Quarterly Newsletter, July-September 2018 VGEC News

Volume 4 Issue3

From the Principal’s Desk

Dear Students & Faculty Members,

It is a matter of great happiness that third quarterly issue of VGEC News, 2018 is brought to you. I warmly welcome all the new admitted students at our institute. New students are enrolled in the july month. This time Technological University

has introduces “Induction Program” for 3 weeks for BE 1st year students. The motive behind this program is to make the newly joined students feel comfortable; sensitize them towards exploring their academic interests and activities. We have implemented this program very successfully at each department of our institute. Our students have actively participated in each and every activities of induction program. Faculty Principal members have also done lots of exercises to motivate students, to create their Dr. R. K. Gajjar bonding with other students, to cultivate the human values in them and to work excellently for fulfilling their responsibilities as an engineer, a citizen and a human being.

Vision

To create an ecosystem for proliferation of socially responsible and technically sound engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs

Mission 1. To develop state-of-the-art laboratories and well-equipped academic infrastructure. 2. To motivate faculty and staff for qualification up-gradation, and enhancement of subject knowledge. 3. To promote research, innovation and real life problem solving skills. 4. To strengthen linkages with industries, academic and research organizations. 5. To reinforce concern for sustainability, natural resource conservation and social responsibility.

Index 1. From the Principal's Desk 01 2. Achievement at Student Startup Award Function 03 3. Induction Course for 1st Year Students at our Institute 03 4. Plethora of Activities -VGEC NSS 05 5. Activities with Bachhapan NGO 09 6. Expert sessions on “Recent Technologies” 10 7. Seminar on “Selection of motor for Electric vehicles” 10 8. Hands on workshop on “Raspberry PI” 11 9. Expert Talk on “Data analytics using Python” 11 10. Workshop on “Angular JS” 12 11. Expert Talk on “Energy Conservation Awareness” 12 12. Expert lecture on “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing” 13 13. SSIP/eCell Activities 13 14. MeghDhanush- A Drawing Competition 14 15. 4th Heritage Walk 15 16. Workshop on “Resume Building and Resume Presentation” 15 17. VGEC Alumni Association(VAA) Activities 16 18. Technical/Industrial Visits 17 19. Student Achievements 22 20. Faculty Achievements 23 21. Departmental Activities 24 22. Research and Publication 25 23. Training attended/Expert Lectures Delivered 26 24. Creative Corner 27 25. VGEC in Media 28

Volume 4 Issue 3 02 Achievement at Student Startup Award Function

Higher and technical education department, organizes an inaugration of Gujarat Industrial Hackathon 2018 on 10th September, 2018 at Convention and Exhibition Centre, . They have also distributed the prizes to winners of summer innovation challenge-2018 and students start up awards-2018 on the same day. Vishwakarma government engineering college won 3 awards of Rs.1,00,000/- in following categories:  Summer Innovation Chanllege: Civil Department Project: RO reject utilization at the institute  Summer Innovation Chanllege: Chemical Department Project: Waste water generation and management in chemical industry  VGEC won second prize in Smart Hackathon-2018 “Cleaning between railways tracks using drone/robots”.

Induction Course for 1st Year Students at our Institute

The development of any nation depends on the development of students. Holistic development of students is a dire need of the moment. Before commencement of semester I of BE, new entrants have to go through Induction Program as per new pattern adopted by GTU. It is a three-week (15 days) induction program to enable them to adjust with the environment of the college, education pattern, and new people around them. The program consists of 3 phases. The Phase I(1 day) started on 19/7/2018. We have arranged orientation program on that day. All students were welcomed by the concerned Department. The students were oriented regarding the education system, study patterns, head of the department, its faculties, institution and its amenities like hostel, library, surroundings, campus etc. The students were provided some common rules, useful website links etc. The senior students helped the new entrants visit various blocks of the institute. The Phase – II (13 days) Includes physical activities, creative arts, Universal human values, Literacy, proficiency

Volume 4 Issue 3 03 module, expert lectures, visit to local area or industry and innovation. The physical activities were carried out at department levels which include some indoor and outdoor games like Message Passing, Jalebi Banao, Disha Darshan, Samudra Manthan-Tug of war, Kabbadi, Cricket, Volleyball, Ubhi Kho, Ball Passing, Aandhli khiskoli, Treasure Hunt, Back to School Days, Team Building Games, Out of Box Thinking, Dodge Ball etc. Some sessions were devoted to yoga in which some asanas, Suryanamaskar, and various Pranayams were performed. As a part of a college event, there was a tree plantation drive organized by VAA, supported by NSS and AdvaNature. The first semester students were involved in planting saplings in the campus as their physical activity for the green campus campaign. Phase – III (1 day) was the closing phase which was the last day (08-08-2018) of the Induction Program and it covers conclusion and summary of the Induction Program. During last day, the students were given their timetable for the first semester (regular) and relevant instructions. The Induction Program ends with guidance students for preparation of their reports, instructions regarding their regular semester and imparting information regarding the engineering and its importance in life and their responsibilities towards the society and nation. At VGEC, the Induction Program is successful due to the visionary guidance of the Principal madam, the contributory involvement of the faculties and the enthusiastic participation by the students as it is evident in the report.

