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Volume 2 Number 3
Students should
aim at
entrepreneurship
- Dr. C. Xavier
Public-private
teaming
is the need
Minister's suggestion for
expanding higher education
By Mark Nathan ship (PPP) mode. Regretting
that only eight to nine per
Expressing concern over cent of the college population
the poor enrolment ratio of was entering higher educa-
students in higher education, tion, Mr. Jairam Ramesh said
Union Minister of State for this was too small when com-
Commerce and Power Mr. pared with other countries
Jairam Ramesh, said public where the student proportion
funding for them in private- in higher education exceeded Union Minister Mr.Jairam Ramesh in conversation with Mr. N.Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu.
run institutions was necessary 30 to 45 per cent.
to expand higher education in
the country. ‘’The big challenge before
the country, which aspires to
Inaugurating The Hindu become a super power, is to
BusinessLine Club at SRM expand the facilities for higher
University at the Kattanku- education. Private institutions
lathur campus in the presence
have an important role to play
of University Chancellor,
in extending higher education
Mr. T.R. Pachamuthu, Vice-
to the weaker sections of the
Chancellor Prof. P. Sathy-
society,” he said while stress-
anarayanan, and The Hindu’s
ing the importance of public
Editor-in-Chief, Mr. N. Ram,
funding assistance in higher
the Minister said about 60 per
education.
cent of the primary schools in
Kerala, which has the highest In this context, the Union
literacy rate in the country, Minister urged SRM Univer-
were run privately but with sity to take a lead role. “I want
the help of public funding. SRM University to show the
way for the rest of the coun-
This model should be repli-
try by taking up the challenge Union Minister Mr. Ramesh sharing a joke with Management students and Chancellor T.R.Pachamuthu
cated in higher education also.
and creating a conclave of ex-
“Public funding is important
to ensure quality and excel-
lence in private universitites,”
he felt, dwelling at length on
cellence,” he added.
Mr. S.A. Bhat, IOB, Chair-
man and Managing Director,
Management School
the need for developing high-
er educational institutions in
the Public-Private Partner-
Mr. Ram, Mr. Pachamuthu,
and Prof. Sathyanarayanan
also spoke on the occasion.
celebrates TQM Week
Guidelines to contributors Valuable inputs from Tyco Valves
As we begin the second year of Spectrum, to ensure that it continues By Mrinal Deo and sentation, he stressed how a Slurry Valve’ production.
to be an enjoyable reading experience, we would appreciate it if Abhijeet Sinha competitive advantage could The topic for the third day
contributors observed these guidelines: be achieved through quality. was ‘Quality Management
* Submissions should be in MS Word document. To make SRM University’s Earlier, he also stated that a Systems & Certification by
* Contributions must be in the form of articles. management students more competitive advantage could
* Pictures must be in .jpg format. Industries’. Mr. S. Arumu-
aware of quality and how im- also be achieved through the
* Submit only soft copies of articles and pictures.
portant it is in production to- gam from the Global Sourc-
* Write in simple English. employees of the organisa-
day, the SRM School of Man- ing office, Tyco Valves, was
* Your contributions should be in less than 1000 words. tion. TQM practices followed
* Focus on the achievements of staff and students and agement has been celebrating the chief guest and he spoke
at Tyco Valves, he said, gen-
developments in the departments. TQM Week every year. This on ‘Supply Quality Manage-
erated value for customers
* The articles must answer the following questions: year was the third consecu- ment’. He stressed the need for
1. What is the event? 2. Who are involved? and this was the competitive
tive time TQM celebrations advantage that Tyco focused the right quality and on time
3. When did it happen? 4. Where did it happen?
5. How did it happen? 6. Who said what? were held. This year’s part- on. delivery and pointed out that
* Present the most important facts at the beginning of the ner in the celebration was good relations with suppliers
The chief guest for the sec-
article. Tyco Valves & Controls. Last was a must for manufacturers.
