Message from the Vice Chancellor

Due to its focus on students, GTU is being recognized as a University, which is striving hard for excellence and which is succeeding in many ways. The project on Active Learning and Creating Excitement in classes, Laboratories and Workshops (ALCE) won a World Education Award 2013 in Higher Education on 23rd April 2013. Let the Award spur us to do more since we have to work so that the entire GTU community adopts ALCE enthusiastically. As we put the courseware, developed under ALCE, on our web-site, it will help us become a better Learning University and it will build GTUs reputation. High reputation of a University opens up, for all its graduates, exciting opportunities. On 9th April 2013, Dr. M.M.Pallam Raju, the Union HRD Minister, gave GTU the National ASSOCHAM award for the best University based Innovation Ecosystem for linking industry-academia and innovation. On 29th April 2013 at a day-long conference, chaired by , Dr. Rajaneesh Goel, the Principal Secretary Higher Education, Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore, GTUs work was referred a number of times with appreciation and in many cases it was decided that the technical Universities in Karnataka may follow the GTU model. In the evening, the undersigned received a telephonic invitation to address a meeting of the Principals of Engineering Colleges in Karnataka and to inter-act with them in June 2013. While recognition of the hard work, that the whole of the GTU community has put in, is excellent news, let us remember that we have to continue to work to strengthen all our 25 GTU Innovation Sankuls and the UDISHA clubs. A University continues to remain young since new students and faculty members continue to bring new ideas and new strength to the system. But it also means that all its committees, in which students and faculty members are involved, have to work every year to rejuvenate themselves and to go ahead by building on what was achieved during the previous years. GTU can become a Leader in Learning Outcomes very soon if the students, the faculty members and the administrators, through use of technology, through Faculty Development Programs and through a collaborative model, work towards it. If we all take up the job in real earnest and with discipline at every College/ Institution, at the next years Gujarat Foundation Day, we may all be able to take much greater pride in our work. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University Wednesday, 1 st May 2013

Volume : II Date : 1st May 2013

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Failure is good if we learn from mistakes

Ms. Sunita Williams, a prominent astronaut from NASA, visited Gujarat Technological University on Saturday, 6th April 2013 for the interaction with the students. Dr J.N. Goswami, Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad was the Chief Guest at the event. On 19th January 2013, at the Convocation of GTU, an Honorary Doctorate was conferred on Ms. Sunita Wlliams. The certificate of the Honorary Doctorate was presented to Ms. Sunita Williams on the event. The audience gave a standing ovation to Dr. Sunita Williams with the round of applause. Dr.Williams, who holds

Message from VC Astronaut at GTU IT goes Global GCSR gets Advisors GTU buzzing Good Governance ALVCOM Phase II AwardWES 2013 AwardASSOCHAM 2013 AwardAIMS 2013 Think Global Beginning of new page Job dream came true Accolades to GTU Jaynaraya Vyas at GTU HR talks To be Vishwa Vidhyalaya Patent Workshop IInd Sankul Day Anti Corruption Campus News Photo Gallery

the record of the longest sp acewalk by a woman astronaut, told students during her speech that she never dreamt of becoming an astronaut and it happened as her career progressed. My father is a doctor and biology is in our family. I love animals so I had thought of b e c o mi n g a veterinarian. But I could not manage to get into the college of Dr. Aggarwal Presenting the Honourable Doctorate Degree to Ms. Sunita Williams

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my choice so I joined the US Naval Academy. Then I wanted to be diver in the Navy but ended up becoming a pilot. So, for me it was never a direct route. I had a couple of failures in college and failure is good if we learn from mistakes. she said. She also shared some interesting pre and post launch training activities and her experience during the stay at the International Space Station along with a video clip. One can also see the clip on the YouTube, she stated. The video clip showed her training period in Russia and the pre-launch preparation for the space-craft. The video also included very interesting shots of the spacecraft facilities inside and how they operate it. The spacewalk clips were the most interesting part of the video clip. Dr. Sunita Williams Addressing the Students Dr. Sunita Williams also interacted with students of

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GTU. She gave a message to the young generation to vote for bringing a change the revolution instead of complaining about it. She asked the students to have faith in democracy. She said that spirituality and science are not exclusive. Science opens the doors, through which one can see the majesty of creation, said Ms. Sunita Williams. She inter-acted with a school girl Taksha Rathod, who had won the prize for NASA Olympiad Dr. Williams cheerfully waved hand towards students waiting outside GTU campus to have a glance at their inspirational role model. 2

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MOU with IEEE to provide Global Certification to GTU Students