Volume 4 Issue 3 04 Plethora of Activities- VGEC-NSS

NSS Award

Under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India, National Service Scheme was formed in the year 1969, the birth century year of the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, on this 24th September 2018, entered its 50th year. NSS Day Celebration was held to celebrate the occasion. Program officers and students who have done exceptional work were awarded for their work done in past two years. NSS Unit of VGEC and Gujarat Technological University was recognized under the same with its Program Officer Prof. Alpesh Dafda being awarded as NSS State Best Program Officer 2017-18 along with 4 others and NSS Volunteer Saloni Parikh being awarded as NSS State Best Volunteer 2017-2018 along with 6 other volunteers. These awards are state level awards by the Government of Gujarat and this year, they were conferred by the honorable Cabinet Education Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and Shri Kamal Kumar Kar, the NSS Regional Director of Gujarat. Every year this awards are given to the best volunteers, program officers and program coordinators.

Volume 4 Issue 3 05 NSS Orientation Program

An orientation was organised by NSS VGEC on 1/8/2018 for the briefing of fresher students regarding the NSS. They were explained about the basic activities, special camps and objectives of NSS along with motto, logo and badge of NSS. They were also explained how it helps in overall development. Respected Principal Dr. R K Gajjar and HOD‟s of Chemical, Mechanical, EC, Electircal departments were present along with Prof. Alpesh Dafda and Prof. Dhaval Varia. The students were made familiar to NSS song and NSS claps.

Tree Plantation

Tree plantation event took place in VGEC campus on 21/7/2018 under the NSS VGEC and VGEC Alumni Association. 300 plants were brought in the campus along with 150 tree guards.Commissioner of Technical Education Mr. K.K Nirala sir gave his presence for the same. He arrived at 3 pm and carried out Tree Plantation at 5:30 pm.The event was from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm.Principal Mrs. RK Gajjar mam quoted, “Trees exhale for us so we can inhale to stay alive.” and motivated each and every one to plant more trees even in their neighbourhood.

Independence Day Celebration

NSS VGEC, like every year celebrated Independence Day on 15 August‟18. The program began at 8:30 am with a parade march by the NCC. It was followed by flag hoisting with the National Anthem. The children of Bachpan NGO did a patriotic performance, followed by another patriotic dance by a group. It

Volume 4 Issue 3 06 was concluded by a song dedicated to the martyrs. The GTU was decorated with a rangoli made with colours and flowers. As a pre event, they organised Vishwalekhan-Writing on patriotism, on 14 August where many students came and showed their writing skills. The prizes of the same were distributed on 15 August.

Swachhta Pakhwada

VGEC NSS Celebrated Swachhta Pakhwada (Fortnight) during 1 st to 15 th August, 2018. All student volunteer worked together to clean the whole campus including classrooms, laboratories, department corridors, library, toilets, auditorium, playground, lawns, roads and other surrounding areas. They have also did door to door campaigning in the adopted villages/Slums on Swachhta.

NSS Donation Drive For Kerala Nss-vgec volunteers created awareness in the college through posters and then collected food packets, clothes,Glucose Bottles and sanitary pads as much as it can. We did all this with the help of NIFT(national institute for fashion design), AIT(Ahmedabad institute of technology) and Schools.Our volunteers started working enthusiastically as soon as we knew about the calamity. We started preparing posters for it to create awareness about the same. We stick posters of the same to create awareness about the same in our college as well as in schools near by us. We worked with the volunteers of NIFT and AIT. We all worked in proper coordination under our coordinator Suraj Gupta. We collected bunch ofbags clothes along with packets of food. We transported all this bags through a authenticated person. All the volunteers worked very energetically.

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Blood Donation Camp Like every year, even this year on 18 th September 2018, a blood donation camp was organised by the National Service Scheme(NSS) of Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, , in collaboration with the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. We received a very positive response from the public and around 130 blood donors came to our campus to participate in this noble cause. The camp was very well organised by the NSS volunteers. Special teams for Promotion and Crowd Handling were made for this camp. Various awareness drives were organised in which the volunteers went to localities around the college like shops and societies to spread awareness about the event and encouraged people to donate their blood. Dr. Heena Pagi and Dr.Aravinth.L from Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad along with our respected Principal Dr. R.K. Gajjar attended the event and congratulated everyone for organising and participating in the camp. As appropriately said by our principal “Initiatives like this, if done effectively from smallest scales like schools to global scales can make our world a better place to live.” Also, students were made to understand that there is no harm in donating blood and rather it is a healthy habit which helps in blood renewal. Along with this, a Thalassemia Test was also arranged for the first year students. Prior to this, an awareness seminar was also conducted by Prathma Blood Centre in which the representatives informed the students about Thalassemia blood disorder. Overall around 600 students including the NSS volunteers participated in thalassemia checkup.“You don‟t need a cape to be a superhero; donating blood makes you one.”

Volume 4 Issue 3 08 Activities with Bachhapan NGO

Celebration of Rakshabandhan

On the occasion of RAKSHABANDHAN, BACHHPAN volunteers taught students how to make Rakhi and after that "Rakhi making competition" was organized one day before the festival. Then on 23/8/18 the Rakshabandhan was celebrated with those handmande Rakhis. One of volunteers told the stories of Rakshabandhan and reason why we celebrate it. 46 students participated in this celebratio.

