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Development journalism is an area that requires sustained interest and regular follow up for the simple reason that issues and concerns raised in this area of media studies are not resolved in a time bound fashion. This two day conference organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication on Development Journalism, focused on India but looking at it differently on !4th & 15th March 2019. Day 1 Mr. Venkataramani, The first day of the conference Mr. M.J. Prabhu, Green Cause Foundation Ms. Shirley Deepak, Global Media Consultant Former Agri-Correspondent, The Hindu focused on the growing need for development journalism in India as we do not cover crucial developmental problems in our nation, especially the aspect of uneven development. The conference commenced with an inaugural session in the presence of guests of honor Mr. M.J. Prabhu, Green Cause Foundation and Senior Journalist and Mr. Elango Ramaswamy, Global Grassroot Icon. Another session on Communicating Development which included speakers such as Dr. T. Jaisakthivel, Assistant Professor, University of Madras and Ms. Shirley Deepak, Global Media Consultant who shared their knowledge and experience on understanding community radio. They spoke on the Mr. Sam Daniel, Senior Journalist, NDTV & Mr. Ponnusamy, President, TN Milk Dealers Association & various opportunities in the Mr. David Vijaykumar, Pallavan Grama Bank Mr. Durai Mahendran sector of radio and international broadcasting and also shared as well as pointers on how to Deputy Dean, SRMIST and Mr. issues faced by the rural areas has to play in this area. success stories of various women source revenue for the same as Jai Ganesh… The panellists in India. The audience which The conference was ended in the from rural and tribal areas who funding community radios has included Mr. Sam Daniel, included students and faculty presence of Mr. Venkataramani, are established radio broadcasters always been a major challenge. Senior Journalist, NDTV; Mr. of various departments were today. “Community Radio Ponnusamy, President, TN Milk able to understand the different Former Agri-Correspondent, DAY 2 gives a voice to the voiceless”, Dealers Association; Mr. David problems that the rural parts of The Hindu, who enlightened the says Ms. Shirley Deepak who Day 2 of the National Vijaykumar, Pallavan Grama the country have to face from audience on the importance of had started the Holy Cross Conference on Development Bank and Mr. Durai Mahendran, the perspective of people who agricultural and environmental Community Radio in 2006. Journalism started with a panel a fisherman. The objective of actually live and work in these journalism. He also stressed on The speakers also highlighted discussion on ‘Bridging the the discussion was to bridge regions on a daily basis. They the significance of sustainable the importance and benefits Gap’ which was moderated the gap between the known and were also able to reflect on the development which is the need of starting a community radio by Dr. Sridhar Krishnaswami, the unknown, with regard to significant role that journalism of the hour for our country.

SRMIST organized one day seminar on Tamizh Poetry

STAFF WRITER Jaiganesh’s welcome address in instilling the finer qualities and the Dean Dr Jothikumar’s of appreciating poetry in their Department of Tamil, Faulty felicitation. young minds. Their effective of Science and Humanities, In this seminar, renowned use of the medium of poetry to SRMIST organized one day Poet and writer Kavijar convert otherwise a mundane seminar on Tamil Poetry ’Thamizh Thanjavur Kavirayar, poet Ravi thought into a sublime one was Kavidhaiyiyal’ on 19th March Subramaniyan and poet Raja immensely appreciated by all. 2019 in Kattankulathur campus. Chandrashekhar took part as And thus the one day seminar The seminar began with the special guests. They addressed came to an end with its purpose Head of the department Dr B the first year students and helped achieved. 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 3 RacingRacing toto thethe Top...Top... andand SStayingtaying ThereThere

STAFF WRITER third position in MHRD’s ARIIA disciplinary universities in India (Atal Ranking of Institutions on ranked high by NIRF and ARIIA It may be recalled that Innovation and Achievements) SRMIST has been conferred SRM Institute of Science among private universities in graded autonomy by UGC- and Technology, (formerly India. ARIIA rankings bring MHRD and is now a Category I SRM University) has been forth the excellence in campuses institute as per the classification accredited with the highest which is conducive to inculcation of UGC-MHRD- one of the grade A++ (A double plus) by of entrepreneurial capabilities very few private institutes to NAAC (National Assessment in the students so that they have been accorded this honor. and Accreditation Council) become employers and not job in August 2018 which is seekers as they leave the portals In October 2017, SRMIST considered as one of the of SRMIST. QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) biggest achievements yet an UK based world renowned SRMIST with 50000 plus ranking agency has rated SRMIST by SRMIST. This has been students and 3200+ faculty as a “4 Star” institute with further reinforced by the members offering programs in “5 Star” ratings in Teaching, ranks secured by SRMIST the disciplines of Engineering, Employability and Inclusiveness. in 2019 – NIRF-MHRD Medicine, Science, Humanities, The same agency has accorded (National Institutional Ranking Management, Law, Health ‘Diamond Rating’ to SRMIST University – 31 Pharmacy- 14 Framework) released by the Sciences, Dentistry, Hotel recently. (Up by 9 positions (Up by 13 positions Honorable President of India Management, Agricultural from 2018) from 2018) on 08.04.2019. SRMIST also regularly and Sciences and Teacher Education consistently figures in World/ SRMIST has also secured is one of the few biggest multi- Asian/BRICS rankings by QS and Times Higher Education (THE-UK). For the first time, SRMIST has been ranked in ‘Subject Category’ also by THE. SRMIST has international program based accreditations also to its credit. Five of its engineering programs offered at Kattankulathur campus have been accredited by commissions Engineering -36 Medicine -22 of ABET, USA (www.abet.org) (Up by 10 positions (Retains the position) and four by UK based IET (The from 2018) Institution of Engineering and Technology). Such international accreditations have resulted in at undergraduate level itself, Commercialization by Ministry close to 900 students from 64 implementation of FIIP ( Faculty of Commerce and Industry, countries studying at SRMIST. Industry Immersion programme) GoI and establishment of , scheduled interaction sessions All the above mentioned NewGen IEDC (Innovation & with students by top management awards/distinctions awarded Entrepreneurship Development and performance linked incentive to SRMIST are due to the Cell) at SRM with a funding schemes for faculty are but a culmination of many innovative of 2.87 Crores by NSTEDB few of the measures which have measures benefitting the students (National Science & instilled a sense of purpose and faculty alike resulting in an Technology Entrepreneurship among the teachers and the invigorating learning atmosphere. Development Board), DST, taught. Adoption of IDEAL (Inter- GoI have given further Disciplinary Experiential Active National IP Award 2018 in impetus in addition to NAAC Learning) curriculum with the category of Top academic accreditation, NIRF and option to go for specialization institution for Patents and ARIIA rankings. 4 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 Bringing together young Minds and Dreams

STAFF WRITER was concluded by Dr. N. Suresh Kumar who motivated the students AARAMBH is a start-up club to create their own future and of SRM Institute of Science be their own inspiration. and Technology, Vadapalani I, The afternoon session the Campus that brings together panel discussion was lead by the young minds with dreams Mr.Eshwar Sabapathy, Partner- of becoming an entrepreneur Eshwars, House of Corporate in the field of engineering and and IPR laws who was the technology. moderator for the discussion. Aarambh’19, Youth Startup The other members of the panel Summit was held in Vadapalani were Mr.V.Muthu Kumar, campus recently. The summit proprietor Rakki dental lab, commenced at 9:30 am. The Mr. Avira Tharakan, CEO- inauguration of the ceremony Docswallet, Mr. S. Lakshmi was followed by the felicitation Shankar, CEO-Top Reach of keynote speakers Mr.Dorai Solutions and Mr. Karthikeyan Thodla, Founder & CTO Emayavaramban, Managing Technology strategies and Dr. Director-Thirukural Unavagam. Showcasing Talents of Design N.Suresh Kumar, managing The panelists discussed about the director & founder at 360 degrees “Challenges and opportunities STAFF WRITER Padmasingh Isaac, MD, Aachi with enthusiasm and deep academy. The morning session in various Sectors of Startup”. group of companies. The session insight. One of the questions Design And Innovation Club is involved the inauguration of was about who were his major a hybrid club of SRM Institute the club logo followed by the competitors. of Science and Technology, inaugural address by the Chief He gave an answer which Vadapalani Campus that brings Guest who motivated the students induced laughter but at the same together the young minds with to create their own future and time was shrewd. His answer dreams of becoming an innovator be their own inspiration. He was that the housewives were to showcase their talents of design inspired the students by asking the major competitors as his and innovation in the field of them to have a vision, put in products were aimed at replacing engineering and technology. persistent effort, hard work and or providing a viable alternative have the quality of perseverance. The inaugural ceremony of to their homemade masalas. The Design and Innovation After which, he spoke about Club was held recently. The how the brand of a person is Finally, the ceremony was inauguration of the ceremony his/her character and attitude. successfully concluded by was followed by the felicitation Queries were raised by some awarding young innovators for of the Chief Guest, Mr. A. D. students which he answered their ideas and projects around. A Bazaar of a different kind

