliated colleges, etc. In addition, the project would also scale-up its ongoing efforts in pedagogical and management capacity development training programmes for project institutions. a) project design: There will be two project components: 1 : Improving Quality of education in selected institutions 2 : Improving System Management b. project objectives : To strengthen institutions to improve student learning outcomes To scale-up innovative and multi-disciplinary research To consolidate the Centres of excellence in project institutions To build conducive Technical Education ecosystem. The project has a clear focus on the objective of improving the overall quality of Engineering Education. c. Project inputs: Component 1: Improving Quality of Education in Selected Institutions The component will broadly focus on improving (I) Academic Quality & Excellence; (II) Research & Innovation; (III) Industry Academia Collaboration; (IV) Management Capacity; (V) Equity based development; and (VI) Institutes Governance System. India, Australia sign MoU on cooperation in fields of education, training and research. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Honb’le, Prime Minister of India has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Australia on cooperation in the fields of education, training and research. The costs of the cooperative activities under this MoU will be funded on mutually agreed terms and will be subject to availability of funds. The MoU will help intensify existing partnerships between India and Australia in higher education & research, including technical and Professional education, schools, educational education and training and will open up new and innovative areas of cooperation. The main objectives of this MoU, amongst other things, are: Consideration of expansion of the Australia India Education Council membership from time to time to ensure appropriate representation from academia, policy makers and industry as required and agreed; Strengthening the policy dialogue and exchange in areas of mutual benefit, including qualification and quality frameworks and standards for education, research and training; Supporting mobility of students and faculty members through formal exchange programs, internships and other modalities; Improving credit transfer arrangements and work towards qualifications recognition between Australia and India; Supporting and organizing professional development programmes for subject experts, educational administrators, faculty members and teachers; Encouraging twinning arrangements between institutions of higher learning and organisation of joint research programmes and publications; Encouraging research collaboration between institutions of higher learning to enlarge the scope for joint research, joint Ph. D. programmes and joint degrees; Sharing best practice education materials including research materials, publications, and educational literature; Supporting skills development through joint conferences, seminars, policy dialogue and technical cooperation in national standards development; Strengthening communication for exchange of information on new policy initiatives and opportunities for development of education, training and research activities of both countries; Further develop bilateral programmes between institutions of educational excellence in technical, vocational, schools and higher education, subject to availability of funds; and Any other activity as mutually determined by both parties. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 2 ICT Initiatives in TEQIP Colleges. Principal Secretary Sri Barat Lal Meena is addressing Principals and e- Governance coordinators of TEQIP College. Sri H. U. Talawar, Director, Technical Education and the Project Director, e- Governance Sri M. Srinivasulu Reddy are also seen in the picture. A meeting of all TEQIP Colleges was organized on 09.09.2015 in, Higher Education Council, Conference Hall from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. The Principal secretary chaired the meeting and advised all the Principals to implement ICT initiatives in their respective colleges. Sri C. Thangavelu, Director, NIC, Sri M. Srinivasulu Reddy, e- Governance and Sri Srinivas. V, e-Governance DTE gave inputs to all the colleges for the effective implementation of ICT initiatives. Institutions, smart classes and smart campus. Karnataka is the state that has received the highest grant so far ,that is 131 plus crore rupees and successfully spent more than 80% of the released fund. The progress of the state was appreciated by the chair person and suggestions presented by the state was very well received by the committee. The Additional Secretary, MHRD, Govt. of India appreciated the performance of