NIST e-NEWS(Vol 76, April 15, 2011)

AdvisorsProf. Sangram MudaliDr. Ajit K. PandaMs. Geetika MudaliNational Institute of Science and TechnologyPalur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa.Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627e-mail: editorsnistenews@gmail.com, enews@nist.eduWebsite: www.nist.edu.EditorsMr. Amrut Phalguni MohantyMr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka

From the Director’s DeskOn March 25th, 2011, the Bhubaneswar Chapter of The Indus Enterpreneur (TiE)was inaugurated by none other than entrepreneurship personified: Sam Pitroda.Sam Pitroda was born in Titlagarh and did his initial schooling in Odisha. How hewent on to create the Telecom Revolution and CDOT is the stuff of dreams. Anyway, thepoint that he and other speakers made was innovation has to be need based and notnecessarily hi-tech or elite. There is wealth for the entrepreneur at the bottom of the pyramidand agriculture, horticulture, medical care, mass education are the new challenge areas.TiE is a platform to learn, network and for mentorship. As a charter member of TiE, Odisha,I hope to get implementable ideas for possible mentoring from our students and others.I congratulate the large number of students who have been fairly successful in the GATE examinations. Howevermuch remains to be done since IITs/IISc need top scores. Similarly I encourage students to apply for MS/PhDin top foreign Universities. India’s technology revolution will be led by knowledge leaders armed with top degreesand global ambitions. NISTians should plan to be the early movers in the coming decade. How about a GRE/GMAT Club?The country passed through a tumultuous 5 days as Gandhian Anna Hazare sat down to prove a point. Suddenlythe middle class got its hero and its voice which was long suppressed. Arvind Kejriwal – a fellow engineer fromIIT/KGP (1989 batch) and the recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay award, deserves kudos for making the JanLokpal Bill a possible reality. The movement has cut across all caste, creed, religions, regions, languages, and wehad seen nothing like this before. May it herald a new change in social consciousness among the student communityand may the idealism sweep away the cobwebs of the last 60 years of mis-governance of our country. Can ouryouth put behind its paranoid (crazy) fascination with cricket and Bollywood and focus on the mammoth social,economic and political problems of our country?With Best Wishes,15 April 2011 Sangram MudaliFrom the Editors’ DeskFor some time now, the importance of ‘Certification Programs’ at both school and college levels has beendebated upon. With increasing competition for employability, certifications enable the recruiter to traceout the candidate’s professional ability, through a very competent way. Our Institute ,on realizing the needof the hour, initiates and promotes different trainings and certification programs, on both technical and soft skillsareas. The on-going summer training programs on varied technical domains, the large number of students beingcertified under University of Cambridge -BEC Program, and the English Reading Revolution (ERR) sessionspromoting vocabulary enhancement and newspaper & novel reading, have definitely instilled much confidenceand vigor among the students to emerge as winners.Around 150 NIST students, having scored 9.0 and above in the University Exam’s final CGPA, have set up achallenge before the rest. Similarly the 6 NISTians among the top 10 winners of the IT Olympiad have made usproud. With more placement successes for B. Tech., MCA, MBA and PGDM students NIST is all set for anexciting time ahead.Amrut Phalguni MohantyDipti Ranjan LenkaNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 2 of 18

Placement in core companies for B. Tech., 2007-11 Batch (contd…)CompanyPlacement Drive for NIST B-school, 2009-11 Batch (contd…)CEASE FIRE INDUSTRIES LTD.MBA5. Sibananda Panigrahy6. Monisha DasPGDM7. Mr. K. Sri HarshaRARE N FAIRMBA8. Anjan Kumar PatelStudents RecruitedL&T Integrated Engineering Services 23Wipro VLSI 19Sankalp Semiconductor 4TVS Motor Company 3LINXSMART TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD.PGDM1. Kundan Kumar2. Anil Kumar Mohanty3. Debabrata Mukhopadhyay4. Ravi Kumar GuptaARTHATATWA CONSULTANCY PVT LTDPGDM9. Rajiv Kumar SahooMONEYLAND ASSETS & SECURITIES LTDPGDM10. Somanath Sahoo11. Samir Ranjan SahuCompanySUV SATYA PROPERTIES & INFRASTRUCTUREPGDM12. Sasmita PadhyRELIANCE LIFE INSURANCEMBA13. Srikant Panigrahy14. Asutosh PandaBINAYAK GROUPPGDM15. Jeetendra Panigrahy16. Amar Kumar PanigrahyMET LIFE INSURANCE CO LTDPGDM17. Tapan Kumar MishraA.V THOMAS & CO LTDPGDM18. Rupak Swain19. G. Ramji Sankar RaoStudents RecruitedGennum Technologies 2Infotech Enterprises 1NetLogic 1A talk on NanotechnologyA Talk on Nanotechnology was delivered by Prof. S. N. Sahu, Nanotechnology and Cluster Lab, Institute of Physics,Bhubaneswar on 25 th and 26 th March 2011. Many faculty members, staff and students attended the 2-day seminar.Prof. Sahu delivered a series of lectures, including, Fundamentals of Nanotechnology, Experimental Method forCharacterization of Nano Material, and Application of Nano Material in Alcohol Sensor, Glucose Sensor Devices. Theaim of the lecture series was to motivate the young faculty members and students to pursue a career in the field ofNanotechnology.Health Insurance for all NISTiansThe Institute in association with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd. introduced a Health Insurance policy for allits employees. NIST always feels that health is primary and proper care and caution must be taken for the same.Keeping in view of the health protection of all its employees on account of medical emergencies and huge expenditureincurred on treatment, the Institute decided to provide a group Health Insurance Policy which will cover most of thediseases and health hazards. The institute has even gone a step ahead in offering itself to bear 50% of premium of theemployees whose salary is less than Rs. 6000/- pm.The Institute has also provided for accident insurance to all itsemployees.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 3 of 18

