Annual Magazine of G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology

(A CHARUTAR VIDYA MANDAL INSTITUTE) VALLABH VIDYANAGAR

ISSUE-14 2016

1 Publication Committee

Himanshu B. Soni (Chairman) Kaushik Nath (Convener) Rajesh Sangvi Vivek Deshpande Deepak Parashar Umang Jani Mithila Zodape Sneh Vyas Riddhi Vashi Vishal Prajapati

Any opinions, views and observations expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publication committee.

2 Contents

Chairman's Message 5 From the desk of Principal 6 Editorial Jottings 8 The first Step 9 Understanding the 2008... 10 My enthusiastic experience... 12 Privatization or piratization 14 Special friend... 16 Dreams 17 Curvo - The future transport 18 The fat days 20 Escalation of Terrorism... 23 The necklace 25 Poetry - The soul of all expression 27 Evening wid her 30 The gray '8' moment 32

3 Contents

What a magician he is 34 Dedication : The soul of success 35 We are not celebrating.... 36 Is it our life ? 37 English vinglish 38 Little mommies... 43 Square of a Number 44 Introduction to six sigma 45 George Boole... 50 A page from my diary 52 Life through success..... 53 The need for a technocratic.... 55 Respect - A bridge... 56 About ourselves 58 Academic achievers 79 Gujarati Section 83 Hindi Section 101

4 Chairman's Message

Dr. C L Patel Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar

I am pleased to note that GCET is completing 20 years of existence. In this age of globalization and competitive environment Educational institutions all around the world along with the aspirations of students and parents have undergone critical transformations with time. Having successfully completed 20 years of imparting quality education for all, GCET has been making meaningful educational transformations and accomplishing world-class standards of academic excellence. Charutar Vidya Mandal has always supported to the all round development of any institution of higher learning. I am happy to observe that GCET has been well recognized in the map of technical education in Gujarat and even beyond for its excellence in education and performance. This is a testimony to the success stories that the faculty and the management have worked over the years for excellence. As GCET continues to grow under the Charutar Vidya Mandal there is also a need for value-based, holistic education which can not only ensure standardized teaching methodologies but also engages students in a way that enhances their 'Global Learning'. All the faculty members must be committed to provide top quality education to each and every student of the campus. Let all of us strive together to improve our standard towards continuous excellence. On this occasion I also congratulate the editorial team of GCET VOICE for bringing out the 14th issue of the magazine. My blessings and best wishes to all the members of the GCET family.

Dr. C L Patel

5 From the desk of Principal

Dr. Himanshu B Soni Principal, GCET

A journey of 20 years and beyond…. This year we are going to celebrate 20th Annual day of our institute- Celebration of 20 Glorious years! Our institute was started as one of the first self-financed institutes of the state in year 1996 and currently GCET is one of the most preferred destination for the higher education in Gujarat. Even the flavor of our institute has spread over the boundaries of the state. Currently as per DATA QUEST survey, our institute is ranked 42nd in first hundred technical institutes of the country. We have travelled only a very short span of twenty years, which just gives teenager institute status to GCET but in this short span due to the efforts put up by all stake holders - the students, the faculty and the alumni, and with constant support from our management we have achieved many milestones. I have been a witness to the progress of the institute since 1998 – the year in which I took up my first teaching assignment here in GCET. I fondly recall my early days- when there was only half portion (EC, EE, IT wing) of the building ready and we shifted from BVM to the new building of GCET, where it is housed today. So many problems were faced during those days as far as facilities were concerned. During early days there was no separate work distribution, even teaching staff members were joining hand to count benches and books as and when it arrived. So many memories flash in mind. Everyone decided to make a strong foundation of GCET. Though college building was coming up but all labs were equipped with state of art facilities. So many constraints in the form of progressive construction, many board with: NO ENTRY BEYOND THIS AREA, but never got any complaints about the infrastructure facilities. GCET faculty and students were more focused in teaching learning component to make our graduates a true engineer. GCET is fortunate enough that here we got some of the best experienced teachers ( Prof. N D Jotwani, Prof. J C Panchal, Prof. R. P Arora, Prof. L F Rabari and Prof. A.M Antani) they established all processes in line, which were very essential for new institute at its earlier days. Hardly we had 30 + faculty members in campus till year 1999. Mostly, all faculty members joined GCET with their bachelor degree. Slowly 6 building was getting ready and became fully available for use by the end of year 1999. The management of our institute and in particular Dr C L Patel (chairman CVM) has a vision to have learned pull of faculty members on the campus. Looking to this vision of our chairman, the management sponsored many faculty members to pursue Master's and doctoral degree from various IITs and NITs. Besides a few, almost all faculty members who were sponsored are available today on campus with committed goal of serving society for its better future. Currently we have 30 faculty members with Ph. D degree on our campus and this shows the research potential of our team. In the year 2007 we started the first PG program and currently we are running seven PG courses. For last many year the placement and admission of the institute have achieved new higher dimensions. From eligible strength of students almost more than 85% are placed through campus recruitment. We have very well defined teaching learning and counseling process on the campus which give benefits to our student for becoming true engineer. As a research outcome GCET has done few R&D projects and some are ongoing and faculty members are trying to get more projects in near future. During the span of 20 years (1996-2016) GCET always has been at the forefront in pioneering new edge practices, whether be it implemented academically or practically. We have decided not to seat with past laurels and achievements but, we must strive to become one of the best institutes of the country in all dimensions of education. College magazine provides the platform to the students and faculty members to express their own feelings and views. It is the reason why our college magazine in named GCET Voice. GCET voice has remained as a canvas to portray different shades of creativity of our young learners and faculty members. I am very sure that this year again GCET voice would prove to be the real voice of GCET. I heartily congratulate the entire editorial team. Many congratulations to all.

Dr. Himanshu B Soni

7 Editorial Jottings

Gone are those days – the lovely smell of books, the enjoyment while opening it for the first time, the feel of touching the hard cover, thrill and suspense created as the crisp pages are turned on and the sense of satisfaction one finally gets after finishing the last word of the book! The habit of reading books generally means the habit of reading books outside textbooks – be it poetry, or essay, or fiction or whatever that soothes your eyes and pleases your mind. This habit, once considered to be the most morally edifying of all habits, is currently on the wane among the youth who seem far better suited to habits rather un- bookish, such as electronic devices, new gadgets et al. The strength of readers in libraries is getting decreased with every passing day. The young people find it unexciting to consume even a fraction of their invaluable time in book reading! Reference for information from loads of books in library has shrunk to a click of mouse and the classic printed form of writing has found its place too in mobiles and tablets in its new avatar e-book. This is an alarming fact as if things proceed in the similar way a day will not be too far when the libraries will wear a deserted look and the best source of knowledge will become nothing but a waste. But however clichéd it may sound, the truth is, of all habits, reading books is still the best one around and can still be your best bet for an enlightened future. Reading lights up your world, broadens your horizons, gets you closer to things you didn't understand, and makes you wiser (well, if you know how to handle it!). Knowledge and ideas obtained from books can arm you with an observational capacity that you perhaps never imagined existed, and can cleanse your mind of petty thoughts. So friends, it is high time we buck-up and spread the joy of reading to those who hate to read and let us cultivate the wonderful habit of reading in the young minds to help construct a healthy society. After all, enlightenment is something worth striving for, isn't it? With this backdrop we are presenting the 14th issue of GCET VOICE- our annual magazine. Like all previous issues, it too is enriched with a colorful assortment of thoughts and ideas of our young and old friends. GCET is completing its 20 years of existence. Still, 20 years seems like a long time and we've published 14 issues. The saga of success is blended with toils, trials and tribulations too. We've tried our best efforts to make progress with time. Certainly we've had plenty to tell you: GCET continues to grow in the days to come. Amidst the hectic schedule of a 4-month semester, with labs and tutorials, mid-sem exams, projects and all those assignments and problem sheets that make you want to bang your head on the wall, we tend to lose track of all the other simpler things that we are capable of, things that we could have been proud of, that can bring one satisfaction. GCET Voice provides you with a window to bring out the talent concealed within our student community. We hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as we have enjoyed making it. I take this opportunity to record my sincere appreciation to our Principal, all the members of the publication team and the student contributors, without whose active participation this issue would not have seen the daylight. Any suggestions or criticism on the magazine would be most welcome. Kaushik Nath Convener, Editorial Team GCET VOICE 2016

8 The First Step

Vignesh Iyer Third year chemical Engineering. Nobody can guarantee you excellence in your life, not even you, but to give yourself an opportunity to accomplish the zenith, you ought to take that all important first step towards your life. We all spend some much time wondering about the possibilities of us not being able to achieve our goal that we many a times don't even try to start working on it. Leave our goal or aim, even with the most petite decisions in your life, we cower without even making an effort to try them. We are satisfied in becoming the audience of our life and let others fulfil their dreams through us. They say, the most opulent place on earth is the graveyard for there lies innumerable ideas that did not even get the chance to come out of their cocoon. Why are we so afraid of trying something we feel right? Why do we act as bigots who never knew the purpose of our life and simply listened to what our benefactors connoted. I have always felt that the first step is the most austere one, not easy, but simple. Its us who complicate it in the same as we do in most parts of our life. I wish to do skydiving, all I got to do is jump. Instead, what I do is let fear spawn my mind and ultimately apostatise myself. What if I attempted skydiving impetuously. It was going to be dangerous anyway ,but at least at the end of the day ,I wont have to sleep on my bed with regrets howling my mind. But that's the problem, realisation dawns upon us only after we drown ourselves in regrets of not being courageous enough to take that simple one step towards our happiness. I always have believed that our body is capable of doing anything, its our mind who we need to convince. The convincing part ,is the most paltered one. So why not take the easier path, do not think much and just try it. Just trust your instincts and go for it. You don't have to be great to begin anything, but to be great, you need to begin. Just relax, take deep breadths and enkindle the grandiloquence of your destination in your temple of thoughts and take the first step. You might have failed in things in which you didn't find happiness, so you might as well give yourself a chance to attempt something that brings warmth to your soul. Remember, the most important step is the first one, but don't pluck your hair over it, just embrace it and courageously take it.

9 Understanding the 2008 financial crisis

Arsh Khan Final year Electrical Engineering Financially speaking, the world was a serene place until the year 2007. The banks easily created too much money, too quickly and also, money was easily available at low interest rates. It was into this ideal scenario that the global financial crisis struck. And it struck so bad that it was regarded as the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929. The effect of the crisis is still being felt in some parts of the world. The crisis not only resulted in the collapse of well-known financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, but also ceased global credit markets. The national banks of governments across the world also bailed out many financial institutions as the were considered “too big to fail”. So what led to this nasty downturn? Let's start with the basics. What is mortgage? A mortgage is a loan in which property or real estate is used as collateral. The borrower enters into an agreement with the lender (usually a bank or an investor) wherein the borrower makes payments over a set time span until he pays back the lender in full. Traditionally it was pretty hard to get credit if one had a bad credit or an unsteady job. All of this changed when financiers irresponsibly doled out loans to 'subprime' borrowers. How did this suddenly change? Well, traditionally the huge investors invested in the treasury bills of the US Federal Reserve in order to multiply their money. But, in the wake of the dot com bubble burst in 2000, Federal Reserve lowered the interest rates to only 1 percent in order to keep the economy stable. 1 percent is a very low return for the investors, but on the flip side the banks can borrow from the Federal Reserve at only 1 percent. Also, there was abundance of credit from Japan, China and the Middle-East which made borrowing easy.This gave banks an exuberant amount of leverage and these banks grew rich. Investors, seeing this scenario, wanted a piece of the cake. This gave the banks an idea to connect the investors to homeowners through mortgages. Investors found this a low risk, high return investment as they could get a better return from the interest rates homeowners paid on mortgages. They bought a collective of these mortgages known as mortgage backed securities.This was considered as a safe bet. For one, the house prices were hitting the roof. So, in the worst case scenario, the investors would sell the house if the borrower defaulted.

10 After these investors gobbled up on high rated mortgages, they were desperate to buy more and more of these securities. In order to create more mortgages, the lenders loosened their standards and made loans available to people with lower income (the ones having higher probability of defaulting). These mortgages were known as subprime mortgages. Eventually, some institutions started lending to people without verifying their income and offered adjustable mortgages that they could afford initially but would default later. As mentioned earlier, the housing prices were increasing in an absurd manner. But this was a bubble, just like other bubbles which would eventually burst. People couldn't pay for their unexceptionally expensive houses and weren't able to keep up with their increasing mortgages every month. Borrowers started defaulting and there were thousands of houses up for sale in the market. But, unfortunately there were no buyers. Supply was up and the demand was down. And in accordance to the rule of demand and supply, the house rates began to plummet. Now as the prices started falling , some house owners had mortgage way more their current house price. Hence, they stopped paying their loans which led to more defaulters and hence further fall in housing prices. The investors stopped buying subprime mortgages and the lenders were stuck up with billions of dollars of bad loans. Big lenders like Lehman brothers declared bankruptcy. Well, this is not all. There are other financial factors which exacerbated the situation. The insurance companies sold the insurance against the failure of mortgage backed securities to a lot of investors globally. These were known as credit default swaps. AIG, for instance, sold billions of dollars of the insurance without the money to back them up. As the panic set in, the stock markets crashed and the US economy went into a huge recession. The Federal Reserve did set out bail out packages amounting to $800 billion in order to save Lehman Brothers, AIG, other financial institutions and homeowners. By the end of the crisis, the US government spent over $1 trillion as reparations. While the US financial services sector was undergoing cataclysmic changes, the rest of the world was beginning to catch up. This was marked by a slowdown in global economic growth. Many emerging economies entered a period of negative economic growth. In the aftermath of the catastrophic event, millions of people lost their jobs. By, the end of 2010, most of the markets stabilized and most of the money was recovered. According to IMF, around $1500 billion were lost. The silver lining of the crisis was that the markets came out stronger than the pre- crisis period and the inception of a new era took place.