Karnataka State and advised other states to visit Karnataka, further he advised the Karnataka State to organize a National level conference to showcase the achievements of the project that would help other states to implement the project more effectively. The SPFU Newsletter was very much appreciated in the meeting. E-GOVERNANCE TRAINING AT SPFU OFFICE CONSULTATION MEETING AT MHRD, NEW DELHI. Sri R. Subramanyam, IAS, Additional secretary MHRD, Govt. of India along with Toby Linden Lead Education Specialist and Task Team Leader, World Bank, Miss Tara, World bank consultant, Dr. Rita Goyal, NPIU, Miss Tripti Gurha, Director MHRD were present in the meeting. Directorate of Technical Education has taken active steps to implement ICT initiatives. On 5.08.2015 a training session for implementing less paper office was organized in SPFU office, DTE, Bangalore. Sri. Srinivas, E-Governance coordinator gave some inputs to SPFU staff to implement less paper office, one of the ICT initiatives. A Consultation Meeting was held at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi to discuss the progress of TEQIP-II, on 7th Aug 2015. MHRD has launched TEQIP-II a Centrally sponsored scheme with matching contribution from the State Governments. Under the project, 187 Institutions are on roll across 22 States at present. As of now this project has succeeded in improving the quality of Engineering Education as well as in increasing research outputs .In this regard a Consultation Session was organized with the Principal Secretaries of the participating States to discuss the progress of the project. The Principal Secretary advised the State Project Coordinator, SPFU, Karnataka to attend the meeting on his behalf. Screening Committee meeting held on 11.08.2014 The meeting was chaired by Shri R. Subramanyam, IAS, Additional Secretary, MHRD, Govt. of India. Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Joint Secretaries, Directors of Technical Education; Project coordinators of various States attended the meeting. The SPFU Karnataka in its presentation highlighted new initiatives of the Department of Higher Education, mainly ICT initiatives, interlinking the Institutions, sharing the labs and infrastructure, innovation, MOOCS, Digital Libraries, ranking system of all The Screening committee meeting was scheduled at SPFU Conference Hall, Directorate of Technical Education, Bangalore. on 10th and 11th August 2015 to verify and scrutinized.Dr Maheshappa, Vice Chancellor, VTU Bellagavi along with committee members actively participated in the meeting. 9 proposals were submitted by the faculty of the TEQIP Engineering colleges for foreign travel for presenting their papers in the International conferences as well as to participate in seminars and conferences. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 3 All these proposals were scrutinized and verified as per the revised guidelines of the foreign travel which was described in the revised Project implementation Plan (PIP). Activities of TEQIP Institutions B.M.S.College of Engineering, Bengaluru. The International Conference “b-eCare 2015” on Preventive and Predictive Healthcare Technologies was organized by Department of Medical Electronics, during 25th July to 28th July, 2015 b- e Care International Conference on Preventive and Predictive Healthcare Technologies Sri. U T Khader, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Karnataka accepted our invitation and inaugurated the conference. Mr. Manohar G Nayak, State Project Co-ordinator TEQIP and many other dignitaries graced the occasion with their presence. Dr. Kris Vijay from Scottsdale Healthcare, USA discussed the challenges faced in the development of digital Healthcare Technologies with examples of various case studies. The list of faculties and students who have attended Conference/Paper presentation and workshops Sri. J. Reddy Naik and Smt. Disha. M. Nayak, Assistant Professors of Industrial Engineering & Management have attended “Four days certificate Course on Six Sigma Green Belt” held at Global Knowledge Network India Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru during July 25-26 & August 01-02, 2015. Sri. C. Gururaj, Assistant Professor, Department of Telecommunication Engineering has presented his paper in “3rd International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication & Applications” (ERCICA-2015) held at NMIT, Bengaluru during July 31st to August 01, 2015. Sri. Sujay Ravindra Hegde, Smt. L. Swapna and Sri. S. Siddesh M.Tech students, Department of Mechanical Engineering have presented their research paper in “e-TIME 2015 Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering” held at St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, and Mangalore during