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ORIENTAL TIMES 01-15 FEB 2020 EDITORIAL As the session progresses from January to February, we bask in the warmth of auspicious festivals of Makarsankranti, Lohri, and Basant Panchami. These festivals have ushered a new vigour on campus initiating a volley of activities amongst students. Let us rejoice and allow the warm rays of sun to renew our spirit and rekindle the will to outshine in all the endeavours, bringing glory to the Oriental Group. Dear Readers, remain with us on this glorious journey, so that together we can witness noteworthy achievements and events. : EVENT OF THE MONTH- JANUARY 2020 NCC Cadets march their way during the Republic Day Celebrations on Campus Oriental Group of Institutes celebrated the Republic Day with an inordinate spirit of patriotism. On this momentous day of the Indian history, a program was organized to laud the brave acts of our martyrs. The parade showcased discipline with harmony and was followed by the Flag hoisting ceremony. A cultural program was dedicated to this propitious occasion. The program was witnessed in the gracious presence of the Chief Guest Brig. Avdhendra Pt. Singh, Deputy Director General NCC, MP/CG and Guest of Honour Mr. R.S Kori, Director (Environment) MP PCB. The Chief Guest also inaugurated the Arjan Obstacle ground, in the presence of all the eminent dignitaries, which aims at providing assistance to the defence aspirants and train them under the guidance of instructors. It was a remarkable occasion and appreciated by all. ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT SECTION Mechanical and Automobile Vehicles roar high in International and National events- Oriental Electric vehicle First in Bhopal and Second in State "Electron" a team from Automobile Department participated in the SAE-E-BAJAJ event organized by Mahindra & Mahindra and SAE India jointly at Pithampur, Indore. The students made an electric vehicle in 4 months, on campus, costing around 6.5 lakhs. ‘Electron’ stood victorious at the top in Bhopal, second in the State (MP) and eighth all over India. Another Innovative Electric Vehicle gets award at RGPV Students of Automobile Engineering Department won the award at the National Convention of “Electric Vehicle Start Up” organized under RGPV, TEQIP with association of ARAI and SAE India. Their achievement was in the category of “Battery Management System” with their innovative concepts. Two teams of Automobile and Mechanical win Cash awards in IKRC Chetak and Raptor, two teams of Automobile and Mechanical departments participated in Indian Kart Racing Championship organized by Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIE) and both won the title of ‘Best Future Vehicles’ with a cash award of Rs 10,000 each, in their respective categories. Hobbies framing career of Engineer students International fame of OIST Alumnus on Photography Rajiv Kapoor, an alumnus of Civil Branch, is now being featured in International Yearly Calendar of @pelicanprofessional representing India. Oriental Family congratulates the photographer, for the International representation. Creative Talent Fetches Awards outside Campus OIST bagged two second positions and cash prizes worth Rs 2000 each at RGPV for the Wall painting competition held on the theme “Cleanliness” and organized in the concluding week of Swatchta Pakhwada, in the University. The Vice Chancellor, RGPV, also assured financial assistance to the participants, in future. TECHNICAL SECTION Expert Lectures by Civil, Mechanical and Information Technology Departments The expert lectures on Rate Analysis of Estimating and Costing, Advance Software Design CATIA and Data Analytics were conducted by the departments CE, ME and IT respectively, for the benefit of the students. Educational Trips prepare Basic Foundation for B.Tech First Year Students B. Tech. First Year students of different branches were taken to CIPET, CRISP and Regional Science Centre on various days, by the faculty of Basic Science Department, to apprise the students about the functioning of these organizations. Civil Students of Higher Semester visit WALMI, under Educational Tour Students understood the concept of Green Building and Shell Roofs explained by the Sr. Scientist Vivek Bhatt, during the visit. They saw the rainwater harvesting on buildings. Industrial visits enrich students’ theory through practical exposure The commencement of session saw visits of the students to various industries. EC department sent their students to Meteorological Department & CPRI while ME students went to Satpura Thermal Power Station. AU department took their students to two industries; one was Saturn Auto Link Pvt. Ltd and the other one, DK Electro Mech Corporation. IT students were taken to CRISP under the same. DEPARTMENTAL ROUND UP