relks ek T;ksfrxZe;~ GEETANJALI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL STUDIES Afliated to RTU Kota & Approved by AICTE, New Delhi Darkness to Light ISO 9001:2008 GITSSince 2002 NEWSTRACKReg. No. RQ91/7961 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 www.facebook.com/gitsudr Email: [email protected] I N D E X MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR Message From Director Top Stories - GITS Honored with Times Welcome to the vol.17, issue 1 of GITS quarterly Education Award newspaper 2017. I am amazed at the sense of - Prof. K N Sheth Invited as Chief Guest at UCCI commitment and purpose that fires most of all the - National Conference on members of our family of GITS in achieving and forging 'Building Quality Entrepreneurs' - GITS Conducting Practical the mission- Be it teaching the core subjects to students Exam: Step Forward From RTU or be it organizing seminar or conducting expert Events - Encouraging Students for lectures or arranging industrial visits or preparing the Building Nation students for the cultural or sports competitions and - Inauguration of Suryamitra Solar Skill Development Program ensuring success at places other than our Institute or be - National Conference on it innovative ideas implementation strategic 'Demonetization' - Expert Talk on 'Image Building and competition, there has been sense of preparedness and Corporate Training' cheer that has propelled us to greater heights month by Achievements month out. I express heartfelt gratitude to students and - Students Achieved Honour in National Business Plan Competition members of whole GITS family for the same. - Winners in National Kart Racing Championship On 31st Jan, 2017 GITS received the award for the category engineering from - Winners in Inter College Sports Competition Times of India group and again Competition Success Review declared GITS - Winners in inter College Cultural among top twenty five in all over India among the category of private Competition Engineering Institutions, it really inspires us to excel in the field of engineering Industrial Visits and Survey Camp management and computer applications! Cultural Activities Now that the last units in each subject are taught by the faculty members I am sure Proud Moments for GITS the students are all awaiting the grand College annual day to receive many more Gits Placement Cell trophies and prizes and shields. The College Annual day is proposed to be Photo Gallary celebrated on 30th of this month and Shri J P Agarwal, Chairman of Geetanjali Group and Shri Kapil Agarwal and Ankit Agarwal have consented to be the Guest of Honour on this day. News Letter Committee GITS has been proving its worth and this credit of dream transformation to its Editor-in Chief reality has become possible due to devotion and commitment of experienced Dr. Prof. K N Sheth trustees of Geetanjali group and the dedicated staff members. With the Editors continued efforts of all of us, I feel that this institute within few years will cross the Dr. Deepika Sahu laurels of excellence in the fields of academics and co- curricular activities. Please Mr. Narendra Patel keep it up!!! Ms. Shailja Ranawat

+91-294-2657802 +91-99282 58202 Prof Dr K N Sheth [email protected] Director, GITS

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Honoured With Times Education Achievers Award 2017

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better, Controller GITS received the award on behalf of the we are what we repeatedly do, Excellence now, not an act, but a institution.GITS has the proud privilege of receiving this status habit. Bestowing one more feather in for consecutively second year. The task the cap of GITS's success The Times of of exploring and explaining the world India Group has awarded The Times can be daunting. Accomplishing it Education Achievers 2017 to Geetanjali requires bright, dedicated individuals Institute of Technical Studies, . and an environment that supports the Times Education Achievers honors students in their mission, especially in those standout individuals, teams and turbulent and uncertain world and GITS institution that continue to innovate is the place where students find best and inspires as they push the frontiers of e d u c a t i o n a l e n v i ro n m e n t t h a t knowledge and creativity. The Times of ensuresthe success in their lives. As India Group felicitated renowned expected in the field of higher Director, GITS receiving award from Dr. educationists in the field of academics education the Institution is dedicated to for their outstanding services and performance in the continuous improvementin the methods of teaching, fostering education sector in the awardceremony held at hotel Ramada, research, raising consciousness about the environment and Udaipur on 31st January 2017. Geetanjali Institute of Technical community and in making students capable of a global Studies received the award for its outstanding contribution in academic standards. higher education under the category of 'Engineering'. We congratulate entire GITS family for this success and wish Prof. Dr. K N Sheth, Director and Shri B L Jangir, Finance many more to come.

