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PDPU RANKED1ST IN GUJARAT

AND 55TH IN INDIABY NIRF,

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PRESIDENTDr Mukesh Ambani

DIRECTOR GENERALDr C. Gopalkrishnan

CHIEF EDITORMr Palak Sheth

MEMBER SECRETARYMr K Prakash

EDITORIAL BOARDDr Anirbid SircarDr Anurag KandyaDr Indrajit MukhopadhyayMr Kishlaya MishraMs Kritika PandeDr Neeta KhuranaDr Pradeep MallikDr Pramod PaliwalDr Rajib BandyopadhyayMs Rinkal BagadiaDr Tanushri Banerjee

EDITORIAL COORDINATIONMs Kinjal MehtaMr Sunil GangwaniMr Vineet Bagaria

STUDENT COORDINATORSMr Dipal PatelMs Drashti ShahMr Jai MehndirattaMr Manas Daxini

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PDPU Organizes Fourth Convocation6 Campus News

5From the desk of Director General

4From the Editorial Team

18Bigwigs on Campus

20Research and Development

19Distinguished Guests on Campus

22Activitiesand Events

32StudentActivities

30FacultyCorner

35Student Corner

37Alumni Corner

37My Family, My Strength

38PDPU in Media

40Association with Foreign Universities

Time is important and utilising it judiciously is akin to

doing one’s duties in the best possible manner. With summer

coming up and vacations knocking our door, let us remember to

use our time this summer in the best way. Let’s visit an orphanage

or perhaps an old age home and spend some joyous moments, let’s

water the plants, let’s surprise our parents with a clean-up-the-

home session, look through photographs and, considering this high

tech world we live in, let’s make a small, really small, video of

Summer of 2016. Instead of lame forwards, share this ‘What

I Did This Summer’ video with friends on social media.

Beat the heat with this treat this summer.

Cheers to good times!

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Post the inaugu-ral edition of IN-SIGHT, we wel-come you once again to this

second edition of the mag-azine and look forward to sharing with you all the achievements, happenings and experiences at PDPU.

A campus throbbing with energy and enthusiasm is always loved and respected by its students and what is amazing about students’ journey here is that they have faculty and staff that not only encourage them but hone their skills lead-ing them to excellence in everything they choose to undertake or participate in. There’s a rich world beyond the classroom. Confer-ences, clubs and commu-nities, students have much to attend and grow with.

This issue of INSIGHT lets you into the world of hap-penings that make for rich experiences and learning

episodes. From achieve-ments of faculty and stu-dents to participation in projects and lectures, there’s much to read and know about. This is also one of the best ways to connect with everyone as-sociated with PDPU under one umbrella. Like they say, nothing greater than the written word. We sec-ond that, especially con-sidering that as each one of you reads through this magazine, you will be more glad about being associ-ated with this University. An enriching campus with rich accolades, that’s how you want it to be. Glad-ly, that’s the route it is on.

INSIGHT will, from time to time, get you an insight into all that’s happening on the campus and all that its in-siders are doing beyond it. We wish you happy reading and a ‘cool’ summer ahead.

Dr C. GopalkrishnanDirector General

(Interim)

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PDPUORGANIZESFOURTHCONVOCATION

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt Anandiben Patel who was the Chief Guest of the function, conferred degrees on all these students who were found eligible for graduation after a rigorous academic exercise. The degrees were awarded in the presence of Dr Mukesh Ambani, President, PDPU and Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited. Mr Saurabhbhai Patel, Hon'ble Minister for Finance, Energy & Petrochemicals, Govt. of Gujarat was the Guest of Honour and Mr James Burkhard, Head of Oil Market Research for HIS Energy, USA, was the Special Guest on this occasion. Several other dignitaries graced the 100-acre lush green campus of PDPU in Gandhinagar and witnessed the graduation ceremony vivaciously.

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University held its 4th Convocation on March 6 and contributed its mite to society by formally presenting 1,377 trained young professionals to the domains of technology, management, and arts and humanities.

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Ten scholars received PhD degree from the hands of Smt Anandiben Patel and other dignitaries on the dais. They also conferred medals of merit upon 77 students of 2014-15 and 2015-16 batches. PDPU has been lucky to have the Chief Minister of Gujarat as Chief Guest on all the four convocations.

All those who missed out being part of the proceedings can watch them by logging on to www.pdpu.ac.in.

The entire campus wore a festive look for several days as the current batches of students decorated the sprawling 100-acre campus to make the event

memorable for the passing out batches.

The Student Activities and Leadership wing of PDPU organized a series of activities that ranged from gully cricket to star gazing, all filled with fun and frolic.

VGA club members prepared a 40-minute audio-visual programme and another 40-minute powerpoint presentation, tracing the origin of PDPU and its journey over the last decade. Both of these were played on the giant screens installed at the convocation venue, helping the dignitaries and guests understand the university, its vision and objectives better.

The foodies club of PDPU, Grow Cook Eat, organized an event, Anand Mela, where students cooked food and arranged a stall where people could buy the food items they made. SLS faculty, staff and students organised a similar event in the cafeteria and partook of the food they prepared.

There was a photography exhibition, tattoo making, film screening and singing. The passing out students, most of who visited the campus with their parents and families, joined the current students and relived a memorable part of their lives spent on campus.

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Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel felicitatesDr D J Pandian, VP & Chief Investment Officer, designate AIIB in the presence ofDr Mukesh Ambani, President, PDPU


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While congratulating the graduating students, Hon'ble Chief Minister emphasized

the need for working towards climate change by undertaking frontier research activities in technology, management and humanities and social science areas. She stressed the need for the graduating students to see the ocean of opportunities in the fields of renewable energy and sustainable energy considering the great potential these untapped sectors offer.

Expressing her satisfaction over PDPU’s initiatives in innovation in social and industrial sectors, she mentioned that the Innovation and Incubation Center established at PDPU shall be creating several entrepreneurs of future India. She said that the graduating students getting employment in various industries should come back to the university and strengthen the much needed industry-academy

collaboration. Similarly, the internationalization of education is the most important area for undertaking various students and faculty exchange programme, she said.

While delivering her speech,Smt Anandiben Patel went down memory lane. Recalling her own teaching days, she said, “A teacher plays a pivotal role in a student’s life. I have been a teacher for long and I understand the feelings of a teacher when a batch passes out. My congratulations to teachers too, for guiding, nurturing and educating their students. Many of us do not know that the idea of a convocation ceremony is a very old tradition in our culture. Way back in ancient time, in Taitreya Upanishada there is a mention of convocation ceremony where gurus guide their students for their next stage of life. That is now followed in a modern way.”

OCEAN OFOPPORTUNITIES : CM

“Innovation and Incubation Center established at PDPU shall

be creating several entrepreneurs of future India”

‘ALTERNATIVE SOURCES EMERGING’Mr James Burkhard, Head of Oil Market Research for HIS Energy, US, said that India is now amongst the top 10 global economies and the country is passing through a remarkable time. While the role of oil and gas will remain important, other sources of energy are emerging. The global energy industry will have more choices than ever. India is set to reap demographic dividends as its population is young. Besides, India’s working age population will grow much faster than any other country’s over the next 25 years. The evening ended with a gala dinner hosted for the students, their families, invited guests and the PDPU staff.

‘AT COMMUNITY’S SERVICE’The outgoing Director General, Dr DJ Pandian, said PDPU is an example of how limited resources, with the support of all stakeholders, the government, industries, academicia and public at large, can be used to develop a world class institute for the benefits of our young community.

He congratulated the graduating students and their proud parents who had invested enormous time, money and energy for the future of their sons and daughters. “I assure you none of your sacrifice will go waste,” he said.

Mr Saurabhbhai Patel, Hon'ble Minister for Finance, Energy & Petrochemicals, while extending felicitation to all the graduating students, stressed the importance of imparting quality education to produce readily employable and deployable students.He stated that the existing higher education system needs to be reviewed with a view to facilitate multi-dimensional development of students. This will help them receive more employment-oriented education.

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Dr Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Ltd and President of PDPU, in his address recalled that the university came into being as part of Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s vision.

“It was he who inspired all of us to establish and nurture the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU). Today he has given a vision to the entire country. ‘Make in India’ and ‘Skill India’ are powerful statements and we in the industry are fully committed to convert his vision to reality. With Start Up India and Team India all of you have the opportunity to invent and discover India and build your own start-up company,” he added.

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, popularly known as PDPU, has been established through the State Act enacted on April 4, 2007. The University offers programmes to address the need for trained human resources in the domains of science, technology, management, humanities and social sciences.

Currently, more than 3,500 students and research scholars are pursuing their academics at the University in their areas of interests which include engineering and cutting edge technologies in nuclear, solar and geothermal energy, business management and liberal studies. The University has initiated internationalization of its campus with a view

to make its students become global citizens. To this end, PDPU hosts students from abroad and sends out its own students as part of its International Exposure Programme.It intends to broaden the opportunities for students and professionals to develop core subject knowledge which are duly complemented by leadership training interventions, thereby helping the students to make a mark in the global arena. This objective is being further addressed through a number of specialized and well-planned undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs as well as intensive research projects.

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These are some of the activities organised:

• Anand Mela: The Foodies Club of PDPU, Grow Cook Eat, organized Anand Mela. Here, students cooked food and arranged a stall where people could buy the food items they prepared.

• Exhibition & Studio: A photography exhibition was organized by Sorriso, the Photography club of PDPU, where the students set up a live studio.

