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An international conference on Globalization, Environment, Education and Culture: India and Canada jointly organized by University of Allahabad and Indian Association for Canadian Studies was held at University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India during 5-7 January 2015. Asst. Prof. Dharmagna D. Joshi presented a research paper on 'A study of Impact of Bridge Course on the

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learning of students of Diploma Studies, RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat'. The paper focused on the Action Research undertaken by the faculty to evaluate the students' language ability in English through the bridge course. This course received a good response from the students. It helped them to enhance their l a n g u a g e s k i l l s i n g r a m m a r , comprehension and writing.

The first national conference on Contemporary Practices in Language, Literature and Education: Indian perspective organized by Way made College of Education in collaboration with the Global Association of English Studies was held at Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat on 30-31 January, 2015. Dr. Shakuntala J. Vempala (School of Diploma Studies, RKU) and Asst. Prof. Dharmagna D. Joshi (School of Engineering, RKU) presented a research

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paper on 'ESP: Present situation and Future possiblities'. The paper highlighted the definition, history, importance of teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) to professionals working in different areas such as Business Management, Hospitality, Health Services, Industries, Banking, Academics, Aviation, Event Management, Transportation, etc. It emphasized the role of the ESP practioners and the characteristics of the ESP learner.

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R K UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING DEARTMENTOF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ORGANIZED AN INDUSTRIALVISIT TO ANIL ENGINEERING WORKS & UNIQUE FORGE (GUJ) PVT. LTD. Mechanical Department, SOE has organized an industrial visit at Anil engineering works & Unique forge (GUJ.) Pvt.Ltd, Rajkot on 7th February, 2015 for facult ies who are dealing with manufacturing subject. Anil engineering works produces different range of lathe machines, which are distributed amongst various industries as well as in academic

institutes. They have vast experience in this field.They are manufacturing most of the parts of the lathe machine in their premises by using various machines like, engine lathe, special purpose lathe machine (like, rack, copying, lead screw etc.), horizontal boring machine, multi spindle machines etc. Unique Forge (GUJ.) Pvt. Ltd. produces various defense items in their

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School of Science, RK University, organized an industrial visit at Unimark remedies-a well known drug manufacturing company (Research and development center, Analytical development laboratory, and pilot plant) based at Ahmedabad, O x y g e n r e s e a r c h l a b o r a t o r y (contractual based Research Company and provides drug research facilities MNC-UK) located at Ahmedabad, Rajasthan herbals and Western drug at Udaipur, for the students of M.Sc. Chemistry, Sem-II and IV on 3rd January to 7th January 2015. In this industrial visit students interacted with the company representative that involved presentation, question-answer session, company future plan

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etc that helped students to clear their doubt. In Second phase students visited the plant, R&D section, analytical laboratory etc and realized the actual application between college laboratory

and R&D lab. Management and Dy. Director of School of Science appreciated the effort taken by Dr. Pankaj Nariya, Dr. Suresh Koradiya and Mr. Chintan Pandit to organize this industrial visit

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OFF CAMPUS DRIVES CONDUCTED BYRK UNIVERSITY IN THE MONTH OF

JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 2015 Students Placements is the indicator of any good Engineering or B-school Institute. RK University have very active Training and Placement Department, which brings career opportunities for the students of various department of E n g i n e e r i n g , M a n a g e m e n t , Diploma and Computer Science through on campus and Off campus drives. In the month of January & February 13 Off Campus Drives has been arranged by T&P Cell for the Student of Computer Engineering, Information and Technology, Electronics and Communication, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, MBA, MCA, and M.Sc.IT. Favourable packages have been offered to students of University by reputed companies l i k e Wi n g s Te c h n o l o g i e s , Professional Soft-tech, IMS People, Silicon Power Systems, NCrypted Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mahi Milk Producer Company Ltd. [for

Engineer ing s tudents] and I n f o c o m N e t w o r k L t d . (Tradeindia.com), Patel Casting Pvt. Ltd., NCrypted Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Infinium TOYOTA Pvt. Ltd., Sagar Polytechnik Ltd., Mahi Milk Producer Company Ltd., Shree Khodaldham Trust [for MBA students].

