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A Biannual Newsletter of IIT Tirupati Volume 3 | Issue 1 | January 2020 IITTirupatiholdsitsFirstConvocation onitsPermanentCampus The first convocation of IIT Tirupati was held on August 13, 2019. The day also marked the inauguration of the Phase-I, Stage-1A of the Permanent Campus. The occasion was graced by the presence of the Hon'ble HRD minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' as the chief guest, Dr. Audimulapu Suresh (Hon'ble Minister for Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh) as the guest of honour, and Shri R. Subrahmanyam (Secretary, Higher Education, MHRD and Chairman of the Board of Governors, IIT Tirupati). Distinguished faculty from other academic institutions, Institute faculty and staff, graduands and their proud parents were among the audience. Prof. K. N. Satyanarayana, Director, IIT Tirupati, welcomed the guests, and presented the report of the progress made by the Institute since its inception. The chief guest, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', delivered an inspiring convocation address, motivating the graduands to attend greater heights by using their technical skills to serve the nation and humanity at large. A total of 103 B. Tech students and one M. S. scholar were awarded degrees in the convocation. The chief guest also awarded medals to the meritorious students. Akash B. Dhasade – President's Medal Medal Narender – Institute Medal (CE) Akash B. Dhasade – Institute Medal (CSE) Winners Gurugubelli Sravanthi – Institute Medal (EE) Ajay Vaishnav – Institute Medal (ME) Nikhil Sharma – Governor's Medal Volume 3 | Issue 1 January 2020 MoUwithNVIDIALabs ConferencesandWorkshopsOrganizedbyIIT IIT Tirupati and NVIDIA Labs signed an MoU on July 17, 2019, to initiate collaborations between the two organizations in the Tirupati areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Accelerator development. The MoU further aims at l Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics organized an Advanced jointly developing the state-of-the-art computing facilities at IIT Tirupati. Training School on “Numerical PDEs & Inverse Problems” during December 9-22, 2019. LecturesheldatIITTirupati l Dr. V. Vamshi Krishna Reddy and Dr. P. S. Dwivedi, Dept. of DistinguishedLectures Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati, in collaboration with the Office of The US Consulate General, l Prof. P. Balaram, Former Director, Indian Institute of l Prof. K. E. Seetha Ram, Visiting Professor, University of Hyderabad, organized a three-day workshop on “Academic Science, Bangalore, delivered a lecture on “Is the Public Tokyo, Japan, delivered a lecture on “Engineering Writing Workshop” during December 10-12, 2019. Ms. Understanding of Science Important?” on November 18, Education, Infrastructure and Economy: Reflections and Carol Ruppel, ELT expert, USA, conducted the workshop Lessons from Asian Countries for India's Journey to 2019. for the participants. become a $5 Trillion Economy” on October 16, 2019. l Dr. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Tirupati, organized a one-day seminar on “Thermo Fisher Scientific Analytical Technologies”, on November 4, 2019. l IIT Tirupati and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society, Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Andhra Pradesh organized the 5th Edition of FOODBIZ INDIA 2019 with a theme focusing on “Rejuvenating Innovation and Challenges in Food Processing and Allied l Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Tirupati, Sectors”, during October 16-17, 2019. organized a Summer School on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, during July 22-26, 2019. InvitedLectures SponsoredResearchProjects Prof. B. Yegnanarayana, Adjunct Professor, IIT Tirupati and Title Funding Investigator Ms. Aleksandra Stevanovic, Researcher, University of INSA Senior Scientist, IIIT Hyderabad, delivered a lecture on “ Agency Belgrade, Serbia, delivered a lecture on “From Analog to Human vs Machine Intelligence: The Architectural Digital: Artificial Intelligence and the Logos of Dictionary of Mismatch”, on October 9, 2019. Novel 3D Printed Ceramic Composite based Separation Process for DST Dr. R. Harikrishnan Technology”, on November 25, 2019. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Dept. of Chemical Engineering Prof. