ADAMAS UNIVERSITY

Vol-1, No: 1, January 2018 Newsletter

Best
International Technical Conference IEEE Region

Best Paper Award Student

for Susamay Samanta Paper
Award larization Reduction of a
Hexagonal Microstrip An-
tenna Using Two Circular
Award Certificate Along with Prof.
Shingo Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi
University, Japan

Greetings for “Best Paper Award” from
Dr. Norzila Mohd Noor, General Chair
AU News Desk: Mr.
Susamay Samanta, Assistant
Professor, Electronics &
Communication Engineering
Department, SOET, has re-
ceived “Best Paper Award” in
the Antenna Track after one
of his current research papers
were presented by him at
IEEE TENCON 2017, a pre-
mier International Technical
Conference of
IEEE Region 10
(Asia Pacific Re-
gion). It was held
at the Wembley
St. Giles Premier
Hotel, Penang,
Malaysia during 5th – 8th
November 2017.
The research paper, titled
'New Dimension in Cross-Po-
Substrate Integrated Cavities'
was authored by Mr. Samanta
as the First Author with the
affiliation of Adamas Univer-
sity along with his research
team member.
According to Mr. Samanta,
“It was really a great opportu-
nity for me to introduce
Adamas University to several
International researchers, ed-
ucators, students, practition-
ers, technocrats and
policy-makers around the
world. I would like to take
this opportunity and thank
everyone from Adamas Uni-
versity for their continuous
support in my teaching and
research activities.”
AU News Desk: Tanmay Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur dur-
Chakraborty, 2nd year student ing 14th - 15th November
2017.
His work was a collaborative
work on Internet of Things
and Swarm Intelligence with
Mr Soumya Kanti Datta, a re-
search engineer at Eurocom,
France and Co-Founder, Fu-
ture Tech Lab.
The general co-chair Prof. Dr.
Thinagaran Perumal from
UPM took special interest in
Tanmay’s work “Home Au-
tomation Using Edge Com-
puting and IoT” which was
another paper he presented in
of B.Tech in Electronics and ISCE 2017.
Communication En-
gineering of Adamas
University received
Kuala Lumpur
the “Best Student His work was a
Paper Award” for his collaborative work on
paper “Application of
Swarm Intelligence Internet of Things and
in Internet of Things” Swarm Intelligence with
at the 21st IEEE In- Mr Soumya Kanti Datta, a
ternational Sympo-
sium on Consumer
research engineer at
Electronics 2017 Eurocom, France and Co-
(ISCE 2017) held at Founder, Future Tech Lab.
University Putra