DRUTHI JITHENDRA lighting. Full of diverse stalls and a bright atmosphere, the bazaar TANYA AGGARWAL attracted a lot of people. Be it “Take all your problems and clothing or accessories, people rip them apart or carry them off were found with hands full of in a shopping cart”. shopping bags, empty wallets and a satisfied smile on their Whoever said so managed to faces. The bazaar included a perfectly capture the state of the range of products, from notable students after those sleepless brands like Timex to wallet nights and stressful days spent friendly goods that students preparing for the first round of could afford. For all the fun- internal exams. The students and loving people, Penta Bazaar the faculty of the SRM School also had various game stalls of Management gave the masses including ‘shoot-the-balloon’ a huge stress buster in the form and ‘fruit-shots’. The biggest of Penta Bazaar also known as, crowd puller, however, was Bazaar 5.0. the helium balloon stall where The bazaar, which was held participants were allowed to Student enjoying Bazaar 5.0 from the 13th to the 15th of inhale helium gas and make food stalls, kebab stalls and Penta Bazaar was not only a for the students who participated February, lit up the dim streets funny, squeaky noises. Tattoo rustic ice candy stalls helped in different and fresh experience in the event by setting up stalls of SRM with its decoration and and face painting stalls, Syrian bringing variety to the event. for all those attending it but also of their own. 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 5 Patriotic state of mind of the Gen – Z SADHANA UPENDRAN depending on individuals. As we march into the future we Born in the era of technological are bound to understand our advancements and momentous responsibilities as citizens of changes in morals and lifestyles, this country with a conscious the Gen-Z, as we fashionably desire to make a difference. call ourselves have been a Does our patriotism last just generation of torpid individuals for a day or two after incidents always at the brink of staying like the Uri surgical strike or or falling off from their ‘cool’ the recent Pulwama attacks? The Vivo IPL 2019 trophy status . The times have changed Or do we just salute our flag since the independence when on Independence and Republic IPL – Aiding Economic Growth Since ‘08 the youth dreamt of a country day only? How is it fair that that would soar high in every only 0.004% of the population under the Indian Armed Forces STAFF WRITER largely impacted the craze for flights, buses, food and beverage possible field of advancement. the game, but has brought in are few of the various services The youth of the country now and their families are expected In a country like India, cricket bamboozling levels of money that are availed by the people dream of PUBG, the number of to fight for the country while undeniably brings together with it. The effect of the IPL on involved in the tournament, likes on their Facebook posts we scroll down endlessly into people from all walks of life, the economy is unquestionably thereby adding to the escalation of or their next Instagram story. the unfathomable depths of social media? An answer to irrespective of culture, gender immense. The tournament their usage. The DTH providers To put in simple words, the all the above questions is the or nativity. The sport is widely influences the growth of sectors, don’t sit back when it is their essence of realism in thoughts biggest change one could make watched by people from all which is a major contribution to time to increase their revenue. have regrettably disappeared in their respective lives as over the world and has various the growth of the income of our The subscription rates of the from us. The thought of progress even ‘one’ thought can act as leagues that are played all year country. With broadcast rights, channels that broadcast the as a country and our valuable a catalyst to a plethora of chain long. Cricket here is nothing sales of team merchandise, matches also increases. The contribution towards it has taken reactions that might escalate less than a religion and every title and team sponsorships, advertising industry sees a jump a back seat in the race for social the country’s status. As simple tournament is considered a the IPL has proved to be a in its income as well. Overall, media updates and e-connection. as acknowledging the fact festival. The Indian Premier separate sector of employment along with all the action that the Have we lost track ? Well, the that every person matters in a League (IPL) is one such month- and revenue-creation in itself. tournament has to offer, it offers answer could be a yes and a no country could be the first step. long festival that is celebrated Additionally, the tournament a lot of financial growth to the brings with it spectators from Indian economy. Every year, with pompousness and grandeur. various countries, who are the tournament gains popularity Every year, the IPL grows often fascinated by the cultural and spectatorship. With this Unfamiliar yet travels around the world and to be bigger and better, with diversity of India, and hence aid increase, it is only natural to drags the captivated readers bigger names and bigger bucks. in the blooming of the tourism expect the forthcoming years remarkable along. It becomes the arena for The tournament has not only sector of the economy. Hotels, to be bigger and better. two trainees of rival magicians to books compete until only one survives. An intense battle of imagination and determination form loose Lost in space: an ESHA DUTTA strings that tie together to stage SWATHI BALAJI a flawless ending. Acrobats, odd twins, intricate clocks, adieu to opportunity Humanity shapes literature and exuberant dinners provide SAMADRITA SAHA as much as literature shapes a peculiar twist on childish humanity. Here are a few fantasies When “Opportunity” landed recommended, lesser known The Yellow wallpaper in Meridiani Planum, a plain fictional masterpieces that just off the equator of Mars, it escaped public scrutiny: Written by Charlotte Gilman in 1892, it is a pioneer in leading was expected to last a maximum The House on Mango Street the first wave of feminism. Due of 90 days on the Red Planet. A recipient of the American to mainstream media being However, it outlasted its Book Award and a New York reluctant to publish works of a estimated life span by a staggering Times Bestseller, this is a coming utopian feminist, it took a while tally of 14 years and travelled of age novel by Sandra Cisneros to earn its rightful acclamation. over 28 miles on the terrain revolving around the life of a It is a chilling tale of a woman of Mars while returning over teenage Latina, as she struggles driven to the brink of insanity 217,000 images of the planet. to survive in a Puerto Rican by being confined to a country neighborhood in Chicago in the house by her husband to treat Opportunity was launched in 1980s. The book delves into the her hysteria. the summer of 2003 with the An artist’s portrayal of Opportunity, the Mars rover male-dominated culture enmeshed objective of exploring Earth’s in a Mexican household, as it tries neighbouring planet. From the breaking all records. The end over one thousand commands to keep up with the American very beginning, it hit the scientific came in the form of a severe dust to restore contact with the rover culture that it has recently been jackpot and provided compelling storm in May 2018 that blanketed but to no avail. On February introduced to. Discrimination, scientific evidence that water in the rover and eventually grew 13, 2019, after sending a final abuse, sisterhood, and love, this its liquid state had once been to enshroud the entire planet. series of recovery commands that book explores it all. present on Mars, establishing The thick sunlight-blocking eventually proved to be futile, the physical habitability of dust prevented Opportunity scientists put Opportunity to Night Circus the planet. Over the years, the from recharging its batteries sleep with Billie Holiday’s ll Be It is the debut fantasy novel rover continued to plod on the and it slipped into a sort of Seeing You’ amidst condolences by Erin Morgenstern. Set in the surface of the unknown planet, hibernation. Scientists spent pouring in from all over the 19th century, a nocturnal circus demystifying its secrets and the next eight months issuing world and hence. 6 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 The Floundering Bluebird Techutsav’19: Binary and Beyond SANKALP SARKAR called off the official search, SARVESH VISHNU citing weather quandaries. “Oh, you wonderful free Incidentally, three days after SAMADRITA SAHA bluebird!”, the silent whispers the resumption of the search, murmured around the Stadiwm Sala’s corpse was recovered The sixth edition of TechUtsav, Dinas Caerdydd as Sankalpa from the wreckage in the British a national level technical fest, Sarkar delves deep into the Channel. If renegading ennui was conducted recently, by mysterious circumstances was inscribed into the chain the Faculty of Science and surrounding the death of Argentine of chicanery that stemmed Humanities, SRM Institute of footballer Emiliano Sala. from Sala’s record transfer to Science and Technology. The Cardiff could be disseminated, two-day long extravaganza As the world mourned the it would give birth to a series comprised an amalgamation loss of Argentine Sala and the of vivaciously pertinent queries of technical and cultural events pilot of his private jet, David that remained unanswered: ranging from a paper presentation Ibbotson, introspection would Why did Cardiff allow their and technical quiz to theatre and be futile in an epoch of pseudo- record-transfer to fly to Nantes via gaming, offering to all students intellectual brokerage. The The lighting of the kuthuvilakku flags off the event a private jet, instead of the putative a unique opportunity to not mystery clouding around Sala’s protocol of a commercial flight? only portray their talents but crash and subsequent apathy from In spite of failure to take off also enhance their knowledge. presentation event witnessed a the British government and the twice in a row, why was the number of students formulating investigations surrounding both The event was inaugurated and faltering jet allowed to take ideas that held the promise FC Nantes and Cardiff City FC convened by Dr. G. Kalpana, off?. The shadowy tentacles that of transforming the field of stands testament to the pseudo- Department of Computer Science hang around the elliptic maxims technology if implemented empathetic shadiness lurking in and Dr. Albert Antony Raj would prove to be futile as the correctly. Students also flocked in the murky underwood of the S, Department of Computer world bid adieu to a talent lost posh offices. A GoFund page Applications. The technical to participate in the recreational in the gloom of time. funded by a host of international fest got off to a very energetic cultural events of theatre, meme footballers including the likes I am a thousand winds that start with numerous students creation, photography, and of Lionel Messi, N’golo Kante, blow,I am the diamond glints on participating in its wide array gaming. Techutsav’19 concluded Neil Warnock among others, flew snow, I am the sun on ripened of events. The idea behind with its closing ceremony where into the rescue of the mourning grain, I am the gentle autumn every technical event was to the convenors elaborated on the families after Guerney Police rain. test the scientific calibre of the significance of technology in A participant presents his participants and their ability today’s world and also motivated ideas with great passion to conceptualize unique and the students to constantly think innovative ideas that could out of the box to come up with even greater zeal and enthusiasm be adapted feasibly in the real unconventional ideas. Techutsav to inspire and awaken the spirit world. ‘Lit Up There’, the paper plans to return next year with of scientific thinking.

legacies, from Roman to Greek The Case of Integrity to French Renaissance. Keating subconsciously knows this but doesn’t have the temerity V AMRUTHA critics alike. He graduated top to acknowledge his own of the class, and went on to incompetence as compared “In a world of Peter Keatings, become what we now know to Roark. try to be a (albeit a mellower as a ‘starchitect’. version of) Howard Roark.” Roark’s character taught me On the other hand, we have about having integrity - being It is considered almost a the brilliant yet misunderstood consistent with what you are blasphemy if an architect/ Howard Roark. He’s the one and what you do. There’s this [Oh captain! My captain] architecture student hasn’t read who went against the grain, synergy between his personality The Fountainhead. It’s a dense got expelled from his institute and his work which lent him his read and it’s not really everyone’s for his design acumen which authentic, complex character cup of tea. Maybe it’s their cup of was too ‘daring’ and ended up arc. And it’s this synergy that coffee, or milk. Or maybe they’re working for an architect who resonates most with architects. Reporting for Spectrum lactose intolerant. We’ll never was tagged a ‘blotch in the know. Because that’s how diverse fabric of architecture’. • Contributing reports should be confined the opinions about the book are. What separates these two to a maximum of 250 words and must be On one hand we have Peter is their underlying integrity. Keating - poster boy of the written by students only. Roark’s passion for spaces is architecture of the late 1920s, on a higher plane, too difficult • Accompanying pictures must have captions. worshipped by commoners and for people to comprehend. His Pictures without caption will not be published raison d’etre was to craft spaces, • Request for coverage in Spectrum by its every morsel of concrete being editorial team must be made well in advance Roark’s passion entwined with his very soul. with an accompanying note and the invitation for spaces is on a Keating however, catered to the to [email protected] people’s aesthetic aspirations. In higher plane, too a sense, his buildings seemed to • Coverage of a certain event or receipt of be a bromide - something easy, an article does not guarantee publication. difficult for people soothing and conforming to the Cover art by Nick Gaetano. -Editor to comprehend masses. His buildings were an “To ask nothing. To expect ungrateful mélange of borrowed nothing. To depend on nothing.” 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 7 The first sight of black hole

