8th edition Whistling Teal Convocation Special

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Vice Chancellor's Guests of Honorary Degree Mr. Shiv Nadar Meets the 3 Report 2016-2017 5 Honor 7 Recipient 11 Graduating Class of 2017 Editorial

Change, as they say, is the only thing constant in life. And, it is time again for change. The graduating Class of 2017 is standing on a cusp, where the change is imminent. Their (Class of 2017) stint at Shiv Nadar University - their home for four years now, is coming to an end. At the same time, every ending is an indication of a new beginning. The new beginning that shall essentially take them to new places, with new people, and new goals. As they step out, they are now essentially equipped to make the most of opportunities that will come along as they gear-up for a fresh start. But before, comes the closure, which is marked by the 3rd Convocation Ceremony, due on 13 May 2017 at Shiv Nadar University. Our 8th edition of Whistling Teal is dedicated to the ceremony that commemorates the graduation of more than 400 students of the outgoing Class. We present to you the names of the students graduating this year inside the issue. The Guests of Honor for the ceremony are Mr. Mike Lawrie, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, DXC Technology; and Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC. Know more about them in the current issue of Whistling Teal. Shiv Nadar University is conferring the Honorary Doctorate on Prof. Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. The most cited professor of Indian origin in the field of Business administration, Prof. Jagdish will not be able to attend the ceremony and has a message for the graduating Class. Read his message inside the issue. The highlights of Convocation Special are Faculty Reminisces, and Student Memorabilia for Class of 2017. The two sections are a recollection of memories shared by faculty and the graduating Class. These are complimented with the highlights of a special interaction that took place recently between the Class of 2017 and Mr. Shiv Nadar. Amidst the Convocation's preparation, life at Shiv Nadar University had caught a lightening pace once again. Apart from the classes, projects, and placements, students put their best foot forward at various inter-college events and have garnered a number of awards and achievements. Read about them in the Student Achievements section. Campus Buzz and Campus Beat will give you a glimpse of the happenings that took place at the campus recently. Preparations for the Convocation Ceremony, which will be marked by the presence of more than 2000 attendees including students, parents, guests and members of the Shiv Nadar University Community, are nearing completion now. Dressed in caps and tassels with pride in their hearts, as the graduating Class walks the last mile at Shiv Nadar University, we wish them love and luck for the goals they have set for life ahead.

Editorial Team Whistling Teal

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Time Programme

2:00 PM Guests Seated For the Convocation Ceremony

Entry of the Student, Faculty and Chancellor's Processions

National Anthem

Welcome address by the Chancellor Dr. S N Balakrishnan

Presentation of the University Report by the Vice Chancellor Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh

Special Address by Mr. Deepak Parekh Chairman, HDFC

Commencement Address by Mr. Mike Lawrie Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, DXC Technology

Conferring of Honorary Doctorate Prof. Jagdish Sheth

Conferring of the University degree to students

Vote of Thanks by President Mr. Rajiv Swarup

Departure of Chancellor's Procession

High Tea and Cultural Programme at the 7:00 PM Onwards University Lawns

2 Vice Chancellor's Report (2016-2017)

It is my honor and privilege to present the Vice- Chancellor’s Progress Report on the occasion of this third Convocation of the Shiv Nadar University.

The University was established by an Act of the State of Uttar Pradesh, and began its operations on the 18th of August 2011, with 265 undergraduate students pursuing degrees in five engineering majors and mathematics and a single Master’s student.

In these six years, the University has grown considerably in scale and scope, and has made substantial progress towards achieving the goal of creating a comprehensive / multidisciplinary, student- centric and research-focused university. Today we have 2,115 students enrolled at the University – of these 1,806 are undergraduates, 164 Master’s and 145 are doctoral students. The diverse student body, coming from 27 states & UTs in the country, is spread across 15 undergraduate, 10 Master’s and 13 doctoral programs in four Schools: School of Engineering, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, School of Natural S c i e n c e s , a n d S c h o o l o f M a n a g e m e n t & Entrepreneurship. The fifth School at the University, the School of Extended Education and Professional Development, is focused on extending the reach of the University by offering short-duration educational and training programs to individuals, companies, and Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh governmental and non-governmental organizations.

The University had a clear vision and a mandate from the Founder from day-1, and through our innovative ways and our relentless efforts, with our unwavering commitment towards excellence, and very importantly, with the support of our partners, advisors & well-wishers, we have already reached a stage where our peers have started recognizing our distinct mark.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) Inspection Report on Shiv Nadar University in 2016 was exceptionally encouraging, and the detailed testimony covered all the aspects of functioning of the University. UGC subsequently accepted Shiv Nadar University's response to the observations / suggestions of the UGC Inspection Committee and the AICTE Expert Committee on 18 November 2016.

Shiv Nadar University was honored as the "University of the Year" (in existence for less than 10 years category) at the FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards ceremony in November 2016. The FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards recognize the achievements and work done by institutions and individuals in improving the quality of Higher Education in India.

Shiv Nadar University has been selected for hosting an Atal Incubation Centre (AIC), supported by the Niti Aayog. There was a total of 1719 academic applicants, and 1939 non-academic ones. After a four-stage evaluation process, the selection decision was received on 21 March 2017.

2016 marked the second edition of the annual exercise under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), carried out under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. In its first attempt, Shiv Nadar University has now received the distinct honor of the youngest institution in the Overall Top-100 list. In the results announced on 3 April 2017, Shiv Nadar University got ranked 60 in the 'University' category, and 96 in the 'Overall' category. It ranked 8th ‘Overall’ amongst institutions in existence for less than 10 years. In "Research & Professional Practice", SNU's "Citations per Publication" of 4.61 is next to IISc's 5.01, and SNU's "Percentage in Top 25" of 28% is higher than IISc's 25%.

The growth of the University has been more in its depth and intellectual strength than in headcounts. Looking at our scholarly activities and their impact, some peaks of excellence can already be recognized. The idea now is to consolidate, strategize and march forward such that the overall output goes up, the impact is felt in the nation & world-wide, and the sharp peaks of excellence are sustained in the important areas of our choice.

Innovative Curriculum and Research Focus

As recognized by the UGC Expert Committee, during a short span of its existence,

Shiv Nadar University has developed a unique multidisciplinary curriculum at the undergraduate level providing students with an unprecedented, well-rounded education by synthesizing broad and strong multidisciplinary foundation with an in-depth training in their selected discipline.

The curriculum emphasizes on fostering students’ ability to integrate critical thinking, interpretive skills, scientific exploration and normative principles.

The in-built flexibility of the undergraduate curriculum has scope for every student to chart out her/his own academic path and to progress through the program at her/his own pace.

It is worth mentioning that Dr. Girish Agrawal, Associate Director, School of Engineering, has been named to a special-purpose AICTE Committee constituted to draft a concept paper for revising the undergraduate curriculum in engineering. The Committee’s mandate is to rethink and revise the existing undergraduate engineering curriculum with a particular focus on project-based learning, as SNU has been advocating.

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A major component of the mission of any university has to be creation of knowledge (by researching), and not just disseminating it (by teaching). Research at the University is not limited to faculty and doctoral students.

The Opportunities for Undergraduate Research (OUR) program is enabling undergraduate students to undertake research projects with the faculty members outside the regular curriculum and to publish their research work in high-impact journals.

Over 85% of our undergraduate and postgraduate students receive some form of scholarship or financial aid, and all our doctoral students receive stipends and tuition fee waivers. In 2016-17 the University disbursed ` 31.8 crores as scholarships to undergraduate students, and stipends worth approx. ` 15 crore to postgraduate and doctoral students. I am happy to share that the University is launching a unique Master’s program on Water Science & Policy this year, led by Dr. Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor in the Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT), SNU. The challenges of the 21st century demand a new understanding and a fresh approach to water in India and across the world. Ours is a first-of-its-kind academic program, which offers a multidisciplinary perspective on water, with a special focus on policy and practical solutions. The modular structure of the program allows different stakeholders to choose from these multiple Certificate and Diploma options. The Government has hailed the University’s initiative in this direction, with Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog, personally urging the State Governments to actively participate in the Inception Workshop held at the end of April “to spread the movement for major reforms in the water sector”.

It is with immense pride and satisfaction, I inform you that the first (regular) Ph.D. degree of the University is being awarded to Mr. Ravi Kant Upadhyay, who was admitted in the Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, in August 2012, but worked under Dr. Susanta Sinha Roy in the Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences. Ravi defended his thesis successfully on 2 December 2016, and has since joined a very well-paid post-doctoral position in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical & Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada. Ms. Swapnil Shukla was the second student to complete her Ph.D. requirements very satisfactorily – she worked under Dr. Bimlesh Lochab in the Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, and her thesis defense was held on 12 December 2016. A few more doctoral students have submitted their theses, and are going to graduate soon, spreading the research agenda of the University.

Infrastructure

On its sprawling 256-acre campus, the University has invested in state-of-the-art laboratories & studios, classrooms, a central library, student hostels, dining and sports facilities. A dedicated 24x7 Research Block became operational last November, where scholars are now engaged in tackling some of the most pressing problems of our times – contributing to the creation of new knowledge at the frontiers of specialized areas of physical science, materials science, chemical science and life sciences as well as at the interface of these diverse disciplines, expanding the scope of human understanding, and striving for the betterment of the world.

Faculty Excellence

Drawn from top-ranked universities, Shiv Nadar University has around 200 faculty members who are educators and inspired practitioners in their areas of expertise. The faculty members are scholars of international repute, key advisors to the government, and well known authors and/or artists. The University system enables and empowers them, to let them do what they do the best, towards the vision and mission of the University. Till date, the faculty members have authored 419 journal articles, 111 books and chapters in books, 513 conference papers & presentations, held 99 exhibitions and performances, and attracted external funding of more than ` 17 crore in research projects. Some of the exemplary research work done by our faculty and research scholars have been published in top journals such as Nature, and already garnered media attention. For example, Dr. Ram Sagar Misra, Department of Chemistry, along with his collaborators led by Prof. Benjamin Davis from the University of Oxford and Dr. Matthew Paul from the Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK, has discovered a process to radically increase crop yields in wheat by up to 50%. This discovery has already been acclaimed globally.

Student Achievements

Our students have made us proud in their academic as well as extra-curricular pursuits. To name a few, Ms. Shagufta Kaur Bhangu (Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology) received the Fulbright scholarship for Doctoral students. Another student, Ms. Bhumika Dubey (M.Sc. in Bioinformatics) received the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to work at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Some of the International awards and recognitions received by our undergraduate students from different programs include Charpak Scholarship of Excellence by the French Government to Mr. Siddharth Sharma (B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering) to pursue Masters at Arts et Métiers Paris Tech; Amgen Scholarship to Ms. Keerthana AK [B.Sc.(Research) in Chemistry] at the University of Tokyo; Summer Research Internship at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid with Full financial support to Ms. Ranjitha Boopathy [B.Sc.(Research) in Biotechnology]. Our students were also part of some of the prestigious internship programs and represented not only the University but also our country.

The Founder and Trustees of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, all my colleagues – the faculty, staff and administrators, my dear students and alumni of the Shiv Nadar University, parents & family members, and friends, thank you for your support to the University, and for joining us for this landmark event.

13 May 2017
Rupamanjari Ghosh Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University

“The danger is not that we aim high and fail, but that we aim low and succeed.”

