Events

• IIITB had an entrepreneur connect event during October 5-7, coinciding with the visit of U.K. entrepreneurs. Prof. Sadagopan addressed IIITB students, incubation startups and 40+ entrepreneurs visiting from UK as part of E-Axes 2015. He enlightened the audience with his thoughts on "Bangalore - History, Geography and Technology". The event also included: 
  * Expert talks revolving around Bangalore's ecosystem and the Startup scene in India
  * An interaction session between select IIITB's current and alumni student-entrepreneurs with UK and Indian (IIITB Innovation Center) entrepreneurs
  * Inspirational talks on how entrepreneurs could overcome their challenges (both within / internal and without / external)


• IIITB hosted SPICMACAY event by H. M. Smitha on Violin and Tumkur Ravishankar on Mridangam on October 7.


• Mid-Term exams for all the batches were held during October 12-17.



• On October 14, IIITB signed an agreement with U Education Management Pvt. Ltd. to jointly offer an online Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics through UpGrad portal. UpGrad is an online higher education platform to provide rigorous industry relevant programs designed and delivered in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry. IIITB was represented by Prof. Sadagopan and U Education by Mr. Mayank Kumar (Co-Founder and CEO).
  Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/PsKvbchMQB1oeY959

• Prof. Sujit Kumar Chakrabarti took over charge as Men's Hostel Warden from Prof. Brijesh Kumar Mishra on October 15.


• Mid-Term break for all the batches was during October 18-25. After the mid-term break classes resumed on October 26.


• IIITB celebrated Ayudha Puja on October 20.
  For Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/4o8JqrCnDAV25kiR6


• IITB hosted I-AXES 2015, an investor connect event during October 27-30 for our Cube and Axle Startups. Around 10 of our startups received advice on their fund-raising strategy and presenting their ventures to the visiting investment funds and investors - Unitus Seed Fund, StartupXSeed, Axilor Ventures.

Publication including Presentations

• Asha Subramanian (PH2013001) presented her paper titled “Inferencing in the Large : Characterizing Semantic Integration of Open Tabular Data” at  International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. She also won a travel grant of US$1570 from the conference organizers for attending the conference to present her paper.

IIITB in Media

City, now capital of communicable diseases, says Health Minister

Consultative workshop on National Urban Health Mission in Karnataka

IS HEALTH MISSION LOSING ITS STEAM?

UGC aims for industry-ready grads

Generation UK-India: Digital India

Faculty & Staff

• Prof. Sadagopan gave keynote on Evolution of Bangalore Software ECO System to UK digital India on October 5.


• The article titled “Digital India needs to go local” by Prof. Amit Prakash has appeared in The Hindu on October 5.
  http://goo.gl/CJ5yYs


• Dr. Aastha Madaan delivered an invited talk entitled “The Promise of Web Science” at Delhi University, New Delhi on October 5.


• Prof. Sadagopan attended the Industry Interactions Programme during the visit of Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Germany and Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India on October 6.


• Dr. Aastha Madan is currently working with Web Science Trust at University of Southampton, UK during October 9, 2015 - January 8, 2016 as Visiting Scholar.


• Prof. Amit Prakash was invited to deliver a talk on “Social media for development and governance” at a capacity building workshop organized jointly by the United Nations Asia Pacific Centre for ICT and Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP) and Sri Lanka's Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) during October 5-8, at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The workshop was attended by Members of Parliament, Ministers and Heads of Department of the Government of Sri Lanka.


• The article titled “How app-based taxis are advantageous” by Prof Sridhar V has appeared in Deccan Herald on October 8. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/505099/how-app-based-taxis-advantageous.html.


• Prof. S. Rajagopalan shared his thoughts on the emerging innovation ecosystem in India at the India-UK tech workshop at ITC Windsor on October 14. The attendees of the workshop included thought leaders from Nesta, Indian Institute of Science, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford, NCBS and others; British Deputy High commissioner, and GoK Minister of Industry.