To work toward providing best of the support to the students is an ongoing process at Gujarat Technological University. GTU once again takes one step forward to support the engineering students to match the global standards. Gujarat Technological University (GTU) and IEEE have announced an offering of educational services and technical material to GTU and its affiliated colleges in Gujarat. IEEE and GTU signed the MOU for the collaboration on 25th April 2013. IEEE Computer Society is the world s leading computing membership organization and the trusted information and career-development source for a global workforce of technology leaders including: professors, researchers, software engineers, IT professionals, employers, and students. Under IEEE Computer Society s Registered Education Provider (REP) program, GTU will provide its students with the SWEBOK Certificate Program (SCP) and the Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) and Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) credentials. GTU students who complete one or more modules in the SCP series and an independent assessment will be awarded an IEEE certificate recognized by corporations worldwide for software engineering proficiency IEEE is most prestigious society of world. All universities across world has access to IEEE said Dr. Aggarwal. He said IEEE is extremely important for GTU. The students and faculty of GTU engineering programs will benefit immensely from the IEEE offerings, especially SCP, e-learning courses, technical webinars, participation in upcoming standards definition, and technical instructor-led courses custom made for GTU. The addition of these programs will enable GTU students to acquire knowledge to enhance their opportunities for employment and career progression globally. Dr. Aggarwal with Mr. Harish Mysore & Mr. Yatheendranath for IEEE India Operations This important collaboration is significant not only for IEEE and GTU, but for the students who will be taking advantage of new learning options to further

their technical education to become part of the global workforce, said Angela Burgess, IEEE Computer Society Executive Director. We are looking forward to working with GTU to help advance the cause of technical education, be it through certificates, online courses, webinars, or standards development. IEEE, through this long-term partnership program with GTU, fosters programs like the Faculty Development Program, IEEE standards education, and technical support for projects, which help GTU faculty and students to be on par with those of global universities, said Harish Mysore, Director India Operations of IEEE. The IEEE Standards Association will conduct standards workshops at GTU to further student and faculty understanding of international standards development processes. The IEEE Educational Activities unit will conduct technical communication courses for engineering students and faculty and establish an award for the best innovative idea.

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Board of Advisors appointed for Global Country Study Report (GCSR) Program
As a part of Global initiatives, GTU has launched the Global MBA Program from 2011. GCSR (Global Country Study Report) was introduced with a vision to make MBA program more qualitative and practical oriented with touch of Global Perspectives. To enrich the management knowledge of global businesses in today s competitive scenario, students and faculty of 2 nd year MBA will study GCSR, that is in-depth study of any developing country. The objective of GCSR program is to identify a business link/ opportunity of Gujarat/ India with particular country. The output of these reports may help the industry and entrepreneurs in their decision making of doing business in foreign country. A step forward in making this program more efficient, GTU established the Board of Advisers for the on 25th April 2013. Dr. Gitesh Joshi, Registrar of GTU appointed Mr. Sunil Modi , Mr. K.H.Patel and Mr. N.K.Goyal as the member of the board of advisory committee for GCSR. The board members honoured Dr. Akshai Aggarwal with a silk shawl and shared their vision for GCSR. Mr. Sunil Modi shared a quick but refined presentation on the business opportunities in Africa. Mr. K.H.Patel said that he can ensure that the students get the support from foreign country by interacting with the Indian communities living there and the Indian embassies. Mr. N.K.Patel said that there are many more business opportunities to look forward with foreign countries except oil & gas and he also shared a new about Dr. Aggarwal to be awarded at World Communication Awards on 7th May 2013.

Details of Members appointed as the members of Board of Advisors for GCSR :

Mr. Sunil Modi, President, R B Mody & Co., BABU KAKKAL & Sons. Having vast Experience of more than 30 years in business dealing with African Countries.

Mr. K. H. Patel, Chairman, Non-Resident Gujaratis (NRG) Committee, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) and Hon. Chairman of Non-Resident Gujarati Centre Ahmedabad, sponsored and maintained by Government of Gujarat. Served as former Indian High Commissioner to Uganda and Ambassador to Rwanda and Burundi.

Mr. N. K. Goyal, President CMAI Association of India, Member Governing Council Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council, Govt. of India, Director NFL- National, Fertilizers Ltd, Govt. of India, Vice Chairman, ITU APT India, Chairman India

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GTU campus was buzzing with knowledge sharing interactions in March & April
Preparing and presenting the work of research is the most important task for the Students and they seek lots of guidance to reach the desired level to complete the assignment. To provide the support to the students GTU had organized three different Research Weeks for Engineering, Pharmacy & Management streams. Many evaluators from all over the country were invited to review the work of students. Many senior professors and experts from several universities of Pune, Pondicherry, Lucknow, Amritsar and many more evaluated student s work during the research week.