* The names and designations of the persons in the article ond day was Marcus R. King,
year, the programme was or- Mr. Muthamizhchelvan, As-
must be correctly spelt. Sourcing Coordinator, Tyco
* Spell out acronyms, abbreviations and figures. ganised in association with sociate Director, Engineering
Valves & Controls, Australia.
* Revise your article for accuracy. Stanadayne Amalgamations. He discussed in detail vari- & Technology, also addressed
* Finally, ask yourself: Is the article complete? Is it the valedictory function.
interesting? Would I read it if I saw it in a newspaper or
Mr. S. Prabhakar, Plant Gen- ous issues involving delivery
journal? eral Manager, Tyco Valves, of good quality products. His Certificates of participation
- Editor was the chief guest at the main presentation focussed were given to all second year
inaugural session. In his pre- on ‘The Lunkenheimer Angle Management students.
4 2008 | Spectrum | Volume 2 Number 3
Is it a shirt or a
monitoring system?
By Apoorva Muralinath He was speaking on ‘Smart by the International Electro-
and Ramya Veerasamy Vest: Wearable Multi-Param- technical Commission.
eter Remote Physiological The DEBEL scientist also
A shirt-cum-physiological Monitoring System’, at the in- gave a brief introduction to
monitoring system may soon auguration of the Consortium bio-medical products such as
be in use. It has been devel- of Bio Engineers, the associa- the Telemath, which analy-
oped by the Defence Bio-En- tion of the Department of Bio- ses the strength of battlefield
gineering and Electro Medi- Medical Engineering, SRM planning for resource opera-
cal Laboratory (DEBEL), University. tions, alternate wars, meth-
Bangalore. odology and deployment
Dr. Mohanavelu said people
Talking about this develop- of all ages could wear the BIODAS – a telemedicine
ment, Dr. K. Mohanavelu, shirt. It would be particularly system for the defence ser-
Scientist in DEBEL, said, useful for policemen, pilots, vices.
“The monitoring system is senior citizens and children. Later, certificates were
actually a washable, mesh- However, this suit is still not awarded to the toppers in the Dr. Mohanavelu, Scientist, DEBEL.
like shirt that can be used for approved, because it could Department. Dr. K. Ramas-
detecting health problems, as
it measures ECG, tempera-
pose a danger during rain or
lightning, since the wearer will
wamy, Dean, School of Bio-
engineering, and Dr. M. An-
Look beyond
ture rise, heart beat, BP, sugar
and other health indicators.”
be in contact with electricity.
However, the shirt is certified
burajan, Professor and HOD,
participated. software,
students advised
By A Spectrum Reporter extend all support to the As-
sociation. Mr. Rangarajan
“There are lots of avenues also stressed the importance
to be explored in the IT field of soft skills and said that is
other than software and soft- what most students lack when
ware development. Students they come out of college.
need to concentrate on them They need to focus on how to
for better job opportunities,” interact with people and how
said Mr Rangarajan Kothan- to present themselves, he ad-
daraman, Manager Projects, vised. Apart from developing
Cognizant Technology Solu- technical skills, the Associa-
tions (CTS). He was address- tion should also take multi-
ing the students at the inau- ple initiatives, like inviting
guration of 'Fabuloush', the professionals from Industry,
Association of the Depart- organising soft skills devel-
ment of Computer Science opment programmes, and
and Application, Faculty of arranging field visits to IT
Science and Humanity, SRM companies, he suggested. Mr.
University. K. Ramakrishnan, Deputy
Dr. K.S.Lakshmi, Dean of the College of Pharmacy, handing over a memento to Dr. Amalan Stanley Emphasising that students General Manager of Aptech
needed to know what they Limited, was one of the Chief
Seminar on current trends in were being taught in class
was being implemented in
Guests and he spoke on the
use of IT in areas like edu-
drug discovery and development industry, Mr. Rangarajan said
the Association could interact
cation, banking, governance,
healthcare, and finance.
