Quarterly Newsletter
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Editorial Board:
Prof. S. Salivahanan
Principal
Prof. B. Srinivasan
Director - SoMCA
Prof. P. Ramasamy
Dean - Research
Prof. Dr. Sunita Nair
Dept. of Chemistry
Dr. Divya John
Dept. of English
3 From the President’s Desk
From the Principal’s Desk
4 Orientation Week 2012
The Ides of March
5 Research Publications In Journals
6 Report on Department Technical Symposium
8 Photo Gallery
10Questions
12 The Inheritance
14 Tamil Section
October 2012
“From the President’s Desk...”
This quarter of the new academic year has seen the
embarkation of our social venture “Vidiyal” with the
refresher training of 300 PG teachers from Govt Higher Sec
School and the second year in succession has witnessed
the INSPIRE programme for inspiring Science in the minds
of about 160 high-school students. I appreciate all the
teachers responsible for these happenings. It gives me
great pleasure to see that the much-talked-about IndustryInstitute interaction taking place: The Texas Instruments
(India) selecting our students’ projects in their First phase;
the CSE Department interacting with Micro Soft labs for
involving technology for improving education; and the
BME Dept interacting with HCL for Risk Management of
Medical Instruments.
I am glad to note that this is the time when all the
departments conducted National seminars and all of
them were well attended. I congratulate Dr P. Balaji,
our Physical Director for securing Ph.D. Our athletes
“From the Principal’s Desk...”
It gives me great pleasure to begin with the words of
Swami Vivekananda, “We are responsible for what we
are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the
power to make ourselves. If what we are now, has been
the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that
whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our
present actions; so we have to know how to act.” The
activities of this quarter prove that the staff and students of
SSN are working hard to build the future of the institution.
The Department of CSE organized a six-day AICTE
sponsored Staff Development Program on “Recent Trends
in Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition” in the first
week of July 2012; a two-day national level workshop on
“Network Simulator 2 (NS2) - Hands-on Training” and
a one-day workshop on “C Programming Principles and
Data Structures” on 15 Sept 2012. CSI Student Chapter
organized a workshop on “SCILAB Open Source Software
for Numerical Computation” with TechPassion and
EQUALIS as the knowledge partners on 18 August 2012.
The Department of IT organized a one-day hands-on
training on “MIDLet Programming with J2ME” on 6 July
2012. The Department of IT and the Department of
Computer Applications organized an FDP on “Introduction
to TCAD and its Applications” on 17 and 18 August 2012.
Dr. N. Lakshmi Narasimhan and Mr. R. Prakash, faculty
advisors of SAEINDIA SSNCE - Collegiate Club organized
a two-day national workshop on “Design, Development
and Simulation of Formula-1/Commercial Cars”, in
association with M/s. Meta Wing Infotech Pvt. Ltd on 25 &
26 July 2012.
The Department of ECE conducted a workshop
on “DSP Integrated Circuits” on 17 August 2012;
a two-day workshop on “Electronic System Design
and Manufacturing” sponsored by the Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology, New Delhi
on 14 and 15 Sept 2012, and an Industry Oriented
Short Term course on “Wireless Technologies” at HCL
Technologies Ltd., Vadapalani on 28 & 29 Sept 2012.
The Department of Chemical Engineering conducted a
national level conference on “Nanomaterials” sponsored
by DRDO on 7 Sept 2012.
The Department of EEE conducted a two-day national
level workshop on “Renewable Electrical Energy Systems”
on 14 and 15 Sept 2012.
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Ms. Kala Vijayakumar
have proved their worth: Sushmitha in Aquatics, Gokula
Lakshmi and Suneri in Tennis, Nelesh Subramaniam in
Cricket, Sameera Kumar in TT, and Shankar in Shot put.
The SSN trophy was well-conducted and attended by
more than 80 institutes. I congratulate all those who have
rendered selfless service for the conduct of the same.
Before I conclude, let me share with you a thought, my
dear teachers and students: There were 1110 offers for
700 students! I look forward to better their achievements
in quarters to come, no doubt. This achievement tells us
that the quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to
his/her commitment to excellence, whatever the chosen
field may be. You are responsible for discovering and
developing your own unique talents and abilities. You
should never leave the development of your full potential
to chance. Live in the precious present, with the precious
past as a backdrop, and the precious future in view.
Dr. S. Salivahanan
SSN College of Engineering successfully conducted
a Refresher Training Programme for PG Teachers,
in connection with VIDIYAL. 300 PG teachers from
Government Schools of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
participated on 27 & 28 July 2012.
SSN conducted the INSPIRE Science Camp sponsored
by DST, where 160 students from different schools
participated. Dr. N.P. Rajesh, AP/Physics was the convenor
for this camp.
Let me take this space to congratulate our faculty, Dr. K.
Elangovan, Asso.Prof. / Mech., Dr. M.S. Alphin, Asso.Prof. /
Mech., Dr. R. Subashini, AP/BME, Dr. R. Ramaprabha, Asso.
Prof. / EEE, on being recognized as Research Supervisors
for guiding Ph.D. and M.S. (By Research) scholars of Anna
University, Chennai.
The most exciting and gratifying events of this quarter
were the symposia held by the departments. They added
joy and colour to the campus with students actively
doing the organizing part. The Departments of ECE,
EEE, Chemical, BME, IT, CSE and Mechanical conducted
National level student technical symposiums “ORBITCE
2012,” “EUPRAXIA 2012,” “CHEMICZNA 2012,” “SRISHTI
2012,” “CONVERITA 2012,” “PARADIGM 2K12,” and
“CRANKX 2012” from 28 Aug to 3 Sept 2012.
Our college conducted SSN TROPHY - 2012, an All
India Inter Collegiate Tournament for Tennis, Table Tennis,
Chess, Badminton and Basketball for the 10th consecutive
year. We had 84 institutions with over 1100 student
participants this year. Ms. Rushmi Chakravarthy, Olympian
and International Tennis Player declared the tournament
open on 24 August 2012.
Teacher’s Day was celebrated with Mr. Erode Tamil
Anban, Poet and Orator as the Chief Guest on 26 Sept
2012. Awards to the best teachers of each department
and prizes for the cultural event winners were distributed
during the occasion.
Let me quote the words of Swami Vivekananda once
again, “Take up one idea. Make that idea your life – think
of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain,
muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that
idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way
to success.”
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V I B R A T I O N S
Orientation Week 2012
Orientation week for the First year B.E./B.Tech. students
kick started with the career talk by Mr. J.P. Gandhi- a
renowned career consultant on August 17, 2012. He
impressed the audience with his up-to date knowledge
on career requirements and wit. At the end of the 3-hour
interaction, he answered all the intricate questions raised
by the budding engineers.
The second day saw a few more veterans taking the
microphone to guide the young brains of SSN. The morning
session had Mr. Raja Krishnamurthy (popularly known as
Kitty), a consultant and well-known powerful motivational
speaker, to address the gathering of enthusiastic minds.
