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Conceptualised and edited by: Mr. Bharat Chauhan

Editorial Team: Mr. A. N. SinhaMs. Meenakshi SharmaMs. Mona Walia

Published by: Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor - UPES & Director - ISPe

Corporate Office:210, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial EstatePhase III, New Delhi - 110 020, IndiaTel: + 91-11-41730151-53

Campus:Energy Acres, PO Bidholi Via Prem Nagar,Dehradun-248 007 (Uttarakhand), IndiaTel: +91-135-2776053-54, 2776095, 2776061Fax: +91-135-2776090Email: info@upes.ac.in URL: www.upes.ac.in

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academic infrastructure

16

corporate social responsibility

faculty in focus

industry interface

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students initiativesIndia's Infrastructure Sector and its challenges.......... ..................... 8

Management Development Programs (MDPs) ........................ 10

MoU inked with Samsung ............ 11

Lecture for EU funded Double Degree MBA Program................... 11

Certificate of Appreciation from NDTV.................................... 12

UPES Incubation department joinshands with IIM-Ahmedabad.......... 12

Dignitaries' Visits.......................... 13

Growth of private ports in India ..... 14

3rd International Conference onProfessional Communication..................... 24

Lectures delivered .................................... 25

World-IP Day celebration .......................... 25

UPES faculty researches the future of newspapers ............................................. 25

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26 27

Vijayanta Tank becomes UPES' pride .................................. 16

Second campus of UPES.............. 16

88th SRRA Site at UPES .............. 17

Nano Lab inaugurated .................. 17

Cyber presence gains pace........... 18

CCE goes online .......................... 18

UPESMET goes online ................. 18

GyanKosh - addition of knowledge resource .................... 18

Feathers in UPES' cap................... 19

milestones/achievements

20

Overwhelming responseat B. Tech counselling .................. 20

Getenergy Award.......................... 22

Placements Milestones................ 22

Greka Drilling Ltd. Inducts 76 enthusiastic Nation Builders..... 23

UPES team among top fivein Shell Ideas 360...................................... 26

UPES student to represent University at Petroleum Technology Conference ............ 26

Aerospace Engineering studentpresents seven research papers................ 26

Robo 'Pratham' created.............................. 27

ECO KART 2014........................................ 27

4th edition of Moot Court Competition....... 28

CSI Student chapter hostsInvestiture Ceremony.................................. 29

3Monsoon Management Magic (M )at UPES..................................................... 30

2Techtonics (T ) 2014 ................................ 31

Project Abhilasha ....................................... 34

World Book Day celebrated......................... 34

Community Services Event organized.......... 34

rejuvenation

32 33

Ruhani Rang by Chaar Yaar ........................ 32

VIth Energy Cup ........................................ 32

Family Connect ......................................... 33

The 12th Convocation of UPES.................................................................................... 4

03energynews

august'14

NEW

S

Conceptualised and edited by: Mr. Bharat Chauhan

Editorial Team: Mr. A. N. SinhaMs. Meenakshi SharmaMs. Mona Walia

Published by: Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor - UPES & Director - ISPe

Corporate Office:210, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial EstatePhase III, New Delhi - 110 020, IndiaTel: + 91-11-41730151-53

Campus:Energy Acres, PO Bidholi Via Prem Nagar,Dehradun-248 007 (Uttarakhand), IndiaTel: +91-135-2776053-54, 2776095, 2776061Fax: +91-135-2776090Email: info@upes.ac.in URL: www.upes.ac.in

Designed at Printcom # 011 - 26167599

This publication is meant for internal and limited distribution in the industry.

Cover FeatureContent

academic infrastructure

16

corporate social responsibility

faculty in focus

industry interface

08

08

students initiativesIndia's Infrastructure Sector and its challenges.......... ..................... 8

Management Development Programs (MDPs) ........................ 10

MoU inked with Samsung ............ 11

Lecture for EU funded Double Degree MBA Program................... 11

Certificate of Appreciation from NDTV.................................... 12

UPES Incubation department joinshands with IIM-Ahmedabad.......... 12

Dignitaries' Visits.......................... 13

Growth of private ports in India ..... 14

3rd International Conference onProfessional Communication..................... 24

Lectures delivered .................................... 25

World-IP Day celebration .......................... 25

UPES faculty researches the future of newspapers ............................................. 25

34

24 25

26 27

Vijayanta Tank becomes UPES' pride .................................. 16

Second campus of UPES.............. 16

88th SRRA Site at UPES .............. 17

Nano Lab inaugurated .................. 17

Cyber presence gains pace........... 18

CCE goes online .......................... 18

UPESMET goes online ................. 18

GyanKosh - addition of knowledge resource .................... 18

Feathers in UPES' cap................... 19

milestones/achievements

20

Overwhelming responseat B. Tech counselling .................. 20

Getenergy Award.......................... 22

Placements Milestones................ 22

Greka Drilling Ltd. Inducts 76 enthusiastic Nation Builders..... 23

UPES team among top fivein Shell Ideas 360...................................... 26

UPES student to represent University at Petroleum Technology Conference ............ 26

Aerospace Engineering studentpresents seven research papers................ 26

Robo 'Pratham' created.............................. 27

ECO KART 2014........................................ 27

4th edition of Moot Court Competition....... 28

CSI Student chapter hostsInvestiture Ceremony.................................. 29

3Monsoon Management Magic (M )at UPES..................................................... 30

2Techtonics (T ) 2014 ................................ 31

Project Abhilasha ....................................... 34

World Book Day celebrated......................... 34

Community Services Event organized.......... 34

rejuvenation

32 33

Ruhani Rang by Chaar Yaar ........................ 32

VIth Energy Cup ........................................ 32

Family Connect ......................................... 33

The 12th Convocation of UPES.................................................................................... 4

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Shri G M Rao, Group Chairman, GMR Group applauds UPES on its 12th Convocation for providing domain focused programs

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Gold Medal Winners

KALPIT JOSHIBest UG Student of College

of Engineering Studies

ISHMEET KAURBest B.Tech+MBA Student of College of Management & Economics Studies

SWARNIM SRIVASTAVABest PG Student of College

of Management & Economics Studies

KAMAL HASIJASiddho Mal & Sons Gold Medal-

Best Corporate Student

ISHITA RANJANBest UG Student of College

of Management & Economics Studies

ANCHAL AGARWALBest Int BBA+MBA Student of College of Management & Economics Studies

ANKIT JAINBest Student of College

of Legal Studies

KAILASH SRINIVASANSh. Narayan Sahai Memorial Gold Medal-

Outstanding MBA (Oil & Gas) Student

ALICE DEEPIKA PRASADBest PG Student of College

of Engineering Studies

ALICE DEEPIKA PRASADI.N Mehta Gold Medal-

Overall Performance in M. Tech

cademic excellence of UPES

has contributed in creating new

global benchmark in higher

professional education.

The majestic ceremony of the 12th

Convocation of the University was

organized at the Siri Fort Auditorium,

New Delhi on 30th May, 2014.

Shri G M Rao, the Group Chairman of

GMR Group delivered the Convocation

address. In his Convocation address,

Mr. Rao said “UPES' progressive

vision of creating specialized

professionals in the core sectors that

can contribute in the economic growth

of the country is highly admirable.

Today, with the rapid development of

the country especially in core sectors

like Infrastructure, Transportation,

Aviation, our nation needs enormous

skilled manpower to sustain the

growth and I am so glad to know that

UPES is the first Indian University to

offer 78 specialization programs

across Oil & Gas, Power,

Transportation, Infrastructure,

Logistics and Supply Chain. UPES in

true sense is providing the fuel to the

economic engine to our country.”

He said that our country will be

boosted by the strong fundamentals,

abundance of natural resources,

favorable demographics and resilient

economic structure. He further added

that our economy over the years has

moved from agro-based to knowledge

driven. In his concluding speech, Mr.

Rao suggested the students should

In addition, under the Centre for

Continuing Education (CCE), a total of

16 PhD degrees were awarded to

working professionals and faculty/

staff of UPES.

Addressing audience and delivering

the Annual Report, Dr. Parag Diwan,

the Vice Chancellor of UPES, said

"The 12th Convocation of UPES

stands out very special for some of

the unpresidential achievements and

convictions with which our students

have evolved and graduated.

16 International internships, creation

and launch of Robot 'Pratham' which

guides visitors on campus and

satiating placements of students, are

some of the highlights of this passing

year. " Dr. S.J. Chopra,

Chancellor-UPES

congratulated the students

on being awarded with

degrees.

Institutional Medals12th Conv cation

have strong self-belief. At the same

time he also cautioned them "please

do not expect success all the time,

there will certainly be failures and set

back in your journey, you should have

right positive attitude towards your

failure and learn from them."

A total of 1620 students were

awarded the Degrees out of which 10

students were awarded Gold Medals

by Shri G M Rao, the Group Chairman

of GMR. In addition, Mr. TNR Rao ,

awarded 33 Silver medals to

meritorious students in different

courses. Cairn Laureate Scholarship

was awarded to Aamir Lokhandwal

and Shivam Saxena. L&T Scholarship

was awarded to Lakshmi Narsiman B

and Siddharth G.

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Shri G M Rao, Group Chairman, GMR Group applauds UPES on its 12th Convocation for providing domain focused programs

august'14

Gold Medal Winners

KALPIT JOSHIBest UG Student of College

of Engineering Studies

ISHMEET KAURBest B.Tech+MBA Student of College of Management & Economics Studies

SWARNIM SRIVASTAVABest PG Student of College

of Management & Economics Studies

KAMAL HASIJASiddho Mal & Sons Gold Medal-

Best Corporate Student

ISHITA RANJANBest UG Student of College

of Management & Economics Studies

ANCHAL AGARWALBest Int BBA+MBA Student of College of Management & Economics Studies

ANKIT JAINBest Student of College

of Legal Studies

KAILASH SRINIVASANSh. Narayan Sahai Memorial Gold Medal-

Outstanding MBA (Oil & Gas) Student

ALICE DEEPIKA PRASADBest PG Student of College

of Engineering Studies

ALICE DEEPIKA PRASADI.N Mehta Gold Medal-

Overall Performance in M. Tech

cademic excellence of UPES

has contributed in creating new

global benchmark in higher

professional education.

The majestic ceremony of the 12th

Convocation of the University was

organized at the Siri Fort Auditorium,

New Delhi on 30th May, 2014.

Shri G M Rao, the Group Chairman of

GMR Group delivered the Convocation

address. In his Convocation address,

Mr. Rao said “UPES' progressive

vision of creating specialized

professionals in the core sectors that

can contribute in the economic growth

of the country is highly admirable.

Today, with the rapid development of

the country especially in core sectors

like Infrastructure, Transportation,

Aviation, our nation needs enormous

skilled manpower to sustain the

growth and I am so glad to know that

UPES is the first Indian University to

offer 78 specialization programs

across Oil & Gas, Power,

Transportation, Infrastructure,

Logistics and Supply Chain. UPES in

true sense is providing the fuel to the

economic engine to our country.”

He said that our country will be

boosted by the strong fundamentals,

abundance of natural resources,

favorable demographics and resilient

economic structure. He further added

that our economy over the years has

moved from agro-based to knowledge

driven. In his concluding speech, Mr.

Rao suggested the students should

In addition, under the Centre for

Continuing Education (CCE), a total of

16 PhD degrees were awarded to

working professionals and faculty/

staff of UPES.

Addressing audience and delivering

the Annual Report, Dr. Parag Diwan,

the Vice Chancellor of UPES, said

"The 12th Convocation of UPES

stands out very special for some of

the unpresidential achievements and

convictions with which our students

have evolved and graduated.

16 International internships, creation

and launch of Robot 'Pratham' which

guides visitors on campus and

satiating placements of students, are

some of the highlights of this passing

year. " Dr. S.J. Chopra,

Chancellor-UPES

congratulated the students

on being awarded with

degrees.

Institutional Medals12th Conv cation

have strong self-belief. At the same

time he also cautioned them "please

do not expect success all the time,

there will certainly be failures and set

back in your journey, you should have

right positive attitude towards your

failure and learn from them."

A total of 1620 students were

awarded the Degrees out of which 10

students were awarded Gold Medals

by Shri G M Rao, the Group Chairman

of GMR. In addition, Mr. TNR Rao ,

awarded 33 Silver medals to

meritorious students in different

courses. Cairn Laureate Scholarship

was awarded to Aamir Lokhandwal

and Shivam Saxena. L&T Scholarship

was awarded to Lakshmi Narsiman B

and Siddharth G.

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MANSI GARGUniversity Silver Medal1st Rank in MBA (IBM)

NEETHU VENKATESHAIAHUniversity Silver Medal 1st Rank in MBA (IFM)

LOKHANDWALA MUSTANSIR MDYENUniversity Silver Medal 1st Rank in MBA (PSM)

MUSTAQUEEM KHANUniversity Silver Medal 1st Rank in MBA (AVM)

Silver Medal Winners

DIVYA AGARWALUniversity Silver Medal

1st Rank in MBA (Oil & Gas)

UMA UNIYALUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in MBA (ISM)

PRATEEK J. DOKANIAUniversity Silver Medal- 1st Rank in MBA (ET)

TUSHAR SEHJPALUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in MBA (LSCM)

SHIVAM JAITLEYUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in BBA (AVO)

SOMYA SINGHLAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in BBA (Logistics Mgmt)

GAURAV RAJPOOTUniversity Silver Medal- 1st Rank in BBA (AM)

PRIYANKA MALLUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (HSE)

ASHISH VERMAUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in M. Tech (ES)

APURVA JOSHIUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech(Robotics Engg.)

RAKESH N. NUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (PDE)

ZEYA AHMAD QUADRIUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (CFD)

NIHARIKAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (AIANN)

Lakshmi Narasimhan BUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (PLE)

SAUMYA GUPTAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank- 1st Rank in B. Tech (CSE)

DIVYA DHAWANUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (ASE)

ANKIT SANGWANUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (ASE-Avionics)

AKASH DHAKAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (APE)

SWETA SWAIKAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (GIE)

GAURAV SIDDHARTH GAIROLAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (GSE)

SONALI GOSAINUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (APE)

ADITYA KUMAR KHETANUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in B. Tech (EE)

PARSHWI JAINUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (Chemical EnggSpcl. In Refining & Petrochemicals)

AANCHAL GUPTAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (Mechatronics)

SHUBHANKAR GUPTAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (PSE)

JIVESH KUMARUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (Civil Engg. With Spcl in Infrastructure Development)

HARCHAMAN KAURUniversity Silver Medal- 1st Rank in Int B. Tech (APE)+MBA (O&G))

ABHISHEK SAINIUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank inInt B. Tech (PSE) + MBA (PM)

TAPANSHU GEHLOTUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in 1st rank in BBA LLB Scholarships

Cairn Laureate Scholarship-AAMIR LOKHANDWALA &

SHIVAM SAXENA

L&T Scholarship- B. LAKSHMI NARASIMHAN &

G. SIDDHARTH

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MANSI GARGUniversity Silver Medal1st Rank in MBA (IBM)

NEETHU VENKATESHAIAHUniversity Silver Medal 1st Rank in MBA (IFM)

LOKHANDWALA MUSTANSIR MDYENUniversity Silver Medal 1st Rank in MBA (PSM)

MUSTAQUEEM KHANUniversity Silver Medal 1st Rank in MBA (AVM)

Silver Medal Winners

DIVYA AGARWALUniversity Silver Medal

1st Rank in MBA (Oil & Gas)

UMA UNIYALUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in MBA (ISM)

PRATEEK J. DOKANIAUniversity Silver Medal- 1st Rank in MBA (ET)

TUSHAR SEHJPALUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in MBA (LSCM)

SHIVAM JAITLEYUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in BBA (AVO)

SOMYA SINGHLAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in BBA (Logistics Mgmt)

GAURAV RAJPOOTUniversity Silver Medal- 1st Rank in BBA (AM)

PRIYANKA MALLUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (HSE)

ASHISH VERMAUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in M. Tech (ES)

APURVA JOSHIUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech(Robotics Engg.)

RAKESH N. NUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (PDE)

ZEYA AHMAD QUADRIUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (CFD)

NIHARIKAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (AIANN)

Lakshmi Narasimhan BUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in M. Tech (PLE)

SAUMYA GUPTAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank- 1st Rank in B. Tech (CSE)

DIVYA DHAWANUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (ASE)

ANKIT SANGWANUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (ASE-Avionics)

AKASH DHAKAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (APE)

SWETA SWAIKAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (GIE)

GAURAV SIDDHARTH GAIROLAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (GSE)

SONALI GOSAINUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (APE)

ADITYA KUMAR KHETANUniversity Silver Medal-1st Rank in B. Tech (EE)

PARSHWI JAINUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (Chemical EnggSpcl. In Refining & Petrochemicals)

AANCHAL GUPTAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (Mechatronics)

SHUBHANKAR GUPTAUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (PSE)

JIVESH KUMARUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in B. Tech (Civil Engg. With Spcl in Infrastructure Development)

HARCHAMAN KAURUniversity Silver Medal- 1st Rank in Int B. Tech (APE)+MBA (O&G))

ABHISHEK SAINIUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank inInt B. Tech (PSE) + MBA (PM)

TAPANSHU GEHLOTUniversity Silver Medal-

1st Rank in 1st rank in BBA LLB Scholarships

Cairn Laureate Scholarship-AAMIR LOKHANDWALA &

SHIVAM SAXENA

L&T Scholarship- B. LAKSHMI NARASIMHAN &

G. SIDDHARTH

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he economic liberalization of the early 90s unleashed the true intellectual and entrepreneurial

potential of India. The resulting economic growth enabled millions of Indians to get a better life and aspire for a brighter future for their families. These aspirations cut across urban and rural India. Narendra Modi, as the head of the first majority Government in 30 years will have to shape its agenda to fulfill them in every aspect, such as creating jobs, providing better amenities and enabling an environment where the creative and entrepreneurial energies of our people are positively channelized for the benefit of the country. This will entail massive financial investment and decisive, unprecedented, good governance. The nation, agog with anticipation, can hardly wait. Modi as well as some of his ministers have been keeping their noses close to the grindstone for grueling 18-hour work days.

A general theme of this Government should be to reduce and eliminate subsidies, re-engineer doles, and go in for more productive investment. Infrastructure is one of the growth engines for uplifting the economy. Once infrastructure development is put in place, the economy is sure to grow at a much faster pace.