4 Guests of Honor

Mr. Mike Lawrie Mr. Deepak Parekh Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, DXC Technology Chairman, HDFC

Mr. Mike Lawrie serves as Chairman, President and CEO of DXC Mr. Deepak Parekh (72), Chairman of HDFC, spearheads India’s Technology, the company formed by the merger of CSC and the premier housing finance company HDFC Ltd., which has turned the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). dream of owning a home into a reality for millions across the Mr. Lawrie previously served as Chairman, President and CEO of country. His astute business acumen and farsightedness has not CSC. only made HDFC the leader in Mortgages, but has also transformed it into India’s leading Financial Services Mr. Lawrie is a seasoned IT executive with a reputation for Conglomerate with presence in Banking, Asset Management, Life revitalizing complex global companies to deliver increased Insurance, General Insurance, Real Estate Venture Fund, Real shareholder value by driving operational excellence, Estate, Education Loans and Education. implementing client-centric strategies and championing innovation. Mr. Parekh is on the board of several leading corporations across diverse sectors. He is the Non-Executive Chairman in India of BAE At CSC, Mr. Lawrie focused on transforming the company into a Systems India (Services), Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals and leading next generation IT services company. Following an initial Siemens. He is also on the boards of Bangalore International “get fit” phase — which included the formation of a new leadership Airport Limited (BIAL), Fairfax Financial Holdings corporation, team and the implementation of a rigorous management system — Indian Hotels Company, Mahindra & Mahindra, Network18 Media CSC took significant steps to establish itself as a leader. In late and Investments and international boards of DP World – UAE and 2015, CSC merged its public sector business with SRA Vedanta Resources plc besides being on the board HDFC Group International to create a new public company, CSRA. Mr. Lawrie Companies. He is also on the Advisory Board of several Indian served as chairman of the CSRA board from the company’s corporate and MNC’s. inception until August 2016. In addition to being known for his vociferous views seeking In May 2016, CSC and HPE announced the intent to merge CSC standardization and transparency in the real estate sector, Mr. and HPE’s Enterprise Services business, thereby creating the Parekh is dubbed as the unofficial crisis consultant of the world’s leading independent, end to-end IT services company. Government. Be it his role of reviving Satyam (2009) and getting The resulting company, DXC Technology, launched on 3 April 2017. UTI from the mess (late ‘90s). Mr. Parekh has always been willing to share his ideas and experience to formulate reform policies across Mr. Lawrie came to CSC from UK-based Misys plc, a leading global sectors. This at times, has also meant advising the Government to IT solutions provider to the financial services industry. Under his take hard decisions. It is his quality of a trouble-shooter that has leadership at Misys, the company experienced significant made him a guiding force and an active member of various increases in revenue growth and client satisfaction, improved high-powered Economic Groups, Government-appointed operational margins and solid returns to company shareholders. Advisory Committees and Task Forces. Mr. Lawrie also served as the executive chairman of Allscripts- Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. from October 2008 to August Mr. Parekh is also involved with various educational Institutions in 2010, and was instrumental in several strategic mergers that different capacities. vaulted the company to a prominent leadership position in healthcare IT solutions. Prior to Misys, Mr. Lawrie was a partner Some of the international organizations which Mr. Parekh is with ValueAct Capital, a San Francisco-based private investment associated with in an advisory capacity, include Indo US CEO firm, and he also served as CEO of Siebel Systems, Inc., an Forum, City of London, Indo – German Chamber of Commerce international software and solutions company. (IGCC),etc.

Mr. Lawrie spent 27 years with IBM, where he rose to senior vice Mr. Parekh’s philosophy on Corporate Social Responsibility is president and group executive, responsible for sales and simple yet profound. He believes that companies owe a distribution of all IBM products and services worldwide. From 1998 responsibility not just to shareholders, but also to all its to 2001, Mr. Lawrie was general manager for IBM’s business in stakeholders. Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which included operations in 124 countries and 90,000 employees. Prior to that, Mr. Lawrie Government and Industry impressed by Mr. Parekh’s performance served as general manager of industries for IBM's business and sobriety, have honored him with several awards. Some of the operations in Asia Pacific, based in Tokyo. most important ones are; the Padma Bhushan in 2006. Internationally some of his recent prominent awards include, Mr. Lawrie is a trustee of Drexel University in Philadelphia, and ‘Bundesverdienstkreuz’ Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit - previously served as a trustee at Ohio University. His previous one of the highest distinction by the Federal Republic of Germany corporate board service has included Juniper Networks (lead in 2014, “Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honour” one of the director), SSA Software, Symbol Technologies, Good Technology highest distinction by the French Republic in 2010, First and the NTT DOCOMO USA advisory board. international recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award by Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, in 2010. Mr. Lawrie holds a BA in history from Ohio University and an MBA from Drexel University.

5 Shiv Nadar University Leadership

Mr. Shiv Nadar Dr. S N Balakrishnan Founder and Chairman Chancellor and Chairperson - Executive Council HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation Shiv Nadar University

Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh Mr. Rajiv Swarup Dr. Shubhro Sen Vice Chancellor President Director, School of Management and Director, School of Natural Sciences Shiv Nadar University Entrepreneurship; and Founding Director, School of Extended Education and Professional Development

Dr. Ajay Dandekar Dr. Dinkar Prasad Dr. Girish Agrawal Director, School of Humanities and Social Associate Director (Academics) Associate Director (Strategy and Planning) Sciences School of Engineering School of Engineering

Dr. Amber Habib Dr. J P Gupta Dr. Tulika Chandra Mr. Sudhir Naudiyal Dean, Undergraduate Studies Dean, Graduate Studies Dean, Students’ Welfare Registrar

6 Honorary Degree Recipient

Professor Jagdish Sheth Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

Prof. Jagdish N. Sheth is an eminent educator known for his pioneering contributions in the areas of consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy and geopolitical analysis. Prof. Sheth was born in 1938 in Burma (now Myanmar). He completed most of his schooling in Chennai, and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1960 from the University of Madras, Chennai. Subsequently, he went to the United States for higher education, completing his Masters of Business Administration degree in 1962 and Ph.D. in behavioral sciences in 1966 from University of Pittsburgh.

Prior to joining Emory University, where he is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School, Prof. Sheth had held faculty positions at University of Southern California, University of Illinois, Columbia University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. Sheth is a highly sought-after speaker in many countries spanning industry, academia and public forums. He has worked as consultant and provided his expertise to several well-known companies, and has also served on the board of several public companies.

Prof. Sheth has authored or co-authored more than 300 research articles and over 30 books including Clients for Life, Tectonic Shift, Firms of Endearment, Chindia Rising, The 4 As of Marketing, Breakout Strategies for Emerging Markets, and The Sustainability Edge. He is one of the earliest to espouse the cause of Relationship Marketing. Besides relationship marketing, he has published a number of seminal articles in the fields of consumer behavior, global marketing, information technology, and marketing strategy. Prof. Sheth is the recipient of all four top awards given by the American Marketing Association: the Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator Award, the Charles Coolidge Parlin Award, the P.D. Converse Award for outstanding contributions to theory in marketing, and the William Wilkie Award for marketing for a better society. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a recipient of a Distinguished Fellow award from the International Engineering Consortium. He is the founder of the Center for Relationship Management at Emory University and Center for Telecommunications Management at University of Southern California. He was a prominent member of the core team during the initial years of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, the first IIM. In 2003, he founded the ‘India, China & America Institute’, a non-profit institute providing a sustainable, non-governmental platform to identify and drive synergies among India, China and America in the areas of emerging markets, commercial growth and alignment of policies for the benefit of a vast number of people. He is also the founding chairman of the Academic Council of Mumbai Business School, a business School located in Mumbai, India.

In addition to his academic research, administration, teaching and consulting, Prof. Sheth contributes his time and financial resources to the community through various philanthropic foundations he has established. These include the "Madhuri and Jagdish Sheth Foundation" which focuses on building a strong community of academic marketers and developing the next generation of marketing academics, the "Sheth Family Foundation" which focuses on assisting the general Atlanta community in its various social, cultural, and religious activities, and contributions to Emory University to promote research and general understanding in the areas of religion, culture, business, and other aspects of life in South Asia. Through his foundation, he has also established various Sheth International Awards at Emory, the University of Illinois, and the University of Pittsburgh's University Center for International Studies. In honoring Prof. Sheth with the University’s Honorary Doctorate, the Shiv Nadar University recognizes his outstanding contribution in the area of Business and Marketing Education, and also his initiatives in philanthropy & deep social commitment. He exemplifies the values, mission and vision of the University and provides a role model of integrity and inspirational leadership for the SNU community.

7 Address by Prof. Jagdish Sheth

Thank you for conferring upon me the Honorary Doctorate degree at the 2017 Commencement Ceremony. I am sorry I cannot be there in person to receive this high honor. Shiv Nadar University has achieved remarkable reputation in such a short period of time. Its graduates are now invited If you take a rough diamond to be the research scholars at the top research universities on worldwide basis. Especially Engineering, Maths, and and a good diamond cutter Science. And of course both Indian and as well as non- Indian corporations are recruiting all the graduates on the polishes and cuts its campus. brilliance out, the value add This award and recognition means a lot more to me than you might have imagined. I come from a merchant community is fifteen-twenty times, but from Gujarat where education is not as important as earning a shop and running your own business. I am also a refugee if you take a human being, from Burma. My father and his family went to Burma in 1918 and they were there very happily running shops and doing motivate, mentor and merchant trading for rice trading till Japan took over Burma in 1940 and we became refugees only in 1941. We came believe in them, polish, back to India, back to the native place, struggled very hard because there was a shortage of everything, there was no milk, or kerosene and of course there was no electricity, and nurture, the value add is we had no money. infinite. And I am a living I probably would have ended up with no education, great school education at best, running a family shop in this small proof of that. village and town in Kutch, Gujarat. And I would have been earning about ` 5,000 to ` 7,000 a month and be happy because I wouldn’t have known my own potential. I was lucky to have two older sisters, none of whom graduated from high school but were very passionate about making sure that I studied and educated myself. They motivated me, mentored me and that is the outcome why I went from being a merchant to an educator. Professor Jagdish Sheth I had another major break in life. As I have mentioned many Charles H. Kellstadt times, dislocations in life, if you survive are the greatest character builders. In order to survive and struggle, we Professor of Marketing, settled ultimately in Chennai, Madras as we used to call it Goizueta then. I had to learn English, which provided me greater Business School, mobility outside of India. Emory University If you take a grain of wheat and make it into loaf of bread, the value add is only three times. If you take a rough diamond and a good diamond cutter polishes and cuts its brilliance Having that sense of gratitude is very important because out, the value add is fifteen-twenty times, but if you take a we are blessed, you are among less than ten percent of the human being, motivate, mentor and believe in them, polish, population, with the level of education that you have nurture, the value add is infinite. And I am a living proof of received in your life. Somebody recognised your potential that. I believe in that very strongly and probably the and got that potential out for you. strengths of India is its human capital, even though it is very well blessed by nature with agricultural resources and And my second request is that think of giving back now. industrial resources. And my view is that if I can become a The responsibility to contribute back to the society begins scholar and an academician from a merchant community, the day you graduate, and therefore giving back is not anybody can do anything they aspire to do. something you do after thinking of a career or retirement, and say now how do I give back, because giving back is a I have two specific suggestions to my fellow graduates who daily exercise, it’s a mind-set, it’s a mental attitude that how are two generations younger than I am. The first is that can I give back to the society who blessed me so much. please in the joy of celebrating the graduation, part of your Again, I am so sorry I cannot be there in person and I want way to thank your parents, thank your teachers, thank to thank Shiv Nadar University for conferring upon me the others who believed in you, invested in you, and nurtured Honorary Doctorate. you over such a long period of time so you can graduate with education. Thank You.