NIKHIL GAUR in which astronomers from observatories on different “Hey! Champ look at this, continents simultaneously it’s a black hole!”, if somebody observe the same object, and then comes and says this phrase to collect the combined data on a you, you are definitely not going supercomputer. The EHT has two to believe him, but soon you primary targets- SAGITTARIUS are going to witness “the most A* and M87, a supermassive remarkable discovery of the black hole situated at the centre era in the field of astronomy”. of the Milky Way galaxy and The observations made by the Virgo cluster of galaxies the scientists of the project respectively. M87 is about 60 ‘The Event Horizon Telescope million light years away from (EHT)’ are expected to unveil the earth but 1000 times larger than most eagerly awaited scientific the one present in our galaxy, Cool as a cucumber: Final year students celebrating the success of Unido ‘19 announcements of 2019. the astronomers hope would be visible. Black holes are phenomenally dense objects which distort the No one is sure what the image Unido’19 – A Gastronomical Gala fabric of space-time in their will look like but theoretical predictions show it will be like vicinity, causing objects and V AMRUTHA light to appear deflected from the one depicted in the film its path. Until now, a black hole “Interstellar”. This discovery will also reveal whether they The Annual Theme Luncheon This year’s theme lunch was has never been directly observed. Unido’19 was hosted by the The main barrier being that have properties predicted by the Einstein’s theory of general students of SRM Institute of Hotel black holes are so compact that relativity. “If we get an image Management, Kattankulathur a telescope roughly the size of really challenging because of out of it, it will become one the recently. The event saw the august earth would be required to see most iconic images of science presence of Mr. Sunil Tandon, the nearest one! ”, says Prof. Peter Galison, General Manager, ITC Fortune the multiple cuisines we had The EHT uses a technique member of EHT from Harvard Hotels and Mr. Karunakaran, known as interferometry, university. Assistant Manager, Food & Beverage, ITC Fortune Hotels. to explore. At the end of the The luncheon was held as a formal event for students to showcase their culinary day all of us co-operated very creativity and calibre. This year the event’s theme was ‘Carnival’ and celebrated the well and made it successful. fusion of Indian and Global culinary delights. Every year cultural performances, which so it was a great event.” Upon theme lunches are organized by was just the icing on the cake. asking about the dishes served, the final year students convert Says Sudeesh Menon, 3rd year, Menon adds, “We prepared dishes their theoretical knowledge into HM, “This year’s theme lunch catered to a more universal practical operations. was really challenging because palate, adding an Indian twist The inauguration was done of the multiple cuisines we had to the global cuisines. Dishes by the chief guest, Mr. Sunil to explore. At the end of the day like Gulab jamun, Cheesecake Tandon which preceded the all of us co-operated very well and Gajar Halwa macaroons menu orientation and video and made it successful. We lived proved to be a great hit.” The presentation by the faculty. up to the theme name - Unido event culminated with a vote “A black hole isn’t so black from outside as it radiates The students displayed their and found everyone working as of thanks to the chief guests plasma flames at the speed of light!” extra-curricular talents through a team as well as being united from the host students.

Electruser (eBaja) Team of SRMIST the Champion of Champions!!!

STAFF WRITER colleges/Universities across India medals Best Endurance, Best participated in the event. The All Land Maneuverability award Electruser (eBaja), a student Terrain Vehicle developed by and Over all ATV First Runner team from Mechanical student team of SRMIST passed up in Endurance. Engineering department all the static & dynamic tests has participated in the event The winning team is captained and entered into final endurance “Champion of champions” by Mr. Surya Pranith, Student test. The vehicle successfully organized by Imperial Society for of Mechanical Engineering completed the given distance and Faculty advisors are Dr. Innovative Engineers (ISIE) at of 24 km in One hour and was T. Rajasekaran, Professor/ KL University, Vijayawada, AP. placed first. Electruser’s (eBaja) Mechanical and Mr. Arulkumar, Around 22 Teams from various vehicle has won the followings AP/Mechanical. 8 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 Imparting and Improving Leadership Skills

STAFF WRITER and a motivational speaker. students for mentoring. This The session involved a brief leadership program focuses on School of Management, introduction to the program, mentoring the government school SRM Institute of Science interaction among the students students in key leadership areas and Technology, Ramapuram and gaining insights from the like time management, anger Campus initiated a student students. The session also dealt management, personal hygiene outreach program “EETHAL”, with the strengths behind this along with other structured life in association with Indian Student leadership program and and leadership skills. Students Development Foundation on their importance. The afternoon Dean (S&H), HOD/MBA presenting momento to from school of management, 29-1-2019.This program is session was handled by Mr. Imran, 2015-2017 batch alumni Mr.Promod Kiran, designed as a student leadership program co-ordinator, IDF and SRMIST actively participated Managing Director, SRJ Proteins, Chennai program to make potential Mr.Selvendhiran, program co- in the training program and use of the student’s leadership ordinator, IDF. The afternoon gained a deeper insight towards qualities towards creating a session involved training the mentoring and it’s process. Sharing Experiences better society.

The objective of this student STAFF WRITER the running a business. The leadership program is to impart students were inspired by his and improve the leadership The School Of Management, speech and participated with skills and life skills among the SRM Institute of Science & joy. Later the session went on school students, who in turn will Technology, Ramapuram Campus, with question answer round contribute to a better society. It where the students clarified was inaugurated by The Dean, conducted two alumni talks their doubt with Mr.Promodh science and humanities and the for MBA first year students. on entrepreneurship. It was a Head of the department, which In the if talk the gathering was nice gesture by the management followed an introduction to the addressed by Mr.Promod Kiran , to have arranged this program program. Managing Director, SRJ Proteins, Chennai and an alumni from to students to emphasis. The morning session was 2015-2017 batch. He shared the On the perks of starting a taken over by the guest of the importance to start a business business and being a successful day Mrs. Manju K. Manohar, and tactics to be successful in entrepreneur. social ambassador of IDF, who is Dean (S&H), HOD/MBA and Coordinator honoring guest an entrepreneur, a career coach on Mrs. Manju K. Manohar, social ambassador of IDF

Eethal events at Hussainy School

STAFF WRITER and improve the leadership programme started with skills and life skills among briefing about SRMIST, School of Management, the school students, who in courses offered and highlights SRM institute of science turn will contribute to a better of Ramapuram Campus. Topics and technology, Ramapuram society and it is also part of covered in the session were: Campus initiated student brand building activity. outreach programme “Eethal” 1) Time management Students Assisi Matriculation as part of brand building School, Sivanthi Matriculation 2) Money management activity recently at Hussainy of the school handled Student School, and Ramapuram. 3) Unity is strength Leadership Programme sessions. The objective of this student Dr.G.Kannan and Faculty member 4) Leadership qualities leadership program is to impart accompanied the students. The 5) Anger Management etc.

Ms.Thanuja Srinivasan a passed out graduated from the same college, now working as Assistant Manager - Finance in ITC Hotels addressing students.

In the 2nd talk the gathering was addressed by Ms.Thanuja Srinivasan a passed out professional from the same college, now working as Assistant Manager - Finance in ITC Hotels. She shared her beautiful experience in college and encouraged the students to enjoy the college life with both fun and studies. Moreover she shared how her studies have helped her gain an edge over others in her office. The students were very inspired by her speech and applauded enthusiastically. Later the session went on with question answer round where the students clarified their doubt with Ms.Tanuja. It was very thoughtful of the management to have brought a beautiful opportunity to Dr.G.Kannan, Asst. Professor, Students of MBA addressing school students at Hussainy School students. 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 9 Paying homage to martyred Jawans

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SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur organized a silent procession in their campus to mourn and pay homage to the 44 martyred CRPF personnel in the wake of Pulwanna terrorist attack in Kashmir. Briefing the illustration on conservation The Registrar, Director (E&T), Faculties, Staff and Students numbering 1500 took part in the procession and paid tributes and homage to the departed martyrs. At the end, the procession observed 2 minutes silence to mark their respect to the departed soldiers.

Awareness Rally on VOTING at Guduvanchery

STAFF WRITER N. Sethuraman, The Registrar club of alpha city participated and Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, along with the club members. As the Lok Sabha elections are Director (Engg and Tech), Refreshments were provided to nearing, NSS of SRM Institute SRMIST. the participants and volunteers. of Science and Technology More than 120 NSS Students NSS volunteers were actively organized an awareness rally of participated in the rally at participated in the rally by on the importance and rights of Guduvanchery. Welcome address raising slogans on the rights VOTING to public in the area was given by Dr.T.Rajasekaran, and importance of casting of Guduvancherry, recently NSS Program coordinator and individuals vote for selecting between Srinivasapuram and the rally was inaugurated by their representatives. General Interacting with the students Viswanathapuram as advised Dr. Logaraj, Head, Community public along with the local by Shri. VALLAVAN, DSP, Medicine, SRMMC&RC. Lenin counsellors also joined the rally Vandalur with the support of Dr. Kavirichelvan, President, Lions enthusiastically. Awareness on Energy Conservation

Energy saved is energy produced. Energy saved today is asset for future. Save energy today for a better tomorrow. Conservation of energy is everybody s responsibility

It is planned to create deep sense of conservation of energy in the young minds of the students community. To start the awareness campaign in the campus, it was planned to experiment in the class rooms of seven blocks: Tech park, Bio, Architecture, MBA, Law, BEL and UB. NSS Students are asked to carry plug card/ Banner with the slogans/quotes on Conserve energy for TWO minutes only and briefly lecture in front of the students. It is understood that majority of faculty welcomed this awareness campaign, because this is the need of the hour. It was highly appreciated that all the students involved are very enthusiastically undertaken the campaign in the class rooms. Thanks to the Director (Engg. & Tech), Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan for his suitable direction and the Registrar Dr. N. Sethuraman, SRMIST for his guidance and all the NSS faculty volunteers and program officers Mr. Ann Joe Martin, Mr. Prithviraj, Mrs. R. Devakunchari, Mr. K. Selvam for the active participation accompanied by Dr. T. Rajasekaran, NSS Program coordinator, to take up this for seven select blocks in the campus. Few sample of awareness on energy conservation activities are shown in the pictures found below as the NSS students demonstrate, explain and interact with the students in presence of faculty handling classes. 10 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 The Scope of Hierarchically Structured Materials