A study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, for instance, shows that the modernisation of Delhi's airport contributed 0.45 per cent to the national GDP and 13.53 per cent to Delhi's GSDP in 2009/10.

Developed countries including the US and even China have focused on infrastructure development first and that has had a phenomenal impact on the overall economic development.

The 12th Five Year Plan has envisaged an investment of US$1 trillion (INR 60000 billion) in infrastructure development, of which about half is expected to come from the private sector through the PPP mode. Over the next few years the key focus

India's Infrastructure Sector and its Challenges

areas in infrastructure at a national level will have to be Energy(exploration, generation, transmission, distribution) and connectivity (roads, railways, airports, ports, and internet). In spite of the recent additions in power generation capacity, we continue to have a peak power deficit and even some of our metro cities face severe power shortages. While the Golden Quadrilateral National Highway network was a successful road project, it accounts for just 2% of India's road infrastructure but carries 40% of total national freight traffic. Similarly there is an urgent need to significantly expand the railway network capacity and further improve air connectivity to smaller cities. At the same time new initiatives will have to be put in place to address urban issues of transportation, water management and sanitation. We must ensure that the new wave of urbanization is sustainable and well-planned infrastructure will have to be the foundation on which we create thriving new cities of modern India.

The initiative of new government to put similar portfolios under one ministry has ensured better co-ordination, integration and having a holistic view.

Most infrastructure projects are of long

duration ranging from 25 to 60 years with very long gestation periods. Most projects also take a minimum of five years to stabilise operations. There is no cost effective financing available for the longer duration (25 to 30 years) which is the biggest challenge the sector is facing today. We require structural changes in the form of policies and reforms for sustainable long term growth of the sector.

In this context, ability to meet infrastructure investment has two aspects:

1. Availability of funds from various sources including budgetary support, internal generation & borrowings.

2. The ability of private sector to execute infrastructure projects and take up new investments under PPP model.

The world over, bond markets are used to finance Infrastructure. The absence of a developed corporate bond market in India like that in Europe and the US is affecting the growth of the sector. Indian infrastructure developers require 15 to 30 year bonds at fixed rates to finance their projects. For this we have to ease access to bond markets for private developers and provide credit enhancement by multi-lateral agencies and bank guarantees to

enhance ratings. This would enable infrastructure companies tap the long term insurance and pension funds. Sector specific bonds like Railway Bonds can also be thought of.

We do not have development financial institutions and as of now only India Infrastructure Finance Co is assisting the sector in a limited way. Brazil, which is at par with India in terms of its size and economic development, has a dedicated institution known as 'BNDES' (Brazilian Economic Development Bank) which provide funds to the infrastructure sector at 30 to 40 per cent lower cost as compared to market rates. Development financial institutions providing long term funds at cheaper rates are essential to revive the growth sentiment and initiate Infrastructure development at a rapid pace.

Today around 40 per cent of the adjusted net bank credit (ANBC) is for the priority sector (including agriculture). But the cost subsidisation given to it is offset by having higher lending rates for the balance 60 per cent. The infrastructure sector should be given special status and taken out of the 100 per cent limit of ANBC for the calculation of priority sector. Alternately the infrastructure sector itself may be given priority sector status. This will bring down cost of funds for the developer by two to three per cent.

When Infrastructure sector was opened up the government gave ample tax incentives, such as exemption from minimum alternate tax and dividend distribution tax to attract private participation. However, after some time the government began levying these taxes and the situation today is that an infrastructure company has to pay effectively around 44 per cent as corporate tax and DDT and 34 per cent as MAT and DDT of its earnings, which is the highest across the globe. This limits the amount of internal accruals that can be ploughed back in the business. If proper and adequate incentives and tax holidays are offered, the private sector will participate in the development of infrastructure in the country.

The FIIs which have spontaneously pumped in $25 billion into the Indian stock market have eased the situation to a great extent, strengthened the rupee, added to hard currency reserves, and vastly improved market sentiment. But much more needs to be done to attract more FII and FDI monies by way of liberal reform and market-friendly procedures. Various sectors will be opened up to 100 per cent FDI and others will have their limits

enhanced.

The self-help part of this, which will have a salutary knock-on effect, is important. One idea is to allow a proportion, about 30 per cent, of Indian pension funds to invest in the equity markets. This will let them seek returns higher than 8 per cent, quite inadequate in such inflationary times. It, along with hopefully continued large FII inflows, will provide funds for companies to raise money for development and growth.

The advent of pension funds in the stock market will also provide a stable flow of domestic monies, which won't be volatile as FII money can sometimes be. At present, pension funds add up to Rs 6.50 lakh crore, but none of it is coming into the bourses.

Another source of very cheap funds right now could be from low interest economies abroad, awash in liquidity. Such External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) are likely to be encouraged by the Government, given the fairly strong hard currency reserves position.

Foreign investors, have been requesting tax concessions for manufacture and this should most likely be granted to remove an irritating roadblock. In addition, the Government has already indicated that it will get rid of retrospective corporate taxation.

With the experience of the first wave of projects behind us, the private sector is now well poised to work with the government in next phase of growth in infrastructure. Our main expectations from the new government will be:

1. Follow a well-articulated and stable policy regime that encourages private investment in infrastructure

2. Speed up administrative decision making to enable timely clearances and implementation of projects a. Facilitate land acquisitionb. Set up land bank corporationc. Expedite freight and industrial

corridord. Promote low cost housinge. Hasten project approvalsf. Incentivize investmentsg. Coal sector reformsh. Price pooling for power sector /

power sector reformsi. Creation of Business infrastructure

trustsj. Conducive tax environmentk. More special infrastructure zonesl. Have smart cities

m.Creating a priority list of 100 must do infrastructure projects

3. Further build capacities within the government to bid out large infrastructure projects

4. Put in place robust and independent mechanism for dispute resolution.

5. To find a balance between labor relations and competitiveness.

6. Generating Employment & emphasis on the quality of employment

It is imperative for the new government to have a clear view on attracting investment in India as there is increasing opportunity around the world for developers and investors in the infrastructure sector. The boldest move made so far is the hike in the Railway fares and freight rates, fearfully avoided by the predecessors. The rural areas should receive massive infrastructural attention to create what Modi has called 'rurban' facilities inclusive of 100 new cities. to bring about this transformation to benefit over 600 million people.

Emerging economies in Asia, Central Europe and Latin America are planning to spend heavily on new infrastructure. Even some developed countries such as United States are planning to renew their infrastructure. This means India will have to compete with other countries to attract capital and technology. This would require clarity in planning and determination in implementation.

While so much needs to be done in India, Indian companies are gaining experience in overseas projects, competing winning projects. A few of the examples are:

In the aviation segment, GMR Infrastructure has received a contract to upgrade Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines.

In the roads segment, Punj Lloyd has received a 'Letter of Award' for the construction of a 42 km, 2x3 lane dual carriageway project between Doraigh and Noubat Dokaim from Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Yemen.

In another development, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) received order from Qatar Railways Company for design and construction of the Gold Line of the Doha Metro project.

Lets move from Entitlement to Empowerment.

- GMR GROUP

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he economic liberalization of the early 90s unleashed the true intellectual and entrepreneurial

potential of India. The resulting economic growth enabled millions of Indians to get a better life and aspire for a brighter future for their families. These aspirations cut across urban and rural India. Narendra Modi, as the head of the first majority Government in 30 years will have to shape its agenda to fulfill them in every aspect, such as creating jobs, providing better amenities and enabling an environment where the creative and entrepreneurial energies of our people are positively channelized for the benefit of the country. This will entail massive financial investment and decisive, unprecedented, good governance. The nation, agog with anticipation, can hardly wait. Modi as well as some of his ministers have been keeping their noses close to the grindstone for grueling 18-hour work days.

A general theme of this Government should be to reduce and eliminate subsidies, re-engineer doles, and go in for more productive investment. Infrastructure is one of the growth engines for uplifting the economy. Once infrastructure development is put in place, the economy is sure to grow at a much faster pace.

A study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, for instance, shows that the modernisation of Delhi's airport contributed 0.45 per cent to the national GDP and 13.53 per cent to Delhi's GSDP in 2009/10.

Developed countries including the US and even China have focused on infrastructure development first and that has had a phenomenal impact on the overall economic development.

The 12th Five Year Plan has envisaged an investment of US$1 trillion (INR 60000 billion) in infrastructure development, of which about half is expected to come from the private sector through the PPP mode. Over the next few years the key focus

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areas in infrastructure at a national level will have to be Energy(exploration, generation, transmission, distribution) and connectivity (roads, railways, airports, ports, and internet). In spite of the recent additions in power generation capacity, we continue to have a peak power deficit and even some of our metro cities face severe power shortages. While the Golden Quadrilateral National Highway network was a successful road project, it accounts for just 2% of India's road infrastructure but carries 40% of total national freight traffic. Similarly there is an urgent need to significantly expand the railway network capacity and further improve air connectivity to smaller cities. At the same time new initiatives will have to be put in place to address urban issues of transportation, water management and sanitation. We must ensure that the new wave of urbanization is sustainable and well-planned infrastructure will have to be the foundation on which we create thriving new cities of modern India.

The initiative of new government to put similar portfolios under one ministry has ensured better co-ordination, integration and having a holistic view.

Most infrastructure projects are of long

duration ranging from 25 to 60 years with very long gestation periods. Most projects also take a minimum of five years to stabilise operations. There is no cost effective financing available for the longer duration (25 to 30 years) which is the biggest challenge the sector is facing today. We require structural changes in the form of policies and reforms for sustainable long term growth of the sector.

In this context, ability to meet infrastructure investment has two aspects:

1. Availability of funds from various sources including budgetary support, internal generation & borrowings.

2. The ability of private sector to execute infrastructure projects and take up new investments under PPP model.

The world over, bond markets are used to finance Infrastructure. The absence of a developed corporate bond market in India like that in Europe and the US is affecting the growth of the sector. Indian infrastructure developers require 15 to 30 year bonds at fixed rates to finance their projects. For this we have to ease access to bond markets for private developers and provide credit enhancement by multi-lateral agencies and bank guarantees to

enhance ratings. This would enable infrastructure companies tap the long term insurance and pension funds. Sector specific bonds like Railway Bonds can also be thought of.

We do not have development financial institutions and as of now only India Infrastructure Finance Co is assisting the sector in a limited way. Brazil, which is at par with India in terms of its size and economic development, has a dedicated institution known as 'BNDES' (Brazilian Economic Development Bank) which provide funds to the infrastructure sector at 30 to 40 per cent lower cost as compared to market rates. Development financial institutions providing long term funds at cheaper rates are essential to revive the growth sentiment and initiate Infrastructure development at a rapid pace.

Today around 40 per cent of the adjusted net bank credit (ANBC) is for the priority sector (including agriculture). But the cost subsidisation given to it is offset by having higher lending rates for the balance 60 per cent. The infrastructure sector should be given special status and taken out of the 100 per cent limit of ANBC for the calculation of priority sector. Alternately the infrastructure sector itself may be given priority sector status. This will bring down cost of funds for the developer by two to three per cent.

When Infrastructure sector was opened up the government gave ample tax incentives, such as exemption from minimum alternate tax and dividend distribution tax to attract private participation. However, after some time the government began levying these taxes and the situation today is that an infrastructure company has to pay effectively around 44 per cent as corporate tax and DDT and 34 per cent as MAT and DDT of its earnings, which is the highest across the globe. This limits the amount of internal accruals that can be ploughed back in the business. If proper and adequate incentives and tax holidays are offered, the private sector will participate in the development of infrastructure in the country.

The FIIs which have spontaneously pumped in $25 billion into the Indian stock market have eased the situation to a great extent, strengthened the rupee, added to hard currency reserves, and vastly improved market sentiment. But much more needs to be done to attract more FII and FDI monies by way of liberal reform and market-friendly procedures. Various sectors will be opened up to 100 per cent FDI and others will have their limits

enhanced.

The self-help part of this, which will have a salutary knock-on effect, is important. One idea is to allow a proportion, about 30 per cent, of Indian pension funds to invest in the equity markets. This will let them seek returns higher than 8 per cent, quite inadequate in such inflationary times. It, along with hopefully continued large FII inflows, will provide funds for companies to raise money for development and growth.

The advent of pension funds in the stock market will also provide a stable flow of domestic monies, which won't be volatile as FII money can sometimes be. At present, pension funds add up to Rs 6.50 lakh crore, but none of it is coming into the bourses.

Another source of very cheap funds right now could be from low interest economies abroad, awash in liquidity. Such External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) are likely to be encouraged by the Government, given the fairly strong hard currency reserves position.

Foreign investors, have been requesting tax concessions for manufacture and this should most likely be granted to remove an irritating roadblock. In addition, the Government has already indicated that it will get rid of retrospective corporate taxation.

With the experience of the first wave of projects behind us, the private sector is now well poised to work with the government in next phase of growth in infrastructure. Our main expectations from the new government will be:

1. Follow a well-articulated and stable policy regime that encourages private investment in infrastructure

2. Speed up administrative decision making to enable timely clearances and implementation of projects a. Facilitate land acquisitionb. Set up land bank corporationc. Expedite freight and industrial

corridord. Promote low cost housinge. Hasten project approvalsf. Incentivize investmentsg. Coal sector reformsh. Price pooling for power sector /

power sector reformsi. Creation of Business infrastructure

trustsj. Conducive tax environmentk. More special infrastructure zonesl. Have smart cities

m.Creating a priority list of 100 must do infrastructure projects

3. Further build capacities within the government to bid out large infrastructure projects

4. Put in place robust and independent mechanism for dispute resolution.

5. To find a balance between labor relations and competitiveness.

6. Generating Employment & emphasis on the quality of employment

It is imperative for the new government to have a clear view on attracting investment in India as there is increasing opportunity around the world for developers and investors in the infrastructure sector. The boldest move made so far is the hike in the Railway fares and freight rates, fearfully avoided by the predecessors. The rural areas should receive massive infrastructural attention to create what Modi has called 'rurban' facilities inclusive of 100 new cities. to bring about this transformation to benefit over 600 million people.

Emerging economies in Asia, Central Europe and Latin America are planning to spend heavily on new infrastructure. Even some developed countries such as United States are planning to renew their infrastructure. This means India will have to compete with other countries to attract capital and technology. This would require clarity in planning and determination in implementation.

While so much needs to be done in India, Indian companies are gaining experience in overseas projects, competing winning projects. A few of the examples are:

In the aviation segment, GMR Infrastructure has received a contract to upgrade Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines.

In the roads segment, Punj Lloyd has received a 'Letter of Award' for the construction of a 42 km, 2x3 lane dual carriageway project between Doraigh and Noubat Dokaim from Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Yemen.

In another development, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) received order from Qatar Railways Company for design and construction of the Gold Line of the Doha Metro project.

Lets move from Entitlement to Empowerment.

- GMR GROUP

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Department of Oil & Gas, College of Management and Economics Studies (CoMES), UPES in collaboration with Centre for Management Development organized a three day Management Development Program on 'Management Practices in Oil & Gas industry for the executives of Oil & Gas with industry experience ranging from 3 to 20 years from 17th to 19th of April, 2014.

13 participants of mid-career government and non-government officials from 7 different organizations such as TOTAL Oil, IOCL, OIL, GAIL, MGL, EIL and IGL attended the program. Shri. B. S. Negi, Ex-Member, PNGRB and Ex-Director, GAIL inaugurated the program and discussed the need in today's industrial development. In his address to the gathering, he stressed emphatically on the need of capacity building for the development of Indian energy industry. The inauguration was also graced by presence of Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean - CoMES, UPES.

The three day program was packed with interactions between various dignitaries

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from the industry who took sessions on various topics pertaining to the subject area. In an highly interactive session, the Chief Guest discussed various regulatory regimes and policies pertaining to Oil & Gas industry, Mr. Jayant S. Pandya, Ex-Head, Capital Projects Consulting Group, USA, discussed 'How to accomplish a successful project'. Mr. Kumar Amit, Associate Specialist, Smart Cube, discussed on 'Energy trading and risk management concepts' and Ms. Surbhi Arora, Asst. Professor, UPES spoke on 'The economic importance of Oil & Gas in Indian Economy'.

The faculty of UPES Prof. R. K. Mandan, Prof. R. Yagnik, Dr. Ankur Mittal and Dr. Geo Jos Fernandez focused on the areas of their expertise in various domain and core subjects pertaining to Oil & Gas industry.

In the valedictory function the certificates for the participants were distributed. The department is enthusiastic to conduct the next MDP on ETRM in the month of Oct-Nov. 2014 .

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Department of HR, UPES conducted its second successful MDP in a row on the theme 'Talent Management' on May 23-24, 2014 with Dr. Nikhil Kulshrestha as the Program Director. This MDP had 18 participants from organizations like HPCL, BPCL, GAIL, UPCL, PTCUL, Airport Authority, Ministry of Railways, THDC and Sanmarg. The resource persons were a mix from academics and Industry. MDP focused on all the aspects of talent acquisition, motivation and retention and the pedagogy was a combination of lectures and experiential learning. The sessions were well received and appreciated by all participants.

As part of ongoing EU-India 'Institutional Capacity Building-Aviation Diploma' project funded by the delegation of European Union to India, Centre for Aviation Studies - UPES along with University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt (FH FFM) organized the lecture on 'Work life balancing and networking for management competencies' at UPES Dehradun Campus on 3rd & 4th May 2014.

Ms. Katrin Seifarth, faculty from FH FFM delivered the lecture. The lecture was attended by students and faculty from UPES. Mr. Pradeep Dissanayake, Project Director from FH FFM, and Prof. K.C. Gandhi, Head CAS-UPES, also participated in the program.

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A paper titled “Studies on various Performance, Combustion & Emission Characteristics of an IDI CI Engine with Multi-hole injector at different Injection Pressures and using SVO-Diesel blend as fuel” by Mr. P. S. Ranjit, Asst. Prof .- UPES, Mr. Narayan Khatri, Asst. Prof. -UPES and Dr. Mukesh Saxena, PVC -UTM Shillong on was published in International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE), Vol.4, Issue 4, April, 2014, pp. 340-344, ISSN: 2250-2459.

