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Editor’sDesk

Greetings The4thissue(January2017),ofAmilog,anofficialmagazineofAmityUniversityRajasthanisbeforeyounow.Theperiodismostimportantforfaculty,staffandstudentsforitisthevitaltimewhenimportanteventsandactivitieswereconstantlyhappeninginthecampus.Themyriadvarietyanddepthofsuchoccurrencesissimplybreathtaking.Itincludes theweightyandsolemnconferenceof ICOMAPwhichdiscussesmanagementperspectivesonrecentissuesofdevelopmentandinnovationandalsothemostimportantandexcitingannualsportseventofAmityviz.Sanghathan.

ItwasadazzlinglycolorfulandeventfultimewithenthusiasticfacultyandpupilsdoingtheirutmosttomakeAmityproud.Knowledge,excellenceandinnovationwerethebuzzwords.Theuniversity’sfocusonresearchwasexemplifiedinmanyways–especiallybythefactthatthenumberandqualityoftheresearchscholarsandtheprojectsreceivedbyAmitywentupsignificantly.ItwasalsothetimewhenAmityUniversityRajasthanwel-comedafreshbatchofstudentsinitsgraduateandpost-graduatecourses.ThefacultyandstaffwelcomedthefreshbatchandinfullswingstartedtoteachthemvaluesthatAmityholdsinnovation,fraternityandadriveforexcellence.SpecialOrientationforcourseswerespreadoverfivedaystocatertotheneedsofvariousdepartmentsoftheuniversity.

Amitybelievesingivingthebesttoitsstudentsandemployees.Amilogwishesitsreaders a happy and prosperous new year-2017.

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Contents

Innovation Day

Visits of Dignitaries

Independence Day

Sangathan

Amity Honours

Orientation

Blood Donation

ICOMAP

Arch-O-Lunio

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mityBusinessSchoolconductedBusinessPlanCompetitionon InnovationDay-2016.ThemaintopicwastackledbyBusinessExecutiveDirectorofShauryaInternationalJaipur.Sixteamsparticipat-edwithideassuchasPortableD2H,No-worry.com,Micoriza,HangoutCaféandSolarE--allwithdifferentapproachesandplan.Thecompeti-tionwas“InnovativeEntrepreneurship”.ThiswasfollowedbyanexperttalkbyMrs.ShaluMakhijathe. Allideaswerewell-appreciatedbyMrs.Makhijathe,judgefortheevent.Shealsolecturedon“InnovativeEntrepreneurship”. AnotherinterestingeventonInnovationDaywasshowcasedby

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Amity Celebrates Innovation Day mity University Rajasthan(AUR)celebratedInnovationDayon28thSeptember2016

with great enthusiasm and zeal.Thethemewasaptlycalled:IgnitedMinds:AJourneytoInnovation’foritcertainlydidjustthatandbroughtout the enthusiasm in all the depart-ments of AUR. Various activitieswereheldontheoccasion.Howev-er,alleyesturnedtothemaineventin the main auditorium of the uni-versity.A capacity crowd cheeredlustilywhen theHon’bleChancel-lor,Dr.AseemChauhanspeltouttheobjectiveofthecelebrationnamelytofosterinnovation,creativity,pro-mote entrepreneurial spririt. The Vice-Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) Shishir K. Dube, Prof. (Dr.)S.L. Kothari, Pro Vice-Chancelloralso addressed the audience ex-horting and motivating them onInnovation, Creativity and Entre-preneurship by drawing inspiration fromaleaderlikeDr.AseemChau-han,whoseBirthdayisbeingcele-bratedasInnovationDay. After the day’s main cele-bration in the morning Institute/ Department level programmes took place in the afternoon which includ-ed Nukkad Natak by Anti Narcotics Club, Nanotechnology Innovations, Furniture out of waste and short films on socially relevant subjects.

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The highlights of the programme included the followingpening remarks by Prof. (Dr.)D.D.Shuklaon‘IgnitedMinds:

Journey to Innovation’, sharing ofmemorablemomentsandlatentfac-ets of the personality of Hon’ble

ChancellorbyMaj.Gen.B.N.Kaul(Retd,),Brig.G.S.Rathore(Retd.),Prof.(Dr.)V.S.DahimaandProf.(Dr.)ManishVerma. Thiswasfollowedbyanexhaustiveandinterestingpresentationon“Indiaandunstableneighbourhood:InnovativeSolutions”byMaj.Gen.C.P.Singh(Retd.).Later,amind-blowingaddressbyChiefGuest,Prof. (Dr.)RanjanGangopadhyay, Former Professor andHead, Elec-tronicsandElectricalEngineering,IITKharagpur,leftallspell-bound.Theaddresson“Innovation:TheKeyDeterminanttoProgressandPros-perity’’wasaninspirationtoall.