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Doctor of Philosophy Ravi Kant Upadhyay Swapnil Shukla Master of Business Administraon

Aditi Bajpai Atheesh K Raghavendra P S Shashank Bhargava Swathi Nivarthi Aditi Kumar Jayprathap Jayakumar Raubin Chaudhary Sidharth Krishnan Vikash Kumar Pandey Akhil Gupta Monish Rajan T Ravish Malik Sumit Sharma Amit Prasad Parul Mukherjee Sachin Mittal Sunder Arun Mohan Poka Manohar Sakshi Arora Suryakant Dwivedi Master of Science Mathemacs Harman Preet Kour Jaggi Kumar Ashutosh Nipun Thakurele Preeti Nagar Sushil Data Analycs Aayush Rampal Chetan Madhok Gunjan Dewan Rohit Raj Bioinformacs and Cheminformacs Bhumika Dubey

Economics Anshika Jain Garima Chaklader Reetika Sindhi Sheena Gupta Apramita Banerjee Janak Priyani Riddhi Gupta Shreya Pathak Daipayan Ghosh Jayam Chatterjee Sakshi Satija Shruti Kapoor Elena Mitra Priyoma Mustafi Shakti Takkar Sonal Aggarwal

Master of Arts English Anunaya Rajhans Ishita Mahajan Mathew John M Sameer Abraham Thomas Anupama Shukla Jyotis Elizabeth Jacob Neha Mishra Shreeja Mandal Master of Fine Arts Jariwala Raj Pragneshbhai Patel Khushbu Prafulchandra Priyesh Gothwal Saiswaroop Avs Tsering Motup Siddho Murli Dhar Priyank Gothwal Rajmane Smita Pradip Shelare Mohit Prakash Yagnik Abhinav Ajay Bachelor of Arts (Research)

English Ammar Ahmad Ansari Philip Jerricks Alfred Saksham Kohli Lalit Mohan Sharma Revati Ramesan Sona Mewati Bachelor of Science (Research) Economics Aarthi Ganesh Ankita Tripathi Nisha Gurulingappa Koppa Saumya Kunchey Amlan Mishra Gautham K Oshin R K Lodhi Shafin Shabir Anisha Jain Marada Shruti Venkatesh R A Priyadharshini Vaishnavi Nair Mathemacs Ananya Kaushik Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Physics Tarun Reddy Tummuru

Chemistry A K Keerthana Abhinav Raina Vivek P Krishnan

Biotechnology Aditi Mittal Farha Sayeed Piu Banerjee Shirbhate Shivani Gajanan Arushi Bhutani Himani Rawat Ranjitha B Sriram Narayanan Bachelor of Technology Chemical Engineering Aayush Raizada Ameera Khan Harieharan.m Saksham Kumar Agrawal Alexya. A. Apoorva Maheshwari Himanshu Gour Vatsal H Shah

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Civil Engineering Akash Agarwal Ayush Vidyarthi Killi Sharath Kumar Paladugula Sai Srikar Sarvesh Goel Akash Srivastava Barath Ram S Kush Paliwal Parth Jain Shubhankar Kaneri Avisina Charitej Reddy G Shashi Kiran Reddy Mohammad Shoaib Samitinjay Sharma Syed Mohammad Fauzan Akhtar Ayush Mehta

Computer Science and Engineering Aaushi Agrawal Arvind Satyapal Menon Iti Chauhan P Aravindh Sathiya Moorthy Shantnu Patlan Abhay Gupta Ashutosh Agarwal Jagatha Sai Siva Surya Lokesh Prasad Paarth Saxena Sharda Poojita Pratti Abhinav Jindal Ayush Bhattacharya Karan Sharma Pallapotu Kusuma Shruti Kool Abhishek J B Karthika Kaustuv Deolal Parth Dhanjal Shubham Hasija Abhishek Kayasth Bikki Harsha Vardhan Manoj Kumar Amit Sinha Piyush Bhatia Shubham Khurana Abhishek Kumar Singh Bodduluri Naveen Choudhary Kurapati Akhil Poluri Saiparamahamsa Sonal Sharma Aditya Kodukula Chandni Mishra Kushagr Jolly Prakhar Jain Sumegha Jain Aishwarya G. Gadodia Charmi Badlani Kushagra Pandey Prateek Gulati Sushrut Khandelwal Ajoe Varghese Chitrakshi Mehta Laalam Samkeerth Pratik Agarwal Swarna Venkata Sai Chowdary Akanksha Bansal Chris Sunny Thaliyath Lakshay Sharma Prerak Kansal Tanneru Venkata Sai Rishi Akash Sunil Idnani Devansh Pahuja Lakshya Agarwal R Sai Krithika Toshan Majumdar Akshat Singhal Devyani Kulshrestha Lalit Kumar Tiwari Rahul Tiwari Twinkle Akshay Mendiratta Dhiraj Subramanian B Lekha Nambiar Raj Sharma Udit Mishra Akul Dhingra Diksha Bathula Luv Purohit Rashi Srivastava V Rajagopal Alluri Akhil Divya Bansal Maheema Gupta Rishabh Jain Vaibhav Aman Mishra Eedupuganti Biphul Krishna Majeti Alekhya S V Sai Mahima Vijay Singh Shekhawat Anmol Chaudhary G T Rohit Krishna Raghavendra Manav Sethi Sai Aditya Garlapati Vishakha Chauhan Anuj Mittal Gandhapuneeti B R Kamali Yasasvi Maneesh Sreekar Kurumaddali Sai Gireesh Pokala Vismita Pavdighada Anuraadhaa Kandadai Ganesh M Mansi Gupta Sajal Jain Yash Kumar Singh Anushree Sharma Ganesh.S Manu Agarwal Sakshi Grover Apurva Bansal Girik Malik Manuj Jagga Samriddh Malik Arjun Aggarwal Harshil K Vora Mayank Jain Sananda Maity Arohan B Harshvardhan Kejriwal Mayank Sobti Satyapriya Khanna Arpan Mangal Hoshank Ailani Nikhil Pularru Saurabh Bharadwaj Arpit Arora Ishan Shaurya Jaiswal Nimit Chawla Savio Philip

Electrical Engineering Abhigyan Prakash B K Akash Varun Kumar Gyanu Priyanka Kumari Sikakollu Thulasiram Aditya Prakash Chaitanya Jalandra Manthrala Aravinda Sai Sanjay Teja Surapaneni Surbhit Luthra Akanksha Soni Himanshu Tiwari Meenal Singh Shailendra Rajput Swetha Suresh Akhash K K Aditya Mothe Sree Vardhan Reddy Shreya Gupta Vadlamudi Nirishma Aman Geetey Konatham Nikhil Reddy Pawan Kumar Verma Shubhangi Tewari Y Vaishali Ashmita Chatterjee Kopuru Sai Krishna

Electronics and Communication Engineering A R Aravind Chava Aditya Kondapi V S Krishna Prasanth Parnapalli Harish Reddy S Anirudh Vishal Yadav A Raghuraman Chemudu Abhishek Kothuru Venkata Megha Shyam Poojitha Niharika V Sabarish Shankar Aayush Kulshrestha Chintham Tharun Kotte Ruthwik Sai Prabhat Goel Sajja Prudhvi Krishna Abhinav Narang Diksha Sharma L Vishal Praneet Dhingra Sanchit Garg Abhishek P Gowtham P S M V S N Bharath Pranjal Bhansali Shivanshu Gupta Adith Vairavan Hrithik Sharma Maliha Taj Pranjal Sharma Siddhant Gupta Akansha Maheshwari Jasti Harsha Vardhan Manan Arora Praver Vats Spandan Kondepudi Akhil Sharma Jatin Hasija Marthineni Rohith Prerit Tripathi Syed Adnan Akhtar Aman Sharma Kapil A Sharma Mayuri Jain R Jhayashree Sudha T Saisowjanya Amlan Alok Karra Aman Monika Singh Raguru Venkat Tanay Khare Anmol Raj Kartikeya Agarwal Muppaneni Gayathri Rahul Lochab Vaidyula Reddy Anshul Rathi Kirthana Sukumaran Nikita Surya Rahul Mohideen K Vallamreddy Thadesh Sai B Hithesh Sekhar Kishore Raj A S Omkar Rakesh J S Vamsi Settypalli B Mouli Kolla Naga Maunica P Sai Praneethi Ram Rohit G Bayyala Leeladhar Kolli Venkata Sravan Kumar Palash Jain Rutvik N

Mechanical Engineering A Tejaswi Roy Boggarapu Bharath Kumar Jossy Thomas Jose Pratapa Vinay Krishna Vada Yashaswi Aayush Kakria Bourisetty Suryakamal K Arvindan Puranam Prem Nath Vasu Sharma Aayush Sahu C Anurag Kashyap Karan Nayyar Purohit Swaraj Yatin Veluguleti Bhanu Gopal Sathwik Abhilash Shishodia Chaitanya Boppana Karan Rajan R Jithendar Aditya Vidit Kedia Adishesh Premkumar Chetan Gupta Kaushik Iyer Renati Venkata Krishna Saketh Vikram S Aditya Kaushik Chintakani Abhishek Khushal Pamnani Romil Jaitly Vobbalareddy Tejesh Amritansh Ranjan Chitwan Khajuria Kolla Veda Sai Sai Rathna M. K Yagyeshwar Singh Anhad Mishra Desai Sreenivasa Reddy Kshitij Mani Tripathi Saripalli Sachin Varma Yanala Praneeth Reddy Anirudh Sharma Devashri Mehrotra Kunal Raheja Shantanu Sriraj Yashwanth Kumar Reddy Mopuru Ankit Agrawal Dinesh Kumar Kushal Singhal Shobhit Prakash Yuvan D Arun M Doppalapudi Venkata Sai Surya L Abhishek Shri Balaji S Ashwath Vaidhyanathan Eeda Sree Nithish Reddy L Siddharth Shubham Mittal Ashwin Selvan Gade Chaitanya Lokesh Palawat Siddharth Mittal Ayush Agarwal Gaurav Bairwa M Dasaratha Rama Reddy Srideep Gupta Ayush Singh Gaurav Garg Magu Raam Prasaad R Sundar R Basina Laxmi Narayana AdityaGeni Kranthi Chaitanya Manu Bhiksham Thommandru Akhilnag Bavisetti Achuth Ram Gottimukkala Sundar Rama Raju Mrinal K L Uddeep Sunkara Bhavya. S Gunda Umamaheshwar Gupta Nadimpalli L Vishnuvardhan Raju V Shravan Adithya

Disclaimer : This is a provisional list of degree recipients at the 3rd Convocation, subject to eligibility after the end term examination results for Spring 2017. 10 Mr. Shiv Nadar Meets the Graduating Class of 2017

Carrying forward the tradition, Mr. Shiv Nadar, Founder and Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation interacted with the graduating Class of 2017 before they (students) step into the world outside and embark upon a new journey. Mr. Nadar, who was accompanied by Ms. Kiran Nadar and Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, shared his life's lessons and experiences with the students as he spoke about various facets of his life. It was a session filled with emotions, hearty laughs, and invaluable advise as Mr. Nadar and his family candidly answered the questions posed by the graduating Class; and students recollected their experiences during the four years they spent at Shiv Nadar University.

11 Realizing Dreams

Shiv Nadar University has witnessed a stellar placement season this year with about 58 companies flocking to the campus to recruit a total of 262 students, who opted for placements, from the graduating Class of 2017. More than 93% (as of 31 March 2017) of the undergraduate Class has been placed. Some of the firms who visited the campus include Cisco, Amazon, Dell, AIS Glass, KPIT, Directi, Rockwell, TAFE, Deloitte, Dreamworks, Axis Bank, LG Electronics, Tata Projects, Adobe Systems, Piramal Foundation, Capgemini, Daifuku, Nagarro Software, Halonix, and Bank of America offering roles in various sectors.

