Amrita Engineering Brochure 2017

Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies

CoE-AMGT

The Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies Chairperson
(CoE-AMGT) is focusing on innovative research, product development and Sriram Devanathan Ph.D
advanced training of human resources in the frontier areas of sustainable and green
technologies and materials.

AMGT is involved in the research and development of low-cost, green processes
and technology solutions for diverse social problems ranging from energy, fuel,
healthcare, and clean environment using advanced materials.

Academics Programmes Offered

Ph. D Materials Science & Engineering

Eligibility for Admission: B.E./B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Biochemical
Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering,
Polymer Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Petrochemical Engineering, or
M.Sc. Physics / M.Sc. Chemistry / M.Sc. Materials Science.

M.E./M.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biochemical Engineering,
Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Polymer
Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Petrochemical Engineering, Process Control
& Instrumentation

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Research Accomplishments Research Facilities

PhD: 36 Enrolled (5 graduated) Post-Doc: 1 AMGT has established the following research laboratories in
(N-PDF) association with the Department of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science.
AMGT has published over 220 Research
Articles in the leading International and Nanomaterials Lab
National Journals during the last 5 years. Solar Energy & Optoelectronics Lab
Nanoelectrochemistry Lab
AMGT has filed 14 patents, and received Bio Materials Lab
over Rs. 11 Crores of funds in the past five Energy Systems & Process Intensification Lab
years. Polymers & Nanocomposites Lab
Energy Materials & Devices Lab
AMGT is recognized as a premier Center Dhanvanthri Lab
of Excellence by the Ministry of Human Affordable and Low-cost Technologies Lab
Resources and Development, Govt. of India.

The following is a list of key equipment and instrumentation
facilties

Materials Synthesis & Modification
RF-Chemical Vapor Deposition
Physical Vapor Deposition
Electrodeposition
Two-roll Mixer
Materials Characterization
X-Ray Diffraction
Gas Chromatography
Mass Spectrometry
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Thermogravimetric Analysis
Infrared Spectroscopy
Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy
Electrochemical Workstation
Rheometers

Research Collaborations

Columbia University, USA
University of Tulsa, USA
University of Arkansas, USA
Tulane University, USA
University of Houston, USA
University of Milan, Italy
ACIRI, Amrita University

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Chairperson TIFAC CORE in
M. Sethumadhavan Ph.D
Cyber Security

Stared in 2006, TIFAC Centre for Cyber Security brings together partnering
industries and academia to create innovative educational and research
programs and develop world-class expertise in Cyber Security.

Academics Programmes Offered

M. Tech. in Cyber Security (intake: 30)
The students can apply for Dual degree programme with Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam.

Faculty and Strength

Professor: 01
Associate Prof.: 01
Assistant Prof.: 04

Research Areas

Encryption, Visual Cryptography, Steganalysis, Secure Coding, Web
Security, Mobile Security, Malware Analysis, Cyber Forensics, Intrusion
Detection and Prevention.

Laboratories

Network Security Lab
FPGA Lab
Crypto Lab
Cyber Forensics Lab

Recent R&D activities

The Centre has attracted 10 projects with various Govt. Agencies such as
ISRO, DRDO, NTRO, DST, Department of Electronics and Information
Technology (DeitY) worth Rs. Five Crores.
Currently, the centre has three research projects under progress.
‘Development of Secure Authenticated Encryption Scheme for Lightweight
Applications’ funded by DeitY, Delhi.
‘Malware Detection using FPGA, Sandboxing and Machine Learning’
funded by IBM.
ISRO project on Cryptography.

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International Journal & Conference Papers: 101

Student achievements (2016)

Winner at Cyber Suraksha - National Level Ethical Hacking and
Cyber Security Event, IIT Hyderabad.
Finalist HACK-A-THON, Chennai.
Finalist CSAW 2016 Capture The Flag contest, IIT Kanpur.

Major events organized (2016)

Hands-on workshop on VAPT
Workshop on Tracking the Cyber Ghost
Workshop on New Directions on Information Security
Research
Cyber Suraksha - National Level Ethical Hacking and Cyber
Security Event
IoT Challenge - National Level Event

Cyber Security Corporate Internships and
Recruiters

Symantec, Paladion Networks, Tata R&D Centre, Career Net,
Alcatel, i-Human Pvt. Ltd., Honeywell, CEB Global, Paramount
Inc., VMware, SETS, L&T, ABB Corp, E&Y, LOCUS, Payatu,
CloudByte, IndusFace, Infosys

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Amrita Center for Industrial Research and Innovation

ACIRI

Amrita Center for Industrial Research and Innovation (ACIRI),
Amrita University, Coimbatore Campus serves as a Multidisciplinary
Research Centre which aims at instilling a culture of innovation and
entrepreneurship driven research at Amrita University.

Academics

Training and Internship to B.Tech and M.Tech students in the area of
Technology Development.

Chairperson
Madhav Datta Ph.D

Faculty

ACIRI faculty members come from internationally reputed industrial and academic institutions:

Dr. Madhav Datta is a Distinguished Professor and KBSI, South Korea. His research expertise include:
and Chairman, ACIRI. He received his Ph.D. from Theranostic drug delivery system for cancer therapy;
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), biomaterials for bioimaging using fluorogenic and MRI
Switzerland. Dr. Datta worked at IBM’s T.J. modalities. He has published 37 research articles in peer
Watson Research Center, Intel’s Logic Technology reviewed InternationalJjournals and holds 4 patents.
Development, Emerson Network Power’s (ENP)
Cooligy Precision Cooling, and the Materials Dr. Sudip Kumar Batabyal is a Senior Research Scientist
Department of EPFL. at ACIRI. He received his Ph.D. from Indian Association
Dr. Datta is an innovator with 48 issued US Patents, for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur University.
is the author of 90+ publications, editor of books on Prior to joining ACIRI, Dr. Batabyal worked in National
electrochemical processing and has received several University of Singapore and Energy Research Institute,
international and corporate awards. Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
His research interests are in photovoltaics including
Dr. Sankarprasad Bhuniya is a Research Professor at advanced cost-effective solar cell materials and in
ACIRI. He received his Ph. D. from IIT Kharagpur. energy storage. He has 86 publications in international
Dr. Bhuniya worked at Illinois Institute of Technology, journals and has
Chicago, POSTECH, South Korea, Korea University, 2 patents pending.

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Research @ ACIRI Research Funding, Publications
& Patents (2015-16)
Perovskite Solar Cell with carbon electrodes and earth
abundant CZTS Solar Cells DST funded projects worth nearly Rs. 1.0 Crore.

Targeted Delivery of Drugs, Molecular Imaging probes, 14 scientific publications in High Impact factor
Theranostic for Imaging and Drug Delivery. Journals.

Advanced flip-chip materials, wafer level electrochemical Submitted 3 patents.
processing tool, metal-ceramic bonding, and micro cooling
devices. Achievements

Developed a fluorogenic probe for potassium
cyanide (KCN) sensing in drinking water and
living cells.

Currently, the group is engaged in developing
prodrug in cancer theranostic application
and molecular probe for mapping of pH in
hypoxic cancer cells to understand its transport
mechanism in the living system.

Dr. S. Bhuniya’s paper “Small Conjugate-based
Theranostic Agents: An Encouraging Approach
for Cancer Therapy” was published in Journal
Chemical Society Reviews, 2015, 44, 6670-
6683 (IF: 33.383).

National and International
Collaborations

ACIRI faculty members are conducting
collaborative research work with Hungarian
Academy of Sciences; Eastman Chemicals, TN,
USA; University of Colorado, USA; iEnergy,
UAE; Russian Academy of Sciences; NUS,
Singapore; KBSI and Korea University in
S. Korea; Yunan University in China.

ACIRI conducts collaborative research work
with the national institutions such as IIT Mandi,
IICT, CSIR, Tata Solar Power and University of
Tejpur.

