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HBTI ALUMNIwww.alumnihbti.com+91 512 2532571

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Year 2

Vol ume ix

Sept ember 2019

Dear Harcourtians,

The new academic session has commenced and new members have joined the esteemed family of the Harcourtians. We are aware that in the present era of stiff competition, budding professionals have to demonstrate a well-rounded knowledge base with a distinctiveness of personality.

A synergy is required between academia and exposure to the expertise of our experienced and accomplished alumni. Therefore, it is an opportune time for me to humbly request the alumni to consider contributing to the professional upgrading of our students through mentoring, knowledge sharing, offering projects etc. as part of the Alumni Student Connect Program.

The Committee has been geared up for strengthening the connection between alumni and students. I look forward to seeing many of you sharing your knowledge with the upcoming generation of engineers and technologists, enabling them to tackle professional challenges with ease.

With warm regards.

Prof. (Dr.) Onkar Singh President, alumni Association, HBTI Kanpur president@alumnihbti.com

My Dear Harcourtians,

Here is another edition of the newsletter to celebrate our shared heritage and stay connected for the good of our Harcourtian fraternity.

I am pleased to share that the Alumni Awards have been declared open for the year 2019 and I would request & encourage all of you to nominate outstanding Harcourtian(s) you think we all need to applaud. May I also request you to spread the word for the same purpose.

It is heartening to see that the Alumni Chapter movement gaining ground in and outside the country. New chapters are opening as the older ones are becoming more active. In a world connected by technology keeping the human connections alive and nurtured cannot be impressed upon enough

Keep the good stories pouring in. Here?s wishing you a happy festive season ahead.

Warm Regards,

Balram Kumar Upadhyay

secretary@alumnihbti.com

FROM THE SECRETARY'S DESK

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Induct ion is not t he sam e any m ore

Induction or Orientation for as we entered HBTI (as it was called then) was

nothing like what it is now. New students in the university have a much

broader view of the world as they enter the course. Take for eg. this year

there have been a host of speakers from diverse background who have

come and addressed the students. Mr. Abhinav Shukla ? Head Corporate

Banking from UAE Bank Dubai spoke about the start-up environment and

the need to be focused on ?solving genuine problems? for start-ups. He also

exhorted the students to focus on becoming employment generators than

employment seekers. The Assistant Director General of Police Mr. Prem

Prakash spoke about the civic rights and responsibilit ies of students and

stressed on the need for the student community to work for the honour

and integrity of the nation. Dr. Raghavendra Jaiswal an orthopedic surgeon

stressed on the need for students to nurture their health by adopting right

habits.

The Bureau of Indian St andards signs MoU w it h HBTU

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed two separate Memorandum of

Understanding (MoUs) with Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU),

Kanpur and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur on Monday. The MoU

with HBTU involves cooperation and development of international level

standards in the field of paint, soap, detergent, oil, plastic, fragrance and

food technology. The MoU was signed by Surina Rajan, director general, BIS,

and N B Singh, vice chancellor, HBTU. Rajan stated that creating synergy

among premier educational institutions with the involvement of young

minds in the area of standardization process would highly benefit the

country.

HBTU t o open t rain ing cent re t o help st udent s prepare for

GATE and PSU jobs

BTech students of Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), who aspire

for public sector jobs like GAIL, BHEL, ONGC and NTPC, will not have to

prepare separately. Students in the university will be provided free

preparation for the Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE). For this, a separate

training center will be built in HBTU. The technical education quality

improvement program will bear the cost of GATE preparation. Students

just have to apply.

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Facult y Developm ent Program m e ? Aid f rom Wor ld Bank

The university website states that HBTU Kanpur (Formerly HBTI) has received

aid from the World Bank (Phases TEQIP-I , TEQIP-II) for various

developmental projects. This aid will be spent for Development of the

Infrastructure, New Laboratory equipment, Maintenance and repair of old

laboratory equipment, Funding for research and lectures attended by faculty

in foreign Universities, Aim towards community development and overall

growth. A Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ?Recent Advancement

in Food Processing and Preservation? was held at Department of Food

Technology, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur. This FDP was a

one-week training programme, during August 26-31, 2019 and sponsored by

TEQIP-III under the World Bank.

