Mrs. Maneesha V. Ramesh& Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan , WINSOC, Athens, October 2008
Presented at the WINSOC 6th Project Coordination Committee Meeting in Athens, on October 2, 2008
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Mr. Kamal Bijlani, Head, Amrita E-Learning, Visit Europe in October/November 2008, October 2008
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Mrs. Maneesha V. Ramesh & Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan , Visit Karlsruhe University and Heidelberg University, Germany on October 13 & 14, '08, october 2008
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Mrs. Maneesha V. Ramesh & Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan , Visit Eurecom at Sophia Antipolis, France on October 15 ,2008, October 2008
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Prof. C. Parameshwaran, Dean of Admissions visits Middle East , October 2008
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Dr. Bipin Nair, University of Kerala, March 2008
Invited to give a talk on "Cell manipulation in Drug discovery", in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations at the University of Kerala on March 27th 2008.
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Ms. Maneesha V. Ramesh and Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Partner US Universities (starting with Seattle), June 2008
Present papers at International Conferences in summer 2008.
http://www.amrita.edu/indo-us/us_visit_june08.html
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Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, University of Texas at Austin, June 2008
Appointed has a Visiting Scholar at University of Texas at Austin.
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Dr. Bipin Nair, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, February 2008
Invited as the Chief Guest at the National Scientific Day Celebrations hosted by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology and delivered the National Science Day Lecture on "Cross talk between Signaling System" on February 28th, 2008.
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Maneesha V. Ramesh, Systems Seminar Series, organised by Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 15th February '08.., 2008
Spoke on "Wireless Sensor Networks to Detect Rainfall Induced Landslides".
Abstract :
Wireless sensor networks are one of the fastest emerging fields which have gained immense attention for its application to critical and emergency situations. Amrita university is applying wireless
sensor networks to real-life landslide monitoring and detection scenarios. This implementation is bringing together scientists from diverse fields such as geology and geophysics, and mechanical, computer, electrical, electronics, and communication engineering
to save human lives, preserve the environment and mitigate property damage. This talk will discuss various issues involved in designing such a network.
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Mr. Jayaraj & Mr. Amit , TECHNEX 2008, 2nd Global Automotive Techology Conference by SIAM in New Delhi, 2008
To do the presentation at TECHNEX 2008, 2nd Global Automotive Techology Conference by SIAM in New Delhi on 28th - 30th April 2008.
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Prof. Vallath Nandakumar and Mr. Vipin Pavithran of TIFAC Cyber Security Center , Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 2008
To present for Indo-German Project
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Mr.Kamal Bijlani, Head, Amrita-TBI Global Connect , US, 2008
For Research Collaboration.
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Dr.Joshua Freeman , Prague, Czech Republic, 2008
Presented at WINSOC PCC-M5 Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic on May 12-13'08.
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Dr. Shyam Diwakar , Innsbruck, Austria., 2008
Presented Amrita paper "A Framework for Interactive eLearning in a Virtual World" at E-Learning 2008/BIS workshop, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Dr. Bipin Nair, School of Biotech , invited talk at University of Milan ,17 November, 2008
http://amrita.edu/news2009/faculty-news/bipin-nair-invited-talk.php
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Brni. Ratna, Fujita Labs, Dept. of EE, University of Tokyo, Japan , 2007
Ratna is presently a Visiting Researcher at Fujita Labs, Dept. of EE,
University of Tokyo, Japan for a sponsored research project. This is her third visit to Japan. Earlier she spent around 8 months (October 2005 to July 2006) at University of Tokyo as a Visiting Faculty.
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Mrs. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Visits European Universities, 2007
http://www.amrita.edu/indo-us/recentvisit.html
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Brni. Rehna Raj, Visits European Universities, 2007
http://www.amrita.edu/indo-us/recentvisit.html
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Dr. Krishna Sree Achuthan, Program Co-Director of Indo-US International Initiatives, Visit European Universities, 2007
http://www.amrita.edu/indo-us/recentvisit.html#krishna
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Dr. Bipin Nair , TIFAC and The National Academies(USA), 2007
Attended a one day international Symposium on Growing Indian Innnovation: Issues, Opportunities and Solutions organized by TIFAC and The National Academies(USA).
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Dr. Bipin Nair , Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2007
Invited to present the theme paper in the 7th Annual conference of the Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Nov.30, 2007.
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Dr. Bipin Nair , NIIST, Trivandrum, 2007
Attended a four day conference on ?International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology? (NHBT - 2007), and Chaired a session on Industrial Biotechnology, at NIIST, Trivandrum, Nov. 26 ? 29th ,2007.