New feather on ADAMAS UNIVERSITY Cap

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Club
Students demonstrated
Robots they made
during college hour.
AU News Desk: The Inaugural Cer-
emony of The ADAMAS University
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Club commenced on 28.11.2017 by a
group of dignitaries. Chief Guest
Padma Shree Professor Ajay Kumar
Ray, Director IIEST Shibpur , deliv-
ered motivational speeches to inspire
and encourage students who all
demonstrated whatever Robots they
made during college hours. A presen-
tation was also given by the students
of the robotics club in presence of the
Chief guest, delegates and all digni- tonomous Robots named as Line Fol- dan Chakraborty, Pro-Vice Chancel-
taries including the AU Chancellor lower Robot, Stair climbing Robot, lor, Registrar and the Deans of vari-
who took the initiative to motivate Gesture Control Robot,Quad-Copter ous schools of AU were present .
them. Etc. ADAMAS University Chancel- ADAMAS University Prof. Samit
At present a group of 50 students are lor Prof. Samit Ray, Advisor to Chan- Ray addressed Padma-Shree
working with this club who have al- cellor Prof. Dr. N.L. Mitra, Vice Prof.Ajay Kumar Ray with flower
ready manufactured manual and au- –Chancellor Professor Dr. Madhusu- bouquet, uttariya and a memento.
AU Newsletter January Issue
GLOBAL APPROACH WITH
Chancellor Speaks
Let the Newsletter TRADITIONAL FLAVOUR
bind all the minds
Heartiest New Year Greetings to all our teachers.
My best wishes for my beloved students.
When we started our University we took a
pledge to make it a globally competitive Edu-
cation Institute. Since then we have been
working hard to make our mission a reality. I
have great pleasure in announcing that in this mission we
could get active participation of all our well-wishers.
So many events are being organized by this University reg-
ularly but because of lack of proper synchronization and
communication between different departments many a time
they go unnoticed by a large section of students and teach-
ers. To make the departments come under one umbrella the
University decided to launch a Newsletter every month
where all the regular events and information organised by
various departments and the University itself will be pro-
jected. It will help the parents too to get a comprehensive
picture of the University.
The Newsletter may also carry important and valuable arti-
cles written by erudite personalities as I think education is
the most important ingredient for development. Only
through proper education we can bring in an era of enlight-
enment and usher in our moral values which are eroding day
by day. India boasts of an ancient, rich civilisation. We strive
our best to uphold our culturally rich tradition and blend it
with the modern spirit to make our University a globally
competitive one. Let this newsletter reflect all the values
that this University stands for. -Prof. Samit Ray
Vice-Chancellor Speaks
Let Us Know Our
Own University
With New Year's greetings to you let me
introduce to you the first monthly Admas
University News Letter prepared by the
School of Journalism and Mass Media.
It will provide a brief summary of the
ongoing activities of the constituent
Schools of our University. It will also contain a com-
prehensive information of the conferences and semi-
nars, held at regular intervals by different departments,
important research works of the members of the faculty
and success stories of teachers and students.
Our University has a potential to be a globally com-
petitive Educational Institute. Brain storming sessions
in the seminars reflect our aspirations, but many a time
they do not reach a large section of the stake holders.
I hope, the Newsletter will serve that purpose to reach
out to them, so that they can too be active participants
in our activities in the future.
In our University it is our endeavour to nourish young
minds to bloom and instill confidence and courage in
our students so that thay can face the world with a
moral conviction. We want them to be properly edu-
cated and wise. Trying to infuse modern spirit in an
age-old rich heritage of our country is our motto. With
our strong infrastructure and educated teachers and
professors we have a dream to pursue. You may have
a glimpse of our efforts and activities through this
Newsletter.
I congratulate the concerned department for their at-
tempts to bring out this magazine.
- Prof. Dr. Madhusudan Chakraborty
ADAMAS UNIVERSITY IS THE ONLY PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN WEST-
BENGAL WHERE BENGALI (LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE) IS
TAUGHT AS A FULL-FLEDGED DEGREE COURSE (B.A., M.A.& Ph.D.)
Other wings of Bengali Department in
Adamas University :
Centres for several fields of Language & Lit-
erature (Bangladesh study, Comparative Lit-
erature, Linguistics etc.)Wall and Literary
Magazine, Creative Writing,Continuous Class
Assessment, Cultural activities and Educa-
tional Trips.
Additional Activities of
AU News Desk: The Adamas University Ben- Bengali Department
gali department not only imparts knowledge
Adamas University :
but also encourage students to enrich their
Centres for several fields
mother tongue. The course structure is devel-
oped with a fine blend of applied writing and of Language & Literature
creative thinking. Moreover, independent re- (Bangladesh study, Comparative
search is always entertained as an integral part Literature, Linguistics etc.)
of the teaching programs. The second year lit-
Wall Magazine
erature students with specialization in Tagore
Literary Magazine
Studies had teamed up for the excursion to Jo-
rasanko Thakur Bari on 17th November, 2017. Advancement of Creative
Photography being prohibited in the Jorasanko Writing
Thakurbari the guide accompanied them Continuous class assessment
through the interiors of the museum which
Cultural activities
was once the ancestral home of Rabindranath
Educational Trip
Tagore.
The enthusiastic youngsters took significant Recent Event: Educational Trip
interests in gaining moments of the Biswak- to Jorasanko Thakur Bari
abi’s life.
National Pharmacy Week celebration