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Prof.(Dr) S.L. Kothari addresses students

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Amity School ofApplied Sciences andAmityCen-treforOcean,AtmosphericScienceandTechnology.Theyincludedaposterpresentationon‘InnovationinScienceandTechnology’bythestudentswhoalsoex-plained the themeand ideabehind theposters.NextcameaquizcompetitionbasedonG.K.andScience.Atalkonrecentdevelopmentsinthefieldofsciencewasgivenbythestudents.Mr.YashSharma,Applied

Mathematics student, gave a talk on ‘Recent Ad-vances in thefieldofCryptography’andMr.VivekKumar, student of applied chemistry, explained theimportance of ‘Manufacturing of Bio-Diesel andSynthetic-Diesel. Mr. Ankit Kumar gave the ideaofbulb invention.Finally,Prof.KanadRay, Head,Applied Physics, Prof.UpendraMishra,Head,Ap-pliedMathematics,ProfP.V.S .Raju,Dy.DirectorCOAST, Prof. Jagdish Prasad, Coordinator ASAS,sharedtheirviewsoninnovationandresearch. Yet another remarkable event was AmitySchoolofHospitality’s(ASH)campaignonTourismwhichdisplayed“Change self,Changeworld”.Thestudents showcased a small play that portrayed theunder-maintained tourist destinations in India andtheireffect theyhaveon tourism. It remindedusof

ourresponsibilitywehavetowardstouristswhoareourguestsandbringforeigncurrency.Studentsmadeplac-ards, banners, and hoarding that showed the variousplacesthatexhibitingourrichculture.AfabricpaintingcompetitionwasalsoconductedbystudentsofASH. Meanwhile,AmitySchoolofFashionTechnol-ogy students organized the Central Fashion show inwhichninecostumesweredisplayedwhichwasmade

by using newspapers, charts, and tissue papers.AlsobeautifulRangoliwasmade in the receptionwishingHappyBirthdaytoHon’bleChancellor. The students ofAmity School ofBehaviouralandAllied Sciences (AIBAS) created some amazingandinteresting3Dmodels.Thelituphumanbrainrec-reationwasaninterestingpieceofartrepresentingthefunctionsofthevitalorganthatisminddoesforus.The3DKitemadeinAmity’sthemecolouryellowandbluewasapersonificationoftheopportunitieswhichAmitystudentsgetandcherish. AllthebranchesintheAmitySchoolofEngi-neering and Technology (ASET) Department show-casedtheirinnovativeideasandProjectsandPostersattheSeminarHall.Numerousprojectsweredisplayedin

Prof.(Dr) S.K. Dube, Vice-Chancellor, at an exhibition on Innovation Day

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Prof.(Dr) S.K. Dubeperforms the Havan in the morning

theseminarhall related torobotics,softwareapplica-tions,artificialintelligence,etc. Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, AUR, Prof. (Dr.)S.K.DubeandProVice-Chancellor,AUR,Prof.(Dr.)S.L.Kotharivisitedthisexhibitionandappreciatedin-novativeeffortsofASETstudents.ThestudentsweremotivatedbyProf.(Dr.)D.D.Shukla,Director,ASET,

with his inspiring words. The following events wereconductedinAmityLawSchool:APosterCompetitiononLawfromthe eyes of Infant. Through thiseventthestudentsgotanopportuni-tytoexpresstheirviewsandunder-standingtheydevelopedafterenter-ing this new world; THE LEGALWORLDaNukkadNatakonchildrights,was conducted inwhich13participants performed enthusiasti-callyonchild rights inwhich theycovered many areas such as childmarriage,righttoeducationetc.Amity School of Microbial Tech-nology (AIMT) presented inno-

vative Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Detection KitsdevelopedbyDr.JagdeepSinghSohal,AssistantPro-fessor.Theinstitutealsopresenteditsongoingresearchworksentirelybasedon innovativemethods forpro-ductionofbactriocinsandpharmaceuticallyimportantsecondarymetabolites. One student ofAIMT alsomadeabeautifulportraitofHon’bleChancellor.Last

butnottheleast,AmityInstituteofBiotechnology (AIB) ‘Innovationsin Pipetting’ an informative talkand New ways of manufacturingautomaticpipettes’,wereexplainedby the executives fromEppendorfCompany, New Delhi. They wereMr.Tarachand Patel, Branch Man-ager,Mr.P.Babu,NationalManag-er,ConsumablesandMrPulinTew-ari,HealthBiotechspecialist. Mr. Shailesh Kumar pre-sented on molecular dynamics oflargeandsmallmoleculeslikepro-teins and drugs. These dynamicssimulation studies help in under-standing the various confirmationsof proteins and drugs inside the nat-uralsystemwiththeirinteractions.