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Information and Communication
Technology Services

ICTS

Head
Mr. M. Sreevalsan

ICTS Department is responsible for identifying, providing and maintaining reliable computing facilities, computing
network environment, communication facilities and related infrastructure to facilitate academic and research facilities.

First college in the country to install the C-DAC PARAM State-of-the-art ELearning facilities for real time video
10000 Supercomputer outside of the C-DAC campus. conferencing and online classes.

Campus wide high speed fiber network connecting all In-house ELearning software A-View for conduct of
academic and non-academic facilities classes over the internet

Over 2500 desktop/workstations inter-networked over Dedicated qualified staff to take care of all the ICT
high speed LAN facilities

WiFi network available in all academic areas and hostels Student information management done through a complete
University Management System - AUMS (Amrita
Centralized data center hosting all servers and core University Management System)
network operations, to cater to the needs of the faculty,
researchers and students Information of resident students managed through a
fully automated system -GPMS (Gate Pass Management
Access to licensed software for all branches of System) integrated with Email and SMS systems for
engineering and management up-to-date information to all including parents

Connectivity to the National Knowledge Network under Cisco Systems authorized training center offering
the National Mission on Education through Information various networking courses aimed at CCNA and CCNP
and Communication Technology (NMEICT) certifications

Internet connectivity of over 1 Gbps over multiple ISPs
including the NKN

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Corporate and Industry Relations

CIR

In order to cater to the requirements of students from diverse Mission
disciplines for building competencies in domain areas as well
as in life skills, and play a vital role in the fulfillment of their CIR’s mission is:
dreams and aspirations,University has established a dedicated “To facilitate holistic career development
centre, namely, Corporate and Industry Relations (CIR) at its of students through comprehensive and
headquarters in Coimbatore, with branches in the other four
campuses. systematic training on Life Skills and
build competence in core areas through
Objective
innovative practical applications”.
Overall development of the students’ personality with necessary The CIR logo embodies its motto -
emphasis on communication skills and reasoning abilities.
“Yogaha Karmasu Kaushalam”,
CIR Team
which translates from Sanskrit into the
The big team in CIR comprises counsellors and trainers who are following - work done to perfection
experts in their domains and have vast experience in industry and is indeed yoga.
academia.
(Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 2, Verse 50)
Activities
CIR has evolved specific corporate training
Regular learning and development sessions in the three major programmes covering areas like leadership
areas of Life Skills training - Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal and development, organisational development, change
Communication Skills and Soft Skills. management, stress management, organisational
transformation, emotional intelligence, coaching
Industry-specific core competency training to students in their for performance, etc. for upgrading the skills of
domain areas. employees, especially at the managerial level.
Organisations have come forward to avail of this
Training programmes for various competitive examinations like service from our experts at CIR. This kind of
GRE, CAT, GATE, etc. engagement helps in the recognition of Amrita
as a centre of multidisciplinary excellence in the
Courses in foreign languages like German and Spanish to eyes of the corporate world.
empower students to take up global careers.
Entrepreneurship
Mock interviews and group discussions with industry experts on
the panel. Amrita Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) has
been established to infuse entrepreneurial spirit
Frequent tests to simulate corporate testing processes in intensity, among youngsters who dare to innovate and
variety and content. This ensures that there are no surprises during initiate.
the recruitment process. The efficacy of this approach has been
borne out by the excellent placement record and subsequent Other Activities
feedback from employers.
In addition, CIR also does marketing
Industry Interactions communication for the University in print,
electronic and digital space through regular write-
CIR has been able to establish good rapport with senior officials of ups, advertisements, advertorials, brochures and
IT and core industry, besides public sector undertakings and labs, other collaterals.
through regular visits and other means of communication.

CIR has signed many Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)
with the corporate sector that are beneficial to students, faculty,
the University and the industry. There is a high level of industry
interaction through these MoUs and Joint Ventures.

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Salient features of industry-academia cooperation Initiatives of CIR

A few of the prestigious brands and the salient features of the industry-academia cooperation with them (respectively),
are listed as follows:

TCS - Guest Lectures, Faculty Development Programmes, Best Student and Best Project Awards
Infosys - Co-design of IT electives, Access to Infosys courseware, Guest Lectures and Faculty Enablement Programme
Cognizant - Setting up an Innovation Lab in Computer Vision, Image Processing & Networking
HCL - Faculty Development Programme, Curriculum Development, Guest Lectures and Faculty Awards
Microsoft - Establishment of Embedded Research Lab
Atmel - Establishment of Atmel Micro-controller Unit Lab
ARM - Establishment of ARM Micro-controller Unit Lab
NAL - Provision of Laboratory and Library facilities to Amrita, Guest Lectures, Guidance for Project work and
Internship for students
Robert Bosch - Automotive Electronics Lab, Bosch Library Corner, FDP, Co-design of Elective, Sponsorship of
Technical events and Sponsored M.Tech. for Employees
ATS - Collaborated with Automotive Test Systems for establishment of an advanced test facility for vehicle testing
and certification.

Placement

Career facilitation, popularly known as Placement, has always been a key result area at Amrita. The standing and
visibility of the University and the quality of alumni have prompted past recruiters to vie with each other for early slots of
recruitment. Concerted efforts have been made to give ample opportunities to students from core engineering branches to
find careers in core companies. This has reversed the trend of core branch students opting for jobs in the IT industry, for
want of better options. Major global corporates regularly visit Amrita to meet their talent needs.

Entrepreneurship

Amrita Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) has been established to infuse entrepreneurial spirit among youngsters
who dare to innovate and initiate.

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KPIT Reliance Power Tesco
KSB Pumbs Renault Nissan Tessolve Semiconductor
L&T Construction RGF – Indeed The Data Team
L&T Infotech Rm Education Thermax
L&T Infrastructure Engineering Roadrunnr Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
L&T Technology Services Robert Bosch Thoughtworks
L&W Construction Royal Enfield Timken
Larsen & Toubro Rufutech Tismo
Leitner Shriram Safran Titan Industries
Lister Technologies Saggezza Toshiba Embedded Software
Lms India Engineering Solutions Saint - Gobain Glass Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts
Lucas TVS Samsung Tractor & Farm Equipments
Lucid Imaging Sanctum Networks Trimble
Madras Cements Sankalp Semiconductor UCAL Fuel Systems
Magtorq Design Sanmar Engineering Corporation Ugam Solutions
Mahindra & Mahindra Sanmina-SCI Technology Unisys
Mahindra Comviva Sap Labs UST Global
Mahindra Engineering Sarathy Geotech & Engg. Services UTC Aerospace Systems
Mahindra Satyam Sasken Valeo
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Schneider Electric VDART Software
Manhattan Associates Scm Microsystems Veesons Energy Systems
Maples ESM Seagate Technology Vembu Technologies
Marico Shanthi Gears Verizon
Maveric Systems Sheenlac Paints Videocon
Mckinsey Shoba Developers Virtusa
Metadata Technologies Siemens Visual BI Solutions
Microchip Technology Skanray Healthcare Vmware
Microsoft Skava Systems Vuram Technology
MindTree Societe Generale Wabco
Mistral Solutions Soliton Technologies Welset Plast Extrusions
Mphasis Sonata Software Wheels India
MRF Sourcebits Technologies Winwind Power Energy
MulticoreWare South Indian Bank Wipro
Multunus Software Speridian Xome
Mu-Sigma Spic Xylem Water Solutions
Mytrah Energy Spontey Yodlee Infotech
National Instruments Sprint Technologies Yokogawa
Nationstar Mortgage Star Soft Zafin Software
Nest Subex Systems Zensar Technologies
Newgen Software Success Factors Zifo Technologies
NIIT Technologies Sundaram Clayton Zoho Corporation
Nokia Sundaram Fasteners Zscaler
Novell Suntec Business Solutions 3DPLM Software Solution
Odessa Technology Surabhi Software 24/7 Customer
Oneglobe Systems Symantec
Oracle Syndicate Bank Selected global players
Pace Micro Technology Synopsys Abb, Kuwait
Payoda Technology Syntel Al Ansari, Oman
Perot Systems Tally Solutions Bin Dasmal, Dubai
Polaris Software Tata Advanced Materials Cape East, Abudhabi/ Saudi / Bahrain
Practo Technologies Tata Autocomp Systems Dolphin Imaging, California
PRDC Tata Consultancy Services Golden Way Emw, Dubai
Quadrantfour Software Solutions Tata Elxsi Nsh Corporation, Saudi
Quess Corp Tata Technologies Prestige Engg., Sharjah
Quest Global Tavant Technologies Qatar Steel, Doha
Qwest Telecom Tech Mahindra Saud Bahwan, Muscat
Rane TRW Steering Systems Technip India UAE Exchange, Dubai