Drawing Competition

On 16th August,2018 a drawing competition was organized got Bachpan NGO students. The students of BACHPAN made painting on the topic of patriotism and gave tribute to the indian soldiers. All the students have participated very enthusiastically. Students have drawn paintings very creatively, 3 winners of the competition got prizes.

Performance on Independence Day

Gujarat Technological Unversity has celebrated 72nd Indpendence day in which 14 students from Bachhpan has performed on patriotic song - "Maa tuje salam". One students has performed poetry named as "Trianga" which says the undsaid feelings about it. Dr. NavinSheth, vice chancellor of GTU and Dr. RajulGajjar, principal of VGEC appreciated the efforts put byf BACHHPAN FAMILY.

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Picnic to Koteshwar

Bachhpan VGEC organized one small picnic for students at Koteshwar temple on 25th july, 2018 . One of the Volunteers told them the history of temple and story of Lord shiva. Students also came to know the importance of river as was near the temple. At last all students had light snacks and colddrink. All the students completed the walk very enthusiastically.

Expert sessions on “Recent Technologies”

Electronics & Communication Department and IEI Student Chapter jointly organised an expert sessions on “Recent Technologies” on 9/8/2018. The talk inclueds recent topics like IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning. The lectures were delivered by Pranav Purohit, Dr.Hemal Shah & Dr.Darshana Mistry from E- Infochips. It was organized to develop the concept and to give the insight of Recent Engineering Technologies in brief. 123 students participated in this program.

Seminar on “Selection of motor for Electric vehicles”

Electrical Engineering Department under IEI student chapter organised a seminar on “Selection of motor for Electric vehicles” on 2/8/2018. The speakers discussed about activities which are taken under the govt. initiatives to promote electric vehicle and the technical advances in electric vehicles and also discussed about the characteristics and applications of electric motor. The discussion was made about the present trends as well as the future advantages of electric vehicles. The career as well as the entrepreneurial opportunities in these fields were also discussed in the session so that it can be helpful for the BE Electrical Engineering students for their future growth. 83 studetns have paricipated in this seminar.

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Hands on workshop on “Raspberry PI”

Instrumentation and Control Department organized Two Days Workshop on “Hands on workshop on raspberry PI” on 28th and 29th September, 2018 at J-205, Seminar Hall. 46 students have participated in this workshop. The main objective of this workshop is to demonstrate the hardware and software portion of Raspberry PI, which is a powerful little beast and a great platform for building low-cost, but highly capable, embedded systems. The interfaces built into its GPIO connector make it easy to bolt on modules using simple low-cost electronics and a bit of configuration to create very functional and flexible systems. Students can create interesting applications with basic programming languages. This workshop trained the students to start with Raspberry Pi board and small develops applications. Enable students to become familiar with the VI editor.

Expert Talk on "Data analytics using Python"

Computer Department organized an expert talk on "Data analytics using Python" on 29/9/2018 at D-205. 35 students and 4 faculties participated in this talk. The objective of this talk was to aware students about basic understanding of Data Analytics terminology in Python environment. Students also learned how to import dataset, cleaning of dataset and prepare dataset for analytics. They understood the use of Anaconda as Python distribution and use of 3rd party libraries and support and made aware about use of Pandas library for data analytics in Python and recent trends in technology that industry demands.

Volume 4 Issue 3 11 Workshop on “Angular JS”

I.T Department organized Two Days State Level Workshop on Angular JS in Association with Computer Society of India on 28th and 29th September, 2018. This workshop is intended to provide participants with a detailed practical knowledge about various concepts of Angular JS. The inauguration function of workshop was done on 28th September, 2018 in presence of CSI Hon. Treasurer Mr. Niraj Shah, Chief Guest Dr.Haresh Bhatt from ISRO, Principal Dr.Rajul K Gajjar, and HOD IT Prof Vibha D Patel . Workshop was being conducted by Mr Anil Asvani Senior Faculty – NIIT Ahmedabad. 32 Students from various colleges across the state learnt about various concepts of Angular JS along with CSS, HTML and Java Script. These tools can be useful to design dynamic web application.

Expert Talk on “Energy Conservation Awareness”

“Energy Conservation Awareness” program was organized on 24/09/2018 at power electronics department. Mr. Chirag Chauhan (M.E. electrical engineer, BEE certified energy auditor) were invited for guidance of the student. The expert delivered tremendous knowledge on what is green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devices to monitor, model and conserve the nature environment and resources , and to curb the negative impacts of human involvement. More than 60 students were a present to learn different ideas about Energy resources need to be conserved. According to feedback of students the Expert Talk was very knowledgeable with ample of information.

Volume 4 Issue 3 12 Expert lecture on “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing” Civil Engineering Department organized an expert lecture on “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing” on 30 July, 2018. The main aim of the event was to familiarize the students to GIS skills and its applications in Civil Engineering. The lecture was delivered by Mr Sauvik Pal, Assistant manager in ESRI India pvt ltd. The ESRI India Technologies Ltd is India's leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions provider. Lecture is attended by about 40 students and faculty members of civil and applied mechanics department. Participants learned to create, edit, visualize, and analyze geospatial information and apply this learning to work on a range of projects where GIS technology is used. GIS applications in the field of Planning and site location, Environmental analysis, Infrastructure design, Construction & management have been demonstrated by the expert.

