VGEC News Quarterly Newsletter, July-September 2018 Volume 4 Issue3 From the Principal’s Desk Principal Dr. R. K. Gajjar Dear Students & Faculty Members, It is a matter of great happiness that third quarterly issue of VGEC News, 2018 is brought to you. I warmly welcome all the new admitted students at our institute. New students are enrolled in the july month. This time Gujarat Technological University has introduces “Induction Program” for 3 weeks for BE 1st year students. The motive behind this program is to make the newly joined students feel comfortable; sensitize them towards exploring their academic interests and activities. We have implemented this program very successfully at each department of our institute. Our students have actively participated in each and every activities of induction program. Faculty members have also done lots of exercises to motivate students, to create their bonding with other students, to cultivate the human values in them and to work excellently for fulfilling their responsibilities as an engineer, a citizen and a human being.
Dear Students & Faculty Members, It is a matter of great happiness that third quarterly issue of VGEC News, 2018 is
brought to you. I warmly welcome all the new admitted students at our institute. New
students are enrolled in the july month. This time Gujarat Technological University
has introduces “Induction Program” for 3 weeks for BE 1st year students. The motive
behind this program is to make the newly joined students feel comfortable; sensitize
them towards exploring their academic interests and activities. We have implemented
this program very successfully at each department of our institute. Our students have
actively participated in each and every activities of induction program. Faculty
members have also done lots of exercises to motivate students, to create their
bonding with other students, to cultivate the human values in them and to work
excellently for fulfilling their responsibilities as an engineer, a citizen and a human
being.
Vision
To create an ecosystem for proliferation of socially responsible and technically sound engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs
Mission 1. To develop state-of-the-art laboratories and well-equipped academic infrastructure. 2. To motivate faculty and staff for qualification up-gradation, and enhancement of subject knowledge. 3. To promote research, innovation and real life problem solving skills. 4. To strengthen linkages with industries, academic and research organizations. 5. To reinforce concern for sustainability, natural resource conservation and social responsibility.
Index 1. From the Principal's Desk 01
2. Achievement at Student Startup Award Function 03
3. Induction Course for 1st Year Students at our Institute 03
4. Plethora of Activities -VGEC NSS 05
5. Activities with Bachhapan NGO 09
6. Expert sessions on “Recent Technologies” 10
7. Seminar on “Selection of motor for Electric vehicles” 10
8. Hands on workshop on “Raspberry PI” 11
9. Expert Talk on “Data analytics using Python” 11
10. Workshop on “Angular JS” 12
11. Expert Talk on “Energy Conservation Awareness” 12
12. Expert lecture on “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing” 13
13. SSIP/eCell Activities 13
14. MeghDhanush- A Drawing Competition 14
15. 4th Heritage Walk 15
16. Workshop on “Resume Building and Resume Presentation” 15
17. VGEC Alumni Association(VAA) Activities 16
18. Technical/Industrial Visits 17
19. Student Achievements 22
20. Faculty Achievements 23
21. Departmental Activities 24
22. Research and Publication 25
23. Training attended/Expert Lectures Delivered 26
24. Creative Corner 27
25. VGEC in Media 28
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Achievement at Student Startup Award Function
Higher and technical education department, government of gujarat organizes an inaugration of Gujarat
Industrial Hackathon 2018 on 10th September, 2018 at Gujarat University Convention and Exhibition Centre,
Ahmedabad. They have also distributed the prizes to winners of summer innovation challenge-2018 and
students start up awards-2018 on the same day. Vishwakarma government engineering college won 3
awards of Rs.1,00,000/- in following categories:
Summer Innovation Chanllege: Civil Department
Project: RO reject utilization at the institute
Summer Innovation Chanllege: Chemical Department
Project: Waste water generation and management in chemical industry
VGEC won second prize in Smart India Hackathon-2018 “Cleaning between railways tracks using
drone/robots”.
Induction Course for 1st
Year Students at our Institute
The development of any nation depends on the development of students. Holistic development of students is
a dire need of the moment. Before commencement of semester I of BE, new entrants have to go through
Induction Program as per new pattern adopted by GTU. It is a three-week (15 days) induction program to
enable them to adjust with the environment of the college, education pattern, and new people around them.
The program consists of 3 phases. The Phase I(1 day) started on 19/7/2018. We have arranged orientation
program on that day. All students were welcomed by the concerned Department. The students were oriented
regarding the education system, study patterns, head of the department, its faculties, institution and its
amenities like hostel, library, surroundings, campus etc. The students were provided some common rules,
useful website links etc. The senior students helped the new entrants visit various blocks of the institute. The
Phase – II (13 days) Includes physical activities, creative arts, Universal human values, Literacy, proficiency
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module, expert lectures, visit to local area or industry and innovation. The physical activities were carried out
at department levels which include some indoor and outdoor games like Message Passing, Jalebi Banao,
Disha Darshan, Samudra Manthan-Tug of war, Kabbadi, Cricket, Volleyball, Ubhi Kho, Ball Passing, Aandhli
khiskoli, Treasure Hunt, Back to School Days, Team Building Games, Out of Box Thinking, Dodge Ball etc.