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Department of

Cultural Education

“Education for Life” at Amrita and workshops, social work etc., Coordinator
University the department aims to create a Mr. Pramod Kumar
holistic environment for nurturing the
The university‘s activities are psychological, emotional and spiritual Amrita campus is like a mini-
based upon a deep understanding aspects of the student’s personality India reflecting our civilizational
of our values and culture. This is development. strength: “Unity in Diversity”.
in alignment with the educational
outlook of our Chancellor, namely, - Stress Management, Yoga The department puts great
“Education for life, not just education and Meditation emphasis on cherishing the many
for a living.” colourful aspects of Indian Culture
The department conducts yoga and Heritage through celebrations
Smart Professionals and and meditation classes regularly like Janmashtami, Navaratri,
Good Human Beings for all the students. Amrita Yoga Diwali, Pongal and other national
and Integrated Amrita Meditation festivals. Through such activities,
What is needed today is a combination Technique are taught to the students students learn to socialize and live
of the best of technical education a unique combination of yoga and harmoniously with fellow Indians
and character refinement. Amrita meditation practices developed hailing from diverse cultural
University aims to mould smart and under the guidance of Satguru Mata backgrounds. Amrita University
successful professionals who can also Amritanandamayi Devi. wants each and every student to
be compassionate human beings in become a proud ambassador of
their personal lives. Celebrating Indian Indian Culture and Heritage.
Culture and Heritage
It is to achieve this goal that Amrita
University launched a unique Amrita University is a microcosmic
orientation course called ‘Cultural reflection of the beautiful diversity of
Education’ in all its undergraduate Indian Culture. Students gather here
and postgraduate programmes. from different corners of the country
Through a combination of interactive and from diverse social and economic
lecture demonstrations, discussions, backgrounds and melt into the
debates and co-curricular activities unifying identity of the Amrita family.
like field visits, heritage tours, yoga
and meditation classes, seminars

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Department of

Physical Education

Physical Education Department at Amrita School of Engineering regularly
conduct various intramural competitions and annual athletic meets. Varoius inter-
college tournaments including Table Tennis, Badminton (Shuttle), Volleyball,
Football, etc., are also conducted year-round.

Here at Amrita, we endorse the fact that phsical well being of a student is
concomitant to his/her academic performance and endow students with enough
opportunities to develop a physically active life style and values like team work
through sportsmanship.

Swimming Pool Physical Education Director
O. J. Kumaresan Ph.D
Amrita Swimming Pool is of Olympic Standard with 50m X 25m in Size with
capacity 2.4 million liters of water attached with a Toddlers Pool and State-of art Faculty
machinery that can purify 2.4 million liters of water within 6 hours.
Physical Education Director
Important Facilities
Faculty : 05
Synthetic Tennis Court
Badminton Courts: Club International level four synthetic courts with lighting Two Physical Education Directors’
facilities are with PhD and two more with
MPhil Degrees.
Indoor Games

Area 5200 Sq. ft. (App) with Synthetic Flooring.

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Highlights

Students participation in all National level inter University
Sports and Games Competitions

Our Staff are well experienced in organizing Intramurals,
Inter Campus Tournaments, Inter University Tournaments
and other Open Tournaments. We have Qualified Referees
in Football, Kabaddi, Athletics & Handball among the staff

Common Gym Facilities at the Campus

Motorised Treadmill Cross Trainer (Viva Fitness) Upright Bike ( Viva Fitness)

Cross Trainer (Motus Fitness) 12 station multi gym 6 in 1 Multi gym

Cable Cross Over Hacks Squat Smith Machine

Inner & Outer Thigh Incline Bench Decline Bench

Multipurpose Bench T- Bar Rower Preacher Curl Stand

Calf Machine 8 Station Multi Gym Extra Single station & Free weights

10-in-1 Personal Gym Flat Bench Bench Press

Squat Stand Twister Barbell Weights

Bicycle Ergo Meter Manual Treadmill Dumbbells and Free Weights

Famous sports personalities visited the campus

Shri.U.Vimal Kumar, Former International Badminton Player and Director, Tata-Padukone Badminton Academy, Bengaluru
Shri. G. E. Sridharan, Dhronacharya Awardee-Volleyball, Indian Team Coach
Mr. S. Raman, International Table Tennis Player-Arjuna Awardee
Mrs. Bhuvaneswari Raman, International Table Tennis Player
Padma Shri M D Valsamma, Arjuna Awardee & Asian Games Gold Medalist
Shri. Omkar Singh, triple gold medalist in shooting at Commonwealth Games 2010
Shri. B. Muruganandam, Asian Gold Medalist in Kabaddi.
Akhilesh Matti Rajakyla is National Swimming Champion from Finland and participant in 2004 Athens & 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Shri. Vasudevan Baskaran, Indian Hockey Coach, Olympic Gold Medalist and Recipient of Arjuna Award.
Mr. K. S. Mohamed Nizamuddin BA, NIS International Athlete, SAF Medalist & Indian Team and Railways Teams Athletic
Coach
Shri. Shyam Nikhil, International Master in Chess-SZIUT Chess 2015-16- Inauguration
Shri. T. K. Chathunni, Former International Player and Professional Football Coach-SZIUT Football (Men)

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Amrita Centre for Chairperson
V.S. Ramachandran Ph.D
Environmetal Studies (ACES)

Environmental activities in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus
started from the very initial days of its establishment, in 1992. Amrita’s
continuous efforts in nature conservation activities resulted in the birth of Centre
for Environmental Studies in 1999. The Centre actively promotes living in
harmony with the nature and works to create awareness among people regarding
equitable use of natural resources, conserving and nurturing biological diversity.

Academics

Teaching students in B.Tech and Integrated Programme in Science and Arts,
internship and guidance for Under Graduate and Post Graduate students.

Faculty

Dr. V.S. Ramachandran is a Research Professor at ACES. He did his doctoral
work in Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala, where he
worked for more than seven years as Research Scholars at various positions
and received his Doctoral Degree from Forest Research Institute University,
Dehradun. His research expertise include: Conservation and recovery of Rare
Endangered and Threatened Plants of the Western Ghats, Vegetation dynamics
in disturbed evergreen forests, Eco-restoration of degraded landscapes,
Conservation and sustainable utilisation of medicinal plants, and traditional
indigenous knowledge. He has published six research articles in peer reviewed
journal, four in non-peer reviewed journal, one book chapter and eight
conference papers.

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brochure-16-new-1.indd 66 Characterisation of plant diversity of the
Western Ghats and its conservation
Ecological evaluation of tropical trees
Ethnobotany, documentation of
Traditional/Indigenous Knowledge
Ex-situ conservation of medicinal plans

Research Funding

The National Medicinal Plants Board,
Govt. of India funded project worth 10
lakhs
Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change funded project worth 11
lakhs
Coconut Development Board scientific
funded project wroth 15 lakhs

Achievements

Planted and conserved around 35,000
trees belonging to around 215 varieties in
the Coimbatore campus
Created a medicinal plant garden
containing medicinal herbs, shrubs,
climbers and trees
Made green wind breaks/barriers along
the boundaries of the campus
Protected top soil around the buildings
with lawn grass and ornamental plants
Construction and maintenance of Rain
Water Harvesting structures, Recharge
Wells and Pits.
Established systematic management of
solid and liquid waste; recovery, reuse
and sale of solid waste and reuse of
treated sewage water
Maintains Automated Weather Station
that records eight weather parameters

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Central

Library

The Central Library is the key information resource for learning and research which provides
access to quality information resources that enables a diverse community of learners to think
critically, communicate effectively and demonstrate global perspective to others. The Library
is also home to the academic support center, where students can receive tutoring, writing
assistance, study skills, and help preparing various competitive examinations. Adoption of
modern IT tools has enabled the Library to leapfrog into the big league in a short span of time.

