VOL-I MAY 2012

UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES, DEHRADUN

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Conceptualised and edited by Mr. H. Bahl, Advisor- Corporate Affairswith support of Ms. Meenakshi Sharma - Manager - Corporate Communication.Published by Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor - UPES & Director - ISPe

Corporate Office:Hydrocarbons Education & Research Society3rd Floor, PHD House, 4/2 Siri Institutional AreaAugust Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110 016, IndiaTel: + 91-11-41730151-53

Main Campus:Energy Acres, PO Bidholi Via Prem Nagar, Dehradun-248 007 (Uttarakhand), IndiaTel: +91-135-2776053-54, 2776201, 2776094, Fax: +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.

Index Page No.

Cover Story: NASA Systems Engineering Award ... 2

Nano Satellite Flight Test ......... 4

Fueling Growth with IT 5

Bonds Strengthened with Larson & Toubro 5

Best Placement Brochure 6

Another Feather added to the Crown 6

Memorandum signed with Schlumberger 7

UPES extended wings in US 7

Stride for a Strategic Alliance in Thailand 7

The Less Trodden Path ..... 8

Green Income 10

Women in Excellence ..... 10

Project Abhilasha 2012 11

Model United Nations Convention ....... 11

Electra 2012 11

Battle of Wits 12

Jus Carnivalli ....... 13

YUGMAK .......begin the beginning!!! 13

VIMANOTSAV 14

Training for the Trainers 14

UPES Excels in Cricket Too 15

INDUSTRIAL TOURS 16

Family Connect @UPES 17

Naftonomix - Beyond The Barrel 18

Scientific Temper on Campus 18

Book Exhibition 18

Each One Teach One 19

Emergency Medical Vehicle 19

UPES Student at Cairo Conference 19

UPES Aerodesigners Excelnown as 'SkyHawks', a team of 10 students from 3rd & 4th year Aerospace Engineering, UPES became a part of the prestigious Competition for Aero Design organized by Society Kof Automotive Engineers (SAE). This SAE Aero Design West, an International Collegiate

Aeromodelling Competition was recently held at Van Nuys, California.

The Competition was featured in three classes i.e. regular, advance, and micro. The regular class featured developing the fundamental understanding of flight. Competing in the regular class, this dedicated team stood 9th among 65 teams from top universities all over the world. Facilitated with the support of sponsor Infotech Enterprises and UPES, this team acquired the required encouragement and motivation.

1st Asian team for 'Best Practices'

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NASA Systems Engineering Award for UPES 'SkyHawks'

Aircraft Specifications

Under the limits & guidelines mentioned by SAE, the Aircraft was designed:

a. Powered by OS61 XS or Magnum 61 XLS engine (Maximum Engine Capacity 10cc).

b. Total dimensions of the aircraft around ( L+B+H) = 225 inch.

c. Weight Less or equal to 55lb including payload.

d. Accurate payload, load prediction of lifting load for Bonus points.

This competition was intended to provide an experience to students about a real-life engineering challenge. The competition had various levels that were designed to provide an exposure to different situations that an engineer faces in the real-life work environment. During the competition, the students were supposed to perform trade studies and make compromises to arrive at a design solution that might optimally meet the mission's requirement, at the same time conform to the configuration's limitations.

65 teams from over the world participated including Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal, Texas A&M, University of British Columbia including seven teams from India like Vellore Institute of Technology, Manipal University, NIT Jamshedpur, VJTI, NITTE Meenakshi Institute and MM University.

The SkyHawks designed, built and flew a 9.5 ft wingspan weight lifting aircraft which successfully carried 20.3 lbs, placing them 1st among all Asian teams. The same team stood 1st in Asia for the Best Design practices. The achievements list reached culmination when the team bagged the prestigious NASA Systems Engineering Award among all teams worldwide. Some of the features of the aircarft 'SkyHawks' that drew attention of the judges were the design and fabrication of the aircraft, procedures for risk management and systems engineering. The Award was presented by George Price, Sr. Subject Matter Expert at Crown Consulting representing NASA at the event.

The NASA Systems Engineering Award is the added advantage provided to students who participated in the SAE Aero Design competition. This is an additional opportunity for participants to compete and apply for best engineering practices to the design and development of their aircraft.