Some sessions were devoted to yoga in which some asanas, Suryanamaskar, and various Pranayams were
performed. As a part of a college event, there was a tree plantation drive organized by VAA, supported by
NSS and AdvaNature. The first semester students were involved in planting saplings in the campus as their
physical activity for the green campus campaign. Phase – III (1 day) was the closing phase which was the
last day (08-08-2018) of the Induction Program and it covers conclusion and summary of the Induction
Program. During last day, the students were given their timetable for the first semester (regular) and relevant
instructions. The Induction Program ends with guidance students for preparation of their reports, instructions
regarding their regular semester and imparting information regarding the engineering and its importance in
life and their responsibilities towards the society and nation. At VGEC, the Induction Program is successful
due to the visionary guidance of the Principal madam, the contributory involvement of the faculties and the
enthusiastic participation by the students as it is evident in the report.
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Plethora of Activities- VGEC-NSS
NSS Award
Under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India, National Service Scheme was formed in the year 1969, the birth century year of the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, on this 24th September 2018, entered its 50th year. NSS Day Celebration was held to celebrate the occasion. Program officers and students who have done exceptional work were awarded for their work done in past two years. NSS Unit of VGEC and Gujarat Technological University was recognized under the same with its Program Officer Prof. Alpesh Dafda being awarded as NSS State Best Program Officer 2017-18 along with 4 others and NSS Volunteer Saloni Parikh being awarded as NSS State Best Volunteer 2017-2018 along with 6 other volunteers. These awards are state level awards by the Government of Gujarat and this year, they were conferred by the honorable Cabinet Education Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and Shri Kamal Kumar Kar, the NSS Regional Director of Gujarat. Every year this awards are given to the best volunteers, program officers and program coordinators.
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NSS Orientation Program
An orientation was organised by NSS VGEC on 1/8/2018 for the briefing of fresher students regarding the
NSS. They were explained about the basic activities, special camps and objectives of NSS along with
motto, logo and badge of NSS. They were also explained how it helps in overall development. Respected
Principal Dr. R K Gajjar and HOD‟s of Chemical, Mechanical, EC, Electircal departments were present
along with Prof. Alpesh Dafda and Prof. Dhaval Varia. The students were made familiar to NSS song and
NSS claps.
Tree Plantation
Tree plantation event took place in VGEC campus on 21/7/2018 under the NSS VGEC and VGEC Alumni
Association. 300 plants were brought in the campus along with 150 tree guards.Commissioner of
Technical Education Mr. K.K Nirala sir gave his presence for the same. He arrived at 3 pm and carried
out Tree Plantation at 5:30 pm.The event was from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm.Principal Mrs. RK Gajjar mam
quoted, “Trees exhale for us so we can inhale to stay alive.” and motivated each and every one to plant
more trees even in their neighbourhood.
Independence Day Celebration
NSS VGEC, like every year celebrated Independence Day on 15 August‟18. The program began at 8:30
am with a parade march by the NCC. It was followed by flag hoisting with the National Anthem. The
children of Bachpan NGO did a patriotic performance, followed by another patriotic dance by a group. It
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was concluded by a song dedicated to the martyrs. The GTU was decorated with a rangoli made with
colours and flowers. As a pre event, they organised Vishwalekhan-Writing on patriotism, on 14 August
where many students came and showed their writing skills. The prizes of the same were distributed on 15
August.
Swachhta Pakhwada
VGEC NSS Celebrated Swachhta Pakhwada (Fortnight) during 1 st to 15 th August, 2018. All student
volunteer worked together to clean the whole campus including classrooms, laboratories, department
corridors, library, toilets, auditorium, playground, lawns, roads and other surrounding areas. They have
also did door to door campaigning in the adopted villages/Slums on Swachhta.
NSS Donation Drive For Kerala Nss-vgec volunteers created awareness in the college through posters and then collected food packets, clothes,Glucose Bottles and sanitary pads as much as it can. We did all this with the help of NIFT(national institute for fashion design), AIT(Ahmedabad institute of technology) and Schools.Our volunteers started working enthusiastically as soon as we knew about the calamity. We started preparing posters for it to create awareness about the same. We stick posters of the same to create awareness about the same in our college as well as in schools near by us. We worked with the volunteers of NIFT and AIT. We all worked in proper coordination under our coordinator Suraj Gupta. We collected bunch ofbags clothes along with packets of food. We transported all this bags through a authenticated person. All the volunteers worked very energetically.
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Blood Donation Camp
Like every year, even this year on 18 th September 2018, a blood donation camp was organised by the National Service Scheme(NSS) of Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda, in collaboration with the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. We received a very positive response from the public and around 130 blood donors came to our campus to participate in this noble cause. The camp was very well organised by the NSS volunteers. Special teams for Promotion and Crowd Handling were made for this camp. Various awareness drives were organised in which the volunteers went to localities around the college like shops and societies to spread awareness about the event and encouraged people to donate their blood. Dr. Heena Pagi and Dr.Aravinth.L from Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad along with our respected Principal Dr. R.K. Gajjar attended the event and congratulated everyone for organising and participating in the camp. As appropriately said by our principal “Initiatives like this, if done effectively from smallest scales like schools to global scales can make our world a better place to live.” Also, students were made to understand that there is no harm in donating blood and rather it is a healthy habit which helps in blood renewal. Along with this, a Thalassemia Test was also arranged for the first year students. Prior to this, an awareness seminar was also conducted by Prathma Blood Centre in which the representatives informed the students about Thalassemia blood disorder. Overall around 600 students including the NSS volunteers participated in thalassemia checkup.“You don‟t need a cape to be a superhero; donating blood makes you one.”
