Remembering and Respecting: Silver Jubilee Year
Remembering and Respecting: Silver Jubilee Year
Remembering and Respecting: Silver Jubilee Year
Hundreds of faculty
members cutting across
disciplines gathered at the
main auditorium to celebrate
Teachers Day on September Nasa... 4
5 and in the process listen
to what the Chancellor, the
Vice Chancellor and other top
today.
Chancellor Mr.T.R.Pacha
that he did not drift into the Now a teacher’s role is something extraordinary. They should
profession by accident but
By a Spectrum Staff more of a spark plug… ignit- “Teachers are perennial interests of the student and the short of this would seem to
Writer ing the students and kindling students and ceaseless learn- teacher in their determination make education at SRM Group
their interests” ers” to make a great institution of Institutions incomplete.
“It is not by accident but “As there is diversity in like this is to move further
Vice Chancellor What we strive for here is the
by choice that I took up the students, there is diversity in ahead. And at the heart of that
P.Sathyanarayanan whole or the total picture…
teaching profession… be- teachers” journey is a realization that
cause I was very serious and “Dr. S.Radhakrishnan was “A teacher cannot be re- the ultimate job of a teacher education beyond books and
honest;because I decided a teacher, scholar, writer and placed…” is to mould the student in a examinations.
myself that I should be in the a philosopher. He was highly comprehensive fashion.
Advisor Mr.Sahani
teaching line” inspirational… in that sense Dr.R.Balasubramanian,
Dr.N.Sethuraman,
“Every moment of your he was the best teacher” “ What has not been forgot- Director, Faculty of S&H.
Registrar
presence on campus should “ We have to come to terms ten on Teacher’s Day every
mean something” with the changing role of year is the changing face of “In a ever expanding and “The accent on brilliance
Remembering his teachers: teachers. They have to re-ori- education and the constant challenging educational envi- at the SRM Group which cuts
“(They had) a lovely way of ent themselves in the present challenges it brings about for ronment, the role of a teacher across disciplines and facul-
taking the students along with day” the community of teachers and is multi-faceted. He or she
ties involves both the students
them (and) that made me come “The whole system of ed- by extension the University to is not only the educator and
to this profession” which they belong. At SRM mentor but also the parent and and the teachers and hence
ucation has changed. The
we take pride in our teachers guardian on campus. The job emphasizes to the teaching
Chancellor teacher would have to be
highly knowledgeable with and for many reasons—their of a teacher does not cease community the importance
Mr. T.R.Pachamuthu
an ability to transfer this to dedication to teaching and with the student boarding the of not only keeping pace with
“ I would like to see in all the student; a teacher not only research; the sense of identifi- bus every evening to go home
the changing beat but also
as educators. As an educator cation with the interests of the or going back to the hostel at
have the sympathy and inter- in ensuring that the fulsome
you will be giving an educa- students and in a readiness to the end of the day”
ests of the students at heart but
tion for life” adapt and change”. “All said and done,it is a development of an individual
also act as a role model. This
“This is the only place “If there is one message two way street. Students have is not lost in the process”
is the main function”.
where the product and the coming out at this Teacher’s as much to learn from teach-
customer are the same” Pro Vice Chancellor Day celebrations here at the ers as the teachers have to Dr. P.K.A. Muniswaran,
“The role of a teacher is Dr.T.P.Ganesan SRM University is a unison of learn from students.Anything Director, E & T.
Drug Information
Center Inaugurated
By Ratnika and mation Center (DIC) is to handle and
Rajapavithra answer queries from health care pro-
fessionals and patients. The queries
The Drug Information Cen- which are frequently asked are related
tre was inaugurated on september to drugs, dosing schedule frequency,
2 in the SRM General Hospital side effects of various drugs, adverse
by the Department of Pharmacy drug reaction, drug-interaction, new
Practice. The ribbon was cut by drugs on trials and disease condi-
Dr. Shivakumar, Pro Vice Chancellor. tions. Information about anything and
Dr. N.Chandraprabha, Associate everything related to drugs, medicine
Director of Paramedical felicitated and health will be provided in the
DIC. People seeking information will
the Pro Vice Chancellor.
be required to fill up a form, giving
The initiative was taken by Prof. their personal details along with the
K.S.Lakshmi, Dean, SRM School of query.