Students attending the Workshops

Students in the Review with Experts

GTU had also organized daily workshops with guest speakers from different university and industry experts on different topics of student s interest. The Research week for Engineering was scheduled on 18 th March to 30th March 2013 and the Pharmacy Research week took place on 2nd April to 13th April, 2013. The Management Research was planned on 24th to 27th April, 2013. GTU campus was buzzing with knowledge sharing interactions among students and faculties. All the faculties from different universities appreciated the initiative of organizing such Research Week. Faculties from other universities were impressed with the work of many students. They found the topics of research and work of students relevant to the need of industries and society. Some students showcased the unique and innovative presentations which can also lead to innovation in future. Such combination of students and faculties made the Research Week Event a successful initiative of GTU.

Experts reviewing Students work in Management Research Week

Student Presenting work in Review with the Experts

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Indians do wonders when they go abroad in every field, but why cant they do so in India?
India is a country having a great history of good governance by the king Akbar. Today, India is one of the largest democracies in the world and good governance is a key to achieve the success in a country with more than 1 billion people. To motivate the good governance in the modern era of democracy GTU had organized two days conference on Good governance on 19 th& 20th April, 2013 at the GTU campus. In his speech Dr. Akshai Aggarwal said that we have forgotten that we have a rich past. We do not think that we can truly become Vishwa Vidhyalaya. If we think we can, then we can definitely achieve. There are universities in the world teaching ethics in politics and business. To learn democracy young students from India goes abroad, even after India being largest democracy. Counter for Ethics & Governance is to start such programs to train students in ethical democracy. Mr. C.S.R.Prabhu Deputy Director General of National Informatics Centre was the Chief Guest of the first day conference. He shared a very interesting presentation on the E-Governance by Government of India. He shared the concept of effective applications of information technology and communication in government using E-Governance. He also

shared the concept of Citizen E-Governance where people can pay their all government tax bills online instead of visiting the centres. He also explained entire body of NIC and shared the vision of E-Bharat 2020 to bring India online. Dr. Charles Savage President of knowledge era enterprises, Germany was a Key note Speaker on the first day of the event. He questioned that Indians do wonders when they go abroad in every field, but why can t in India? He rememorized the concept and importance of Yoga and Guna by sharing a small presentation on it. He also said that learning is an on-going process for life time and advised everyone to read Gita Granth, irrespective of the religion you follow. Mr. Nayan Parikh, Dr. Nagalingappa, Mr. Milind Kulkarni, Mr. K.H. Patel were the guest of honour at the conference. Dr. Shailesh Thakker, honorary director of centre also addressed the conference as a patron of the event. On the day two Dr. yogesh Doshit, Mr. Sunil Modi and Mr. Ankit Nagpal were the Guest speakers. Dr. Girish C. Bhimani & Dr. Nagalingappa presented the papers on two of the technical sessions. Mr. J.S.Negi, CEO, Pradeep Overseas Ltd and Mr. Kaushal Mehta, CEO, Motif (India) Ltd., the chief guest of the event on the second day

Dr. C.S.R. Prabhu from NIC

were felicitated with mementos. Best six papers on good governance were awarded with the prizes on closing ceremony of the event.

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ALVCOM enters 2nd phase with viewers from 25 countries

GTU have the affiliated colleges all across the Gujarat state including some rural places too. To give the guidance to all the students from some of the best faculties form different colleges, GTU have designed an online learning program Active Learning Lecture Communication Series ALVCOM. ALVCOM have successfully completed the 1st phase and has now entered in the 2nd phase from March 2013. The Institute ALVCOM for Space lectures are being and

telecasted with the help of Bhaskaracharya Applications Geo-Informatics for free online viewing. In the first phase ALVCOM had viewers from 25 countries. In the first phase 148 live lectures were broadcasted on weekends and were also uploaded on youtube.com for repeat viewing. In the 2nd phase ALVCOM will telecast the lectures of Diploma engineering (civil, mechanical & electrical engineering) &Degree Engineering. ALVCOM have received lot of appreciation by faculties as well as from students from different colleges. Back to Index

ALVCOM awarded at World Education Summit 2013

Active Learning Lecture Communication Series ALVCOM is a unique initiative by GTU. This efforts were recognized on global level when GTU won the Award in the category of e-campus at World Education Award 2013. e-Campus is rich in technology and takes advantage of the modern innovation to ensure that students get the best education possible. This category invites nomination from Higher Education Institutions that are taking e-initiatives on an exemplary scale. Vice Chancellor Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Registrar Dr. Gitesh Joshi and Project coordinator Ms. Roma Thakur received the award at New Delhi, India on 23rd of April 2013. On 24th April 2013 sessions were also organized in which Hon ble Vice-chancellor Dr. Akshai Aggarwal delivered a speech on Higher Education at the session on Technical Education : Looking Beyond the present Challenges. Dr. Aggarwal also presented the ideas of GTU s Sankul for creating structures, which enhance industry-institute interactions and of improving the ranking of the university at the world level. This Award will be a great motivation for GTU when ALVCOM is entering in the 2nd phase. Back to Index 7
Dr. Aggarwal, Dr. Gitesh Joshi & Ms. Roma Thakur at WES 2013