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Activities with Bachhapan NGO
Celebration of Rakshabandhan
On the occasion of RAKSHABANDHAN, BACHHPAN volunteers taught students how to make Rakhi and after that "Rakhi making competition" was organized one day before the festival. Then on 23/8/18 the Rakshabandhan was celebrated with those handmande Rakhis. One of volunteers told the stories of Rakshabandhan and reason why we celebrate it. 46 students participated in this celebratio.
Drawing Competition
On 16th August,2018 a drawing competition was organized got Bachpan NGO students. The students of BACHPAN made painting on the topic of patriotism and gave tribute to the indian soldiers. All the students have participated very enthusiastically. Students have drawn paintings very creatively, 3 winners of the competition got prizes.
Performance on Independence Day
Gujarat Technological Unversity has celebrated 72
nd Indpendence day in which 14 students from
Bachhpan has performed on patriotic song - "Maa tuje salam". One students has performed poetry named as "Trianga" which says the undsaid feelings about it. Dr. NavinSheth, vice chancellor of GTU and Dr. RajulGajjar, principal of VGEC appreciated the efforts put byf BACHHPAN FAMILY.
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Picnic to Koteshwar
Bachhpan VGEC organized one small picnic for students at Koteshwar temple on 25th july, 2018 . One of the Volunteers told them the history of temple and story of Lord shiva. Students also came to know the importance of river as Sabarmati was near the temple. At last all students had light snacks and colddrink. All the students completed the walk very enthusiastically.
Expert sessions on “Recent Technologies”
Electronics & Communication Department and IEI Student Chapter jointly organised an expert sessions on “Recent Technologies” on 9/8/2018. The talk inclueds recent topics like IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning. The lectures were delivered by Pranav Purohit, Dr.Hemal Shah & Dr.Darshana Mistry from E-Infochips. It was organized to develop the concept and to give the insight of Recent Engineering Technologies in brief. 123 students participated in this program.
Seminar on “Selection of motor for Electric vehicles”
Electrical Engineering Department under IEI student chapter organised a seminar on “Selection of motor
for Electric vehicles” on 2/8/2018. The speakers discussed about activities which are taken under the
govt. initiatives to promote electric vehicle and the technical advances in electric vehicles and also
discussed about the characteristics and applications of electric motor. The discussion was made about
the present trends as well as the future advantages of electric vehicles. The career as well as the
entrepreneurial opportunities in these fields were also discussed in the session so that it can be helpful
for the BE Electrical Engineering students for their future growth. 83 studetns have paricipated in this
seminar.
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Hands on workshop on “Raspberry PI”
Instrumentation and Control Department organized Two Days Workshop on “Hands on workshop on raspberry PI” on 28th and 29th September, 2018 at J-205, Seminar Hall. 46 students have participated in this workshop. The main objective of this workshop is to demonstrate the hardware and software portion of Raspberry PI, which is a powerful little beast and a great platform for building low-cost, but highly capable, embedded systems. The interfaces built into its GPIO connector make it easy to bolt on modules using simple low-cost electronics and a bit of configuration to create very functional and flexible systems. Students can create interesting applications with basic programming languages. This workshop trained the students to start with Raspberry Pi board and small develops applications. Enable students to become familiar with the VI editor.
Expert Talk on "Data analytics using Python" Computer Department organized an expert talk on "Data analytics using Python" on 29/9/2018 at D-205. 35 students and 4 faculties participated in this talk. The objective of this talk was to aware students about basic understanding of Data Analytics terminology in Python environment. Students also learned how to import dataset, cleaning of dataset and prepare dataset for analytics. They understood the use of Anaconda as Python distribution and use of 3rd party libraries and support and made aware about use of Pandas library for data analytics in Python and recent trends in technology that industry demands.
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Workshop on “Angular JS”
I.T Department organized Two Days State Level Workshop on Angular JS in Association with Computer Society of India on 28th and 29th September, 2018. This workshop is intended to provide participants with a detailed practical knowledge about various concepts of Angular JS. The inauguration function of workshop was done on 28th September, 2018 in presence of CSI Hon. Treasurer Mr. Niraj Shah, Chief Guest Dr.Haresh Bhatt from ISRO, Principal Dr.Rajul K Gajjar, and HOD IT Prof Vibha D Patel . Workshop was being conducted by Mr Anil Asvani Senior Faculty – NIIT Ahmedabad. 32 Students from various colleges across the state learnt about various concepts of Angular JS along with CSS, HTML and Java Script. These tools can be useful to design dynamic web application.
Expert Talk on “Energy Conservation Awareness”
“Energy Conservation Awareness” program was organized on 24/09/2018 at power electronics department. Mr. Chirag Chauhan (M.E. electrical engineer, BEE certified energy auditor) were invited for guidance of the student. The expert delivered tremendous knowledge on what is green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devices to monitor, model and conserve the nature environment and resources , and to curb the negative impacts of human involvement. More than 60 students were a present to learn different ideas about Energy resources need to be conserved. According to feedback of students the Expert Talk was very knowledgeable with ample of information.