11 My Enthusiastic Experience in India

Ismail Wilson Taifa M. E. (Industrial Engineering) Namaste!! Kem Cho!! I, Mr. Ismail Wilson Taifa, a citizen from United Republic of Tanzania,firstly arrived in India on July 30 of 2014. “Tanzania is an East African country well-known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa's highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar and Mafia Marine Park, where whale sharks swim through reefs”. I am currently attending a final 4th semester for Masters of Engineering (ME) in Industrial Engineering at G.H.Patel College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) as Affiliated College of Gujarat Technological University. Although facing language difficulties on the arrival, but now I am having a brilliant experience for living in the 2nd populated country in the world with1.252 billion (2013)people which differ from my country with only 51.6 million. Oh! Time has gone very fast while still in need of staying in this wonderful country. It's difficult to even think that I will be completing my Masters half year to come. University life is very challenging and different from person to person. Mine was worthy life!!With Almighty God`s grace, I am glad to share myexperience in India.In last 1.5 years, I have gained lots while studying at GCET as one of the best college in Gujarat State. Educational achievement; I have achieved the much skills, knowledge and gained attitude toward educational goals with great performance during GTU exams. This has been possible due to good college administration and facilities, great number of experienced staffs and number of many students for the generous and helpful in each step of my studies journey.It's GCET where faculties and staffs are very focussed and attentive to the students and follow their performance strongly. Wow! This spirit should continue. I am so deeply grateful for the countless help, professionalism and valuable guidance throughout my study whereby no good words to express my deep and sincere appreciation in this Milk city (Anand). Memorable Incidents to share with all is toward the achievementin research skills and knowledge whereby till date two (2) research papers have been published 12 and still more papers to come. Apart from that, I am much thankful for winning a GOLD Medal during IIIE National Essay Competition 2015on “Make in India: Issues and Challenges”. Also being in India has enabled me to attend two (2) International conferences; PDPU (2014) and SVNIT (2015). Learning About Humanity; I am much praising Indian people for having high standards of humanity, kind, care and benevolence in general. I have also learnt about Indian culture, India`s rich history and its multi-lingual and spiritual issues which has strengthen me more in this delightful country. This will continue to motivate many people who wish to study in India. Finally, my life has been a journey filled with questions and answers, new people,new friends and new stories. But most of all a time filled with discovery, determination and inspiration. Choose GCET for good future in educational carrier. Thank you GCET!

GCET Ranked 42nd among top 100 engineering colleges across the country in 2014-15 (Data Quest May 2015)

GCET has been awarded by DATAQUEST T-School award; as “Excellence in Infrastructure among Private institutes in the WEST” Award was given in the “DATAQUEST - T-School Conference and Award Ceremony 2015, event organized at INDIA HABITAT CENTER, Lodi Road, New Delhi on 23rd September 2015.

13 Privatisation or Piratization:

Sampreet Shah Final Year Chemical Engineering

The other night I was watching one of those Jhonny Depp classics; where his silvered teeth , gaudy and unkempt braided hair and stinking body (almost forced me to thrust my laptop in disgust); bared significant resemblance to the Armani suited, Rolex studded and Zarra sponsored big fat D-street conglomerates. On the face of it ,it sounds pretty mundane a comparison between pirates and privates, you got to be kidding me . So let's scrutinize…… A typical pirate image is of one with a eye patch and a cow boy hat , all symbolic of clumsy life; full of chaos and brutality; but a corporate presents a posh image. Well both are pretty identical the eye patch for a pirate hides his loss in a journey full of skullduggery and for a corporate his suit tries to hide the loss of soul, dissolution of ethics and morals in a voyage to built a castle full of 1000$ bills. Ultimately when we talk of privatization, it is nothing but sophisticated piratization. Why? The government these days seems to be on a spree to privatize majority of the PSU's ( public sector Unit). The so called mahartnas of the country are opened for privates in guarantee of a rich booty. Just like pirate war the one superior fire power captures them and than parades his possession naked in public, inflicting havoc on civilians. Coal India was the first victim, the capture of coal India by privates led to a new price war in coal sector which in turn resulted in increased tariff rates of electricity. The privates are now in direct possession of country's natural resources and the threat looms large that even human breath will be assigned a value. With the intrusion of FII's in equity market and capture of BSE by mutual fund giants, the investment by a commoner becomes a puppet in their hands. They make the market dance on their tunes and ultimately the small investor ends up on gallows. Significant tax benefits to corporate, easy accessibility to government subsidies, tax free bond investment schemes, allotment of government land at subsidized rates is doing nothing but killing the small scale entrepreneurship in the country. Gandhian concept of decentralization is vanishing and with every passing day more and more centralization creeps in. In a nut shell, I would say the promotion of excessive privatization will lead to an

14 overall increase in living standards of people; “caution : holes in pocket are a complementary gift”;with an increased pressure on service sector anda legitimate legalized loot will be carried out by conglomerates. If this dreaded scourge is not controlled pretty soon I am afraid our so called sophisticated society will be full of pirates.

'Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning' - Mahatma Gandhi

15 Special Friend

Ravi Tanna M.E.(Communication Systems), 2nd Year

It was very very dark, When You entered like a scary exam mark, I just needed a break, When I got my emotions with ache, I was about to lose my witty hope, When I got you like pretty envelope, Thank You for coming…… I was so desperate to make best friend, But my palm only got poor thin sand, I pretend as if it was so cool, But actually the thing was “April Fool”, Thank You for coming…… People come, love and hurt, As if I am puppet in rich concert, Now I find attitude “I don't care”, And I will throw every sorrow in air, As I got a friend like you in square, Who is very very rare, Thank You for coming……

16 Dreams… Harsh R Shah

When I woke up from the “Bed of Clouds” I found a new day waiting with a “Cry Loud”. The dream did weave a shade Over my Angel-Guarded bed, I Sleep in the clouds dream in the sky, I'll keep dreaming as “Life passes me By”.

I dream of happiness , a life without pain, I think my dreams keep me sane.

I'm all set to “Light the Ground”, “While the beetle goes his round”. Troubled, wildered and forlorn, Dark, travel worn…

I'm safe in my “Closed Eye Wonderland”, I know some day I will have to wake up, But I feel “The Real World is more Like A Nightmare”.

-“Chasing is the Only Way to Achieve Your Dreams”

17 Curvo – The Future Transport of Urban Area

Mehul Gor Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering

Day by day traffic problem increases in the world. In the developing country like India, number of vehicles on the road increases drastically which ultimately raise problems of traffic jam, air pollution, noise pollution, global warming, wastage of fuel, wastage of time and energy. One has to think about innovation in transportation media. There are two successful alternate transport media viz., Metro trains and Bus Rapid Transits System (BRTS), however they demands very high cost and space. It is possible to come out of these problems through rope- way. Ropeways generally, follow point to point straight alignment along linear corridors. Thus, linear ropeways did not gain popularity in non-linear routes. ShekharChakravarty founder and managing director of Ropeway Services Private Limited has taken initiative in this direction and developed “Curvo”, the world's first non-linear aerial ropeway. In the normal linear rope-way,rope griping system equipped with vertical actuating device for locking and unlocking operations, while curvonon-linear ropeway system has vertical grip structure. Curvo being adaptable and amenable to bends can follow any existing city routes. According to company calculation the carrying capacity of the ropeway would be 2000-2500 passengers per hour in each direction on a single track. As per the estimation of Rachana Mukherjee Director of the Ropeway Services Private Limited, cost of development of this transportation is one-tenth to that of Metro trains. The estimated cost of implementing this system in operation will be Rs. 20 crore per km. It will travel at an average hourly speed of around 12.6 km despite route alignment.Estimated power consumption for running a Curvo system for one hour would be approximately 12 MW only. It will require nominal ground space for stations and portal frames. It will have no interference with road spaces and vehicular traffic or with the pedestrian flow. Since it will run on electricity, there will not be emission of any poisonous gas, reasonably noiseless. Curvo, ropeway transport is said to be much safer, cheaper, cleaner and convenient to maintain on congested urban roads. This system is 18 implemented in Kolkattasoon and we hope very rapidly it will be available in the rest part of India. Readers are requested to refer below mentioned reference for further details. References: 1) Shekhar Chakravarty, DatcomCurvo Ropeway for Urban Commutation, The second TSME International conference on Mechanical Engineering, 19-21 October, 2011, Krabi 2) http://www.crspl.com 3) Indian Express dated 1st July 2015 4) The Economics Times dated 1st July 2015 www.rediff.com/business news 25th August 2015

“God the Almighty! Make my people sweat. Let their toil create many more Agnis that can annihilate evil. Let my country prosper in peace. Let my people live in harmony. Let me go to dust as a proud citizen of India, to rise again and rejoice in its glory” - A P J Abdul Kalam

19 The Fat Days

Prajot Bhambhani Alumnus 2009, Mechatronics

Everybody remembers the Spiderman scene where Peter Parker, after being bitten by the radioactive spider, wakes up in the morning only to find that six-pack abs had somehow magically appeared on his mid-section overnight while he slept comfy in his bed. Wow! Now that's the reason why we pay 200 bucks to see movies. But now imagine getting up in the morning and instead of having chiseled abs, finding yourself to be a little pudgy in the mid-section. And when I say 'a little pudgy', I mean looking like you've swallowed a bowling ball. That's how I felt for almost 4 years from 2010 to 2014 while I carried a humongous belly. But after 4 years, when I saw 'Student Of The Year', I wanted to kill myself. I realized what a monster I had turned into! I wasn't fat since childhood, so I didn't have the frame of a heavy guy. Neither was I too skinny. So now all my weight was concentrated in my belly and face and my limbs were normal-sized. Due to this, my pot-belly gave off a perception that I was hiding a balloon under my shirt. Here is a random incident. When I was a kid, just for the sake of curiosity, I tested my weight on three different weighing machines on the railway station and all three showed me different weights, each almost 5-10 kg apart from the other. I lost faith in weighing machines after that. Anyway, during these 4 years, I faced a lot of problems because of my paunch. For example, I couldn't sleep with my belly facing down. And when I did, only my belly used to touch the bed. The rest of my body used to float in mid-air as if I was practising for sky-diving or something. I even developed a 'double chin'. I used to look at the mirror and feel disgusted. But then one day I thought what the hell, let me just embrace my paunch (I didn't actually physically embrace my paunch because that's just stupid. I'm speaking metaphorically). I thought I'll pretend for the rest of my life that this is who I am and this is who I want to be - FAT. Take it or leave it. I'll even put some gold jewellery and black aviators on myself and make FAT look more fashionable. Sure I'd look a lot like Bappi Lahiri but that's not the point. Here's some stuff that relatives say when they see you after a long time at a social gathering like a marriage or a birthday. When they find out that you've turned into a kung-fu panda (without the kung-fu.), female relatives say - "Quite

20 healthy you've become." And male relatives, after giving you a long, hard stare, say - "Quite a bodybuilder you've become." Both are just euphemistic ways of saying - Jeez man, you're spilling out of your clothes. Stop eating already. Other relatives resort to reverse psychology and say - "So, looks like you've lost some weight since the last time I saw you." And I roll my eyes thinking - 'So, looks like you've lost some eyesight since the last time I saw you.' Others are less discreet and say - "Man, you need a diet. You on a diet?" With my patience wearing thinner, I sigh and say - "Yeah." So he says - "Really. Doesn't look like it's working out too well for you, thickness." And then I burst out like - "That's because I'm on a high-fat diet, dumbo. Go and stand in that corner. Away from me. And let me suggest you a diet. It's called - 'why-don't-you-mind-your-own-business-and- leave-me-alone-diet'. You want to try that? And never talk to me again either. Wait, who are you again?" Being fat definitely takes a toll on one's self-respect. But after a point, you just stop caring. Anybody who tells you he doesn't care about his reputation is just plain lying. I mean, I didn't put any pics of mine on facebook for 4 years coz I didn't want people commenting under my pics - 'AAAAAA.. Look, that's the creature that ate Prajot. Run for your lives. AAAAAA..' or 'Thousands of kids are dying of hunger in Somalia and look at this pig. Shame, shame, puppy shame.' or 'Dayum, not even yo momma's as fat as you'. One day, I just thought that I'd had enough. It was about time I did something about my flabby gut. I started reading a lot of articles on losing weight (as if reading them was going to magically make me thin.) Here are some benefits of losing weight. I will be able to sleep on my belly again. All those who have been fat at some point of time or the other in their lives will relate with what I'm saying. Others who have been blessed with perfectly symmetrical bodies since birth and look like they could do modelling, I got 1 word for you – DIE! I could exercise and grow six-pack abs and look like Hrithik Roshan. (And I don't mean the young plump one from K3G. Don't even get me started on how in the movie they show that sack of obesity grows up to be Hrithik Roshan. That is the stuff of a whole another article. Some other time!) I realized that I had a few options. Option 1: Go on a diet. Stay away from food. Basically, starve myself. Never going to happen. Option 2: Take up exercising. You know, running and lifting weights and other physical exertion-type stuff. Yeah, right. Like that's ever going to happen. I started sweating just by thinking about it. Option 3: Go on a 6-month weight-loss programme.

21 Here's the thing about weight-loss programmes. When I was young, I used to see these 'before and after' images of people on a weight-loss programme. The before-image was obviously that of person looking like a potato with a depressed- looking face and the after-image was that of a fit, attractive, happy person. And beneath the ad, it used to say 'lost 22 kg in 6 months' or 'gained 232 kg in 5 days' or whatever. And I would think to myself, “No way. That's impossible. That's just a scam. Maybe they got a really fit and attractive guy first and took a picture of him. Then they made him eat and eat and made him fat and then took a picture him. And then they just switched the before and after pics.” Moreover, a weight-loss programme could take upto 6 months. I just didn't have that kind of patience. So that option was ruled out as well. I finally decided to make peace with how I was!

Science Tidbit Serendipity means a "fortunate happenstance" or "pleasant surprise". It was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to a friend, Walpole explained an unexpected discovery he had made by reference to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip. The princes, he told his correspondent, were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”. The notion of serendipity is a common occurrence throughout the history of scientific innovation such as Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, the invention of the microwave oven by Percy Spencer in 1945, and the invention of the Post-it note by Spencer Silver in 1968. Serendipity can be achieved in groups where a 'critical mass' of multidisciplinary scientists work together in an environment that fosters communication, establishing the idea that the work and the interest of a researcher can be shared with others who may find a new application for new knowledge.