Beware of fake medicines
AU News Desk: The 56th National Pharmacy of the industry scenario. His speech was pri-
Week (NPW) celebrations in SOPT on marily based on three broad areas -
25thNovember 2017 began with a walkathon 1. Breakthrough techniques for successful
by students and faculties. The rally had several placement.
posters to spread public awareness regarding 2. Current Industry scenario and opportuni-
safer use of medicines. The rally moved ties beyond.
throughout the AKC campus informing people 3. Successful steps towards career build up.
on the use of antibiotics, development of an- He explained to the students in a lucid manner
tibiotic resistance, different misconceptions the qualities they should try to build up in
among patients and how to avoid medicines order to penetrate the industry market. Mr
making false claims through
advertisements. As antibi-
otic resistance is a major
problem in the healthcare
sector, special emphasis was
given in this area to make
people understand unneces-
sary consumption of drugs
like antibiotics can be major
concern to the society. Ra-
tional use of such drugs can
preserve their use for gener-
ations to come or else they
may disappear from clinical
use to resistance develop-
ment. SOPT members also tried to spread the Dasmohaparta also highlighted several short
message that consumption of medicines with- term courses to the students which can help
out doctors advice can lead to fatal results. them enrich their biodata.
The second half of the NPW celebrations was Students were highly motivated and enriched
based on the visit to the School by Mr. Sanjay by Mr. Dasmohaparta’s talk and all them
Kumar Dasmohaparta, President, Technical admitted that such talks would definitely help
and Operations, Medopharm, Chennai who them in their efforts to become industry
delivered a lecture to make the students aware friendly.
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 January Issue AU Newsletter
had stressed upon importance
Editor Speaks Interface Between of proteins as primary build-
ing blocks for all life
The January issue of the Adamas University Newsletter processes. She was followed
is now being published. In this issue we have highlighted by Prof. Amit Basak, J C
some of the achievements of our students and teachers in Bose National Fellow at IIT-
the international arena. Everyday something is happening Kharagpur, Kharagpur. His
in the University campus. Unfortunately, even the members coherent and logical presenta-
of the University community cannot keep track of the tion on “Design of Selective
events taking place in various Schools and Departments.We Protein-Labelling Agents”
have therefore sought to highlight the activities of some of was interesting and captivat-
the Departments and Schools in this edition. In the next ing. He lucidly explained the
issue , we shall cover some other important events. We are significance of selectivity
really grateful to the Deans, HODs and teachers of the while synthesizing protein-la-
various Schools and Departments who have helped us by belling agents for understand-
sending the write-ups. As an editor, I am grateful to the ing protein-small molecule
members of the Editorial board who have worked hard in interactions with minimum
collecting various news, editing them and making them errors.
ready for publication. Our technical team members deserve The lecture session was fol-
kudos for their wonderful skill. Finally, I am grateful to lowed by “Poster Session” by
the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the Advisor to the AU News Desk: School of ganic Chemistry in Indian In- the students and research
Chancellor for encouraging us at every stage. Science, Adamas University stitute of Science, Bangaluru scholars. It was an interactive
Dear readers, we need your feedback. Please do not organised a one day National who elaborately deliberated session between eminent
hesitate to tell us what you want to see in the pages of the Seminar on “Interface Be- on “Biology of Ageing” to speakers and the students
Newsletter. -Prof. Asoke Bhattacharya tween Chemistry and Biol- identify the reason of ageing
ogy” on December 1, 2017 at and process of reversing the
Over 250 registered
Flowers bloom in the afternoon Adamas University Audito-
rium.
process ageing. After him, Dr
Anil Kumar, J C Bose Na- participants from
Morning shows the Over 250 registered partici-
pants from various depart-
ments of Adamas University
tional Fellow at CSIR-Na-
tional Chemical Laboratory
of Pune, enthralled the audi-
various depart-
ments of Adamas
day- not always and other universities partici-
pated in the seminar. Follow-
ence with his articulate narra-
tion while giving presentation
University and
other universities
Let us have a glimpse of the incredibly successfully people ing the inaugural session in on “Using Physical Chem-
who failed at first. presence of Vice Chancellor, istry in Understanding Or- participated in the
Sir Isaac Newton's mother pulled him out of school as a boy Pro-Vice Chancellor and the ganic Reactions and seminar.
so that he could run the family farm. He failed miserably. Deans of School of Science Biological Molecules”. Fol-
What happened later? and School of Biotechnology, lowing the lunch, Prof. Sanjib
She let Newton finish his basic education and was eventu- the pre-lunch technical ses- Ghosh, Dean of the School of who displayed their project
ally persuaded to allow him to enroll in Cambridge Univer- sion was chaired by Prof. Science, AU chaired the tech- works and research findings.
sity. Newton went on to become one of the greatest Ashok Kumar Mukherjee, nical session. The seminar came to an end
Dean of School of Biotech- Swagata Dasgupta, Professor, with vote of thanks by the
nology, AU. Prof. Santanu Department of Chemistry Joint Conveners of IBCB-
Bhattacharya, Director of In- from IIT Kharagpur engaged 2017 Dr Arpan Manna and Dr
dian Association for the Cul- all the students with her pres- Rupam Sen of the Depart-
tivation of Science (IACS), entation on “Protein Structure ment of Chemistry, Adamas
Kolkata and Professor of Or- and their interactions”. She University.