Pharmacy as a service given to the
Working hours of the DIC will be
SRM Hospital as it is a tertiary care
from 8:30am to 3:30 pm. The que-
hospital.
The home page of the GPA calculators
ries can also be posted at dic_srm@
The basic function of a Drug Infor- yahoo.com.
Ramapuram student
creates GPA calculator
By A Spectrum Reporter thought that it should be shared with
others. The sole aim of making it was
Rajat Kapoor, a Year II Computer to devise a method to calculate the
Science Engineering student of SRM GPA without any hassle and waste of
University, Ramapuram, recently time,” explained Rajat.
developed a software application for
The application has been created by
calculating the GPA of students. To
using Macromedia Flash MX 2004.
calculate the GPA with this applica-
The application along with an in-built
tion, all that one has to do is type the
help can be downloaded from http://
subject name, grade and credits for
sites.google.com/site/rajatstools/ The
every subject. The application displays
flash source (.fla) file is also available
a summary of the information entered
for download from the site for those
and the calculated GPA.
who are curious about the development
“I first made this for myself but later part of the application. Dr. Shivakumar Inaugurating the center
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Cressida 2K9
By N. LakshmiKanthan • Discussion on patent and courts. We also hanged a set
D. Anbu Selvi copyrights. of events board with Cres-
One more reason for the sida symbol on the top which
Do you want to know how success is the way we handled attracted quite number of
sium…’. In our zeal to remain video. We never failed to im-
the success will be? Go and our publicity. Our first and people. We made a live horse
unique and different we de- press at every moment then.
ask students and faculties of foremost goal is to make the to run on the premises on the
cided to stick to a theme for The Memento given again
department of IT who are word Cressida popular. Unless day of Cressida. We beauti-
entire Cressida 2k9. And we had a special significance as
enjoying the success flavor of the usual case of going and fully handled crowd under the
chose the ancient Greek parch- it was designed by the Cres-
Cressida 2k9. Yes, Cressida’09 visiting other colleges in and
ment style design. All the sida team. registration desk and with all
is a fabulous success with par- around Tamil Nadu, this time
event names, design of posters We took more care in the events especially gaming. The
ticipants of 1500+ from 58+ we gave more importance to
and banners were all based events. We stood unique in video made by our team also
colleges in and around Tamil internal publicity. We setup
on this theme. Our first major that also with events like stole a big applause among the
Nadu. Here comes the suc- help desks in various hotspots
success was our fantastically ‘ZEUS-the mega developer’, audience.
cess flavor especially for the of SRM for publicizing the
designed posters which caught Mediatrix, Pixelate, etc. To be
spectrum readers. events and workshops. We A number of sponsors from
the attention of students and more particular, we consider
We the students and facul- staff throughout and was ap- hanged wooden boards in the the industry and media came
ZEUS as the crown of all the
ties of Department of IT put plauded. The design team was name of our events all over together to make the event a
events as we had the tag line as
our soul and goal together approached by professional the roves of canteens and food grand success!
‘a search for IT Genius’. The
into a single motto, success designers and that speaks a lot traditional events like debug-
of Cressida. We are proud about this talented bunch of ging and hardware assembly
to say that our motto has kids. We designed our website were retained but they were
been fulfilled and all our two inside our own departmental revamped and presented in a
months sacrifices have finally website www.srmit.net. completely new, never seen
got some meaning. Yes, I am before avatar which left the
August 7th and 8th became
talking about the success of participants spell bound and
an answer for our dreams.
Cressida’09. impressed. We had a very
The day came to start off.