SSIP/eCell Activities

 VGEC-SSIP/eCell has organized an orientation program of SSIP cell and financial literacy on 11/9/2018. Total 180 students participated in this program. The objective of this program was to make the students aware about the SSIP policies and the benefits of the same. While the financial literacy was to make the students aware about present scenario of job seeking attitude and make them focus on their own skills and talents. In this program we identified the students who had done something creative or innovative activity in past or present and also generating income from their talent/skill. They were invited as special guests and were encouraged to start their own startup with the help of SSIP funds. As a result of this program 3 startups got registered after this event.

 VGEC-SSIP/eCell has organized an expert talk on 18/7/2018. More than 50 students and faculty members participated in this talk. The objective of this Expert Talk was to make the students get knowledge about Science and Engineering Fundamentals and The Power of Innovation. The talk was delivered by Prof. Dipankar Sarkar. Expert Talk will be helpful for all the students in their daily life with having knowledge of science. This will make all students think curiously, make their ideas be applied in innovation too. Students can effectively combine their understanding of technology and Science in a cross-disciplinary fashion to identify and develop attractive opportunities within your field of experience.

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 Team SSIP has organized an expert talk on "Startup and Innovation: Marketing and Patenting" on 10/7/2018. The expert was Mr. Chandresh Shah from USA.  45 volunteers of VGEC eCell visited the IIT, . They visited the IITGN E-Cell as well as attended a lecture of Mr. Thyagranjan Iyer on start up and innovation on 10/7/18.

 Dr.D.D.Mandaliya (Asoociate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department) attands the MHRD-AICTE Innovation Cell Inaugration on 30th august,New Delhi. VGEC is now proud member of MHRD-AICTE innovation Cell.

MeghDhanush- A Drawing Competition

VGEC-AdvaNature organised its signature event Meghdhanush – A Drawing Competition on 30th August 2018. It was our pleasure to inform you that 380+ students took part zealously in the event. Out of these, BEST 50 pictures were selected in the final list. After four rounds of scrutiny, our jury panel which includes, Prof. K L Timani (Applied Mechanics), Dr S K Ambawale (Physics), Prof D A Bhatt (English), Prof Anita Solanki (Electrical), Kum. Fenal Gajera (a budding painter from Sem-3, Computer) finalized the following winners. The winners are Akshit Gataliya (Elect, Sem-5), Yuvraj Vaghela (Civil, Sem-1) and Geeta Singh (PE, Sem-3).

Volume 4 Issue 3 14 4th Heritage Walk

As an effort to make our students more responsible towards society and the nation, Vishwakarma Government Engineering College (VGEC), Chandkheda in collaboration with Invincible (NGO) organized its 4th Heritage Walk (VAARSO 4.0) on the theme “Masjid Se Mandir Tak” on 30th September 2018 (Sunday). The theme symbolizes harmonious coexistence and religious diversity in Ahmedabad, India‟s First World Heritage City announced by UNESCO. With 115 participants, the Walk commenced at 7.30 am from the Sidi Saiyed Mosque and ended at 11 am at ‟s Swaminarayan Temple covering places like , Teen Darwaja, Jama Masjid, AhmadShah Makbara, , MG Haveli 1 and 2, Harkuvar Das ni Haveli, Haja Patel Pole, Jain Temple, Dalpat Chowk, etc. Dr Abrar Ali Saiyed () was the chief guest at the inaugural when he guided the participants how to study the monuments from socio-economic and cultural point of view. At Bhadra chowk, a students‟ group performed a street play entitled “Maansikta Ni Vaastavikta” to make public and participants aware regarding plastic ban, pollution, corruption, child labor, heritage conservation, cleanliness etc. The Play was applauded by the present public who also took pledge to build „Clean Country‟ at the end.

Workshop on “Resume Building and Resume Presentation”

Mechanical Engineering Department organized One-day workshop on, “Resume Building and Resume Presentation” on August 4, 2018 for Final year students. This event was organized under IEI Student‟s Chapter and was managed by IEI student committee members. The speaker for this event was Ms. Dipa Shah. She is a certified trainer and currently working as a HR Manager Head at Rajvi Enterprises. The objectives of this event are to make students aware about how to build resume, preparing for Group discussion, personal interview. There were 35 students attended this workshop. Students were learnt about Resume Building, Group Discussion, Resume Presentation and Interview Skills.

Volume 4 Issue 3 15 VGEC Alumni Association(VAA) Activities

 An absolutely free of cost counseling seminar on abroad studies was organized by VAA on 24th January , 2018. The speaker of the seminar was Dr. Nigamanth Sridar, dean of graduate studies at Cleveland State University, Ohio-USA. The seminar was conducted under the guidance of alumni of VGEC, Raviraj Patel and Twinkle Patel. Dr. Sridhar assisted the students in making the right choice for pursuing their desired programs abroad. The seminar proved to be very informative for the students who were willing to study abroad for better prospects.

 A trip to nostalgia was arranged for 2011 to 2015 on 29th September, 2018 in auditorium A block from 3 pm onwards. This event had activities like open mic and cultural events. RJ Parth and writer Hiren Kavad are some of the famous alumna whose presence made the event more cherishing. They shared some of their old memories and also gave guidance for future to students. Alumni enjoyed the event fullest. September alumni meet was a major success.