Department of Sociology at Adamas

scientists of all time, revolutionizing physics and mathe-
maticsAs a child, Albert Einstein had difficulty communi-
cating and learning in a traditional manner. Everyone in the
family was disturbed.
Though Einstein's communication and behavioral problems
were not indicative of a lack of intelligence, it was a matter
of concern for the members of the family. Ultimately it did
not matter. He won the Nobel prize in physics for correcting
the deficiencies of Newtonian physics with his theory of
relativity.
Charles Darwin was considered an average student. He
gave up on a career in medicine and was going to school to
become a parson. His father was a religious man who
wanted his son to induct in the church.
But as Darwin studied nature, he found his true calling and
travelled the world to uncover nature's mysteries. His fa-
mous treaty, "On the Origin of the Species," fundamentally
changed the world of science by spreading the discovery of
evolution.
When Sidney Poitier first auditioned for the American
Negro Theatre, he flubbed his lines and spoke in a heavy
Caribbean accent, which made the director angrily tell him
to stop wasting his time.
Poitier worked on his craft and eventually became a hugely
successful Hollywood star. He won an Academy Award for
Best Actor and helped break down the colour barrier in the
American film industry.
Students geting Practical exposer
AU News Desk: Adamas University Sociol- have a unique disciplinary and interdiscipli-
ogy Department started in the year 2015 to be- nary orientation, designed to guide and sup-
come one of the important centers of teaching, port student to become free learners and to
research and developmental works. The major inspire them to engage with developmental
task of the Department of Sociology is to pro- policies, issues and social actions. The struc-
vide students with sociological perspectives ture and content of our courses are intended to
and techniques of inquiry de-
signed to enhance their aca-
demic, individual and
professional lives. The Depart-
ment gives special importance
to the applied field of Sociol-
ogy where the students get
practical exposure and get a
glimpse of the wider spectrum
of the subject. The interactive
teaching-learning process is
supplemented by regular as-
signments, group discussions,
and presentations. Workshops
and field visits are regularly or-
ganized where the students can interact with give a grounding that not only prepares stu-
the experts and get a passport to the wider dis- dents for future studies in sociology but also
courses of the discipline. offers the benefits of learning to work in a pro-
The scholarly activities of the Department ductive way in this competitive world.
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AU Newsletter January Issue

Marie Curie: 150th birth

anniversary celebration
AU News Desk: School of Science to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of
(SOS), Adamas University celebrated Madame Curie who was the first lady
the 150th birth anniversary of the leg- to win Noble Prize in Physics in 1903
endary scientist, Marie Curie on No- and Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911
vember 22, 2017 at Adamas for discovery of two radioactive ele-
University Au- ments ‘Polonium’
ditorium. On This was the appropriate and ‘Radium’. The
this occasion honour to celebrate 150th ceremony started
Prof. Soumitra birth anniversary of Madame with the inaugura-
Sengupta, De- Curie who was the first lady to tion speech by our
partment of
won Noble Prize in Physics in Vice Chancellor
Physics, Indian Prof. Madhusudan
Association for 1903 and Nobel Prize in Chem- Chakraborty fol-
the Cultivation istry in 1911 for the discovery lowed by Prof. life and works of Madame Curie. cry of Universe’ which originated
of Science and isolation of two radioac- Sanjib Ghosh, Prof. Soumitra Sengupta, a renowned 1.5 billion light-years ago during the
( I A C S ) , tive elements ‘Polonium’ Dean of School of scientist in the field of String Theory time of ‘Big bang’. It is the most
Kolkata, deliv- and ‘Radium’. Science and Prof. mesmerized the whole auditorium for unique discovery of the modern era
ered a talk on Arun Kumar Ma- almost one and a half hour delivering which was greeted this year with the
‘The Voice of Cosmos : Einstein and jumdar, Pro-Vice Chancellor of a thought provoking lecture on ‘Grav- ‘Nobel Prize’. The seminar was fol-
Gravitational Wave’. It was her topic Adamas University. Dr. Arpan itational Wave’. It was an intense lowed by a long question-answer
that won her Nobel Prize in Physics in Manna, Department In-Charge of experience when Prof. session by enlightened students from
2017. This was the appropriate honour Chemistry gave a presentation of the Sengupta played the audio of ‘Birth all spheres.