M r . D e n i s h P a t e l Execut ive Vice Pres ident , Mr. Mohit Patel Vice President, Dr. J. Ramamohana Rao Vice Chancellor, Mr. Shivlal Ramani Registrar and Directors of all the respect ive Schools of RK University congratulated the selected students. The whole process was coordinated by Training and Placement officer M r. R a j a n i k a n t h - S O E , Mr. Chintan Rajani - SOM and their entire Team.

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TCS LTD., CAPE ELECTRIC PVT. LTD, OBO BETTER MANN INDIA PVT LTD, GEMINICOMMUNICATION LTD., IMS PEOPLE AND MANY MORE OFFERED JOBS TO RKUSTUDENTS THROUGH CAMPUS RECRUITMENT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 2015 Ta t a C o n s u l t a n c y Services Ltd.: RK University had organized TCS scheduled pool campus drive for Engineering Graduates on 20th February, 2015. Around 600, 2015 passing out students from Engineering UG and PG courses, MCA and Msc-IT from different colleges of Rajkot participated in the selection process.IMS People: IMS People had conducted recruitment drive for RK University students at their company premises on 31st January 2015. 39 Graduate students from Computer, IT, Electronics & Communication, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering and MCA courses participated in the selection process.. Selection process includes viz. written test Group Discussion Personal Interview. 38 students cleared the written test. 15students had

cleared Group Discussion and appeared for personal interview. Company had finally selected 5 brilliant students and offered them the job.Gemini Communication Ltd.:Gemini Communication Ltd. organized campus recruitment for RK University students on 19th

February, 2015 B.Tech Electronics and Communication engineering students. 40+ Students had participated in the drive. Mr. Raghav Gohil described the selection process consisted of 3 rounds viz. Technical test Technical

& HR Interview. During the pre placement talk Mr.Gohil had shared company information, its policies, and work profile. 7 students had cleared the selection process, for whom the company offered the job.Cape Electrical & OBO Better Mann Pvt. Ltd.:Cape Electrical & OBO Better

Mann Pvt. Ltd. Conducted combined Pool drive for B.Tech electrical and electronics students on 10th January, 2015. Students f r o m R K U n i v e r s i t y h a d participated in the selection process. 500+ Students from

different colleges across the Gujarat had participated in the recruitment drives, in which 94 students were from RK University. Company had selected 5 brilliant students and offered them job. One student from RK University was offered among them. Mr. Denish Patel Executive Vice President,

Mr. Mohit Patel Vice President, Dr. J . Ramamohana Rao Vice Chancellor, Mr. Shivlal Ramani Registrar and Directors of all the respect ive Schools of RK University congratulated the selected students.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of engineering, RK University Has organized industrial visit to All India Radio (AIR), Rajkot on 12th February, 2015. Total 39 students of 4th Semester and 6th semester of the Department attended the same. The visit was arranged by Prof. Raju B. Ambaliya and Prof. Hemangi Pujara (Assit . Prof. , Electronics and Communication Engineering. Department). The purpose of this visit is to enhance student's

INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO ALL INDIA RADIOknowledge in practical domain. Mr. Jay Bhatt (Assistant Engineer) All India Radio (Prasar-bharti); Rajkot explained concept of transmission w h i c h w a s v e r y interesting. Student learnt about many concepts which are there in their curriculum : Pre Feeder Listenig (PFL), ISDN Line, switching consoles, recording console, parabolic antennas, various types of signals &

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL OFDIPLOMA STUDIES HAD ORGANIZED INDUSTRIALVISIT TO TOP LAND SUBMERSIBLE COMPANY Electrical Department, School of Diploma Studies, RK University, had organized industrial visit for 4th semester students on 6th February 2015. They had visited Top land submersible pump and motor company. Total 67 students were there for visit to learn about design making of pumps and motors, assembling of different parts and testing methods of equipments. Prof. Chirag Vachhani and Dimple Dhagiya accompanied the students to acquire the technical

knowledge and made this visit very successful and useful for the students.

An internationally renowned p u b l i c a t i o n h o u s e f r o m Deutschland/Germany, LAP-LAMBERT group has recently published a book entitled "Complexation behaviour of Heteronucleating mixed ligand complexes" of author Dr. Darshan Jani, Asst. Professor at School of Engineering, RK University with ISBN: 978-3-659-66990-3.