Conferences/seminars/workshops attended Mr. Satyabrata Das, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering attended a 2-day ‘NationalWorkshop on Advances in Signal and Image Processing’ on the theme ‘iMAGE andSpeech Processing’ organized by Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering,Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh on 25 th & 26 th February2011. Prof B. Yegnanarayana, Microsoft Chair, IIIT, Hyderabad, honored the occasion as theKeynote Speaker. Among the other speakers were, Prof. Babatash Chanda, & Prof. Nikhil R.Pal, ISI, Kolkata, Prof. C. Krishna Mohan, IIT, Hyderabad, Prof. Bhagavati Chakravarthy, CentralUniversity, Hyderabad, and Prof. B. N. Chatterji, IIT. KGP. The workshop witnessed a richdiscussion on the topics like, iMAGE Morphology, Fuzzy Logic Applied to iMAGE Processing, CBVR, Steganalysis,CBIR etc.. Around 200 participants from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharastra, andTamilnadu attended the workshop. Mr. Swagat Kumar Samantaray and Ms. Vilombita Sarkar, Faculty members, Dept. of Electronics andCommunication Engineering attended a 5-Day ‘Faculty Development Program(FDP) on TI Microcontrollers’ held at Texas Instruments, Bangalore from 7 th– 11 th February 2011. The program was sponsored by Texas Instruments India,Bangalore and supported by IEEE Bangalore Section and IEEE CAS BangaloreChapter. The workshop was intended for faculty members from Indian universitieswho are teaching or interested in incorporating TI microcontrollers in their teachingcurriculum. The FDP dealt with workshops on C2000, MSP430, and Stellaris. It also included tutorials andprogramming exercises on experimenter kits. The program was inaugurated by Dr. V. V. S. Srinivasan, ISROand was administered by Mr. C. P. Ravikumar, Coordinator, TI India. Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Pattnaik, Faculty,Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Dr. Satya Sopan Mahato, Faculty, Dept. ofElectronics and Communication Engineering attended an International Conference onRenewable Energy organized by Centre of Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Universityof Rajasthan, Jaipur during 17 th – 21 st January 2011.Mr. Sarat Kumar Jena, Faculty, Department of Management Studiesattended a Faculty Development Program (FDP) on ‘RecentAdvances in Research Methods and Data Analytical Tools’ at AllIndia Management Association (AIMA), New Delhi, on 24 th & 25 thFebruary 2011. Research Methodology, making Data Analysis by usingSPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Software Tool, werefew of the major areas covered in the workshop. Around 70 delegatesfrom different engineering & management institutes and industriesparticipated in the said program.ORISSA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OLYMPIAD 2010NIST students bagged six positions out of top 10 in the IT Olympiad conducted by Orissa Information TechnologySociety (OITS) on 21 st November 2010. The test was conducted at different centers in Berhampur, Puri, Sambalpur,Rourkela, Sarang, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rayagada, Balasore, Damanjodi, Paradeep, Angul, Paralakhemundi, Gunupur,and Bhubaneswar. About 1500 students registered for the same, and around 1300 students appeared the said test.Professor Sudarshan Padhy, Convenor, and Dr. A. K. Rath, Coordinator, IT Olympiad, organized this activity. Below isthe list of NIST students who could find a place in the toppers list:Sl. No. Name Position1. Niral Kumar, 1 st2. Sai Baba Satchitanand, 2 nd3. Swadesh Kumar Nayak, 4 thSl. No. Name Position4. Laxmi U., 5 th5. Bhagirath Kumar, 6 th6. K. Venketeswar Reddy, 7 thNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 4 of 18

Papers PresentedMr. Pramath Nath Acharya, Faculty, Dept. of Management Studies presented a papertitled,“Convergence of Accounting Standards in India: An Exploratory Study” in the 31 stAnnual Conference of Orissa Commerce Association held at Berhampur University during18 th & 19 th February 2011. The conference was attended by around more than 200 delegatesfrom across the state.Mr. Prabina Pattanayak, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineeringpresented a paper titled, “A New Approach of Antenna Selection” at the NationalConference on Innovations and Trends In Computer and Communication Engineeringco-authored by Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Prof., and Mr. Swadhin Kumar Mishra, Faculty,Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIST held at MET’s Institute of Engineering,BKC Nashik, during 25 th – 27 th February 2011.Mr. K. Hemant Reddy, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering attended the 2 nd NationalConference on Emerging Trends and Applications in Computer Science (NCETACS) 2011 held at Shillongon 4 th and 5 th March 2011 and presented a paper,“Navigational Approach for Mobile Robots” authoredby Mr. Rabindra Kumar Shial, Faculty, Dept. ofComputer Science and Engineering, and co-authoredby Mr. Reddy himself. The keynote address was givenby Dr. Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Prof., Dept. of ComputerScience and Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur, and amongthe other speakers were, Dr. Pushpak Bhattacharyya,Prof., Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT,Mumbai, Dr. S. Nandi, Prof., Dept. of Computer Scienceand Engineering, IIT, Guwahati, Dr. Kannan Moudgalya, Prof., IIT, Mumbai and Dr. Ravi MokashiPunekar,Head, Dept. of Design, IIT, Guwahati. Around 50 candidates from different engineering institutes of the countryparticipated in the conference.Mr. Soumya Debabrata Pani, Student, B. Tech., 8 th Sem., CSE Branch, NIST, attended the 3 rd InternationalConference on Computer Research and Development(ICCRD 2011) at Shanghai, China from 11 th to 13 th March2011 and presented a paper, “Empowering Measures forQuantum Finite Automata (QFA)” co-authored by Mr.Chandan Kumar Behera, Faculty, Dept. of ComputerScience and Engineering. It was organized by IEEE andIACSIT (International Association for Computer Science andInformation Technology). Nearly 150 papers from 20 countrieswere selected for presentation. People from various countrieslike USA, UK, Canada, UAE, China, India, Australia, etc.presented their prudent ideas in various fields of Computer Science like Computer Network, GPS Technology,Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Computer Vision, etc. Mr. Swadhin Mishra, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering presenteda paper titled, “Throughput Modeling Framework for Multicast Network with LayeredSecurity”, co-authored by Mr. Ratnesh Kumbhkar, Member of Research Staff, BEL , Bangalore;Mr. Animesh Biswas, Software Engineer, ISL, IBM, Bangalore, and Mr. Biswaraj Patil, Manager,IBM, in the IEEE sponsored International Conference on Network Communication andComputer, held at New Delhi from 21 st to 23 rd March 2011. Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Student, B. Tech., 4 th Sem., CSE Branch, NIST, presented a Paper,entitled, “Power Production Based on Osmotic Pressure”, at the National Conference onRecent Advancements in Power, Control & Drives (RAPCD’11), organized by theDepartment of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Einstein College of Engineering, Tirunelveli,Tamil Nadu on 25 th & 26 th March 2011. Out of 69 paper presentations, 33 papers got publishedin the proceedings of the Conference and further the presenters, including Rajeev, would presentNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 5 of 18

the extended work of the same paper in the International Conference to be held in the year 2012.Dr. M. N. Murty, Prof., Dept. of Physics, presented a Research Paper, “Recursive Algorithmand Systolic Architecture for the Discrete Sine Transform” co-authored by Dr. S. S. Nayak,Prof., Dept. of Physics, JITM, Parlakhemundi; Mr. Satyabrata Das, Faculty, Dept. of Electronicsand Instrumentation, NIST; Mr. B. Padhy, Demonstrator, Physics, Khallikote College, Berhampur;and Mr. S. N. Panda, Lecturer, Physics, Gunupur College, Gunupur, at the Conference onSignal Processing and Real Time Operating System held on 26 th and 27 th March 2011 atHarcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur.Mr. Satyabrata Das, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering presented a paper, titled“Color Image Enhancement by Scaling Luminance and Chromatic Components” co-authored by Ms.Sukanti Pal, Faculty, and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering,in the ‘National Conference on Signal Processing and Real Time Operating System’ organized byDepartment of ECE, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), Kanpur on 26 th and 27 th March 2011.Mr. Prabina Pattanayak, Faculty, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering presented a papertitled, “Antenna Selection Algorithm for MIMO Broad Cast Channel Using Partial Side Information” coauthoredby Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Prof., and Mr. Swadhin Kumar Mishra, Faculty, Dept. of Electronicsand Communication Engineering at an IEEE Supported Conference on Signal Processing and Real TimeOperating System (SPRTOS) at HBTI, Kanpur during 26 th & 27 th March 2011.Papers PublishedDr. Saiful R. Mondal, Faculty, Dept. of Mathematics along with Dr. A. Swaminathan, Asst.Prof., Dept. of Mathematics, IIT, Roorkee published a paper, ‘Stable Functions and Extensionof Vietoris’ Theorem’ in the Journal, ‘Result in Math.’ The link of the volume is https://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/x051327772473795/resourcesecured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=2yy2xg45pwd4l545wia5rqq3&sh=www.springerlink. com.Dr. Saiful R. Mondal, along with Dr. A. Swaminathan, published another paper, ‘Geometric Properties ofGeneralized Bessel Functions’ in the Journal, ‘Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical SciencesSociety’. The link of the volume is http://www.emis.de/journals/BMMSS/ accepted_ papers.htm. Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Faculty, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering alongwith Mr. F. Daneshgar, Faculty, Dept. of Information Systems Technology and Management,University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia, published a paper, “A Framework forCrisis Management in Developing Countries” in an International Journal, IntelligentDecision Technologies, 2011; 5(2): pp. 189-199. DOI: 10.3233/IDT-2011-0106. (Indexing:Ulrich & Scirus) ISSN: 1872-4981 Publisher: IOS press, Netherlands”. Mr. Ch. Murthy, Faculty, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering participated in the ‘InternationalConference on Devices and Communications’ (ICDeCom), 2011 held at BIT, Mesra on24 th and 25 th February 2011 and presented a paper, “Distribution Automation Using WirelessCommunications for Improving Reliability”, co-authored by Ms. Sasmita Kar, M. Tech.,student, BIT, Mesra, Dr. R. C. Jha, Prof., Dept. of EEE, and Dr. D. K. Mohanta, Prof., Dept. ofEEE, BIT, Mesra. The paper also got published in the IEEE XPLORE, pg. 1-5, Digital ObjectIdentifier : 10.1109/ICDECOM.2011.5738544, ISBN: 978-1-4244-9189-6.NIST Faculty as INSA visiting fellowDr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, visited IIT, Chennai under Indian National ScienceAcademy (INSA) Visiting Fellow Program. He worked with Prof. Ashok Mishra, Dept. of Chemistryand carried our research on ‘Fluorescence Active Molecules for Metal ion and pH Sensing’.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 6 of 18