August 07-08, 2015. Dr. Santhosh R Desai, Assistant Professor of Electronics & Instrumentation and Sri. B. Venkatesh, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering has attended the workshop on “School on Systems and control” held at IIT-Kanpur during August 04-09, 2015. Smt. G.S. Rekha, Smt. R. Harshitha, Assistant Professors of Computer Science & Engineering have attended Faculty Enablement Program on Big Data and Analytics held at Infosys Limited, Bengaluru during August10-14, 2015. Dr. C. Lakshmi Narayan, Professor Sri. D.B Prakash, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering are attending International symposium on “Advances in Power Distribution Engineering: Disturbed Generation, Micro-Grid and Renewable Integration held at NIE, Mysore during August 28-29, 2015. Facility of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) TESCAN VEGA3LMU procured under Centre of Excellence TEQIP-II in Advanced Materials and Research, is open for use. Visit of World Bank Consultant Interaction Programme with Ms. Jessica Lee, World Bank Consultant, with our students and faculties regarding student transition and QEEE classes was held on 11.08.2015. She interacted with the students and Nodal officers regarding academic support activities for improving transition rates of students from 1st year to 2nd year and successful implementation of QEEE programs in BMSCE. Sixteenth Subcommittee of BOG Meeting held at Board room on 26.08.2015. The faculty members who have attended the Management Capacity Enhancement Programs held at Various IIMs presented their Presentations regarding the outcome of the program. Department of Biotechnology Organized “Lecture series on current industrial practices with respect to Chromatography Techniques and Design of Experiment” was held on 28.08.2015. Government SKSJT Institute, Bangalore. Expert Lecture on Non Woven’s, on 24-08-2015 by the Textile department. Sri Aravind Kulkarni, CEO Precot Meriidan delivered an expert lecture on Non wovens, the process, scope and the expertise that the precot industry has in the production of medical hygiene products. The speaker was welcomed by principal Dr.k.G.Chandrashekara, and the speaker was honored on the occasion. The lecture presented very lucidly and the in-depth details of processes, material, quality requirements, challenges and opportunities. The state of the art videos were also shown. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 4 The lecture was an eye opener for both students and others. The interactions with students were very lively and educative. Further it was very hearty to note that Precot industries has opened their plant in Hassan and five of our M.Tech and B.Tech students are employed in their industry. He assured the employment of our graduates and visits to their plant by our students at all times. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering conducted two Technical Talks in the month of August. Technical Talk on Microcontroller based hardware design and Project Guidance Mr. Sandeep Patil, Founder of ExploreEmbeded.com delivered a lecture on Microcontroller based hardware design. The session was very interactive and included hands on and an exposure to many hardware modules. This event has given students a clear insight of the Microcontroller based application design and a guidance to carry out their final year project. Technical Talk on VLSI Design – A Perspective Mr. Yatheesha H G, Senior Member and Technical staff – Karmic Design Pvt Ltd delivered a lecture on VLSI Design. First part of the session included information on Analog VLSI and opportunities to the students in VLSI domain. Second part of the session gave information about VLSI technology as on today and IC fabrication process. Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore A one day workshop on " Driving Profits and Patentability - The IPR way” coordinated by Dr. Hema B. P, Department of Biotechnology on 7th August 2015 Mr. Raghuram, Smt. Prabhavathi Rao & Prof. S. Rama Murthy from Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre Dept. of Industries and Commerce, Govt. Of Karnataka along with Dr. B.G. Sangameshwara, Joint Director Academics, JSS MVP, during the inaugural function of One day workshop on “Driving Profits and Patentability - The IPR way” 2nd Endowment Lecture under TEQIP assistance on "Importance of Soil Investigation” by Dr. S. Narasimha Rao, Professor, (Retd), IIT – Madras & Director, Tamilnadu road Development Corporation coordinated by Dr. K. Prakash, Professor & Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering on 22nd August 2015. Finishing School on “Product Design and Processing of polymers" coordinated by Dr. Siddaramaiah, Professor of Polymer Science and Technology. The