22 Escalation of Terrorism in Middle-east

Priyank Shah Third Year Information Technology

In 21st century, each and every nation has an ideal visionof unity,equality,fraternity, hope, faith and brotherhood but unfortunately these familiar terms have completely lost their existence in Syria. We are known to the fact that Syria is a war torn country where the common people are suffering the most from malnutrition, less healthcare, no economic stability, riots, anarchy, dictatorshipand words like chauvinism, sectarianism and caliphation have gained momentum. There is no trace of education. A mass religious hysteria has ruptured the entire country and unfortunately humanity has no space to breathe. We are nescient about, why is Genocide and communal riots going on between the people of the same religion? In March 2011, as the people wanted to establish democracy a campaign was carried out in Damascus, the capital of Syria to get rid of the Dictator, Mr.Bushar-Al-Asad, who is the president of Syria. The process was peaceful until Asad gave orders to his military to open fire on his own countrymen. The 2nd rally was carried out in November of the same year in which the people answered Asad with lethal weapons, and in return Asad's military killed many including women and children who were innocent and were not part of it. In middle-east there's always a conquest between Saudi Arabia(sunni) and iran (shia) to gain prominence in this region. As Bushar-Al-Asad was losing momentum against rebellions in Damascus, he took help of Iran and in return iran aided Asad with Military and medical support. The rebellions in Syria who were fighting Asad were funded by Riyadh's officials, capital of Saudi through Jordan((sunni) and turkey(sunni states) where majority of the people are sunni. Henceforth astage for Shia-Sunni conflict has emerged. In past 2 years the rebellion grew stronger and Ruthless, so to suppress them, Asad did something unthinkable, he deployed a chemical weapon against the protesters in Damascus in which 1700 people died including women and children and the people of Syria were furious. The news soon became gobal and America terrified with asad's atrocities, Barak Obama showed a great concern about human rights and supported the rebels to fight against Asad. America together with pentagon initiated many covert operations to train the rebels and

23 provided them with modern weapons and fundings, the other reason of America supporting the rebels is that most of their crude oil import is from Saudi Arabia who too were aiding the rebels, on the other hand as Russia is buying its 80% of crude oi from Iran, they started helping with more and more money. Hezboallah (shia) group backed and funded by Iran fights alongside Asad. Henceforth in 2013,the entire middle Asad-east in divided in two parts, the Saudi(sunni monarchs) and America allied with the rebels and Russia alongside with Iran(shia) funding Asad's military. Henceforth due to the foreign investing and providing weapons to the war becomes more ruthless and people of Syria has to tackle against war and anarchy. In an official report by the US government, secretary of the state Hilary Clinton stated that the massacre in the American soil on 9/11 and the terrorist attacks in India on 26/11 were being capitalized by a co-operation based in Saudi-Arabia, indirectly stating that Saudi is associated with taliban, Al-queda and Lashkr-e- toiba. The vice president of USA further added that the biggest problem in Syria is us allies including Saudi Arabia who were so determined to take down Bashar-Al- Asad out of power and were ready to flush billions of dollars and arms to whosoever takes the claim and responsibility.

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, Where knowledge is free, Where the world has not been broken up into fragments, By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth, Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection, Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way, Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit, Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake!”

Rabindranath Tagore

24 The Necklace

Vivek Tomar Second Year Chemical Engineering The McColl family of Lille was a family of Clerks. All the boys born under the name ended up as clerks. Finally after 20 years a girl was born in the family. They named her Kathy. She grew up to be smart and was a quintessential beauty. As tradition she was married to a clerk named Jonathan. The couple moved to Nantes. Kathy was very fond of new dresses and jewellery but what Jonathan earned was enough to just keep up the basic needs. She never complained about it and they both were living their life in peace. One night Johnathan returned from work late and was very much happy. “What is it Honey?” asked Kathy. Jonathan replied “You won't believe it dear. The Mayor has invited us to the City Ball...!.” Kathy was surprised and happy but soon she got a little dull. Sensing that Jonathan asked “What happened dear?” Kathy said that she was really happy but she did not have any good dress for such a great party. Jonathan thought for a moment and then asked Kathy to come with him. They went to a shop and bought a lovely gown for Kathy. “But we don't have much money John” asked a concerned Kathy. Jonathan told her that was the money he had been saving for the Hunting Club Membership but obviously she was more important to him than the Membership. Kathy became very happy. But she was still not satisfied as she did not have jewellery matching the dress. She borrowed a diamond necklace from her friend Elise. When they went to the party they were the most appreciated couple. Kathy was looking so beautiful even the mayor wished to have a dance with her. Everyone praised her and she was extremely happy. After the party she went home straight up to the mirror to take a glance one last time. She screamed. The necklace was missing. Jonathan went running to the road via which they came back. He failed to find it. They advertised it and announced to award the person who would find it. They found nothing. Now, the only option they had was to buy a new necklace. They searched for the exact necklace and found one but that one was too expensive to afford but they did not have a choice. They took loans on various interest rates and finally bought the necklace and returned it to Elise. Now Kathy had to face the thing she always feared, Poverty. They moved to a cheaper apartment. They had to compromise with their needs. They had to think of every penny they spent. Jonathan worked late and Kathy started taking tuitions and also worked as maid. They suffered the hardest times. Years passed. One Evening Kathy went out for a walk wondering what had

25 happened to her life. She then saw a beautiful lady coming towards her. It was Elise. “Where have you been.?” asked Elise. “I haven't seen you since the day you came to return the necklace. Its been 7 years.” Kathy couldn't control herself and started crying. Elise asked her what had happened. Kathy told her everything about how she lost her necklace and how that changed her and Jonathan's life. After listening to it Elise was astonished. She said “The Necklace I gave you was fake. It was just a replica.”

GCET WAS HONOURED BY ABP NEWS NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS 2015 AS THE "OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN WEST"

26 Poetry : The Soul of All Expressions

Sampreet Shah Final Year Chemical Engineering

Shringaram- (love, attractiveness); hasyam – (laughter); raudram- (fury); karunyam – (compassion); bibhatsam- (disgust); bhayanakam- (horror); veeram – (heroic mood); adbudham- (wonder); santam- (peace or tranquility) are the rasas identified by Sanskrit literature that explain the composition of human behavior. If there is any idea in literature that can intricately carve a web weaving together all these ideas, then it is poetry. A poem can be very simply defined as a song, but in literary terms, it's a formula comprising of words and sounds which are believed to possess a magical, a mystical, or a divine power. Poem transposes the speaker and the listener into a union with the divine majesty, the words therein touch the core and the gentle parts of your heart, it shows us the mirror of life and it, in the simplest form has the strength to explain the philosophy of life. As it is rightly said by Robert frost, 'if I get a feeling that makes my body so cold that no fire can even warm it, I know it comes from a book of poetry. Hence poetry is an echo asking even a shadow to dance.' In the epic story of Mahabharata, the good King Yudisthira reluctant to engage in a bloody battle, got encouragement to fight the usurpers of his throne from the igniting words of his wife Draupadi, who took resort to the following poetic words to inspire him: If you choose to reject the heroic action And see the forbearance as the road to future happens Then throw away your bow, the symbol of royalty Wear your hair matted in knots Stay here and make offerings in the sacred fire. Some of the greatest philosophical discourses of human era like The Homeric epics, The Iliad and the Odyssey, the Sanskrit Vedas and the Zoroastrian gathas are all ecstatic poetries. Then when it came to explain a country long suppressed, buried deep in disparity and, engulfed in rigid casteism, about education and freedom, Tagore resorted to the following poetry:

27 Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, In that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake. American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. recited his famous poetry to rekindle the dead spirits of American Negroes and an effort to curb violence by the following words: "When many yell for violence, for angry revenge An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," We stand our ground, preach peace and realize my dream, our dream, an American dream…and his words still continue to echo. Poetry is a flow of ideas which include both: criticism and praise, irony and prudence, cynical and philanthropic gestures, all in a unique assembly of words. Poem is something which laughs when you laugh, which cries when you cry, and unlike other expressions which mask your real feelings, poetry, by the means of words, brings out your genuine emotions. "The woods are lovely dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep." Robert Frost in this most simple, yet most influential words is able to put forward an idea like death so simply and so easily… that is the beauty of poetry. Poetry is so significant because it's all about the poets' imagination and the ability to use one of the greatest inventions of all times, the written language. For example the idea of martyrdom or patriotism, is one of the most difficult idea to profess. If proposed strongly it turns out to be chauvinism, if presented too mildly it fails to give the desired result. But consider the poetry: "Half a league, half a league, half league onwards, All in the valley of death rode the brave 600." Such poems leave an indelible mark on the reader making the patriots immortal. Rightly said by William Wordsworth poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. Creators of such exemplary form of art seem to have much greater knowledge of human nature, his emotions and passions are more enthusiastic,

28 tender and more powerful . In a nut shell poetry has been the synonym for influential expression. Aristotle's ideas on poetry explained poems as a fine blend of drama – comedy, tragedy and satire, but these days romance and sensuality seems to be more lucrative aspects for the poets, serving obscenity and biased satires under the shield of poetic liberty. Also sometimes people like Hitler and Mussolini have exploited this magic of words to mislead the masses. This is where a shift in trends can help more effectively utilize the creative potential of poetry. Nevertheless, poem is the soul of all expressions, just as body dies, so do emotions sometime fail to symbolize the purpose but poetry like a loyal, immortal soul never fails to be the epitome of influential expression. Finally, in the words of McLeish I would say: “A poem should palpable and mute as a globed fruit, Dumb as old medallions to the thumb, Silent as moss grown stone And wordless as the flight of birds” Such poems have the capacity to incorporate all expression in their vastness providing tranquility to eager souls, inspiration to the doomed and smiles even on dead faces.

“Who is Helping You, Don't Forget them. Who is Loving you, Don't Hate them. Who is Believing you, Don't Cheat them.”

Swami Vivekananda

29 Evening Wid Her…

Romal Mistry Second Year Information Techonology As she prepared once again for my departure for college, she found herself reflecting on the gut wrenching experience of taking me to the school for the first time .The close relation she had with me over these years had been so memorable that it was devastating and an empty nesting experience for her. She honestly didn't know who she was and what she would do the day long to spend without me, knowing not what the day holds ahead for her. She tried her utmost efforts of not letting me know what she felt for it was my undying wish to go study away from home . All the day she held up the tides of tears knowing that thay would run down her eyes the moment she saw me . At the time leaving for my uncharted journey meeting everyone was necessary ,but I couldn't find her anywhere I went to my room and found her weeping silently . She looked straight to my eyes , and broke down hugging me the tightest she could . She had never been this broken…… One month and I was home, stories and adventures spilled out from my memory lane coming down like kids from a camp high. For the rest of the day, everywhere she turned, I was her shadow. I sat next to her while she read. I followed her into the kitchen and everywhere. As a counter she asked me where I was going every time I stood up. I gave her a questioning look (after I answered the bathroom at one point). “Mom, I am here with you.” That evening we sat together on a bench in the compound , I asked her what she felt for the first time she handled me . And on hearing the reply there was never a moment when I didn't smile on hearing what she said. When nurses handed me in blue bundle, she loved me the day since. It didn't take me long to understood the other moms who said, “Oh, a boy? There's nothing like the mother-son relationship.” As I grew into a toddler, I bedazzled the world with my honest (often embarrassing) questions and comments. I tried to take everything apart with a hammer and put it back together with a screwdriver. She birthed the most not so easy-going, kind son a mother had ever known. She protected her prince, teaching me how to love, she watched me grow into something promising. I held on to her every word never letting her down, 30 because for me no work no play is as important as her. And because I knew that day that however old I grew I would always be her baby boy. My Mother looked at me then, not hearing what I'd said or seeing how my heart was swelling with love. I patted her hand. I didn't look around to see who might see. We sat the rest of the evening hand-in-hand. In those moments, without words, this is what I said to my only self: She was the first girl I hugged. She was the first girl I kissed. She was the first girl I made laugh. She was the first girl I made cry. She was the first girl I hurt. She was the first girl I held. She was the first girl I tried to impress. She was the first girl I flirted with. She was the first girl I called pretty. She was my mother. No matter where I go in this life–how far I fly away from her–nothing will change that she was my first love.

31 The gray'8' moment

Dhaval D. Khambholja Third Year Mechanical Engineering

And that was the time we had all been waiting for. In GTU VV Nagar zone Volleyball tournament, 'The Semi-Final' was about to start. It was G.H. Patel College of engineering and technology (GCET) vs. Parul institute of engineering and technology (PIET) in PIET. The past was known… previous tournament, same semifinal, same teams and GCET had lost it in straight sets. Team GCET was under great pressure because it was the same opponent team and their leading smasher was not in the team this time. Guess what! Drama started straight away…five minutes was given for combined practice and crowd started acting, supporting their home team. Almost two hundred people were cheering, “Parul…Parul”. Teams were lined-up and after photo session with invitees, coin was tossed and GCET chose favorable court. As decided by the officials, they made us play five-setter match considering the criticalness of it. All were about to go… Rotations were set, whistle blown and the game started. Four-'S' sequence started repeating, “Serve-Supply-Set-Smash!”.With huge cheers, shouts, time-outs, strategies, joy and pressure, first set ended and it was an upset! GCET took it by 25-22. Opponents were stunned. Pin-drop silence all around! Their confidence was seeping, but the opponents were experienced players. They clinched the second set with two point margin though once they were trailing by 17-19. Game on! Strengths and weaknesses were known. This time, it was GCET to fight back, no time taken by them to clear third set with even better difference of four points. Once again courts were changed. It was 'do or die' situation for the host and the defending champions delivered at the right time to drag the match in the decider set. Excitement was at its peak. It was a thrilling contest so far and spectators were expecting more, but they had no clue what was coming! Coin was launched once again from thumb-pad which was followed by first moral battle which had been won by PIET. 15 points were to play for, “PIET to serve, love-all, play!” said the referee. Game started flowing and players were playing their hearts out. Scorer said –“match point GCET” as it was 14-13. Suspense continued as PIET finished the point to make it 'deuce'. Nail biting points were played and the match was swinging like pendulum as around two hundred hearts! Match points were saved and advantages were broken to take the set to 19-18. Once again it was match point to GCET. 32 The ball was in his hand. His legs were heavy and hands were shaking! His shoulders carrying 8 numbered gray t-shirt were also weighing people's expectations. His body was layered with sweat and clay. His eyes were reflecting the rays of setting sun. Whistle blown, he lifted his hands with great effort and smashed the ball. All were on their toes as the ball kissed the top of the net. A few passes and that was it! GCET had done it. Joy of victory and sadness of defeat blended in atmosphere. It was thrilling and entertaining contest of almost two and half hour with nail biting finish. I was the eye-witness of that movement and mind you, 8 is my lucky number!!

