SOUVENIR 2018 th January 19, 2018 1 Convocation Programme 19th JANUARY 2018 11.00 A.M. Arrival and Reception of the Guest of Honour and Chief Guest 11.30 A.M. Joining the Academic Procession and Introduction of members of the Academic Procession with Guest of Honour and Chief Guest 11.35 A.M. Academic Procession enters the Pandal 11.40 A.M. Lighting of Ceremonial Lamp and Saraswati Vandana 11.45 A.M. Welcome by the Vice Chancellor and presentation of Report 11.50 A.M. Release of Souvenir 11.52 A.M. Chancellor declares the Special Convocation open 11.53 A.M. Conferment of Honoris Causa Degree 12.03 P.M. Chancellor declares the Special Convocation Closed 12.04 P.M. Chancellor declares the Convocation Re-open for Graduates 12.05 P.M. Conferment of Postgraduate Degrees 12.25 P.M. Conferment of Graduate Degrees 12.45 P.M. Presentation of Medals and Merit Certificates 12.50 P.M. Address by the Guest of Honour 01.00 P.M. Convocation Address by Chief Guest 01.10 P.M. Chancellor/Deans/Directors Sign the Scroll 01.11 P.M. Chancellor declares the Convocation Closed 01.12 P.M. National Anthem 01.15 P.M. Academic Procession leaves the Pandal 2 Shri Manohar Lal Chief Minister, Haryana 3 Shri Manoj Sinha Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railways Government of India 4 Shri Anil Vij Health, Medical Education, Ayush, Sports & Youth Affairs, Science & Technology & Archives Minister Haryana, Chandigarh 5 Shri Ram Bilas Sharma Education & Languages, Technical Education, Tourism, Election, Parliamentary Affairs, Archaeology & Museums and Hospitality Minister, Haryana 6 Shri Ram Bahadur Rai Chancellor SGT University, Gurugram 7 Dr. Jayashree Mehta President Medical Council of India 8 Dr. Vanitha R Muralikumar President Central Council of Indian Medicine 9 Dr. Dibyendu Mazumder President Dental Council of India 10 Shri Vijay Singh Dahiya (IAS) Director General & Secretary Higher Education, Haryana 11 Prof (Dr.) Sham Singla Pro Chancellor Former Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurugram 12 Prof. (Dr.) O.P. Kalra Vice Chancellor, Pt. B. D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana 13 Prof. Bijender K. Punia Vice Chancellor, Maharishi Dayanand University Rohtak, Haryana 14 Shri Manmohan Singh Chawla Managing Trustee 15 Chief Guest Shri Piyush Vedprakash Goyal Hon’ble Minister of Railways & Coal Govt. of India Shri Piyush Vedprakash Goyal was born on June 13 1964, in Mumbai. Shri Piyush Goyal is the Minister of Railways & Coal in the Government of India and an elected Member of Rajya Sabha, from Maharashtra. His father, late Shri Vedprakash Goyal, was Union Minister of Shipping and the National Treasurer of the BJP for over two decades. His mother Chandrakanta Goyal was elected thrice to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mumbai. He has had a strong academic record with All-India second rank holder Chartered Accountant and second rank holder in Law from Mumbai University. He has participated in Leadership Programs at Yale University (2011), Oxford University (2012) and Princeton University (2013) and is currently pursuing the three year Owner / President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard Business School. He is a Commerce graduate from H R College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, LL.B. from Government Law college, Mumbai, FCA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi and schooling from Don Bosco High School, Mumbai. Earlier, he was the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and headed the BJP’s Information Communication Campaign Committee and oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party in- cluding the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014. Shri Piyush Goyal was Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy in the Government of India. As a Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, he launched the “Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)” to revive the debt ridden Power DISCOMS of the country in 2015 and has managed to sign MOU’s with 27 states. He was the minister-in-waiting for US President Barack Obama, who visited India on 26 January, 2015. Shri Piyush Goyal, well-known investment banker, has advised top corporate on management strategy and growth, mergers & acquisitions and equity raising. He also served on the board of India’s largest commercial banks, the State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defense. Besides that an active member of the Managing Committee of Indian Merchants Chamber. He is also involved with NGOs in diverse fields such as tribal education and welfare of the physically chal- lenged (Jaipur Foot). He is also involved in the education and welfare of tribes in remote parts of India and also, support several initiatives for the differently abled. Shri Piyush Goyal, nominated to the Indian Council of World Affairs, headed by the hon’ble Vice President of India. He had the privilege of being mentored by stalwarts such as Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India. He was also nominated by the Government of India to the prestigious Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers in 2002. 