programme is scheduled from 27th August to 2015. Dr. K. Prakash, HoD Civil Engg, Dr. Syed Shakeeb Ur Rahman, Principal, Dr. S. Narasimha Rao, Speaker, Ms. Anitha, Director Civil Aids, Bengaluru, on the dais during the 2nd endowment lecture, while Dr. S.K Prasad, TEQIP coordinator is giving the status of TEQIP activities of SJCE. M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering organized 3 days’ workshop on “ LabVIEW for research in Power Systems & Power Electronics” from 23rd to 25th July 2015 coordinated by Smt. Kusumika Krori Dutta, Assistant Professor, & Sri. Kodeeeswarakumarn. G Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering organized 6 days’ workshop on “A Practical Approach towards Embedded System Design” from 27th July 2015 to 01st August 2015 coordinated by Mrs. Lakshmi Shrinivassan, Assistant Professor, and Mrs. Suma K. V, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering. The Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering organized 3 days’ workshop on “Soft Computing and its applications in engineering” from 10th to 12th August 2015 coordinated by Mr. H. S. Niranjan Murthy, Assistant Professor and Mr. A. Saravanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering. 2. Pedagogy training programme organized by the Institutional level for the Department Faculty members. Organized two days faculty development porgraomme on “Pedagogy (Core Module)” from 17th to 18th August 2015 coordinated by Dr. G. M. Madhu, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engg & Dr. Chandra Prabha M. N. Associate Professor, Dept. of Bio-Technology. 3. Faculty and Staff members deputed to participate / Workshop/Conferences/ Seminars/ Symposiums etc for Enhancing Teaching and Research Capabilities Training Programmes. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 5 Dr. (Mrs) Archna, Professor & Head, Department of Chemical Eng , Dr. A. T. Venkatesh, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engg, Dr. C. Rajagopal Reddy, Professor, Department of Civil Engg and Mrs. Prabha Ravi, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Electronics has attended workshop” on Outcomes-Based Education” at IUCEE in collaboration with BMSCE, Bangalore on 02nd & 03rd August 2015. Dr. Snehaprabha T V, Associate Professor, Dept. of E&EE has attended International Symposium on Advances in Power Distribution Engineering: Distributed Generation, Micro-Grid and Renewable Integration at National Institute of Engineering, Mysore on 28th to 29th August 2015. 4. Details of papers presented at Conferences by the Faculty Members Sri. Manjunath. G, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ME attended the Conference on " A Study of Post Heat Treatment Temperature Variables on Mechanical Properties of Nano polymer Composites" at National Conference on ETIME-2015 St Joseph Engineering College, Mangalore on 07th to 08th August 2015 participants by Mr Srikanth, GM, Physical Acoustic India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai. On last day that is on 03-08-2015 Monday we had valedictory function, for which Dr V Sridhar, was the chief guest and function was presided by Dr. S L Ajit Prasad, HOD, and Department of Mechanical Engineering PESCE Mandya. Chief guests for the function are Dr. H V Ravindra, TEQIP Coordinator, Dean Academic and Dr K N Umesh, Professor, MED, PESCE, Mandya Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur Workshops/Conferences Organized A “workshop cum Review meeting and Mentor Networking Event, of Karnataka - New Age Incubation Network was organized by the Department of IT, Biotechnology and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, at our institute on July 28– 29, 2015. The meeting cum workshop was organized under the chairman ship of Mrs. Tanusree Deb Barma, I.A.S. Director- IT & BT, P. E. S. College of Engineering, Mandhya. Department of Mechanical Engineering. One Week Faculty Development Programme Sponsored by TEQIP- Phase II on Booquets “Acoustic Emission & Its Applications” & Dr. A. Maulishree, Central Coordinator – New Age Incubation Network. The regional coordinators, college coordinators and 10 students from nine engineering colleges including SIT attended the workshop cum review meeting. The Department of Mechanical Engineering, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya, has organized a one week Faculty Development Programme on “Acoustic Emission & Its Applications” sponsored by TEQIP Phase II from 30th July to 03rd August 2015. Total 40 faculty members from various Engineering colleges all over Karnataka have been participated in the programme. Out of which 10 participants are from outside Engineering colleges and remaining 30 are internal participants. Day one that is on 30-07-2015 