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16th ANNUAL REPORT-2018 – 19 INDEX Sr. No. Particulars Page 1 Executive Summary I-VII 2 Nirma University – Central Office 1-26 3 Institute of Technology 27-83 4 Institute of Management 84-118 5 Institute of Pharmacy 119-149 6 Institute of Science 150-168 7 Institute of Law 169-200 8 Institute of Architecture & Planning 201-211 9 Institute of Commerce 212-225 10 Department of Design 226-233 11 Centre for Continuing Education 234-238 Executive Summary April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 Preamble Nirma University has always been striving for sustainable development and growth to attain the laid down vision, mission and objectives. It is a pioneering educational organisation that paves way for the aspiring individuals to attain their goals. It not only stands as a symbol of knowledge and wisdom but also enlightens all those who seek to elevate their potential. This university holds the ever burning torch of knowledge to light up the path of all who crave for more and who are dedicated for the benefit of the society. Keeping the flame bright, this financial year has also added value in maintenance and sustenance of quality teaching – learning and research. The executive summary contains at a glance major accomplishments of the university and its constituent institutes during the financial year 2018-19. Institute of Technology Accreditation Four programmes of the Institute of Technology; Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation for a period of three years in March 2019. The Institute earn the distinction of being the only unaided institute in the State of Gujarat having its programmes NBA accredited in Tier I category. These programmes will now be accepted in the countries bound by the Washington Accord. Rankings The prominent rankings are highlighted as under: Rank 10th in Times of India Ranking 2019. Ranked 8th Top Engineering Colleges of Super Excellence, and 1st in Gujarat State, as per the survey of Competition Success Review-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2018. (July, 2018) Ranked 11th in Top Private T-100 Schools 2018, and11th in West Zone under zone wise, as per the Dataquest CMR T-School Survey 2018. (June, 2018) Ranked 11th in the Top 20 Private Colleges by Outlook Magazine 2018. (July, 2018) Ranked 23rd in Top T-100 Schools 2019 (Overall – Govt. and Private combined) across the country as per Dataquest CMR T-School Survey 2019 (March, 2019) Ranked 23rd in Top 100 T Schools 2018 (Govt. and Private Combined) across the country as per the Dataquest CMR T-School Survey 2018 (June, 2018) Ranked 13th amongst Private Engineering Colleges Ranking by Digital Learning. (April, 2018) Ranked 39th amongst India's Top 100 Engineering Institutes, and Ranked 2nd in Gujarat State as per Education World India Institutes Ranking 2018. (May, 2018) Listed in the AAAA category amongst Engineering Institute in Gujarat as per the survey conducted by Careers 360 in 2018. (April, 2018) Faculty Awards • Dr. H. K. Patel, Faculty advisor of ISA (International Society of Automation) is honoured with the prestigious leadership position of Chair-Student Affairs, ISA District’14 (Asia-Pacific). The tenure of his position will be from January 2019 to January 2021. • Prof. Balkrushna Shah of Mechanical Engineering Department and Student Branch Advisor (SBA) of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning I Engineers) is awarded ‘2018 Student Branch Advisor of the Year Award’ in recognition of his outstanding services and leadership in fostering the growth and strength of the Nirma University Student Branch in Atlanta, Gerorgia, USA from January 12-16, 2019. • Dr. D. M. Adhyaru, Head, Instrumentation & Control department received the ISTE – Best Engineering College Teacher Award for Gujarat State-2018. • Dr. Priyanka Sharma has received recognition as a Deep Learning Ambassador by the NVIDIA, an American Company known to be world leaders in GPU Computations and Deep Learning. Students’ Awards • Team “CON-SL-E 3.0” of IC Department from the Institute of Technology, Nirma University was runner up in Mitsubishi Cup-MECUP-4 in the 4th Mitsubishi Electric Cup (a national level automation competition for students) organised by Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt Ltd. at MRIIS, Faridabad during February 14-16, 2019. Along with the Silver Cup the team received a cash prize of Rs.75,000/-. • Team Stallions participated in All-Terrain Vehicle ATV BAJA SAE India Competition and emerged out as winners. Team Stallions with their e-BAJA ATV was conferred with ‘Overall Champions Award’ for the brilliant ATV performance during the 12th edition of SAE BAJA INDIA organized from January 24-27, 2019. The competition was in the