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Expert lecture on “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing” Civil Engineering Department organized an expert lecture on “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing”
on 30 July, 2018. The main aim of the event was to familiarize the students to GIS skills and its
applications in Civil Engineering. The lecture was delivered by Mr Sauvik Pal, Assistant manager in ESRI
India pvt ltd. The ESRI India Technologies Ltd is India's leading Geographic Information System (GIS)
software and solutions provider. Lecture is attended by about 40 students and faculty members of civil
and applied mechanics department. Participants learned to create, edit, visualize, and analyze geospatial
information and apply this learning to work on a range of projects where GIS technology is used. GIS
applications in the field of Planning and site location, Environmental analysis, Infrastructure design,
Construction & management have been demonstrated by the expert.
SSIP/eCell Activities
VGEC-SSIP/eCell has organized an orientation program of SSIP cell and financial literacy on 11/9/2018. Total 180 students participated in this program. The objective of this program was to make the students aware about the SSIP policies and the benefits of the same. While the financial literacy was to make the students aware about present scenario of job seeking attitude and make them focus on their own skills and talents. In this program we identified the students who had done something creative or innovative activity in past or present and also generating income from their talent/skill. They were invited as special guests and were encouraged to start their own startup with the help of SSIP funds. As a result of this program 3 startups got registered after this event.
VGEC-SSIP/eCell has organized an expert talk on 18/7/2018. More than 50 students and faculty members participated in this talk. The objective of this Expert Talk was to make the students get knowledge about Science and Engineering Fundamentals and The Power of Innovation. The talk was delivered by Prof. Dipankar Sarkar. Expert Talk will be helpful for all the students in their daily life with having knowledge of science. This will make all students think curiously, make their ideas be applied in innovation too. Students can effectively combine their understanding of technology and Science in a cross-disciplinary fashion to identify and develop attractive opportunities within your field of experience.
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Team SSIP has organized an expert talk on "Startup and Innovation: Marketing and Patenting" on 10/7/2018. The expert was Mr. Chandresh Shah from USA.
45 volunteers of VGEC eCell visited the IIT, Gandhinagar. They visited the IITGN E-Cell as well as attended a lecture of Mr. Thyagranjan Iyer on start up and innovation on 10/7/18.
Dr.D.D.Mandaliya (Asoociate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department) attands the MHRD-AICTE Innovation Cell Inaugration on 30th august,New Delhi. VGEC is now proud member of MHRD-AICTE innovation Cell.
MeghDhanush- A Drawing Competition
VGEC-AdvaNature organised its signature event Meghdhanush – A Drawing Competition on 30th August 2018. It was our pleasure to inform you that 380+ students took part zealously in the event. Out of these, BEST 50 pictures were selected in the final list. After four rounds of scrutiny, our jury panel which includes, Prof. K L Timani (Applied Mechanics), Dr S K Ambawale (Physics), Prof D A Bhatt (English), Prof Anita Solanki (Electrical), Kum. Fenal Gajera (a budding painter from Sem-3, Computer) finalized the following winners. The winners are Akshit Gataliya (Elect, Sem-5), Yuvraj Vaghela (Civil, Sem-1) and Geeta Singh (PE, Sem-3).
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4th Heritage Walk
As an effort to make our students more responsible towards society and the nation, Vishwakarma
Government Engineering College (VGEC), Chandkheda in collaboration with Invincible (NGO) organized
its 4th Heritage Walk (VAARSO 4.0) on the theme “Masjid Se Mandir Tak” on 30th September 2018
(Sunday). The theme symbolizes harmonious coexistence and religious diversity in Ahmedabad, India‟s
First World Heritage City announced by UNESCO. With 115 participants, the Walk commenced at 7.30
am from the Sidi Saiyed Mosque and ended at 11 am at Kalupur‟s Swaminarayan Temple covering
places like Bhadra Fort, Teen Darwaja, Jama Masjid, AhmadShah Makbara, Rani no Hajiro, MG Haveli 1
and 2, Harkuvar Das ni Haveli, Haja Patel Pole, Jain Temple, Dalpat Chowk, etc. Dr Abrar Ali Saiyed
(Ahmedabad University) was the chief guest at the inaugural when he guided the participants how to
study the monuments from socio-economic and cultural point of view. At Bhadra chowk, a students‟
group performed a street play entitled “Maansikta Ni Vaastavikta” to make public and participants aware
regarding plastic ban, pollution, corruption, child labor, heritage conservation, cleanliness etc. The Play
was applauded by the present public who also took pledge to build „Clean Country‟ at the end.
Workshop on “Resume Building and Resume Presentation”
Mechanical Engineering Department organized One-day workshop on, “Resume Building and Resume
Presentation” on August 4, 2018 for Final year students. This event was organized under IEI Student‟s
Chapter and was managed by IEI student committee members. The speaker for this event was Ms. Dipa
Shah. She is a certified trainer and currently working as a HR Manager Head at Rajvi Enterprises. The
objectives of this event are to make students aware about how to build resume, preparing for Group
discussion, personal interview. There were 35 students attended this workshop. Students were learnt
about Resume Building, Group Discussion, Resume Presentation and Interview Skills.
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VGEC Alumni Association(VAA) Activities
An absolutely free of cost counseling seminar on abroad studies was organized by VAA on 24th January , 2018. The speaker of the seminar was Dr. Nigamanth Sridar, dean of graduate studies at Cleveland State University, Ohio-USA. The seminar was conducted under the guidance of alumni of VGEC, Raviraj Patel and Twinkle Patel. Dr. Sridhar assisted the students in making the right choice for pursuing their desired programs abroad. The seminar proved to be very informative for the students who were willing to study abroad for better prospects.