Einstein was once travelling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn't find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn't there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldn't find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn't find it. The conductor said, 'Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I'm sure you bought a ticket. Don't worry about it.' Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket. The conductor rushed back and said, 'Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don't worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don't need a ticket. I'm sure you bought one.' Einstein looked at him and said, 'Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don't know is where I'm going. That's why I am searching my ticket”

33 What a Magician is He Pearl Y. Laher What a magician is he who created the Day and Night. And made the world so beautiful with all the colours so bright. What a magician is he who created the lands and trees And made the watery oceans lakes and seas. What a magician is he who created the Earth and the Sky And made the men with his ambitions so high. What a magician is he who created the leaves and grass And gifted us the useful alloys like Bronze and Brass. What a magician is he who created the Sun And Moon And made the beautiful Morning,Evening and Noon. What a magician is he Who created the Earth and Sky And made the mountains Majestically so high. What a magician is he who created the sweet recreation And made the way to attain peace Nothing else than Meditation. What a magician is he who created the cycle of Live And Die And made Death a painful Truth and Life a Beautiful Lie. What a magician is he Who created Great People, but very Few And one of them whom i know Is no-one else but YOU... 34 Dedication: The soul of success

Yash Jadhav Second Year Mechanical Engineering

Success is the feeling that everyone craves for. Everyone is not able to live a successful life always ,there are ups and downs in everyone's life .Success is able to imbibe that persons only who have some elements like hardwork , dedication, willpower, futuristic vision etc. From among these elements, the element called the soul of success is dedication. Means without dedication there is no success. “Dedication takes sacrifice” this quote signifies that for a person to be fully dedicated he has to do a lot of sacrifices in life . Dedication varies from person to person and work to work. Talking about a country it is very necessary for the people of the country to be dedicated .If each and every citizen of the country are dedicated towards their work than it is confirmed that the country is towards its development. Dedication is not restricted to field of work .If a small amount of work done with utmost care and with true dedication than the result would be positive. Talking about Olympics,china took 38 gold medals in the 2012 olympics . Talking about India, we didn't get any gold medals in 2012 olympics.We are also not lacking in sportsman,we have great sportsman in our country, still we were not able to win any gold medal . The difference between India and China here comes is dedication. The Chinese people are more faithful and dedicated to their country , to their work. This is the reason of so fast development of china . Taking the example of NarendraModi the prime minister of India he was once handling a tea stall on the vadnagar railway station .Today he is handling the whole country. He is a dedicated person .Without dedication it is not possible to reach this position. “Winners are the persons who are not different but they do things differently” which means no one is born with a tagline called winner ,it is the position which is achieved by those persons who do things differently than others. Dedication makes a person winner, not money because there are a lot of examples which implies of a person from a small family who reached great heights with their dedication. The examples are Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Dhirubhai Ambani,ViratKohli ,Shushant Singh Rajput, Mary Kom etc. It's not necessary that a person who is successful is dedicated but a person who is dedicated will surely get success one day .The reason is dedicated personalities always focus on their goals .They have a vision which leads them to their destination .For reaching the destination there should be dedication. Dedication comes from the heart of a person .It is impossible to pressurise someone to be dedicated towards it's work .Which means dedication is a natural phenomenon which comes only if a person tries to be dedicated. Therefore stay dedicated and be true so the journey of life would be happy and memorable. 35 We are not celebrating independence?

Naitik Joshi Second Year Mechatronics We are not really celebrating the independence, are we?

The major debates are concerned with what an actor speaks or what the politicians are upto. We vote for them and expect a good amount of change in the society and anyway we have been listening this for years now. 'We are the one to change the society' is the famous old quote. But what change are we talking about. It's the time we are dedicating in our progress and it lays in the faithfulness in things we are dealing with. Imagine a nation where each and every one is honestly just moving towards growth and progress, let it be students or employees or whatever. In our nation, we talk about human rights and we overlook the awareness of human responsibility. The technology has to boost up India and it is only now if it is ever going to happen. If we are not incubating the feeling of better India then we are not different from the anti-national people of the nation. The need is just to fulfil our responsibilities with dedication and make no mistake, being a student even we hold a great responsibility toward a better nation! It us who is responsible for the next shape of India. It is us who has to innovate and modify technology for a better India. It is us who should worry that world is moving at a rapid pace and we are not able to match up with the speed. It is us. Today, success of Making in India is immense and it is us who will make it successful. Though it is easier done than said. But then what is the purpose of living if we are not doing something remarkable. And however, blaming politicians and others is a mere excuse for running away from our responsibility towards a better nation. We are not really celebrating independence, are we?

36 Is it our life?

Mehul Gor Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

'Umr-e-daraz mang-ke laye tthe char-din, Do arzu-me kat gaye, Do intezar-me' - Bahadur Shah Zafar What is life? Is it the opportunity to prove ourselves? Is it only for the enjoyment? How should we live our life? It is unfortunate part of our life that whole the life we are running to satisfy our never ending wish. We were dying to complete our high school study and start college, and then we were dying to complete college study and start earning. Then we were dying to marry and have children and then we were dying for our children to grow old enough to set up their own life and then we were dying to retire and suddenly we are dying and realize that we forgot to live. Today's human has more hunger of power than food. But he forgets famous cote of Charlie Chaplin that “You need power, only when you want to do something harmful, otherwise love is enough to get everything done”. The greatest mistake of most of human beings are, they listen half, understand quarter, think zero, react double remember forever. Patience and silence are two powerful energies given by GOD to come out from all problems. Patience makes us mentally strong and silence makes us emotionally strong. Growing seed makes No SOUND, but falling trees makes HUGE NOISE. Destruction has noise, creation is always in quite. This is the power of silence. It is matter of disappointment that most of us live our whole life on default settings. We are never realizing that actually we can customize it. The most difficult phases in life is not when no one understands you. It is when you don't understand yourself. Start living before it is late. Be happy and make people happy. Be an inspiration and always share a smile. So, dear readers it will be a great pleasure for me, if you take pause for a while and think about your life. Intension behind this article is not to give piece of advice but to insist you to stop for a while and think, Who are you? Where are you going? Why are you going? What is your ultimate aim of life? 37 English Vinglish

Kaushik Nath Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering It was sometime in early 1999, GCET was in its fledgling days…. most of our teachers used English as the medium of instruction. One fine morning, in one such lecture, a teacher originally from deep south, had a class of students, few of whom were probably experiencing the English lecture for the first time in their life. They didn't have vocabularies, barring a few common jargons what they knew were 'I am fine” “Yes sir', “No sir' “Thank You Sir” and few more. Something or other happened in the class and the angry teacher made one boy stand up and asked “Am I joking”? The boy, nervous and perplexed, quipped “Yes Sir!” Probably he thought it was safe to agree with the teacher. The reader may well imagine what happened next!! Let me cite yet one more instance of landing up with mess as a result of our incomprehension to make out the meaning of a question. In a recently held placement interview a question was asked in the written round. It went like “Where do you want to settle down”? The answer was “In a settling tank”!!!! Jokes apart, the title of this article has been picked up from a popular Hindi movie - a 2012 Indian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Gauri Shinde. The film's narrative revolves around a traditional Indian housewife (Sridevi) who enrolls in an English-speaking course to stop her husband and daughter mocking her lack of English skills, and gains self-respect in the process. Despite continued pressure from nationalists, English remains at the heart of Indian society. It is widely used in the media, in higher education and government and therefore remains a common means of communication, both among the ruling classes, and between the educated people. Education, occupation, income, mother tongue, class (but not caste?) – these and many others account for the varieties of Indian English. In India, most of us have learnt English (as a second language) later in our lives – and the transition from the mother tongue to the English is never fully complete. India is known for its linguistic diversity – and many languages mean many versions of English. Although the influence of mother tongues gives a unique flavor to the English spoken in the sub-continent – yet in professional environments too much of this influence may leave a not-so-polished impression. Even the people who have learnt English for many years tend to make these errors – mostly because this is 38 how they've seen others speaking, hence adopted as is – now out of habit find it hard to change. Most of the times we attempt to make a verbatim translation from our mother-tongue, which many a time skews the meaning, leave aside the sentence structure. Before I proceed further let me have a candid disclaimer that I am not out to find fault with the people's English or teach everybody. Correcting people's language in India isn't an easy task; rather I wouldn't suggest you to do it outside a classroom. There's a good chance that I may end up sounding like a snob. Especially with English – people tend to get a little touchy. In my opinion, people should keep their pride aside and see the language like a language. An open attitude towards learning to speak the language of the world has the potential of connecting us better with the world and its culture. In this write up I have scarcely complied 'our common errors' mostly while we are in conversation with others. The examples are not exhaustive. Error: Use of sentence “Myself, Rahul.” while introducing ourselves is incorrect – and is a direct translation from Hindi sentence. Do you remember a similar usage in the movie 'Namaste, London' – when Katrina Kaif arrives to meet Ritesh Deshmukh? She says “Myself, Jasmeet” – this is scriptwriter's comical take on this very habit of Indians. The correct usage is simple; say “Hello, my name is Jasmeet”. Error: Use of sentences like “I am from Delhi only.” This is used especially during interviews – when asked about the place of residence. The unnecessary use of “only” is an error here. Saying, “I am from Delhi” should be sufficient. Or, if you want to emphasize the origin – you could say, “I'm originally from Delhi”. Error: Another unnecessary insertion of the word “only” is in the sentences like “It's like this only” which is again a literal translation from Hindi. Here too, a literal word-to-word translation causes the error. This can be easily corrected by using a different sentence structure like “That's how it is”. Error: A very common error is over-usage of “ing” behind words. For example, in the sentence “I am living in Delhi”. Generally, “ing” is used to describe a continuous action like, “Ram is running” – which describes the action of “running” which is happening presently. But if you want to merely state a fact, you'd use “Ram runs.” Similarly, when you want state the fact about your place of residence – you should use the sentence “I live in Delhi”. Fun to know, that McDonald's tagline “I'm lovin' it” is also grammatically incorrect – but creative liberty allows them to do that. 39 Error: Another over-usage is of words like basically, actually etc. Though, it's not incorrect grammatically, yet over-usage of such words while speaking sounds odd and shows that the speaker is not very fluent. Such words are used as fillers by speakers to borrow more time to finish their sentences. Error: Coming back to the place of residence – We often hear a common usage when it is asked that “Where do you put up?” – This sentence is completely and utterly incorrect. This error has passed on as a “sophisticated” way of asking “Where do you stay?”. I don't know who started this, but it is incorrect and should not be used. Either simply ask, “Where do you stay?” or “What's you place of residence?” Error: Another very common error is associated with the word “having”. 'Have' could mean several things in English language – possession, consumption or for grammatical usage. But 'having' is used only with consumption. For example, “I'm having my food.” here having means “eating”. Yet, a very common error is in sentences like, “He's having a car” or “She's having a house.” … this usage is incorrect and means that the person is eating their house or car – which is absurd. The correct versions of above sentences would be “He has a car” and “She has a house” – or “I have a car.” Here 'has' and 'have' mean possession. Error: While asking a question a common mistake is to just use the 'questioning tone' with a normal statement. Let me explain with an example, we ask like “Is this your bag?” – but most people just use “This is your bag?” in a questioning tone. Though, most times one is able to convey their meaning through the tone alone, but it looks unpolished. In Hindi, it's acceptable to ask – but in English, it doesn't work, and “Are you Rahul?” should be used instead of “You are Rahul?” Error: A common error is while we're using a sentence similar to “Me and Ram are are going to the market”, or “Me, Ram and Rahul are going to the market” – both these sentences are wrong. The correct structure is the use “Ram and I …” or “Ram, Rahul and I …” So, to remember, all the names and then “I” – instead of “Me” and then all the names. Error: There's something called “being over-polite” in English, it's called, being patronizing – and it's not a positive trait. This happens when we pack way too many polite gestures in the same sentence in an attempt to be as polite as possible. It can easily be misconstrued as patronizing or even sarcastic sometimes. For example, “If you don't mind, can I please borrow your pen? Thank you so very much.” Now, some of you may be wondering that what's wrong in 40 being in over-polite, at least you're not being rude right? Patronization appears insincere instead of polite and it makes the other person feel uncomfortable with the unexpected attention. Instead, just use “Can I get your pen please?” or “Could I get your pen?” Error: While politely asking people their name a common phrase is “What is your good name?” which is a direct translation from hindi “Aapka Shubh naam kya hai?” Now, asking people their name upfront like “What is your name?” is considered impolite in both the cultures. But 'good name' doesn't mean anything – so shouldn't be used. The right way of asking somebody's name in a polite manner actually depends on the situation. You could introduce yourself by saying, “Hi, my name is Rahul, nice to meet you” and shake hands – and the other person is obligated to introduce themselves. Or, you could slightly less formal yet polite way would be to ask “Sorry, didn't catch your name”. Error: Expressions like “He's my real brother” too is a direct translation from Hindi, “Wo mera saga bhai hai”. In English it is not really needed. When you say that he's my brother, you mean brother. Another expression is “Cousin Brother” or “Cousin Sister” – in English using the word cousin is enough, no need to add brother or sister with it. But if you're referring to a friend as a brother or sister – there the expression could be that “he's like my brother” or “she's like my sister”. Some other common errors: l "Passing out" instead of "graduating from". l "Kindly revert" instead of "kindly reply". l "Years back" instead of "years ago". l "Discuss about" instead of "discuss". l "Order for" instead of "order". l "Do one thing" (redundant and pointless in most conversations). l "Out of station" instead of "out of town". l It's = it is its = its (possessive). l The tendency to use the word "only" everywhere (e.g: "We are like that only") l Adding "right", "nah" or "no" after everything: e.g. "You know this, right?", "You know this, nah/no?" instead of, "You know this, don't you?" Indian English morphology is very creative and it is filled with new terms and usages. Indian English uses compound formation extensively, as in English- speaking classes or convent-going. The compounds cousin-brother and cousin-

41 sister allow the Indian English speaker to designate whether their cousin is male or female -- a function which is inherent in the terminology of most Indian languages. Others include chalk-piece, key-bunch, meeting notice, age barred, and pindrop silence. Indians also pluralize many English mass nouns and end up with words such as litters, furnitures, and woods. Sometimes words which should be pluralized are not; for example, S.Shah says, "One of my relative”. A quintessential Indian English term which comes from compound formation is time-pass, which denotes something as non-exciting, as in "That movie was real time-pass." It can also indicate the act of passing time without a specific purpose or motivation. Indians also shorten many words to create commonly used terms. Enthusiasm is called enthu; as such, it can be used in new ways. One can say, "That guy has a lot of enthu." While this is simply an abbreviation, enthu can also be used as an adjective where enthusiasm cannot, as in "He's a real enthu guy." The same applies for fundamentals, which is shortened as fundas. "She knows her fundas." What is interesting about fundas is that when the -as ending is dropped and -u is added, it takes on a new meaning and can be used in a new way. Fundu basically means wonderful or brilliant. One can say "He is a fundu person" or even "He is fundu." When bringing Indian words into English, terms such as roti (bread), which are already plural, will be pluralized for English by the addition of -s (rotis). English suffixes are also appended to Indian terms. An example which was brought up in the first discussion is the practice in Bombay of adding -fy to a Hindi word to indicate that an action is being done to someone by someone. From the Hindi word muska, to muskafy means to flatter somebody or to butter them up. Similarly, to pataofy is the action of wooing someone. Other suffixes such as -ic (Upanishadic), -dom (cooliedom), and -ism (goondaism) are used to create new usages for Indian terms. Prefixes can also be used in new ways. In Indian English, pre- is substituted for post- in postpone to create prepone, which indicates, for example, that a meeting has been moved to a sooner time. Mixing of regional or colloquial words, tone or tenor is not always looked upon negatively; it gives dynamism to the language. Language is like a river, it flows on and on, gets mixed up with so many culture, traditions and ethnicity, thereby undergoing a continuous change, however we must see to it that language must not lose its spirit in the hurly burly of the madding crowd.

