Summit/ Conclave

YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AT IIM BANGALORE

Divyanshu Chhabra (roll no 16526 ) and Ankit (roll no 16513 ) from the Department of

Information Technology, Dronacharya College of Engineering, attended the 3 day Youth

Leadership Summit held at IIM Bangalore from 26th to 28th September 2014. The event

was a part of their annual fest IIMB Vista. The summit was inaugurated by Professor Charan

Singh (Chair Professor of Reserve Bank of India). The session was continued by

Professor Pranav Garg (Professor at IIMB ) In this session, he talked about the qualities of an

entrepreneur. His main focus was on strategic thinking and how can one’s instinct play a

greater role in taking entrepreneurial decisions.

Divyanshu Chhabra and Ankit at IIMB

MICROSOFT STUDENT PARTNER SUMMIT

Microsoft India organized Microsoft Student Partner (India) Summit 2014 for all Microsoft

Student Associates (MSA) and Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) from 29 different states

of India. The summit was held in the campus of Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology and

Management Bhopal from 8-10 November 2014 and comprised of knowledge and skill

development sessions, discussions, workshops, and other learning and fun opportunities. Ms.

Sarita, Asst. Professor with Six MSP namely Ayushi Mishra, Deepak Chandel, DhruvPahuja,

Dipti Bhardwaj, Karan Bhalla and Kunal Ahuja attended Summit at Bhopal.

Student at Microsoft Summit

10TH FICCI HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT 2014

Prof. (Dr.) B. M. K. Prasad, Director, DCE and Prof. Vishal Bharti, Head, Dept. of CSE, along

with thirty students from all branches, represented Dronacharya College of Engineering,

Gurgaon at the 10th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2014: a Global Conference organized

by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) on November 13th,

2014 at FICCI New Delhi. The Summit was supported by the Ministry of Human Resource

Development (MHRD) and the Planning Commission, Government of India. The theme of the

Conference was Internationalization of Higher Education and Implementation Framework for

‘Higher Education Vision 2030: Making it Happen in India,’ which was released by FICCI

during the 9th FICCI Higher Education Summit last year.

Students at FICCI

Prof.(Dr.) B. M. K. Prasad, Director, DCE

INDIA- US TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2014

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Department of Science &

Technology, Government of India organized the annual flagship event INDIA-US Technology

Summit 2014 on 18-19 November, 2014 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida. The objective

of the summit was facilitating technology transfer, joint research and development (R&D)

and joint market access projects between India and the US industry, research organizations

and academic institutions. Ms. Pratibha Sharma, Asst. Professor from CSE Department, Ms.

Sarita, Asst. Professor from CSE Department, and Mr. Yashvardhan Soni, Associate Professor

from IT Dept., attended the event for 2 days.

Delegates at India-US Tech. Summit

TECHNOLOGY ENABLED INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

Ms. Pratibha Sharma, Ms. Sarita (Asst. Professors, CSE Department) and Mr. Yashvardhan

Soni (Associate Professor, IT Dept.) from Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon

attended India-US Technology Summit at India expo Centre, Greater Noida, on 19th

November, 2014.The session was inaugurated by Dr. C. R. Swaminathan (Co-Chairman, CII

National Committee on Higher Education) & Mr. Pratik Mehta (Director Education, Microsoft

India). During the event Ms Anita Sharma (Advisor, Ministry of Human Resource

Development) discussed about innovation in Teaching.

Audience attending the Session

INDO- US TECH WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WORKSHOP

For women entrepreneurs in technology, a workshop was conducted at the India-US

Technology Summit 2014 on 18th November, 2014. Ms. Pratibha Sharma, Ms. Sarita (Asst.

Professors, CSE Department) and Mr. Yashvardhan Soni (Associate Professor, IT Dept.)

attended the workshop on the 1st day of the summit. Leading Indian and U.S. women tech.

entrepreneurs addressed aspiring women professionals on building career in science &

technology.

Audience attending the Session

PANEL DISCUSSION ON DESIGNING SECURED IT PROCESSES

At the India-US Technology Summit 2014, a panel discussion on “Designing Secured IT

Processes – Growing Need for IT Security & Compliance” was held where eminent

personalities discussed the IT Security Challenges and its business impact as well as how to

strike the right balance between high ends IT Service and regulatory Compliance measures.

The discussion focused on how to attain an ideal maturity level of compliance. Ms. Pratibha

Sharma, Ms. Sarita (Asst. Professors, CSE Dept.) and Mr. Yashvardhan Soni, (Associate

Professor, IT Dept.) attended the panel discussion.

Mr. YashvardhanSoni at Summit

AN INNOVATIVE DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

On 19th November, 2014 Ms. Pratibha Sharma, Ms. Sarita, (Asst. Professors, CSE

Department) and Mr. Yashvardhan Soni (Associate Professor, IT Dept.) from Dronacharya

College of Engineering, Gurgaon, attended India-US Technology Summit at India Expo

Centre, Greater Noida. SPRING has been collaborating with its US and India based partner

Digital Green in adapting their "human-mediated digital learning approach" for the

promotion of key maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene-related

behaviors.

Mr. YashvardhanSoni with Delegates

INDIA INNOVATION INITIATIVE PROJECTS EXHIBITION

On 19th November, 2014 three faculty members-Mr. Yashvardhan Soni (IT Dept), Ms. Sarita

(CSE Dept.) & Ms. Pratibha Sharma (CSE Dept.) from Dronacharya College of Engineering

,Gurgaon, attended CII Project Exhibition in India-US Technology Summit at India Expo

Centre, Greater Noida. India Innovation Initiative 2014 was started in September 2014 and

the shortlisted innovations were declared in 1st week of November 2014. Total 62 projects

were selected all over India. The shortlisted projects were displayed at the Knowledge Expo

2014 during the India-US Technology Summit 2014.

India Innovation Project Exhibition