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The Directorate of Entrepreneurship and Innovation had conducted an industry visit to Fopple Drone Tech Pvt Ltd, an innovative start-up aiming to revolutionise agricultural machinery. The industry visit that took place on September 20, 2022 was organised by the student community Industree Owl from the Home of Leaders initiative.The participants had the chance to experience the latest drone technology and its various applications in the agricultural industry.

The learning process is never restricted to purely theoretical bounds but associated as being an exploratory and experiential activity. The startup/industrial visit provided students practical exposure to a startup as well as its challenges and first hand experience of what it takes to be a leader, a startup founder or an entrepreneur.

As a part of their visit, the students participated in a boot camp followed by an intense interaction with the farmer community to identify and understand the grassroot problems and the application of technology as a solution. Later, Shri Gopi Raja, the CEO and founder of Fopple Drone Tech Pvt. Ltd addressed the participants and shared his journey to innovation which made a deep impact on the students.The visit came to fruitful end inspiring courage among students to expand their vision and realise their potential to work in the direction of obtaining Atmanirbhar Bharat.

The industrial visit had intended to design a solution and instil inspiration in students to begin a venture in the same domain. After acquiring necessary perceptive, students have reached out to discuss their project ideas which can be commercialised to utilise in the advancement in the field of agriculture. The visit granted a brilliant and insightful exposure to our students on the cutting-edge technology, the scope and the future of India in the next 5 -10 years.

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The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is delighted to announce that Assistant Professors, Dr Sambit Kumar Mishra and Dr Tapas Kumar Mishra, and the final year BTech students – Kotipalli Sindhu, Mogaparthi Surya Teja, Vutukuri Akhil, Ravella Hari Krishna, and Pakalapati Praveen – published a chapter titled Applications of Federated Learning in Computing Technologies in the scopus-indexed book titled Convergence of Cloud with AI for Big Data Analytics: Foundations and Innovation, a Wiley publication.

The book chapter describes the application of federated learning to various computing technologies. The federated learning concept is similar to the client-server model, where the client sends data to the server for processing and the processed data is again sent to the client. But, in federated learning, the clients are allowed separately to teach the deep neural network models with the local data combined with the deep neural network model at the central server.

Federated learning is a machine learning technique that trains the knowledge across different decentralized devices holding samples of information without exchanging them. The concept is additionally called collaborative learning. Researchers have used large frameworks for all the computations in the past years, and then they have moved to client-server frameworks.

It is also like a traditional centralised machine learning technique. All the local datasets are uploaded to a minimum of one server, so it assumes that local data samples are identically distributed. Because of its security and privacy concerns, it’s widely utilised in many applications like IoT, cloud computing; Edge computing, Vehicular edge computing, and many more. In the chapter, different applications of federated learning, their privacy concerns, and their definition in various fields of computing technologies like IoT, Edge Computing, Cloud Computing, Vehicular edge computing, etc. are presented. It will be of advantage to graduate students, researchers, academicians, institutions, and professionals that are interested in exploring the areas of intelligent computing systems.

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The research project titled Development of Novel Gold and Silver Alloys was sanctioned to Prof G S Vinod Kumar from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The project was sanctioned by Waman Hari Pethe Sons, a leading Gold/Diamond jewellery manufacturing company based in Maharashtra, with a total outlay of Rupees 17 Lakhs. The tenure of the project is two years, from May 2022 to May 2024.

Prof Vinod Kumar’s research interests mainly revolve around the hardening of 22 carats and 24 carats gold for light-weight and high-strength jewellery and the novel processing of light alloy (Al and Mg) foam and studying the structure and properties. He has been intensely involved in the development of technologies for improving the hardness of 22k gold for weight saving and high strength in the cast and hand-made jewellery. This was jointly patented by SRM and Titan. He also has several industrial research partnerships and funded projects to his credit.

The present project aims to develop novel high carat gold (24,22 and 18 carats) for high-strength and light-weight jewellery applications and novel silver alloys (high pure (99%) or sterling silver (92.5%)) having better anti-tarnishing capability. It further aims to develop colour gold alloys (Black, violet and pink gold). The project also involves both the lab-scale and industrial development of the process for scaling up jewellery production of the gold and silver alloys.

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Blockchain is a digital ledger of any transactions or contracts that need to be independently recorded. This technology underpins digital currency transactions. It can be utilised in many industries, including Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Travel and Hospitality, and many more. The Blockchain club of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is hosting a webinar on Blockchain Technology and its applications.

Date: September 24, 2022

Time: 10.00 AM to 11.30 AM

Assistant Prof Dr Manoj Kumar V of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will handle the session. More than 130 participants will be attending the programme.

About the speaker

Dr Manoj Kumar V did his PhD from NIT Tiruchirappalli. He has teaching experience at VIT- AP university, Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, and Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu. Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency are his primary research interests.

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The Department of Chemistry is glad to announce that Dr Nimai Mishra, Assistant Professor, along with his research group comprising PhD scholars, Syed Akhil, Manoj Palabathuni, Subarna Biswas, Rahul Singh, have published an article titled Highly-Stable Amine-Free CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals for Perovskite-Based Display Applications in the  journal ACS Applied Nano Materials published by the American Chemical Society, having an impact factor of 6.14.