GTU wins ASSOCHAM AWARD 2013

Gujarat technological University has been awarded ASSOCHAM S Education Excellence Award 2013 for the Best Shri Institute M.M. for Promoting Raji to Dr. Industry Akshai Academia the Interface. The award was presented by Union HRD minister Pallam Aggrawal,
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Vice-Chancellor of GTU at New Delhi on 9

April 2013.

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We have to chart our own path towards excellence

Gujarat Technological University once again had a pride moment on receiving The AIMS International Innovative University Award on 7th January 2013 at IIM, Bangalore. Looking to the multi-faceted activities and innovative contributions of GTU in improving the technical and management education in the State of Gujarat, the Association of Indian Management Scholars (AIMS) International nominated GTU for the award. The award function was evidenced by many Directors of many IIMs, including the Director of IIM, Bangalore. Shri Om Prakash Gupta, Professor of Management at University of Houston, is the President of AIMS. He had been associated with Nirama University, Ahmedabad and IIM Ahmedabad in past for more than two decades. Professor Gupta read the citation and delivered the award. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal accepted the Award and shared that GTU is working to become a University, which can attract students and scholars from all over the world. He said that starting from where we are; we have to chart our own path towards excellence. While GTU is having the same goals as the Dr. Akshai Aggarwal at IIM Bangalore best of the Universities across the world, every University, which aims at excellence, has to find its own innovative path. He

also shared various research project initiatives taken by GTU with Kellogg School of Business and with a German University. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal stated that GTU is expecting the number of patents that students and faculty member of colleges files to reach by 100 at the end of the academic year. GTU has won many awards even in the past and every award is like crossing one milestone ahead on the journey towards success. Back to Index

GTU has faced lot of challenges, but it is determined not to accept mediocrity.
Dealing with international market has always been the USP for Gujarat based Industries. With bigger market comes the bigger challenge. To through the light on such issues and to find the solutions to overcome GTU had organized 2nd Annual International Conference in collaboration with Parul Institute of Management & Research. The conference took place at GTU Campus in Ahmedabad on 23 rd to 25th January 2013. The three day conference was attended by many industrial leaders and delegates from other countries which also included two female entrepreneurs Ms. Deepa Nair, AGM Piramal Glass and Ms. Vibhuti Bhatt from One Advertising. Dr. Ulrich Schafermeir, Vice Dean, UAS Bueiefield and Dr. A.D.V. Indra Ratna, Dean of economics & management from Shri-Lanka also attended the event.

Dr. Ulrich lighting lamps as the conference

Dr. Aggarwal on the Dias with the dignitaries

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal addressed the conference with encouraging and motivating speech. He elaborated on the evaluation of Globalization since ancient days and regarding the solution pertaining to overcoming the challenges of Globalization. He also said that GTU had started two research projects jointly with a German University; one research project mentored by Kellogg School of Business, USA and five research projects in HR, mentored by Prof T V Rao. He added that GTU has faced lot of challenges, but it is determined not to accept mediocrity. Dr. Devanshu Patel, Managing Trustee, Parul Arogya Seva Mandal and Dr. M.N. Patel Director GTU and Member Secretary of ACPC also addressed the conference on the first day. On the third day of the event several speakers like Dr. Varun Arya, Dr. G.G.Wankhede, Dr. Indra Ratna and many more delivered their speech on topics like Hr, Marketing and Finance. I feel delighted with this type of initiative, was the first line of the speech by the chief guest of the event Dr. Bakul Dholakia, Vice Chairman and Director, Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management and former Director , IIMA. He said that he was very much impressed by the theme, diversity of topic, significant research content and meaningful and conclusive research paper which have been published by GTU in the booklet for its 2nd International conference. While going through the book, his attention was on the research papers impact of recession of Shri-Lankan economy and social networking helps the youngsters to sharpen their personalities more specifically.