STAFF WRITER Scientists & Research scholars Telungana State, Dr. Jayashree from various educational ETHIRAJ Young Scientist - Award The Department of Physics, institutions along with various winner –VIFRA, Institute Post SRM Institute of Science & participants from Research Doctoral Fellow, Department Technology, Ramapuram campus & Development laboratories of Chemistry, IIT Madras, organised the 7th National across the country attended the delivered their invited talk which Conference on Hierarchically conference and presented their enthused the young researcher Structured Materials research findings. for technology transfer. (NCHSM 2019) recently. The Research Scholars and conference was sponsored Dr. L. Sudha, Professor & Head Scientists from leading by Council of Scientific and of the Department of Physics, Industrial Research, New Delhi. Convener of NCHSM 2019 Universities, Colleges and welcomed the august gathering R&D laboratories contributed Dr. V. Subbiah Bharathi, and presented the overview of the and presented their research Director, Ramapuram campus, conference. Eminent scientists findings on topics such as SRM Institute of Science & from prestigious institutions Nanomaterials, Crystal Growth Technology presided over the presented plenary and invited and Characterisation, Magnetic inaugural function and he outlined talks on a range of topics. and Semiconducting Materials, the significance of gathering Materials Characterization, Renowned professionals researchers and faculties to Electronic Structure of Materials, like Dr. L. John Berchmans, work for the advancement of Thin films. Based on the most Principal Scientist & Head, science and technology. He innovative and challenging Electropyro Metallurgy Division, also stated the role of science areas of conference, the best CSIR-Central Electrochemical serving industrial purposes, and oral and poster presentations Research Institute, Karaikudi, also to determine the problems were awarded. This was a big Dr. R. Jayavel, Professor Center in the physical sciences. Dr. Dr. boost for the budding scientists for Nanosciene and Technology K.N.Srinivas, Vice Principal to carry on with their interest (CNST) Anna University, Chennai (Academic), SRM Institute on research. In the valedictory delivered their plenary talk. of Science & Technology, function, Dr. B.Venkatachalapathy, Ramapuram campus felicitated Dr. K. Ramya, Senior Scientist, Dean Research, SRM Institute the gathering. Prof.V.Murugesan, International Advance Research of Science & Technology, Vice Chancellor, Annamalai Centre for Powder Metallurgy Ramapuram campus felicitated University, Chidambaram graced and New Materials (ARCI), the gathering and addressed the the conference as Chief Guest. Centre for Fuel Cell Technology significance of research work He delivered inaugural and (CFCT), Chennai, Dr. T. Karthik, in the field of hierarchically keynote address and précised Scientist-C, Multilayer Ceramics structured materials and the scope of Hierarchically Group, Centre for Materials for mentioned that the conference Structured Materials, how it Electronics Technology, Thrissur, which was conducted would engrosses in integration of science Kerala, Dr. D. Paul Joseph enormously facilitate the academic and technology and released the Assistant Professor, Department community to allocate their conference proceedings. of Physics National Institute knowledge for the betterment About 150 faculty members, of Technology – Warangal, of society. Need for India – Centric Development Model... Sri S. Gurumurthy STAFF WRITER highlighted the philosophies business hub, since villages are of Karl Marx, Max Webber, the major contributors to the SRM Institute of Science and Walter Roster and many other GDP. He quoted the example Technology (SRMIST) recently economists. He also established of ZOHO Corporation which organized a lecture under the the fact that Indian economy was is very successful in Software banner “Paarivendhar Lecture at a high pace till eighteenth and Product Development. Series” on the topic “Need for century. He emphasized that India – Centric Development every educational institution He also insisted on the concept Model” by Sri S. Gurumurthy, must prepare students for the of original thought by quoting Chartered Accountant, Corporate development of the economy the example of Yugoslavia. Also Advisor and Journalist. Dr. and country, not for the marks he added how India came out of Paarivendhar, Chancellor, and results. He recognized an economic crisis during 1998 SRMIST welcomed the Chief that there is no one size fit – all by issuing NRI development Guest, dignitaries and students model and that each country bonds. He concluded by advising for the program. He spoke about must choose the model which the students of SRM School of Sri S. Gurumurthy Lighting the Lamp the achievements, popularity suits its characteristics. Management to tour the industrial and distinguished qualities of clusters at least for fifteen days He spoke about the success Pro Vice Chancellor (Planning Department of Journalism & Sri S. Gurumurthy. in a year to gain the first hand stories of entrepreneurship & Development) , and Dr. R. Mass Communication, Faculty knowledge about business and In the key note address, Sri ventures in small districts Balasubramanian , Pro Vice of Science & Humanities entrepreneurship. S. Gurumurthy spoke about in India like Karur, Tirupur, Chancellor (External Affairs) introduced the Chief Guest. his experiences he had by Namakkal, Jalandhar, Morvi, Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Vice were present in the function. Dr. V. M. Ponniah, Dean, School travelling across the country Ludhiana. He also insisted that Chancellor, Dr. N. Sethuraman, Dr. Sridhar Krishnaswami, of Management proposed the and observing people. He villages should be treated as a Registrar, Dr. T. P. Ganesan, Professor & Deputy Dean, Vote of Thanks. 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 11

Students of SRMIST win Smart India Hackathon 2019!!!

STAFF WRITER further for improved accuracy in suggestions. A completely A 6 member student Team user friendly dashboard was (Binary_Bombers) from SRM developed by the team, which IST participated in Smart India worked without any hassles Hackathon – 2019 and stood on all platforms. Emphasize first in the Complex Problem category put forward by India on Mobile First strategy was Health Link in order to come praised by the judges as India up with an innovative way to has evidently higher proportion bring up a healthier India by of smartphone users. Dashboard harnessing the power of social was integrated with a chat boat networks. The team developed which could help users to clear a social network that is based basic doubts regarding the usage on health parameters which of the platform. Also, talk to a is seamlessly integrated with mentor was an attention seeking wearables and other devices for feature which enabled users to data collection. Also, it suggests meet a mentor from the health ways to improve health for industry via live video chat for each person by using Neural further information. Networks. The likes of Xiaomi After the 36-hour long Mi Band 2, Apple Watch, Fitbit hackathon, Binary_Bombers Charge etc. were seamlessly demonstrated their product to integrated for data collection. various industry leaders and Also, the team came up judges. The team was praised with a very innovative idea for their India First approach The second edition of AGAM 2019!! to use an Android Phone’s and feasibility of the suggested camera to measure Heart business model. The entire STAFF WRITER Kattankulathur. aware and agile to handle the team was offered internships problems in future competitions. Rate, Breath Rate, Oxygen Thiru. P. Ponniah, on his Saturation, Systolic Pressure and extended opportunities AGAM is the platform where speech narrated about Heuristic M.K.ChandrasekaranVivadha and Diastolic Pressure. These by multiple companies after both students and corporate which means discover a land for Kalam Host Vendhar TV spoke metrics were collected and sent having hands-on experience experts combine together through themselves allowing students about ethics and to work hard. to a server to train the ML model with the product. games and gain value addition to learn by discovering things through the activities they are He also stated that currency and learning from their own engaged. The second edition of is not enough for survival but experiences rather than by telling Agam 2019 was celeberated in happiness is needed.Get the them things. Mr. Venkatesh Dr. T.P. Ganesan Auditorium basic thing for survival and make Rajaratnam in his Speech stated SRMIST, Kattankulathur campus. your parents and your country. that two important things in The event was inaguarated by Micheal. J Barnes, Director business 1.Distructive practices Thiru Ponniah, IAS Collector of Faculty of Management in which mobile phones rule on and District magistrate of highlighted the points of 7P’s today’s world and 2.Banking today Kancheepuram district, Mr of being professional, cross- about the online transactions Venkatesh Rajaratnam, COO, functioning of disciplines, such as paytm, etc. Gamesa India, Mr.M.K. developing the soft skills. He Chandrasekaran, Vivadha Kalam As a Entrepreneur we should be pointed out that SRM not only host, Vendhar TV. The Chief aligned with the latest practices has disciplines like finance, Guest for the event was Actor to know on what’s happening HR but also includes global Vikranth. The event was presided and changes around us must vermis, digital technology as Binary Bombers Team by The Registrar, SRMIST be considered and we must be well as leadership.

Technozarre 2k19 STAFF WRITER Devi, HOD CSE followed by the felicitation of the Chief guest by Technozarre 2k19, a Dr.C. Gomathy, ECE HOD and National Level Technical fest Dr.S.Karthikeyan, Mechanical was organized by Department HOD. The Special address of Computer Science and on the topic Industry 4.0 was Engineering, SRM Institute delivered by the Chief Guest. of Science and Technology, His address was very thought Vadapalani campus recently. provoking and it helped the The National level Tech students to know and understand Fest was inaugurated by this domain of technical industry, Mr.Muthukumar Krishnan, in an enhanced and better way. Regional Group Head, TCS, The Club report of White hat Chennai. The event was hackers club was delivered by presided by the welcome the Technozarre Co ordinator address of Dr.S.Prasanna Mr.Ashok. L-R, D.Ashok, Dr.S.Prasanna Devi, Muthukumar Krishnan, Dr.C.Gomathy, Dr.S.Karthikeyan 12 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 Medical Camp and Saur Urja Vehicle Challenge (SUVC) 2019 Swachhata Rally STAFF WRITER Team ETROS from Department STAFF WRITER Associate Director (CL) and of Mechatronics Engineering UBA Coordinator welcomed has participated in the Saur Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is the gathering. In the augural Urja Vehicle Challenge (SUVC) a flagship programme under address by Dr.A.Sundaram, 2019 held in HCET, Coimbatore Ministry of Human Resource Dean (Medical), he stressed the recently. Many technical teams Development, Government of importance of inculcating simple across India participated including India to understand and work personal hygiene practices in our our Team ETROS from SRMIST. in rural areas to customize new day-to-day lives and extending Team ETROS fetched many technology and implement the same cleanliness activities awards including Best Overall existing government programmes. to our society. The chief guest Design Innovation Award in the event. The two seater solar SRM Institute of Science & of the day Mr. M.S.M. Vallavan, car with 290Kg of weight can Technology is one of the Deputy Supt. of Police (Vandalur achieve 35kmph speed. During appreciation from Director (E&T) participating institutions Dicision) delivered important under UBA and has adopted messages to the audience. five villages – Orathur and He spoke about the martyrs Nattarasanpattu in Kundrathur of our country, encouraged Tree Plantation Under Unnat block, Thenmelpakkam, Anjur, students to be up-to-date with Pattaravakkam in Kattankulathur current events and patronize Bharat Abhiyan At Nattarasanpattu block in Kancheepuram district. Tamil culture. The key message delivered by Mr.Vallavan was A rally of enthusiastic to wear helmets while driving. STAFF WRITER students and faculties from NSS, He specially mentioned about highlighting the importance of “Kavalan App”, which not only The students and teachers of cleanliness and recent notification girls but anybody can download Government Primary School at from TN Government mandating it and use on their phones for Nattarasanpattu, Kundrathur “ban on one-time use and throw- their safety. Mr.S.Christopher, block, Kancheepuram put forth away plastics” effective 1st Block Education Officer, a request to SRM Institute of January 2019. was flagged Kattankulathur and Mr. T. Science & Technology for off by Dr.A.Sundaram, Dean Elumalai, Ex-President delivered donation of plants, as there are (Medical), SRMIST followed special address thanking SRM for no shaded trees in their school by the medical camp. their commitment and relentless ground. SRMIST organized “Tree The function began by effort to take up rural development Plantation” at Nattarasanpattu observing a two-minute silence activities. Mrs.Chitra, Assistant Government Primary School a tribute for the sad demise of Head Master proposed the vote under the aegis of Unnat Bharat our beloved CRPF jawans who of thanks. Ms. Irene Sambath, Abhiyan, a flagship programme lost their lives in Pulwama terror UBA Project Associate hosted of Ministry of Human Resource attack. Dr.V.Thirumurugan, the event. Development, Government of India with the aim to accelerate development and growth in villages through participatory and appropriate technologies. A team of 50 enthusiastic NSS student volunteers and staff from Maintenance Department with required equipments, planting materials and manpower visited the schools. A whole day was dedicated to this event as it required levelling the school ground with mud, followed by planting 28 saplings of Albizia saman/rain tree and Peltophorum pterocarpum/yellow flame tree, fencing and watering. Through this participatory process, local residents, students and teachers actively engaged in cleanup of the school ground and tree planting. Under the instructions of Head Master, the students volunteered to form groups and each group pledged to look after and nurture one tree. On the same day, the students also took part in plastic awareness drives in the vicinity of the education and also Swachh with students on the importance schools. This was in keeping Bharat Mission to achieve clean of cleanliness, sanitation and with objectives of University India by 150th birth anniversary greenery. They shared their Grants Commission’s directive of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019. swachhata-related practices at to make swachhata part of There were interactive sessions school and home. 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 13 Enthusiasm of Mathematics

