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Annual magazine the Quest-2006 is ready to entertain and enlighten the readers. It has articles of general nature and scientific articles throwing light on latest technical developments. The magazine also contains in brief, selective pictorial representation of the spectrum of co-curricular and extra curricular activities. In these, the students present their innate talents in singing, dancing and other fine arts. These also show their ability to tune physical skills and achieve competence in sports and games. The messages from the Chairman, Administrator and other dignitaries convey their blessings and best wishes for the students and the institution. In particular the message from Chairman reiterates his noble desire to make this institution a center of excellence. Administrators report gives the developments and future plans for the growth of the institution. He has the dynamism and energy to take the institution to very high levels of excellence. I take this opportunity to thank all those authors who have contributed the articles and technicians who have meticulously chosen colours and designed the magazine to be a beauty with brains. Dr. D.B Fakhruddin Chief Editor
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Welcome to the 7th Edition of Quest-2006. The prelude to this academic year has been quite satisfying with 92% in results posted by the 8th Semester students. This reflects the abilities of our faculty and staff in delivering a worldclass education within a context of integrity and excellence. The teaching techniques have evolved from the conventional chalk and talk approach into cutting edge technology that uses multimedia presentation and animation for an increased attention levels from the students. In this issue, I wish to focus on the Human Resource Development through education. HRD is one of the most talked about subject. Education systems managers are continuously trying to evolve means to improve the system, so that, well trained personnel are made available, plentifully. With the changing market trends for employment, the students focus on learning has also gradually shifted, the trend is the majority of the students not in the direction of learning for knowledge, it is to a large extent learning to score well in the examinations. It is said that the four pillars of education are learning to know, learning to do, learning to be and learning to live together. But todays learning is more oriented towards learning to earn. The commendable efforts of our ever-innovative HR Department has brought in IT Majors to our institution for pooled campus recruitment programmes. The companies included reputed names such as Satyam Computers Ltd., Subex Systems, Quinnox Consultancy Services Ltd., Elvista Digital Systems (P) Ltd., Jataayu Software (P) Ltd., Caritor (India) Pvt. Ltd., Accord Software & Systems (P) Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Grindwell Norton, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., Perot Systems, Canarys Automations, Accenture, Syntal, Tech Mahindra, Wipro Technologies, etc. The desire to earn more and a desire to a position of power has created a rat race. The present day students try to equip for such competition which involves acquiring required level of subject knowledge along with overall personality development. The Institutions should also provide avenues for such education by suitable infrastructure like well equipped library, laboratories, faculty, cocurricular and extra-curricular activities.
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HKBK College of Engineering is making all possible efforts to provide the best infrastructural facilities to the students. In this direction, we are providing, apart from good academic facilities, many programmes on development as soft skills, through the HRD department. An indoor games facility is being provided along with a gymnasium. The introduction of an M.B.A course provides opportunities for the engineering students to interact with management experts. They can attend the seminars conducted by management department and acquire knowledge on spectrum of management topics. They can take up inter departmental projects during final year which can also involve management department. HKBK college of engineering has a vision to evolve as a college with a difference in terms of quality of education and providing the learning environment supported by the four learning pillars and it is endeavoring to realize it. Abdul Hameed S.A Administrator
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One more academic year came to conclusion with good academic performance of final year students and their placement record. We are getting ready for the new academic year 2006 2007 with a revised syllabus for the 1st Year. The E-Block construction is nearing completion, where in the management has planned to provide a gymnasium, bank counter and prayer hall. In the D-Block the air conditioned seminar hall has been fully furnished with the state-of-the-art DLP projection for multimedia presentation. This can be the venue for many co-curricular activities, like seminar talks by the students, staff and also invited expert lectures. The book-bank facility provided has been found to be a boon for many students. New books, to meet the revised syllabus are in the process of procurement. A campus-wide-network, based on OFC, links all the departments and library. An 1-Mbps leased-line provides internet access at all computer centres of the colleges, which enables the students to browse and learn. This academic year a new P.G. programme in management studies has begun in the college. The college management desires to provide the best facility to train young graduates in to efficient business administrators. The gymnasium and indoor games facility which is coming up in the first floor of E-Block provides ample scope for the students to take part in extra curricular activities. The cocurricular and extra-curricular activities help students to build their overall personality. Sports activity helps a person develop team spirit which is necessary for engineers since most of the engineering activity is a team activity. HKBK College of Engineering has a desire to grow. We pray God to provide the strength to face rigours of the growth and capacity to sustain growth. With the blessings of God, cooperation and hard work of students and staff we hope to reach the peaks of academic glory. On an end-note, my appreciation to the members of the magazine committee, the staff and the students for their whole hearted support in bringing out this magazine QUEST - 2006, I am thankful to the administrator, who has been a motive force and architect of the magazine layout , I am deeply indebted to our beloved chairman, a visionary who deserves the rightful credit and whose unrivaled support encouraged me to venture into this daring task.
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Department of Computer Science & Engineering

The Computer Science and Engineering Dept strive to create a vibrant knowledge base environment in the department to empower student with professional and personal excellence. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering has professional excellence in advanced technologies and research. The department motivates the students to create innovative and novel ideas and transforms these ideas into technology requirements of industry. The Department provides state of the art computing facility by providing the latest configuration systems and software needed for the students as well as for the faculty. The EDUSAT facility is provided for the students of different semesters to get live sessions on the current new technologies. The department prepares computing graduates who are highly sought after, productive, and wellrespected for their work, and who contribute to new developments in computing technology. The students of computer science department are Total area The department has state-of-the-art labs with over 180 computers installed with latest hardware and software and spread over 805 sqm. There are seven dedicated computer labs equipped with latest computing hardware and peripherals. Equipments: The computer labs are equipped with Pentium IV Processors, LCD Projectors, Scanners, Web Cameras, Laser Printers and latest Software like Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, UNIX, LINUX, Microsoft Windows XP Suit, Microsoft Office 2003, Oracle with Developer 2000, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Dot Net Suit, SQL Server 2000 etc. Col. S.S. Ahluwalia Professor & Head placed in top MNCs like, DELL, IBM, HP, CARITOR, WIPRO, SATYAM, INFOSYS, PHILIPS etc... Students who are employed have also got patent for their novel ideas at the international level. Department regularly sends its faculty for various training programs conducted by IBM, Microsoft, Intel etc to update and acquire knowledge in these areas. Achievements Department has performed par excellence and secured 100% many times and thriving to achieve the same in future. Our students have participated in various sports activities conducted by VTU and as well as at the inter college level and won many prizes. All computer labs are networked & cater to Internet, information and resource sharing using a dedicated HP Proliant ML150 Server, Oracle Database Server, Backup Server and Internet Servers Faculty The faculty members are young, dynamic, energetic and highly qualified to meet the requirements based on the current knowledge base of the students. Teaching is a passion with faculty in the Department. The department conducts regular seminars in new and future technologies to expose students to latest Technological developments.
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The importance of well trained students for an institution hardly needs any emphasis today. The developments in Software Industry have forced the need for new approaches, new skills and new attitudes on the part of the institution. Recognizing these needs, department of Information Science & Engineering aims to develop values, skills and creativity amongst its students to empower them to meet the challenges posed by the complex industry environment. Department of Information Science & Engineering offers its students the opportunity to specialize in their areas, which enables them to gain proficiency in various functional areas of information technology apart from providing a holistic approach to studies. Students of Information Science & Engineering are well trained and eager to take up the challenges of the corporate world. Recognizing the changing needs of todays competitive world, department of Information Science & Engineering imparts value based education to students who will be software professionals tomorrow. Faculty: Department has highly qualified, experienced and dedicated staff who have a very good flair for teaching with strong technical knowledge. Faculty closely monitors progress of students and provides them additional coaching whenever required. Onetoone project guidance is provided to students by highly trained faculty and continuous guidance is given to students till the completion of the project. Apart from academics, students of Information Science & Engineering department have been trained to improve communication skills, presentation skills and gain confidence so as to face the interviews confidently. Experts from industry are called to conduct these programmes. Department conducts regular seminars and workshops in association with the industry to equip the students with practical insight into the corporate world and help the students to incorporate these technologies in their specializations. Support Facilities: Department is equipped with facilities, viz., well furnished classrooms, stateoftheart Computer Labs, impressive Conference Halls with good audiovisual and internet facilities, a well stocked library and a placement cell. All the computer labs are well equipped with latest computing hardware and peripherals. All the labs are networked with internet facility. The Approach: The approach towards teaching includes interactive and informative classes conducted by a team of core faculty. The faculty use a variety of learning tools to complement their lectures, group discussions, case studies, project work, presentations and assignments. Evaluation: The students go through a continuous evaluation system for each course throughout the semester. A series of assignments, tests, individual / group project work, presentations, semester exams evaluated externally go into the evaluation of the students. Achievements: Department has given excellent results with most of the students performing extremely well in semester examinations. The students of Information Science & Engineering have been placed in blue chip MNCs and have also excelled in sports and cultural events conducted both at the college and university level. In these times of challenge & change, I am confident that my students will continue to uphold our tradition of pursuit for excellence as they strive to fulfill our expectations. Hence, it is our wish to see that they are placed in good organisation.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is one of the few basic Engineering branches viz- Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics. Mechanical Engineering department is the department in the college having latest machine tools and Metrology facilities for manufacturing. The Department has foundry equipments for melting of materials, which is used in research and development of new metals. The department is also equipped with high end CAD/CAM softwares and CNC Machines in its CAD/CAM Lab, which in addition to the academics also caters to the research and analysis. Mechanical Engineering Department will not be complete without the modern equipment available here for the testing. A wide range of latest state-of-the-art testing equipments ranging from testing of Mechanical properties of materials to the heat transfer, to testing of fuels and engines, to testing of turbines and pumps are available in the department. The classrooms in the department confirm with the AICTE norms and equipped with visual aids. 1) Material Testing Lab: It has 40 ton UTM with a Our students are exposed to the latest softwares related to Mechanical Engineering application. The department also has an ISTE students chapter under which lectures, seminars, workshops have been organized on latest trends and developments in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Some of the projects carried out by our students have brought laurels to the department. This has been possible only due to the dedication, sincerity and hard work of the Faculty of the department. We have qualified and smart faculties with sound knowledge in the field of specialization. They are encouraged to update their knowledge by 3) The Machine shop: It is equipped with modern lathe, which can not only be used to give training 2) The foundry and Forging Lab: It has all equipments required for making moulds for casting of metals. It has a furnace for melting metals. The capacity of the furnace is 20kg of CI/8kg of aluminium. provision for recorder. It also has other experimental setups for studying various properties of materials such as hardness, Impact strength and Fatigue strength. The lab also has equipments for carrying out non-destructive testing of materials. Profile of the Laboratories: All the laboratories are meticulously planned technical layouts, confirming to AICTE standards with latest modern equipments. It was a desire of our Management to equip the Mechanical Engineering department with all modern equipments and experimental setups so that the department will be envy of the other Engineering colleges and also which will be model for all new engineering colleges. It gives me immense pleasure to see that we have achieved this to a great degree as our laboratories setup have been imitated in almost all new engineering colleges. The management is magnanimous enough to depute their faculty to upgrade their qualification. All the faculties for the department both teaching and non-teaching have worked as a team to develop the department, that is why we are the best. attending workshops, seminars not only in the state but outside the state also, both at National and International level.