Director GITS was Invited as Chief Guest on The Awareness Program on Zero Effect Zero Defect Scheme organized by UCCI

It is a matter of pride for GITS as its director was invited as Chief should be zero air pollution, zero liquid discharges, zero solid Guest on awareness program on Zero effect Zero defect waste and zero wastage of natural resources. In other words, we scheme of government of India and UCCI on 28thFeb,2017. The should manufacture the goods in such a way that they carry scheme is an extensive program for the awareness in MSME on zero defect and that our exported goods are never returned to ZED Scheme for manufacturing sector us and we should manufacture the to motivate them for ZED Scheme. The goods with zero effect so that they scheme leads to reduction in wastage, should not have a negative impact on increasing productivity, expanding their environment. Thus ZED scheme focuses market and develop new products and o n – S a f e t y, H e a l t h a n d t h e processes. In the program the resource Environment. person Mr. Sushil Sharma was invited by There are 50 parameters including the UCCI to brief the delegates on technology, fuel usage, and waste quality and environment parameters by disposal system and manpower skilling. the Quality Council of India. It has been proposed by Quality Council In the inaugural address, Prof Dr K N of India that training and awareness for Sheth said that Zero defect focuses on CUSTOMER- it states SMEs should be conducted by Chamber of Commerce & that there should be zero non-compliance and zero waste Industries and other partners. Geetanjali Institute of Technical whereas Zero effect focuses on SOCIETY- It states that there Studies would like to join UCCI to be the part of ecosystem for

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ZED certification. associate.

Product quality (Process design for quality & product design for Dr Sheth stated further to industrial and academic delegates quality- pre construction and post construction), Emission, that zero defects has higher performance standard as no effluent and waste disposal activities (Process design for defects are acceptable whereas in six sigma few defects are environment control) and resource management (Human acceptable. The concept is 'WORK RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND resources, innovation and creativity and such other Parameters EVERY TIME' whereas in six sigma concept is 3 defects/ million are actually part of academics and with UCCI GITS would like to opportunities may be accepted.

A National Conference on 'Building Quality Entrepreneurs'

Group, Shri. Kapil Agarwal, Vice Chairman, and the keynote speaker Mr Vinod Kumat, former Alumni of IIT, Delhi & IIM –Ahmedabad, MD Corporate Channels Pvt. Ltd. Delhi.

Prof. Sheth in his opening address stated, “Though at present EDC is under placement cell in the long run it will be independently functioning under some renowned groups of entrepreneurs and industries. I propose to constitute institute industry community (IIC) where in Geetanjali institute will join hands with the Medium and small scale industries located in Udaipur through Udaipur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (UCCI).”

He asked the faculty members, “If our students can make All Shri J.P. Agrawal Addressing the Students Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and secured No 1 in State, Can

The Entrepreneur Development Cell of GITS organized a successful national seminar on 'Building Quality Entrepreneurs' on 8th Decembers 2016 which was attended by distinguished founders of companies and business personalities from around India.

The seminar was conducted to encourage and prepare young people to undertake entrepreneurial activities and develop the economic and marketing knowledge and skills necessary to be successful entrepreneurs in a global economy.

The Director, Prof Dr. KN Sheth extended his warm welcome to the Chief Guest, Shri JP Agarwal, Chairman of the Geetanjali

