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Feedback from Students / Interns

SIRC – where living is learning

Amrita*

(*Views of SIRC Research Interns# as expressed to Ms. Amrita)

Assistant Professor, GVP College of Engineering, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam 530048

“SIRC is a cerebral oasis where principles of technology (sometimes fossilized) are taken out from the cold storage and life is fused into them. SIRC is a Research Centre where we witness a paradigm shift in terms of the definitions, perspectives, contours of science, engineering and technology. SIRC is a place where the traditional approaches to engineering and technology undergo a sea change. SIRC is a place where, Can I becomes I Can. After associating with SIRC, just after few months, we realized that we are no more aimless arrows but guided missiles.

Managing time properly, respecting time, working with people who are totally different, realizing the inherent beauty of discipline, accepting challenges, celebrating successful completion of deadlines, sharing knowledge, patience, active listening, tolerance and self-actualization are some of the many things we learnt. Science and sensibility are worn into a beautiful tapestry. Time flies in SIRC. Hours seem minutes. Each and every task or project or work assigned to us was a joyful activity. Instead of waiting for the college bus, we thronged around the campus till 7 in the night. We were never tired or bored. A burning desire to create and invent something is in the atmosphere of SIRC.

The methodology adopted by Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti gave a new dimension to our thinking process. Prof. Rao Tatavarti pioneered an unobtrusive work culture where in his research associates and the periodically rotating team leads would be constantly in touch with him thus obtaining individual guidance in terms of technical knowledge per se and the management of projects at hand and people in project teams – thus ensuring that the benefits of both knowledge and management are gained by all students. Debates, projects, hands-on approach and assistance in getting our papers published in IEEE Journals, unleashed our hidden potential. We fell in love with research, as we saw the applications of theoretical knowledge.

CATIA, MATLAB, Lab View, Signal Processing, Circuit Designing and Circuit Building, PCB etching, Fabrication of ICs or simply removing a resistor or a capacitor and soldering microcontrollers improved our logical thinking, enhanced our technical knowledge and also programming skills. The systematic approach that Prof. Tatavarti followed towards the fundamentals of Science, Engineering and Technology was novel and a revelation to us. Our work in realizing the Wind Tunnel Facility was a milestone in our career. Our work in the design and development of vibration and condition monitoring system thrilled us. Our efforts and work on OADS (Optical Air Data Systems) was instrumental in getting us placed in top notch organizations like Wipro, TCS and TSPDL (Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited) for which we are indebted to SIRC.

Our love for SIRC and the knowledge we acquired there helped us to learn our core subjects better. Proverbially speaking we had the unique opportunity of having the cake and eating it too (as most of us were even paid an internship by Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti for learning and improving our knowledge and engineering skills).”

The team of SIRC (Prof Rao Tatavarti, Prof PS Rao, Research Associates and Office Staff) deserves a real applause for unraveling the aesthetics of science, engineering and technology.

During my time at SIRC, I had a transformative work experience. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti, I engaged in hands-on training and practical sessions that enhanced my skills significantly. From learning about data analysis techniques to designing PCBs and analysing real-time data, each task added valuable insights to my knowledge. I am grateful for this opportunity, and it has ignited my passion to further excel and contribute to various fields. Thank you, Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti, for this enriching experience.

K. S. S. Jyothika, ECE

Working with Dr. Rao at GVP-SIRC was an extraordinary experience. His teaching style fostered critical thinking and made learning engaging and unique. Through practical applications and active participation, I gained a deep understanding of the subjects, making my education meaningful and relevant. This transformative approach has empowered me to apply my knowledge effectively in real-world situations. I am truly grateful for Dr. Rao's mentorship and guidance, and Mr. Gowtham's support throughout the journey made it even more enriching.

J. A. V. Harika, ECE

It was a great opportunity to intern at an organization like SIRC. Working under Dr. Rao sir, has given me a new way of looking into things that quench the thirst for scientific knowledge. Initially, the fact that backscattered phenomenon of light can give us the level of pollutants in the targeted air space has fascinated me a lot. And it solely motivated me to go through this internship. It encouraged me a lot to find the whole back picture of it and successively enabling me to embrace the engineering aspects of it.

The internship has introduced me to a new set of people and working with them gave me an altogether new experience. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti for this golden opportunity that enhanced my skills.