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It is a responsibility of educational institutes and universities to deliver good education

A convocation is a solemn occasion which marks the beginning of a graduate's life in the open world, as he/she steps out of the gate of the university life. GTU organized its second convocation ceremony on 19th January 2013. The convocation ceremony sparkled with the presence of many dignitaries such as Sri Sri Ravishankarji the spiritual icon of the youth , Padmabhushan Shri A.M.Naik named as 4th Best CEO of the technology company in the world recently, Shri Bhupendra Sinh Chudasama, the honourable Education Minister of Gujarat and Shri Jay Narayan Vyas. Dr. Kamla Beniwal , the honourable Governor of Gujarat was the chief guest at the event.

Dr. Kamla Beniwal & Shri Shri Ravishankarji lighting the Diya in the inaugural ceremony of Convocation

Dr. Aggarwal addressing the Graduates at the Convocation

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal welcomed all the dignitaries and students at the event during his speech. He said the convocation will be marked as the end of a page and the beginning of a new page in both university and student's life. He shared the innovation initiatives taken by the university and the recent achievement of the university of winning AIMS award at IIM Bangalore. He also announced the honorary doctorate degree to Shri Shri Ravishankaji, Padmabhushan Shri A. M. Naik and Astronaut Ms. Sunita Williams at the event. Dr. Kamla Beniwal conferred the Degree to the present dignitaries at the event. Ms. Sunita Williams was presented with the degree recently during her visit to India on 6th April, 2013 at the GTU campus by Dr. Akshai Aggarwal. Dr. Kamla Beniwal, the honourable Governor of Gujarat congratulated the students during her speech. She also said that good quality of higher education is very important in the time of globalization , and it is a responsibility of educational institutes and universities to deliver good education to student for the competitive world. It will help them to lead at the world level and bring India forward. 12,357 new graduates had registered for receiving the degree in person and 6408 of them had registered for bringing their parents with them. The convocation was also live telecasted which achieved 56385 hits from viewers in 24 countries. Thousands of students with happy faces and the filling of achievement were presented with the degree at the convocation ceremony. It was a very proud movement for the university as well as for the parents of the students at the convocation ceremony.

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Job Dream Came True for Students at Ankleshwar, Bharuch

A good job with handsome salary in a corporate giant is a dream every student rush after. Many students made it to the finish line in the race of getting a job during a recruitment drive GTU -IS-JOBFAIR-2013 organized by GTU Innovation Sankul for the final year students of Engineering, MBA and MCA at Bharuch city for the first time. The event took place at SVM Institute of Technology SVMIT, the oldest college of Bharuch and also at Government Engineering College GEC, Bharuch on 15th & 16th March 2013. 32 companies from Dahej,Ankleshwar, Zagadia, Panoli and Bharuch Industrial Estates were given the invi-

tation to the job fair. Companies like Hindalco, Hubach, UPL, Rallis, Flomatic, Techanoforge and Cheminova are some of the major companies which gave a break to fresh talent. Companies interviewed about 600 shortlisted students having CPI of more than 6.5. At the end of the two days event, 192 recruited students were thrilled for the opportunity provided to them. Institutes were elated to see the success of their dream project and Industries were pleased to find the needed talent from the local Institutions. Back to Index

Accolades to GTU from Dr. R A Mashelkar

The chairperson of National Innovation Foundation (NIF), Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, was in Ahmedabad at IIM-Ahmedabad for Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards. In an Interview published in The Economic Times 28th March 2013, RA Mashelkar had discussed about the innovation and research ecosystem in India. On asking about the preparations of the institutions for the change he replied You need the right kind of leadership for this. Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is doing this. Such narration by a senior scientist is a proof of the recognition gained by the GTU Innovation Council at the national level.

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Establish Herb Bank to save the fast vanishing herbs

Date : 9th March 2013
The 5the meeting of Kotler Incubator for Ayurvedic Medicines took place on Saturday, 9 th March 2013 at 2 PM at the GTU Campus. The agenda was to review the progress of all 15 projects allocated to the different institutional groups and to determine the road map for further progress of K-IAM at GTU.