16 Guest of Honour Smt. Jyoti Arora (IAS) Principal Secretary, Higher Education Government of Haryana Smt. Jyoti Arora is an IAS officer of 1987 batch who is currently, working as Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Govt. of Haryana with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Technical Education Department, Haryana. Smt. Arora did her Masters with Honors in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Smt. Arora has started her career as a Teacher in Punjab University and worked as Registrar in Kurukshetra University for more than 3 years. During her tenure of Registrar, Regional Center at Hisar of the Krurukshetra University was upgraded to the status of Technical University (Guru Jambheshwar University of Sciences & Technology. She was also Director General, Higher Education, Haryana for more than a year. She is an eminent energy professional in India, and worked for more than 10 years in various capacities/ key positions in the State of Haryana. She also worked as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power for more than 5 years. She has been closely associated with the Clean Energy Ministerial Programme specifically in context of the 21st Century Power Partnership and C3E Initiative. She was Chief of Bureau of Energy Effi- ciency (BEE) in India. Smt. Jyoti Arora was selected by USEFI for the prestigious Hubert Humphrey full bright fellowship in USA in the year 2003. 17 Vice-Chancellor’s Report By Dr. Daleep Singh On behalf of University fraternity, I feel privileged to welcome the Chief Guest, the Chancellor, the Guest of Honor, the Chairperson, Managing Trustee, Members of the Governing body, Board of Management, Academic Council, distin- guished Guests, Graduates and every one present here on this auspicious occasion of 5th Convocation of the University. It is a matter of great honour for all of us to have the noble presence of our Hon’ble Minister of Railways & Coal, Govt. of India, Sh. Piyush Goyal Ji. Sir I am confident that your blessings and commandments shall inspire and motivate the recipients of degrees to achieve their mission of life. I also extend a warm welcome to our Guest of Honour, Smt. Jyoti Arora, Principal Secretary Higher Education, Govt. of Haryana, for her gracious presence on this academic endeavor. Madam, I am sure that your words of wisdoms and blessings too shall help the recipients of degrees to be socially responsible professionals. The Group of SGT Institutions were conferred the status of a University on 24th January, 2013 by the Haryana Act No. 8 of 2013. However, its foundation was laid back in 2002 with the establishment of SGT Dental College, Hospital & Research Institute. In a short period of less than five years, the University has taken a stride forward in its development by establishing 17 faculties and offering more than 100 courses at undergraduate, post graduate and Doctoral levels in Medical and Non-Medical disciplines. The University is committed to uphold the sacred objective of transforming the young minds as human assets through multi dimensional pedagogy blended with innovative course curricula, latest teaching methods, hands on training, intensive personality development and mentorship programs. For synergizing innovativeness amongst the faculty and students, the focus of the University is on conducting research, organizing seminars, conferences, workshops, CDE, CME, Industry interactions and internship on regular basis. As a result, during last one year the faculty published 273 Research Papers in international and national journals of repute. To display the innovative work of faculty and students, the University is organizing Techno Fest on regular basis. In- spired by the initiative of the central and state governments to “Make In India” and “Start up India”, the University has organized a three days Techno Fest the Synergy – 2017 in which large number of students from various Faculties of the University, Technical Institutions and Schools particularly located in rural areas of NCR has participated and show- case their talent by displaying creative and innovative modals developed by them. In this three days fest nearly 16000 school students have also visited. The MCI has already accorded approval for PG Courses in Medical Sciences and, therefore, in the next academic