By Manoj Narra Dr. S. Venkatraman, Director, Speaking about the work- with the 150 alumni of SRM Mr. Lino Stephen, 3D Tech-
C. L. Baid Mehta Research shop, Ms. V. Chitra, Head of with CTS to let the students nical Director of Soundarya
To emphasise the role of Foundation, and Dr. Kavi- the Department of Pharma- become aware of what the Rajnikanth’s Ocher Studios.
Pharmacology in the discov- mani, Professor, Department cology, said, “This initiative industry expects from them. also spoke at the function,
ery and formulation of drugs, of Pharmacology, Mother Te- is to help the young scien- An alumnus of SRM himself, addressing the students on
the Department of Pharma- resa Institute of Health Scien- tists share better quality data Mr. Rangarajan said he would animation.
cology of SRM College of cies. across therapeutic areas and
Pharmacy, recently organised research and development
The topics on which they
a one-day workshop on ‘Cur- groups. The focus on emerg-
spoke were ‘Role of Compu-
rent Trends in Drug Develop- ing trends and technologies
tational Biology in Drug Dis-
ment and Discovery’. in pharmaceutical and bio-
covery and Development’,
Four resource persons from ‘Safety Evaluation of New technological fields will in-
industry and academia were Drugs –Regulatory perspec- crease efficiency in research
invited to give lectures – Dr. tives’, ‘Safety Pharmacolo- and development and bring
G. Ramesh Kumar, Scientist, gy’ and ‘Citation of Research innovative medicines.”
AU-KBC Research Centre, Articles in Journals’, which The workshop was inaugu-
Dr. V. Amalan Stanley, Scien- would help a research student rated by Dr. K.S. Lakshmi,
tist, Quality Assurance, Or- get a lot of information on Dean of the College of Phar-
chid Research Laboratories, clinical trials. macy. Director (FS&H) Dr. Balasubramanian talking to Mr. Kothandaraman
6 2008 | Spectrum | Volume 2 Number 3
Benefits
of nuclear
New club to make SRM's
energy campus more eco-friendly
stressed By Aditya Kesanupalli bad, Pune, Mumbai, Surat, Va-
dodara, Ahmedabad, Udaipur,
By A Spectrum Reporter Ecoyouth, a new eco-friend- Jaipur, Jodhpur, Agra and
ly club, is all set to not only Delhi.
Dr. J. Daniel Chellappa,
promote an environment-
Senior Scientist & Head, The road trip is being sup-
friendly atmosphere in the
Technical Co-ordination and ported by various organisa-
Public Awareness Cell, Indira Kattankulathur campus of
tions, including the Indian Na-
Gandhi Centre for Atomic SRM University but also tional Biodiesel Association,
Research, inaugurated the take the message further. Asia Foundation, Reva, En-
Chem Club, Entropy ’08, of This is being done through ergy and Resources Institute,
the Department of Chemistry, Ecoyouth’s collaboration with Sanctuary (magazine), the
SRM Arts & Science College, the Indian Youth Climate Net- American Centre, US Consu-
recently. work (IYCN), coordinated by late-General, Chennai, World
Mr. Karthikeya Singh and Ms. Watch, D*lite Technologies,
In his inaugural address
he explained the benefits of Caroline Howe. SRM Univer- Freeplay Technologies and
nuclear energy and said that sity is extending its support Climate Project India.
the amount of nuclear waste to 'Climate Solutions' Road
Tour', to be jointly organ- Educational institutions sup-
was the least in any major
ised by IYCN and Ecoyouth porting the tour include SRM
energy-producing process.
from January 2 to February University, Yale University,
Stressing the need for nuclear
energy, he said nuclear ener- 3, 2009 during which various IIT’s of Chennai and Mum-
gy had applications in various major cities and towns in the bai, IIM (Bangalore), Pune
fields like medicine, industry, country will be visited in an A total of 3,500 km will be technical team of IYCN and University, Mumbai Uni-
commerce, food and agricul- travelled in the eco-friendly students of SRM. Solar panels versity, University of Delhi,
eco-friendly bus sponsored
ture. A short film about the bus, starting from SRM Uni- Jawaharlal Nehru University
by various institutions, to are also being sponsored for
functioning of the Atomic versity and reaching Delhi. (Delhi), Vellore Institute of
create an awareness about the this tour.