42 Little mommies…

Brijesh Wala Second Year Civil Engineering

Of all wealth of the world, God gifted me Little Mommies for whom I have no word. No matter how Garguantic a dilemma is, They are always there to aid me to complete my stuff with ease. In absence of them I am mere a body with no soul, While their presence feels a sensation of whole. Without them my psyche would have been dull, Completely hated by the people. God stuccoes the wall of my life with laughter, By creating a wonderful creature “Sister”.

Oh Goddess "Shraddha"! We offer Prayers in the morn, at mid-day and in the eve. Redeem us by invoking 'Shraddha' in ourselves. (Rigveda)

43 Square of a Number - Shortcut, Tips

Prem Balani Assistant Professor Department of Information Technology You can find the square of a number within seconds from this mathematical shortcut. Here, two types of tips are given to find the square of a number. They are, 2 digit number which ends in 5 and any 2 digit number. Find Square of a Number Tips 1: Two Digit Number which ends in 5 Step:1 Multiply the first digit of number, with the next to its number. Ex: 35 is the number you want to square. 3 x 4 = 12 Step:2 Finally add 25 at the end of the result. Answer: 1225 Tips 2: Any 2 Digit Number Ex: 47 Step:1 Look for the nearest 10 boundary. 3 from 47 to 50 Step:2 Since we went up 3 to 50, now go down 3 from 47 to 44. Step:3 Now mentally multiply 44 x 50 = 2200 - 1st answer. Step:4 47 is 3 away from the 10 boundary 50, Square 3 as 9 - 2nd answer. Step:5 Add the first and second answer, 2200 + 9 Answer: 2209

44 Introduction to Six Sigma Quality and Productivity Improvement Methodology

Darshak Desai Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Some Well Known Definitions: Six Sigma is defined in several ways by different experts. . Six Sigma is a program aimed at the near elimination of defects from every products, process and transactions (Tomkins, 1997). . Six Sigma is a strategic initiative to boost profitability, increase market share and improve customer satisfaction through statistical tools that can lead to breakthrough quantum gains in quality (Harry, 1998). . Six Sigma is a new strategic paradigm of management innovation for a company to survive in this 21st century (Park et al 2000). . Six Sigma implies three things: Statistical measurement, Management Strategy and Quality Culture. It tells us how good products, services and processes really are, through statistical measuring of quality level (Park, 2002). . Six Sigma is a systematic, highly disciplined, customer-centric, and profit- driven organization-wide strategic business improvement initiative that is based on a rigorous process focused and data-driven methodology (Tang et al. 2007). . It is also a quality culture. It provides the way to do things right the first time and to work smarter by using data information. It also provides an atmosphere to solve many CTQ (Critical to Quality) problems through team efforts (Park, 2002). Basic Technical Concept of Six Sigma:  Sigma (σ ) is a letter in the Greek alphabet that has become the statistical symbol and metric of process variation. The sigma scale of measure is perfectly correlated to such characteristics as defects-per-unit (DPU), parts- per-million defectives (PPM), and the probability of a failure. Six is the number of sigma measured in a process, when the variation around the

45 target is such that only 3.4 outputs out of one million are defects (3.4 PPM).  Six Sigma is the methodology to reduce variations from any product/process and thus improve quality and productivity of the same. Sigma is a statistical  The numerical goal of Six Sigma drive is 3.4 DPMO (Defects per Million Opportunity). Higher the sigma level, lower is the DPMO number. This is evident from the Table 1. This table indicates how the industries are categorized based on the Sigma Level and Defects per Million Opportunity (DPMO). Table 1 Sigma level and DPMO defining class of industry (Harry, 1998).

Sigma Level Defects per million opportunity (DPMO) Industry Class 6 3.4 World class 5 230 4 6200 Average 3 67000 2 310000 Non-competitive 1 700000  Until a few years back all statistical process controls were designed on the basis of 3 sigma limits.  It is only in the recent years that this concept has been challenged and the organizations have started looking for quality levels beyond 3 Sigma. Magnitude of Difference between Sigma Levels: 3 sigma level = 1.5 misspelled words per page in a book 6 sigma level = 1 misspelled word in all the books in a small library Six Sigma Methodologies:

Fig. 1 Six Sigma Methodology

46 DMAIC Methodology - A Glance: Table 2 is the step by step procedure for implementing Six Sigma's Define- Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology for process improvement Table 2 Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology

l Problem definition l Identification of critical customer requirements (CTQs) and Define linking them to business needs

l Development of Project Charter l Data collection Measure l Calculation of present sigma level l Mapping of present process

l Data and Process Analysis

Analyze l Reaching up to the roots of the problem l Setting improvement targets

l Improvement in present process/product to meet goals set Improve based on root cause analysis l Holding the gains and correcting variations in the improved Control process/products Organization Structure of a Six Sigma Improvement Project: Figure 2 is the typical structure of any Six Sigma project and table 3 indicates typical position in the organization, roles and responsibilities of at different levels of Six Sigma project team. These are guidelines; respective concerns can have their own policies reading roles and responsibilities of various belts in the company. Champion

Master Black Belt (MBB)

Black Belt (BB)

Green Belt (GB)

Yellow Belt (YB) Fig. 2 Typical Six Sigma Project Team Structure 47 Table 3 Position and Roles of Six Sigma Team at Different Levels

Position of Six Typical Position in Area of Operations in Six Sigma Project Sigma Structure a Company Creating vision for Six Sigma in the Champion CEO/CMD organization, selecting the high impact projects and team members, ensuring implementation of breakthrough strategy. Dept. Heads/ Training and Coaching to Black Belts Master Black Belt Senior Functional Implementing the Six Sigma strategy Managers asdefined by Champion. Ground level operations of each phase of Front line Black Belts Managers Six Sigma, that is, DMAIC methodology, guiding Green Belts. Assisting BB in phase wiz activities such as Senior Engineers/ data collection and analysis, applying tools Green Belts Executives and techniques as per the guidance of Black Belt. Engineers/ Phase wiz project specific activities and Yellow Belts Executives assistance to Green Belts.

One can undergo systematic training and clear relevant examinations to get certified MBB, BB, GB, and YB. There are many management consultation agencies providing training and certification for Six Sigma belts. However, certification from American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the most reputed and highly respected Six Sigma belt certification. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata is also offering training and certification programme, which too is a reputed certification course.

48 Benefits of Six Sigma Implementation:

Six Sigma for All: Six Sigma is for all. It is not limited to only manufacturing firms. It improves quality and productivity by reducing variations in the process. And thus, wherever there is process in place, Six Sigma can be employed. There are many success stories of Six Sigma in service sectors, IT industries, hospitality and healthcare sectors as well as in finance. References Harry, M.J. (1998) “Six Sigma: a breakthrough strategy for profitability”, Quality Progress, May, pp.60–64. Park, S.H. (2002) “Six sigma for productivity improvement: Korean business corporations”, Productivity, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp.173–183. Park, S. H. and Kim, K. H., (2000) “A Study of Six Sigma for R&D part”, Quality Revolution, 1(1), Korean Society for Quality Management, pp. 51-65. Tang LC, Goh TN, Lam SW, Zhang CW (2007), “Fortification of Six Sigma: expanding the DMAIC toolset”, Quality and Reliability Engg. Int., 23:3–18 Tomkins, R. (1997), “GE beats expected 13% rise”, Financial Times, 10 October 1997, p.22.

49 George Boole and the wonderful world of 0s and 1s

Vipul Shah Department of App. Science & Humanities

2015 is a bicentenary year of the birth of George Boole(1815-1864), one of the founding fathers of our modern computers.Boole's work provided the foundations for today's computers and mobile phones, yet he died many years before the first computers were invented. He lived, and died in the nineteenth century whose work has an impact in our twenty-first century technology.Engineers have recognised the power of his ideas.

George Boole's early life did not mark him out as a ground- breaking mathematician. Born in Lincoln in 1815, he was the son of a local cobbler and would have been expected to work in the family shoe making business as he grew older. But his father's business collapsed and Boole became a local school teacher instead. By the age of 19, he was already a head teacher, spending his evenings and weekends exploring his mathematical ideas. His initial writings appeared in the Cambridge Mathematics Journal and his work soon attracted the attention of the Royal Society. In 1844 Boole was awarded the Royal Society's Royal Medal for his paper On a general method of analysis . His increased profile led to the offer of a professorship in mathematics. Boole left behind his Lincolnshire teaching career and headed off to Cork University to pursue his mathematics full-time, and make the break-through that still impacts on our lives today. During his time in Ireland, Boole focused on combining logical deduction with algebra. He argued that the logical approach taken by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and his followers was insufficient for addressing certain types of problems. He focused on those problems where individual statements, or propositions, could either be described as true or false. Boole's work required the development of a new branch of algebra and its associated arithmetical rules. Boole's binary approach found a powerful application over 70 years after his death, when the mathematician and engineer Claude Shannon realised that it

50 provided the perfect description for electrical circuits.Shannon went further still: he suggested that all types of information — from words to pictures — could be described using strings of 0s and 1s. (In fact, it was Shannon who popularised the term bit we use to describe these digits today.) Since we can represent the logical AND, OR and NOT operations using electronic circuits, we can perform all sorts of logical tasks involving this information. It's this fact that the central processing units (CPUs) in our modern day computers are based on. Whatever electronic gadget we use, it is based on the binary system and algebraic approach to logic first proposed by George Boole. A man who lived and died several years before the first light bulbs came on the market played a pivotal role in the development of our modern world.

(Reference: plus.org)

FUNDING FOR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS

A programme on Empresario: Start Up Gujarat was held all over Gujarat in Seven districts such as Ahmedabad, Mehasana, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Anand, Surat.It was about presenting idea for innovative projects and for seed funding. Four team of students (mentioned below) are short listed for seed funding of Rs.40000/- each The students (team leader) are as follows: 1. Dipam Patel (Third year Chemical) and his team 2. Harsh Engineer (Fourth year MC) and his team 3. Jay Parmar(Second year ME) and his team 4. Ravi Somani(Third year EC) and his team

(Input from Entrepreneurship Development Cell, GCET)

51 A page from my diary

Geetali Saha Department of Elec. & Comm. The heat is about to begin. Summer days are approaching. I look around, searching for a coolant to quench my thirst. Instinct leads me to a store that has all possible varieties of coolants. The most exquisite fruits and fruit juices, the richly assembled, the differently flavoured, you just name it. It's on the MENU. But what tempts me------A glass of water stored in the earthen pot lying in a corner of the place. Nothing brings more satisfaction than the coolness of the earthen pitchers in the summer blaze. I look at the pitcher with my eyes filled with gratitude. The pitcher said: “Lady, I was not so always.” Initially, I was a lump of clay. The potter picked me up and thumped on me from all sides with his mighty fists. It was painful. But I survived. As if this was not enough, he threw me on the potter's wheel. And kept on moving the wheel continuously, holding me firm, so fast that I got dizzy. I felt as if I would trip off any moment. I held on to the wheel with all my might. Suddenly, I realized I have a shape. I was happy, I was proud. I thought God has rewarded my perseverance. So busy I was in enjoying my newly gained form that I hardly noticed the heat around me. When I looked around, I realized that I was engulfed with fire from all sides. “Someone douse me, Help”, I shouted at the top of my voice, but my feeble voice was drowned by the burning of the oven. The fire was out. After sometime, the temperature cooled off so significantly, that I started to shiver a bit. I looked around. I was covered with ash and there were black patches on my body here and there. Alas, the form I was so proud of, a few hours back, had all vanished. I did not even feel like looking at my own self. But at least the heat was gone. I relaxed overnight. In the early morning, as I was enjoying the birds chirping around, someone lifted me up gently with her tender arms. She was the potter's daughter. I looked around and saw so many beautiful colours around me. She nimbly started drawing colourful designs on my body. Suddenly, I was beautiful all over again. But, this time, I was not only beautiful; I was stronger, thanks to the thumping, the consistent circular motion, the heat, the cooling...... I was displayed on the stands for sale. The owner of this place bought me off at first look. He cleans me and refills me every day with fresh water. We all resemble the pot in one way or the other. WE are naive at the beginning. The processes, as intense as they may be, actually make us stronger. What appears as hurdles, are actually stepping stones to success provided we have the calibre to sustain them. All such circumstances strengthen our character. Every man has his share of exposure. Only if we could understand: “We all have a purpose to serve”

52 Life through Success, Failure and Staying positive

Vivek Deshpande Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Life is full of surprises. It is an adventure to live meaningful life. Life is all about the choices you make, the opportunities you grab, the chances you miss or create, the people you meet and the failures you learn from. Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet. ~Robert Schuller Failure is a necessary learning process. But we should not learn only by our own mistakes. We can learn from others mistakes as well as their experiences too. Success is a relative term. For some students scoring 10 SPI is a success, for others scoring 6 SPI will do. It does not mean that the person scoring 6 SPI has failed. If you achieve what you have planned it means you have achieved success. Aiming low is a crime, if you are capable of it. Never be afraid of failures. Sometimes we feel that we have failed to achieve success based on the facts and figures. But we are learning through the process and we will definitely take care in near future to achieve desired result. Life is related to people in society and their relationships. Different people from different language, culture and behavior, work in this global world. We see people through our own perspective. We never see it differently. We always judge the people and accordingly we make statement. We do not try to understand the people. In doing so, we hurt the people in our lives. We even do not go for damage control. May be we are egoistic. May be we have superiority complex. So, we generate more problems. These are the common mistakes or behavior problems. In order to understand each other, we need to listen. If you have good listening skills you can understand and try to convince him. Listening skill makes you a good orator. It does mean that you can become a very good leader. So this is a process involved in life. We need to acquire some more skills in order to succeed in our carrier i.e. Self-motivator, Punctuality, Positive thinker, Patience, Perseverance, Multi-tasking etc. Positive thinking helps us focusing on our work and it will pacify the negative effects. Rather it will keep us calm and we shall do something constructive. Negative thinkers spreads negativity. If you are sitting next to such person, you will also speak his language and you will behave or think alike. So avoid such company. If you are Self-motivator, it will help you stay positive in any situation. Even if you are appraised and/or criticized you shall attain the state of

53 nothingness. Different people from different background speaks different languages and their rituals are also different. Do respect each other's religion, sentiments. Ultimately we are devotee of the same almighty. Different word means different things to different people. So you must use the language carefully. For example: The meaning of the word Master is different in different language. In English, it means Owner of a slave or skilled person etc. In Hindi & Gujarati, it may mean school teacher. In Marathi, it means either a school teacher or bus conductor or a post master Hence we must take care while conveying the things in a right manner. These words are called semantics'.