Mr. Pradeep Chakravarthy, a consultant to Infosys in the
Leadership Academy handled a 90-minute session for the
students.
The audience was enthralled by the afternoon session
handled by the popular Tamil Orator, Prof Ramachandran,
from Madurai. He touched upon the various phases of
student-life, right from school to college. He took the
audience by storm by sharing funny instances of his own
student life. He advised the students that ‘Attendance is
important but Attentiveness is more important’.
The Orientation week also had a bridge course for
almost a week to fill the gap between a HSC and CBSE
student, a rural and urban student, a computer science
and biology group student, and a Tamil medium and
English medium student.
The Ides of March
A time when the world was in God’s hands!
The time when Rome had Caesar reigning high
First the northern part, then the eastern sure
For Caesar was thrilled over his mighty feat.
Many of his royals assisted him, no doubt
But Caesar had no idea of the awaiting grim.
Decius Brutus and Publius Cimber and the rest
Were there to figure out great Caesar’s future.
The very same night hath Calpurnia dream,
But could make out neither head nor tail of it.
A lioness did weep and live blood did spill,
Yet the effect on Lord Caesar was damn nil.
Eminent Caesar was to be crowned the king
His destiny though belonged to just one thought.
Before dashing forth to the famous senate hall
Anxious Calpurnia said, “I fear you’ll be dead!”
Cowards face death many times before they die
But the brave have only one moment to sigh.
“You are engulfed by arrogance,” she said,
For it is thus I fear that you’ll meet your end.
With confidence, the chariot Caesar did mount,
A grey beard sounded a warning note to Caesar.
“I condemn what you say,” he said, “Filthy rebel!
Who dares to speak to me, I sentence to hell.”
The grey beard replied, “Beware Mighty Caesar,
Believe me, dire corollary awaits you Sir!
Beware, or your glory may be lost forever. Sir”
“Let us go forth! Dear Caesar,” Brutus added.
Caesar’s mind changed all of a sudden, and off
He set forth, saying to the greybeard: “You utter
Wrong words, I care a damn for what you say.
I will ascend the pulpit and reign for many years.”
Caesar could not read the minds of the filthy
Who stood close to him surrounding him.
Decius and other conspirators rose and said;
“Release Cimber please, or you will be dead.”
Congratulations !
S. Amrutha, IV B.Tech. (Chemical) and R. Ganesh Karthick,
III B.Tech. (Chemical) secured the first position in the paper
presentation event (Biosciences of Engineering) in graVITas
2012, an international knowledge carnival held at VIT
University, Vellore, on 14 Sept 2012. Title of the paper is
“Synthesis of silver nano particles from neem leaves”.
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DST sanctioned the project titled “Visible light active
metal and non-metal doped mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles
for photocatalytic applications” with a grant of Rs. 26 lakhs.
Dr. M. Mahalakshmi, Asst.Prof. / Chemistry, is the Principal
Investigator.
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“Never! I am constant as the Northern star
Publius Cimber is trouble for many but one.
He’s exiled forever; cannot be called back;
Those who oppose would face my knife.”
“So it shall be oh Caesar,” Brutus thought
“If you wish to step into the pyre, hot.”
As fate would have it – North and South,
East and West, Caesar was stabbed to rest!
Sharan Srinivasan
IV B.E. (Mech.)
“Character - the willingness to accept responsibility
for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect
springs.”
Joan Didion
VIBRATIONS available online at www.ssn.edu.in/vibrations.html
October 2012
Vol 22
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS
1. “Identification of Optimal Polymeric Blend (SR-EPDM)
Using Soft Computing Optimization Techniques-PSO and
GA”, R.Deepalaxmi,V.Rajini, and M. Balaji, ARPN Journal
of Engineering and Applied Sciences, (Vol-7; No-9),
September 2012.
2. “A Comparative Study of PWM Strategies for Cascaded
Z-Source Multilevel Inverter”, R.Seyezhai, .B.L.Mathur and
A.ShanmugaPriyaa, International Journal of Engineering
Innovation and Research , 2012.
3. “High frequency model of inverter fed induction motor drive
for investigation of over voltage phenomena”, K. Kanchana
and V. Rajini, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, (Vol. 7 No. 9), September 2012.
4. ‘Twelve Sector Methodology for Direct Torque Control
of Induction Motor with Fuzzy Logic”, M. Banuchander,
V. Adwaith, M. Senthilkumaran and Ranganath Muthu,
International Review of Automatic Control, Vol. 5, No. 4,
July 2012.
5. ‘Design of Buck-Boost Converter for Wind Energy
Conversion System’, T. Porselvi and Ranganath Muthu,
European Journal of Scientific Research, pp. 397‑407,
Vol. 83, No. 3, August 2012.
6.“SVM based Hysteresis Current Controller for
DSTATCOM using Instantaneous Reactive Power Theory”,
K. Murugesan, S. Vijayenthiran, J. B. Mervin and Ranganath
Muthu, International Review on Modelling and Simulations,
pp. 1710 – 1716, Vol. 5, No. 4, August 2012 .
7. “Minimum Error Switching Strategy for Matrix Converter
with Input Power Control”, M. Senthil Kumaran, Siddharth
Raju and Ranganath Muthu, International Review on
Electrical Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 4 , August 2012.
8. “Performance Study of DSTATCOM with PI controlled
SVPWM and Hysteresis Current Controller for Power Factor
Improvement”, K. Murugesan, D. Sai Praveen, Tathagata
Mitra and Ranganath Muthu, ARPN Journal of Engineering
and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 9, September 2012.
9. “Modelling of Grid Connected Hybrid Wind/PV Generation
System using MatLab”, M. Harini, R. Ramaprabha and
B. L. Mathur, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Vol. 7, No.9, Sep 2012.
10.“Design and Computation of Energy factor parameters
for an Interleaved Boost Converter”, K.Radhasree and
R.Seyezhai, International Journal of Engineering research
and Applications, pp. 1416-1420, Vol.2, issue 5, 2012.
11.“Design and Simulation of a Soft switched Interleaved
Flyback Converter for Fuel cells”, R.Seyezhai, K.Kaarthika,
S.Dipika and Madhuvantahni Rajendran, International
Journal of Management, IT & Engineering, IJMRA,
pp.296-305, Vol.2, Issue 9, Sept.2012.
12.“Memory Efficient Image Compression Scheme for
Multimedia Sensor Networks”, S. Shoba, Y. Asnath Victy
Phamila and R. Amutha, International Journal of Digital
Image Processing, Vol.4 No 12,July 2012.
13. “Adaptive Algorithm Testing to Determine Best Adaptive
Filtering Approaches for De-Noising Signals Affected
by Wind Noise”, S. Sakthivel Murugan, S. Radha and
V. Natarajan, Algorithms for Underwater Acoustic
Communications, Vol.53, No7,July 2012.