The beautiful journey of Huge crowd awaited outside special thing in Cressida’o9,
Cressida started in early July, of the New Seminar Hall ‘Cressida Special’. It is a pack-
just a month before the sched- were the Inauguration of the age of six beautiful events.
uled date of the event. The Grand event Cressida 2K9 is • Embedded system work
mission of Cressida 2k9 team supposed open its true colour. shop
was to ensure that this year The Chief Guest Ms. Shobana • Animania workshop
Cressida was more than just Ravi, Chief Information Of- • Microsoft road show
another departmental fest. ficer, TAFE and our Associ- • Sun Microsystems quiz
That’s why we made our tag ate Director were extremely • Exhibition on smart card
line as ‘not just a sympo- happy about the Inauguration technologies
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and produced daily the "Shin Bun" (meaning a newspaper).
a puzzle. The other events Linux Poison, Black Hole colourful treat for the eyes and
Hotspot
a big change in every way.
Right from food to cultural
habits to the most important
purpose of you being here
By Menorca Chaturvedi Campus. students in delight, the old as frequent greetings and (which is studying), there will
Library has undergone be monumental changes in
With plenty of changes smiles do the rounds. The
With a rush of colours, a renovation, thus giving it a everything you do. As long as
implemented recently, and most common hangouts of you manage to keep a level-
gush of excitement, and a refreshing look. Meanwhile,
being a first hand witness to the students though, seem head and not get dragged into
burst of energy, hundreds of the Aerospace Laboratory, in
all the hustle and bustle, the to be the University Canteen all the amazing distractions
enthusiastic Freshers have the making, has almost been
Main Campus, has notably that the West has to offer, you
livened up the atmosphere painted complete on the and the Open Canteen, which
become a major Hotspot should be able to do fine. But
of the Campus. Beginning exterior. Work is on in full are jam-packed during the
these days. then of course, this one year
a new chapter of their lives, swing inside it too. The Hi-
Lunch hours, also serving as I have spent here has been a
the Freshers have infused While freshly painted Tech Block, being entirely
new spirit and zeal into classrooms in the Mechanical filled up by students, is seen an interactive platform for very inspiring experience for
their work place- the Main PG Block welcome to be very busy and crowded, all the students. me. Have as much fun as you
can but just don’t forget what
you’re here for!
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A new life,
By Rahul Preeth and recruits than bookworms
Ratnika Sharma and the touchstone for such
a student is certainly their
a new beginning!
Nothing could have come in attendance sheet along with
the way of the Freshers of the the report card”, emphasized
Faculty of Engineering and the VC.
Technology as they streamed He reminded the
into the Dr.T.P.Ganesan beginners of the long lasting
Auditorium on August 17,
2009 to see for themselves
Induction of Freshers in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology relationship of the University
with them in the form of
and along with their parents, students, alumni and alma
guardians and siblings what maters. He reiterated one of
the SRM Family is all about. the distinctive features of
Taking the cue from the the University, the Students
anxious faces the Registrar Abroad Programme sends
Dr. N. Sethuraman, began a fair amount of students
with an emboldening overseas every year.
welcome address at the Next to speak was the Pro
induction ceremony that Vice Chancellor, Dr. T.P.
was followed by the lighting Ganesan who recalled the
of the traditional lamp, accreditations and accolades
conventionally starting off achieved by the University
the function. and envisaging the same
“Students are lucky to get in the coming years. The
admitted into a renowned sprawling campus of 242
University like SRM and for acres provides a conducive
us you all are very much dear environment for sports and
for a simple reason that you academic excellence, he
are here”, said the Registrar. added.
The top University official gave credence to the unique company can thrive potential Dr. P.K.A Muniswaran,
pointed out that that if the
Students should not aspect of unity in diversity employment and we are trying director, E&T introduced the
SRM University is rated as of SRM and highlighted heads and deans of the various
confine themselves only to harness that potency”,
Number One in the survey the infrastructural and other disciplines of his office.
to class room but also added the Chancellor.
