Computer Science Newsletter August 2017 - An exclusive Newsletter for faculties of CS department, University affiliated colleges

1. Important Dates for UGC
NET 2017 Exam Novem-
ber
 Date of UGC net November
2017 notification: 9th Au-
gust, 2017
 Online Application Form
Submission:11th August,
2017
 Last Date for Applying
Online :11th September,
2017
 Last Date of Submission of
Fee through Online Gener-
ated Bank Challan, at any
branch of (Syndicate/Canara/
ICICI/HDFC Bank):12th
September, 2017
 Correction in Particulars of
Application Form on the
Website:3rd week of Octo-
ber 2017
 Date of UGC NET 2017 Ex-
amination:05th November,
2017 (Sunday)
Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test
(TNSET) 2017 results have
been declared by the Mother
Teresa Women’s University,
Kodaikanal on its official web-
site - motherteresa-
womenuniv.ac.in. The univer-
sity conducted the TNSET 2017
examination on 23rd April
2017. The answer keys of the
examination were released on
17th May 2017.
On behalf of all our faculties i
congratulate the following facul-
ties for successful clearing the
TNSET 2017.
1. Prof. Viswanathan Mudaliar,
Hindu College
2. Prof. P.D. Yekanath, Vidhya
Sagar College
3. Prof. S. Arunarani, Shri Prince
Venkateshwara Arts and Sci-
ence college
A state level
Science Pro-
ject competi-
tion for
school chil-
dren held at
Smt. NDJA
Vivekananda
V i d y a l a y a
Junior College, Vyasarpadi on 5th
August 2017, many of our Faculty
friends were been there to judge the
students. The competition
was extremely innovative,
we all felt that there is a
need for
update our-
selves before
these chil-
dren enter
college. We
had a great
networking
time.
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
TNSET-
Results
1
Vigyana
Pradharshini
1
Ph.D. Survi-
vor
2
VISTATEC
2017
3
Carrier Op-
portunity
3
COM
VIDENSKAB
3
Book Review 4
Computer Science
FacultyA U G U S T 2 0 1 7V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1S P E C I A L
P O I N T S
O F I N T E R -
E S T :
 TNSET
2017 Results
and UGC
NET 2017
November
Notification
 Department
Activities
and Events
 PhD Do’s
and Don’ts
 Book Re-
view
Vigyana Pradharshini
- State level Science Project
an Computer
Science Quiz Competi-
tion for faculties
Finally the
dream for
bringing this newsletter has
come true, we started with
our WhatsApp group,....i in-
tended to take our network-
ing beyond Good Morning
messages and sharing for-
wards hence this initiative.
To bring out the innovative
and creative minds within
you, every month one among
you will be closely associate
with me to bring this news-
letter, since i strongly believe
in “It’s not matter that how
much you learned....it’s
really matters that what you
do with what you have
learned”. I am happy to re-
lease our first
issue in the aus-
picious day of
“Vinayaga
Chaturthi”

2. P A G E 2
“It must be
your own
ambition that
drives you,
not the
ambition of
anyone else”
Ph.D - A dream for every faculty today
Good reasons to do a PhD
To achieve something signifi-
cant
Those who have ambitions to
make money should be-
come entrepreneurs. But
if you are ambitious in
that you wish to
challenge yourself,
push yourself to
new heights or
achieve a difficult
goal, then a doc-
torate may be for
you.
To discover or learn
something new
Those who never lose their
passion will make themselves
great researchers. If you feel a
driving force pushing you to
explore and learn new things,
then you may love research,
and find a doctorate is perfect
for you.
To improve yourself and your
life
Doing a PhD for the sake of a
pay rise is not a good reason.
But if you want to improve
your abilities to understand
and solve problems, increase
your confidence, make your-
self a better communicator
and gain skills that may lead to
a better job, then a doctorate
may be right for you.
It fits you
Some people are made for a
doctorate. You might have
grown up doing countless
little 'research projects' as
hobbies. You might have a
natural thirst for knowledge
or an insatiable appetite for
reading books about a par-
ticular topic. You might have
had a life-long fascination -
even obsession - about some-
thing significant. If this sounds
like you, and you can tailor a
doctorate to suit your par-
ticular needs, then you'll love
it.
Bad reasons to do a PhD
Most of us have several rea-
sons for wanting to do a doc-
torate, and of course they're
not all good. Here are some
common bad reasons why
some people consider a PhD:
Peer pressure
If you're thinking of a doctor-
ate because all your col-
leagues are doing it, well done
on having some great col-
leagues. But you will have to
do the doctorate, not them.
How will you feel if they all
achieve their PhDs while you
struggle on, year after year,
getting further and further
into problems?
Horrible job
If you are doing a job that you
hate and just want to quit -
then find another job. A PhD
is not an escape hatch
through which you fall into a
better world, it is a long steep
staircase that takes extreme
difficult to climb.
Fulfilling the ambitions of
others
If your parents or spouse
think that you should do a
doctorate because they
wished that they will feel
great about it. It must be your
own ambition that drives you,
not the ambition of anyone
else. Otherwise you will dis-
like them during the tough
times of your work and blame
them if it goes wrong.
Insecurity
You might feel that your tal-
ents are never appreciated
and you crave more respect
from people around you.
Perhaps you like the idea of
impressing by showing a ID
card with 'Dr' on it. This is
not as silly as it sounds, for
doctors do genuinely receive
preferential treatment, and in
some countries are treated
with enormous respect. You
are more likely to get a better
job as well. However, if inse-
curity is your main driving
force then you may struggle,
for you will be surrounded by
professors and post-docs who
are more experienced than
you throughout the course of
your PhD. You will receive
respect from them when you
earn it, not because of the
`Dr' which they have them-
selves.
You've done this kind of thing
before
If you have worked in a simi-
lar area, you may have already
done research or activities
very similar to those that you
will do during a doctorate. Or
perhaps you have done a
research-based project for
your M.Phil. This is excellent
experience and will help you,
but a word of warning: most
people think they know what
they are letting themselves in
for, and they are wrong. An
M.Sc. or M.Phil project does
not give a proper taste of a
PhD any more than a pizza
baker makes a Chettinad
meal. Working in industry is
very different from academia.
Even for someone with ex-
perience, the doctorate is not
as easy as you might think.
Hopefully, you will find that
more of the good reasons
apply to you than the bad
ones. Be honest with yourself.
You are thinking of embarking
on something that can change
your life, either for better or
worse, depending on you.
“Doing a
PhD for
the sake
of a pay
rise is not
a good
reason”
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E

