Madhav Institute of Technology & Science Gwalior

NEWSLETTER
Vol. 1, No. 1 Visit us at : www.mitsgwalior.in Sept. Oct., 2012 E-mail: enewsletter@mitsgwalior.in

Directors Message
It is a matter of great pleasure to know that the first issue of the Institute Newsletter is ready. The Newsletter will serve as an interface between the Institute and outside world. It provides information about the academic activities organized in the Institute. Information about co-curricular activities held during recent past is also shared. The Institute was established in the year 1957 by To create a centre of His Highness Late Sir Jiwaji Rao Scindia, excellence for imparting Maharaja, Erstwhile State of Gwalior with the technical education prime objective of providing technical education enveloping latest at under graduate and post graduate levels. Since technologies in its the inception, the Institute constantly strived for curriculum and conducting excellence and quality. Today the Institute is an research to keep pace with autonomous grant-in-aid institution of Government the challenges of of Madhya Pradesh, enjoys a track record of technological development. extremely good results. I am happy to note that various initiatives are taken by the faculty to disseminate knowledge by organizing conferences, training programs and workshops. Expert lectures are also organized by various departments time to time to keep abreast with the latest developments in the field of science and technology. The Institute has done good job in the past and able to produce quality Engineers and Technocrats capable of providing leadership in all spheres of life and society. Needless to say our commitment to further enrich the quality of education will be our constant endeavour. The demand across the country for a vibrant technical human resource has made us committed for the same. It is for all of us to do hard work to make the Institute known globally. Best wishes for everyone for forthcoming festive season.

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Contents

Achievements Conference / Training Program/ Workshop Organized Distinguished Visitors / Expert Lectures Organized in the Departments Celebrations Student Activities Punya Tithi Campus Visits By Companies/ Organizations For Placement Forthcoming Events Team Newsletter

Dr. Sanjeev Jain

ACHIEVEMENTS
By Student
A large number of students from all the major disciplines have come out with flying colours in GATE 2012 examination. In all 123 students cracked GATE 2012. The students were awarded certificates of appreciation and wrist watches by Er. Ramesh Agarwal, Honble Secretary, Scindia Engineering College Society and Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Director during a small function organized on Independence Day. Best of luck to all.

Four CSE & IT III year students Mohit Garg, Kratika Singhal, Ashish Khare and Shreya Gupta are chosen by IBM, the multinational giant in software industry, as TGMC Ambassador for the year 2012. TGMC (The Great Mind Challenge) is the IBM's national level programming contest that aimed at encouraging students from engineering colleges across India in their endeavour to develop solutions for real-time problems and scenarios using IBM & Open Source Software. Our heartly congratulations. B.Arch. III year students Joseph Victor, Amber Mittal, Akansha Tiwari and Richa Mishra won the First prize in national level design competition for Designing Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Centre held at VNIT Nagpur. The competition was organized during the technical festival AXIS 2012 from 21st to 23rd Sept. 2012. Congratulations. Diksha Jain student of B.E.III year Biotechnology is appointed as the team head of NSS literacy cum awareness program started in the institute last year for the benefit of under privileged children of the society. Number of children has grown from 15 at the start of program to 126 at present.

Nine students Vivek Kushwah, Ankur Sharma, Virendra K. Shakya, Minakshi Chaturvedi, Somya Dixit, Arjun Narwaria, Ekta Sharma, Monika Gautam and Mohit Jain, all of B.E. Civil Engg. 2011 pass out batch are selected by MP Public Service Commission as Assistant Engineer, for Water Resources Deptt., Govt. of M.P. in Sept. 2012. It is a matter of pride that Vivek Kushwah has topped the list declared by MP PSC. Congratulations to all of them. Eight students Akash Gupta, Ambikesh Pratap Singh, Arpit Gupta, Ayush Jain, Sagar Bodkhe, Sandeep Dogra, Shivam Shukla and Vageesh Singh Baghel of B.E. 3rd year Mechanical Engg. participated and presented VIJAYANT design in Virtual Baja 2013 Design Challenge, the popular National Level Inter College Competition for the design of an ATV(All Terrain Vehicle). The competition was organized by SAEINDIA (Society of Automotive Engineering India) Bangalore. The design of MITS team was very well appreciated by the judges.

