Volume 9 : Issue 5 : November 2017 NEWS LETTER
AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Bengaluru
Kannada Rajyotsava 1st November 2017
Kala Week 30rd October to 1st November 2017
Dance Competition 3rd November 2017
Workshop by Amrita Darshanam 16th November 2017
Dhanlaxmi - 91 28th November 2017
School Highlights Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations
The School hosted the 62nd Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations on 1st November 2017. The celebrations commenced with the flag hoisting by Dr. Nagaraja S.R., Chairman, Dept. of ME, ASE-B which was followed by an inspiring talk that focused on the influence of culture and language of Karnataka and Kannada by Mr. Sanketh M. Bhat (S7- CSE), who also highlighted the sacrifices and struggles involved in the state’s unification.
The cultural programs began with melodious classical performances from representatives of Raaga, the music club. The prolificacy of Kannada and the evolution of literature were enlightened through a Power Point presentation by Srinidhi V.Bhat (S3- ECE). His presentation educated the audience about the various poets and Jnanapeeta Award recipients from Karnataka. Soon after, Ms. Nitya (S3-ECE) performed a Bharatanatyam piece to some classical tunes after which Ms. Ankitha Rao (S3-ME) exhibited the famous dance form of Kuchupudi. To cap off the cultural performances, Narthana club’s representatives got the crowd jubilant with an energised dance performance to familiar tunes from famous age-old Kannada movies. Mr. Shivappa,Warden, Boys Hostel took to the stage and spoke about the importance of developing the land of Karnataka while urging the youngsters in the crowd to promote the language as well. Finally, Mr. Krishna, Exam Cell representative humorously recited a few poems he had composed to celebrate the occasion.
The celebrations ended on a positive note with the events inculcating a good spirit in thestudents and also reminding them about the various steps they can take to help spread the language.
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School Highlights Kala Week
Kala, the fine arts club commemorated ‘Kala Week’ from the 30th of October to 1st of November 2017 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.
The first event of the week, held on the 30th of October 2017, was a painting workshop. The workshop was presided over by Mr. M. Vishnu (S5-ME), Secretary, Kala along with Mr. Bharat Vinayagam (S5-ME), Joint Secretary, Kala with able support from the members of Kala. The workshop was divided into four segments. The first segment focused on teaching basic brush strokes using a single colour. The participants were then asked to fill a rectangular box with a single colour and were taught fading brush strokes. After this, the participants were required to do the same exercise with two different colours. On a concluding note, the students painted the picture of a tree using all the techniques learnt during the session. It was a fun filled event which saw active participation from students of all years and had Mr. Shankar Kumaran, Dept. of Cultural Education, actively taking part in all the activities.
The second event of the week was hosted on the 31st of October 2017. The objective of this session was to teach the art of sketching of a human body. The participants were told to sketch a human face of their choice, out of which three were selected. As a fun activity, the selected sketches were anthropomorphized and a story was developed around them. Following this, the art of sketching the body one part at a time was explained. The techniques used to draw hands, legs, torso, shoulders in a realistic manner were also explicated.
The third event of Kala week hosted on 2nd November 2017 focussed on ‘3D Modelling’. The event was hosted by Mr. M Vishnu and Mr. Bharat. The session commenced with Mr. Vishnu giving a brief introduction to 3D modelling, its necessity and its applications. The attendees were also briefed about the importance of 3D modelling in the fields of CAD (Computer Aided Design), Virtual Reality, and gaming. The participants were also familiarized with various software used to generate models. The process of manipulating polygons, edges, and vertices in simulated 3D space like Autodesk or SketchUp was explicated. The event culminated with the organizers detailing some of the career opportunities in the field of 3D modelling.
Overall, Kala week was a success and succeeded in providing the students with an insight into the various fields and forms of art.
Curiosity
The Quiz Club, in association with Aavishkara, the Science and Humanities forum hosted ‘CURIOSITY’, a science quiz on the 2ndof November 2017 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.
Contestants were allowed to participate in teams of utmost 3. The participating teams were briefed about the rules of the Quiz by Mr. Sai Aditya (S5-ECE).The quiz comprised of 20 questions related to various fields of study in science, and eminent scientists.
Curiosity was the fourth event of The Quiz League, a tournament of quizzes held by the club, at the end of which the winners would be declared based on their cumulative score.
The questions were intriguing and enthralled the participants. The participants were provided with the solutions to the questions and were thanked for their involvement. The event concluded on a high note with the participants looking forward to other such events.
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School Highlights Inter-Department Dance Competition
Narthana, the Dance club of ASE - Bengaluru, conducted their flag- ship event, the Inter-Department Dance Competition on the 3rd of November 2017.
