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The Newspaper of SRM University For private circulation only Volume 11 Number 2 Dr.R.P.Sathyanarayanan, President, SRM University receiving the QS Stars award; looking on is the Director, E&T, Dr.C.Muthamizhchelvan 2 2017 | Spectrum | Volume 11 Number 2 Bull’s eye right on mark STAFF REPORTER achievement. In the year 2010, she participated in her 1st archery S. Aksheiya Koushik of state championship and she also SRM University, mechanical won silver, that was her 1st department has been practicing achievement in archery. She was archery for more than 6 years also selected to represent Tamil and has achieved many medals Nadu at 31st sub-junior national Team Hawkz Racing 3.0 in archery. She has represented archery championship held at her state Tamil Nadu, in state, Jharkhand. In the year 2011, meet and won many medals. she won 1st gold medal and 1 The Journey of Hawkz She also represented her county silver in state meet. In the year 2012 she won 5 gold medals in INDIA twice at indoor archery STAFF REPORTER state level archery championship youth world championship, and made her district Chennai which is one of her greatest SAE SUPRA – The Key proud, and there was an article stone of this team was laid that came in Times of India newspaper “Aksheiya sparkles way back in 2014 with a in archery state meet”. In the motive of bringing out young year 2014, she participated in and enthusiastic automobile indoor archery youth world cup lovers and giving them the held at Singapore and she also opportunity to work on won bronze medal and brought their dream to design and SUPRA SAE 2017 pride to her county. In the year manufacture a formula one 2015, she participated in state car. Students Formula one as successfully completed the entire innovations by the students level championship and won 1 an event that challenges young enchanting task in SAE Supra and the team coordinator, the gold and 1 bronze. In the year minds to compete as teams in 2017 at Buddh international hawkz got a remarkable 4th 2016, she won 1 gold and 1 designing a Formula category circuit, Noida recently. The place in innovation among silver in state meet. She also vehicle, there is no other innovated ideas were inspired the 120 colleges. Somebody got selected to represent her event like this in the country. by the German and Russian said once, that hard work pays county among INDIA’s in Indoor Team Hawks racing official experts from FSAE GERMANY. off and it really happened in archery youth world cup held Formula one racing team of The journey was not easy as the this case which wouldn’t have at Thailand. In the year 2017, SRM university Ramapuram students had to go through rough been possible without the Aksheiya participated in Junior campus comprises 25 young patches while working on their support of SRM University national archery championship and and energetic automobile freaks cars. But, the guidance and effort as well as the Mechanical came in INDIA top 20 in junior with the guidance of team paid off when the Hawkz hit the Department of Ramapuram national archery championship coordinator K.Chandramohan, road. With the new ideas and Campus. ranking. Mega ATV Championship 2017 Team Terrain Rovers STAFF REPORTER To exhibit our student’s adventurous skills Team Terrain Rovers a batch of 30 students participated in a most challenging and treacherous national event MEGA ATV championship at Ahmednagar, Pune recently. Achievements: • The first team from SRM University, Ramapuram to clear all events in Mega ATV Championship. • Cleared the Technical Inspection in the first attempt and the car’s design was greatly appreciated for it’s safety. The emergency driver exit time was only a mere 2.8 seconds. • Successfully cleared the brake test with our car stopping in 3m which is well within the given barrier of 5m. • Placed 14th in the Adventurous drag race. • Secured the 11th position in the treacherous and nerve wracking flat dirt race. • One of the few teams to complete the perilous and risky Armageddon Race. • Successfully completed 13 laps in the strenuous endurance race that took place for a duration of 3 hours on rough and muddy terrain and placed 30th in it. • Completed 10 laps in the night race within 2 hours in the Blackout night race and secured the 13th position. • Placed 20th in the national level Championship. MEGA ATV Championship 2017 2017 | Spectrum | Volume 11 Number 2 3 QS Stars’ 4Star Rating award to SRM University STAFF REPORTER SRM University has been awarded a Four Star rating by Quacquarelli Symonds (‘QS’), a leading global higher education company with over 250 employees across 5 continents spanning over 25 languages. Only two universities in India can boast of this unique distinction and 50 all over the world. In addition to winning the 4-star award overall, SRM University has been awarded the maximum 5- star rating on Teaching, Employability and Inclusiveness. QS is best known