Colloidally synthesised cesium lead halide (CsPbX3; X=Cl, Br, and I) perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) often suffer from poor ambient and environmental stability conditions, limiting their practical applications. The commonly used surfactant oleylamine is converted to oleylammonium cation, which pulls out the halide anion from the PNCs surface, thus disrupting the nanocrystal’s structural integrity and stability.

The research group has developed a simple, completely amine-free colloidal synthesis with a hot injection method in open-atmospheric conditions and introduced bromooctane as a bromine precursor to overcome the above issues. These, as synthesized amine-free PNCs, showed a photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of around 60 %, and the size of PNCs is ~25 nm. Moreover, these amine-free PNCs were highly stable in the colloidal solution and thin films for more than five months in ambient conditions, with 66% of its initial PLQY.

In addition, these PNCs have shown exceptional stability under different environmental conditions, with 44 % of initial PL even after 6 hours of water treatment and 28 % of initial PL under ethanol treatment for 120 minutes. Furthermore, it has exhibited excellent photostability for 96 hours and retained 36 % of its initial PL under ceaseless UV light irradiation at 365 nm (8 W/cm2). Additionally, these PNCs have good stability upon heat treatment and maintained 34 % of initial PL upon heating up to 90 ºC.

The research team has also successfully fabricated the green-emitting down-conversion LED using these amine-free PNCs. Thus, they visualize that these amine-free CsPbBr3 PNCs are perhaps the ideal candidates for perovskite-based display applications.

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India has an ambitious target of achieving 300 GW of solar power by 2030. Conventional methods for producing solar power involve absorbing sunlight by a molecule and converting it directly into electricity. This is possible only during the daytime when sunlight is available. An interesting and complementary prospect is storing the absorbed solar energy by converting it into a different form of energy, such as chemical energy, which can then be transformed into electrical energy when sunlight is not available during the night-time.

To realise this prospect, Assistant Professor Dr Baswanth Oruganti from the Department of Chemistry has designed a molecule that can absorb solar energy and convert it into the chemical energy of the bonds. His paper titled Modulating the Photocyclization Reactivity of Diarylethenes through Changes in the Excited-State Aromaticity of the π-Linker has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, on Cover Page, with an impact factor of 4.2. He is both the first author as well as the corresponding author of the article. For this project, he has collaborated with Prof Bo Durbeej, Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Sweden.

Abstract

In recent years, the concept of excited-state aromaticity and its applications in photophysics and photochemistry has attracted considerable research interest. Our study uses quantum chemical calculations to systematically investigate if the photocyclization reactivity of diarylethene switches can be controlled by the excited-state aromaticity of the ethene bridge. Indeed, we demonstrate that these switches can be transformed from being highly reactive to completely non-reactive by changing the excited-state character of the bridge from anti-aromatic to aromatic.

Generally, molecules tend to move from a high-energy state to a low-energy state, as the lowering of energy increases the stability of the molecule and makes it chemically less reactive. In contrast, the present study shows that it is possible to chemically transform a molecule from a low-energy (aromatic) state to a high-energy (non-aromatic) state by absorption of light. This reaction occurs via a high-energy (anti-aromatic) electronically excited state of the molecule induced by light and has potential applications for storing solar energy in the form of chemical energy.

One challenge in the design of molecular solar energy storage systems, such as the diarylbenzene designed in the study, is that it is difficult to store solar energy for a longer period due to the instability of the newly formed chemical bonds at room temperature. To store solar energy for a longer period, one needs to compromise on the amount of energy stored in the bonds. In this regard, in the future, researchers are planning to optimise their molecular design by finding the right balance between the amount of solar energy stored and the time period for which it can be stored.

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Connectivity and data are the substrata of the fourth industrial revolution. From tip to toe, the job market is data-driven and requires more IT support than ever. There is a massive demand for data analysts in the industry, and organisations hire them in bulk as they deal with data daily. The Directorate of Corporate Relations and Career Services is conducting a workshop VOIS for Tech- The Fundamentals of Linux and Data Analytics to discuss its various aspects. Mr Abdul Aziz Md from EDUNET Foundation will be guiding the workshop.

Date: September 22&23, 2022

Time: 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM

Venue: ALC 4 Level 4 – Admin Block

About the speaker

Abdul Aziz Md joined EDUNET Foundation on March 2022 as a Master Trainer. He has completed an MTech in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. He has 8+ years of experience in academics and research. His Areas of Interest are Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Computer vision. He worked as an Assistant Professor at the CSE department of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), RK Valley campus, Andhra Pradesh, before starting his journey with the EDUNET Foundation.

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International education equips students with a broader worldview and firsthand experience of various cultures. It multiplies career opportunities and personal connections. Recognising the significance of higher education abroad isn’t enough; one must know how to get into the dream institution. The Office of International Relations and Higher Studies is yet again ready to assist students in navigating the different career options they will encounter in the higher education spectrum. Bringing the Education Fair 2022 to provide thorough guidance about the universities and programmes awaiting you across the globe.

