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A MESSAGE FROM YOUR VICE - CHANCELLOR
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, one of the most respected scientists
of India, was asked by a correspondent about how the
academic institutions could prepare for change, required
to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. He
said, You need the right kind of leadership for this.
Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is doing this. That
was published in the Mumbai edition of Economic Times of 28th March 2013.
The Principal Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Education Department,
wrote that a presentation would be made on the experience at GTU in involving
technical students for taking up innovative projects. This was in a notice dated
21st May 2014 for a meeting at the Karnataka State Higher Education Council.
Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, Chairman of the MP Private Universities
Regulatory Commission, Bhopal said, If the Universities adopt the innovative
projects, being operated at GTU, it would be beneficial for them. This was
reported in Daily Bhaskar of Bhopal on 28th May 2014.
When our students, faculty members and we at GTU office learn about the
unsolicited praise, being given by eminent persons, outside Gujarat, we feel
good. Such praise should immediately remind us about the large gap between
what we are able to do today and what the students and faculty members are
able to achieve at the great universities of the world.
We completed the examinations in June 2014. This year for the first time, we
have been able to declare the results within about a month of the last date of
the examinations. But the issues are about the quality of our output.
Each one of the faculty members has to ask himself/ herself the following
questions: Were we able to set up papers, which evaluated the understanding
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TOP STORIES
ASSOCHAM Award for GTU
1st Centralized TECHFEST 2014
INTERNATIONAL
The Global Perspective
The Education Abroad
Honouring His Excellency
German Students visited GTU
Essence of Bangladesh
Ambassador of Tunisia at GTU
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Largest Centralized Job Fair
Decoding the Democracies
EDUCATION
Creating a Makers Space
Transparent Examination System
CPDP evaluation report of IITE
Building a Stronger MBA
Poster Presentation
EVENTS
3rd Sankul Day Celebration
Co-Curricular Activity Awards
Governance Affairs
Bringing Old Buddies Together
Dewang Mehta Communication
Awards
Management of Globalized
Businesses
SHORT STORIES
Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelSpecial
Issue of Anantyam
Oracle Academy Partnership
Access to e-Library
Promoting the Open Source
Technology
PHOTO GALLERY
GTU - Best University of the Year
Gujarat Technological University is proud to share the news that on February
19 2014, GTU was awarded the Best Higher Education Institute/University of the
Year at Hotel Shangri-La, Janpath, New Delhi , by ASSOCHAM India.
ASSOCHAM Awards are organized with the aim of recognizing best practices in
delivering quality education in India by Government of India-MHRD, Planning
commission Government of India,
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Association of Indian Universities and National Skill
Development Council. More than 400 private and
government universities across the nation had sent the
nominations under various categories. Gujarat
Technological University was awarded as UNIVERSITY OF
THE YEAR in government university category.
Gujarat technological University has taken several
initiatives for practice orientation, improved ways of
making the learning in the class rooms exciting through
ALCE program, continuous faculty development
program, continuous telecast of lectures for degree and
diploma engineering students, value based education
through CPDP, improvement of standards of research at Masters & Doctorate level said Dr. Akshai Aggarwal,
Vice Chancellor of GTU on the occasion. Dr. G P Vadodaria, Registrar, GTU along with Mrs Almas Juneja (OSD)
and Ms. Roma Thakur received the award in presence of Padma Vibhushan Dr. Karan Singh Ji - Chief Guest ,
Shri D S Rawat Secretary General, ASSOCHAM and S S Chawla Senior Director & Head Education Department
ASSOCHAM.
Such national and international awards are the scale to map the recognition GTU has earned
across the nation and world. The award should encourage the GTU community to make even
greater efforts to develop the best of learning environment at every college. GTU has also acquired
9 awards during 2013 including some prestigious award like ASSOCHAM award 2013 for GTU Innovation
Council and World Education Award 2013 in the category of e-Campus. These national and international
awards are the scale to map the recognition GTU has earned across the nation and the world.
GTU honoured with the ASSOCHAM Award at Delhi
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rather than rote-learning? Did we assess the answer-books with due care? Did we conduct the practical
examinations and viva-voce examinations so that we were able to evaluate every student fairly? Were we able to
provide excellent education to our students?
Every one of the students has to ask himself/ herself: Did we acquit ourselves well in the examinations? Had
we studied every day during the semester, without missing a single class or laboratory or workshop? Did we
behave courteously with all in our class and in our college and did we maintain appropriate discipline?
We at the University have to ask ourselves: Are we continuously improving our systems for delivery of proper
service to all our stake-holders? Are we receptive to feedback, particularly the one, which shows our
shortcomings? If a stake-holder, be he/ she a student or a parent or a faculty member, comes to any office of
the University, does he/ she go back with satisfaction or not?
The new academic year has started for most of the classes in most of the programs. The first year classes
would start on 24th of July after the admission is declared by ACPC on 21st of July. Let us all work so that at the
end of the semester, we all should be able to answer the above questions in a positive and satisfactory way. If we
are able to do so, we would have moved our University further on the path to becoming a great University.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal
18th July 2014
Dr. G. P. Vadodaria , Registrar (IC) , GTU receiving the Award
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OP STORIES T
Dream hard enough, Believe
yourself and Good thing will
happen, said Mr. Sudipta Bhatta-
charya CEO Adani Ports & Logis-
t i c , C h i e f S t r a t eg y &
Technology Officer, Adani Group at
the inauguration ceremony of GTU
Techfest on 4th April 2014 at KCG.
Mr. Sudipta Bhattacharya delivered
the keynote address at the
ceremony. During his speech Dr.
Bhattacharya took the audience in
the future of the world of technol-
ogy saying that 9000 days back in
our lives, we did not have Internet
technology and about 2500 days
back smart phones were not in
existence until the iPhone was
launched. Today, we all are
practicing these technologies. In
the case, imagine where the
technology will be reaching in the
next five years.