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Dr. A Banerji , Quebec City, Canada, 2007
Invited to present a paper ?Polar Constituents of Himalayan (Ladakh) Seabuckthorn Leaves? in the 3rd International Seabuckthorn Association Conference at Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 12th to 16th, 2007
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Dr. S N Sarbadhikari, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha, 2007
Guest lecture at the 10th National Workshop on Medical Informatics and Biomedical Communication at MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha, 30th Nov, 2007.
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Ms. Athira , Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, 2007
Attended a two day conference on “Annual Meeting Of Society For Biotechnologists, India & National Symposium On Current Trends In Stem Cell Biology” and presented a paper "Isolation, Identification, Purification and Biological Activity Of Phytoecdysterone From Sesuvium Portulacastrum" at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, Dec. 15-16, 2007
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Dr. Bipin Nair, Visted European Universities during June 2007, 2007
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Dr. Bipin Nair, Visited Seattle and Washington during October 2007, 2007
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Joshua Udar Freeman, Royal College of Engineering, Trissur, Kerala, India, 2007
An introductory talk on Robotics was given, centered around general concepts of applied controls. Focus was given to sensor and information inputs, processing of various types, output actions and information, and feedback.
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Maneesha V. Ramesh, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007
Present at WINSOC meeting at Lausanne, Switzerland
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Mrs. Maneesha V. Ramesh and Ms.Rehna Raj. T, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
CONSORTIUM INTERNAL REVIEW MEETING PCC-M2, of WINSOC (Wireless Sensor
Networks with Self-Organization Capabilities for Critical and Emergency Applications) on 10 - 11 May, 2007.
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Mrs. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Dr. Krishnashree, Dr. Vallath Nandakumar , Visited various US Universities, 2007
To discuss her research, meets distinguished professors of University of California at Berkeley Intel Research Labs-Berkeley,University of California, Santa Cruz,Standford University,University of California, San Diego,University of California, Irvine,University of California, Los Angeles,University of Texas at Austin,University of Iowa,Purdue University,University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign,University of Maryland,Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
http://www.amrita.edu/indo-us/visit.htm
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Dr. Shanti Nair and Dr. Balakrishnan Shankar visits US, , 2007
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AMMA's visit to IOWA City, , 2007
In conjunction with AMMA's visit to IOWA City, a roundtable is to be held among Amrita University and the University of IOWA with Iowa Governers and University presidents attending, on July 2nd, 2007
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Karthi, NSS, Palakad, 2006
Delivered seminars on PIC Micro controllers and VLSI ASIC Design
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Ramesh Bhakthavatchalu, Government Engg. College, Thrissur, 2006
Resonance 06 was a national level technical symposium by GEC, Thrissur. Gave an invited talk on "LATEST TRENDS IN VLSI DESIGN". Students from differnet engineering colleges and faculty members attended the seminar.
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Maneesha V. Ramesh, IIT- Bombay, 2006
Present at "Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks", IIT-Bombay, on April 20,2006
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Br. Ratna, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
Attended The Berkeley Research Symposium
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Shri. R. Suresh Kumar, University of California, Riverside, 2004
Shri. R. Suresh Kumar (HOD-ECE, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri) spent three months from July to September 2004 at the University of California, Riverside, under a university exchange program. He worked in the area of video surveillance systems, under the guidance of Prof. Bhir Bhanu
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Dr. Vishwas Narayanaswamy P., Sophia College, Mumbai, 2002
National Conference in Medical Technology
COIMBATORE
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P. Venkat Rangan , Hyderabad, September 2008
Delivered keynote address on "Ubiquitous Computing: Past,Present,Future" at Hyderabad on 5th September 2008.
