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Gujarat Technological University (gtu) has completed the examinations in June 2014. The university has been able to declare the results within about a month of the last date of the examinations. But the issues are about the quality of our output.
Gujarat Technological University (gtu) has completed the examinations in June 2014. The university has been able to declare the results within about a month of the last date of the examinations. But the issues are about the quality of our output.
Gujarat Technological University (gtu) has completed the examinations in June 2014. The university has been able to declare the results within about a month of the last date of the examinations. But the issues are about the quality of our output.
Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, one of the most respected scientists
of India, was asked by a correspondent about how the academic institutions could prepare for change, required to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. He said, You need the right kind of leadership for this. Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is doing this. That was published in the Mumbai edition of Economic Times of 28 th March 2013.
The Principal Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Education Department, wrote that a presentation would be made on the experience at GTU in involving technical students for taking up innovative projects. This was in a notice dated 21 st May 2014 for a meeting at the Karnataka State Higher Education Council.
Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, Chairman of the MP Private Universities Regulatory Commission, Bhopal said, If the Universities adopt the innovative projects, being operated at GTU, it would be beneficial for them. This was reported in Daily Bhaskar of Bhopal on 28 th May 2014.
When our students, faculty members and we at GTU office learn about the unsolicited praise, being given by eminent persons, outside Gujarat, we feel good. Such praise should immediately remind us about the large gap between what we are able to do today and what the students and faculty members are able to achieve at the great universities of the world.
We completed the examinations in June 2014. This year for the first time, we have been able to declare the results within about a month of the last date of the examinations. But the issues are about the quality of our output.
Each one of the faculty members has to ask himself/ herself the following questions: Were we able to set up papers, which evaluated the understanding THE NEWSLETTER Volume III Issue II July 2014 Page No.
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ASSOCHAM Award for GTU 1st Centralized TECHFEST 2014
INTERNATIONAL The Global Perspective The Education Abroad Honouring His Excellency German Students visited GTU Essence of Bangladesh Ambassador of Tunisia at GTU
ACHIEVEMENTS The Largest Centralized Job Fair Decoding the Democracies
EDUCATION Creating a Makers Space Transparent Examination System CPDP evaluation report of IITE Building a Stronger MBA Poster Presentation
EVENTS 3rd Sankul Day Celebration Co-Curricular Activity Awards Governance Affairs Bringing Old Buddies Together Dewang Mehta Communication Awards Management of Globalized Businesses SHORT STORIES Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelSpecial Issue of Anantyam Oracle Academy Partnership Access to e-Library Promoting the Open Source Technology PHOTO GALLERY GTU - Best University of the Year Gujarat Technological University is proud to share the news that on February 19 2014, GTU was awarded the Best Higher Education Institute/University of the Year at Hotel Shangri-La, Janpath, New Delhi , by ASSOCHAM India. ASSOCHAM Awards are organized with the aim of recognizing best practices in delivering quality education in India by Government of India-MHRD, Planning commi ssi on Government of I ndi a, INSIDE THIS ISSUE Read More on Page No. 2 . . . Designed and Compiled by: GTU Media Section E-mail - projectofficer_media@gtu.edu.in Contact - 079-23267549
Association of Indian Universities and National Skill Development Council. More than 400 private and government universities across the nation had sent the nominations under various categories. Gujarat Technological University was awarded as UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR in government university category.
Gujarat technological University has taken several initiatives for practice orientation, improved ways of making the learning in the class rooms exciting through ALCE program, continuous faculty development program, continuous telecast of lectures for degree and diploma engineering students, value based education through CPDP, improvement of standards of research at Masters & Doctorate level said Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU on the occasion. Dr. G P Vadodaria, Registrar, GTU along with Mrs Almas Juneja (OSD) and Ms. Roma Thakur received the award in presence of Padma Vibhushan Dr. Karan Singh Ji - Chief Guest , Shri D S Rawat Secretary General, ASSOCHAM and S S Chawla Senior Director & Head Education Department ASSOCHAM.
Such national and international awards are the scale to map the recognition GTU has earned across the nation and world. The award should encourage the GTU community to make even greater efforts to develop the best of learning environment at every college. GTU has also acquired 9 awards during 2013 including some prestigious award like ASSOCHAM award 2013 for GTU Innovation Council and World Education Award 2013 in the category of e-Campus. These national and international awards are the scale to map the recognition GTU has earned across the nation and the world. GTU honoured with the ASSOCHAM Award at Delhi 2 rather than rote-learning? Did we assess the answer-books with due care? Did we conduct the practical examinations and viva-voce examinations so that we were able to evaluate every student fairly? Were we able to provide excellent education to our students?
Every one of the students has to ask himself/ herself: Did we acquit ourselves well in the examinations? Had we studied every day during the semester, without missing a single class or laboratory or workshop? Did we behave courteously with all in our class and in our college and did we maintain appropriate discipline?
We at the University have to ask ourselves: Are we continuously improving our systems for delivery of proper service to all our stake-holders? Are we receptive to feedback, particularly the one, which shows our shortcomings? If a stake-holder, be he/ she a student or a parent or a faculty member, comes to any office of the University, does he/ she go back with satisfaction or not?