A sizeable number of students are realizing their higher education pursuits this year as well and have received offers from top institutions and Universities across the world. Some of the top ranked institutions (in India) to roll out admission offers to the students include IISc Bangalore, and IIT Bombay. The graduating students have also received offers from top Universities across the world such as Purdue University, University of British Columbia, Rutgers University, IE Business School, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Texas at Dallas, Australian National University, and Michigan Tech University.

12 Faculty Reminisces

Dr. Tulika Chandra, Dean of Students’ Welfare

All of you have got a great life ahead of you and no matter how many times you fall, get up, brush yourself up and laugh at your own antics, don't forget to stay happy. Go ahead and make plans, and try to travel the road not taken, because the most difficult roads often lead to the most beautiful destinations. Live your life like you are dancing in a big ballroom, move around, enjoy to the fullest, and if you stumble, make it your signature move. You will have to make a lot of decisions in life, don't rush through them like you rush to your 9 am classes. It's been boundless years, it's been a great time. We all will miss you. We will miss you wandering around in the cafeteria, we will miss the absurd hairdos, and the campus will miss your laughter resonating in the hallways, your bright and sullen faces after your assignments, your miraculous appearances at morning classes with malodorous breath, your 'missing home' phase, your 'I broke my bone' phase. As I recount, I have some special moments and meaningful memories with you, the 2017 outgoing batch. Right from your joining the campus as first years till today, we have seen together - the interests and passions, concerns, complaints, Breeze preparations, achievements, requests for extensions for everything ...and now a much mature SNUite.

Prof. Ajay Dandekar, Director, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

"It is with fond memories and best of wishes from all of us in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences that you depart. A Brave New World awaits you with immense opportunities. Create your own universe that is humane and just and enjoy the journey you embark on. Do look back to these years at times with fondness!"

Dr. Dinkar Prasad, Associate Director (Academics), School of Engineering

Dear Class of 2017, you are about to cross an important mile stone in your life. Knowledge acquired at this University will be valuable. Hard work, positive attitude and self discipline will help realize your dreams. Wish you a bright future!

Dr. Susanta Sinha Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Physics

First of all congratulations to all the graduating students! Now it is the time to explore the world with your knowledge and creativity, which we have imparted at Shiv Nadar University. My advice would be to allow yourself some time to settle in your new work/study place, don't keep too many options open, and focus on your strengths. Wherever possible, demonstrate evidence of commitment and confidence according to your ability. There will be lot of ups and downs, uncertainty but be positive always. If you need some guidance, always ask for help from your parents and peers. Stay in touch with SNU. I look forward to read your success stories in future. As the 2017 Batch graduates, the first doctoral student to receive a Ph.D. from Shiv Nadar University - Ravi Kant Upadhyay will also graduate. I have been the faculty advisor for Ravi Kant through his Ph.D. journey, and when I connect the dots from his first year to fourth year, I see how brilliantly he crossed the bridge. Ravi had joined the Department of Chemistry yet he could pursue his doctoral research under my guidance, thanks to SNU that encourages interdisciplinary research. I have seen Ravi Kant's transformation from a student to an independent researcher. Soon after completing his doctoral research Dr. Ravi Kant was offered an opportunity to works as PDRF at the University of Alberta, Canada.

13 Faculty Reminisces

Mr. Nishant Mishra, Assistant Dean of Students’ Welfare

I have mixed feelings while penning down this recollection for all of you - I have known you as my N1, N2, ABCD, and WXYZ batches - the favorite ones till date! Yes, I am announcing this officially - Your batch is my favorite one till date. It seems just like yesterday when I walked into your class in the first year to introduce myself as a teacher for Engineering Graphics. And then the wonderful intro classes! The memories are still afresh. There has always been a special connection which I have had with your batch, especially since we have known each other from the start. I interviewed most of you, a wonderful experience which I will always cherish.

There is something more as to why I am writing this note; something more that I want to share with you not only as a teacher, but also a friend. Few of you would have already joined your respective organizations and many of you must be waiting for your joining dates. Then there are few of you who are still looking out to explore different avenues. Learn to enjoy the journey that you are about to embark upon, but be patient and persevere through the ups and downs that you will face. Because, as Vince Lombardi said - “Life's battle don't always go to the faster or stronger man, but sooner or later, the one who wins is the one who thinks he can". You need to keep challenging yourself - challenging your extremities, coming out of your comfort zones, challenge your energies, mental boundaries.

Also, never be afraid of taking calculated risks, because those who sit on the shores might be relaxed, but the pearls always go to the ones who are not afraid of taking the plunge in deep, mysterious waters of the ocean, and are not worried about fear of the unknown. So, rise and shine and find the purpose for which you are here in this world, and make the most of the gift of life by God. Now is the time, your time. It was lovely being with all of you. Please reach out to me if in case you need any help in future. I will try and help in whatever capacity I can. Keep me posted of any updates in your life."

Dr. Bimlesh Lochab, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Being a part of the university since its very inception, a graduating batch of students seem to be a culmination of the hard work, sincerity and vision that went into Shiv Nadar University. Personally, it is a joy to see these young minds reach the very first milestone of there long and promising careers. I have had the opportunity to work with the students closely through various courses, practicals, activities, more importantly setting up the research labs etc. and it is a matter of pride that in the four years of these course they have not only excelled scholastically but have also developed a well rounded personality which is sought after in the society. I wish them good luck and have full confidence that the graduating batch of 2017 will not only exceed the performance of their predecessors but also be an inspiration to the upcoming batch of students.

Dr. Shrimoy Roy Chaudhury, Assistant Professor, Department of History

At Shiv Nadar University I have been exposed to students who are excited and curious about the range of practices, which produce various forms of knowledge. This has been made possible by the opportunity I have had to teach undergraduate students across disciplines. Many of them, who attended my CCC on film and history are graduating this year. They have been instrumental in developing this course through their questions, fresh insights, and enthusiasm. I thank them for the contribution they have made to help me reflect on the work that I am doing. I also hope that we, as a faculty have enhanced their intellectual curiosity and ability to pose relevant questions. My heartfelt congratulations to the graduating batch of 2017.

14 Memorabilia - Class of 2017

There are many experiences and changes that SNU has brought into my life. One of the major change was - fighting the stage fear. Be it giving a performance at Freshers’ Night or giving an audition for the Dramatics club in front of a packed room. It was from the Freshers’ Night, when I started making friends and mingling with people. Earlier I couldn't go to a stranger and say 'Hi'. Now, I can have a small talk. I am also one of the Founding Members of STIMULUS -The Discussion Society of SNU. The discussions I had in the society's events brought out of me the fear of expressing the thoughts in front of others. With Imprints – The Dramatics Society, I did a few performances in the Campus. Be it playing a role of Beggar or a teenage girl or Mother. It was all fun.

I have now become more of a realistic person. I have come out of my own world where I had nothing to do with others. I have developed a few good habits like reading books and considering others opinions.

Apurva Bansal B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering

15 Memorabilia - Class of 2017

Ram Rohit G. B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Four years at SNU were really an amazing journey. It has given me a wide range of opportunities right from the beginning. I always had a passion of exploring how things work. My subjects of Electronics and Communication have always been interesting and have added to my growing interest in the field. This interest led me to take up Junior Teaching Assistantship for the course Digital Electronics in my 4th year.When I first started working as a student co-ordinator at CDC (as part of the OCJs), I was exposed to the professional work culture for the first time. Right from there, I was closely involved in the placement process. I was part of the CDC as an OCJ for four terms. Shiv Nadar University is a place where you are exposed to multiple activities at one point of time. While all this was happening, I also got the opportunity to learn and explore the nuances of organizing events. I was part of the organizing team of our annual Festival - Breeze consecutively for three years. Whether it was a Farewell, Convocation or President of India's visit, I got the opportunity to learn from professionals in the field. Words alone are not sufficient to share my life at SNU.

16 Memorabilia - Class of 2017

Parth Dhanjal B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

Shiv Nadar University has changed my life in the past four years. Since the very first day, the campus has become an integral part of my life. The people, the culture, the environment, I have embraced everything. When I came to the University, I was very shy and clumsy. My friends helped me grow and come out of the shell. I had incredible opportunities at this place whether its student council, research, clubs, or On Campus Jobs (OCJs). And of course the liberty provided on the campus complimented all this perfectly.

I was an OCJ with Career Development Center for nearly one and a half years. This helped me gain confidence, understand the corporate side, network with people and also gave me an insight into sales. As part of the student council, I became very active when it came to group discussions and peer connectivity. I headed the Student Transport Committee for almost a year and a half and re- organized the committee's structure which helped me in understanding and improving on skills of leadership, time management, resource management and other aspects of overall growth.

Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the University, despite being an Engineering student, I was exposed various other courses as well. I have completed my Minor in Management and Entrepreneurship Studies. With SNU, I have a clear thought of what to pursue in the near future.

17 Memorabilia - Class of 2017

My tenure at Shiv Nadar University has been truly enriching with delightful experiences and ample exposure in life. The University offers plenty of opportunities in terms of academics and extracurricular, equipping us with the right skills and providing us with a strong foundation. Being a residential campus, you experience the best and worst of boarding life which culminates into treasured memories. In my four years I have interacted with amazing individuals both in the professional as well as personal front and have formed long-lasting relationships.

Marada Shruti Venkatesh B.Sc. (Research) in Economics

18 Memorabilia - Class of 2017

SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2017

Pursuing research at Shiv Nadar University has been a Monika Singh fulfilling and rewarding experience. It may partly be B.Tech. in Electronics and attributed to the fast escalating and developing research Communication faculties. Also, the fact that the access to several Engineering characterization tools has been facilitated with utmost urgency reflects upon the dedication towards the growth of research. Although, one of the biggest advantage and support which I personally gained from the University is the stimulating research environment and the guidance of impeccably dedicated faculty members of my Four years ago, I had come to Shiv Nadar University to department. The orientation to innovate and unrelenting become an engineer but now as my graduation nears, I’ll curiosity towards the scientific queries is something as be stepping out not just as an engineer but an actor, and a important as the technical expertise in a field. It has been management minor too. I had never imagined that I would an invaluable experience to be able to work under the be performing street plays in the busiest streets of Kamla tutelage of devoted researchers and in company of Nagar and Connaught Place spreading awareness about dynamic colleagues. The ability to initiate a stimulating social issues, before I joined the Shiv Nadar University. I research atmosphere in conjunction with the high end had not known, my career could have a different dimension technical support is something which makes Shiv Nadar too apart from being an engineer. Shiv Nadar University University stand out amongst its contemporaries. gave me a chance to explore subjects other than my core engineering discipline, which led to I presenting my business idea of social entrepreneurship in front of the top social entrepreneurs in India. The University has let me open my wings and believe in my strengths. I also had the opportunity to garner some work experience as the University’s Student Brand Ambassador, which allowed me Dr. Swapnil Shukla to explore the concepts of brand management and Ph.D., Department marketing in the real world. For me Shiv Nadar University is of Chemistry a magic box where I came as a raw gem and I am leaving as a crafted jewel.