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P. Venkat Rangan , C-DAC, Hyderabad, September 2008
Invited as a Chairman (PRSG)and gave opening remarks at the Second combined meeting of Project Review and Streering Group(PRSG) for the projects on National Programme for Ubiquitous Computing Research Initiatives by C-DAC, IIM Kolkata, IIT-Kharagpur, IISc-Bangalore, Amrita University held at C-DAC, Hyderabad on 6th September'08.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, D.J. Academy for Managerial Excellence, September 2008
invited for the inaugural function of NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMPUTING NCAC 2008 for Dept.of Computer Applications,D.J. Academy for Managerial Excellence at Coimbatore on 19th September 2008
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan , Programme for Dance & Performing Arts, Palakkad, October 2008
Invited as the Chief Guest for the inauguration of Swaralaya, programme for Dance & Performing Arts, Palakkad, October 1, '08
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan , Programme for Dance & Performing Arts, Palakkad, October 2008
Invited as the Chief Guest for the inauguration of Swaralaya, programme for Dance & Performing Arts, Palakkad, October 1, '08
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, October 2008
Invited as the Guest of Honour for the, 50th
Anniversary Celebrations of G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial
Hospital Cancer Center, October 4, '08
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, addresses Foundation Day Celebrations at Sugarcane Breeding Institute on 25 , October 2008
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Prof. C. Parameshwaran, Dean of Admissions visits Middle East , October 2008
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, , March 2008
Invited as a panelist on a Special Keynote Panel on State of Entrepreneurship - A Conversation with achievers at TN Entrepreneurship Summit organised by CII at Chennai.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Indo-Brazil Joint Workshop by Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2008
Gave a talk on "The Emerging Horizon of Ubiquitous Wireless and Multimedia Communications" at Indo-Brazil Joint Workshop by Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 24-25 June 2008.
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Prof. Biresh Sahoo, Vienna University of Economics, Austria, February 2008
Prof. Biresh Sahoo of Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore has received Lise Meitner Post-Doctoral Fellowship under the Vienna University of Economics, Austria
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Dr. M. P. Chandrasekharan, Dean- Engineering , Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, August 2008
Invited for the inauguration of the International Conference on "Digital Factory" held at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 12th August 2008.Click here :- http://www.amrita.edu/accomplishments/media/digital_factory.pdf
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, IMSA 2008, Kailua-Kona, USA, 2008
Invited to be a member of the International Program Committee
(IPC) for the IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2008), which is to take place in Kailua-Kona,USA from August 18, 2008 to August 20, 2008.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, The Eighth IASTED International Conferences on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2008, May 26-28, 2008, Quebec city, Quebec, Canada, 2008
Member of the Program Committee of The Eighth IASTED International Conferences on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2008
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, BARC, Mumbai, 2008
Invited for the inaugration function of "HIS" Hospital Information System developed by Amrita V.V.P. for BARC on 16 January 2008 and also to deliver a talk on "Computerisation in Medical science".
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Vivekananda University, Bangalore, 2008
Invited has a Guest of Honour for the Convocation of Vivekananda University, Bangalore on 12th January 2008.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Sai Nilayam English Medium School, Mangalathanchalla, Pampampallam, 2008
Invited to be the Chief Guest for the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Sai Nilayam English Medium School, Mangalathanchalla, Pampampallam on 25th January 2008.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Amrita Vidyalayam, Kozhikode, 2008
Invited as the guest of honour for the Annual Day Celebrations of Amrita Vidyalayam, Kozhikode on February 5th.
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Dr. P. Venkatrangan, Systems Seminar Series, organised by Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 15th February 2008., 2008
Spoke on "Wireless Sensor Networks to Detect Rainfall Induced Landslides".
Abstract :
Wireless sensor networks are one of the fastest emerging fields which have gained immense attention for its application to critical and emergency situations. Amrita university is applying wireless
sensor networks to real-life landslide monitoring and detection scenarios. This implementation is bringing together scientists from diverse fields such as geology and geophysics, and mechanical, computer, electrical, electronics, and communication engineering
to save human lives, preserve the environment and mitigate property damage. This talk will discuss various issues involved in designing such a network.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Maharaja Engg. college, Avinashi , 2008
Invited to be the chief guest for the convocation ceremony of Maharaja Engg. college, Avinashi on 23rd February'08.
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Dr.K.K.Sasi and Mr.K.Venugopalan, Uppsala University, Sweden , 2008
Faculty members, School of Engineering, Coimbatore will be visiting Uppsala University, Sweden for a long term research collaborations during April'08.
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Prof C. Parameswaran, Dean, Corporate Relations, Suntec International Convention Centre, Singapore, 2008
Participated in the Career 2008 & Education 2008 event, held at Suntec International Convention Centre, Singapore on February 28 – March 02, 2008.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, TCS, Bangalore, 2008
Invited to participate in a workshop on the topic of "Wireless Sensor Networks & applications" conducted by TCS, Bangalore on 30th April 2008.
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Dr. V.S. Somanath, Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Mysore, 29 March 2008, 2008
Invited to be the Chief Guest at the Annual Day celebrations.
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Dr. Sudhakar Achath, NIT-Trichy, 2008
Invited to be the panel judge at the final round of Ventura, the national business plan contest of Pragyan 2008 and Entrepreneurship Cell, NIT-Trichy, 29 March 2008.