This is the very first Techfest
organized by GTU under the
leadership of Dr. Akshai Aggarwal ,
Vice Chancellor of GTU. Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal says that GTU TECHFEST
is designed to bring joy to
the engineering creativity back to
our education institutes. The only
purpose of organizing the Techfest
is that students can enjoy the
engineering. Engineering is the
profession that can change the
world and it is the profession on
which we all can take pride.
The participation of more than
7000 scholars across the state
shows the huge response received
for GTU Techfest 2014. L. D.
College of Engineering was the
host institute for the Central Tech-
fest of GTU. The campus of LDCE
went vibrant with the excitement
and wonder among the students.
71 technical and non-technical
events were projected during the
two days of GTU Techfest.
GTU Techfest for Pharmacy was
organized at the Arihant College of
Pharmacy which was inaugurated
by Dr. G. P. Vadodaria, Registrar of
GTU.
Students showcased their talent
and engineering creativity in
various events like Robotix , ATV,
Modelling and many more. The
surroundings at the L.D. College of
Engineering was all set to learn
along with joy, as many students
also showcased their talent at
events like a flash mob and evening
concerts.
Huge participation of students
and display of creative work made
the GTU Techfest a grand success.
The press provided a wide
coverage to the event and was all
praise for the work showcased by
the students.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal
Vice- Chancellor of GTU said that
GTU TECHFEST is designed to
bring joy of engineering creativity
back to our education institutes.
The only purpose of organizing
the Techfest is that students can
enjoy the engineering. Engineering
is the profession that can change
the world and it is the profession
on which we all can take pride.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GTU CENTRAL TECHFEST 2014
ATV
Championship
TREMMOR
Terror
Quiz for
GK
Organized for the first time in India on any college campusATV cars made by students of
GTU colleges raced on the 1.2 km track made in LD College of Engineering during GTU
Techfest
Participants made structures which were tested in an earthquake lab.
Quiz was conducted by J. Ramanand who is a winner of BBC Quiz and has been conducting
Open National Quiz at IIT Bombay since last 2 years
Engineering is the Profession that can Change the World
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Many of the Research work
done by GTU students is of
Canadian Standards. Even the
subjects of research are quite
similar. said Dr. Vasu Apanna, the
Dean of Pharmacy at Laurentian
University, Canada. Dr. Apanna
evaluated more than 30 students at
GTU Pharmacy Research Week. He
was impressed with the concept of
Research Week. He said that the
work of some of the students was
really good. Some presentations
were as good as the presentations
we see in Canada.
GTU organizes Research Week
as an evaluation process of the
Ph. D and Masters Students for the
mid-semester review of the final
year thesis work of Pharmacy,
Management and Engineering
students. More than 4000 students
attended this mid semester review
during the months of March and
April 2014. This was the 3rd
Research Week organized by GTU.
Nearly 13 foreign experts from the
Universities of USA & Canada also
joined the Research Week 2014
and were quite impressed with the
work of scholars. More than 50
experts from IITs & NITs also
attended the research week and
evaluated the work of students.
More than 80 Workshops were
organized during the research
week by different experts.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice
Chancellor of GTU says that the
research week not only reviews the
work of students it also provides
mentoring. Moreover, open source
front of review creates excellence
in the thesis work at all colleges
across the state. Evening
workshops by experts along with
the morning session of review
created a Kumbh Mela of knowl-
edge seekers.
Another expert from Kansas
State University, USA was Dr. M. S.
Hosni. He says that Its a pleasure
to be here. I appreciate the
opportunity to interact with
students and professors. Research
Topics for students' work are
excellent. I saw various types of
projects conducted here like
applied research as well as scientific
base type research. There were
number of projects that were of
highest quality. They were
comparable to the quality that I
have seen elsewhere.
Many of the External experts not
only appreciated the Research
her dissertation topic. The format
of PSAR report was divided into 4
parts & comprising a total of 40
questions. Study of PSAR was
introduced to increase novelty in
the dissertation work. It will also
stop the repetitive research as
students will get ideas about latest
research happening in the area of
dissertation projects.
GTU is constantly engaged in
promoting IPR among the students
and faculties. Moving one step
further in promoting IPR GTU
incorporated Patent Search &
Analysis Report (PSAR) as a part of
projects for all M. Pharm (Sem IV)
students from this current academic
year. Each M. Pharm (Sem IV)
student (all branches) has to study
at least 5 patents related to his/
Promoting IPR to bring Novelty in Research
List of Foreign Experts
Dr. Vasu Appanna,
Laurentian University, Canada
Dr. Abdelwahab Omri,
Laurentian University, Canada
DR. RAMKI Thurimella ,
University of Denver, USA
Dr. Bala Natarajan ,
Kansas State University, USA
DR. NILESH PATEL ,
Oakland University, USA
Prof. Dr. Shrinivas Palanki,
University of S Alabama,USA
Dr. Shishir Shah,
University of Houston,USA
Dr. Gaurav Sharma,
University of Rochester, USA
Dr. Ramesh Agarwal,
Washington University, USA
Dr. Hamed Sari-Sarraf,
Texas Tech University, USA
Dr. Ramesh Subhramaniam,
Laurentian University, Canada
Dr. Anil Kulkarni ,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dr. M. H. Hosni ,
Kansas State University, USA
NTERNATIONAL I Research Work of GTU Ph.D & Masters is of the International Standards - says Foreign Experts
RESEARCH WEEK SCHEDULE
Stream Dates
Pharmacy 20th Feb to 6th March
2014
Engineering 20th March to 10th April
2014
Management 10th March to 13th March
2014
Week Concept but also showed an
interest in replicating the concept
at their institute looking at its
outcomes. Research Week of GTU
has gradually gained recognition
and appreciation in the education
world.
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194 students of GTU exploring education abroad
International Experience Program in Canada, USA & Germany
Presently 194 students of GTU
are in foreign universities for the 8
week education program. 98
Students have gone to Laurentian
University in Canada, 44 students
have gone to Wismar University,
Germany while 52 students are
studying at Kansas State University
in USA. All the students went to
foreign universities between 12th to
14th June 2014 and their classes
started from Monday, 16th June
2014 in respective campuses.
