It was a moment of pride for every VSSUTian when car no. 85 crossed the checkered flag at NATRAX, Pithampur. Highlighting the college in the national engineering scene once again, this time it was a group of spirited students who got together to build an ATV(All-Terrain Vehicle) to participate in the 2012 edition of BAJA SAEINDIA. After working up a software model of the ATV, the team had to clear the Virtual Round to get the nod from the organizers to start building the car. VEERss battled it out with over 280 teams from around the country to break into the top 100 who got the green flag. The journey from there was no cake walk either. Faced with severe limitations in terms of resources, short-age of equipment and non-availability of components near-by, VEERss had a herculean task at hand to complete the fabrication and testing of the “IoKE” in time for the event. But thanks to our Alumni, the crew could at least throw their worries about funds out of the window with a support of 3 lakhs towards the participation. The teachers and staff were equally supportive and encouraged the students in every way possible. The main event started on 17th February, 2012 held on the National Automobile Testing Track (NATRAX), Pithampur. The facility sports a dirt and gravel track 3.8 kilometers long, tailor made to BAJA specifications. Clever mud traps, treacherous hill climbs and fast corners make this track a grueling test of man and machine in the 4 hour endurance race that concludes the mega event. Before be-ing cleared for the race, every team had to pass through a set of dynamic and static events. The former consisted

of events such as brake test, acceleration test, hill climb, maneuverability etc. while the static event list was mostly made up of presentations and static evaluations. VEERss proved themselves race worthy and got a slot in the start-ing grid with 81 other cars. The car had a brilliant start with a few passes in the first lap itself but disaster struck in the third lap when the car had to make its first pit stop due to broken brake line. Within the next hour, snapped brake-lines and a non-responsive accelerator cable forced the car to make additional pit-stops and reduced the pace of the car. True character and courage was shown by the team in regards to decisions taken during crucial times which led to a re-silient car, and an even more resilient driver completing the last 4 laps of the race without brakes and an accelera-tor without a working spring. With 15 laps to their credit, VEERss were placed 14th in the race and 51st overall. The other two partici-pating teams from the state, NIT-R and KIIT, were placed 74th and 93rd respectively. Putting the competition in perspective and the fact that this was the team’s first at-tempt at BAJA, the effort and performance of the students is commendable. We wish the team all the best for their future and hope that they take the college to even greater heights. Go VEERss!!!

It has been a long wait, but we assure you, this edition is worth the wait. The 4th edition of Anubandh is a victory song

- celebrating our college representation in BAJA, SAE. It will introduce the maiden socio-management fest – Ahwaan,

and take you through the celebrations in Spring, Drama, the technical extravaganza in Samavesh and the competitive

vigour in Illumina and IUSM. This quarter marked new beginnings; our new Vice Chancellor Dr. B.K Nanda, new name of

the University campus and of all our existing hostels. Hope this edition will serve its purpose and meet its desired goal.

The whole editorial team looks forward to a positive response and feedback from all its alumni.

TEAM VEERss MAKE IT BIG AT BAJA SAE-INDIA 1

“IoKE” SPECIAL PAGE 2

CONVOCATION 2011 3

VC INTRODUCTION 3

FESTS@VSSUT 2012 4

NEWS IN PICTURES 5

OBITUARY 6

PLACEMENT PROFILE 2011-12 7

The “IoKE”- Named after the Greek Goddess of war, was built completely in-house by team VEERss. The college authorities had been generous enough to grant 24 hour access to the Central Work-shop to the team for the entirety of the development and fabrication phase of the project. Though there were initial setbacks regarding availability of components and build quality, the team scaled a steep learning curve to complete in time the construction of a thoroughbred warrior.

305 cc single cylinder B&S Enginemated to a 4-speed, sequential shift constant mesh transmission belts out10 bhp power and 25 nm torque to the rear wheels.

Max Speed: 55 KmphAcceleration (0-55 Kmph) : 8.3 s

Fiber-glass body panels to increase power to weight ratio.

Front: MacPherson StrutsRear: Double Wishbones

All Wheel Independentcoil over springs with hydraulic dampers tohandle rough terrain.

Front: MacPherson StrutsRear: Double Wishbones

High Tensile Steel Roll Cage to maximizesafety during collisions and rolls.

Factor of Safety > 4

Front Nose box concealingRack and Pinion type steeringwith Ackermann Geometry

Steering Angle: 36o

Off road tires for extra traction on tricky terrain.10’’ rims conceal hydraulic drums on each wheel

Braking Distance: 35-0 Kmph in 12 meters

Team VEERss started out with 25 official members of the SAE Collegiate club who got together to get a shot at BAJA SAEINDIA 2012. But by the end of the endeavor, many a greased hands, scores of curious fingers and hundreds of inspired souls had touched the journey. The team owes it’s success to the people who couldn’t be mentioned here. Listed here are the core members of Team VEERss.