• Gully Cricket: Sports Committee organized an event, Gully Cricket, that introduced a different set of rules to the game. Students of different branches enjoyed their play time.

• Tattoo Making: The Fine Arts Club, Rang, organized a stall for students to get their favourite tattoos on.

• Film Screening: The Video Graphics Association of PDPU organized a movie screening on campus. Short films like Mamta Tonic, Shadow of Blue, Conflct, Mard among others were screened.

• Karaoke: Offbeat, the Music club of PDPU, organized a Karaoke wherein students sang some evergreen and popular songs and expressed themselves.

• After Hours: After Hours was also organized by Offbeat which was a reliever of all the stress acquired during the day.

ALLFUNANDFROLICThe campus brightened up well before March 6 with various student clubs organizing a variety of events to make their seniors who had come to receive their degreecertificates feel athome and relivememories.

The entire PDPU faculty and staff took it upon themselves to make the fourth convocation

a memorable event in the short history of the varsity. They were divided into several

committees which took care of the minutes that make an event successful.

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A function was organized to felicitate Dr D J Pandian, IAS, (Retd.), Chairman, Standing

Committee and Director General, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, on 23rd March, 2016, at PDPU auditorium. Faculty and staff members were present in full attendance to wish Dr Pandian the very best as he moves to Beijing, China, to take on his new responsibility as Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). AIIB is an international financial institution that aims to aid infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific region. The bank has 31 member states (all "Founding

Members") and was proposed as an initiative by the Government of China. The initiative gained support from 37 regional and 20 non-regional Prospective Founding Members (PFM), all of who have signed the Articles of Agreement that form the legal basis for the bank. The bank started operation after the agreement entered into force on 25th December, 2015, after ratifications were received from 10 member states holding a total number of 50% of the initial subscriptions of the Authorized Capital Stock. The United Nations has addressed the launch of AIIB as having potential for “scaling up financing for sustainable development for the concern of

global economic governance." The capital of the bank is $100 billion, equivalent to 2⁄3 of the capital of the Asian Development Bank and about half that of the World Bank.

Senior faculty members felicitated Dr Pandian with flowers and expressed happiness for him taking on a new role; they also communicated their discomfort at him not being available to PDPU on a full-time basis. Dr Pandian, as described by Dr Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Ltd and President, PDPU, has built this University brick-by-brick and it stands today as an internationally acclaimed University everybody can take pride in.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between PDPU, IL&FS Education &

Technology Services Ltd and Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Ltd (GIFTCL). The objective of this MoU is to establish and promote industry-academic cooperation in the areas of mutual

interest.

An MoU was signed between Solar Research & Development Centre, PDPU, and Fraunhofer Institute

for Solar Energy Systems, Germany, on the mutual cooperation on the Applied Photovoltaics Research,

particularly in the development of product line facility in SRDC, PDPU.

Green Campus Challenge was a challenge of wit and innovation where students were invited to transform their existing campus to eco-friendly and smart. It was jointly organized by Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA), Society for Environmental Protection (SEP) and School of Building Science and Technology (SBST) Connect and supported by leading organizations like United State Green Building Council (USGBC), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) and many more. Various colleges across the state participated in this challenge and were judged by eminent professionals including Mr Joe Ross Crea, Director, International Marketing and Communications, USGBC, USA; Mr Keyur Sarda, Environmental Consultant, Ahmedabad, along with other members of GECIA.

Participants of the winning team, Mr Himanshu Meena, final year student of BTech in Mechanical Engineering, Mr Pranav Bargotra, final year student of MTech in Solar Energy, and their Faculty Mentor Dr Anurag Kandya of School of Technology were conferred Certificates of Excellence and prize money commitment of Rs 1,50,000 for carrying out the various proposed activities. The entire team was felicitated on 21st February, 2016, at Habitat Conclave, AES Ground, Ahmedabad.

The details of the 11 Green Projects to be evolved & implemented on PDPU campus are as follows:Green Technology – Prototype Making / Pilot Projects

Reducing power consumption for air-conditioning through ‘Smart Automation and Centralization’Reducing power consumption for air-conditioning by developing ‘Living (Green) Walls’ and ‘Green Roofs’Evolving a ‘Smart Cycle Lending System’ which facilitates automated borrowing and depositing of the cycles Developing and maintaining a ‘Tribal Medication

Garden’ in the campusDeveloping prototype for ‘Using the wastewater from the washbasins for flushing’Harnessing energy from the Organic Waste (Bio-gas plant)Green Business on CampusEvolving Mechanisms for ‘Collecting and Selling the Non-biodegradable Waste’Evolving Mechanisms for ‘Making and

Selling Products made out of waste papers’ Green Research for Campus Evolving ‘Green Rating Framework’ for evaluating the various events held in the campus Reducing Electricity Consumption through ‘Information and Awareness’Assessment of Illuminance Intensity of PDPU rooms and suggesting mechanisms for optimizationTo move ahead and further evolve these ‘Green Ideas’ and implement them on campus, the youth club is now forming the ‘Green Campus – Research, Development and Implementation Team’ and is inviting participation of PDPUians.

Felicitation ofDr D J Pandian, IAS, (Retd.), Chairman, Standing Committee and Director General,Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

The Youth Club ‘Envirocrats of PDPU’ won the Green Campus

Challenge Contest organized under the Youth Habitat Conclave, part of the Habitat Conclave with the theme ‘Sustainable and Smart Cities’ during 18-21 February, 2016, in Ahmedabad (http://

habitatconclave.com).

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Dr B V Babu

Vice Chancellor-Galgotias University Visited Planning & Development Department of PDPU on 4th January, 2016, to share his experiences and models for Industry-Academia Engagement and Student Support Systems

Prof Mohan Kelkar

Williams Endowed Professor and Chairman, McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering, University of TulsaVisited Planning & Development Department and School of Petroleum Technology, PDPU, on 5th and 6th January, 2016, to analyze strengths and weaknesses of School of Petroleum Technology

Prof Subhash Shah

University of Oklahoma, USAVisited Office of International Relations and School of Petroleum Technology of PDPU from 9th January to 5th March, 2016, to teach a course in School of Petroleum Technology.

Prof Bipin Vora

PE, Consultant, R&D, Process Design and Technology Evaluation, Petroleum Refining & Petrochemical Processes, UOP/Honeywell Fellow-Retired,AIChE Fellow Visited Office of International Relations and Chemical Department, School of Technology of PDPU, from 8th January to 10th March, 2016, to teach a course in Chemical Engineering, School of Technology

Prof Rupendra Paliwal

Vice President for Strategic Planning, Professor (Finance), Jack Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University, USAVisited Office of International Relations and School of Liberal Studies from 3rd to 16th January, 2016, for taking courses on Financial Management, Digital Film Studies and Production in School of Liberal Studies.

Prof Andrew Miller

Associate Professor & Director of CMS Graduate Programs, Director, Sports Communication & Media Graduate Program, School of Communication and Media Arts, Sacred Heart University, USA Visited Office of International Relations and School of Liberal Studies from 3rd to 16th January, 2016, for taking courses on Financial Management, Digital Film Studies and Production in School of Liberal Studies.

Ms Sonja Knutson

Director, Internationalization Office, Memorial University of NewfoundlandVisited Office of International Relations and School of Liberal Studies on 18th January, 2016, for collaboration for Internationalization Activities.

Prof Faisal Beg

Director, UBC India office,University of British Columbia Visited Office of International Relations and School of Liberal Studies on 20th January, 2016, to explore the university activities and UBC Vancouver Summer Program.

Prof Michael J Serpe

PhD, Associate Professor,University of AlbertaVisited Office of International Relations, School of Liberal Studies, Science Department and Civil Engineering Department of School of Technology on 8th February, 2016, to explore the opportunities for technical collaboration with PDPU faculty, opportunities for community partnerships, interacting with Science Department and Chemical Engineering faculty, visiting PDPU research facilities, interacting with pre-final year students and final year students about Graduate Program opportunities at University of Alberta.

Dr Dana J Shiller

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of English, Washington & Jefferson College, USAVisited Office of International Relations and School of Liberal Studies from 9th to 17th January, 2016, for taking the course on module on World War-I Literature in School of Liberal Studies.

Mr Peter Gill

Manager of International Programs, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of NewfoundlandVisited office of International Relations, School of Liberal Studies, School of Petroleum Management on 18th February, 2016, to explore the University and collaboration for Internationalization activities

Dr Srinivas Palanki

Dean, College of Engineering and Professor, Chemical Engineering & Charles & Eleanor Garrett Endowed Chair, Lamar University, USAVisited Office of International Relations, Planning & Development Department on 16th March, 2016, to discuss collaborative research opportunities and to build long-term relationship between both universities.

MR JORDAN REEVES

H E Mr Jordan ReevesCounsel General of Canada in Mumbai

Visited Office of International Relations, Planning and Development Department and Chairman - Standing Committee on 1st March, 2016, to meet the senior management and for a general discussion.

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MR VIKRAM SINGH MEHTAMember Board Of Governors - PDPU andExecutive Chairman – Brookings India Limited


Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University organised a distinguished lecture byMr Vikram Singh Mehta, Executive Chairman Brookings India, on ‘Future of Oil’. As many as 600 eminent personalities from different sectors including faculties and students of PDPU attended the talk.

Speaking on the subject, Mr Mehta explained how the year 2015 has been the beginning of the end of oil era owing to global warming and advancing technologies. He highlighted the drastic changes and fluctuations in oil prices in the last few years, mainly owing to fundamental reason of demand slow down, surplus supply in the market and revolution in US technology.