UPES has achieved yet another milestone by having entered into an MoU on 23rd May 2014 with Samsung Engineering India Private Ltd. an EPC major, present in 38 countries. Attracting talent from around the world, Samsung Engineering has broadened its business portfolio to a full range of engineering services in refinery, gas, petro-chemical, hydrocarbon, upstream, power, industrial facilities & water treatment.

This MoU will provide industrial exposure to students by way of Internships, projects, industrial visits etc. Besides considering UPES as a preferred campus for recruitments, Samsung Engineering will also nominate experts to deliver guest lectures, industry orientation, joint R& D and consultancy projects, MDP Programs and practical

training to the faculty and staff of College of Engineering as well as College of

Management. Samsung would also provide

guidance from an industry perspective for design and modification in course curriculum of the under graduate/post graduate degree programs through their SMEs.

MoU inked with Samsung Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Mr. DongKon Jang, Head of HR Planning, Mr. Deepak Malhotra, Sr. Vice President - Engineering Division, Mr. Viney Kaushik, Vice President - HR, from Samsung Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice chancellor, Ms. Deepa Verma, Director - Institutional Affairs, Mr. Santanil Dasgupta, Director - Career Services, Dr. Kamal Bansal, Dean - CoES,Dr. Atul Razdan, Associate Dean - CoMES, Mr. Varun Sharma, Sr. Executive - Career Services from UPES.

Management Development Program Centre for Management Development (CMD) is a brainchild of the two path-breaking institutions- UPES and Indian School of Petroleum (ISPe)- that have cumulatively dedicated more than two decades in imparting training and education programs in the energy and core sectors. It offers unique Management Development Programs (MDPs) in the areas of energy, infrastructure and transportation (E.I.T.) for industry professionals. These MDPs are designed to equip practicing managers with necessary competence to take business decisions more effectively. Moreover, they aid in developing an understanding of the nuances of different facets of the sector.

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Department of Oil & Gas, College of Management and Economics Studies (CoMES), UPES in collaboration with Centre for Management Development organized a three day Management Development Program on 'Management Practices in Oil & Gas industry for the executives of Oil & Gas with industry experience ranging from 3 to 20 years from 17th to 19th of April, 2014.

13 participants of mid-career government and non-government officials from 7 different organizations such as TOTAL Oil, IOCL, OIL, GAIL, MGL, EIL and IGL attended the program. Shri. B. S. Negi, Ex-Member, PNGRB and Ex-Director, GAIL inaugurated the program and discussed the need in today's industrial development. In his address to the gathering, he stressed emphatically on the need of capacity building for the development of Indian energy industry. The inauguration was also graced by presence of Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean - CoMES, UPES.

The three day program was packed with interactions between various dignitaries

Management Practices in Oil & Gas

from the industry who took sessions on various topics pertaining to the subject area. In an highly interactive session, the Chief Guest discussed various regulatory regimes and policies pertaining to Oil & Gas industry, Mr. Jayant S. Pandya, Ex-Head, Capital Projects Consulting Group, USA, discussed 'How to accomplish a successful project'. Mr. Kumar Amit, Associate Specialist, Smart Cube, discussed on 'Energy trading and risk management concepts' and Ms. Surbhi Arora, Asst. Professor, UPES spoke on 'The economic importance of Oil & Gas in Indian Economy'.

The faculty of UPES Prof. R. K. Mandan, Prof. R. Yagnik, Dr. Ankur Mittal and Dr. Geo Jos Fernandez focused on the areas of their expertise in various domain and core subjects pertaining to Oil & Gas industry.

In the valedictory function the certificates for the participants were distributed. The department is enthusiastic to conduct the next MDP on ETRM in the month of Oct-Nov. 2014 .

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Department of HR, UPES conducted its second successful MDP in a row on the theme 'Talent Management' on May 23-24, 2014 with Dr. Nikhil Kulshrestha as the Program Director. This MDP had 18 participants from organizations like HPCL, BPCL, GAIL, UPCL, PTCUL, Airport Authority, Ministry of Railways, THDC and Sanmarg. The resource persons were a mix from academics and Industry. MDP focused on all the aspects of talent acquisition, motivation and retention and the pedagogy was a combination of lectures and experiential learning. The sessions were well received and appreciated by all participants.

As part of ongoing EU-India 'Institutional Capacity Building-Aviation Diploma' project funded by the delegation of European Union to India, Centre for Aviation Studies - UPES along with University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt (FH FFM) organized the lecture on 'Work life balancing and networking for management competencies' at UPES Dehradun Campus on 3rd & 4th May 2014.

Ms. Katrin Seifarth, faculty from FH FFM delivered the lecture. The lecture was attended by students and faculty from UPES. Mr. Pradeep Dissanayake, Project Director from FH FFM, and Prof. K.C. Gandhi, Head CAS-UPES, also participated in the program.

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A paper titled “Studies on various Performance, Combustion & Emission Characteristics of an IDI CI Engine with Multi-hole injector at different Injection Pressures and using SVO-Diesel blend as fuel” by Mr. P. S. Ranjit, Asst. Prof .- UPES, Mr. Narayan Khatri, Asst. Prof. -UPES and Dr. Mukesh Saxena, PVC -UTM Shillong on was published in International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE), Vol.4, Issue 4, April, 2014, pp. 340-344, ISSN: 2250-2459.

UPES has achieved yet another milestone by having entered into an MoU on 23rd May 2014 with Samsung Engineering India Private Ltd. an EPC major, present in 38 countries. Attracting talent from around the world, Samsung Engineering has broadened its business portfolio to a full range of engineering services in refinery, gas, petro-chemical, hydrocarbon, upstream, power, industrial facilities & water treatment.

This MoU will provide industrial exposure to students by way of Internships, projects, industrial visits etc. Besides considering UPES as a preferred campus for recruitments, Samsung Engineering will also nominate experts to deliver guest lectures, industry orientation, joint R& D and consultancy projects, MDP Programs and practical

training to the faculty and staff of College of Engineering as well as College of

Management. Samsung would also provide

guidance from an industry perspective for design and modification in course curriculum of the under graduate/post graduate degree programs through their SMEs.

MoU inked with Samsung Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Mr. DongKon Jang, Head of HR Planning, Mr. Deepak Malhotra, Sr. Vice President - Engineering Division, Mr. Viney Kaushik, Vice President - HR, from Samsung Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice chancellor, Ms. Deepa Verma, Director - Institutional Affairs, Mr. Santanil Dasgupta, Director - Career Services, Dr. Kamal Bansal, Dean - CoES,Dr. Atul Razdan, Associate Dean - CoMES, Mr. Varun Sharma, Sr. Executive - Career Services from UPES.

Management Development Program Centre for Management Development (CMD) is a brainchild of the two path-breaking institutions- UPES and Indian School of Petroleum (ISPe)- that have cumulatively dedicated more than two decades in imparting training and education programs in the energy and core sectors. It offers unique Management Development Programs (MDPs) in the areas of energy, infrastructure and transportation (E.I.T.) for industry professionals. These MDPs are designed to equip practicing managers with necessary competence to take business decisions more effectively. Moreover, they aid in developing an understanding of the nuances of different facets of the sector.

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In an effort to strengthen SMEs across the country, UPES' Centre for Incubation and Entrepreneurship has joined hands with IIM-Ahmedabad. The center aims to create impact in India's underserved market by providing products or services and helping them in the value chain to facilitate opportunities and viability.

Incubation cell of UPES conducted the first of its kind workshop in the campus with great success on topic 'Stock Market Workshop' on 5th and 6th of April, 2014.

The participants were 66 UPES students, 7 coordinators and 1 non-UPES participant. The response from both the sides, the trainers and the participants, was overwhelming.

The discussions and deliberations revolved around (a) The Basics of Stocks.(b) Get familiar with the Jargons used. (c) Technical aspects of analyzing

stocks. (d) Reading Stock Charts. (f) Virtual Sessions. (g) Reliable sources for future

references.

Not only for the participants and the trainers, the workshop was also a great experience for the coordinating team.

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UPES has received a certificate of appreciation from NDTV acknowledging its efforts and participation in the NDTV Mission Energy Challenge, jointly organized by NDTV, CII & Grundfos.

100 contenders took part in India's first televised ecochallenge to get more energy efficient area. UPES was shortlisted under the educational institutions category and it made to the final assessment round.

It was completely a student driven effort with support and guidance of Dr. Kamal Bansal and some of the faculty members of the Department of Electrical Power & Energy. A blog post on the Mission Energy Blog was also published on the website during the event. (http://sites.ndtv.com/missionenergy/the-human-factor-of-energy-smartness/).

It was a great learning curve for all, especially the student team who participated in such an event for the first time, and were able to spread a lot of awareness for energy conservation in the campus through campaigns and creative competitions. Ms. Jagdeep Kaur , Mr. N.B. Soni & Mrs. Madhu Sharma from the Department of Electrical Power & Energy department were active participants.

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Papers titled The Effect of Sales Training on the Competence of Sales Personnel as well as the Growth in Sales by Dr A. K. Rastogi, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in International Journal of Marketing Financial Services and Management Research, ISSN: 2277-3622, Vol. 3, Issue 6, June 2014, pp 110-116. And An Analytical Study on the Behaviour of Consumers towards Investment Avenues was published in International Journal of Marketing & Financial Management, ISSN: 2348-3954, Vol. 2, Issue 2, March-April 2014, pp 22-33.

• Shri. Vijay Kumar Dhaundiyal, IAS, DG - Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST) & Additional Secretary, Science & Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand visited UPES Campus on 5th April 2014.

• Mr. B M Bansal, Former Chairman, IOCL visited UPES Campus on 30th April 2014.

• Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) visited UPES for an interaction with R&D departmenton 21st April 2014

Dignitaries Visits

A delegation from Hunan International Economics University, China visited UPES Campus on 24th April 2014. The delegates were, Mr. Pres Zhang - President, HIEU, Mr. David Shen - VP Human Resources, Laureate China, Mr. Robert Li - CFO, HIEU, Mr. Siyan Li - Marketing Director, Laureate China, Mr. Li Zhi Ming - VP Recruitment,

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES greeting the new Director (HR), ONGC Ltd. in presence of Mr. Vijay Pahwa, Sr. Director (Corporate Relations) at the ONGC office at New Delhi. Mr. Desh Deepak Misra has taken over as the Director (Human Resource) of India's most valuable public enterprise Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on August 1, 2014. He brings with him a treasure of experience in various facets of Human Resources.

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In an effort to strengthen SMEs across the country, UPES' Centre for Incubation and Entrepreneurship has joined hands with IIM-Ahmedabad. The center aims to create impact in India's underserved market by providing products or services and helping them in the value chain to facilitate opportunities and viability.

Incubation cell of UPES conducted the first of its kind workshop in the campus with great success on topic 'Stock Market Workshop' on 5th and 6th of April, 2014.

The participants were 66 UPES students, 7 coordinators and 1 non-UPES participant. The response from both the sides, the trainers and the participants, was overwhelming.

The discussions and deliberations revolved around (a) The Basics of Stocks.(b) Get familiar with the Jargons used. (c) Technical aspects of analyzing

stocks. (d) Reading Stock Charts. (f) Virtual Sessions. (g) Reliable sources for future

references.

Not only for the participants and the trainers, the workshop was also a great experience for the coordinating team.

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sion NDTV Mission Energy Challange

UPES has received a certificate of appreciation from NDTV acknowledging its efforts and participation in the NDTV Mission Energy Challenge, jointly organized by NDTV, CII & Grundfos.

100 contenders took part in India's first televised ecochallenge to get more energy efficient area. UPES was shortlisted under the educational institutions category and it made to the final assessment round.

It was completely a student driven effort with support and guidance of Dr. Kamal Bansal and some of the faculty members of the Department of Electrical Power & Energy. A blog post on the Mission Energy Blog was also published on the website during the event. (http://sites.ndtv.com/missionenergy/the-human-factor-of-energy-smartness/).

It was a great learning curve for all, especially the student team who participated in such an event for the first time, and were able to spread a lot of awareness for energy conservation in the campus through campaigns and creative competitions. Ms. Jagdeep Kaur , Mr. N.B. Soni & Mrs. Madhu Sharma from the Department of Electrical Power & Energy department were active participants.

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Papers titled The Effect of Sales Training on the Competence of Sales Personnel as well as the Growth in Sales by Dr A. K. Rastogi, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in International Journal of Marketing Financial Services and Management Research, ISSN: 2277-3622, Vol. 3, Issue 6, June 2014, pp 110-116. And An Analytical Study on the Behaviour of Consumers towards Investment Avenues was published in International Journal of Marketing & Financial Management, ISSN: 2348-3954, Vol. 2, Issue 2, March-April 2014, pp 22-33.

• Shri. Vijay Kumar Dhaundiyal, IAS, DG - Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST) & Additional Secretary, Science & Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand visited UPES Campus on 5th April 2014.

• Mr. B M Bansal, Former Chairman, IOCL visited UPES Campus on 30th April 2014.

• Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) visited UPES for an interaction with R&D departmenton 21st April 2014

Dignitaries Visits

A delegation from Hunan International Economics University, China visited UPES Campus on 24th April 2014. The delegates were, Mr. Pres Zhang - President, HIEU, Mr. David Shen - VP Human Resources, Laureate China, Mr. Robert Li - CFO, HIEU, Mr. Siyan Li - Marketing Director, Laureate China, Mr. Li Zhi Ming - VP Recruitment,

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES greeting the new Director (HR), ONGC Ltd. in presence of Mr. Vijay Pahwa, Sr. Director (Corporate Relations) at the ONGC office at New Delhi. Mr. Desh Deepak Misra has taken over as the Director (Human Resource) of India's most valuable public enterprise Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on August 1, 2014. He brings with him a treasure of experience in various facets of Human Resources.

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Private ports in the maritime states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West-Bengal across Indian peninsula have grown leaps and bounds since process of privatization was initiated in port sector. In the east coast Krishnapatnam, Gangavaram, Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, Dhamra in Odissa, Karaikal in Puducherry and Kattupalli in Tamil Nadu have developed large capacities. In the west coast Mundra, Hazira, Dahej, Sikha, Pipavav in Gujarat have come up in big way with State Maritime Board taking the lead in developing private ports.

The above table clearly shows that Gujarat and Maharashtra are leading in growth of private ports.

Private ports have been playing a vital role in catering to Energy security of the country. With India being major importer of POL and Coal, the private ports have played a major role for their imports.

The future projected growth of private ports does confirm domination of private ports over major ports and also their strong role in catering to Indian exporters and importers.

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ndia has been rightly called a country of sub-continental proportions. This statement is

true not only in terms of the vast geographic expanse of the country but also its maritime trade, which serves a vast land-locked hinterland that extends into Jammu & Kashmir in the North to landlocked countries like Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet (China) and North Eastern regions. The vastness of India's Northern Gangetic plains, which encompass large agriculturally prosperous states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana coupled with long Peninsular Coastline of over 6,000 kilometres shared by nine littoral states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal form part of a formidable natural endowment, impregnated with the possibilities of economic growth that can push up India as a significant global maritime trading nation.

Quite remarkably, some of India's states, given the length of their coastline and many natural deep harbours have a maritime economic potential, which is comparable to some of the most favoured maritime nations of the world.

The latent potential however, needs to be largely tapped in terms of building extensive coastal shipping networks, inland waterway linkages to hinterlands, coastal ferry services, cruise industry and other marine and offshore based industries. As borne out by the experience of maritime development being witnessed in case of states like Gujarat, with about a dozen bustling ports and rapidly growing cargo traffic volumes, the potential for development of several under-developed ports along the coastline are immense. Though some of the coastal states have been not very aggressive in pushing the

development of their coastline port industry and trade.

Two decades ago the private ports ( non major ports) handled eight per cent of Indian's sea borne cargo traffic.

However during last fiscal year 2012-13 the private ports have handled 390 Mt which account for 42% of the total cargo traffic. This clearly indicates that private ports have been more aggressive and exporters and importers friendly. The private ports registered 9% growth over previous year but the major ports recorded only 2.5% of growth over previous year.

Table 1 Growth of Cargo traffic at Private ports

Table 2 shows the number private ports in each state in India.

Table 3. Cargo wise traffic handled by the private ports in tons.

Table 4 Cargo wise future traffic projections at Private

Ports are no more mere physical loading and discharge points for ships, they are rather focal points of several contending and competing business interests from shipping lines, port regulatory

authorities, terminal operators to freight forwarders and logistics operators, including the shippers whose cargo is being handled.

Taken together, ports thus, emerge to be rather a complex mosaic of regulatory, contractual and business relationships, which in turn give rise to maze of operating routines and regulatory procedures. The competitive framework in which ports actually operate is thus, largely derived from the level of development of institutional and market forces in the port industry and this often manifests initially in terms of contest for primacy between regulatory jurisdiction (to restrict or induce competition in ports) and independent market-driven forces that seek to enlarge the scope of their activities.

Inter-port competition between various regional ports and intra-port competition between various terminal and port service operators at a single port location further signify a more developed port services market, where the role of the regulator is to rather monitor compliance level with existing rules and ensure that competition does not result in disruption of port operations or unfair consequences for port users. The port regulatory framework in India must currently focus itself on enlarging the scope of market forces in the port services sector and provide a level playing ground between the public and private operators.

The evolution of the port sector in most countries of the world has followed a uniform pattern of a dominant role for the government in the initial phase of development of ports, followed by gradual commercialisation of all port operations, involving a range of private players and withdrawal of State to more pressing socio-economic domains. The transition from a natural monopoly. Status held by public ports to a situation where a mixed pattern of ownership of assets and operation of services, involving both public and private sector interests, however does not take place by isolated actions of individual public ports.

Dr. T Bangar RajuProf. & HOD, Transportation Management, CoMES, UPES

Future Projections

GROWTH OF PRIVATE PORTS IN INDIA

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Private ports in the maritime states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West-Bengal across Indian peninsula have grown leaps and bounds since process of privatization was initiated in port sector. In the east coast Krishnapatnam, Gangavaram, Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, Dhamra in Odissa, Karaikal in Puducherry and Kattupalli in Tamil Nadu have developed large capacities. In the west coast Mundra, Hazira, Dahej, Sikha, Pipavav in Gujarat have come up in big way with State Maritime Board taking the lead in developing private ports.

The above table clearly shows that Gujarat and Maharashtra are leading in growth of private ports.

Private ports have been playing a vital role in catering to Energy security of the country. With India being major importer of POL and Coal, the private ports have played a major role for their imports.

