TechnoSAVVY THIRTEENTH Newsletter

NATIONAL Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand Vol:13 ,Issue: August 2014

Admission at NITUK 2014

A total of 281 students were admitted to the institute through the CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) between August 9th-13th, 2014.

The distribution of admitted students in various engineering branches is shown in the following table:

Department Home State All Indian Total

CIV 29 28 57

CSE 28 29 57

ECE 26 27 53

EEE 29 27 56

MEC 28 30 58

Total 140 141 281

New Recruitment at NITUK

The following faculty members have recently joined the Institute:

Sr. No. NAME QUALIFICATION DESIGNATION DEPARTMENT

1. Dr. Aditya Kumar Anupam Ph.D. Asst. Professor Civil Engineering

2. Mr. Tripurari Nath Gupta M.Tech Asst. Professor Electrical

3. Mr. Manoj Kumar Senapati M.Tech Asst. Professor Electrical

4. Mr. Girish P.R. B.Tech Trainee Teacher Electrical

5. Mr. Dungali Shreehari M.Tech Asst. Professor Mechanical Engineering

6. Mr. Anand Kumar Mishra M.Tech Asst. Professor Mechanical Engineering

7. Mr. Sarath S. M.Tech Asst. Professor Electronics

8. Tushar Goel M.Tech Asst. Professor Electronics

9. Tejas Laheri B.Tech Trainee Teacher Electronics

10. Navjoot Singh M.Tech Asst. Professor Computer Science

11. Mr. Surendra Singh M.Tech Asst. Professor Computer Science

12. Mr. Deshmukh M. Bhujangrao M.Tech Asst. Professor Computer Science

13. Dr. Anupam Yadav Ph.D. Asst. Professor Mathematics

Independence Day Celebration

15 August, 2014 marked the 68th anniversary of the Indian

Independence Day and was heartily celebrated by NIT

Uttarakhand. The event was inaugurated with the flag

hoisting ceremony and a choir performance of the National

Anthem.

The Director of the Institute, Prof. H. T. Thorat, in his

speech encouraged students to put their sincerest effort in

their respective fields in order to reach the pinnacle of

success and thereby take the country to unimaginable

heights.

The ceremony ended with the distribution of sweets and the

remembrance of those who have sacrificed their lives to the

cause of the nation.

Induction Program for Newly Admitted Students

The Institute organized an Induction Program for the first year B.Tech students to

familiarize the newly admitted students with the rules, regulations, academic structure, and

facilities of the Institute. The Program was attended by the newly admitted first year

students, parents, the deans, wardens, other faculty members, and the Vice President of

the Students’ Council.

The Director of the Institute, Prof. H.T. Thorat, initiated the Program by introducing the

newcomers to the freshmen, the team of deans, wardens, faculty and staff members

present on the occasion. In his presentation Hon’ble Director elaborately explained the

course and credit structure, facilities offered by the Institute, the future plans of the

Institute, and the expectations from the freshmen and briefed them about many other

aspects in a two hour long, almost all encompassing presentation.

Thereafter, the Vice President of the Council of Student Activities (CSA), Chandramauli

Singh, was invited on stage to welcome the freshmen on behalf of the senior students. The

Vice President of the CSA shared his experience at NITUK, encouraged the incoming

students to be pro-active, and encouraged them to thoroughly explore and utilize all the

facilities offered by the Institute.

Further, Dr. Ajay K. Chaubey, Associate Dean (Student Welfare) spoke about the existing

clubs and scope of co-curricular activities at the Institute. Dr. Kuldeep Sharma, Warden,

Boys’ Hostels, elaborated upon the Hostel facilities and accommodation at the Institute. Dr.

Renu B. Dangwal, Chairperson, Women’s Cell, sensitized the audience about the existence of

structures ensuring women’s security on campus and encouraged girls to actively report

matters of harassment meted out to them by anyone.

The Induction Program was rounded off by Dr. A.S. Dhundi, Dean (Academics) who ended

the proceedings with a tone of gratitude to the audience and wished the freshers the best

for their future endeavors.

Open Forum

The Institute reopened after the summer vacations on Thursday, 31st July. The same

evening, as is the custom at NIT Uttarakhand, an Open Forum was held in the Institute

Auditorium, where the Director talked about the facilities being offered by the

Institute, mentioned about the changes that happened in the recent past, introduced new

members of the faculty to students and also, interacted directly with students to know

about their problems and issues. Students of second, third, and fourth years attended

the Open Forum.

The Heads of Departments introduced the new faculty members of their respective

departments to the students. The Director also advised students to appreciate and

explore more and more open source operating systems and software because there is no

need to purchase license for open source wares. The students’ representative, the Vice

President of the CSA, raised some issues regarding academics, training and placement,

and facilities provided to students and made this interaction fruitful.

Expert Lectures at NITUK

Expert lectures on “Ethics in Teaching: An Attempt to Initiate Discussion” by

Prof. T. C. Kandpal, Professor, Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi and “Use

of Tablet as Teaching Aid” by Prof. R. B. Deshmukh, Professor, Department

of Electronics Engineering, VNIT Nagpur were conducted on 9th August, 2014

at NIT, Uttarakhand. Prof. Kandpal recalled the qualities of his favorite

teachers, methods of transfer of knowledge to the students, ethics that a

teacher should follow, and the concept of morality. Further, he emphasized

upon having friendly relations with the students in today’s stressful

environment. Prof. Deshmukh delivered a lecture on use of tablet in teaching.

He also emphasized upon various teaching methodologies such as the use of

computer graphics, videos for the demonstration of concepts, use of power

point presentations, and use of internet to compliment and aid the learning

process. Faculty members were greatly benefited from these lectures and

vouched to incorporate the learned lessons in their teaching pedagogies.