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AmitySchoolofCommunicationconductedaone-dayshortfilm-makingcompetitionandphotogra-phyexhibitiononaccountofInnovationDay-2016.Thespecialdayiscelebratedeachyearon28Septem-beronthebirthdayofHon’bleChancellorDr.AseemChauhan. Thethemeofthisyear’sInnovationDaywas“IgnitedMinds–JourneytoInnovation”inwhichalldepartmentorganizedvariouseventswhichaimedtobringouttheinnovativeideasofstudentsandfacultymembers.Amity School of Communication, the de-partmentwhich is known for its innovative ideas inteachingandmentoringorganizedashortfilmcompe-tition and photography exhibition. Theexhibitionand shortfilmscreeningwereinaugurated by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof S.KDube.Thereweremorethan100entriesforthepho-tographyand8entriesshortfilms.Prof.Dubecongrat-ulatedtheeffortsofstudentstomaketheevent

successful.The short filmswere screened and awardsweredistributedbyProf.ManishVerma.Aspecialtalkon “Innovation in thefield ofMediaProduction”wasdeliveredbyDr.AshishRao,AssistantProfessor,ASCO.

The winners for Best Film was Every StepinanInnovationbyKartickPareekandSoubhagyaSharma.RunnersUpwasThe DreambyPriyanshDwividiandTapeshwarSinghRathore.BestPhotographyawardwenttoBhanupratapSinghandRunnersUpwasChetanSinghRathore.

WINNERand

RUNNERS UP

Cultural event by students on the occasion at the main auditorium

Vice-Chancellor at the chemistry lab

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VISITS OF IMPORTANT DIGNITARIESTO AMITY UNIVERSITY RAJASTHAN mity University Rajasthan (AUR) has always welcomed exchange of ideas on modern sub-jects with experts from all over the world. This period covered by the present issue of the magazine saw some very significant steps taken by AUR to foster good relations and en-courage research. Memorandum s of Understanding were signed, guest lectures and work-shops organized to showcase the excellent work done by Amity scholars, staff and students.

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First Council Meet (NASA India) was or-ganised by the Amity School of Architecture andPlanning,AURJaipurfrom21stto25thJune,2016.TheNationalAssociationofStudentsofArchitecture(NASA) is the association for undergraduate stu-dentsofArchitecture.NASAisoneofthelargestAr-chitecturalStudentOrganizationsintheworld.FirstCouncilMeet(FCM)hostedbyAURstartedwiththeAcademic session,where in the delegates from alloverIndiagatheredtodiscussaboutthehappeningsof NASA, discussed their audited accounts, drew-agenda of the present year, to identify their problems andtoinvitesuggestionsforthebettermentoftheas-sociationworks.VariouseventslikeHeritageWalk,Photography,ProductdesigningandOut-doorgameswere organised during the meet. The meet was at-tendedby375delegatesand13councilmembers.

One day workshop by Prof. (Dr.) JagdishPrasad, Coordinator ASAS, on ‘Role of StatisticsinResearchmethodologyandResearchdesign’washeldinAIBAS.TheWorkshopwasattendedbytheMembers of faculty fromAIBAS,ABS,ASFTde-partmentsofAUR.

A FacultyDevelopment Program (FDP) on“SCILAB:Anopen source software for academicsandresearch”wasorganisedon12thJuly2016.TheFDPwasorganizedinassociationwith“TheSpokenTutorialProject”ofMHRD,Govt. of India runbyIITBombay,aboutteachingandlearningaparticular

FOSS(FreeandOpenSourceSoftware)viaaneasyau-dio-visualtool.TheFDPaimedatstimulatingdiscussionsonvariousresearchapplicationsandnewdirectionsinthefieldofSCILAB,anopensourcesoftwarewhichisusefulformodeling,computingandsimulationpurposes.

AThreeDayWorkshop(19th -21stJuly,2016)onBiomedical Instrumentation andBioinformaticswasorganisedbyAmity Institute ofBiotechnology.The in-auguralsessionon19/07wasattendedbyover200stu-dents and faculty members.The Resource persons fortheworkshopwereDrS.P.Srinivas,IndianaUniversity,Bloomington,USA,DrPankajGoyal,Head,DepartmentofBiotechnology,SchoolofLifeSciences,CentralUni-versityRajasthanandDr.PriteshBhat,SchrodingerINC,Bangalore,DrSumitaKchhwaha,AssocProf,Universi-tyofRajasthan.AllresourcepersonswerewelcomedbyProf. (Dr.) S.L. Kothari, Hon’ble Pro Vice-ChancellorandDirector,AIB.Theworkshopwasuniquelydesignedfor students, research scholars, facultymembers, scien-tists, anddoctorswithbroad interests inpharmacology,