The Library’s collections include

Book volumes : 65000
E-Books : 6995+
Journals (Print) : 346
E- Journals : 9154+
CD/DVD-ROMs : 5200+
Databases : 20+

Library Services & Facilities

Total Carpet area of library is 85,000 Sq.ft.
24/7 access to e-books, e-journals and research
databases
Digital Library with 170 seating capacity
Working hours : 8AM to 10PM on working days
WiFi access
Study carrels / tables and chairs
Study rooms for individual or group use
Library Orientation & Hands-on training
Institutional Repository which include Theses,
Dissertation, Previous Question papers etc.
Energy efficient building

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Hostels Chairman - Council of Wardens
Prof. K. Gangadharan
There are nine hostels, two for girls and
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accommodate nearly six thousand students.
There are 2055 single rooms, 840 four
seater rooms and 206 two seater rooms. All
PG students and final year UG students are
allotted single rooms.

All hostels are equipped with solar water
heaters. Pure vegetarian food is prepared in a
central kitchen and served in various dining
halls and the canteens. There are four mess
halls for boys and three for girls. Boy’s mess
halls can accommodate a total of 1500 and
Girls mess hall can seat 800 students at a time.
Night canteens are attached to the hostels.

Guidelines/Rules

All students are expected to live in the hostel
during their course of study except local
students who live with their parents within a
radius of 30 km from the campus. Students
are not permitted to live in rented houses /
lodges either alone or in groups. AMRITA
attaches great importance to the lifestyle in
the campus. Possession, consumption and
distribution of tobacco, alcohol, narcotics
and all their variants/byproducts are strictly
prohibited.

Hostel Administration

Hostels are managed by a Council of
wardens comprised of senior faculty from
the University. The day to day activities
of the hostel are looked after by resident
wardens. They stay in the hostel along with
the students and take care of them on a 24x7
basis. Every hostel has a medical supervisor.
Medical emergencies are attended to by
doctors in the round the clock, well equipped
clinic in the campus. Cases needing specialist
care are referred to city hospitals using own
ambulance.

Facilities

A wide variety of indoor and outdoor games
facilities are available within the hostels ans
around it. Saloons and state of the art laundry
facility too are available. All hostels are Wi-Fi
enabled. Hostel administration is automated
using Gate Pass Management System
(GPMS).
Centralized guest houses and hostel guest
rooms can be made use of by the visiting
parents/relatives.

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Facilities

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Department of

Student’s Affairs

Head - Student Affairs Professor of Student Welfare
Dr. (col.) P.N. Kumar K. Shailendhra Ph.D

The Department of Students’ Affairs guides and monitors The department has a Student Counselor and a
the campus activities of the students, day scholars as Professional Counselor and it helps solve the personal
well as the hostellers, helping them to participate in the problems of the needy students. Through the system of
extracurricular and nonacademic activities, shaping them Class Counsellors, it establishes a personal rapport with
to compete in state and national level sports and cultural the individual students. . It establishes cordial relations
competitions bringing laurels to the University. with parents / guardians by meeting them on a regular
basis.
The department coordinates and supports the students to
hold campus festivals like Gokulashtami, Amritotsavam, The department is also responsible for maintaining campus
Guru Poornima etc which are unique to Amrita. It discipline and sustaining and promoting the cherished
coordinates student-managed Associations and Clubs like Amrita values and traditions. The department involves
Arya, the Cultural Club; Shristi, the Literary Club; Astha, itself in maintaining a ragging-free and disciplined campus
the Science Club; Vision, the Eye Donation Motivation that ensures and sustains an academically friendly, quiet
Club; Astra, the Astronomy Club; Vajra, the Yoga Club; and career-driven atmosphere where achievers thrive
Amrita Prakriti Samrakshna Samiti, the Nature Club; towards excellence.
Sahaya, the club focusing on social outreach programs;
APC, the Amrita Photography Club; Amrita Talkies, the It has a grievance cell that addresses the day to day
Film Club; Kalakriti, the Fine Arts Club; Natyasudha, issues of the students. It also acts as a Help Desk to assist
the Dance Club and Ragasudha, the Music Club. It holds, the students and parents to resolve the academic and
early in the academic year, a Talent Search program which nonacademic problems of the students by liaising with
provides an opportunity to the freshmen to showcase their other departments.
talents in fine arts, theatre, dance, music etc.

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Medical Facilities

AMRITA Dispensary is a 12-bedded hospital with 4 doctors and 11 nursing staff under
the administration of a special officer of the University. This dispensary works round
the clock and provides outpatient care, emergency care and in-patient care. Every day,
around 150 patients visit the dispensary, which include staff, students and patients from
the nearby village. Consultation as well as dressing is free of charge.

Facilities are available to check blood pressure, blood sugar and ECG. The emergency
room is equipped with pulse oximeter, nebulizer, oxygen and defibrillator. In emergency
care, we provide first line management and refer the cases to tertiary medical centres in
Coimbatore.

A well-equipped ambulance is available 24*7. Essential medicines are stocked in the
pharmacy. The dispensary can also avail the facility of telemedicine in Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences, Kochi.

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Amrita School of Engineering
a serene campus in Bengaluru

well connected to the

INDUSTRIAL HUB

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Amrita School of Engineerig, Bengaluru seeks to prepare graduates with a solution-
mindset and with a high degree of ethical standards. Recruiters from the best companies
and institutes in India and abroad seek out these students. Highly-qualified and experienced
faculty members, state-of-the-art facilities and the extensive industry-academia interaction
all serve to make engineering education at Amrita’s Bengaluru campus a unique and
enriching experience. Several faculty members have come to Amrita with rich experience
from leading organizations and Universities in India and Abroad.

PROGRAMMES UG
Offered
B.Tech.in Computer Science and Engg.
B.Tech.in Electrical and Electronics Engg.
B.Tech.in Electronics and Communication Engg.
B.Tech.in Electronics and Instrumentation Engg.
B.Tech.in Mechanical Engg.

PG

M.Tech. in Communication Engg.& Signal Processing
M.Tech. in Computer Science &Engg.
M.Tech. in Computer Science & Engg.-Data Science (Part-time)
M.Tech. in Embedded Systems
M.Tech. in Power Electronics
M.Tech. in Thermal Science & Energy Systems
M.Tech. in VLSI Design
M.Tech in Automotive Systems

Ph.D

Ph.D. in Engineering.
Ph.D. in Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D. in Sciences

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Chairman
T.S.B. Sudarshan Ph. D

Department of

Computer Science and Engineering

Academics-Programmes Offered Faculty

B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Strength: 35
Sanctioned Intake: 120
Major Laboratory & Research Facilities
M.Tech. in Embedded Systems
Sanctioned Intake: 24 Embedded Systems Laboratory

M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering Equipped with FPGA and ARM processor kits with
Sanctioned Intake: 24 peripherals, DEV kit 8000 evaluation kit and Embest
University package for image processing research
M.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
(3 Yrs-Part Time) Amrita Robotics Research Laboratory (ARRL)

Sanctioned Intake: 24 Equipments include Bioloid kit, Fire bird V Platform, NI
WSN StarterKit, Microbots and around 30+ types of sensors
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering and actuators, Manipulators