During the IEP students learn 2
of the subject and also appear in
the mid-semester exams of the
subjects they studied in a foreign
university. GTU credits those marks
to the respective students in their
semester result. These students not
only attend the classes during IEP
but also go for industrial visits.
Exposure to the different
educational system, climate, place
and culture all together provide a
unique experience to all the
students to learn.
Since 2011, GTUs International
Experience Program has provided
an opportunity to the GTU students
to study in foreign Universities . In
association with German, Canadian
and American Universities GTUs
IEP has turned out to be Indias one
of the largest International
Experience Program. In the year
2013, GTU also signed MoU with
Sias University, China for IEP.
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On 18th June, 2014 GTU
honored His Excellency Mr. Steward
Beck, High Commissioner of
Canada to India at Hotel Courtyard
Marriott where a small gathering
was organized as a part of his
farewell visit to Ahmedabad. GTU
initiated its first international
experience program with University
of Alberta, Canada in the year
2011. Visa Denial can restrict such
program to grow. Since 2011 most
of the students were granted visa
to fly to Canada for IEP. GTU
honored High Commissioner of
Canada to India for his support and
contr ibution towards the
development of the International
Experience Program of GTU.
On the occasion Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU
said that His Excellency Mr. Steward
Beck has always been very
pro-active in contributing to the
success of GTU IEP. H.E.
Mr. Steward Beck visited GTU
personally and interacted with the
students, who wanted to go to
Canada during his Ahmedabad
Visit. GTU is thankful to H.E. Mr.
Steward Beck for his constant
support in the development of
GTUs IEP.
GTU honored High Commissioner of Canada to India for his support and contribution towards the development of the IEP of GTU with Canadian Universities
In association with German,
Canadian and American
Universities GTUs IEP has
turned out to be Indias
one of the largest
International Experience
Program.
GTU students at Kansas State University , USA & Laurentian University in Canada
during IEP 2014
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU Felicitating H.E. Mr. Steward Beck
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Exchange of Knowledge and Culture with German University
17 students of DHBW Stuttgart
University, Germany visited GTU
Chandkheda Campus on 10th
February 2014. These German
Students attended an educational
program at C K Shah Vijapurvala
Institute of Management in
Vadodara. Dr. Ramesh Shah,
Professor, DHBW University also
accompanied the students at the
event. GTU is associated with
German Universities since 2012 with
the foundation of Indo-German
Study Centre at GTU in the
presence of Dr. Norbert Gulerwald,
University of Applied Sciences
Technology, Business and Design,
Germany.
Prof. Ramesh Shah, DHBW-
Stuttgart, Germany discussed about
the University programs, Dual
studies programs offered by
DHBW, Germany and benefits to
students.
Dr. Ramesh Shah and Dr. Ak-
shai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor,
GTU exchanged the documents of
MoU between the two Universities
for collaboration. Indo-German
study Centre offers an opportunity
to enhance the research and
educational process with mutual
understanding. As a part of MoU,
GTU and DHBW will initiate a
research project on Study on
Relative Impact & Objectivity of
Different Media. The research
program is termed as Multi
Location Collaborative Learning
(MLCL).
I am impressed to learn about
the special initiative taken by GTU
for developing interest about the
international trade among students
through GCSR program said His
Excellency Mr. Tarek Azous , the
Ambassador of Tunisia to India
during his visit to GTU to be a part
of the National Day Celebration of
Tunisia and Hungary on 30th March
2014. Mr. Tarek Azous shared
his insights about Tunisia with the
GTU MBA students who are
studying Tunisia as a country in
their Global Country Study Report.
Sharing some interesting facts
about the relations and trade
between India and Tunisia , he said
that Tunisia is a reliable supplier of
Phosphate to India for the fertilizer
industry. 3 PMs of India have visited
Tunisia in past. He shared that very
few people know that Tunisia is also
a large supplier of Olive oil. Tunisia
also has a great tourism industry. In
the year 2013, 6.5 million tourist
visited Tunisia. Tunisia is going
through a political reform and may
get a newly drafted constitution by
the end of 2014. He also shared
that Tunisia offers free education
and 7% of its GDP and 25% of the
countrys budget is spent on
Education.
Tunisia spends 7% of its GDP and 25% of the country budget on Education - Ambassador of Tunisia to India at GTU
35 students of Bangladesh did
spread the essence of the Bangla
Culture at the National Day
Celebration of Bangladesh and
Mauritius on 1st March 2014 at
GTU Chandkheda Campus. These
35 Bangladeshi students have
enrolled in various GTU affiliated
colleges. During the National Day
Celebration they performed
traditional dance of Bangladesh
showcasing the culture and life style
of their country. It was an
experience apart to see the
Bangladeshi cultural show in
Gujarat. Bangladeshi Students Singing the
National Anthem of Bangladesh
Glimpses of the Culture of Bangladesh in GTU Campus
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People from all over India come to Gujarat in the hunt of a job but we want a job in Gujarat only
On Saturday, 12th July 2014
the 2nd Centralized Placement Fair
for Pharmacy organized by GTU
I-TAP was inaugurated by Shri
Ketanbhai Patel, Managing
Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals
Ltd. and Dr. G.P. Vadodaria ,
Registrar ( IC) , GTU. After the great
success of the "1st Centralized
Placement Fair of Pharmacy" on
27th April 2014, GTU-ITAP
(Integrated Training and Placement
Cell) and Faculty of Pharmacy had
jointly organized 2nd Centralized
Placement Fair for Pharmacy on
12th & 13th July, Saturday and
Sunday at GTU, Chandkheda
campus, Ahmedabad. This
placement fair was organized with
an objective to provide
platform to the Pharmacy students
of 2014 batch.
In India, about 35% of the
Pharma industry is in Gujarat.
People from all over India come to
Gujarat in the hunt of a job but we
want a job in Gujarat only said Shri
Ketanbhai Patel, Managing
Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals
Ltd. He shared that when we offer
the job to local manpower for the
company office out of Gujarat they
hesitate in taking it. He advised all
the students to widen their
horizons and search options out of
Gujarat for jobs with good
remunerations and not to be
biased for the initial pay packages.