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for the students but also for manufacturing process. The Machine shop is also equipped with Drilling machines, Milling machines, Shaping machines and Grinding machines which help the Mechanical engineering students to get hands on experience on these machines. 4) The Metrology lab: It is the most important lab in Mechanical engineering as it involves precision measurements and measuring equipments. The lab has all the precision measuring equipments like Autocollimator, Profile projector, Toolmakers Microscope and other setups and other setups provided for force, strain, temperature, pressure, load measurement etc. required for an undergraduate course. 5) Fluid mechanics and Fluid machinery lab: It is equipped with prototype models of Pelton wheel, Francis turbine and Kaplan turbine. It also has pumps like gear oil pump, reciprocating and centrifugal pumps. The flow experiments are conducted on equipments well designed for accuracy. 6) The Energy lab: It is equipped with 2 stroke, 4 stroke, Petrol and Diesel engines, Mohrs test setup and variable compression test equipments in addition to equipments in addition to equipments for testing of fuel and oil. 7) The HMT lab: It has various experiments setup to conduct experiments of conduction, Convection and radiation .It has modern unit for refrigeration and Air conditioning. 8) CAD/CAM lab: It is equipped with computers with latest configuration capable of running highend softwares. The lab is connected to by local area network (LAN) and also broadband internet connectivity is provided with a speed of Faculty have been sponsored by the management under QIP for higher studies and research work like Aircraft structures, composite materials, Manufacturing etc. The facilities are Department Activities: The students have taken up projects in reputed R & D Laboratories institutes like NAL, HAL, CPRI, GTRE, IISc. Two students have developed Aircraft model, one of them has been selected at National Level. Good number of laboratory models of unconventional Machining setups have been made by our final year students in the department level. 10) Workshop: As it is the common lab for students belonging to all branches in first year, it is fully equipped with requisite number of tools and workbenches to cater to the needs of the students. It has three sections viz -fitting, welding and sheet metal. 9) Design lab: It is equipped with experimental setups needed for Design of Mechanical elements and machines. It has a digital dynamic balancing machine, Journal bearing machine test rig setup, Photo elastic bench, Governors and other precision equipments. 1Mbps.CAD/CAM softwares like Auto cad 2004, AutoDesk inventor professional 7.0, AutoDesk Mechanical Desktop, CTIA-V5 R14, ANSYSversion10, CADEM are provided in the lab for the use of under graduate students as well as faculty members who are involved in the research and development activities. The lab has a modern state of the at computer numerical control (CNC) Lathe machine. Orders have been placed for procuring CNC Milling machine and Industrial Robots.
provided to these faculties to take up most of the research work in the college itself. Entrepreneurship development program was conducted, resource persons from various industries, organizations have been invited and they have delivered expert lectures on the subject. Papers presented/ Published: Faculty have presented and published a number of papers at National and International level, with he encouragement and help from the management.
Dr. J. Fazlur Rahman BE (Hons), M.Sc. (Prod. Engg), Ph.D (IITM), MISTE, FIE (INDIA), FII. Prod. Engg. Professor and Head
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Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Electronics and Communication Engineering is one of the most sought after branches of Engineering and Technology in the modern day. The syllabus of Electronics and Communication Engineering is designed to suite the modern day requirements of industry and students are trained in hardware and software. We at HKBK College of engineering endeavor to impart quality education and inculcate discipline and dedication in our students so that they are better prepared to face todays competitive world with fortitude and courage. The department has an efficient and dedicated team of staff. The staff members meticulously plan, train and guide the students in their academic activities. We identify the weaker students and motivate them to achieve higher academic levels by conducting tutorial and additional coaching classes. We encourage the students to give seminars on various topics on relevance in todays technology. We also encourage them to participate in various paper presentation contest held in various colleges. The department has set up a department library with a collection of 500 books catering to the requirement of the VTU curriculum. The staff and the students utilize this to upgrade their knowledge and hone their skills. The department of E&C has 5 separate laboratories equipped with the latest equipments and satisfying the curriculum requirements of VTU. We have Communication laboratory, Analog Circuits laboratory, Digital Circuits and Microprocessor laboratory and the Computer laboratory. The department encourages the students to take up innovative projects as a part of fulfillment of the VTU curriculum. A few projects like the Anti Theft Systems, The Pre-paid Parking meter, the Anti Terrorist vehicle, Gold Code generation using VHDL drew appreciation from the examiners during the project presentation and viva voce. Through the continued and enthusiastic guidance if the Principal the patronage of the Administrator and the Management and the untiring efforts of the staff we would be able to climb the higher rungs of the unending ladder of knowledge in future. Prof. Hussain Ahmed Prof. and Head E&CE
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Electrical Energy is an essential gradient for the industrial and all-round development of any nation. This makes Electrical Engineering branch as one of the conventional and major branches in any Engineering Institution. Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering was established in 2002 in H.K.B.K College of Engineering. Dr. A. A. Powly Thomas (HOD, EEE) INFRASTRUCTURE: The department is situated in 10,000 sft and has eleven well equipped Laboratories as per the requirement of VTU. The various Labs include Analog Electronics Lab, Digital Electronics Lab, Power Electronics Lab, Microprocessor Lab, DC Machines and Synchronous Machines Lab, Circuit Simulation & Measurement Lab, Transformers and Induction Machines lab, Control systems Lab, Power system simulation Lab. The department has a Project Lab and Relay & High Voltage Lab to facilitate the students to do their project in final semester. The department is headed by Dr. A. A. Powly Thomas, Ph.D IISc, Bangalore, who has 16 years of experience in teaching as well as research. The department has nine well-qualified and dedicated faculty members with different specializations as Power systems / Energy Systems, Control Systems, Power Electronics, to motivate and guide the students in the right path of technical education. ACHIEVEMENTS: The final year students who are the first batch of Electrical & Electronics Engineering have been successful in securing 100 % results this year. The students are exposed to the current trends in Electrical and Electronics fields and the students involve themselves enthusiastically in various mini-projects. They also actively participate in inter/intra college extra curricular and sports activities. Many of the final year students have already been placed in some of the reputed companies like Satyam, Infosys, Aztecsoft etc.
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Department of Medical Electronics

Medical Electronics Department has six wellequipped Laboratories namely Analog Electronics Lab, Digital Electronics Lab, Power Electronics Lab, Computer Lab, Communication Lab and Medical Science Lab. The Department conducts technical seminars and encourages students to participate in paper presentation contests and seminars to develop their skills. Apart from regular labs, students also take up project work based on Micro controllers, Digital Signal Processing, real time ECG monitoring etc. Department has a library with good collections of books and magazines. We have good and efficient staff that provides quality education and a congenial environment for teaching-learning process. We also provide professional and personal counseling to the students so as to improve their academic performance and make them competent to meet the fast changing global challenges. With latest technologies used in Medicine and Biological Sciences, Medical Electronics Professionals can seek employment in Biomedical Instrumentation Industries, Software Engineers for developing Medical Application soft wares etc.
Medical Electronics is a specialized course in Engineering that is a combination of Electronic engineering and medical sciences. It includes the study of devices such as biomedical instrumentation system to monitor the functions related to human body, problems encountered in a living system, transducers and electrodes, cardiovascular measurements in respiratory system, safety of medical electronic equipments etc. Medical equipments are being intensively used for mass health care units without which it would be impossible to diagnose undetectable diseases and difficult in monitoring the health related functions. With combined knowledge of electronics engineering and medical sciences, the medical electronics professionals can take up research work with medical professionals to develop an evaluating system and real time products such as artificial organs, medical electronics instruments and health management systems.
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS Mathematics is associated with all branches of natural sciences. The elegance, grandeur, intellectual appeal and the challenge offered by Mathematics is simply unmatchable by any standards. The Mathematics department is staffed by dedicated, dynamic and experienced teachers in their areas of specialization whose qualification and caliber match the growing needs of academic standards. Staff take keen interest in bringing out the best from students and motivate them to achieve their goals. The staff engages special classes for the students who are weak in the subject with personal attention and boost the morale of the students so that they achieve academic excellence. Achievements: 1. Mr. C.S. Nagabhushan has completed his M.Phil in I Class and pursuing Ph.D., in the field of Finite Element Methods. 2. Ms. Chandrali Baishya is also pursuing Ph.D., in the field of NonLinear Differential Equations.
Medical Electronics engineers can meet the challenging requirements of medical professionals to meet the advanced technology in the everchanging demand of health management system.
Prof. Moyeed Sultana Prof. and Head
Saher Fathima Khanum HOD, Engineering Mathematics
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Department of Basic Sciences
ENGINEERING PHYSICS Physics is an integrated part of the institute from the very first day. Basic science courses lay the foundation for learning for the budding engineers. Being aware of this fact, dedicated and qualified staff of the department take utmost care in teaching. Staff members give individual attention to the students. They help the students to overcome their difficulties and create interest about the subject. Special classes are being arranged to build up the confidence of the students. The department has a spacious, well-equipped laboratory. Each student gets ample scope to learn the experiments with active help of staff members. The dedication of the staff members and the hard work of the enthusiastic students have been reflected in the good results in the past. Departmental staff take active part in other academic activities also. Currently Mr. K. Chandrakumar is actively involved in research.
ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY Chemistry is one of the basic science, which apart from its applications plays a major role in other fields of engineering and technology. Some of the fields where chemistry forms a backbone are Chemical Engineering, Polymer Technology, Bio Technology, Bio Informatics, Genetic Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering etc.. The Department of engineering chemistry aims at imparting quality education with individual care to all the students and also play an active role in overall development. The department has maintained good academic results apart from playing an important role in other college activities. All the staff members are well qualified, some have completed their Doctorates and all others have registered for Ph.D. They are competitive and are doing pioneering work in Research and Development. The staff members have maintained good discipline in the Department and also imbibed the same to the students. The Department is happy to inform that a R&D project titled Stress Corrosion Cracking of Aluminium alloys like AL7075 T7351 and AL7075 T651 has been selected by ISRO under RESPOND and is being funded by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. The department is on the verge of setting up an R&D centre and many equipments have already been installed. With this infrastructure many complex and advance tests can be conducted. Papers Published /Conferences/Seminars attended by faculty:
1) Prof. Sanaulla P.F. attended a three day National Conference at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal on Corrosion during October 2005. 2) Prof. Sanaulla P.F. attended one day national conference on Industrial Corrosion Conducted by Electrochemical Society of India and Mangalore University at Mangalore during January 2006. 3) Dr. Shabanna Begum.S, Senor Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Chemistry has published a research paper in Journal of the Electrochemical Society of India, paper titled Electrolytic Preparation and Characterization of Ni- Fe Alloys . (Page 19-25, Vol. No 55, No 5, January 2006 issue). 4) Mr. Syed Abu Sayeed Mohammed, Senior Lecturer and Prof. Sanaulla P.F. HOD, published and presented a paper titled Flood Control of a locality through Ground water Recharge A case study in National conference on role of Civil Engineers in Disaster Management and mitigation held at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore from 2 4th February 2006. Consultancy Services: The Department has successfully designed and implemented Rainwater harvesting system for recharging the ground water at HKBKCE campus, the project has met with tremendous success and now the college is self sufficient for its water requirements. There is been a proposal to setup a sewage treatment plant, so that the waste water generated can be recycled for various activities like lawn sprinkling and toilet flushing. With this the college will have an environmental management plan so as to have sustainable development. The Engineering Chemistry lab has latest and advanced instruments. In the near future this lab will be registered as an approved lab for testing many environmental parameters. The department aims to be a hub for pioneering research and academic excellence.
HOD - Physics
Prof. Sanaulla . P.F, MSc(Chem), MIBWA(USA), MISTE, HOD Engineering Chemistry.