19 20 Accolades

Shiv Nadar University is the youngest institute among the 'Top 100 Overall Institutions' in India to feature on the MHRD's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017. The University is amongst the top 8 institutes, when it comes to 'institutes in less than 10 years of existence'. Also, Shiv Nadar University is placed 2nd in the overall rankings among the private institutes in existence for less than 10 years. The University is featured in the overall rankings, which include Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, and other professional institutions apart from the Universities. The parameters on which institutions were ranked during the process are - Teaching, Learning & Resources; Research and Professional Practice; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach and Inclusivity; and Perception.

Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University was panelist for the Roundtable on "Global Trends in Higher Education: Implications for India" on 13 January 2017. The roundtable was convened by the World Bank, British Council and NUEPA at World Bank Office.

Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh was the Distinguished Speaker and Panelist for "Evolution of The Modern University: Role and Impact" at the International Conference on Universities of the Future: Knowledge, Innovation and Responsibility. The conference was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University on 18 March 2017.

Dr. Ram Sagar Misra, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry was jointly working with researchers from University of Oxford on a paper titled "Intervention in plant signalling through light-activation of an exogenous sugar signalling-precursor increases yield and resilience", which has been published in the reputed journal Nature (Impact Factor = 38.138). Dr. Misra is the joint first author of the paper. According to his research a non-toxic chemical intervention induces wheat plants to produce more starch. The finding has important implications as it can increase the wheat yield by 50%.

Shagufta Kaur Bhangu (Class of 2018), Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology has been awarded the Dr. Vikram Kapur, Associate Professor, Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Associate Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellowship Department of English chaired a panel Professor, Department of Economics 2017-2018, and will be appointed as on '1984 anti-Sikh riots and its was one of the panelists at The Visiting Student Researcher at the aftermaths' at the Authors' Corner Dialogue - annual panel discussion of University of California, San Francisco organized by the World Book Fair on Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon. The starting from September 2017 to May 11 January 2017 at New Delhi. Dr. discussion on 'Is India's incredible 2018. Shagufta will be completing the Kapur has garnered much praise for growth story a hyperbole?' brought fourth year of her doctoral program in his recent book '1984: In Memory and together experts to stoke interest and San Francisco and shall be using the Imagination'. ability to analyze issues of current time there to write and share her relevance among the students. research work from India.

Shiv Nadar University’s (student) Team Legion won the Delhi Entrepreneurship Challenge organized by Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology as part of the institute’s annual Entrepreneurship Summit 2017. The team from Shiv Nadar University was declared winner among 80 teams participating from Delhi and NCR. Apart from a shiny trophy Team Legion took home a cash prize of `50,000. The team members include Paritosh Kanhe (Team Leader), Ansh Tandon, Harshit Saxena, Rishabh Sethi, Raghav Mittal, Anant Garg, Anubhav Goyal - from Class of 2019; and Sarvam Goel, Shaurya Arora, Ena Gupta, and Kartikey Sahu - From Class of 2020

21 Student Achievements

Taran Pal Singh (Right) and Yuvraj Prabhakar from B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Class of 2019) have won the First Prize for 'Track-o- Mania' held at the technical festival of BITS Pilani - BITS APOGEE 2017 on 25- 26 March 2017.

Synergy - the A Cappella group of Shiv Nadar University bagged 3rd spot at the annual cultural festival - Reverie 2017 of Delhi University's Gargi College held on 14-16 February 2017. Members of the group include Ena Gupta, Rijul Ghosh, and Mallika Muralidharan (Class of 2020); Rajat Mittal and Darsh Verma (Class of 2019); and Ishan Visrudh V., B.Tech. in Chemical Gupta (Class of 2018). Engineering and Siddharth Rao, B.Sc. (Research) in Physics from Class of 2020 have won the Ghaziabad-Noida Zonals of TATA Crucible - Business Quiz held at IMT Ghaziabad on 23 March 2017. Apart from bagging a cash prize of ` 75,000, the two have qualified for the North Zone finals of the quiz.

Students at Shiv Nadar University brought home the trophy for sweeping away maximum number of prizes (received by a college) at IIIT Delhi's annual cultural festival – Odyssey on 24-25 March 2017:

A Cappella Competition: 2nd Prize, Synergy - the A Cappella group of Shiv Nadar University Shiv Nadar University's student band Asteroids grabbed second spot in Battle Battle of the Bands: 2nd Prize, Karmic Police - Shiv Nadar University student band of the Bands held on 5 February 2017 during Tarang 2017 - the Annual Cultural Western Solo Singing Competition: 2nd Prize, Ayush Singh (Class of 2017) (Left) Festival of Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College for Women. The band members Encore - Bollywood Solo Singing Competition: 1st Prize, Abhinandan Menon (Class include Raghav Puri (Class of 2019) on the of 2019); 2nd Prize, Rajat Mittal (Class of 2019) (Right) guitar, Gurjot Singh (Class of 2018) on the bass, Nishtha Nayar (Class of 2020) as the vocalist and Aniruddha Iyer (Class of 2020) on the drums. Rajagopal V. (Class of 2018) bagged 3rd prize in Malhaar - The Classical Solo Vocals competition held on 3 February 2017 during Tarang 2017 - the Annual Cultural Festival of Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Rajagopal was accompanied by Nishanth TA (Class of 2020) on the violin and Sumedh Ramakrishna (Class of 2020) on the mridangam.

Raghav Kaushik (Class of 2018) won Abhinandan Menon (Class of 2019) and the Indian Solo Competition at Raghav Kaushik (Class of 2018) grabbed Banjaara 2017 - inter-college cultural 1st and 2nd spot respectively in Swaragi festival of Ashoka University on 11-12 (Bollywood Solo Vocals) at SARGAM'17 - February 2017. the music festival of Maharaja Agrasen College, New Delhi held on 24-25 March 2017

22 In Focus

Shiv Nadar University is fully-focused to pave the path of an academic research-based legacy. The hard work and dedicated drive is getting its due rewards and recognitions, making the way forward extremely promising. Congratulations to all the faculty members. This section includes the details of Approved Projects for Funding (January - March 2017) Research Grants and Projects 4 New Projects | 59 Active Projects

School of Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering Dr. Sailesh Behera Project Title: Physicochemical characterization, formation mechanism and human health risk assessment of size-fractionated particulate matter emitted from stationary diesel engine exhausts through an experimental set-up of environmental chamber.

Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology - Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB) under Early Career Research Award

Budget: ` 48 Lakh | Duration: 3 years (2017-2020)

School of Natural Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Dr. Charu Sharma, Prof. Amber Habib Dr. Samit Bhattacharyya and Prof. Sunil Bowry Project Title: Statistical modelling of high Project Title: Game-theoretic Approach of frequency multi-dimensional stock data with Modeling Antibiotic Drug Resistance as Self- applications in risk management. Reinforcing Process by Social Factors and Economic Growth. Funding Agency: National Board for Higher Mathematics Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Budget: ` 3.77 Lakh Duration: 3 years (2017-2020) Budget: ` 18.54 Lakh Duration: 3 years (2017-2020)

Department of Life Sciences Dr. Rohini Garg Project Title: Understanding the role of DNA methylation under water-deficit stress in chickpea

Funding Agency: SERB Women Excellence Award

Budget: ` 18 Lakh | Duration: 3 years (2017-2020)

23 Project E-QUAL

Project E-QUAL's 4th Student Conference on "Refining Higher Education: Assembly Lines of Students"

EU-India Project E-QUAL's 4th Student Conference on "Refining Higher Education: Assembly Lines of Students" kicked-off at Shiv Nadar University on 9-10 March 2017. The two days long student-managed Conference is part of the reputed EU funded Project E-QUAL (Enhancing Quality, Access, and Governance of Undergraduate Education in India) that has brought six Universities including Ambedkar University, Jadavpur University, Central University of Hyderabad, King's College London, University of Bologna, and Shiv Nadar University; and British Council India together.

The Conference started with an introduction by Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University followed by an inaugural session by Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University. The keynote address was given by AICTE's Director, Dr. Manpreet Singh Manna, who was the Guest of Honor. A number of students from different institutions including King's College London, University of Bologna, Jadavpur University, Delhi University, JNU, TISS, IIT Bombay, and Central University of Hyderabad presented their papers at the conference.

Some of the topics on which papers were presented include Rethinking the grading system, Interdisciplinary: a virtuous circle, Marginalization in higher education based on caste, Enhancement of quality higher education in India: Challenges of governance and reforms, and Studying traditional dance forms in contemporary space.

24 Musings

A minute Why do words hide?

A minute spent waiting for the wrong moment to arrive at the right hour, He sits quietly, wondering about what to write, I don’t dwell on titles, he said - I dwell on the stars. the words dance merrily out of sight, Complicating the little fences of the mind which bound the heart, He hopes that someone can shed some light, I don’t tend to slip away, he said - I rather float to afar. on the darkness that has become the night. Living on the crumbs of the metaphors served on life’s plate, I don’t feed on greed, he said - I starve on the world’s messed up fate. They say the pen is mightier than the sword, Breaking the dishes with tales of inspirations scribbled all over, Well, the man with the latter was never bored, I don’t fight with storms, he said - I tend to sail through boulders. and the man who commanded the former, his Ripping the pages off which peacefully nested the sweet temptations, imagination had to soar. I don’t indulge in bliss, he said - I look through the anxious repetitions. Any sane man would much rather have himself

Breaking the glass bottles that protect the solutions of war, some blood and gore. I don’t live to mend chaos, he said - I strive to blend it all in art. Designing waves to break the habit of the bleached out beaches, The pen hovered over the paper, ink dripping, I don’t swim to stay afloat, he said - I drown to turn into water. with a melodious pattern, Dancing away in the showers of soul-piercing words shot from the past, He tipped the over round and round, I don’t welcome nostalgia, he said - I burn as the future lasts. It now looked like the rings of Saturn.

Nishtha Nayar (Class of 2020) But enough distractions! B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering He must get back to doing his fractions No, no…what was he doing? Ah yes, a fool’s errand, this poetry business.

Madhav Mehrotra (Class of 2019) B.A. (Research) in English

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The sprawling 286 acre campus of Shiv Nadar University is blessed with natural bounty and enjoys the company of diverse flora and fauna. In this edition, continuing with our exploration of medicinal plants, we bring to you Giant Indian Milkweed or Safed Aak. And, our rather shy and less frequently spotted friend Indian Jackal that prowls in the land spread across the University.

Giant Indian Milkweed

Giant Indian Milkweed (Calotropis gigantea) of the family Apocynaceae, is found growing as wild Shrub along roadsides and in waste lands. It is also cultivated in temples as well as home gardens due to religious beliefs. Also known as Crown Flower or Safed Aak, it is an erect shrub, which grows upto 1-3 m tall and contains milky latex. It's young branches and under surface of leaves are densely covered with white tomentum. Leaves are opposite-decussate, sub-sessile, 10-25 cm long, and elliptic-oblong. Flowering and fruiting is observed for most part of the year and flowers are white, arranged in umbellate cymes. The seeds are numerous with silky white coma. Traditionally, C. gigantea is used alone or with other medicinal plants to treat common diseases such as fevers, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, cold, eczema, asthma, elephantiasis, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It is considered to be a good remedy for poisonous snake bites and intestinal worms. The powdered root is used in asthma, bronchitis, and dyspepsia. Root-bark is useful in cutaneous diseases, intestinal worms, cough, ascites, anasarca, dysentery, constipation, piles, syphilis, elephantiasis, hydrocele; root smoke is inhaled in case of migraine. The leaves are useful in the treatment of paralysis, arthralgia, swellings, and intermittent fevers. Roasted leaves are applied to painful joints on swellings; external application of leaves boiled in oil is useful in treating eczema, skin eruptions, toothache, ulcers, and wounds. Latex in low doses is employed in asthma, bronchitis, allergy, prophylactic against malaria, to induce uterine contractions for causing abortion. Flowers are useful in asthma, catarrh, anorexia, inflammations, and tumors. In large doses it is purgative and emetic. Calotropis is also a reputed Homoeopathic drug.