He further shared that the overall expenditure on exploration in 2014 was $90 billion while in 2016 it is expected to be $40 billion. He explained that the majority of the World Oil is used in transportation (60%), industry (25%), power (6%) and household (9%), and hence it isn’t as easy to find an alternative to replace oil. While on the subject, he mentioned about the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) held in Paris. INDCs are the primary means for governments to communicate internationally the steps they will take to address climate change in their own countries. INDCs will reflect each country’s ambition for reducing emissions, taking into account domestic circumstances and capabilities.

Impact assessment of Slum Rehabilitation in Ahmedabad: Project undertaken with bSafal group, Ahmedabad and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). It was suc-cessfully completed by Ms Neeta Khurana (Investi-

gator) and Dr Ritu Sharma (Co-Investigator) with a team of SLS student interns.

A six-month project ‘Impact Assessment Study of Mangal Vas na Chappra Vasna

Slum Before Rehabilita-tion-2016’ with bSafal group and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been granted to Ms Neeta Khura-na and Dr Ritu Sharma.

Ms Neeta Khurana and Dr Ritu Sharma have been in-vited by Ahmedabad City Police to do a three-month study on ‘Sakhi Sahay Project’, an initiative of Government of Gu-jarat.

Dr Chaitanya VyasResearch paper titled ‘Online and Offline Marketing Strat-egies by Indian Colleges and Universities: A Comparative Analysis of Students’ Perception’ authored by Dr Chaitanya Vyas and co-authored by Dr Ritu Sharma was published in Jindal Journal of Business Research (SAGE ), Vol 2, Issue 2, December 2013 series.

Ms Neeta KhuranaPublished an article titled ‘Exploring the Female Spaces in the Confines of the Male Tradition’ in Research Scholar: An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations, Vol. 4 Issue I, February 2016, ISSN 2320 – 6101.

Dr Neeta Sinha Presented a paper titled ‘Assessment Centre for Screen-ing and Development of Skills: A Critical Analysis’ in Inter-national Conference on Applied Psychology, 3rd and 4th March, 2016. The theme of the conference held at G D

Goenka University, New Delhi, was ‘Power, Percep-tion and Personality: Pro-tagonists of Change’.

Dr Sanjay Kumar Prad-hanPublished a paper titled ‘ISIS and Oil’, Geopolitics, VI (VIII), January 2016, PP.60-63.

Ms Urmi SatyanPublished a paper titled ‘M G Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets: A Study of Engen-

dered Culture of Colonized East Africa’ in The Criterion: An International Journal in English ISSN 0976-8165 Vol. 7, Is-sue. I (February 2016).

STUDENTS RESEARCHPROGRAM

Students are offered financial assistance by the University to research in their chosen areas of interest and study. One of the projects titled ‘Estimating Profile of Speed Bump

and Pothole through Experimental Quarter Car Model’ has been successfully completed under the guidance of Mr Bhargav Gadhvi.

This project presents an indirect method for estimating profile of speed bump where two acceleration sensors need to be installed at sprung mass and unsprung mass of a car. The acceleration data is then converted into road height versus distance unit using a reverse quarter car model in Simulink. These data have been generated for various speeds of car to enable simulation of vehicles at different speeds on the same profiles.

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Mr Kevin Marakna, a First Year student of School of Technology, PDPU, has been invited for a summer internship based on the ongoing students research

project in Department of Chemistry at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. He has been a direct recipient of a

research award through the IC-IMPACTS. During his visit to PDPU, Prof Serpe from University of Alberta was highly impressed by the nature of research undertaken by Kevin Marakna and thus invited him for a 3-month intern fellowship to pursue their current field of research. The internship related to IC-IMPACTS is scheduled from 8th June to 1st September, 2016. IC-IMPACTS (the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability) Canada-India Research Centre of Excellence established through the Canadian Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) as a new Centre dedicated to the development of research collaborations between Canada and India.

The interaction will help towards greater research collaborations between the universities of India and Canada. During his stay, all expenses for travel and accommodation, lodging and boarding will be borne by University of Alberta. PDPU will bear additional cost, if any.

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Team Kaizen - a group of 23 pioneering engineers - have been successful in

manufacturing an energy efficient electrical powered car, Vidyut, with a self-made motor controller for Shell Eco-Marathon Asia, a competition held in Manila, Philippines, from 3rd to 6th March, 2016. Team Kaizen, comprising seven students along with one faculty, participated at Shell Eco Marathon Competition where a total of 118 teams from Asia took part in various fuel categories like Hydrogen, CNG, Petrol, Diesel, Ethanol and Battery. There were a total of 10 teams from India in petrol, diesel and battery electric categories. Team Kaizen designed Vidyut as a single passenger battery electric prototype vehicle and successfully passed all 10 technical and safety tests besides qualifying for mileage competition. As per the dynamometer test, the vehicle got an overall efficiency of 76% and mileage range of 70 km/kWh.

Sakhi Sahay Project

Impact Assessment of ‘Sakhi Sahay Project’, an initiative of Ahmedabad City Police.

This project is run under the ‘Suraksha Setu Society’ of Ahmedabad City Police. An NGO, Wings to Fly The

Foundation, is also attached with them to work for the rehabilitation of women. On behalf of Ahmedabad City Police, Dr Ritu Sharma and Ms Neeta Khurana have been invited for a project study besides familiarizing themselves with this excellent initiative of Gujarat Police. They have completed interviewing as many as

29 women for the project study.

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STUDENTSShaurya Sheth - ElectricalApoorv Agarwal - ElectricalKaran Shah - ElectricalParth Kapadia - ElectricalSwarg Patel - MechanicalKeyur Mevada - IndustrialRajan Soni - Industrial FACULTYMr Vatsal Shah


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School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, organized its first Study in India Exposure Program for 12 students majoring in Psychology and two faculty members from Edith Cowan University (ECU). ECU delegation spent 10

days (February 2 to 11, 2016) participating in a structured academic program besides relevant cultural activities at PDPU. This Study in India Exposure Program offered ECU Psychology students the opportunity to understand Indian living and culture and see the way the culture has influenced the discipline of psychology in India. The focus of the tour was to compare the delivery of psychological services in India and Australia. This was the first study tour of ECU Psychology delegation to India; it provided students an exposure to the cultural spirit as also study opportunities that are normally unattainable during the normal course of undergraduate study in Psychology in Perth.

The understanding gained about the Indian culture, Indian psychology, its people and how psychology is applied in the Indian context proved invaluable to ECU Psychology major students. They also had the opportunity to interact with PDPU students and, in particular, their student buddies (a buddy system was provided to enhance peer learning).

Rich Indian culture was woven in through programmes and events throughout the stay. A cultural exposure

weekend was planned with an aim to cover a few world heritage sites. Insights on Psychology and its relevant Indian perspective in areas like Clinical Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Child Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Criminology as components of academic deliverables were covered

through distinguished lectures by experts as well as through academic field trips. Games, sports and

a variety of social and cultural exchange interactions were facilitated to enhance understanding of Indian

systems and interpersonal dynamics.

BP Worldwide was the Guest of Honour in PDPU Convocation 2013. Subsequent to his visit, PDPU initiated discussions with BP India for their involvement in further development of PDPU to which they consented.

A two-day workshop in this connection for ‘Industry Institution Collaboration’ was conducted by Cambridge University, UK, on 27-28 January, 2016, for PDPU Faculty Members, sponsored by BP India.

The idea of the workshop was to bring together appropriate PDPU, BP and University of Cambridge partners and other stakeholders, with the following broad aims:

• Presentation by PDPU on the workshop intent, expectations and outcomes.

• A visual record of industry-academic collaborations to date.

• Capture key learning points for assisting with the current situation and into the future.

• Generate ideas for possible industry-academic collaborations.

• Use of selection criteria (agreed during prior stage) to aid the selection of the most interesting collaboration opportunities.

• Group work to explore the prioritised collaboration opportunities to develop ‘topic roadmaps’, identifying enablers, barriers and potential gaps in the current portfolio. Key actions for moving forward to be agreed upon.

Following are the resource persons from Cambridge University and BP who had conducted the workshop:

Dr Ralph EcclestoneResearch Strategy Manager for Assessment,Impact and Business Relations, Research Strategy Office,University of Cambridge, UK.

Dr Nicky AthanassopoulouSenior Industrial Fellow at IfM Education and Consultancy Services (IfMECS) University of Cambridge, UK.

Ms. Anna-Marie GreenawayDirector of University Relationships,BP (British Petroleum), UK.

The workshop was a grand success wherein senior officials from PDPU, BP and Cambridge University participated. It provided a global platform for stakeholders to discuss ideas, prepare road maps and list down Key Performance Areas for the group to move forward. It is expected that the workshop has paved a way for strategic roadmap for a long-term relationship between BP and PDPU.

Mr Bob Dudley, CEOBP WORKSHOP STUDY

IN INDIA EXPOSURE PROGRAM FOR EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

Insights on Psychology and its relevant Indian perspective in areas

like Clinical Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Child Psychology,

Forensic Psychology and Criminology as components of academic

deliverables were covered through distinguished lectures by experts as well as through academic field trips

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SPM ANNUAL FEST 2016

SPM SHORT CRICKET LEAGUE

SPM-SCL, a type of cricket tournament organized by SPM Cricket League Committee which

held from 28th February, 2015 – 2nd March, 2016. This was a night cricket tournament wherein 8 teams participated from both the batches of MBA programme. Team players were decided by an auction which was organized by the committee wherein each team owner had limited amount of credits to buy atleast 9 players for their team from which atleast 2 should be girls.