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we not nurture these of all the obstacles he had to overcome to become a successful students to become entrepreneuruntil the establishment of the big conglomerate E N T R E P R E N U E R ? that Geetanjali Group is today. He shared his own journey from Identify the students a humble origin to a glorious today. who are talented, Judge them from their innovativeness - t a l e n t t h a t t h e y p o s s e s s , t h e commercial sense of creativity, motivation, Mr. Narayan Singh Rao Mrs. Ruchika Godha drive and leadership qualities. Show them the way to be able to entrepreneur – Direct them in the areas in w h i c h t h e y a r e interested. Give them the opportunity to excel in their own areas of interest. Give clear Mr. Shyam Sundar Verma Mr. Ravi Soni information about the short term and long term financial Two technical sessions chaired by Mr. Ravi Soni, Alumni - IIT support that they can get from various sources. Interact with Delhi and Co – Founder- OBBSERV ON LINE SERVICE PVT LTD them about various investment pattern of successful and Mr. Shyam Sundar Verma, READY BYTES SOFTWARE LABS multinational companies. Discuss the live cases of successful PVT LTD discoursed on the topic “On Qualities of an entrepreneurs. Explain them about angel investors, venture Entrepreneur”; while Mrs. Ruchika Godha, COO ADVAIYA capital, media, start-up clubs, service providers, mentors and SOLUTION PVT LTD and Mr. Narayan Singh Rao, IIT- Roorkee training companies in Udaipur. Identify the students who can & IIM- Ahmedabad , CO-FOUNDER & CEO - THE INDIAN IRIS handle the stress willing to take calculated risk, vision to accept related their own experiences in the session - “Success Stories the challenges and willingness to solve the problems. of the Entrepreneurs”. The speakers explained with relatable Dr. Sheth then said that his next course of action in EDC is to examples, ways in which the government and organizations organize the best idea competition among the students and support young people towards creating their own business and call for industries to judge the student innovativeness. provided innumerable inputs on methods, case studies and resources for starting and executing entrepreneurial initiatives. Shri J P Agarwal explained vividlythe challenges and The seminar has drawn a high degree of attention and this has opportunities of entrepreneurs and explained ways to harness motivated the EDC to bring together the resource persons and the necessary resources and foster the spirit of innovation. participants, to address the complex challenges and promote The audience was enthralled by the speech of Shri JP Agarwal, entrepreneurship to attain a prosperous future for the youth. who related his journey as an entrepreneur and spoke at length Conducting Practical Examination: Step Forward from RTU

Director Dr Sheth imparted instructions to Exam Controller Shri M. Sabir and all HODs to conduct the practical exam along with the mid semester theory exams. In accordance with RTU the actual practical examination is not required to be conducted and external examiners are also not appointed for Practical viva and this has led diminishing the value of practical training given to the students. In order to make the engineering program more meaningful GITS from this semester started conducting practical exams. This is a step of moving one step forward from RTU.

Prof Dr K N Sheth appreciated the efforts of all heads and faculty members to support such an important activity for building nation through integration of practical training in engineering profession. GITS Exam Cell 04 GITS NEWSTRACK : Volume: 17 Issue: 1

Encouraging Students for Building Nation

There is no elevator to success. One has to take the stairs. Rs. 5000/- in the field of cultural. Dignitaries of the related cities Students' stage is prominent compared to all the stages of life. like District Education Officer, Chairman, Municipal In this stage itself one has to learn how to Corporation, District President and manage, create and make a beautiful life Legislator graced the event with their giving a precise consideration to one's valuable presence and boost the morale career. If a student becomes successful in of the students with the motivating his student life and his character is built words. on a sound basis, he will be able to shine In Udaipur, the award ceremony held on in any sphere of life and serve the society 7th February 2017 at Rajasthan College and nation. This year Geetanjali institute of Agriculture and Technology's seminar of Technical studies planned to hall where 178 students from 22 schools recognize the talented students of Udaipur were awarded for their determined to make the nation great. To excellence. Mr. Siddharth Sihag, IAS, serve this purpose, from this year, the Municipal Commissioner, Shri Vishnu institution has decided to appreciate Prakash Paneri, Divisional Director- and promote the students at school level Secondary Education gleamed the event and invited the nominations from with their eminent presence. Prof. Dr. K.N various schools located in Udaipur and Sheth, Director GITS addressed the nearby palaces. The college received students and advised them to choose a nominations from various schools of right career path according to their Neemuch (MP), Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, interest. He added that regular hard Bhilwara, Banswara, Sirohi, Aburoad, work and practice will turn them into a Pali, Jalore and Udaipur (Raj.). sterling and successful person and To honor the bright students in the field proper guidance at the right time will of Academics, Cultural and Sports, GITS lead them towards right career. He conducted the award ceremony congratulated all the award achievers “EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD” and wish them a bright future. Shri. B. L on different days in different cities of Jangir, Finance Controller, Prof. Rajiv Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The Mathur, Dean (Student Affairs), Dr. Paras ceremony included felicitation of the Bapna (Dean Academics) also shared geniuses with Certificates, Trophy and their views and appreciated the Scholarship of Rs. 11,000 in academic, Rs. 7,000/- in sports and students.