 A workshop on Graphic Designing based on Coral Draw and Photoshop was organized by VGEC Alumni Association. Experts of the workshop were the best Designers of our institute, Nikunj Maniya(Computer 7th Sem) and Hrishikesh Vachhani(Computer 5th Sem). The workshop was conducted for two days: 24/09/18 - 25/09/18. 180 students from VGEC and from other colleges also, showed interest and enrolled for participating in the workshop.

Volume 4 Issue 3 16  As an effort to make the students of mechanical engineering (semester - 2, 3 and 4 ) familiar with the current industrial situation, an expert talk was organized by VAA on 3/8/18. The experts for the event were: Mr. Dipesh Ganatra - Executive Engineer, Torrent and Mr. Siddharth Gajera, Co-founder of Cubien E-Manufacturing Solution.

Technical/Industrial Visits

 Instrumentation and Control Department in association with IEI Student Chapter organized an industrial visit to GEB, Gandhinagar on 8/8/2018. 42 students and 2 faculties participated in this visit. The plant visit was organized with the objective of minimizing the gap between industry and academics by giving students practical exposure in industry.

 Instrumentation and Control Department in association with IEI Student Chapter organized an industrial visit to GELCO Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad on 18/08/2018. 69 students and 2 faculties participated in this visit.

Volume 4 Issue 3 17  Instrumentation and Control Department in association with IEI Student Chapter organized an industrial visit to IFFCO Kalol on 03/08/2018 and 10/08/2018. 69 students and 2 faculties participated in this visit. The outcome of this plant visit was student got to see the things practically which they have studied in theory and got clarity of concept.

 Mechanical Engg. Dept. has organized visit for B.E. Sem. – I students as a part of Induction Program. There were 55 students along with 2 faculty members (Prof. R.B. Shah and Prof. M.N. Parmar). They were made aware with the various activities of Andhjan Mandal. A representative of Andhjan Mandal gave us quick information about Andhjan Mandal. How it works , how it manages , how they do activities , how they are helped financially, etc . They are running Schools, Diploma in physiotherapy Program and workshop for blinds. Students have also visited Vision in the dark place which was very thrilled experience of their life. Students have felt how blinds are living their life, how they cross road or how they identify anything or how they watch movies or how they see the world with other four senses.

 Mechanical Department organized a visit of Energy mission Pvt. Ltd., Vatva on 1st September, 2018 for B.E. Sem.- III students. There were total 42 students and 2 faculty members (Prof. R.B. Shah and Prof. M.M. Modan). The visit was truly professional and well managed till the end. In this visit, the students are aware with manufacturing of CNC Shear and CNC Bending Machine. They have seen working of various machines like Planer, Drilling, Boring Shaper Machine, and lathe.

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 Mechanical Department organized a visit to Akshay Patra Foundation, Bhadaj on 29th September, 2018 for B.E. Sem.- I students. There were total 40 students and 2 faculty members ( Prof. Dr. A.A. Pujara and Prof. S.B. Pipaliya). In this visit, the students were made aware with the application of steam in preparation of meals in bulk quantities. They have also seen boiler and conveyor system..

 On 29th September 2018, an industrial visit for “Electronics and Quality Development Center (EQDC)” was organized as a part of student‟s curriculum for “Electrical and Electronics Measurement” for 7th semester electrical engineering department. This visit was carried out under the major activity head of “Technical / Research Skill” and sub-activity head of “Industrial/Exhibition visit with report”. Total 37 (4 female students and 33 male students) participated in this industrial visit. This EQDC industrial visit for students was guided and accompanied by Prof. H.N. Zala and Prof. M. L. Patel. The main focus of this industrial visit is to fill the bridge between technical concepts taught in curriculum and industry applied concepts. Various technical concepts were discussed with the students which are applied in the field of E&EM.

 On 9th August 2018, an industrial visit to “Kokila Transformers” was organized as a part of student‟s curriculum for “DC Machines and Transformers” for 3rd semester electrical engineering department. This visit was carried out under the major activity head of “Technical / Research Skill” and sub- activity head of “Industrial/Exhibition visit with report”. Total 120 (9 female students and 111 male students) participated in this industrial visit. This Kokila Transformers‟ industrial visit for students was guided and accompanied by Prof. B. K. Patel and Prof. K. A. Vyas. The main focus of this industrial visit is to fill the bridge between technical concepts taught in curriculum and industry applied concepts. Various technical concepts were discussed with the students which are applied in the field of electrical engineering.

Volume 4 Issue 3 19  On 5th and 6th September 2018, an industrial visit for “Amtech Electronics (India) Limited” was organized as a part of student‟s curriculum for “Power Electronics-1” for 5th semester electrical engineering department. This visit was carried out under the major activity head of “Technical / Research Skill” and sub-activity head of “Industrial/Exhibition visit with report”. Total 50 (5 female students and 45 male students) participated in this industrial visit. This AmTech Electronics (India) Limited industrial visit for students was guided and accompanied by Prof. K. A. Vyas and Prof. B. M. Bambhaniya. The main focus of this industrial visit is to fill the bridge between technical concepts taught in curriculum and industry applied concepts. Various technical concepts were discussed with the students which are applied in the field of Power Electronics.

 7th semester students of Civil Engineering Department visited Narmada main canal crossing on at karai village, Gandhinagar. These visit falls under practical exposure of current application in the field of Hydraulic structures related to Irrigation Engineering. The visit was organized for one day on 11/09/2018. Total 68 students (14 girls & 54 boys) took benefit of this technical visit. These students were accompanied by the faculty members (Prof. Bhagyesh C. Contractor and Prof Dhriti R. Rawat).