The future projected growth of private ports does confirm domination of private ports over major ports and also their strong role in catering to Indian exporters and importers.

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ndia has been rightly called a country of sub-continental proportions. This statement is

true not only in terms of the vast geographic expanse of the country but also its maritime trade, which serves a vast land-locked hinterland that extends into Jammu & Kashmir in the North to landlocked countries like Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet (China) and North Eastern regions. The vastness of India's Northern Gangetic plains, which encompass large agriculturally prosperous states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana coupled with long Peninsular Coastline of over 6,000 kilometres shared by nine littoral states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal form part of a formidable natural endowment, impregnated with the possibilities of economic growth that can push up India as a significant global maritime trading nation.

Quite remarkably, some of India's states, given the length of their coastline and many natural deep harbours have a maritime economic potential, which is comparable to some of the most favoured maritime nations of the world.

The latent potential however, needs to be largely tapped in terms of building extensive coastal shipping networks, inland waterway linkages to hinterlands, coastal ferry services, cruise industry and other marine and offshore based industries. As borne out by the experience of maritime development being witnessed in case of states like Gujarat, with about a dozen bustling ports and rapidly growing cargo traffic volumes, the potential for development of several under-developed ports along the coastline are immense. Though some of the coastal states have been not very aggressive in pushing the

development of their coastline port industry and trade.

Two decades ago the private ports ( non major ports) handled eight per cent of Indian's sea borne cargo traffic.

However during last fiscal year 2012-13 the private ports have handled 390 Mt which account for 42% of the total cargo traffic. This clearly indicates that private ports have been more aggressive and exporters and importers friendly. The private ports registered 9% growth over previous year but the major ports recorded only 2.5% of growth over previous year.

Table 1 Growth of Cargo traffic at Private ports

Table 2 shows the number private ports in each state in India.

Table 3. Cargo wise traffic handled by the private ports in tons.

Table 4 Cargo wise future traffic projections at Private

Ports are no more mere physical loading and discharge points for ships, they are rather focal points of several contending and competing business interests from shipping lines, port regulatory

authorities, terminal operators to freight forwarders and logistics operators, including the shippers whose cargo is being handled.

Taken together, ports thus, emerge to be rather a complex mosaic of regulatory, contractual and business relationships, which in turn give rise to maze of operating routines and regulatory procedures. The competitive framework in which ports actually operate is thus, largely derived from the level of development of institutional and market forces in the port industry and this often manifests initially in terms of contest for primacy between regulatory jurisdiction (to restrict or induce competition in ports) and independent market-driven forces that seek to enlarge the scope of their activities.

Inter-port competition between various regional ports and intra-port competition between various terminal and port service operators at a single port location further signify a more developed port services market, where the role of the regulator is to rather monitor compliance level with existing rules and ensure that competition does not result in disruption of port operations or unfair consequences for port users. The port regulatory framework in India must currently focus itself on enlarging the scope of market forces in the port services sector and provide a level playing ground between the public and private operators.

The evolution of the port sector in most countries of the world has followed a uniform pattern of a dominant role for the government in the initial phase of development of ports, followed by gradual commercialisation of all port operations, involving a range of private players and withdrawal of State to more pressing socio-economic domains. The transition from a natural monopoly. Status held by public ports to a situation where a mixed pattern of ownership of assets and operation of services, involving both public and private sector interests, however does not take place by isolated actions of individual public ports.

Dr. T Bangar RajuProf. & HOD, Transportation Management, CoMES, UPES

Future Projections

GROWTH OF PRIVATE PORTS IN INDIA

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PES in association with MNRE/CWET has installed 88th Solar Radiation Resource

Assessment at the campus area. With this facility, the R&D team will access to various weather parameters (recorded by SRRA site) for future research.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has initiated a major project in 2011 on Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA) station across the nation to assess and quantify the solar radiation availability along with weather parameters with a view to develop Solar Atlas.

Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET), Chennai is implementing the project with a target to install a network of 111 SRRA stations (87 SRRA stations are already operational) in different States using high quality, high resolution equipment/instruments.

The 88th SRRA station has been installed,

completed and commissioned at UPES campus (rooftop of the existing food-court). As per the signed MoU with CWET, UPES is allowed to harness this data for non-commercial usage, including R&D.

Each SRRA station consists of two towers of 1.5 m and 6 m tall each. The 1.5 m tall tower houses a Solar Tracker equipped with Pyranometer, Pyranometer with Shaded Ring and Pyrheliometer to measure solar parameters, such as, global, diffused and direct radiation.

The 6 m tall tower houses instruments measuring rainfall, ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and direction. Each SRRA station is totally powered by 160 Watt SPV Panels and consists of 13 equipments/instruments and records 37 parameters inclusive of both measured and derived.

The data from each SRRA station averaged to 10 minutes and is transmitted to a Central Receiving Station established at CWET, Chennai through GPRS mode. The implementation of the project has started from February 2011 and the monthly average (daily)data received from each SRRA station is available with CWET. The quality checking process of the data is on.

The total cost of the system, Rs. 30 lakhs was borne by MNRE/CWET (personal communication with CWET). Though the cost of maintenance will be borne by UPES, partial maintenance cost will be provided by CWET.

Source: http://cwet.res.in/web/html/srra_station.html)

VIJAYANTA TANK

PES added a 'VijayantaTank' donated by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India at its campus.

Earlier, the Indian Air Force had donated a 'MIG-21' to the University. The unveiling of this Vijayanta Tank was done by Lt. Col. I.S. Rawat (Rtd), the oldest living veteran of Indian Army in Uttarakhand. The ceremony was blessed by the presence of Dr. Aziz Qureshi, the honourable Governor of Uttarakhand.

Lt. Col. Inder Singh Rawat (Retd.), 101 years old ex-army officer is the recipient of 'Kirti Chakra' and hails from village 'Bageli' in Pauri District of Uttarakhand. He was

awarded the 'Kirti Chakra' for bravery in 1957 for counter insurgency operations against the Naga Rebels in Tuensang while serving on deputation with Assam Rifles. He was accompanied by his son Brig R.S. Rawat (Retd), who is now a social worker and activist.

In his welcome address, Dr. S.J. Chopra, the Chancellor of UPES said that UPES is honoured to have Lt. Col. I.S. Rawat on the UPES Campus. Dr. Chopra applauded the spirit of Dr. Aziz Qureshi for having immense respect for the Indian Armed forces and thanked the honorable Governor for taking out time from his busy

schedule.

Dr. Aziz Qureshi, Honourable Governor of Uttarakhand in his address to the gathering appreciated the efforts made by UPES management in getting the Vijayanta Tank to the University campus. He praised the level of motivation and the focus of the people in UPES when it comes to development of the youth.

Giving the history and brief on Vijayanta Tank, Col A.S. Bains, Commandant of 88 Armoured Regiment, who travelled all the way from Barmer in Rajasthan especially for this ceremony shared that it is the first indigenously produced Tank of India and 2nd Lancers was the first Regiment to be equipped with it on 10th of August 1966. Explaining the fire power of 'Vijayanta Tanks', he disclosed that the main gun of these tanks is a 105 mm rifled gun and has 3 other machine guns mounted on it . The caliber of these guns has been recognized and appreciated globally.

On field firing ranges the main gun has the distinction of firing 30 rounds in 60 seconds with over 80 percent assured hits. The crew of Vijayanta tank comprised a four member team which included the Tank Commander, the Driver, the Operator and the Gunner but with the advancement in military technology all Vijayanta Tanks have been phased out in 2006 and have been replaced by contemporary tanks.

Becomes UPES' Pride

Oldest retired military veteran of Dehradun Lt. Col. I.S. Rawat unveils Vijayanta Tank in presence of the Governor at UPES Campus

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Infused with energy of staff, students and partners the UPES campus, which was originally spread in 30 acres in picturesque green environs of Bidholi, has now been augmented with another 12 acres Campus in Kandoli. The gradual need for expansion of UPES across verticals and demand for space has led to set up of this ancillary Campus for College of Management and Economics Studies just 3 Km away from existing campus. This will add a capacity of 5,000 students and allow sufficient space to cater to the growth in number of students. This is expected to be operational in the month of September, 2014. The Kandoli Campus will accommodate 490 students for College of Management and Economics Studies.

security and criminal investigation, defenses, food sector, nutrition sector, agriculture sector, pharmaceutics, textiles and many others. In the last twenty years, nano-technology has created its own identity for academic research and development. More and more research and development based organizations are looking for highly skilled professionals for the future development of the nano-technology based products.

In lieu of the same the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies has a dedicated virtual centre namely 'Institute of Nano-science and Nano-technology'. This centre conducts research and developmental activities in the nano-technology domain and also provides professional education and training in order to meet the needs of the emerging industry and for the society.

The Nano-materials laboratory under this

NANO LAB Inauguratedcentre was recently inaugurated by Padma Vibhushan, Dr. R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.The laboratory is fortified with several characterization equipments and many tools for synthesis of nano-materials

The centre conducts numerous research activities ranging from student driven projects to high level research experiments run by the faculty members of the University.

There has been several national and international collaborations sharing the same ideas and views in this field. MoUs signed with these institutes and universities are primarily for research, faculty exchange visits, student internships, various seminars and conferences. pplication of nano-technology is

rapidly expanding in the fields like semiconductor industry, electronics

and communication sector, health industry,

august'14 august'14

Second Campus of UPES established in Kandoli, Dehradun

17energynews

PES in association with MNRE/CWET has installed 88th Solar Radiation Resource

Assessment at the campus area. With this facility, the R&D team will access to various weather parameters (recorded by SRRA site) for future research.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has initiated a major project in 2011 on Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA) station across the nation to assess and quantify the solar radiation availability along with weather parameters with a view to develop Solar Atlas.

Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET), Chennai is implementing the project with a target to install a network of 111 SRRA stations (87 SRRA stations are already operational) in different States using high quality, high resolution equipment/instruments.

The 88th SRRA station has been installed,

completed and commissioned at UPES campus (rooftop of the existing food-court). As per the signed MoU with CWET, UPES is allowed to harness this data for non-commercial usage, including R&D.

Each SRRA station consists of two towers of 1.5 m and 6 m tall each. The 1.5 m tall tower houses a Solar Tracker equipped with Pyranometer, Pyranometer with Shaded Ring and Pyrheliometer to measure solar parameters, such as, global, diffused and direct radiation.

The 6 m tall tower houses instruments measuring rainfall, ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and direction. Each SRRA station is totally powered by 160 Watt SPV Panels and consists of 13 equipments/instruments and records 37 parameters inclusive of both measured and derived.

The data from each SRRA station averaged to 10 minutes and is transmitted to a Central Receiving Station established at CWET, Chennai through GPRS mode. The implementation of the project has started from February 2011 and the monthly average (daily)data received from each SRRA station is available with CWET. The quality checking process of the data is on.

The total cost of the system, Rs. 30 lakhs was borne by MNRE/CWET (personal communication with CWET). Though the cost of maintenance will be borne by UPES, partial maintenance cost will be provided by CWET.

Source: http://cwet.res.in/web/html/srra_station.html)

VIJAYANTA TANK

PES added a 'VijayantaTank' donated by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India at its campus.

Earlier, the Indian Air Force had donated a 'MIG-21' to the University. The unveiling of this Vijayanta Tank was done by Lt. Col. I.S. Rawat (Rtd), the oldest living veteran of Indian Army in Uttarakhand. The ceremony was blessed by the presence of Dr. Aziz Qureshi, the honourable Governor of Uttarakhand.

Lt. Col. Inder Singh Rawat (Retd.), 101 years old ex-army officer is the recipient of 'Kirti Chakra' and hails from village 'Bageli' in Pauri District of Uttarakhand. He was

awarded the 'Kirti Chakra' for bravery in 1957 for counter insurgency operations against the Naga Rebels in Tuensang while serving on deputation with Assam Rifles. He was accompanied by his son Brig R.S. Rawat (Retd), who is now a social worker and activist.

In his welcome address, Dr. S.J. Chopra, the Chancellor of UPES said that UPES is honoured to have Lt. Col. I.S. Rawat on the UPES Campus. Dr. Chopra applauded the spirit of Dr. Aziz Qureshi for having immense respect for the Indian Armed forces and thanked the honorable Governor for taking out time from his busy

schedule.

Dr. Aziz Qureshi, Honourable Governor of Uttarakhand in his address to the gathering appreciated the efforts made by UPES management in getting the Vijayanta Tank to the University campus. He praised the level of motivation and the focus of the people in UPES when it comes to development of the youth.

Giving the history and brief on Vijayanta Tank, Col A.S. Bains, Commandant of 88 Armoured Regiment, who travelled all the way from Barmer in Rajasthan especially for this ceremony shared that it is the first indigenously produced Tank of India and 2nd Lancers was the first Regiment to be equipped with it on 10th of August 1966. Explaining the fire power of 'Vijayanta Tanks', he disclosed that the main gun of these tanks is a 105 mm rifled gun and has 3 other machine guns mounted on it . The caliber of these guns has been recognized and appreciated globally.

On field firing ranges the main gun has the distinction of firing 30 rounds in 60 seconds with over 80 percent assured hits. The crew of Vijayanta tank comprised a four member team which included the Tank Commander, the Driver, the Operator and the Gunner but with the advancement in military technology all Vijayanta Tanks have been phased out in 2006 and have been replaced by contemporary tanks.

Becomes UPES' Pride

Oldest retired military veteran of Dehradun Lt. Col. I.S. Rawat unveils Vijayanta Tank in presence of the Governor at UPES Campus

academic infrastructure 16

energynews

Infused with energy of staff, students and partners the UPES campus, which was originally spread in 30 acres in picturesque green environs of Bidholi, has now been augmented with another 12 acres Campus in Kandoli. The gradual need for expansion of UPES across verticals and demand for space has led to set up of this ancillary Campus for College of Management and Economics Studies just 3 Km away from existing campus. This will add a capacity of 5,000 students and allow sufficient space to cater to the growth in number of students. This is expected to be operational in the month of September, 2014. The Kandoli Campus will accommodate 490 students for College of Management and Economics Studies.

security and criminal investigation, defenses, food sector, nutrition sector, agriculture sector, pharmaceutics, textiles and many others. In the last twenty years, nano-technology has created its own identity for academic research and development. More and more research and development based organizations are looking for highly skilled professionals for the future development of the nano-technology based products.

In lieu of the same the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies has a dedicated virtual centre namely 'Institute of Nano-science and Nano-technology'. This centre conducts research and developmental activities in the nano-technology domain and also provides professional education and training in order to meet the needs of the emerging industry and for the society.

The Nano-materials laboratory under this

NANO LAB Inauguratedcentre was recently inaugurated by Padma Vibhushan, Dr. R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.The laboratory is fortified with several characterization equipments and many tools for synthesis of nano-materials

The centre conducts numerous research activities ranging from student driven projects to high level research experiments run by the faculty members of the University.

There has been several national and international collaborations sharing the same ideas and views in this field. MoUs signed with these institutes and universities are primarily for research, faculty exchange visits, student internships, various seminars and conferences. pplication of nano-technology is

rapidly expanding in the fields like semiconductor industry, electronics

and communication sector, health industry,

august'14 august'14

Second Campus of UPES established in Kandoli, Dehradun

After receiving feedback from a large number of working professionals who want to continue further studies to conduct online examinations, the Centre for Continuing Education of UPES has gone online. Working professionals were finding it difficult to either manage leaves, or to travel to the examination centers, which were far from their existing locations.

Retrieval of the answer books from centers across the world, and subsequently processing the results, was also taking longer than expected time. As a result, the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) at UPES has taken a conscious decision, to transit all the examinations into the online mode.

After a rigorous evaluation and a

Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), UPES

The Centre has metamorphosed itself to offer quality blended education through "Distance Learning Mode" riding strong on a robust e-learning backbone. CCE now offers all its programs in the 'Online' mode to increase its footprint internationally.

successful pilot run of examinations in the March 2014 examination cycle for a select set of programs, CCE extended the facility to all its registered students from July 2014. It has facilitated all the users to take up the exam from any location hassle free and in comfort mode.

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International Exposure to Students: 7 Students to Nantes

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This year Seven M.Tech (Computational Fluid Dynamics) students have been selected for the Dual Degree Program at Nantes University. The students are, Md. Afeef Badri, Smriti Dingra, Nitin Kukreja, Manoj Joishi, Ketaki Mishra, Shailesh B G and Vinod Thale. They will join the master program by August 2014.

Three of the above mentioned students have been shortlisted for scholarship.

Nochuri Srivadana of M.Tech Robotics Engineering & Shreyance Singhvi of B.Tech Mechatronics Engineering went on internship to Ecole Superior ENSMM, France (National Engineering Institute of Mechanics and Microtechnologies) during June & July 2014 on monthly stipend plus 50% of living costs and fee waiver. During this period, Nochuri Srivadana worked on a project related to drone conception & Shreyance Singhvi was involved in a project related to innovation, data mining, micro technologies, artificial intelligence.

Cyber Presence Gains PaceThe world is transforming from being the consumer of content to the producer of the content. UPES has also initiated to contribute a crucial role in setting up the agenda on issues that affect the lives of youth. By being present on various social media platforms, UPES aims to connect with its stake holders and engage with them through education related activities, latest industry trends and enhance their knowledge on focused sectors like Energy, Infrastructure and Information Technology.

UPES has attained a strong and robust

growth on key social platforms. Notable among these that shows our active presence and participation are on the Facebook with more than 90k followers,6k followers on Twitter and 2.6k LinkedIn connections which have enabled UPES to connect closely online. It takes pride to be one among digitally active universities whose social presence is appreciated.

CCE goes completely Online for Conducting its Tests

UPES Management Entrance Test (UPESMET) goes Online Looking at the growing number of MET takers and for the convenience of management aspirants, UPES has made this test online. A lot of students have taken up this test according to the given slots which has not only helped in a paperless admission procedure but has also speed up the process. Though the test was also conducted physically in the month of February with the subsequent three online versions. This has enhanced reach of UPES' test to greater extent among aspirants.

GyanKosh addition of Knowledge resource

A new library portal entitled "GyanKosh: UPES Knowledge Portal" was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chancellor on 23rd April 2014. The portal is fully designed and developed by UPES library team in cooperation with IT Dept.