for publishing the QS World University Rankings – the world’s most popular university ranking system. In addition to ranking, QS also carries out QS Stars rating which allows students to get a wider SRM President receiving the award picture of an institution’s qualities, looking at everything from the employability of graduates, to sports facilities and community engagement. It is designed to reflect the nuanced mission of universities and the needs of students who may be interested in things other than those to which traditional rankings are necessarily limited. The system evaluates universities across a wide range of important performance indicators as set against pre-established international standards. By covering a broader range of Glimpses from the Ceremony criteria than any world ranking evaluates an institution against rating. The broad parameters 6. Innovation 7. Inclusiveness months once the university exercise, QS Stars™ shines a over 50 different indicators, and under which a university is and 8. Specialist program. Based decides to subject itself to the light on both the excellence awards universities between audited by QS are 1. Teaching on the above parameters QS rigorous audit by QS. For SRM and the diversity of the rated one and five + stars over eight 2. Employabilty 3. Research 4. awards an overall rating also. University the process started institution. The QS Stars audit wider fields, as well as an overall Internationalization 5. Facilities The process takes around 8-10 in Dec. 2016. special session on prototype Recent trends in Biomedical Engineering model based biomedical devices was also conducted. AKSHAYA RAJAN, findings, discuss the most recent Trichy; Shri. K. Mohanavelu, coordinators Dr. T. Jayanthi, The conference also included NIKHIL GAUR, advancements and explore Scientist & Head Biomedical Asst Professor (Sr.G) and the releasew of research papers SAMADRITA SAHA the routes and directions Technology, DEBL, DRDO, Dr. D. Ashok Kumar, Asst in the SCOPUS INDEXED that can be followed in the Bangalore; Dr. V. Raghavendra Professor (Sr.G) along with journal. Apart from this, the The National Conference on future in the emerging areas Sai, Assistant Professor, IIT the student coordinators presence of several research Recent Trends in Biomedical of biomedical engineering. Madras. The two committees, Mr. B. Parimal Raj and Ms. scientists from Chennai, Indore, Engineering (NCRTBME 2017) The event was inaugurated namely International Advisory S. Srividhya Lakshmi were Bhuvneshwar, Malaysia and was conducted by Department by Padma Shri Prof. Sankar Committee, and the Technical instrumental in conducting the Singapore with their willing of Biomedical Engineering, K. Pal, eminent scientist and Advisory Committee conducted conference. The major topics efforts to share their knowledge SRM University recently at former director of Indian the two-day conference, of discussion were- Wireless was hugely appreciated by TP Ganesan Auditorium. The Statistical Institute, Kolkata. discussing the upcoming trends body area networks, biomedical the audience. Students who conference provided a national The keynote speakers of and briefing the audience signal processing, Medical attended the conference gained forum for academicians, the conference were Dr. about research topics. The image processing, Medical international exposure and had researchers and industry N. Kumaravel, Professor convener of the conference Robotics, Wearable Devices, a stimulating experience, and professionals to deliberate on Eminence, Anna University; Dr. was Dr. U. Snekhalatha, Asst Virtual Instrumentation and consider this as a stepping stone the state of the art research S. Raghavan, Professor, NIT, Professor (Sr.G). The faculty many more rousing topics. A for their future endeavors. 4 2017 | Spectrum | Volume 11 Number 2 Chennai. She explained how Indian youth can be utilized with ‘Think outside the Box’ a quote- “India as a master of scale innovation”. Further she STAFF REPORTER and definitely. He told them that explained how the exposure of we need to take action when country differs in management SRM Ramapuram B – School others hesitate, think big when with concern of resource available organized a guest lecture recently. others don’t, sacrifice when of talents and resources. A blow- The gathering started with the others won’t, dare to dream of by-blow word material of world welcome of the invitee Mr. greatness when others fear it, management and happening of K.M.Balajee - Asst. Director outwork the competition DAY management was spelled. (EI), MSME Development and NIGHT, and visualise that Initially the program started Institute, Chennai, who was you’re the captain of your fate, with Welcome Address by the guest speaker of the event. the master of your own soul and Dr.R.Arulmoli, Asst Prof., be the boss of your dreams to He stressed on the outside further the celebration was achieve the goals. Students interact with Ms.