Event - (ASAP) : First Council Meet

Workshop - AIB Workshop - ASAS

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AGuestLectureon‘BigDataScience:ApplicationsfromRealWorld’wasorganisedunder the aegisofAmity Instituteof InformationTechnology(AIIT)intheSeminarHall.ThekeyresourcepersonwasProf.Anand(BharatBhushan)VermaInternationalVisitingScholar,UniversityUtara,Malaysia.Thelectureprimarilyfocuseduponproblemconceptual-

ization,researchdesignanddatatransformationfrombusinessperspective.Itgavetheparticipantsaninsight,onhowtoapproachaBigDataproblem. Nearly100studentsandfacultymembersfromAIIT,ASET,ASCOattendedtheconference.

bio-sensing,drug delivery, pharmaceutical sciences,nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemical engineer-ing,biotechnology,bioinformatics,cliniciansinoph-thalmiccareandpharmaceutical/medicaldevice in-dustries.

A view of the seminar in progress

Guest Lecture-AIIT

A Guest Lecture on‘Eligibility Criterionand Essential Quali-ties inDesignersandModels for Success-ful Participation inthe Fashion Event’was organised by Amity School ofFashion Technol-ogy. The organis-

ingmembersof‘TheGrandFashionIcon,Bombay’Mr.DharmSinghChaudhary&Mr.KuldeepRajPurohiandMr.DhaneshAhamadKhan,Mr.Deepash,Mr.PrashantBali, Mr. Chavi Singh,Associate Partners, Ms. TavidaKhan-Asst.ChoreographerfromTheGrandFashionIcongavethewonderfultips,excellentknowledgeandsharedreallifeexperiences.

Guest Lecture on eligibilty criteria for designers and models

Students at the guest lecture

Dr. David Dunkley, a wellknown communicator and videojournalist,Mr.NickDavies,afree-lance journalist working for the

Guardian, and Prakash ChandraHota,thefamousJournalist,visitedAmityUniversityRajasthan,Jaipurand interacted with the students.Approximately 100 students as well asmembersoffacultyofASCOattended the session.

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Aworkshopon‘Vegetable&FruitCarving ’under the aegis ofAmitySchool of Hospitality was held intheTrainingRestaurant 2ndFloor,SRC Building. The key resourcepersonwas ChefDwarkaAndrew,Sous Chef, Hotel Rajputana Sher-aton,Jaipurand was attended by the available members of faculty aswell as students.

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Lecture on recent trends in drug design

A Guest Lecture-cum-Interaction Session on‘ComputerAidedDrugdesignwithTechniquesandRe-centTrendsintheArea’wasorganizedundertheaegisofAmityInstituteofBiotechnology(AIB)inAcademicBlock-IV.ThekeyresourcepersonwasDr.Virupak-shaBastikar,Scientist,andEuropeanUnion.Prof.Bas-tikardiscussedfewcasestudiesrelatedtodrugdesignanddevelopmentmethods,commonlyusedinPharma-ceutical andBiotechcompanies.After the interactionsession,Dr.Bastikar gave demonstrations on variousDockingmethods and its result analysis followed byNAMD (NanoscaleMolecular Dynamics) simulationstudies.

Dr. Bastikar, also expressed his desire, dur-inghisinteractionwithProf.(Dr.)S.L.Kothari,ProVice-Chancellor & Director -AIB, to have collabo-rationwithAmityUniversityRajasthan, for collabo-rativeresearch.Thelecturewasattendedbystudents,researchscholarsandmembersoffacultyofAIB.

A Guest Lecture on ‘Garment Industry thePresentScenarioandFutureProspects’wasorganisedbyAmitySchoolofFashionTechnology,AURJaipurin AcademicBlock1.TheresourcepersonwasMr.PramodYadav,FormerJointDirectorApparelTrain-ing&DesignCenter (ATDC),Ministry ofTextiles,Govt.ofIndia.Thelectureupdatedtheknowledgeofthestudentsabouttheprospectsinthegarmentindus-try and helped to appraise the students about the latest inthegarmentindustry.Atotalof56participantscon-sistingofstudents&facultyattendedtheevent.

Event: Guest Lecture: ASFT

Science behind Monsoon

AGuestLectureon‘ClimateExtremes’wasor-ganizedundertheaegisofAmityCOASTinAcademicBlock, 1.The key resource personwas Prof. RajeevBhatla,BanarasHinduUniversity,Varanasi.

Guest Lecture - Amity COAST

Event: Guest Lecture: ASFT AGuest Lecture on ‘Fulbright ForeignLan-guageTeachingAssistant (FLTA) Program’was or-ganisedundertheaegisofAmitySchoolofLanguag-es (ASL), inAcademic Block-I. The guest speakerwas Dr. GayatriSinghal, Indian Program Manager,USIEF.