STAFF WRITER Navsar Engineering International, Chennai was introduced to the A one day Engineering audience by the Vice-President Mathematics Festival (EMF- of Sri Ramanujan Mathematics 2019) was organized recently at Club, Dr. V.Srinivasan. Faraday Hall, ESB block, Main The chief guest being an campus under the aegis of Sri alumnus of the then SRM Ramanujan Mathematics club in Engineering College recollected the Department of Mathematics, his memories dreading Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics as a student and Technology, SRM Institute of realized how it has now become Science and Technology. The a part of his career. He was an SRM IST Launches M.Tech Course with Virtusa function took off with a report active member of Sri Ramanujan on previous activities on Sri Mathematics Club during his STAFF WRITER of the course and evaluation. (L&D), Mr.Krithivasan, Lead Ramanujan Mathematics club student days. In his address, the Industry exposure and hands- India Campus Hiring from given by the secretary of the need and use of Mathematics SRM IST (SRM Institute of on the latest technology are the Virtusa and Dr. Sandeep club, Miss. NityaKumari. The both in profession and daily Science and Technology) has unique features. Sancheti ,Vice Chancellor, President of the club Dr. A. life was insisted. The guest of signed an MOU with Virtusa Dr.N.Sethuraman, Registrar, honour Dr. R. Rajagopal Director, The students who will be Govindarajan, Professor and Consulting to launch M.Tech Dr.C.Muthamizhchelvan, Director Directorate of Distance Education, admitted through a rigorous Head, Department of Mathematics course on “Cloud Computing” , (Engineering &Technolog), SRM Institute of Science and selection process, will be moulded welcomed the audience by from the academic year 2019-20. Dr.K.Ramsamy, Director (Faculty giving a brief introduction Technology, felicitated the to be industry- ready from Day-1. This course, a one of its kind and Academics), Dr.Ganapathy, about the origin and growth of function and declared the meet will see Virtusa involving itself The MOU was signed in the Director (Corporate Relations) Sri Ramanujan Mathematics open. Entertaining events such right from the framing of syllabus, presence of Ms.Hema Mohandas, from SRM Institute of Science Club from its inception in the as DUMB - C, QUIZ gave the admission of the students, delivery Vice President and Asia Head and Technology. year 1991 till date. He also fest more life. The individual explained how this club differs events like CROSS-WORD, from other associations in the Brainstorm and Math Core Engineering departments by paved the way for the students to display their individual talent its unique feature. The chief and strength in the field of guest of the event Mr. S.Naveen Mathematics. There were about Kumar, Co-Founder, CEO, 200 participants registered from all the leading Engineering and Arts and Science Colleges ...Cross-Word, around Chennai. The event was made a grand Brainstorm and success by the enthusiastic participation shown by the Math Core paved students of various Engineering and Arts and Science Colleges. the way for the Certificates and prizes were given to the winners in all the events students to display by the President, Vice-President of the club and Professors of their individual the Department of Mathematics during the valedictory function talent and strength held in the evening. The day long program came to an end Recent Trends in Robotics in the field of with vote of thanks given by the Joint Secretary, Ms. Srishti STAFF WRITER was welcomed by the Robotics IT core and the other workshop Agarwal of the club followed Mathematics club coordinator Dr. Anita was Arduino based sensor bot by the National Anthem. The Robotics club of SRM Christaline. J and addressed by design and Virtual reality. Both IST Vadapalani, organised it’s Dean (E&T) Dr. K. Duraivelu. the workshops provided hands on annual National level TechFest The special guest gave an insight training to the participants and “XION 19” recently. This 8th into the recent trends in Robotics competitions were held based edition of Xion was packed based automation and the chief on the training. The winners with events like Robo Soccer, guest presented a technical talk were sent for final rounds in Line follower robots, Pick and Place robots, Technical paper on recent trends of software IIT Mumbai and thereon to presentation and two different based robotic automation in IT international level. This two workshops. The chief guest core. Participants from many day mega event was conducted for the inagural function was engineering colleges in South with the support of Directors, Mr. Senthil Kumar, project India participated in this mega Dean (E&T), HOD of ECE Director IT enabled services event and showcased their talents department Dr. C. Gomathy and the guest of honour was in robotic design and control. and other department heads. Dr.P.Ramesh Babu, Professor One of the workshops was Winners were encouraged with Anna University. The gathering Robotic Process Automation in cash prizes. 14 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 Awareness on the importance of helmets

STAFF WRITER Medical college hospital and research centre. This orientation Riding a motorcycle gives on the importance of wearing riders a sense of freedom on helmet was given by Dr. Gireesh, the open road. However, there Deputy Dean, SRMMCH&RC, are serious dangers involved with the direction of Dr. N. in riding without a helmet. A Sethuraman, The Registrar motorcycle does not provide and Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, the structural protection that Director (Engg and Tech) and a car does to keep drivers safe the guidance of Dr. Sundaram, in the event of an accident. Dean SRM Medical College Motorcyclists need to take extra Hospital. Faculties organized and precautions to protect their body. accompanied the program were The most important place to start Mr. Senthilraja, Mr. Iniyan, Ms. is by protecting the head. It is Asha wise, Mrs. Parimalam, Mr. important for motorcyclists to Muruganandam, Mr. Veeranath, understand the risks of riding along with Dr. T. Rajasekaran, without a helmet. Riders who NSS Program Coordinator. do not wear helmets are at risk of suffering a traumatic brain Students attended and injury if they are in an accident. participated enthusiastically Without protection, the head and seriously understanding the is vulnerable to a traumatic issues in not wearing a helmet. All impact in an accident even the students were administered when traveling at low speeds. a pledge for wearing helmet Badly, there are few incidents and ensured their friends and that take place within the campus to create awareness among our year students dividing them in different venues with the support others who are in their loop also. Therefore, NSS planned students, particularly all first different groups for five days in from own experts from SRM also were helmets. Differential equations & its applications

STAFF WRITER Sathish, Head, Department of method, Bilinear method to Mathematics and Convener of Burgers equation, Bilinearisation Differential Equations are the workshop welcomed the of Korteweg – de Vries equation absolutely fundamental to gathering and spoke about the were discussed. modern science and engineering. workshop. Dr. R. Sahadevan, The second invited lecture was Differential equations have a Former Director, Ramanujan given by Dr. L. Jones Tarcius remarkable ability to predict the Institute for Advanced Study Doss, Professor, Department of world around us. They are used in Mathematics in his inaugural Mathematics, Anna University, in a wide variety of disciplines address, said that Mathematics Chennai on “Mixed Galerkin from biology, economics, physics, is the language of Nature and is Finite Element Methods for chemistry and engineering. complicated and unpredictable. Kuramoto- Sivashinsky Equation. They play an important role Any continuous process can Difference between Riemann and in modeling virtually every be mathematically modeled Lebesgue integrable functions physical, technical, or biological in terms of equations and was explained. Sobolev space, process, from celestial motion, the governing equations are Two point boundary value to bridge design, to interactions differential equations. Also he problem with strong, weak between neurons, etc. congratulated the Department of Mathematics for organizing and classical solutions were Department of Mathematics, such workshop to convey the discussed. Spline function space, SRM Institute of Science and importance of Mathematics. Vice Numerical method for Partial Technology, Ramapuram Principal (Academic) felicitated Differential Equations, Galerkin organized one day workshop the gathering. He emphasized method were interpreted. on “Differential Equations the importance of applications The next invited lecture was and Its Applications” recently. of Mathematics and said that given by Dr. S.R. Manam, The purpose of this workshop Engineering field cannot stand Associate Professor, Department is to bring together experts alone without Mathematics. of Mathematics, IIT Madras and young researchers and on “Connections between barrier were elucidated. problem and variational form, provide a common platform for The first invited lecture of potentials associated with water projection operator, Galerkin discussion on recent advances the day was given by Dr. R. The next invited lecture wave scattering’’. Scattering Approximations, Conjugate and developments in Differential Sahadevan, in “Analytic Methods was given by Dr. Nachiketa to solve Non Linear Partial phenomenon in water waves and Gradient method were interpreted. Equations and its Applications. Mishra, Assistant Professor, Differential Equations”. In mathematical formulation of the Department of Mathematics, More than 50 participants from Mr. R. Srinivasan, Coordinator, his lecture he explained about same were linearised. Diffraction IITDM, Kancheepuram various institutions participated proposed the vote of thanks. The the dynamical systems with by a gap in a breakwater , on “Homogenization and in this workshop. examples. Classification of connection between the potentials Multiscale Modelling , workshop was a great success The workshop commenced dynamical system, Non- linear impermeable partial barriers approaches and challenges’’. with Faculty members from with the inaugural function, Partial Differential Equations in deep water problem, wave Mathematical formulation of various institutions benefited with invocation and lighting and the methods of solving them scattering by porous barriers, Heterogeneity, Homogenization through enriching lectures of of kuthuvilakku. Dr. Shakeela were elucidated. Hirota’s Bilinear scattering by submerged porous of one space dimension, Cell the invited speakers 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 15 Need for Strong Math Background