P. Rohith, ECE

During the internship, I learnt to analyse the datasets, designing of PCB and also extracting different results from the data provided and making the use of obtained results.

I would thank Dr. Rao. Tatavarti sir for providing this internship opportunity.

B. Vaasanthi, ECE

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the invaluable opportunity to intern at SIRC-GVP. Working under your guidance has been an enriching experience that has deepened my understanding of the field. Thank you for your unwavering support and mentorship throughout my internship.

M. Usha, ECE

During the period of internship, I dwelled and learned more concepts related to MATLAB, Pickle creation using AIML, and also designing of PCB.I also learnt that from minimal data we can acquire desired immense results.

I would thank Dr. Rao. Tatavarti sir for providing this internship opportunity.

D. V. Sri Vidya, ECE

During the internship, I worked on MATLAB software, pickle creation using AIML, PCB designing using Altium software and finally obtaining the desired results from input data. My thinking prosperity changed during the internship period.

I would thank Dr. Rao. Tatavarti sir for providing this internship opportunity.

D. Harika, ECE

During the period of internship, I developed practical knowledge, like extracting conclusions from the graphs. I learnt PCB designing and also finding a good pipeline from the data provided.

I would thank Dr. Rao. Tatavarti sir for providing this internship opportunity.

B. R. Jahnavi, ECE

In the internship, my thinking skills were developed immensely. I started to analyse the outputs deeply during the period of internship. I learnt how to design a PCB from the scratch.

I would thank Dr. Rao. Tatavarti sir for providing this internship opportunity.

D. Navya Madhuri, ECE

It was my privilege to work under prof. Dr Rao Tatavarti.I had a great time learning here. SIRC has given me an excellent chance of enhancing my technical skills. I got a good oppurtunity to learn things like PCB designing from the very core and I got a good knowledge in MATLAB. This internship provided me with great skills which could be very useful in near future for me.

A. Sonika, ECE

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti sir for giving me this wonderful opportunity to work as an intern in SIRC.

In SIRC with the guidance of Tatavarti sir, I had learned how to use light to design great innovate devices like Vidhur, Vayu etc.

We could see the concepts studied in the theory being applied practically. Finding the (x,y) co-ordinates on the PSD for different gases involved a lot of brainstorming and after a lot of thought process and discussions, we were able to theoretically find the (x,y) co-ordinates for different gases. Each and every discussion with Rao sir was so informative for us.

And along with it I had learned how to apply machine learning to analyze the gaseous present in the air.

I had designed a PCB using Altium Designer and learned the hardware skills along with software.

Overall, it was a great learning experience. I look forward to work under Rao sir again.

Ch. Chaitanya, ECE

Under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. V. S. N. Rao Tatavarti, I have acquired comprehensive knowledge and practical expertise in photonics. I greatly enjoyed every aspect that was taught by Dr. V.S.N. Rao Tatavarti, and the internship was truly captivating, making the understanding of physics concepts much more comfortable. With the help of Dr. Tatavarti, I easily grasped the concepts of photonics, PCB designing, and machine learning.

I am grateful to the Prof. Dr. V. S. N. Rao Tatavarti sir, for the internship opportunity in the SIRC.

K S N Venkata Gangi Setty, ECE

I would like to give my sincere feedback about my summer internship period which I was done at SIRC. Really, it’s a good privilege to spend my time as a part of internship at SIRC.I really explored many new things, came to know various technologies and gained a lot of practical knowledge which I lacked before.

Under the constant guidance of Dr.Rao sir we came to know many new things like how a light source can make wonders in technologies which is associated with scientific approach. Like this I really feeling it’s a great pleasure to have an internship at SIRC.

Once again I sincerely thank Dr.Rao sir to provide this wonderful opportunity.

G. Likhil Kumar, ECE

Working in SIRC has been my most amazing experience. The work environment along with adapting and assimilating different cultural habits and cuisines has made this an experience to be cherished. The gregariousness and humbleness of Dr. Rao Sir , Shiva Kumar sir and Shiva Prasad sir has made this one month very pleasing and comfortable. I will always picture SIRC as a pool of knowledge and a accumulation of determined people working under a roof altruistically sharing resources and intellect. I learned the importance of perfection, documentation and developed eloquent presentation skills within the course of one month. I made some amazing friends here, working with them as a team bolstered by team-work.