The new academic year has started for most of the classes in most of the programs. The first year classes would start on 24 th of July after the admission is declared by ACPC on 21 st of July. Let us all work so that at the end of the semester, we all should be able to answer the above questions in a positive and satisfactory way. If we are able to do so, we would have moved our University further on the path to becoming a great University.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal 18 th July 2014 Dr. G. P. Vadodaria , Registrar (IC) , GTU receiving the Award Back to Index
OP STORIES T Dream hard enough, Believe yourself and Good thing will happen, said Mr. Sudipta Bhatta- charya CEO Adani Ports & Logis- t i c , Chi ef St r at egy & Technology Officer, Adani Group at the inauguration ceremony of GTU Techfest on 4 th April 2014 at KCG. Mr. Sudipta Bhattacharya delivered the keynote address at the ceremony. During his speech Dr. Bhattacharya took the audience in the future of the world of technol- ogy saying that 9000 days back in our lives, we did not have Internet technology and about 2500 days back smart phones were not in existence until the iPhone was launched. Today, we all are practicing these technologies. In the case, imagine where the technology will be reaching in the next five years.
This is the very first Techfest organized by GTU under the leadership of Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal says that GTU TECHFEST is designed to bring joy to the engineering creativity back to our education institutes. The only purpose of organizing the Techfest is that students can enjoy the engineering. Engineering is the profession that can change the world and it is the profession on which we all can take pride.
The participation of more than 7000 scholars across the state shows the huge response received for GTU Techfest 2014. L. D. College of Engineering was the host institute for the Central Tech- fest of GTU. The campus of LDCE went vibrant with the excitement and wonder among the students. 71 technical and non-technical events were projected during the two days of GTU Techfest.
GTU Techfest for Pharmacy was organized at the Arihant College of Pharmacy which was inaugurated by Dr. G. P. Vadodaria, Registrar of GTU.
Students showcased their talent and engineering creativity in various events like Robotix , ATV, Modelling and many more. The surroundings at the L.D. College of Engineering was all set to learn along with joy, as many students also showcased their talent at events like a flash mob and evening concerts.
Huge participation of students and display of creative work made the GTU Techfest a grand success. The press provided a wide coverage to the event and was all praise for the work showcased by the students.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal Vice- Chancellor of GTU said that GTU TECHFEST is designed to bring joy of engineering creativity back to our education institutes. The only purpose of organizing the Techfest is that students can enjoy the engineering. Engineering is the profession that can change the world and it is the profession on which we all can take pride. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GTU CENTRAL TECHFEST 2014 ATV Championship TREMMOR Terror Quiz for GK Organized for the first time in India on any college campusATV cars made by students of GTU colleges raced on the 1.2 km track made in LD College of Engineering during GTU Techfest Participants made structures which were tested in an earthquake lab. Quiz was conducted by J. Ramanand who is a winner of BBC Quiz and has been conducting Open National Quiz at IIT Bombay since last 2 years Engineering is the Profession that can Change the World 3 Back to Index 1 Back to Index
Many of the Research work done by GTU students is of Canadian Standards. Even the subjects of research are quite similar. said Dr. Vasu Apanna, the Dean of Pharmacy at Laurentian University, Canada. Dr. Apanna evaluated more than 30 students at GTU Pharmacy Research Week. He was impressed with the concept of Research Week. He said that the work of some of the students was really good. Some presentations were as good as the presentations we see in Canada.
GTU organizes Research Week as an evaluation process of the Ph. D and Masters Students for the mid-semester review of the final year thesis work of Pharmacy, Management and Engineering students. More than 4000 students attended this mid semester review during the months of March and April 2014. This was the 3rd Research Week organized by GTU. Nearly 13 foreign experts from the Universities of USA & Canada also joined the Research Week 2014 and were quite impressed with the work of scholars. More than 50 experts from IITs & NITs also attended the research week and evaluated the work of students. More than 80 Workshops were organized during the research week by different experts.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU says that the research week not only reviews the work of students it also provides mentoring. Moreover, open source front of review creates excellence in the thesis work at all colleges across the state. Evening workshops by experts along with the morning session of review created a Kumbh Mela of knowl- edge seekers. Another expert from Kansas State University, USA was Dr. M. S. Hosni. He says that Its a pleasure to be here. I appreciate the opportunity to interact with students and professors. Research Topics for students' work are excellent. I saw various types of projects conducted here like applied research as well as scientific base type research. There were number of projects that were of highest quality. They were comparable to the quality that I have seen elsewhere. Many of the External experts not only appreciated the Research her dissertation topic. The format of PSAR report was divided into 4 parts & comprising a total of 40 questions. Study of PSAR was introduced to increase novelty in the dissertation work. It will also stop the repetitive research as students will get ideas about latest research happening in the area of dissertation projects.
GTU is constantly engaged in promoting IPR among the students and faculties. Moving one step further in promoting IPR GTU incorporated Patent Search & Analysis Report (PSAR) as a part of projects for all M. Pharm (Sem IV) students from this current academic year. Each M. Pharm (Sem IV) student (all branches) has to study at least 5 patents related to his/ Promoting IPR to bring Novelty in Research List of Foreign Experts Dr. Vasu Appanna, Laurentian University, Canada Dr. Abdelwahab Omri, Laurentian University, Canada DR. RAMKI Thurimella , University of Denver, USA Dr. Bala Natarajan , Kansas State University, USA DR. NILESH PATEL , Oakland University, USA Prof. Dr. Shrinivas Palanki, University of S Alabama,USA Dr. Shishir Shah, University of Houston,USA Dr. Gaurav Sharma, University of Rochester, USA Dr. Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University, USA Dr. Hamed Sari-Sarraf, Texas Tech University, USA Dr. Ramesh Subhramaniam, Laurentian University, Canada Dr. Anil Kulkarni , The Pennsylvania State University, USA Dr. M. H. Hosni , Kansas State University, USA NTERNATIONAL I Research Work of GTU Ph.D & Masters is of the International Standards - says Foreign Experts RESEARCH WEEK SCHEDULE Stream Dates Pharmacy 20 th Feb to 6 th March 2014 Engineering 20 th March to 10 th April 2014 Management 10 th March to 13 th March 2014 Week Concept but also showed an interest in replicating the concept at their institute looking at its outcomes. Research Week of GTU has gradually gained recognition and appreciation in the education world. 6 Back to Index
194 students of GTU exploring education abroad International Experience Program in Canada, USA & Germany Presently 194 students of GTU are in foreign universities for the 8 week education program. 98 Students have gone to Laurentian University in Canada, 44 students have gone to Wismar University, Germany while 52 students are studying at Kansas State University in USA. All the students went to foreign universities between 12 th to 14 th June 2014 and their classes started from Monday, 16 th June 2014 in respective campuses.