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The Human Resources Department in HKBK College of Engineering is concerned with managing the student fraternity in order to enable them to understand and identify their skill sets, capabilities and knowledge and develop the same to the maximum extent possible through an innovative and continuous learning process comprising of specialised training, counselling, evaluation and feedbacks so that they are transformed into employable professionals possessing the requisite levels of commitment, quality and reliability During the past two and half years, the HRD concept in HKBKCE has proved itself to be very successful. The HR Department is sincerely working to empower students for a lifetime of professional and personal excellence. The HR Department is playing a major role in counselling, moulding and training the students to the needs of the industry. They are informed about the need for maintaining good academic scores and are motivated periodically to achieve the same. Training programmes and industry related seminars are routine. Mock tests have been made mandatory and evaluation procedures are followed which are in line with those folloed by the corporate world. Core Objectives: At HKBKCE, the objective of the HR Department is to ensure zero defects with respect to quality management, speed and innovation, and ultimately transforming individuals into self directed, focussed and high performing intellects. The primary focus is to enhance the skills, knowledge and abilities of every individual and accordingly HKBKCE offers the following facilities for campus recruitment: Campus Recruitment Programmes: The HRD Department has a vision a vision to excel and to create a global opportunity for every student and ensure that their skills are properly identified and the students are oriented in the right direction. The department is sincerely working towards the mission of HKBKCE To empower students for a lifetime of professional and personal excellence. Not surprisingly, the students performance has been highly appreciated by many of the blue chip companies. The HR Department with its never say die and highly motivated team has a goal to achieve A goal to ensure that every student has an appointment order in hand before he or she graduates from the college. Vision / Mission: match the skill sets required by the industry. The objectives include: Counselling Identifying training needs Improvement of communication and presentation skills Personality development Aptitude, technical and psychometric tests Interview handling skills Group Discussions Profile matching Career guidance Industry interaction Brand building exercises Event Management
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A well furnished seminar hall with necessary modern audio visual equipment for demonstrations and lectures Exclusively furnished conference / interview rooms for group discussions and personal interviews. Adequate classroom facilities for conducting preplacement written tests. Adequate infrastructure like computers and other media facilities. Interactive executives for timely personal attention and maintenance of records. The department has been instrumental in placing the students in blue chip companies like Aztecsoft, Caritor (I) Pvt. Ltd, Torry Harris Business Solutions, Wipro Technologies Ltd., Tech Mahindra, JP Morgan, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Integra Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., Novellus Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd., ABB Ltd., Perot Systems, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., ETAAscon, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Oracle India (P) Ltd., Tavant Technologies, Mphasis Technologies, Secon Pvt. Ltd., Quinnox Consultancy Services Ltd., IBM, Hewlett Packard, SCS Globetech Pvt. Ltd., Syntel, Tech Mahindra, etc. The HR Department was instrumental in bringing about transparency in campus recruitments and organising Pooled Campus Recruitment Programmes. These pooled campus recruitment programmes involving various engineering colleges are being conducted regularly by inviting the other colleges to participate in these programmes to cater to the needs of the Corporates. This not only saves valuable time for the Corporates but also helps in interaction between the student communities of different colleges. Pooled campus recruitment In order to enable the students to get an insight into the industry, the HR department also organises technical and HR related lectures and seminars with the assistance of the core group from the respective industries. Training programmes and industry related seminars are conducted regularly right from the first semester. The HR Department is grooming the students to be self-motivated, confident, accountable, competent, innovative individuals with a definite goal who will be potential leaders of the future. This has been amply demonstrated by our alumni who have brought laurels to HKBKCE. Training and Industry related activities programmes have been organised for Accenture, Wipro Technologies, Satyam Computers Ltd., Subex Systems, Quinnox Consultancy Services Ltd., Elvista Digital Systems (P) Ltd., Jataayu Software (P) Ltd., Caritor (India) Pvt. Ltd., Accord Software & Systems (P) Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Grindwell Norton, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., Perot Systems, Canarys Automations, Tech Mahindra, Syntel, etc.
The HRD is playing a major role in articulating the students to the needs of the industry. Industry collaboration talks are in progress with major MNCs. The HRD Department strongly believes in engineering young minds to be disciplined, dedicated and determined so that in future they will confidently, capably and undoubtedly steer organizations towards growth, prosperity and excellence dynamically! The changing market scenario, high attrition rate,
Apart from providing adequate placement opportunities to the students, the HR Department at HKBKCE recognises the need for imparting regular industry oriented placement training and as such actively organises short and long term programmes with an eye on achieving maximum placements. These training programmes assist in unleashing the hidden potential of every individual and aligning it in such a way to achieve the desired goals.
mergers and acquisitions, global competition and of course the pace at which the companies are now operating and non-availability of employable quality engineers has made it all the more challenging for the HRD Department which believes in working round the clock and leaving no stone unturned so that the students of HKBKCE benefit to the maximum extent possible.
Gurucharan Singh Head - HR & Training
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Library and Information Centre

sections i.e., stack room, circulation section, Internet lab with all PIV systems, Book Bank section, photocopy section, specious reference section and separate reading rooms for staff and student, which can accommodate 100-150 users, During the last five years the book collection has increased up to more than 14,542 volumes worth more than Rs.75 lakhs. We are subscribing to more than 35 national & 20 international technical journals worth Rs.1.5 lakhs. We have added Indian & foreign good reference books, including Conferences Proceedings, Reports etc., to our reference section. Our library has an extensive collection of E-Books and many CD arrays have been added to facilitate the use of educational CDs. The LIC provides a range of detailed information guides to its services & collections, these are available at Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The future plan of our LIC is to increase the no. of books to at least 20,000 volumes during the ensuing academic year. In addition to books, educational CDs, video films, audiovisual materials will be added. The dream project of Digital Library and access of E-Journals, EBooks, will be made available including adoption of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) gadgets. 2. Total area of (LIC) Section vise measurement i. Internet ii. Circulation iii. Stacking iv. Reference v. Photocopy vi. Carpet vii. Reading 3. Books i. Books ii. Book Bank iii. Bound Volumes 7,510 Fq. Feet. 660 Fq. Feet. 150 Fq. Feet 2000 Fq. Feet 2400 Fq. Feet 150 Fq. Feet 600 Fq. Feet 1400 Fq. Feet 14,542 12,200 2,167 175 4. In house project reports 5. Computers (Internet) 6. Audio visual materials i. Floppies ii. Compact dicks 500 25 975 200 775
7. Journals (Periodicals) 45 Technical & Non Technical i. International 20 ii. National 35 8. Digital library (Under process) Achievements academic year 2005-06 a). Publications: 1. Preservation and Maintenance of the Digital Library-A New Challenge. K.R.Mulla, A.S.Shivakumara & M. Chandrashekara 3rd International CALIBER 2005 on Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment. Organized by INFLIBNET & CUST Kochi, Feb 2-4, 2005. 2. Digital Archives: Design and Development. K.R.Mulla, A.S. Shivakumara, Chikkamallaiah and M. Chandrashekara 7th MANLIBNET Annual National Convention on Digital Libraries in Knowledge Management: Opportunities for Management Libraries. Organized by MANLIBNET & IIMK, Kozhikode, May 5-7, 2005. 3. Electronic Resources & Services in Academic Libraries A Case Study. K.R.Mulla & M. Chandrashekara. IASLIC XXV All India Conference on 'LIS Profession in India: Vision for 2010. Jointly organized by Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres (IASLIC) and Central Library, IIT Madras on December 26-29, 2005 at Central Library IIT Madras, Chennai. 4. E-Learning and its Role in E-society. M.Chandrashekara, K.R.Mulla & Shivakumara, A.S National Conference on Digital Libraries:
The Library and Information Center (LIC) is an integral part, and heart of its institution and also life blood of academic activities, Infact it is the kaleidoscope for Educational Institution and also its goals & objectives are always derived from the goals & objectives of its parental organization. A fully automated modern LIC is on its way to becoming an outstanding learning resource center catering to the ever growing and uncompromising information and intellectual requirements of the students, faculty, and researchers. A balanced Programme on the development of the collection of hard copy, audio/video, CDROM, and other electronic forms of documents is being followed. The LIC has one of the finest collections of latest Engineering publications. The LIC is situated on the ground floor of the (D block) Prof. Zaheer Ahmed block. It made its modest beginning in November 1997 with 2000 books and a few Journals & magazines. It was shifted to the present spacious building in January 2005. The present LIC having the following
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From Technology to Culture organized by Saradar Vallabhabhai Patel Institute of Textile Management, Coimbatore on 7th January 2006. 5. Rashid Medical Library: Building the Information Society with DOHMS and Beyond. Shakeel Ahmed G.T & K.R. Mulla National Conference on Digital Libraries: From Technology to Culture. Organized by Saradar Vallabhabhai Patel Institute of Textile Management, Coimbatore on 7th January 2006. 6. Metadata-An Understanding M. Chandrashekara, V.G. Talawar K.R.Mulla & Shivakumara, A.S National Seminar on Strategies and Standards for Knowledge Resource Centres. Organized by PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore on January 27th 28th 2006. 7. Application of RFID In Libraries for Physical Information Security-A View. K.R.Mulla & M. Chandrashekara. 4th INTERNATIONAL CALIBER 2006 Dynamic Interoperable Web based Information Systems 2nd to 4th February 2006. Jointly organized by INFLIBNET Ahmedabad and Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka. 8. Internet / Information Transfer Using Hexagonal Model. M. Chandrashekara, V.G. Talawar & K.R.Mulla. 4th INTERNATIONAL CALIBER 2006 Dynamic Interoperable Web based Information Systems 2nd to 4th February 2006. Jointly organized by INFLIBNET Ahmedabad and Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka. b). Symposia/Seminar/Workshops attended: 1. 3rd International CALIBER 2005 on Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment. INFLIBNET & CUST Kochi, Feb 2-4, 2005. 2. 7th MANLIBNET Annual National Convention on Digital Libraries in Knowledge Management: Opportunities for Management Libraries. MANLIBNET & IIMK, Kozhikode, May 5-7, 2005. 3. National Conference on Digital Libraries: From Technology to Culture. Organized by Saradar Vallabhabhai Patel Institute of Textile Management, Coimbatore on 7th January 2006. 4. 4th International CALIBER 2006 Dynamic Interoperable Web based Information Systems 2nd to 4th February 2006. INFLIBNET and Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka. 5. Worked as online Submission Reviewer for the Informing Science Institute and the InSITE 2006 International Conference going to be held at June 25-28, 2006, Salford England. c). Communicated: 1. Broadband Network Technology Gateway for Local Information to Global Collection -A Need. K.R.Mulla & M. Chandrashekara, [Communicated with ISTE Journal (2005)] 2. "Internet Users: Mysore University (India) K.R.Mulla & M Chandrashekara", [Communicated with LIBRES, SERELS, ANNALS, DBIT. (2005)] 3. E - Resources And Services In Engineering College Libraries A Case Study". K.R.Mulla & M Chandrashekara, [Communicated with LIBRES, SERELS, ANNALS, DBIT. (2006)] 4. "Rashid Medical Library: Building the Information Society with in DOHMS and Beyond". Shakeel Ahmed G T and K. R. Mulla, [Communicated with SERELS, ANNALS, DBIT. (2006)]
5. Status of Automation of Libraries in Mysore City: A Survey". M.Chandrashekara, K.R.Mulla and Selvaraja. A. [Communicated with LIBRES, SERELS, ANNALS, DBIT. (2006)]
K.R.Mulla, Librarian.
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NSS Stands for National Service Scheme. The main objective of the National Service Scheme as envisaged originally was service to the community, offered while undergoing instruction, in an educational institution. It was sought to arouse the social consciousness of students and provide them with the opportunity to work with the people around the educational campuses creatively and constructively and to put the education they received to concrete social use. It has been felt that the primary aim of the scheme is to enable the students to upgrade their personality and experience through community service. Every year 24th September is celebrated as NSS Day. The Motto: The watchword of the National Service Scheme is Not Me But You. This expresses the essence of democratic living and upholds the need for selfless service and appreciation of the other mans point of view and also to show consideration for fellow human beings. It underlines that the welfare of an individual is ultimately dependent on the welfare of the society as a whole. HKBK College of Engineering has been in the forefront of NSS activities in our University. The NSS unit has strength of one hundred volunteers. It has undertaken many socially and environmentally viable programmes. The Administrator, Mr.Abdul Hameed .S.A has been the Chief Patron and the Principal, Dr. D.B. Fakruddin is the Chairman of HKBKCE NSS Unit. A list of some major NSS programmes taken up by the unit are: 1) Celebration of Republic Day 2) Celebration of Independence Day 3) Celebration of NSS Day on 24th September 4) Cancer Detection Programme in association with Kidwai Institute of Oncology. 5) Blood Donation Camp. 6) Free Health Checkup camps for the poor. 7) Aids Awareness Programme 8) Pulse Polio Programmes 9) Campus Cleaning Programmes. 10) Vanamahotsava Day 11) Road Repair Works 12) Charity Day 13) Ethnic Day Five of our best student volunteers have attended a ten days special camp held by NSS unit of Visveswaraiah Technological University. Our students have brought laurels to the college in different competitions held during the camp. The impetus is to give the students best educational experience in order to make them responsible and productive citizens of the country. S. Arshad Pasha NSS Programme Officer Mr. Syed Abu Sayeed NSS Programme Coordinator Dr. D.B. Fakruddin Principal & Chairman,HKBKCE NSS Unit
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VIII Sem ME were selected to be a part of the team for the Inter University Football Matches. 3) Mr. Abdulla .K, VI Sem ME successfully represented VTU Inter University Football in Kerala. 4) Mr. Pradyumna.Y, IV Sem CSE won a silver medal in 800 Meters Running Race in Dasahra Sports Meet at Kanteerva Stadium organised by Sports Authority of Karnataka. 5) Ms. Anita .R, II Sem ML won the silver medal in heptathlon in VIII VTU Inter Collegiate Athletic Meet held at Gurunanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar. 6) Mr. Pradyumna .Y, IV Sem CSE won the bronze medal in decathlon in VIII VTU Inter Collegiate Athletic Meet held at GNDEC, Bidar. 7) Our Football Team participated in VTU Inter Collegiate Football Tournament at Sir M. Visveswarayya Institute of Technology, Bangalore and reached the semi-final stage. 8) Our Football Team participated in Football Tournament organized by UVCE and also in the Dasahra Sports Meet. 9) Our College organised a Cricket Match against KSMF First Grade College in the college grounds. 10) Our Cricket Team participated in VTU Inter Collegiate Cricket Tournament organised by Acharya Institute of Technology in BEL Ground. 11) Our Basketball Team participated in VTU Inter Collegiate Basketball Tournament at KIT, Tiptur and reached the quarterfinals. 12) Our Volleyball Team participated in PESIT Inter Collegiate Basketball Tournament and reached the quarterfinals stage. 13) Our Volleyball Team participated in the UVCE Inter Collegiate Volleyball Tournament and reached the semifinals stage. 14) Our Badminton Team participated in VTU Inter Collegiate Badminton Tournament at Sir M. Visveswarayya Institute of Technology. 15) Our Cultural Team participated in different Inter Collegiate Youth Fests. 16) Our Table Tennis Team participated in
Mysore Dasahra Table Tennis Tournament at Guru Nanak Bhavan. Mr. Leonard.P reached the super league in doubles and was selected to participate in State Dasahra Competition in Mysore. 17) Our Table Tennis Team participated in VTU Inter Collegiate Table Tennis Tournament at BMSIT.