In this format of Cricket, rules were slightly changed as the boundary was the 30-yard circle and it was a 9-over innings so all the players from a team had to bowl 1 over each.The tournament started with league stages from which 4 teams emerged

as semi-finalist. The finalists were team Lannisters and team Sons Of Pitches in which team Sons Of Pitches emerged victorious.

A distinguished guest talk on Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy was held on 21st January, 2016, for students of Psychology at School of Liberal Studies, PDPU. The lecture

was delivered by Dr Thomas M Brod and Dr Nimrat Singh who provided an overview of this therapy as a unique form of psychodynamic treatment that facilitates the rapid resolution of a broad spectrum of emotional disorders. Dr Brod introduced IS-TDP (first talked about by Habib Davanloo) and IS-TSP as an effective and efficient psychodynamic treatment. Of the references and quotes he mentioned during the lecture, an interesting one was by Jane Goodall: ‘What makes humans special is not our occasional propensity to kill strangers when we think we can do so safely. Our unique capacity is our skill at engineering peace.’ Dr Singh provided an insight into how IS-TDP started in India and its scope here.Dr Brod is Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA; he served in the Indian Health Service of the US Public Health Service and was later selected in the National Institute of Mental Health Career Development Program. He was sponsored by NIMH during his residency and fellowship at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (Psychiatry). Dr Brod is trained in classical and contemporary psychoanalytic models, and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy.

Dr Singh lives in the world of possibilities and excites others to believe in their own uniqueness. With a Masters in Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Behaviour, she has played a pioneering role in formalizing the field of counseling and career guidance and

has been instrumental in starting the first Counseling Centre of Ahmedabad in 1996. She has authored a book titled Proactive Parenting. She is undergoing supervision under IS-TDP mentors – Tom Frederickson and Dr Thomas Brod. Dr Singh has been practising for over 2 years and has worked with over 50 clients using the IS-TDP form of therapy. Student co-ordinators for this event:SLS 2014 – Alauki Parikh, Aparna Patel, Gargi Doulatani, Sharon Kutty

TALK ON INTENSIVE SHORT-TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY (IS-TDP)

A guest lecture was delivered by Mr Samir Mehta, DCIN – Logistics Head, Bosch Rexroth India Ltd, to students of Third Year Mechanical Engineering, on the Importance and the Criticality of Proper Supply Chain Management. The industry expert began the lecture with an introduction to the Sanand plant of the Bosch Rexroth India Ltd and how the plant has been laid out keeping in mind the supply chain and the various departments of the company. New concepts and advancements like the SAP system, the BOM, the TEF, the BPS, the FCM and the FIM were also introduced to students. Besides these, the importance of industrial safety and planning were emphasized upon. The students were encouraged to pursue a career in Supply Chain Management and it includes areas like technical, financial, managerial, public relations, law skills.

The second lecture was delivered byDr Vipul L Tanna, Head, SST-1, Cryogenics, IPR, about Opportunities & Introduction to Institute For Plasma Research. Those from Mechanical Engineering learnt the importance of model analysis in building the structures of various magnificent and heavy-weight machines. They were also informed about their possible contribution in the ongoing projects at IPR during their internships.

Department of Industrial Engineering has been involved in plenty of research and publication projects. The students have been going to national and international conferences to present their work and have been getting accolades everywhere. In the month of March alone, the students went to three national and international conferences.

• As many as nine students went for an International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management held in Malaysia from 8th to 10th March, 2016.

• Four students went for an International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Material Sciences held in Jaipur from 17th to 19th March, 2016.

• One student went to International Conference on Design, Materials and Manufacturing held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 25th to 27th March, 2016.

Apart from these, three students attended the XXV International Conference on Trends in ICT, Business Management and Law (TIBML’16) to be held in Bangkok, Thailand,

on 26th and 27th April.

Department of Civil Engineering has conducted a Symposium on ‘Next Generation Concrete’ on 26th February, 2016. Prof B Bhattacharjee from Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, was the keynote speaker while other eminent speakers were Prof V R Shah (Professor, CEPT University), Mr Rohit Pandya, Birla Ultra Tech Cements.

Department of Civil Engineering conducted a Symposium, ‘Intelligent Transportation System: Road Safety & Modeling’, on 29th and 30th March, 2016. Experts from the industry and academia made their deliberations in the two-day symposium. Eminent speakers were Mr Sagar Deshmukh, Regional Director, Lea Associates (P) Ltd, Gandhinagar, Dr Reddy (Ex- CRRI Scientist) and Dr Srinivas (SVNIT).


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SPM Annual Festival, a national event, is a rich blend of academ-ics, an anthem of high adrenaline

rush and performing arts, a tussle of management strategies and decision making. Organized in the third week of February, 2016, it extended an op-portunity to showcase atti-tude and aptitude with the quaternary festivities: Cat-alyst ’16 (the management quest), Energy Cup ’16 (the sports extravaganza), Reprise ’16 (cultural fest), Zephyr ’16 (annual alumni meet).

Catalyst, the manage-ment panorama, provid-ed a forum for students to demonstrate their leadership and managerial temperament in a creative environment. An ensemble of business and management events, it brought to-gether students from business schools across India, distinguished people from the corporate world and entrepre-neurs. Catalyst comprised events cater-ing to all four domains of management.

In Reprise, creativity meets its talent stakeholders. It aimed to invigorate young minds to reach the pinnacle of their potential and carve out a niche for themselves in the cultural landscape. It was about unleashing the artist with-in across various disciplines of Drama,

Group Dance, Documentary, Photo Sto-ry and Band war.

Zephyr is the annual alumni meet of the School of Petroleum Management. Zephyr invited all SPM alumni to pay a visit to their school, relive moments on campus, inspire the juniors, thus estab-lishing a strong mutual bond of faith

and respect. It was a home-coming festival of SPM that is celebrated with a lot of rapture and reverence in the presence of the alumni.

Energy Cup is the crescendo of sport-ing activity, a pantheon of success, a

place where people strive hard to achieve unparalleled success. This event brings the corporate forces and students closer and on a similar playing field. Sports like cricket, football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis, carrom, shot put and dis-cus throw tested each of them to their limits and also tested their resolves. It was an ide-al platform for the creation of champions who someday would

change the dimensions of the world or-der. Around 18 teams from across the country comprising academic institu-tions and industry enthusiastically par-ticipated in the event.

In its fifth edition, the theme of the conference was ‘Energy & Infrastructure Management in Changing Global Dynamics’. There were about 600 attendees from the public, private and academia of Energy & Infrastructure Sector including some overseas guests.

The conference was supported by:• United States - India Business Council (USIBC)• ASSOCHAM• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)• NTPC• DEW Journal (Media Partner)

The event served as a platform for professionals, practitioners, academicians and researchers working in Energy & Infrastructure Sector to share their views on issues and challenges in managing different aspects of the sectors. The two-day event comprised of an inaugural ceremony followed by two round table conferences and technical paper presentation sessions.

The inaugural ceremony witnessed the presence of dignitaries like Shri Narendra Taneja, National Convener, Energy Cell and Advisor to Government of India; Dr D J Pandian, Director General, PDPU, designated vice president and chief investment officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Honourable Raymond E Vickery Jr, leading author and advisor on US-India relations and former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Trade Development; Shri Arun Singhal, Editor in Chief-Dew Journal; Shri B N Talukdar, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India and Former Director General, Hydrocarbon; Dr C Gopalkrishnan, Director, SPM, PDPU; and Dr Kaushal Kishore, Organizing Secretary, ICEIM - 2016 and Faculty, School of Petroleum Management, PDPU.

The first day of the conference hosted many eminent national and international personalities for the round table discussion on the topic ‘Indo-USA Co-operation in Energy Sector with a focus on Natural Gas Scenario’. The guest speakers for the round table included:

• Mr B N Talukdar (Session Chair), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India and Former Director General, Hydrocarbon

• Honourable Raymond Vickery Jr, leading author and advisor on US-India relations and former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Trade Development

• Mr Baljit Singh, Vice President (Operations) Jubilant Energy• Mr Anindya Chowdhury, General Manager – Gas-Shell India

Markets Private Limited • Mr Dev Dutt Sharma, Principal geologist and Head of exploration

with Oilex Ltd.• Dr Pramod Paliwal, Dean and Faculty, School of Petroleum

Management, Gandhinagar

The second round table discussion was held on the topic ‘Capability Building in Indian Energy & Infrastructure Sector in context of Make in India Campaign with a Focus on Renewable Energy’ which had the following distinguished industry experts:• Mr Kaushik Deb, Senior Economist, BP• Mr Anil Sachan, Executive Director, Institute of Drilling

Technology, ONGC, Dehradun • Mr Arvind Mahajan, Senior Director on KPMG India Board, KPMG • Dr Himmat Singh, Scientist and Head of Department, Indian

Institute of Petroleum (IIP), a National Lab under CSIR, Dehradun • Dr Ahindra Chakrabarti, Professor, Energy, Finance and

Accounting, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon• Dr Mahendra Pratap, ED, ONGC Asset-Ahmedabad• Mr Bhavin Kamdar, Deputy GM, Crude Oil Trading, Essar Oil

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Day 1 and 2 also included technical paper presentation sessions on following themes:• Business and Technology Management• Regulatory and Policy Framework• Marketing and Business Development• Project and Operations Management• Financial and Accounting• Human Resource Management• Capacity Building in India Energy and Infrastructure Sector in

context of Make in India Campaign

The conference ended with a valedictory session whereDr Seema Joshi, University of Delhi, and Dr D M Pestonjee, SPM, PDPU, made the concluding remarks. A special thanks was extended to Mr Palak Sheth, Director, Planning and Development, PDPU, and Dr C Gopalkrishnan, Director, SPM, PDPU, for their all round support in making the conference a success.