NIST e_news 9th Anniversary CelebrationNational Institute of Science and Technology celebrated the 9 th Anniversary of its monthly newsletter, NISTe_news on 17 th March 2011 at its premises. Dr. E. Raja Rao, Prof., Dept. of English introduced the ChiefGuest, Prof. J. Seshagiri Rao, Prof., Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Berhampur University,and the Guests of Honour, Mr. Sisira Panigrahy, State Correspondent, The Telegraph and Dr. Yadam RamKumar, Eminent Writer. The audience was enlightened by the very informative talks of the dignitaries. Prof.Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST, while chairing the meeting, persuaded the students to look beyond and go thatextra mile in substantiating their future goals and as an individual they must contribute in some way towards thenational growth and prove their mettle in becoming the true citizens of the globe. The video presentation bymembers, Team e_news intimated the audience about the life and go of the newsletter so far. The Youth Forumon “Social Networking” witnessed a wonderful participation from the audience and generated a lot of debate onthe topic.Cutting of the birthday cake added flavor to the anniversary bash. The 9 th Anniversary issue of themagazine was released by the dignitaries and the e_news T-Shirts were distributed on the occasion. Prof. Raoappreciated the magazine, its content, look and feel, and everyone wished the campus journalism many suchfabulous celebrations. The regular columnists of the magazine were felicitated. The program ended with thedistribution of food packets. Mr. Amrut Phalguni Mohanty and Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka, Editors, along withTeam Members, NIST e_news, administered and conducted the entire program.7 TH ASIM MEMORIAL ENGINEER’S CRICKET TOURNAMENTThe 7 th Asim Memorial Engineer’s Cricket Tournament was inaugurated by Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, CourseCoordinator, B. Tech., NIST on 10 th March 2011 at Berhampur Stadium with other faculty members. DifferentEngineering colleges such as, C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar; SILICON, Bhubaneswar;IACR, Raygada; GIET, Gunpur; RIT, Berhampur; TRIDENT, Bhubaneswar; APEX, Bhubaneswar and thehost institute, NIST, Berhampur, participated in the 4-day tournament. Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NISTpresented the Champion’s Trophy to the winning team, GIET, Gunupur and NIST, Berhampur was declared asthe Runners-Up in the final match played between the two teams on 13 th March 2011.Prize Winners of the TournamentWinnerRunners-UpBest BatsmanBest BowlerMan of the SeriesBest All RounderBest FielderBest Wicket KeeperBest Disciplined TeamGIET, GunupurNIST, BerhampurSidhant Rout, GIETBiswa, NISTNeeraj Kumar, GIETShakti Samantray, NISTVijay Suna, NISTSankarsan Panda, NISTTRIDENT, BhubaneswarThe event was successfully coordinated by Mr. Vinay Kumar Das, Coordinator, Students Activity Center, NIST withthe help and support of faculty members, staff and student volunteers. The tournament was a part of the institute’sAnnual Sports Activities.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 7 of 18

The following students were felicitated for their brilliant academic performance in the University Examinations havingsecured SGPA more than 9.0. They were awarded with cash prizes and certificate of merit.Congratulations and keep it up!B. TECH., 6 TH SEMESTERS.No. ROLL NO. NAME OF THE STUDENT BR. SGPA1. 200750083 A JAYALAXMI CSE 9.042. 200750244 ANU PATNAIK ECE 9.043. 200710381 K. NARASINGH SUBUDHI ECE 9.044. 200710404 KUNAL BERLIA IT 9.045. 200710168 SOBHAN SAHU ECE 9.076. 200710247 ASHWINI KUMAR MOHANTY ECE 9.077. 200750009 ALAKA SAHU IT 9.088. 200750179 GEETANJALI SAHOO IT 9.089. 200750353 MANISHA PADHI EIE 9.0810. 200710279 GAUTAM KUMAR ECE 9.1111. 200750208 MANASA ESRAPU IT 9.1512. 200714362 ARVIND KUMAR NAHAK ECE 9.2213. 200770063 LAXMI .V CSE 9.2314. 200750432 MOUSUMI PANDA ECE 9.2615. 200750147 SWASTIKA PANDA ECE 9.316. 200750118 SANGITA PANIGRAHI ECE 9.3717. 200750051 K PRAVEENA IT 9.4218. 200750338 NIRADA NALINE DAS CSE 9.4219. 200760325 NIKITA SRIVASTAVA ECE 9.4820. 200713481 PRANAYRAJ MAHARANA ECE 9.5221. 200710067 KARUKUNDA MOHAN RAO ECE 9.5922. 200710262 CHINMAYA MOHAPATRO ECE 9.5923. 200750237 ITISHRI DASH CSE 9.62B. TECH., 5 TH SEMESTER24. 200750208 MANASA ESRAPU IT 925. 200750301 SWAYAM PRABHA DEVI IT 9.0426. 200750391 SIBANI PANIGRAHI CSE 9.0427. 200750191 DEEPA RANI PATRO CSE 9.0828. 200750271 ANITA KUMARI SWAIN CSE 9.08lawn tennis Coaching CampA Lawn Tennis Coaching Camp was organized for students during 2 nd to 12 th March 2011 at the institute’sLawn Tennis Court. Around 95 students, both boys andgirls, participated in this camp. The enrolled students weretrained by Coach, Md. Rafique, every day during morningand evening hours. Dr. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Faculty,Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineeringinaugurated the camp and Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda, Dean,NIST, being present on the Closing Ceremony addressedthe students and discussed on the importance of sportsactivities in students’ lives.Felicitation to Toppers29. 200750277 SUMAN MOHANTY CSE 9.08S.No. ROLL NO. NAME OF THE STUDENT BR. SGPA30. 200760315 RAMANPREET KAUR CSE 9.0831. 200750051 K PRAVEENA IT 9.2B. TECH., 4 TH SEMESTER32. 200860379 MISS. ANJALI ECE 933. 200810109 DEBASISH ACHARYA ECE 934. 200860065 SONIKA KUMARI RAY ECE 9.0435. 200860151 PALLABI PANIGRAHI ECE 9.0436. 200860362 SUHANI BEHERA ECE 9.0437. 200860344 GAYATRI KAR EIE 9.0438. 200810015 VIVEK PADHI ECE 9.0739. 200860102 SASMITA DASH ECE 9.1440. 200810372 ASHUTOSH PATI EIE 9.1441. 200860117 ALISHA MAHAPATRO ECE 9.1842. 200860270 SASWATI MAHAPATRA ECE 9.1843. 200811357 SIDHARTH RANJAN PANDA ECE 9.1844. 200860301 SHILPA DEVI MONINGI ECE 9.2145. 200860048 BAISAKHY DASH ECE 9.2146. 200820049 ANKIT GOYAL CSE 9.2247. 200860192 PRAGNYASINI PANIGRAHI EIE 9.2548. 200814027 TAPAN KUMAR SABAT ECE 9.2949. 200860448 SUKTI SUTTA BAISAKHA EEE 9.3250. 200860425 IPSITA PANIGRAHI EIE 9.3951. 200810407 SWARUP KUMAR SAHU EIE 9.3952. 200860203 ANKITA PANIGRAHI EIE 9.4353. 200820225 DILIP KUMAR MEHER IT 9.4454. 200860433 SOUMYA SHATAKSHI PANDA ECE 9.5455. 200860165 SMARANIKA SWAIN ECE 9.5456. 200860317 PRATYUSHA PATNAIK ECE 9.75National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 8 of 18

