CR & CS inks MoU with Ziroh Labs for Academic Alliance Program
The Department of Corporate Relations & Career Services at SRM University-AP collaborates with Ziroh Labs for the Academic Alliance Program. Under this academic alliance program, Ziroh labs will be acquiring patent solutions and other project developments from the renowned faculty of SRM in coordination with the creative pool of students/scholars.
The Earn While You Learn (EWL) Program enables the students of SRM University-AP to furnish and co-develop the products with Ziroh labs and get rewarded monetarily. Ziroh labs will provide the frameworks, guidelines, and documentation required to complete a project. Participants will receive mentorship from industry experts on live projects and have an opportunity to meet with some of today’s finest minds in innovation. Ziroh Labs will also provide Internship and Placement opportunities to SRM University-AP students.
Representatives from Ziroh Labs expressed their gratitude to Dr R Premkumar-Registrar, Mr M S Vivekanandan, Associate Director- Corporate Relations & Career Services and Mr P. Venkateswara Rao-Senior Manager, Internship, Corporate Relations & Career Services for making this collaboration possible.
- Published in CR&CS NEWS, News
Sikindhar Jaladi represents Andhra Pradesh in National Youth Parliament Festival 2022
The youngest National level participant of the year
The national youth parliament initiative intends to strengthen the roots of democracy among India’s youth population. Sikindhar Jaladi, a first-year BTech Computer Science student at SRM University-AP, won district and state level elocution competitions and participated in the National Youth Parliament Festival 2022 conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.
Mr Sikindhar bagged first place in the district level elocution competition in the District Youth Parliament in Krishna District on February 19, 2022, wherein he talked on the topic of Digital India. The top 2 participants from all districts of Andhra Pradesh competed at the state level, and Mr Sikindhar proved his mettle again, securing first place in elocution on the topic Startup India, Standup India.
Across India, approximately 2,40,000 ( two lac forty thousand) people have competed on all levels. In that, only 87 (3 from each state, 29*3=87) of them were shortlisted to attend the national level. Out of which only 29 (1st place winners from each state) of them availed a chance to speak at the Parliament. Being the 1st place winner from Andhra Pradesh, Mr Sikindhar represented the state and delivered his speech in the Parliament House (Sansad Bhavan) in front of the Honourable Speaker, Cabinet Ministers of the central Government, Entrepreneurs and other Dignitaries.
National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) is a national level competition organised by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in partnership with the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan since 2019. (NYKS).
Read this exclusive interview with Mr Sikindhar on his journey to Indian Parliament House
“I am delighted to have got the opportunity to speak at Parliament, which is the highest forum of discussion and debate on public issues and national policy”, says Mr Sikindhar. “Also, I was the youngest youth parliamentarian aged 18 among all the participants”, he added joyfully.
Preparation for the State Level Elocution Competition
The topics were released one day before the state-level competition. Having a dream to become an entrepreneur, I chose Start-up India-Stand-up India among the given topics. I know how the start-up ecosystem has been growing in India and the sectors in which the Indian start-ups are emerging. On an important note, I would like to thank SRM University-AP for providing an entrepreneurship cell( Ecell) that solely focuses on starting up and inculcates leadership and entrepreneurial qualities in young minds. I would also thank our director of entrepreneurship cell Udayan Bakshi sir. I’m a member of the SRM Ecell at the Industree Owl, which helped me get acquainted with some startup and business terminologies.
Experience at SRM AP
Being a fresher, I like the experience here at SRM AP. I have good friends from all over the country. Those from the North Indian states like Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar help me gradually learn Hindi. And that knowledge of Hindi helped me highlight some points of my speech in Hindi, which made my address more attractive. Suman Kumar from Bihar, my classmate and CSE project partner at SRM AP, helped in preparing my speech. Hopefully, I will enjoy and experience the fullest from the university once the university reopens for onsite classes.
About the National Level Elocution competition in Delhi
The experience at the national level competition was truly unique. Best speakers from all the states were competing there. Though I was a bit anxious, I’m happy that I learned many things. Among all the speakers and participants, I was the youngest one. I loved the whole trip and made a lot of connections and friends. I met Shri Om Birla– Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur– Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Nisith Pramanik– Hon’ble Minister of State, Youth Affairs & Sports. We had a beautiful conversation with the honourable union ministers Anurag Singh Thakur and Nisith Pramanik about the problems faced by the people of India, responsibilities and fundamental duties of the youth and the people of India in policymaking. I would also like to share that I had a chance to have dinner with the honourable Union Minister Shri Nisith Pramanik on March 10th evening. We also experienced a beautiful cultural event with the union ministers and members of Parliament (MPs).