The Physical Education Cell of HKBK College of Engineering has been very active in promoting different sports in order to bring in overall development of students. Every year many sports events are conducted in the college and the Sports Day is celebrated wherein the winners are felicitated with prizes. This year a number of sports events were conducted like basketball, football, badminton, kabaddi, throwball, cricket, lawn tennis, table tennis, chess and carrom and students were encouraged in participating in interdepartment sports meet. Our students have actively participated in Inter Collegiate Sports activities and some of our students have been successful in representing VTU. It is planned to start indoor sports activities on a large scale and for this a separate indoor hall has been created alongwith gymnasium facilities. List of Events in which our students have participated: 1) Ms. Anita .R, II Sem ML successfully represented XVI National Senior Fencing Championship from 25th to 28th March 2006 at Amritsar, Punjab. 2) Mr. Abdulla .K, VI Sem ME and Mr. Nishant,
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CONTENTS
SIMPUTER - BRIDGING THE GREAT DIGITAL DIVIDE WIFI WHY IS QUALITY IMPORTANT IN SOFTWARE A NEW DIMENSION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY UMTS INK-JET TECHNOLOGY BEYOND PAPER GROUND WATER RECHARGE AT HKBKCE POLLUTION IN CITIES A TEACHER FOR ALL SEASON WAR THOUGHTS FOR FRIENDS ADRENAL CRYOSURGERY RAIN SONET/SDH FILLER - HR I DO NOT WANT TO TEACH ENGINEERS VS MANAGERS BEGIN WITH END IN MIND ATTITUDE SOME GOLDEN QUOTES INDESCRIBABLE FEELING SNIPPETS BECOME AN ASSET AT WORK JOKES MOTTOS FOR SUCCESS THE CAR FACTS OF THE WORLD DO YOU KNOW TOP TEN THINGS DEFINING STATEMENTS TRUE FACTS REGIONAL ARTICLES 57 58 58 59 60 61 62 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 69 69 70 71 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 75 75 76 76 77
What is a Simputer? The Simputer is a low cost portable alternative to PCs, by which the benefits of IT can reach the common man. It has a special role in the third world because it ensures that illiteracy is no longer a barrier to handling a computer. The key to bridging the digital divide is to have shared devices that permit truly simple and natural user interfaces based on sight, touch and audio. The Simputer meets these demands through a browser for the Information Markup Language (IML). IML has been created to provide a uniform experience to users and to allow rapid development of solutions on any platform. Affordable Computing The projected cost of the Simputer is about Rs 9000 at large volumes. But even this is beyond the means of most citizens. The Smart Card feature that the Simputer provides enables the Simputer to be shared by a community. A local community such as the village panchayat, the village school, a kiosk, a village postman, or even a shopkeeper should be able to loan the device to individuals for some length of time and then pass it on to others in the community. The Simputer, through its Smart Card feature allows for personal information management at the individual level for an unlimited number of users. The impact of this feature coupled with the rich connectivity of the Simputer can be dramatic. Applications in diverse sectors such as micro banking, large data collection, agricultural information and as a school laboratory is now made possible at an affordable price. The Simputer Trust The Simputer Trust is the coming together of academics and technologists from industry with a broad imperative of harnessing the potential of the Simputer for the benefit of all sections of society. The vision of this nonprofit trust is to promote the Simputer, not as an end product but as an evolving platform for social change. The Trust comprises a unique combination of individuals with diverse skills from Computer Science and Automation at the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) and from Encore Software Ltd (Bangalore). The Trustees are Vijay Chandru (IISc), Vinay Deshpande (Managing 57
Trustee, Encore), Shashank Garg (Encore), Ramesh Hariharan (IISc), Swami Manohar (IISc), Mark Mathias (Encore), and V Vinay (IISc). Rahul Matthan (Trilegal) is the legal counsel for the Simputer Trust and has played a key role in definining the Simputer General Purpose License. The Proliferation of Simputers: Making it happen A rapid growth of knowledge can only happen in an environment which admits free exchange of thought and information. Indeed, nothing else can explain the astounding progress of Science in the last three hundred years. Technology has unfortunately not seen this freedom too often. Several rounds of intense discussions among the trustees convinced them that the only way to break out of the current absurdities is to foster a spirit of cooperation in inventing new technologies. The common mistake of treating cooperation as a synonym of charity poses its own challenges. The Simputer is a small handheld computer, intended to bring computing power to the masses of India and other developing countries. The device was designed by the Simputer Trust, a non-profit organization formed in November 1999. The word "Simputer" is an acronym for "simple, inexpensive and multilingual people's computer", and is a trademark of the Simputer Trust. It includes text-to-speech software and runs the GNU/ Linux operating system. Similar in appearance to the Palm Pilot class of handheld computers, the touch sensitive screen is operated on with a stylus; simple handwriting recognition software is provided by the program Tapatap. The Simputer specifications are released under an open distribution license called the Simputer General Public License or the SGPL. The organisation is actively encouraging free software developers to port their applications to the Simputer. A similar project is the $100 laptop, being developed by Nicholas Negroponte and his One Laptop Per Child non-profit organization. Govindraj .R VI Sem- CSE
Wi-fi is a local-area network (LAN) that uses high-frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet utilizing an Ethernet protocol. The term was invented by the marketing departments of wifi equipment manufacturers. It is, notionally, short for wireless fidelity, on the analogy of hifi for high fidelity audio. Using the 802.11 series communications standard developed by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (EEE), wifi has progressed in trying to solve the last mile problem of providing wireless network access to metropolitan or hot zone areas, as well as remote locations. However, a standard means for deploying IEEE 802.11 into the last mile or within a hot zone has not emerged, as each wirelessinternetservice provider (WISP) implements longdistance IEEE 802.11 solutions differently. The latest effort in unwiring the network is a meshnetwork deployment of the 802.11 standard. However, since the IEEE 802.11 standard was designed to provide wireless connectivity for LANs, this meshed network for wireless LANs and Internet access is being instituted differently by the WISPs. Consequently, quality of service is hampered because each WISP is providing its own proprietary service that may have compatibility problems with other service providers. In steps Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX).
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WHY IS QUALITY IMPORTANT IN SOFTWARE?

Software is pervasive: Software has become an integral part of almost everything that we use in our daytoday life, be it our telephone or the other gadgets at home; the air planes we travel in or the support structure needed to run the power plants; the traffic controls or the bank ATMs software is literally everywhere. Any defect anywhere in any of the systems is more than likely to touch us, affect us and even paralyse one or more aspects of our lives. Software is increasingly becoming mission critical: A lot of the nuclear and power plants around the world, as well as the life saving devices in the hospitals, and those that people carry (like the pacemakers) have a significant amount of embedded software. Any defect in these software programs is bound to have a life threatening impact. Expectations are increasing: Gone are the days when people used to be resigned to the fact that software is bound to have defects and bugs. Customers are demanding that software are bug free and defect free, just as much as they expect automobiles not to stall on traffic lights. As business moves towards e Business and governments move towards e Governance, defect free software has become a table stake. Scope for errors is high: Software industry is always characterised by people waking under intense pressure and trying to meet deadlines which are not always rational or realistic. Given such high pressure situations, the scope for errors becomes very high. Infact, one may not even be aware of the possible presence of problems under such stressful situations. It is very important that the environment and the system provide built in checks to minimise the scope and incidence of error. No second chance: With the pervasiveness of software, there is really no second chance to correct a problem. Firstly, if a problem is found in a mission critical system, it may already be too late to fix it after a human life has been lost. Second, even if no untoward effects have occurred after a defect, the cost of distribution of fixes to avoid any potential mishaps would be very high and logistically impossible. For example, can you imagine a patch being uninstalled on the monitors of millions of television sets or other such customer devices? Qualified and willing people are scarce: Given that software industry is characterised by high attrition, defects become a bad legacy. Trying to unearth and fix the problems put in by somebody else is not an easy task and often times, not relished by software engineers who always look for interesting design work instead of maintenance work. Khallikunaisa Senior Lecturer Department of CSE
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WiFi is the wireless way to handle networking. It is also known as 802.11 networking and wireless networking. The big advantage of WiFi is its simplicity. You can connect computers anywhere in your home or office without the need for wires. The computers connect to the network using radio signals, and computers can be up to 100 feet or so apart. Wireless access is quickly broadening network reach by providing convenient, inexpensive access in hardtowire locations. As networks expand beyond physical boundaries, operators are struggling to retain control over network usage and privacy. To determine how wireless local area networks (WLANs) based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards for 802.11 WiFi technologies are being secured, now and in the future. This study reveals how many early adopters have deployed WLANs without adequately securing them and the reallife consequences of doing so. We consider how perceived security risks and business requirements in vertical industries like communications, manufacturing, education, healthcare and financial services influence WLAN deployment plans and how these perceived security risks impact market growth. We examine how 802.11 adopters are anticipating deployment of emerging security enhancements. Finally, we consider how traditional network security measures are being applied in new ways to secure WLAN access to small business, enterprise, and service provider networks.
WiFi Security WiFi hotspots can be open or secure. If a hotspot is open, then anyone with a WiFi card can access the hotspot. If it is secure, then the user needs to know a WEP key to connect. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, and it is an encryption system for the data that 802.11 sends through the air. WEP has two variations; 64bit encryption (really 40bit) and 128bit encryption (really 104bit). 40bit encryption was the original standard but was found to be easily broken. 128bit encryption is a more secure and is what most people use if they enable WEP. For a casual user, any hotspot that is using WEP is inaccessible unless you know the WEP key. If you are setting up a hotspot in your home, you may want to create and use a 128bit WEP key to prevent the neighbours from casually eavesdropping on your network. Whether at home or on the road, you need to know the WEP key, and then enter it into the WiFi cards software, to gain access to the network. Bhagya .K Lecturer Dept of CSE
A NEW DIMENSION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Siemens has developed a new computed tomograph system (CT) that not only produces images of a beating heart with the highest temporal resolution, but also cuts radiation dosages by half. The Somatom definition, which represents a new dimension in computer tomography, was unveiled to the public in New York recently and is the worlds first to feature two imaging systems that work in parallel. Both rotate around the patient three times per second, making the new CT significantly faster than any of its predecessors. It can also freeze fastmoving organs. Speed combined with a resolution of less than 0.4 millimetres makes even the tiniest vessels visible. The somatom definition offers several advantages compared with previous computer tomographs. With heart scans, for example, doctors no longer need to administer beta blockers to lower patients heart rates. Although the CT has two xray tubes, it cuts radiation exposure in half compared with the traditional CT scans. In addition, the CT opens new fields in diagnostic oncology such as the differentiation and characterisation of tissue samples including tumours. The new CT has a gantry opening of 78 centimetres and a scanning area of 200 centimetres in length. The combination of high velocity, detailed imaging and doubled xray tube power allows for safer and faster diagnosis. The patients height, girth as well as physical health are no longer of relevance. 59 Gaurav Ashta VI Sem - EEE
Experts anticipate that the new system will especially help doctors diagnose coronary heart disease more rapidly in the case of patients, admitted to the hospital with sudden chest pains. A fast and reliable examination of multiple organs is important especially for emergency rooms. In these situations, the somatom definition called play a major role. The first unit has already been installed at the University of Erlangen, and another will be introduced at Munichs Grosshadern Clinic early next year. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota will follow suit at a later date as will other hospitals in the U.S.