Self Defence Workshop for Girls

Fight back, never relent
AU News Desk: The De- awareness among girls that
partment of Sociology, protecting oneself is one’s
School of right and to enhance the
Social ability and strength to fight
Sci- back at the time of crisis.
The Core aspects or guiding
principles that shape the
workshop was
1. Retake control over situ-
ations--empowering girls
for recognizing various
strategies to assert
themselves so that
they can bring the sit-
uation under their
and feelings and reacting
with alacrity, become mind-
ful and tap their inner power
and inner guiding mecha-
nisms and respond in al-
liance with life values.
3. Fight back (as opposed
to struggling) -- key to fight
back is developing ability to
use skills and strategies to
effectively regain control in-
stead of being controlled and
overpowered. The outcome
of the workshop is make the
girls develop awareness to
face boldly or avoid cere-
brally uncomfortable
School of Social Science of money donated by the
visited “St. Ann’s Home for
the Aged” on November, 25.
students, faculty members
and other staff of AKC.
It was a part of their practi- It was truly a blissful experi-
cal for the paper of Commu- ence for all the students to
nity Development. Students visit the old age home and
received first hand experi- interact with the inmates.
ence of Old Age Home to Thus we learned- “Caring
initiate sensitization towards about others, running the
the elderly people. Students risk of feelings and leaving
spent valuable moments an impact on people, Brings
with the inmates, many of Happiness—H. Kushner”.
whom are neglected by their
kinsmen, who treat them as
useless appendages. The stu-
dents were grief-stricken lis-
tening to the experiences of
all the inmates
and share
their

ence,
along
with
School of Law
and Justice, suc- control. This is situations staying aware &
cessfully organised a opposed to the alert. Students also learnt to
two day workshop on traditional vic- use elements of fear posi- loneli-
Self Defense for the Girls tim-control tively and use the power of ness for a
in collaboration with “TA- approach, fear to combat critical situa- few moments by spend-
LASH”, Society for Inner where restric- tions and understand the pa- ing time with them. The
Strength, Peace & Equality tions are im- rameters of safety. They will students donated
on October 27 and 28 Oct, posed on be in a position to differenti- them 20 Bed
2017 at AU3, as a part of girls’ re- ate between gut &taught Sheets,
their practical for the paper sponses, mo- fear; developed images for 20 Pil-
of Community Develop- bility, choice taking action in situations of low cov-
ment. and life as a potential dangers; tap one’s ers and
25 girl students of School of whole. own intuition & inner guid- 20 Tow-
Social Science and School 2. Connection with ing mechanism etc. els along
of Law and Justice partici- inner strength- Distribution of Bed Sheets, with sweets,
pated in the workshop. enabling girls Pillow Covers to the cookies, cakes,
The objective of the for recogniz- elderlies toffees and cold drink which
Workshop was to develop ing thoughts The 2nd year students of were bought by the amount

Edited by Prof. Asoke Bhattacharya. Executive Editor: Prof. Goutam Bandyopadhyay. Editorial Board Members: Dr. Kaushik Mishra, Dr. Kousheyee
Banerjee, Dr. Saheli Guha, Mr. Tanmay Putatundu, Mrs. Debabani Mukherjee. Published by the Registrar ADAMAS UNIVERSITY.
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