TEQIP - Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme is a

Government of India Project assisted by the World Bank

St udent s land plum jobs w it h Microsof t & Google

Another student Anushi Maheshwar i who passed out this year has bagged

a job with Google and been offered a salary package of 60 lakhs

HBTU celebrat ed it s 2nd Foundat ion Day HBTU was established as a university on 1st Sept em ber 2016. The university

celebrated its foundation day with a series of programmes including a one

day workshop too. Besides other things first year students with the highest

rank in JEE in every branch were given laptops

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Two Days National Workshop on Challenges of Civil Engineering Infrastructure

in 21st Century is being organized by the Civil Engineering department on 23rd

& 24th September 2019. Registrations are open and more details can be

availed from Dr. Deepesh Singh Assistant Professor Department of Civil

Engineering, HBTU, Kanpur- 208002 (U.P.) Mobile: 7081300521 Email:

workshopcehbtu@gmail.com, dr.deepeshsingh@gmail.com

Shubham Dham a, a final year computer science and

engineering student at HBTU, has bagged a salary package of

Rs 43.5 lakh . Shubham had scored 96.3% in Cass XII and 55th

rank in the state engineering entrance in 2016.

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IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS

Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak is also an M. Tech from IIT Delhi, an MBA in Finance and a Ph.D. from University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun..

He has rich experience of more than 37 years in managing large scale infrastructure Projects from Conceptualization to Closure. Affiliated with various National and International Associations. he has authored books/ Articles on Project Management, Oil & Gas and Self Development.

He is the proponent of the movement called PI-CI-PI (?Positive India ? Projectised India ? Competent India?). He has developed an innovative Project Monitoring and Controlling technique called ?Arjuna ? (MC4E2)e?, and capability building model named ?BeDoPe?.

Besides this, he has avid interest in astrology and is engaged in a number of social and developmental initiatives.

We wish Dr. Karnatak an illustrious stint in his new assignment

Mr. Rajiv Sikka also holds a Masters degree (Urban & Regional Planning) from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. In a professional career of more than 31 years, he has worked across multiple regions of India with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Prior to this he has worked in Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (JV between BPCL & GAIL) as Director (Commercial) and for more than a year in 2018-19 and was responsible for its overall P&L,. The year 2018-19 was historical for IGL as all-time high 54 Retail Outlets in a single year as well as 2.81 Lacs domestic registrations (all-time high in a single year by any CGD).

. Mr. Rajiv Sikka mentors CXO teams of start ups and mentors early to mid-stage start-ups at IIT too. In fact he is keen participant in the start up ecosystem as a judge (of competitions), guide, mentor and adviser

We wish Mr. Sikka an illustrious stint in his new assignment

Dr Ashut osh Karnat ak (EE,1980) appoint ed as new chairm an of GAIL Gas Lt d.

Dr . Rajiv Sikka (CE, 1986) appoint ed CEO, Indian Oil -

Adani Gas Pvt Lt d

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FARE Labs now a Nat ional Reference Lab

FARE Labs Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram (Food Analysis and Research Laboratory) is a company founded by Harcourtians Mr. Dw ijendra Mat hur (Chem ical 1977) & Mr . C. S. Joshi (Chem ical 1989)

Fare Labs has been awarded the status of National Reference Lab by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Seen here is the Certificate of Honour being awarded to Mr. Mathur by the Honourable Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan at National Food Lab Ghaziabad on August 23, 2019.

Guest Speakers @ OPEX 2019

Fortune Institute of International Business, A Business school in New Delhi organised OPEX 2019 on ?NextGen Supply Chain? deliberated on end-to-end functions of supply chain management such as Warehouse & Distributor Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Shipping, E-Commerce and innovative technologies like IOT, AI. This event brought together industry experts from the supply chain, logistics & shipping industry for an inspiring, relevant and challenging content where budding managers can take stock and plan their action steps. It gave an opportunity to share the bird?s eye view and vision of the CEO?s, MDs.

Harocourtians Amit Pandey -Paint Tech 1995 (Left) and Puneet Gupta Mechanical 1996 (Right) were the Guest Speaker for the events, and interacted with young Business Students and briefed them latest trend in the Supply Chain Management.