Mr. Prasen Moudgal (S5-EIE) set the ball rolling by introducing the teams for the day soon after which Ms. Aparna Pallavaraja (S5 -CSE), Joint Secretary, Narthana welcomed the teams onto the stage.
A total of nine teams battling for the title mesmerized the gathering with their impressive dance moves. The performances from the boys and girls teams from various departments then followed. The performances were greeted with loud cheers of encouragement, from the audience who supported their respective departments with a lot of zeal.
Each dance was judged based on choreography, synchronization, message conveyed and an overall visual appeal. The panel of judges comprised of Ms. Jyotsna. G.S. from Dept. of English and Ms. Paromita Sharma from CIR Department.
At the end of the performances, the judges took to the stage and adjudged the ECE department as the winners in both the boys and girls categories. Dept. of EEE & ME (combined) bagged the second place in the girls’ category while Dept. of ME became runners- up in the boys’ category.
The event witnessed a huge turnout and loud cheers as each team performed to some familiar tunes. The contest was a celebration of dance and also encouraged competitive spirit. The event ended on a high note with the organizers thanking everyone for their involvement and the students looking forward to many such competitions.
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School Highlights Workshop by Amrita Darshanam
Amrita Darshanam, International Centre for linguistic approach to philosophical problems of Spiritual Studies, organized a one-day workshop on epistemology and ontology, and demonstrated how ‘Philosophy of Language: Reading of the these problems were ‘dissolvable’ by the employment Brahmakā ṇ ḍ a of Bhartṛ hari’s Vā kyapadīya,’ on 16th of such a unique approach. He also showed how November 2017 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bhartṛ -hari’s was a “perspectivist’s” philosophy and Bengaluru Campus. The workshop was attended by drew attention to the common mistranslations of the 35 research scholars and academicians from across the kā rika-s and also pointed out the irrefutable, country - Amritsar, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad interconnected nature of the kā rika-s and the vṛ tti-s. A and Mysore. profound discussion followed on the nature of ś abda, vā k, sphoṭ a and of language itself. The workshop commenced with the time-honoured ceremony of lighting the lamps which was The workshop concluded with vote of thanks by accompanied by Vedic Mantras chanted by Ś rī Mr. Arjun Bharadwaj, Assistant Professor in Amrita Rā curyā cā rya and his vaṭ u-s and the invocation of Darshanam (International Centre for Spiritual Studies) Gaṇ eś a by Ms. Pratyusha. Ms. Manjushree Hegde, in Bengaluru campus. Assistant Professor in Amrita Darshanam (International Centre for Spiritual Studies) in Br. Dhanraj, Director, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore campus, welcomed the participants of the Bengaluru Campus, who could not make it for the workshop and introduced the dignitaries, Dr. Rakesh programme due to prior commitments, expressed his S.G., Associate Dean, Amrita School of Engineering, delight at having Prof. Aklujkar (Professor Emeritus, Bengaluru Campus; Prof. K.S. Kannan, Ex-Director, University of British Columbia,) in the campus. Karnataka Samskrit University and Prof. Ashok Aklujkar, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia.
Prof. K.S. Kannan, Ex-Director, Karnataka Samskrit University, delivered the inaugural lecture. He high- lighted the crucial nature of Sanskrit as the core of Indian tradition and drew attention to the urgency of a serious study of Indian knowledge systems.
Prof. Ashok Aklujkar commenced the workshop with an introduction to Bhartṛ -hari, the 5th century Indian grammarian-philosopher. He explained in detail the structure of Bhartṛ -hari’sVā kyapadīya, a metaphysical inquiry into the nature and origin of language, or Trikā ṇ ḍ ī and demonstrated the ideas that formed the undercurrents of his statements. He also showed how these ideas had a close relationship with the ideas that have found expression in modern Western philosophies of language and grammar and in modern analyses of typical problems of philosophy. The sessions were lively, and the participants enthusiastically posed perplexing questions to the Professor, both in English and Sanskrit.
The afternoon session commenced with a serious textual reading of the ‘Brahmakā ṇ ḍ a of Vā kyapadīya’. Prof. Ashok Aklujkar drew attention to Bhartṛ -hari’s
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School Highlights Dhanlaxmi Bank 91st Anniversary Celebrations
Dhanlaxmi Bank, the official bank of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham celebrated its 91st Anniversary this year.
To commemorate this occasion, the branch based in our School campus organized a function to honor their patrons on Tuesday, the 28th November 2017 between 11.30 AM and 12.30 PM in Amriteswari Hall.