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By Faculty
Indian Institute of Architect (IIA) which is a national body of Architects in the country established its Gwalior Chapter. The Institute has a major role to play in promoting the scientific and practical efficiency of the profession of architecture both in Practice and in Education. In a function held on 28th August 2012, Dr. Alok Sharma, Professor Arch. Deptt. was nominated as its President. Congratulations. Dr. R.S. Jadon, Professor & Head MCA Department has delivered a popular talk on Electronics Gadgets, during the CSI Gwalior AGM at Jiwaji Club, Gwalior on 8th September 2012. The talk was informative about Technological Enhancements of Electronic Gadgets. Dr. Jadon explained various popular electronic gadgets including mobiles, tablets, laptops etc. The talk was highly appreciated by the audience. Dr. M. K. Gaur, Asstt. Professor in Mechanical Engg. Department was awarded Gwalior Ratna in the field of Science and Technological Development for the year 2012. Congrats.

Entrepreneurship Development Cell of the institute has organized two weeks fulltime Faculty Development Programme in April and July this year. The programs were sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, N. Delhi and Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Bhopal. Thirty participants attended each program. National Conference on Quality Assurance for Construction of Cement Concrete Roads was held in Civil Engg. Deptt. on 25th August, 2012. Er. V.K.Sharma, Former Engineering in Chief, PWD, Govt. of M.P. was Chief Guest on the occasion. He has focused on the need of quality monitoring of concrete roads. Dr. Binod Kumar, Senior Scientist, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi was keynote speaker on the occasion. He has explained the modern concepts of concrete and its application in the road construction industry. Dr.M.K.Trivedi and Dr. R.Kansal were Coordinators.

Dr. C. S. Malvi, Asstt. Professor in Mechanical Engg. Department had recently completed Ph.D. on Approaches to Increase the Efficiencies of Solar Energy Conversions from Energy Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK. He had received Overseas Scholarship to do Ph D from Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India. Heartly congratulations.

CONFERENCE / TRAINING PROGRAM/ WORKSHOP ORGANISED

CS & IT Department organizes training programs to impart technical skill based on latest trends and requirement of industry, under the umbrella of IBM Centre of Excellence which is followed by certification exam. Recently organized training programs are IBM WID from 14th to 17th Jan. 2012 and IBM Lotus from 29th July to 1st August 2012. Eighty nine percent of the students who have enrolled for these programs get the certification. MITS Newsletter

A workshop on Recent Advances in Microwave was organized by the Department of Electronics during 31 August-01 September, 2012. The workshop was attended by more than seventy participants from different parts of the country.

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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS / EXPERT LECTURES ORGANIZED IN THE DEPARTMENTS

Prof. K. K. Biswas from IIT-Delhi delivered lecture on Vision Based Human Activity Recognition in Jan. 2012. The lecture was organized by CS & IT Department. Dr. D.M. Tripathi, Professor Civil Engg., IT BHU has delivered expert lecture on Utility of Bio grades in Removing Toxic Elements from Water in April 2012. The lecture was organized by Civil Engg. Department. Electrical Engg. Department has organized a series of expert lectures in the month of AugustSept.2012. First lecture was delivered by Er. Piyoosh Gupta, Deputy Director, CAMTECH, Gwalior on Reactive Power Management/Traction System on 7th August. It was followed by the lecture of Er. Gopal Agrawal, Consultant, Gwalior on Energy Audit & Management held on 16th August. Next lecture was from Er. Rameshwar Singh, Manager, PGCIL Gwalior. He delivered lecture on HV Transmission and Distribution & Substation Management on 28th August. Dr. C.S. Malvi, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MITS, delivered lecture on Solar & Nonconventional Energy on 7th September, 2012. All the lectures were thought provoking in their respective domain. In an industry orientation seminar held on th 26 Sept. 2012 in the Department of Architecture, Practicing Architect and Alumni Ar. Vikas Shukla from Allahabad briefed students on a variety of topics. The seminar was organized in an interactive mode. Detailed discussions were held on Architecture as a Career, Role of Arts, Structural Design and Engineering, Emerging Job Opportunities and the Challenges faced by Young Architects during the seminar. Ar. Vikas Shukla is the recipient of many national awards and recognitions. MITS Newsletter

CELEBRATIONS
Independence Day Celebration: On 15th August, 2012 Independence Day was celebrated in the Institute with dignity and honour. Er. Ramesh Agarwal, Honble Secretary, Scindia Engineering College Society and Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Director hoisted the National Flag. They congratulated all faculty, staff and students on this occasion. In their address, they motivated all to work hard with dedication and sincerity for the upliftment of the institute.

Teachers Day Celebration: On 5th September 2012, the students of Department of Computer Applications celebrated Teachers Day with great enthusiasm. It is the perfect opportunity for the students around the world to pay a tribute to their teachers. Dr. R. S. Jadon, Head MCA Department delivered a motivational speech on this occasion. All teachers present during the celebration suggested ways to students so that they can come up with flying colours in their future. Students organized various games for their teachers. It was a magnificent moment of student-teacher interaction.