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Vice Chairman of GEETANJALI Group Inaugurated SURYAMITRA Skill Development Program Setting up of Center of Solar Energy

Under the Suryamitra Skill Development program sponsored by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India and National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), GITS established a center of Solar Energy and was inaugurated on 30th January, 2017 by Shri Kapil Agarwal, Vice Chairman of Geetanjali Group. This program is commenced in association with Aspire Disruptive Skill Foundation, Ahmedabad.

Director of GITS Dr Sheth addressed the first batch of the students and said that energy is a key driver of global economy. Its demand in both domestic as well as industrial sector is steadily increasing. Solar energy as its name suggests is derived from solar radiations. These are capable of generating usable electrical energy. Solar cells have gone on to be used in many Shri Kapil Agrawal Inaugurating applications. Solar cell technology use solar photo voltaic cells the Solar Energy Center which convert sun's energy into electricity. Dr Sheth informed the students that the future of renewable energy and solar cell technology is immense and employment opportunity are tremendous. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Heads and senior faculty members of the Institute. Shri Kapil Agarwal lauded Er. Shakti Singh Shekhawat (Coordinator) and Mr. Ankit Tandon (Co- Coordinator) for the speedy implementation of the solar energy center.

The objective of the program is to train the students in solar technology installation, commissioning and maintenance of solar power projects and impart the employment opportunities.

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A National Seminar on Demonetization: Impacts and Challenges

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced the activities and terrorism by our enemies. It is a fact that the demonetization in an unscheduled live televised address at supply of notes of all denominations had increased by 40% 20:00 Indian Standard Time (IST) on 8 November, 2016. In the between 2011 and 2016 the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes announcement, Modi declared that use i n c re a s e d b y 7 6 % a n d 1 0 9 % of all Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes of re s p e c t i v e l y o w i n g t o f o rg e r y. the Mahatma Gandhi Series would be Demonetization could eliminate black invalid past midnight, and announced money and promote cashless economy. the issuance of new Rs 500 and RS 2000 However he said that the impact could banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi New be negative as well as positive. He then Series in exchange for the old invited speakers to enlighten the banknotes. audience on demonetization impacts and challenges. This sudden demonetization had serious implications and challenges. GITS Jagat Shah in his speech explained in thought it proper to organize a national details the impact of demonetization on level seminar on 'Demonetization: Indian economy with tables and graphs. Impacts and Challenges' on 20th Jan, He also explained how the various 2016 by inviting eminent speakers from policies of the government since their the areas of financial management. coming to office in 2014 had slowly been Jagat Shah, a renowned speaker making a road map to make India a self- associated with PM Office on all the sufficient economic power. initiatives of PM and other two CA Shri The convener, Mr. Ar vind Singh Durgesh Pandey and Dr Mahaveer Prof. K N Seth felicitating Mr. Jagat Shah Pemawat, said that the seminar received Chaplot were invited. The seminar well appreciation gauging the large proved to be a great success. Almost attendance of faculty members and more than 200 delegates participated in students who also posed interesting this seminar along with the media and queries to the esteemed speakers. news channels who interviewed the Several students raised various speakers and covered vastly. questions to the panel members to have Dr K N Sheth Director of GITS welcomed more in depth knowledge of functioning the dignitaries and set the platform of of economy and menace of fake the seminar. In his address said that the currency in the growth of progress of the demonetization means stripping a Nation. currency unit as a legal tender. The currency notes so stripped Readers who are interested to listen the address of the eminent by Government cannot be recognized by law as official speakers may like to refer to the videos embedded in GITS medium of payment. Dr Sheth said that the action is taken to website. eliminate use of illicit and counterfeit cash used to fund illegal

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Seminar on 'Image Building and Corporate Etiquette' by Prof. Lalit Chande