A trip to nostalgia was arranged for 2011 to 2015 on 29th September, 2018 in auditorium A block from 3 pm onwards. This event had activities like open mic and cultural events. RJ Parth and writer Hiren Kavad are some of the famous alumna whose presence made the event more cherishing. They shared some of their old memories and also gave guidance for future to students. Alumni enjoyed the event fullest. September alumni meet was a major success.
A workshop on Graphic Designing based on Coral Draw and Photoshop was organized by VGEC Alumni Association. Experts of the workshop were the best Designers of our institute, Nikunj Maniya(Computer 7th Sem) and Hrishikesh Vachhani(Computer 5th Sem). The workshop was conducted for two days: 24/09/18 - 25/09/18. 180 students from VGEC and from other colleges also, showed interest and enrolled for participating in the workshop.
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As an effort to make the students of mechanical engineering (semester - 2, 3 and 4 ) familiar with the current industrial situation, an expert talk was organized by VAA on 3/8/18. The experts for the event were: Mr. Dipesh Ganatra - Executive Engineer, Torrent and Mr. Siddharth Gajera, Co-founder of Cubien E-Manufacturing Solution.
Technical/Industrial Visits
Instrumentation and Control Department in association with IEI Student Chapter organized an
industrial visit to GEB, Gandhinagar on 8/8/2018. 42 students and 2 faculties participated in this visit.
The plant visit was organized with the objective of minimizing the gap between industry and academics
by giving students practical exposure in industry.
Instrumentation and Control Department in association with IEI Student Chapter organized an
industrial visit to GELCO Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad on 18/08/2018. 69 students and 2 faculties
participated in this visit.
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Instrumentation and Control Department in association with IEI Student Chapter organized an
industrial visit to IFFCO Kalol on 03/08/2018 and 10/08/2018. 69 students and 2 faculties participated in
this visit. The outcome of this plant visit was student got to see the things practically which they have
studied in theory and got clarity of concept.
Mechanical Engg. Dept. has organized visit for B.E. Sem. – I students as a part of Induction
Program. There were 55 students along with 2 faculty members (Prof. R.B. Shah and Prof. M.N.
Parmar). They were made aware with the various activities of Andhjan Mandal. A representative of
Andhjan Mandal gave us quick information about Andhjan Mandal. How it works , how it manages ,
how they do activities , how they are helped financially, etc . They are running Schools, Diploma in
physiotherapy Program and workshop for blinds. Students have also visited Vision in the dark place
which was very thrilled experience of their life. Students have felt how blinds are living their life, how
they cross road or how they identify anything or how they watch movies or how they see the world
with other four senses.
Mechanical Department organized a visit of Energy mission Pvt. Ltd., Vatva on 1st September,
2018 for B.E. Sem.- III students. There were total 42 students and 2 faculty members (Prof. R.B.
Shah and Prof. M.M. Modan). The visit was truly professional and well managed till the end.
In this visit, the students are aware with manufacturing of CNC Shear and CNC Bending Machine.
They have seen working of various machines like Planer, Drilling, Boring Shaper Machine, and lathe.
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Mechanical Department organized a visit to Akshay Patra Foundation, Bhadaj on 29th September,
2018 for B.E. Sem.- I students. There were total 40 students and 2 faculty members ( Prof. Dr. A.A.
Pujara and Prof. S.B. Pipaliya). In this visit, the students were made aware with the application of
steam in preparation of meals in bulk quantities. They have also seen boiler and conveyor system..
On 29th September 2018, an industrial visit for “Electronics and Quality Development Center
(EQDC)” was organized as a part of student‟s curriculum for “Electrical and Electronics
Measurement” for 7th semester electrical engineering department. This visit was carried out under
the major activity head of “Technical / Research Skill” and sub-activity head of “Industrial/Exhibition
visit with report”. Total 37 (4 female students and 33 male students) participated in this industrial
visit. This EQDC industrial visit for students was guided and accompanied by Prof. H.N. Zala and
Prof. M. L. Patel. The main focus of this industrial visit is to fill the bridge between technical concepts
taught in curriculum and industry applied concepts. Various technical concepts were discussed with
the students which are applied in the field of E&EM.
On 9th August 2018, an industrial visit to “Kokila Transformers” was organized as a part of student‟s
curriculum for “DC Machines and Transformers” for 3rd semester electrical engineering department. This visit was carried out under the major activity head of “Technical / Research Skill” and sub-activity head of “Industrial/Exhibition visit with report”. Total 120 (9 female students and 111 male students) participated in this industrial visit. This Kokila Transformers‟ industrial visit for students was guided and accompanied by Prof. B. K. Patel and Prof. K. A. Vyas. The main focus of this industrial visit is to fill the bridge between technical concepts taught in curriculum and industry applied concepts. Various technical concepts were discussed with the students which are applied in the field of electrical engineering.
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On 5th and 6th September 2018, an industrial visit for “Amtech Electronics (India) Limited” was
organized as a part of student‟s curriculum for “Power Electronics-1” for 5th semester electrical
engineering department. This visit was carried out under the major activity head of “Technical /
Research Skill” and sub-activity head of “Industrial/Exhibition visit with report”. Total 50 (5 female
students and 45 male students) participated in this industrial visit. This AmTech Electronics (India)
Limited industrial visit for students was guided and accompanied by Prof. K. A. Vyas and Prof. B. M.