14. “Estimation Of Noise Model And Denoising Of Wind Driven
Ambient Noise In Shallow Water Using The LMS Algorithm”,
S. Sakthivel Murugan,V. Natarajan and R. Rajesh Kumar,
Acoustic Australia, Vol. 40, No. 2, August 2012.
15. “Analysis on PCNN and Fuzzy Based Fusion Techniques
for Multimodality Brain Images”, S. Kavitha and K.K.
Thyagharajan, European Journal of Scientific Research,
pp.53-61, Vol. 86, No 1, September, 2012.
16. “TCAD Simulation of Digital Logic Gates in Independent
Double Gate Transistors- A Comparative Study between
Conventional and Junction less FETs”, Bhima Harsha, K.K.
Nagarajan and R. Srinivasan, International Journal of
Applied Physics and Mathematics, Vol.2, No.3, May 2012.
17. “Comparative and Efficient Analysis of Gradient Based Edge
Detection Technique in Medical Images”, T. Sree Sharmila
and K. Ramar, International Journal of Computational
Engineering Research 2012, pp.167-170.
18. “Change Detection of Water-Body in Synthetic Aperture
Radar Images”, T. Sree Sharmila, K. Ramar and S. Vidhusha
International Journal of Image Processing, volume (6): Issue
(4): 2012, pp. 233-241.
19.“Two Step Biodiesel Production from Calophyllum
Inophyllum Oil:Studies on Thermodynamic and Kinetic
Modelling of Modified-Zeolite Catalysed Pre-treatment”,
V. Sathyaselvabala, P. Senthil Kumar, P. M. Periyaraman,
S. DineshKirupha, V. Thangaraj and S. Sivanesan, The
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, pp. 973-982,
Vol. 90, 2012.
20.
“Adsorption equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics,
mechanism and process design of zinc(II) ions onto
cashew nut shell”, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Ramalingam,
R.V. Abhinaya, S. DineshKirupha, T. Vidhyadevi and S.
Sivanesan, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering,
pp. 1178-1185, Vol. 90, 2012.
21. “Kinetics and drug release studies on isoniazid encapsulated
with PLA-Co-PEG/Gold Nanoparticles”, C. Arun Raj, P.
Senthil Kumar and K. Sathish Kumar, International Journal
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, pp.398-404,
Vol. 4, Issue No: 4, 2012.
22. “Delivery of Protein Using Nanoparticle”, A.Robin, V.A.Veni,
M.Thanigavel, J.Madhusudhanan and K.Sathish Kumar
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Vol 4, Issue 4, 2012, pp 512 – 517.
23.“Influences of welding processes on microstructure and
mechanical properties of modified 12 wt % Cr ferritic stainless
steel”, A.K. Lakshminarayanan and V. Balasubramanian,
Int. J. Manufacturing Research, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp.331-353.
24. “Mechanical properties of friction stir welded Cast Al-MgSc alloys”, K. Subbaiah, M.Geetha, M.Govindarajan and
S.R.Koteswara Rao, Transactions of The Indian Institute of
Metals, Vol.65(2), pp155-158.
25.“A Novel Perpendicular Magnetic Gear with High Gear
Ratio”, G. Muruganandam, K.S. Jayakumar, European
Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.69 No.4, pp. 593-598.
26.
“Performance Improvement in Permanent Magnet
Brushless DC Motor using Hiperco Stator Magnetic Core”,
S. Vijayshankar, N. Kannan and K.S. Jayakumar, European
Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.72 No.4, pp. 589-598.
VIBRATIONS available online at www.ssn.edu.in/vibrations.html
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27.“Matrix ownership -a model for quality reliability in
procurement”, VE Annamalai, International Journal of
Procurement Management, pp. 27-42, Vol. 5, no.1, 2012.
28.“Segmental Vibration characteristics of seated occupant
from lumped parameter models”, M.S. Alphin, Journal of
Vibration and control, Volume 18, Issue 11, pp. 1683 –
1689.
29. “Influence Of Steel Shot Size On The Properties Of
Magnetic Moulded Aluminium Alloy”, S. Gokul, J. Niranjan,
H.A. Gopalakrishnan, B. Anand Ronald, S. Vijayan and
N. Arunachalam, Journal of Manufacturing Technology
Research, Vol.4 (3/4), pp.1-8.
30. “Enhancement of structural perfection of alkalihalide
single crystals bydoping with copper”, D. Joseph Daniel,
P. Ramasamy, U. Madhusoodanan and G. Bhagavannarayana, Journal of Crystal Growth 353 (2012) pp. 95–
100.
31. “A comparative study of ferroelectric triglycine sulfate (TGS)
crystals grown by conventional slow evaporation and
unidirectional method”, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy
and Binay Kumar, Materials Research Bulletin Volume 47,
Issue 6, June 2012, pp. 1587–1597.
32. “Growth of negative solubility lithium sulfate monohydrate
crystal by slow evaporation and sankaranarayanan–
Ramasamy method”,Boopathi, P. Rajesh and P. Ramasamy
Journal of Crystal Growth, Volume 345, Issue 1, 15 April
2012, pp. 1–6.
PROJECTS SANCTIONED
1.Project title : Investigations on various doped ZnO films
as front contact TCO in flexible amorphous silicon solar
cells
Principal Investigator : Dr. Balaji Bhargav
Co-Principal Investigator : Mr. Nafis Ahmed
Funding Agency : UGC-DAE:CSR
Budget : Rs.10.00 lakh, Duration : 3 years
2.Project title: Crystal growth of alkaline earth halide and
cesium based alkaline earth halide scintillation crystals for
gamma ray spectroscopy
Principal Investigator : Dr. P. Ramasamy
Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. G. Ananda Babu
Funding Agency : DAE-BRNS
Budget : Rs. 24.82 lakh, Duration : 3 years
3.Project title: Development of High Quality Direction
Controlled Lithium Iodate and Lithium Sulphate Single
Crystals for Nonlinear Optical applications
Principal Investigator : Dr. P. Rajesh
Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. P. Ramasamy
Funding Agency : DAE-BRNS
Budget : Rs. 23.03 lakh, Duration : 3 years
Prof. P. Ramasamy, Dean (Research) visited the Crystal
Growth Laboratory of Suranaree University of Technology,
Thailand from 25th August to 1st September 2012 for
collaborative research.
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Eupraxia 2012
Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineering(AEEE) was
inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Katyal, Scientist and Unit Chief,
R&D, C-WET, Chennai, on 24th July, 2012. In his inaugural
address, he talked about the energy scenario in India and
the research opportunities available in the field of renewable
energy, especially wind energy. A workshop on “Arduino
microcontrollers” was also conducted with 250 participants.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering National level Symposium
Eupraxia 2012 was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Dr. P.