During the IEP students learn 2 of the subject and also appear in the mid-semester exams of the subjects they studied in a foreign university. GTU credits those marks to the respective students in their semester result. These students not only attend the classes during IEP but also go for industrial visits. Exposure to the different educational system, climate, place and culture all together provide a unique experience to all the students to learn.
Since 2011, GTUs International Experience Program has provided an opportunity to the GTU students to study in foreign Universities . In association with German, Canadian and American Universities GTUs IEP has turned out to be Indias one of the largest International Experience Program. In the year 2013, GTU also signed MoU with Sias University, China for IEP.
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On 18 th June, 2014 GTU honored His Excellency Mr. Steward Beck, High Commissioner of Canada to India at Hotel Courtyard Marriott where a small gathering was organized as a part of his farewell visit to Ahmedabad. GTU initiated its first international experience program with University of Alberta, Canada in the year 2011. Visa Denial can restrict such program to grow. Since 2011 most of the students were granted visa to fly to Canada for IEP. GTU honored High Commissioner of Canada to India for his support and cont ri buti on towards t he development of the International Experience Program of GTU. On the occasion Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU said that His Excellency Mr. Steward Beck has always been very pro-active in contributing to the success of GTU IEP. H.E. Mr. Steward Beck visited GTU personally and interacted with the students, who wanted to go to Canada during his Ahmedabad Visit. GTU is thankful to H.E. Mr. Steward Beck for his constant support in the development of GTUs IEP. GTU honored High Commissioner of Canada to India for his support and contribution towards the development of the IEP of GTU with Canadian Universities In association with German, Canadian and American Universities GTUs IEP has turned out to be Indias one of the largest International Experience Program. GTU students at Kansas State University , USA & Laurentian University in Canada during IEP 2014 Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU Felicitating H.E. Mr. Steward Beck 7 Back to Index
Exchange of Knowledge and Culture with German University 17 students of DHBW Stuttgart University, Germany visited GTU Chandkheda Campus on 10th February 2014. These German Students attended an educational program at C K Shah Vijapurvala Institute of Management in Vadodara. Dr. Ramesh Shah, Professor, DHBW University also accompanied the students at the event. GTU is associated with German Universities since 2012 with the foundation of Indo-German Study Centre at GTU in the presence of Dr. Norbert Gulerwald, University of Applied Sciences Technology, Business and Design, Germany.
Prof. Ramesh Shah, DHBW- Stuttgart, Germany discussed about the University programs, Dual studies programs offered by DHBW, Germany and benefits to students.
Dr. Ramesh Shah and Dr. Ak- shai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor, GTU exchanged the documents of MoU between the two Universities for collaboration. Indo-German study Centre offers an opportunity to enhance the research and educational process with mutual understanding. As a part of MoU, GTU and DHBW will initiate a research project on Study on Relative Impact & Objectivity of Different Media. The research program is termed as Multi Location Collaborative Learning (MLCL).
I am impressed to learn about the special initiative taken by GTU for developing interest about the international trade among students through GCSR program said His Excellency Mr. Tarek Azous , the Ambassador of Tunisia to India during his visit to GTU to be a part of the National Day Celebration of Tunisia and Hungary on 30 th March 2014. Mr. Tarek Azous shared his insights about Tunisia with the GTU MBA students who are studying Tunisia as a country in their Global Country Study Report. Sharing some interesting facts about the relations and trade between India and Tunisia , he said that Tunisia is a reliable supplier of Phosphate to India for the fertilizer industry. 3 PMs of India have visited Tunisia in past. He shared that very few people know that Tunisia is also a large supplier of Olive oil. Tunisia also has a great tourism industry. In the year 2013, 6.5 million tourist visited Tunisia. Tunisia is going through a political reform and may get a newly drafted constitution by the end of 2014. He also shared that Tunisia offers free education and 7% of its GDP and 25% of the countrys budget is spent on Education. Tunisia spends 7% of its GDP and 25% of the country budget on Education - Ambassador of Tunisia to India at GTU 35 students of Bangladesh did spread the essence of the Bangla Culture at the National Day Celebration of Bangladesh and Mauritius on 1st March 2014 at GTU Chandkheda Campus. These 35 Bangladeshi students have enrolled in various GTU affiliated colleges. During the National Day Celebration they performed traditional dance of Bangladesh showcasing the culture and life style of their country. It was an experience apart to see the Bangladeshi cultural show in Gujarat. Bangladeshi Students Singing the National Anthem of Bangladesh Glimpses of the Culture of Bangladesh in GTU Campus 8 Back to Index
People from all over India come to Gujarat in the hunt of a job but we want a job in Gujarat only On Saturday, 12 th July 2014 the 2 nd Centralized Placement Fair for Pharmacy organized by GTU I-TAP was inaugurated by Shri Ketanbhai Patel, Managing Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Dr. G.P. Vadodaria , Registrar ( IC) , GTU. After the great success of the "1st Centralized Placement Fair of Pharmacy" on 27th April 2014, GTU-ITAP (Integrated Training and Placement Cell) and Faculty of Pharmacy had jointly organized 2nd Centralized Placement Fair for Pharmacy on 12th & 13th July, Saturday and Sunday at GTU, Chandkheda campus, Ahmedabad. This placement fair was organized with an objective to provide platform to the Pharmacy students of 2014 batch.