TEAM VEERss

Soumya Prakash Rath3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Ashutosh Maharana3rd YearComputer Science & Engg.

Soumya Darshan Meher 3rd YearProduction Engineering

Lenin Mishra3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Sushant Singh3rd YearProduction Engineering

Aditya Bose3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Rajendra Kumar Shinku3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Shishir Lath3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Chandan Das4th YearMechanical Engineering

Debananda Guntha3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Nigamananda Choudhury3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Chabbrin Nanda3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Anuraag Mishra3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Manonkit Jal3rd YearInformation Technology

Abhilasha Das3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Akanksha Rani3rd YearMechanical Engineering

P. Usha3rd YearMechanical Engineering

Fests are a specialty of VSSUT that add a spectrum of colors to the black and white academic calendar. From the Film fest to Dramatics to the Spring, each satiate the artistic and creative streak in every VSSUTian. What endears these fests to the crowd is the level of performances and the joie-de-vivre that accompanies it.

Illumina marked the beginning of the Fest Cal-endar of VSSUT, Burla. With participation of over 400 more than 50 events on the calendar, Illumina illuminated the dark rooms of monoto-ny and inactivity in the campus with the light of zeal, vigor and competitiveness. Spanning over a period of 3 days, the meet included light hearted events such as inter year tug-of-war and gupchup eating competition for the non-enthusiasts along with the usual list of traditional athletic events.This year, the championship award (boys) went to Malaya Behera and championship award (girls) was shared by Sushree Srabani 3rd year and Mamta Kujur 2nd year.

SSG Society, VSSUT Burla, made it large this time, organizing a Socio-Management fest – Ahwaan 2k12. In its first run, Ahwaan-2k12 called for a change in the socio scenario of the country with many management and fun events. Going by its motto, it organized a massive blood donation camp with a record participation of 150 donators, a food fiesta for unprivileged chil-dren, guest lecture by famous social activist Baba Adhav, guest lecture by laughter and motivation-al guru Anand Chulani, and copy making com-petition , organized by NSS, that was donated to orphans. As a part of its socio-cultural responsibility, Ahwaan brought before the audience, the high-ly acclaimed Gotipua Dance, one of the oldest dance forms of Odisha. Ahwaan 2k12 ignited a spark, which will be carried forward as a flame for generations to come.

From February 17th to 19th, the three days of movie magic or in a VSSUTian term the film fest- UDGAM, encompassing drama, comedy, action and a connoisseur of emotions, kept the audience on their feet. “Short movie presenta-tion strummed the imaginative and creative chords of students which saw an eclectic mix of short movies detailing various facets of college life. Antakshari and Film quiz saw a record turn-out of students.

The four day Annual techno-management festival of VSSUT- Samavesh started on 23rd Feb and came to an end at the varsity campus on Sunday 28th Feb. The techno-management extravaganza was inaugurated by collector Mrilanini Darswal, which was followed by the guest lecture of Pawan Aggrawal, CEO Dabba-Wallas, whose exuberant personality rubbed off

Spring – as it always comes with the mesmer-izing fragrance of music, dance, fun and ex-citement, VaSSaUnT 2k12, came with great vigor. The pick of the 3 day extravaganza was the Rock Band event which in its maiden run saw 16 bands from across the country scorch the stage. In addition there were a number of unusual but interesting entries in the agenda like Mud Kabbadi and Maakhan Chor which kept large audiences entertained throughout the fest. Besides, the students of VSSUT got a chance to see magnificent exhibits of ‘Kala Niketan’ and handmade artistic pieces by Deaf and Dumb students.Arise and Awake with its goal of social awak-ening conducted an exhibition, an event on movie making and a school level essay compe-tition on social issues. Spring fest VaSSaUnT 2K12 was grand and the huge participation made it even more so.

on the audience and stole the standout event of the evening.

This year Robotics events like Galaxy Quest, Space Raider, Savior and Death Race stole the show. Other attractions of the fest included Neuron(circuit design), Teleferic(Ropeway de-sign), Rectify(Coding), Mechanical Projectile Launcher Design, Blue Print( Technical PPT) and many more. Business events like B.Plan, Case study and Virtual Stock Market were also held and saw an enthusiastic response. Guest Lectures of K. Balabharadwaj, VP Boeing In-dia, Durjoy Dutta, eminent writer and Akash Goutam a motivational speaker added flavor to the fest and motivated students to give their best and to know and feel that sky is the limit.This year, Samavesh saw huge participation from various institutions from around the state. It was aimed at improving the technical creativity and business acumen of the techno-crats and saw an unparalleled stream of par-ticipants and brought into focus the budding managers of Odisha.