Bambhaniya. The main focus of this industrial visit is to fill the bridge between technical concepts
taught in curriculum and industry applied concepts. Various technical concepts were discussed with
the students which are applied in the field of Power Electronics.
7th semester students of Civil Engineering Department visited Narmada main canal crossing on
Sabarmati River at karai village, Gandhinagar. These visit falls under practical exposure of current
application in the field of Hydraulic structures related to Irrigation Engineering. The visit was
organized for one day on 11/09/2018. Total 68 students (14 girls & 54 boys) took benefit of this
technical visit. These students were accompanied by the faculty members (Prof. Bhagyesh C.
Contractor and Prof Dhriti R. Rawat).
7th semester students of Civil Engineering Department visited Wanakbori Weir, Padal Canal
Crossing & Wanakbori Thermal Power Station at Wanakbori. The objective of this technical visit is to
give understanding of diversion head works and cross drainage works along with electricity
generation from hydro power. Along with Wanakbori thermal power plant gives the detail information
regarding the thermal power plant generation. The visit was organized for one day on 18/09/2018.
Total 69 students (13 girls & 56 boys) took benefit of this technical visit. These students were
accompanied by the faculty members, Prof. Bhagyesh C. Contractor, Prof Bhavin G. Buddhdev,
Prof. Mukesh V. Chauhan and Shri. Navinbhai B. Patel.
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5th semester students of Civil Engineering Department visited Asian paints color academy, situated
in Ahmedabad. The main objective of this workshop was to enable students to learn the recent
developments and products which help them in improving various aspects of building construction
and maintenance. Total 30 students of 5th semester attended this workshop along with one faculty
Prof. Saad Golwala.
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering has organized one day Industry Visit of
ISRO as a Part of Induction Program for 1st semester students on 1st and 2nd August, 2018. 85
students of 1st Semester and 104 students of 5th Semester from EC department along with two
faculties Prof. Amit Agrawal , Prof. Jagruti Makwana visited ISRO. The students got knowledge
about how television signals are broadcasted with the help of satellites. They also understood
various concepts of satellite and space missions done by ISRO and provided technical Exposure to
the students about Space Technology.
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering has organized one day Industry Visit of
BISAG for 7th Semester BE students on 24th and 25th July, 2018. BISAG, formerly known as
Remote Sensing and Communication Centre (RESECO), has started its operation in April, 1997 and
renamed after the great Indian Mathematician of the 12th century, "Bhaskaracharya" in December
2003. 65 students of BE – 7th Semester from EC department along with two faculties Prof. Jagruti
Naik and Prof. Urvisha Fatak had visited. The objective of this workshop was to help students to gain
information regarding satellite communication. It also aware students about various activities related
to satellite at BISAG and different career opportunities in the field of communications.
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Student Achievements
Dept. Name of Student Brief Description of Achievement Name and
Address of Awardee
Month and Year of Award
Chem Yash pandya Mahesh Beladiya Vasava Divyesh
Secured 3rd prize in Waste water generation and Management in
Chemical Industry
Institutional Innovation category
of Summer Innovation Challenge-2018
September 2018
Civil Ekta Mathasuriya, Komal Parikh Labdhi Doshi
Won 2nd prize at state level in the project based on Water Theme under
SSIP
SSIP, Directorate of Technical Education, 6th Floor, Block No.
2, Karmayogi Bhavan, Gandhinagar
- 382010
September 2018
EC Saloni Parikh
Selected for IEP Germany - Wismar university amongst 32 students from all
the GTU students
GTU, Ahmedabad September 2018
EC Saloni Parikh
State Best NSS Volunteer Award Government Of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
September 2018
EC Sruthi Sreejithkumar Raj Gandhi
Jyoti S Shukla Sharma Aaksah
Nair Siddarth
Toppers of 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th semesters were feliciatated with the
awards for securing 1st rank
Dewang Mehta It Awards-2018
August 2018
EC Suraj Gupta Worked Gujarat Election 2017 - 30 Days as a Webcasting Manager at Modasa and got Certificate from
Collector.
Collector Office 2018
EC Suraj Gupta Completed 30 days Internship at Ahmedabad Airport amongst only 15
students all India.
Airport Authority of India
2018
EC Suraj Gupta Got Selected as a Physics Teacher for Unnayan Project in Eckovation
Education Beats, Eckovation
2018
IC Ravi Upadhyay Participated in Badminton Competition “Shaurya” an inter college event
(Played till semifinals)
IIM Ahmedabad September, 2018
IC Divyam Darji IC Harsh Patel IC Sahil Patel IC Zalavadiya Sahil Participated in Meghdhanush Painting
Competition
Invincible NGO ADVANATURE Club
August 2018
IC Solanki Mohit
IC Koshti Kashyap
IC Harsh Shah
IC Shah Risheet Tejas
IC Harsh Shah Participated in Prof. A. R. Rao Mathematics Competition-2018
(InterCollege)
Organized by Gujarat Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad
September 2018
IC Shah Aayush Mayankbhai
IC Shah Aayush Mayankbhai
Participated in ઊઠો!જાગો! યવુા પ્રતિયોગગિા(Sanskrutik Swadhyay
Kasoti)
CU Shah Science College
August 2018
IC Shah Aayush Mayankbhai
Participated in Vishwalekhan NSS VGEC August 2018
PE Anik Kumar Jain Organized blood donation camp under NSS VGEC on 18th of
September,2018
NSS VGEC September 2018
PE Sampreet Vaidya Played GTU Badminton Tournament zonal at Ahmedabad
Dept. Name of Student Brief Description of Achievement Name and
Address of Awardee
Month and Year of Award
PE Shrirajsatyam
Mishra Organized a pre Independence day event on 14th August 2018 named
„VISHWALEKHAN‟. NSS VGEC
AUGUST 2018
PE Akshay Valand
PE Arunkumar Yadav Played Volleyball At IIM-Ahmedabad
Sports Fest(Runners Up) IIM-Ahemadabad
October-2018
PE Faizan Shaikh Played GTU zonal tournament and
Secured 2nd position GTU Ahemadabad Oct 2018
PE Naman Joshi Successfully organized “NERD QUIZ”
in GTU central tech fest 2018 VGEC Chandkheda 2018
PE Jeet Savani
Selected in GTU lawn tennis men‟s team consecutively for the 4th time to
represent the university at AIU.
