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SRM University-AP inaugurates Freshmen Orientation Programme-2021

Aug 26, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Dr P Sathyanarayanan, #President; Prof V S Rao, #Pro-Vice-Chancellor, #Prof. V. S. Rao, #SRM University, #Vice-Chancellor and Prof D Narayana Rao

The grand virtual inauguration of the Freshmen Orientation Programme-2021 took place on August 25, 2021, at 2.30 pm. Dr P Sathyanarayanan, President; Prof V S Rao, Vice-Chancellor and Prof D Narayana Rao, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, welcomed the freshers into the university. The Orientation Programme will be continued till September 07, 2021.

In the Presidential address, Dr Sathyanarayan asserted SRM University’s latest achievements in Placement, Higher Studies and Entrepreneurship. Unlike many other universities, which concentrates on producing job-seeking graduates, SRM University-AP prefers to deliver job providers. Thus, this university gives grave emphasis on Entrepreneurial and Innovative activities. The university is proud of its budding entrepreneurs, founders of OurEye.ai, who secured an angel investment of $120000. SRM University-AP is unique in many ways, and that is one of the reasons that attract meritorious students to the university. SRM University-AP further offers special scholarships for brilliant students. The university gives equal importance to Placement-Higher Studies and Entrepreneurship to support the students in realising their dreams and potential. Dr Sathyanarayan believes that talent, discipline and opportunity can change a student’s future, provided he/she makes good use of it. “Stress on the hardwork, capitalise your talent with SRM University-AP’s experiential Programme to find success at your doorstep,” said Dr Sathyanarayanan.

In his address, Prof V S Rao emphasised on the transition from the School to the University system. The known world is going to change, many of the things students will be experiencing for the first time – be it hostel living or continual internal evaluation instead of annual exams. Prof Rao further explained the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in education and research. Following the recommendation of National Education Policy-2020, SRM University-AP highly stresses on interdisciplinary learning. Time management is another critical factor that is going to affect the students. With the aim to provide holistic education, the university also puts an emphasis on extra-curricular and co-curricular activities. Starting from various clubs and societies to the learning of international languages, SRM University-AP provides many opportunities to the students. One of the distinctive features of the university is that the students can design their future here. From the choice of courses to the choice of careers, SRM University-AP provides support at every level to the students.

In the concluding remarks, Prof D Narayana Rao delved into the importance of innovation and research. Every nation, who aspires to acquire global leadership, has to be very sound in science and technology. India is now one of the top 5 emerging economic power in the world. The responsibility lies on the shoulders of the next generation of students to take India to the top. With immense passion and willpower, it is possible to witness that achievement.

During the Orientation Programme, eminent personalities from different spheres will be inspiring and motivating students. Prof K N Satyanarayana, Director-Indian Institute of Technology-Tirupati, Dr Jaya Prakash Narayan, Former Secretary to Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Mr VV Lakshmi Narayana, former JD-CBI, Dr Hanuman Chowdary, Director of Centre for Telecom Management and Studies and Chairman of Pragna Bharati, Padma Bhushan Dr K Varaprasad Reddy, Ms Koka Vijayalakshmi, Prof B S Murty, Director-IIT Hyderabad, will be addressing the students in the fortnight-long programme.

Beyond the motivational lectures, SRM University-AP has organised sessions on Yoga and Meditations in collaboration with Heartfulness Institute to provide holistic development to the students.

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Prediction of End-Time of COVID-19 Spread in AP

May 12, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #SRM University

SRM University – AP Study

Amaravati, May 12, 2021

In the current pandemic situation, a pertinent question is an estimate of the time by which virus spread could be contained and normalcy would return. In this context, Prof. D. Narayana Rao, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, SRM University – AP initiated the study. Dr. Soumyajyoti Biswas of SRM University AP, along with 4 B.Tech Students have carried out an interesting study to predict the end time of COVID-19 spread in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The study employed Susceptible – Infected – Recovered (SIR) Model, making use of the information on the COVID-19 affected people and the recovered number of people, which the Government of AP makes it available through the control command center. SRM Team made use of this data, employed SIR Model and applied the methods of Machine Learning. Study reveals that by July 15th 2021, the rate of infection in AP will be below 100 per day.

With the assumption that the decay rate of infection is the same as the growth rate, the model predicts that the number of infected people could be 10,000 (May 21), 15,000 (May 30), 1000 (June 14), 500 (June 23) and 100 (July 15)

The above report has been submitted to the Special Chief Secretary to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

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Minister of Education applauds the Research Focus of SRMAP

Nov 19, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Dr. Adimulapu Suresh, #Prof. V. S. Rao, #Ramalingaswami, #SRM University, #sub Post Office

SRM University-AP has been honoured with the gracious presence of the Hon’ble Minister of Education Dr. Adimulapu Suresh on November 17, 2020, when he came to inaugurate the sub Post Office at the SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh Campus. He visited the campus and, appreciated its infrastructure, and discussed the future plans and goals of SRMAP with Prof V S Rao, Vice-Chancellor. In his welcome address, Prof V S Rao, Vice-Chancellor expressed his gratitude to the Minister for finding some time to visit SRMAP. With a well-documented presentation, he narrated how SRMAP has embarked upon the vessel of excellence and innovation within a meagre span of just two years. The three-year-old university has already published almost 300 papers in reputed journals, has 27 projects with an outlay of 14 crores and 17 patents.