Systems engineering is a logical set of grouped processes performed by multidisciplinary teams to engineer and integrate systems to ensure that products meet customers' needs. The emphasis of systems engineering is on safely meeting functional, physical, and operational performance requirements in the intended-use environments over the system's planned life within cost and schedule constraints.

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development.

NASA Systems Engineering Award in the Systems Engineering Award competition is sponsored and managed by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in partnership with SAE International.

SkyHawks beamed with joy and delight on receiving these awards. UPES is proud to have these students who are inspiration to others and symbol of pride for University.Cover page – The students with the Aircraft designed by them : (l-r) Shivam Sharma, Sagar Shah, Udit Shah, Sreetej Lakkam, Adithya Pani, Phani Rajanish, Pilot Matt Carroll, Mayur Chakravarti, Vinayak Vadlamani, Dipakkuamr Joshi and Pranav Nagpal.

The SkyHawks team at the competition venue after the Award Ceremony posing with the tricolour and the plane, the SkyHawk. (Standing from left to right): Mayur Chakravarti, Udit Shah, Sreetej Lakkam, Phani Rajanish, Sagar Shah & Vinayak Vadlamani. (Sitting from left to right)Adithya Pani, Shivam Sharma, Pranav Nagpal & Dipakkuamr Joshi.

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Conceptualised and edited by Mr. H. Bahl, Advisor- Corporate Affairswith support of Ms. Meenakshi Sharma - Manager - Corporate Communication.Published by Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor - UPES & Director - ISPe

Corporate Office:Hydrocarbons Education & Research Society3rd Floor, PHD House, 4/2 Siri Institutional AreaAugust Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110 016, IndiaTel: + 91-11-41730151-53

Main Campus:Energy Acres, PO Bidholi Via Prem Nagar, Dehradun-248 007 (Uttarakhand), IndiaTel: +91-135-2776053-54, 2776201, 2776094, Fax: +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.

Index Page No.

Cover Story: NASA Systems Engineering Award ... 2

Nano Satellite Flight Test ......... 4

Fueling Growth with IT 5

Bonds Strengthened with Larson & Toubro 5

Best Placement Brochure 6

Another Feather added to the Crown 6

Memorandum signed with Schlumberger 7

UPES extended wings in US 7

Stride for a Strategic Alliance in Thailand 7

The Less Trodden Path ..... 8

Green Income 10

Women in Excellence ..... 10

Project Abhilasha 2012 11

Model United Nations Convention ....... 11

Electra 2012 11

Battle of Wits 12

Jus Carnivalli ....... 13

YUGMAK .......begin the beginning!!! 13

VIMANOTSAV 14

Training for the Trainers 14

UPES Excels in Cricket Too 15

INDUSTRIAL TOURS 16

Family Connect @UPES 17

Naftonomix - Beyond The Barrel 18

Scientific Temper on Campus 18

Book Exhibition 18

Each One Teach One 19

Emergency Medical Vehicle 19

UPES Student at Cairo Conference 19

UPES Aerodesigners Excelnown as 'SkyHawks', a team of 10 students from 3rd & 4th year Aerospace Engineering, UPES became a part of the prestigious Competition for Aero Design organized by Society Kof Automotive Engineers (SAE). This SAE Aero Design West, an International Collegiate

Aeromodelling Competition was recently held at Van Nuys, California.

The Competition was featured in three classes i.e. regular, advance, and micro. The regular class featured developing the fundamental understanding of flight. Competing in the regular class, this dedicated team stood 9th among 65 teams from top universities all over the world. Facilitated with the support of sponsor Infotech Enterprises and UPES, this team acquired the required encouragement and motivation.

1st Asian team for 'Best Practices'

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NASA Systems Engineering Award for UPES 'SkyHawks'

Aircraft Specifications

Under the limits & guidelines mentioned by SAE, the Aircraft was designed:

a. Powered by OS61 XS or Magnum 61 XLS engine (Maximum Engine Capacity 10cc).

b. Total dimensions of the aircraft around ( L+B+H) = 225 inch.

c. Weight Less or equal to 55lb including payload.

d. Accurate payload, load prediction of lifting load for Bonus points.