Workshop on Open Source Software

An educational workshop on “Open Source Software - IT for you” was organised on 2nd

August, 2014 in NIT Uttarakhand at Srinagar, Garhwal. This workshop was arranged

under the Spoken Tutorial Project initiated by Ministry of Human Resource

Development, Govt. of India and executed by IIT Bombay. In this workshop, Ms.

Shyama Iyer and Ms. Akanksha Saini, experts from IIT Bombay, delivered lectures on

the use of non-commercial software. These software mainly contribute towards value

addition to class room teaching and training. In coming days, the students having the

knowledge of and expertise in these software will have very brighter job prospects.

About 400 students and 50 faculty members of NIT Uttarakhand participated in this

workshop. In next 15 days, NIT Uttarakhand will have liaisoning with IIT Bombay for

Spoken Tutorials, under this project. Mr. Krishan Kumar Assistance Professor in CSE and

Mr. Nitin Kumar HOD CSE and other faculty member of CSE department of NIT

Uttarakhand took special efforts to make the workshop a success.

News from the Training and Placement Cell

Amazon.com conducted an online test on 4th August 2014 for internship. 34 students

from Computer Science and Electronics department appeared for this test.

MU-Sigma conducted an online test on 8th August 2014 for recruitment and the

company shortlisted 26 students from the different engineering branch for interview.

NSE (National Stock Exchange) Infotech Services Limited, Mumbai conducted the

placement interviews in NIT Uttarakhand and has recruited three final year students,

Shubham Goel, Rajat Goyal and Shyam Choudhary.

BOG Meeting

The Sixth Board of Governance Meeting was held on 18th July 2014 at New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Mr. Bhaskar Bhat, Chairman,

NIT Uttarakhand; Prof. H. T. Thorat, Director, NIT Uttarakhand; Prof. Pradipto Banerjee, Director, IIT Roorkee; Prof. S. C. Lakkad, Dy.

Director (Retd.), IIT Bombay; Mr. Naveen Soi, Director, Finance, MHRD, New Delhi; Mr. R. Srinivasan, Director, NITs, MHRD, New Delhi;

Dr. A. S. Dhundi, Associate Prof., NIT Uttarakhand. Dr. Pawan Kumar Rakesh, Asst. Prof.; Dr. B. M. Ganveer, Consultant; Dr. M. S. Khatri,

Asst. Prof.; Dr. I. M. Nagpure, Asst. Prof.; Mr. Nitin Kumar, Asst. Prof. of NIT Uttarakhand attended the meeting as special invitees. The

meeting covered important issues like Approval of annual report 2013-2014, Constitution of special cell, Record Retention Scheme (RRS),

Nomination of Heads of the department, Deans and Associates Deans on senate, formats of Annual performance assessment report (APAR),

Approval for Institute Memento as Brahma Kamal and Chief Guest for first convocation of the Institute.

Finance Committee Meeting

The fifth Finance Committee Meeting was held on 18th July 2014 at New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Mr. Bhaskar Bhat, Chairman,

NIT Uttarakhand; Prof. H. T. Thorat, Director, NIT Uttarakhand; Prof. Pradipto Banerjee, Director, IIT Roorkee; Prof. S. C. Lakkad, Dy.

Director (Retd.), IIT Bombay; Mr. Naveen Soi, Director, Finance, MHRD, New Delhi; Mr. R. Srinivasan, Director, NITs, MHRD, New Delhi.

Dr. B. M. Ganveer, Consultant; Dr. M. S. Khatri, Asst. Prof.; Dr. I. M. Nagpure, Asst. Prof.; Mr. Nitin Kumar, Asst. Prof. of NIT Uttarakhand

attended the meeting as special invitees. The meeting covered important agendas regarding Annual accounts 2013-2014, Allocation of fund in

Budget head-Construction at temporary campus, Scheme of Student Medical Aid Fund (SMAF), B.Tech. fee structure for the year 2014-

2015 and Up-gradation of Institute fee account to online fee collection mode.

Senate Meeting

The fourth Board Senate Meeting was held on 09th August, 2014 at the NITUK campus at Srinagar, Garhwal. The meeting was attended by

Prof. H. T. Thorat, Director, NIT Uttarakhand and Chairman, Senate; Prof. T.C. Kandpal, Prof., IIT Delhi and Member, Senate; Prof. R.B.

Deshmukh, Prof., VNIT Nagpur and Member, Senate; Dr. A.S. Dhundi, Associate Prof., NITUK and Member, Senate. Dr. Pawan Kumar

Rakesh, Asst. Prof.; Dr. M. S. Khatri, Asst. Prof.; Dr. I. M. Nagpure, Asst. Prof.; Mr. Nitin Kumar, Asst. Prof., Mr. Prakash Dwivedi, Asst.

Prof.; Mr. Santosh K. Bhagat, Asst. Prof.; Mr. Shashi Narayan, Asst. Prof.; Dr. Gareema Sanaman, Librarian; Dr. Bhole Shankar Sikhwal, Asst.

Registrar; Dr. Saroj Ranjan De, Associate Dean Academics and Dr. A.K. Chaubey, Associate Dean Student Welfare of NIT Uttarakhand

attended the meeting as special invitees. The agendas of the meeting were to Note and Confirm the minutes of the Third meeting of the

Senate held on 10th May, 2014, Conferment of the B. Tech. Degree on graduating students in Convocation, Approval of the list of Academic

Excellence awardees.

Editorial Board: Dr. Anirban Mukherjee

Dr. Vineeta Negi Mahendra Singh BIsht