B. TECH., 3 RD SEMESTER57. 200810444 CH.RAJESH KU. SUBUDHI ECE 958. 200860317 PRATYUSHA PATNAIK ECE 9.0459. 200860448 SUKTI SUTTA BAISAKHA EEE 9.0460. 200860165 SMARANIKA SWAIN ECE 9.0761. 200810235 DAMODAR GOPAL EEE 9.0762. 200811357 SIDHARTH RANJAN PANDA ECE 9.2263. 200810446 TIRTHARAJ DASH IT 9.39B. TECH., 2 ND SEMESTER64. 200960070 ANKITA KUMARI GOUDA ECE 965. 200983090 SIMMI SINGH IT 966. 200960190 SUBHASHREE SUBUDHI ECE 967. 200933066 SUNNY KUMAR ECE 9.0468. 200970211 ANJALI SINHA ECE 9.0469. 200960289 CHETANA MOHAPATRA IT 9.0470. 200910318 KARNA EEE 9.0471. 200910036 KINTALI SANTOSH KUMAR ECE 9.0772. 200960149 B JYOTI ECE 9.0773. 200910178 DEBENDRA MOHAPATRA ECE 9.1174. 200960202 MANISHA RAIGURU ECE 9.1175. 200920212 SHUBHAM RAJ EIE 9.1476. 200920046 ARJUN KUMAR ECE 9.1877. 200910089 SANGARU SRUJAN ECE 9.2578. 200933233 SARBJEET SINGH EEE 9.29B. TECH., 1 ST SEMESTER79. 200960449 SUDESHNA SAHOO EEE 980. 200910318 KARNA EEE 9.0481. 200910089 SANGARU SRUJAN ECE 9.1182. 200960190 SUBHASHREE SUBUDHI ECE 9.11MCA, 4 TH SEMESTER83. 200810817 DEBI PRASAD RATH MCA 8.584. 200875816 SANTOSINI SAHU MCA 8.5485. 200860811 ROJALINI SAHOO MCA 8.5786. 200860842 ETISHREE BEHERA MCA 8.5787. 200810801 LOKESH NATH MCA 8.6188. 200860840 SABITA SAHOO MCA 8.6889. 200860856 ARADHANA RANI MCA 8.6890. 200810821 MANORANJAN DASH MCA 8.7191. 200810849 BISHNU PRASAD PRADHAN MCA 8.7192. 200810832 SUBHARAM PALAI MCA 8.7593. 200825827 G. MADAN MOHAN PATNAIK MCA 8.7994. 200860857 CHINMAYEE DAS MCA 8.7995. 200860852 SAMUDRIKA JENA MCA 8.8296. 200810855 SUBRAT KUMAR SWAIN MCA 8.8297. 200860828 BIJAYLAXMI SAHOO MCA 9.39MCA, 3 RD SEMESTER98. 200810817 DEBI PRASAD RATH MCA 8.5499. 200860823 JYOTIRMAYEE DASH MCA 8.54100. 200810844 RAMA RANJAN PANDA MCA 8.57101. 200860846 SASMITABALA SWAIN MCA 8.61102. 200860847 SUMITRA NAYAK MCA 8.64103. 200860828 BIJAYLAXMI SAHOO MCA 8.68104. 200860852 SAMUDRIKA JENA MCA 8.68105. 200825827 G. MADAN MOHAN PATNAIK MCA 8.75106. 200860840 SABITA SAHOO MCA 8.75107. 200810815 KOUSHIKA ROUT MCA 8.79108. 200860857 CHINMAYEE DAS MCA 8.79109. 200810801 LOKESH NATH MCA 8.86MCA, 2 ND SEMESTER110. 200910839 KALI CHARAN TRIPATHY MCA 8.57111. 200960837 SANGEETA KUMARI SAHU MCA 8.64112. 200933810 PRADIP RANJAN MISHRA MCA 8.75113. 200933820 CHANDAN KUMAR BHARTI MCA 8.79114. 200933838 RANJIT KUMAR SAHU MCA 8.86115. 200910814 UPENDRA KUMAR PANDA MCA 8.89116. 200933850 BHAGIRATH KUMAR MCA 8.93117. 200960834 MADHUBRATA ACHARYA MCA 8.96118. 200983802 RICHA SRIVASTAVA MCA 9.04119. 200910841 PRABHAT KUMAR TRIPATHY MCA 9.04120. 200933809 RITU RAJ MCA 9.11121. 200933828 NIRAJ KUMAR MCA 9.18122. 200933818 DHIRAJ KUMAR MCA 9.21MCA, 1 ST SEMESTER123. 200960847 SIPRA SAHU MCA 8.61124. 200910841 PRABHAT KUMAR TRIPATHY MCA 8.64125. 200933818 DHIRAJ KUMAR MCA 8.89126. 200933809 RITU RAJ MCA 8.96127. 200933828 NIRAJ KUMAR MCA 9MBA, 6 TH TRIMESTER128. 200875701 KINTALI SNIGDHA PRUSTY MBA 8.5129. 200860710 JAYASREE DAS MBA 8.5130. 200860742 APARAJEETA PATNAIK MBA 8.93131. 200860711 VAISHALI PADHI MBA 8.93132. 200860740 SANJUKTA K. MAHAPATRO MBA 9.14MBA, 3 RD TRIMESTER133. 200960722 ANKITA PATTNAIK MBA 8.57134. 200910730 CHINMAYA PADHY MBA 8.57135. 200960712 LAKKOJU RAMA KUMARI MBA 8.7136. 200960713 AKANKSHYA PATNAIK MBA 8.7137. 200910724 DANDAPATI SUKANT DORA MBA 8.7National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 9 of 18