School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU),

Gandhinagar, Gujarat, organized the 'International Conference on Energy &

Infrastructure Management (ICEIM-2016)' on 18th and 19th February, 2016

First Year students of School of Liberal Studies undertook an Adventure and Nature Study Program as part of their Audit Course in collaboration with Auro Adventure Academy, an institute imparting training in Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Mountain Rescue, Wild Life Rescue, First Aid, Navigation and Paragliding. The Academy organizes interesting trekking, mountaineering and rescue expeditions. Academy founder Mr Kiran Chavda is an outdoor activist being a seasoned mountaineer and explorer, mountain rescuer, GPS navigational expert, paragliding pilot, proficient wild life rescuer, swimmer and a disciplined and tough instructor. As part of the nature study program, students were taken to Sembalpaani, a tribal village in Banaskantha, about 180 kms from Ahmedabad. The place was unique, surrounded by date trees, open scrubland and farm lands on the hillocks of the Aravalli range. Part of Balaram - Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary, it wore an artistic look considering the rocks’ placement and the scenic beauty around. One also got to see the beautiful monsoonal waterfall called Pareva besides age-old cave paintings. Besides a visual treat, students were exposed to activities like trekking, star gazing, rock climbing, rappelling and tent pegging to name a few.

‘Behind the Silver Screen: Psychoanalysis and Film’ byDr Apurva ShahThe Department of Psychology at School of Liberal Studies organized a workshop on ‘Behind the Silver Screen: Psychoanalysis and Film’ by Dr Apurva Shah on 16th February, 2016. A Child and Adolescent Psychologist, Dr Shah is a professional affiliate member and co-coordinator of the Film and Mind Series at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. He focuses on applying techniques of movie analysis to the analysis of patients’ dreams and other narratives in order to elicit their latent content and achieve a fuller understanding of the same. The process involves clinically listening to the patient’s reactions to popular movies with a depth of understanding that provides insights into a person’s psyche. Monsoon Wedding, a 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan, which depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding, was screened. Universal in theme, the film explores the bonds that unite families in touching, dramatic, and comedic ways. The film won the Golden Lion Award besides a Golden Globe Award nomination and premiered in the Marche du Film section of the Cannes Festival the same year.All through the film screening,Dr Shah not only shared techniques of analyzing a film, appreciating and enjoying it, but also shed light on some aspects of clinical technique and individual psyche. The session

was engaging through various video clips; he also successfully helped in a wider understanding of film analysis despite the short period of time which also included watching and analyzing the movie layer by layer. The workshop outlined a specific method of psychoanalyzing a movie, which respected its independence while revealing its subtext, its latent meaning, its ‘subconscious’. Parallels with clinical context and techniques were drawn through the seminar, with the hope of not only demonstrating technique of analyzing a movie and consequently appreciating it but also shedding light on aspects of clinical technique and individual psyche.The workshop witnessed a varied and vast audience comprising professors from IIM Ahmedabad, CIMS Hospital, IIT Gandhinagar and Gujarat University; students from other institutions across the state also participated in the workshop. It not only helped students but also professionals understand application techniques of movie analysis to the analysis of patients’ dreams and other narratives. The workshop concluded on a high note with an intensive question-answer round and a clearer vision of psychoanalysis and cinema.

MOVIE SCREENING AND ANALYSIS

ICEIM2016

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Workshop on ‘Future Applications of Renewable Technologies’Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology,

organized a two-day workshop on ‘Future Applications of Renewable

Technologies’ on 29th and 30th January, 2016. Fourteen distinguished speakers from different institutes like ITER-INDIA, Indian Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, Nirma

University, Ahmedabad, Delhi Technological University, Delhi,

Gujarat Power Engineering Research Institute, Mehsana, ADIT,

Nadiad, R K University, Rajkot, were invited to give expert talks on various aspects related to renewable energy sectors. The faculty and students of Department of Mechanical Engineering and students of Solar Energy participated in the workshop.

Guest Lectures organized by School of Technology1. Power Electronics: Phase

controlled Converters and Inverters Dr Pramod Agarwal, Professor, IIT Roorkee IEEE Student Chapter-PDPU 29 January, 2016

2. Opportunities & Introduction to Institute for Plasma Research

Dr Vipul L Tanna, Head, SST-1 Cryogenics, IPR, GandhinagarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering 17 February, 2016

3. Friction Stir Welding for Practitioners Dr Antonello Astarita, Assistant Professor, University of Naples, Italy.

Research Methodology WorkshopWorkshop on ‘Research Methodology’ was held on 9th and 10th February, 2016, at School of Liberal Studies for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The workshop on Research Methodology and Data Analytics for Social Sciences was designed to impart knowledge for scientific research, to integrate qualitative and quantitative approaches in research and to orient young researchers to new advanced techniques for precise, rational and scientific research. It also aimed to orient scholars with basic statistical packages including EXCEL and SPSS for using in various fields and sub fields of social sciences. The workshop was particularly meant for the research-oriented and those having basic knowledge of data processing, analysis and interpretation. The purpose of the two-day workshop was to inculcate confidence towards qualitative and quantitative research and also educate participants about the latest techniques and methods used for effective analysis of research data. The workshop enriched students by exposing them to developments in theoretical tools where participants discussed various types of research.The workshop was conducted byProf. Arvind Brahmbhatt who has more than 35 years of teaching experience in postgraduate departments of Management and Commerce. He has more than 30 years of research experience - conducting and guiding research. He has published 26 research papers in leading national and international management journals, was awarded two best research paper awards and was on various academic bodies of Gujarat University viz. Council, Faculty and Board of Management Studies.Prof Brahmbhatt is a member of various professional bodies and his areas of interest include marketing research, research methodology and services marketing.

Department of Civil Engineering, SOT, organized a two-day symposium on ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems: Road Safety and Modelling, ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems: Road Safety and Modelling’ on 29th and 30th March, 2016, at PDPU. The program was jointly coordinated by Dr Rajesh Gujar and Dr Anurag Kandya. Experts from the industry and academia were invited to deliver talks on various aspects of Transportation Systems. Mr Sagar Deshmukh, LASA, Ahmedabad; Dr T S Reddy, CRRI, New Delhi; Dr Rakesh Kumar, Associate Professor, SVNIT, Surat; Dr Shrinivas Arkatkar, Assistant Professor, SVNIT, Surat, were the invited speakers for the symposium. As many as 200 students of PDPU and delegates from institutes like SV NIT Surat, L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, and some professionals from the industry participated.

Two-day Symposium on ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems: Road Safety and Modelling’


PDPU family is very happy to share with you the fact that the university has been ranked the best in Gujarat by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India. The ranking announced earlier in April saw the university placed in the 55th position nationally. A proud moment for a seat of learning that began its journey only in 2006. PDPU notched up overall score of 58.67.

Approved by the MHRD, NIRF was launched byHonourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Ms Smriti Irani, on September 29, 2015. It ranked the educational institutions in six categories: Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Universities and Colleges. The framework took into account Teaching, Learning & Resources; Research, Professional Practice & Collaborative Performance; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach; and Perception while ranking the institutions.

In just about nine years PDPU has moved up the pecking order of the universities in India. While the students, staff, faculty, management and all stakeholders rejoice in the achievement and its recognition, they are keenly aware of the fact that they cannot sit on oars and that there are miles to go.

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2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY:EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION

The conference was organised on 29th March, 2016 by Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at the university campus in association with Energy and Petrochemicals Department, Govt.

of Gujarat (EPD) and Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. (GPCL). The key focus of the conference was to bring industry professionals, researchers, scientists, geothermal experts, policy makers, academicians and students onto a single platform in order to discuss the issues and challenges in exploration and exploitation of Geothermal Energy. Various experts from different spectra of geothermal fraternity across the world presented their views and shared their expertise with the participants. The conference witnessed participation from various institutes and organizations across India.

Some topics touched upon under exploitation were geothermal well drilling program, concepts of geothermal well testing, heat pump applications, geothermal space heating/cooling and application of Organic Rankine Cycle for geothermal power generation.

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DR BRAJESH KUMAR JHAAssistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, presented a research paper titled ‘Finite Element Estimation of Calcium Ions in Presence of NCX and Buffer in Astrocytes’, in the 6th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Technology (ICBET

2016) organized by Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES), in Singapore

from 12th to 14th March, 2016.

MR VIVEK PATELLecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, presented a research paper titled ‘Cavitation in Friction Stir Processing of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy’ in the 5th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management (ICITM 2016),

Paris, France, on 17th and 18th March, 2016.

Mr Vivek Patel presenting his research work in the 5th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management in France

MR JAYKUMAR VORALecturer, Mechanical Engineering

Department, SOT, presented his research paper titled ‘Experimental investigation on Effects of Carrier Solvent and Oxide Fluxes in Activated TIG Welding of Reduced Activation Ferritic/Martensitic Steel’ in the international conference

on ‘Engineering Management and Technology’ in Dubai, UAE, on 15th and

16th March, 2016.