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A two days workshop on Applications of Mathematics in Engineering (WAME-2019) was organised by the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM IST recently. The workshop was started with the invocation and was formally inaugurated by lighting of the kuthuvilaku by the Chief guest and dignitaries on the Dias. The convenor and Head of the Department of Mathematics, Dr. A. Govindarajan welcomed the gathering. He focussed on the problems faced by Mathematics teachers in fitting the subject to application areas by the chief guest and a copy was curl, he went on to show their session covering all topics. how Guass elimination method relevant to the core branches of given to all the members on the applications in determining the He mentioned how complex and Newton Raphson method engineering. He also mentioned dais. One of the coordinators, direction of the vector and then functions are used in the field are very useful in predicting the that the challenges faced by Dr. Sheena Christy delivered the importance of the integral of Engineering and Technology, voltage and current across the the Mathematics teachers are the vote of thanks. theorems by illustrating their particularly in control system junction in Wheatstone bridge the difficulties to formulate applications in mechanics. and how complex functions in network. The practical session and interpret an Engineering There were four eminent He also gave the geometrical t-domain is changed to s-domain on linear algebra was provided application. The need for speakers drawn from esteemed and how discontinuous function by Dr. Selvakumar from the e-courses and the expectation institutions like IITs, NITs, and physical interpretation of is converted into continuous same department, who actually of the educationalists to make Anna University and Arts and gradient, curl and divergence of function using Z-transform solved a numerical problem Mathematics more application Science college, Ponneri, who a vector point function. technique. which is occurring in our day oriented and not merely problem enthralled the audience with The third speaker of the day to day life. solving was emphasized. The their presentations ranging from was Dr. S.P. Angeline Kirubha, Dr. Jeyaraman from L.N. theme of the workshop was basics to current research in the Assistant Professor, Department Government College, Ponneri The two days workshop to justify and strongly throw field of Mathematics. of Biomedical Engineering, illustrated how, when physical came to a close and concluded light on the need for strong problems represented by complex The first session of the program Faculty of Engineering and with the Valedictory function. Mathematics background to functions can be solved easily by witnessed the lecture given by Technology, SRM IST. She Prof.Ganapathy Subramanian, the current day engineering the use of appropriate coordinate Dr. B. R. Shankar, Professor and enthralled the audience by giving Professor, department of students. The presidential address transformation / mapping. He gave Head, Department of Mathematics the application of Matrices, Mathematics welcomed the was delivered by Prof. Kartar the applications of Conformal and Computational Sciences, Eigenvalues, and Eigenvectors Chief guest and the audience. Singh, Director International mapping in Engineering. He also NIT, Surathkal, entitled “Eigen in analysing texture features Dr. N. Parvathi, Professor, Relations, SRM IST, Chennai. He explained how it is applied in values, Eigen vectors, Cayley and developing biometrics. department of Mathematics complimented the department for Electrostatics, Fluid dynamics, Hamilton Theorem and Quadratic The first order and second order introduced the chief guest having chosen a theme which is Magntohydrodynamics and form to Canonical form”. He statistical measures calculated Mr. Sai Prasad,(ALUMNUS, the need of the hour. He stressed Electrical engineering. He also delivered a brief lecture on the from grey level Co-Occurrence SRMEC, 1993 batch), Senior the need for faculty members elaborated the use of Laplace above mentioned topic and matrix (GLCM) and Run length director CBRE South Asia Pvt to be updated with current day equation in interior and exterior emphasised the importance matrix (RLM) aided in diagnosis Ltd, Chennai, to the audience. applications of the subject and Dirichlet problem, Neumann and use of Gauss Elimination of diseases such as cancer, The chief guest shared his wanted it to be imparted to the problem, problems in open disc method in solving system of tumours and to quantify bone views on the importance of students. He felt that students and rectangular region. linear equations. He threw light mineral density. The slides and organising such a program and would understand and enjoy on different choice of bases pictorial representations along The final lecture was given by the benefits one could get from the subject when they come to which leads to various canonical with the mathematical formulae our colleague, Dr. C. S. Boopathi it. Dr. V. Srinivasan, Professor, know of its importance. This, he forms like Jordan, Hermite for analysing the deformities from the EEE Department department of Mathematics gave said, would help the students to and Smith, finally ended with gave a strong notion of how who highlighted the use of a detailed report of the two days develop their analytical skills. Cayley Hamilton theorem. This Mathematics is involved in Numerical Linear Algebra in event. The chief guest gave the Dr. Sundarammal was followed by an interactive disease diagnosis and health solving application oriented certificates to the participants. Kesavan,Professor, department practical session on the same sciences. problems in TNEB using the day The day came to close with the to day activities. He explained vote of thanks by Dr. G. Ramesh. of Mathematics, SRMIST, topic. Nearly twenty questions The second day started with the introduced the chief guest Mr. T. were put forth and discussed lecture by Dr. T. N. Shanmugam, Anand, Senior Manager, Vestas, with the audience. The active Retired Professor from Anna There were four eminent speakers drawn Chennai-118 (ALUMNUS participation of the audience University on the topic “Complex SRMEC-1995 batch) to the gave a sense of satisfaction to integration using Residues, from esteemed institutions like IITs, audience. the speaker Dr. B.R. Shankar. Poles and Cauchy’s Residue In his inaugural address, Mr. The post lunch session Theorem”. Starting from line NITs, Anna University and Arts and Anand shared his experience as witnessed two lectures. integrals and moving on to a mentor with the audience. He Dr.Satyajit Roy, Professor, contour integration, a brief Science college, Ponneri, who enthralled emphasised the need to learn Department of Mathematics, coverage was given on the topic. Mathematics with passion and IIT Chennai discussed briefly The applications of complex the audience with their presentations said that he used Operations on the geometrical and physical contour integrals and Pole-zero ranging from basics to current research in Research Techniques in most aspects of vector calculus. diagrams of Transfer functions of his networking projects. The Starting with basic concepts were vividly explained. This was the field of Mathematics workshop souvenir was released like gradient, divergence and well supported by the tutorial 16 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 Importance of Personal and Work Ethics STAFF WRITER in Industry 4.0, IOT, Cloud computing, AI, Virtual Reality, SRMIST, Vadapalani campus etc. Later he advised the budding cheerfully celebrated its Decennial engineers to equip themselves to Annual day with a lot of relish be capable of getting lot of career on 22nd March 2019. The opportunities in the above said celebration commenced with fields. At last he insisted about the presence of Vice Chancellor, both personal and work ethics Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Mr. J. which is the key to success. Chandra Kumar , IAS, Campus Director Vijay congratulated Director and the Chief Guest Mr. the award winners and advised Venu Uppalapati, RMG Global the student community to come Head- Chennai Region, Tata forward with their passion Consultancy Services, and Guest along with their academics. of Honour Mr. A.L. Vijay, Film He also quotes that hard work Director. The Annual day turned never fails. Mr. Harish Kalyan, out to be a jubilant occasion with Actor, graced the Cultural events the welcome address given by after the award ceremony. The Dr. K. Duraivelu, Dean (E&T). students who have excelled in academics, sports, clubs, were The Chief guest Mr. Venu awarded with prizes, to enliven Uppalapati, as a electronic them. Awards were facilitated engineer, he spoke about recent to the achievers from academic technological innovations and Co-Curricular areas.

SRMIST Team has wins First Place in GEO-GENIUS 2019 at IIT Madras

STAFF WRITER and compacted at optimum moisture content and maximum A student team from the dry density based on prior Department of Civil Engineering, experimental studies carried out SRM Institute of Science in Soil Mechanics Laboratory and Technology (SRMIST), and literature review. Using the has won First Prize in GEO- materials at optimum combination, GENIUS 2019, a national the angle of slope obtained by level technical event organized wrapping the batter face with by IIT MADRAS in association cloth bag reinforcement was with L&T Construction during 43o, which was found to be the period of 08.03.2019 to the steepest among all other The entire SRMIST team of GEO-GENIUS 2019 with Dr.C.Muthamizhchelvan, Director (E&T), competing models. This approach 10.03.2019 in connection with SRMIST and Dr.K.S.Satyanarayanan, HoD/Civil, SRMIST CEA FEST 2019. Many teams facilitated the team to reduce have been shortlisted from all right of way effectively and also parts of the country for final minimize the fill requirements. demonstration, out of which, This also enabled the model to two teams are from SRMIST perform well in stability check. and one of the team has won The judges of the event First Prize with cash award. Professor Dr.Dali Naidu Arnepalli, The teams were shortlisted IIT Madras, and Professor based on the Team Description Dr.T.Thyagaraj, IIT Madras, Paper (TDP) submitted to the had appreciated both the teams event organizers. The submitted of SRMIST for their versatile TDP includes the proposal for approach towards the problem the composition of materials statement. and reinforcement approach Further, The Director (E&T) of for the embankment. SRMIST Dr.C.Muthamizhchelvan, The shortlisted teams of GEO- have congratulated the winning GENIUS 2019 were tasked to team comprised of third year build up a model embankment undergraduate students, Vignesh with a combination of recycled Kumar S, Nighil Reddy G D and Jayasuriya S and wishes construction materials and the mentor Mr.S.Chezhiyan, recycled reinforcement materials Assistant Professor, for guiding provided by the event organizers. them. The Head of the Department The winning team developed Dr.K.S.Satyanaranayan and a model embankment using other faculty members also Quarry dust, GGBS and Fly appreciated the winners and ash and also used cloth bags runners for their efforts made to to reinforce the embankment. bring laurels to the Department The materials were combined and University. SRMIST team of GEO-GENIUS 2019 with their embankment model 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 17 The varied activities of SaeIndia SRM STAFF WRITER Final year-Aero to have started this initiative. SAEINDIA SRM Aerospace The office bearers were all Collegiate Club of the Department called up on the stage and were of Aerospace Engineering distributed with the official was inaugurated by Dr. R. ID Cards by HOD, Dr. S. Vasudevan, HOD-Aerospace in Sethilkumar, and Mr. Rajkumar the Aerospace Seminar Hall on and. The inauguration ceremony 14th March 2019. The event was ended with Mr. Rajkumar giving organized by the SAE faculty everyone the vote of thanks. Advisors, Dr. S. Senthilkumar and Mr. S. Rajkumar. All the This was followed by the SAE student members as well RC Model Plane Workshop as the office bearers were there in collaboration with Garuda to be part of the eventful day. Aerospace (P) Ltd, which was The inaugural function was organized in the Aerodynamics graced by the department faculty Lab in Hangar. This was a whole RC Model Plane Workshop - Theory Session members, Dr. L.R. Ganapathy daylong event. Subramanian, Dr. S. Sivakumar, The theory session of the RC Dr. B. T. Kannan and Mr. A. modelling workshop started Vinoth Kumar. immediately afterwards. The There was a welcome speech session was conducted by Mr. by Dr. S. Senthilkumar who Vinoth Kumar, Assistant Professor enumerated the SAE members who explained to the students about the functioning and purpose about the basic principles behind of this collegiate club. an RC aircraft and briefed them about the components used. The students were briefed After the theory session, the about the various events that students were divided in groups have been conducted in the to fabricate the RC aircraft. The past under SAEINDIA which materials were supplied to each motivated the students. group and with the help of guide This was followed by a speech members and representative of by HOD of Aerospace who Garuda Aerospace, the students encouraged the students to were successful in modelling actively take up these activities their plane by evening. Finally, and workshops with full ardour as flying session was conducted in this helps in giving the knowledge the ground in front of Dr. T.P. Saeindia SRM Aerospace Collegiate Club - Office Bearers beyond books and classrooms. Ganesan auditorium with the He congratulated the faculty help of the flyer, Mr. Saravanan advisors and the chairperson from the Garuda Aerospace for of the club, Mr. Parv Goyal, each and every group.