Prof. K N Seth welcoming Prof. Lalit Chande

Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies organized an expert creating a brand of ourselves to succeed and to consistently training in 'Image Building and Corporate Etiquette' to prepare maintain the successes in all our endeavors. Through a series of the students who will enter the workforce and join the presentations and role-playing he instructed the students how corporate world. to communicate effectively, improve physical appearance, and techniques for self-exploration and improvement. Prof. Dr. K.N.Sheth, Director GITS stated that the purpose of this training is to enhance the skills and knowledge of students in The students from all branches of engineering, MBA and MCA the area of business etiquette with guidance from an expert in attended the training followed by a question round at the end. the field, where the student would learn how to present Mr. Arvind Singh Pemawat, Head Training and Placement themselves and treat others properly and respectfully in a emphasized the importance of such training sessions as it business or corporate environment. Teaching corporate would enhance the prospects of the students during the etiquette would help redefine student's confidence which in recruitment process. turn enable them to excel and succeed in today's corporate The institute aims to provide to the students with a series of culture. personal and career development workshops as these Prof. Lalit Chande, Life Coach and Motivational Trainer, covered important interpersonal skills are crucial to success in the a wide range of topics that included personal image building, competitive world. creating positive first impressions, staying motivated and

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RESEARCH AWARENESS PROGRAM IN GITS EXPERT LECTURE ON URBAN PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies established Research Awareness Program (RAP) with the objective of Civil Department of GITS has organized an expert lecture on promoting research and development among the faculty Urban Planning and Infrastructure Development on 21st members. Under RAP, Prof. Dr. R. K. Nahar, Vice Chancellor, February 2017. The lecture was given by Dr. Sejal Patel who Geetanjali University graced the function as the Chief Guest. is a professor at Center for Environment Planning and Dr. H. M. Gupta, Former Professor, Department of Electrical Technology University, Ahmedabad. Prof. Dr. K N Sheth, Engineering, IIT Delhi, the Guest of Honour of the program Director and Dr. Manish Verma, HOD Civil welcomed the threw light on the importance of research in technical guest. institutions. Prof. Dr. K.N.Sheth, Director, GITS motivated the Dr. Sejal shared her knowledge of the concept ofurban faculty members to establish research facilities in the planning and infrastructure development to the departments through government funding agencies. participants and explained that urban planning guides According to Dr. Sheth, research is successful only when it is orderly development in urban, suburban and rural areas. useful for the society. Dr. V.R. Raghuveer, Dean R & D and Although predominantly concerned with the planning of HOD Computer Science and Engineering, GITS presented settlements and communities, urban planning is also his research work on 'Information retrieval for e-learning'. responsible for the planning and development of water use EXPERT LECTURE ON 'FUTURE SCOPES IN THE FIELD OF and resources, rural and agricultural land, parks and ELECTRICAL SCIENCE' conserving areas of natural environmental significance. Urban planners must also consider a wide array of issues such as sustainability, air pollution, traffic congestion, crime, land values, legislation and zoning codes.

Department of Electrical Engineering organized an expert talk by Dr. Jai Kumar Maherchandani on 16 February, 2017. Dr. Maherchandani has obtained his ME in Control Systems & instrumentation from MNIT, Allahabad & PhD from The lecture was highly beneficial for the students of civil MPUAT, Udaipur. Presently he is working as an assistant branch as it is helpful for them to understand the requisite of professor in the department of electrical engineering in urban planning in the context growing population. CTAE, Udaipur. He has shared his knowledge in the field of WORKSHOP ON CLOUD COMPUTING electrical machinery and fundamentals of drives with approximately 90 students of EE department. Students Department of CSE has organized one day workshop on learnt about AC & DC machines, their control process, recent Cloud Computing and Web Servicesby Mr Sanket Dangi technology and future scopes in the field of electrical Head -Managed operations at REAN CLOUD on 25th science. Prof. Dr K. N. Seth, Director GITS and Dr. P.C Bapna, February, 2017. 100 + students attended the workshop and HOD Electrical Dept. welcomed the guest. the students were given hands on workshop on how to host web app on Amazon web services using PUTTY software.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services

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platform, offering compute power, database storage, WORKSHOP ON iOS APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT content delivery and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow. Explore how millions of customers are currently leveraging AWS cloud products and solutions to build sophisticated applications with increased flexibility, scalability and reliability.