Mr Jaykumar Vora presenting his research paper in the International conference on ‘Engineering Management and Technology’ in Dubai

Dr Brajesh Kumar Jha at the 6th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Singapore

Lt KHUSHALI PUROHITThe Gujarat, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Diu and Daman’s RDC (Republic

Day Camp) NCC Contingent was invited by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at his home in New Delhi. The Prime Minister, along with Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parikar, Director General NCC Lieutenant General Aniruddha Chakravarty, were present to motivate the cadets.

National Cadet Corps (NCC) Lieutenant Khushali Purohit was selected to represent Gujarat Directorate (Gujarat, Dadra Nagar

Haveli, Diu and Daman) in Republic Day Camp 2016, New Delhi, India.

MS SUPRIYA PAL• Enhancement of Training Effectiveness:

A Case Study in Mumbai, India/ EdgeFarm - HR Case Study Writing Competition/ CII Western Region

• Returning to Work after Maternity Leave: Pursuit to Transitional Change of Female Employees in Paris, France/ INAAR/International Research Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business, Commerce, Management and Social Sciences

INTERNATIONAL GUEST FACULTY AT SLS

School of Liberal Studies hosted Prof Andrew Miller, Associate Professor at Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, US, from 4th to 16th January, 2016. Prof Miller, who has been an assistant director in popular Hollywood series

like Beverly Hills and Of Mice and Men, shared his experience and expertise in film-making with students of SLS. The two-week Film Appreciation course attracted students from all batches. The course was participative and included screening some classics and modern blockbusters which Prof Miller discussed with students. They traced the history of cinema and film-making and discussed factors and points that make for good cinema.

SLS students also took Prof Miller and his colleague from SHU, Prof Rupendra Paliwal, to a variety of places in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar to give them a feel of Gujarat and its culture. Prof Paliwal is the provost of SHU; he delivered a course on Finance Management to students of Business and Commerce.

The two visiting professors enjoyed and celebrated Uttarayan, the kite festival, with SLS Director Prof Nigam Dave at his residence where they were accorded a traditional Indian welcome.PROF. ANDREW MILLER

MS NEETA KHURANA• Invited to give a radio talk on ‘Hopes

and Expectations from 2016’, aired by All India Radio on 3rd January, 2016.

DR NEETA SINHA • Invited as a session expert to conduct

a guest lecture on ‘Effective Decision Making’ by the MLW Department at Gujarat University on 22nd January, 2016.

DR RITU SHARMA• Nominated Executive Council Member

of Indian Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

• Invited as Guest Speaker for ‘Sensitivity Training’ for the course ‘Training and Development’ on 28th February, 2016, at Institute of Management, Nirma University.

• Nominated External Member of Board of Studies of Behavioural Science, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar.

PROF PRADEEP MALLIK AND PROF SITAKANTA MISHRA• Invited as a speaker/panelist at

National Seminar on ‘UN @ 70: Urgent Need for Reforms to Retain Vitality and Relevance in the Everchanging World’, February, 2016, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. While Prof Mishra moderated the session, Prof Mallik chaired a paper presentation session.

• Invited as a resource person and to deliver a session on ‘Changing Trends in Journalism’ at Indian Oil Corporation’s workshop on ‘Media Interaction Policy’ in January 2016. Regional and State heads of IOC participated in the workshop that was convened by IOC Executive Director.

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PDPU Litfest, one of the most interesting as well as exigent events, was held from 5th to 7th February, 2016. A festival for all those who love the art of words and stories, it was organized by Jharokha, the Literature Club of PDPU. The three-day festival had an elaborate literary voyage. The festival opened with a stage play, Lal Batti, that reflected the lives of girls living in the red light area of Mumbai and was performed by members of social organization Kranti. Day Two of the festival was brimming with events that helped embolden students with literature; it also had a musical evening by Loknaad - the

voice of people, that included songs lending voice to the voiceless people in society. There was Kavyanjali - a poem recitation competition, where participants recited their original or adapted creations. Other events like Just-A-Minute and Socrates’ debate served the purpose of self expression and the art of reasoning. The festival ended with a talk show comprising speakers like Mr Sahil Sood, Ahmedabad Head for ‘Teach for India’; Ms Kusum Choppra, an author;Mr Manan Pandya, a Philadelphia-based Hip Hop artiste and Mr Nirav Shah, a consulting strategist in the panel.

PDPU LITFEST

ASTRO FESTThe Astrofest was held from 5th to 7th February by Bhrahmand - the Astronomy Club. It was curiosity coupled with the quest to explore that led to the fruition of this festival. Stories always have a beginning and so does our universe. Thus, to explain the scientific story of the beginning of our enormous universe, a guest lecture by J N Desai, a former Senior Scientist at Physical Research Laboratory, was organized. It served a variety of answers to curious minds and helped understand the recently explored phenomenon of the universe.Workshops on Sky Gazing, Nocturnal Clock, Stellarium, Sky Mapping, etc, were organized to inculcate collective knowledge of astronomy.

Astro Quiz was organized in association with Mind Ripple and a digital planetarium was set up to give an experience of the ever-expanding universe.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

‘Astronomy compels the soul to look upward,

and leads us from this world to

another’. -Plato

PDPU hosted its 8th Annual Sports Fest – PetroCup ’16 - from 11th to 15th February. The five-day fiesta saw participation of more than 4,500 partakers from across the country. PetroCup’s goodwill spread across the length and breadth of India resulting in a humongous footfall of more than 7,000 students on campus during the fest. International participation in the form of Royal College from Bhutan served as the icing on the cake. PetroCup ’16 hosted nine formal events under its umbrella - Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis, Cricket, Carom, Chess, Athletics and Table Tennis. Informal events like Futsal, Dog and the Bone, Tug of War, Dodgeball, Footloose were entertaining fillers. E-sports like DOTA, FIFA 15 and many others also took place. Teams from as many as 80 colleges competed with

each other for the ultimate reward – the PetroCup Trophy.

The inauguration ceremony on 11th February marked the opening of PetroCup ’16 by Mr Amit Singh, fast bowler of the erstwhile IPL Team Rajasthan Royals. Mr Dinesh Badmaliya, Chief Badminton Coach, Sports Authority of India, also bestowed the ceremony with his humble presence. Along with them, Directors of the respective schools of PDPU declared PetroCup ’16 open. The ceremony comprised a variety of enthralling performances like Yoga, Gymnastics and Taekwondo.It went on to being a ‘win-win’ situation with PDPU winning Petrocup ’16.

PDPU PETROCUP

PDPU Open Quiz 2016 was the 6th Edition of the largest open quiz in India. Surpassing all expectations, POQ ’16 was a colossal success. The unique line-up of quizzes enhanced the number of participants this year. On 13th February, 2016, three quizzes - Bollywood Quiz by Ayan Bairoliya (PDPU), India Quiz by Mayank Mujumdar (Yash Raj Films) and Sports Quiz by Anmol Jain & Roshan Sameer (PDPU), were held. Day 1 witnessed mammoth participation in the MEGA General Quiz by Kunal Savarkar from Xpress Minds; Mr Savarkar is a quiz master by passion and an architect by profession. He is one of the

most seasoned and renowned quiz masters in the country.

This edition of POQ witnessed participation not only from across the country but also from as far as Dhaka, Bangladesh. On 15th February, a General Knowledge workshop by Mr Savarkar was organized. The workshop was based on the art of observation, Skimming a newspaper/news website to know something about everything, Lateral Thinking and Business Awareness for your field (important for interviews). In all, POQ ’16 successfully proved itself as Mecca of quizzing in India.

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The Youth Club ‘Envirocrats of PDPU’ organized a two-day workshop on ‘Computational Fluid Dynamics: Indoor Air Quality Analysis’ on 20th and 21st February, 2016. The workshop was coordinated by mentor of the clubDr Anurag Kandya of Civil Engineering Department.

Professionals from Contravolts Infotech Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, were invited for the workshop to give an intensive hands-on training on the sc-SCTREAM software. Around 60 students of PDPU and a research scholar of VNIT, Nagpur, participated in the workshop.

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON ‘COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS: INDOOR AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS’

SAMPARK - ANNUAL IEEE GUJARAT SECTION EVENTIEEE Student Chapter, PDPU, participated in the annual IEEE Gujarat Section event ‘Sampark’, jointly organized by all student chapters of IEEE Gujarat Section at Ahmedabad University on 14th February, 2016. Student members showcased IEEE activities carried out by their respective student chapters and also planned the activities for the year ahead during the event.

STUDENT CORNER

RISHIRAJ DERHGAWEN, MANAS DAXINI AND PRACHI BHOMIA

students of SLS Batch 2013 presented a paper titled ‘A Study of Effect of Time on Attention-Span/ Concentration of College Students: An Experimental Analysis’ at the International Conference on Education and Social Sciences

(INTCESS'16) organized by OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research held in

Istanbul, Turkey, from 8 to 10 February, 2016.

HEMAL THAKKERstudent of SLS Batch 2013, presented

a paper titled 'Global Climate Change and Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective' in an International Conference on 'Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals' held at Centre for

Environment Education (CEE) from 11 to 13 January, 2016.

VEDANT SHARMAstudent of SLS Batch 2013 and Ms Shivani

Shah of SLS Batch 2015, presented a paper titled ‘Hayavadana: A Woman’s Deft Freedom or a Suffocating Plight?’ in an International Multidisciplinary Conference-2016 ( Hosted by Unique Conferences Canada and International

Centre for Research and Development) in Colombo, Srilanka, on 2 and 3 February, 2016.