Support received from SRM AP
Definitely, SRM AP played a crucial role in the journey. When the state level results were announced, our beloved Vice Chancellor sir, Pro-Vice-chancellor sir, Dean SEAS Prof B V Babu sir, Student Affairs Assistant-Director Revathi ma’am, ITKM Associate Director Arundhati ma’am, ITKM department, management, faculty members, and friends encouraged and motivated me. As I mentioned earlier, I would like to thank SRM University for providing an entrepreneurship cell (Ecell) that solely focuses on starting up and teaches leadership and entrepreneurial qualities in young minds. I’m a member of the SRM Ecell at the Industree Owl department, which helped me get acquainted with some startup and business terminologies.
- Published in CSE NEWS, Departmental News, News
Innovatory conversion of bagasse to biogas
The Department of Environmental Science is glad to announce that Dr Lakhveer Singh has published a paper titled “Anaerobic digestion of sugarcane bagasse for biogas production and digestate valorization” in the journal ‘Chemosphere’ having an impact factor of 7.08 in collaboration with IIT Delhi.
Abstract of the Research
The complex structure of biomass is recalcitrant to degradation and is a major hindrance for anaerobic digestion, so different pre-treatment methods are applied to deconstruct the bagasse for microbial digestion. In this review, different processes developed for the pre-treatment of bagasse and their effect on biogas production have been extensively covered. Moreover, combinations of pre-treatment methods, co-digestion of bagasse with other waste (nitrogen-rich or easily digestible) for enhanced biogas production and biomethane generation along with other value-added products have also been reviewed. Thus, this review highlights the major emerging area of research for improvement in bagasse-based processes for enhanced biogas production along with digestate valorization to make the overall process economical and sustainable.
The paper offers a promising solution with respect to the conversion of agricultural waste to biomethane along with other value-added products. As far as Dr Singh is concerned, future research should also be directed towards the life cycle assessment of different integrated technologies for quantifying the environmental and economic benefits which will help to choose the most sustainable option for digestate valorization.
- Published in Departmental News, ENVS News, News, Research News
A novel method of synthesising 2D transition metal oxide layers
Patent application No: 202241005220
Publication date: 11/02/2022
Title: Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Oxide Layers and a method for their Synthesis
Inventors: Dr. Jatis Kumar Dash, Shaik Md. Abzal, Kurapati Kalyan, Sai Lakshmi Janga
Department of Physics, SRM-University-AP, Andhra Pradesh
The Department of Physics is glad to announce that Dr Jatis Kumar Dash and his PhD Scholars Shaik Md. Abzal, Kurapati Kalyan and Sai Lakshmi Janga have got their patent “TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION METAL OXIDE LAYERS AND A METHOD FOR THEIR SYNTHESIS” published on February 11, 2022.
About the Patent
Extensive use of portable electronic products and the rapidly growing commercial markets in smart electric appliances have created a seemingly high demand for flexible, wearable high-performance photoelectric devices and energy storage technology. In the search for new materials to meet these criteria, one promising solution may be the two-dimensional (2D) material heterostructures, assembled by stacking different conventional 2D materials (for example, graphene, transition metal oxides, carbides, and chalcogenides) in hetero-layered architectures.
These 2D materials stackings are ultrathin layered crystals that show unusual physicochemical properties at few-atom thickness. These 2D heterostructures offer several key advantages for the next-generation devices such as (i) atomically thin 2D nanosheets provide a larger surface area due to complete exposure of the surface atoms, (ii) the edge sites in 2D nanosheets are chemically more reactive than their basal planes and the open gaps enable the intercalation of electrolyte ions and (iii) the high mechanical strength and flexibility at atomic dimensions allow them to be used in the next-generation wearable electronics.
But the growth and stacking of 2D materials is always a challenge. Also, the existing growth tools are complex and expensive. Here, at SRM University-AP, we have fabricated the large-area ultra-thin 2D transition metal oxide (TMO) layers using an easy and cost-effective method. In addition, these 2D TMO layers are further integrated to different other 2D materials for their use in nano-electronic devices. Our work shows the great potential of ultra-thin TMOs in 2D-material-based flexible electronics.
Social Implication
2D materials are the prime candidates for making flexible, wearable, foldable and transparent self-powered smart electronic devices. The next-generation smart electronic devices will be made of 2D materials heterostructures which will need less operating power, less consumption of materials and will have ultimate scalability.
The team is also in the process of optimization and aims to make prototype flexible 2D supercapacitors, photodetectors, ultrathin transistors, and various sensors.
- Published in Departmental News, News, Physics News, Research News