Iyamperumal-Executive Director, B.M. Birla Planetarium,
Chennai on 28th August, 2012. Dr. S. Salivahanan, Principal,
SSNCE delivered the presidential address. Dr. V. Kamaraj,
HOD/EEE presented the report on the achievements of the
department. Dr. P. Iyamperumal stressed the need for R&D for
the development of India as well as the world at large. He also
offered to sponsor R&D student projects of SSN. The Chief Guest
released the first copy of “Cynosure-2012” the symposium
magazine, and 1000 copies were distributed to participants.
The Student President of AEEE, Vijayakumar. K presented the
report on Eupraxia 2012. Mr. N. Pandiarajan, staff coordinator
welcomed the gathering.
Totally 15 events were conducted: “Paper Presentation, Project
Display, Robotics, Circuit Design, Microchip Programming,
C Programming, Bridge Balancing, Technical Quiz, Technical
Treasure Hunt, Management Potpouri, ADZAP, DumbC,
Quagmire, Online Science Fiction Writing, Online quiz. On
28 August 2012, about 2500 students from 120 engineering
colleges actively participated in Eupraxia 2012. Prizes worth of
Rs 60,000 were distributed to the winners and runners-up of
the events.
In addition, the following workshops were conducted:
(i) PCB workshop – attended by 400 participants.
(ii) Android workshop - attended by 500 participants.
(iii) Ardunino workshop - attended by 600 participants
“At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which
is untouched by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or
spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at
our disposal, from which God disposes of our life, which
is inaccessable to the fantasies of our own mind or the
brutalities of our own will. This little point of nothingness
and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of God in us”.
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
“We can arrive at a point of view where the preservation
of the individual activities is no longer inconsistent with
our comprehension of the cosmic consciousness or our
attainment to the transcendent and supracosmic”.
“The language of the Veda itself is sruti, a rhythm not
composed by the intellect but heard, a divine Word that
same vibrating out of the infinite to the inner audience
of the man who had previously made himself fit for the
impersonal knowledge”.
VIBRATIONS available online at www.ssn.edu.in/vibrations.html
Sri Aurobindo
October 2012
Vol 22
Orbitce 2K12
CHEMICZNA 2K12
Orbitce2K12, a National Level Student’s Technical Symposium,
was conducted by the Association of Electronics and
Communication Engineers on 25 August 2012.
Every year, the ACE conducts successful national-level
symposiums in the name Chemiczna. This year, the sixth version
of our symposium “Chemiczna 2K12” was conducted on the 27th
of August 2012 and inaugurated by Mr. S. Ilanahai, Managing
Director, CETEX Perochemical Ltd. He delivered the key-note
lecture, and released the souvenir containing the abstracts of the
selected papers & posters alongwith other department specifics.
Mr. G. Jayendran, Embedded Product Design, TATA ELXSI,
Chennai inaugurated the Symposium. He gave an overview
of “Green Computing” and released the official souvenir,
“RESONANCE”. Mr. M. Ganesan, President, AECE presented
a report on the Orbitce 2K12. Dr. S. Salivahanan, Principal
welcomed the gathering.
During the Symposium, events such as Paper Presentation,
Project display, Robotics, Programming Contest, Orbitce Idol,
Circuitrix, M-Guru, Mathomania, Freeze Quiz, Be a Prof,
Crack2Talk, Mock Placement, Treasure Hunt and Gaming events
were organized.
Workshops on Microsoft Windows Phone Apps Development
(by Mr. Raghunanthan, Erode) and Embedded Systems Product
Development (by Insane Labs) were organized for the benefit of
students.
The Certificates and cash prizes were distributed to the winners
during the valedictory function by the Head of the Department,
Dr. S. Radha and other Professors of the Dept. of ECE., Dr. R.
Amutha, Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi, and Dr. Premanand Chandramani.
The events like Paper presentation, Poster Presentation, Technical
Quiz, Working Model, What Went Wrong, Industrial Defined
Problems and Matlab Workshop were conducted.
This year we received a total of about 1000 participants. For
paper and poster presentation alone we received about 750
abstracts out of which the best 80 were selected. About 300
participants had enrolled for the Matlab workshop, which was
conducted by Dr. M. Subramanian Associate Professor/Chemical.
All the events were conducted in the presence of judges from
various disciplines.
The symposium ended with the valedictory function. The Chief
Guest Shri Vaithiyanathan, Senior General Manager ITCOT,
Chennai, delivered the valedictory address, released the
newsletter – SPARK and distributed the certificates and prizes.
About 1600 students from various engineering colleges in and
around Chennai participated in the event.
Converita 2K12
Paradigm 2k12
The Association of Information Technologists was formally
inaugurated for this year on 6 August, 2012 by Mr. Senthil
Ayyappan – Associate Director, Cognizant Testing Services. He
addressed the technologists and briefed them on the tips for
preparing themselves to face the current trends in industry.
August 31 dawned like any other day but for the Association of
Computer Engineers (ACE), Paradigm 2k12, the national level
technical symposium organized by ACE, was held on 31August
2012.
The day began with the grand inaugural function. It started with
an auspicious note, with the prayer and lighting of the lamp
by our Principal Dr. Salivahanan, HOD Dr. Chitra Babu and
the Chief Guest Ms. Jayashree Sreedharan, Senior Manager at
Cognizant and Anguraj M., the President of ACE. Ms. Jayashree
gave an illuminating talk on the jobs of the future with a video
presentation. The departmental magazine, Exemplar, was
released.
Each event had a similar pattern for its procedure: Registrations,
followed by a preliminary round and then the final round. The
teams consisted of 3 members.
Exceptions to this pattern were the Pentathlon event and the
paper presentation event, Paper Pioneers.
• The Pentathlon event was announced as a mega-event. It
was a debut event. The final prize was a Rs. 30,000 worth
internship at Square Soft technologies.
• The Paper Pioneers, The dumb-charades event, Mut’enact, The
hard-core programming and debugging round, Code County,
SeQuel was the database design event, The web design event,
WebZeal and Googly, the reverse image search event, were
conducted.
During the valedictory function, the prizes were distributed by
Dr. Chitra Babu, HOD/CSE. With an over-whelming participation
of over 4000 students, Paradigm 2K12 was a day to remember,
both for the participants and the organizers.
One day Android Hackathon – an Android Application
development Program was conducted by Vividha (Intra
department club of AIT) as a pre-runner to Converita
(IT Department Technical Symposium) on 20 August 2012.
Mr. Prasannan N - Android Developer/Trainer/Consultant and
Mr. Isaac Wesley - Freelancer at Animator, mentored the selected
student participants from various colleges on the application
development. At the end, the participants presented their work
to the mentors, Mr Dorai Thodla, Founder of iMorph, Inc,. The
team suggested further refinement of the application. They were
given a week’s time to refine it. The application developed by III
B.Tech.(IT) students. Anand Kanagaraj and Arjun G, was selected
as the best and they were felicitated on the day of Converita
On 30 August 2012, Converita, the technical symposium was
inaugurated at Main Auditorium by Ms. Sadhana Somasekhar
Jt. Managing Director, Future Focus Infotech. She delivered a
key note address on the pathways to achieve the goals of an
individual in an admirable way. 3500 participants from various
colleges swarmed the place that day.