I can’t wait to see these cutting-edge technologies as products, flourishing the markets as we know it.

Pranav Dheer, ECE, VIT University

I would like to present to you my feedback for the internship during the month of May. At SIRC I had an amazing experience. It is a privilege indeed to work here. The success and outcome of my project required a lot of guidance and assistance from many people and I am extremely privileged to have got this all along the completion of my project. All that I have done is only due to such supervision and assistance and I would not forget to thank them. I sincerely thank Dr. Rao Tatavarti, for providing me with an opportunity to do the project work at SIRC and giving us all support and guidance, which made me complete the project duly. I am extremely thankful to him for providing such a nice support and guidance, although he had busy schedule managing the management affairs. He guided me all along, till the completion of our project work by providing all the necessary information for developing an efficient system.

I am thankful for and fortunate enough to get this opportunity to work on some of the most innovative and cutting-edge technologies, helping me gather the knowledge of photonics and applied physics in the real world. .

Kotish Grover, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, VIT University

Working at GVP-SIRC was an amazing experience. It as an absolute privilege to work with Dr. Rao and his team. His mentoring and guidance will be an experience we will remember always. He has always helped us understand concepts better, by teaching us the physics and mathematics behind every phenomenon or problem we came across. Mr. Sivakumar also helped us I every step of the process.

The science and technologies we were introduced to here was cutting edge and we have never encountered such technologies before.

The team was very helpful and cooperative. Working with them was a lot of fun. We always used to help each other out with doubts and questions and have each other's backs during experiments and otherwise.

Overall, the experience here was invaluable and something i will cherish all my life.

Ditsha Kahali, EEE, VIT University

It was great working in CATS.

I learnt a lot of things related to photonics and physics associated with it.

I sincerely thank Dr. Rao Tatavarti for giving me this opportunity

Stuti Sharma, M.Tech(Int.) Software Engineering , VIT University

Interning at SIRC, under Dr. Rao sir has been a great opportunity for learning and adapting to the real world requirements. I personally am a physics enthusiast and am fascinated by how the principles of science were incorporated along with engineering here at the laboratory. It was an amazing experience coming to know that the light we know, can be used to detect audio, molecular concentrations. Access to the in-laboratory wind tunnel has provided an insight into how Wind Tunnels worked.

We got to learn about signal as well as image processing ie., how to extract required information with data acquired from sensors and draw conclusions about the event to which the data corresponds to. In the image processing experiment, we got to process the images and make out shapes of various things in the image. This was quite amazing because this was the first time we were working on image processing.

Rao sir has been kind enough and resourceful sharing with us, his ideas and helped us rectify the errors we were performing whilst this intern period. It was a great team to work with. Students who came from VIT have been quite friendly and it was joyful working together.

All in all, it was an exquisite experience and makes me more curious whenever I revisit the work I've done. I look forward to working under Dr.Rao sir again.

Saketha Ramanujam, ECE, GVPCE

It was indeed a privilege to work under Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti. His guidance throughout the internship was valuable, which is going to help us throughout the life.

It was so exciting to work with the photonics equipment and conducted several experiments. I still remember, initially we all were clueless about how lasers can detect microbes in water samples & Identification of gas particles on VOC’s, Dhoop, etc.

Everyday has been a lesson and every challenge faced while working improved my problem solving capacity. We were able to complete the work in an organized and disciplined fashion which has reflected in our personal lives as well. The knowledge gained while working as a research intern has led to professional as well as personal development. The experience we got here can’t be compared with work experience in any other organization. In SIRC we are exposed to interdisciplinary projects, which cleared so many doubts in the basics of other disciplines. And finally “The one we learnt is not an ending, its just a beginning for something else that we have to explore”.

Thank you sir for giving me an opportunity to be a part of SIRC.

V. Naveen Sai Venkat, ECE, GVPCE

Working in SIRC and with the team helped me to learn many new things. It was the first time working with photonics equipment and was really exciting.