GTU Ahemadabad October
2018
Faculty Achievements
Dept Name of Faculty Brief Description of Achievement
Name and Address of Awardee
Month and Year of Award
CE Prof M T Savaliya Published book “Programming for Problem Solving”
Atul Prakashan September 2018
CE Uttam Chauhan Ph.D (Computer Engineering)
GTU, Ahmedabad September - 2018
EC Prof Rajesh A. Thakkar
Under his guidance a student competed PhD
on “Parasitic Aware Automatic CMOS Analog
Circuit Design Using Evolutionary Algorithms”
GTU, Ahmedabad October - 2018
EC Prof. Alpesh H.
Dafda
Awarded as Best NSS Program Officer by Govt. Of. Gujarat for the year
2017-2018
State NSS Cell, Department of Higher Education, Govt. Of.
Gujarat, Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Gandhinagar
September, 2018
Elec Prof. Kaustubh A. Vyas
Completed a Lab Migration project for
Elements of Electrical Design in association
with SCILAB, India and IIT Bombay, which
covered under National Mission on Education
through ICT
IIT Bombay and SCILAB India
July 2018
PE Prof. A. M. Haque Patent filed with Patent Number 201821032506
dated 30-08-2018 relating to “HEAD
GESTURE CONTROLLED
WHEELCHAIR” having CBR no. 19627 at IPO
Mumbai.
IPO Mumbai 30 August, 2018
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Departmental Activities:
Computer Department Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary, Professor and Associate Dean, Ahmedabad University delivered an
expert lecture to our newly admitted first year students of Computer and IT as a part of the Induction Program on 6/8/2018. He explained that how engineering became more integrative with the live examples of use of ICT in Agriculture.
Computer and IT department, VGEC organized an expert lecture on 01/08/2018 as a part of Induction Program for the newly admitted first year students. The expert was Mr. Harish Chib, Vice President-MEA, SOPHOS, global cyber security leader based founded in UK. He explained the journey of developing a simple software for sharing Internet to an very popular security product known as Cyberoam.
Organized an expert lecture on 23/07/2018 for newly admitted first year Computer and IT students as a part of Induction Program. Mr. Nikunj Patel having 35 years of experience in IT industry in India and aboard guided students how to prepare themselves to become successful Computer Science/IT professional. During the Question-Answer session young inspiring students asked very good questions.
Chemical Department Chemical engineering department has organized IPR (Institute of Plasma Research) visit for
1st year students with 3 faculty members on 03/08/2018.
Civil Department An expert lecture was organized on 24/09/2018 for 3rd and 5th semester students on the topic
“Various softwares used in civil engineering”. The lecture was delivered by Utkarsh Mahaliya, Marketing Manager, Rcade Solution, Ahmedabad.
Electronics and Communication Organized an expert lecture to give an overview of EC and IC engineering field to 1st year
students as a part of 3 week orientation program. 160 students from EC and IC department have participated. Dr. Kiran Parmar (Professor, Electrical & Electronics Engineering at AIIE) was invited as an expert.
Organized one day Career Counseling session in collaboration with VGEC Alumni Association for different opportunities after engineering graduation for 1st, 3rd and 5th semester students on 17/09/2018. The experts from IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd were invited for the sessions.
To aware students of EC department about industry advancement, challenges and future prospective of embedded system design field, department has organized an expert lecture on 31/8/2018. The session was attended by 40 students of the department.
IC Department
Students of IC department organized a party to celebrate and wish departmental faculties Teacher‟s Day. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan‟s birthday is on 5/9/2018 which is celebrated as teacher‟s day. Students took this opportunity to celebrate and thank their faculties for their efforts.
IC Department e-Newsletter was inaugurated on the eve of Engineer‟s Day, with an objective of making people aware about departmental activities to students, staff, alumni and industry. The e-Newsletter was inaugurated by Prof. Badgujjar, of Electrical Department from SSEC, Bhavnagar, Prof R.K. Gajjar, Principal VGEC and Prof. C.B. Bhatt, Principal MCA College, Maninagar.
IC Department organized an Expert Talk on “Automation and SCADA” on 9/8/2018. The main aim of the event was to familiarize the students with Architecture of SCADA. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Amit Bharadva. He graduated in Instrumentation and control engineering from this institute in 2007 and after 10 years of experience started his own company named “LUOVA Technologies Ltd, at Vadodara. 7th semester students were focus audience. He delivered Lecture on Automation and role of SCADA in it.