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 Engineers Day Celebration: On 15th September, 2012 Engineers Day was celebrated in Mechanical Engg. Deptt. Tribute was paid to Indias greatest engineer Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Director Dr. Sanjeev Jain and prestigious alumni provided their precious input and guided the students. Faculties and students exchange their views about current and futuristic scenario of Mechanical Engineering. Final year students of Chemical Engg. also organized a function on this occasion.

Poster presentation competition on Green Engineering and Extempore on General Awareness was conducted on 15th Sept. 2012 under the aegis of ISTE MITS Chapter. The competition was open to students from all branches.

Ganesh Mahotsav : Ganesh Chaturthi festival was celebrated in the Institute Boys Hostel with religious sanctity. On this occasion, a Bhandara was organized on 28th Sept. 2012 which was attended by students, faculty and staff to have the blessings of Lord Ganesha. Next day, the Ganesh Mahotsav ended with Visarjan of Lord Ganesha Idol. The students participated with great zeal and enthusiasm.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES
The Orientation Programme for B.E. / B. Arch. 1st year students admitted in the academic session 2012-2013, was held on 16th Aug., 2012. Er. Ramesh Agrawal, Honble Secretary, Scindia Engineering College Society and Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Director highlighted the institute profile. Dr. Laxmi Shrivastava, Dean Academics introduced the students to academic calendar and scheme. Dr. Abhay Mishra, Dean Student Welfare explained the various provisions related to welfare of students, and Dr. M.K. Trivedi, Dean Training and Placement explained the functioning of T & P cell in the institute. It was followed by the deliberations from all respective Heads of the Departments. Subsequently, students joined in oath ceremony for not getting involved in any kind of indisciplinary activity. Later on, a formal visit of the students was organized to their respective departments. MITS Newsletter

Manthan 2012 - A quiz competition was held on 22nd Sept. 2012. The competition was organized by CSE & IT department for students of all departments. Harshit Bhaudoria & Vaibhav Gupta from CSE Ist year received the first prize and Rachit Saxena & Prakhar Jain of IT 2nd year received second prize. NCC Cadets of the institute has planted 50 saplings of Guava, Jamun and Amla at College NCC Campus. One hundred forty NCC cadets took part in plantation held on 23rd September 2012.

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PUNYA TITHI
On the occasion of 11th Punya Tithi of His Highness Late Shrimant Madhav Rao Scindia, a Shraddhanjali Sabha was organized in the institute on 30th Sept., 2012. Honble Secretary, SECS, Er. Ramesh Agrawal, Director, Dr. Sanjeev Jain, all Deans, Faculty and Staff members paid their homage and offer floral tributes to the Former Chairman of Scindia Engineering College Society and a legend visionary. During the solemn ceremony, Bhajans were recited by famous radio artiste Shri Rajendra Pareekh and Shri Rakesh Jain, Sushri Parul Bandil, Sushri Oshin Jha. The sabha was concluded by distributing the packets of stationary to around 150 children who are a part of the NSS literacy programme of the institute. A Blood Donation Camp was also organized with the help of Indian Red Cross Society. Around 100 students including girls in large number along with faculty and staff members donated blood. Prof. Abhay Mishra, Dean Student Welfare and Prof. Manish Sagar, Program Officer, NSS Unit, MITS organized the proceedings.

CAMPUS VISITS BY COMPANIES / ORGANIZATIONS FOR PLACEMENT

Eicher Tractors, TCS, Wipro, L & T Infotech, Tech Mahindra Ltd., Indian Army CMC, Indian Navy, Impetus, Professional University, Cadbury Lovely

Total 219 students of Passing out Batch - 2012 were placed in these reputed companies/ organizations.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Electrical Engg. Department is going to organize an AICTE sponsored National Conference on Evolutionary Computing Techniques in Engineering Applications during December 17-18, 2012. The objective of the conference is to generate awareness about the revolutionary changes taking place in the various disciplines of engineering at national level.

TEAM NEWSLETTER
Chairman - Dr. Rajeev Kansal Members- Dr. Alok Sharma, Dr. Sanjeev Khanna, Dr. Sulochana Wadhwani, Dr. M.K. Gour, Dr. Sunita Sharma, Dr. Anshu Chaturvedi, Prof. Jaimala Jha, Prof. Laxmi Shrivastava, Dr. Shourabh Bhattacharya Prof. Vandana Sakhre Composed by Devendra Singh MITS Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 1 Sept. Oct., 2012 6