Mechanical Department conducts FDP on ‘Alternative Fuels for Internal Combustion Engine’. Technical deliberation marked the Faculty Development program, held in Mechanical Department, where experts from reputed organizations talked about recent development technologies and motivated the young engineers to contribute in energy sector though alternative fuels. Mechanical Department surges ahead with a training program on Auto CAD software In the CAD Lab of OIST, the students were trained on AUTOCAD software, by the trainers of National level training Institute and CIPET. This program would benefit them to understand Machine Designing and Drafting. Information Technology Department conducts Entrepreneurs’ session Experts of the session were entrepreneur students of the Oriental Group. The session was delivered by Atharav Kulkarni (IT VIII semester OCT) Entrepreneur of Smart up/Go easy, Bhupendra Singh, Shivendra Singh and Bhagat Jaiswal (IT VI semester OIST) Entrepreneur of Creative Kissan. The speakers briefed about the start-up ideas and shared their experiences. Workshop on R language by Cybrom Technologies in Information Technology Department To enlighten the students about basics of R Language, a hands-on workshop on R Language with expert, Mr. Tahir from Cybrom Technologies, Bhopal was held where the main focus of the workshop was to impart practical knowledge of R, in the upcoming field of Data Analytics. IT Department involves Robin Hood Academy to bring school students on Campus An NGO was invited to bring deprived and underprivileged students on campus where they were taken for a campus tour. This motivated them to pursue higher studies and get to know about the functioning of the college. Computer Science and Engineering Department conducts Alumni Guest Lecture on Web Application Security Department of Computer Science & Engineering organized an Alumni Guest Lecture for students on Web Application Security with its alumnus, Mr Verneet Singh. OIST conducts an Internal Smart India Hackathon’ 2020 for screening process Internal round for Smart India Hackathon’2020, witnessed 16 teams of software and hardware. The event had different mentoring and different evaluation rounds. Final phase of presentation was adjudged by Mr. Ashish Mishra, CEO, SNA Technologies. The panel had to select 5 teams from software category and 2 teams from hardware category, for final submission. LITERARY SECTION AISEC Activity prepares leaders through Interactive sessions Department of Computer Science & Engineering organised a session for AIESEC, which is the world’s largest international, youth-run non-governmental and Not-for-profit organization providing a global platform for youngsters to develop their leadership potential and experience cross-culture through International Internships The sessions were taken by AIESEC President Akshat Bahety and Alumnus of AIESEC, Arushi Kulshresth (Student of 4th year of OCT). Many students got themselves registered for AIESEC after the program. Weekend buzzes with Quizzing Talent Students of Information Technology branch scratched their grey cell with the quiz on ‘Current Affairs and GK’ when their departmental faculty organized such a weekend activity. Oriental Alumnus of IT Branch, Mr Shyamjee addresses Students An Alumni session was conducted by IT Department for students of IV session by an Alumnus, Mr. Shyamjee of 2014-18 batch. Currently he is in TCS Bangalore. He shared his experience of Oriental. He also talked about the latest topic in market that is DevOps. ORIENTAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT SECTION Face book cash prize for OCT Student, Arushi Kulshreshth Arushi Kulshreshth, a student of 8th Semester IT Branch Bhopal recently won a cash prize of ₹ 10,000 for her Ed-Tech start-up Pinakulo, by qualifying for the National level of 'The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards' (GSEA) OCT student, Ayush Thakur gets Silver at IIM Indore in Racing Ayush Thakur of EX branch II semester from OCT brought laurels to the Institution by bagging the second position and winning a silver medal in the 400m race at the Annual National level Sports festival-Ranbhoomi, held at IIM Indore. There were many participants from all over India in the event which was held from 31st January to 3rd February. TECHNICAL SECTION E -CELL OCT Team Neotrics makes it to the NEC ‘2020 Team Neoterics of E-cell OCT qualified for the finals of National Entrepreneurship Challenge’2020 conducted by IIT Bombay. Team cleared all the five tasks given by NEC before entering into finals First Year students go on Educational Trips Basic Science department of OCT organised an educational visit to Shaurya Smarak for the CSE B students and a visit to Regional Science Centre, Bhopal (RSCB)for IT A second semester students. Civil Students of