RC Model Plane Workshop – Flying Session 18 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 Solving Global Energy Issues

STAFF WRITER delivered the inaugural address. A Field visit was arranged for the To solve major global energy- participants to National institute of related issues in a sustainable wind energy, Chennai. Technical manner a three day national level sessions were handled by resource workshop on” Energy Efficient persons from industries and Solution for Smart Energy academicians, current research Systems (EESS 2019)” from 14th- areas like Electric vehicle, IoT, 16th February 2019 was organised etc., and their challenges were Developing cost effective solar PV systems by department of EEE SRMIST, discussed. OPAL-RT real-time Kattankulathur sponsored by simulation technology was STAFF WRITER effective solar PV systems opportunities that IEI presents to Tamil Nadu State Council for introduced to the participants. for rural applications. Around its members. Mr. Mr. B.Tripati Science and Technology. The The programme witnessed Department of Electrical and 30 participants from various Patro, Executive Director, workshop started with the 22 participants from various, Electronics Engineering, SRM institutions benefitted from this Visom Power Solutions Pvt welcome address delivered by colleges ,universities ,industries IST, Kattankulathur, organized workshop. During the inaugural Ltd, Chennai, inaugurated the Dr.K.Vijayakumar HOD/EEE, and more than 50 students an IEI sponsored two days All session, Dr. K. Vijayakumar, workshop. Convener of the workshop. The and faculties from SRMIST India workshop on Design of Professor & Head /EEE and chief guest Cdr. L. R. Prakash also attended the programme. Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Power convener of the workshop His valuable address expressed (Retd) Director, Centre for During the valedictory function System for Rural Applications. welcomed the gathering. Dr. the importance of PV systems Development of Advanced on 16th February 2019, the The objective of this workshop K. Palani kumar, Chairman, in day-to-day life. Followed by Computing, Government of India certificates were distributed to was to give the participants IEI-KLC gave the presidential him, Dr. K. Vijayakumar, Prof inaugurated the workshop and the participants. an intuitive understanding of address. He highlighted about IEI, & Head /EEE , felicitated the solar PV systems, its design its various programs aimed for guests and Mr. C. Balaji, AP/ and procedure to develop cost the development of students and EEE, proposed vote of thanks.

J.Divya Navamani A.P (Sr.G) / EEE, Dr.K.Vijayakumar Convener of the Workshop and head of EEE department, Chief guest Cdr. L. R. Prakash (Retd) Director, CDAC, Chennai, Govt. of India and A.Lavanya A.P (Sr.G) /EEE

RCICD’19 STAFF WRITER Services who were the chief guests The future of 5G Technology for the day. Ms Rajalakshmi and Ethical and Legal issues of Research Conference on Srinivasan, Product Manager and IOT. The Inaugural address was IOT, Cloud and Data Science Evangelist, Zoho Corporation delivered by Dr. Karthikeyan was organized by Department Pvt Ltd, was the guest of honour. Vaiapury. He highlighted the of Computer Science and Dr.K.Duraivelu, Dean and research aspects of IOT under Engineering, SRM Institute Dr.S.Prasannna Devi, HOD, CSE the real time applications of of Science and Technology, felicitated the dignitaries. The Retail Automated checkout, Vadapalani campus on the 5th RCICD’19 Souvenir-The book Drones-forest tree and 3D April 2019. The Conference was of abstracts was released and a Semantics Segmentation. The inaugurated by Mr. Manoharan copy of it was presented to the Keynote address on “Enchanting Irulandy, Global Director- dignitaries. The keynote address Times” was delivered by Ms. Operations, HCL Technologies on the topic “Industry and Ethical Rajalakshmi Srinivasan. She and Dr. Karthikeyan Vaiapury, Outlook of IOT” was delivered educated the students on “3 Scientist (R&D), Research and by Dr. Manoharan Irulandy. He tips to innovate” and illustrated Dr.K.Vijayakumar HOD/EEE honoured the chief guest Innovation Retail Research provided the students with an with innovative and real-time Cdr. L. R. Prakash (Retd) Director, CDAC, Chennai, Vision Head, Tata Consultancy insight of Advancements in IOT, scenarios. Govt. of India 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 19 Konnichiwa It’s Makeover Time Nihon! for Potheri Station DRUTHI JITHENDRA SADHANA UPENDRAN the work started on 10th February Japanese culture has INDHU KRISHNAN 2019 and involved sweeping successfully managed to integrate the platform and clearing up itself into all aspects of life. From Initiatives and visions have the garbage followed by the its food to its anime, people always changed the phase of removal of the illegal posters now recognize Japan and its this world, be it flying high stuck on water taps and pillars. culture from miles away. Known up in the sky or exploring the Working on Saturdays and for being extremely polite and depths of the oceans. But now Sundays as well, the group of very helpful, these hardworking it’s a thought that changed the volunteers managed to clean up people have managed to make lives of thousands of people who the station. The most important Japan a place that people long to use the Potheri railway station. and perhaps, the most gruelling visit at least once in a lifetime. challenge was the return of the The members of ‘Light and Life Foundation’, An NGO named ‘Light and SRM Institute of science and posters. This too was resolved who reformed Potheri Station by sheer will and determination. Life Foundation’, founded by technology recognized this and when, after multiple complaints, Ms.Nishtha Sen and Mr.Subhash bore fruit when the project was project and explained how also took an effort to introduce the defaulters gave in and stopped Kumar and run by a group completed on 3rd March, 2019 adopting the Potheri station young minds to the opportunities sticking posters. The next step was of enthusiastic students from and was commemorated by has not just made it look spick that Japan presents by hosting painting, which was meticulously SRM Institute of Science and placing dustbins and multiple and span but also benefited the a small seminar called Hello done by painting every bench, Technology, has adopted Potheri boards saying “Swacch Bharat”. user community by motivating Japan! In which students were pillar and finally the staircase. transported back to Japan through station and maintains it. After The volunteers also mentioned them to keep their surroundings a series of introductory videos seeking approval from the Their unvarying effort and that they were inspired by the clean thus reiterating the motto about Japan. Held on the 30th Southern Railways head office, constant determination finally Urappakam station adoption of “Swacch Bharat”. of March, this two-hour session proved to be very informative for students seeking to go to “Period. End of Sentence”; Celebrating the Resilience of Women Japan for furthering their studies, as people representing the SHIVANI ARAVINDHAN women are forced to go through sold at a lower price. By doing we have a long way to go in Japan continent explained as a basic sanitary napkin is an so, they not only manage to terms of achieving menstrual their scholarships. Although It is said that the human race is unaffordable luxury. The film shatter the stigma attached to equality, we are finally making these were important, the show one that is constantly evolving. focuses on various women, all menstruation but are also able slow but steady progress in stopper was the shodo (sho- Be it our thoughts or actions, of whom represent difference to be financially independent. getting there. In hardly 25 do) calligraphy thought to the we are always changing, and facets of the same issue. This There have been several minutes, the Netflix documentary students ( Shodo calligraphy is it is this change that has led small yet determined group of documentaries that cover the beautifully celebrates the spirit a type of calligraphy indigenous to the creation of this short women gradually overcome issue of menstruation, but what of womanhood and is sure to to Japan where a brush is used documentary on Menstruation. these shortcomings by setting sets this one apart is that it leave you with a restored sense to write the Japanese alphabet). Menstruation is surrounded by up their own unit to manufacture chooses to look at the issue from of faith in what it truly means There was also a Japanese quiz a generous dose of stigma and high quality sanitary products an optimistic lens and though to empower a woman. that held the student’s attention prejudice. As a matter of fact as they strived to answer the many women, especially in questions related to Japan. the rural India, are struggling Another highlight in the event to break through, but the glass was the one on one session with ceiling is starting to crack and the Japanese representatives. On that is the lens through which speaking to other students who “Period. End of Sentence”, an attended this event, students Oscar Winning documentary had only good things to say. has been made. Directed by One student commented, “This Rakya Zehtabchi, the film was a new experience for all of is based in Hapur, a small us, we got to learn new things village in proximity to New and it was enlightening”. Some Delhi. We are first introduced more highlights included our to the ugly realities emerging own SRM students addressing from the lack of education the dignitaries in both English surrounding menstruation, and Japanese. to the various hardships that The stars of the Academy Award winning documentary

from 29th March to 31st March CodeWars, also grabbed a lot of of non-technical events such as Ultron 3.0: 2019. Ultron 3.0 witnessed eyeballs due to its unique format Fantasy IPL, Open Mic and Mock numerous participants competing of one versus one competitive Placements. When asked about A Melting Pot with great passion and vigour in coding where a large number of how he would like to see Ultron various technical, non-technical, programming enthusiasts squared grow in the future, Sampanna of Events gaming and sporting events. off against one another to solve Bhutada, the Secretary of the SAMADRITA SAHA Ultron was off to a blistering questions on various coding CSE Association, said, “Ultron start as competitors in the concepts. The other highlight should not be limited to just the The CSE Association of cricketing event took to the of Ultron was the gaming event CSE Department. I hope the SRM Institute of Science and field despite the scorching heat where avid gamers vied against students of this department are Technology organized the third and enthralled the audience each other to emerge as victors given the proper support so that edition of Ultron, an annual fest with an exemplary display of in popular games such as FIFA Ultron is recognized as one of with a plethora of events split their prowess with the bat and and PUBG. Besides, Ultron the most premier and quality over a multitude of domains, ball. The coding event, titled was also hosting to a number fests of the college.” 20 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 MozoFest’19: Fun, Frolic, and Beyond