M.Tech./MS Embedded Systems/Automotive Computer Architecture & High Performance Computing
Systems. This twinning program is designed to Lab
help working professionals and will lead to an
M.Tech in Automotive Systems from Amrita and Equipped with GX750, GX760 and Titan Black Nvidia
an MS in Embedded Systems from University at Multicore GPU Platform, Computer Architecture tools such
Buffalo, State University of New York. (2 Yrs) as Simple scalar, GEM5 and Xilinx Platform

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Research Activities Faculty Fundings

Research Lab for Computer Architecture & High A Collaborated Project titled “Next Generation Embedded
Performance Computing has been established where Systems: Utilizing Parallelism and Reconfigurability,”
research work on GPU Computing, Reconfigurable Received Rs. 50 Lakhs funding
computing, Bio-Informatics and Multi/Many Core
Computing is being carried out. Project titled “Drug Repurposing Hyper-Layer Scalable
Multi-Paradigm Drug Repositioning Workbench,”
Department is collaborating with several hospitals such Received Rs. 72 Lakhs from Department of Bio
as NIMHANS, HCG, Narayana Hrudayalaya etc., and Technology, Govt. of India
has been working on research projects related to Medical
Image Processing. Project titled “Personalized Medicine Focused whole
genome storage, annotation and analytics (big data
Department is collaborating with NAL to work in the field bioinformatics)” Received Rs. 10 Lakhs from Quintiles
of Robotics. MoU has been signed in this regard with IMS (United Kingdom Center
NAL.
Student Achievements
No. of Research Scholars registered - 41
“Best outgoing Girl Student award “in ACM conference
Faculty Research Publications and for Women in Computing 2013
Patents
Student Project titled “Stem Bore infected coffee plant
International Journal Publications-48 detection Robot” received project grant of Rs. 0.28 Lakhs
from Amrita TBI in November 2013.
International Conference Publications-119
Student Project titled “Kintelli Cam- Violent Behavior
Book Chapter Cited in SCOPUS, Published in Book Alert System” received project grant of Rs. 0.20 Lakhs
titled “Optimizing Assistive Technologies for Aging from Amrita TBI in November 2013.
Populations,” 2015 by Dr Dr. Tripty Singh, CSE Faculty,
ASE. Student won Google Summer of Code contest, 2015 with a
stipend of $5500.
One Patent is jointly filed by the Faculty and Research
Scholar in 2016. Best Idea Award in 3Bs (Best Brain in Bangalore) Contest
in March 2015

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78 First position in Microsoft’s Build The Shield Contest “Build The
Shield” -a national-level inter-college hacking contest, March 2015.
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Storage and leakage based on wireless sensor networks” received a
project grant of Rs. 0.3 Lakhs from the Vision Group of Science and
Technology (VGST) in March 2015.
Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST)
sponsored a B .Tech Project “Design of an Integrated System for
Monitoring Weather and Traffic based on IoT” 2016.

Select Staff Achievements

Dr. Sudarshan T. S. B. has been awarded, “Fellow of the Institute”
in Applied Innovation Institute, USA since March 2013.
Dr. Sudarshan T. S. B is elected as Chairman - Internet Society
(ISOC), Bangalore Chapter since June 2013
Dr. Sudarshan T. S. B is nominated as Vice Chair - IEEE Robotic &
Automation Society (RAS) Bangalore Chapter since March 2014.
Dr. Madhura P has been selected for Ramanujam Fellowship, a
prestigious fellowship instituted by Govt. of India in 2015.

Students’ Internships

Microsoft, Infosys, Honeywell, Amazon, CTS, SAP Labs, Siemens,
Mu Sigma, CISCO, Verisign, ABCO, Mphasis, McAfee, Analytica,
Apptree, Cerner, Icecream Labs, Lucid Imaging, Narus Network,
Zoho, Newgen, Payoda.

National and International
Student Chapters

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter
Computer Society of India(CSI) Student Chapter
FACE - Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers - Dept. Forum
ACROM -Amrita Club for Robotics and Mechatronics
ANC - Amrita Networking Club

Recent Recruiters

Microsoft, Honeywell, Amazon, Infosys, SAP Labs, CISCO and
major IT & ITeS Industries

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Department of

Electrical & Electronics
Engineering

Chairman
S. Ravishankar Ph.D.

Academics-Programmes Offered Faculty

B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering The Department has a team of diverse and talented pool of
faculty with enviable credentials and sound knowledge in
Sanctioned Intake: 60 the academic discipline and to mentor the students in their
projects and help them to realize their innovative ideas. The
M. Tech. in Power Electronics Department has 19 members of Faculty of which six are with
Ph.D. and the remaining are currently pursuing Ph.D. in the
Sanctioned Intake: 24 emerging research areas. Two Professors have been deputed to
pursue their Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Total Faculty Strength: 19
(Full Time and Part Time)

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Facilities Sponsored Research & Development
Activities
The Department has the following well equipped
laboratories to carry out research in the identified thrust Sponsored Projects
areas. Students, research scholars and faculty members
are actively involved in research activities. Project titled “Design and development of wearable
sensor for bio medical applications,” Received Rs. 30
Electrical Machines Lab Lakhs from DST, Govt. of India, 2015

Electrical & Elctronics Lab Project titled “Roof-Top Wind-Solar Hybrid System for
Un-interrupted Elevator Operation,” Received Rs. 43.75
Simulation Lab Lakhs from MNRE, Govt. of India, 2015

Power Electronics Lab Faculty Achievements

Drives And Control Lab Participated in the International Seminar on Smart
Grid Technologies and Applications organized by S.A.
Electrical Workshop Engineering College, Chennai on 18th March 2016.

Power System Research Lab Participated in the ‘EMN (Energy- Materials-
Nanotechnology) Meeting on Batteries’ organized by
Power Electronics Research Lab University of Central Florida, USA during 21st -25th
February 2016.
Major Events
Delivered key-note address on ‘Electrical Vehicle
Biennial International Conference on “Power & Energy Battery Infrastructures’ on 26th February 2016 at the
System: Towards Sustainable Energy - PESTSE 2016” International Transport Innovation Centre, Greenville,
on January 21st - 23rd , 2016 South Carolina, USA.

Distinguished Lecture Programme on “Hardware-in- Participated in a panel discussion on ‘Electric Vehicle
the-Loop Systems with Power Electronics - a Powerful Scenario in global Market’ along with Toyota R&D-
Simulation Tool” on January 20th, 2016. USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)-USA and
Cisco Systems, CA-USA.
International Conference on “Power & Energy Systems
Towards Sustainable Energy - PESTSE 2014” on March Participated in ‘South Carolina Automotive Summit’
13th to 15th, 2014. held at Greenville, USA

Research Activities Delivered an expert talk on ‘Wireless Power Transfer for
Future Transportation and Electrification’ in University
Roof-Top Wind-Solar Hybrid System for un-interrupted Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa,
elevator Operation Canada.
Design and implement hybrid energy scheme that
integrates wind and solar photovoltaic systems. Visited the ‘General Motors Automotive Centre of
Design and development of wearable sensor for bio Excellence’ (GM ACE), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
medical applications.
Remote Data Acquisition by advanced telemetry Students’ Achievements
technologies.
Replacing Contact sensor with wearable sensors. Students Projects titled “Automatic Anesthesia Control
for Pregnant Ladies” and “Effective Implementation
Research Publications of Automated Fertilization Unit Using Arduino and
Analog pH Sensor” are selected as the best projects and
39 International Journal Publications funded by the Karnataka State Council for Science and
Technology (KSCST) during the year 2015-16.
99 Publications in the peer reviewed International
Conferences Students’ Internships

One of our Professors was appointed as Editorial Among 2013 Batch students, many are doing internship
Board member of IJIDEAS - International Journal of and in-plant training in various Public and Private
Innovative Developments in Engineering and Applied Sectors such as NTPC, NISC, BSNL, BEML, ARRC,
Sciences. IIT, BHEL, East Coast Railways, Vizag Steel Plant,
Airtel, Toyota, etc.