Power Station, IGCAR and The bus will run on vegeta- Technology, India Institute
climatic changes and the role
construction of Fast Breeder The bus will visit Chennai, of Forest Management, and
that individuals could play in ble oil and bio-diesel, which
Reactor at Kalpakkam, was International Alliance of Re-
managing these changes. will be made possible by the Vellore, Bengaluru, Hydera-
screened. The Principal, Dr. search University.
K. Subburam, presided over
the function. Ms Revathy
Selvaraj, Head-Chemistry,
SRM(M'Nagar) students win 1st prize Ecoyouth will also be partici-
pating in ‘Ecosprint’, organ-
ised by Petrofac Engineering
welcomed the gathering. Ms.
V. Chitra introduced the chief with a ballistic hovercraft Services India Ltd. (PESIL),
on the occasion of the start
guest and Ms. G. Jyotsna
(III B.Sc) proposed a vote of By A Spectrum Reporter terrain. The model was ap- of Environmental Month on
thanks. preciated by army officials November 15th. PESIL will be
SRM students from the Mo- who attended the tech fest conducting campus interviews
IETE students’ dinagar campus recently won and they even said that if the in Kattankulathur this year.
forum first prize in the Open Hard- model was made on a larger The Club aims to emphasise
ware event at Thapar Uni- scale, it could be inducted by eco-friendliness. Starting with
at Modinagar versity, Patiala, Punjab .They the DRDO in future. a seminar during the tech-fest
By A Spectrum Reportor were participating in ARAN- The model was the com- Aaruush ’08, Ecoyouth is now
YA 2008, which was an inter- ready to initiate action plans
The Students Forum was in- bined efforts of T.Adarsh Ku-
college national-level tech like introducing environment-
augurated recently at SRM mar, Aditya Murgai, Navdeep
leges in the country. The tech friendly waste disposal bins at
University’s NCR Campus, fest . The students had made Singh, Abhijit Singh and Hi-
fest was attended by JAL, a various spots on the campus
in Modinagar. Col.Ishwar a working model of a bal- manshu Jain, all II year stu- and minimising of plastic us-
Singh Jaiswal, Chairper- listic hovercraft that worked dents. In all there were 25 Pakistani-based band, which
age in the University. “Ecoy-
son, IETE Meerut Centre, on three different kinds of models from different col- gave a rock performance. outh aims at carrying out its
presided over the function.
various tasks in accordance
Col Jaiswal, Prof. P.D. Ravi The Department of Computer with inputs provided by the
Kumar HOD/ECE Dept, Dr. Data Base Management Science and Application, SRM University students. We are
Ranjana Dubey, HOD/S&H University, Ka!ankulathur,
planning to host seminars and
Dept, Mr. Amit Gangopad-
hyay, IETE Life Member, seminar held recently conducted a curricu-
lum-based seminar on ‘Data
competitions to involve more
Base Management system students in our activities,” said
addressed the gathering. Mr.
and application development’ the club’s founder, J. Ram
Viswananathan, Administra-
in the Bio-tech Seminar Hall. Nitesh, II Year-ECE.
tive Officer, SRM-IMT, pre-
The seminar was organised
sented Rs. 1000 to the Forum If you are interested in join-
by Mr.B.Bhuveneshvaren,
developments. The IETE core MCA, M.Phil, M.E, Rajal- ing Ecoyouth contact coyouth.
committee comprises Ankit akshmi Engg College, Chen- srm@gmail.com.
Chopra, Bhavit Kaushik, nai, Mr.S.Sidharthan, Head,
Ashish Narula, G.Srinikhil Department of Computer Want to write campus news
Gupta, Pankaj Mishra, Mu- Science and Application, for Spectrum ?
dit Bhasin, Sonal Chaudhary, welcomed the gathering. The Contact e-mail ID
Dean, Dr.K.Sengo!i, Faculty venkat.pulapaka@gmail.