UMTS, which is part of IMT-2000, provides service in the 2GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. Designed as an evolutionary system for GSM network operators, multimedia data rates up to 2 Mbps are expected using WCDMA. In the interim, GPRS and EDGE are 2.5G technologies that speed up wireless data for GSM users. To differentiate UMTS from competing network technologies, UMTS is sometimes marketed as 3GSM, emphasizing the combination of the 3G nature of the technology and the GSM standard which it was designed to succeed. UMTS combines the W-CDMA air interface, GSM's Mobile Application Part (MAP) core, and the GSM family of speech codecs. Like other realworld W-CDMA implementations, UMTS uses a pair of 5 MHz channels, one in the 1900 MHz range for uplink and one in the 2100 MHz range for downlink. In contrast, the competing CDMA2000 system uses one or more arbitrary 1.25 MHz channels for each direction of communication. UMTS and other W-CDMA systems are widely criticized for their large spectrum usage, which has delayed deployment in countries that have not allocated new frequencies specifically for UMTS (such as the United States). The specific frequency bands originally defined by the UMTS standard are 1885-2025 MHz for uplink and 2110-2200 MHz for downlink. For existing GSM operators, it is a simple but costly migration path to UMTS: much of the infrastructure is shared with GSM, but the cost of obtaining new spectrum licenses and overlaying UMTS at existing towers can be prohibitively expensive. A major difference of UMTS compared to GSM is the air interface forming Generic Radio Access Network (GRAN). It can be connected to various backbone networks like the Internet, ISDN, GSM or to a UMTS network. GRAN includes the three lowest layers of OSI model. The network layer (OSI 3) protocols form the Radio Resource Management protocol (RRM). They manage the bearer channels between the mobile terminals and the fixed network including the handovers. Interoperatibility and global roaming At the air interface level, UMTS itself is incompatible with GSM. UMTS phones sold in Europe (as of 2004) are UMTS/GSM dual-mode phones, hence they can also make and receive calls on regular GSM networks. If a UMTS customer travels to an area without UMTS coverage, a UMTS phone will automatically switch to GSM (roaming charges may apply). If the customer travels outside of UMTS coverage during a call, the call will be transparently handed off to available GSM coverage. Regular GSM phones cannot be used on the UMTS networks. Vodafone Japan (former J-Phone) has a 3G network which uses WCDMA technology and is compatible with UMTS. However, when Vodafone
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acquired J-Phone, Vodafone dramatically reduced the investments planned in UMTS infrastructure, so that, subscriber numbers of Vodafone Japan's UMTS network used to remain low, and 3G coverage of Japan was once incomplete. Now Vodafone Japan claims that more than 99% of the populated area is covered by 3G networks, and 15% of its subscribers are 3G users as of the end of 2005. NTT DoCoMo's 3G network, FOMA, was the first commercial network using W-CDMA since 2002. The first W-CDMA version used by NTT DoCoMo was incompatible with the UMTS standard at the radio level, however USIM cards used by FOMA phones are compatible with GSM phones, so that USIM card based roaming is possible from Japan to GSM areas without any problem. Today the NTT DoCoMo networks - as well as all the W-CDMA networks in the world - use the standard version of UMTS, allowing potential global roaming. Whether and under which conditions roaming can actually be used by subscribers depends on the commercial agreements between operators. All UMTS/GSM dual-mode phones should accept existing GSM SIM cards. Sometimes, you are allowed to roam on UMTS networks using GSM SIM cards from the same provider. In the United States, UMTS will initially be offered (by Cingular, formerly AT&T Wireless) on the 1900 MHz spectrum only, due to existing limitation of spectrum allocated in the United States. UMTS phones designated for the US will likely not be operable overseas and vice versa; this mirrors the current situation of GSM phones and GSM networks in the US using different frequencies from those used in the rest of the world. However, the FCC has made reasonable promises to free up additional spectrum in the 2100 MHz band and most UMTS licensees seem to consider ubiquituous, transparent global roaming an important issue. Although roaming is possible between compatible European and Asian networks, there is still no roaming possible with the United States (as of December 2004). Problems and issues Some of the rollout problems operators faced included: overweight handsets with poor battery life; problems with handover from UMTS to GSM, connections being dropped or handovers only possible in one direction (UMTS->GSM) with the handset only changing back to UMTS after hanging up, even if UMTS coverage returns; initially poor coverage due to the time it takes to build a network; for fully fledged UMTS incorporating Video on Demand features, one base station needs to be set up every 11.5 km. While this is economically feasible in urban areas, it is impossible in less populated suburban and rural areas; competition for broadband access from Wi-Fi; lack of significant consumer demand for 3G. 60
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INK-JET TECHNOLOGY BEYOND PAPER
Every time a new computer comes to the market, we know that very soon it will be replaced by a faster, cheaper model. Similar revolution has taken place in the field of printing technology, which we are not so aware of. From a humble beginning at about 30 years ago, inkjet printer technology has come a long way. These days more than 100 million inkjet printers are manufactured each year. Inkjet printers work ejecting a series of minuscule droplets from nozzle in a print head. These computer controlled droplets, deposited line by line forming the image. Usually desktop printers have several hundred of nozzles, each of which is 2030 micrometre in diameter. The volume of each droplet of ink is as little as 3 picolitres and will weigh only about 10 nanograms. Then can be placed with an accuracy of 20 micrometre. Researchers are now extending the inkjet printing technology to other areas like electronics, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals. InkJet Technology in Display Industries: In display industries transparent electrodes are required that crisscross the front and rear surfaces of computer displays. Currently, substrate for most displays are sputter coated with tindoped indium oxide (ITO). Usually pattern is formed using photolithography. But the procedure requires many steps and getting Indium is also becoming more and more difficult. Antimony doped in tin oxide (ATO) has a similar optical and conductive properties to ITO. It is much cheaper and more abundant than ITO. But it has not been used in electronic industries to make transparent conductive tracks because it is hard to etch into high resolution patterns. But researches in UK are now developing ATO inks from nano powders for inkjet printing. Those high resolution circuit patterns can be printed by inkjet printer using these special kinds of ink. Transparent conductive polymers also can be a good substitute to metal oxides. Researchers are developing conductive polymers that can be processed in solution and can be used in inkjet printers. InkJet Technology in Renewable Energy: Inkjet technology can be used to make solar cells. Now a days manufacturing of solar cells consist of different complicated steps to make parts of the equipments separately and then assembling them. By using inkjet technology it would be possible to manufacture all parts together. This would make the device much cheaper. 61
Inkjet process could also be used to lay materials to form walls of fuel cells. Fuel cells generate electrically by reacting hydrogen with oxygen. The walls have to be mechanically strong because these cells store a large amount of energy in a very small place. Such power sources can be included into a variety of electronic display system like traffic signs, advertising posters, hand held equipments, e books, etc. The electronic circuit and the power source can be incorporated together. The most exciting part of these systems are firstly they can be manufactured completely using inkjet technology and secondly, these devices would be energy neutral, i.e., they would generate the energy needed to run them. Application in Biology: The inkjet technology is setting foot in biological field also. Researchers are using it to make sensors the lest for say diabetes. The sensors consist of strips of paper or plastic where required enzymes are inkjet printed. The tiny droplets of enzymes can monitor the properties of saliva, urine or other liquids. Moreover, an electronic circuit also could be inkjet printed onto the sensor to give a clear yes or no on a small display. A team of researcher has shown that it is possible to pass live animal cells through an inkjet printer. It is also shown that the cells remain alive when they reach the substrate. Now research is going on to build materials consisting of live skin cells within scaffolds of biocompatible fibre. Nutrients are then added to help the cell multiplication. These kind of materials can be used to treat burn injuries and ulcers. These skins would be realistic giving them more chances to be accepted by the body. Inkjet technology has an immense potential, both in printing field and many other new fields. Still there are many hurdles to overcome. Presently inkjet printers can achieve a maximum 25 micrometer resolution, whereas competent electronic circuits need at least 10 micrometre resolution. In spite of these challenges these field remains commercially attractive because of cheap components, easy manufacturability and environ friendliness. We would be looking forward to new range of products and devices from solar cells to artificial skins, which would be possible in near future with the help of inkjet technology. Ajanta Datta Lecturer, Dept. of Engg. Physics
GROUND WATER RECHARGE AT HKBKCE

A SMALL STEP BUT A BIG STRIDE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
India has more than 285 million city dwellers even though the rate of urbanization is among the lowest in the world. The percentage of urban dwellers in India keeps increasing from 10.8 % in 1901, to 17.3% in 1951 and 25.7 % in 1991. Rural urban migration and high demographic natural increase in cities will further increase the proportion to more than 50 percent of the total population by 2020. Fresh water sources are being heavily exploited to meet the demands of urban populace. Almost all cities depending on ground water are faced with the rapid depletion of their water tables. As surface water sources fail to meet rising demands, groundwater is tapped, often to unsustainable levels. Over exploitation of ground water in coastal cities has led to salinity intrusion into the coastal aquifers. Unplanned and uncontrolled extraction of ground water has disturbed the hydrogeological balance, leading to decline in productivity of wells, rise in energy requirement and deterioration in quality of water. Over the years, increase in the urban population of Bangalore has led to a spurt in the growth of residential buildings. With massive concreting and asphalting of ground areas, the soil exposed to rainwater infiltration has decreased leading to drastic fall in the ground water table and disappearance of open wells. In the last 30 years Bangalore has experienced five years of severe drought and three years of moderate drought. The quest for water has resulted in over exploitation of ground water. On an average ground water level has progressively declined by 10 meters between 1978 and 2003. Consequent to all this, the quantity of runoff water in storm drains has increased tremendously. With the people from all over rushing to make Bangalore their home, water resources are drying up fast. With no perennial water resources close by, the city has witnessed the disappearance of lakes and many housing colonies coming up under dried lake beds. During heavy rains the rainwater starts accumulating in these low lying areas, flooding them. Water harvesting means to understand the value of rain, and to make optimum use of rainwater at the place where it falls. Rainwater harvesting is all about conserving this water, thereby supplementing the present supply. There are many methods of flood mitigation; an effort has been made to reduce the surface runoff during rains by directing the runoff from roof tops into borewell to recharge the ground water in a way reducing water entering the storm water drains. Rain harvesting is a viable solution for increasing our water security. The annual rainfall over India is computed to be 1170mm, higher than global average of 800 mm. This rainfall occurs during short spells of high intensity. Because of such intensities and short duration of heavy rain, most of it falling on the ground surface flows away rapidly, leaving very little for the recharge of ground water. This results in lack of water even for domestic uses. Thus there is need to ensure that the rain falling over a region is tapped as fully as possible through water harvesting, either recharging into the ground water aquifer or storing it for direct use.