The following events were conducted: Paper presentation,
Debugging, Online Programming Contest, Online Quiz, Querry
Master, Tech Mixture, Quiz, Web craft and Web Designing. A
workshop was also conducted on “Game Development“ for
which there were more than 350 participants. St. Joseph College
of Engineering was adjudged as the “Best College”.
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of
courage - to move in the opposite direction.”
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EUPRAXIA 2012
ORBITCE 2012
PARADIGM 2012
Srishti 2012
Converita 2012
Chemiczna 2012
PHOTO GALLERY
Crankx 2012
Ms. Rushmi Charkravarthy at the
opening ceremony of SSN TROPHY 2012
A still from SSN TROPHY 2012
Mr. Mohana Krishnan (III B.E. / EEE) receives
the Best Player Award for Badminton at SSN TROPHY 2012
The 25 Scholarship holders of
Rural Govt. School Toppers Category 2012-2013
The Inauguration of the INSPIRE Science Camp
PHOTO GALLERY
V I B R A T I O N S
SRISHTI 2K12
CRANKX 2K12
The Association of Biomedical Engineers conducted their National
Level Technical Symposium SRISHTI 2K12 on August 29, 2012.
The function was presided over by the Chief Guest Dr. E. Ravindra
Mohan, Senior Consultant, Ophthalmology, Oculoplasty &
Orbital Surgery, Global Hospitals & Health City, Chennai and the
Guest of Honour, Mr. C. Govindakrishnan, Founder, Nethrodaya.
The Principal Dr. S. Salivahanan gave an introductory talk about
SSN Institutions. Dr. E. Ravindra Mohan gave an excellent
presentation briefing us on the theme VISION and the basic
concepts of Ophthalmology, Oculoplasty and Orbital Surgery.
CRANKX 2012, a National Level Technical Symposium
organized by the Association of Mechanical Engineers, on 1
September 2012, was the third edition of the popular event
at SSNCE campus. CRANKX was the result of the hard work of
Mechanical students, with able support and encouragement
from the Management, Principal and faculty. The objective of
the symposium was to bring together the ideas and exhibit the
talents of smart technical minds of budding engineers.
Mr. C. Govindakrishnan gave a social talk on the challenges
faced by the visually-challenged people in our day-to-day life
and our role to support them. He also enlightened us on his
organization ‘Nethrodaya’ and its activities. The talk ended with
the release of the Department Magazine ‘Samhita’.
Technical and Non-technical events like Paper Presentation,
Poster Presentation, Quiz and Matlab Coding, Gaming etc., were
conducted for which about 750 students from various colleges
in and around Tamilnadu participated with interest. Finally,
during the valedictory function Dr. A. Kavitha, HOD of the Dept.
presented the certificates and the shield alongwith the cash prize
to the winners of all events. The vote of thanks was proposed by
the Vice-President of the Association R. C. Tharani.
The Symposium was well received by the students of
other Engineering colleges. The response to CRANKX was
overwhelming with paper submissions exceeding 500 even
before the closing date of submission of full manuscripts.
CRANKX deserved a special applause for having received more
than 2000 participants from many States of our country. Crankx
hosted a plethora of technical events aimed to exhibit the
innate talents of tomorrow’s workforce. An awesome exposition
of the power of flight with a breathtaking Airshow during the
inauguration by Mr. S. Suresh Kumar set a perfect runway for
CRANKX to take off to higher altitudes with flying colours.
The event profile was one of the great positives of CrankX 2012.
Six events – Paper Presentation, Treasure Hunt, Technical Quiz,
Glider, Bottle Rocketry, Nissan SSN Grand Prix - were retained
from the previous edition. Three new events - Truss masters,
Online Photography and surprise events - were added to make it
better and bigger this time. With a complete flavour of technical
and creative essence, it is hoped that CRANKX 2012 shall stand
unique encouraging the student community at large.
QUESTIONS
As he looked at the faded photograph placed on the tea
stand in his large living room, tears rolled down his cheeks. Was
it my fault? Was it something I said or did that you went away?
He asked himself, not just today but every other day for the past
3 years.
The gong went in the 9th time. He wiped his tears and
began to head towards the huge oak door. He grabbed a key
from the key bunch. Locked the door and he walked to the
silver sedan that was twinkling in the rays of the sun. It was
a dream car. He smiled as he got into the driver’s seat. The
engine woke up to the dance of the key. Out of the lonely road
into the busy streets of Mumbai, the sedan became another
prey to the traffic like any other car. He arrived at his office.
As he walked from his car to the lift across the basement lit by
the sun rays, he managed to slip his hand and take his phone
from the inner pocket of his blazer. The elevator gave a beep
telling him that his floor arrived. He walked like every other day
with a broad smile greeting everyone in his office and adding a
smile to everyone on their faces overloaded with curiosity about
meeting deadlines, anxious about pay hikes and making their
presentation work. He opened the clean glass door, the gateway
of his cabin. He walked to his cabin, unbuttoning the three of
his blazer, put it over his seat and sat down. He pulled up the
left hand cuff and stared at the watch he wore. A watch that he
adored so much. Sheer craftsmanship-metal strap, black dial,
grey hands and roman numerals in silver. He then looked at
his desk. Made out of wood was his name plate. A triangular
prismatic one. He slowly took it in his hand and with a faint smile
read “MANAGING DIRECTOR” his designation. He then turned
it the other way. In golden beautiful cursive writing was a name
that defined him “Rithwik Shah”.
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and tenders. As monotonous as every other day, even today
ended. He hit the shut down on his laptop, stood up, took his
blazer wore it and walked out of his cabin. He was the last
person to whom the very weak, old security serving the company
gave a salute every evening. He stepped into the elevator alone,
and walked alone out of the elevator at the basement. Got into
his chariot, the engines roared and he was on his way back.
It was almost sunset as he reached one end of the QUEEN’S
NECKLACE. Horns and potholes welcomed him. He drove ahead
and pulled over. Stepped out of his car, locked it and sat where
he used to since all the way back till his memory could go back,
on the stones.. those cylindrical rocks that bordered the entire
stretch of the beach. Sat alone, staring at the endless blue
Arabian Sea. He reluctantly walked from the stone that was
DHRUV RASTOGI’s favourite.
Time flies, especially when someone is lost in the world of
admiration....so it did...every other day since he was six years
old. For the last 3 years he has been sitting here alone. He then
walked up to his car, and drove till Juhu beach. His next favourite
destination. Again he pulled over his car and this time he walked
to the famous WADA PAV stall. He bought himself his favourite
snack. And relishing the maharastrian delicacy he walked on the
sands of the beach. How things turn topsy turvy? As he munched
into his WADA PAV, he could see two hazy figures walking with
the same delicacy in their hands, walking along the beach. His
smile, how his eyes closed when he smiled broad. “Where on
earth are you lost DHRUV?” a question RITHWIK asked himself
tirelessly. A question that was lost in silence, it was not a random
question that had no reply. This place was his date for the past
so many years. RITHWIK’s family had moved to Mumbai, then.