In India, about 35% of the Pharma industry is in Gujarat. People from all over India come to Gujarat in the hunt of a job but we want a job in Gujarat only said Shri Ketanbhai Patel, Managing Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. He shared that when we offer the job to local manpower for the company office out of Gujarat they hesitate in taking it. He advised all the students to widen their horizons and search options out of Gujarat for jobs with good remunerations and not to be biased for the initial pay packages. On the other hand Dr. G. P. Vadodaria, Registrar (IC) also advised all the students to give best of their performance during the interviews as their performance may also affect the students graduating next year. Shri Prabodhbhai Shah, President, GAAMA , Shri Padmin Buch, MD, GITCO, Dr. A.K. Shukla, COO, Vovantis Healthcare and Dr. C. N. Patel, Dean , Faculty of Pharmacy, GTU also graced the event. 31 companies including the leading names like Zydus Cadila Healthcare, Lincoin Pharma, Troikaa Pharma and many more participated in the job fair with 675 vacancies. Out of 675 vacancies 165 vacancies were in the core area and all the 165 vacancies were filled during the job fair. A total of 680 students appeared in the interviews out of which 270 students were hired. On the remuneration side B. Pharm students are hired on the packages between 1.20 lac to 1.80 lac of CTC and M.Pharm students are offered between 1.80 lac to 2.40 lac of CTC. The placement fair organized at GTU is one of the biggest campus drive organized by any university in Gujarat in the field of Pharmacy.
Job Fair CHIEVEMENTS A Vacancies Offered at the Placement Fair Sr. No Job Category No. of Vacancy 1 QA/QC/RA 50 posts 2 Production 50 posts 3 F&D/R&D 25 posts 4 Marketing/ Corporate Affairs 40 posts 5 Hospital Pharmacy/ Community Pharmacy 675 posts Total Posts 840 posts Shri Ketanbhai Patel, Managing Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. advised all the students to widen their horizons 9 Back to Index
India is the world's largest democracy. It is one of the world's oldest civilizations, yet a very young nation. Elections to its Parliament are held once every 5 years. Year 2014 was the year of Loksabha Election in India and the best time to study the democracy of India. Taking an advantage of the right time GTU initiated a Multi Location Collaborative Learning (MLCL) Project under which the first phase of the research focused on the Lok- sabha Election 2014 in India. An Analytical Study on Relative Impact & Objectivity of Different Media was done which revealed some very interesting FAQs about rela- tion between Media and the Elec- tions.
In the study conducted on various media , it is found that the BJP has received the highest attention/coverage by media among all political parties, including both the positive and negative types of coverage with the weightage of 22.6 % followed by INC (15%) and AAP (12.8 %). Another survey reveals that 51.42 % people consider the media news for making their decision for voting while 21.93 % people disagreed on the media impact on their voting decision and 26.65 % people responded neutrally. On the ground of the opinion regarding the maximum news coverage of political parties in media and its effect on their voting decision, the respondents have been valued for their perception towards a particular political party. From the responses it is found that about 75% of the respondents have perused fair image of BJP followed by Congress (14%) and AAP (5-6%). Here, the perception of the viewer is considered and not the type of news covered i.e. either positive or negative. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU says that the MLCL Project by the Faculty of Management at GTU is the first attempt under the multi-national- multi-institute research project on studying the democracies of the world. GTUs young researchers have been able to contribute a very interesting and useful study by looking at the elections of 2014. Since the evening of 12 th May 2014, the exit poll data has become available. The calculation on the basis of media attention, reported in this study, does not fully match the exit polls. However, media attention has got to be augmented with many other factors like the performance of the incumbent government, perceived charisma of the candidates, the strength of the organizations backing the candidates etc. The first part of the study is looking at only one of the factors. As we move ahead and study the democracies in the rest of the world and the democracy in action at various levels in India, we may be able to develop greater insights into how a democracy can strive to continuously improve its working so that it can be said to be by the people, of the people and for the people. Views from 470 people were collected from 7 different cities of the state of Gujarat. GTU had involved 8 different management institutes in Himmatnagar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bharuch, Navsari & Patan in this study.