Shantanu Saxena, Shishir
of Science and Humanities, ad- com
Khatri, K.M.Singh, and Ab-
dressed the gathering. Cell : 9443937428
hirup Ganguly.
2008 | Spectrum | Volume 2 Number 3 7
negative marking
ing, Diploma
in Film Tech-
nology, three
new PG pro-
Aarush'08
grand
success
Nearly 3000 from 300 colleges
in 26 states participate
By A Spectrum Reporter their emotions and feelings
in video format. There was
The 2008 edition of Aarush, also a one-day medical camp
a national-level tech festival called Biomedz Workshop in
organised by the engineering
the Biotechnology building
students of SRM University,
of the University.
drew about 3000 participants
representing over 300 edu- Chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu
cational institutions from 26 said Aarush was an occasion An SRM student's robot takes its first steps as other participants (right) go an a treasure
States.
the first rays of Sun. It also Sanjeevi said, “An individual
The students competed in symbolises two different in India today spends Rs.
35-plus grey cells-stimu- things: one, dawning of a 5,600 per annum on logis-
lating events such as paper new beginning and, two, it tics and thereby contributes
presentation, quiz, debate, vanquishes the darkness.” about 13 per cent to GDP of
robotics, gaming, circuit de- The chief guest, at the in- the country.” The valedictory
bugging, game programming auguration, Mr. Venugopal was graced by the Union IT
and opening up the Pandora’s Sanjeevi, CEO and Director Secretary Mr. Jainder Singh.
Box to win prizes worth over of E-Logistics, Chennai, said Observing that the industry
Rs. 20 lakh. Tabish Ashraf, that there were a lot of job feedback indicated gaps in
an electrical and electronics opportunities for youth today employability in areas like
engineering student of SRM in the field of logistics and soft skills, English language
and the secretary of the orga- supply chain management. and proficiency, Mr. Singh
nising committee of Aarush The first prize winner (right) in the game programming event Elaborating on the topic, Mr. said to retain India’s position
2008 told Spectrum that the receives his prize. as a major player in the IT
winners of Aarush will get a to showcase the ability and arena, there was a pressing
wild card entry to the finals of need to address the HRD re-
creativity of the students,
Kshitij to be held in February quirement of the industry on a
who would be the future pro-
2009 in IIT Kharagpur. continuous basis. To sustain
fessionals and technocrats of
‘Documentary’, one of the the IT growth and to achieve
the country. Vice-Chancellor
highlights of Aarush ’08 com- the export revenue target, the
Prof P. Sathyanarayanan said
petitions, touched the hearts Industry needs to employ
the University would provide more than 3.5 million profes-
of all present in the crowded Rs. 50,000 each for the 100
Conference Hall (Main Au- sionals. “The higher educa-
best projects on design and tion system needs to produce
ditorium). Dealing with se- development. enough graduates to provide
rious topics, like ‘Child La-
Pro Vice-Chancellor of another two million suitable
bour’, ‘Inflation’ and Drug
SRM University, Dr. T.P. Ga- professionals over the next
Addiction, 25 teams (three
Participants racing against time during a game event
five years,” he added.
members per team) portrayed nesan, said, “Aarush means
Ready for the air show. a"er modelling an aircra" Flying high at the University grounds.
mittee and each member is
Aero modelling
By A Spectrum Reporter
nominated by an individual
SAE is an international
collegiate club from the SAE
organisation and it sets the
Southern Section, which con-
standards for the automotive
sists of institutions like SRM
industries across the world
a hit
University, Amrita College of
and helps the students to
Engineering, Vellore Institute
develop their technical abil-
of Technology, PSG College
ities. This year, SAE India
of Technology, Crescent En-
Southern Section selected
gineering College and Jep-
SRM University to conduct
the competitive events at the
annual student convention.
As many as 6,000 students
participated in this year’s
convention.
at SAE meet piar Engineering College.