of Education Times( of The facilities provided to the
Times of India) that has to do widen their horizons. students.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. In the end, on behalf of
with the “efforts and toil” of - Chancellor P. Sathyanarayanan, for his the parents and students, two
each and every one of the staff “Students should not came forward to share their
going all the way through the University officials. That it only confine themselves to expectations and impressions
hierarchy. was a steady drizzle outside classroom teaching but also Focus on a holistic of SRM. “Most of the queries
hardly seemed to matter, even widen their horizons by going development of of the parents are patiently
“I congratulate all of you on
becoming the Silver Jubilee
for those who literally brought to the hi-tech library which personality answered in an eye opening
their bag and bedding into the occupies four of the sixteen - Vice Chancellor ceremony like this and I am
batch of the University which
state- of- the art auditorium. storied goliath University really satisfied” said one of
will make you privileged
building, on- campus the parents.
alumni”, said the Chancellor, The Chancellor welcomed
interactions etc”,he said. part, advised freshers to focus
Mr.T.R.Pachamuthu.The the novice batch into the Dr Muthamizhchelvan,
big SRM family that has 17 “I am being an optimist on a holistic development Associate Director, E&T
gathering listened in rapt
attention, quite unmindful of institutions spread over three in saying that SRMites can of their personality. “The gave it a deserving end
the fact that they had indeed campuses and educating be certain of getting placed present day employment by acknowledging all the
waited for sometime to listen 40,000 students under the care in jobs in spite of heavy generators are looking for dignitaries and the assesmbled
to the Chairman and other top of 5,000 faculty members. He global recession because no passionate and dedicated audience.
A face mask exhibition organised at the University Building Students going through the exhibits.
was formally opened by Dr. R.Balasubramanian, Director,
Faculty of Science and Humanities. At right is the Dean of
FSH Dr. K.Sengotti.
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Voices of Ho
Varying dreams but united in a conviction ...
that they have come to a first rate Institution for a first class edu
ope
ucation.
excel in communications skills.
She also agrees with Vignesh
a fresher of the Department
of Mechanical Engineering
that they look forward to
quality education during
their stay here. Many parents
felt SRM is a knowledge
university on the lines of what
the former President of India
Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam had
said.
By Spectrum Reporters
Kongu Trophy Winners : (Left) Women's Basketball Team, (Right) Men's Volleyball Team
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SRM wins
football
championship
By A Spectrum Reporter
SRM rises to
the occasion
By Prashanti Ganesh Vels Srinivasa Engineering
College and won the finals
The SRM University Ten- against Sri Ramachandra
nis team outplayed Stella Medical University with
Maris Women’s college 2/1 scores of 2/0 in both the
in the finals of the Sri Ram- games.
achandra Udayar Memorial
Trophy organized by Sri Ra- In chess, Dr. Suranasu
machandra Medical Univer- Shankar Das won in the
sity, Porur, Chennai. men’s staff category. He fin-
ished with 5 points, securing
The women’s team (Arthi, the championship.
Nithya and Krithika) and the
men’s staff team (Dr. Rajku- Premnath from the Com-
mar) played steady games, puter Science department
Record breaking
without being challenged clinched the men’s (students)
much. title.
The women’s team led 2- Ramanathan finished
1 in the qualifying match fourth and Aravind Subrama-
performance!!!
against St Josephs Engineer- nian came sixth in the tourna-
ing College. ment.
The men’s staff team capi- The event took place from
talized on their win against 8th to 10th August, 2009.
By: Chinmayee Mishra In the quarters they routed Pa- 29-24. Vellammal Trophy : Cricket Winners
chiappas Kanchipuram.In the
The Madras University A- In the 3rd & deciding
semi-final they beat Sankara
Zone Ball Badminton Cham- set SRMASC raced to 12-
College,Kanchipuram with a
pionship was conducted by 0 lead,courtesy the trio of
score of 29-8 & 29-12.
SRM Arts & Science Col- Thangapandi,Manobarathi
lege on 19th August,the hosts In the much awaited title & Aneesh kumar who were
emerged winners as they beat clash SRMASC met the fa- rocksolid with their defense
Loyola in a nail biting final. vourites Loyola. The first set and they virtually blocked
SRMASC ended the 20year went to Loyola with a score everything near the net.
reign of Loyola with this of 27-29. SRMASC failed to Loyola tried to equalise but
win. hold on to their serve with the SRMASC capitalised on
score reading 27-27. their early lead. The play of
The winners put up a splen-
did show as they blanked all In the 2nd set SRMASC right back-Sujeeth was the
their opponents in straight raised their level of play and highlight the winning team
sets till semis. In prequarter with the help of unforced er- as SRMASC won the set and The Team posing with India's ace K.Srikanth
they beat Annai Velankanni. rors they bagged the set with match with 29-21.
me depend on our only ray
White Is Back !
comprises mainly white.