This competition was intended to provide an experience to students about a real-life engineering challenge. The competition had various levels that were designed to provide an exposure to different situations that an engineer faces in the real-life work environment. During the competition, the students were supposed to perform trade studies and make compromises to arrive at a design solution that might optimally meet the mission's requirement, at the same time conform to the configuration's limitations.

65 teams from over the world participated including Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal, Texas A&M, University of British Columbia including seven teams from India like Vellore Institute of Technology, Manipal University, NIT Jamshedpur, VJTI, NITTE Meenakshi Institute and MM University.

The SkyHawks designed, built and flew a 9.5 ft wingspan weight lifting aircraft which successfully carried 20.3 lbs, placing them 1st among all Asian teams. The same team stood 1st in Asia for the Best Design practices. The achievements list reached culmination when the team bagged the prestigious NASA Systems Engineering Award among all teams worldwide. Some of the features of the aircarft 'SkyHawks' that drew attention of the judges were the design and fabrication of the aircraft, procedures for risk management and systems engineering. The Award was presented by George Price, Sr. Subject Matter Expert at Crown Consulting representing NASA at the event.

The NASA Systems Engineering Award is the added advantage provided to students who participated in the SAE Aero Design competition. This is an additional opportunity for participants to compete and apply for best engineering practices to the design and development of their aircraft.

Systems engineering is a logical set of grouped processes performed by multidisciplinary teams to engineer and integrate systems to ensure that products meet customers' needs. The emphasis of systems engineering is on safely meeting functional, physical, and operational performance requirements in the intended-use environments over the system's planned life within cost and schedule constraints.

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development.

NASA Systems Engineering Award in the Systems Engineering Award competition is sponsored and managed by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in partnership with SAE International.

SkyHawks beamed with joy and delight on receiving these awards. UPES is proud to have these students who are inspiration to others and symbol of pride for University.Cover page – The students with the Aircraft designed by them : (l-r) Shivam Sharma, Sagar Shah, Udit Shah, Sreetej Lakkam, Adithya Pani, Phani Rajanish, Pilot Matt Carroll, Mayur Chakravarti, Vinayak Vadlamani, Dipakkuamr Joshi and Pranav Nagpal.

The SkyHawks team at the competition venue after the Award Ceremony posing with the tricolour and the plane, the SkyHawk. (Standing from left to right): Mayur Chakravarti, Udit Shah, Sreetej Lakkam, Phani Rajanish, Sagar Shah & Vinayak Vadlamani. (Sitting from left to right)Adithya Pani, Shivam Sharma, Pranav Nagpal & Dipakkuamr Joshi.

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Nano Satellite Flight Test UPESSAT

Launched Successfully

proud moment for any University comes

when its students exceed in their research

and get involved in innovation or Asuccessful experiments. UPES got such a moment

recently. A wave of smile was beaming on the

faces of all who witnessed the scene or overheard

that UPES students successful passed the first

phase of flight test created in-house. Students of

Aerospace & Avionics and few from Electronics &

Power Systems were much in air for their newly

launch project UPESSAT which is the first

Nanosatellite made in Uttarakhand.

The first test of the UPESSAT (University of

Petroleum and Energy Studies Nanosatellite)

prototype (cube shaped satellite as per regulations

of Cubesat design) using a weather balloon and

low altitude test was successfully conducted

recently. The prototype was taken to an altitude of

900 meters (about 1800 feet) and the payload

sustained in the flight was for 27 minutes and 14

seconds, while tethered to the weather balloon.

During the flight test, essential information such

as temperature, altitude, location, and magnetic

fluctuation were measured with in-house circuits

designed by the students team. Furthermore, a

VGA camera was also installed to record the event

from the point of view of the prototype satellite.

The most crucial part of the test flight was the

parachute retrieval mechanism to bring the

payload down without damage. The parachute

retrieval mechanism was designed and built by

UPES Aerospace students under the guidance of

Professor Dr. Ugur Guven.