In effect, the Club Officers’
Forum is the governing com-
mittee of the SAE Student
Council. The Forum reviews
petition in which the students the progress of the past year
Aero modelling was per- had to animate and model an and draws up strategies for
haps the most popular event assembly mechanism with the coming year. It also looks
at the Society of Automotive the help of PRO-E, modeling into the activities of the new
Engineers (SAE) convention software. The student partici- student executive council
organised by SAE’s student pants were expected to define taking over from the previous
chapter at SRM University. and explain the mathemati- one. The Faculty Advisors’
The aero modelling competi- cal theory that backed their Forum discusses its contribu-
tion was held on the grounds results. A few of the projects tion to student activities, the
opposite the Auditorium and assigned were models of disc value provided by SAE India
the glider modelling event brakes, car seat designs, and to faculty advisors, and the
was held on the University door systems of two-seater career opportunities for stu-
grounds. Both were enthusi- cars. dents who are members of the
astically received. Another event was Com- SAE Club. SAE has helped
puter Aided Manufacturing, its members to get placed in
After the students had fin-
in which the participants had automotive companies like
ished modelling their craft,
to design an automobile part Mahindra, WABCO-TVS,
there was an air show. The
with the help of softwares and Turbo Energy Limited.
German-made models Stag-
ger Wing Best Nr.6290 and like Master CAM CATIA and The lead sponsors of the
Piper j-3 Best Nr. 6280, fea- PRO-E. Participants also had convention were TVS, PTC,
Participants display their miniature vehicles.
tured in the first event. Marks ANSYS, and HENKEL.
were given for designing, the SRM University contributed
craft’s ability to follow a rect- to demonstrate their skills, in Rs. 5 lakh. The transportation
angular path in the air, and competitions like paper pre- expenses too were borne by
the participant’s performance sentation, designing and fab- the University. Transporta-
in the viva. rication, and business skills. tion inside the campus was
The participating teams had also taken care of by the or-
In the second event, the ganisers.
teams had to design a glider qualified during the first and
using a kit provided by the second tier events that were Daily Coverage
organisers. Time taken by the conducted at the intra-col- Journalism students and around
craft to cover a specific dis- lege and divisional levels re- a dozen students belonging to
tance was the parameter on spectively. The competitions the engineering faculty covered
which the judges decided the organised by SRM Univer- events of Aarush 08 and the SAE
sity’s SAE chapter, were the Convention and brought out daily
winners. A viva was also held.
third tier. newspapaers titled Shin Bun and
The onlookers had a great Infowheel respectively. during the
time watching the models in Apart from competitions, two events. “Participating in such
the air and were quite taken there was a Club Officers’ events widened our knowledge
up by the participant’s me- Forum and Faculty Advisors' base, and the daily publications
chanical skills. Amongst the Forum. The Club Officers’ gave us valuable insight into daily
other events, designing mod- Forum is a 10-member com- newspaper production,” said one
els using software was a com- Shaking a leg at the cultural show. journalism student.
10 2008 | Spectrum | Volume 2 Number 3
A cornucopia
of events
at SRM
By Ratnika Sharma The Food Quiz had four
three-member teams from
The two-day-long Cornu- Food Process Engineering
copia event was inaugurated who were asked general as
on World Food Day recently well as course-related ques-
with the theme being ‘ World tions. The first prize went to
Food Security: the Chal- the team of Prakhar K. Dubey
lenges of Climate Change and Soumita Ghosh of II year
and Bioenergy.’ Apart from and Pradeep Gupta of I year,
the numerous speeches there FPE, SRM University, the
were several competitions. second prize to Himani Bha-
The cream of them was the dey, II year, and the runner Mr. C.M Kamraj, Managing
Nestle Cooking Competition. up Roohi Tripathi, II year of Director, Sakthi Coco Prod-
Each participant competing FPE, SRM University. In- ucts, Pollachi who acquainted
had to prepare a dish using augurating Cornucopia 08, the students with the various
Nestle products. Mr. Manoj Mishra, Regional processed products that coco-
Quality Assurance Manager, nut made possible from coco-
Preethi Raja Kumari of
Britannia Industry limited, nut milk powder to virgin oil
SRM Institute of Hotel Man-
Chennai, spoke on the Food with 0% fat content in it. Dr.