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Benefits of rain water harvesting; 1. Environment friendly and easy approach for water requirements. 2. Rainwater harvesting is an ideal solution for water requirements in areas having inadequate water resources. 3. Increases ground water level, and improve ground water quality. 4. Mitigates the effects of drought. 5. Reduces surface runoff, which other wise flood storm water drains . 6. Reduces flooding of roads and low lying areas. 7. Reduces soil erosion. 8. Cost effective and easy to maintain. 9. Reduces water and electricity bills. The city of Bangalore is primarily dependent on river Cauvery which is about 95 Km away and 500m below Bangalore. While there is a stress on centralised piped supply of water to the city, surface water bodies like lakes and tanks, which were traditional sources of supply, are on a steep decline. A conservative estimate puts the number of borewells in Bangalore at around one lakh. Generally ground water in shallow wells is polluted; ground water levels are falling due to heavy extraction and the absence of rechargable aquifers. Infact several deep borewells have run dry, rainwater harvesting is the perfect solution, because Bangalore is ideally suited with 1. Good geological structure with its weathered mantle. 2. Good physical and chemical properties of the soil. 3. Terrain with its undulating landscapes. 4. Drainage with its radial pattern 5. Innumerable number of lakes & water bodies scattered all over the city. Rainwater harvesting is a simple, technically feasible and economically affordable option. The college has two borewells; one is located at the backyard of B block with a depth of 350 feet. It is connected to a reciprocating pump, it used to give an effective yeild for half an hour and then would go dry. It has been numbered as borewell 1. Borewell 2 is located in the backyard of C block with a depth of 400 feet and connected with a submersible pump of 7.5 HP. This is the main lifeline of the college and has been meeting the water demands from the past 7 years with an average consumption of 7000 litres per day. The total hardness of water was 110mg/l which is very much below the standard of 300mg/l prescribed by IS 10500 1991. Hence the ground water is soft with a neutral pH. The quality of water is suitable for drinking. The Institution has tried to improve its water resources by drilling five more bore wells for more than 450 feet. Unfortunately all have failed and the Institution was left with only one permanent source of water. During the summers of 2003 and 2004, the college had faced severe shortage of water. All conventional ways of harnessing water have failed. Therefore rain water harvesting have been thought of as a feasible and viable solution. Initially two blocks have been selected, the Bblock and C block. because of their close proximity to borewells. A completely new approach in design had to be adopted because of the following constraints. 62
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1. As land costs are very high and college cannot devote separate plot for rainwater harvesting activity. 2. The college cannot afford to construct large sumps for storage of rainwater. 3. Purchase of commercial filters was economically not feasible. 4. An easy to operate with practically no maintenance system would be more appropriate. The Set Up; For borewell 1 the length of the block is more than 275 feet and 12 storm water pipes were present. By giving a good gradient a 4 dia PVC pipe was connected to all pipes at a height of 10 feet above the ground. For three pipes near the collection end a 6 dia PVC pipe was fixed so as to avoid bursting of pipe, when rainwater from all pipes goes near collection point. These pipes were given a drop in the infiltration well. Infiltration well of Bblock; ( As shown in the figure) The height of infiltration well is 15 feet with 10 feet above ground level and 5 feet below ground. A 36dia RCC well rings were used. After preparation of ground below 5 feet, a ring was lowered and 40-mm dia coarse aggregates were filled for a 2 feet depth. A 2.5 dia hole was drilled on the outer casing of the borewell at a depth of 5 feet below the ground. A porous pipe of 3 feet length was fabricated, a 2.5 dia PVC main pipe was taken and four wings were attached two on either sides giving an angle of 450 to the wings. The ends of the wings were closed using an end cap. A number of holes were drilled on the wings and main pipe. This porous pipe was then fixed to the outer casing of the borewell. The next ring was lowered and the joints between them were sealed and 40-mm coarse aggregate was carefully laid on porous pipe for a depth of 2 feet. The next layer, a 20mm-dia coarse aggregate was filled for a depth of 2 feet and as the rings are also fixed. For the third layer a 12mm dia coarse aggregate for 2 feet depth and coarse sand for 2 feet depth was also laid. In order to protect the sand from the turbulence of rainwater two layers of 40-mm dia coarse aggregate was laid on sand. Almost 8 feet is left for rainwater to be stored and allow for filtration, a free board of 1feet is also left and an over flow pipe is also connected to the borewell. If the rainwater fills the tank the excess water can be directly left into the borewell, as this overflowing water will be relatively clean and does not require filtration. Care has been taken to avoid leakage and all the joints of the rings have been sealed. The outer surface has been given a good waterproof plaster. Infiltration well for borewell 2; The infiltration well for borewell 2 has been constructed on the same lines as for borewell 1, but with minor changes. The infiltration well has been constructed over the ground and 5 feet away from the borewell. The filtered rainwater will enter the bore well through a pipe connected from 63
the porous pipe of the infiltration well. Cost Analysis; Daily consumption of water = 7000l/day, Monthly consumption = 2,10,000l/ month, Tariff of BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board) = above 1,00,000 litre is Rs 60 per kilolitre. Cost of water per month = Rs 12,600/ - Annual cost of water if delivered by BWSSB = Rs 1,51,200/= From Meterological data of Bangalore City, annual water harvesting potential from the two blocks = 8,36,100 litres/year . Assuming 10 % losses, Net water recharged into borewells = 7,52,490 approximately 7.5 lakh litres/year. Cost of this water @ Rs 60 per kilo litre = Rs 45,000/= Hence a saving of Rs 45,000 per year in water bill to the College. Amount invested in setting up Rainwater harvesting system; Masonry Costs Rs 16,000/- Plumbing Costs Rs 14,000/- Total Rs 30,000 This amount can be recovered with in a year in form of savings done on water bill. The project has met with very good success, due to heavy rains this year both the borewells have been recharged and the college has no scarcity of water this year, and we hope with a few more seasons a permanent solution for water shortage might be obtained. Figure of Infiltration Well and photograph of porous pipe with its position in the Bore well.
Syed Abu Sayeed Mohammed Senior Lecturer - Department of Basic Sciences & Engineering and Prof. Sanaulla P.F Professor & HeadDepartment of Basic Sciences & Engineering
POLLUTION IN CITIES
Musheer Ahmed .S
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establishments in cities are throwing up huge amount of abnoxious fumes in the air. Besides this, aerosols, cement dust, gases from manholes, smog, smoke released by vehicles, etc., also pollute the air. Over the years, air pollution has increased rapidly thus resulting in a simultaneous rise in various deadly diseases. Like air, pure drinking water is also necessary for healthy survival of humanity. When factories discharge their toxic and acidic wastes, flowing towards the outskirts of various cities, they corrode the pipelines in which they are flowing. This leads to leakage of wastes under the ground water flowing towards the heart of the city. This drinking water, being highly polluted and poisonous is responsible for death of thousands of people. Noise pollution in almost all major cities has been reported to be the cause of metabolic disorders hearing disorders, thus affecting the nervous system which sometimes leads to madness. Nonbiodegradable pollution such as plastics, are highly poisonous and create havoc that is potentially eternal. Plastic products are used in almost all the daily chores of urban people. These plastics when dumped in the ground or water, do not disintegrate and instead block fresh air from entering the soil. Infact, the recycled plastics which are in common use in the markets today, are more catastrophic to the environment than many other pollutants. Although plastic bags have been banned in various big cities, but people still use them due to the lack of such a handy alternative. We have to make a permanent shift from polybags to paper or jute bags. In cities, a rat race for development is going on among the people, ignoring the cost at which it is being achieved. Man has always contested against the nature and won dishonestly. But the time has come for man to realise that the cost of development by going against the nature is exorbitant enough to put human race under an unpayable debt. The all free gifts of nature are available to us in infinite quantity and at the same time eco friendly. And we must remember whatever we destroy cannot be replaced by us nor can nature replenish it. SUCCESS Dream more Think high Analyse twice Choose the best Plan perfect Be confident Work hard Execute well Then SUCCESS IS YOURS Arafath .A.K VI Sem - ME 64
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A mans invaluable wealth is the GodGifted Nature; all other riches are nothing before it. It is said that, No bird fouls its own nest. But it is not true in the case of his deleterious deeds just for some petty gains. Now, our planet is suffering the consequences of mans greed in the form of natural disasters all over the globe by experiencing cyclones, global warming, extinction of rare species, etc., caused by global pollution in the atmosphere due to ozone depletion, water pollution, etc. Pure air is a gift of divine, a prerequisite for healthy living. Industrial
A TEACHER FOR ALL SEASON

A teacher is like spring, Who nurtures new green sprouts, Encourages and leads them, Whenever they have doubts. A teacher is like summer, Whose sunny temperament, Makes studying a pleasure, Preventing discontent. A teacher is like fall, With methods crisp and clear, Lessons of bright colours, And happy atmosphere. A teacher is like winter, While its snowing hard outside, Keeping students comfortable, As a warm and helpful quide. Teacher, you do all these things, With a pleasant attitude, You are a teacher for all seasons And you have my gratitude.
Subiya Tabassum VIIIth CSE
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I know not what Third World War will be fought with. But surely the Fourth World War will be fought with Sticks and Stones These were the words of the Great Albert Einstein after he saw the destruction caused by the Second World War. War, without doubt is the most dreadful disease on earth. It wipes out races, destroys generations together. The meaning of war is completely changed. It is not a kingdom against kingdom, but Nations against Nations. Mind you I said Nations against Nations. We see broken bridges, empty streets, dead silence, earth craving for life, burning houses, smoke bellowing everywhere, mothers crying, children dying in lakhs, leaving behind a trash of dead who have no body for burial rites to be performed by, a trench of diseases with not many left to be affected by. What good if even some survive. They survive with fear in them. Not knowing which bullet is going to strike them, which bomb are they going to fall prey for. Those painful eyes looking at every stranger, wandering all over just for sake of one friendly look at them. Is this the kind of life we want to lead? Of course not. There is fast development in Science & Technology. Scientists all over are making attempts to find other planets where life can exist. Why go so far when God has given you the best place EARTH to live on. It looks like a blue pearl .. went on Edgar Mitchell describing Earth from outer space. Before these words become history or begin to contradict themselves, let us join hands, do our bit, come to common terms with all other Nations and MAKE EARTH A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE ON. M.A. Khyum VI Sem ECE
T H O U G H T S - F O R - F R I E N D S
- If at any time your life is like a candle in the wind then I will put my hands around you so that all burns are mine and all light is yours its my promise. - Dont love a friend like a flower because flower dies in an hour. Love them like a river because a river flows forever. - Every failure is a lesson well-learned, every success is a battle well-fought and every friend is a jewel well-kept in ones heart. - Keep the lamp of friendship burning with oil of love because sun rises in east and sets in west but friendship rises in heart and sets after death. - Make a heart that never breaks, make a smile that never fails, make a touch that never pains and make a friendship that never ends. - Friendship is like an Onion, it has many layers in it and it will add taste to your life but if you try to cut it, you will have tears in your life. - Loving what you get is compromise, getting what you love is success, loving without caring whether you will get or not is true love and loving even after knowing that you wont get is pure love. - Friendship is not about finding the right person but creating the right relation, its not how much we care in the beginning but how much we care till the end. - Life is like a pleasure greet it with smile, friendship like a treasure keep it bright all the time. - Friendship is silent gift of nature, more old more strong, more deep more clear, more close more warm, more fight more love, less words more understanding. - Birth is the start of life, beauty is the art of life, mystery and risk are part of life, but true friends are heart of life. P.R. Harshavardhan VI Sem -CSE 65
THE RAIN
Significantly less postoperative bleeding Quicker recovery time More likely to completely destroy right adrenal tumors Shorter operative time Technically easier procedure for surgeon In the ferret, adrenal disease is the most common problem we face, with an incidence of up to 70%. The two adrenal glands are small oval shaped organs, which are present in the abdomen, in front of each kidney. Adrenal disease is the result of adrenal tumors and hyperplasia, which produce an excess of hormones (estrogen and testosterone). It is this excess of hormones which result in the symptoms we see from this chronic, debilitating disease.
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(University of Tenn., School of Veterinary Medicine), which includes three different hormone levels, are frequently elevated. Radiographic findings are usually inconclusive and ultrasound can pick up the enlarged adrenals in about 50% of the cases. The treatment of choice for this condition is surgery, removing the abnormal adrenal(s). This surgery, particularly when the right adrenal gland is involved, is technically difficult since the right adrenal gland normally is attached to the vena cava (the largest vein in the body). Right adrenal tumors, as a result, are difficult to completely remove and can be associated with postoperative bleeding. Cryosurgery is the freezing of tissue with liquid nitrogen, intending to kill the cells, which are frozen. Cryosurgery has been used, in human medicine, for decades for the removal of skin tumors, and has been used more recently to destroy many other tumors including tumors of the liver, breast, prostate and adrenal. One of the many potential benefits of cryosurgery is decreased bleeding, less intraoperative time, a quicker recovery and a technically easier procedure. Cryosurgery has been shown to be very safe, even when used on tumors adjacent to large vessels. Dr Weiss has used cryosurgery to treat over 35 cases, with excellent results. Having performed hundreds of traditional adrenalectomies, it is easy to see the tremendous advantages of cryosurgery, particularly when the right adrenal gland is involved. This new technique offers the ferret surgeon many potential advantages over traditional adrenalectomy, and may someday be the technique of choice to treat adrenal tumors in the future. Studies are currently underway to compare adrenal cryosurgery and traditional adrenalectomy in the ferret with adrenal disease.