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Career Growth

Among 50 students of 2012 batch, 3 are pursuing
MBA and 5 are pursuing MS in US Universities.

National and International
Student Chapters

IEEE -PES (Power & Energy Society)

IEEE - PELS (Power Electronics Society)

IEEE- WIE (Women In Engineering)

List of Professional Societies
Having Faculty Membership

IEEE Professional Membership, IEEE Societies
such as (i) PELS (ii) PES (iii) WIE (iv) IMAPS
(v) Signal Processing (vi) Pattern Recognition
(vii) ISTE (viii) IETE

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Genpact Analytics, Hyundai, ELGI, Analytic Quotient,
Gofrugal, Payoda, Odessa, Technology, Musigma, Robert
Bosch, CISCO, Soliton, Mistral Solutions, ERICSSON,
KPIT, TCS, Infosys, CTS and Wipro

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Chairperson
Shikha Tripathi Ph. D

Department of Faculty

Electronics & Permanent: 40
Communication Engineering PhD Holders: 11
International Faculty: 03
Academics-Programmes Offered Members Pursuing PhD: 15

B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sanctioned intake is 180

B.Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Sanctioned intake is 60

M.Tech in VLSI Design
Sanctioned Intake: 24

M.Tech in Communication Engineering & Signal Processing
Sanctioned Intake: 24

Ph.D. Programme (Full Time and Part Time)

Major Research Facilities

Communication Research Lab. (HFSS, CCS, SDR Kit)
Photonics Research Lab. (Rsoft FTDT,ANSYS Mechanical+CFD, Work Station)
VLSI Design Lab. (Cadence, Synopsis and Xilinx Tools)

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Research Collaborations National Workshop on Electronic System Level Design
and Verification, 14-15, Nov 2014, sponsored and
DRDO (CAIR), ISRO, Texas Instruments, Maxim supported by Bluespec, AMD, ARM Synopsys, Intel,
Integrated, Cadence, Synopsis, L & T, IISc., Centre for Mentor Graphics, CVC
Nano science, NAL, ADE (DRDO)
National Workshop on Trends and Development in
Research Publications Photonics and Optical Communication (TDPOC), 28-29,
March 2016, sponsored by IEEE Photonic Society and
58 Research Publications in the Peer reviewed supported by Fiber Optic Services Pvt. Ltd. and IEEE
International and National Journals COMSOC

116 Research Publications in the Peer reviewed Workshop on ‘5G Internet of Things’ together with
International and National Conferences GISFI standardization series meetings, 21st to 23rd
July 2016, sponsored by GISFI, supported by IEEE
Research Projects COMSOC

Bone Mineal Density Analysis System (BDAS), National and International Student
Dr. Dhanesh G. Kurup with Swedish partners (Upsala Chapters
University), DST: Joint Proposal under Indo-Swedish
grant, Rs.68.77 Lakhs - 2016 IEEE Student Chapter

UAV communication system simulator for user defined IEEE Communication Society Chapter
terrains, tramectories and its testing, Dr. Dhanesh G.
Kurup(PI), Dr.N Rakesh ,ADE,DRDO, Rs.10 Lakhs - List of Professional Societies
2016 Membership of Faculty

Development of effective deadlock free 3D NoC IEEE(Communication Society, Signal processing
Architecture (under revision), Dr,N S Murty and society, Robotic society)
Ms.Vinodhini, DST, Govt. Of India, 34.5 Lakhs
IET (UK), IAENG (HK), Global ICT Standardization
Research and development of meta-materias based Forum for India (GISFI) ISTE (India), IEI (India)
application-specific perfect absorbers for Tera Hertz
radiation (under revision),Dr. Kaustav Bhowmick and Students’ Achievements
UK partners, DST (Indo-Europe), 1.8 Cr
Participation in the World University cup held in March
Events 2015 at Bangkok, Thailand under the patronage of FISU
International University sports federation
International Conference on VLSI Systems, Architecture, In a vision to bridge the gap between normal and
technology and Applications (VLSI-SATA 2015), 8-10, speech disabled people, four B-Tech students under
January 2015, sponsored by IEEE CAS, IEEE CS, IEEE Amrita Robotics Research Lab. (ARRL) have devised a
Bangalore Section wearable glove “MUDRA” which converts sign language
to speech, upholding the social driven values of Amrita
International Conference on VLSI Systems, Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Architecture,Technology and Applications (VLSI-SATA
2016) - 2nd Edition, 10-12, January 2016, sponsored by Undergraduate students selected to work as a Visiting
IEEE CAS, IEEE Bangalore Section Student Researcher at the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research, Bangalore
Workshops
Undergraduate student contribution to Facebook internet.
National Workshop on Trends and Developments in org platform through his application mKisan.in and got
Sensors and Instrumentation, 8-9, April 2011, sponsored a VIP invite among 40 invitees within India for Mark
by National Instruments. Zuckerberg Town-hall Q& A session at IIT Delhi,29th
October 2015.
National Workshop on Trends and Developments in
Signal Processing and Applications, 27-28, April 2013,
in association with Texas Instruments

Two week ISTE workshop on Analog Electronics, 4-14,
June 2013, sponsored by MHRD, India

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84 Prominent Visitors and Speakers

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Texas Instruments, IISc., AMD, Samsung India, HP Labs, Avago
USA, IIT,IIIT, Delf university Netherlands, Synopsis, CVC etc.
visited Dept in recent years

Students’ Internships

CISCO, Honeywel, NAL, BEL, Tejas Networks, LRD, ISRO,
Synopsys, and IISc.
Foreign Universities such as UNM Mexico; UPC Spain; TUM
Germany; KTH Germany; University of Trento, University of
Notre Dame, Indiana, USA; University of Trento; West Bengal
University of Technology, Kolkata and Jamia Milia Islamia
University, Delhi.

International Program Opportunities

Student Exchange Program
S N Bose Program
Dual Degree Program
UC Davis - Study Abroad Program
UC San Diego (UCSD) - Study Abroad Program

Summer Program
KTH
University of New Mexico

Career Options

Good number of students pursue higher education in top
universities in India including IISc.,NITs, and IITs, and abroad
including USA: (TAMU,NYU,ASU,Stanford,Texas Dallas etc),
UPC Barcelona, KTH Sweden,TUM Munich,Hamberg
Germany,Chalmers University Sweden etc.

Recent Recruiters

BOSCH, Ericsson, National Instruements, Huawei Technologies,
Schneider, Siemens, Crompton Greaves, Havells, Philips,
Airtel, Godrej, Toshiba, LG, Blue Star, Ashok Leyland,
Caterpillar, ABCO, BGR Energy, Suzlon, CIRCOR Flow
Technologies, Enercon, Fenner India, Flowserve, Yokogava,
Wipro, CICSO, Honeywell, Synopsis,Genpact,Infosys, IBM,
TCS,CTS,Soliton,Payoda, Cerner, Ernst & Young Global
Delivery Network, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tech Mahindra,
Fractal Analytics, Tata Technologies, Zoho, KPIT Technologies,
Dell R &D, ELGi Equipment, Quess Corp. and Continental.