MBA, 2 ND SEMESTER138. 200960712 LAKKOJU RAMA KUMARI MBA 8.5139. 200960713 AKANKSHYA PATNAIK MBA 8.5140. 200960717 SAGARIKA CHOUDHURY MBA 8.5PGDM, 6 TH TRIMESTER141. 200810660 CH. SIBANANDA SUBUDHI PGDM 8.5142. 200860602 PREETI KUMARI PGDM 8.67143. 200810643 ABHISHEK TIWARY PGDM 8.83144. 200860650 TRISHA SINGH PGDM 9PGDM, 2 ND TRIMESTER145. 200960614 ARCHANA KUMARI PANDA PGDM 8.5146. 200910652 AMRIT KUMAR DASH PGDM 8.64147. 200910645 CHANDAN K. MOHANTA PGDM 8.82PGDM, 1 ST TRIMESTERGATE SCORERS148. 200910652 AMRIT KUMAR DASH PGDM 8.8We are delighted at the large number of students who have cleared GATE and are eligible for admission to topInstitutes in the country. The GATE Club and its Coordinator Satyabrata Dash, Faculty, have taken the challenge to putNIST in the top bracket in the GATE examinations. The topper of each Department having scored greater than 99percentile will be awarded with the Director’s Award of Excellence with prize money of Rs. 5000/- each from theInstitute.Congratulations!NameMarkEIEChandra Sekhar Das 30Sidhant Dash 34.67Abinash Tripathy 43Chinmaya Behera 25.67Animesh Sarangi 28Chandan Kumar 29EEENujhat Zabin 26.33Santosh Kumar Das 29.33Sudarshan Panda 30Nishant Kumar 34Kumar Shanu 29.33Som Debasis 27.16Swarup Kumar Sahu 28Shailendra Kumar Gupta 31CSEJayendra Sharan 27Satyajit Majhi 29.67Laxminarayan Choudhury 26.33Prashishya Kumar Dwivedy 34NameMarkPallavi Devapriya 26.5Swagatika Dash 26.67Ch. Esha 30.67Subhashree Dash 30.6Deepa Rani Patro 31.33Sai Baba Satchitanand 53.33Itishri Dash 45.33Priyanka Biswal 29.33Suman Mohanty 44.67Kamala 32Ramanpreet Kaur 33.68Shakuntala Meher 45.33Himanshu Kumar 37.33Shasilesh Kumar 50Nitin Kumar Maharana 35.33V. Karthik Kumar Raju 33ECEPruthviraj Subudhi 29.67Debasish Swain 39J.Tarun Srivastav 26.8Chinmayee Palo 34GATE TOPPERSNameMarkK. Mohan Rao 26.67Shabaz Sarik 54.33S. Nitesh 37.33Swastika Panda 30.67Ashutosh Ranjan 48.33Nikita Sriva 30.67Mousumi Panda 44Anand Kumar 40Pranayaraj Maharana 40.67Uma Sankar Sahu 34.67Kamakhya Prasad Sahu 38Sandeep M. Singh 32.33Debashish Mohapatra 34Anu Patnaik 39.67Ashwini Kumar Mohanty 30.33Chinmaya Mohapatro 46.67Bhagyalata Rout 27.67Gautam Kumar 37.33Deepankar Mahapatro 47Name Mark Gate Score All India RankECEShahbaz Sarik 54.33 648 1304Ashutosh Ranjan 48.33 577 2558EEEGourav Kumar 37.67 488 2403Anil Kumar 36.67 474 2752Name Mark Gate Score All India RankEIEAbinash Tripathy 43 735 67Siddhanta Dash 34.67 588 228CSESaibaba Satchiotanand 53.33 672 1107Shailesh Kumar 50 632 1604National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 10 of 18

BEC Certified Students’ ListNational Institute of Science and Technology in association with British Council, Kolkata conducted theUniversity of Cambridge offered Business English Certificate (BEC) Preliminary Examination at theinstitute campus during 25 th to 27 th November 2010. A total number of 240 (out of 259 B. Tech., MCA, MBAand PGDM registered students) cleared the test and the following lists the students who passed withmerit scoring more than 80 out of a total of 100 marks.Name Degree Roll No. Score1. Sangita Basak B. Tech 1st yr 201011217 942. Anjali Sinha B. Tech 2nd yr 200970211 883. Abhinav Anand B. Tech 2nd yr 200920025 884. Abhisek Sharma B. Tech 1st yr 201010306 845. Manish Bilung B. Tech 2nd yr 200916217 836. Prashant Jyoti B. Tech 1st yr 201010200 837. Shalini Sargam B. Tech 2nd yr 200983248 828. Srabani Smruti S. Patra B. Tech 2nd yr 200960244 829. Sandip Dash B. Tech 1st yr 201010206 8210. Ananya Pujari B. Tech 2nd yr 200960022 8111. Lalita Priyadarsini B. Tech 2nd yr 200960396 81Name Degree Roll No. Score12. Raghwendra Pratap Singh B. Tech 1st yr 201010355 8113. Rakesh Kumar B. Tech 2nd yr 200920263 8014. Sandeep Mishra B. Tech 2nd yr 200910195 80The different grades of the test result are as follows:Pass with Merit - >_ 80Pass - >_ 65Council of Europe Level A 2 - >_ 40Fail - >_ 40Congratulations!NIST WELCOMESNIST welcomes the following members to its Parivaar:Ms. Sangeeta Bhanja Chaudhuri joined as Faculty inthe Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering. She hasdone her MCA from Bangalore University,Bangalore and her M. Phil., in ComputerScience from Vinayaka Missions University,Tamilnadu. Ms. Chaudhuri is now pursuingher Ph. D. program in Computer Applicationsunder Anna University of Technology,Coimbatore. She has around four years of teachingexperience and before joining us she was working as aTechnical Support Officer at Accenture India Pvt. Ltd.,Bangalore. Ms. Chaudhuri has four paper publications toher credit and her research interest lies in the fields ofNatural Language Processing.Mr. Tanmoy Nag joined as Faculty in the Dept. of Electricaland Electronics Engineering. He has donehis Masters in Engineering (ME) inIllumination Engineering, under the Dept. ofElectrical Engineering, from JadavpurUniversity, West Bengal and his B. Tech.,in Electrical Engineering from B. P. PoddarInstitute of Management and Technology, Kolkata. Beforejoining us Mr. Nag worked as an Assistant SystemsEngineer at TCS, Kolkata for around two and half years.His Research Interest lies in the areas of LightingDesigning and Power Systems.Ms. Aditi Roy joined as Junior SoftwareEngineer at NIST Technology ConsultingServices (NTCS). She has done her B. Tech.in Electronics and CommunicationEngineering from Techno India, Salt Lake,Kolkata and her Diploma in Electronics andTelecommunication Engineering from PolytechnicInstitute, WBSCTE, Tripura. Her Research Interest liesin the areas of Web Based Applications.Mr. Biswajit Bhattacharyya joined as Junior SoftwareEngineer at NTCS. He has done his MCA from Academyof Technology, West Bengal University of Technology,West Bengal and his B. Sc. inMathematics from Chandannagore Govt.College, Burdwan University, WB. Mr.Bhattacharya has around one year ofteaching experience to his credit and beforejoining us he was working as a SoftwareDeveloper at Astringent Software Pvt. Ltd.,Kolkata, WB.NIST e_news welcomes all the new members and wishes you a wonderful career!National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 11 of 18