In his message, the august guest of the day, Dr Suresh expressed his joy to see a university achieving such great heights within two years in the realms of research and education. While presenting the offer letters to the placed students, he was enraptured to see that SRMAP provides such quality education that not only students from engineering, but also the students from other general degree courses were able to bag desired packages from reputed companies like Deloitte etc. According to Dr Suresh, Hon’ble Minister, the greatest predicament of the country is not unemployment but unemployability as most educational institutions fail to deliver a proper and complete education that can satisfy the demands of the present world and make the students job-ready.

He was delighted to know that SRMAP, since its inception, always strived to make curriculums industry-oriented, put particular emphasis on the placement training to make students interview-ready, encouraged the students for research since their undergraduate studies, helped them to grow and know the world with the Semester Abroad Programme. Among the maiden batch of SRM University-AP, 40% of students have bagged job offers with packages of 10 lakhs per annum or higher, with the highest offered salary of 29.5 lakhs per annum. The Minister of Education was greatly satisfied with SRM University’s vision and progress so far and wished for further marvels to be created.

The Minister later met with the DEANS and HODs and the reputed Ramalingaswami Fellow, DST-Inspire Fellow, and faculty members who are rigorously working on several projects. The Minister was pleased to see the focus on research. He said, “The Govt of Andhra Pradesh is against of commercialization of education, but we are not against private educational institutes. It is very encouraging to see how SRM University, following the footsteps of the government, has embedded complete and inclusive education that supports equity, equality, and affordability.

Industry-Academia interaction is a weak point in our pedagogical system, but it is good to see that SRM University is moulding students in a proper way to make them market-ready. The advancement of the Education sector is the dream of our Chief Minister, and many pedagogical and educational reforms are being done in order to the standardization of the Education Sector. The Management of SRM University-AP has opted for a student-centric education that follows the mandates of National Education Policy-2020.”

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Inauguration of Sub-Post Office at SRM University-AP campus

Nov 18, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Mr. Ranganathan, #Mr. Suresh, #Prof. V. S. Rao, #Smt Sreelatha, #SRM University

India Post inaugurated its new sub-post office at SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh campus on November 17, 2020, at 4 pm. Sri Adimulapu Suresh, Hon’ble Minister of Education, graced the ceremony with his presence and performed the inauguration rituals. Sri M Venkateswarlu IPoS, Chief Postmaster General, Andhra Pradesh Circle; Smt T M Sreelatha, Postmaster General, Vijayawada Region, Prof V S Rao, Vice-Chancellor

SRM University-AP were among the other dignitaries.

Smt Sreelatha delivered a speech along with a well-crafted presentation to show how much a modern post office has to offer. In his speech, the Hon’ble minister expressed his joy upon seeing such an ultra-modern post office being established on the SRMAP campus with all the amenities that can fulfil today’s needs. Paperless services, Dakpay, Savings and PPF accounts, PM Schemes, Doorstep services, ATM Withdrawal, are some of the new age and necessary services that the post office is offerings apart from delivering parcels and letters. Hon’ble Minister Mr. Suresh was excited to be a part of this inauguration programme which belongs to a hundred- and fifty-year-old government organization that has transformed itself according to the changing scenario of the world.

Later Prof V S Rao, the vice-chancellor himself expressed his joy on this auspicious occasion. He was much surprised to see how post offices have evolved with changing times. He has been presented with a Life Certificate. Another Life Certification was done on the spot for Hon’ble minister Mr. Suresh himself which shows the remarkable progress of the Post-Office services. Later, the Hon’ble minister presented account details along with passbooks to the new account openers. The ceremony ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Ranganathan, Director, Vijayawada Post Office Circle.

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SRM University-AP launches Postgraduate programmes in Engineering

Nov 6, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Artificial intelligence, #E-Mobility, #M. Tech programmes, #Machine Learning, #Manufacturing, #Materials, #Postgraduate programmes in Engineering, #SRM University

SRM university-AP, Andhra Pradesh is all set to launch unique, innovative and research-oriented M. Tech programmes in Engineering disciplines such as Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, Electrical and Electronics, and Mechanical Engineering.

The curriculum is designed and developed keeping in view the industry needs, and the latest trends in these disciplines for the holistic development of students. The enriching curricula with Core and Elective subjects, fine-tuned at par with top International Universities, will enable the students to emerge as innovative global professionals.

The students will be able to follow the multidisciplinary approach in the design and development of new systems. Students will be imparted with knowledge in latest aspects and technologies through introductory and advanced level courses followed by hands-on experience in their areas of specialization.

The Programmes are aimed at addressing the industry-academia skill-gap in new-age technologies including Internet of Things, E-Mobility, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Materials and Manufacturing, among others. Students will be provided with adequate training, research and internship opportunities to groom themselves to meet the challenges of the real world. The M. Tech programme at SRM AP is designed to empower students to innovative products and services across various domains in these disciplines. The programme will provide an in-depth understanding of various processes, heralding the learners to fully contribute to the construction of a digital society.