CSE Department of GITS has organized a one day workshop on iOS applications development on 25.2.17.The keynote speaker of the workshop was Ms. Pooja Jangid (Software Engineer, Metacube Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur). Dr. K.N.Sheth, Director GITS welcomed the gathering. Dr. V R Raghuveer, HOD CS The AWS Cloud is available in 190 countries, through 13 Department, addressed the students about the need for geographic Regions, 35 Availability Zones, and over 50 local exposure to iOS application development and its future Points of Presence. Build applications which span the globe, perspectives.Ms. Pooja Jangid explained the students about or choose to maintain data sovereignty in compliance with building basic iOS applications through hands-on session. your regulatory needs. Compared to other cloud Students of second, third and final year of CSE and other computing companies, the global footprint of AWS is departments participated in the hands-on workshop and second to none.The guest was welcomed by Prof. (Dr) K. N. got benefited. Seth, Director GITS and Dr. V.R. Raghuveer HOD CSE.

LAND SURVEYING CAMP FOR THE STUDENTS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

GITS organized a survey camp of Contour Plan for the students of Civil branch on 10th& 11th January 2017. The camp was steered to enhance the practical surveying knowledge of the students. This practical knowledge will be useful for building their career as a professional surveyor. Prof. Dr. K. N. Sheth, Director GITS also extended his presence at the field and directed the students for surveying.

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CULTURAL EVENTS Celebrated 68th Republic Day with Patriotic Fervour

“If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is INDIA.” - Romain Rolland, French Noble Laureate

Our Country's Republic Day is a great dances a well-choreographed play on day for all the citizens of India as it is the Swachhta Abhiyan was also staged. celebration of our independent republic The college auditorium reverberated and the day when India acquired a with patriotic zeal and enthusiasm written constitution. The constitution of during Antakshari Competition in which India was adopted by the Constituent students sang national songs in Assembly on November 26, 1949 and devotion to the nation. Dr. K N Sheth in came into effect on January 26, 1950. his speech said that engineering is the This year India completed 68 years of profession that can change the world being a republic and the day was and expressed how the students of today celebrated in all its solemnity and hold the future of their country in their grandeur at Geetanjali Institute of hand. It is important for the welfare of Technical Studies on 26th January 2017. the country that its present generation The Director, Prof. Dr. K N Sheth escorted should realize that the future is in its by the college NCC cadets, hoisted the hands. He spoke to the gathering about national flag with great patriotism. The the sanctity of the occasion, the students and the staff members saluted importance of the constitution and the the National Flag and pledged to uphold rights and duties it confers. He the honour, integrity, culture and values applauded the work of the teaching of our nation India. To mark the fraternity, the students who made ATV importance of this day, a grand car, Kart as well as students who received celebration was held in the college and trophies and cer tificates in the many activities were conducted. competitions organized other than the Students took pride in glorifying and institute. Dr. Sheth at the end urged the celebrating the spirit of unity. The teachers to develop strong moral values college echoed with the patriotic fervor among students. The cultural program as the students sang patriotic songs and was followed by literary events and performed dances. Besides songs and sports competitions.

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Technical Poster Competition

GITS, Civil department organized a poster competition for the students on 18th February 2017. The theme for the poster making was 'Planning and Designing of Infrastructure'. The judges of the event Prof. Dr. K. N. Sheth, Director and Dr. Manish Verma, HOD, Civil evaluated the posters on the basis of technical content, presentation skill and prettification. The winners of the competition were; First, Piyush Chipa &Sandeep Chauhan (2nd Year), Second, Sooraj Lohar & Khsitiz Sharma, and Bharat Soni & Lavish Sahu (2nd Year), Third, Amit Vaishnav & Vikas Singh, and Shubham Khatik & Shankar Lal Dangi (3rd Year).

MCA Department Celebrated Fresher's & Farewell Party “VELOMA” 2K17

V a n d a n a . M r . Hemant Sahu, HoD MCA welcomed all the guests, HODs ( B . Te c h ) , s t a f f m e m b e r s a n d students. In the function the senior s t u d e n t s welcomed the newcomers with melodious music and dance performances.