category of m-BAJA (petrol engine driven cars) and e-BAJA (battery driven electric cars) category. The m-BAJA team won the ‘Best Skill BAJA award’ for exhibiting exemplary manufacturing skills which included cutting, welding and bending of roll cage parts. Team e-BAJA won awards including, 1st in Sales; 1st in CAE, 1st in acceleration, and 1st in durability. • Team Nirma Robocon won the National event of 2018 defeating around 113 teams of various Engineering Institutes across the country including IITs and NITs. This year Team Nirma Robocon represented India at ABU International Robocon event held at NinhBinh, Vietnam during August 24-27, 2018. The team won “ROHM Award" for the Innovative Design. • A student team of IC department participated in the Innovseed Incubation LLP- Project Expo- 2019 held at Surat Convention Centre on March 23, 2019 supported by NITI Aayog and won second prize with prize money of INR 50,000/-. Major Events Organised Workshop on Emerging Research Topics in Engineering IEEE Gujarat Section in collaboration with the Nirma University organized a two day workshop on “Emerging Research Topics in Engineering (ERTE)” on February 2-3, 2019. The theme of the workshop was ‘Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning.’ Eminent experts from IBM Research Lab, IISc Banglore, University of Hyderabad, Rygbee Inc., DA-IICT were invited to share their knowledge with the audience on the topics of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. National colloquium on Advancements in Seismic Design of Masonry Structures Civil Engineering Department organized a National Colloquium on “Advancements in Seismic Design of Masonry Structures” during January 30-31, 2019. Prof. Daniel Abrams, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A, and Fulbright Specialist, USIEF, New Delhi delivered expert lectures and conducted laboratory sessions during the colloquium. Institute of Management Rankings The Institute has been ranked as the top 15th B-School pan India by Business Standard, published in December 2018. II Ranked as the 28th Best B-School pan India by The Week, published in November 2018. Ranked as the top 8th Private B-School pan India by CSR-GHRDC B-School Survey and published in Competition Success Review, November 2018 issue. Ranked as the top 31st B-School pan India by BW Business World, published in November 2018. Ranked as the top 30th B-School pan India by Outlook Drshti, published in October 2018. Ranked as the top 25th B-School pan India, published in Dalal Street Investment Journal in February 2019. Faculty Awards Prof. Nityesh Bhatt received the ‘Startup and ICT Awards for the Best Innovative use of E- Governance’ by Global Knowledge Research Foundation at Goa during the Second International Research Symposium on Computing and Network Sustainability 2018. Prof. Sameer Pingle received the ‘Best HR Faculty Award’ by National Institute of Personnel Management, Kolkata. Major Events Organised The 22nd Nirma International Conference on Management (NICOM) was organized during January 17-19, 2019. The central theme of the conference was “Business Economy and Environment: The New Normal”. Anvesh – 2018, the 14th Doctoral Research Conference was organized during April 6-7, 2018. The 8th Annual National Conference on Quality Management was organized by Institute of Management, Nirma University and ASQ (American Society for Quality) Ahmedabad LMC during Nov 30-Dec 1, 2018. The theme for this year was “VUCA Challenges: Sustainability through Quality”. Institute of Pharmacy NIRF Ranking 2019 Institute of Pharmacy received 21st rank at all India level by NIRF 2019 (National Institutional Ranking Framework), MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.). Infrastructure development Grants Institute of Pharmacy along with Institute of Science received financial assistance of Rs. 5.0 crore to develop National facility for analytical characterization and biological evaluation of biosimilars by Department of Science and Technology [DST] under DPRP Scheme. Faculty Awards Prof Manjunath Ghate received the IPER’s Principle of the Year Award-2018, APTI, India. Prof Priti Mehta received the APTI Women of the Year Award-2018, APTI, India. Students’ Achievement Mr. Vandit Shah, B. Pharm. final year student was selected for Internship Programme at Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harward University, Boston which he completed during May 28 - August 16, 2018. III Mr. Harshil Shah, M.Pharm. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) student, received Khorana Scholarship from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Indo-US Scientific & Technical Forum (IUSSTF) for Summer Internship at University of North Carolina, USA for 10-12 weeks which includes a Round