Opposite to his flat was this young little naughty fellow peeping
at his newly moved neighbours. DHRUV’s family welcomed their
new neighbours with so much warmth. They became very close
Just then, his secretary walked in and read out his schedule.
Nothing was new, it was always the same. Meetings, presentation
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to each other in a very short period of time. DHRUV and RITHWIK
went to the same school, shared the same interests. Years
passed, city changed, people changed but if one thing did not
change it was their friendship. They walked with WADA PAV in
their hands every evening after college, spoke about everything
in this world from girls, country, environment, movies, matches,
politics, corruption and you name anything it was there in their
discussion.
It was like every other day, yet today was little different,
long walk along the beach and RITHWIK was stunned at the
strange question that DHRUV bombarded him with “DO YOU
FEEL HAPPY WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH ME?” RITHWIK gave
a wild stare, DHRUV smiled. He laughed and laughed seeing
RITHWIK’s shell shocked expression. His stomach ached really
hard. He said “ DUDE... his signature way of addressing when
he cracks a joke. He said, “I am asking a question as if I am
your girlfriend and you stare back at me as if I cheated on you.”
Though it took a few seconds for RITHWIK to understand the
logic and the prank, RITHWIK was so embarrassed that he could
feel his jaw drop in the shock. DHRUV paused all of a sudden.
He stared at RITHWIK and RITHWIK returned the same look.
They both burst out laughing altogether. Making sure RITHWIK
did not notice DHRUV’s hands went into his back pack, his
hand tightly held something with great care, it was perfectly
gift wrapped. DHRUV stuffed it into RITHWIK’s hand. He said
“this is a day I eagerly await every year, your birthday. Wish you
many many more HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DUDE”. RITHWIK
was taken aback; it was something different not how DHRUV
would do. A gift in advance was not so unacceptable. RITHWIK
felt as if he was with a stranger. A person you believe as all the
time since you were able recognise things being so different
and your prediction going wrong never made sense. But it
really never mattered, DHRUV’s gift, was timeless. He quickly
unwrapped it, it was a wrap of the time since the day it all began
till the last birthday...a photo collage. A memory collection of all
the pictures of RITHWIK, starting from his first birthday, first in
Mumbai till the picture that RITHWIK posed for last month during
their midnight walk. DHRUV put his hand around RITHWIK’s
shoulder, RITHWIK felt as if he was on top of the world and
had no fear as the person who stood beside him was the one
he could trust with eyes closed. DHRUV said “DUDE, am saying
all these nice things because you know I am nefarious. I need
a treat.” RITHWIK punched him in his stomach, and said you
completed enjoying the treat and his eye balls rolled down and
sarcastically looked at the empty WADA PAV PLATE. RITHWIK
ran, and DHRUV caught up and now the by-standees were
witnessing a wrestling match. Finally they two mutually called it
off. RITHWIK dropped DHRUV at his place, the large mansion;
they bought post DHRUV’s dad’s promotion, about four years
back. DHRUV was alone in that huge mansion. DHRUV said a
week ago that his parents went out of station. RITHWIK insisted
a lot asking him to stay back in his place overnight, but DHRUV
was stubborn. He said he did not mind staying solitary in the
huge mansion. RITHWIK woke up next morning, and he saw
speckles floating space on the path enlightened by the sun’s
rays that landed softly on his cheek. His mom walked into his
room and wished him. He got ready in a jiffy... carefully took out
the photo collage that DHRUV gave him and placed it on the
large tea stand. A chunk of the memories that defined RITHWIK
SHAH he said to himself, pride in his thoughts and smile on his
lips.
He rushed out of the door and looked at his watch and told
to himself that he must make it on time to DHRUV’s place. As
he turned at the street corner into the busy road that lead to
DHRUV’s home, his eyes searched eagerly and kept staring at
the door to see that one person who meant the world to him.
He continued searching for that one person, but there were no
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signs. He walked to the door and the bell screamed at that top
of its voice unable to bear the force of the index finger. His
ears were trying to be precise to make sure they could hear
movement of the person from inside the house. His eyes looked
at something and he never realised what was happening. His
eyes stared at the lock, his hands moved towards the lock. His
fingers were trembling as he clutched the lock. He was feeling
the entire world of his was locked behind the door. He thought
of DHRUV’s new way of wishing him. So he pulled out his phone
from the right pocket of his pant and pressed the speed dial 2. It
read dialling DHRUV. There was no response. He called, called
and called. Was it a joke? Enough of it DHRUV come back he
thought. His legs never let him place his foot on the way back
to his home. He did not walk, he was dragged by his parents
who frantically called him about 19 times, still not even half
way near the number of time the number 2 button lost its life
in RITHWIK’s phone. May be DHRUV is busy?? But Busy?? He
thought... his inner voice spoke busy so much so as to not attend
your calls RITHWIK? There was this war of conflicting thoughts
as he waited outside DHRUV’s home. His parents managed to
take him home.
The hazy figures were lost in the sands of time. RITHWIK
never remembered how he survived the aftermath of this shock.
Something’s were there that RITHWIK got in memory of DHRUV.
His car was never his favourite, it was DHRUV’s dream car, his
watch that ticked every moment of life bringing the uncertain
future, and horrific past together was what DHRUV tirelessly
admired every day as they walked down the road to the beach
on the showroom roadside. More than that, his parents were
glad that their son was alive after such a JOLT. He could do
nothing else but re live each and every moment he spent that he
defined as life by doing everything the same way. He searched
for the answers to the same questions that he asked every day
after that day every morning and moment in day when he could
possibly question himself.
SOME QUESTIONS IN LIFE DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER,
SOME MUST BE LEFT UNANSWERED, SOME MUST RATHER NOT
BE ASKED, SOME HAVE ANSWERS WITHIN THEMSELVES, SOME
QUESTIONS ARE WORTH ASKING FOR THE ANSWER ATLEAST,
BUT THOSE QUESTIONS REMAIN AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY,
JUST LIKE THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT RITHWIK HAD.
Pratyusha.J
II B.E.(ECE)
Congratulations !
• Asian junior gold medalist Ms. Anaka Alankamony,
II B.E. (CSE), claimed her second title and the first
one abroad in the women’s professional squash tour
when she stunned top seed Kylie Lindsay of New
Zealand in the final of the Ipswich WSA Open Squash
tournament in Queensland during 21.10.12 to
28.10.12.
• Ms. Susmitha, I B.E. (ECE), secured four gold medals
and three silver medals in the Anna University Inter
Zone Swimming Competition held at Madurai on
11 Sept 2012 and our college received the overall
runners- up championship.
• Mr. N. Shankar, IV B.E. (ECE) secured the gold medal
in the shot put event in the Chief Minister Trophy
organized by Sports Development Authority in
Tamilnadu.