On the other hand Dr. G. P.
Vadodaria, Registrar (IC) also
advised all the students to give best
of their performance during the
interviews as their performance
may also affect the students
graduating next year. Shri
Prabodhbhai Shah, President,
GAAMA , Shri Padmin Buch, MD,
GITCO, Dr. A.K. Shukla, COO,
Vovantis Healthcare and Dr. C. N.
Patel, Dean , Faculty of Pharmacy,
GTU also graced the event.
31 companies including the
leading names like Zydus Cadila
Healthcare, Lincoin Pharma, Troikaa
Pharma and many more
participated in the job fair with 675
vacancies. Out of 675 vacancies
165 vacancies were in the core area
and all the 165 vacancies were filled
during the job fair. A total of 680
students appeared in the interviews
out of which 270 students were
hired. On the remuneration side B.
Pharm students are hired on the
packages between 1.20 lac to 1.80
lac of CTC and M.Pharm
students are offered between 1.80
lac to 2.40 lac of CTC. The
placement fair organized at GTU is
one of the biggest campus drive
organized by any university in
Gujarat in the field of Pharmacy.
Job Fair
CHIEVEMENTS A
Vacancies Offered at the Placement Fair
Sr. No Job Category No. of Vacancy
1 QA/QC/RA 50 posts
2 Production 50 posts
3 F&D/R&D 25 posts
4 Marketing/ Corporate Affairs 40 posts
5 Hospital Pharmacy/ Community Pharmacy 675 posts
Total Posts 840 posts
Shri Ketanbhai Patel, Managing Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. advised all the
students to widen their horizons
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India is the world's largest
democracy. It is one of the world's
oldest civilizations, yet a very young
nation. Elections to its Parliament
are held once every 5 years. Year
2014 was the year of Loksabha
Election in India and the best time
to study the democracy of India.
Taking an advantage of the right
time GTU initiated a Multi Location
Collaborative Learning (MLCL)
Project under which the first phase
of the research focused on the Lok-
sabha Election 2014 in India. An
Analytical Study on Relative Impact
& Objectivity of Different Media
was done which revealed some
very interesting FAQs about rela-
tion between Media and the Elec-
tions.
In the study conducted on
various media , it is found that the
BJP has received the highest
attention/coverage by media
among all political parties, including
both the positive and negative
types of coverage with the
weightage of 22.6 % followed by
INC (15%) and AAP (12.8 %).
Another survey reveals that 51.42
% people consider the media news
for making their decision for voting
while 21.93 % people disagreed on
the media impact on their voting
decision and 26.65 % people
responded neutrally. On the
ground of the opinion regarding
the maximum news coverage of
political parties in media and its
effect on their voting decision, the
respondents have been valued for
their perception towards a
particular political party. From the
responses it is found that about
75% of the respondents have
perused fair image of BJP followed
by Congress (14%) and AAP
(5-6%). Here, the perception of the
viewer is considered and not the
type of news covered i.e. either
positive or negative.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice
Chancellor of GTU says that the
MLCL Project by the Faculty of
Management at GTU is the first
attempt under the multi-national-
multi-institute research project on
studying the democracies of the
world. GTUs young researchers
have been able to contribute a very
interesting and useful study by
looking at the elections of 2014.
Since the evening of 12th May 2014,
the exit poll data has become
available. The calculation on the
basis of media attention, reported
in this study, does not fully match
the exit polls. However, media
attention has got to be augmented
with many other factors like the
performance of the incumbent
government, perceived charisma of
the candidates, the strength of the
organizations backing the
candidates etc. The first part of the
study is looking at only one of the
factors. As we move ahead and
study the democracies in the rest of
the world and the democracy in
action at various levels in India, we
may be able to develop greater
insights into how a democracy can
strive to continuously improve its
working so that it can be said to be
by the people, of the people and
for the people.
Views from 470 people were
collected from 7 different cities of
the state of Gujarat. GTU had
involved 8 different management
institutes in Himmatnagar,
Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot,
Bharuch, Navsari & Patan in this
study.
A joint research on the subject
of An Analytical Study on Relative
Impact & Objectivity of Different
Media was initiated under the
project called Multi Location
Collaborative Learning (MLCL).
MLCL is being directed in India by
GTU Management PG Research
Centers and in Germany by DHBW
University. A university in South
Africa and a University in Slovenia
have also been invited to join this
research project.
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Decoding the Democracies of the World - GTU MLCL project
LOKSABHA ELECTION 2014
Party
Name
Average Media
Attention ( %)
BJP 22.61 %
INC 15.03 %
AAP 12.81%
More than 50 % of the
People take their
Voting Decision based
on the Media News
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There are more than 1200
Makers spaces in the world
currently. These are the places
where one can visit and experiment
with their creative skills, be it art
and craft or learning experiment or
work experiments. These places
offer freedom to open the mind to
create which enable hobbyist/
hackers/ developers/ students to
explore and ultimately end up
building innovative products /
projects. Similar setups are also
required in India which till date
does not have any Maker Space.
To built the concept of Makers
Space in India GTU has started a
Community Innovation and
Co-Creation Centre (C-i-C3) at its
AhmedabadACPC Campus. The
sole purpose of the centre at GTU
is to foster innovation, research and
entrepreneurship among the
students of Gujarat.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice
Chancellor of GTU says that GTU
has set up its first Community
Innovation Co-Creation Center
(C-i-C3) in March 2014. During this
year, GTU will establish a few more
C-i-C3s all across the State. This is
being done to develop an
environment, which can help our
students develop as technologists,
who are respected for their
creativity in their field.
C-i-C3 organized its first event
Hack-Pi-Dunio - Hackathon that
originated new innovations in 36
hours during 11th to 13th April
2014. Hack-Pi-Duino was Gujarats
first ever Arduino based Hackathon
organised by GTU. It provided a
platform for all hackers, developers,
hobbyists and students to
showcase their talents and compete
with the brightest minds. In Hack-Pi
-Dunio a total of 14 teams were
selected from the pool of
applicants. GTU had provided one
Arduino Board and a hardware
module to each participant. These
14 teams worked enthusiastically
day and night to bring out running
prototypes of their ideas.
