NEWS LETTER
R I T ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Annual General Body 2010
The annual general
body (AGB) meeting, 2010
was held at the College cam-
pus on 26th December. In a
function inaugurated by the
Principal & President Prof. J
T Kuncheria, Prof. Dr. R alumni filled the vacuum with their
Sasikumar, the HOD–ME &
Member - the Syndicate of
the Mahatma Gandhi Univer-
sity, welcomed the partici-
pants.
The 5th Alumni
Award for best teacher
bagged by Dr G. Vincent, a
Senior Grade Lecturer from
EEE, was collected by Smt.
Shanifa Beevi S, the Secre-
tary, in his absence . Prof. P
Biju Augustine, APME, ad-
ministered the election of
the new office bearers. The
Secretary presented the ac-
Adieu, Sir
Prof. J T Kuncheria, the
Principal & the President of the
Association retires from service
in March, this year. In the
AGB the Professor was pre-
sented with a gift by Shri
Jayadev V N, on behalf of the
Association. Prof. Kuncheria
was with the College right from
its inception. He lead the As-
sociation for the past few years
with his valuable suggestions
VAANI
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Volume 3, Issue 5 January 2011
RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOTTAYAM
tivities of the Association for Narayan proposed the vote of
the last year. Shri. Umesh A thanks. Even though the attendance
C, the Treasurer, presented was less when compared to the pre-
the accounts. Smt Geetha- vious years, it was reasonable con-
ranjini, HOD-E&C felicitated sidering the fact that the day was a
the gathering. Sunday. Also, the kids of the senior
Open forum reflected
joyful presence. The first meeting
the views of the participants.
of the new Executive Committee fol-
Vice-President Shri Abhilash
lowed the lunch.
and candour opinions and has VAANI wishes him a long,
a unique record of attending healthy, peaceful, purposeful &
all the EC meetings, despite prosperous retired life.
his busy schedule. It came as
a poetic justice towards him
when no other chief guest
turned up, thanks to the offi-
cial mourning on the demise
of late Shri K Karunakaran,
and he happened to inaugu-
rate the AGB on his retire-
ment year.
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From the Editor’s Desk

Welcome Changes
It was a proud moment for the teachers, the alumni & the College when
New Helmsmen an alumnus of RIT took charge as the Secretary, RITAAN, a post reserved for a
President member from the faculty & also a post of key responsibilities. The incumbent Shri
Umesh A C, an alumnus from the I batch, is a Senior Grade Lecturer in the De-
Prof.J T Kuncheria
partment of E&C and had served the Association as the treasurer for the past two
Vice Presidents terms. Also, Shri Renju Kurian, a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, took charge
Dr.Bino I Koshy as the treasurer, another post reserved for a member from the faculty. He was
V N Jayadev my classmate and was known for his systematic nature right from those days.
The elevation of Shri Jayadev V N & Shri Tijo Thomas as Vice Presidents are also
Abhilash Narayan
welcome. While it was a deserving recognition for Jayadev, an alumnus from the I
Tijo Thomas batch, who is the back bone of the Chennai chapter of RITAAN, it was a delayed
Secretary elevation for Tijo, the mastermind behind the campus network and a sincere com-
Umesh A C rade for anything & everything of the Association. While thankfully acknowledging
the service from the beloved teachers who were the Secretaries, I wish all the new
Joint Secretaries
helmsmen success. -Abhilash Narayan
P Biju Augustine

Members of the EC
Jenny John Mattam
Binu R Chandran
Treasurer Prof. C K Vijayakumari Jose T Jose Jijo Jacob
Dr.Jayakumar S Riyas K S Ajosh Abraham
Renju Kurian
Dr. Leena Mary Robin Sebastian Anoop

Prof. Kavitha N Aby Isaac Bibin Varkey

Editorial Board Dr. Praveen Arrakkal Susmitha Krishnan Adil Nasser
for VAANI Shanifa Beevi Arun Babu P John Kuruvilla

Inside the EC
Abhilash Narayan
Johnson Y
Jinesh N The members of the new Executive Committee (EC) met at the College campus on
Ajosh Abraham 26th December, 2010. The gist of the decisions taken is given below

P John Kuruvilla 1. Next AGB is decided to be held on 24th December, 2011

2. Decided to take an opinion poll among the alumni regarding the proposed
Strategic Development Programme (SDP) to be completed by the Silver Jubi-
lee Year (2016)

3. Sanctioned Rs.6000/- for hosting the upgraded version of alumni website

4. VAANI editorial committee reconstituted with the addition of Shri P John Kuru-
villa & with the deletion of Shri Robin M A

5. One time financial assistance of Rs 5000/- sanctioned towards expenses for

diesel for the generator that supports the server of the campus network

6. Prior approval from the Principal needs to be taken for all payments from the
Association’s bank account
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Formation Flight System
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) were a mystery from the early times. How an aerial vehicle can
move without any human pilot in it? Science has made its introduction possible. An UAV can move with other
similar vehicles in a Formation Flight System (FFS). They are properly guided and controlled each other in
such a manner that their movement will form a special geometrical pattern in the sky. It may be one, two or
three dimensional with any number of vehicles in such a fashion like flocks of birds flying in air. The birds
form a special pattern. The leading bird flies in front with two other birds just behind on the right and on the
left each. This pattern will reduce the aerodynamic drag. FFS of UAVs is copied from this natural phenomenon.

The team consists of one leader UAV and two followers. Suppose if the leader deviates from its speci-
fied trajectory, the visual sensors in the follower UAVs sense these deviation signatures. The followers com-
municate the required commands to the leader UAV in order to re-enter into the specified trajectory. The Pro-
portional Navigation Guidance (PNG) algorithm used in missile technology can be successfully applied to the
formation flight mechanism. The formation flight of military planes in warfare is its common application. Sev-
eral geometrical patterns in FFS are available to the protection of this fighter UAVs and their control and guid-
ance is a difficult task.

(Johnson Y- the author is 99 EEE batch alumni and works as the HOD-EEE, Bishop Jerome Institu-
tions, Kollam. He is currently doing research on the topic “ Control and Guidance of Unmanned Aerospace Ve-
hicles in Formation Flight Systems”)

Dr G Vincent
Sr. Gr. Lecturer, EEE
Best Teacher Award

RIT Updates
 302 campus placement offers to the stu- BOOK POST
dents of the College in 2010-11. Infosys
Technologies, Wipro, Accenture & HCL
lead the list of takers.

 The college magazine christened nik-

handu bagged Pradeep Memorial Trophy
for the best magazine in the MG Univer-
sity & the runner’s up trophy in the Mala-
yala Manorama’s magazine awards
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