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Dr. Sanjay Banerji, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, 2008
Gave lecture on 'Principles of General Management' to students of Clinical Research on 14-15 January 2008.
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Prof. S.G. Kulkarni, Janson's School of Business, Coimbatore, 2008
Gave a talk on "The Sales Process" on 2nd February 2008.
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Prof. Sunil Puliyakot, VIT Vellore, 2008
Gave a lecture on "The Role of Mutual Funds in Financial Planning" on 2nd February 2008.
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Prof. Sunil Puliyakot, Janson's School of Business, Coimbatore, 2008
Gave a lecture on "An Introduction to Microfinance" on 16th March 2008.
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Prof. Shobhana Madhavan, IIM Bangalore, 2008
Attended a Workshop on 'Corporate Social Responsibility - Curriculum Design, Teaching and Research'. Sponsored by the British Council on 3-4 January 2008.
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Prof. Sunil Puliyakot, Pondicherry University, 2008
Attended an International Conference on Microfinance organized by School of Management on 23 - 25 January 2008.
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Dr.M.Aravindakshan , Symposium on Food For Health at Hotel Residency, Coimbatore, 2008
Invited for Symposium on "Food For Health " Functional Food, Nutraceuticals and Organic Food, organized by NIFTEM & Cornell-Sathguru Foundation at Hotel Residency, Coimbatore on May 21-23'08.
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Mr. Vivek Menon, Visiting Research Scholar at the Centre for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS), University at Buffalo (SUNY). , 2008
He is working on a research project on 'Biometrics Driven Smart
Environments' since mid-April 2007 with Dr. Venu Govindaraju, Director - CUBS and Dr. Bharat Jayaraman, Chair, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 2008
Invited to be a member of the “Conference Advisory Committee” for International Conference on Solar Cells (IC-SOLACE 08) 21- 23, January 2008
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Columbia University, 2007
To sign the MoU for Amrita-Columbia collaborative initiatives in Higher Education and Research on 13 June, 2007.
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Ms. B. Rajathilagam, University of Central England, Birmingham, UK , 2007
To present a paper "An Adaptive Communication Model for Large Wireless Sensor Networks" at International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications (ICPCA '07)at University of Central England (UCE), at Birmingham, UK on 26th & 27th July'07.
http://www.icpca.uce.ac.uk/
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Prof. Shobhana Madhavan , WWF-Greater Mekong, Laos , 2007
Invited to work with the WWF-Greater Mekong, Laos Country Programme as a consultant for village livelihood development in the Xe Pian ? Dong Houa Sao Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiative. The project, which is located in the triborder forest area (Lao, Vietnam and Cambodia), aims to restore habitat connections, while reducing poverty among people living in and near the conservation corridors. Xe Pian is one of the top ten conservation areas in terms of
biodiversity in Southeast Asia. The objective of the consultancy was to work with villagers in identifying livelihood activities for reducing poverty through the sustainable use of natural resources. The duration of the assignment was from April 20 ? May 18, 2007.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, 2007
Invited to be the Chief Guest and gave inaugural Address at the valedictory function of a two day National Conference on "Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Mechanical Systems", MSOMS'07, held at Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore on 24th August 2007.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Bharathiar University, Internet Centre, Coimbatore , 2007
Invited to be the Chief Guest and to deliver the inaugural address of the New Internet Centre, on 10th September 2007 at the Library Building, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
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Dr. Venkat Rangan , University of Maryland, USA, 2007
Plenary talk at "India and the US: Common Challenges and opportunities" Conference, University of Maryland, USA
http://www.international.umd.edu/oip/4690
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, IBM, Bangalore, 2007
Invited for IBM Faculty Awards 2007 ceremony and announcement of IBM SUR grants and Networking.
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Dr. S.S. Bhagawan, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, 2007
India Rubber Expo 2007, January 19, 2007, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai
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P. Bagavathi Sivakumar, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode., 2007
As a resource person delivered a talk on "Research / Recent trends in Data Mining" in the one day national seminar on Data Mining in Intelligent Data Analysis, sponsored by Tamilnadu State council for science and Technology.
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Senthinayaki .M, V.L.B. Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology on 23rd February 2007, 2007
Attended a one day VLSI Awareness Workshop organised by Electronics and Communications Engineering Association, Co-Sponsered by IEEE India ED/MTT chapter
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M. Nirmala Devi, Kongu College of Engg. Perundurai, on 8th June, 2007, 2007
Delivered a lecture on "VLSI Design of Neural Networks" in an ISTE sponsored STTP Program
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J. Ravichandran, Bharathiar University, 2007
Presented a paper titled "Statistical Pattern Recognition" in a National Seminar on "Frontiers in Applied Statistics and Computer Applications", Organized by the Department of Statistics, Bharathiar Univertity.