Fueling Growth with ITSAP Recognizes UPES Efforts

ncouraging presence on almost all the IT platforms, UPES Dehradun has become one of the exponential organizations that Ecan surpass any other organization on comparing for technology

usage. It is interesting to find where in service sectors, SAP is struggling to get accepted in many companies, this university has not only implemented SAP but earned an award for customer excellence. Recently, UPES has been awarded with “SAP ACE Award for Public Services 2012: Special Recognition for Excellence in Higher Education & Research.” Receiving award on behalf of the University in a glittering function held in Bangalore on 16th February 2012, Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj CIO, UPES said “we are one among those dedicated institutions that believes in techno progress and endeavor to flow techno culture within organization by welcoming advanced technology.”

Companies from the Indian Sub Continent, Corporates across diverse businesses have enthusiastically participated as nominees. Crediting the success crown to entire UPES fraternity and acknowledging their efforts, Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES said that the IT is on progressive mode across the world and UPES is also on the motion. Sharing a little more on IT professionals of UPES, Dr. Diwan said that it delights us to see that our professionals are progressive. He quoted that Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, CIO, UPES has recently been accrued as a member of the board of CIO Masters in Biztech2.com and contributed in its blogs by writing interesting articles, including the one which is most contemporary topic i.e. virtualization journey and associated risks.

SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software and stands for “Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing.” SAP ACE (Awards for Customer Excellence) is an annual benchmark event organized by SAP India to celebrate customer excellence. It has become an annual barometer of how best to utilize the power of SAP solutions to enable business competitiveness.

SAP ACE Award for Public Services 2012: Special Recognition for Excellence in Higher Education & Research.

Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, CIO, UPES receiving the award from Head of SAP Asia Pacific, Japan (right)

Phase IThe construction of the prototype, the making of the electronic circuits, the launching mechanism for the weather balloon as well as the parachute deployment mechanism executed.

Phase II & III Test flights preparations are in process. The efforts are put in place to reach an altitude of 500 meters in IInd and 5 Kilometers in the IIIrd test flight. The final test flight is also deemed to have a more advanced prototype to take the balloon up to 20 km.

The project is expected to be completed in about a year tagging itself as the first Nanosatellite of Uttarakhand that would be launched by ISRO for further tests and retrieval of data.

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Stop PressAn abstract titled- "UPES SAT Seismic Activity Determination Nanosatellite" by UPES students has been accepted at a prestigious Conference in Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)'s icubeSat Workshop. Two students from UPES College of Engineering

Studies will be going to Boston, Massachusetts, USA for the Workshop scheduled on May 29th-30th, 2012.

MAY 2012

Bonds strengthened with Larson & Toubro Enlarging Understanding

PES has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Larson & Toubro (L&T) to extend relationships into various areas for future prospects.U

L&T has always been associated with the University for a long time for different purposes that range from Campus recruitments to Curriculum-advice, Campus visits by distinguished professionals for Guest lectures and many more.

This association has been further strengthened by a formal MoU enlarging the scope of relationship that covers research, field visits by faculty, project work for students (especially M.Tech) and OHD, training and development.

On behalf of L&T, the MoU was inked by Mr. Yogi Sriram, Sr. Vice President, Leadership Planning & Talent Acquisition and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor from UPES.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a technology-driven multi-billion company that infuses engineering with imagination. A wide range of advanced solutions, services and products offered at L&T, provides state-of-the-art products & solutions to a large and diverse customer base.

Mr. Yogi Sriram, Sr. Vice President, Leadership Planning & Talent Acquisition, L&T and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES signing the document in presence of teams from L&T & UPES.

The participating Students with Dr. Ugur Guven, Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering.

MAY 2012

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Nano Satellite Flight Test UPESSAT

Launched Successfully

proud moment for any University comes

when its students exceed in their research

and get involved in innovation or Asuccessful experiments. UPES got such a moment

recently. A wave of smile was beaming on the

faces of all who witnessed the scene or overheard

that UPES students successful passed the first

phase of flight test created in-house. Students of

Aerospace & Avionics and few from Electronics &

Power Systems were much in air for their newly

launch project UPESSAT which is the first

Nanosatellite made in Uttarakhand.