I would like to thank Dr. Rao sir for giving me this great opportunity to be a part of SIRC which helped me to enhance my skills .There is also a good support from the office staff

S. Sowmya, ECE, GVPCE

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti for giving me an opportunity to be a part of SIRC, which has introduced me to the world of research and development. It has been a real-time experience where I was able to apply my engineering knowledge to solve some of the industrial challenges. Everyday has been a lesson and every challenge faced while working improved my problem solving capacity. Under the esteemed guidance of Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti, we were able to complete the work in an organized and disciplined fashion which has reflected in our personal lives as well. The knowledge gained while working as a research intern has led to professional as well as personal development.

Revathi Putrevu, Mechanical, GVPCE

I think the best part of the Internship at SIRC is your guidance and your inspirational personality, which always makes me set my goals higher. I was totally satisfied with the program

Gowtham Kumar Neerukonda, ECE, GVPCE

I would like to thank you for given me such an opportunity to learn, things that I like in SIRC -

• Self- learning by exploring through internet.

• Working environment and facilities.

Again I would like to thank you to for given me great opportunity to enhance my skills.

Maheswara Alamuru, ECE, GVPCE

It was my privilege to work in SIRC under your guidance sir. I had a very good experience working in SIRC but unfortunately I could not complete the project due to my personal reasons. The work atmosphere was excellent and had good support from the staff. I gained a very good experience in the research field.

The preliminary guidance about expectations and requirements of the project was made very clear. There was a good support and guidance during the data gathering and analysis. SIRC is really a good platform for the fresher’s & experienced joining as Interns & research scholars.

Feba D Benny, Karunya University

I personally had a great experience at SIRC and find myself extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to work under Dr Tatavarti. It was a good learning experience and played an important role in preparing me for my further studies in the US.

Sanjukta Aich, VIT University

Doing internship is an asset for us.

Learnt many things from the team.

Manikanta Voonna, ECE, GVPCE

SIRC has given me an excellent chance of enhancing my What-Why-How reasoning skills by drill-down thinking. I got expertise in developing drawings in CATIA and Auto CAD. I had an excellent flavour and feel of Research oriented projects

Ravi Kiran Akella, Mechanical, GVPCE

SIRC has given me an excellent chance of enhancing my What-Why-How reasoning skills by day-day thinking. I got expertise in the subject what I have learned theoretically. I had an excellent tenure working with SIRC and feel of Research oriented projects.

Akella SriVidya Neeharika, ECE, GVPCE

Work Culture: I worked in a team of two with Sanjukta as my co-team member. The work was assigned to us which we used to divide among ourselves and proceed. We had have a comfortable sitting area with required internet connection. The day usually started with an assignment to be completed by evening and results to be analyzed as well as nicely demonstrated to Dr. Rao and sometimes research assistants as well. Although we used to work daily for seven-eight hours consistently but work was never over burdened on us.

The direct learning is useful to me, the experience taught me a lot of things which is helpful when I am solving a particular problem statement. As a graduate student, my experience at SIRC has contributed to my successful academic proceedings at NC State. Thanks again for providing a learning experience.

Chahat Ahuja ECE, VIT University

SIRC is a very good platform for students in terms of research. Most of the students from SIRC are pursuing their Masters. In SIRC people can know how a product or project can be done from scratch. We gained a lot of knowledge in SIRC, which we is being used in interviews and in Masters Program. In any organisation we will be confined to a particular work, where as in SIRC we are given challenging interdisciplinary tasks of different kinds which gave us wide knowledge about different fields. The experience we got here can’t be compared with work experience in any other organisation, since in latter we are confined to a specific work, but in SIRC we are exposed to interdisciplinary projects, which cleared so many doubts in the basics of other disciplines. Now we are capable to take any project.

K. Satya Charan Tej, Mechanical, GVPCE

I am very proud to say that, I am an SIRC internee. This is a very good opportunity to gvpains to work in SIRC in real time projects.

Coming to knowledge gaining it’s obvious, because interacting with different trades (ECE, Mech. and VIT project guys) that to working at cutting edge technologies, practical and real projects makes our thoughts wider.

Discipline and project deadlines makes little Choking in lives, but we learned how an industrial exposure will be, wonderful presentation skills too.

Sometimes we are thinking that we are scientists doing a good job for our country, it’s a funny thing but this pushes us every day.