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N. Saravanan, K. Hithendra and Dr. K.I. Ramachandran, CITICOMS 2007 at Coimbatore Instiute of Technology, Coimbatore, 2007
Presented a paper entitled "A case study on classification of features by fast single-shot multi-class PSVM using Morlet wavelet for Fault diagnosis of spur gear box" in International conference on modeling and simulation - CITICOMS 2007.
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P. Krishna Kumar, IIT Madras, 2007
Participated in the QIP-STTP Programme on "Mechanics of Fatigue and Fracture" at IIT Madras from 25 June to 30 June 2007.
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V. Sugumaran, IIT Madras, 2007
Participated in the AICTE-STTP Programme on "Machine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis" at IIT Madras from 09 July to 14 July 2007.
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Dr. K. Shailendhra, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 2007
Delivered a lecture on "Mathematics Research Methodology - An Overview" in the one day seminar organized by Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore on 30th April 2007.
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Dr. Sudhakar Menon Achath, Dr. Sanjay Banerji and Dr. Deepak Gupta, SAP Labs India, Bangalore, 2007
Attended a five-day programme on Business Process Integration at SAP Labs India, Bangalore, 11 – 17 August 2007.
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Prof. S. Jagannathan and Prof. C. S. Udhaykumar, SITRA, Coimbatore, 2007
Attended the first International South Asian Association of Transactional Analysts (SAATA) Conference held at the South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore, 26 ? 30 September 2007.
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Prof. Shobhana Madhavan, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 2007
Attended a Faculty Development Programme involving international scholars - ?Global Dispersion of Work and Impact of Off-Shoring on Human Resource Management? ? at the Center for International
HRM, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 31 July ? 1 August 2007.
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Dr. Sanjay Banerji, Avinashlingam University, 2007
Conducted three workshops on Environmental Awareness. One programme, held on 8 August 2007 at the request of Avinashlingam University, was aimed at faculty members belonging to NSS from all over Tamil Nadu. Two other programmes, held on 9 September 2007 and 23 September 2007,were for student members of Amrita Prakriti Sangrakshan Samity (APSS).
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Prof. S.G. Kulkarni, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirapally, 2007
Invited to give a talk on Sales Process by Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirapally, 7-8 July.
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Prof. S.G. Kulkarni, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, 2007
Invited to be the Chairman of a technical session at the one day seminar - National Level Seminar on Retail Internationalization:
Opportunities in the Indian Retail Landscape ? held at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, 22 August 2007.
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Dr. Sudhakar Achath and Dr. P. Balasubramanian, ICFAI Business School, 2007
Presented a paper titled, ?Predicting Futures Contracts Using Local Data and Non-parametric Modeling" at the 5th International Conference of the Association of Indian Management Scholars International, ICFAI Business School, 27-30 December 2007.
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Prof. C.S. Udhayakumar, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India, New Delhi and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), Bangalore, 2007
Presented a paper titled "Yoga and Personal Growth" in the plenary session of the National Seminar on Indian Psychology: Theories and Models, jointly organized by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India, New Delhi and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), Bangalore, 26-28 December 2007.
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Dr. Sanjay Banerji, Jai Bharath College, Perumbavoor, Kerala, 2007
Gave a talk on ‘The Triple Bottom Line’
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Dr. Sanjay Banerji, PSG Institute of Management, 2007
Delivered the inaugural address at a National Research Conference on Business Research on 16 December 2007.
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Dr. Sudhakar Achath, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 2007
Session Chair, at the General Management Session, 5th National Conference on Business Research on 16-17 Nov 2007.
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Dr. Deepak Gupta, Kerala Financial Corporation, 2007
Conducted sessions on ?Marketing of Financial Services? in the Management Development Programme for Senior Executives of the Kerala Financial Corporation, 18 October 2007.
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Prof. Shobhana Madhavan, Kerala Financial Corporation, 2007
Conducted sessions on ?The Relevance of Corporate Communication? in the Management Development Programme for Senior Executives of the Kerala Financial Corporation, 18 October 2007.