If there’s anything constant
Visit an Apple retail
in the trendy world of outfits,
store, and you’ll know
it’s change. Something new,
the value of white in the
something old, something
Reasons vary-- from the year B.Tech student, whose spunky bracelets, lockets or tiniest manifestations of
picked up from the past
practical to the age old ‘it favourite combination is a dogtags. And when it comes technological advancement.
and tweaked so as to suit In other words, white’s
looks cool’. With the mercury pair of white shirt and blue to the suave corporate attire,
the present. However, the word when it comes to
level soaring every day and jeans. Sarthak, another Third white is at a premium. Be
some elements stand out gadgets (except the pink
reprieve nowhere in sight, Year B.Tech student, feels it an informal gathering, a
as interesting exceptions, ones that girls go curiously
white plays a crucial role light coloured clothes give garden stroll, a morning jog,
defying the word ‘change’. gaga over, of course).Take
reflecting the heat, exactly a professional look and he a workout session, white has
The conspicuous comeback opposite to what black does. loves going to college in light its say in almost every walk a look at those vehicles
of white is a case in point. Hence, our body temperatures hued outfits. of life. swarming our busy roads,
remain cool, being conducive and you’ll appreciate the
By virtue of the niche that The colour white gives Anything brushed up with value of white when splashed
to work. Some students,
white has carved for itself an incomparable classy a little white at the right over a variety of cars, be it
on being asked why white
in the world of fashion, it makeover to the word places can look really smart, the small size Marutis or the
remains to be in vogue, came
remains pleasantly embedded ‘trendy’. White blends with is the popular view. Hence, luxury segment Mercs and
up with some interesting
in the best of tastes. And when everything, be it the formal we have all those white- BMWs. Smoothly pushing
replies.
it comes to the best of tastes, necktie outfit, the slick gel- based watches and shoes. The away the bright, screaming-
our college can never miss “White always looks cool, groomed hair, the front- most expensive and desired for-attention colours, white is
the mark. Nowadays, white is and it goes with all kinds bencher oily-haired persona, brands thrive on the demand back in action. And this time
being increasingly donned by of accessories one wears”, low-cut rugged jeans, spiky of white-based products. The around, it promises to stay in
students of our college. says Prashant Singh, a Third hair, semi tucked-in shirt, highest segment of shoes town.
The Big Bang
By Varun Krishnan accurate measurements were they are whizzing through
made by using microwave the earth and everybody the
Man has always been try- radiation which gave rise to whole time at the speed of
ing to answer the ever elusive third scenario possible, highly light. As a result of experi-
question of how the universe unlikely though. It says that ments using ultra-sensitive
came into being. The idea that there is just enough matter detectors to observe the col-
the universe was conceived in in the universe to gradually lision between electrons and
one gigantic primeval bang slow down and stop expan- neutrinos, it is now thought
some 14 billion years ago sion at time infinity. A snag that the neutrino may after all
still represents best current with all this has been that the have some mass. Although
thought. According to the Big estimates of the amount of it is tiny, only around a mil-
Bang(BB), the whole of the matter in the universe have lionth of the electron’s, the
known universe once existed not been encouraging. There neutrino’s abundance means it
as a singularity, a vanishingly seems to be at best only 5% could account for a significant
small, mind-blowingly dense of the amount needed to de-
proportion of the total mass of
concentration of matter that celerate the rate of expansion.