IT Department Information Technology Department had organized a Seminar for 5thsem Students on “DevOps
Technology” on 19/09/2018 during 1.00 to 3.00 pm in B- 201. Mr Ankit Panchal from NIIT, Ahmedabad had taken seminar on DevOps.This Seminar was intended to provide knowledge about how to implement DevOps patterns for continuous integration, automated testing, continuous delivery, and rapid deployment of Software Application in Java.
Mechanical Department Mechanical Department organized Expert talk on „Industrial knowledge and entrepreneur‟ on
3rd August, 2018 between 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. under the VGEC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. The speakers of the expert talk were VGEC alumni from pass out batch of the 2013 mechanical branch. Mr. Dipesh Ganatra, an executive engineer in Torrent Power Limited acknowledged students about the industry. He shared how theory helps in solving numerous problems in the field. He guided students on different career options after engineering. He advised students to select field of their interest and start working on that direction. Mr. Siddharth Gajera who is the co-founder of Cube in E-manufacturing solutions has shared his journey from a professional trainer to an entrepreneur. He gave information on how to start and establish own start-up in this competitive market. Mr. Umesh Mangroiya, acquainted the students with different skill development programs offered by public and private sectors which can be helpful for students to start their own firms.
Power Electronics Department A Series of Workshop organized by Power Electronics Department on 11th, 12th & 19th
September -2018 on “ART OF ABSTRACT WRITING”, “PRIOR ART SEARCH” and “SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON ELECTRICAL SHOP-FLOOR PRACTICES” to enhance the knowledge, to ease project assignment and to improve quality work of stakeholders specially students. In each workshop 100 plus students had participated and benefitted from the workshop.
Design Presentation Day was observed by Power Electronics Department on 14th and 15th September‟2018 with intention to motivate the students for innovative work and to link them with society. 110 students had participated in the Program and 200 plus students had visited the Presentation.
“Skill Development Program” was organized at Power Electronics Department on 24/09/2018. A special guest Mr. Naimesh Patel (Division head-security system division at safe-world system Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad) delivered incredible speech how to boost up the confidence while an interview. He also helped student to overcome fear & nervousness due to Interview and Viva, to make student Frank and expert use of knowledge and gestures, presenting our self with correct posture & the way of talking and many more. 90 students participated in this program.
Research and Publication
Dept. Name of
Faculty
Publication/ journal
/Conference
/Book
Title of Publication
Name of /Book
/Conference /journal
Type of Publication
National/
International
ISSN/ ISBN
CE Jitendra Bhatia
Conference Linear Regression Assisted Prediction Based Load
Balancer For Cloud Computing
IEEE-PUNECON International Conference on
Data Science and Analytics
Pune(Conference will be held during 30th Nov18-2nd
Dec2018)
International -
Civil
Prof. D. R. Rawat
Conference Economic and Technical Analysis of PET Bottles as a
Replacement of Brick in Low-Cost Housing.
International Conference on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Project Management (ICCRIP–
2018)
International ---
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Dept. Name of
Faculty
Publication/ journal
/Conference
/Book
Title of Publication
Name of /Book
/Conference /journal
Type of Publication
National/
International
ISSN/ ISBN
Chem Prof. Beena Sheth
Journal Analysis of Molar Flux and current density in
electrodialytic separation of sulphuric acid from spent
liquor using an anio- exchange membrane
Corian Journal of
Chemical Engineering
International 1975-7220
EC Prof Rajesh A. Thakker
Journal
Parameter extraction of PSP MOSFET model using
Particle Swarm Optimization
Int. J. Computer Aided Engineering and
Technology, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd August
2018
International --
EC Prof Rajesh A. Thakker
Journal Analog Circuit Design Using Enhanced Bee
Colony Algorithm
Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers,
September – 2018 International
print: 0218-1266
online: 1793-6454
EC Prof Rajesh A. Thakker
Journal
Characterization of a Novel 10T SRAM Cell with
Improved Data Stability and Delay Performance for 20-nm Tri-Gated FinFET
Technology
Circuit World (Emrald Insight), October - 2018
International 0305-6120
Elec Prof. Rozina
Surani Conference
Reactive power Planning, Operation, Control and Management (Review
Paper)
International Conference on
“Women in Science & Technology: Creating Sustainable Career” 28 -30 JUNE 2018 Organized By:BVM
Engineering College (An Autonomous Institution),
Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
International ISSN: 2349-
5162
Elec Prof. Rozina
Surani Conference
Women Entrepreneur in India-Problems, Solution &
Opportunities
International Conference on
“Women in Science & Technology: Creating Sustainable Career” 28 -30 JUNE 2018 Organized By:BVM Engineering College
International ISSN: 2349-
5162
Training attended/Expert Lectures Delivered
Dept Name of Faculty Topic Name of the institute
Date
IT Prof Dipak C Patel
Training attended on “Beyond the class room towards excellence”
Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gandhinagar& DTE
12/7/2018 to 18/7/2018
IT Prof Jashvant R Dave 11/9/2018 to 16/9/2018
Mech Prof. M.M. Modan
Induction Phase- I
NITTTR Bhopal, Ext. Centre Ahmedabad
30/07/2018 to 10/08/2018
Mech Prof. S.A. Solanki 17/09/2018 to 28/09/2018
Mech Prof. T.Y. Rathod 16/07/2018 to 27/07/2018
Mech Dr. A.A. Pujara Induction Phase- I NITTTR Bhopal