The judging panel of the event
including Mr. Haren Shah, Peach
Technovations Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Ninad
Shastri, Xplora Design Skool,and
Prof. Mihir Shah of VGEC were
surprised to see the creativity of the
students at the event. The creation
of students makes the C-i-C3 lab a
place worth investing in the
creativity.
The lab is open for all GTU
students. GTU is also looking
forward to equip the lab with the
equipment which can help the
students in experimenting and
creating.
Authenticity of the examination
is the most important part of any
education system. GTU has
implemented a unique system of
question paper designing , printing
and delivering to avoid any chance
of leak. Moving one step forward in
making the examination process
transparent GTU has made the
CCTV surveillance compulsory for
the examination centres before the
examination of Summer 2014.
Followed by which All the institutes
were informed in December 2013
to install the CCTV Cameras in each
classroom used for examination
purpose before 31st March 2014.
GTU Making the Examination Process more Transparent
Developing an Environment which can help Students Emerge as a Technologist and Creator
CADEMICS A
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Bringing a Positive Change in Students for Identifying their Contributor Identity
GTU has introduced Contributor
P e r s o n a l i t y D ev e l o p m e n t
Programme' as a subject from
December 2011 in the branches of
Engineering, Pharmacy and
Computer Application. The vision
behind the launch of this course is,
to equip students with not only the
right skill-sets but also to develop
the right mind-set.
To evaluate the course and the
quality of its delivery work
GTU entrusted Indian Institute
of Teachers Education (IITE) with
the job of evaluating the
status and prospects of the
course Contributor Personality
Development.
More than 200 teachers and
8000 students were covered in the
study. The major findings of the
present study revealed that the
CPD Program in its present form is
proven to be an effective one. The
course has brought a positive
change in students for identifying
their contributor identity, success,
career and importance of
relationship. Also, CPDP has
improved the skil ls l ike
communication, time management,
ability to work in challenging
situations, leadership, team work
etc. GTU had also called all the
CPDP facul t ies for the
brainstorming session to improve
the CPDP program further on 25th
April 2014 at GTU Chandkheda
Campus and collected suggestions
to enhance the program further.
Global Country Study Report is
the unique feature of GTU MBA
under which 110 countries are
being studied by GTU MBA
students in different colleges. GTU
is putting up several efforts towards
building the GCSR program
stronger each year. GTU appointed
3 board of advisors to guide the
programme in the year 2013-14.
GTU also arranged a series of
events to support the programme.
This year GTU organized the VIVA
of GCSR programme and MBA final
year project at centralized level
inviting experts from academia and
industry too. Earlier colleges were
taking the viva in institutes itself. All
the three advisors of GCSR
program Mr. K.H. Patel , Mr. Sunil
Modi and Mr. N. K. Goyal also took
part in the VIVA sessions in
different zones which was no less
then mentoring. More than 6000
students appeared in the VIVA held
in May 2014 at GTU.
GTU building the MBA GCSR program stronger each year - Centralized VIVA for the batch of 2013-14
IITE Study reveals that the CPD Program of GTU in its present form is proven to be effective one.
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The thesis defence of 1,860
students of Master of Engineering
were conducted at GTU during
23rd June 2014 to 11th July 2014.
Every student was required to
present his/ her thesis to the
experts from all over the country
for evaluation. In addition every
student was required to prepare a
poster to make available the
research to the society in an easily
understandable format.
The poster exhibition was visited
by students and faculty members
every day. In addition leaders from
the industry were invited every day
according to the specializations so
that they can provide assessment
from the point-of-view of industry.
Such a major effort to open up the
research work to the society so that
research may become more
relevant to the needs of the society
has never before been made.
On the other hand Industry
Experts also showcased their
support and enthusiasm to be the
part of such activity. During this
evaluation process some of the
students had also found their
mentors in the evaluators from
Industry as many of them invited
students to be associated with
them for future assistance too.
As a whole the activity of Poster
Presentation organized by GTU
turned out to be a great success
with appreciation from the Industry
and Academia.
Poster Presentation - A unique evaluation method introduced in GTU thesis defence
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GTU Innovation Council
celebrated the 3rd GTU Innovation
Sankul Day on 14th Feb with
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancel-
lor of GTU, Dr. G.P. Vadodaria, I/C
Registrar of GTU, Dr. M.N. Patel,
Principal of L. D. Institute of
Engineering as the guest of the
event and more than 200 students,
faculties, deans, principals and
other education stake holders.
GTU Innovation Council
presented the 2nd Pedagogical
Innovation Awards to recognize
and appreciate the excellent work
done by students, faculty members,
Principals/ Directors and other
stake-holders in GTU. GIC also
presented the 1st Innovative
Students Co-Creation Awards for
Leadership and Excellence
(i-SCALE) Awards for the
student- led initiatives in the fields
of innovation, technology
d e v e l o p m e n t , p e d a g o g y ,
leadership, entrepreneurship and
similar other endeavours.
On the occasion Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU
said that GTU has many other
places to organize this function but
we decided to celebrate it at
Paryavaran Mandir at Naroda
where the journey had begun in
2011. He shared that the 1st
Industrial Shodh Yatra (a research
journey) by GTU was initiated by 31
students and 4 faculties of VGEC
under GTU at GIDC industrial es-
tate, Naroda on 14th Feb 2011. By
June 2011, more than 50,000 stu-
dents replicated it all
over Gujarat. Within 6 months of
the effort, GTU won the Best Jury
Award in the category of Best Inter-
face between Aca-
demia Industry at the World Edu-
cation Summit 2011. To mark the
success and to make it historic GTU
declared 14th Feb as GTU
Innovation Sankul Day. Dr.
Aggarwal also praised the initiatives
taken by Innovation Council during
his speech.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwl, Dr. G.P.
Vadodaria, Dr. M.N. Patel & Mrs.