Indian Jackal

The Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus), also known as the Himalayan jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Burma and Nepal. Its fur is a mixture of black and white, with buff on the shoulders, ears and legs. Black hairs predominate on the middle of the back and tail. The belly, chest and the sides of the legs are creamy white, while the face and lower flanks are grizzled with grey fur. It is generally of a rich colour than the common jackal, the pale areas of the back being of a pale buff colour rather than whitish or silver. Adults are slightly larger than common jackals, and grow to a length of 39 inches, 14–18 inches in height and 8–11 kg in weight. It typically inhabits lowlands on the outskirts of towns, villages and farms, where they shelter in holes among ruins or dense brush. Except during hot periods, the Indian jackal usually only leaves its den at dusk and retires at dawn. Though primarily a scavenger which subsists on garbage and offal, it supplements its diet with rodents, reptiles, fruit and insects. It usually form small packs when hunting small deer and antelopes. Although it will occasionally kill poultry and lambs, it is largely harmless. When wild prey is scarce, it usually takes to eating vegetable matter, including maize and Jujube fruit. Golden jackals appear prominently in Indian and Nepali folklore, where they often take over the role of the trickster taken by the red fox in Europe and North America.

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5 January 2017 11 January 2017 12 January 2017 Talk by Dr. Tushar Borkar T.E.S.T. Winter School Learning Talk by Dr. Saurabh Dube Department of Mechanical Engineering Theatre for Education and Social Department of History organized a talk by organized a talk by Dr. Tushar Borkar from the Transformation (T.E.S.T.) put up a riveting Dr. Saurabh Dube, Professor of History, Center Mechanical Engineering Department of theatrical performance 'NaamKaran' by the for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de Cleveland State University, USA on ‘In Situ newly formed 10-member-Class of T.E.S.T. México on 'Tousled temporalities: Issues of Metal Matrix Composites and Graded Alloys program. In the form of 5 intriguing dramatic modernism in India'. Taking anecdotes from art, via Additive Manufacturing’. While laser performances, the program participants shared music, and culture, Dr. Dube explored different additive manufacturing is becoming more and their learnings of the 8-Day Winter School held facets of modernism(s) in Indian context. more important in the context of advanced at Shiv Nadar University as part of the manufacturing, it has also opened new Program. The performances essentially delved horizons in terms of processing novel alloys on 9 rasaas of Playmaking, wherein, the and composites that are difficult to process participants focused on depicting various using conventional techniques. The talk by moods and modality of human nature. The Dr. Borkar discussed one such novel approach year-long program for working professionals is to process in situ alloys as well as metal-matrix a part time post graduate Diploma that composites with refined microstructures. prepares educators and theatre practitioners to use theatre as a pedagogic tool.

16-17 January 2017 International Symposium of SDGs, Knowledge & Democracy School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shiv Nadar University and CSSP, Jawaharlal Nehru University jointly organized an 'International Symposium of SDGs, Knowledge & Democracy: Reimagining Purposes & Opportunities'. The symposium opened with an 12 January 2017 13 January 2017 inaugural address by Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Talk by Ms. Ananya Chaturvedi Talk by Dr. Roger P. West Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University; and the The Mathematics Society organized a talk by School of Engineering at Shiv Nadar University keynote address was given by Prof. Sheila Ms. Ananya Chaturvedi, a Teaching Fellow in hosted Dr. Roger P. West, Associate Professor Jasanoff from Harvard University's Harvard Mathematics at the Dept. of Mathematics, at Trinity College Dublin to deliver a talk on Kennedy School. Academicians from top University of Houston, Texas on 'On 'Concrete Research Matters!' An expert on institutions including Ambedkar University, Holomorphic Sectional Curvature and concrete and civil structures, Dr. West spoke JNU, IIT Bombay, DST, Central University Fibrations. about how using innovative concrete materials Gujarat, Jindal Global University, Delhi while building structures can bring more University, Shiv Nadar University, IIAS Shimla, efficiency and robustness to the buildings. CSIR-NISTADS, and IDRC South Asia attended the event. 17 January 2017 Talk by Dr. Santanu Karan Department of Physics hosted a talk by Dr. Santanu Karan, DST-Ramanujan Fellow of Reverse Osmosis Division at the Gujarat based CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute on ‘Microporous carbon and polymer Nano films with ultrafast solvent transport for molecular separation’. Dr. Karan focused on the fabrication of highly permeable ultrathin films for molecular separation, solvent transport modelling, imaging, and potential industrial applications.

18 January 2017 Talk by Prof. Ramprasad Sengupta Department of Economics hosted a talk by renowned Professor Ramprasad Sengupta, Professor Emeritus in Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University on 'Challenges of Transition from the Regime of Coal based Power Electrical Energy in India that of New Renewables'. Dr. Sengupta's talk focused on how funds can be mobilized to accelerate India’s transition from a high-carbon economy to a low-carbon future, with minimal disruption to social order while allowing for robust economic growth for poverty removal.

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19 January 2017 19 January 2017 ACM Session: Google Summer of Code F! - The Media and Entertainment Quiz The ACM Chapter of Shiv Nadar University The SNU Quizzing Society - FACTion organized ‘F! hosted an information session to discuss - The Media and Entertainment Quiz’, which Google Summer of Code and various other garnered a great response as students from internship opportunities with students. The various institutes including CBS, DTU, AIIMS, and session focused on effective strategies to ARSD participated in the event. The winning team prepare and apply for Google Summer of Code took away a cash prize of ` 10,000, whereas, the - a global program focused on bringing student runners up won ` 5,000. developers into open source software development through a 3 month programming 20 January 2017 23 January 2017 project. Pilot projects that are soon to take off within the university to expose students to Student Council Elections Industry Interaction: Mr. Sujit Baksi some real world challenges were one of the The elections for Student Council 2017 Chief Executive (Business Services Group) of highlights during the session. concluded on 20 January 2017. The office Tech Mahindra, Mr. Sujit Baksi visited Shiv bearers consist of four directly elected Nadar University and shared his life's lessons representatives, viz. President, Vice President, with the students of I-Global MBA and BMS Sports Secretary and Cultural Secretary. The programs at School of Management and online electoral process also helped the Entrepreneurship (SME). The session was part students chose their Class Representatives. of the industry interaction that regularly takes place at SME as part of the curriculum.

24 January 2017 Talk by Prof. Gérard Berry Department of Sociology and Department of Computer Science & Engineering hosted 24 January 2017 Renowned Professor Gérard Berry of Collège 25 January 2017 de France for a talk on 'Why informatics puts Asian Dialogue Series The Department of International Relations and the world upside down?' Informatics is the Talk by Dr. Ramaprasad Mukhopadhyay liquid of simplicity and efficiency of the Governance Studies and Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT) kicked-off Department of Physics hosted a Colloquium information river, and if you don't understand on 'Stochastic Dynamics in Condensed Matter: it, you will be drowned by facts, said Prof. its Asian Dialogue series at the campus. The inaugural session of the series focused on Neutron Scattering and MD Simulation Studies' Berry. His talk focused on how informatics has by Dr. Ramaprasad Mukhopadhyay of Solid changed the world around us. challenges and opportunities for India in its Act East policy. Apart from the faculty members, State Physics Division at Bhabha Atomic retired army personnel Lt. Gen. D. B. Shekatkar; Research Centre (BARC). Giving a detailed Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia DGMO (retd.); Lt. Gen. account of neutron scattering process in Kulkarni (retd.), and former Deputy Director BARC's Dhruva Reactor, Dr. Mukhopadhyay General R. Chandrashekhar participated in the elaborated on various uses and applications of dialogue. The discussion revolved around key the scattered neutrons. challenges in India's policy towards the neighboring nations, elaborated on their nature, and suggested measures to meet them in light of our current international standing.

28 January 2017 30 January 2017 Industry Interaction: Dripto Mukhopadhyay Student Council Oath Taking Mr. Dripto Mukhopadhyay, Director at Nielsen The Oath taking ceremony for newly elected Student Council India (Economic Research) interacted with 2017-18 took place at the campus recently. The office bearers School of Management and Entrepreneurship's consist of four directly elected representatives, viz. President, I-Global MBA students. Mr. Mukhopadhyay Vice President, Sports Secretary and Cultural Secretary, who talked about the significance of market were chosen by an online electoral process. The ceremony research and estimating data at a granular was administered by Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice Chancellor; level. He also emphasized on the importance Mr. Rajiv Swarup, President; and Dr. Tulika Chandra, Dean of of Analytics and Big Data and how it is Students’ Welfare. Mr. Nishant Mishra, Assistant Dean of changing businesses. Students’ Welfare also witnessed the ceremony.

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30 January 2017 08 1 February 2017 2 February 2017 Gender and Sexuality 101 Union Budget Screening Talk by Dr. Kanika Singh The SNU Gender Committee hosted a Department of Economics and the Economics Department of History organized a talk by conversation ‘Gender and Sexuality 101’ led by Society at Shiv Nadar University conducted a Dr. Kanika Singh, Senior Writing Coordinator Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Associate live screening of the Union Budget 2017-18, at the Centre for Writing & Communication, Professor and Dr. Akhil Katyal, Assistant which was followed by an open discussion Ashoka University on 'Understanding Sikh Professor, Shiv Nadar University. The dialogue anchored by the faculty members from Museums in Contemporary India'. Sikh focused on fostering advance progressive Department of Economics. museums are extremely different than other conversations around gender and sexuality on Indian museums housing various sculptures, the campus. artefacts, and antiques. They (Sikh Museum) primarily consist of oil (on canvas) paintings narrating episodes from Sikh history, which are very modern in nature, said Dr. Singh.

2 February 2017 08 Talk by Mr. Rohit Chakravarty The Birding Society of Shiv Nadar University organized a riveting talk on 'The mysterious 08 world of Bats' by Bat biologist, birder, and 3 February 2017 traveler - Mr. Rohit Chakravarty. Talk by Mr. Bipin Vora H2O - Student Technical Society, IIChE Student Chapter of Shiv Nadar University and Department of Chemical Engineering organized a talk by Mr. Bipin Vora, R&D, and 2 February 2017 Process Design & Technology Evaluation Talk by Prof. Sadhana Naithani Consultant for a talk on 'Opportunities & Technologies for Ethylene and Propylene Department of English organized a talk by production Units in India’. Prof. Sadhana Naithani, Centre of German Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University on 'What Does The Folktale Tell Us About Our Contemporary World?’ People believe that folk tales belong to a world of the past because they have been around for a long time. Prof. Naithani, on the other hand, argued that they have been around for a long time because they continue to be relevant to the world in spite of the great changes that the world has gone through.