ESHA DUTTA held from 29th March 2019 to 30th March, 2019 and one on 31st March, 2019 in Tech Park Cyber Security and Ethical AMEESHA SHRIVASTAV and University Building. Hacking was organized on the SRMKZILLA, the official A wide array of events was 31st March, 2019. In addition to chapter of Mozilla Clubs at lined up. Various technical this, there were two non-technical SRM Institute of Science and events were organized which events as well: “Quibble 2.0” Technology inspired by the consisted of a hackathon called and “Chronicles of the Dark”. Blood donation camp Mozilla Learning Network, ‘The Debugger’ that lasted Quibble, as the name suggests, STAFF WRITER was given to each donor as a was back this year with yet throughout the last two days was a captivating Quiz Contest. token of gratitude. another edition of Mozofest: an of the fest with three levels. The latter was an adventurous NSS and Red Ribbon Club annual three-day technical fest. It was a non-stop 2 days long The Camp was inaugurated by game which required teams of (RRC) SRM Institute of Science A plethora of technical and non- competition which made the Dr. Leenus Jesu Martin, Director two to participate in a mystery and Technology, Kattankulathur technical events was organized (CL) and participarts included participants lose their sleep over solving game. However, the campus organized a blood which were thoroughly enjoyed coding. Moreover, a workshop highlight of the fest was a gaming donation camp in association Registrar, Dr. N. Sethuraman, by the students and staff. It was on UI/UX was conducted on event called “Strikeout 2.0” in with SIMS Blood Bank, Director (Engg & Tech), Dr. C. which a variety of games were Vadapalani and VHSS blood Muthamizhchelvan, Dr. Raju hosted like CS: Go, Rainbow bank in association with Rotary Sivasamy, Vice president, SIMS Six Siege, FIFA’19, BLUR, club Besant nagar, Chennai as Hospital, Vadapalani and Dr. N. Sethuraman, the Registrar, and PUBG mobile. The highly an Alumni connect, on 4th April SRMIST with Dr. T. Rajasekaran. successful fest was sponsored by 2019 at MBA Block ground NSS Program coordinator, Mr. reputed websites like WittyFeed, floor. Overwhelming number of Senthilraja and Mr. Inian NSS HackerEarth and StickerMule. Volunteers of different faculty and department of the university Program officers. The camp was The organizing committee of has participated with lot of successfully conducted with the SRMKZILLA made every enthusiasm. More than 100 support from Dr. Gunalakhshmi, effort to make Mozofest 2019, donors including faculty, staff Medical officer, SIMS Blood an undoubtedly grand fest. The and students across the campus bank, SRM IST Valapalani with three days of fun and frolic donated blood in this camp. team and Dr. Prema, Medical were unforgettable for every A Certificate of appreciation, officer, Madras Voluntary Blood The Mozofest team for the year 2019 participant. donation card, refreshments bureau, Chennai with team.

Being socially responsible #BalanceforBetter: Finding the Perfect Balance this Women’s Day ARPITA RAVI They spoke about how students are socially responsible and ARPITA RAVI head-on. Thirupurasundari (ECE, 2019), the founder of the A Youth Festival was organised strongly help in society, taking AMEESHA SHRIVASTAV Sevvel (B.Arch, 2011), the NGO Light & Life, shared a few by the National Service Scheme an example of the Red Ribbon founder of Urban Conclave, bits and pieces about herself (NSS) in SRMIST. The students Club (RRC) activities. They To celebrate International highlighted the problems faced and her path towards becoming participated in events like further said that celebrations Women’s Day 2019, the by women in the construction who she is today. extempore, painting, drama like this Youth Festival remind Directorate of Alumni Affairs industry, where low wages Dr Deeptha Thattai (Civil, and quiz, on an assortment us that happiness is the centre at SRM Institute of Science is the main problem. Shweta 1993), Associate Professor, of topics such as corruption, of our lives. and Technology organised a Balambal (Bioinformatics, Civil Department, gave some Leadership Talk on 2nd March, 2013) spoke about storytelling casteism, good governance, The drawing and painting insight into this year’s theme digital India, terrorism, start-up where six alumnae graced the and how it changed her career and marked that it is essential event had the theme ‘Impact occasion. This year, the theme outlook. Ujjwaal Bharadwaj India, and many more. of Social Media”, delivering a to teach people the various was ‘Balance for Better’, in the (ECE, 2017), the founder & roles played by women in The Chief Guests were strong message on the negative belief that better the balance, CTO at Stithi Innovations Pvt. different spheres of life from Dr.Amutha, HOD, Department effects of social media that we better the world. Ltd spoke about her enriching local to international level. The of Computer Science and either ignore or are unaware of. Dr T. Mythili (PhD at SRMIST), journey from being a student at end of the event made sure it Engineering, and Dr. T.V.Gopal, There was apprehension in the Director, Student Affairs, spoke SRMIST to becoming a successful was a global day celebrating Director of Admissions, SRMIST. air as the Quiz teams racked entrepreneur. Nayonika Basu the social, economic, cultural their brains to find the correct about her career, and how she (IT, 2017), Assistant Manager and political chievements of answer to questions based on balanced it along with her family. She had started her career after at Royal Enfield, was revelling women - while also marking a digital and social India, current becoming a mother, climbing in nostalgia, talking about her call to action for accelerating affairs and government policies. to the top by facing everything days at SRMIST. Nishtha Sen gender balance. In the nail-biting finale, the winning team won by just a one question lead. The winners of the events were all smiles as they were handed certificates of merit by the chief guests. The other participants received participation certificates as well, to keep their spirits up; it was the time to cheer after all! These two days truly celebrated The winner of the individual the qualities associated with the drawing contest youth; excitement, curiosity, receiving creativity, spontaneity, and so a certificate of merit much more. Faces that made the talk a success 2019 | Spectrum | Volume 12 Number 6 21 The difference between Learning and Understanding

TANYA AGGARWAL thus motivating them to choose an unconventional path which Tell me and I forget, teach me involves both creativity and and I may remember, involve innovation. Vice chancellor, me and I learn”, well said by Dr Sandeep Sancheti, and Benjamin franklin and rightly Honorable President Dr .P. implemented by SRM Institute Sathyanarayanan described of Science and Technology, research as a useful tool. which recently celebrated its 8th edition of Research Day on 28th SRM invited Prof. Anurag February,2019. It encouraged Kumar, Director, Indian Institute the students to think differently, of Science, Bangalore as the work uniquely and perform chief guest. He expressed his splendidly. The event was held concern over the dire need for at T.P auditorium and began with scientific population. According the invocation followed by the to him, our country’s population Chief Guest awarding prize to one of the winners. words of Founder Chancellor can be utilized as a major asset Dr.T.R.Paarivendhar, who to the nation’s economy and guest of honor. As an expert in systematic, analytic and creative field of research and hence were reminded the students about development if it works on Computer Aided Engineering approach while solving complex awarded with prizes by Pro VC the minute difference between excelling in every aspect and field Innovation, he highlighted the problems. Planning and Development Dr learning and understanding. He through research and practical importance of research in the T.P. Ganesan, Pro VC Faculty further explained the importance knowledge. Dr.S.Guruprasad, field of engineering and the Maintaining the legacy of of science and Humanities of effective learning which can Director General -PC&SI, optimal use of technology. He SRM, the students showed an Dr.R.Balasubramanium and be inculcated through research, DRDO, New Delhi was the wanted the students to adopt a extraordinary performance in the Dean Medical Dr.A.Sundaram.

Collaboration between Nokia and SRM IST, Vadapalani Campus

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SRM IST, Vadapalani Campus and Nokia Solutions and Networks Ltd have entered into an agreement for collaboration by signing a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) at the SRM IST, Vadapalani Campus. The agreement would focus on arranging Industrial visits, Guest Lectures, Internships, Mr. Ramakrishna Patra was impressed with Project guidance for SRMIST students, the students’ projects based on IoT, Virtual Reality. He also gave constructive inputs by the Nokia Team. to the projects. Nokia Solutions and Networks Ltd and SRM IST, Vadapalani Campus a laboratory outside their Oragadam have also collaborated to support the Factory. During the inauguration of the IoT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Lab Mr. Agni, Specialist, Innovation LABORATORY which is sponsored Management, Nokia Solutions and by The Institution of Engineering and Networks Ltd spoke about the various Technology Chennai Local Network (IET projects completed by our SRMIST EEE Alumni Entrepreneurs Meet CLN). The Lab was inaugurated by Mr. students for Nokia. He informed the Ramkrishna Patra, Head – Manufacturing audience that around 25 students have STAFF WRITER go forward with idea implementation, Solutions & IoT Cluster, Nokia Solutions already been given Internship in Nokia their failures, the obstacles they faced and Networks Ltd. It is the first time and they have completed close to 15 Alumni Association of EEE organized and finally how they reached the position in India that Nokia has supported such projects for Nokia. an Alumni Entrepreneurship Meet in that they are in today. They also gave Faraday Hall, EEE Department . This their contact details for students who event was inaugurated by Dr. Deeptha were interested for internships or jobs. Thattai , coordinator Alumni Affairs The session was really informative and SRMIST and Dr. K. Vijayakumar, inspired our young business enthusiasts HOD (EEE). to go forward with their idea with The program started with a welcome proper planning, our guests also had a address by Dr. K. Vijaykumar followed one on one session with the interested by Presidential Address by Dr. Deeptha participants with regard to their ideas. Thattai which was followed by the All in all it was a very inspiring, presentation of mementos to our Alumni motivating and thought provoking as a token of appreciation for all that they session where all the students were have achieved. All six entrepreneurs completely absorbed in the event. Dr. shared their experiences and nuances R. Sridhar, Alumni Coordinator, EEE involved in the business Idea, how to Department proposed vote of thanks.