• Prof. Chetan Parikh presented a two-hour tutorial on "Designing an amplifier with bipolar transistors" for the second year Telecommunication Engineering students of the BMS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, on October 17.


• The World Food Day 2015 was celebrated on October 17 at Institution of Agricultural Technologists (IAT), Bangalore with the joint collaboration of IAT Bangalore, Department of Agriculture and AME Foundation, Bangalore under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. V. Sarvesh, President, IAT, Bangalore.  The theme for the year is Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty.  Dr. R. N. Srinivasa Gowda, Former Vice Chancellor, Karnataka State Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Science University Bangalore inaugurated the programme. Mr. V. S. Prakash, Registrar, IIITB and Dr. Prakash Kammaradi, Chairman, Agricultural Price Commission, Government of Karnataka were the Chief Guests on the occasion.


• The article titled “Roti, kapda aur makan: the startup story” by Prof. Sridhar V., and Raja, S.R. (AVP, Persistent Systems) has appeared on youstory.com on October 14. http://yourstory.com/2015/10/roti-kapda-makkan-startup-story/



• Prof.Subajit Sen visited the Center for Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) of the Electrical Engineering department of Cambridge University during October 26-November 5. He had discussions with faculty and Ph.D. students involved in research into Energy Conversion & Storage, Energy Harvesting, Sensors and IoT under the leadership of Prof. Gehan Amaratunga.  Mechanisms for collaboration in SC-based DC-DC converters and Energy Harvestors for an IoT platform being developed at Cambridge were discussed.  He also gave an invited talk on Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters.
   
• Book Reviews of The dynamics of spectrum management: Legacy, Technology and Economics co-authored by Prof. Sridhar V. in Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, (2015), 40(3) 388–391.Telecommunications Policy, article in press.


• Prof. Jyotsna Bapat gave a talk on "Context Aware Homes" at IBM I-CARE 2015 on October 29 in Bengaluru.

Students & Alumni

• Asha Subramanian (PH2013001) was a visiting scholar at the Ohio Centre of Excellence in Knowledge Enabled Computing, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA, during October 16-25.

Academic Milestones

• October 15: Gopika Gopan K. (PH2014003) Comprehensive Examination (Ph.D.)

• October 16: Anushka Chandrababu (PH2012001) Comprehensive Examination (Ph.D.)

Guest Talks

• October 9: “Transformational Opportunities for Healthcare enabled by Information Technology” by Dr. Manish Gupta, VP, Xerox Corporation and Director, Xerox Research Center India.
• October 28: Guest talk by Mr. Ramana Gogula, Sybase (Former MD).

Campus Visitors

• October 6: Dr. Michael May, Head of Technology Field, Business Analytics & Monitoring (BAM) of Corporate Research and Technology Center, Siemens AG since.


• October 7: Ms. Gayna Williams, Founder, If She Can I Can, Co-Founder at UX Careers Unlimited, Founder at Swash Consulting visited IIITB to talk to women and learn about their experiences, and understand how it is different from that in the US. She also shared some of her own experiences about working women in the US.


• October 13: Mr. Jayesh Chakravarthi,Country Head for the IT Division, at Fidelity India


• October 15: Consular Official and a Consular Assistant of Canada


• October 16: Canara Engineering College - Industrial Visit
Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/kmtP2f41YSG8eXcB9


• October 19: Mr. Sidney Frank, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada in India and Mr. Maher Doleh, Consul and Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada in India.


• October 19: Mr. Utkarsh, MD - Infinera.


• October 30: Visit of Shri Pranab Prakash Das, Hon'ble minister for IT&Energy Government of Odisha; Shri Pradeep Jena, Principal Secretary IT, Government of Odisha; Shri Bhaskar Sarma, CEO, Odisha Computer Application Centre; Shri M. N. Vidya Shankar, IAS (R), President, IESA, Former Additional Chief Secretary, GoK
  Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/acSg5woNXoNKk8at5