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Soft computing explained

Prof.SebastianBaster-rech, Researcher, De-partment of ComputerScience, Faculty ofElectrical Engineering& Computer Science,VSB Technical Uni-versityofOstrava,Os-trava,CzechRepublic,was theKeyResourcePerson for the semi-nar.DrBasterrech de-livered 04 sessions onArtificial Neural Net-works,itsexperimentalsetup,BrainComputerInterfaceandotherap-plicationsofSoftCom-puting methods. The research scholars andstudents ofASET andAIIT discussed theirresearchworkwithDr.Basterrech.DrBaster-

rechagreedtoexploreTwodayInternationalSeminarundertheaegisofAmitySchoolofEngineering&Technology(ASET)on ‘SoftComputingandMachineLearning’wasorganised intheSeminarHallofAcademicBlock II.Prof.SebastianBas-

puting metods. The researchscholars and studentsofASETandAIITdis-cussed their researchworkwithDr. Baster-rech. Dr Basterrechagreed to explore the possibility of collab-oration in researchwork. He also invitedstudents to send him proposals of doing re-search at VSB Tech-nical University. Ap-prox 100 participants,including B. Tech./M.Tech. students / PhDscholars from ASET/AIIT, students fromcolleges of Jaipur andPunjab,FacultyMem-bersofAIITandASETattended the seminar.

terrech,Researcher,DepartmentofComputerScience,FacultyofElectricalEngineering&ComputerScience,VSBTechnicalUniversityofOstrava,Ostrava,CzechRepublic,wastheKeyResourcePersonfor theseminar.DrBasterrechdelivered04sessionsonArtificialNeuralNetworks,itsexperimentalsetup,BrainComputerInterfaceandotherapplicationsofSoftCom-

Visit to AUR : MoU with Flinders UniversityA15-memberAustralianDelegationvisitedAmityUniversityRajasthan,JaipuronTuesday.Theyarrivedat thecampus.Thedelegationwas ledbyProfessorRobertSaint (VicePresident&DV-CResearch),Prof.ChristopherFranco(Bi-otechnology),ProfessorKerryBissaker(Education)andProfessorGuntherAn-dersson(Nanotechnology). Afterthetraditionalwelcome,aroundtablediscussionamongstthedele-gatesandallDeans/Directors/HoIswasarrangedintheconferenceRoom,BlockItodeliberateonthepossibleareasofcollaboration.Later,theteamwastakenfor

acampusroundandvis-it to all the departments and laboratories, studi-os etc.After lunch, theMoUsigningceremonywasheldintheChancel-lor’s Room. ProfessorRobertSaint(VicePres-ident&DVCResearch)signed on behalf of the FlindersUniversity andRegistrar–AURBrig. S.K. Sareen with visiting diginitaries

AmitySchoolofCommuni-cationorganizedaguestlec-ture on ‘VideoArt’, in theseminar hall.The resourcepersonwasMr.PaulHolm-es, Academic Lead, Inter-nationalSchoolofArtsandCreative Industries at Ed-inburgh Napier University,Scotland. During the inter-activesessionheintroducedtheworldofvideoartstothestudents. The session was beneficial for the studentsgot a chance to clear theirdoubtsonthetopicinaveryinformalinteractivesession.

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Independence Day 2016 at AmityHe 70th Independence Day was celebrated on15thAugust,2016inAmityUniversityRajasthan

(AUR)withtraditionalfervorandgaiety.Thecampuswasabuzzsincemorningwith‘DeshBhaktiSangeet’(patrioticsongs)onloudspeakersandthewholeatmos-pherewasmesmerizingandchargedwiththespiritof‘Indian’culture.ThetricolorwashoistedbytheChiefGuestoftheevent,Hon’bleVice-ChancellorofAUR,Prof.(Dr.)ShishirK.Dube.Theflaghoistingwasim-mediatelyfollowedbytheNationalAnthem. Later, Professor Dube inaugurated the NightCCTVSurveillanceSystemonthecampusconsistingof16newnightsurveillancecamerasinstalledandin-tegratedintoexistingsystemtoenhancesecurity. The Vice-Chancellor, during his address, ex-horted the youth not to forget the sacrifices of thosewho took part in the nation’s freedom struggle andurgedthemtotakepartinnation-building. The student achievers were also felicitated.ThisincludedtheAURMartialArtsTeam,CaptainsofAURSportsTeamsandMs.BhoomicaYadav–NSSparticipantinRDParade2016.Thecelebrationsendedwith thememorable ‘Desh Bhakti Sangeet’ programpresentedbyTheMusicandSingingClubofAURanddistribution of sweets to all present.More than 500members of faculty, staff and familymembers alongwithstudentsparticipatedintheevent. AURalsoobserveda70thIndependenceDayFortnightfrom9thto24AugustwiththethemeAZA-DI70th–YaadKaroKurbani.Thecelebrationswerecarried out with a series of events with all facultymembers,theirfamilies,staffandstudentstakingpartwithnationalisticfervorandgreatenthusiasm. Thehighlightsofthecelebrationincluded:flaghoistingon15August,whichwasthemainevent,RunforIndependenceon17thAugust,andadebateon‘In-diaasEmergingSuperPowerin21StCentury.’ This was followed by mass singing of the na-tionalanthemon23rdAugust.Thiswasauniqueeventwith 3,500 proud citizens inAUR campus from allwalksoflifejoinedtogetherinchoruswithpride.