 7th semester students of Civil Engineering Department visited Wanakbori Weir, Padal Canal Crossing & Wanakbori Thermal Power Station at Wanakbori. The objective of this technical visit is to give understanding of diversion head works and cross drainage works along with electricity generation from hydro power. Along with Wanakbori thermal power plant gives the detail information regarding the thermal power plant generation. The visit was organized for one day on 18/09/2018. Total 69 students (13 girls & 56 boys) took benefit of this technical visit. These students were accompanied by the faculty members, Prof. Bhagyesh C. Contractor, Prof Bhavin G. Buddhdev, Prof. Mukesh V. Chauhan and Shri. Navinbhai B. Patel.

Volume 4 Issue 3 20  5th semester students of Civil Engineering Department visited Asian paints color academy, situated in Ahmedabad. The main objective of this workshop was to enable students to learn the recent developments and products which help them in improving various aspects of building construction and maintenance. Total 30 students of 5th semester attended this workshop along with one faculty Prof. Saad Golwala.

 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering has organized one day Industry Visit of ISRO as a Part of Induction Program for 1st semester students on 1st and 2nd August, 2018. 85 students of 1st Semester and 104 students of 5th Semester from EC department along with two faculties Prof. Amit Agrawal , Prof. Jagruti Makwana visited ISRO. The students got knowledge about how television signals are broadcasted with the help of satellites. They also understood various concepts of satellite and space missions done by ISRO and provided technical Exposure to the students about Space Technology.

 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering has organized one day Industry Visit of BISAG for 7th Semester BE students on 24th and 25th July, 2018. BISAG, formerly known as Remote Sensing and Communication Centre (RESECO), has started its operation in April, 1997 and renamed after the great Indian Mathematician of the 12th century, "Bhaskaracharya" in December 2003. 65 students of BE – 7th Semester from EC department along with two faculties Prof. Jagruti Naik and Prof. Urvisha Fatak had visited. The objective of this workshop was to help students to gain information regarding satellite communication. It also aware students about various activities related to satellite at BISAG and different career opportunities in the field of communications.

Volume 4 Issue 3 21 Student Achievements

Month and Name and Year of Dept. Name of Student Brief Description of Achievement Address of Awardee Award Chem Yash pandya Secured 3rd prize in Waste water Institutional September Mahesh Beladiya generation and Management in Innovation category 2018 Vasava Divyesh Chemical Industry of Summer Innovation Challenge-2018 Civil Ekta Mathasuriya, Won 2nd prize at state level in the SSIP, Directorate of September Komal Parikh project based on Water Theme under Technical Education, 2018 Labdhi Doshi SSIP 6th Floor, Block No. 2, Karmayogi Bhavan, Gandhinagar - 382010 EC Saloni Parikh Selected for IEP Germany - Wismar GTU, Ahmedabad September university amongst 32 students from all 2018 the GTU students EC Saloni Parikh State Best NSS Volunteer Award Government Of September Gujarat, Gandhinagar 2018 EC Sruthi Sreejithkumar Toppers of 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Dewang Mehta It August Raj Gandhi semesters were feliciatated with the Awards-2018 2018 Jyoti S Shukla awards for securing 1st rank Sharma Aaksah Nair Siddarth EC Suraj Gupta Worked Gujarat Election 2017 - 30 Collector Office 2018 Days as a Webcasting Manager at Modasa and got Certificate from Collector. EC Suraj Gupta Completed 30 days Internship at Airport Authority of 2018 Ahmedabad Airport amongst only 15 India students all India. EC Suraj Gupta Got Selected as a Physics Teacher for Education Beats, 2018 Unnayan Project in Eckovation Eckovation IC Ravi Upadhyay Participated in Badminton Competition IIM Ahmedabad September, “Shaurya” an inter college event 2018 IC Divyam Darji (Played till semifinals) IC Harsh Patel IC Sahil Patel IC Zalavadiya Sahil Participated in Meghdhanush Painting August Competition 2018 IC Solanki Mohit

IC Koshti Kashyap

IC Harsh Shah Invincible NGO IC Shah Risheet Tejas ADVANATURE Club IC Harsh Shah Participated in Prof. A. R. Rao Organized by Gujarat September Mathematics Competition-2018 Arts and Commerce 2018 IC Shah Aayush (InterCollege) College, Ahmedabad Mayankbhai IC Shah Aayush Participated in ! ! CU Shah Science August Mayankbhai ઊઠો 犾ગો યવુ ા College 2018 પ્રતિયોગગિા(Sanskrutik Swadhyay Kasoti) IC Shah Aayush Participated in Vishwalekhan NSS VGEC August Mayankbhai 2018 PE Anik Kumar Jain Organized blood donation camp under NSS VGEC September NSS VGEC on 18th of 2018 September,2018 PE Sampreet Vaidya Played GTU Badminton Tournament GTU Ahemadabad 2018 zonal at Ahmedabad

Volume 4 Issue 3 22 Month and Name and Year of Dept. Name of Student Brief Description of Achievement Address of Awardee Award Shrirajsatyam Organized a pre Independence day PE AUGUST Mishra event on 14th August 2018 named NSS VGEC 2018 PE Akshay Valand „VISHWALEKHAN‟. Played Volleyball At IIM-Ahmedabad October- PE Arunkumar Yadav IIM-Ahemadabad Sports Fest(Runners Up) 2018 Played GTU zonal tournament and PE Faizan Shaikh GTU Ahemadabad Oct 2018 Secured 2nd position Successfully organized “NERD QUIZ” PE Naman Joshi VGEC Chandkheda 2018 in GTU central tech fest 2018 Selected in GTU lawn tennis men‟s October team consecutively for the 4th time to PE Jeet Savani GTU Ahemadabad 2018 represent the university at AIU.