Hon. Jaynarayan Vyas( Ex Cabinet minister- Health and Tourism, Government of Gujarat) and many manufacturers of Ayurvedic Medicines and a few prominent Ayurvedic practitioners were invited to attend the meeting. All the deans of Faculty of Business Studies, Dr. Chinnam Reddy, Dr. PG K Murthy and Dr. Junare were present at K-IAM. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal welcomed Shri Jaynarayan Vyas and all the present members in the meeting. Dr. Aggarwal said as Kellog School of Business, USA was the mentor for GTU for K-IAM, it was high time we summarized our work and submitted a comprehensive report to Dr. Kotler. Dr. Aggarwal said, Compared to the Chinese Traditional Medicines, we have not done a modern scientific study of the Indian Traditional Medicines. So we have very few research articles and proven work, in today s idiom on Ayurveda. Shri Jaynarayan Vyas addressed with example of kukurmin, a turmeric extract, a concentrate of 95 % curcuminoids used as powerful antioxidants found in the spice turmeric root. He said despite of turmeric being produced in Gujarat, India the drug which is made of Kukurmin is patented in USA, so if in India we would have worked on it the results may have been miraculous. He also emphasized on the Quality control of Ayurvedic Medicines and purity of raw materials. He suggested to study on four areas for raw material procurements as Vanaspati Base, Cast Base, Mineral Base & Ras-Shastra Base. Shri Jaynarayan Vyas also added that the issue of clinical trials is also a big concern for the Ayurvedic Medicine Industry in India. He also advised to establish Herb Bank to save the fast vanishing herbs like Gugal, Chanothi, Dodi, Brahmi etc. He suggested in the last to establish a regulatory market where farmers and buyer get a common platform for the trading of Ayurvedic raw material. The meeting flow continued with the discussion on several topics of Ayurvedic medicine like Emergency, Lifesaving drugs, Clinical Trials, Traditional life sciences Globalization of Ayurveda and many more. The meeting winded up with conclusion on final four categories to be placed on the page to have holistic view of K-IAM like: a. Patient Queries B. Doctors and their case stories c. Industry participant with their New Product updates and best practices and d. Researchers KIAM-coordinators and students participants.

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Train people before they join the organization to make them compatible

GTU- Council for Human Resource Studies and Organizational Structures (GTU CHRSOS) had organized a HR Research Meet on 2nd February 2013 at GTU Gandhinagar Campus. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal (VC of GTU), Dr.T.V.Rao(Chairman, T V Rao Learning Systems), Prof. Imon Ghosh HRD), Shri M V S Murthy ( VP & Head HR and LD, FVRL Technology Services ulty members from various colleges and 6 student attended the meeting. Four different teams from several colleges gave the presentations on the industrial Human Resource needs. The presentations were on the IT, Pharmaceutical, MSME and Public Service Industries. Hon. Vice Chancellor Shri Akshai Aggarwal suggested that the The titles of the Presentations were as team may refer to reports of the Duke University, USA on HR per listed below. practices on Indian IT companies and NASSCOM Report after taking a glance at the presentation on Innovative HR practices in IT Industry. 1. Innovative HR Practices in IT He also suggested that the faculty can get some help through the IT Industry companies with whom GTU has signed and MOU. Mr. M V S Murthy suggested that to use CRM as a tool to study business issues with HR in IT industry. He also stated that in Pharmacy there are issues around Technical competency. For e.g. In Clinical Research Organisations the jobs are lucrative while in the Formulations segment the jobs are not as lucrative so it is important to see therefor how much of these reasons are contributing to high attrition. Prof. Imon Ghosh suggested that researchers should connect business issues with HR to take an overall business perspective in IT. Where in Pharmacy Industry he suggested that researchers should identify the benchmarks e.g. study the 108 model (at the offices in Ahmedabad) which is the example of very high levels employee engagement. He also suggested to study the book Dare to Lead by Dr Anil Khandelwal Ex. Chairman of BOB for Employee engagement in Banks and also to have a look at Dr. D M Pestonjee s book on Stress Management and Turnover. Dr. T V Rao said that challenges that could be examined in IT industry are Getting people (Recruitment) and Culturisation (socialization) giving the examples of Infosys & an airline company for training people before they join the organization to make them compatible. He suggested for the pharmacy industry engagement research that getting back to the industry and give feedback to the employees along with the management is very important to gain positive results. Where in the few general suggestions were listed for the Public Services Sector which included initiating the study on informal sectors and the defence sector as 93 % of Indian jobs are in the informal sectors. The meeting ended with a commitment to involve more members in their team and make a roadmap with appropriate time lines and follow them. 2. Employee Engagement Practices in Pharma ceutical Industry 3. HR and OF : Needs and Practices of MSMEs 4. HR in Public Services like Com munity Hospitals, Schools etc. (Director, Academy of Future Group), 17 fac-

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GTUs aim is of becoming Vishva-Vidyalaya in the true

ParasparoJivanam! - Live and let live, Love all Serve all. This beautiful line by lord Mahavira is punched on the top-line of the conference report which says allot on the topic of the conference. GTU and SMJV s C K Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management organized the 3 rd International Conference on Business Ethics, Governance and Sustainable Enterprises on 8 th& 9th February, 2013 at GTU auditorium, Chandkheda Campus. GTU is the first Technological University in India which had organized such event thrice. The first Conference on Business Ethics for Global Success of Indian Businesses" was organized in September 2011 at Ahmedabad and the second one took place in Vadodra as 2 nd National Conference on Business Ethics & Corporate Governance. Around 200 participants attended the two-day conference that included 20 speakers and 180 participants from industry, researchers, faculty members, students and volunteers. Out of 40 authors of research papers/ present in the event, 32 gave the presentation of their research papers/ case studies on four different tracks.