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BHARGAV YOGESHKUMAR PANDYAfrom M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

(Thermal Engineering) presented a conference paper titled 'Thermodynamic analysis of single effect LiBr-water solar vapour absorption cooling system' at National Conference of Solar Thermal Energy Technology held from 26-28 February,

2016, at IIT Jodhpur organized by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

KRUTIN RAJANIfrom B.Tech Mechanical Engineering,

along with a team of 18 students, participated in a national level competition 'Baja Sae India' on All Terrain Vehicle at Pritampur, Indore, from 16th to 21st February, 2016. The team stood 10th in India and 1st in Gujarat from among the 395

participating teams. Faculty advisors for the event were Dr Vivek Patel and

Mr Bhargav Gadhavi.

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JASMINE J PEREIRA

student of SLS Batch 2012, presented a paper titled ‘A Comparative Study of Stress and Anxiety as Antecedents of Depression’ in the 2016 Taiwan International Conference on Education and Psychology (ICEP 2016) , Taipei, Taiwan, from 13 to 15 January, 2016.

MOKSHA PILLAI

student of SLS Batch 2014, has published an article titled ‘Ceremonial Burial of Human Emotions in the International Journal of Creative Writing and Literary Studies’ (ISSN: 2455-1619, Volume 1, Issue 5) on 5 February, 2016.GRAWA

VATIKA RATHI AND MS VAISHNAVI VENUGOPALAN

students of SLS Batch 2013, presented a paper titled ‘Comparing Cost, Convenience, and Customer Satisfaction of Preferred Railway Ticket Booking Websites in India: An Empirical Study’ at the Global Conference on Business Management and Social Sciences (GCBMS-2016) on 28 and 29 January, 2016, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

ONSITE TRAINING PROGRAMMEGujarat Institute of Disaster Management, Gandhinagar, organized TAOYAKA Onsite Training Program on ‘Challenges of Urban Development in Cities of Emerging Economies’ from 10th to 15th March, 2016. The program consisted of 19 participants from as many as seven different nations and five international universities.

The team led by Mr Jishnu R Gohel, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, SOT, stood first in the presentation and it consisted of students from USA, Japan, Vietnam and Bangladesh. The judges were Professor Prem Pangotra, IIMA, and Fujiwara Sensei, Hiroshima University.

I joined this University in March 2008 as Accounts Officer (F&A) and back then, this University was in its infancy, barely a month old. At that point, there were two institutes (IPMG and IPTG) imparting education in the field of Energy & Petroleum. I had worked in a similar set-up – Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) – established in June, 1968. For me, it was a tough and unusual decision to switch from a government-run institute to a private University after a little more than two decades there.

Today, it has been more than eight years in PDPU and when I do look back to the time I joined, it is amazing to see how well the University has grown. The faculty and staff, too, have grown enormously. Those who know me from my previous job, family and friends included, appreciate my decision to consider working here after 22 years in the government sector. I have learnt much from my association with this University in the capacity of being Accounts Officer. Most of those working at PDPU are workaholics besides being dedicated and result-orientated.

My family takes pride in my association and work at PDPU; they are especially pleased about the growth this University has witnessed in eight years. My daughters are immensely proud of

my 30-year-long career, at CIPET and PDPU, both.

My wife and I have studied Commerce while our daughters have chosen different streams. Elder daughter Swara comes from an engineering background and is now pursuing her Masters

Program from Institute of National Importance (SVNIT, Surat). Younger one Zilka, who was studying in Seventh Day

Adventist Higher Secondary School in Maninagar, secured 90 % marks in class XII and has also been

topper in Gujarat (ICSC board). She is pursuing Medicine, First Year, in Government Medical College that is rated among the top 10 colleges in India. The backbone of both daughters’ strong academic career is their mother. She has dedicated her primary years to bringing up our girls and shaping their journey. Despite being a working mother, she has taken minute and good care of both children.

Bright, loving and cultured children are an important wealth of an individual. I am a good

example of a proud parent to the girl child. And, I have been lucky twice! Both my daughters also love

to travel across the country.

I feel immensely proud to be associated with an institution imparting higher education and very recently also rated the Number 1 private academic University in Gujarat.

I congratulate every citizen who has, directly or indirectly, contributed to this University achieving the Number 1 slot in a short span of time. It has indeed been eight years of learning and growth.

SPT Alumni Meet was organized on 23rd January, 2016. The meet gave SPT alumni an opportunity to catch up with old batchmates, professors, staff and juniors. The highlight of the meet was a panel discussion, the theme being ‘Career Planning during Downturn in Industry’. Alumni from EY, Weatherford, University of California and AlMansoori Specialized Engineering were part of the panel. The discussion gave Third and Fourth Year Petroleum Engineering students an idea on career planning in the backdrop of slowdown in the oil and gas industry. Juniors ensured that the meet was funfilled with various games organised followed by dinner.

Mr Jayesh Patel, Accounts OfficerCentral office, PDPU

ALUMNI MEET AT SPT

ALUMNICORNER

MY FAMILY,MY STRENGTH

NIKHIL MANRAL(SPT Class of 2014) secured All India Rank One in GATE 2016 (Petroleum Engineering).


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ASHISH DAVE AND NIMESH SUTHARfrom B.Tech Mechanical Engineering are nominated for Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Mentoring Engineering Students Program. Only 47

students from colleges across India have been selected for this

student fellowship program 2016.

JAIMIN AGRAWAL, MAYUR BORAD, BHARGAV

RUSHABHKUMAR VEKARIAfrom B.Tech, Petroleum Engineering, won the third prize in Paper Presentation Competition (Technindite)

at The Crust 2016, a national conference and workshop held

from 31st March to 2nd April, at University of Petroleum and Energy

Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. The paper was on Managing Suspension Characteristics of Lost-Circulation Materials in a Drilling Fluid.

ARSH KHANstudent of SLS Batch 2013, presented

a paper titled ‘Economic Growth and Financial Sector Development: An Empirical Study on India’ in Harvard Conference 2016 held at Massachusetts, Boston (USA) from February 12 to 16, 2016 . The theme

of the conference was ‘Transcending Borders: Global Cooperation on

Emerging Challenges in Asia’.

MANAS DAXINIof SLS Batch 2013, presented two papers

titled ‘Ecofeminism: Relevance of the Concept Today’ and ‘India Through Hollywood's Lens: Stereotyping India by Bollywood Cinema’ respectively at the International Conference on Education and Social Sciences

(INTCESS'16) organized by OCERINT International Organization Center of

Academic Research held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 8 to 10 February, 2016.

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CITY 2AhmedabadMirrorSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2016

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PDPU on a placement high Average annual income offered to SPM school students touches Rs 7 lakh as compared to Rs 5.6 lakh last year

S tudents of School of Petro-leum Management (SPM) atPandit Deendayal PetroleumUniversity (PDPU) who aregearing up to step into the

professional worldcouldn’t be a

happier lot. While the college has re-corded a whopping Rs 13.5 lakh perannum as its highest salary for thebatch of 2014-16, the same as last year,the average salary offered to studentshas increased to Rs 7 lakh per annumthis year from Rs 5.6 lakh per annumfor the batch of 2013-15.

Officials at the varsity stated the fi-nal placement season on campusstarted on November 12, 2015 and in22 days of the placement process, 26companies conducted interviews on

campus. Around 69 stu-dents from five

specialised courses — Energy and In-frastructure, Marketing, Finance, Op-eration and Human Resource — thatregistered for placements, 59 studentshave secured jobs. The remaining tenstudents are expected to take up offersfrom 15 other companies scheduledto visit the campus for interview by theend of this month, said officials. Someof the companies that visited PDPUduring placement season includeGAIL Limited, Reliance Industries,Mahanagar Gas, Total Oil India PvtLtd, Accenture, Infosys, Wipro andProtiviti.

Kunal Sugandhi, the student whobagged the job with the highest salary

said, “I have always wanted

to work in the energy sector and I amthrilled to have bagged an offer from acompany in the same sector. The in-terview session was rather difficultwith a panel of seven officials on thepanel. But I made it.”

Meanwhile, director of

SPM, Dr C Gopalkrishnan said, “Theaverage salary has gone up this year. Iwould like to take it higher and we areworking in the direction. This can beachieved as students here are not onlybright but are taught various skills andget exposure to varied teaching meth-ods and foreign expertise,” he stated.

T here is a twist in the Sabarkantharape case where a 14-year-old hadundergone medical terminationof her 27-week-old foetus after

the court gave her a go-ahead. Earlier,an FIR was filed against a doctor as thegirl alleged she was raped by him in hisclinic. However, a DNA test establishedthat the doctor was not the father.

The needle of suspicion now pointsto the victim’s friend with whom shereportedly exchanged letters on Valen-tine’s Day last year. “Our investigationrevealed the girl was in a relationshipwith a boy who studied with her. A let-ter has also been seized by the police,”

said SD Patel, investigation officer.“We have taken statements of cou-

ple of teachers of the school and the let-ter was written on Valentine’s Day lastyear. We will take further statements ofsome other teachers and also questionthe boy. We will later file an applica-tion before the court, seeking permis-sion to conduct DNA test,” he added.