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Prof. Sunil Puliyakot, Kerala Financial Corporation, 2007
Conducted sessions on ?Strategic Environment of Business? in the Management Development Programme for Senior Executives of the Kerala Financial Corporation, 18 October 2007
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Dr. Rooplekha Khuntia, Kerala Financial Corporation, 2007
Conducted sessions on ?Interpersonal Effectiveness? in the Management Development Programme for Senior Executives of the Kerala Financial Corporation, 18 October, 2007.
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Prof. S.G. Kulkarni, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy, 2007
Invited for taking sessions on Consumer Behaviour from 28 Nov. to 30 Nov 2007
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Dr. Sanjay Banerji, SAP Labs India, Bangalore, 2007
Attended conferences on SAP on 30 October 2007 and 28-30 November 2007
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Prof. S. Jagannathan, IMI, New Delhi, 2007
Attended a 3-day workshop on Teaching Human Values in Management Schools, conducted by IMI-Spandan Centre for Human Values, IMI, New Delhi, 4-6 October 2007
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Prof. S. Jagannathan, Saraswathi Tyagaraja College, Coimbatore, 2007
Participated in a 2-day Faculty Development Programme on 15-16 October 2007
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Dr. Rooplekha Khuntia, IMI, New Delhi, 2007
Attended a 3-day workshop on Teaching Human Values in Management Schools, conducted by IMI-Spandan Centre for Human Values, IMI, New Delhi, 4-6 October 2007.
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Prof. C.S.Udhayakumar, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana , Bangalore, 2007
Participated as a delegate in the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA) - a Deemed Yoga University, Bangalore, 20-23 December 2007
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Prof. C.S.Udhayakumar, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana , Bangalore, 2007
Attended the post-conference yoga therapy and counseling workshop sessions of the 17th International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications in Prashanti Kuteeram, SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore, 24-31 December 2007.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, TNAU, Coimbatore, 2007
Member of Advisory Board of 8th Agricultural Science Congress by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences TNAU Coimbatore
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Dr. V.S. Somanath, CII Regional Summit on Education, 2007
Delivered keynote address
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Vallath Nandakumar, ACM Japan Chapter & IBM Tokyo Research Lab, 2007
Invited as Asia - Coimbatore - Co-ordinator in the 2007 ACM-CPC World Finals at the Hilton Tokyo Bay Disney Resort. Also invited to the 2007 Regional Contest Directors' Symposium held in conjunction with the World Finals
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, , 2007
Keynote address at the National Conference on Cyber Security in Bangalore om March 9th, 2007
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, NIAS, Bangalore, 2007
Delivers Talk at the Second DST - NIAS Workshop
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Dr. Soman K.P., Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007
Present at WINSOC meeting at Lausanne, Switzerland
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Institution of Engineers, Palghat, 2007
Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Hotel Indraprastha, Saturday, 21st April, 2007
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, IUCEE, Mysore, 2007
Invited for the launching of the Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) in Mysore, at an Action Planning Forum on June 3-5, 2007. And also requested to be the key member on the panel of "Overall Collaborative Trends"
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, 2007
Invited to be the Chief Guest for the Inauguration of Shoulder & Elbow Unit at Ganga Hospital,Coimbatore
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum, New Delhi, 2007
Review of "Mass Transit & Travel Behaviour"
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Prof. C. Santhoshkumar, Amrita School of Engineering, Ettimadai, Coimbatore, 2007
Gave a talk on "Speech Processing and Applications" in National workshop on applications of digital signal processing. This workshop was fully sponsored by TCS under the auspices of TCS-Amrita Sangam
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Prof. C. Santhoshkumar, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, 2007
Visiting Scientist at Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic from June - December 2007 under AMIDA project.
https://www.fit.vutbr.cz/research/groups/speech/
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan , PSG College of Technology and Polytechnic College, Coimbatore, 2007
Invited to the Governing Council Meeting on May 18, 2007
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Prof. Sanjeevi Arul and Prof. Bhagavathi Sivakumar, University of Milano, Italy , 2007
Visits University of Milano as part of the Indo - Italy Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology - 2005-2007
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Dr.V.S. Somanath , Tianjin University of Finance & Economics, Tianjin, China from 5th August to 18th August, 2007, 2007
Teaches course on International Finance at Tianjin University, China
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Vivek Menon, Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) in the University at Buffalo , 2007
He is working on a six-month research project (April - October 2007) on ‘Smart Environments’ with Dr. Venu Govindaraju, Director - CUBS and Dr. Bharat Jayaraman, Chair - CSE.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Google India, Bangalore, 2007
Met Dr. Prasad Ram, CTO, Google India, Bangalore on Jun 6, 2007
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, General Electric, GE India Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd, John F. Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore, 2007
Met Dr. Maltesh,General Electric,GE India Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd, John F. Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore on Jun 6, 2007
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, University of Buffalo at LA, 2007
Met Dr. Satish Tripathi, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, School of Management, University of Buffalo at LA in AMMA's Divine presence to finalise the agreement on Amrita-SUNY joint Dual Degree Program on 21 June, 2007.