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1. VC flags off the Sangathan opening.2. Beginning of the march past.3. Participants carrying the torch.4. VC holding the torch.5. Prof. Dube releasing balloons.6. Gorkha band in motion.7. Gorkha band at attention.8. Departmentwise students holding flags.9. VC receiving the march past.10. Marching students saluting the flag.11. Students in attention holding flags.12. VC hoisting the Sangathan flag.

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13. Prof. Dube adderssing the audience.14. Dance on the field by students.15. VC shaking hands of participants.16. Brig. G.S. Rathore shake hands with students.17. Exciting moment at Volleyball game.18. Football match in progress.19. Students are in attention before the match.20. A view of bicycle race by women.21. Basketball players in action.22. A female participant jumps high.23.Trophy handed over to victors.

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Amity Honours Great Soulsmity University Rajasthan hasalways upheld the values and

recalls the excellence of the greatsonsofIndiasuchasMahatmaGan-dhi,SardarVallabhBhaiPatelandformerPrimeMinisterLalBahadurShastri.ThebirthdaysofthesegreatsonsofIndiaarealwayscelebratedwithreverenceandfondnessonthecampus.Floral tributes arepaid atdesignated spots and meetings her held on the campus to recall theirdeeds and honour them. In 2016too,GandhiJayantion2ndOctober

wascelebratedinabefittingmannerasitisnationalfestival.ThecontributionoftheFatheroftheNationintheInde-pendence struggle and nation-build-ing was recalled and floral tributeswereofferedatAUR’smainbuildingreceptionareainthemorning.SinceitwasalsothebirthanniversaryofLalBahadur Sashtri, floral tributeswerealsoofferedinhismemory.Speakersrecalledtheimmensecontributionsofthese two great leaders. Bhajans were sungwith reverence.Adocumentaryfilmwasalsoshown.

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AsperguidelinesoftheGovernmentofIndiaandtheUniversityGrantsCommissiontoalleducation-alinstitutionsalloverIndia,thedaywasalsocelebratedasSwachhtaDiwas,commencingthefortnight-longSwachhBharatAbhiyan. Aspartofthis,theAmitySwachhtaAbhiyan,whichcommencedonthisday,wastocarryoutspringcleaningofallcornersoftheAmitypremises(campusandcityoffice).

SardarVallabhbhaiPatel(31October1875–15December1950)wasthefirstDeputyPrimeMinisterofIndia.HewasanIndianbarristerandstatesman,aleaderoftheIndianNationalCongressandafoundingfatherof theRepublicof Indiawhoplayeda leadingrole inthecountry’sstruggleforindependenceandguideditsintegration into aunited, independentnation. In Indiaandelsewhere,hewasoftenaddressedasSardar,whichmeansChief inHindi,Urdu,andPersian.Heactedasde factoSupremeCommander-in-chiefofIndianarmyduringPoliticalintegrationofIndiaandIndo-PakistaniWarof1947. PatelwasbornandraisedinthecountrysideofGujarat.Hewasemployedasalawyer.HesubsequentlyorganisedpeasantsfromKheda,Borsad,andBardoliin

Gujaratinnon-violentcivildisobedienceagainstop-pressivepoliciesimposedbytheBritishRaj,becom-ingoneofthemostinfluentialleadersinGujarat. HerosetotheleadershipoftheIndianNation-alCongress,inwhichcapacityheorganisedthepartyforelectionsin1934and1937evenashecontinuedtopromotetheQuitIndiaMovement. AsthefirstHomeMinisterandDeputyPrimeMinister of India, Patel organised relief efforts forrefugeesfleeing fromPunjabandDelhi andworkedtorestorepeaceacrossthenation.HeledthetaskofforgingaunitedIndia,successfullyintegratingintothenewlyindependentnationthoseBritishcolonialprov-incesthathadbeen“allocated”toIndia.BesidesthoseprovincesthathadbeenunderdirectBritishrule,ap-

proximately565self-governingprincelystates had been released from British su-zeraintybytheIndianIndependenceActof1947. Employingfrankdiplomacywiththe expressed option to deploy military force, Patel persuaded almost every

princely state to accede to India.His commitment to national inte-gration in the newly independent country was total and uncompro-mising, earninghim the sobriquet“IronManofIndia”.