Learnings from Lord Ganesha*

*Reference: http://aumamen.com/s/i/g/a/lord-ganesha-symbolism.jpg

We should learn following things from Lord Ganesha: 1. Big Head: Think Big/Broad mindedness/Think creatively 2. Large Ears: Listen carefully 3. Small Eyes: Keen observer 4. Small Mouth: Talk less 5. Large Stomach: Digest all good or evil 6. Mouse: Desires under control 7. Trunk: Adaptability 8. Modaka: Reward Eat healthy, Stay healthy and Stay positive.

54 The need for a technocratic government

M S Zodape Department of Electrical Engineering

In a developing country like ours, with new entrepreneurs emerging everyday who dream to make it big, budding engineers who are ready to step up the industrial revolution, scientists who are creating new innovations in various fields; one might think of a technocratic government formation. A 'Technocracy' is a form of government where technocrats are the decision makers. Technocrats are experts who possess powerful knowledge, special skills and commendable experience in their concerned field or domain. They may not even be closely related to politics or politicians. Just imagine if experts and technologists were appointed to solve the technical challenges faced by the society! Sounds tempting, doesn't it? What if it could be made possible? Democracy can co-exist with Technocracy occupying key positions in government. The core logic behind the concept is that the technocrats design solutions for the problems and implementations are the best effective way to convince humans. There goes the saying- Action speaks louder than words! If we take our own example, we as engineers have a different approach to problems as compared to other people. After pondering over possible solutions, we tend to opt for those that are less time consuming, cost effective and at the same time efficient. These designs can be later optimized with advent of new technologies. In the same manner experts in various fields can exercise governance and restructure systems thus playing a pivotal role in uplifting the nation. Promoting scientific governance will benefit the society and ultimately, the nation. The technocrats would not be elected but selected based on their experience and expertise. The likelihood of such kind of a thing happening in future is minimal given the current circumstances in our country but it is food for thought. Off course the idea of a sole technocratic government is nonsensical as there are other law and enforcement, defense, economy, finance, investment and numerous other issues that need to be taken care of. Hence democracy and technocracy need to coexist. This would result in positive consequences like development of profound establishments, lessen the brain-drain, improve nation's economy, promote employment opportunity, etc. to name a very few. After all, it would provide a better life to citizens. And who doesn't need one??

55 Respect – A Bridge between Student and Teacher!

Sanket N. Bhavsar Professor, Department of Mechatronics

Giving respect to elders, Parents, Relatives, Guru and Teacher is an invaluable Indian tradition. It is a sign of showing our humbleness to others. In this article the respectful nature of student to make a bridge between student and teacher has been focused. Respectful nature of obedient student is considered as one of the stones foundation for creating long lasting student-teacher relationship. Somehow in present time, Respectful nature has become difficult to be observed easily in all students. There are numerous elements such as technological developments, busy schedule of parents, competitive environment, etc take responsibility for that. Respect is basically considered as a Tradition which can be explained as an established action or behaviour in a particular community or group of people and is considered an important part of a particular culture or way of life. This tradition is followed by students for giving respect to teachers in education system. Respect can also be categorized as wont which is a formal or literary word used to describe something that somebody does regularly or habitually. It means that giving respect must be a habit on regular basis and a normal act that is difficult stop. Compulsion is not playing any role in this matter. When it becomes a part of normal activities, it automatically becomes a regular practice. The core intension behind giving respect is to establish a polite behaviour and manners in students. Parents and Teachers both play a significant role to nurture the students for their overall growth and development. To maintain a proper discipline in the classroom, students must be properly mentored by their parents for respecting their teachers. Experienced advice and support from the parents can make a big change. Similarly, the teacher community must also express the willingness to impart manners and discipline to students in the classroom. To fulfil that requirement, students must be counselled in their regular classes for couple of minutes in addition to regular teaching-learning process. Moreover, teachers should expect a minimum respect to be given by the students when they enter to take a class. Though it seems at a first glance as a compulsory gesture expected by a teacher, in a long run it is beneficial to students for possession of good manners and common courtesy. This is the way by which we can maintain the maturity and

56 innocence of students along with the respectful nature. For making students aware of it sometimes a teacher may have to become a Guru in real sense. When other countries accept the Indian culture and tradition, one has to understand the importance and values of it rather than staying apart from it and moulding ourselves to adopt western culture. Students are our future generation and true representative of Indian values. Hence, we all have to take a very keen interest and equal responsibility to protect them from misguidance and false mentoring. Collective and directional efforts with added motivation always land with positive results. Let's strongly decide to do all the needful to create a strong bridge between student and teacher.

Mahatma Gandhi's Seven Sins of The World

"Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice & Politics without principle".

57 About Ourselves

(Compiled brief reports from various departments, sections, cells and chapters of GCET for the period of April 2015 to March 2016)

TRAINING & PLACEMENT CAMPUS PLACEMENT 2015-16 (Till 4th April 2016)

Total number of companies visited: 44; Maximum salary package: 5.47 lakhs

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING During the current academic year, Prof. Anand Metre was awarded Ph.D on the topic 'An insight into the esterification and trans-esterification of selected oils and their utilization as biofuel' from Sardar Patel University and with this number of doctorate faculty members in the department becomes 6. Research projects One research project on “Separation of organic compounds from waste water using vacuum assisted pervaporation in a pilot plant” by the Institution of Engineers (I) (File No: DR2015007) (PI: Dr. Kaushik Nath and Co-PI: Prof. Haresh Dave) is being carried out. Publications Faculty members published 05 international journals papers, 02 National Journals and presented 06 papers in various National level conferences and

58 workshops. Notable journals where our papers were published include J Water Resource Engineering (Elsevier), Biomass Conversion & Biorefinery (Springer), Int J Env Sci Tech (Springer), Polish J Chem Tech and Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). Events organized  Department along with the Institution of Engineers, Vallabh Vidyanagar Local Centre, organized one day workshop on 'Workplace Safety Health and Hygiene' on 11th December, 2015. About 85 delegates participated. Dr. R R Nagrajan was the event coordinator.  Ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises organized one day workshop on Support for Entrepreneurial and management developments of SMEs through incubators for final year students on 17th February, 2016.  11 faculty members attended 09 STTP, workshops and seminars organized outside the institute. Industry-Institute interaction  Department has undertaken a consultancy project on technical up- gradation of a Fine Chemical Industry located at Khambat.  Another consultancy project on 'Separation of Ethylene glycol-water mixture' from PCP Chemicals, Thane, Mumbai is also underway.  Department organized 09 industrial visits in various process industries,  14 expert lectures by industrial and external academic resource persons were organized throughout the year.  62 students undertook summer training in various chemical industries during last academic year. Others  Mr. Vignesh Iyer and Mr. Mayank Vitlani of Third Year Chemical Engineering participated in the quiz and poster competition in the National Level Students Chemical Engineering Congress-2015 at MIT Pune and won the first prize in quiz competition.  Mr. Jigesh Mehta ranked first amongst all M.E first semester students of GCET by securing 9.19 SPI on a scale of 10 in the winter 2015 GTU examination. He has also topped in ME Chemical Engineering of 1st semester in GTU.  Dr. Kaushik Nath delivered invited lecture on “Applications of Membrane Separation in Bioprocess Engineering” at the UGC-

59 Academic Staff College at Sardar Patel University on 25th September 2015.  Dr. Kaushik Nath was elected as the Chairman of the Institution of Engineers (I) Vallabh Vidyanagar Local Centre for the period 2015- 2017. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Undergraduate programme of Information Technology Department got accredited from the National Board of Accreditation for 2 years with effect from July 2015. Publications  Faculty members published 09 papers in international journals and 07 in conferences. Events Organized  Department organized 2 seminars, 2 workshops and 3 Technical events in which more than 250 students participated.  Various resource persons from industry delivered talk in one day workshop on “Cyber Security”. Mr. Suketu Naik of Getwings Technologies Pvt. Ltd. had enriched 130 students by giving knowledge of Microsoft Azure in Azure Camp.  For the benefit of post graduate students, department organized “Seminar and hands-on session on LATEX” by Prof.Ishaq Sheikh, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, GCET. An expert talk delivered on “Effective ways to present research work” by Dr. Ritesh Patel, Professor & Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, GCET.  “Parishq – 2015” – An Institute level tech fest was organized with various technical events as well as a workshop on “penetration on Kali Linux” by Mr. Ravi Rajput, CEO & Co Founder of Hacktosecure. No. of Faculty members attended STTP/Workshop: 10 Industry Institute interaction  Number of Industrial visits : 01  Number of Industry Defined Projects : 09  No of expert lectures from External industrial resource persons: 07 Others  Final year students Mr. Akash Patel, Mr. Kelvin Christy, and Mr. Yash Shah are selected for International Experience Programme (IEP) by GTU at

60 LaurentianUniversity, Canada.  Mr. Prem Pithiya and Mr. Paritosh Desai won Late Shri Devang Mehta IT award with prize worth Rs. 1 Lac for one of the best three innovative projects entitled “Safe Drive” across all the Institutes of GTU, under the guidance of Prof. Prem Balani  Student from second year IT, Romal Mistry (Enrollment. No.: 140110116031) has been selected as a Designer in the Publicity Team of the IEEE Computer Society Newsletter.  5 students from Department of Information Technology have been selected in Microsoft Student Partner Program. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING  Undergraduate programme of Mechanical Engineering Department got accredited from the National Board of Accreditation for 2 years with effect from July 2015.  Prof. M S Mehta and Prof. M M Gor completed their Ph. D. From Sardar Patel University and IIT Roorkee respectively and with this the number of doctorate faculty members in the department becomes 5.  The department has enhanced the Metrology lab with various state of the art measuring instruments and developed a full fledge new Heat Transfer Laboratory. Research projects Dr. M A Bulsara (PI) and Dr. H R Thakkar (Co-PI) are working on a project entitled “Wheel mounted Onion Root-shoot cutting machine (1250kg/hr)” funded by GUJCOST. Publications  08 international, 17 national and 02 books were published in the last academic year.  Dr. M A Bulsara, Dr. H R Thakkar published the 2nd edition of “Product design and value engineering” (ISBN: 978-93-85039-14-0).  Prof. Ela Jha co-authored the 2nd edition of “Material Science and Metallurgy” (ISBN: 978-93-83058-86-0). Events organized  Department organized several workshops on “Aerodynamics and its application”, “Steel and Cast Iron: Wonders of Engineering”, “Project Management”, “Importance of Human Values to Excel in Corporate Life”, “Entrepreneurship”, “Non Destructive Testing” and few more in

61 the last academic year. Various faculty members from the Department coordinated these events. Students from all levels participated in these workshops.  ASME Students' Chapter of the department celebrated Engineers' Day on 15/09/2015 with huge participation from students of all level and divisions of GCET. Prof. Samir Shah, M S University, Baroda delivered a talk on “Campus to Corporate” on this occasion.  An STTP on “Fundamentals of Tribology and its Application” was organized by Dr. Mukesh Bulsara and Dr. Hemant Thakkar during 7th – 11th December, 2015. The invited speakers were Dr. Harish Hirani (IIT – Delhi), Dr. Tarunedra Singh (BPCL), Mr. SPRS Negi and Mr. Pratik Bhrambhatt (FAG Bearings), Mr. Amit Ganguli (Ducom Industries – Banglore), Dr. K N Mistry (Principal –GIDC Engineering college), and so on. 34 participants attended the programme from different engineering colleges.  Mr. Avadhesh Pandya (Alumnus 2003) from Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Mumbai Distribution (Reliance Energy) delivered a Talk on “Energy management and its importance” for the third year Mechanical Engineering students on 30/01/2016.  “6 σ” Six Sigma Foundation - Yellow Belt Training and Certification Course was organized on 6th, 7th and 13th Feb. 2016. The entire course was designed and conducted by Dr. Darshak Desai, Head Mechanical Engg. Dept. and Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. 44 students of final year UG and PG took the rigorous training and appeared and cleared the end of the session quizzes as well as final test to get Yellow Belt certificate. Industry Institute interaction: Number of Industrial visits organized: 14; Number of IDP : 06 (UG) and 18 (PG); No of expert lectures from External industrial resource persons: 11; No of students undertook summer training in industry: 19  No. of Faculty members attended STTP/Workshop etc.: 17;