LAURELSMr. Nitin Kumar Maharana, B. Tech., 6 th Semester, CSE student participated in ‘Alfresco ‘11’ – the TechFest organized by Gandhi Engineering College (GEC), Bhubaneswar during 7 th – 9 th March 2011.He contended in the contests like ‘Java Wise’ and ‘Algo Design’ and has been adjudged 2 nd inboth the events and been awarded with a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/-respectively. He also participated, in ‘TSAR 2K11’ – the Tech Fest organized by Gandhi Institutefor Technology (GIFT), Bhubaneswar during 30 th March – 1 st April 2011, in ‘C – le - Program’and received the 1 st prize with gift vouchers worth Rs. 35000/-.Mr. Chandan Kumar Mohanta and Mr. B. Jagannath Patro, Final year PGDMstudents participated in the Business Quiz Contest held at Rajadhani College ofEngineering and Management, Bubaneswar on 15th February 2011 and won the 2 ndPrize of Rs. 1500/- along with the certificate of merit.Thursday Lecture Seminar SeriesSPEAKERS TITLEDate: 10 March 2011Mr. Abhro Mukharjee9th Annual Educator’s Day 2010: Research andMr. Kunja Bihari Swain andConsulting.Mr. Swagat Kumar SamantarayMr. K. L. NarayanaMr. Sarat Kumar JenaDate: 24 March 2011Ms. Sonali Prabha DasMr. Ch. MurthySoumya Debabrata Pani(8th Sem, CSE)Mr. Tryambaka MahapatraNewsdeskACO for Assessing Optimal Reliability of ComputerRelaying Software Incorporating Redundancy.Recent Advances in Research Methods and DataAnalytical Tools.Analysis of Coupling Efficiency between two Holey fibersusing a Holographic coupler.Reliability of Distribution System.Empowering Measures for quantum finite automata(QFA) (presented at ICCRD 2011, China)How to write business plans.Mr. Abhisek Pahadi, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_newsThe whole human race was submerged in the ocean of despair & sorrow, as nature showed itsharsh face to the island country, Japan, where a mammoth earthquake rocked several parts ofthe country thereby igniting a vicious tsunami wiping off many parts of it permanently from the map, drownedseveral thousands of people and also triggered a nuclear emergency in the country with fuel leaking out of 2 nuclearreactors in Fukushima, an imminent danger with everlasting effect. In another event of growing political turbulence inthe world, clouds of uncertainty surrounded the Muslim dominated country of Libya, where Muanmar Gaddafi’s 41years of tyranny came to a tragic end after voices of protests became louder but gave rise to a civil war between theprotesters and supporters with several European powerhouses being involved in the fight. Similar situation surfaced inNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 12 of 18

Syria leading to the ouster of the president Bashar Al Asad after 11 years of rule. Adding more fuel to the ongoingviolence, inter-communal war broke out in the African country, Ivory Coast, after the country’s former rebels pressedan offensive to oust Laurent Gbagbo, leading to death of around 800 people. On the national forefront, the SupremeCourt gave a remarkable decision by approving the passive form of Euthanasia in which a person in passive state fora long period of time can be relieved of the painful life after the consent of family members, friends and two specializeddoctors. Justice was affirmed to the victims of Godhra massacre, in which around 59 people were charred to death inthe Sabarmati Express, thereby igniting communal riots across Gujarat, with the trial court awarding death sentenceto 11 of the accused and sentencing 25 others with life imprisonment. Scams now being an integral part of currentaffairs, moved one step ahead when the Pune stud farm owner, Hasan Ali Khan, was nabbed by CBI for havinginvolvement in severe money laundering activities. With more obstacles in the path, the ruling govt. came underintense pressure with the Wiki-leaks revelation of involvement of several Congress MP’s in horse-trading to gathersupport for N-deal with USA. A serious laxity was highlighted when DGCA found out the involvement of several topofficials, pilots and flying schools in the forgery behind securing of licenses by paying money. Political fever grips thewhole nation with imminent assembly elections to be held in 4 major states namely West Bengal, Kerala, TamilNadu& Assam. As a result of severe wildlife protection measures, count of tigers has increased as compared to previousrecords. To much happiness of the state residents, Orissa will be hereafter called “ODISHA” & the Oriya language willbe known as “ODIA”. Census, 2011, brought bad tidings for the girl child in Odisha as it was marked with significantdrop in girl child ratio from 953 (against 1000 boys) to 934 in 2011. As an example of eternal sin, the Emar Mutt’sseer(mahant) along with 8 other have been accused of criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the mutt’s property.Moving to the business world, the govt. introduced a nationwide Goods & Service Tax (GST) bill in Parliament butopposition threatened to derail the most ambitious reform of its second term. Indian paper producer BILT paper plchas planned to raise at least 330 million$ from initial public offering to fund its expansion & pay down debt. Essargroup has readied its 10.97% stake in telecom joint venture Vodafone Essar for a possible sale after prepayment ofnon-convertible debentures worth Rs. 4320 crore raised on the same shares. The sports world witnessed one of thefinest fantasies coming true with INDIA winning the ICC WORLD CUP 2011 thus ending the drought after 28 years.Hearty and sincere thanks to the WINCREDIBLE Indian cricket team.Cynosure of all EyesMs. Neena Choudhary, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_newsHello Readers! Cricket World Cup 2011 had won over all hearts and minds. I know that Newsdeskand Sportscast has already given you all memories you wanted to recollect, but then even Icould not stop myself from writing anything else apart Cricket. I still get Goosebumps remembering thelast six hit by the captain and I know so do you.Just Imagine!! The whole country was roaring for the World Cup. Dhak Dhak Go! India Go! It had been a remarkablecricketing month and will be remembered for ages to come. The win over all previous World Champions to win theWorld Cup was marvelous. Emotions won’t stop flowing and I have to very wisely use this column, as I say tobring around a possible change. The World Cup in the sub-continent not only gave us the precious memoriesbut has also taught us a lesson. You remember how all hearts beat for one Cup, all prayers towards one achievementand every single tear when Sachin, Yuvi and Bhajji cried? We have the power to do it with one force and thepower lies within us. We have proved that we can together create an impact and then there will be no oneto impede us (neither Mr. Raj Thackerey, nor the terrorists who have dared to attack us time and again)from taking the nation to great heights. See, “United we stand, divided we fall”. No sooner was the World Cup overthat we again proved the maxim to be correct. It was imposing to see how the whole nation stood in support ofGandhian Anna Hazare. And what I believe the major reason for such public arousing was the just concluded WorldCup celebrations which gave the whole nation a platform to share their sentiments, opinion, hopes and the tears of joy.Do you know that India would have never seen the Mumbai riots, the Godhra Carnage, and the mayhem over BabriMasjid if we stood unified? There are people not only outside the nation but many within the nation who wait for suchopportunities only to get a political seat and then fill up their pockets. The time is not to support or go againstHindutva, instead it is high time to get together and raise issues which have been bulldozing our countrysince years. Whoa! This sounds too much, but then if a 75 year old man can, then why not you and me. How manyNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 13 of 18