A joint research on the subject of An Analytical Study on Relative Impact & Objectivity of Different Media was initiated under the project called Multi Location Collaborative Learning (MLCL). MLCL is being directed in India by GTU Management PG Research Centers and in Germany by DHBW University. A university in South Africa and a University in Slovenia have also been invited to join this research project. * * * Decoding the Democracies of the World - GTU MLCL project LOKSABHA ELECTION 2014 Party Name Average Media Attention ( %) BJP 22.61 % INC 15.03 % AAP 12.81% More than 50 % of the People take their Voting Decision based on the Media News 10 Back to Index
There are more than 1200 Makers spaces in the world currently. These are the places where one can visit and experiment with their creative skills, be it art and craft or learning experiment or work experiments. These places offer freedom to open the mind to create which enable hobbyist/ hackers/ developers/ students to explore and ultimately end up building innovative products / projects. Similar setups are also required in India which till date does not have any Maker Space. To built the concept of Makers Space in India GTU has started a Community Innovation and Co-Creation Centre (C-i-C3) at its AhmedabadACPC Campus. The sole purpose of the centre at GTU is to foster innovation, research and entrepreneurship among the students of Gujarat.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU says that GTU has set up its first Community Innovation Co-Creation Center (C-i-C3) in March 2014. During this year, GTU will establish a few more C-i-C3s all across the State. This is being done to develop an environment, which can help our students develop as technologists, who are respected for their creativity in their field. C-i-C3 organized its first event Hack-Pi-Dunio - Hackathon that originated new innovations in 36 hours during 11th to 13th April 2014. Hack-Pi-Duino was Gujarats first ever Arduino based Hackathon organised by GTU. It provided a platform for all hackers, developers, hobbyists and students to showcase their talents and compete with the brightest minds. In Hack-Pi -Dunio a total of 14 teams were selected from the pool of applicants. GTU had provided one Arduino Board and a hardware module to each participant. These 14 teams worked enthusiastically day and night to bring out running prototypes of their ideas. The judging panel of the event including Mr. Haren Shah, Peach Technovations Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Ninad Shastri, Xplora Design Skool,and Prof. Mihir Shah of VGEC were surprised to see the creativity of the students at the event. The creation of students makes the C-i-C3 lab a place worth investing in the creativity. The lab is open for all GTU students. GTU is also looking forward to equip the lab with the equipment which can help the students in experimenting and creating. Authenticity of the examination is the most important part of any education system. GTU has implemented a unique system of question paper designing , printing and delivering to avoid any chance of leak. Moving one step forward in making the examination process transparent GTU has made the CCTV surveillance compulsory for the examination centres before the examination of Summer 2014. Followed by which All the institutes were informed in December 2013 to install the CCTV Cameras in each classroom used for examination purpose before 31st March 2014. GTU Making the Examination Process more Transparent Developing an Environment which can help Students Emerge as a Technologist and Creator CADEMICS A 11 Back to Index
Bringing a Positive Change in Students for Identifying their Contributor Identity GTU has introduced Contributor Per s onal i t y Dev el opment Programme' as a subject from December 2011 in the branches of Engineering, Pharmacy and Computer Application. The vision behind the launch of this course is, to equip students with not only the right skill-sets but also to develop the right mind-set. To evaluate the course and the quality of its delivery work GTU entrusted Indian Institute of Teachers Education (IITE) with the job of evaluating the status and prospects of the course Contributor Personality Development. More than 200 teachers and 8000 students were covered in the study. The major findings of the present study revealed that the CPD Program in its present form is proven to be an effective one. The course has brought a positive change in students for identifying their contributor identity, success, career and importance of relationship. Also, CPDP has i mproved the ski l l s l i ke communication, time management, ability to work in challenging situations, leadership, team work etc. GTU had also called all the CPDP f acul t i es f or t he brainstorming session to improve the CPDP program further on 25th April 2014 at GTU Chandkheda Campus and collected suggestions to enhance the program further.
Global Country Study Report is the unique feature of GTU MBA under which 110 countries are being studied by GTU MBA students in different colleges. GTU is putting up several efforts towards building the GCSR program stronger each year. GTU appointed 3 board of advisors to guide the programme in the year 2013-14. GTU also arranged a series of events to support the programme. This year GTU organized the VIVA of GCSR programme and MBA final year project at centralized level inviting experts from academia and industry too. Earlier colleges were taking the viva in institutes itself. All the three advisors of GCSR program Mr. K.H. Patel , Mr. Sunil Modi and Mr. N. K. Goyal also took part in the VIVA sessions in different zones which was no less then mentoring. More than 6000 students appeared in the VIVA held in May 2014 at GTU. GTU building the MBA GCSR program stronger each year - Centralized VIVA for the batch of 2013-14 IITE Study reveals that the CPD Program of GTU in its present form is proven to be effective one. 12 The thesis defence of 1,860 students of Master of Engineering were conducted at GTU during 23rd June 2014 to 11th July 2014. Every student was required to present his/ her thesis to the experts from all over the country for evaluation. In addition every student was required to prepare a poster to make available the research to the society in an easily understandable format.
The poster exhibition was visited by students and faculty members every day. In addition leaders from the industry were invited every day according to the specializations so that they can provide assessment from the point-of-view of industry. Such a major effort to open up the research work to the society so that research may become more relevant to the needs of the society has never before been made.
On the other hand Industry Experts also showcased their support and enthusiasm to be the part of such activity. During this evaluation process some of the students had also found their mentors in the evaluators from Industry as many of them invited students to be associated with them for future assistance too.
As a whole the activity of Poster Presentation organized by GTU turned out to be a great success with appreciation from the Industry and Academia. Poster Presentation - A unique evaluation method introduced in GTU thesis defence Back to Index
GTU Innovation Council celebrated the 3 rd GTU Innovation Sankul Day on 14th Feb with Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancel- lor of GTU, Dr. G.P. Vadodaria, I/C Registrar of GTU, Dr. M.N. Patel, Principal of L. D. Institute of Engineering as the guest of the event and more than 200 students, faculties, deans, principals and other education stake holders.
GTU Innovation Council presented the 2 nd Pedagogical Innovation Awards to recognize and appreciate the excellent work done by students, faculty members, Principals/ Directors and other stake-holders in GTU. GIC also presented the 1 st Innovative Students Co-Creation Awards for Leadership and Excel l ence (i-SCALE) Awards for the student- led initiatives in the fields of i nnovati on, technol ogy dev el opment , pe dagogy , leadership, entrepreneurship and similar other endeavours.