agement came first and was
Industry in India, its present K. Ramasamy, Dean, School
followed by Vinod Kumar
and future challenges. He of Bio Engineering, felici-
Muthuraj of the SRM Insti-
pointed out that though India tated the guests and Niranjan
tute of Hotel Management
produced a huge quantity of Balaji, Joint Secretary, Food
and Mythireyi of Food Pro-
livestock, fruits and vegeta- and Process Engineering As-
cessing Engineering, SRM
bles and milk, the processing sociation delivered the vote
University. The event was
and utilisation of these prod- of thanks.
judged by Ms. Monika, Cu-
ucts was little compared to
linary Consultant, Nestle The next day was an inter-
other countries. Government,
Limited, Dr. A. Surendraraj, face meeting of scientists,
he said, was encouraging the
Asst. Professor, Institute of students, entrepreneurs and
industry by building food
Food and Dairy Technol- employers in the food in-
parks and helping with the
ogy, TANUVAS University, dustry. The chief-guest Mr.
modernisation of the existing
Chennai and Mr. John Don R. Raghuraman, Manag-
SRM University. processing units. This means
Bosco, H.O.D, Food Process- radwaj, III year, Alok Pawar, ing Director, Balaji Dis-
the career opportunities in the
ing Engineering. The compe- II year, and Abhishek Shukra, The debate topic for the par- tilleries Limited, Chennai,
field of manufacturing, aca-
tition was judged on the basis I year, FPE, SRM Univer- ticipants was ‘ Is processing Mrs. Gajalakshmi, Regional
demics, research and devel-
of presentation, taste, usage sity. The third place went to of food necessary for India?’ Home Ecocnomist, Nestle
opments in the food process-
of Nestle products and nutri- the trio of Esha Pandey, III and there were eight partici- India Limited, Chennai, Mr.
ing industry were growing.
tive value. year, Shalini Menon, III year pants. Dr. Lakshmi adjudged Chandrashekharan, Process
and Alka Singh, I year, FPE, the winner to be Amrita Pan- The keynote address was by Manager, EID Parry Lim-
The first prize in the Poster
ited, Cuddalore, and Mr.
Presentation was won by the
C. Ganesh Babu, Technical
Anfaniduga team, Dhivya
Manager, Suguna Poultry
and Sankari of SRM Uni-
Group, Coimbatore spoke
versity and the second prize
on the increasing demand
by B. Gayathri from Anna
for processed food items in
University, who presented
a world where time was of
a poster on ‘Probiotics and
the essence and the growing
Prebiotics’ and Rumi, Am-
importance of processed food
rita and Shafia of SRM Uni-
in today’s world where health
versity. The third prize went
consciousness was increas-
to M.Yoga and M. Priyadar-
ing. . They talked about the
shani of SRM University
respective industries which
whose presentation was on
were being benefited by the
‘ Inflation on wheels - Hun-
advanced methods of food
ger in action’. Sixteen teams
processing and they were
participated in the event that
unanimous that their field
was judged by Dr. Lakshmi,
offered numerous career op-
Professor and Head, Depart-
portunities today for students
ment of Nutrition and Dietrit-
willing to be responsible
ics, SRM Arts and Science.
technologists.
2008 | Spectrum | Volume 2 Number 3 11
SRM’s
Engineering College winners at ‘TARANA’ NCC cadets
help control
traffic
By Lt. K Shanmugam
Linking arms to restore peace - SRM students were among the thousands who Walking for a cause-The National Cadet Corps of SRM University
participated in the human chain to support the cause of restoring peace in Sri Lanka led an Anti-Plastic Rally that started from the campus
2008 | Spectrum | Volume 2 Number 3 13
SRM cricketers
fourth in Sri Lanka
tourney
By Prashanti Ganesh with Naveen Surya scoring
a rapid 30 and Prashaanth,
The SRM University crick- Sundarraman and C.S. San-
et team finished fourth in the thosh scoring 20 runs each.