There are many symptoms present in ferrets with adrenal disease. Of these symptoms, there are three which are almost diagnostic when present alone or in combination, including alopecia (hair loss), an enlarged vulva and return to male sexual behavior. Ferrets with one or more of these symptoms are almost certain to have adrenal disease. Although the hair loss generally begins on the tail and base of the tail, the tops of the rear feet and over the shoulder blades, it can occur anywhere on the ferrets body. An enlarged vulva occurs in about 50% of the female ferrets afflicted with this disease. The vulva, located just below the anus, can become quite large. Secondary urinary tract infections can occur as a result of the enlarged vulva due to the pooling of urine. Return to male sexual behavior can occur in neutered male ferrets as a result of elevated testosterone levels. This behavior can include trying to mount a female spayed or another male ferret, or aggression toward other ferrets or rarely toward people. Other symptoms, which occur as a result of this disease, include lethargy, muscle loss, pruritis and straining to urinate (as a result of an enlarged prostate due to elevated testosterone levels). Diagnosis is made at surgery finding one or both enlarged adrenal glands. A adrenal profile
The land was dry And the Earth was cracking Water was lacking And the drought was starting The plants were dying And the animals were thirsting. But a drop of water was not to be seen And the people would say the blessing called Rain Has gone away. The rain was pouring And the streets were full of water The flood was starting And the animals were drowning And the plants were dying But water was all that could be seen. And the people would say the curse called Rain Has come to stay. Is Rain a Blessing or a Curse? The answer lies untold in the world we live in. Vino Varghese Thomas II Sem Computer Science & Engineering
Mr. Harish .A VI Sem Medical Electronics
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Mohammed Faheem Abdul IV Sem Medical Electronics SONET was developed in the United States through ANSI T1X1.5 committee. ANSI work commenced in 1985 with the CCITT (now ITU) initiating a standardization effort in 1986. The US wanted a data rate close to 50Mbps. But the Europeans wanted the data rate to be around 150 Mbps. A compromise was reached and the US data rates were made subset of ITU specification, known formally as Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH). SONET/SDH networks are configured as linear networks, where SONET/ SDH nodes knows as Add Drop Multiplexers (ADMs) are hooked together in a line as shown in figure-1. There may be two or four fibers between the two consecutive ADMs with one set serving as protection or back up. Add/drop multiplexers (ADMs) are places where traffic enters and leaves. The traffic can be at various levels in the SONET/ SDH hierarchy (see Table-1). We will learn more about ADMs later. Figure-1 case, circuitry translates specific SDH information into its SONET equivalent & vice versa. SONET/SDH Rates: The SONET frame in its electrical nature is called Synchronous Transport Signal-level N (STS-N). The SDH equivalent is called Synchronous Transport Module level N (STM-N). After conversion into optical pulses it is known as Optical Carrier level N. The line rates for different levels of SONET and SDH signals are shown in Table-1 below. Table-1:
Also SONET network elements can receive signals from a variety of facilities such as DS1, DS3, ATM, Internet, and LAN/MAN/WAN. They can also receive signals from a variety of network topologies. In addition SDH signals my also be connected with a SONET and vice versa. In this
JOB INTERVIEW Reaching the end of a job interview, the HR person asked the young engineer fresh out of MIT, And what starting salary were you looking for? The engineer said, In the neighbourhood of $ 75,000 a year, depending on the benefits package. The HR person said, Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental matching retirement fund to 50% of salary and a company car leased every 2 years, say, a red corvette? The engineer sat up straight and said, Wow!!! Are you kidding? The HR person said, certainly, . But you started it.
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I DO NOT WANT TO TEACH I DO NOT WANT TO ATTEND CLASSES

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understood the matter. More than 50% students do not attend the classes on the dates of Tutorial examinations in the college. They do not prepare timely. Besides unmotivated student, the teachers are to teach a syllabus in which they do not have any role while fram-ing it. The teachers hardly get any feedback on their teaching. The teachers suggestion to the pupils to read good textbooks and reference books is not followed. Even if a teacher wants to teach the full syllabus, the students are interested only in some selected chapters. Some students are found biased to some teachers due to some personal liking or disliking or due to some un-known, hidden background. The students hardly come into personal contact with the teachers for academic discussions except, some times, in extra curricular activities. College libraries are often very poor, there is no sit-ting arrangement for teacher as a result of which they sit in the staff room, which is the center of different types of un-academic casual talk. The syllabus is backdated and is devoid of repopulated content. There is no good staff quarter for accommodate, within or near the Campus so as not to lose time for conveyances etc. Classrooms are not well lighted and ventilated. Most of the students are undisciplined. It is not that all the above reasons are true to every teacher and every student. I want to become a good student, but now I do not like to attend some classes because: The size of the classroom is rather very big with more than 350 students. The teachers do not record the presence of some students correctly in the attendance register, flowering the correct lines; some times big class absent students are marked present and present students are marked absent. After completion of Roll call, the teacher gets little time for academic discussion during a 45 minutes period. The teacher is found unreasonably biased and partial to some students. The teacher has his own Coaching Centers outside the college. Students reading in the Coaching Centers get preference over others from the teacher who coaches. The teacher does not come prepared and utters some words in the class. His utterances being monotonous create no impetus. His teaching is not thought provoking in the class; the teacher distributes some second hand notes, which are poor in quality and content. The appearance and behaviour of the teacher is not attractive. The teacher cannot explain the problem. The teacher is not at all aware of modern trends. The teacher does not attend the college regularly Required number of books are not available in the library. There is no good reading room where a student can sit during off period. Class mates do not mix. The examination system is defective and generates frustrations. Hostel accommodation is not available. Economic conditions are not congenial. Poor health conditions and economic condition do not allow higher studies. Job opportunities are very very less. Subjects taken up are not as per expectations. The contents of syllabus are not upto expectation level It is not that all the above reasons are true to every student and every teacher. 68
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I want to act as a good teacher but at present I do not want to teach because: Some classes are too big, sometimes having more than 350 students. It is impossible to mark the presence of 350 students in the attendance register and also to give instruction within 45 minutes. Different students are present in the class on different days. Very few students attend the college on all the teach-ing days. Large number of students are found inattentive and enter the classroom very late. Some of the students are found not interested in learn-ing but interested only in acquiring paper degrees. Most of the students come without any book. 50% of the students attend Coaching Centers which have different types of teaching learning activities and which create different temperaments among the learners.
Some students prefer to attend coaching centers than to attend the classes during college hours. Some of the students could not follow what the teach-ers teach. Those students do not raise their difficulties, as they do not want to expose themselves to other students who they think have
QUEST 2006
ENGINEERS Vs MANAGERS
A group of managers were given the assignment to measure the height of a flagpole. So they go out to the flagpole with ladders and tape measures and they are falling off the ladders, dropping the tape measures the whole thing is just a mess. An engineer comes along and sees what they are trying to do, walks over, pulls the flagpole out of the ground, lays it flat, measures it from end to end, gives the measurement to one of the managers and walks away. After the engineer has gone, one manager turns to another and laughs. Isnt that just like an engineer, we are looking for the height and he gives us the length. _______________________________________________________ A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts. Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I dont know where I am. The man below says, Yes you are in a hot air balloon moving approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude and between 58 and 60 degrees W. latititude. You must be an engineer! says the Balloonist. I am, replied the man, How did you know? Well, says the Balloonist, Everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and fact is I am still lost. The man below says, You must be a manager! I am, replies the Balloonist, But how did you know? Well, says the Engineer, You dont know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise, which you have no idea how to keep and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow, my fault. Shalini Sharma VI Sem - ECE
BEGIN WITH END IN MIND

Begin with end in mind is based on the principle that all the things are created twice. One is mental creation and other is physical creation. Take an example of construction of a house; we will collect details of each and everything even before putting the first brick of the house. Another example is if we are planning to go on a tour we will arrange all the necessary things well before we start. We plan everything because we dont want to get any surprise in the middle. It is very unfortunate that most of us forget to plan the most important journey called LIFE. Do not try to give a chance to regret that I couldnt do anything yesterday .Plan your work and do it perfectly. Because PAST IS HISTORY, FUTURE IS MYSTERY and PRESENT IS REALITY. Dear friends let us realize this truth and BEGIN WITH END IN MIND. Arafath .A.K VI Sem - ME 69
Attitude is a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways. This is a very formal definition. But it means much much more. This one word can change lives. The only true disability in life is a bad attitude. Two people can experience the same event but react in totally different ways, and that reaction makes all the difference in the world. We cannot change, prevent, or delete many of the Events that happen in life, but we do have control over our Reaction. and that is critical. Our reaction will give the Outcome of celebration or desperation. It may not have been your choice to get knocked down, but it is your choice whether or not you try to get back up. Three elements determines your Reaction The first element is BELIEF. If we have the right beliefs, and if we believe in the right things, we will be on the road to a life of celebration unfortunately, some people just dont get it. They believe in the wrong things. Perhaps the best example is a saying scratched on the wall of a basement in Germany. It was found after World War II, placed there by some unknown Jew who was hiding from the Nazis. He wrote: I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I do not feel it. I believe in God even when He is silent. He or she was living a life of celebration when most people would have thought it impossible to do so. It was a matter of BELIEF. The second element that determines your life of celebration or desperation is FOCUS. An old ditty says it this way:
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As you go through life, brother, whatever be your goal, Keep your eye upon the doughnut, And not upon the hole! People who focus on the hole are the same people who live a life of desperation. Its like one person who was sent to a seminar by his company. The trip was paid by the employer; the hotel was very nice, and the training was excellent. But this persons only comment about the entire experience was the fact that the chairs in the training room were uncomfortable. Im sure they were. But his focus on the uncomfortable chairs kept him from celebrating the rest of the trip. Or as one person said, its better to grow through your experiences than simply go through them. Theres a lesson in every experience, and if you focus on that, youll be in much better shape The third determining element is VISION. Whereas as focus deals with what you see in the present, vision deals with what you see in the future. Those who live lives of desperation only see doom and gloom in the future. You cannot climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts. We at certain instance become prophets, Prophesize our failure and then start, ultimately our prophesy will come true. We need to have a promising vision and a positive attitude. Happiest people dont necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. BELIEF, FOCUS, and VISION will give you a life of celebration instead of desperation. It is your attitude, more than your aptitude that will determine your altitude. Smitha Kurian Lecturer - Dept of CSE
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Some GOLDEN Quotes

Do not do to others what You would not like yourself. Then there will be No resentment against You, either in the family Or in the state. Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would Find hurtful. What is hateful to you, Do not do to your Fellow man.this is the entire Law; all the Rest is commentary. Regard your neighbours gain as your gain, And your neighbors Loss as your own loss. Love is not a matter of Getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always Having what you want, On always being Satisfied, on always Being fulfilled, makes Love impossible. We need lots of love to Forgive, but we need Much more humility to Ask for forgiveness.