Date: September 23, 2022

Time: 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM

Venue: Hall- 4, Level- IV, Admin Block

The Education Fair offers a golden chance to explore a diverse range of study programmes with our vast network of partner universities which can accommodate students from any educational background. Major USA and UK universities are participating in this greatly anticipated event. Highly experienced university representatives will be present on the occasion to pour light into the students’ higher education dreams.

Join the education fair and set the right direction for a better future!

Participating universities

• Bradley University – USA

• Cleveland State University – USA

• Oregon State University – USA

• Kent State University – USA

• University of Arizona – USA

• University of Rochester – USA

• University of Strathclyde Glasgow – UK

• University of Essex – UK

• Brunel University, London – UK

• University of East Anglia – UK

• University of Greenwich – UK

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Dr J Vineesh Prakash, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, presented a paper at the 17th East Asian Economic Association (EAEA) convention that was held on August 27-28, 2022 at Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The theme of the convention was “Growth, Resilience and Sustainability: Asian Dynamism in an Uncertain World”.

The East Asian Economic Association (EAEA) was founded in 1987 as the first international academic organisation devoted to East Asian economics. The international convention is its annual conference where papers for publication in the Asian Economic Journal are discussed.

Dr Vineesh presented the paper titled Does Business Group Affiliation Enhance Firm-Level Profitability? Evidence from Indian Automotive Component Industry, that addresses the growing competitive and volatile nature of economic sphere by testing the persistence of profit in a highly evolving emerging country environment such as India.

Emerging economies, such as India, confront different challenges than developed economies. The country has witnessed diverse regulatory environments, varying from highly regulated to more liberal ones. The more liberal environment coupled with the entry of overseas players into this realm has a definite impact on the existing industrial structure, thereby creating a volatile, ever evolving competitive environment.

The paper aims to address this issue and seeks to validate the part played by RBV in generating inimitable capabilities in a context-specific setting of a particular industry, i.e., the Indian automotive component industry. It also analyses the part played by business group affiliation in the post-reform era and its influence on profitability.

The paper found that profitability has moderate-to-high persistence and the variables, such as business group firms with overseas investments, export intensity, firm size, labour productivity growth, and past R&D intensity, have a contributory role in enhancing a firm’s profitability. Other variables such as business group affiliation, firm’s age, firm’s leverage, capital intensity, and A&M intensity have found to exercise a detrimental impact on the firm’s profitability.

Social implications of the research

The results, as reported in this paper, have some important implications for different stakeholders like managers, regulators, policymakers, etc. The finding that past R&D intensity has a positive influence on current profitability is significant to managers so they can allocate appropriate resources to fund such projects without many apprehensions.

The proof that labour productivity growth and profitability are positively related implies that managers could further focus on various in-house skill development programs to enhance labour productivity.

The finding of a positive influence of exports on profitability indicates that managers could further explore the external markets to boost up profitability as export markets are reportedly far more rewarding.

The discovery of moderate to high profit persistence has an important implication for regulators in order to facilitate healthier competition among firms. The moderate to high profitability persistence implies that the regulators have not managed to instill a reasonable level of competition in the industry through carefully crafted interventions, thereby facilitating its growth.

 

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The Office of International Relations and Higher Studies is organising a webinar on “Inputs on how to build SOP and guidance on LOR” on September 22, 2022 from 10.50 am to 11.40 am. The session will be handled by Mr Srivatsan, an expert in abroad admissions.

Drafting a Statement of Purpose (SOP) and Letter of Recommendation (LOR) is an art. While an SOP is written on your own, an LOR is a letter that you receive from your teacher/professor. An SOP often follows a standardised format. There are several questions you need to answer in this document which will in turn reflect your real purpose in pursuing higher studies abroad. Most of the time, students lack clarity as to what they should emphasize in their SOPs. Proper guidance and assistance in this regard will help you address a lot of your queries.

Similarly, LOR writing also follows a pattern. There are different types of LORs such as Academic LOR, Professional LOR etc. Having a broader picture as to what aspects of your capabilities you wish to highlight will help your mentor to draft the letter accordingly.

In this session, a majority of your concerns regarding SOP and LOR writing will be addressed. The session intends to touch upon the various aspects associated with formatting these documents. Receiving the right guidance and tutoring will certainly help you draft a convincing SOP and credible LOR.

Speaker’s Profile

Mr Srivatsan is a Software Engineer by profession. He completed his Bachelor’s in Engineering with a major in Computer Science and pursued Master’s in Computer Science abroad at Wayne State University, Detroit. After a short dabble in Software Development and Testing with Microsoft, Mr Srivatsan returned to India having realised that his passion was teaching. He has been associated with Jamboree since 2014, after teaching Quantitative, Verbal, Aptitude, and Soft Skills. He has mentored a lot of students, placing some in Ivy League Schools. An avid Ultra Marathoner, he imparts the skills to his students to make sure they reach the heights they want.

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