62 Others  Mr. Palak Sheth (Industrial Engg. Alumni-2012 Batch), Engineer, Industrial Engineering Department, Lear Corporation, Halol, received Best Employee Award ($ 500 cash prize) from Lear Corporation, Vadodara.  Mr. Ismail Wilson Taifa (140110746013) International Student from Tanzania of M.E. (Industrial Engineering) Received Gold Medal for National Essay Competition on “Make in India” Organized by Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering.  Kishan Garala (140110119020) received Gold Medal at 5th Annual Convocation 2016 held at Gujarat Technological University for scoring highest marks in 'Engineering Graphics' sponsored by P J Shah.  Malek Javedhusen I (130110746003) of M.E. (Ind. Engg.) has secured Gold Medal in GTU with 9.18 CPI in university exam July 2015 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING  Undergraduate programme of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department got accredited from the National Board of Accreditation for 2 years with effect from July 2015.  To enhance the technical skill of students, Texas Instruments (TI) India Analog Maker Competition under MoU with Texas Instruments, was organized on 15th and 30th September'2015 with fabulous prizes from TI to the students and faculty coordinator. Research projects  One research project on 'Internet Aided Precision agriculture in Wireless Sensor Network system to mitigate the impact of Phytophtora disease in potato for Charotar region' (PI: Dr. Himanshu Soni and Co-PI: Prof. Asish Christian) from GUJCOST is underway.  The second research project titled 'Wrist Pulse Monitoring and Recording System for assisting in Ayurveda based Health Diagnosis'(PI: Dr. Bhaskar Thakkar, Co-PI: Prof. Rahul Goradia) from GUJCOST is underway. The above two projects worth Rs 10.30 Lacs. Publications  A research article “Energy efficient Tour Planning for Mobile Actor in Rendezvous Point Selection Scheme” by Prof. Samir Trapasiya and Dr. H B Soni, got selected for International Conference of Communication (ICC-

63 15) at London, UK.  Faculty members published 27 papers in international and national journals and 09 in conferences. Events organized  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized 11 technical events in the form of Workshops. Few are listed below. a. Short Term Training Programme (STTP) specially for PG Students in Feb'2015 on “Advanced Image Processing” b. Two Day Workshop under umbrella of skill development series on “Embedded systems design using advance microcontroller MSP430” on 6th -7 th Feb'2015. c. One Day Workshop on “Wireless Sensor Network Design using XBee wireless modules” on 10th Oct.'2015. d. One day workshop on “PCB Design” for UG 2nd Year Students in Aug.'2015 under ISTE Student Chapter.  No of Faculty members attended STTP/Workshop etc : 9  Department conducted 7 Industrial visits at Industries like: Kakrapar Atomic power Station, PRL Ahmedabad, SPRERI V V Nagar, Amul Dairy Anand, BISAG Gandhi Nagar, Science City Gandhi Nagar.  Department organized 9 Expert Lectures from Externals/Industrial Resource Persons. Few of them are listed below. a. Dr. Jignesh Sarvaiya (Professor, SVNIT Surat) delivered expert lecture on Advanced Feature Extraction Techniques on 17 Oct.'2015 b. Dr. Dr. Aditya Tatu (Professor, DAIICT, Gandhi Nagar), delivered expert lecture on Active Contour Model on 18 Oct.'2015 Etc. c. Dr. Chirag Paunwala (Professor, SCET, Surat), delivered expert talk on license plate detection in complex scenario on 17th Oct'2015  Department organized 3 alumni talk as below. a. Mr. Dhaval Shah from (Wipro-Atlanta, U.S.) delivered expert lecture on Interactive session on Challenges in Industries on 17 Jan.'2016 b. Mr. Kausal and Pranati Vyash delivered an Interactive talk on how to face campus interview on 18th Jan'2016 c. Mr. Riken Patel delivered an expert lecture on Design steps to projects implementation on 28th July'2015

64 Others

 Dr. Rahul Kher, is acting as a Nodal Coordinator for MHRD, Initiated Virtual Lab Programme in association with IIT Roorkee.  Shrutkirti Godkhindi from ME (Communication System Engineering) and Preeti Pujara from ME (Embedded Systems) received Gold Medal at University.  A Project with title “Wheel Chair Movement Using Eyeball Detection” by final year BE students selected for innovators of Makerfest 2015 at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS  Undergraduate programme of Mechatronics Engineering Department got accredited from the National Board of Accreditation for 2 years with effect from July 2015.  Prof. Ketan M. Tamboli completed his PhD from S.P. University in 2015 and with this the number of doctorate faculty members in the department becomes 5. Research Projects Dr. Anand Joshi received a grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Science and Engineering board, Govt. Of India Under fast track young scientist scheme – Start-up research grant for 3 years from 2013 to 2016 (Sanctioned Amount is Rs. 18, 84, 000/-). Publications  Faculty members published 15 papers in international journals, 05 in national journals and 16 in conferences. Events organized  With support from Charutar Vidya Mandal, Department organized “3rd International Conference on Innovations in Automation and Mechatronics Engineering 2016” (ICIAME2016), during 05-06 February 2016. 72 papers were presented by delegates from different colleges and research institutes. Presented papers will be published in the Journal of Procedia Technology of Elsevier. Total grant received of 50,000 rupees from Department of Science and Technology, Gujarat and GUJCOST. The keynote speeches were delivered by Professor Sondipon Adhikari of

65 Swansea University, UK on “Computational Methods for Nano mechanical Sensors” and by Professor T Asokan, IIT Madras on “Autonomy in Robotics myths and Facts”.  Industry Institute Interaction Number of industry visited by students: 05 Number of industry defined projects: 11 Number of students undertook summer training: 26 Others  Keval Maradia and Harry Chudsama got first prize in the event of Junk Yard in the GTU Techfest during 11 – 12, March, 2016. Devansh Patel secured first prize in the event of Robo-Puzzle on 22-23, February 2016.Yashraj Chudasma, Chintan Kathrecha, Shivang Patel, Savan Patel secured first prize in the event of Sumobot Wrestling on 11-13 Feb 2016.Dhaval Modi and Chitt Kakadia secured second position in the event of Trace the line on 24-26, February 2016.  Dr. Sanket Bhavsar has become Editor of “Research & Review: Journal of Electronics Design Technology”, a member of International scientific committee of the “2016 International Conference on Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Eng.”, April 24-25, 2016, Phuket, Thailand.  Dr. Anand Joshi was invited as Technical Programme Committee member of the 2nd International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumental Advances, 22-23 September 2016, Barcelona, Spain; the International Academy of Industrial, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering., IAIMAE and the International Conference on Advances in Sensors, Actuators, Metering and Sensing, April 24 - 28, 2016 - Venice, Italy. He is also Editor, Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology, STM Publications and advisory board member for the Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Bioinfo Publications. l Prof. Saurin Sheth has become a Programme Chair in the 28th International conference on CAD, CAM, Robotics and Factories of Future 2016, Kolaghat, WB, India. l Number of faculty members attended STTP/Workshops.: 04; Number of expert lectures organized by the Department: 03; Number of expert lectures delivered by faculty members outside GCET: 05;

66 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

l Department started Computer Society of India - Student branch, GCET from July 2015 with registration of 124 students. Dr. Maulika S Patel is the Advisor of the student branch. l Dr. Maulika S. Patel delivered invited talks on “Big Data” and “Computational Biology” at the 37th UGC sponsored Refresher Course for faculty at Human Resource Development Centre, Sardar Patel University on 10th Sep 2015. Publications l Faculty members published 05 papers in various journals and 06 in conferences. Events organized l With support from Charutar Vidya Mandal, Department organized one day National Symposium on “Internet of Things” (NSIoT - 2016) in association with Computer Society of India, Student Branch, GCET on 15th Feb 2016. Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST) supported the event to the tune of Rs.40,000/-. 308 students and faculty members from various institutes participated the event. Dr. Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay Dean, R&D, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary, Head, Research, Ahmedabad University, Dr.Vithal Kamat, MD, Baroda Electric Meters Ltd, and Prof. Jignesh Patoliya, Charusat University delivered lectures. l Department organized workshops, seminars and competitions such as Codevie 2015: A 'C' programming competition, Basics of Web Development by Mr. Jigar Mangukiya,Expert Lecture on Detecting disease spread in A Geographic Location-A Big Data Approach by Dr. Ratnik Gandhi, Ahmedabad University, Codevie++: A 'C++' programming competition, Project Fair 2015, Workshop on Basics of Linux & Program Debugging by Mr. Bhargav Patel, Bombardier Transportation and Alumnus, GCET, Expert talk on Scope of Entrepreneurship in Computer and IT sector by Mr. Rinkal Shah, Co-founder & Business Head, The Design Shop. l Industry Institute interaction: o Industrial visits to BISAG, BSNL and AMUL were organized o 8 Industry Defined Projects are being carried out by students 67 o 3 Resource persons from Industry were invited for delivering lectures o All faculty members attended various workshops and seminars Others l Kartika Patil, Alumnus-2015, was awarded Merit Medal from The Institution of Engineers (India) Gujarat State Centre, Ahmedabad in the Annual Session on 25th October, 2015. l Kartik Pandya and Bhamin Patel, final year Computer Engineering students, are recruited by Tata Consultancy Services through Codevita Programming Contest organized by TCS. l Dehit Garga and Digant Bakari Second year Computer Engineering Students won Third prize in the “Business quiz” in IIM-Ahmedabad's Confluance, 29 Jan 2016. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Electrical engineering department has established GCET ENERGY CLUB (GEC) which will contribute in energy conservation and related activities and in transforming GCET to a Green Campus. Publications l Prof Mukesh Bhesaniya filed an Indian patent on “Modular Multilevel Current Source Converter,” (patent app no. 1471/MUM/2015) and an US patent on “Modular Multilevel Converter,” (patent app no. 15015363) on 8th April 2015 & 4th February 2016 respectively. Based on his current research work, he has a paper in IEEE transactions, another paper in IEEE Proceedings and two others accepted for presentation in IEEE ECCE Europe to be held in Germany 2016. l Faculty members published 19 research papers in various National and International journals and conferences among which 10 papers are published in IEEE conferences. Events organized l One day seminar on Indian Nuclear power program & Radiation-a fact of life was organized in September, 2016. Dr. Mukesh Jha & Mr. M H Sharma were invited from Nuclear power plant, Kakrapar to deliver talks in the same. l Few other one day seminars on “Energy conservation & Electrical safety”, “Applications of Matlab to Power Electronics & Power Systems”, “Getting acquainted with Ubantu Desktop environment” amd “Latex- report

68 preparation & presentation” were organized by various faculty members of the department. l Prof. Ishaq Shiekh and Prof B R Hindocha conducted a number of workshops for the UG and PG students. l Faculty members of the department delivered 12 expert sessions in various FDPs, STTPs, workshops & seminars at various institutes and also chaired sessions and had been a part of organizing committee in international conference. l Faculty members attended 3 STTPs and 2 workshops based on advanced microcontroller applications, power electronic convertors, open source soft- wares. Industry-Institute interaction l 10 industrial visits were organized to various industries such as Adani, ABB, Sardar Sarovar Hydro power plant etc. l 3 post graduate students and 3 groups of undergraduate students are registered under IDP. l Third year & final year undergraduate students undertook summer training at various industries like Siemens, Schneider Electricals, Alstom, Bombardier at Vadodara; Essar, Hazira; GSECL at Wanakbori, Dhuvaran & Gandhinagar; GNFC, BHARUCH etc. Others l Prof Hardik Pathak reviewed a book titled “Nanoscale electronic and photonic devices”, Cambridge University, Press India in 2015-16. He also won the best poster award at IIT, Delhi. l Prof Ishaq Sheikh conducted a workshop on Latex organized by GTU, OSTC Club for PG/Ph. D. students and faculty members in May, 2105. l Ronak Thaker was selected as the Best Volunteer by IEEE Gujarat section Student Branch. He was also selected to participate in IEEE international workshop on IOT and Smart Cities at College of Engineering, Trivendrum.  Chirag Ramoliya was selected along with 10 other students for Annual Meeting of IEEE India Council and attended the "All India Students and Young Professionals Congress 2015.  Vishal Prajapati secured winners position and won a cash prize of 30,000/- at ITM University in line follower Robotics event.  Tejal Kamalia was selected along with 4 other students to represent GTU at national level for all India Yoga competition held in March 2016.

69 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING l Civil Engineering Department started its undergraduate programme from the academic year 2014-15 with an intake of 60. It is housed in a newly constructed separate building and is named as “Dr. C C Patel & Mrs. Sushilaben Patel Department of Civil Engineering, GCET. The building was formally inaugurated by performing Sathyanarayan Katha on 1st August, 2015. New laboratories are in the process of development. l Three new faculty members joined in this academic year. Faculty members have published or presented 04 papers. 06 expert lectures and 04 Educational visits were organized by the Department. l GCET is a research partner of GTU's Smart City Development initiative and is coordinated by the Department. Three students from the Department were a part of GTU delegation on Smart City Summit held at Mumbai. l Department organized One Day Symposium on “Green Building: Principles, Concepts & Case Studies” with the support of Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) and Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST). IGBC under Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) also launched students' Chapter in the college. As many as 350 participants, including students and faculty members of Engineering and Architecture from various colleges attended the Symposium. Mr. Sameer Sinha, Chairman of IGBC Chapter, Ahmedabad was the Chief Guest and Ms.Shreya Dalwadi, Director, Harmony Planning Services Private Limited, Baroda was the Guest of Honour. Mr. Sameer Sinha highlighted the importance of energy efficiency in the construction sector and explained the role of Indian Green Building Council in providing awareness to the stakeholders. l Ten students of 2nd year Civil Engineering participated and volunteered IGBC International Conference at Mahatma Gandhi Madir, Gandhinagar. Faculty members have attended national training workshop on Smart City Development at GTU, QIP programmes at IIT Bombay, NIT Surat, M S University, Baroda and other faculty development programmes. All the faculty members have attended various workshops and conferences. l Second year Civil Engineering student Pitroda Jalpesh is in the list of top 10 GTU students based on highest CPI of all branches and he is the topper of all the second year Civil Engineering students of GTU. Another second year student Wala Brijesh is also in the list of top 10 Civil Students of GTU based on CPI.