Shakun Aggarwal appreciated the
students and nodal officers working
on the Vishwakarma Yojna Part I of
Phase II for the hard work and the
contribution towards Urbanization
of Villages thru Vishwakarma
Yojana Project before the
beginning of the 2rd Pedagogical
Innovation Award ceremony
Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta ,
Honorary Director of GTU
Innovation Council presided the 2nd
Pedagogical Innovation Awards.
Mr. Hiranmay said that GTU had
received more than 300
nominations from across Gujarat
state out of which 27 profiles were
selected for the award by the jury.
All the 27 selected candidates were
awarded for the unique efforts
made towards innovation in
academia. Mr. Hiranmay also
shared the concept of introducing
the i-SCALE Awards. 15 teams
across Gujarat were presented with
1st i-SCALE awards.
2nd Pedagogical Innovation Awards and 1st i-SCALE Awards presented on Sankul Day Celebration
VENTS E 1st Innovative Students Co-Creation Awards for Leadership and Excellence
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NSS volunteers are the Social Soldiers working without weapons
in the community
Cheering loud and cherishing
with joy of achievement made the
environment all set for the GTUs
Co-Curricular Activities Award 2014
held at the Gandhinagar Town Hall
on 3rd
May 2014. GTU felicitated
and awarded all the achievers of
GTU co-curricular activities like
Cultural, Sports, NSS, NCC and
other initiatives like thalassemia
awareness programs and blood
donation camps.
Major General Delawar Singh,
Add. Director General of NCC,
Western Region, Gujarat presented
the awards to the NCC achievers
and encouraged the youth present
to build strong character in
themselves to be a leader. On the
occasion Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice
Chancellor of GTU said that I also
have been the part of NCC in my
school days. NCC inculcates
discipline in us. He also said that I
want NSS to spread widely in GTU.
He encouraged all the students to
create an impact by winning even
at the national level and invited
suggestions from students to move
forward in the direction.
The award ceremony started by
felicitating Smit Patel and Atit Shah
who are GTU students and have
been players of Under 19 Indian
Cricket team at World Cup. Smit
Patel is also captain of Ranjit trophy
team. Cap. Chaitanya Sanghvi is a
Member Secretary of GTU Sports &
Cultural Council and also leads the
NSS and NCC activities at GTU.
GTU Board of Sports & Culture
recognized his efforts towards
encouraging the youth in enhanc-
ing their abilities beyond their
college campus by presenting an
award. On the same note Dr. K. N
Seth, Senior Member of GTU Board
of Sports & Culture was also
felicitated with an award.
Youth Officer and Regional
Head of NSS , Shri Kamal Kumar
Kar awarded the NSS students for
their achievements. During his
address Mr. Kamal Kumar Kar said
that NSS volunteers are the Social
Soldiers working without weapons
in community and appreciated the
initiatives taken by GTU. Centurion
Blood Donor Shri Mahesh Trivedi
has donated blood for 117 times
and is also an author of Rakta
Bindu & Ashakiran. Shri Mahesh
Trivedi presented the award for the
blood donation camps and
thalassemia awareness programs.
In the second session Well
known folk music artist Sri Yogesh
Gadhvi and Shri Aditya Gadhvi
presented the cultural awards and
also set the stage on fire with their
performances. Nishant Shah, player
of Under 16 Indian Basketball team
presented the sports awards.
Dr. G. P. Vadodaria , Registrar ,
GTU , Dr. M. N. Patel , Vice
Chancellor , Gujarat University also
graced the event. Babaria Institute
of Technology, Atmiya Institute,
SVIT Vasad were one of the leading
institutes claiming the large
number of awards while LDCE
made it to the top in the list of
winners. 1400 students were
awarded at the event for their
efforts in co-curricular activities that
make them different than others.
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20th century was of Management and the 21st century is of Governance
Post Graduate Research
Centre for Governance System of
GTU has organized the 2nd
International Conference on
C o r p o r a t e G o v e r n a n c e :
Contemporary Issues & Challenges
in Indian Economic Environment
(ICGS-2014) on 14th & 15th March
2014 at GTU Chandkheda Campus.
GTU had invited Research Papers
from all over the world on different
themes of Governance. GTU
received 284 Research Papers
including 4 Papers from Foreign
Authors. A book SARANSH
combining 64 Research Papers was
unveiled at the beginning of the
event along with Special Issue of
ANANTYAM on Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel.
Prof. Bharat Dalal, Founder
Professor of IIMA and Management
Consultant delivered the welcome
speech at the conference. Sharing
the importance of Good
Governance, Dr. Dalal said that US
went through subprime crisis and in
India also we saw an example of
Satyam Scam. If the good
governance is implemented prop-
erly, such scams will not have a
scope in the future.
On the occasion Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU
shared some interesting thoughts
on political and economic aspects
of Good Governance. Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal said that countries like
Japan and Italy did not had stable
government but they progressed
continuously because their
organizations, companies, schools,
hospitals and all others were
working well. If the government
would have been stable they might
have achieved better progress.
India is a country of 1.2 Billion
people against the world
population of 7 Billion. We all have
an equal role to play in developing
new ideas for better governance in
a democratic system.
Mr. Piyoosh Gupta, Head,
Security and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI), Western Region shared
some of the laws of Company Act
that are important for the
Governance Systems in the listed
companies. Mr. S. Rajaram CEO,
Erhardt Leimer India Private Ltd.
shared some interesting facts that
corporate world faces with
governance in the government
system. Dr. G. P. Vadodaria,
Registrar of GTU delivered the vote
of thanks at the end of the
inauguration ceremony.
20 t h centur y was of
Management and the 21st century
is of Governance said Dr. Samo
Bobek, Professor of Business
Information Systems, Faculty of
Economics and Business, University
Of Maribor, Slovenia. It is
necessary to involve and put some
Themes for the Conference
Theme-1: Corporate Governance and Top Management
Theme-2: Corporate Deviances in Functional Management Areas
Theme-3: Corporate Governance and Environment
Theme-4: e-Governance / Transparency
Theme-5: Corporate Shared Responsibility & CSR
Theme-6: Corporate Governance and Law
Theme-7: Contemporary Issues in Governance
India is a county of 1.2 Billion
people against the world
population of 7 Billion. We all have
an equal role to play in developing
new ideas for better governance in
a democratic system.
- Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice
Chancellor of GTU
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Bringing the old Buddies Together at GTU Alumni Association Meet
Today, GTU is a family of about 4.5 lac students. Each year
thousands of students take their
degrees from GTU and move
ahead in their life. Alumni
Association of any institute is the
only chain that keeps the institute
and a passed out student bonded
with each other. GTU Alumni
Association is also spreading its
wings across the world to create a
strong Alumni Community.
GTUAA organized 2nd Annual
Alumni Meet on 8th February 2014
to celebrate its 1st foundation day.
More than 100 GTU Alumni came
together at the meet. GTUAA was
founded on 8th February 2013 with
a vision to keep the alumni
connected in a network for their
own good and good of the Alma
mater and to engage the
Universitys global community to
advance the Univers i ty s
excellence. The 2nd Annual Alumni
Meet was held at GTU Chandkheda
campus under the leadership of Dr.
K.N.Sheth (Dean of GTU and
Director of Venus Institute of
Technology. Shri D. M. Mehta ,
Chemical Engineer from Michigan
University - USA , Shri Ward D.
Rummel , Consulting Engineer,
President and Trustee of D&W
Enterprises Ltd., joined the meet
and shared their career
experiences.
Shri Jashwantlal Shankarlal
Patel , Vice President (Project) of
Elecon Engineering Ltd and Shri
Hiren Indreshkumar Shah , co-
founder and Executive Director of
Sun Teknovation Pvt Ltd, two
eminent Alumni were awarded with
Certificate of Honour for their
distinguished contribution in their
career.
The Website of GTUAA was
inaugurated by Shri D.M.Mehta,
Chief Guest of the event and Dr.
Sheth informed all the alumni that
the state, regional and international
chapters have been established and
activated today, being the
foundation day of Alumni
Association. The twelve chapters
established include Ahmedabad,
R a j k o t , S u r a t , B a r o d a ,
Himmatnagar, Mumbai, Pune,
Bangalore, California, Washington,
New Jersey, London, Dubai and
Chicago. This will help the alumni in
creating a strong network and
foster academic excellence.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU and Dr. G. P.
Vadodaria , Registrar , GTU also
interacted with the Alumni students
at the event.
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new view points of governance
needed for the global businesses
and society. He also delivered the
talks on the European ways of
Governance which are followed
in Slovenia. Some of the leading
entrepreneurs of the city
including Mr. Kaushal Mehta,
CEO, Motif India, Dr. Shashank
Rathod, Leading Ophthalmolo-
gist and a very senior speaker
Guruji G. Narayana also shared
their thoughts on various
aspects of Good Governance.
More than 200 researchers
presented their research papers
during this two day conference
on 7 different themes. The best
papers in each theme were
felicitated with an Award. Out of
7 awards GTUs team acquired 2
of the best papers awards.
Presence of more than 200
researchers and industry experts
made the event a grand success.
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Dewang Mehta Foundation Trust will strive to build scientific mind-sets in India
If you think that the
communication (skills) is not
a cup of tea for engineering
students then GTU has an
evidence to break this myth.
On the 4th of April 2014
Dewang Mehta Foundation
along with Gujarat
Technological University
hosted a unique event in
Ahmedabad - Dewang
Mehta Excellence Award in
Communication Skills and
English that was supported by
NASSCOM, Gujarat Informatics
Limited and GESIA. On 28th March
2014, at the GTU chandkheda
campus, selection round was held
by Devang Mehta foundation trust
at GTU. All the participants were
from engineering final year and
were ready to impress the world
with their flawless communication
skills in English which can buy them
an opportunity in the professional
world.
Mr. Rajiv Vaishnav - Vice
President NASSCOM mentioned
that it was a very exhilarating
experience to witness the energy
and enthusiasm of those 155
engineering students who were
felicitated for their communication
skills and English, out of which
Thirty-Five winners were awarded.
Chief Guest of the event Dr.
Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor
of GTU & Shri K.R. Gururaja Rao ,
Chairman & Managing Director
Gujarat Informatics Limited gave
the key note sessions and
appraised the students on the
future of Technology and how
learning different languages and
how different doors of opportunity
will open up if they possess the
ability to communicate well. Dr.
Akshai Aggarwal mentioned that
the needs of tomorrow are going
to be very different from the needs
of today as history has
proven. He also stressed on
the fact that developing
various skill sets is the key to
surviving in the future and all
students must make serious
attempts in acquiring the
same.
Dignitaries like Mr. Shriga-
nesh Parthasarathy (Trustee
Dewang Mehta Foundation)
promised continuing support for
such events and said that Dewang
Mehta Foundation Trust will strive
to build scientific mind
-sets in India and Gujarat has been
a great launching pad for its initia-
tives while encouraging the indus-
try & government to be more ac-
tive in order to support the
development of human capital
in the state.
The Job fair that followed the
event was fairly successful.
Candidates were shortlisted after
giving short written tests and were
called for more rounds of
interviews to their respective
offices.
On 22nd & 23rd February
2014 , GTU organized the
International Conference on
Management of Globalised
Business : Emerging Perspectives in
association with Marwadi Education
Foundation Group of Institutions at
Rajkot. Mr. Parakram Sinh Jadeja,
Chairman of Jyoti CNC attended
the inauguration ceremony as the
chief guest of the event. During the
address he shared h is
experiences in business at global
level. Mr. Jadeja said that learning
the language, cultures and history
of the country while dealing with
the businesses abroad is extremely
important. He also shared the
learning the language, cultures and history of the country while dealing with the businesses abroad is extremely important
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Mr. Parakram Sinh Jadeja, Chairman of Jyoti CNC at the Conference
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examples saying that the French
people give lot of importance to
the history, life style and way of
thinking while Germans value
inventions in machines and
processes more then anything else.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice
Chancellor of GTU, encouraged the
MBA students to fight the
challenges of present time in the
Management Education and invited
suggestions to improve the
teaching methodology for MBA
program. Dr. Yogesh Coasta ,
Director of Marwadi Group of
Colleges attended the inauguration
ceremony of this 2 day
international conference.