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Department of Chairperson
S. R. Nagaraja Ph. D
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty
The Mechanical Engineering Department’s vision is to prepare disciplined,
creative and quality engineers worthy of employment by industry, research The Department has 31 Faculty
and academia. The Curriculum is so designed that high calibre Mechanical members, many of them have
Engineering graduates pass out being well versed in Modeling and Analysis, graduated from reputed institutions
Robotics & CAD/CAM, Design and Manufacturing, Thermal & Power like IIT’s and NIT’s, of which 6
Engineering and Engineering Management and can opt one of them for their are with Ph.D and the remaining
career development. are currently pursuing Ph.D in the
emerging research areas
Academics-Programmes Offered

B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
Sanctioned Intake: 120

M.Tech. in Thermal Sciences & Energy Systems
Sanctioned Intake: 24

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

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Major Facilities R &D Activities: Sponsored Research
Projects
CAM/Robotics Lab (CNC Turning and Milling
Machines, Six Axis Robot) Technology Based Student Centric Learning Centre,
Sanctioned by “VISION GROUP ON SCIENCE
Machine Dynamics Lab AND TECHNOLOGY,” Department of Information
Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology,
Computational Lab (ANSYS multi physics, COMSOL Government of Karnataka.
multi physics, ADAMS multibody dynamics simulation)
Development of Virtual Simulator for Cartesian Motion
Pin on Disc Wear Testing Machine of Industrial Robots, funded by MTAB Engineers Private
Limited, Chennai.
Sonicator for dispersion Nano-particles
Design and Development of Manual and Electrical Type
Variable Compression Ratio Test Rig Water Based Weed Remover

R&D Laboratories Research Publications

Shock Wave and Hypersonic Research Lab (Shock tunnel 32 International Journal Publications.
to generate Mach 8 flows, NI Data acquisition system, Lab
View software, Nozzle to generate Mach 5 flows, subsonic 63 International Conference Publications
wind tunnel)
3 books and 1 book chapter have been published by the
VGST Sponsored Teaching Aid Development Lab. Faculty

Recent Research and Development Student Achievements
Activities
The project titled “Artificial cooling system for fruits
Fabrication & Characterization of Metal Matrix and vegetable preservation by wind turbine” submitted
Composites/Smart Adaptive Composites/Alloys for by the students was selected by the Millennium Alliance
potential Engineering applications. (MA) under Top 10 Innovations from ‘Agriculture /Food
Security’ under Millennium Alliance Award by USAID
Study of Shock Waves and their applications. 2013-14.

Study of Hypersonic Flow over blunt bodies. Faculty Achievements

Development & Evaluation of Portable Bio-Digestor for Dr. Rakesh S G, Associate Dean & Head of the Institution,
Agricultural Waste management. has been awarded “Eminent Engineers award” by The
Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre on
Development of Off-line Robot Simulation Software. 14 October 2016.

Vibrational Analysis of an Aircraft Wing like structure in India’s First Needleless Device-Micro-Shock Waves
Hypersonic flow. Mediated Needleless Vaccine Delivery designed by Dr.
Rakesh. S. G has been recognized by American Society for
Optimisation of Reverse Logistics & Disaster
Management.

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Microbiology and given title “Needleless Vaccine Device,” 2-Week ISTE workshop for Faculty on Engineering
and is published with the title “India’s First Needleless Thermodynamics in association with IIT, Mumbai, 11-21,
Device” in “Mint,” a newspaper published by The Wall December 2012.
Street journal.
2- Week ISTE workshop on Introduction to Research
R Pramod, Assistant Professor, was chosen among top Methodologies in association with IIT, Mumbai, 25th June
70 social innovators for the year 2013-14 by SANKALP to 04th July 2012
FORUM, Mumbai.
2- Week ISTE workshop on Computational Fluid
Mr. Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi, Assistant Professor, Dynamics in association with IIT, Mumbai, 12th June to
was awarded IFToMM Young Delegate Program (YDP) 22ndJune 2012
grant to attend the conference and present the paper titled,
“MechAnalyzer: 3D Model Based Mechanism Learning Higher Studies & Research
Software” at the 14th World Congress in Mechanisms and Opportunities
Machine Sciences at Taipei, Taiwan, 25th-30 October,
2015. About 25% of our graduating students every year are
selected to pursue their postgraduate/research programmes
Students’ Internships in reputed institutions including IIT’s and top ranking
Universities in the world.
Industries in which our students have done internships
include, Altair Engg., Dereck Petroleum, L&T Heavy List of Foreign Universities in which our students pursue
Engineering, Ashok Leyland, TVS motors, etc. Higher Studies: TU Delft, Netherlands; University of
Texas at Arlington; Illinois Institute of Technology,
On-Campus Internships Available Chicago USA; Cincinnati University, Ohio, USA; HAN
University of applied sciences; Wayne State University;
CISCO, TCS-TRDDC, Robert Bosch, and VDime Alabama State University; Pennsylvania State University;
Innovative Works Ltd and Clemson University.

National and International Student University Student Exchange Programme is available for
Chapters B.Tech (Mech) students in the following World Class
Universities abroad: Universities like Politecnico di Milano
SAE India Student Chapter Italy; Politecnico di Torino Italy; University of Paderborn
Germany; Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Events Recent Recruiters

International Conference on Advances in Materials & Bosch, Ford Motors, Toyota Automobiles,
Manufacture Applications (IConAMMA2016), 14-16 June Caterpillar, L&T, TVS motors, Elgi Compressor,
2016. Tata Technologies, Tata Advance Materials, Safron
Aerospace Systems, Musigma, HCL, Infosys, TCS,
Two Day Workshop on “Micro & Smart Systems CTS and Indian Navy.
Technologies” 10-11, September 2015

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Department of

Physics

Physics is the most fundamental science. The physics Course contents offered Chairperson
for B.Tech students at Amrita University provides strong analytical skills and G. N. Kumaraswamy Ph. D
problem-solving abilities necessary for building a strong Engineering career.
The course content includes topics from quantum mechanics, statistical
mechanics, relativity, etc. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation is highly flexible
at Amrita.

Faculty

Faculty Strength: 5
Faculty with PhD: 2

Recent Research and Development Activities

The Major thrust areas of research in the Department of Physics,
Bengaluru are:

Ion Batteries and Solar Cells
Astrosat and AGNs
Organic Photovoltaics
Theoretical Physics

Major Facilities and Laboratories

Academic Labs

Engineering Physics Laboratory

Organic Photovoltaics lab
Organic Solar Cells fabrication facility equipped with Spin coater, Drying unit,
Vacuum deposition unit
Solar cell characterization facility equipped with Abet AAA Solar Simulator
and Keithley 2450 source meter

Battery Research lab

CH-Instrument: Dielectric measurements, Impedance measurements, Cyclic
Voltametry, Chromoampherometry, Open Circuit potential.
Cryostat and temperature variable setup for electrode/electrolyte studies and
solar cells studies.
Monochromator: Illumination area of 3inch by 3 inch with light of wavelength
300nm to 2000nm.
Facility for sample preparation in inert atmosphere, Hot Air oven, Stirrer and
computation facility.

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Development Activities
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A project titled “Influence of particle
irradiation on photo-absorption and charge
separation kinetics in Organic Solar Cells”
funded by ISRO is currently under progress.

Recent Research Publications

International journal publications: 10
Conference publications: 25

Major Events Organized

An FDP on Introduction to Virtual Labs for
faculty members through a “Workshop on
Virtual labs in Physical sciences/Chemical
Sciences”
VIRTUAL LABS is an MHRD funded
initiative, it provides computer simulated
experiments to all engineering students
in India via the internet. A student can
access the labs from a computer terminal
at his college that has a broadband internet
connection. No additional infrastructural
setup is required.

Clubs

VYOM-The Astrophysics club: A platform
to promote Astrophysics, Astronomy and
related fields among the young Amritians.

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Department of The Department has expertise in various fields such as
Fuel-cells, Electrochemistry, Organometallics, Polymer
Chemistry composites, Analytical method development, Medicinal
Organic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry,
Chairperson Corrosion, Environmental Chemistry etc.
B. L. Bhaskar Ph. D
Faculty

Permanent faculty : 07
No. of Ph.D. holders : 05

Publications in last 5 years

International journals : 16
International conferences : 13

Major Facilities and Laboratories

Engineering Chemistry Lab
Research Lab

Overview of Research Lab

Major Equipments available in Research Labs
Gas Chromatograph
UV Spectrophotometer
Visible Spectrophotometer

Major Thrust areas of research

Polymer composites
Biodegradable polymers
Analytical method development
Computational modeling

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Department of

Mathematics

Department of Mathematics has a team of highly qualified faculty members and
most of them are Ph.D holders. Their areas of specialization are finite element
methods, Fluid Mechanics, Statistics, Natural language processing, Numerical
Analysis, Graph Theory, Optimization theory etc. The Department is offering
Ph. D programme in Mathematics besides offering courses to Ph. D scholars of
various engineering Departments.