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Dr. M.Sethumadhavan, ADRIN(ISRO),Hyderabad, 2006
Recent Trends in designs of stream ciphers
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Dr. S.S. Bhagawan, Ms. Meera B. Sasikumar, Kochi, 2006
Asia Rubtech Expo 2006 at Kochi during Nov. 23-25, 2006.
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Dr. S.S. Bhagawan, M. Kannan, Dr. D. Sriram, NCL, Pune, 2006
MACRO 2006 at NCL, Pune during December 17-20, 2006
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Dr. S.S. Bhagawan, DMSRDE, Kanpur, 2006
Guest Lectured on 'Role of DoE in Polymer Science & Engineering', November 30, 2006 at DMSRDE, Kanpur during CEP.
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J. Ravichandran, Department of Statistics, Bharathiar University, 2006
Presented a Special Lecture on the topic "Inference based on preliminary tests in analysis of variance(ANOVA)", The procedures for determining the variance componants, test procedures, power functions and confidence intervals are delivered to research scolars.
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, AMRITA and Indian Plastics Institute Coimbatore Chapter, 2006
Talk titled "Applications of DoE Polymer Formulation and Processing", ,Proc. One Day Workshop on "Design of Experiments"
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, 2006
Talk titled "Pineapple leaf fiber [PALF] reinforced composites", during one-day Seminar on "Natural Fiber Composites"
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, DMSRDE [DRDO], Kanpur, 2006
Talk titled "Role of DoE in Polymer Science & Engineering", November 30, 2006 during Continuing Education Program [CEP] on Advanced Analytical Techniques
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G.Jeyakumar, Sankara College of Science Commerce, 2006
Delivered a Lecture on DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING SKILL in the seminar conducted by Sankara College of Science and Commerce , Coimbatore.
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Prof. K. Gangadharan, Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore, 2006
Inaugurated the Computer Science and Information Technology Association of Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore on 9 August, 2006.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 2006
Session chair for the Regional Quality Summit on Education, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, SAASTRA 2006, Guruvayur, 2006
Inauguration of the 7th Annual Conference of Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, SAASTRA 2006 at Guruvayur
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, 10th NIAS Course, 2006
Chief Guest for Valedictory function of 10th NIAS Course
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Radhika.N, Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, 2006
Delivered a talk on Mobile Adhoc Networks in a national level conference.
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Ms. Vijayalakshmi & Mr. Rajasekar, , 2006
Lecturers from the Computer Science & Engineering Department were selected to attend the Asian OSS Training Program in Bangkok conducted by The Center for International Cooperation for Computerization with National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) Thailand.
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Prof. M. Elangovan, National Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (a DRDO Establishment), Kochi , 2006
Delivered keynote address on "Modern Practices for Product Development" in inaugural session of a course at NPOL
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Dr. Satya Sai Prakash, , 2006
Invited to deliver a special speech on the topic "Hybrid Network (Wireless & Satellite) for Village Resource Centers in India" at 4th Taipei International Conference on Digital Earth, Taipei, Taiwan
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, , 2006
Delivered Keynote address at the International Education Meet 2006
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Dr. K.P. Soman, IIT- Bombay, 2006
Present at "Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks", IIT-Bombay, on April 20,2006
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, IIT- Bombay, 2006
Present at "Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks", IIT-Bombay, on April 20,2006
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G.Aravinthan, S.B. College, Changanacherry, Kerala,, 2005
Delivered talk on "Chitin and its Derivatives for the Biomedical Applications" and "Polymers for Tissue Engineering" at the International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development
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G.Aravinthan, Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Bangalore, 2005
Delivered talk on "Computational Modeling of Polymeric Nanotechnology" at the National Seminar - Recent Developments in Biomedical Polymers and their Applications.
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Dr. M.Sethumadhavan, St.Domonic College Kanjirapally, Kottayam, 2005
UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Algebra and Coding Theory
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P. Bagavathi Sivakumar, SAHITHI, an institution for Research and extension of education, Coimbatore., 2005
Delivered a talk on "Time series analysis and its Applications" in the one-week workshop on Mathematical Foundation, Research Methodology in Experimental and Social sciences, during 16-20 May 2005 organized by SAHITHI, an institution for Research and extension of education, Coimbatore.