It will facilitate online access to library resources from a single window namely, online news, online catalogue, WEBOPAC, new additions to library, theses available, access e-databases and e-books, UPES publications, library rules & FAQ, open access resources, as well as other useful sites.

The ability to think out-of-the-box helped University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) student Raghav Chawla and his team beat more than 100 students at the Total Summer School, organized by TOTAL Oil in Paris, France and earn the top spot in the competition.Students were asked to think about potential scenarios that would change the world. They looked towards their distant future and presented their interpretation of what the world would look like over the next 30 years. All 112 participants were divided into teams and developed compelling presentations to get the buy-in of the panel of judges for their idea. The seven-member panel of judges included Jerome Schmitt, senior vice president of sustainable energy and development at TOTAL Oil.The winning team's presentation was titled, "What if oil demand does not increase as predicted?" Speaking about the win, Chawla, a power system engineering student at UPES, commented that, “It was a great opportunity for students to speak their mind on what they think the future will be.” Schmitt made special mention of the team for having most logical vision of tomorrow among those in the competition.Shreya Singh, an applied petroleum engineering student, and Anukriti Pokhriyal, a power system engineering student, also represented UPES at the Total Summer School. Their team presentations, “Redefining the energy scenario of the world” and “What is the world's fresh water resources run out faster than predicted?” were also well received.

TOTAL OIL SUMMER SCHOOL 2014

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Aerospace Student at Canada - Working on Space WeatherTwisha Patel 3rd year student of our Aerospace Engineering is doing internship on Space Weather under the guidance of Dr. Guven, Professor UPES in Canada. She has visited several places during her internship to collect data on space weather formations and its effects on ground system.

Feathers in UPES' cap

Internship at Ecole Superior ENSMM, France

Two of the UPES students have gone to Estonia on a three months project. Surmit Bhui and Sumana Mukherjee of Aerospace Engineering are in Estonian Tartu Space Observatory which works with projects under the umbrella of Estonian Science Agency and the

For details click on the link : http://www.eso.estaca.org/index.php/nos-projets/cubesat-project/129-projets/projets-en-cours/cubesat/cubesat-project/161-cubesat-membrer

UPES Students in the Estonia Space Observatory Internship

European Space Agency. The same students are also the part of a collaborative European Cubesat project under the guidance of Dr. Ugur Guven (Professor, UPES).

They had attended International Astronautical Congress 2013 in China. The work of these students on Cold Gas Propulsion for Nanosatellites was appreciated by the space community at large and they were invited for further research. Their project is on propulsion

system of nano and micro satellites. They will be paid for their 3 month internship period.

After receiving feedback from a large number of working professionals who want to continue further studies to conduct online examinations, the Centre for Continuing Education of UPES has gone online. Working professionals were finding it difficult to either manage leaves, or to travel to the examination centers, which were far from their existing locations.

Retrieval of the answer books from centers across the world, and subsequently processing the results, was also taking longer than expected time. As a result, the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) at UPES has taken a conscious decision, to transit all the examinations into the online mode.

After a rigorous evaluation and a

Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), UPES

The Centre has metamorphosed itself to offer quality blended education through "Distance Learning Mode" riding strong on a robust e-learning backbone. CCE now offers all its programs in the 'Online' mode to increase its footprint internationally.

successful pilot run of examinations in the March 2014 examination cycle for a select set of programs, CCE extended the facility to all its registered students from July 2014. It has facilitated all the users to take up the exam from any location hassle free and in comfort mode.

19energynews

International Exposure to Students: 7 Students to Nantes

18energynews

This year Seven M.Tech (Computational Fluid Dynamics) students have been selected for the Dual Degree Program at Nantes University. The students are, Md. Afeef Badri, Smriti Dingra, Nitin Kukreja, Manoj Joishi, Ketaki Mishra, Shailesh B G and Vinod Thale. They will join the master program by August 2014.

Three of the above mentioned students have been shortlisted for scholarship.

Nochuri Srivadana of M.Tech Robotics Engineering & Shreyance Singhvi of B.Tech Mechatronics Engineering went on internship to Ecole Superior ENSMM, France (National Engineering Institute of Mechanics and Microtechnologies) during June & July 2014 on monthly stipend plus 50% of living costs and fee waiver. During this period, Nochuri Srivadana worked on a project related to drone conception & Shreyance Singhvi was involved in a project related to innovation, data mining, micro technologies, artificial intelligence.

Cyber Presence Gains PaceThe world is transforming from being the consumer of content to the producer of the content. UPES has also initiated to contribute a crucial role in setting up the agenda on issues that affect the lives of youth. By being present on various social media platforms, UPES aims to connect with its stake holders and engage with them through education related activities, latest industry trends and enhance their knowledge on focused sectors like Energy, Infrastructure and Information Technology.

UPES has attained a strong and robust

growth on key social platforms. Notable among these that shows our active presence and participation are on the Facebook with more than 90k followers,6k followers on Twitter and 2.6k LinkedIn connections which have enabled UPES to connect closely online. It takes pride to be one among digitally active universities whose social presence is appreciated.

CCE goes completely Online for Conducting its Tests

UPES Management Entrance Test (UPESMET) goes Online Looking at the growing number of MET takers and for the convenience of management aspirants, UPES has made this test online. A lot of students have taken up this test according to the given slots which has not only helped in a paperless admission procedure but has also speed up the process. Though the test was also conducted physically in the month of February with the subsequent three online versions. This has enhanced reach of UPES' test to greater extent among aspirants.

GyanKosh addition of Knowledge resource

A new library portal entitled "GyanKosh: UPES Knowledge Portal" was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chancellor on 23rd April 2014. The portal is fully designed and developed by UPES library team in cooperation with IT Dept.

It will facilitate online access to library resources from a single window namely, online news, online catalogue, WEBOPAC, new additions to library, theses available, access e-databases and e-books, UPES publications, library rules & FAQ, open access resources, as well as other useful sites.

The ability to think out-of-the-box helped University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) student Raghav Chawla and his team beat more than 100 students at the Total Summer School, organized by TOTAL Oil in Paris, France and earn the top spot in the competition.Students were asked to think about potential scenarios that would change the world. They looked towards their distant future and presented their interpretation of what the world would look like over the next 30 years. All 112 participants were divided into teams and developed compelling presentations to get the buy-in of the panel of judges for their idea. The seven-member panel of judges included Jerome Schmitt, senior vice president of sustainable energy and development at TOTAL Oil.The winning team's presentation was titled, "What if oil demand does not increase as predicted?" Speaking about the win, Chawla, a power system engineering student at UPES, commented that, “It was a great opportunity for students to speak their mind on what they think the future will be.” Schmitt made special mention of the team for having most logical vision of tomorrow among those in the competition.Shreya Singh, an applied petroleum engineering student, and Anukriti Pokhriyal, a power system engineering student, also represented UPES at the Total Summer School. Their team presentations, “Redefining the energy scenario of the world” and “What is the world's fresh water resources run out faster than predicted?” were also well received.

TOTAL OIL SUMMER SCHOOL 2014

august'14 august'14

Aerospace Student at Canada - Working on Space WeatherTwisha Patel 3rd year student of our Aerospace Engineering is doing internship on Space Weather under the guidance of Dr. Guven, Professor UPES in Canada. She has visited several places during her internship to collect data on space weather formations and its effects on ground system.

Feathers in UPES' cap

Internship at Ecole Superior ENSMM, France

Two of the UPES students have gone to Estonia on a three months project. Surmit Bhui and Sumana Mukherjee of Aerospace Engineering are in Estonian Tartu Space Observatory which works with projects under the umbrella of Estonian Science Agency and the

For details click on the link : http://www.eso.estaca.org/index.php/nos-projets/cubesat-project/129-projets/projets-en-cours/cubesat/cubesat-project/161-cubesat-membrer

UPES Students in the Estonia Space Observatory Internship

European Space Agency. The same students are also the part of a collaborative European Cubesat project under the guidance of Dr. Ugur Guven (Professor, UPES).

They had attended International Astronautical Congress 2013 in China. The work of these students on Cold Gas Propulsion for Nanosatellites was appreciated by the space community at large and they were invited for further research. Their project is on propulsion

system of nano and micro satellites. They will be paid for their 3 month internship period.

Overwhelming response at B.Tech counselling

Overwhelming response at B.Tech counselling

he Centralised counselling for B.Tech aspirants has been

organized by UPES from 23rd to 30th June'14. Applicants who have qualified UPESEAT (an aptitude cum entrance test for B. Tech, conducted PAN India on 24th May'14) were invited to this counselling. This year has observed an overwhelming response from these aspirants who were being counselled to register in their chosen domains. Aspiring students and their parents were invited to venues at Kolkata and Delhi on the basis of their secured rank in UPESEAT. It happened for the first time that counseling and alotment for branches was done at two locations simultaneously, earlier it used to be organised in Delhi only. A dedicated team of officials from UPES & UTM helped these aspiring engineers to pursue a career in various domains. A huge turnout of counseling invitees was observed at the end of the counseling schedule.

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UPES' College of Engineering Studies offers a number of sector specific courses in its kitty. These programs are domain specialized catering across verticals in Energy, Infrastructure and Technology streams. This provides more options and variety among aspirants to choose the niche program of their choice.

august'14 august'14

Overwhelming response at B.Tech counselling

Overwhelming response at B.Tech counselling

he Centralised counselling for B.Tech aspirants has been

organized by UPES from 23rd to 30th June'14. Applicants who have qualified UPESEAT (an aptitude cum entrance test for B. Tech, conducted PAN India on 24th May'14) were invited to this counselling. This year has observed an overwhelming response from these aspirants who were being counselled to register in their chosen domains. Aspiring students and their parents were invited to venues at Kolkata and Delhi on the basis of their secured rank in UPESEAT. It happened for the first time that counseling and alotment for branches was done at two locations simultaneously, earlier it used to be organised in Delhi only. A dedicated team of officials from UPES & UTM helped these aspiring engineers to pursue a career in various domains. A huge turnout of counseling invitees was observed at the end of the counseling schedule.

20energynews milestones/achievements

21energynews

UPES' College of Engineering Studies offers a number of sector specific courses in its kitty. These programs are domain specialized catering across verticals in Energy, Infrastructure and Technology streams. This provides more options and variety among aspirants to choose the niche program of their choice.

august'14 august'14

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Baltimore based Laureate Education Incorporated (LEI), having 78 universities across 37 nations, was conferred with the “Special Association Award - Advancing Education for the Oil & Gas Industry”, 2014 by Getenergy Awards. Mr. Sanjay Kaul, Founder President UPES & Global Thought Leader - Energy, Infrastructure & Transportation vertical, accepted the award on behalf of LEI on 3rd June 2014 at the awards ceremony in London. The award recognizes contributions made for the advancements in education and training for Oil & Gas Industry.

Earlier in 2008 on behalf of UPES, Mr. Kaul had received the Best Global Education/Training Provider Award by Getenergy Limited. In 2005, Mr. Kaul was awarded th “Outstanding Individual Achievement Award.”

“Lifetime Achievement Award”

Special Association Award - Advancing Education for the Oil/Gas Industry, 2014

Recently, Mr. Sanjay Kaul was also been nominated for The Getenergy “Lifetime Achievement Award”. The award is for continued dedication to training and education in the oil and gas industry. Getenergy, is a global education and training marketplace for the Oil & Gas industry that brings together providers of education and training (universities, colleges and private providers) with national and international upstream Oil and Gas companies, governments and service providers Earlier also, Mr. Kaul had been awarded the “Outstanding Individual Achievement Award” in the Energy Sector by the same agency in 2005.

Placements MilestoneTouching the Magical figure of 1070 by placing more than thousand students by

the month of July itself, UPES Career service team celebrated successful placement of 90% of graduating students.

'It's a truly magical figure coming in such a trying year…the year which was very

challenging for the nation as a whole" said Mr. Santanil Dasgupta (Director - Career Services), UPES. Some of the reputed companies like

and many more recruited students from the campus.

UPES is , out of which more than 50% have chosen UPES for the first

time, including McKinsey & Co., Linde, Dr Reddy's Labs, Samsung Engg, Quest Global, I Gate to name a few. The highest package went upto INR 17 lacs this year. Recruitments by leading law firms like Mulla&Mulla, Lakshmi Kumaran&Sridharan, Selvam&Selvam, and Basil Partners was the special flavor to our law graduates. Besides this LPOs like Quislex, Mind crest and Chess Management also gave multiple offers.

in their pre-final. UPES'

students secured prestigious 'Live' projects cutting across private sector as well as PSUs in related domains. Over 2500 students went on 40 different industrial tours across pan India. The year also witnessed unprecedented international paid internships to 16 students in France, Luxemburg, Canada, Frankfurt, Germany, China & Russia.

L&T, Accenture, Infosys, Schlumberger, Cairn, Halliburton, Total Oil, Evalueserve, KPMG, Dell, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Kalpataru, General Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance

proud to be patronized by 250 companies

UPES also takes pride in having 100% summer internships for all students

august'14 august'14

The Induction-cum-Training program of Greka Drilling Ltd. India, concluded on 19th July with the Graduating Ceremony of the selected students. Mr. Randeep Grewal, Chairman & CEO of GDL flew-in from Hong Kong to give away the certificates to successful trainees and interacted with the latest recruits of Greka in India.

Greka Drilling Ltd. inducts 76 enthusiastic Nation Builders

Each of the participating 76 students (Graduating batch of 2013) completed successfully the exhaustive 4 weeks training.

Experts in Health, Safety & Environment, Drilling, Rig Maintenance & Management were brought in by Greka to give class-room training and orientation on various

aspects of drilling and especially on Greka's patented drilling technology and rigs. Trainers from China, Norway, Australia, besides India were on the UPES campus for this training. Mr. Stein Giljarhus (President and COO, Greka Drilling Ltd.), Ms. Betty Chung (Director - Corporate Affairs), Mr. David Barlin (Director - Maintenance), Mr Karl Jennings (Director - Training) besides others visited campus and interacted with the students . After 5 days of morning -to-evening classes the trainees went through specialized team building sessions. This was capped with an evening of bonding over dinner to the tunes of a DJ, arranged to ensure all let their hair loose and enjoy too. A day was spent frolicking at the water park at Nanda-ki-Choki in Dehradun.

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A paper titled “Energy Efficient Fault Tolerant Architecture for Distributed Event Detection” by Ms Chhavi Gupta, Asst. Prof. UPES, Ankit Khare and Dr. Manish Prateek, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in the Proceeding of Elsevier International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications (Ercica-2014) held in August, Bangalore.

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A paper titled “Epistemology of Legal Leftism: An Ontological Critique”, by Mr S.G. Sreejith, Associate Prof., UPES was published in Journal of the Indian Law Institute, vol.55, pp.429-75.

23energynews

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Baltimore based Laureate Education Incorporated (LEI), having 78 universities across 37 nations, was conferred with the “Special Association Award - Advancing Education for the Oil & Gas Industry”, 2014 by Getenergy Awards. Mr. Sanjay Kaul, Founder President UPES & Global Thought Leader - Energy, Infrastructure & Transportation vertical, accepted the award on behalf of LEI on 3rd June 2014 at the awards ceremony in London. The award recognizes contributions made for the advancements in education and training for Oil & Gas Industry.

Earlier in 2008 on behalf of UPES, Mr. Kaul had received the Best Global Education/Training Provider Award by Getenergy Limited. In 2005, Mr. Kaul was awarded th “Outstanding Individual Achievement Award.”

“Lifetime Achievement Award”

Special Association Award - Advancing Education for the Oil/Gas Industry, 2014

Recently, Mr. Sanjay Kaul was also been nominated for The Getenergy “Lifetime Achievement Award”. The award is for continued dedication to training and education in the oil and gas industry. Getenergy, is a global education and training marketplace for the Oil & Gas industry that brings together providers of education and training (universities, colleges and private providers) with national and international upstream Oil and Gas companies, governments and service providers Earlier also, Mr. Kaul had been awarded the “Outstanding Individual Achievement Award” in the Energy Sector by the same agency in 2005.

Placements MilestoneTouching the Magical figure of 1070 by placing more than thousand students by

the month of July itself, UPES Career service team celebrated successful placement of 90% of graduating students.

'It's a truly magical figure coming in such a trying year…the year which was very

challenging for the nation as a whole" said Mr. Santanil Dasgupta (Director - Career Services), UPES. Some of the reputed companies like

and many more recruited students from the campus.

UPES is , out of which more than 50% have chosen UPES for the first

time, including McKinsey & Co., Linde, Dr Reddy's Labs, Samsung Engg, Quest Global, I Gate to name a few. The highest package went upto INR 17 lacs this year. Recruitments by leading law firms like Mulla&Mulla, Lakshmi Kumaran&Sridharan, Selvam&Selvam, and Basil Partners was the special flavor to our law graduates. Besides this LPOs like Quislex, Mind crest and Chess Management also gave multiple offers.

in their pre-final. UPES'

students secured prestigious 'Live' projects cutting across private sector as well as PSUs in related domains. Over 2500 students went on 40 different industrial tours across pan India. The year also witnessed unprecedented international paid internships to 16 students in France, Luxemburg, Canada, Frankfurt, Germany, China & Russia.

L&T, Accenture, Infosys, Schlumberger, Cairn, Halliburton, Total Oil, Evalueserve, KPMG, Dell, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Kalpataru, General Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance

proud to be patronized by 250 companies

UPES also takes pride in having 100% summer internships for all students

august'14 august'14

The Induction-cum-Training program of Greka Drilling Ltd. India, concluded on 19th July with the Graduating Ceremony of the selected students. Mr. Randeep Grewal, Chairman & CEO of GDL flew-in from Hong Kong to give away the certificates to successful trainees and interacted with the latest recruits of Greka in India.

Greka Drilling Ltd. inducts 76 enthusiastic Nation Builders

Each of the participating 76 students (Graduating batch of 2013) completed successfully the exhaustive 4 weeks training.

Experts in Health, Safety & Environment, Drilling, Rig Maintenance & Management were brought in by Greka to give class-room training and orientation on various

aspects of drilling and especially on Greka's patented drilling technology and rigs. Trainers from China, Norway, Australia, besides India were on the UPES campus for this training. Mr. Stein Giljarhus (President and COO, Greka Drilling Ltd.), Ms. Betty Chung (Director - Corporate Affairs), Mr. David Barlin (Director - Maintenance), Mr Karl Jennings (Director - Training) besides others visited campus and interacted with the students . After 5 days of morning -to-evening classes the trainees went through specialized team building sessions. This was capped with an evening of bonding over dinner to the tunes of a DJ, arranged to ensure all let their hair loose and enjoy too. A day was spent frolicking at the water park at Nanda-ki-Choki in Dehradun.