Music On The Go
the universe.
made the general compart- However, all may not be lost
ment of a Mumbai local dur- for there is the concept of dark Findings made in the late
ing peak hours look thinly matter. This is the stuff which, 1990s, show that even dark By Shiv Prakash
populated in comparison. This unlike normal matter which is matter might not balance the
singularity then took it into its visible in one or other part of cosmic equation. The rate Today’s generation ‘Y’ eats, drinks, sleeps and swears by
head to explode. the electromagnetic spectrum of expansion of the universe its music. Be it hip-hop, rock, classical, bollywood dance
to our instruments, for reasons far from slowing down, is numbers or retro swing, lovers of all the genres can be
Just after the BB, there was of its own just sits out there actually increasing. To resolve found in abundance throughout our campus. Music gives
brief period of fierce expan- not emitting anything we can this cosmic conundrum it may them company on way to college, on their way back, during
sion. The Universe expended pick up readily, although its
prove necessary to invoke the the lunch hour or even during their stroll from the class to a
so hugely that its geometry existence can be inferred from
existence of a completely new lab. They simply consider music as one of the vital elements
was fixed as what is math- such things as gravitational required for survival.
ematically known as flat, and form of energy, the energy of
image splitting.
it has been expanding in a empty space, which of course But how do they like to carry their music?? Gone are the
more orderly manner ever Two prime candidates for has an associated mass(as Ein- days of walkman and Discman…and who bothers to carry a
since. The knotty question dark matter are wimps(weakly stein never got tired of telling). bunch of audio cassettes or cds these days! Cell phones are the
here is, would it continue to interacting massive parti- The repulsive force exerted by gadgets which most of the students turn to when they have to
centrifuge forever, or would cles) and machos(massive this energy drives the other- carry their music with them.
it eventually stop flying out- astronomical compact halo wise inexplicably increasing The Nokia Music Xpress and Sony Ericsson Walkman series
wards, pause and then start objects). Another intriguing rate of expansion. are the hot favourites in this respect. For those who wish to
to collapse in on itself, ulti- possibility, which has been keep their music completely isolated from their socializing
under our noses the whole If all this is confusing, take
mately disappearing up into gadget carry it in their ipods, Mp3 and Mp4 players.
time, is the neutrino, an odd heart, for we are not alone. It
its own singularity once more? Phillips Gogear and Sony’s Mp4 player are used in great
What was crucial in decid- particle, formed in the BB, is also hugely exciting and
we can safely opine that the numbers by the students but the Apple iPod clearly steals the
ing between the two was the which suffuses the whole
resolution of this confusion show here with its great sound quality and unbeatable battery
amount of matter out there. universe in enormous num-
back up. Apple has a wide range of players from the low end
If there was enough matter it bers- something 500 million in the next few years is going
Shuffle to the highly desirable Nano and iPod Touch, which
would be able to arrest expan- per cubic metre. However, to advance greatly our knowl-
are truly considered a status symbol. These players can be
sion by virtue of the intrinsic since they have no charge and edge of the birth and eventual
conveniently charged and songs can be transferred into them
property of gravitation; if not, were long believed to have no death of the universe and have by connecting them to a computer or a laptop via a USB Cable.
it wouldn’t. However, as the mass either, their presence is other fascinating spin-offs With all these gadgets the students ensure they are wired to
millennium came to a close, difficult to detect even though elsewhere. their music 24x7.
Celebrating Onam...
at home away from home
By A Spectrum Reporter SRM School of Man- hall in bright gold, yellow,
agement celebrated Onam orange & white color.
With the glimmer of gold this year amidst much joy
in the silhouette of pure and celebrations. The team Dr. Jayashree Suresh, Dean
white, “God’s own Country”- consisted of Philips, Soji, SRM School of Management,
Kerala & with it all Malay- Sinjith, Srijesh, Shijo, all Faculties & visiting pro-
alees celebrate the festival of Dilip, Dinu, Ajith, Deepak,
fessors lit the traditional lamp
Onam. Onam is celebrated in Siddharth, Rubin, Rejimin,
remembrance of King Maha- Sharaf & Milash. A colorful “Nilavilakku”. After which
beli & is associated with his traditional “Athapookalam” banana chips and “Payasam”
annual visit to his kingdom. adorned the entrance of the were distributed.
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