of us know what Anna Hazare stood up for? Have you heard of the Lokpal Bill? We have adequate time to gossipabout various useless self-framed topics but then never sit down to discuss the actual issues affecting millions. All ofus cannot become the world’s best engineers but we will not require any criteria to become a responsible citizen. 26/11 Mumbai attack reminds us of the courage with which every Indian fought and the sacrifices we made to renderpeace.We just haven’t realized how the power of unity can bring a change around us. If we take up all the issues ofconcern the way we did it for cricket, there will be so much vigor to wipe out all the problems of ourcountry. Speak Strike and Redress![Any suggestions or feedback regarding the article are welcome and can be mailed to me.neenac@gmail.com]SAT SAYS: International Men’s dayMr. Kewal Krishna, B. Tech., 6th Sem., Team e_newsYes you have finally arrived at the right page. It’s time to throttle the tedium out of your hecticschedules and enjoy the fresh breath. It’s time to realize Nature’s opus- the sweet chirping of the sparrowsand the rustling of breeze, the dawn of dusk (mixing words…advertising for Reliance Mobile?) and themighty blues…(Bleed Blue!!!) . It’s time… let’s cut the chase. Its time you listened to SAT.When SAT sat down (SAT sat down… interesting) to enlighten you this month, SAT got confused (yeah...it canhappen to the greatest of the minds) on what to talk. The editors of this magazine always want SAT to write about thecollege happenings but SAT couldn’t find anything this time (as SAT already told you about SAT’s off day) and wason the verge of losing all hope (just like you were when SACHIN ‘GOD’ TENDULKAR went back to the pavilionmoments after SEHWAG) until that day (there’s always a silver lining) …It was 8 th of March. SAT saw a queue outside the book store in TECH MALL (it’s that building which houses SAGARXEROX & SHREE BOOK STORE…don’t ask SAT where is the ‘TECH’ and where is the ‘MALL’ in it). It was hot andhumid and then a wave of fresh air came about in the form of a girl. She asked very politely if she could get ahead ofall the X chromosomes standing there and get her books xeroxed and yes the mindless gaping creatures obliged.Behold…its International Women’s Day. A coterie of people sitting in warm cozy chairs decided it’s time to havea day for the Eves and show the world that they are developing and shining (just like INDIA Shining…SAT hopesyou got the irony) and hence a day was allocated for the better halves.8 th of March- the world celebrates the fairer sex…fairer??? Yes the three question marks are deliberately put. (If youthought SAT was going to make a speech on womanhood, well dear friend you are wrong.) Is getting ahead in aqueue where men have been standing for hours fair? (It’s a rhetorical question, you don’t have to answer) Don’t youhate it when a girl gets ahead of you and gets the last available tickets of your favorite movie? (Didn’t SAT just toldyou…it’s a rhetorical question, you don’t have to shout out the answer) How often do you have to get up in a bus ortrain so that the pretty lady there can be seated? (There you go again…)Don’t you despise the fact that you have tocarry around the entire luggage whenever you are traveling? And how often have you to pay the bill just because youdon’t put a lipstick or a suns crème or mascara…the list can go on and on and on… To end this grave injustice to thetall, dark and handsome, SAT would like to propose a day for the anger amongst peace, for the greed amongstsacrifice, for the ruthless amongst love, for the problem amongst solution. How about an INTERNATIONAL MEN’sDAY on the 30 th of FEBRUARY because that’s how the dark and handsome had turned dark to the women in their lifefor the past thousands of years- oblivious to their needs and butchers of their desires. Let the men have a taste oftheir own crude medicine and don’t you worry, the perks of a separate queue will still be there…this time it will be youstanding there.Ok then, the clock has come full circle and it’s time to depart as SAT has to go and carry vegetables back home forthe lovely neighbor next door. Until next time think about the proposal and let SAT know what you think of it. Adieu.>National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 14 of 18

SportscastMr. Naquib Akhtar, B. Tech., 6 th Sem., Team e_newsOnce upon a time there were the Men In Black who saved the world from being conquered; andthen came the Men In Blue who conquered it. “Bleed Blue” that was the atmosphere all aroundthis month as Team India lifted the world cup after a gap of 28 years. So this edition would only concentrateon the path taken by the Indian team towards the biggest glory in world cricket. Being pitted in group B against SouthAfrica, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherland India finished second in the group stages behindthe Proteas, after loosing the match against them and drawing the one against England in a nail biting thriller. In thequarterfinals ‘Captains Cool’s’ boys faced four time champions and their biggest threat to the cup Australia at Motera.And it was in this match that the bowlers came to the fore by putting up a spirited performance and silencing theircritics. India defeated the Aussie comfortably despite skipper Ponting’s fighting century. Ponting later had to relinquishhis post in favourIndia’s semifinal was the talking point of the tournament. Dubbed as the ‘match of the century ’India faced arch rivalsPakistan at Mohali. Pakistan were set a target of 260 who were playing on India soil for the first time since 2007.Inreply Afridi’s men could not overhaul the target and lost the match by India met Sri Lanka in the finals at theWankhede Stadium who had earlier defeated New Zealand to reach their second successive final. Batting first SriLanka made a shaky start but eventually managed 274 thanks to brilliant century by Mahela Jayawardene. Indiamade a disastrous start with Sehwag and ‘the god’ Tendulkar departing in quick succession early in the innings. Butthe ship was steadied by Gautam Gambhir and captain Dhoni who played a gem of an innings by scoring 91 andbringing up the winning runs by hitting a huge six. Yuvraj Singh was adjudged the ‘player of the tournament’ for hisoutstanding performance both with the bat and ball. Dilshan was the top scorer while Afridi and Zaheer topped thewicket charts with 21 wkts each. In post world cup news coach Gary Kirsten bid adieu to the Indian team after threeyears at the helm.At last coming over to other sports. In the EPL Manchester United continue to lead the league table followed byArsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. Chelsea have had a good comeback after their string of poor performancesand even defeated ManU 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Both of them even face off in the Champions League quarterfinalbeginning in early April. In the Spanish League there are no surprises with Barcelona leading followed by Real Madrid.In the Champions League Madrid face English surprise package Tottenham Hotspur while defending champions InterMilan face German outfit Schalke.In tennis Novak Djokovic continue to rock the tennis circuit by defeating the number one player Rafael Nadal in theMiami Masters while in golf Tiger Woods slipped down to the 7 th position after a string of poor performance. In F1racing Sebastian Vettel of the Red Bulls won the Australian Grand Prix while in Badminton sensation Saina Nehwalregained her number world rankings. And now coming over to cricket once again—IPL IV beginning this month isbound to keep the country once again on the cricket field.BEST FEEDBACKB.Tech7th Sem.5th Sem.3rd Sem.1st Sem.MCA5th Sem.RESEARCH PAPERAcademic Honorarium AwardKaushik HalderM.SureshRajesh Kumar DashBhawani S. PatnaikBhawani S. Patnaik3rd Sem.1st Sem.Anisur RahmanAmrut P. MohantyNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 15 of 18MBA4th Trim.1st Sem.PGDM4th Trim.1st Trim.Shom P. DasSisira Kanti MishraPramath Nath AcharyaE.Raja Rao1. Abhro Mukherjee Active stabilization of Rotors having circulating forces with spinningdissipation2. Subhagata Chattopadhyaya An approach to Model Right Iliac Fossa Pain using Pain-only-Parameters for Screening of Acute Appendicitis.3. Subhagata Chattopadhyaya Application of Bayesian Classifier for the diagnosis of Dental Pain.