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The Inheritance
He was rich beyond our imagination and famous. He
was a celebrity and was always surrounded by media
limelight. Being America’s richest entrepreneur and a close
acquaintance of the President himself, Steve Robinson had
little to worry about except for a distressing thought that,
in spite of all the opulence around him, he may not be
able to see his two children who he loved dearly before he
died. Robinson was counting his days as he was eighty six
now and was a chronic heart patient. He had always been
a loving father but they had never understood his affection
for them. Since their mother had died when they were
very young, he had to hire a nurse named Rosemary. Her
story had been a sad one and she had had none to care
for her. This had made Robinson grow close to her and
shower brotherly love. Unfortunately, he could never make
them understand that and disgusted, they had left him as
soon as they could stand on their own feet. Unaware of
their whereabouts now, he only knew that his son was a
lawyer and his daughter was a fashion designer. He had
tried hard to communicate with them but n vain as they
had always spurned his advances. This night, as he lay
in his bed alone, a sharp pain began in the left of his
chest which increased in intensity by the second. Yes, the
time had come. He knew this as well as his name when
his heart went into cardiac arrest and his life was slowly
sucked out of its mortal shell that night. His fear had come
true at last. But thankfully, it was almost instantaneous
and lasted for a mere couple of minutes and his struggle
was minimal. Soon, everything was silent and settled and
his body had become as motionless as the dead, leafless
trees which stood outside the window that wintry night.
**************
It was nine on Sunday morning when the bedside phone
rang in Harry’s room. He was a lawyer in Chicago and was
about to wrap up his first successful case in almost eons.
Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, he grudgingly picked up
the receiver only to have the shock of his life as his father,
the great Steve Robinson, had died at midnight last. Harry
was the second child, the only son of Steve Robinson and
he had almost forgotten this. The Robinson family lawyer,
Mr. Williams was the caller and he requested Harry’s
presence at the funeral that evening and for the reading
of the will the next day. Further, he didn’t forget to mention
that Harry was to inherit $10 billion at which Harry went
wild eyed in bewilderment. 10 billion dollars! Incredible!
Exactly ten minutes later, a cell phone rang in Paris, one
of the fashion capitals of the world. It was picked up by a
pretty woman in her early 40s. She was Sarah Robinson,
the elder child of the late world renowned entrepreneur,
Steve Robinson. She was now almost a millionaire herself
and was currently amidst preparations for the fashion
show that evening when she received the same news that
her brother received. And she was flabbergasted. $10
billion was incredibly more than she could hope for to
expand her fashion empire all over the world!
***************
Within an hour’s time both Harry and Sarah were
aboard their planes bound for New York. All along the
way Harry contemplated about the things he could do
with this exorbitantly high amount like buying a mansion
of gothic proportions as he no longer had to live in the
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miserable, dirty little tenement that he was in now. Hell,
he did not even have enough money to spend on an air
ticket! But, no longer! Same was the case with Sarah.
Her main agenda was to defeat Michelle, her arch rival
and become her envy, among other things. After all,
Robinson’s children were more concerned about their
inheritance than their father’s demise. But they didn’t
know that their inheritance was going to be very different.
When they reached the Robinson mansion they were
warmly received by the butler John Hawkins, who had
served the Robinsons loyally for decades, the head cook,
Fitzgerald, the gardener, Michael and his wife, Elizabeth
and the head Security in charge, Ralph. Good old
Hawkins’ eyes were bloodshot and as he had been crying
all day. It was hard to believe that Harry and Sarah were
brother and sister as the distance between them was
apparent from the negligible conversation between them,
which was in the most general terms. Soon, dressed in
black, the duo accompanied the funeral procession to
the local graveyard. And throughout the service, both sat
rigid, stony faced, expressionless as poor Hawkins broke
down repeatedly. Soon, the body of the phenomenon
called Steve Robinson in its coffin was lowered into its
final resting place and sealed.
Much later, well past midnight, when a heavy silence
prevailed in the mansion, two hushed voices could be
heard from the main kitchen, both male. The older man
among the two said,”The time has come, Peter. We must
delay no longer and strike now as we mustn’t waste this
opportunity.” The other man named Peter said,”Of course,
I know that well and tonight I’ll finish off the younger
one. Tomorrow, I will have what I have wanted so badly
for thirty long years.” The older man replied,” You shall
have it, my son. Good luck!” Now, Steve Robinson had
one major mortal enemy in this world. Years ago he had
been the cause of arrest of a poor twelve year old boy,
James who had committed a petty theft in his mansion.
Since the boy had been so weak mentally, he could not
bear the trauma of being in jail and so he died. Soon,
his mother, unable to bear the grief, also ended her life.
Now, James was Peter’s brother and since that day, Peter
and his father had vowed that they would destroy each
and every remaining member of the Robinson family. But
one may ask, why they didn’t finish off Robinson earlier,
allowing him to die naturally. Now, that was because, they
took much pleasure in seeing him suffer in his heart at
being separated from his dear children and they wanted
to enjoy this sight for as long as possible. Thus, they let
nature become their accomplice and finish their job for
them.
It was already half past midnight and Harry was not
sleepy. How could he be? He was about to become a
billionaire overnight and was naturally brimming with
excitement and thrill. He despised the night for delaying
the golden moment. Just as he was planning to retire
for the day (anyway, he had to kill the time), he heard a
knock at the door of his enormous bedroom. “Must be
old Hawkins”, he said to himself, as he opened the door
and in a second, he could see crimson fluid, which was
actually his blood, flowing out of his abdomen following
the dagger that had stabbed him thrice and now had
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been withdrawn for the last time. Before he could have
a glimpse of his attacker, there was a hard blow to his
head from something that looked like a club and he could
see more crimson. The next second, everything went black,
and he fell into oblivion. As Harry fell down, slowly dying,
Peter stood over him and leered with a monstrous grin on
his face, knife and club in hand. Mission accomplished. His
father would take it from here.
Early next morning, Sarah was woken up by old John
Hawkins himself. He was weeping uncontrollably and
was pouring out his emotions with so much force that
it seemed too good to be genuine to her. To her it even
looked as if he was overreacting. She said,”Its okay, Dear
John. I can understand your pain and grief. We, Harry and
I, very well know your loyalty and how you’ve always been
a well wisher of this family. But, what has to happen will
happen and cannot be prevented. All pain and distress
will get wiped out with the passage of time. Believe me.”
Hawkins replied, “Dear miss, you won’t be consoling me
now if you come to know what a terrible thing happened
last night.” She could not understand and so she asked
him,” What do you mean, John?” Hawkins said,” Miss, I
wish you didn’t have to hear this. The young master is also
dead and it is a double loss for the Robinson family now.
He was, he was, was murdered last night.” Speechless
and stunned, Sarah refused to believe what she had heard
just then. Who could have breached the tight security and
enter the mansion, to kill? Sarah directly made her way to
her brother’s room, ignoring the multitude of press people
and uniformed officers. There his corpse lay, surrounded
by flashing cameras. Sarah could still not believe that she
was the only existing member of the Robinson family now.