On the occasion Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU said that GTU has many other places to organize this function but we decided to celebrate it at Paryavaran Mandir at Naroda where the journey had begun in 2011. He shared that the 1st Industrial Shodh Yatra (a research journey) by GTU was initiated by 31 students and 4 faculties of VGEC under GTU at GIDC industrial es- tate, Naroda on 14th Feb 2011. By June 2011, more than 50,000 stu- dents replicated it all over Gujarat. Within 6 months of the effort, GTU won the Best Jury Award in the category of Best Inter- face between Aca- demia Industry at the World Edu- cation Summit 2011. To mark the success and to make it historic GTU declared 14th Feb as GTU Innovation Sankul Day. Dr. Aggarwal also praised the initiatives taken by Innovation Council during his speech.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwl, Dr. G.P. Vadodaria, Dr. M.N. Patel & Mrs. Shakun Aggarwal appreciated the students and nodal officers working on the Vishwakarma Yojna Part I of Phase II for the hard work and the contribution towards Urbanization of Villages thru Vishwakarma Yojana Project before the beginning of the 2rd Pedagogical Innovation Award ceremony
Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta , Honorary Director of GTU Innovation Council presided the 2 nd
Pedagogical Innovation Awards. Mr. Hiranmay said that GTU had received more than 300 nominations from across Gujarat state out of which 27 profiles were selected for the award by the jury. All the 27 selected candidates were awarded for the unique efforts made towards innovation in academia. Mr. Hiranmay also shared the concept of introducing the i-SCALE Awards. 15 teams across Gujarat were presented with 1 st i-SCALE awards.
2nd Pedagogical Innovation Awards and 1st i-SCALE Awards presented on Sankul Day Celebration VENTS E 1st Innovative Students Co-Creation Awards for Leadership and Excellence 13 Back to Index
NSS volunteers are the Social Soldiers working without weapons in the community Cheering loud and cherishing with joy of achievement made the environment all set for the GTUs Co-Curricular Activities Award 2014 held at the Gandhinagar Town Hall on 3 rd May 2014. GTU felicitated and awarded all the achievers of GTU co-curricular activities like Cultural, Sports, NSS, NCC and other initiatives like thalassemia awareness programs and blood donation camps.
Major General Delawar Singh, Add. Director General of NCC, Western Region, Gujarat presented the awards to the NCC achievers and encouraged the youth present to build strong character in themselves to be a leader. On the occasion Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU said that I also have been the part of NCC in my school days. NCC inculcates discipline in us. He also said that I want NSS to spread widely in GTU. He encouraged all the students to create an impact by winning even at the national level and invited suggestions from students to move forward in the direction.
The award ceremony started by felicitating Smit Patel and Atit Shah who are GTU students and have been players of Under 19 Indian Cricket team at World Cup. Smit Patel is also captain of Ranjit trophy team. Cap. Chaitanya Sanghvi is a Member Secretary of GTU Sports & Cultural Council and also leads the NSS and NCC activities at GTU. GTU Board of Sports & Culture recognized his efforts towards encouraging the youth in enhanc- ing their abilities beyond their college campus by presenting an award. On the same note Dr. K. N Seth, Senior Member of GTU Board of Sports & Culture was also felicitated with an award.
Youth Officer and Regional Head of NSS , Shri Kamal Kumar Kar awarded the NSS students for their achievements. During his address Mr. Kamal Kumar Kar said that NSS volunteers are the Social Soldiers working without weapons in community and appreciated the initiatives taken by GTU. Centurion Blood Donor Shri Mahesh Trivedi has donated blood for 117 times and is also an author of Rakta Bindu & Ashakiran. Shri Mahesh Trivedi presented the award for the blood donation camps and thalassemia awareness programs.
In the second session Well known folk music artist Sri Yogesh Gadhvi and Shri Aditya Gadhvi presented the cultural awards and also set the stage on fire with their performances. Nishant Shah, player of Under 16 Indian Basketball team presented the sports awards.
Dr. G. P. Vadodaria , Registrar , GTU , Dr. M. N. Patel , Vice Chancellor , Gujarat University also graced the event. Babaria Institute of Technology, Atmiya Institute, SVIT Vasad were one of the leading institutes claiming the large number of awards while LDCE made it to the top in the list of winners. 1400 students were awarded at the event for their efforts in co-curricular activities that make them different than others.
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20 th century was of Management and the 21st century is of Governance Post Graduate Research Centre for Governance System of GTU has organized the 2 nd
International Conference on Co r po r a t e Gov e r n a n c e : Contemporary Issues & Challenges in Indian Economic Environment (ICGS-2014) on 14 th & 15 th March 2014 at GTU Chandkheda Campus. GTU had invited Research Papers from all over the world on different themes of Governance. GTU received 284 Research Papers including 4 Papers from Foreign Authors. A book SARANSH combining 64 Research Papers was unveiled at the beginning of the event along with Special Issue of ANANTYAM on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Prof. Bharat Dalal, Founder Professor of IIMA and Management Consultant delivered the welcome speech at the conference. Sharing the importance of Good Governance, Dr. Dalal said that US went through subprime crisis and in India also we saw an example of Satyam Scam. If the good governance is implemented prop- erly, such scams will not have a scope in the future.
On the occasion Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU shared some interesting thoughts on political and economic aspects of Good Governance. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal said that countries like Japan and Italy did not had stable government but they progressed continuously because their organizations, companies, schools, hospitals and all others were working well. If the government would have been stable they might have achieved better progress. India is a country of 1.2 Billion people against the world population of 7 Billion. We all have an equal role to play in developing new ideas for better governance in a democratic system.
Mr. Piyoosh Gupta, Head, Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Western Region shared some of the laws of Company Act that are important for the Governance Systems in the listed companies. Mr. S. Rajaram CEO, Erhardt Leimer India Private Ltd. shared some interesting facts that corporate world faces with governance in the government system. Dr. G. P. Vadodaria, Registrar of GTU delivered the vote of thanks at the end of the inauguration ceremony.