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The Amity Way of Orientationmityhasaspecialorientationprogrammefornewstudentseveryyear.Itisahugeacrossdepartments’activitythatinvolvesfaculty,staffandstudents.Thestudentsarefa-miliarizedwithrulesregulationsandvaluesthatAmityupholds.Themessageisimbuedwithpositivismandethics.Amitytakesthisactivitymostseriouslyandthistimetooitwasdecidedtoholdaseriesofmeetingsandprogrammesfrom1stto5thAugust.Theactivitiesincludedregistrationofstudents,briefingsoncampuslife,placements,psychologicalprofiling,infor-mationwasprovidedonthecurricula,militarytrainingcampsetal.

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TheOrientationProgramme(1stAugust to3rdAugust2016)forfreshstudentscommencedat9:30a.m.with registrationof students in respective institutions.Thefirst day schedulewas forPG students of all concerneddepartments only.TheluncharrangementforthestudentsandtheparentswasmadebyAUR.Af-ter lunch, theVice-Chancellor, ProVice -Chancellor and Deputy Dean,Aca-demics,addressedthestudentsasperschedule.Thiswasfollowedbyadetailedbriefingby theDeanofStudents’WelfareandCampusLife in theAuditorium.

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Thethree-dayOrientationProgramme(2nd August - 4th August) for UGstudents ofASET commenced early.After registration of the students in the ASET department, the studentsgathered in theAuditorium, Block-I.Post-lunch the Vice-Chancellor, ProVice-Chancellor and Dy. Dean Ac-ademics addressed the students fol-lowed by the briefing by Dean Stu-dents’WelfareandCampusLifeintheAuditoriumBlockI.

The Orientation Programme for allPGstudentscontinuedforthe2ndday.ThedaywitnessedtheeventslikePsychometricProfiling, Lecture on Heritage Awareness,Talent Hunt, Ice Breaking Event followedbriefings on variousAUR facets and facil-ities like Hostel Regulations, Discipline,Placements,Amizone,MTC,StudyAbroadProgramme etc. by the respective heads intheAuditorium,Block-I.Aftertheseeventsstudentsproceededforbriefingoncurriculato their respective institutions. The normalclasses for the PG courses commenced on3rdAugust,2016

The three- day Orienta-tion Programme (3rdAugust -5thAugust) for all UG students (ex-cept ASET) commenced. Afterregistration of the students in the respective institutions, they gath-ered in the Auditorium, Block-I.Post lunch Vice-Chancellor, ProVice-ChancellorandDy.DeanAc-ademicsaddressedthestudentsfol-lowedbythebriefingbyDeanStu-dents’WelfareandCampusLifeintheAuditoriumBlockI. The Orientation Pro-grammeforUGstudentsofASETcontinuedonthe2ndday.Thedaystarted with the events like Psy-chometric Profiling, Lecture onHeritageAwareness, Talent Hunt,

IceBreakingEventandbriefingonvarious AUR facets and facilitieslikeHostelRegulations,DisciplinePlacements,Amizone,MTCetcbytherespectiveheadsin theAudito-rium, Block -I.After these eventsthestudentsproceeded forbriefingon curricula and other academicactivities to their respective insti-tutions.Thenormalclasses for theUG(ASET)coursescommencedon5thAugust,2016

TheOrientationProgrammefor UG students (except ASET)continuedonthe2ndday.Thedaystarted with similar events likePsychometricProfiling,LectureonHeritage Awareness, Talent Hunt,

Ice Breaking Event and briefingon variousAUR facets and facili-tieslikeHostelRegulations,Disci-pline Placements,Amizone, MTCetc by the respective heads in theAuditorium, Block -I.After theseevents the students proceeded forbriefingoncurriculaandotherac-ademicactivitiestotheirrespectiveinstitutions.ThenormalclassesfortheUnderGraduate(exceptASET)coursestoobeganon5thAugust.

The last day was spent by those inchargeof theactivities toreviewtheirworkandidentifyanygaps if any. Itwas concluded thatthe overall performancewasmostsatisfactory.