The occasion was graced by the Dy. General Manager of Dhanlaxmi Bank Mr. Biju Kumar, Director, Br. Dhanraj and Associate Dean & Head Dr. Rakesh S.G.
As many as 150 teaching & non-teaching staff members of our School participated in this function and made it a memorable event for them.
M.Tech. Admission Drive at Jain University
Dr. N. Rakesh represented Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru for M.Tech. admissions drive at Jain University, Bengaluru on 26th November 2017.
The presentation highlighted on University Rankings, Foreign Collaborations, Infrastructure facilities, State of Art Research Labs, Excellent placement record for M.Tech. Programs, Gate stipend by MHRD, Internships and Student exchange program with foreign universities.
Later he briefed about M.Tech. Programs along with various lab facilities of CSE, ECE, ME & EEE departments. Further, he has emphasized that on completion of M.Tech. Course, they can pursue Ph.D. program based on their domain interest.
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School Highlights Seva Darshan
Prerana, the Social Outreach Club of the School organized 'Seva Darshan’ for students of the first year.
A total of 120 students were taken in two batches to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology to spend a day with the resident patients. They were accompanied by Mr. Dinesh Kumar L., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechancial Engineering and Mr. Ananth Sharma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cultural Education.
The intention of this exercise was to reinforce in students a feeling of gratitude for their faculties and give them a sense of purposeful service to society.
Students exchanged stories with terminally ill children and made an effort to entertain them and their families. The trip also conveyed to the freshmen, in a tacit manner, the benefits of leading a healthy life, devoid of substance addiction. The students’ interaction with patients in the hospital gave them an insight into life’s lesser known half. The trip influenced them on an emotional level and transformed their views on happiness and satisfaction in life.
On this note, Prerana promised to host more community outreach programmes in the upcoming semester.
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Department of CSE Posters Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NAME OF THE NAME TITLE DATE CONFERENCE Presented By: Poster Presented “Eye Tracking Amudha J. Enabled User Interface for Jyotsna C. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Author(s): Patients” Amudha J. Jyotsna C. 16th -17th Grace Hopper Celebration India November 2017 Presented By: Poster Presented “Top-down 2017 (GHCI-2017), Bengaluru Amudha J. knowledge generation from Nilima Kulkarni regions in the fundus retinal Author(s): images” Amudha J. Second Winner of technical Nilima Kulkarni poster in GHCI 2017
Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences Attended
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE G. Prakash FDP on “Software Engineering” 30th Amrita School of Engineering, Priyanka Vivek by TCS November Coimbatore to 1st December 2017
Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition
Dr. Supriya M. reviewed 3 papers for 2017 IEEE International Conference on “Technological Advancements in Power & Energy– TAP Energy 2017”, organized by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri.
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Department of CSE Departmental Activity
ACM Events ‘Data Science’ - Amrita Computer Society of India (CSI)
The Association for Computing Machinery, ACM, The Amrita CSI (Computer Society of India) along with FACE (Forum for Aspiring Computer chapter held a Distinguished Speaker Program on Engineers) held a workshop under the banner of 4th of November 2017. The talk was on “Data Sci- ‘Hour of Code’ that focused on educating the ence”. participants about the basics of HTML and CSS, two vital parts of website building. The workshop The speaker of the day was Mr. Nagaraj Harikar, Sr. was held through two sessions, one on the 31st of Software Engineer II Citrix R&D India Pvt. Ltd. October 2017 and the other on the 3rd of November, Bengaluru. “Data Science” is currently the latest 2017 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. application based solutions for various areas of our lives. He has over 9 plus years of Software The gathering was welcomed by Ms. Ashwini Nayak development experience with leading IT companies. (S5-CSE), Chair, ACM who gave the participants a The speaker took the audience through how the fair idea of what they had signed up for. The Data Science applications are playing crucial roles in Workshop was conducted by Ms. Ashwini along analytical business and logistics. with Mr. Raguvir S (S5-CSE), Treasurer, ACM as they took turns to explain the basics and subsequently the advanced aspects of the two languages. Under the guidance of Mr. Akhil K (S5- CSE), Secretary, ACM, the attendees were taught using the website ‘codecademy’.
The workshop witnessed participation from students The talk gave us the insights of Data science, various across the branches that added to the excitement as algorithms used, case studies and research they set out to learn something different apart from directions. The program witnessed a participation of their core. Contestants were very quick in picking up around 70 members including faculty members and the new skills and were an enthusiastic bunch. The the students from B.Tech. & M.Tech. The event event culminated with the participants creating a was coordinated by Dr. Rakesh N., Dept of CSE, website on their own based on their recently Vice Chair & Mentor – CSI. acquired knowledge Mr. Naveen (S1-CSE) won the first place for his website and ACM goodies were awarded to the best websites created.