20 t h centur y was of Management and the 21st century is of Governance said Dr. Samo Bobek, Professor of Business Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Business, University Of Maribor, Slovenia. It is necessary to involve and put some Themes for the Conference
Theme-1: Corporate Governance and Top Management Theme-2: Corporate Deviances in Functional Management Areas Theme-3: Corporate Governance and Environment Theme-4: e-Governance / Transparency Theme-5: Corporate Shared Responsibility & CSR Theme-6: Corporate Governance and Law Theme-7: Contemporary Issues in Governance India is a county of 1.2 Billion people against the world population of 7 Billion. We all have an equal role to play in developing new ideas for better governance in a democratic system. - Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU 15 Back to Index
Bringing the old Buddies Together at GTU Alumni Association Meet Today, GTU is a family of about 4.5 lac students. Each year thousands of students take their degrees from GTU and move ahead in their life. Alumni Association of any institute is the only chain that keeps the institute and a passed out student bonded with each other. GTU Alumni Association is also spreading its wings across the world to create a strong Alumni Community.
GTUAA organized 2 nd Annual Alumni Meet on 8 th February 2014 to celebrate its 1 st foundation day. More than 100 GTU Alumni came together at the meet. GTUAA was founded on 8 th February 2013 with a vision to keep the alumni connected in a network for their own good and good of the Alma mater and to engage the Universitys global community to advance t he Uni ver si t y s excellence. The 2 nd Annual Alumni Meet was held at GTU Chandkheda campus under the leadership of Dr. K.N.Sheth (Dean of GTU and Director of Venus Institute of Technology. Shri D. M. Mehta , Chemical Engineer from Michigan University - USA , Shri Ward D. Rummel , Consulting Engineer, President and Trustee of D&W Enterprises Ltd., joined the meet and shared thei r career experiences.
Shri Jashwantlal Shankarlal Patel , Vice President (Project) of Elecon Engineering Ltd and Shri Hiren Indreshkumar Shah , co- founder and Executive Director of Sun Teknovation Pvt Ltd, two eminent Alumni were awarded with Certificate of Honour for their distinguished contribution in their career. The Website of GTUAA was inaugurated by Shri D.M.Mehta, Chief Guest of the event and Dr. Sheth informed all the alumni that the state, regional and international chapters have been established and activated today, being the foundation day of Alumni Association. The twelve chapters established include Ahmedabad, Ra j k o t , S u r a t , Ba r oda , Himmatnagar, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, California, Washington, New Jersey, London, Dubai and Chicago. This will help the alumni in creating a strong network and foster academic excellence. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU and Dr. G. P. Vadodaria , Registrar , GTU also interacted with the Alumni students at the event. * * * new view points of governance needed for the global businesses and society. He also delivered the talks on the European ways of Governance which are followed in Slovenia. Some of the leading entrepreneurs of the city including Mr. Kaushal Mehta, CEO, Motif India, Dr. Shashank Rathod, Leading Ophthalmolo- gist and a very senior speaker Guruji G. Narayana also shared their thoughts on various aspects of Good Governance.
More than 200 researchers presented their research papers during this two day conference on 7 different themes. The best papers in each theme were felicitated with an Award. Out of 7 awards GTUs team acquired 2 of the best papers awards.
Presence of more than 200 researchers and industry experts made the event a grand success.
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Dewang Mehta Foundation Trust will strive to build scientific mind-sets in India If you think that the communication (skills) is not a cup of tea for engineering students then GTU has an evidence to break this myth. On the 4 th of April 2014 Dewang Mehta Foundation al ong wi t h Guj arat Technological University hosted a unique event in Ahmedabad - Dewang Mehta Excellence Award in Communi cati on Ski l l s and English that was supported by NASSCOM, Gujarat Informatics Limited and GESIA. On 28 th March 2014, at the GTU chandkheda campus, selection round was held by Devang Mehta foundation trust at GTU. All the participants were from engineering final year and were ready to impress the world with their flawless communication skills in English which can buy them an opportunity in the professional world.
Mr. Rajiv Vaishnav - Vice President NASSCOM mentioned that it was a very exhilarating experience to witness the energy and enthusiasm of those 155 engineering students who were felicitated for their communication skills and English, out of which Thirty-Five winners were awarded.
Chief Guest of the event Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU & Shri K.R. Gururaja Rao , Chairman & Managing Director Gujarat Informatics Limited gave the key note sessions and appraised the students on the future of Technology and how learning different languages and how different doors of opportunity will open up if they possess the ability to communicate well. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal mentioned that the needs of tomorrow are going to be very different from the needs of today as history has proven. He also stressed on the fact that developing various skill sets is the key to surviving in the future and all students must make serious attempts in acquiring the same.
Dignitaries like Mr. Shriga- nesh Parthasarathy (Trustee Dewang Mehta Foundation) promised continuing support for such events and said that Dewang Mehta Foundation Trust will strive to build scientific mind -sets in India and Gujarat has been a great launching pad for its initia- tives while encouraging the indus- try & government to be more ac- tive in order to support the development of human capital in the state.
The Job fair that followed the event was fairly successful. Candidates were shortlisted after giving short written tests and were called for more rounds of interviews to their respective offices. On 22nd & 23rd February 2014 , GTU organized the International Conference on Management of Globalised Business : Emerging Perspectives in association with Marwadi Education Foundation Group of Institutions at Rajkot. Mr. Parakram Sinh Jadeja, Chairman of Jyoti CNC attended the inauguration ceremony as the chief guest of the event. During the addr ess he shar ed hi s experiences in business at global level. Mr. Jadeja said that learning the language, cultures and history of the country while dealing with the businesses abroad is extremely important. He also shared the learning the language, cultures and history of the country while dealing with the businesses abroad is extremely important 17 Mr. Parakram Sinh Jadeja, Chairman of Jyoti CNC at the Conference Back to Index
examples saying that the French people give lot of importance to the history, life style and way of thinking while Germans value inventions in machines and processes more then anything else.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU, encouraged the MBA students to fight the challenges of present time in the Management Education and invited suggestions to improve the teaching methodology for MBA program. Dr. Yogesh Coasta , Director of Marwadi Group of Colleges attended the inauguration ceremony of this 2 day international conference.