Thursday programme was inaugurated by our Principal Dr. V Sridhar and presided by HOD Department of Mechanical Engineering PESCE Mandya Dr. S L Ajit Prasad. Chief guests for the function is Dr. H V Ravindra, TEQIP Coordinator and Dean Academic.. Key note address was given by Dr. V Sridhar and fallowed by sessions as given in the daily schedule. Particularly in this programme hands on training was given to all the The departments of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology of Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur recently conducted an International Advanced Lecture Series in Ocular Pharmacology – I: Recent Trends with a Focus on Nano-medicine on 8 and 9 August 2015 at the Media Center, SIT, Tumkur. The program was inaugurated by the Chief Guests Dr. S.P. Srinivas, Associate Professor, Indiana University, USA and Dr. Suresh Kulkarni, Principal, Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur. Dr. M.N. Channabasappa, Director SIT and Dr. Shivakumaraiah, Principal, SIT also graced the Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 6 occasion along with Dr. K.L. Shivabasappa and Dr. B.S. Gowrishankar, Heads of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology departments respectively. One day workshop on “Programming Skill Development” for SC/ST students by Mr. G. Srinivas, Technology Consultant, Freelance, Hyderabad was organized by Department of Information Science and Technology, SIT, Tumkur on 22nd August 2015. Three Day Workshop for SC/ST Students On “Engineering Education without Borders” Organized by Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka Supported by Indo- US Collaboration for Engineering Education and Speed and Student platform for Engineering Education Department. Interim Research Assistantships to Ph. D. Scholars – 12 Registration fee to faculty for attending International Conference - 06 Deputation for MCEP programme = 01 Guest/Invited lectures for students = 03 Deputation of faculty members for workshops = 20 Registration fee to students for attending International Conference = 04 Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,Bangalore. The International conference was inaugurated by Shri. S R Vishwanath, MLA, Yelahanka Constituency. Prof. P. Balaram, Former Director, IISc, Bangalore, was the 'Keynote Speaker'. For the Second day of the conference, Dr. Venugopal K R, Special Officer, Dvg Bangalore University & Principal, UVCE, Bangalore, was the ‘Distinguished Speaker’ and also delivered the Key Note Address. The other dignitaries include Prof. Rohit Punja, Administrator, NET, & Dr. H.C.Nagaraj, Principal, NMIT Bangalore. ERCICA-2015 has also organized a Pre-Conference tutorial on 30, July, 2015 at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology. Prof. L M Patnaik, Former Vice Chancellor-Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune & Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Inaugurated the Tutorials and Prof. K G Srinivasa, Head of the Department, Computer Science and Engineering, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore spoke on “talk on “Cyber Physical Systems”, and Prof. Ramani delivered a speech on “Internet of Things” Mr. B.S. Surendra, Asst.Prof, Mr. Sandeeep G.M, Asst. Prof & Dr. P.B.Shetty Professor in the department of Mechanical Engg, published the paper titled “Design & Fabrication of Inverted Cup Single Action Press Draw Tool” in the International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science (IJLTEMAS) Journal 2015. Dr. Sanjay H.A Prof.& Head, & Mrs. Ashwini J.P, Assoc. Prof. in the department of Information Science & Engg, applied for patent on “Virtual Machine Placement for MPI based HPC Applications on Cloud” under TEQIP-II. Mrs. Sowmyashree A.S, Asst.Prof, & Dr. Srilatha Rao Assoc.Prof & HOD in the department of Chemistry, applied for patent on “Production of paper from Desmostachya Bipinnata (Dharbe) from malnad region” under TEQIP-II Mr.Satish Hegde, Asst. Prof in the department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering was deputed to present paper titled “Investigation of System Dynamics and Security of Southern Regional Power Grid” in the National Conference on Recent Developments in Power Engg, at SVCE College Bangalore, scheduled on 5th Aug 2015 Mrs. Vashudha Hegde, Assoc.Prof In the department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering was deputed to attend the 3 days’ workshop on “Research Methodologies and Latex” organized by VTU at Acharya Institute of Technology, held on 29/07/2015 to 31/07/2015 Mrs. Sowmya Raman, Asst.Prof, In the department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering was deputed to attend the 5 days’ workshop on “Electronics System Design Manufacturing & Testing (ESDMT)” organized by BMSCE Bangalore, held on 27/07/2015 to 31/07/2015. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 7 Mrs. Samanvita, Asst. Prof, In the department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering was deputed to attend the 2 days’ workshop on “LabVIEW for research in Power Systems & Power Electronics” organized by MSRIT Bangalore, held on 23/07/2015 to 25/07/2015. objective of the National Conference is to know the present scenario and to explore the technological advances in the field of Electrical Engineering. This Conference also focuses on the recent developments in the areas of Electrical Engineering. Dignitaries on dais, from left to right: Ms. Roopa R, Asst .Prof In the department of ISE & Dr.Kavitha Sooda, Prof. in the department of CSE, were deputed to attend the 5days faculty enablement program on “ Big Data and Analytics” organized by Infosys , Bangalore held on 10/08/2015 to 14/08/2015. Mr. Shiv Pratap, Asst.Prof, In the department of Mechanical Engineering was deputed to attend the 1 day workshop on “World Class Manufacturing Practices” organized by FKCC I Bangalore, held on 21/08/2015. The Third International Conference on “Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications”(ERCICA-2015), was jointly organized by the Departments of CSE & MCA during 31st July -01, August, 2015 at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Yelahanka, Bangalore, India. The conference was supported by Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP). There were around 650 papers in various specializations of Computing, Information, Communication and Applications. All the papers received have been reviewed thoroughly by an Expert Review Committee and selected purely on the basis of quality of research and outcomes. We had received papers from places like Finland, Nigeria, UK, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, USA, China etc and from across the country from renowned Institutions like IITs, IIITs, NITs, and Central and State Universities and well reputed Institutions from all over the India. The acceptance ratio was 1:4 The proceedings of the conference was published by SPRINGER, one of the top rated publishers in the world and indexed in Springer Digital Library and Google scholar. Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur A two day National Conference on “Development in the Domain of Electrical Engineering -15 (NCDDEE-15)” was held from 30th & 31st July 2015 organized by the Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engg, SSIT, Tumkur. The conference was inaugurated by Sri S Sumanth, Director, KPTCL, Bangalore. The guest of honour was Dr. P Balakrishna Shetty, Vice chancellor, SSAHE and Dr. M.Z Kurian, Registrar, SSAHE. Dr. M.K Veeraiah, Principal, SSIT, presided over the function. Dr. B Rajesh Kamath, Prof. & Head, Dept of E&EE welcomed the guests and participants. The Dignitaries on dais, from left to right: Prof. K.L. Ratnakar, Professor, Dept. of E&EE, Dr. M.Z. Kurian, Registrar, SSAHE, Dr. B. Rajesh Kamath, Prof. & Head, Dept of E&EE, Sri S. Sumanth, Director, KPTCL, Bangalore (Chief Guest) ,Dr. P Balakrishnashetty, Vice chancellor, SSAHE, Dr. M.K.Veeraiah, Principal,SSIT (President of the function) Prof. L. Sanjeev Kumar, Professor, Dept. of E&EE, Dr. G.S. Sheshadri, Professor, Dept. of E&EE. Prof. Sandra Benjamin, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg, Prof. Renukalatha, Dept. of Computer Science Engg, Mr. Chidanandamurthy M.V, Dept of Electronics & Communication Engg, Mr. Jouhar C, Dept of Electrical & Electronics Engg has attended Management Capacity Enhancement Program at IIM, Kozhikode. Mr. Channabasavaraju T P, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Computer Science Engg has attended one day conference at Amritha Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kollam, Kerala on 19th Aug 2015. Mrs. Annapurna H S, Associate Professor, Dept of Computer Science Engg, presented a Research Paper on “A Technique for Multi – Tier Key Distribution for securing Group Communication in WSN” in an International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information Communication and Applications”, at NMIT, Bangalore on 1st Aug 2015. Mr. Srinidhi G A, Asst. Professor, Dept of Telecommunication Engg, presented a Research Paper titled “High Capacity wet Pixel based Steganography with Improved Security” in an International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information Communication and Applications”, at NMIT, Bangalore on 1st Aug 2015. Prof. L Sanjeev kumar, Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engg, presented a Research Paper titled “Performance of PCCC in Presence of Mercaptans in Transformer Oil using O-t-N Technique” in IEEE