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Department of CSE Departmental Activity Other News
Workshop on ‘Networking and Data Dr. G. Prakash obtained his B.E. Communication’ degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 1995 from Madras University, M.E. Degree in Computer Amrita Networking club conducted a one day Science and Engineering in 2004 from workshop on ‘Networking and Data Annamalai University, and Ph.D. Communication’ as a part of their "Out Reach Degree in Information and Commu- Program". The program was conducted on 3rd of nication Engineering from Anna November 2017. 13 pre university students from University in 2015. JSS Public School and 15 students from Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidyamandir (SSRVM) – Bengaluru He has worked in the SASTRA University, Thanjavur actively participated in the workshop. for an year and Sona College of Technology, Salem for about 11.5 years. His research interests are the This was conducted in collaboration with Marketing Number Theory concepts of Cryptography algorithms team of the university. Mr. Ullas S. had leaded the and Steganography techniques that address the concerns class with the support of Mr. Vishwas H. N. and of Multi-factor Authentication. other volunteers of Amrita Networking Club. Mr. Sukumaran V. had explained the necessity of He has done Summer Research Fellowship in Indian choosing right education and an institution for a Institute of Science, Bengaluru and completed two bright future. Sabbatical projects at Infosys Technologies Limited, Bengaluru in the relevant area of Network Security. The participants were also taken for a campus tour. They expressed their appreciation and gratitude to Amrita University for providing an opportunity of this kind.
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Department of EEE Papers Presented INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NAME OF THE NAME TITLE DATE CONFERENCE Presented by: “A Fuzzy Based Adaptive Con- IEEE Region Ten Conference K. C. Sindhu Thamaptty troller for Grid Connected DFIG (TENCON-2017) held at The 6th– 8th Author(s): Based Windfarm for Damping Wembley St. Giles Premier Hotel, November R. Mahalakshmi SSR Oscillations” Penang, Malaysia 2017 K.C. Sindhu Thamaptty Will be published in IEEE Xplore
Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition
Dr. Deepa K. reviewed two papers for the journal 'IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics'. Ms. Anjana Jain reviewed one paper for the journal 'Journal of Green Engineering' (Scopus indexed), River Publisher. Dr. Rashmi M.R., Dr. Deepa K., Dr. Shankar S., Dr. Ram Prabhakar J., Ms. Mini Sujith, Ms. V.S. Kirthika Devi, Ms. Nithya M. and Ms. Syama S., reviewed papers for the IEEE Biennial International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy-2017)' which will be held at ASE, Amritapuri.
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Department of ME Papers Published INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL MONTH NAME OF THE NAME TITLE & YEAR PUBLICATION Smita Singh “Effect of curing methods on the October International Journal of Civil Aswath M.U. property of red mud based 2017 Engineering and Technology Ranganath R.V. geopolymer mortar” IAEME Publication Vol. 8 ; Pages 1481-1489
Papers Presented
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NAME OF THE NAME TITLE DATE CONFERENCE Presented By: “Applications of a 3-Revolute 29th 5th IFToMM International Shasa A. Antao Orientation Sensing Mechanism November- Symposium on Robotics & Author(s): (3-ROSM) in Controlling a 1st Mechatronics (ISRM 2017) at Shasa A. Antao Camera” December Western Sydney University, Parra- Vishnu S. Nair 2017 matta Campus, Sydney, Australia Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi
Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition
Mr. Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi was invited:
To present his research work on Robot Kinematics at ABB Ability Innovation Center, Bangalore on 2nd November 2017. Followed by it were presentations by students of S7-ME (A); Mr. Arun K. Mr. Abhijit Nair, Mr. Amogh Patwardhan and Mr. Aditya Prakash. To attend 11th International collaboration Symposium on Information, Production and Systems (ISIPS 2017) at Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, Kitakyushu Campus, Fukuoka, Japan on 14th -16th November 2017. His paper/presentation on “Virtual Experimentation of Trajectory Planning of Serial Robots using RoboAnalyzer” was awarded Excellent Paper Award in ISIPS2017.
He extended his stay till 25th November 2017 to work on a collaborative project with Prof. T. Matsumaru in the same institute.