70 APPLIED SCIENCES & HUMANITIES l Prof. Smita B. Joshi completed her Ph.D. in Physics from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar in the month of November 2015. l Prof. Vipul R. Shah completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar in the month of February 2016. l Dr. Foram Joshi attended and presented a paper in an international conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic collisions held at SPAIN in July 2015. l Department faculties published 9 Research papers in various National and International Journals. l Department faculties presented 5 Research papers in various National and International conferences. l Department faculties published 3 books. l Department organized a programme on “Industrial Energy Conservation Awareness”in Sept-2015. l Department organized a programme on “Career Awareness and Student Skills Development” in March-2016. GCET ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (GAA) GCET A lumni A ssociation (GAA) is an association of students, staff, friends and well-wishers of GCET, formed with the objective of promoting academic activities at GCET. GAA Activities during AY 2015-16:  Publication of GAA Help desk for the first year students  Conducting Alumni Meet (REUNION-2015 on 28/12/2015)  Organizing Alumni Talk department-wise (Total 14)  Conducting GAA core committee members meeting (02)  Conducting Farewell and Group photo session to outgoing batch GCET Alumni Association of G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology organized its 1st Grand Alumni Meet “REUNION-2015” on 28 th December, 2015. 132 alumni members attended the function. GAA magazine 'Aspire' was released by the dignitaries on the dais . Mrs. AartiVaishnav (2000 IT – Alumni representative) felt very happy to be the part of the proceedings. She motivated all the alumni to spend their time with alma mater for their development. Following alumni from 2000 to 2007, were felicitated for their contribution in the society as mentioned below:

71 1. Mrs. Aarti Vaishanav, Alumnus 2000 (IT), Co-founder of Exxat LLC, USA. 2. Mr. Kunal Vaishanav, Alumnus 2000 (IT), Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting. 3. Mr. Ravi Jankar, Alumnus 2000 (CH), Sr. Manager, Triveni Engineering & Industries limited 4. Mr. Avadhesh Pandya, Alumnus 2007 (ME), Manager, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Mumbai 5. Mr. Rinkal Shah, Alumnus 2007 (EC), Co-Founder & Business Head, The Design Shop 6. Prof. Arnav Bhavsar, Alumnus 2004 (EC), IIT, Mandi. 7. Mr. Prerit Souda, Alumnus 2007 (EC), Lead Data Scientist 8. Mr. Nishant Soni, Alumnus 2007 (MC), Co-founder of Mechatronic Products Corporation 9. Mr. Parikshit Jajal, Alumnus 2006 (EE), Manager, Larsen & Toubro After inaugural session, the alumni interaction was held and they promised to help their alma-mater by way of sharing technical knowledge and /or by recruiting the students as an entrepreneur. The event was followed by cultural night and dinner. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES  GTU V.V.Nagar Zone Youth Festival XITIJ-2015 The college team comprising of 47 students participated in all the events of Xitij'15, GTU VVNagar Zone Youth festival held at Babaria Institute of Technology, Varnama from 30th September to 1 st October, 2015. Team GCET won first position in Indian Group Song, Mime, One Act Play, Folk Dance, Mimicry and On the spot painting. We secured second position in Skit, Classical Instrumental – Percussion and Debate. GCET stood third in Western Group Song, Debate, Classical Dance, Quiz, Collage making, Rangoli and Classical Instrumental (Non-Percussion). GCET with its overall points was declared the Overall Runners Up. Team GCET also grabbed Championship Trophy in Music, Theatre and Dance categories.  GTU Inter Zonal Youth Festival XITIJ-2015: Team GCET qualified for 16 events at Inter Zonal Youth Festival' 15 held at Marwadi Foundation of Education, Rajkot from 5th to 7 th October, 2015. Our team secured first position in Mime, Mimicry, Quiz & Folk Orchestra; second position in Folk Dance and third position in On the spot Painting & Classical Instrumental – Percussion. GCET lifted the OVERALL

72 CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY and stayed at the top in the entire GTU. This is the fourth time out of five youth festivals organized by GTU that GCET is Champions in the Inter Zonal (overall GTU) youth festival Team GCET also won championship trophies in the Theatre and Literary categories. The team leaders were Tilak Patel (Final year EC), Deep Shah (Final year MC), Kalyani Pandya (Final year IT) , Kairavi Shah (Final year IT). The Co- leaders were Monarch Jadav (Third year ME), Ujjwal Thakor (Third year CP), Goral Kansara (Third year CP) and Zeel Shah (Third year IT). Two of our alumni Abhishek Chauhan and Hitarth Patel played an important role in mentoring the team for the participation.  West Zone Inter University Youth Festival: Tilak Patel, Monarch Jadav, Maharshi Thakkar, Anant Rathod, Abhijit Mahida, Ankur Ved and Asad Ali Kadri were selected to represent GTU in the West Zone Inter University Youth Festival held at Sardar Patel University, V.V.nagar in January, 2016. They represented in folk orchestra, mimicry, one act play, skit, mime, debate, elocution & installation events. Ankur Ved secured second position in Mimicry event and our folk orchestra got third position at West Zone Inter University Youth Festival. Dr. Yogesh Chauhan was appointed as a team manager of GTU team and he composed and directed the folk orchestra in which Anant Rathod and Tilak Patel were the major parts of the team.  National Inter University Youth Festival: Ankur Ved was qualified to represent GTU at All India Inter University Youth Festival (National), organized under the umbrella of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) held at University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka in the month of February,2016. It is a matter of pride for us that Ankur grabbed first position in the Mimicry competition at Nationals. This is the greatest achievement for GCET and GTU. He was also conferred upon ' Gaurav Puraskar' by Charutar Vidya Mandal on the day of V.V.Nagar Day Celebration on 3rd March, 2016.  Garba Sandhya 2015 To celebrate divine festival of Navratri, Garba Sandhya was held on 9th October, 2015. Boys & girls including staff members celebrated the function with true spirit. Prof. (Dr.) Hitesh Shah (EC) was the Faculty Coordinator. Jigar Mangukia (Final year CP) and Vivek Solanki (Final year

73 MC) were the student Coordinators. Prizes were given for best costume, best performance in male and female categories and also for the faculty. Competitions were also held for Rangoli and Aarti thali making.  Volcano'16: A team of students took part in an intercollegiate event- Volcano-2016 organized by Rotary Club Anand Round town, from 15th to 21 st February, 2016. It secured first position in Scene-e-Magic, Personality contest (boys) Painting, Voice, Ad Enactment, Vocal Solo Sufi & Mime and second position in Boogie Woogie, Fruit & Vegetable carving, Short Film making, Filmy Poster Making on Computer, Antakshari & Wall Painting. GCET acquired Overall Runners Up Trophy in the event.  Imaze, 2016: Rangmanch: A musical Concert was organized on 24th February, 2016 during the annual techfest Imaze'16. Rakesh Maini, Runners up of Indian Idol-5 rocked the stage and thrilled the audience with his stupendous performance. A cultural evening under the title 'Rangmanch' was successfully organized on 25th February, 2016, maze'15. Competitions for singing, dancing were held and students from various colleges took part enthusiastically. Kalyani Pandya (Final year IT), Monarch Jadav (Third year ME) and Vikas Rathod (Final year CP) were the event Coordinators. Apart from the above our cultural team also won first prize of Rs.25000 at a state level folk song competition held at Anand, organized by Charotar Education Society.

SPORTS ACTIVITIES G.T.U. Zonal Tournament (Inter-College): Gujarat technological University conducted a mega sports event named Spirit- 2015. 1. Kho- Kho (MEN) – Runners-Up This event was organized by GCET College, Vallabh Vidyanagar on 2nd to 4 th March, 2016. GCET college team participated and stood Runners-up in the inter college tournament at the zonal level. 2. Basket Ball (Men) - Runners-Up This event was organized by A.D.I.T College at Shastri Maidan,VallabhVidyanagar on 27th and 28 th February, 2016. GCET college team participated and stood Runners-up in the inter college tournament at the zonal level. 74 3. Volley ball (Men) –Runners-Up This event was organized by P.I.E.T College at P.I.E.T, Vadodara on 10th and 11 th October, 2015. GCET college team participated and stood runners-up in the inter college tournament at the zonallevel. G.T.U. Inter-Zonal Tournament: 1. Gymnastics (Women) - Champions This tournament was held at GCET,V V Nagar on 16TH and 17 TH October, 2015. Our college team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU Gymnastics (Women) tournament. GCET lifted the championship trophy. 2. Tennis (Women) - Champions This tournament was held at GCET, VV Nagar on 25TH and 26 TH October, 2015. Our college team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU Tennis (Women) tournament. GCET lifted the championship trophy consecutively second time. 3. Malkhamb (Women) - Champions This tournament was held at GCET, VV Nagar on 16TH and 17 TH October, 2015. Our college team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU Malkhamb (Women) tournament. GCET lifted the championship trophy for the first time. 4. Malkhamb (Men) - Champions This tournament was held at GCET, VV Nagar on 16TH and 17 TH October, 2015. Our college team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU Malkhamb (Men) tournament. GCET lifted the championship trophy for the first time. 5. Gymnastics (Men) –Runners-up This tournament was held at GCET, VV Nagar on 16TH and 17 TH October, 2015. Our college team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU Gymnastics (Men) tournament. GCET lifted the Runners-up trophy for the first time. 6. Water polo (Men) –Runners-up This tournament was held at SCET, Surat on 30TH September, 2015. Our college team participated and got the Second rank in Gujarat state in GTU Gymnastics (Men) tournament. GCET lifted the Runners-up trophy for the first time. 7. Best-Physique (Men) –Runners-up This tournament was held atADIT, Vallabh Vidyanagar on 24TH December, 2015. Our college team participated and got the Second rank in Gujarat state in Best-

75 Physique (Men) tournament. GCET lifted the Runners-up trophy for the first time. 8. Hockey (Women) –Runners-up This tournament was held atGCET, VV Nagar on 28TH and 29 TH February, 2016. Our college team participated and got the Second rank in Gujarat state in Hockey (Women) tournament. GCET lifted the Runners-up trophy for the first time. 9. Cross-Country (Men)–Runners-up This tournament was held atGCET, Vallabh Vidyanagar on 26TH September, 2015. Our college team participated and got the Second rank in Gujarat state inCross- Country (Men) tournamentGCET lifted the Runners-up trophy for the first time. 10. Volleyball (Men) Anand district YMCA Tournament–Runners-up This tournament was held at shastri Maidan during 10TH to 11 TH January, 2016 organized by SSPCPE, Vallabh Vidyanagar. Our GCET College women team was participated and lifted Runners-up trophy for the first time. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ? Thalesemia Testing Camp by Red Cross Society was organized on 21/08/15. Total 345 students participated in the camp. ? Blood Donation Camp by A D Gorwala Blood Bank was organized on 09/09/15. Total 113 students participated in the camp.  Dental Check-up Camp was organized on 09/10/15. Total 153 students participated in this camp. Dr. Darshan R Patel gave free services to students. Rotract club students also supported this event.  Art of Living Basic Course “Happiness”16 organized on 28/06/15 – Faculty members participated in course. ? Introductory talk on “Youth Empowerment and Skills” by Salil Phulekar, Dr. Krishna Upadhyay and team organized on 28/09/15. All first year students (500+) participated in this programme. ? Art of Living Yes+ Course, 20 students participated in the programme organized on 8/10/15 to 11/10/15. Programme conducted by Dr. Krishna Upadhya, Dr. Mayur Kunti and team ? Quiz on “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel”. Total 160 students participated in the quiz on 31/10/15. Winners: First: Hiren Gurambhar (En. No. 140110119021) SYME, Second: Yashraj Chavda (En. No. 140110105064) 76 SY CH and Vivek Tomar (En. No. 140110105064) SY CH. ? RRC Programme event for AIDs awareness, Poster Exhibition on AIDs/HIV awareness, Invited lecture by Dr. Manisha Gohel organized on 29/01/16. ? Poster exhibition on “Know our Constitution” and Elocution competition on 'Strength of Democracy' or 'Indian Constitution' organized on 26/01/16. Winners: First – Asadali Kadari (TY Mechatronics); Second – Dhruv Patel (TY Chemical). ? Blood Donation Camp by Indian Red Cross Society organized on 02/02/2016. Total 151 students participated in the camp. ? Open House event supported by 'career opportunities in Engineering' lecture on 23/02/2016. ? Eye checkup camp by Shankara Hospital organized on 24/02/16. Total 52 students and faculties participated. ? Exhibition on Traffic Awareness with 'Quote competition' organized on 25/02/16. ? Exhibition on Tobacco Abuse – with 'Take Selfie and Get Chocolate' event organized on 26/02/16.

IMAZE '16: AT A GLANCE “You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water but you have to jump in and swim across”. IMAZE is such a platform that helps the students to travel an ocean of real world with the help of the boat of theoretical knowledge. All the participants of IMAZE'16 have utilized this platform for enhancing their theoretical and practical knowledge during Feb 24~26, 2016. The journey of IMAZE'16 began with the blessings of Dr. C. L. Patel sir, honorable Chairman of Charutar Vidyamandal. This is the 8th Feather in the form of Techfest – IMAZE'16 in the cap of GCET. The fundamental objective of organizing this extravaganza is to promote INNOVATION BEYOND IMAGINATION. IMAZE'16 started on February 20–21, with a plethora of seven hands on workshops that covered all the latest Technology with practical approach and applications. The workshops titled were Internet of Things, Augmented Reality,

77 Wonderware SCADA, 3-D Printer, Bridge Designing, Solarizer and Hybrid Robotics. On Feb 22, IMAZE'16 went on with two workshops on Social Media Optimization and Entrepreneurship: Startup India, which received a mammoth 465 entries across the state. Second step of IMAZE'16 was OPEN HOUSE bringing awareness among the students of Higher Secondary Schools in the matter of channelizing their interest in the field of Engineering, its applications, and future opening. A total of 400 higher secondary students of different schools were assisted by the Faculty members and student Team of Four departments namely, EC, Electrical, Mechatronics, and Mechanical Workshop in visiting the college and its infrastructure. The heart of IMAZE'16, Competitions …. Total 32 Technical Events and 12 Non- Tech events were organized during Feb 24~26. This time remarkable events were chain bridge of budapest, magneto, codexter, developres den, build to last, Robowars, chain reaction & the vaporetti of venice. All events are gear up and cheer up by students. Total 2237 students were registered for the several events, out of that, 115 students participated from IT, 198 from Civil , 182 from ME, 112 from Chemical, 127from Mechatronics, 177 from Computer, 87 from EC and 140 from Electrical apart from the 947 Participants in Non-Tech Events. Continuing its tradition of social responsibility, the IMAZE'16 social activities committee conducted social events like Eye check-up, Tobacco abuse and Traffic awareness, which were hosted to serve the fundamental purpose of humanity. Moving on we had a fascinating musical concert by Indian Idol fame Rakesh Maini, organized on the first day of IMAZE '16, on the second day evening we had a cultural Programme named Rangmanch – where our multitalented engineers performed dancing and singing. The success of IMAZE'16 goes to team work of Faculties, Staff and Students. Appreciable and enthusiastic contribution by core team members Jigar Mangukiya, Karn Avasthi, Vikas Rathod, Ankit Dave, Vivek Solanki and Harsh Sihora. Team IMAZE'16 would like to sincerely thank, our visionary Chairman - Dr. C L Patel sir, the Principal of GCET Dr. Himanshu Soni and Faculty coordinator Dr. Hitesh Shah for unconditional support and guidance at every step.

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Mechanical Engineering

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