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INTELLECT TREASURE

A paper titled “Energy Efficient Fault Tolerant Architecture for Distributed Event Detection” by Ms Chhavi Gupta, Asst. Prof. UPES, Ankit Khare and Dr. Manish Prateek, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in the Proceeding of Elsevier International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications (Ercica-2014) held in August, Bangalore.

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A paper titled “Epistemology of Legal Leftism: An Ontological Critique”, by Mr S.G. Sreejith, Associate Prof., UPES was published in Journal of the Indian Law Institute, vol.55, pp.429-75.

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Lectures delivered

University of Maribor, Slovenia

Dr. S. R. Das, Senior Professor and VP - Academics visited the University of Maribor, Slovenia on invitation to teach in the Summer Program of the University's Faculty of Economics and Business. Dr. Das was in Maribor from 26th to 30th May 2014 for this assignment and this was fully sponsored by the University of Maribor. Dr. Das taught the subject 'Competitive Intelligence' in the selected management programs and these classes were also attended by the faculty

members. The lectures and the subject content were highly appreciated by the students as well as the faculty members.

nternational Conference on Professional Communication “MAG/I/C 2014 - Methods, Aesthetics & Genres in English

Communication” concluded on 5th of April this year. Once again, some of the most eminent faces from contemporary english Language and Literature departments across country were seen in this third edition of International Conference. The objective was to provide an engaging platform for the experts in the area of communication through the english language which primarily included academia and research scholars.

Various aspects of effective communication through english medium were shared by these experts which included effective deployment of latest technological tools to increase the reach of communication, importance of voice tone, pauses etc. for effective communication, importance of body language, voice modulation and tempo required for effective public speaking.

The plenary speakers were Mr. Gordon Lewis (Vice President, Languages, Laureate Higher Education, New Jersey), Prof S C Chaudhary (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras) & Prof. Manorama Trikha (former HoD, Department of English, CCS University, Meerut).

During the Plenary Session, Mr. Gordon Lewis enlightened audience with the strategies for teaching with technology as he identifies the lack of proper strategy as a significant barrier to adopting new technology and collaborative tools in education. He believes that communication is driving changes in the present century. Mr. Lewis focused on developing vision, setting smart goals, implementing various technology based training models and suggested teachers to measure success by integrating technology with curriculum and periodic monitoring of feedback.

Prof. S. C. Chaudhary talked about his paper 'Speaking to the Global Village.' He informed about different aspects of English language teaching such as pragmatic, sociolinguistics and shared his experiences of teaching students to overcome fear of public speaking and to control the tempo of their speech by incorporating pauses as and when required. He also talked about the various components of pronunciation like realization of sound, phonotactics and prominence of sounds.

Prof. Manorama Trikha addressed audience on the essentials of communication. Communication, according to her, is to be alive. She feels introspection, personality, perception and understanding the psychology of the speaker are significant aspects of communication. She also emphasized on the importance of non-verbal communication, especially body language and tone modulation of voice which are important factors of effective communication. The enriching and captivating speech concluded with her suggestions to become better listeners.

The Convener of the Conference Mr. Vickram Sahai, HOD - Centre for Professional Communication (CPC), UPES informed that there were over 67 speakers, from all over India, presenting their papers on various topics during the conference, including pragmatics and semantics, factual to effectual communication, language in communication and media, teaching

language through literature, imparting human values through language, the science & the conscience and technology in teaching.

Apart from the paper presentations, there was also a cultural event and a gala dinner hosted by the CPC - UPES. Other topics that were also covered by delegates during the discussion were around dimensions of communication and English language in academia and industry. These sessions brought a confluence of western and eastern philosophies in language teaching.

Finally, in the Valedictory Session the plenary speaker Mr. Gordon Lewis again emphasized on the importance of strategies and tools in english language teaching for the modern global students. The conference concluded with a final Vote of Thanks to the delegates and team for making the conference a successful event.

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3rd International Conference on

Professional Communication - MAG/I/C 2014

After Hindustan Times, now Times of India has published one of the major findings of Dr. Rajesh Tripathi's (Asst. Professor, Department of Strategic Management, CoMES, UPES) Ph.D thesis titled 'Strategic Thinking for Technology and Competence Building: Mapping of India Newspaper Industry'. The Article was published with the heading- 'Future of newspapers safe and robust: Study' in Allahabad Edition . Dr. Tripathi's findings highlight a huge & widening perpetual gap that exist between editions & media officials in understanding preferences of readers on content and features like political, local, sports, business, advertisement, entertainment and matrimonial which were not preferred by readers on a magnitude believed by editors & officials.

World IP Day celebration

World IP Day celebration was

organized by the IPR Cell of College

of Legal Studies, UPES in

association with UCOST

(Uttarakhand State Council for

Science & Technology)

R&D (UPES) and Center for

Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE)

on 28th April, 2014. The celebrations

included IPR awareness, a brief

video on intellectual property, debate

and essay writing competition where

undergraduate and post graduate

students were welcomed to

participate irrespective of the

discipline. On the occasion the draft

UPES IPR policy was released. A

poster presentation and exhibition

highlighting creativity and innovation

of the students was also organized.

IIS, Bangalore

Professor Santosh K. Gupta of the Department of Chemical Engineering, UPES delivered a lecture at the annual lecture series held in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, one of the oldest institutions of the country. Prof. Gupta attended the series at the 2013-14 Kuloor Memorial Lecture organised by the Chemical Engineering Department, on 3rd April in Bangalore.

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Lectures delivered

University of Maribor, Slovenia

Dr. S. R. Das, Senior Professor and VP - Academics visited the University of Maribor, Slovenia on invitation to teach in the Summer Program of the University's Faculty of Economics and Business. Dr. Das was in Maribor from 26th to 30th May 2014 for this assignment and this was fully sponsored by the University of Maribor. Dr. Das taught the subject 'Competitive Intelligence' in the selected management programs and these classes were also attended by the faculty

members. The lectures and the subject content were highly appreciated by the students as well as the faculty members.

nternational Conference on Professional Communication “MAG/I/C 2014 - Methods, Aesthetics & Genres in English

Communication” concluded on 5th of April this year. Once again, some of the most eminent faces from contemporary english Language and Literature departments across country were seen in this third edition of International Conference. The objective was to provide an engaging platform for the experts in the area of communication through the english language which primarily included academia and research scholars.

Various aspects of effective communication through english medium were shared by these experts which included effective deployment of latest technological tools to increase the reach of communication, importance of voice tone, pauses etc. for effective communication, importance of body language, voice modulation and tempo required for effective public speaking.

The plenary speakers were Mr. Gordon Lewis (Vice President, Languages, Laureate Higher Education, New Jersey), Prof S C Chaudhary (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras) & Prof. Manorama Trikha (former HoD, Department of English, CCS University, Meerut).

During the Plenary Session, Mr. Gordon Lewis enlightened audience with the strategies for teaching with technology as he identifies the lack of proper strategy as a significant barrier to adopting new technology and collaborative tools in education. He believes that communication is driving changes in the present century. Mr. Lewis focused on developing vision, setting smart goals, implementing various technology based training models and suggested teachers to measure success by integrating technology with curriculum and periodic monitoring of feedback.

Prof. S. C. Chaudhary talked about his paper 'Speaking to the Global Village.' He informed about different aspects of English language teaching such as pragmatic, sociolinguistics and shared his experiences of teaching students to overcome fear of public speaking and to control the tempo of their speech by incorporating pauses as and when required. He also talked about the various components of pronunciation like realization of sound, phonotactics and prominence of sounds.

Prof. Manorama Trikha addressed audience on the essentials of communication. Communication, according to her, is to be alive. She feels introspection, personality, perception and understanding the psychology of the speaker are significant aspects of communication. She also emphasized on the importance of non-verbal communication, especially body language and tone modulation of voice which are important factors of effective communication. The enriching and captivating speech concluded with her suggestions to become better listeners.

The Convener of the Conference Mr. Vickram Sahai, HOD - Centre for Professional Communication (CPC), UPES informed that there were over 67 speakers, from all over India, presenting their papers on various topics during the conference, including pragmatics and semantics, factual to effectual communication, language in communication and media, teaching

language through literature, imparting human values through language, the science & the conscience and technology in teaching.

Apart from the paper presentations, there was also a cultural event and a gala dinner hosted by the CPC - UPES. Other topics that were also covered by delegates during the discussion were around dimensions of communication and English language in academia and industry. These sessions brought a confluence of western and eastern philosophies in language teaching.

Finally, in the Valedictory Session the plenary speaker Mr. Gordon Lewis again emphasized on the importance of strategies and tools in english language teaching for the modern global students. The conference concluded with a final Vote of Thanks to the delegates and team for making the conference a successful event.

faculty in focus24

energynews

august'14 august'14

3rd International Conference on

Professional Communication - MAG/I/C 2014

After Hindustan Times, now Times of India has published one of the major findings of Dr. Rajesh Tripathi's (Asst. Professor, Department of Strategic Management, CoMES, UPES) Ph.D thesis titled 'Strategic Thinking for Technology and Competence Building: Mapping of India Newspaper Industry'. The Article was published with the heading- 'Future of newspapers safe and robust: Study' in Allahabad Edition . Dr. Tripathi's findings highlight a huge & widening perpetual gap that exist between editions & media officials in understanding preferences of readers on content and features like political, local, sports, business, advertisement, entertainment and matrimonial which were not preferred by readers on a magnitude believed by editors & officials.

World IP Day celebration

World IP Day celebration was

organized by the IPR Cell of College

of Legal Studies, UPES in

association with UCOST

(Uttarakhand State Council for

Science & Technology)

R&D (UPES) and Center for

Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE)

on 28th April, 2014. The celebrations

included IPR awareness, a brief

video on intellectual property, debate

and essay writing competition where

undergraduate and post graduate

students were welcomed to

participate irrespective of the

discipline. On the occasion the draft

UPES IPR policy was released. A

poster presentation and exhibition

highlighting creativity and innovation

of the students was also organized.

IIS, Bangalore

Professor Santosh K. Gupta of the Department of Chemical Engineering, UPES delivered a lecture at the annual lecture series held in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, one of the oldest institutions of the country. Prof. Gupta attended the series at the 2013-14 Kuloor Memorial Lecture organised by the Chemical Engineering Department, on 3rd April in Bangalore.

n a competition that encourages university students to conceive, share and collaboratively develop innovative ideas to help tackle energy, water and

food challenges around the world, UPES Dehradun has entered the top fifth slot.

Krishna Chaturvedi and his team member Priya Sihag from the UPES, Dehradun, has got a mention in the top five list of Global Shell Ideas360, with their innovative idea 'Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future'.

Shell, one of the largest and the most

diversified international investors in India's energy sector among all global integrated oil companies announced the five finalists that competed in the final stage of the global student competition Shell Ideas360. The competition which encourages university

students to conceive, share and collaboratively develop innovative ideas to help tackle Energy, Water and Food challenges around the world kicked off in September 2013, generating 668 submissions by students around the globe, of which 97 ideas made it to the second stage.

Krishna Chaturvedi and his team member Priya Sihag, B. Tech - Applied Petroleum Engineering Upstream, UPES, Dehradun had made the country proud with their innovative idea 'Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future'. The other finalists were from Canada, Singapore, the Netherlands and Australia.

The Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future project implemented under the mentorship of Mr. Andrew Tan presented an innovative, promising and sustainable source of energy for the future via the injection of carbon-dioxide in hydrate reservoirs to produce methane gas. The microbial action on Carbon dioxide in reservoir to convert it to methane via methanogenesis (procedure of microbial action) and reformation of a methane gas hydrate, forming a complete cycle and providing an ever-lasting source of energy was the concept of the idea.

Team UPES among top five in global competitionfor their innovative idea 'Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future'

Speaking on the occasion, Viswakumar Menon, Country Head, Corporate Communications, Shell India said, “We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to students from UPES for making their country and the University proud. We at Shell are committed to a better world and a better future. As major players in the Oil & Gas industry globally, we've always been at the forefront of driving sustainability through innovation and best practices”.

The Indian team along with other finalists pitched its idea to a panel of judges in Amsterdam in the month of May and was appreciated at the Powering Progress Together forum held at Shell Eco-marathon in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The winning team was embarked on once-in-a-lifetime National Geographic Expedition.

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PES students added yet another feather to the University cap while also making Uttarakhand proud by

virtue of being the only qualifying team from the state and also securing the second position in an all India competition called 'National Eco Kart Championship 2014 (Eco Kart 2014)' organized by the SAE (Society of Automobile Engineers).

Organized in the campus of Gautam Budh University, Noida under the aegis of SAE, around 71 Engineering Institutes participated in this national competition. The first qualifying round was the virtual round to present the basic design, based on the specified technical parameters Only 33 teams out of the 71 qualified the first round.

In next round, qualified teams were given clearance to fabricate their respective vehicles in their own campus in a given time frame and on a specified date were asked to reach the campus of GBU with the vehicles to go through the dynamic rounds which included technical Inspection and field testing of the vehicles.

Technical inspection included self weight test, safety test and brake test. The vehicle built by UPES students was found to be the lightest in the competition weighing less than 90 Kgs.

In acceleration test, UPES vehicle was able to cover 50 meters in 9.34 seconds. Turn Table test was where the maneuverability and also the driving skills of the driver were put to test on a specified track inscribed with different colored cones, hitting the cones earned penalty points, UPES driver and vehicle both did reasonably good in zero miles test to test the vehicle efficiency in terms of maximum distance travelled on a limited charged power source. The UPES vehicle was able to cover a distance of 11.8 kms.

The members of this team included Jivesh Kapoor (Team Captain), Harpreet Singh

(Vice Captain), Aanchal Hooda, Aayush Khosla, Anshul Sharma, Anuj Siddu, Anurag Chandnani, Arpit Saxena, Asish Sharma, Harshad Pandey, Keshav Sethi, Prateek Rathore, Shivam Sharma, Srishti, Trinoy Dutta. The proud guides of this team included their mentor Prof. Umesh Wazir and the ever willing and ready guidance at the laboratory and workshop level Mr J.P. Gupta, the Senior Laboratory Technician.

ECO KART 2014 UPES Students bring laurels to Uttarakhand

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A team of 5 enthusiastic students created a fully indigenous guide and multimedia robot 'Pratham' that guides visitors and share information about organization in a compelling manner. 'Pratham' participated in “ ” competition and secured highest marks in first round under the mentorship of Mr. Rajesh Singh, Asst. Prof., UPES It is designed to educate and entertain people in public places. Five students Rajesh Singh, Jatin Kumar Khilrani, Shantanu, Akash Srivastav and Ishan Upadhyay created this under the mentorship of Mr. Rajesh Singh, Asst. Prof., UPES. All of these are from B.Tech (Electronics Engineering) III year.

The Laureate Award for Excellence in Robotic Engineering

Robo 'Pratham' gains worldwide appreciation

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Nothing is more exciting than sharing our students' achievements. Anirudh Katyal, one of our students from Aerospace Engineering with specialization in Avionics from VI semester has wrote more than 7 research papers and got them published or presented in various Conferences/ Journals in a span of one year itself. It would not be wrong to say that dedication brings success. On asking about this achievement, Anirudh modestly said, “To expand knowledge base during classes, one of my Professors of Fluid Mechanics Mr. Sudhir Kumar Chaturvedi used to inspire us to read scholarly articles related to the basic subjects. This inspiration prompted me to read ar ticles a lot. He being my mentor has continuously encouraged me to publish my work and to par ticipate in Conferences.” Finally Anirudh did it and presented a trail of papers covering wide range of topics like study of Radar and its multichannel, Aircraft braking system with emphasis on fail-safe technology, Hypersonic aerodynamics of aerospace vehicle design, Aircraft fueling system and related area.

Aerospace Engineering student Anirudh Katyal presents7 research papers

UPES Student to represent University at

8th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC)Harshit, a student of Geoscience has been shor tlisted as one of the participants to represent UPES at 8th Edition of International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) Education week to be held 8 to 12 December 2014, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion that true science can only be based on unbiased observation of nature. It takes exemplary field observations and zealous knowledge to be an adept Geologist. Education Week, IPTC has provided such an opportunity to many aspirants since past 7 years to achieve this and excel in their fields.

I would be highly honored to take this opportunity which will provide me with an overall great exposure to enhance my knowledge and take my career a step ahead also to represent my University at such a great International platform.

n a competition that encourages university students to conceive, share and collaboratively develop innovative ideas to help tackle energy, water and

food challenges around the world, UPES Dehradun has entered the top fifth slot.

Krishna Chaturvedi and his team member Priya Sihag from the UPES, Dehradun, has got a mention in the top five list of Global Shell Ideas360, with their innovative idea 'Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future'.

Shell, one of the largest and the most

diversified international investors in India's energy sector among all global integrated oil companies announced the five finalists that competed in the final stage of the global student competition Shell Ideas360. The competition which encourages university

students to conceive, share and collaboratively develop innovative ideas to help tackle Energy, Water and Food challenges around the world kicked off in September 2013, generating 668 submissions by students around the globe, of which 97 ideas made it to the second stage.

Krishna Chaturvedi and his team member Priya Sihag, B. Tech - Applied Petroleum Engineering Upstream, UPES, Dehradun had made the country proud with their innovative idea 'Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future'. The other finalists were from Canada, Singapore, the Netherlands and Australia.

The Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future project implemented under the mentorship of Mr. Andrew Tan presented an innovative, promising and sustainable source of energy for the future via the injection of carbon-dioxide in hydrate reservoirs to produce methane gas. The microbial action on Carbon dioxide in reservoir to convert it to methane via methanogenesis (procedure of microbial action) and reformation of a methane gas hydrate, forming a complete cycle and providing an ever-lasting source of energy was the concept of the idea.

Team UPES among top five in global competitionfor their innovative idea 'Fire in Ice: Fuel for the Future'

Speaking on the occasion, Viswakumar Menon, Country Head, Corporate Communications, Shell India said, “We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to students from UPES for making their country and the University proud. We at Shell are committed to a better world and a better future. As major players in the Oil & Gas industry globally, we've always been at the forefront of driving sustainability through innovation and best practices”.