INDESCRIBABLEFEELING
It is like the laughter of a child So soft yet so wild It is like the whisper of the river Which has something to say yet not so clear It is like a thorned flower It pricks yet you want to hold it forever It is as mystical as the mountain air You can see it but you still know its there Its unexplainable with no logic Its that feeling you get in your heart greater than any magic Its bigger than the sky Its that feeling you get when you close your eye Its that feeling that cannot be completely described Writer, part, artist all have tried Its that exact feeling I have in my heart From which I havent been able to move apart It is this feeling that wakes me up in the night And keeps me day dreamingly the light Susheel William K II Sem ME
Everyone makes Blunders. Only the Spiritually inclined Can turn them into Knowledge for progress. Spiritual Advancement Comes from improving Ones behavior. Comes from learning from Ones mistakes. Mistakes are wonderful Opportunities to learn. - Bodhinatha Veylanawami Errors like straws upon The surface flow: Who Would search for pearls Must dive below. -John Dryden Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. - Steve Jobs Try and fail, but dont fail to try. - Stephen Kaggwa Compiled by Arafath .A.K VI Sem - ME 71
I DONT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL! Mom goes to sons room to wake him up. Okay, son, time to wake up! Time for school! Son, in a surly mood says, I dont want to go to school! Mother insists, You must, son, now come one! Son Replies, I dont want to go! The kids all make fun of me. They hit me. They throw things at me! I dont want to go! Mother says gently, Son, you know you have to go to school. Why do I have to go to school? Mother replies, because you are the PRINCIPAL! GREAT WRITER There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a good writer. When asked to define great he said, I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger! He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages. Shalini Sharma VI Sem ECE
No amount of experimentation can Ever prove me right; A single experiment Can prove wrong. - Albert Einstein
BECOME AN ASSET AT WORK
Uzma Tabassum VI Sem CSE
With Human Resource (HR) itself acquiring new dimensions and roles in a work environment, parameters that matter for qualifying in interviews are also undergoing a sea change. A competitive corporate world now views a good candidate as an assent, rather than a mere resources and this has led to the HR heads looking out for factors like confidencelevel, good communication skills, how the candidate values his / her job, what the stability of candidate in the company, how capable the candidateis of handling stress, how good a team player he / she and above all, does the candidate have a positive attitude? The following attributes can help an interview, both an experienced and inexperienced, to perform well in an interview: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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If you have a right attitude, you have it all. Be career oriented. Dont say yes when you want to say no. Value your job, even before you get it. Be a team player, show human spirit. Always update your skills. Good communication skills Wear a smile too. Be confident even if you are rejecting something.
10. Always ask questions.
BILL GATES & ST. PETER
So Bill went to Hell. It was beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear waters and lots of bikini clad women running around, playing in the water, laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining, the temperature perfect. He was very pleased. This is great! he told St. Peter. If this is hell, I really want to see heaven! Fine, said St. Peter, and off they went. Heaven was a place high in the clouds, with angels drifting about, playing harps and singing. It was nice, but not as enticing as Hell. Bill thought for a quick minute, and rendered his decision. Hmmm. I think I would prefer Hell, he told St. Peter.
Bill Gates dies in a car accident. He finds himself in purgatory, being sized up by St. Peter. Well, Bill, I am really confused on this call; I am not sure whether to send you to heaven or hell. After all, you enormously helped society by putting a computer in almost every home in America, yet you also created that ghastly Windows95. I am going to do something I have never done before in your case; I am going to let you decide where you want to go. Bill replied, Well, whats the difference between the two? St. Peter said, I am willing to let you visit both places briefly if it will help your decision. Fine, but where should I go first? I will leave that up to you. Okay then, said Bill, Lets try Hell first 72
Fine, restorted St. Peter, as you desire So Bill Gates went to Hell. 2 weeks later, St. Peter decided to check on the late billionaire to see how he was doing in Hell. When he got there, he found Bill, shackled to a wall, screaming amongst hot flames in dark caves, being burned and tortured by demons. Hows everything going? he asked Bill. Bill responded, his voice filled with anguish and disappointment, This is awful! This is nothing like the Hell I visited 2 weeks ago! I cant believe this is happening! What happened to that other place, with the beautiful beaches, the scantity clad women playing in the water? That was a demo replied St. Peter. Shalini Sharma VI Sem ECE
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MOTTOS FOR SUCCESS
1. You cant change the past, but the future is what you make it, starting right now. Take full advantage of the present. 2. Knowledge is knowing facts; wisdom is knowing what to do with the facts you know. 3. People dont plan to fail, they just fail to plan. 4. Happiness is not something you have in your hands; it is something you carry in your heart. 5. Dont look at the low points in your life as defeats, but as opportunities to make progress. 6. Rumors are like a cheque; dont endorse it until youre sure its genuine. 7. There is much to discover throughout life, but you will always find that the most profound truths, the greatest beauty, and the most outstanding wisdom are simple. 8. Be bold in what you stand for, but careful in what you fall for. 9. Years wrinkle the skin but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. 10. Yesterday is a cancelled cheque; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have so spend it wisely. 11. Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God. 12. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. 13. LIFEISNOWHERE, just a beautiful way to say life is the way you look at it. 14. Moon glows for a night, candle for an hour and matchstick for a minute but a good moment of a day remains in heart forever. 15. Life is piano, white keys represents happiness, black keys represents sorrows but only when you go through the white and black keys you hear the music of life. 16. Successes is a wonderful thing, but never underestimate the value of failure, failure teaches many more things from success ever can. 17. X is impossible for God, X is above God, if you eat X you will die, X is important than love and X is a seven letter word. (Ans: Nothing) 18. The best cosmetics in life are truth for the lips, pity for the eyes, charity for the hands, smile for the face and love for the heart. Make life beautiful. 19. Past is Xperience, present is Xperiment, future is Xpectation, so use the Xperience in your Xperiment for your Xpectation to come true. 20. Best age is courage, best mile is smile, best stand is understand, best end is friend, best day is everyday, so enjoy everyday as a good day.
P.R. Harshavardhan VI Sem - CSE
THE CAR
There are 3 engineers in a car, an electrical engineer, chemical engineer and a Microsoft engineer. Suddenly the car stops by the side of the road and the three engineers look at each other wondering what could be wrong. The Electrical Engineer suggests stripping down the electronics of the car and trying to trace where a fault might have occurred. The Chemical Engineer, not knowing much about cars, suggests that may be the fuel is becoming emulsified and getting blocked somewhere. Then the Microsoft Engineer, not knowing about anything, comes up with a suggestion, Why dont we close all the windows, get out, get back in, open the windows again, and may be it will work! Farha Aman VI Sem CSE 73
The father of the pink flamingo (the plastic lawn ornament) was Don Featherstone of Massachusetts. He designed the pink flamingo in 1957. Today, Featherstone is president and part owner of the company that sells an average of 500,000 plastic pink flamingos a year. It can take a deepsea clam about 100 years to reach 0.3 inch length. The clam is among the slowest growing, yet longest living species on the planet Earth. Despite mans fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that nonrabid wolf ever attacked a human. It is the female lion who does more than 90% of the hunting. There is no such thing as naturally blue food, even blueberries are purple. The song, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU was originally written by sisters Mildred and Patty Hill as GOOD MORNING TO YOU. The words were changed and became popular as the birthday song in 1935. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Sixyear olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults laugh only 15100 times a day. A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 k into the atmosphere. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore garments made with thin threads of beaten gold. The clouds on venus are made of deadly sulphuric acid. Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna. George Washington had teeth made out of Hippopotamus ivory. Half of the 42 US Presidents are of Irish descent. The 20th President of the United States, James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red vineyard at Arles. An average person spends six years of his life dreaming.
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There are 1,42,000 recognised species of moths and scientists estimate that there are thousands more yet to be discovered. Englands Stonehenge is 1500 years older than Romes colosseum. A box of baking soda is your fridge will keep things smelling fresh. All fridges contain some bacteria, but usually it is not enough to hurt you. Eskimos use igloos to keep their food from freezing. The temperature inside a fridge is about 42oF. A dolphin sheds its outer layer of skin every two hours. About 90% of all diseases are caused or complicated by stress. A barn swallow may cover 600 miles while hunting for food. Hermback whales can live up to the age of 95 years. The word novel is derived from the Latin, novus, meaning new. The first novel sold through a vending machine at the Paris Metro was Murder on the Orient Express The elephant is the national animal of Thailand. Sumerians invented writing in the 4th century BC. The first history book The Great Universal History was published by RashidEddin of Persia in 1311. Like sprouted seeds contain more nourishment, a mind sprouting with ideas produces more. The smallest book in the world is Chekovs Chameleon, which measures 0.9 by 0.9mm. The book has 30 pages and three colour illustrations and is not much larger than a grain of salt. J.P. Morgan, the American billionaire brought the white star line in 1902, for his international company Marine Corp of New Jersey. The company took 10 years to build the Titanic. Therefore, even though she had a British crew, Titanic was technically an American ship. Morgan was supposed to be on the illfated ship for its first and only voyage, but he had to cancel his trip at the last minute. There are odour technicians in the perfume trade with olfactory skills to distinguish 20,000 odours at 20 levels of intensity. Onethird of the total amount of gold mined in the world annually is consumed by India. The oldest European church and synagogue in India are found in Cochin, Kerala. They were built in 1503 & 1568 respectively.
Einstein could not speak fluently even when he was nine years old. His parents thought he might by retarded. Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the worlds oxygen supply. According to singer, Altaf Raja, his mother named him after the alphonso mango. Cocacola was first served in Atlanta, USA (Jacobs Pharmacy) in 1886 for only 5 cents a glass. The formula for cocacola was created by a pharmacist, John Pemberton. The sweets least harmful to the teeth are pies, plain cakes and doughnuts. The Hollywood film Sound of Music inspired the Indian filmmaker Gulzar to direct a Hindi film in 1972, Parichay, starring Jeetendra & Jaya Bhaduri. Raj Kapoors Mera Naam Joker was inspired by a similar autobiographical film, limelight by Charlie Chaplin. There have been about 30 films made at or about Alcatraz the now closed federal prison island in San Francisco Bay Area, California. Unlike humans, canaries (a kind of birds) can regenerate their brain cells. Each year insects eat one third of the earths food crop. California condors (vultures) can fly to miles without flapping their wings. Cats can make over 1000 different vocal sounds, dogs can make only about 10. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. Walt Disneys first cartoon character was called Oswald, the Rabbit. Mickey Mouse is known as Topolino in Italy. Every year, 5,00,00,000 automobiles are produced in the world. In the United States, approximately 135 million cars travel everyday on the streets, roads and highways. Australias national anthem is called Advance Australia Fair Sanskrit is considered the mother of all languages. As it is the most precise language. It is the most suitable language for computer software. Sleeping in the foetal position allows the body to experience the best blood circulation.
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a) The lightest man in the world is only 13kgs and 3 feet tall.
b) The Great Wall of China is the only man made object that can be seen from the Moon.
c) The Great Bell of London weighs about 219 tonnes.
d) An Indian from Punjab had a Moustache which was about 4 mtrs in length. e) In the world 5000 different languages are there, of which 800 are from India.
1) 2) 3) 4)
There are at least 10 capacitors. Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it does not work. Not everything works according to the specs in the databook. Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it, except the complex math, which you will never use. Engineering is like having an 8:00AM class and a late afternoon lab everyday for the rest of your life. Overtime pay? What overtime pay? Managers, not engineers, rule the world. Always try to fix the hardware with software. If you like junk food, caffeine and allnighters, go into software. Dilbert is not a comic strip, its a documentary. Shalini Sharma
5) f) Prem Nazir, a Malayalam actor acted in some 900 films, a Guinness record.
6) 7) 8) 9)
g) Alam Ara was the first talkie film released in Bombay Talkies in 1941. Syed Abid .C.S Attender, Library
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DEFINING STATEMENTS
AN ABSENT MINDED PERSON: A person who stands in front of mirror for hours trying to recollect where he had seen that person before and finally remembers that it was in the same place. BOSS: Some one who is early when you are late and late when you are early. CIGARETTE: A little bit of tobacco rolled in a paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other. CRIMINAL: A guy no different from the rest . except that he got caught. DICTIONARY: The only place where success comes before work. DOCTOR: A person who kills your ills by pills and kills you with his bills. ETC: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do. EXPERIENCE: The name everyone gives to their mistakes.
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Coca-Cola was originally green. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.sws The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard ! Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. It is impossible to lick your elbow. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground,the person died of natural causes. Question - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser,printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women. Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Ans. - Honey A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. A snail can sleep for three years. Butterflies taste with their feet. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match box. Most lipstick contains fish scales. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. Govindraj .R VI Sem CSE
LIFE INSURANCE: Something that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die rich. POLITICIAN: One who shakes your hand before the elections and your confidence after. PROVERB: A short sentence based on a long experience. SMILE: A curve that can get lot of things straight. SPOUSE: Someone who will stand by you through all the trouble you wouldnt have had if you stayed single. TEARS: The hydraulic force by which masculine will power is defeated by feminine water power. Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth. Treesa .C.J VI Sem ISE
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The Support Staff with Administrator and Principal
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