Many cultural activities like dancing, singing, poem recitation, GITS, MCA department celebrated “VELOMA -2017” on 25th fashion show and mime performance were presented by the February on the eve of Fresher party of first & second year and students which captured the farewell of final year.Prof. Dr. P.K. Jain, FMS, MLSU Udaipur sight of the audience. Mr. &Prof. Dr. K.N. Sheth, Director, GITSwere the chief guest & Mr. Sourabh Shrimali & Ms. B.L. Jangir,Finance Controller was the guest of honor of the Ameesa Bhatnagar won the function. crown for Mr. & Miss. Fresher The program started with lamp lightening and Ganesh and Mr. Shalendra Nagori and Ms. Bhavna Suthar were selected as Mr. & Miss. Evening of the event 'VELOMA' 2k17. The event was the beautiful one which knitted the mix feelings of nostalgia and excitement for new beginning.

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INDUSTRIAL VISITS

GITS, Civil Engineering Department, 2nd Year students visited the under construction 341 feet height temple at Ganesh Tekri, Nathdwara on 28th January 2017.

CE, 3rd year students visited at A R Infra Meera Nagar, Udaipur, an under construction multi-level building on 28th January, 2017.

Students of 3rd year Electrical Engineering visited at Power S y s t e m E n g i n e e r s & Consultants on 4th February, 2017.

Automobile Engineering department 2nd and 3rd year students visited at C.K Motors TATA Workshop in Goverdhan Vilas, on 1 February, 2017.

B.Tech 2ndyear Mechanical Engineering students visited Rama Phosphates Limited, Udaipur on 6th Feb 2017.

B.Tech 3rd Year Mechanical Engineering students visited Mewar Hi-Tech Pvt. Ltd. Udaipur on 10th February, 2017.

Mechanical Engineering 2nd year students visited Peacock Industries, Udaipur on 15 Feb 2017.

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PROUD MOMENTS FOR GITS GITS Felicitated The Honorable Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje

It was a matter of immense pride for the GITS, when the Honorable Chief Minister, Smt. Vasundhara Raje stopped her entourage to accept the heartfelt greetings from the students, staff and faculty members of Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies.

The GITS family headed by the Vice Chairman, Shri Kapil Agarwal with the Director GITS, Dr. P.K. Mehta, Finance Controller, Mr. B.L. Jangir and Academic Head, Dr. PC Bapna welcomed the Honorable Chief Minister of Rajasthan and presented her with flowers on her visit to Udaipur on 21st December 2016.

Felicitation of The Hon'ble Minister, Smt. Kiran Maheshwari By GITSians

The GITS family enthusiastically were obliged as the Honorable Minister welcomed the Honorable Minister included a brief stopover at the GITS for Technical and Higher Campus, in her protocol. The Vice E d u c a t i o n , G o v e r n m e n t of Chairman, Mr. Kapil Agarwal felicitated Rajasthan, Smt. Kiran Maheshwari, Smt. Kiran Maheshwari with a bouquet on as she arrived to her hometown the occasion. after the recent announcement of the change of her Ministerial portfolio.The Staff and faculty members along with students

MBA Students Marked Position in National Business Plan Competition Director, Dr. Sheth inspired Dr. Mukesh Porwal of MBA Dept. to guide the students to take part in National Business Plan Competition held at IIM, Calcutta. GITS, MBA Students enthusiastically participated in the competition and got 5th position. Our students Shipra Mogra, Ayushi Agarwal, Ravi Chouhan & Ruchit Shah presented their B-Plan on "SHISHU RAKSHA BAND". More than 40 teams from all over India including Bombay, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Bhopal, etc. have participated in the competition. Entire GITS family congratulates the achievers for bringing success to our institution.