Sabarkantha police had arrested DrJatin Mehta practising at Ranasan vil-lage of Talod block of Sabarkantha dis-trict following a complaint lodged bythe victim’s father on June 29 last year.As per the allegations, three monthsbefore the complaint, Dr Mehta had al-legedly raped the minor girl when shehad gone with her mother to consulthim. She then became pregnant.

The girl’s father then approached

the high court seeking permission toabort the foetus, since it was more than20-weeks old. However the court re-fused to entertain a plea as the MedicalTermination of Pregnancy Act (MTP

Act) does not permit abortion of foetusthat is more than 20 weeks.

At the time, an NGO came to therescue of the girl by filing a plea in theSC, seeking permission for abortion. Ina first-of-its-kind judgment, the apexcourt allowed abortion by a team of ex-pert doctors of the Civil hospital. Aftermedical examination, the 27-weekfoetus was aborted by the doctor andthe girl safely went back home.

The police then collected bloodsamples of the girl, Dr Mehta and thefoetus and sent them to the ForensicScience Laboratory (FSL) to determinepaternity. However, the DNA test es-tablished that the accused doctor wasnot the father. Based on the report, thedoctor was later released on bail by theSabarkantha court.

Victim’s friend may undergo DNA testNeedle of suspicion in rape of 14-yr-old, who underwent abortion last year, points at friend with whom she exchanged letters on V-Day last year

Sabarkantha Rape Case

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I have always wanted to work in the ener-gy sector and I am thrilled to have baggedan offer from a company in the same sec-tor. The interview session was rather dif-ficult with a panel of seven officials on thepanel. But I made it.

KUNAL SUGANDHIOffered highest salary package


The first cluster of the final placement process for the PGP class of 2016 at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad was held on Saturday.With Accenture Strategy making the highest number of offers — 18 including pre-placement offers — in cluster 1, finance firms offered roles ininvestment banking, private equity, venture capital and capital markets across functions and geographies, stated official communication.

IIMA kicks off cluster 1 of final placement process

We have taken state-ments of couple of teachersof the school and the letterthat was written on theValentine’s Day last year

SD PATELINVESTIGATION OFFICER

Dr Jatin Mehta is out on bail

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The city may pride itself in being home to pre-mier educational insti-tutes of the country, but none of them man-

aged to grab the top spot in the National Institutional Ranking Framework announced by Ministry for Human Resource and Development (MHRD).

In fact, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) – known for best man-agement education in India was ranked second in the list of top management institutes with a score of 89.1. It was I n d i a n I n s t i t u t e o f Management, Bangalore (IIMB) that elbowed past IIMA with a score of 93.04. Interestingly, IIMA only scores more than IIMB in the ‘percep-tion’ criteria. In the remaining four evaluation criteria – teaching-learning and resourc-es (TLR), research and profes-sional practices (RPC), gradua-tion outcomes (GO), and out-reach and inclusivity (OI) – it lags behind IIMB (see below).

Prof Ashish Nanda, director of IIMA, said, “We are gratified to be recognised as one of the top management institutes by NIRF. External rankings are valuable since they give us a sense of how we are doing in comparison to other institu-tions on various metrics. Eventually, however, we con-sider good rankings the out-come of effectively pursuing

our vision of educating leaders of enterprises, not the objec-tive of our efforts. We will con-tinue to strive to conduct high quality research, teach effec-tively, and connect proactively with our various stakeholders in pursuit of our vision.”

Interestingly, Institute of M a n a g e m e n t , N i r m a University was on 29th posi-tion and Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) Gandhinagar, on 45th in the top 50 management institutes of the country.

OUR VARSITIES MISSING IN TOP 50None of the universities from

Gujarat have figured in the list of top 50 in the national rank-ings. The first to figure in the list of 100 is Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University on the 55th position followed by Central University, Gujarat on 60th posi t ion, Gujarat University on 73rd and M S University of Baroda on 76th. Curiously enough, Gujarat Technological University does not figure on the list.

GU Vice Chancellor M N Patel seemed satisfied with the survey results as he said, “We are the first among the state universities on the list. Other universities ahead of us are either specialized university or institute of repute.”

IIT-GN RANKED NO 8Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, might be much younger than other IITs, but it is on the eighth position in the list of top 100 engineering

City fails to grab top spotMHRD national rankings

institutes. Interestingly, while Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f Technology, Surat, bagged 15th rank and Institute of Technology, Nirma University, is ranked 45th, DAIICT is absent in the top 100 list.

FIVE PHARMA COLLEGES IN TOP 50Bringing Ahmedabad and Gujarat in the top 10 on the NIRF list are pharmacy insti-tutes. In the top 100 best phar-macy institutes in the country, Institute of Pharmacy – Nirma University is ranked 5th while L M Pharmacy is on the 12th position.

A press release from Nirma University said that it becomes the best pharmacy institute in Gujarat as per NIRF 2016 rank-ings. “It is the youngest among the top five pharmacy insti-tutes in the country. It is also the second best pharmacy col-

lege in the country in the self-financed category as per NIRF 2016 rankings,” said the release. Among the other col-leges from the state, A R College of Pharmacy & G H

Patel Institute Of Pharmacy, Anand, is on the 34th posi-t ion, Maliba Pharmacy College, Tarsadi, on 37th, and Shree Dhanvantary Pharmacy College (Surat) on 47th.

HERE’S HOW GUJARAT FARED

Apart from IIMA on the 2nd spot, no institute or varsity from Gujarat in the top three list; GU 73rd in list of top 100 varsities

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HOW IIMB SCORED OVER IIMAInstitute TLR RPC GO OI PERCEPTIONIIMB 96.18 94.05 90.10 86.61 95IIMA 90.20 91.35 89.73 80.63 99

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GU IIMA

TOP UNIVERSITIES RANKIndian Institute of Science Bangalore 1Institute Of Chemical Technology 2Jawaharlal Nehru University 3

FROM GUJARATPandit Deendayal Petroleum University 55Central University Of Gujarat 60Gujarat University 73MS University of Baroda 76

TOP ENGINEERING INSTITUTES RANKIndian Institute Of Technology, Madras 1Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay 2Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur 3

FROM GUJARATIndian Institute Of Technology, Gandhinagar 8Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute Of Technology 15Institute Of Technology, Nirma University 45

TOP MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES RANKIndian Institute Of Management, Bengaluru 1Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad 2Indian Institute Of Management, Calcutta 3

(FROM GUJARAT, APART FROM IIMA)Institute Of Management, Nirma University 29Entrepreneurship Development Institute Of India 45

TOP PHARMA INSTITUTES RANKManipal College Of Pharmaceutical Sciences-Manipal 1Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences-Chandigarh 2Jamia Hamdard 3

FROM GUJARATInstitute Of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 5LM College Of Pharmacy 12AR College & GH Patel Institute Of Pharmacy 34Maliba Pharmacy College, Anand 37Shree Dhanvantary Pharmacy College, Surat 47

AhmedabadMirror I TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016CITY www.ahmedabadmirror.com/city 4

A broad daylight house break-in was re-ported from Milan Park Society inVastrapur on Sunday wherein valu-ables worth Rs 13.40 lakh, includingRs 70,000 cash, was stolen. Vastrapur

police have registered a case and begun investi-gation. Following primary probe, cops suspectthe involvement of know persons in the inci-dent as the burglars targeted only specific lock-ers and cupboard.

Madanlal Jain, a resident of 49 Milan ParkSociety, stays with his family and works at acloth shop in Navrangpura. On Sunday mor-ning, Madanlal, his son and wife had gone Sha-hibuag to attend a baby shower function.

On returning home at around 5.30 pm, thefamily found the gallery’s gate lock and lockersbroken and valuables worth Rs 13.40 lakh, in-cluding Rs 70,000 cash, missing. Neighboursand security guards soon gathered and infor-med the Police Control Room and Vastrapurpolice.

Vastrapur Police Inspector A D Parmar said,

“We tried to access the CCTV footage but thesociety’s chairman claimed that all the CCTVcameras were shut down due to technical issuefor the last three days. We will also question thedomestic helps besides several others who hadvisited Madanlal’s home. We are also suspect aspecific gang of thieves’ gang behind the housebreak-in.”

Valuables worth Rs 13.4L stolenin Vastrapur house break-in

The incident took place at Milan Park Society

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A case has been registe-red by SaurashtraUniversity against 51students for alleged-ly indulging in mass

copying using mobile phonesduring an exam at a college inGujarat's Amreli district.

The action was taken bythe university after a videowent viral on social media onSunday purportedly showingstudents indulging in masscopying using mobiles at K KParekh Commerce Collegeexamination centre in Amre-li. The purported video sho-wed students writing paperswhile speaking on mobilephones at an examination

hall in the College, affiliatedto the Saurashtra University.They were taking B.Com ex-amination for the final semes-ter. Five teams, which wereformed to carry out checks atthe college after the video ap-peared, found 51 students ta-

king help of mobile phones towrite their answer papers, var-sity's Vice Chancellor Pratap-sinh Chauhan said today.

"Initially, we were not sureif it was the same college. Afterclosely monitoring the video,we learnt that it was taken atthis college. While a case of co-pying has been filed , we are al-so studying the video to iden-tify more students," he said.

The VC said action will al-so be taken against concernedcollege officials . Reacting tothe incident, Gujarat Educa-tion Minister BhupendrasinhChudasama assured to takestrict action. "Strong actionwill be taken based on reportwhich will be submitted by fo-ur government officials whowere sent to the spot to moni-tor the situation," he said. PTI

Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma said action will betaken against officials


51students booked formass copying in Amreli

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