4 February 2017 6 February 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Summit Talk by Dr. Subhasis Ghosh The Feeding India Shiv Nadar University (student) Chapter organized Social Department of Physics hosted Dr. Subhasis Entrepreneurship Summit, wherein, successful Ghosh, Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru social entrepreneurs from across the country University's School of Physical Sciences for a gathered and shared their experiences with talk on 'Optical Properties of Graphene: Are students at the campus. Mr. Anurag Batra, Many Body Effects Important?' Dr. Ghosh's Editor in Chief of Business World; Mr. Ankit research interests include the development of 11-12 February 2017 fundamental understanding of transport and Kawatra, Founder - Feeding India; Ms. Neelam Latest Automotive Technologies Workshop Pol, CEO of Khel Planet; and Mr. Vikrant optical properties of technologically important Department of Mechanical Engineering Sandal, Social Entrepreneur and Activist were inorganic and organic semiconducting organized a two days long workshop on 'Latest among the key speakers at the Summit. materials. Automotive Technologies'. Day 1 of the workshop covered important topics like future 08 technology requirements triggered by Emission 11 February 2017 Wildlife Trek Targets (BS4 to BS6); Fundamentals of Engines; The Birding Society of Shiv Nadar University Electronic Diesel Control System (CRDi Tech.); organized an enriching trek cum wildlife walk to Sensors and Actuators; and Future After the Aravalis. The walk was led by talented treatment systems to meet BS6 (SCR & DPF). wildlife filmmaker Shaz Syed. From being out in Whereas, Day 2 saw the students getting the hills and spotting leopard pugmarks to the hands-on training by industry experts on how to adrenaline rush during the arduous descents tune the new generation engines using and ascents, the students had a great time technology. connecting closely with nature.

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13 February 2017 08 17 February 2017 20 February 2017 Rubik's Cube Workshop Talk by Prof. Jao-Jia Horng Talk by Dr. Richard H. Meadow The Mathematics Society and SNUbik's - The Department of Chemical Engineering hosted a Department of History organized a talk on 'The Cube Club at Shiv Nadar University organized talk by Prof. Jao-Jia Horng from Department of Indus civilization: myth and reality' by Dr. Twist 'N' Turn - Rubik's Cube Workshop for Safety, Health & Environmental Engineering, Richard H. Meadow of Peabody Museum, those interested in learning how to solve the National Yunlin University of Science and Harvard University. The Indus or Harappan Rubik's cube. Attendees were taught Technology (YunTech) on 'Why is HAZMAT or civilization is featured widely as the earliest techniques to solve a 3*3 Rubik's Cube. Chemical Emergency Response important?' urban society of northwestern South Asia. While such descriptions may be based upon examples of baked brick walled structures, and sophisticated water handling systems etc., they tend to obscure the complexity of the Harappan cultural phenomenon. With evolving archaeological research, descriptions of diversity have begun to overcome conceptions of uniformity to provide a fuller and more realistic image of the Harappan world. Dr. Meadow in his talk highlighted some of the findings that have led to this changing picture.

20 February 2017 Talk by Dr. Ajita K. Patel Department of History hosted Dr. Ajita K. Patel of Peabody Museum, Harvard University for a talk on 'South Asian contributions to animal domestication in prehistory'. Archaeological, zoorchaeological, and genetic research shows that South Asia was a significant player in bovid domestication and development of pastoralism. The talk by Dr. Patel contextualized these processes in prehistoric northwestern South Asia.

24 February 2017 27 February 2017 08 Workshop on Time Frames Industry Interaction: Dr. Jyoti Chatterjee The Department of History organized a two- Department of Chemical Engineering day pedagogy and History workshop on 'Time organized a talk by Dr. Jyoti Chatterjee, Senior Frames: Questioning Chronologies in South Vice President of Holtec International & Asia's Pasts' at the campus. The workshop was President and CEO of Holtec Asia on 'Holtec attended by students and scholars of history, International and Its Inherently Safe Modular archaeology and anthropology from different Nuclear Reactor'. The Nuclear reactor has important implications for the countries that 24 February 2017 institutions. Some of the renowned academicians who attended the event include cannot afford mammoth nuclear reactors, Workshop on Women Safety Prof. Neeladri Bhattacharya from Centre for which require huge amount of capital and Dean of Students' Welfare office conducted a Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; space to set-up, according to Dr. Chatterjee. workshop on Women Safety and Street Dr. Urmila Bhirdikar from Department of Survival Techniques under the SLAP - Street Sociology, Shiv Nadar University; Dr. Uma Level Awareness Program conducted by Krav Chakravarti, Former Professor at Department Maga trainers from France. The students learnt of History, Miranda House; and Prof. Upinder a number of ingenious and easy moves that Singh from Department of History, Delhi can save women in case of a hostile situation. University. Using these moves would give enough time to the victim to disable the attacker and run away.

8 March 2017 Market Languages: Modes of Persuasion and Exchange Department of Sociology hosted a workshop on 'Market Languages: Modes of Persuasion and Exchange'. The one-day event opened with a riveting paper presentation by Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University on 'What goes into an 7 March 2017 Outlook? Performance, Persuasion, and the In Other Tongues: A Translation Workshop Post-harvest Price for Indian Soybean'. Some Department of English organized its third annual mentored workshop - 'In Other Tongues: A of the renowned academicians who also Translation Workshop'. The workshop kicked-off with a conversation with renowned Translator and attended the event included University of Poet Asad Zaidi, which was led by Dr. Akhil Katyal, Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University. The Virginia's Prof. Geeta Patel, University of workshop was attended by students/translators from various Universities including Delhi University, Oxford's Prof. Barbara Harriss-White, and Delhi Ambedkar University, Ashoka University, and Shiv Nadar University. University's Dr. Rita Brara.

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10 March 2017 08 10 March 2017 12-16 March 2017 Talk by Mr. Bipin Vora Industry Interaction: Mr. Ravi Swarup Mid-sem Trek to Nag Tibba Department of Chemical Engineering School of Management and Entrepreneurship The Adventure Club of Shiv Nadar University organized a talk on ‘From Concept to hosted Mr. Ravi Swarup, Principal at Bain & organized a five days long mid semester trek Commercialization’ by R&D, and Process Company to address the I-Global MBA to Nag Tibba (Serpent's Peak). Located at the Design & Technology Evaluation Consultant - students on ‘Understanding Strategic height of 9,915 ft, in the lesser himalayan Mr. Bipin Vora. Most researchers desire that Consulting. ‘Strategy is about knowing your region of Uttarakhand state, Nag Tibba is their efforts should eventually lead to a assets and capabilities, and how to monetize believed to be the abode of 'Nag Devta' or product that many can use and are fruitful them using an integrated set of choices that snake god, from which it borrows the first part monetarily and socially. Mr. Vora's talk focused are implementable, differentiable, and of its name; 'Tibba' is a local word for hill or on the process of identifying what to work on, sustainable in the long run i.e. competitors peak. and justifying the research expense to the should not be able to replicate it within a management. month,’ said Mr. Swarup.

22 March 2017 17-18 March 2017 Talk by Mr. Amitanshu Verma Workshop on Geospatial Technologies 20 March 2017 Department of History as part of its Early and Applications Career Research Scholars' Colloquium Department of Civil Engineering organized a Talk by Prof. Chandan Singh Dalawat organized a talk on ‘Notorious Netas: training program on Geospatial Technologies The Mathematics Society hosted Prof. Chandan Antecedents of Bahubali Politicians in Uttar and Applications. Sponsored by DST – Singh Dalawat from Harish-Chandra Research Pradesh’ by Mr. Amitanshu Verma, a Ph.D. NRDMS, the hands-on training program was Institute, Allahabad for a talk on 'Solvable student at the Centre for Political Studies at meant for academicians and researchers from Primitive Extensions'. Jawaharlal Nehru University. Mr. Verma’s Schools and State/Central Government Bodies research focuses on the culture and economy who wish to acquire basic knowledge in of bahubali politics in Uttar Pradesh. In a geospatial technology. Experts from 21 March 2017 riveting talk, Mr Verma spoke about the special institutions including Nalanda University; disrepute politics in Uttar Pradesh has earned McGill University, Montreal Canada; and GGSIP Talk by Ms. Sarah L. Krauss in the past three decades. University covered topics like geospatial Department of Sociology hosted a talk by New technologies, and Geographic Information York City Courts' Retired Acting Supreme System (GIS). The workshop also offered Court Justice, Ms. Sarah L. Krauss on hands on experience with open source ‘Overpaid or overwhelmed, What's wrong with software such as SAGA GIS and QGIS during the American Legal System’. The engaging talk the two days program. by Ms. Krauss focused on problems faced by lawyers as they work in the high pressured, 25 March 2017 high powered environment for long hours dealing with complex criminal, financial, and Seminar on Fertilizer Technology personal issues. The IIChE Student Chapter, Student Society - H2O, and Department of Chemical Engineering at School of Engineering hosted a seminar on Fertilizer Technology. Dr. S. Nand, Dy. Director General, Fertilizer Association of India (FAI); and Mr. Manish Goswami, Chief (Technical) of FAI were the speakers and delivered an insightful talk on development in Fertilizer Technology for production of ammonia and urea in India, and related Energy and Environmental aspects.

30 March 2017 30 March 2017 Talk by Dr. Gunnel Cederlöf Department of Sociology organized a talk by Dr. Gunnel Talk by Aher Abheena Cederlöf of Sweden based Linnaeus University on ‘Controlling The SNU Queer Collective Society at Shiv corridors, networks, and pathways in early British colonial Nadar University hosted Aher Abheena, conquests in Northeast India’, as part of its departmental member of the transgender community and an Seminar Series. A Professor of History at the Department of activist for transgenders' right to work with Cultural Sciences and the Centre for Concurrences in Colonial dignity. She was in conversation with members and Postcolonial Studies at Linnaeus University, Dr. Cederlöf in of the SNU Queer Collective and spoke about her talk focused on East Begal, the Surma-Barack river the issues the transgender community faces at lowlands, and the neighboring kingdoms in the early 19th a workplace despite having the required century at the British conquest. education or skills.

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Preserving Nature

It was a pleasant afternoon, with sun playing hide and seek, when one couldn't help but ignore the roar of JCBs and Cranes (machine) on a normally 'peaceful' campus. Soon the noises grew louder and before one would know - a 14 feet tree was in view, suspended in the air and slowly moving towards the E Block. It was a sight, as the tall date palm was taken towards the already prepared land by a Crane, and was fixated on the land within a few minutes. By the time the leadership, students, and staff had gathered to look and marvel at the sight, where now stood three tall, fully grown date palms, which were translocated from the old location to this new, more prominent one. A first at Shiv Nadar University - it was an effort by the University administration to save the trees from getting axed, as the civilization takes its course and root out things that come in between.

Committed towards curating the diverse variety of flora and fauna found on the campus, the University is making conscious efforts to retain the old-grown palm trees spread across the institution. Owing to the growing civilization, the campus was likely to lose some of its trees, as old as 35-40 years. The administration has made efforts to curate and relocate these trees, which are part of the natural habitat at Shiv Nadar University. As part of the drive, four old-grown date palms were translocated at two central locations of the University - the Central Vista near E Block, and the area near the Open Stage.

Replanting fully grown trees is a science in itself, and not all species of tree survive replantation, informs Rajiv Swarup, President, Shiv Nadar University. "We have selected date palm which have over 80% success rate if transplanted with care and have removed them from the land, where development has been planned," says Swarup. "These trees in all likelihood would have been felled as human settlements come up there. By transplanting these trees we save them."

The relocation of trees was a welcome move, as the four trees had faced the threat of getting lost. "Shiv Nadar University has made continuous efforts to maintain and retain the natural surroundings of the campus, and we didn't want to give-up on the natural old-grown palm trees that adorned the campus," says Bhaskar Mishra, who Heads the Administration at Shiv Nadar University. "At that moment, we thought it was time to walk the talk and take measure to save the palms." Translocating a fully-grown tree involves precision in the process and flawless execution. If the tree is not extricated from its origin by employing the preset methods, it may simply wither. "The preparation for translocating a fully grown tree can take two to three months," according to Harpal Singh, who is instrumental in landscaping the University's vast spaces. "Following a treatment for relocation, once the roots are ready and moist, the trees can be transplanted."