International Conference on Power and Advanced Control Engineering – Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 8 ICPACE 2015 at BNMIT, Bangalore on 13th & 14th Aug 2015. The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru Organized one week National workshop on “Current Trends in Digital Image Processing Techniques & Applications” held on during 27.07.2015 to 31.07.2015 coordinated by Dr Narasimha Kavalgoud , Professor in E&C and Mr. Sanjay Kumar C K, Assistant Professor of PG Studies - About 40 participants from different parts of Karnataka are attending this workshop which also consists of visits to industries in and around Mysuru. The workshop is being conducted by the Computer Science Division and Electronics & Communication Engineering Department under the aegis of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). Dr. G.L.Shekar, Principal, Dr. K.Raghuveer, Professor & Head Department of Information Science & Engineering, Smt. K.V.Nagalakshmi, HoD I/c and Dr. Narasimha Kaulgud, Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engg., Dr. H.D.Phaneendra, Professor, Information Science & Engineering and Mr. C.K.Sanjay Kumar, Convener, were present on the occasion. Organized an Invited talk from Dr. Ravikumar, Texas Instruments, Bengaluru on IOT, on 14.08.2015 coordinated by Dr. C.R Venugopal, Professor department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Dr. T.N Shridhar, Professor, department of Mechanical Engineering and Mr. N.A Mohan, Assistant Manager, Eicher attended “TTT Program for faculty on Advance Technologies used in Pro-Series Vehicles of Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles” from 20.07.2015 to 24.07.2015 at Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles Ltd., (VECV), Pitambur, Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Vijayakumara. M, Assistant Professor, department of Mechanical Engineering, attended workshop on “Acoustic Emission and its Applications” from 30.07.2015 to 03.08.2015 at PESCE, Mandya. Dr. B. Suresha, Professor, department of Mechanical Engineering attended workshop on “Powder Metallurgy: Technology and Applications” from 07.08.2015 & 08.08.2015 at IIT Madras, Chennai. Mr. R. Chidanandappa, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, Mr. Pradeepa H, , Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, Mr. Likith Kumar M.V, Ph.D Scholar, Mr. Basavaraja D.S, Mr. Anil Marneni and Mr. Rajesh K, M.Tech students attended International Conference on Smart Grid Technologies ICSGT - 2015 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetam, Ettimadai, Coimbatore from 06.08.2015 to 08.08.2015. Mr. Mahadesha B.M and Mr. Saud Mansoor Khan M..M, M.Tech students attended National Conference at SIT, Tumkur, from 30th and 31st July 2015. 5th Graduation Day – NIE, Mysore. 5th Graduation Day of The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru is celebrated on 22nd August, 2015. The chief guest is Dr. L.V Murali Krishna Reddy, President, Institution of Engineers (India) and Guest of Honour is Mr. Jay Pullur, Distinguished Alumnus of NIE and Founder & CEO, Pramati Technologies, Hyderabad. Basaveshwar Engineering College (Autonomous), Bagalkot Prof. S. M. Hatture, Computer Science Engineering, Dept. and Prof. L. B. Bhajantri, Information Science Engineering, Dept. has attended training program on “Faculty Enablement Programme (FEP) on Big data and analytics at Infosys Ltd, Bangalore” on 10 - 14 Aug 2015. Dr. D. S. Jangamshetti, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dept. and Dr. B. S. Meti, Bio Technology dept. has attended training on” Management capacity enhancement for administrators of TEQIP Institutions at IIM, Kozhikode” on 24 - 29 Aug 2015. Basaveshwara Engineering College, Bagalkot organized training program on Python from 01 – 02 Aug 2015 at Institutional level. N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology Nitte, Karkala Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 9 MOU with University of Horticulture Agriculture Sciences, Shivamogga and NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte and University of Horticulture and Agriculture Sciences, Shivamogga have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 27th July 2015 at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. This MOU has been signed by Dr. Niranjan. N. Chiplunkar, Principal of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, and Dr. C. Vasudevappa, Vice Chancellor of University of Horticulture and Agriculture Sciences, Shivamogga. Both the esteemed Institutions propose to have close cooperation and collaboration in the fields of Research and Post graduate studies with the objective of Multi-disciplinary approach to tackle the emerging issues of agriculture