VSSUT Burla’s Youth cum Dramatic festi-val Emouvoir-’12 was a three day dramatic extravaganza. 39 innovative events like An-gry Anna (live setup of popular game Angry Birds) Binocular Soccer, street painting etc and numerous plays and dance routines saw huge participation with both participants and audience enjoys themselves. The last day was even more eventful with the chief guest, laughter king Kuna Tripathy from the famous Odia show “News Fuse” gave a really inspir-ing and hilarious speech and taught VSSUT to keep ODIA alive in all of us and help spread Odia culture. The other show “Kanchi Avi-jan”, an Odissi classical musical play presented by the students themselves was also received very well by the audience. Mumbai based IL-LUMINATI Group of India’s got talent fame rocked the floor by their extraordinary UV dance which was slotted as the Mega Show of the festival. Their ground breaching, forward looking concept and scintillating dance moves amazed the crowd. The students of VSSUT burla performed many skits which not only tickled the funny bone of the audiences but also gave a social message in an effective way. They proved that engineers are not just geeks but are bubbling with talent and waiting for an opportunity to showcase them.

Fests are a specialty of VSSUT that add a spectrum of colors to the black and white academic calendar. From the Film fest to Dramatics to the Spring, each satiate the artistic and creative streak in every VSSUTian. What endears these fests to the crowd is the level of performances and the joie-de-vivre that accompanies it.

Illumina marked the beginning of the Fest Cal-endar of VSSUT, Burla. With participation of over 400 and more than 50 events on the cal-endar, Illumina illuminated the dark rooms of monotony and inactivity in the campus with the light of zeal, vigor and competitiveness. Spanning over a period of 3 days, the meet in-cluded light hearted events such as inter year tug-of-war and gupchup eating competition for the non-enthusiasts along with the usual list of traditional athletic events. This year, the champi-onship award (boys) went to Malaya Behera and championship award (girls) was shared by Sush-ree Srabani 3rd year and Mamta Kujur 2nd year.

SSG Society, VSSUT Burla, made it large this time, organizing a Socio-Management fest – Ahwaan 2k12. In its first run, Ahwaan-2k12 called for a change in the socio scenario of the country with many management and fun events. Going by its motto, it organized a massive blood donation camp with a record participation of 150 donators, a food fiesta for unprivileged children, guest lecture by famous social activ-ist Baba Adhav, guest lecture by laughter and motivational guru Anand Chulani, and a copy making competition , organized by NSS, where the copies made were donated to orphans. As a part of its socio-cultural responsibility, Ahwaan brought before the audience, the highly ac-claimed Gotipua Dance, one of the oldest dance forms of Odisha. Ahwaan 2k12 ignited a spark, which will be carried forward as a flame for gen-erations to come.

From February 17th to 19th, the three days of movie magic, or in a VSSUTian term the film fest- UDGAM, encompassing drama, comedy, action and a connoisseur of emotions, kept the audience on their feet. “Short movie presenta-tion strummed the imaginative and creative chords of students which saw an eclectic mix of short movies detailing various facets of college life. Antakshari and Film quiz saw a record turn-out of students.

The four day Annual techno-management festival of VSSUT- Samavesh started on 23rd Feb and came to an end at the varsity campus on Sunday 28th Feb. The techno-management extravaganza was inaugurated by collector Mrilanini Darswal, which was followed by the guest lecture of Pawan Aggrawal, CEO Dabba-Wallas, whose exuberant personality rubbed off

Spring – as it always comes with the mesmer-izing fragrance of music, dance, fun and ex-citement, VaSSaUnT 2k12, came with great vigor. The pick of the 3 day extravaganza was the Rock Band event which in its maiden run saw 16 bands from across the country scorch the stage. In addition there were a number of unusual but interesting entries in the agenda like Mud Kabbadi and Maakhan Chor which kept large audiences entertained throughout the fest. Besides, the students of VSSUT got a chance to see magnificent exhibits of ‘Kala Niketan’ and handmade artistic pieces by Deaf and Dumb students.Arise and Awake with its goal of social awak-ening conducted an exhibition, an event on movie making and a school level essay compe-tition on social issues. Spring fest VaSSaUnT 2K12 was grand and the huge participation made it even more so.

on the audience and stole the standout event of the evening.

This year Robotics events like Galaxy Quest, Space Raider, Savior and Death Race stole the show. Other attractions of the fest included Neuron(circuit design), Teleferic(Ropeway de-sign), Rectify(Coding), Mechanical Projectile Launcher Design, Blue Print( Technical PPT) and many more. Business events like B.Plan, Case study and Virtual Stock Market were also held and saw an enthusiastic response. Guest Lectures of K. Balabharadwaj, VP Boeing In-dia, Durjoy Dutta, eminent writer and Akash Goutam a motivational speaker added flavor to the fest and motivated students to give their best and to know and feel that sky is the limit.This year, Samavesh saw huge participation from various institutions from around the state. It was aimed at improving the technical creativity and business acumen of the techno-crats and saw an unparalleled stream of par-ticipants and brought into focus the budding managers of Odisha.