3. Lighteningoflamp,with
Dr.R.Arunadevi,HOD
VISTATEC-2017
P A G E 3V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
ver Thoughts is a training com-
pany that aims at bringing best
training workshops to everyone.
The out base of Seminar is to
provide an opportunity for stu-
dents to explore topics in a rela-
tively small group in order to
clarify their knowledge and under-
standing. The main target of this
seminar is to improve the skill
quality, enhancing student motiva-
tion, fostering intellectual agility,
A seminar entitled “IT Industry-
Career Opportunity” held on
20-07-2017 conducted by MS.
Renuka Gunasekaran, the
founder of Clover Thoughts. Clo-
and encourag-
ing democ-
ratic habits of
the students
pertaining to
i n t e r v i e w s .
The seminar was well organized,
and effectively delivered that
helped all the students to actively
involved to explore and clarify
issues in detail.
COM VIDENSKAB-17
IT Industry-Career Opportunity
Many academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular
activities are done through this association to bring
out the inherent talent of the students. The students
are trained to develop their own skills and the inner
personality towards facing the challenges of outside
world in the current scenario. It’s been a motivating
and supporting factor also to the faculty members to
update their knowledge and to enhance themselves.
Computer Association annual inaugu-
ration of Vidhya Sagar Women’s
College was held on 10th
August 2017
around 700 students and the faculty
members have been participated in
the program
Dr. C.V.Suresh Babu,
Head Content Developer, An-
niappa Publications was the
Guest speaker, he was ad-
dressed the students on the
tile“ Empowering today’s gen-
eration for tomorrow’s IT
industries”.
The session was really interesting and
students were enthusiastically partici-
pated and interacted with the guest
speaker. The purpose of inaugurating the
department association is to empowering
and enhancing the knowledge of the stu-
dents through the activities.
- Dr. R. Arunadevi, Head,
Vidhya Sagar Women’s College
Department of Computer
Science, SriDevi Arts and
Science College has conducted
Department Association and Inau-
guration function on 03/08/2017.
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu was invited
as chief guest. The inaugural func-
tion was held in forenoon, and in
the afternoon session, the chief
guest had a interactive session
along with the students focusing on
Examination point of view, how to
improve self learning, higher stud-
Inauguration by Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu,
Dr.V. Lakshmipathy, Principal and
Shri. P. Ramesh, Secretary
interview point of view which was
very useful to the students. He con-
tributed some books to the depart-
ment library and also to the depart-
ment of Education (B.Ed). Free Book
bank membership in association with
Lions Club Elite Stars and Anniyappa
Publications also initiated on the
same day
- Dr. V. Devi, Head, Guru Nanak College
Prof. P.S. Rohini, Head,
SriDevi Arts and Science College
“The function of
education is to
teach one to think
intensively and to
think critically.
Intelligence plus
character - that is
the goal of true
education.” -
Martin Luther
King, Jr.

4. Prof. P.SOUNDAR RAJAN,
M.Sc., M.Tech, M.Phil.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science
Sri Devi Arts and Science College
Chennai
E-Mail: psr.soundar@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 9543580181
Editor of the Month
Simplifying the Complexities
Book Bank @ Sridevi College
https://sites.google.com/
site/anniyappa/
September Issue
Editor
BookReview
Lions Club of Chennai Elite Starts
(District 324 A1) has initiated a
permanent project to serve
“Economically weaker section”
students by sponsoring them for
their Academic books for their
entire course with association
with Anniyappa Publications. For
further details please contact
anniyappapublications@yahoo.com
Dr. L. Mathu krithiga,
KRMMC
Prof. T. Gowri,
KRMMC
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any reference books. The most im-
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the content with simple and day to
day examples. Every topics are been
demonstrated through Visual learn-
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FAQ’s, MCQ’s, Activities and As-
signments. At end of each chapter a
section called Further readings
which gives a complete list of refer-
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section for LAB Exercises where all
Record problems are worked out.
Previous University Question Pa-
pers are included with pg. no.
linked to answers.