South Asian Port Games held
The team was accompanied
from October 2nd onwards. by Mr. Loius Raj, coach, and Anees Kouser of SRM Uni- level for first time, I won the In the last eight years, I
Teams from the SAARC re- Mr. Gangadaran, assistant versity, Ramapuram Cam- title, which made me even have won more than a hun-
gion participated in many coach. Throughout the com- pus, is an international- more interested in Badmin- dred cups and medals. In
sports events organised in Sri petition, the team received level badminton player. Her ton. State level singles, I have
Lanka. The SRM team was great hospitality from Mr. aim is to win a gold medal won eight times. In doubles,
How old were you when
captained by J. Prashaanth, Dhilan Perera, Civil Aviation for the nation in badminton. I have won ten times. I have
you started to play badmin-
Computer Science depart- Minister. In a tournament She recently was runner up also won the bronze medal,
ton?
ment. In the first victory open only to port teams, the at the South Zone Inter Uni- in an International Bad-
against Colombo Airport, SRM team received a special versity tournament organ- I was eight years old, study-
minton Tournament held in
Vignesh Raja contributed invite to participate. Team ised by Kurumpu University ing in the third standard when
Syria.
64 to the total of 143 runs captain Prashaanth said, in Shimoga, Karnataka. I started to play.
What is your ambition?
in 20 overs. V.Sundarraman “Our team came third in the Excerpts from an inter- Badminton or studies,
bowled well; he took four national university cricket which do you like more? My ambition is to play for
view Varoon Legio Mortis India and win for my coun-
wickets and bowled a maiden tournament. Also, we have Badminton is my first love
of Spectrum had with her. try.
18th over. players who have played and is a passion, but I believe
various league matches in Sri Tell me about yourself? Tell us about the Univer-
Against Galle, in the team’s that education is also impor-
Lanka. So, they invited us to I was born, raised and did sity’s support?
second match in the tourna- tant and, hence, I work hard
be a part of the tournament.” my schooling in Arakonam.
ment, Prashaanth scored an at my studies also. I would have never reached
My father is an advocate. I
unbeaten 121, Arjun con- Team :J.Prashaanth (CSE), Do you think you are tough this position without SRM's
V.Sundaraman (CSE), Vi- have a brother who is also
tributed 63 runs and Vikram enough to play this game? support.
gnesh Raja (CSE, Easwari a badminton player. I am
added to the score with his In which countries have
College), M.O. Arjun Sara- currently doing my MBA Yes, I think so, Even when
25, SRM got its opponent all you played badminton?
thy, C.S Santhosh , Jagan (I year) at SRM University, I go to other States or coun-
out for just 65 runs. Santhosh I have played badminton
Mohan Sai, P.Elavarasan Ramapuram Campus. tries to play, I don’t face any
bowled particularly well tak- in Syria, Singapore and Ko-
(MBA), Terrence Savio How did you get inter- difficulties. It's all about the
ing four wickets and Ela- rea.
(MCA), R.D. Ashwin Ku- ested in badminton? game, and the support pro-
varasan got two wickets .
mar (Aero Space), Naveen My father and brother like vided to me by my family What is your latest
After a good run, the team’s Surya (ECE), C.Naveen (Bio members, who have helped achievement?
to play the game. As a child
victories came to an end in the Infomatics), Karthik(B.Sc- me face all difficulties.
I used to watch them play, I was Number 3 in the
semi-final where they lost to ISM), Vikram Jangid (CSE,
and I got hooked on to it How many titles have you International Badminton
Colombo Airport by 15 runs. Ramapuram) and Ashwin (IT
.When I played at the State won to date? Tournament held in Syria.
SRM was all out for 125 runs Ramapuram)
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Stepped in fragile...
that was fun and frolic, all
that you shared with us, ideas
emotions and experiences,
which have made us knowl-