The Indian team along with other finalists pitched its idea to a panel of judges in Amsterdam in the month of May and was appreciated at the Powering Progress Together forum held at Shell Eco-marathon in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The winning team was embarked on once-in-a-lifetime National Geographic Expedition.

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PES students added yet another feather to the University cap while also making Uttarakhand proud by

virtue of being the only qualifying team from the state and also securing the second position in an all India competition called 'National Eco Kart Championship 2014 (Eco Kart 2014)' organized by the SAE (Society of Automobile Engineers).

Organized in the campus of Gautam Budh University, Noida under the aegis of SAE, around 71 Engineering Institutes participated in this national competition. The first qualifying round was the virtual round to present the basic design, based on the specified technical parameters Only 33 teams out of the 71 qualified the first round.

In next round, qualified teams were given clearance to fabricate their respective vehicles in their own campus in a given time frame and on a specified date were asked to reach the campus of GBU with the vehicles to go through the dynamic rounds which included technical Inspection and field testing of the vehicles.

Technical inspection included self weight test, safety test and brake test. The vehicle built by UPES students was found to be the lightest in the competition weighing less than 90 Kgs.

In acceleration test, UPES vehicle was able to cover 50 meters in 9.34 seconds. Turn Table test was where the maneuverability and also the driving skills of the driver were put to test on a specified track inscribed with different colored cones, hitting the cones earned penalty points, UPES driver and vehicle both did reasonably good in zero miles test to test the vehicle efficiency in terms of maximum distance travelled on a limited charged power source. The UPES vehicle was able to cover a distance of 11.8 kms.

The members of this team included Jivesh Kapoor (Team Captain), Harpreet Singh

(Vice Captain), Aanchal Hooda, Aayush Khosla, Anshul Sharma, Anuj Siddu, Anurag Chandnani, Arpit Saxena, Asish Sharma, Harshad Pandey, Keshav Sethi, Prateek Rathore, Shivam Sharma, Srishti, Trinoy Dutta. The proud guides of this team included their mentor Prof. Umesh Wazir and the ever willing and ready guidance at the laboratory and workshop level Mr J.P. Gupta, the Senior Laboratory Technician.

ECO KART 2014 UPES Students bring laurels to Uttarakhand

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A team of 5 enthusiastic students created a fully indigenous guide and multimedia robot 'Pratham' that guides visitors and share information about organization in a compelling manner. 'Pratham' participated in “ ” competition and secured highest marks in first round under the mentorship of Mr. Rajesh Singh, Asst. Prof., UPES It is designed to educate and entertain people in public places. Five students Rajesh Singh, Jatin Kumar Khilrani, Shantanu, Akash Srivastav and Ishan Upadhyay created this under the mentorship of Mr. Rajesh Singh, Asst. Prof., UPES. All of these are from B.Tech (Electronics Engineering) III year.

The Laureate Award for Excellence in Robotic Engineering

Robo 'Pratham' gains worldwide appreciation

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Nothing is more exciting than sharing our students' achievements. Anirudh Katyal, one of our students from Aerospace Engineering with specialization in Avionics from VI semester has wrote more than 7 research papers and got them published or presented in various Conferences/ Journals in a span of one year itself. It would not be wrong to say that dedication brings success. On asking about this achievement, Anirudh modestly said, “To expand knowledge base during classes, one of my Professors of Fluid Mechanics Mr. Sudhir Kumar Chaturvedi used to inspire us to read scholarly articles related to the basic subjects. This inspiration prompted me to read ar ticles a lot. He being my mentor has continuously encouraged me to publish my work and to par ticipate in Conferences.” Finally Anirudh did it and presented a trail of papers covering wide range of topics like study of Radar and its multichannel, Aircraft braking system with emphasis on fail-safe technology, Hypersonic aerodynamics of aerospace vehicle design, Aircraft fueling system and related area.

Aerospace Engineering student Anirudh Katyal presents7 research papers

UPES Student to represent University at

8th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC)Harshit, a student of Geoscience has been shor tlisted as one of the participants to represent UPES at 8th Edition of International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) Education week to be held 8 to 12 December 2014, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion that true science can only be based on unbiased observation of nature. It takes exemplary field observations and zealous knowledge to be an adept Geologist. Education Week, IPTC has provided such an opportunity to many aspirants since past 7 years to achieve this and excel in their fields.

I would be highly honored to take this opportunity which will provide me with an overall great exposure to enhance my knowledge and take my career a step ahead also to represent my University at such a great International platform.

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was declared group winner and qualified for the semi- final round. The qualifying teams included National Law University- Odisha, SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law Mumbai, Jindal Global Law School Sonepat and National Law University Jodhpur.

The semi- final round was judged by Mrs. Venkataramani, a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court, Prof M.K. Bhandari, Dean in College of Law at IMS Unison University, Mr. D. Khattar, Mr. Sumit Kishore, Mr. R.J. Malik and Col H.S. Sharma.

The two qualifying teams for the final round were put under the scanner of a five member bench of judges.

Valedictory Function

The Valedictory function was graced by the presence of the Chief Guest Justice Mr. Vijendra Kumar Jain, Chairperson, Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission

and former Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court and the Guest of Honor, Justice Mr. Partha Sakha Datta. University's participation hadDr. S. J. Chopra, Chancellor, Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, Mr. Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor, Mr. & Mrs. Venkataramani, Ms. Sadhna Ramachandran, Mr. Shailender Jain,Ms. Piyushi Jain, Mr. A.C Kher and Mr. Tabrez Ahmad apart from the entire legal college faculty and the participating students.

On the occasion, Dr .Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor UPES said, “College of Legal Studies (CoLS), UPES is Indias' foremost multi-disciplinary law school that offers specialized courses in Energy Laws, Corporate Laws, Cyber Laws and IPR. In furtherance to the objective of becoming a distinctive and successful institution in the Energy Laws sector, the College organized the 1st Dr. Paras Diwan Memorial Energy

Law National Moot Court Competition in the year 2011. This mooting event aims to keep alive the memory of Dr. Paras Diwan, an eminent Jurist, a contributor to legal fraternity, and a stalwart in the field of law."

Dr. Ahmad in his Vote of Thanks apprised audience about the laurels brought by the students at College of Legal Studies in UPES during the recent past. He informed that 7 national level competitions were won by these students during the current academic year. He also thanked student volunteers who put in extra hours to organize this completion which included Shantanu Verma, Shaswat Nigam & Vatsal Kishore from the 4th Year, Arpitta Sharma, Abhishek Srivastava & Aditya Aggarwal from the 3rd year and Raghav Krishnaatri ,Abhinav Bhardwaj & Anubha from the 2nd year. The function closed with distribution of awards and certificates to winning teams.

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four day National level Moot Court Competition on Energy domain concluded at the College of Legal

Studies (COLS). This was the 4th edition of this competition which is held annually in the memory of a renowned legal luminary Dr. Paras Diwan organized by College of Legal Studies, UPES. This year it was organized in association with Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) with Eastern Book Company (EBC ) and Supreme Court Cases Online (SCC) as the Knowledge Partners.

The Chief Guest, Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Tandon, Member of Human Rights Commission of Uttarakhand, former Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and Ex-Chairman of Cyber Appellate Tribunal, Govt. of India performed the Inaugural Ceremony in presence of Mr. Summet Malik, Director of Eastern Book Company and Col. H.S. Sharma, Chief Legal Advisor to IIT Roorkee, Ms. Sumita Dass, DGM (Legal) at GAIL and Dr. A. N. Das,

Sr. DGM at GAIL. In his address Justice Tandon said that the selected moot problems based on the issue of performance and production sharing contract of a natural resource is not only contemporary but unique and peculiar too, since it covered both the human rights and constitutional law.

Dr. Tabrez Ahmed, Associate Director, College of Legal Studies, UPES informed that out of 40 teams applied to participate in the competition, only 26 were short listed on the basis of their memorials (written submissions) on the moot problem (both for and against). Each team comprised of three students out of which one was made the researcher. For the preliminary round. 78 shortlisted mooting students represented various National Law Universities, well-established and well known Law institutes in the states of Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat

and Uttarakhand and others.

All stages were judged by a panel of experts from legal background and Legal acumen including experts from GAIL, ONGC & Dehradun Bar council.

Winners of each group qualified for the quarter finals and were further divided into 4 groups of two teams each. This round was judged by legal experts including Mr. H.P. Singh, Deputy Manager at GAIL, Mr. Sumit Kishore, Advocate, The Supreme Court of India and also a Consultant to Central Information Commission, Mr. R. J. Malik, Legal Head of UPCL, Col. H. S. Sharma, Chief Legal Advisor to IIT Roorkee, Mr. Ravindra Chingale, a Consultant to Ministry of Law & Justice, Delhi, Mr. Rohit Raj, Legal Manager at GAIL, Mr. D.Khattar, former Vice president of ENP Petronet and Mr. J. M. Singhal, Advocate of Dehradun Bar Council.

One team from each of the four groups

4th edition of the Dr. Paras Diwan Memorial National 'Energy Law' Moot Court Competition

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Launch of magazine “IDENTITY”. (From left) Rajat Sharma (President ,UPES-CSI), Mr. Ajay Rawat (SBC UPES-CSI), Dr. Vinay Avasthi (Asst. Prof. & Program Head, Mainframe & OSS), Mr. CV Ravi Kumar (Territory Coordinator, LPG Plant, BPCL), Dr. Srihari (Campus Director, UPES), Arun Sharma (Editor-in-Chief).

CSI Student Chapter hosts Investiture Ceremony

The UPES-CSI Student Chapter hosted its Investiture ceremony on April 16th in Vivekananda Auditorium at UPES Campus. The ceremony was presided by the Chief Guest, Mr. C. V. Ravi Kumar, Territory Coordinator, LPG plant, BPCL. Dr. Kamal Bansal, Director CoES, Dr. Srihari, Campus Director, Dr. Vinay Avasthi, Asst. Prof. & Program Head (Mainframe & OSS), and Mr. Ajay Rawat, Student Branch Coordinator (UPES-CSI), were present to grace the occasion. Mr. Rajat Sharma welcomed the audience and shared his

experience of leading the Chapter and the story behind all the firsts achieved by the Chapter under his presidency. The Chief Guest, Mr. C.V. Ravi Kumar addressed the gathering of about 150 students and guided them to work to achieve and not to become something. He also shared his industry experience.

After his memorable lecture, Mr. Ajay Rawat then announced the new committee for session 2014-2015. Mr. Paritosh Gupta was appointed as the President of the

Chapter for the session. The ceremony continued with the former heads handing over their badges to the newly-appointed heads of the committee. After the announcement of the team members, the complete UPES-CSI Student Chapter Committee 2014-2015 was proclaimed and second edition of annual magazine “IDENTITY” was launched in the presence of all the dignitaries. Mementos were presented to the former committee members to appreciate their efforts.

The ceremony was winded up by the new president, Mr. Paritosh Gupta as he presented the Vote of Thanks and unveiled the theme for UPES-CSI Student Chapter 2014-2015 “Cyber Security and Android Development”.

Mr. Ajay Rawat (SBC UPES-C SI) announcing the committee for the session 2014-2015 & transfer of badge from former President Rajat Sharma to new President Paritosh Gupta.

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was declared group winner and qualified for the semi- final round. The qualifying teams included National Law University- Odisha, SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law Mumbai, Jindal Global Law School Sonepat and National Law University Jodhpur.

The semi- final round was judged by Mrs. Venkataramani, a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court, Prof M.K. Bhandari, Dean in College of Law at IMS Unison University, Mr. D. Khattar, Mr. Sumit Kishore, Mr. R.J. Malik and Col H.S. Sharma.

The two qualifying teams for the final round were put under the scanner of a five member bench of judges.

Valedictory Function

The Valedictory function was graced by the presence of the Chief Guest Justice Mr. Vijendra Kumar Jain, Chairperson, Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission

and former Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court and the Guest of Honor, Justice Mr. Partha Sakha Datta. University's participation hadDr. S. J. Chopra, Chancellor, Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, Mr. Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor, Mr. & Mrs. Venkataramani, Ms. Sadhna Ramachandran, Mr. Shailender Jain,Ms. Piyushi Jain, Mr. A.C Kher and Mr. Tabrez Ahmad apart from the entire legal college faculty and the participating students.

On the occasion, Dr .Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor UPES said, “College of Legal Studies (CoLS), UPES is Indias' foremost multi-disciplinary law school that offers specialized courses in Energy Laws, Corporate Laws, Cyber Laws and IPR. In furtherance to the objective of becoming a distinctive and successful institution in the Energy Laws sector, the College organized the 1st Dr. Paras Diwan Memorial Energy

Law National Moot Court Competition in the year 2011. This mooting event aims to keep alive the memory of Dr. Paras Diwan, an eminent Jurist, a contributor to legal fraternity, and a stalwart in the field of law."

Dr. Ahmad in his Vote of Thanks apprised audience about the laurels brought by the students at College of Legal Studies in UPES during the recent past. He informed that 7 national level competitions were won by these students during the current academic year. He also thanked student volunteers who put in extra hours to organize this completion which included Shantanu Verma, Shaswat Nigam & Vatsal Kishore from the 4th Year, Arpitta Sharma, Abhishek Srivastava & Aditya Aggarwal from the 3rd year and Raghav Krishnaatri ,Abhinav Bhardwaj & Anubha from the 2nd year. The function closed with distribution of awards and certificates to winning teams.

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four day National level Moot Court Competition on Energy domain concluded at the College of Legal

Studies (COLS). This was the 4th edition of this competition which is held annually in the memory of a renowned legal luminary Dr. Paras Diwan organized by College of Legal Studies, UPES. This year it was organized in association with Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) with Eastern Book Company (EBC ) and Supreme Court Cases Online (SCC) as the Knowledge Partners.

The Chief Guest, Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Tandon, Member of Human Rights Commission of Uttarakhand, former Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and Ex-Chairman of Cyber Appellate Tribunal, Govt. of India performed the Inaugural Ceremony in presence of Mr. Summet Malik, Director of Eastern Book Company and Col. H.S. Sharma, Chief Legal Advisor to IIT Roorkee, Ms. Sumita Dass, DGM (Legal) at GAIL and Dr. A. N. Das,

Sr. DGM at GAIL. In his address Justice Tandon said that the selected moot problems based on the issue of performance and production sharing contract of a natural resource is not only contemporary but unique and peculiar too, since it covered both the human rights and constitutional law.

Dr. Tabrez Ahmed, Associate Director, College of Legal Studies, UPES informed that out of 40 teams applied to participate in the competition, only 26 were short listed on the basis of their memorials (written submissions) on the moot problem (both for and against). Each team comprised of three students out of which one was made the researcher. For the preliminary round. 78 shortlisted mooting students represented various National Law Universities, well-established and well known Law institutes in the states of Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat

and Uttarakhand and others.

All stages were judged by a panel of experts from legal background and Legal acumen including experts from GAIL, ONGC & Dehradun Bar council.

Winners of each group qualified for the quarter finals and were further divided into 4 groups of two teams each. This round was judged by legal experts including Mr. H.P. Singh, Deputy Manager at GAIL, Mr. Sumit Kishore, Advocate, The Supreme Court of India and also a Consultant to Central Information Commission, Mr. R. J. Malik, Legal Head of UPCL, Col. H. S. Sharma, Chief Legal Advisor to IIT Roorkee, Mr. Ravindra Chingale, a Consultant to Ministry of Law & Justice, Delhi, Mr. Rohit Raj, Legal Manager at GAIL, Mr. D.Khattar, former Vice president of ENP Petronet and Mr. J. M. Singhal, Advocate of Dehradun Bar Council.

One team from each of the four groups

4th edition of the Dr. Paras Diwan Memorial National 'Energy Law' Moot Court Competition

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Launch of magazine “IDENTITY”. (From left) Rajat Sharma (President ,UPES-CSI), Mr. Ajay Rawat (SBC UPES-CSI), Dr. Vinay Avasthi (Asst. Prof. & Program Head, Mainframe & OSS), Mr. CV Ravi Kumar (Territory Coordinator, LPG Plant, BPCL), Dr. Srihari (Campus Director, UPES), Arun Sharma (Editor-in-Chief).

CSI Student Chapter hosts Investiture Ceremony

The UPES-CSI Student Chapter hosted its Investiture ceremony on April 16th in Vivekananda Auditorium at UPES Campus. The ceremony was presided by the Chief Guest, Mr. C. V. Ravi Kumar, Territory Coordinator, LPG plant, BPCL. Dr. Kamal Bansal, Director CoES, Dr. Srihari, Campus Director, Dr. Vinay Avasthi, Asst. Prof. & Program Head (Mainframe & OSS), and Mr. Ajay Rawat, Student Branch Coordinator (UPES-CSI), were present to grace the occasion. Mr. Rajat Sharma welcomed the audience and shared his

experience of leading the Chapter and the story behind all the firsts achieved by the Chapter under his presidency. The Chief Guest, Mr. C.V. Ravi Kumar addressed the gathering of about 150 students and guided them to work to achieve and not to become something. He also shared his industry experience.

After his memorable lecture, Mr. Ajay Rawat then announced the new committee for session 2014-2015. Mr. Paritosh Gupta was appointed as the President of the

Chapter for the session. The ceremony continued with the former heads handing over their badges to the newly-appointed heads of the committee. After the announcement of the team members, the complete UPES-CSI Student Chapter Committee 2014-2015 was proclaimed and second edition of annual magazine “IDENTITY” was launched in the presence of all the dignitaries. Mementos were presented to the former committee members to appreciate their efforts.

The ceremony was winded up by the new president, Mr. Paritosh Gupta as he presented the Vote of Thanks and unveiled the theme for UPES-CSI Student Chapter 2014-2015 “Cyber Security and Android Development”.

Mr. Ajay Rawat (SBC UPES-C SI) announcing the committee for the session 2014-2015 & transfer of badge from former President Rajat Sharma to new President Paritosh Gupta.

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ollege of Engineering Studies, UPES organized Techtonics 2014

2(T ), an orientation program for the M.Tech incoming batches. Techtonics is an unique concept by which the students are exposed to their domains before the regular classes starts. UPES had witnessed in the past that incoming students in M.Tech are from multiple disciplines and many come with industry experience, hence Techtonics works as a blender to blend these minds into the academic world once again.