Faculty Chairperson
B. Venkatesh Ph. D
Faculty Strength: 10
Faculty with Ph. D: 8 Faculty Achievements

Recent Research and Development Activities Faculty members are members
of Board of Studies for other
A research project titled “Computer aided study of Numerical methods and graph universities and institutions.
labelling problems” has been awarded a funding of 10 Lakhs by National Board
for Higher Mathematics. Faculty members also act as ex-
ternal examiners and set question
Projects funded by various agencies like DST, VGST, Kyenetic Inc, USA, papers for various other universities
Innowhirl LCC USA for an amount of 16.75 Lakhs are in progress.
Higher Studies &
Research Collaboration Research Opportunities

The Department has collaborations with Health Care Global Enterprises Limited, Special training are given to the
Bangalore (HCG) and Department of Neurosurgery Department, NIMHANS students to write GATE, NET and
Bangalore. JAM exams for their higher studies.
Students are encouraged to take up
Publications (Last 5 Years) the Ph. D programmes in India and
abroad.
About 40 research papers have been published in leading National/International
journals of pure and applied mathematics and 51 papers have been presented and Clubs
published as conference proceedings.
Faculty have authored book chapters and are also reviewers of many journals. The Departmental forum
Aavishkara and the Mathematics
Major Events club SANKHYA organize quizzes,
Olympiads and workshops for
A two day National workshop on ‘Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Non- students to discover the joy
linear Differential Equations,’ was held on 18th - 19th March 2011.Eminent of learning Mathematics. A
speakers in the area delivered invited talks which was very beneficial to the programme for children from
participants. various schools in the vicinity was
National workshop on recent trends in graph theory and its applications was held conducted by the SANKHYA club
on 6th and 7th August 2015. Resource persons in the field of graph theory led the to get rid of ‘Maths phobia’ and
participants through informative sessions. enjoy learning mathematics.

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Department of

English

The department of English aims at horning communicative skills
to prepare students for successful living and life.

Academic courses Chairperson
Ms. Deepthi Janardhan
Towards achieving the mission based objectives, courses spread
over four semesters of B.Tech. programme are Communicative Related Activities
English, Business Communication, Technical Communication,
Insights into Life through Literature and Indian thought through Sanchita : The annual school magazine has brought
English. Technical writing is offered in one semester of the out 7 editions till date.
M.Tech. programme.
Maardhani: The Literary club of the college
Faculty conducts events like debates, elocutions, JAM
sessions, book reviews, creative writing, drama etc.
5 well qualified and experienced faculties from reputed
universities cater to specific language needs of the students on The faculty greatly support and co- ordinate
campus. students’ literary and cultural activities at the intra
and inter collegiate, and at the inter university level.
Lab sessions
International Journals: 6
Lab sessions provide a congenial platform for students
to interact, share ideas and thus grow to be confident National Journals: 2
communicators. The following modules have been designed
for students across four semesters: short speeches, group
discussions, PowerPoint presentations, role plays, Listening
exercises, drama, and conduct of business surveys and report
writing. These modules help improve speaking, listening,
reading and writing skills that contribute to effective language
learning which further enhances their comprehension of all other
technical subjects they study.

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Information and Communication Technology Services

ICTS

The Information, Communication and Technology consolidated at the Network Operations Centre (NOC)
Services (ICTS) department was formed to provide located in the main building complex. The NOC also
and coordinate the IT enabled services at Amrita hosts redundant internet links totaling to 310 Mbps
School of Engineering, Bangalore campus. The
department is responsible for the maintenance and Campus wide Wi-Fi service: Wi-Fi internet service
service of computing and networking facilities which is available for staff members and students in campus.
includes various severs, internet, intranet, Wi-Fi This facility is also available in hostels. All the access
networks, AUMS software, audio-visual equipment, points for Wi-Fi are regulated by our hardware firewall
e-learning facilities and uninterrupted power supply and and Wi-Fi Controller
procurement of computing facilities, communication
equipment etc. The department has sufficient and well E-learning studios: - This hall houses the E learning
qualified staff for this purpose. studio. It is a multi-cast digital communication system.
The primary objective of the studio is to conduct
Computing facility: - The campus is well equipped E-Learning lectures and distance education programs.
with over 1000 computers. The facility is distributed Whenever any conference, workshop or distinguished
across the campus in computer centers at multiple lectures are conducted in any of the campuses, the same
locations. Computing facilities in the faculty rooms, can be viewed by the students and faculty of any of
administration and facilities management are inter- the other campuses in an interactive manner through
networked with high speed redundant fiber optic A-View software developed Amrita University.
backbone. The network, storage and servers are

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Department of

Physical Education

The department of Physical Education serves as a supporting department to prepare fit
youngsters who can handle the pressure around them.

We at Amrita firmly believe that only a healthy body can house a healthy mind. To achieve
this mission, a students club called “CHETANA” has been formed under the guidance of the
Chairman of the Physical Education Department.

The club carries out various sports events across the year.

At the beginning of the each academic year, Department conducts an orientation session for
the new students and educate them about the need and importance of sports in day to day
life.

As the next step, the department organizes inter class matches on various games so as to
identify the sporting talents in them.

Department also organizes selection trials and trains the selected students to participate in
various inter collegiate and Inter campus competitions.

Also, the department organizes inter campus tournaments at regular intervals

To motivate interest towards the sports, department organize an annual athletic meet.
The various departments compete each other for overall championship. Individual
champions are also been identified for men and women. During the athletic meet, various
games are conducted for staff members also.

Facilities Available

Indoor Sports Facilities: Badminton Court, Shuttle Badminton Court, Table Tennis, Carom
and Chess boards.

Outdoor Sports Facilities: Cricket and Football grounds, Volley Ball court for Men, Volley
Ball Court for Women, Basket Ball Court, Cricket Nets, Kabadi Court, Throw Ball Court,
Athletic track (200 Meters), Badminton Court Boys Hostel (5 Nos. and Girls Hostel 2 Nos.)

Gymnasium

Gym 01-Boys: It has 8 station Gym for lower extremities, 6 station gym for upper
extremities and Weight training equipment (200 kg capacity)

Gym 02-Boys: It has 12 Station Multi Station Gym, Weight Lifting Sets, Barbells,
weights, Dumbbells (200kgs), 8 Independent station exercise counter, Cardio:
Treadmills, Elliptical Cross-Trainers and Bikes.

Gym 03-Girls: It has 8 Station Multi Station Gym, Dumbbells (50kg), Cardio:
Treadmills, Elliptical Cross- Trainers and Bikes

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Department of

Cultural Education

The department of Cultural Education aims to impart the balance in life between Life Education and
Education for living.

Academic Courses

Towards achieving the mission based objectives, courses spread over four semesters of B.Tech
program are Cultural Education 1; Cultural Education 2; Amrita Value Program 1; Amrita Value
Program 2 and Yoga Psychology. Cultural Education is offered for the first semester of the M.Tech
program.

Faculty

The Department consists of 4 well qualified and experienced faculties.

Related Activities

Prerana: Outreach activity Club for Seva opportunities for students by conducting Free
tuition; Joy of Giving; Blood

Donation; Seva Darshan to Cancer Hospital and many more

Vedanta: Spiritual Club for all the religious festival celebrations and Bhajans

Gitamritam: A residential 7 days Camp for the students on Gita based Life Management
Swasthik: Advance Yogasana Club

Research Activities

International Conference paper: 2
National Conference paper: 5
National Journals: 1

International and National Yoga Competitions Awards: 12

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Hostels

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