BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

YELAHANKA,BANGALORE-64
MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT
(MONTH October 20 13 )
(01
st
Dec to 25
th
Dec ,2013 )
1. Proposals:
List of proposals communicated /in the process of communication for possible funding
from various funding agencies like NRB,ARB,DST,AICTE,UGC,etc..
Sl.
No
Title Funding
Agency
Amount Remarks
1 Simulation of Micro gas
sensor for the detection of
SF6 leakage and its
constituent gases under
partial discharge in a Gas
insulated Switchgear (GIS)
system.
NRB 5,25,000/- Meeting
attended by PI
& co PI at IIT
Chennai on
11
th
Dec.
2013.

2. NBA Accreditation

Status Self Assessment Report (SAR) filled as per the instructions.
Presentation on Department Resource requirements for NBA done. NBA
coordinator updated the documentation status and indicated the
improvement in assessment points.
3. Faculty Development Program (FDP)attended by Faculty:

Prof. H.D. Kattimani attended a FDP on Advanced Power Electronics
Applications [APEA- 13] organized Department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, during 17
th

21
st
December 2013.
4. Membership to Professional Societies:
Formal approval for starting IEEE Student Branch at BMSIT granted on 2
nd

December 2013.



5. Paper Publication
number of papers published in National conference
number of papers published in National Journal
02 number of papers published in International conference
01 number of papers published in International Journal

Sl.
No
PAPER
TITLE
AUTHORS
NAME
Name of the Conferences/
Journal, Volume, Number, Year of
Publication.

1
Breakdown behaviour of
sub-millimetere air gaps
under alternating
voltages
Sridevi BR & T.C.
Balachandra
Participated & presented a paper in IEEE
CATCON on 7
th
Dec. 2013 (First IEEE
International conference on condition
assessment techniques of electrical systems,
Jadavpur University Main Campus, Kolkata.
3
Low Cost 50W Inverter
for Fluorescent Lamp
Using Electronic Choke
Controlled by Timer
Babu Naik G,
Dr.T.C.Balachandra,
Ozwin Dsouza,
Manjunatha Babu P
International Journal of Research in
Engineering and Technology, eISSN: 2319-
1163, pISSN: 2321-7308,
Vol:02, Issue:12,Dec-2013.

4
Bi-Directional Spped
Control of DC Motor and
Steeper Motor Through
MAT Lab Using PIC
Micro Controller

Ozwin Dsouza,
Manjunatha Babu P,
Babu Naik G.
International Journal of Research in
Engineering and Technology, eISSN: 2319-
1163, pISSN: 2321-7308,
Vol:02, Issue:11,Nov-2013.

5
Energy Audit,
Conservation, and Power
Factor Improvement for
BMSIT Campus
Manjunatha Babu
T.C.Balachandra,
Ozwin Dsouza, Babu
Naik G

International Journal of Research in
Engineering and Technology, eISSN: 2319-
1163, pISSN: 2321-7308,
Vol:02, Issue:11,Nov-2013.

6
Simulation and analysis
of common mode voltage
in multilevel inverter fed
induction motor drive
H.D. Kattimani et.al. Abstract accepted for : 3
rd
International conference
on Information & Industrial Electronics- 2014 at
Penang, Malaysia from 10
th
& 11
th
March 2014.
Paper ID: E003
Other Activities:
As a first step towards the improvement of Relay & High Voltage Laboratory the
procurement process of Digital Storage Oscilloscope was completed.
The procurement installation and training related to Bio metric Attendance System was
completed.