3rd August, 2016 (Wednesday)

4th August, 2016 (Thursday) 5th August, 2016 (Friday)

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Blood Donation: Saving life! Amity shows the way

A Blood donation camp was or-ganizedbyServiceSchemeunitsofAm-ityUniversityRajasthan,Jaipuron9thofNovember 2016. A medical team fromSantokba Durlabhji Memorial HospitalJaipur, led by Dr Choudhary, collectedbloodfromvolunteersafterensuringtheirmedical fitness. Brig. G S Rathore, Of-ficer onSpecialDuty to theChancellor,welcomed the medical team, blood do-norsandtheteamfromHDFCBankJai-pur. Thebanksponsoredanddistribut-edrefreshmenttotheblooddonors.Manydignitaries, including Vice-ChancellorProf. (Dr.) S.K. Dube, Pro Vice-Chan-cellor S.L. Kothari, Registrar Brig S.K.Sareen, DSWMaj Gen C.P. Singh, DyProVice-ChancellorDrV.S.DahimaandProctorMr S.S. Bhal, visited the venueandmotivatedthevolunteers.Morethan200 units of blood were donated by male and female students, faculty members,staffandsecurityguardsofAUR.Seniorofficials,includingProfG.K.Aseri,Prof.PVSRajuandMrS.S.Grover,setanex-ampleforvolunteersbycomingforwardto donate blood. Dr.VinodSinghGour,ProgrammeCoordinator,NSS,was in chargeof thisprogramme. Significant contributionsweremadebyManojKumar,Programmeofficer ofNSS, andMrVikasChouhan,DeputyDirector,Administrationforsuc-cessful organization of the camp. Pho-tography was covered by Mr AvinashSinghfromASCO.

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Visit of dignitaries at Blood Donation Camp

Honourable Vice-Chancellor presentingcertificates to the blood donors

Student volunteer participating in the blooddonation camp

Honourable Vice-Chancellor encouragingthe blood donors

Visit of Pro Vice-Chancellor atBlood Donation Camp

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Thetwo-dayInternationalConferencestart-edwithinauguralfunctionwheretheDirec-tor,ABS,Prof.VijaySinghDahimagaveawarmgreeting to theaudience to theCon-ferenceThemeandAgenda,followedbytheversatiletalksofHonourableVice-Chancel-lorProfessor(Dr.)S.K.DubeandtheChiefGuestProf.R.L.Raina. Delegates from academics and in-dustry from different parts of the countryand abroad were present. Issues were dis-cussedondifferentbusinesspractices,inno-vationanddevelopmentperspectives.Itwasagreed that research should be people-ori-ented and India can capitaliseon thebestdemographicdividendthatshepossesses. The plenary sessions were an en-riching experience with insightful and in-tellectualtalksonmanagementperspectivesandgovernancewitheminentspeakersandresource persons on the dais.The students

were encouraged to ask questions so as toimbibe more knowledge and understandvariedperspectives.Experts stated that thecapacity-buildinginnovationsandincreasedstart-ups in therealtysectorconstitute theneed of the hour. TheresearchpaperswerepresentedfromJordan,Mauritius,Singapore,Mexicoand various parts of India.Active discus-sionswereheldongovernanceandinnova-tivepracticesmakingitanexcellentknowl-edge sharing platform. Theconferenceendedwithvaledic-tory function with the Chief Guest Mr. I.C.Srivastava(Retd.IAS),inthepresenceofallhonourabledignitaries,delegates,acade-miciansandstudentsmarkedagrandendingof ICOMAP2016. Itwas indeedamemo-rableandproudevent for theentireAmityfraternity.

Lighting of the lamp and the inagural session

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International Conference on Management Perspectives: Transforming Business Practices, Innovation and Development

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Arch-O-Lunio 2016: Celebrating WorldArchitecture Day

Amity School of Architecture and Planning during the event

Cultural night

Inauguration of the event

During the bike stunt

Creative work demonstration

The World Architecture Day was celebrated at Amity University under umbrella event ‘Arch-O-Lunio’ on 21st October 2016. The event was a fusion of art, entertainment, design, culture and adventures. Vice -Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) S. K. Dube, inaugurated the event by lighting of the lamp. Mr. Tarush Chandra, Head and Associate Professor at Department of Architecture and Planning, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur was the key note speaker for the event. Various on the spot events, bike stunt show, cultural events, exhibition of students worksetc were conducted.

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EDITORIAL TEAM

ContributorsDr. Tanushri Mukherjee

Nithin Kalorth

EDITOR IN CHIEF:

EDITOR:

DESIGN AND LAYOUT EDITOR:

Prof (Dr.) Manish Verma

Gautam Bhattacharya

Rajesh SharmaPrashant KamalBrijesh Chaurasia

We are extremly greatful to many who helped us in this project in numerous way such as cordination, resarch, proof-reading, gathering photos, forming a database and archiving

PhotographerAvinash Singh

Student ContributorsHarsh Bhartiya & Hritik

Mohit Kumar Maurya

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A VIEW OF THE AMITY CAMPUS

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AMITY EDUCATION VALLEYKANT KALWAR, NH-11C

JAIPUR -DELHI HIGHWAYJAIPUR(RAJATHAN)