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, University of Konstanz, Accelerated Carbonation of Municipal Solid Waste and Industrial DST Dr. R. Harikrishnan Richard N. Zare, Department of Chemistry, Stanford Germany, delivered a lecture on “Resisting Hegemonic Byproducts for CO2 Sequestration - Scope for Climate Change (WOS-A) Dept. of Chemical Engineering University, California, delivered a lecture on “Water: So Theory Production in Contemporary Indian Philosophy” on Mitigation Common, So Mysterious”, on November 20, 2019. August 21, 2019. A Rayleigh Wave based Technique for Near-Surface Damage CSIR Dr. Abhijit Ganguli Dr. M. Y. S. Prasad, Vice-Chancellor, VFSTR, Former Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Kapur, Fellow at the Sigur Detection in Concrete Structures through Application of Non- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Scientist (APEX) ISRO, Former Director, Satish Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University, Contact based Sensing Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, delivered a lecture on delivered a lecture on “Development Diplomacy: Global and Developing a Design Basis for Cold-formed Steel Wall Panels under SERB Dr. M. Nithyadharan “Reaching out to MARS: Details of Global Mars Missions”, on Local Perspectives”, on July 19, 2019. Seismic Loading Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering November 6, 2019. Interactive Desktop Tool for Nonstationary Intensity-Duration- SERB Dr. Roshan Karan Srivastav Frequency Curves under Climate Change Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Production of a Nanocomposite Sealant from Aquatic derived SERB Dr. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal Waste Materials. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Intelligent Test and Reliability Architecture for Extreme Low-power SERB Dr. Jaynarayan Thakurdas Tudu loT Sensor Nodes Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Deep Learning Algorithms for Molecular Structural Data Analysis SERB Dr. Kalidas Yeturu with Applications in Drug Discovery and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering A Scalable Secure Architecture Model for Privacy and Performance SERB Dr Venkataramana Badarla in IoT Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Coexistence of LTE-Unlicensed and WiFi: Theory and Practice SERB Dr. K. P. Naveen Dept. of Electrical Engineering Volume 3 | Issue 1 January 2020 MoUwithNVIDIALabs ConferencesandWorkshopsOrganizedbyIIT IIT Tirupati and NVIDIA Labs signed an MoU on July 17, 2019, to initiate collaborations between the two organizations in the Tirupati areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Accelerator development. The MoU further aims at l Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics organized an Advanced jointly developing the state-of-the-art computing facilities at IIT Tirupati. Training School on “Numerical PDEs & Inverse Problems” during December 9-22, 2019. LecturesheldatIITTirupati l Dr. V. Vamshi Krishna Reddy and Dr. P. S. Dwivedi, Dept. of DistinguishedLectures Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati, in collaboration with the Office of The US Consulate General, l Prof. P. Balaram, Former Director, Indian Institute of l Prof. K. E. Seetha Ram, Visiting Professor, University of Hyderabad, organized a three-day workshop on “Academic Science, Bangalore, delivered a lecture on “Is the Public Tokyo, Japan, delivered a lecture on “Engineering Writing Workshop” during December 10-12, 2019. Ms. Understanding of Science Important?” on November 18, Education, Infrastructure and Economy: Reflections and Carol Ruppel, ELT expert, USA, conducted the workshop Lessons from Asian Countries for India's Journey to 2019. for the participants. become a $5 Trillion Economy” on October 16, 2019. l Dr. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Tirupati, organized a one-day seminar on “Thermo Fisher Scientific Analytical Technologies”, on November 4, 2019. l IIT Tirupati and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society, Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Andhra Pradesh organized the 5th Edition of FOODBIZ INDIA 2019 with a theme focusing on “Rejuvenating Innovation and Challenges in Food Processing and Allied l Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Tirupati, Sectors”, during October 16-17, 2019. organized a Summer School on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, during July 22-26, 2019. InvitedLectures SponsoredResearchProjects Prof. B. Yegnanarayana, Adjunct Professor, IIT Tirupati and Title Funding Investigator Ms. Aleksandra Stevanovic, Researcher, University of INSA Senior Scientist, IIIT Hyderabad, delivered a lecture on “ Agency Belgrade, Serbia, delivered a lecture on “From Analog to Human vs Machine Intelligence: The Architectural Digital: Artificial Intelligence and the Logos of Dictionary of Mismatch”, on October 9, 2019. Novel 3D Printed Ceramic Composite based Separation Process for DST Dr. R. Harikrishnan Technology”, on November 25, 2019. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Dept. of Chemical Engineering Prof. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, University of Konstanz, Accelerated Carbonation of Municipal Solid Waste and Industrial DST Dr. R. Harikrishnan Richard N. Zare, Department of Chemistry, Stanford Germany, delivered a lecture on “Resisting Hegemonic Byproducts for CO2