2In T a total of 13 courses were involved from the very next day of the registration process. This two week long program had many important sessions. Students also had power sub-station visit, geological field trip, visit to Wadia Institute of Himalayan Studies and visit

to State level Energy Park. On the other hand keeping the extra-curricular activities some sports events (cricket, football) and a trekking trip to the nearby hills was organized during Techtonics.

Guest Lectures were delivered by Mr. Saksham Nijawan on “Sustainable

Development” for M. Tech (HSE) and DM students. Dr. Gairola addressed M.Tech (Rotating Equipment) students. Mr. V. K. Malhotra spoke on “Recent trends in pipeline industries” and “Research domains in pipeline sector” for M.Tech (Pipeline) Students.

Industry Visit:

Sl.No. Batch (M.Tech) Place

1. Petroleum Exploration Subir Raha Museum, ONGC, Dehradun

2. HSE and DM HESCO, Dehradun

3. Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Energy Park, Dehradunand Smart Grids

4. Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks Wildlife Institute, ISBT, IT Park, Shastradhara Road

5. Rotating Equipment BHEL, (Planned Tomorrow)

6. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Subir Raha Museum, ONGC, DehradunNuclear Science Technology

onsoon Management Magic is the Management orientation program organized by College of

Management & Economics Studies (CoMES) for its fresh MBA batches. It kick started on June 18 with Welcome Address by Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean CoMES and a Keynote speech by Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor, UPES. The students were enlightened about: Having a vision or dream, Self belief, Decision making capabilities, Importance of time management, Networking skills, Ethics and Values as core personal attributes.

Thereafter, the students were divided into five teams, with each team of about 80 students having proportional representation from each of the domain specific courses. This team format facilitated inter disciplinary studies and exchange of information and brought a sense of camaraderie amongst students

from diverse backgrounds. Each team was guided by five faculty members, including two senior faculty, in realizing the full potential of the program.

The two weeks program extended till end of June and was designed with an exciting blend of academic sessions and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities extending from morning till evening which included sessions on: Basics of Management, Decision science, Accounting & finance, Marketing, Economics, Business strategy, Information management and Communication skills/ team building.

Besides these, debate, extempore, case study discussions, classic movie viewership on leadership and Inspirational talks by senior industry professionals were also organized. The evening was devoted to football, basketball, volleyball, athletics and occasional trekking followed by

practice time for music and entertainment.

3The M program endeavoured to take the academic zeal to its zenith on the final day when the students presented a variety of cultural shows where they not only showcased their talent but also their capability of organizational skills and teamwork.

3 After the closure of M on June 30th, the students had undergone a four day domain orientation program which familiarized them with their chosen domains and also exposed them to various administrative departments of UPES such as SRE, Library, IT, Incubation and Placements.

Later the students also attended Personality Enhancement Program designed to prepare them in better expression. The regular timetable started from July 14 with the commencement of the semester and the student embarked on their MBA journey.

Bon Voyage!

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A paper titled “Spectroscopic Investigations of Anatase titania Nanoparticles” by Dr. K. Mohan Reddy, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 2 No.2 July-September 2014 edition (4-5 pages), pp 20-25.

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2 T Techtonics

ollege of Engineering Studies, UPES organized Techtonics 2014

2(T ), an orientation program for the M.Tech incoming batches. Techtonics is an unique concept by which the students are exposed to their domains before the regular classes starts. UPES had witnessed in the past that incoming students in M.Tech are from multiple disciplines and many come with industry experience, hence Techtonics works as a blender to blend these minds into the academic world once again.

2In T a total of 13 courses were involved from the very next day of the registration process. This two week long program had many important sessions. Students also had power sub-station visit, geological field trip, visit to Wadia Institute of Himalayan Studies and visit

to State level Energy Park. On the other hand keeping the extra-curricular activities some sports events (cricket, football) and a trekking trip to the nearby hills was organized during Techtonics.

Guest Lectures were delivered by Mr. Saksham Nijawan on “Sustainable

Development” for M. Tech (HSE) and DM students. Dr. Gairola addressed M.Tech (Rotating Equipment) students. Mr. V. K. Malhotra spoke on “Recent trends in pipeline industries” and “Research domains in pipeline sector” for M.Tech (Pipeline) Students.

Industry Visit:

Sl.No. Batch (M.Tech) Place

1. Petroleum Exploration Subir Raha Museum, ONGC, Dehradun

2. HSE and DM HESCO, Dehradun

3. Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Energy Park, Dehradunand Smart Grids

4. Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks Wildlife Institute, ISBT, IT Park, Shastradhara Road

5. Rotating Equipment BHEL, (Planned Tomorrow)

6. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Subir Raha Museum, ONGC, DehradunNuclear Science Technology

onsoon Management Magic is the Management orientation program organized by College of

Management & Economics Studies (CoMES) for its fresh MBA batches. It kick started on June 18 with Welcome Address by Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean CoMES and a Keynote speech by Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor, UPES. The students were enlightened about: Having a vision or dream, Self belief, Decision making capabilities, Importance of time management, Networking skills, Ethics and Values as core personal attributes.

Thereafter, the students were divided into five teams, with each team of about 80 students having proportional representation from each of the domain specific courses. This team format facilitated inter disciplinary studies and exchange of information and brought a sense of camaraderie amongst students

from diverse backgrounds. Each team was guided by five faculty members, including two senior faculty, in realizing the full potential of the program.

The two weeks program extended till end of June and was designed with an exciting blend of academic sessions and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities extending from morning till evening which included sessions on: Basics of Management, Decision science, Accounting & finance, Marketing, Economics, Business strategy, Information management and Communication skills/ team building.

Besides these, debate, extempore, case study discussions, classic movie viewership on leadership and Inspirational talks by senior industry professionals were also organized. The evening was devoted to football, basketball, volleyball, athletics and occasional trekking followed by

practice time for music and entertainment.

3The M program endeavoured to take the academic zeal to its zenith on the final day when the students presented a variety of cultural shows where they not only showcased their talent but also their capability of organizational skills and teamwork.

3 After the closure of M on June 30th, the students had undergone a four day domain orientation program which familiarized them with their chosen domains and also exposed them to various administrative departments of UPES such as SRE, Library, IT, Incubation and Placements.

Later the students also attended Personality Enhancement Program designed to prepare them in better expression. The regular timetable started from July 14 with the commencement of the semester and the student embarked on their MBA journey.

Bon Voyage!

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A paper titled “Spectroscopic Investigations of Anatase titania Nanoparticles” by Dr. K. Mohan Reddy, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 2 No.2 July-September 2014 edition (4-5 pages), pp 20-25.

Music is the language of the soul. In this busy life we rarely get an opportunity to experience good soulful music to fulfill the hunger of our soul. SpicMacay is an organization which promotes Indian culture among youth and generates several such opportunity to experience divine soulful music.

28th April this year was marked as the musical eve for the students and staff, when they got golden opportunity to experience the divine performance of the distinguished group of musical Maestros “The ChaarYaar”. It was organized by UPES SpicMacay Chapter. UPES SpicMacay Chapter was inaugurated by Pandit Ronu Majumdar in the year 2012.

Arunoday Ray, Student - Head , UPES SpicMacay Chapter informed that besides enjoying music, the audience got an opportunity to understand the concept of Sufism and plural cultured society by the artist using different sufi poem in different languages referring to coexistence which is the core concept of Sufism.

Ruhani Rang by ChaarYaar

GEOPIC ONGC, SCHLUMBERGER, CAIRN INDIA & UPES participated in the VIth Energy Cup organized at UPES . The inaugural match was played between SCHLUMBERGER v/s UPES. UPES won by 61 Runs. Rajeev Pandey from UPES was declared Man of The Match. Second match was between CAIRN v/s GEOPIC ONGC which Cairn won by 7 Wickets. Gaurav Saxena from CAIRN INDIA was declared Man of The Match.

The next match was played between GEOPIC ONGC with SCHLUMBERGER for third and fourth place. GEOPIC ONGC won the match by 2 wickets. Rakesh from GEOPIC ONGC was declared Man of the Match for the final match played between UPES & CAIRN. Cairn won the Championship trophy beating UPES by 19 runs. Gaurav Saxena from CAIRN INDIA was announced Man of The Match. Rajeev Pandey from UPES stood as the best bowler of the tournament. Vipin from SCHLUMBERGER got declared the Best Batsman of the tournament. Gaurav Saxena from CAIRN INDIA was declared the Man of the Tournament for his excellent performance both with bat and ball. On and all, it was teeth twisting match and each team including audience enjoyed every round.

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After the performance, the platform was open for the questions which were amazingly answered by the artist and the day ended with the vote of thanks preceded by the award of momento presentation to the artists.

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Maestro

Ustad Amjad Khan shaib is popularly known as Ustad Chote Zakhir Hussian as the name suggest one might understand the aggressive music in the form of rhythm one would experience when he puts his “thap” on the tabla.

Pandit Pritam Ghoshalis a known disciple of India's well known maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Sahib. His sarod paints our mind with the color of serendipity and takes us to some other world.

Deepak Castelino is said to be one of the best guitarist of India, who plays both Indian classical and western music with full affection and dedication.

Dr. Madan Gopal Singh is the master of a soulful voice and has been a distinguished learner of Sufi music. He has been a music composer, poet, writer and lyricist of many award winning films across the globe.

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A joint paper titled “Glycerin free synthesis of Jatropha and Pongamia Biodiesel in Supercritical Dimethyl and Diethyl Carbonate" by Mr V. Rathore, Mr. S. Tyagi, Dr. B. Newalkar (BPCL, R&D Centre) and Dr. R. P. Badoni, Distinguished Prof., UPES was published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ( American Chemical Society Publication), Vol.53, 10525-10533,2014.

Music is the language of the soul. In this busy life we rarely get an opportunity to experience good soulful music to fulfill the hunger of our soul. SpicMacay is an organization which promotes Indian culture among youth and generates several such opportunity to experience divine soulful music.

28th April this year was marked as the musical eve for the students and staff, when they got golden opportunity to experience the divine performance of the distinguished group of musical Maestros “The ChaarYaar”. It was organized by UPES SpicMacay Chapter. UPES SpicMacay Chapter was inaugurated by Pandit Ronu Majumdar in the year 2012.

Arunoday Ray, Student - Head , UPES SpicMacay Chapter informed that besides enjoying music, the audience got an opportunity to understand the concept of Sufism and plural cultured society by the artist using different sufi poem in different languages referring to coexistence which is the core concept of Sufism.

Ruhani Rang by ChaarYaar

GEOPIC ONGC, SCHLUMBERGER, CAIRN INDIA & UPES participated in the VIth Energy Cup organized at UPES . The inaugural match was played between SCHLUMBERGER v/s UPES. UPES won by 61 Runs. Rajeev Pandey from UPES was declared Man of The Match. Second match was between CAIRN v/s GEOPIC ONGC which Cairn won by 7 Wickets. Gaurav Saxena from CAIRN INDIA was declared Man of The Match.

The next match was played between GEOPIC ONGC with SCHLUMBERGER for third and fourth place. GEOPIC ONGC won the match by 2 wickets. Rakesh from GEOPIC ONGC was declared Man of the Match for the final match played between UPES & CAIRN. Cairn won the Championship trophy beating UPES by 19 runs. Gaurav Saxena from CAIRN INDIA was announced Man of The Match. Rajeev Pandey from UPES stood as the best bowler of the tournament. Vipin from SCHLUMBERGER got declared the Best Batsman of the tournament. Gaurav Saxena from CAIRN INDIA was declared the Man of the Tournament for his excellent performance both with bat and ball. On and all, it was teeth twisting match and each team including audience enjoyed every round.

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After the performance, the platform was open for the questions which were amazingly answered by the artist and the day ended with the vote of thanks preceded by the award of momento presentation to the artists.

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Ustad Amjad Khan shaib is popularly known as Ustad Chote Zakhir Hussian as the name suggest one might understand the aggressive music in the form of rhythm one would experience when he puts his “thap” on the tabla.

Pandit Pritam Ghoshalis a known disciple of India's well known maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Sahib. His sarod paints our mind with the color of serendipity and takes us to some other world.

Deepak Castelino is said to be one of the best guitarist of India, who plays both Indian classical and western music with full affection and dedication.

Dr. Madan Gopal Singh is the master of a soulful voice and has been a distinguished learner of Sufi music. He has been a music composer, poet, writer and lyricist of many award winning films across the globe.

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A joint paper titled “Glycerin free synthesis of Jatropha and Pongamia Biodiesel in Supercritical Dimethyl and Diethyl Carbonate" by Mr V. Rathore, Mr. S. Tyagi, Dr. B. Newalkar (BPCL, R&D Centre) and Dr. R. P. Badoni, Distinguished Prof., UPES was published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ( American Chemical Society Publication), Vol.53, 10525-10533,2014.

Project Abhilasha Thrives Once Again

Project Abhilasha once was organized from 24th May 2014 to 9th June. Twenty two students from Nehru Gram, Paundha, Kotdwar, Androli, Khirsu, Bailni (Rudraprayag), Ghansali, Tehri, Kandichham (Tehi-Garhwal ) and Khatima (Udham Singh Nagar) joined the project and were trained accordingly.

Project Abhilasha is a continuous effort of UPES since 2005. Every year, UPES selects a large number of students with the support from Directorate of Education, Uttarakhand, and imparts free rigorous in-house residential training for 10 days in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics for AIEE/JEE Entrance Examination with free boarding and lodging facilities. The project aims to build a scientific base among students of Uttarakhand who do not have coaching facility in vicinity.

UPES Library celebrated World Book Day and Copyright Day on April 23rd, 2014. The occasion prompted reasons to celebrate reading and appreciate the authors, illustrators and books. The occasion was extended by encouraging children to reading. In this spirit Library invited few UPES adopted primary school children from nearby villages to explore the pleasure of reading.UPES library distributed books to the participants.

Adding flavor of colors, a painting competition was also organized for these children. The celebration closed

'Pleasure of Reading' message spread by UPES Library on World Book Day

with award of school kit and prize to every child by Hon'ble Pro-Vice Chancellor, Campus Director, and Deputy Director of CSR. In addition certificates were awarded to all participants, and also, college-wise

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A paper by Mr. P. S. Ranjit, Asst. Prof. - UPES, Narayan Khatri, Asst. Prof. - UPES, Mukesh Saxena, PVC-UTM Shillong and Dr. Avanish K Tiwari, Sr. Principal Scientist, UPES on “Studies on Performance and Emission Characteristics of an IDI CI Engine by Using 40% SVO Diesel Blend Under Different Preheating Conditions” was published in Global Journal of Research Analysis (GJRA), Vol.1 , Issue 21 , May 2014, pp.39-42, ISSN: 2277-8160

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A paper titled “A Study of Dividend Policy and its effect on Market Value of Shares of Selected Banks in India” by Dr. Vinay Kandpal, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in International Conference on Excellence in Research & Education organized by Indian Institute of Management, Indore on 8-11th May 2014.

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Under the leadership of Dr. Mandira Agarwal and the co-ordination of Dr. Ankur Kumar Rastogi, a Community Services Event of CoMES was organized with the students of BBA-IV SEM (Auto Marketing, Loistics Management, Oil & Gas and Aviation Operations).at primary schools in Pondha, Bidholi, Bishanpur, Upper Kandoli and Doonga near UPES, Dehradun. Children of the schools participated and showed their talent in singing, dancing and poem recitation competition with great zeal. UPES students also interacted and played various educational games with the children.

“Best Reader Award 2014” was awarded to three faculty member and three students.

Community Services Event

Project Abhilasha Thrives Once Again

Project Abhilasha once was organized from 24th May 2014 to 9th June. Twenty two students from Nehru Gram, Paundha, Kotdwar, Androli, Khirsu, Bailni (Rudraprayag), Ghansali, Tehri, Kandichham (Tehi-Garhwal ) and Khatima (Udham Singh Nagar) joined the project and were trained accordingly.

Project Abhilasha is a continuous effort of UPES since 2005. Every year, UPES selects a large number of students with the support from Directorate of Education, Uttarakhand, and imparts free rigorous in-house residential training for 10 days in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics for AIEE/JEE Entrance Examination with free boarding and lodging facilities. The project aims to build a scientific base among students of Uttarakhand who do not have coaching facility in vicinity.

UPES Library celebrated World Book Day and Copyright Day on April 23rd, 2014. The occasion prompted reasons to celebrate reading and appreciate the authors, illustrators and books. The occasion was extended by encouraging children to reading. In this spirit Library invited few UPES adopted primary school children from nearby villages to explore the pleasure of reading.UPES library distributed books to the participants.

Adding flavor of colors, a painting competition was also organized for these children. The celebration closed

'Pleasure of Reading' message spread by UPES Library on World Book Day

with award of school kit and prize to every child by Hon'ble Pro-Vice Chancellor, Campus Director, and Deputy Director of CSR. In addition certificates were awarded to all participants, and also, college-wise

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A paper by Mr. P. S. Ranjit, Asst. Prof. - UPES, Narayan Khatri, Asst. Prof. - UPES, Mukesh Saxena, PVC-UTM Shillong and Dr. Avanish K Tiwari, Sr. Principal Scientist, UPES on “Studies on Performance and Emission Characteristics of an IDI CI Engine by Using 40% SVO Diesel Blend Under Different Preheating Conditions” was published in Global Journal of Research Analysis (GJRA), Vol.1 , Issue 21 , May 2014, pp.39-42, ISSN: 2277-8160

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A paper titled “A Study of Dividend Policy and its effect on Market Value of Shares of Selected Banks in India” by Dr. Vinay Kandpal, Asst. Prof., UPES was published in International Conference on Excellence in Research & Education organized by Indian Institute of Management, Indore on 8-11th May 2014.

corporate social responsibility

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Under the leadership of Dr. Mandira Agarwal and the co-ordination of Dr. Ankur Kumar Rastogi, a Community Services Event of CoMES was organized with the students of BBA-IV SEM (Auto Marketing, Loistics Management, Oil & Gas and Aviation Operations).at primary schools in Pondha, Bidholi, Bishanpur, Upper Kandoli and Doonga near UPES, Dehradun. Children of the schools participated and showed their talent in singing, dancing and poem recitation competition with great zeal. UPES students also interacted and played various educational games with the children.

“Best Reader Award 2014” was awarded to three faculty member and three students.

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