1. What do you think were your striking qualities as a student?Ø Honesty and Ambition. And also hard work and determination.Ms. Geetika MudaliPlacement Director, NIST2. What has been your most memorable moment so far?Ø Ragging at College, my marriage, the visit of Satyam in 1999,the placement in 2000, and many more.3. Which phase have u enjoyed? Being an administrativemember or a Student?Ø I have enjoyed being an administrative member more...4. Who are the persons you have looked up to in life?Ø Kiran Mazumdar, Mother Teresa, Kiran BediDr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Anna Hazare & Sudha Murthy.5. A dream still unfulfilled…Ø Well, there are many dreams to be accomplished.6. What is your message to the students resortingto smoking and drinking?Ø Distractions are definitely present. Hence,counseling is essential. Elders and seniorsshould take the responsibility. And being students,you should respect and stay connected to theelders be it teachers, seniors or parents.7. Who are your favorite actors?Ø Favorite singer is Lata Mangeshkar and Actors- Amitabh Bachan, Katrina Kaif.8. In NIST, what are the events you have enjoyed most?Ø Sankalp-2010, Sankalp 2008 and Waves-2008.9. What do you think about the flexibility provided to students in our institution?Ø We have enough flexibility. We have students involved in many activities, be it curricular or academicactivities. A student can participate in many activities and learn by participation. :earning should be themain objective while being a student..10.What message do you have for the 2007-2011 batch?Ø Getting a job has become quite common and simple nowadays. You should aim for something more. Likeentrepreneurship or becoming top CEOs of organizations.11. What message do you have for the students of NIST?Ø Choose your role models carefully and work hard to become like them. At NIST you have a lot of opportunityto develop your talents and personalities in different ways. Do not waste even a single minute and alwaystry to learn, learn and learn. Ego may be a hindrance to learning. Learn from your seniors also. Define yourambitions and goals of life and start working towards them. At regular intervals evaluate yourself– your progress towards your goals, both short term and long term. Even your friends can helpyou. Invite criticism from your friends about yourself. Analyze your strengths and weaknesses.Develop your leadership skills. And most importantly, improve your communication skills( English of course…………).Interviewed by Mr. Pratyush MishraB. Tech., 8 th Sem., Team e_newsNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 16 of 18

Waves 2010To drench NIST in the colors of competitiveness, fun and frolic, WAVES 2010, the intracollegiate fest of our college, was organized on the 18 th and 19 th of March 2011. This muchawaited fest was inaugurated by Ms. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director along with Prof. SangramMudali, Director, Dr. Arun Kumar Padhy, Course Coordinator, B. Tech. program.The celebrations started with a series of sports events which included Basketball matches, volleyballmatch (student vs. Faculty), swimming, lawn tennis etc. The evening was splashed with the spirit ofenjoyment as students took to the stage showcasing their varied talents in the field of music, dance andacting. Our very own band NMS brought the audience to their feet as they belted out one mellifluousnumber after another.The second morning was dedicated to various stage events like antakshari, dumb charades, Quiz andthe “Faculty student event “organized by club Innova. However, off the stage was not less interesting. TheDog Show was no way less thrilling and exhilarating than any other shows. The stunts shown by therarest of breeds of dogs with the help of the trainers were really breath stopping. The series of eventsprovided another liberal dose of fun to the proceedings as both the students and the faculties cametogether to make the events a success.The evening of the 19 th commenced with the felicitation of the toppers for the 2010 pass out batch withGold and Silver medals been awarded to them. This was followed by several performances by studentsshowcasing the plethora of talent that is hidden inside all NISTians. From breathtaking dance moves tosoulful renditions to hilarious mimicries and amazing acting skills, the student community took the stageby storm.However the show stopper like any other year was the performance by our faculty members. This timeour faculty members in their own inimitable style did something different from the usual by staging a skitrevolving around the theme of life at NIST. The wonderful play won the hearts of all present and theapplause just did not stop. The celebrations were capped by a fashion show by the students titled “Phasesof Life” which put on display the various facets, emotions and stages that life takes an individual through.The celebrations came to an end with the singing of the national anthem.Winners of Different EventsMARATHONBoys1. Sunil Bag Winner2. Ritesh Kumar 1 st Runners-Up3. Rishikant Kumar 2 nd Runners-UpGirls1. Harshita Singh Winner2. Akansha Swain 1 ST Runners-Up3. Uzma Ghazali 2 nd Runners-UpVOLLEY BALLStudents NISTStaff & FacultyBASKETBALLBoysB-Tech-2 nd Year WinnerB-Tech-1 st Year Runners-UpGirlsB-Tech-4 th and 2 nd Year WinnerB-Tech-3 rd and 1 st Year Runners-UpWinnerRunner’s UpLAWN TENNISSingles-(Boys)1. Sandeep Kumar Tarei Winner2. Pratik.P.Mohanty Runners-UpSingles-( Girls)1. Heena Pandey Winner2. Sneha Sinha Runners-UpDoubles-(Boys)1. Gopal Kinkar Sahu WinnerPratik.P.Mohanty2. Ajit K. Danda Runner’s UpSandeep Kumar TareiSWIMMING CONTESTStudents-1. Dillip Ku Behera Winner2. Khirod Chandra Mohanty 1 st Runners-Up3. Sunil Bag 2 nd Runners-UpStaff & Faculty1. Joginath Muduli Winner2. B.Danish Reddy 1 st Runner-Up3. Saroj Nayak 2 nd Runners-UpNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 17 of 18

Employment Oriented Summer Course 2011Offered By NIST Technology Consulting ServicesNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYPalur Hills, Berhampur - 761008, web : www.nist.eduCOURSE NAME CODE FEESElectronic Design AutomationFor Students: Rs. 7,000/-software Tools for VLSI/ASIC Design2011/EDA For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-Advanced Industrial AutomationTechnologyEmbedded System and EmbeddedVLSIBusiness ProcessIntegration using SAPJ2EE and Rational RoseCertification CourseCisco Certified NetworkAssociate(CCNA)2011/AIAT2011/ESEV2011/SAP2011/JRR2011/CCNAFor Students: Rs. 7,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-For Students: Rs. 7,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-For Students: Rs. 10,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 12,000/-For Students: Rs. 7,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-For Students: Rs. 7,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-Spoken EnglishLanguage courseCertification Course Introduction toORACLE 9i : SQL [Exam # 1Z0-007]Data Warehousing, Data Mining &Business Intelligence on SAPPlatformSoftware Design & Testing2011/SEC2011/ORA2011/SAPBI2011/SDTFor Students: Rs. 3,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 4,000/-For Students: Rs. 7,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-For Students: Rs. 10,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 12,000/-For Students: Rs. 7,000/-For Industry sponsored candidates: Rs. 8,500/-The above fees includes course material, course bag & kit, transport, breakfast, lunch, tea & snacks. The course fees can be paid in cash or through DD/Cheque in favor of “NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Berhampur” at the center mentioned below.Duration & Timings :4 weeks x 6 days a week x8 hours a day,Course Code Start Date End DateAll Courses 16-05-2011 12-06-2011Dates may change with respect tocompletion of BPUT Semester ExaminationVENUE: NIST, BERHAMPUR &OUR BHUBANESWAR CENTERLAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION1 week before the start date of respectivebatches Registration Fees : Rs. 500/- (ThisRegn. Fees will be deducted from the amountof the Course Fees) Limited Seats areavailable on a first-come-first served basis.Grading :There will be regular examinations conducted every Saturday and thegrade will be awarded based on the performance in the tests and theprojects.Facilities :Well equipped laboratory facilities/’experienced instructors, customdeveloped course notes will be provided. Hostel facility available forRs. 1,500/- including boarding and dinner.Harapriya Mishra, LHC-Room No. 509, Mob:9778168058NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYPalur Hills, Berhampur, ORISSA - 761008Phone: (0680) 2492421, 2492422email: summer2011@nist.edu orMore details contact :Dr. Sudhir Panigrahi : 9437258741, Mr. Shom P Das : 9437044480,Mr. Bhawani S Pattnaik : 9437166101, Mr. M. Suresh : 9437217290,Mr. Pradeep Jena: 9937388081, Mr. Debananda Kanhar: 9437515784,Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka : 9937027959.