Though she hadn’t spent much time with her brother since
they parted ways that day, he had always been there for
her after their mother had died. She had once loved Harry
more than their father and now she could feel emotions
welling up inside her. When asked for suspects, she didn’t
mention any particular name. Soon, the body was taken
away for post-mortem. The reading of the will and the
division of the property was also postponed to a later time.
Of course, now Harry’s share will go towards charity as
put down in the will.
Soon, Hawkins came in and said,”Breakfast is ready,
miss. Kindly come with me to the dining hall.” Sarah did
not reply and so Hawkins said,” Now it is you who needs
consolation, my child. I know how terrible you must be
feeling now, having lost your family. If you talk to someone
and have some food to warm you and lift your spirits, it will
at least lessen the burden.” “Sure Hawkins, I’ll be there
in five minutes”, she said. “Very well, miss”, he said and
smiled. There was something in his smile that disturbed
Sarah.
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saying,” In some ways, death is better as it is sublime
and more peaceful than this life. Won’t you agree, Miss?”
Now Sarah was fainting. She could not focus on what
she was doing and put down her spoon as she could no
longer go on. She could no longer sit straight up and
her head fell on the table on its own accord. Suddenly,
she could faintly see her blood spurting out of her nose
and mouth and with it, her life. As she closed her eyes
for one last time and darkness engulfed her, she could
faintly hear these words in the unmistakable voice of the
butler,”Die! Die, you heartless barbarians for what you
did to a helpless little boy of twelve and his mother, in
turn. Die, you cruel brutes for the evil that you did! You
deserve to be stabbed and poisoned! Now is the time
justice has been secured and it has triumphed! Now is
the time for revelry!!!” The next second, Peter Hawkins
who had been watching this action emerged from a
distance and one could see the devilish glee on his face
that matched his father’s. He had been watching all this
action. Then both the Hawkins, father and son, cried in
unison,”Yes, we did it!!!”
Five minutes had been time enough for Hawkins to
poison Sarah’s food. Yes, John Hawkins was the father
of poor, unlucky James Hawkins. He was the very man
who had lost his wife and son owing to the great Steve
Robinson and had plotted the murder of Harry the night
before with his son Peter. When Hawkins had begun his
duties as a butler that day for the first time, Robinson had
had little suspicion that he would one day become the
destroyer of the family. Well, finally both Sarah and Harry
had had their inheritance from their father. And about
John Hawkins’ son Peter, doesn’t he look like Ralph, the
Head Security in charge?
B. Nikhil Bhardwaj
II B.E. (ECE)
INSPIRE SCIENCE CAMP
SSNCE has successfully conducted second INSPIRE
Internship programme for five days from 30th July
to 3rd August 2012, sponsored by the Department
of Science and Technology (DST). 160 students from
Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts were
selected based on their SSLC marks. 20 Academicians
and Scientists from various academic institutions
and organisations interacted with the students and
inspired them to choose their career in Science.
Anyway, she followed him into the great dining hall
and sat at the head of the majestic table at the centre
of the colossal room. Thinking wryly that the room was
too big for a single person and having no appetite now,
she wanted to eat only to please poor, old Hawkins. She
wanted to be out of this place forever and back in Paris.
As Hawkins sat in front of her, she started to eat slowly
and mechanically. After some of the food had gone in,
an inexplicable dizziness began to slowly take control over
her. As she stuffed more food into her mouth, her vision
started getting blurred. She could only hear Hawkins
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jpUkzk; vd;bwhU tujl;rizr; Ruz;ly;*
bgz;rpR vd;gjhy; jhaplkpUe;J fUr;Ruz;ly;*
mg;gg;gh** ,g;go tif tifaha;
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IV B.E. (ECE)
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rpYrpY rhuy; jhsk; ,irf;f/
cyfk; xd;wha; g[jpjha; tpHpf;f/
tpidiaj; Jtf;Fk; tpoaw;fhiy*
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ePh;j;Jsp ,iyfspy; bghd;dha; b#hypf;f/
g[j;Japh; mspf;Fk; tpoaw;fhiy*
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tiuapyh tz;zk; thdpy; gut/
brhh;f;fk; bgh’;Fk; tpoaw;fhiy*
tdnk thid bksdkha; urpf;f/
tz;Lfs; g]f;fspy; njid Urpf;f/
g[l;fspd; ghly; gytpjk; xypf;f/
g[yd;fisf; ftUk; tpoaw;fhiy*
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II B.E. (Mech)
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bte;jkpH; ek;fUthdpy; btz;zpyh td;nwh?
mkpH;jkpH; mtSf;Fg; g[w’;fhl;ly; ed;nwh?
mk;ghhp kPnjwp Ch;tyk; te;Jk; _ mts;
mr;rk; klk; ehzk; ek;ikgapyr; bra;Jk;
mstpyh md;g[ld; mUs;khhp bga;Jk; _ ehk;
myl;rpak; bfhz;nlhk; mj;njd;jkpHpd; kPJ
rhfh bkhHpbad;w -j;njhh; brhy; bgha;nah?
rhjh bkhHpbad;W ,d;nwhh; brhy;Yk;
mwpahiknah?
rptnk* cdf;F fz;zpUg;gJk; bka;nah?
brUf;futh; fz;jpwf;f vd;W tUthnah?
mwk; fhl;l te;jhs; xsit vDk; ghl;o/
rpuk; jhH;j;jp gzpj;jhh; jkpH;f;bfhoia ehl;o
_ mth;
fuk; ePl;o miHj;jhh; jkpiHg; ghuhl;o _
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bra;ths;
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ed;wp bfhs;* ed;wp bfhs;* _ vd;bwd;Wk;
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I B.Tech. (Chemical)
ek;gpf;if
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Koa[k; vd;W -isf; Fiuj;J
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bkj;jd kHpj;J nkijia Mf;Fk;
cd;id cah;j;Jk; cd; ek;gp;f;ifna*
flikia Koj;J fhhpUs; Jilj;J
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Tlf bkd;Dk; bfl;lijj; Juj;jp
bfk;bgd cah;j;jp nfrhp Mf;Fk;
cd;id cah;j;Jk; cd; ek;gpf;ifna*
gw;wpid Vw;wpg; ghiu tsh;j;J
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g[j;jd; brhy;nghy; g]uz kilah
g]jp a[stiu bgUkpjk; njo
bgUkjp bgw;Wg; ngnuhd; Mf;Fk;
cd;id cah;jJk; cd; ek;gpf;ifna*
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Converita 2012
Dr. P.S. Kannan, Principal Vaigai Engg. Collage,
Madurai at ISTE Seminar
SSN Alumni-USA Chapter Annual Meet at Arizona
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SSN Alumni-USA Chapter - Bay Area meet 2012
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October 2012
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