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30 top research papers selected by the conference team out of 61 received were published in SANKALJournal of Management & Research, special issue February 2013, which was unveiled in the inaugural

session. The four topics of the presentations were Business Ethics, Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Enterprises. The first day of the conference began with the opening speech by Dr. Rajesh Khajuria, Director SMJV s institute of management followed by the speech of the chief guest and guest of honours from different institutes and industries. The Chief Guest Honourable Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice-Chancellor, GTU explained various initiatives taken by GTU to implement ethics and governance practices. He spoke about the GTU s PG Research Centre for Business Ethics and CSR, as one of the initiatives. He also said that GTU s aim is of becoming VishvaVidyalaya in the true sense and enlightened on three important characteristics of a University: Centre of Knowledge, Service to Society and an institution, which is ethical in its dealing with all its stake-holders on the first day of the conference. Continue to next page . . . . .

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The conference continued with the discussions amongst the delegates including IAS officers, Business Leaders and Educationist on several topics of Business Ethics on both the days. Three best papers selected from each of the four tracks were felicities with a certificate and a memento at the end of the last session on the day two.

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One Day Workshop on Patent Search Methodology for Engineering Faculties of GTU
To learn patenting is very important for all the engineering students and faculties specially for those who are associated with innovations. GTU had organised a one day workshop on Patent Search Methodology for Engineering Faculties on 16th February, 2013 at the LD campus of GTU. Around 150 participants from various colleges attended the training program. The objectives of the training were to provide an overview of IPR and Patentable subject matters and to give hands-on-training of Patent searching technique using Open Source database. This was the third time when GTU organized the training program on Patent research after mapping the success of previous programs.

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Celebration of 2nd GTU Innovation Sankul Day

GTU innovation Council celebrated the 2nd GTU Innovation Sankul Day on 14th February,2013 AT Paryavaran Mandir, Naroda, Ahmedabad. Two year back the 1st Industrial Shodh Yatra (a research journey) by GTU was initiated by 31 students and 4 faculties of VGEC at GIDC industrial estate, Naroda on 14 th February 2011. Within 6 months of the efforts, GTU won the Best Jury Award in the category of Best Interface between Academia Industry at the World Education Summit 2011. To Mark the Success and to make it historic GTU declared 14th Feb as GTU INNOVATION SANKUL DAY. To appreciate the excellent work done by students, faculty members, principal/directors and other stake-holders, GTU Innovation Council had declared the Pedagogical Innovation Award. Dr. Gitesh Joshi, Registrar GTU delivered the opening speech on GTU Innovation Council and briefed various award categories for the Pedagogical Innovation Award.Padmashri Dr. Vijay Bhatkar was the chief Guest of the event and Mr. David Hamilton, Consulate General, Canada (Mumbai) and Mr. Harpal Daliwal, President, Education Innovation Centre Canada were the Special Guest at the event. Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, Mr. David Hamilton, Mr. Harpal Dhliwal, Swami Sarvasthanandji and Shri Shaileshbhai Patwari presented the awards to individuals and organizations that had been a significant part of innovation movement at GTU. Students and faculty members, who had contributed to the Vishwakarma Yojna and students who had been to Canada and other countries for summer vacation studies in 2012 were appreciated with the award. Dr. Bhatkar said that he was amazed to find that GTU had set up the 1st University based Ecosystem to promote innovation. He shared his very interesting memory about his project when he was asked to develop India s first Super-Computer in 30 months at the cost of Rs. 37 crores by prime-minister; he had only said that We can do it! He was pleased to see that same spirit pervades the GTU system in its quest for creating a great University in India. Dr. Aggarwal, Dr. Bhatkar & Swami Sarvasthananda presenting the Award Dr. Akshai Aggarwal shared the success story of GTU Innovation Council during 2012. He shared that concept of Innovative Pedagogy was developed by a