VSSUT Burla’s Youth cum Dramatic festi-val Emouvoir-’12 was a three day dramatic extravaganza. 39 innovative events like An-gry Anna (live setup of popular game Angry Birds) Binocular Soccer, street painting etc and numerous plays and dance routines saw huge participation with both participants and audience enjoys themselves. The last day was even more eventful with the chief guest, laughter king Kuna Tripathy from the famous Odia show “News Fuse” gave a really inspir-ing and hilarious speech and taught VSSUT to keep Odia alive in all of us and help spread Odia culture. The other show “Kanchi Avi-jan”, an Odissi classical musical play presented by the students themselves was also received very well by the audience. Mumbai based IL-LUMINATI Group of India’s got talent fame rocked the floor by their extraordinary UV dance which was slotted as the Mega Show of the festival. Their ground breaching, forward looking concept and scintillating dance moves amazed the crowd. The students of VSSUT burla performed many skits which not only tickled the funny bone of the audiences but also gave a social message in an effective way. They proved that engineers are not just geeks but are bubbling with talent and waiting for an opportunity to showcase them.

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Born on 20th April 1991, Late Paresh Panda, a 3rd yr, Electrical Engi-neering student died an untimely death on 20th April, 2011. A smart, intelligent and jolly person, he was known for his helping nature. He was the go to guy of their branch, always working behind the scenes yet making his presence felt strongly every time he took interest in something.A jocular, happy go lucky person he brought smiles to many faces. He is survived by his mother, father and five sisters. On behalf of one and all ever associated with him in his walks of life, we pray to Almighty to give his family enough strength and courage to withstand the grief and loss and to keep alive his fond full memories.May his soul rest in peace.

Like last year, this academic year opened a lot of opportunities for students in their placement year, and with still four months to go, the total no. of offers stands at 371 from 28 companies as on March, 2012. The year also saw a significant rise in the intake of recruits from the college by premium core companies like TATA Motors, Maruti Suzuki and Ashok Leyland. We sincerely hope that the good spell continues and the year ends with a great note for the Training and Placement Cell.

VSS University of Technology

Burla

Sambalpur, Orissa

PIN—768018

Phone: 0663 2430211

Fax: 0663 2430204

Email: info@uceburla.ac.in

Website: www.vssut.ac.in

Editorial Team:Sibashish Acharya (2004 Computer Science and Engineering)Sandeep Kumar Mishra (2005 Mechanical Engineering)Sandeep Kumar Tripathy (4th Year Civil Engineering)Shradha Mohanty (4th Year Electrical Engineering)Saberi Mohapatra (3rd Year Computer Science and Engineering)Smruti Rekha Dalai (3rd Year Electrical Engineering)Ksheerabdhi Tanaya Samantaray (3rd Year Electrical Engineering)Ashutosh Maharana ( 3rd Year Computer Science and Engineering)Anuvav Mishra ( 2nd Year Computer Science & Engineering)Please send your suggestions and feedback at vssutnewsletter@gmail.com

Total Strength 78 75 39 95 68 42 33 30 33 493

Department ME EE ETC CSE CE IT MFG MCA M.Tech TotalCompany Name

Tata Motors 7 - - - - - 4 - - 11

JSL 5 4 3 - 2 - - - - 14

L&T IES 5 6 - - - - 3 - 2 16

Capgemini 6 8 - 2 8 - 2 - 1 27

Cummins India 2 1 - - - - 1 - - 4

SPCL 3 - - - 5 - - - - 8

Ashok Leyland 4 - - - - - - - - 4

Honda - - - - - - 1 - - 1

Soma - - - - 3 - - - - 3

Maruti Suzuki 10 - - - - - - - - 10

Wipro 3 3 10 29 8 9 4 6 9 81

MEIL - - - - 5 - - - - 5

Ramky Construction - - - - 4 - - - - 4

ADVENTZ Group - - - - 3 - - - - 3

Avantha Power & Infra 6 7 - - - - - - - 13

Syntel - - - - - - - - - 1

L&T ECC - - - - 7 - - - - 7

Mahindra & Mahindra - - - - - - - - 1 1

Infosys 2 15 22 48 10 17 10 3 5 132

Hindalco 2 2 - - - - - - - 4

OCL Steel 1 1 - - 1 - - - - 3

ERA Group - - - - 4 - - - - 4

Pradan - 1 - 3 - - - 1 2 7

Rusula Automation - 4 - - - - - - - 4

Total 58 54 36 82 60 26 25 10 20 371

Placement Statistics 2011-12