covering the disciplines of Agricultural, Mechanical, Electrical, Robotic and Software development. The MOU promotes sharing of the facilities and expert services of scientists/professors for mutual benefit. The Deans of research and senior professors from both institutions were present on occasion. These institutions would like to take up the joint sponsored consultancy and research projects with both long term and short term goals, keeping in view the interests and philosophies of the respective institutions. Faculty Development Programme on Soft Computing Paradigm and its Applications from 27th to 29th July 2015 members of NMAMIT, Dr. Seetharam Shettigar, Physics Dept. attended conference on Research Project Proposal for DST Nanomission at JNCSR, Bangalore “Studies on Nonlinear Optical Properties of Nanoparticles Embedded Polymers for Device Applications” at New Council Room, JNCASR, Bangalore on 1st August 2015. Mrs. Usha Desai, E&C Dept. has attended 3rd International Conference on “Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications – ERCICA 2015” at NMIT. Bengaluru from 31st July to 1st August 2015 Mr. Roshan Fernandes, CSE Dept. has attended International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication & Applications at NMIT, Bengaluru from 31st July to 1st August 2015. Dr. Bhavanishankar Rao and Mr. Anil Kumar, Civil Dept. has attended Workshop on “Recent Trends in Piling and Ground Improvement” at NITK, Surathkal from 31st July to 1st August 2015. Mr. Ranjan Kumar H. S., CSE Dept. has attended Five day Workshop on “Bigdata & Analytics” at Infosys, Bengaluru from 10th August to 14th August 2015. Mrs. Prabha Niranjan, E&C Dept. has attended ICACCI- Doctoral Consortium(to present the paper) at SCMS group of Institutions, Kerala on13th August 2015. Mr. Bommegowda, E&C Dept. has attended International Conference on Power and Advanced Conntrol Engineering – ICPACE – 2015 at BNM Institute of Technology, Bangalore on 14th August 2015 Faculty Development Programme on Soft Computing Paradigm and its Applications (27th to 29th July 2015) The Dept. of Computer Science Engineering has organized a three day FDP on Soft Computing Paradigms and its Applications to selected staff from various departments of our college. About 35 participants have participated in the FDP. The external resource persons are Prof. Dr. R.V. Kulkarni from CSIBER, Kolhapur, Prof. Dr. S.A. Angadi from VTU, Belagavi and Mr. Guruprasad Bhat from CISCO, Bangalore. Prof. Dr. Sarojadevi.H. and Prof. Dr. D.K.Sreekantha, were the internal resource persons. I. Workshops/Conferences attended by faculty Dr. Sarojadevi Hande, CSE Dept. has attended Academic Leadership Workshop for HoD’s at Wipro Technologies, Electronics City Bangalore from 18th to 21st August 2015.’ Mr. Anil Kumar, Civil Dept. has attended 38th series of student programme – seminar and Exhibition 2014 – 15 at Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management from 20th to 21st August 2015. Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 10 Consolidated Financial Management Report for the Month of July 2015 Sub-Component -1.1 & 1.2 (Govt. Govt. Aided and Pvt. Institutions) Expditure. During the reporting Month Total cumuletive Expenditure Up to reporting Month Sl.No. Name of the Institutions Cumuletive Expenditure upto Previous Month 1 University Visveswaraya College of Engineering, Bangaluru 511.25 8.72 519.97 2 B M S College of Engineering Bangalore 1070.47 25.26 1095.73 3 National Intitute of Engineers Mysore 623.45 48.67 672.12 4 Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore 569.48 3.53 573.01 5 P D A College of Engineering Bangalore 794.49 0.59 795.08 6 Basaveswara College of Engineering, Bagalkote 878.62 0.54 879.17 7 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan 617.65 4.48 622.13 8 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru. 894.45 2.96 897.41 9 SDM College of Engineering Dharwad 221.76 0 221.76 10 P E S Institute of Technology Bangaluru 350.47 10.67 361.14 11 M S R Institute of Technology Bangaluru 278.7 4.56 283.26 259.94 31.73 291.67 363.15 5.57 368.72 12 13 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Tumkur Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur 14 N M A M Institute of Technology NITTE 341.26 1.1345 342.43 15 R V College of Engineering Bangaluru 309.24 0.85 310.09 16 N M Institute of Technology Bangalore 330.87 1.53 332.40 17 B V B College of Engineering Hubli 896.24 13.69 909.93 18 P E S College of Engineering Mandya 521.23 20.12 541.35 19 S K S J Technological Institute Bangalore 235.52 2.21391 237.73391 SPFU-Karnataka 275.05 11.79 286.84 CoE 567.33 15.69 583.01 TOTAL 10910.62 214.30 11124.96 Swatch Bharath | Print only if necessary | Save Trees | Go Green Page 11