DR. DARSHAN JANI ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,SOE HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK FROM ANI N T E R N AT I O N A L LY W E L L K N O W NPUBLICATION HOUSE OF GERMANY

frequency bands; Audio Modulation, fading of the signal, dedicated modules, Transmitter & Receiver, uplink & downlink frequency, Line of sight, analog & digital signal, resonance,

microwave communication, waveguide, multiplexing, RF, digital encoding, quantization, noise, earth station, power supply, signal transmission, and many more such devices. In All India Radio

(Prasar bharti), visited the entire studio like control room, music studio, playback studio, talks studio, Transmitter Section, recording room and Earth Station etc. Students have gained practical knowledge as well as enjoyed their entire visit. Such Technical visit gives practical and better understanding to enhance the knowledge domain. We are thankful to our RKU Management & EC Department for giving such a wonderful opportunity.

E n v i r o n m e n t u n d e r L A P LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Prof. Balbir K. Pandey of Civil Engineering Department published a research paper on BEHAVIOR OF PRESTRESSED GEOTEXTILE-REINFORCED FINE SAND BED SUPPORTING AN EMBEDDED S Q U A R E F O O T I N G i n I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u r n a l o f GEOMATE, June, 2015, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Sl. No. 16), pp. 1257-1262, Geotech., Const. Mat. and Env., I S S N : 2 1 8 6 - 2 9 8 2 ( P ) , 2 1 8 6 -2990(O), Japan.

Prof. Deepak Kamde, Prof. Dhaval Advani and Prof. Nilesh Hapaliya of Civil Engineering Department attended the guest talk on 'Cracks in concrete' organized by Ultra Tech cements held at Imperial Hotel, Rajkot on 12/2/2015. Prof. Deepak Kamde of Civil Engineer ing Depar tment published a book on Service life prediction Model for RC s t r u c t u r e s : I n M a r i n e

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LIST OF STUDENT CAMPUS PLACEMENT IN FEBRUARY, 2015

Mr. Denish Patel Executive Vice President, Mr. Mohit Patel Vice President, Dr. J. Ramamohana Rao Vice Chancellor, Mr. Shivlal Ramani Registrar, Directors of all the respective Schools of RK University congratulated the selected students. The whole process was coordinated by Training and Placement officer Mr. Rajanikanth, Mr. Chintan Rajani and their whole Team.

Mr. Kishor GothadiyaMr. Chetan BhuvaMr. Vijay PrajapatiMr. Vijay PatelMr. Nitin RadadiyaMr. Keval ParsaniyaMr. Mayur VanpariyaMr. Sanjay JadavMr. Hardik DaveMr. Bhavin ParejiyaMr. Bhadur MakwanaMr. Divyesh Khorasiya

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Shree Khodaldham TrustSagar Polytechnik LtdInfocom Network Ltd.Indiamart Intermesh Pvt. Ltd.NJ India Invest Pvt. Ltd.Gemini Communications LtdGemini Communications LtdGemini Communications LtdGemini Communications LtdGemini Communications LtdGemini Communications LtdGemini Communications Ltd

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Mr. Darshit TakerMr. Darshit ParekhMs. Kajal PandyaMs. Radhika GhagharaMr. Jagdish RathodMr. Faizal PanavadhuMr. Jagrut vaishnavaMr. Shivam RavalMr. Jitendra AhujaMs. Pooja KhokhaniMs. Riddhi GajeraMr. Pratik Padia

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Training and Placement Cell of SOE had organized a workshop on Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp under the Flagship of Centre for Professional Development and sponsored by Centre for Entrepreneurship Development - Gandhinagar and supported by NSTEDB for the students of RK University on 6th to 8th February, 2015. The function was inaugurated by lighting lamp in the worthy presence of Mr. Umesh Mehta - M.D., Krutika Agroproducts Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Mayank Mehta - Program Facilitator, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Gandhinagar, Mr. Mohit Patel - V.P. RKU, Dr. J.R.M Rao - V.C., RKU, Dr. Ajit Kumar Shukla - Director, SOE, RKU, Prof. Rajanikanth, TPO.