Out of 130 abstracts received on various themes 84 papers were selected and presented in different sessions during both the days. Industry Experts and academicians including Dr. N. Ravichandran & Dr. Ajay Pandey from IIMA , Mr. Ankit Nagpal, Vodafone & Mr. Bharat Dalal addressed different sessions at the conference. . then India would not have been the largest democracy of the world Sardar Patel has played a significant role in uniting India at the time of Independence. The Iron man of India who com- pleted this mammoth task with his leadership skills has several lessons to teach to the generation of 21st century.
Post Graduate Research Centres of GTU published a spe- cial issue of Anantyam (newsletter of PG Research Centres) on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in March 2014. The special issue has 17 different articles that throw light on the leadership lessons from the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and throw light on ideology of this leader.
Anantyam is a newsletter, which is designed to disseminate information about the research work being carried out at the Post-graduate Research Centers of GTU. This is a special issue of the Newsletter, which takes note of the campaign for the Statue of Unity being put up on an island called Sadhu Bet in Narmada directly facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam says Dr. Ak- shai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor of GTU. In India, Sardar Patel accomplished a task, which was much more complex and stu- pendous. His success was achieved with such a finesse and elegance, that it looked like the work of a magician. But the magic was in the personality and reputation of Sardar and this persona had been created through an exemplary leadership over many decades of the fight for independence.
One can read this special Issue on the website of GTU in the section of NewsletterAnantyam (www.gtu.ac.in) or can refer the link below. h t t p : / / w w w . g t u . a c . i n / N e w s l e t t e r / ANANTYAM_VOLUME_I_ISSUE_II.pdf Themes of Research papers on Sardar Patel
Unifying the Country by merging 562 small and big princely states of India.. Economic scenario in case Sardar Patels ideas on the development of the country were accepted right at the time of independence. Good Governance: During the brief period that Sardar Patel remained as the First Home Minister of India, he showed his sterling qualities as a great Administrator hort Stories S Sub Themes of the Conference
1. Human Resource Management 2. International & Cross-Cultural Management 3. Sustainable Business 4. Marketing, Finance 5. Accounting & Corporate Gov- ernance 6. Gender and Management 7. Business and the Millennium Development Goals 8. Business and Poverty Reduction 9. Business Communication and Legal issue 18 Back to Index
Gujarat Technological University has always supported the latest trends in the benefit of the students. GTU wants to encourage students/faculties to participate actively in the Open Source movement. To take a step forward Open Source Technologies Clubs (OSTC) are established in GTU. Today, About 69 OST Clubs are active in different colleges affiliated to GTU. These OST Clubs were e s t a b l i s h e d i n collaboration with IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial Project. GTU established 22 Nodal Offices of OST Clubs at GTU Innovation Sankuls to strengthen the Open Source Movement in the colleges so that students and faculty members not only start using open source technologies but also start contributing new technologies and improve existing technologies. 22 Nodal Officers are also appointed for the activations of theses Nodal Offices. The nodal centers may also get technical support from IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial Project. Strengthening & Promoting the Open Source Technology Clubs Availing Free Access to the Reputed Journals - E-Library Reading Room GTU has established a facility of e-Library to support teaching and research mission of the University. It gives an access to the reputed journals like I-EEE and Emerald. E-Library is a free source for the Ph. D students and GTU M.E. Students while the students of the colleges affiliated to GTU can buy the membership. To avail services of GTU e-Library to the students of GTU affiliated Colleges for Free, GTU established e-Library City Centre cum Reading Room at ACPC Campus in Ahmedabad. The Library is equipped with Computer Systems and Internet access. Students can refer E-journals, E-Books, and other E- resources at their convenience to enable the advancement of knowledge and discovery with no cost at this centre. Students can also access GTUS repository to gain the ideas about di f f er ent proj ect s, dissertation etc. At present , the library is operational between morning 10:30 to evening 06:00. Oracle Academy to Transform IT Students of GTU in to the Global Workforce Oracle Academy offers a comprehensive program that helps students gain vital business and technology skills needed for success in todays workforce, said Krishna Sistla, Senior Director, Oracle Education Initiatives, Oracle Asia Pacific on the occasion of MoU between Oracle & GTU on 2nd June 2014. He added that We are honored to collaborate with the Gujarat Technological University to help cultivate student knowledge, interest and awareness of engineering, computer science and technology that will give them a head-start before they even enter the workforce.
On 2nd June , 2014 Oracle and GTU have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to i ntegrate Oracl e Academy curriculum into the educational programs of the states colleges to hel p and i ns pi r e t he next-generation of technology professionals and prepare them for exciting careers in IT.
The Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has been working towards improving the quality of education and the learning environment in the colleges in Gujarat. GTU has been making major efforts to eliminate the gap between industry and academia. Our collaboration with Oracle Academy will help us in this endeavor and help make our students more employable in the industry, said Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice - Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University. He also added that by making Oracle Academy programs available to our students during their education , we are confident that our students will gain a competitive advantage as they prepare to enter the global workforce.
Subsequently, selected GTU institutions will be offered the Oracle Academy Advanced Computer Science Program that offers access to world-class software, Java development environments, faculty training, curriculum, support for Computer Science clubs, certi fication preparation, and more all designed to help students increase the relevance of their academic programs and easily expand their course offerings. 19 Back to Index