Faculty Achievements

Dept Name of Faculty Brief Description of Name and Address of Month and Year of Achievement Awardee Award CE Prof M T Savaliya Published book Prakashan September 2018 “Programming for Problem Solving” CE Uttam Chauhan Ph.D (Computer GTU, Ahmedabad September - 2018 Engineering)

EC Prof Rajesh A. Under his guidance a GTU, Ahmedabad October - 2018 Thakkar student competed PhD on “Parasitic Aware Automatic CMOS Analog Circuit Design Using Evolutionary Algorithms” State NSS Cell, Awarded as Best NSS Department of Higher Prof. Alpesh H. Program Officer by Govt. EC Education, Govt. Of. September, 2018 Dafda Of. Gujarat for the year Gujarat, Dr. Jivraj Mehta 2017-2018 Bhavan, Gandhinagar Elec Prof. Kaustubh A. Completed a Lab IIT Bombay and SCILAB July 2018 Vyas Migration project for India Elements of Electrical Design in association with SCILAB, India and IIT Bombay, which covered under National Mission on Education through ICT PE Prof. A. M. Haque Patent filed with Patent IPO Mumbai 30 August, 2018 Number 201821032506 dated 30-08-2018 relating to “HEAD GESTURE CONTROLLED WHEELCHAIR” having CBR no. 19627 at IPO Mumbai.

Volume 4 Issue 3 23 Departmental Activities:

Computer Department  Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary, Professor and Associate Dean, Ahmedabad University delivered an expert lecture to our newly admitted first year students of Computer and IT as a part of the Induction Program on 6/8/2018. He explained that how engineering became more integrative with the live examples of use of ICT in Agriculture.  Computer and IT department, VGEC organized an expert lecture on 01/08/2018 as a part of Induction Program for the newly admitted first year students. The expert was Mr. Harish Chib, Vice President-MEA, SOPHOS, global cyber security leader based founded in UK. He explained the journey of developing a simple software for sharing Internet to an very popular security product known as Cyberoam.  Organized an expert lecture on 23/07/2018 for newly admitted first year Computer and IT students as a part of Induction Program. Mr. Nikunj Patel having 35 years of experience in IT industry in India and aboard guided students how to prepare themselves to become successful Computer Science/IT professional. During the Question-Answer session young inspiring students asked very good questions.

Chemical Department  Chemical engineering department has organized IPR (Institute of Plasma Research) visit for 1st year students with 3 faculty members on 03/08/2018.

Civil Department  An expert lecture was organized on 24/09/2018 for 3rd and 5th semester students on the topic “Various softwares used in civil engineering”. The lecture was delivered by Utkarsh Mahaliya, Marketing Manager, Rcade Solution, Ahmedabad.

Electronics and Communication  Organized an expert lecture to give an overview of EC and IC engineering field to 1st year students as a part of 3 week orientation program. 160 students from EC and IC department have participated. Dr. Kiran Parmar (Professor, Electrical & Electronics Engineering at AIIE) was invited as an expert.  Organized one day Career Counseling session in collaboration with VGEC Alumni Association for different opportunities after engineering graduation for 1st, 3rd and 5th semester students on 17/09/2018. The experts from IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd were invited for the sessions.  To aware students of EC department about industry advancement, challenges and future prospective of embedded system design field, department has organized an expert lecture on 31/8/2018. The session was attended by 40 students of the department.

IC Department  Students of IC department organized a party to celebrate and wish departmental faculties Teacher‟s Day. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan‟s birthday is on 5/9/2018 which is celebrated as teacher‟s day. Students took this opportunity to celebrate and thank their faculties for their efforts.  IC Department e-Newsletter was inaugurated on the eve of Engineer‟s Day, with an objective of making people aware about departmental activities to students, staff, alumni and industry. The e-Newsletter was inaugurated by Prof. Badgujjar, of Electrical Department from SSEC, Bhavnagar, Prof R.K. Gajjar, Principal VGEC and Prof. C.B. Bhatt, Principal MCA College, .  IC Department organized an Expert Talk on “Automation and SCADA” on 9/8/2018. The main aim of the event was to familiarize the students with Architecture of SCADA. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Amit Bharadva. He graduated in Instrumentation and control engineering from this institute in 2007 and after 10 years of experience started his own company named “LUOVA Technologies Ltd, at Vadodara. 7th semester students were focus audience. He delivered Lecture on Automation and role of SCADA in it.

Volume 4 Issue 3 24 IT Department  Information Technology Department had organized a Seminar for 5thsem Students on “DevOps Technology” on 19/09/2018 during 1.00 to 3.00 pm in B- 201. Mr Ankit Panchal from NIIT, Ahmedabad had taken seminar on DevOps.This Seminar was intended to provide knowledge about how to implement DevOps patterns for continuous integration, automated testing, continuous delivery, and rapid deployment of Software Application in Java.