Objectives of the workshop were discussed by Shri Mayank Mehta with 75 selected Final Year & Pre-final Year Students of Engineering, Management and Science. On the 1st day, Mr. Umesh Mehta had presented his views on scenario of Industry: Then and Now. He said, "People are becoming quality conscious rather than cost conscious". Following the idea of quality in entrepreneurship, Mr. Kumar Prashant - Chief Manager, Bank of India, Zonal Office, Rajkot guided the students on the assistance of Banks for setting up business under MSME (Medium, Small & Micro Enterprise). Shri R.D. Barhatt - G.M. Dy. Commissioner of Industries, Rajkot had delivered

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARENESS CAMP ORGANIZED FORFINAL AND PRE-FINAL YEAR SCIENCE GRADUATES UNDERCENTRE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

useful session on 'How to start business under Government norms' and its polices. He also discussed on various subsidiaries available for starting new business. On the 2nd day, Mr. Mayank

Mehta had provided the information on opportunities available for starting new business in the region. Mr. P.N. Gohel - Retired Chief Manager, SBI and Trainer guided the students on preparing project proposal for getting bank loans and government clearances and subsidiaries. In afternoon Industrial visit to Rajesh Industries & SPP Valves was organized for more understanding on industry setup. On the 3rd day, Mr. Lalit Chande - Asst. Director, T.N. Rao

College, Rajkot shared his valuable ideas on 'The importance of Communication Skills for better results in business. Followed by him, Mr. M.D. Bharvada Officer of Special Duty, CED

Gandhinagar delivered an inspiring speech on 'Creativity & Business - the man behind the venture behavioural scientists approach'.

Finally, a very relevant lecture on 'Identification of Business opportunities & Mechanisms of product selection' was delivered by Mr. N. M. Jani - Regional Officer, CED, Rajkot. During valedictory students shared their feedback on the workshop, which is highly positive and

thanked coordinators, management of RK University and CED Gandhinagar for organizing the workshop. Prof. Rajanikanth gave vote of thanks on behalf of RK University to all the

speakers, mentors, CED - Gandhinagar for organizing and being part of wonderful and fruitful workshop to support future entrepreneurs. Prof. Rajanikanth along with Prof. Dharmesh Raval and Prof. Vishal Doshi coordinated the workshop. Mr. Denish Patel Executive Vice President, Mr. Mohit Patel Vice President, Dr. J. Ramamohana Rao Vice Chancellor, Mr. Shivlal Ramani Registrar and Directors of the respective Schools of RK University congratulated all participants.

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PROF. NILESH KALANI (DIRECTOR - SCHOOLO F D I P L O M A S T U D I E S ) H A D B E E NINVITED AS A CHAIRPERSON IN THEINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANS-FORMATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION(ICTIEE 2015) HELD AT BANGALORE

P r o f . N i l e s h Kalani (Deputy Director, School of Engineering and Di rec to r, Schoo l o f Diploma Studies) had p a r t i c i p a t e d i n I N T E R N AT I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E O N TRANSFORMATIONS I N E N G I N E E R I N G EDUCATION (ICTIEE 2015) and he was invited as a Chairperson in the above conference. The conference was jointly organized by IUCEE (Indo-US Col labora t ion for Engineer ing Education) and BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE) Bangalore from January 5 to 8, 2015. The conference program included Paper Presentations, Keynote Addresses, Plenary Sessions and Panel Discussions. The Collaborators for the conference were: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),

International Federation of Engineering Education S o c i e t i e s ( I F E E S ) , American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Global E n g i n e e r i n g D e a n s Council (GEDC). During this conference, Prof. N i l e s h K a l a n i h a d p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e w o r k s h o p o n " T h e

Freedom Lab-in-a-Box", Conducted by ARM University program on January 5, 2015. Also he had participated in the workshops on "Governance & Leadership" and "Attributes of Global Engineer", organized only for Principals & Deans on January 6, 2015, as a part of the pre-conference workshop of ICTIEE 2015. This conference provided a great opportunity to interact with delegates from national and international level and exchange the ideas and share the knowledge about transformations in Engineering Education.