Above all, as SRM University-AP believes in the definitive creation and dissemination of knowledge, and thus, no tuition, transport or accommodation fee will be charged to the student for pursuing M. Tech programme. In addition, a stipend of Rs. 60,000 per annum will be awarded to the students.

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SRM University – AP : Prof Ajay K Sood, FRS delivered the University Distinguished Lecture Series 01

Oct 19, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #BENGALURU, #Doing Science Without Borders, #Indian Institute of Science (IISc), #Prof Ajay K Sood, #Royal Society, #SRM University

The first University Distinguished Lecture Series on “Doing Science Without Borders” commenced with an inaugural welcome speech by Prof V S Rao, Vice-Chancellor, and Prof D Narayana Rao, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh. Prof V S Rao expressed their gratitude to Prof Ajay K Sood for his gracious presence. In addition, Prof Narayana Rao emphasized that under the University Distinguished Lecture series the talks will be delivered by eminent scientists from India and abroad that would be of immense benefit for students and the faculty and researchers.

He further mentioned, “Doctors, researchers, engineers and scientists from several fields of knowledge around the world worked together to confront corona outbreak with an unprecedented spirit of collaboration. Also, NEP advocates and emphasizes that the societal need of the 21st century require broad-based multidisciplinary research and education”.

Prof Ajay K Sood, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS and Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, narrated three stories of his recent experiments and advanced research work, namely “Emergent flocking behaviour seen in nature: Laboratory experiments”, “Crystallization of Glass: Machine Learning in condensed matter Physics”, and “Bacterial Nano Heat Engine: Getting bacteria to work”. He begins by stating that back in 1944, a profound physicist Schrodinger introduced the concept of “aperiodic crystal” which led to the understanding of genetic molecules, enunciating the importance of inter-disciplinary applications of scientific works. In his first narrative, he speaks of the flocking movement among birds, bacteria, locusts, and human beings as well.

He brought the same experiment in his laboratory where he used 2 particles, energized them, and identified their flocking pattern. He observed that the velocity of movement between the two particles differ, which can be applied to particle sorting. This experiment has applications in biology, where bacteria and/or cells can be sorted and separated and also in autonomous cars.

While explaining his second experiment, Prof A K Sood mentioned that he studied the devitrification or the tendency of glass particles to crystallize over time to reach a state of stability from its metastable state. He used supervised Machine Learning to predict where crystallization will occur in glass. His team trained the system to identify the hard and soft particles of the glass. His experiments concluded that Machine Learning (ML) helps in identifying the soft particles, which possess the tendency to move and crystallize over a long period of time.

Further, Prof A K Sood and his team of collaborators developed bacterial nano heat engines by mimicking the biological motors in our body which produces energy for living beings to function. Using bacterial activity, they made heat engines and are advancing their research work to recognize the practical applications of the nano heat engines in cars, batteries. The bacteria heat engines is a highly promising technology of the future

Prof A K Sood narrated his laboratory stories to explicate the splendour of multidisciplinary research which can be used to solve basic problems. He said, “The key to successful scientific research is to collaborate with experts beyond their own domain. Communication and appreciation of views of an open mind enable scientists to understand the various phenomena. Students and researchers should be curious which will lead to research having various interdisciplinary applications that will make an impact across various domains.”

About thousand participants from IISc,IITs, NITs,IIITs, IISERs, several Indian Universities including University of Hyderabad, Delhi University, NEHU, Pondicherry University, Punjab University; a few foreign Universities including KAUST, Saudi Arabia, Nagoya University, Japan, Zhejiang Ocean University, China, Teesside University, UK, several Engineering Colleges; National Laboratories of DST, DBT, CSIR, ISRO, DRDO, ICMR, BARC, JNCASR, ARIES, ARCI; industries including ARBL, Tata Steel have attended the distinguished lecture given by Prof Ajay Sood.

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Professors of SRM University- AP, Andhra Pradesh receives a total outlay of Rs. 67.97 lakhs from DST, Government of India

Oct 9, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #DST, #SRM University

DST, Government of India, sanctioned the research work of three professors of SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh in the field of Science and Technology. Dr. Imran Y Pancha, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, received a total outlay of Rs.27 lakhs for his research work on “Chemical modulator based microalgal biorefinery for the production of biofuels and bioproducts”.Further, Dr Writoban Basu Ball, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, will be pursuing research on “Targeting Kennedy pathway of cellular phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis as a common therapeutic strategy against protozoan parasites like Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei and Entamoeba histolytica.” With the sanctioned outlay of Rs.26.34 lakhs. In addition, Dr Tapan Kumar Hota, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, will be working on “Mathematical analysis and Adjoint Based Stability for a Coupled Convection-Diffusion equation in Miscible Displacement” using the total outlay of Rs.14.63 lakhs sanctioned by DST, Government of India Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, President, Prof VS Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Prof D Narayana Rao, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, congratulated and applauded the perseverance of the professors in pursuing excellence in the field of science and continues to contribute to the improvement of the nation and society at large.