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P. Bagavathi Sivakumar, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, 2005
Delivered a talk on "Supercomputers and its applications" to the participants of ISTE Summer School, NSS College of Engineering, Palakad.
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 2005
Invited Talk, "Viscoelastic behaviour of highly filled polymers [solid propellants]" International Conference on Blends & /Composites [ICBC] 2005
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, AMRITA, Coimbatore, 2005
Talk titled "Polymer Waste Management" G. Aravinthan and S. S. Bhagawan, ISTE - STTP
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, ISRO Satellite Centre Bangalore, 2005
Talk titled "Nanoclay based elastomers and polymer laminates for space applications" by S. S. Bhagawan, B. Meera, C. Nirmal and R. Subba Rao", at Discussion Session on Nanomaterials for Spacecraft Structural & Thermal Applications
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 2005
Invited talk at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, PSG & Sons Charities, Coimbatore, 2005
Guest of honor for PSG & Sons Charities, Coimbatore, 79th annual day celebration
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, PSG Tech, Coimbatore, 2005
Chief Guest for PSG tech founders day celebrations - Dinamalar
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, IISc Bangalore & IIT Delhi, 2005
Talk at IISc Bangalore and IIT Delhi on Transforming New Technologies into Business and Societal Ventures
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, TIFAC, 2005
Talk in the workshop "Effective Disaster Warning Systems & Risk Communication" by TIFAC
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, 2005
Invited as Guest of honour for the 5th Annual Convocation and delivered the Convocation Address
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, ELITEX2005, Delhi, 2005
Talk in ELITEX2005 in Delhi - Telemedicine Session Chair
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, World telecommunication Day , BSNL, Palakkad Division, 2005
Chief Guest of the World telecommunication Day , BSNL, Palakkad Division
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Computer Society of India (CSI), 2005
Chief Guest for Computer Society of India (CSI) -Annual General Meeting 2005-06
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Indo-US S&T Forum, 2005
Invited for the Indo-US S&T Forum: 7th Governing body meeting on 11 October 2005
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, India R&D conference, 2005
Invited for the India R&D conference, www.indiarnd2005.com
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Eduacation plus, 2005
On Going into business: VCs talk in Eduacation plus
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, R&D Conference on societal applications of satellite networks, Delhi, 2005
Indo-US Talk abstract for R&D Conference on societal applications of satellite networks in Delhi
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Dr. Srinivasan Rangan, The University of Texas, Dallas, 2005
Invited to take a 12-week Summer Semester Course on "Financial Statement Analysis" for MBA students of the University of Texas
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Prof. C. Santhoshkumar, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore, 2005
Invitation to discuss possible areas of co-operation in Natural Language Processing. http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/
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Dr. K. Somasundaram, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi , 2005
Invited as Visiting Scientist,18th June - 4th July, 2005
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, IISc, Bangalore, 2005
Delivered special lecture on "Transforming New Technologies into Business and Societal Ventures"
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P. Bagavathi Sivakumar, , 2004
As a Coordinator and resource person for AICTE-ISTE STTP on Information Retrieval and Security, delivered talks on the topics, "An overview of Information Retrieval and Data Mining Insight" held in Amrita Institute of technology and Science, Ettimadai during November, 22 - December, 3, 2004.
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P. Bagavathi Sivakumar, Sree Narayana Guru Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 2004
Delivered a lecture on "Current trends and Research in High Performance Computing" for the ISTE Staff Chapter.
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, 2004
Keynote Address titled "Polymers and Polymerisation Methods" during One day Symposium on Industrial Chemistry
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, 2004
Talk titled "Polymer rheology : Structure-property relations", AICTE-STTP on "Practical Applications of Melt Rheology in Polymer Processing"
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory [HEMRL], Pune, 2004
Talk titled "Viscoelastic characterization of solid propellants and related materials" during CEP on "Solid propellants for rockets & missiles"
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, Amrita Inst of Tech, Coimbatore, 2004
Talk titled "Polyvinyl chloride [PVC] : Manufacture, Applications and Environmental Issues" by S. S. Bhagawan and G. Aravinthan, STTP on "Cleaner Manufacturing in Industries"
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Dr. S. S. Bhagawan, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, 2004
Talk titled "Polymers in space technology" Refresher Course on "Emerging Trends in Chemistry".
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G.Jeyakumar, Navakarai Village, 2004
Delivered a Lecture on ROLE OF PARENTS IN CHILDRENS EDUCATION in the s