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New version of HBTI Alumni Connect App

We are happy to announce the new version of HBTI Alumni Connect App.

Following are new features :1. Compatibility with latest version of iOS and Android OS2. My Rewards section to track your reward points. You can earn and redeem reward points.3. Notification on new member joining alumni network4. Inbox * feature to chat with your friends. Search your friend (using *Find Alumni option), click on name and send message. You can send emoji too.5. Improvement in Alumni Map functionality. You can see all registered Alumni on world map. It is fantastic to see that Harcourtians are in every part of the world. Kudos to our Alma Mater.

This app is available for both Android (google play store) and iOS (apple store).In order to download, search for ?HBTI Alumni Connect? on these App Stores.

Download the new version and connect with your friends, seniors and juniors.Send your suggestions and feedback to support@alumnihbti.com

So, go ahead and connect !

NEW VERSION OF HBTI ALUMNI CONNECT APP

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GLIMPSES OF WHAT HAS KEPT ALUMNI BUSY

Har i Mohan Kansal (Plast ics Technology, 1988) went back to the institute to deliver a lecture and interact with students. Seen here with students of HBTU

Dr . Asheesh Sr ivast ava (1993) from GAIL addressed the students of Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Amethi, Raibareli.

OBITUARY

Mr A K Bhardwaj (Chem ical 1976) died on the way to Amarnath.

On behalf of the Harcourtian family we pray the God to give peace to departed soul and strength to the family members

Mr. Brahm a Prakash Kaim (Mechanical 1985), Senior Manager in UPFC, Noida expired in August. He has left behind his wife and daughter

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LUCKNOWThe Lucknow Chapter successfully concluded its 6th Chapter meet on 31st August 2019. The new Executive Body of HBTI Alumni Lucknow Chapter has been constituted:-

MEERUT

1. Shri Promod Mishra (1981 -

Paints) Patron 2. Shri APS Rathore(1981- Civil)

President 3. Shri Krishan Kumar (1987 - Civil)

- Vice President 4. Shri Raj Kumar (1989 - Elect)

-General Secretary 5. Shri Lalitesh Verma (2009 - Paint)

- Joint Secretary 6. Miss Vineeta Kaushik (1984 -

Civil) - Treasurer

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS 1. Sri D K Srivastava - 1977

Chemical Engineering 2. Sri Girish Kumar- 1975 Chemical

Engineering 3. Sri Dipesh Kumar- 1987

Chemical Engineering 4. Sri S. K Srivastava - 1996 Paint

Technology 5. Sri Atul Bhatnagar - 1984

Chemical Technology

Seen here are the Harcourtians from Meerut who had a get -together at the Alexander Club Meerut

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PUNE

The Pune Chapter met and this time with HBTU Alumni T-shirts on too.

(From Left To Right)

Tarun Kumar , Ashwani Updahyay , Nidhi Vaishnava, Romil Jain, Pravin Gupta , Neeraj kumar , Vikas Sahrawat, Anurag Gupta, Ashutosh Saxena, Ashutosh Awasthi , Anoop Gupta, Amit Agarwal, Sharad

Chauhan , Rajeev Srivastava, Ankit Agarwal

FARIDABAD

Faridabad Chapter met in an informal setting on 25.08.2019 at the residence of Mr. Devesh Garg 1984 Paints.

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BANGALORE

The Annual meet of Bangalore Alumni Chapter was held on 8 Sep 2019 at the Droni , DRDO Guest HouseAround 27 alumni along with famlies, from different batches participated in event. The group brainstormed on how the Bangalore chapter can be helpful to the students of current batches and what the association could do for engaging alumni residing in Bangalore.

Formal handover of the new committee was done, and here are the details of new committee.