Out of 130 abstracts received
on various themes 84 papers were
selected and presented in different
sessions during both the days.
Industry Experts and academicians
including Dr. N. Ravichandran & Dr.
Ajay Pandey from IIMA , Mr. Ankit
Nagpal, Vodafone & Mr. Bharat
Dalal addressed different sessions
at the conference.
. then India would not have been the largest democracy of the world
Sardar Patel has played a significant role in uniting India at
the time of Independence. The Iron man of India who com-
pleted this mammoth task with his leadership skills has several
lessons to teach to the generation of 21st century.
Post Graduate Research Centres of GTU published a spe-
cial issue of Anantyam (newsletter of PG Research Centres) on
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in March 2014. The special issue has
17 different articles that throw light on the leadership lessons
from the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and throw light on
ideology of this leader.
Anantyam is a newsletter, which is designed to disseminate
information about the research work being carried out at the
Post-graduate Research Centers of GTU. This is a special issue
of the Newsletter, which takes note of the campaign for the
Statue of Unity being put up on an island called Sadhu Bet in
Narmada directly facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam says Dr. Ak-
shai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU. In India, Sardar Patel
accomplished a task, which was much more complex and stu-
pendous. His success was achieved with such a finesse and
elegance, that it looked like the work of a magician. But the
magic was in the personality and reputation of Sardar and this
persona had been created through an exemplary leadership
over many decades of the fight for independence.
One can read this special Issue on the website of GTU in
the section of NewsletterAnantyam (www.gtu.ac.in) or can
refer the link below.
h t t p : / / w w w . g t u . a c . i n / N e w s l e t t e r /
ANANTYAM_VOLUME_I_ISSUE_II.pdf
Themes of Research papers on Sardar Patel
Unifying the Country by merging 562 small and big
princely states of India..
Economic scenario in case Sardar Patels ideas on
the development of the country were accepted
right at the time of independence.
Good Governance: During the brief period that
Sardar Patel remained as the First Home Minister of
India, he showed his sterling qualities as a great
Administrator
hort Stories S
Sub Themes of the Conference
1. Human Resource Management
2. International & Cross-Cultural
Management
3. Sustainable Business
4. Marketing, Finance
5. Accounting & Corporate Gov-
ernance
6. Gender and Management
7. Business and the Millennium
Development Goals
8. Business and Poverty Reduction
9. Business Communication and
Legal issue
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Gujarat Technological University
has always supported the latest trends
in the benefit of the students. GTU
wants to encourage students/faculties
to participate actively in the Open
Source movement. To take a step
forward Open Source Technologies
Clubs (OSTC) are established in GTU.
Today, About 69 OST Clubs are active
in different colleges affiliated to GTU.
These OST Clubs were
e s t a b l i s h e d i n
collaboration with IIT
Bombay Spoken Tutorial
Project.
GTU established 22 Nodal Offices of
OST Clubs at GTU Innovation Sankuls
to strengthen the Open Source
Movement in the colleges so that
students and faculty members not only
start using open source technologies
but also start contributing new
technologies and improve existing
technologies. 22 Nodal Officers are
also appointed for the activations of
theses Nodal Offices. The nodal
centers may also get technical support
from IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial
Project.
Strengthening & Promoting the Open Source Technology Clubs
Availing Free Access to the Reputed Journals - E-Library Reading Room
GTU has established a facility
of e-Library to support teaching
and research mission of the
University. It gives an access to the
reputed journals like I-EEE and
Emerald. E-Library is a free source
for the Ph. D students and GTU
M.E. Students while the students of
the colleges affiliated to GTU can
buy the membership. To avail
services of GTU e-Library to the
students of GTU affiliated Colleges
for Free, GTU established e-Library
City Centre cum Reading Room at
ACPC Campus in Ahmedabad. The
Library is equipped with Computer
Systems and Internet access.
Students can refer E-journals,
E-Books, and other E- resources
at their convenience to enable the
advancement of knowledge and
discovery with no cost at this
centre. Students can also access
GTUS repository to gain the ideas
about d i f ferent projects ,
dissertation etc. At present , the
library is operational between
morning 10:30 to evening 06:00.
Oracle Academy to Transform IT Students of GTU in to the Global Workforce
Oracle Academy offers a
comprehensive program that helps
students gain vital business and
technology skills needed for
success in todays workforce,
said Krishna Sistla, Senior Director,
Oracle Education Initiatives, Oracle
Asia Pacific on the occasion of MoU
between Oracle & GTU on 2nd
June 2014. He added that We are
honored to collaborate with the
Gujarat Technological University to
help cultivate student knowledge,
interest and awareness of
engineering, computer science and
technology that will give them a
head-start before they even enter
the workforce.
On 2nd June , 2014 Oracle and
GTU have signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) to
integrate Oracle Academy
curriculum into the educational
programs of the states colleges to
h e l p a n d i n s p i r e t h e
next-generation of technology
professionals and prepare them for
exciting careers in IT.
The Gujarat Technological
University (GTU) has been working
towards improving the quality of
education and the learning
environment in the colleges in
Gujarat. GTU has been making
major efforts to eliminate the gap
between industry and academia.
Our collaboration with Oracle
Academy will help us in this
endeavor and help make our
students more employable in the
industry, said Dr. Akshai Aggarwal,
Vice - Chancellor, Gujarat
Technological University. He also
added that by making Oracle
Academy programs available to our
students during their education ,
we are confident that our students
will gain a competitive advantage
as they prepare to enter the global
workforce.
Subsequently, selected GTU
institutions will be offered the
Oracle Academy Advanced
Computer Science Program that
offers access to world-class
software, Java development
environments, faculty training,
curriculum, support for Computer
Science clubs, certification
preparation, and more all
designed to help students increase
the relevance of their academic
programs and easily expand their
course offerings.
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