The University's concern towards the environment and the ecosystem around reflects in ways, more than one. Some of the natural assets carefully curated at the University include the SNU lake, the SNU forest spread over 2 acres of land, and 52 fully grown trees and 17 treeclusters inside the campus. The University management has ensured that not a single tree was cut during the construction of various buildings and roads. These trees were not only protected but also incorporated into the campus landscape designs.

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Installation of Riyaz Komu’s Work

The recently installed, work by contemporary artist Riyaz Komu - 'Fourth World' now adorns the porch of iconic library building at Shiv Nadar University. The three terracotta sculptures of four lions sitting on their haunches, mounted atop a teak-and-rosewood box is a reflection on the changing Indian state and social environment. The sculpture is made of terracotta, recycled wood, electrical motor and rubber, and is inspired by the Indian emblem, which was adapted from the Ashoka Lion Capital when the nation became republic on 26 January 1950. The lions symbolize the Buddhist core of the Ashoka Lion Capital. When the sculpture swirls, the fourth lion starts missing. The contemporary artist - Komu explains, the disappearing act of the fourth lion thus: It is the fourth dimension that goes missing when the sculpture starts to rotate. It makes one aware of the unseen forces that are at play, which we are aware of but are unable to control. The missing fourth lion signifies those unseen forces that drive us, dictating life around us, deciding our individual destiny and collective fate.

T.E.S.T. Participants shared their Winter School learnings Student Council Elections

Birding Society organized a trek cum wildlife walk to the Aravalis

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Mid-sem Trek to Nag Tibba by Twist ‘N’ Turn - Rubik's Cube Workshop by Adventure Club SNUbik's - the Cube Club

Potpourri night by Snuphoria - the music society

Mudra 2017 by Inferno - the dance society Bonfire Night by Student Council

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5 29 8 38 48 Books and Journal Articles Journal Articles Conference Papers & Invited Lectures & Book Chapters Published Accepted Presentation Talks BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS School of Engineering DepaSchrtmooenl tof o fEn Mgineerinechanicgal Engineering Dr. Dipak Maity Book Chapter “Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPION) based Magnetic Hyperthermia: A Promising Therapy in Cancer Treatment"; Advances in Medicine and Biology; Dipak Maity, Ganeshlenin Kandasamy and Atul Sudame; NOVA Science Publishers School of Natural Sciences Department of Chemistry Dr. Bimlesh Lochab and Dr. Sunanda Sukumar Dr. Bimlesh Lochab Book Chapter Book Chapters “A Manual in Chemistry”, Lab-manual from UG “Cardanol based benzoxazines and their applications” in Advanced and Chemistry labs; Sunanda Sukumar, Bimlesh Emerging Polybenzoxazine Science and Technology; Swapnil Shukla, Lochab; Stadium Press Nisha Yadav, and Bimlesh Lochab; Elsevier “Lignin based phenols: Potential feedstock for renewable benzoxazines” in Advanced and Emerging Polybenzoxazine Science and Technology; Swapnil Shukla and Bimlesh Lochab; Elsevier JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Dr. S N Balakrishnan Karthikeyan Rajagopal, Sivasubramanya Nadar Balakrishnan, Jerome R. Busemeyer; “Neural Network-Based Solutions for Stochastic Optimal Control Using Path Integrals”; IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh P. Neveu, M.-A. Maynard, R. Bouchez, J. Lugani, R. Ghosh, F. Bretenaker, F. Goldfarb and E. Brion; “Coherent population oscillation-based light storage”; Physical Review Letters School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Nitin Banker Dr. Harpreet Singh Arora Varuneswara R.P., Banker N.D.; B.S. Rakesh, K. Selvam, H.S. Arora, S. Mukherjee, H. Singh, H.S. Grewal; “Slurry “Thermodynamic Assessment of a Gas Erosion Behavior of High Entropy Alloys”; Wear Turbine Power Plant Integrated with an K. Selvam, B.S. Rakesh, H. Singh, H.S. Grewal, H.S. Arora; “High Strain Deformation Adsorption Refrigeration System”; of Austenitic Steel for Enhancing the Erosion Resistance”; Wear Applied Thermal Engineering Dr. Harpreet Singh Grewal Grewal H.S., Prashant Pendyala, Hyogeun Shin, Il-Joo Cho, Eui-Sung Yoon; “Nanotribological Behavior of Bioinspired Textured Surfaces with Directional Characteristics”; Wear B.S. Rakesh, Karthikeyan Selvam, H.S. Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, H. Singh, Grewal H.S.; “Slurry Erosion Behavior of High Entropy Alloys”; Wear Karthikeyan Selvam, B.S. Rakesh, H. Singh, Grewal H.S., H.S. Arora, “High Strain Deformation of Austenitic Steel for Enhancing the Erosion Resistance”; Wear Department of Mechanical Engineering and Physics Dr. Dipak Maity and Dr. Susanta Sinha Roy (Physics) S. Deshmukh, G. Kandasamy, R.K. Upadhyay, G. Bhattacharya, D. Banerjee, D. Maity, Marc A. Deshusses and S.S. Roy; “Terephthalic acid capped iron oxide nanoparticles for sensitive electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions in water”; Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Department of of Electrical Engineering Dr. Nilesh Goel Subhadeep Mukhopadhyay, Narendra Parihar, Nilesh Goel, Souvik Mahapatra; “A Comprehensive DC and AC PBTI Modelling Framework for HKMG n-MOSFETs”; IEEE Transactions of Electron Devices Dr. Madhur Deo Upadhayay, Dr. Sonal Singhal and Dr. Atul Vir Singh Jyotirmoy Dutta, Atul Vir Singh, Sonal Singhal, Madhur Deo Upadhayay; “A comparative study on the Design and Simulation of a TFBAR and Polyimide-TFBAR based RF Bandpass Filter"; Microsystem Technologies 14 35 Publications

School of Natural Sciences

Department of Chemistry Department of Mathematics and IIIMIT Dr. Subhabrata Sen Dr. Lal Mohan Saha Santanu Hati and Subhabrata Sen; “Anhydrous Cerium L.M. Saha and M.K. Das and Rashmi Bhardwaj; “On c h l o r i d e c a t a l y z e d - I B X m e d i a t e d ox i d a t i v e nonlinear dynamics, chaos and complexities”; Indian dehydrogenation of multiple heterocycles at room Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics temperature”; European Journal of Organic Chemistry L.M. Saha and M.K. Das; “Complexities in Micro-Economic Dr. Basab Bijayi Dhar Behrens Feichtinger Model”; Indian Journal of Industrial P. Dutta, A. Majumder, S. Dutta, P. Munshi, B.B. Dhar, and Applied Mathematics Subhabrata Sen; “Solvent free, palladium catalyzed highly L.M. Saha and Til Prasad Sarma; “Mathematics and its facile synthesis of diaryl disulfides from aryl thiols”; applications in real life phenomena: chaos and complexity in Tetrahedron Letters one dimensional systems”; Ganita Sandesh S. Pattanayak, D. Roy Chowdhury, B. Garai, K.K. Singh, A. Department of Physics Paul, B.B. Dhar*, S. Sen Gupta*; “Electrochemical formation of Fe2(O) and mechanism of its reaction with Dr. Sajal Kumar Ghosh water during O-O bond formation, Chem.-A Eu. J. G. Bhattacharya, R.P. Giri, H. Saxena, V.V. Agrawal A. Gupta, M.K. Mukhopadhyay, and S.K. Ghosh; “X-ray Reflectivity Dr. Gouriprasanna Roy Study of the Interaction of an Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid Mainak Banerjee, Ramesh Karri, Ashish Chalana, Ranajit with a Soft Supported Lipid Membrane”; Langmuir Das, Rakesh Kumar Rai, Kuber Singh Rawat, Biswarup Dr. Aloke Kanjilal Pathak and Gouriprasanna Roy; “Protection of Endogenous Thiols against Methylmercury with C.P. Saini, A. Barman, D. Das, B. Satpati, S. R. Bhattacharyya, Benzimidazole-Based Thione by Unusual Ligand- D. Kanjilal, A. Ponomaryov, S. Zvyagin, A. Kanjilal; “Role of Exchange Reactions”; Chemistry A European Journal Oxygen Vacancy on the Hydrophobic Behavior of TiO2 Nanorods on Chemically Etched Si Pyramids”; J. Phys. Dr. Ram Sagar Misra Chem. C Chintam Narayana, Ravi K. Upadhyay, Raman Chaturvedi Dr. Susanta Sinha Roy and Ram Sagar; “A versatile carbohydrate based gelator S.C. Ray, G. Bhattacharya, M.A. Miller, S. Sarma, R.K. for the oil water separation, nanoparticles synthesis Upadhay, J. McLaughlin and S.S. Roy; “A facile method for and Dye removal”; New J. Chem. the deposition of thermally stable diamond like carbon thin Department of Chemistry and Center For Informatics films via carbon dioxide precursor gas”; Diamond and Related Materials Dr. N Sukumar and Dr. Vijay Kumar Department of Life Sciences Pinaki Saha, Amol B. Rahane, Vijay Kumar, N. Sukumar; Dr. Seema Sehrawat and Dr. Shailja Singh “Electronic origin of the stability of transition metal doped B14 drum shaped boron clusters”; The Journal Naveen Kumar, Sonal Gupta, Surbhi Dabral, Shailja Singh, of Physical Chemistry. Seema Sehrawat; “Role of Exchange Protein directly activated by cAMP (EPAC 1) in Breast cancer cell migration and Apoptosis”; Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department Schoo of Lifel of Sciences Natur andal ScienChemistryces Dr. Seema Sehrawat, Dr. Shaija Singh, Dr. Parthapratim Munshi (Chemistry) and Dr. Subhabrata Sen (Chemistry) Naveen Kumar, Santanu Hati, Parthapratim Munshi, Subhabrata Sen, Seema Sehrawat, Shailja Singh; “A Novel Spiroindoline targets Cell cycle and Migration via modulation of Microtubule Cytoskeleton”; Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department of Physics and Mechanical Engineering Dr. Susanta Sinha Roy and Dr. Dipak Maity (Mechanical) S. Deshmukh, G. Kandasamy, R.K. Upadhyay, G. Bhattacharya, D. Banerjee, D. Maity, Marc A. Deshusses and S.S. Roy; “Terephthalic acid capped iron oxide nanoparticles for sensitive electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions in water”; Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

School Of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of English Department of History Dr. Doyeeta Majumder Dr. Jaya Menon Doyeeta Majumder; “Counselling the Counsellors: Sir David Lyndsay’s Ane Supriya Varma and Jaya Menon; Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis”; Scottish Literary Review “ H o u s e h o l d s a t W o r k : “ A n Ethnoarchaeological Study of Variation in Center For Public Affairs And Critical Theory Ceramic Production in North India”; Dr. Sredeep Bhattacharya Ethnoarchaeology Sredeep Bhattacharya; “Contested Spaces and Resultant Conflicts: Some Aspects of the Agrarian Crisis in India”; Review of Market Integration School of Management & Entrepreneurship Dr. Jaideep Ghosh Ghosh J.; “Big Data Analytics: “A Field of Opportunities for Information Systems and Technology Researchers”; Journal of Global Information Technology Management

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The year 2017 will be a year to watch. Not because I expect some watershed event to happen, but because of what happened in 2016. The last year was eventful to say the least both within India and outside. The full effect of these events will be felt in the current year. How the future of the world, and India, shapes up will depend on actions and policies of governments across the world. I do not think that any point in the recent past we waited so anxiously to see Partha Chatterjee what governments do in US, in UK and in India.

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