Naveen Ganta, Mechanical, GVPCE

At SIRC I had an amazing experience. It is a privilege indeed to work here. Initially when I joined, I had some suspicion, whether lasers can really be used to detect wind. But after performing extensive experiments, I am convinced that not only wind, temperature and humidity but we can also find smoke and other gas particles.

My days here had been a great learning experience, technically and personally. I learned about various fundamentals of communication, about gas sensors, GSM and WiFi communication and most important, about photonics. I feel amazed and excited to see that all those DSP concepts taught in classes are so beautiful in real world. Rao sir’s clarity of thought really inspires me. From day one, he had a vision and step by step, we move closer to it. Looking back it feels nice to see what we have done.

Working in team I learned, how much can we do together! There had been days, we didn't slept whole nights, but working together is always fun. Parin Bhaiya’s leadership is admirable, he maintains his calm even under a lot of pressure. Sometimes a 20 minute experiment consumes whole day due to multiple factors we can’t control, and all other tasks we had to do gets delayed. We slept for few hours, burning midnight oil but got our work done. Siva sir took care of all of us. His simplicity and good nature is admirable. He has a habit of keep learning from anybody he can, keeping his ego far apart. Rao sir’s understanding of subject, whether it be electronics, DSP or internal wave motion in water is inspirational. Meetings with sir are always about learning something new, sometimes these concepts we did learned in class. But here we learn them with a new perspective. In nutshell, during this internship I realised that all those hours spent in practicing and understanding theory are worth spending. Because when you land here all the physics, maths and chemistry you learned come together in real world and makes a difference.

I am gonna miss this place.

Sandal Kotawala, VIT University

It was indeed a privilege to work under Rao sir. His guidance throughout the internship was valuable, which is going to help us throughout the life.

It was so exciting to work with the photonics equipment and conduct several experiments. I still remember, initially we all were clueless about how it is possible to detect gases using light. Gradually, as the days passed we experienced it ourselves. Rao sir had a vision and he guided us at every step.

We also got to learn about signal processing, how to extract information from raw data and make comparisons. All of us worked with the gas sensors for the first time. Apart from this we also learnt how make a perfect presentation and what are the minute details to be kept in mind while making a presentation.

We could see the concepts studied in the theory being applied practically. Finding the (x,y) co-ordinates on the PSD for different gases involved a lot of brainstorming and after a lot of thought process and discussions, we were able to theoretically find the (x,y) co-ordinates for different gases. Each and every discussion with Rao sir was so informative for us.

It was a great team to work with. Everyone helped each other. All of us gelled together as a team and Siva sir helped us throughout the stay. He helped us a lot in the experiments and his simplicity and down to earth behaviour impressed us all.

Overall it was a great learning experience. I look forward to work under Rao sir again.

Suyash Prakash, VIT University

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti for giving me an opportunity to be a part of SIRC. When I joined, I had some doubt, whether photonics system can really be used in the field of SHM. But after performing extensive experiments, I got better result compared to other system. The work atmosphere was excellent and had good support from the office staff. I felt so happy and thanks to prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti for providing me chance to present my work in front of senior dignitaries personality.

The extra things I learned at SIRC , self-learning through internet, communication skill, Power Point Presentation, writing journal papers. The most important thing, I learned at SIRC is time. Under Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti, we able to complete the work in an organized and disciplined fashion, which led our professional as well as personal development. Overall, I was totally satisfied and thanks for providing me chance, to be a part of SIRC.

Dinesh Choudhary, M.Tech, Structural Engineering, GVPCE

Scientific and Industrial Research Centre (SIRC) is a great organization working in development and innovations of various products and technologies. The main quality of SIRC is that they involve students, to encourage the Research projects among students. People working at SIRC are very helpful and cooperative. Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti sir is an eminent personality and excellent guide. He is bit strict but at the same time encouraged me for my work, his guidance has influenced me to go for my research projects. My accommodation and food expenses were beard by SIRC, I was accommodated in a very friendly environment in a hostel. At SIRC, students, faculties, scientists from the different field of engineering work together. It was a very good experience working under Prof. Dr. Rao Tatavarti sir at SIRC.

I wish SIRC all the best for their research and future work. Hoping to work with them soon.

I wish SIRC all the best for their research and future work. Hoping to work with them again.

Aayush Lakkad, B.E., Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research, Indore