Technology University of Finland. It requires the problem solving skills & multidisciplinary projects, which can support innovation and develop close linkages with the industry and society in the surrounding of Institute. Dr. Aggarwal also shared the initiatives of GTU innovation councils like Start-up Support System to encourage early-stage entrepreneurs, IT Infrastructure Abhiyan and Vishwakarma Yojana. Dr. Vijay Bhatkar honoured Dr. Aggarwal with a traditional shawl on behalf of Consortium for his significant contribution and leadership. Mr. Harpal Dhaliwal, President EICC, Canada was honoured for bringing the innovation to the educational system. Swami Sarvasthananda , Adhyaksha Ramakrishan Mission Rajkot, recounted the success stories of GTU Innovation Council, based on his experience during his involvement in motivating young minds. Last but not the least Mr Hiranmay Mahanta, Honorary Director of GTU Innovation Council and Managing director of Techpedia.com was honoured by Mrs. Shakuntala Aggarwal and Dr. Akshai Aggarwal at the event. The 2nd GTU Innovation Sankul Day celebration turned out to be an inspiring event. Back to Index 17

An Anti-Corruption Force Coming Ahead From GTU

In the 21st century India is facing a big question of corruption. While government is working to solve it by appointing Lokpal, the private sectors also will need the management people to resolve such issues. The workshop on Teaching Anti-corruption in Management Programs was organized jointly by GTU and PRME on Thursday, 28th February 2013 at GTU campus as an initiative. Teaching of ethics and anti-corruption in business education should be based on context-specific scenarios and learning resources, said Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice -Chancellor of GTU. He expressed the need and the significance of including Business Ethics and Corporate Governance as important areas of study in Management programs. Prof. Shiv Tripathi (Mzumbe University, Tanzania) and Prof. Ronald Berenbeim (Stern School of Business, New York) were the main speakers from PRME. Professor Tripathi and Berenbeim are associated with United Nations Global Compact Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). PRME has set up an Anti-corruption Working group, which has developed a tool-kit for the help in anti-corruption education at Business Schools.

Prof. Ronald Berenbeim said that we should emphasize creation and uses of specific material related to the situations which are relevant to students and organization, where one is likely to work. Prof. Shiv Tripathi brought out the need for integrated teaching, research and community partnership in promotion the anticorruption education in management programmes. Prof. K. N. Sheth, Dean GTU for Interdisciplinary Research emphasized that Anti-corruption education should be touch with other related issues like poverty eradication, human rights and environmental sustainability. Prof. J. P. Joshipura, Director, Som-Lalit Institute stressed the need for integration of Indian philosophical thoughts and Gandhian philosophy in order to make the anti-corruption education more relevant for the Indian business students. Directors, Deans and more than fifty faculty members, currently teaching the course on Ethics and Corporate Governance at GTU affiliated MBA Institutes, attended the international workshop and brain stormed various ethical and anti-corruption issues including many Case Studies that can be incorporated to make the course more effective for the management students.

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Campus News

i-Explore contest was organized by Vadodara Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( VCCI) and Vadodara Innovation Council (VIC) during 8th Mega Industrial Exhibition held on 14-18 Feb, 2013 .The team of Vadodara Institute of Engineering, Kotambi has secured First position among all UG teams of various Engineering Colleges across the State participated in this contest. held on 14-18 Feb, 2013 . Anand Pharmacy college organized sports week from 11 to 18 Feb. 2013. Som Lalit Education and research foundation organized HORIZON 2013 on 23/02/2013 on sustainable growth and governance .Honored guests were Mr Kautilya Das senior Sr. HR Vodafone west ltd ,Mr Harish Goel MD Kamakshi Flexi prints pvt ltd. Shri. M. H. Kadakia Institute of Management and Computer Studies, Ankleshwar.Organized Management Development Program on the theme Sales Recovery- A Marketing Perspective "The MDP was conducted by a very senior Management Professional Mr Shailesh Thakkar, Management Consultants and Mentor Baroda. Anand Pharmacy college organized its alumni reunion on 3rd February 2013 at Shri Bhaikaka hall ,SRKSM Campus . Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel institute of technology organized a national conference on Power systems, embedded systems, Power electronics, Communication and control Instrumentation (PEPCCI 2013) on 28,29,30 Jan 2013 . Shree J N Ruparel Swaminarayan Institute of Management Chhaya-Porbandar in collaboration with Gujarat Technological University organized a national seminar on New Paradigm In Management on 25 Feb. 2013. Two mechanical engineering students of Silver Oak college develop an innovative machine to improve BOC machine used in bearing industries. Shreya Singh student of Anand Pharmacy college bagged second prize in the semi final national level IPA Elocution competition 2012 on topicPharma education present scenario and future perspective . Vadodara Institute of Engineering Collage organized STTP on linux internals and essentials. Gujarat Technology University organized 5th meeting on kotlers incubator center for aryuvedik medicine(K -IAM) on 9th march 2013. Shree Dhanvantary Pharmacy Collage in collaboration with Gujarat technological university organized a 2nd international conference on Emerging trends in drug research and development on 30-31 march 2013 Smami schchidanand polytechnic college organizes abhigyan-2013 on 13th april 2013.

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