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Department of ME Departmental Activity
CuriousUs SAEINDIA Collegiate Club Activity
The third session of "CuriousUS" was held on 2nd Organised an industrial visit to TVS Motor November 2017. The session was hosted by Company, Hosur, the third largest two wheeler Ms. Rachana, Executive Member from S5-ME manufacturer in India. followed by "The crazy and impractical thinkers" by Ms. Ashika, Executive member from S3-ME. This Total of 38 SAE student members from 3rd year session consisted of two electrifying topics. Mechanical Engineering along with two faculty members Mr. Vinod Kotebavi and Mr. Dileep B.P. visited the plant on 3rd November 2017.
The company gave a general introduction about their company and products and they took students to engine assembly shop where they learnt about the various stages of vehicle Assembly.
All those bored by living on Earth and planning to move to another planet and start a new life attended the session on "colonising mars" and "mining in asteroids", which are the most wondered, interesting topics that make you dive into the deepest part of your curiosity. Already amazed, our young thinkers were in for a surprise when this was followed by myth busters from Ms. Sukruthi, Executive Member from S3-ME who cleverly discussed about myths such as hands immersed in molten lead would get burnt and watering plants with microwaved water would kill them.
The outcome was, the myths got busted and their opposites were proved.
As the event came to an end a question and answer session was conducted which thoroughly enlightened st everyone on the most happening topics of the 21 century.
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Department of ME Departmental Activity JIDO–The Industrial Automation Club organized
An industrial visit to CMTI, Tumkur Road, AUTONETICS on 4th November, 2017 in the Bengaluru on 3rd November, 2017 for the ASEB School. mechanical students. 30 S6-ME students accompanied by Mr. Prashanth B.N., faculty in the Technology has made the lives of human’s easier Department of Mechanical Engineering visited the day after day due to the perseverance of the people plant. CMTI is an R&D organization focusing its involving in the field of science and technology. efforts mainly on harnessing know-how in the Humans extensively involve in reducing human manufacturing technology sector to practical factor in industrial automation. The sole purpose of purposes and assisting technological growth in the the R&D of machines from a phone to a turbine or country. CMTI has the role of being a Catalyst and a any form of machine involves reducing human effort Key Player in manufacturing technology growth in as much as possible. Control Systems like PLC and the country. Students were first briefed about the SCADA are widely used for controlling company, its technology and how the entire infra- electromechanical processes. A brief session on structure of the plant is spread-out. A guide was al- PLC and SCADA was held in order to familiarize lotted throughout the plant visit, who explained the students with control systems. about the current thrust areas of manufacturing tech- nology. All the students were guided to various de- The event was attended by enthusiastic students of partments such as Precision Engineering, Product all branches and semesters. Development etc. and explained about the activities and services such as Prototype Development and It began with an introduction to control systems in Engineering, CAD, CAM and CIM, Metrology and machinery which was given by the Executive Calibration, Rapid prototyping, Nanotechnology and Member of JIDO, J. Chandan (S6-ME). This was Academy & Training the CMTI provides. Also the followed by a brief talk on SCADA, Supervisory students were given a brief about the new initiatives Control and Data Acquisition which is a type of of CMTI such as Nano Manufacturing Technology industrial control system that is used to monitor and Centre (NMTC), Academy of Excellence for control facilities and infrastructure in industries Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AEAMT), which was given by the Secretary of JIDO, Mr. K. Digital Design Centre (DDC), Sensors & Vision Nikhil Kumar (S6-ME). The last topic of the session Technology (SVT) and Advanced Machine Tool was Programmable Logic Controller or PLC which Testing Facility (AMTTF). is a computing system used to control electromechanical processes. Mr. M.V. Rayudu (S6- The trip bolstered the understanding of the students ME), Joint Secretary, JIDO explicated the with the fast changing technology in thrust areas of applications of the control systems and told the manufacturing to support and serve in the club's machinations on conducting workshops. manufacturing sector. Also it gave an insight on how shop floors are designed to give maximum production in least time.
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Department of Sciences & Humanities Papers Published
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL MONTH NAME OF THE NAME TITLE & YEAR PUBLICATION Sarada Jayan “Generalized Gaussian October Pakistan Journal of Biotechnology, Nagaraja K.V. Quadrature rules over an 2017 Vol. 14(3); Pages 423-428 n-dimensional ball”
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Editorial Boards
Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head Chief Editor
Ms. Kavitha C.R. Assistant Professor Dept. of CSE Editor
Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean Editor
Mr. Shiju ICTS Media Support
Board Members
Ms. T. Sasikala Dept. of CSE
Ms. Kirti S. P ande Dept. of ECE
Ms. Mamatha I. Dept. of EEE
Ms. Mrudula Prashanth Dept. of ME
Mr. H. Manjunath Dept. of Sciences
Dr. Neetu Srivastava Dept. of Mathematics
Ms. Smita Sail Dept. of English
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