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Secured Second Position In Rajasthan At Kart Racing Championship

A team of 16 students of Geetanjali Institute of Technical Mahesh Lohar • Vinay Soni • Jaideep Singh Rathore Studies named “AUTOENDEAVOURS” participated in National Gajendra Goyal • Bhupendra Meghwal • Abhishek Gujrati Kart Racing Championship 2016, Season 3, held at Mohites Rakesh lohar • Gourav Kalal • Ravindra Nagda • Pankaj Katara Racing Academy Kolhapur, Maharashtra & won 2nd position in Jeevan Singh • Nagendra Singh Rao • Faisal Khan all over Rajasthan. The following are the innovative students Romit Jain • Naveen Menaria • Y ugal Soni from Automobile Final Year: The innovatively designed ATV kart was fabricated and manufactured by the students only who worked endlessly for two months on this project and brought the honour for the college. Prof. Dr. K N Sheth, Director GITS congratulated the students for their sustained efforts to innovate and develop better technologies and for securing position in Rajasthan.

Engineering Students Awarded at Inter College Cultural Competitions

IIM, Udaipur organized an inter college competition 'Audacity 2017' from 21st- 22nd January 2017. GITS students Preeti Paliwal (3rd year, CE) and Shubham Sharma (3rd Year ME) participated in duet dance competition and secured first position.We congratulate the winners and hope many more success from them to our institution.

B.Tech final year student, Bindu Kumari Parmar secured third position in Mehandi competition.

In Group Dance category Govinda Tak, Purushottam Kumawat, Prerak Tak, Durgesh Singh (B. Tech, First Year) achieved third position.

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MBA Students Won Prize in Ad Mad Show

Students of GITS participated in inter college competitions held at Pacific Institute of Hotel Management, Udaipur and achieved positions in various activities. Students from GITS MBA dept. got second and third positions in Ad Mad Show. Winners at second place for this activity are Yuvraj Singh Chauhan, Varish Jain, Ravindra Singh Rupawat, Deepak Sharma, Ruchit Shah and at third place Shipra Mogra, Intu Somani, Yash Kothari, Vandana Vyas, Ankush Jangid, Abhishek Vaishnav.

GITS is exceedingly pleased to have such a talented students in our institution. We congratulate all the winners for their achievement.

Engineering Students Achieved Glorious Success at Inter College Sports Competitions

Students of Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies participated in Inter College Annual Fest “La Union” on 19th& 20th Jan 2017 at Sangam University, Bhilwara where 20 colleges from all over India had participated. It's a blissful moment that GITS students brought recognition to the institution by securing First position in Table Tennis. The winners are Ankit Singh, Narendra Singh Deora, NitinThakur and Vikas Jain.

In Relay Race GITS team selected assecond runner up.

GITS student also participated in sports competition MST17 from 16th to 20th Feb at MNIT, Jaipur.

Welcomes DR. P. C. BAPNA

Geetanjali institute of Technical Studies with great pleasure announces the joining of Dr. P. C. Bapna as Dean-Academics and Head of Electrical Engineering Department, GITS. Before joining GITS he had worked as Associate Professor and HOD in College of Technology & Engineering (CTAE), Udaipur. He has about 35 years of academics, research and administration experience. Throughout his outstanding career, Dr. Bapna has published more than 25 research papers and articles in various conferences and journals guided 5 PhD and 10 M.B.A. thesis. He is the senior member at the Institution of Engineers, India and ICEIT-Udaipur Chapter and also served as an expert member & recruiter in various government added agencies. He also worked as co-principal Investigator of Various R&D Projects funded by Government of India (Ministry of Communication & Information Technology and AICTE, New Delhi), generated extramural grant of about Rs. 2.57 Crores.

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GITS PLACEMENT CELL 2017 Excellent Placement Statistics of GITS

Theplacement cell of GITS has successfully placed 110 students in a span of 3 months. Further, the cell has been able to shortlist 150 students whose final result is awaited. The placements compare with the last years is enhanced by 30% this year and the number of recruiters, through campus drive is increased by 60%. This is the outstanding achievement of training and placement cell of our institution. The reputedMNCs &organization which visited in our institute for the period under report are TCS, TCI, METACUBE, ARGUSOFT INDIA LTD., SECURE METERS LTD, DIRECT I AXIS BANK LTD, C-DAC, JUST DIAL, MINDTREE, ADANI WILMAR LTD, and IMMOVESOURCE PVT. LTD., NAUKRI.COM, INTELLICON etc.

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