Mechanical Department  Mechanical Department organized Expert talk on „Industrial knowledge and entrepreneur‟ on 3rd August, 2018 between 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. under the VGEC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. The speakers of the expert talk were VGEC alumni from pass out batch of the 2013 mechanical branch. Mr. Dipesh Ganatra, an executive engineer in Torrent Power Limited acknowledged students about the industry. He shared how theory helps in solving numerous problems in the field. He guided students on different career options after engineering. He advised students to select field of their interest and start working on that direction. Mr. Siddharth Gajera who is the co-founder of Cube in E-manufacturing solutions has shared his journey from a professional trainer to an entrepreneur. He gave information on how to start and establish own start-up in this competitive market. Mr. Umesh Mangroiya, acquainted the students with different skill development programs offered by public and private sectors which can be helpful for students to start their own firms.

Power Electronics Department  A Series of Workshop organized by Power Electronics Department on 11th, 12th & 19th September -2018 on “ART OF ABSTRACT WRITING”, “PRIOR ART SEARCH” and “SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON ELECTRICAL SHOP-FLOOR PRACTICES” to enhance the knowledge, to ease project assignment and to improve quality work of stakeholders specially students. In each workshop 100 plus students had participated and benefitted from the workshop.  Design Presentation Day was observed by Power Electronics Department on 14th and 15th September‟2018 with intention to motivate the students for innovative work and to link them with society. 110 students had participated in the Program and 200 plus students had visited the Presentation.  “Skill Development Program” was organized at Power Electronics Department on 24/09/2018. A special guest Mr. Naimesh Patel (Division head-security system division at safe- world system Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad) delivered incredible speech how to boost up the confidence while an interview. He also helped student to overcome fear & nervousness due to Interview and Viva, to make student Frank and expert use of knowledge and gestures, presenting our self with correct posture & the way of talking and many more. 90 students participated in this program. Research and Publication

Publication/ Type of Name of Name of journal Publication ISSN/ Dept. Title of Publication /Book Faculty /Conference National/ ISBN /Conference /journal /Book International CE Jitendra Conference Linear Regression Assisted IEEE-PUNECON International - Bhatia Prediction Based Load International Conference on Balancer For Cloud Data Computing Science and Analytics Pune(Conference will be held during 30th Nov18-2nd Dec2018) Prof. D. R. Conference Economic and Technical International Conference on International --- Rawat Analysis of PET Bottles as a Construction, Real Estate, Replacement of Brick in Infrastructure and Project Civil Low-Cost Housing. Management (ICCRIP– 2018)

Volume 4 Issue 3 25 Publication/ Type of Name of Name of journal Publication ISSN/ Dept. Title of Publication /Book Faculty /Conference National/ ISBN /Conference /journal /Book International Chem Prof. Beena Journal Analysis of Molar Flux and Corian Journal of International 1975-7220 Sheth current density in Chemical Engineering electrodialytic separation of sulphuric acid from spent liquor using an anio- exchange membrane Int. J. Computer Aided Parameter extraction of Engineering and Prof Rajesh PSP MOSFET model using Technology, Inderscience EC Journal International -- A. Thakker Particle Swarm Enterprises Ltd August Optimization 2018

print: 0218- Analog Circuit Design Journal of Circuits, Prof Rajesh 1266 EC Journal Using Enhanced Bee Systems, and Computers, International A. Thakker online: Colony Algorithm September – 2018 1793-6454 Characterization of a Novel 10T SRAM Cell with Prof Rajesh Improved Data Stability Circuit World (Emrald EC Journal International 0305-6120 A. Thakker and Delay Performance for Insight), October - 2018 20-nm Tri-Gated FinFET Technology International Conference on “Women in Science & Technology: Creating Reactive power Planning, Sustainable Career” ISSN: 2349- Prof. Rozina Operation, Control and Elec Conference 28 -30 JUNE 2018 International 5162 Surani Management (Review Organized By:BVM Paper) Engineering College (An Autonomous Institution), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India International Conference on “Women in Science & Women Entrepreneur in Prof. Rozina Technology: Creating ISSN: 2349- Elec Conference India-Problems, Solution & International Surani Sustainable Career” 5162 Opportunities 28 -30 JUNE 2018 Organized By:BVM Engineering College

Training attended/Expert Lectures Delivered

Dept Name of Faculty Topic Name of the institute Date IT Training attended on Prof Dipak C Patel 12/7/2018 to 18/7/2018 “Beyond the class room Indian Institute of Teacher IT Prof Jashvant R Dave towards excellence” Education, Gandhinagar& DTE 11/9/2018 to 16/9/2018 Mech Prof. M.M. Modan 30/07/2018 to 10/08/2018 Mech Prof. S.A. Solanki 17/09/2018 to 28/09/2018 Mech Prof. T.Y. Rathod Induction Phase- I NITTTR Bhopal, 16/07/2018 to Ext. Centre Ahmedabad 27/07/2018 Mech Dr. A.A. Pujara 20/08/2018 to Induction Phase- I NITTTR Bhopal 31/08/2018

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5th IT Shiny Christian 7th IT Disha Patel

Gopal Patoliya 3rd CE

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