President: Mr. Prasoon Verma 2007 B Tech Secretary : Ms. Abha Agarwal 1994 B Tech Treasurer: Mr. Jatin Sachdev 2018 M Tech PR Officer: Mr. Utkarsh Vajpai 2019 B Tech The meeting was attended by Brig B N Awasthi (1975), Sanyam Saxena (1984), Mukesh Tulsiani (1988), GP Singh (1992), Sanjeev Varshney (1994), Vishad Garg (1994), Abha Agarwal (1995). Bhavna Shah (1996), Satpal Singh Tomar (1996), Sunil Misra (1996), Vineet (1997), Amit Verma (1998), Bharat Joshi (1998), Lokesh, (1998), Shwetanshu (1998), Vivek Agarwal, (1998), Shailesh (2000), Akhil Rastogi (2001), Prasoon Verma (2007), Rajat (2013), Shaifali (2013), Siddhant (2015), Vivek (2015), Jatin Sachdev (2018), Manika (2019), Shikha Sahu, (2019), Utkarsh Vajai (2019)

NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW?This newsletter is circulated to HBTU Alumni across the globe.

If you want to use this space to make your organization known to a wide community of professionals contact us at secretary@alumnihbti.com

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear sir.I understand HBTI has a policy of awarding " Distinguished alumni award " to outstanding Alumni at November annual meet every year? How may i suggest names of such Alumni for consideration of such award ?Please suggestThanking youYours trulyN D AgarwalB Sc Chemical 1969

Dear SirI really appreciate the time and effort put into creating newsletter and circulating it. Thanks for doing this.I wanted to know in what ways we, as alumni, can help the current students? Are there already any such programs/ interactions happening ?It would be great to receive a reply.Best RegardsAshish Kulshrestha(Biochemical Engineering 1998 batch)

Dear All,GreetingsAnyone or your known person is working in fat/oil splitting industries (Soap industries) Specially in Gujarat & Maharashtra.I need some urgent help.Thank youRegards,Sandeep Sharma

The following weblink has all details to answer your question.https:/ / www.alumnihbti.com/ view-full-news.php?id=10

Yes there are alumni connect programmes where alumni are mentoring the students. Please let us how you would want to be involved. There is an Alumni Student Connect Programme Committee (ASCPC). You may contact the Student Coordinator, Mr. Ravinder Singh III B. Tech. ECE, 8562927061, ravindersinghrsk3@gmail.com or Student Co-Coordinator Mr. Aman Gupta, III B. Tech CHE, 9044547917, amang789@gmail.com

The recipients of the newsletter will respond. Please also mention your branch and batch. It would have been helpful if you would have mentioned your co-ordinates too

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir,Greetings!I am Vaibhav Mudgal (CSE '2019), Training & Placement Students' Representatives' Head of the session 2018-19.

I would request you to kindly include the placement highlights of the session 2018-19 in the upcoming Alumni Association newsletter, so that alumnis be aware of the placement scenarios of the university.

Following are the highlights of the placement session 2018-19:-In total 308 offers (82.35%) were made on-campus for the 374 total eligible students.The Average Package offered was 6.01 LPAThe highest package of 37 LPA was offered to Mr. Sajal Jain (CSE '19) by Uber.03 students are placed in OLAM International at a package of 22 LPAMr. Harshit Bansal (IT'19) got placed in GO-Jek at a package of 20 LPA Ms Somya Gupta (CSE'19) got placed in ADOBE at a package of 15.6 LPA18 students are placed in Samsung R&D Noida at a package of 10.5 LPA03 students are placed in Exxon Mobil at a package of 10.72 LPA10 students are placed in Samsung R&D Banglore at a package of 9 LPA9 students are placed in Maruti Suzuki at a package of 8 LPA

I sincerely thank you and the entire Alumni Association for the serious efforts that have been made to connect the alumnis. Moreover, I personally, having passout from the university this year only, realize the importance and potential of such an initiative as newsletter.

Please contact me if you need any other information regarding Placement Session 2018-19.

Thanks and Regards Vaibhav Mudgal B.Tech CSE '

Thank you so much for the wishes. I reciprocate the same, proud to be Harcourtian.RegardsDr. Firdaus HabibPhd. Polymer Chemistry 2011

Great to read the information With best regardsShri-Prakash GuptaGeneral Manager Business Unit SERVICE

Mr. Asheesh Agarwal, Executive Member, Alumni Association is the lead coordinator of the Editorial board. If you have news that you think should be shared with the wider Harcourtian community through this newsletter then please reach out to the editorial board through him at newsletter@alumnihbti.com

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