The first test of the UPESSAT (University of

Petroleum and Energy Studies Nanosatellite)

prototype (cube shaped satellite as per regulations

of Cubesat design) using a weather balloon and

low altitude test was successfully conducted

recently. The prototype was taken to an altitude of

900 meters (about 1800 feet) and the payload

sustained in the flight was for 27 minutes and 14

seconds, while tethered to the weather balloon.

During the flight test, essential information such

as temperature, altitude, location, and magnetic

fluctuation were measured with in-house circuits

designed by the students team. Furthermore, a

VGA camera was also installed to record the event

from the point of view of the prototype satellite.

The most crucial part of the test flight was the

parachute retrieval mechanism to bring the

payload down without damage. The parachute

retrieval mechanism was designed and built by

UPES Aerospace students under the guidance of

Professor Dr. Ugur Guven.

Fueling Growth with ITSAP Recognizes UPES Efforts

ncouraging presence on almost all the IT platforms, UPES Dehradun has become one of the exponential organizations that Ecan surpass any other organization on comparing for technology

usage. It is interesting to find where in service sectors, SAP is struggling to get accepted in many companies, this university has not only implemented SAP but earned an award for customer excellence. Recently, UPES has been awarded with “SAP ACE Award for Public Services 2012: Special Recognition for Excellence in Higher Education & Research.” Receiving award on behalf of the University in a glittering function held in Bangalore on 16th February 2012, Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj CIO, UPES said “we are one among those dedicated institutions that believes in techno progress and endeavor to flow techno culture within organization by welcoming advanced technology.”

Companies from the Indian Sub Continent, Corporates across diverse businesses have enthusiastically participated as nominees. Crediting the success crown to entire UPES fraternity and acknowledging their efforts, Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES said that the IT is on progressive mode across the world and UPES is also on the motion. Sharing a little more on IT professionals of UPES, Dr. Diwan said that it delights us to see that our professionals are progressive. He quoted that Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, CIO, UPES has recently been accrued as a member of the board of CIO Masters in Biztech2.com and contributed in its blogs by writing interesting articles, including the one which is most contemporary topic i.e. virtualization journey and associated risks.

SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software and stands for “Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing.” SAP ACE (Awards for Customer Excellence) is an annual benchmark event organized by SAP India to celebrate customer excellence. It has become an annual barometer of how best to utilize the power of SAP solutions to enable business competitiveness.

SAP ACE Award for Public Services 2012: Special Recognition for Excellence in Higher Education & Research.

Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, CIO, UPES receiving the award from Head of SAP Asia Pacific, Japan (right)

Phase IThe construction of the prototype, the making of the electronic circuits, the launching mechanism for the weather balloon as well as the parachute deployment mechanism executed.

Phase II & III Test flights preparations are in process. The efforts are put in place to reach an altitude of 500 meters in IInd and 5 Kilometers in the IIIrd test flight. The final test flight is also deemed to have a more advanced prototype to take the balloon up to 20 km.

The project is expected to be completed in about a year tagging itself as the first Nanosatellite of Uttarakhand that would be launched by ISRO for further tests and retrieval of data.

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Stop PressAn abstract titled- "UPES SAT Seismic Activity Determination Nanosatellite" by UPES students has been accepted at a prestigious Conference in Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)'s icubeSat Workshop. Two students from UPES College of Engineering

Studies will be going to Boston, Massachusetts, USA for the Workshop scheduled on May 29th-30th, 2012.

MAY 2012

Bonds strengthened with Larson & Toubro Enlarging Understanding

PES has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Larson & Toubro (L&T) to extend relationships into various areas for future prospects.U

L&T has always been associated with the University for a long time for different purposes that range from Campus recruitments to Curriculum-advice, Campus visits by distinguished professionals for Guest lectures and many more.

This association has been further strengthened by a formal MoU enlarging the scope of relationship that covers research, field visits by faculty, project work for students (especially M.Tech) and OHD, training and development.

On behalf of L&T, the MoU was inked by Mr. Yogi Sriram, Sr. Vice President, Leadership Planning & Talent Acquisition and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor from UPES.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a technology-driven multi-billion company that infuses engineering with imagination. A wide range of advanced solutions, services and products offered at L&T, provides state-of-the-art products & solutions to a large and diverse customer base.

Mr. Yogi Sriram, Sr. Vice President, Leadership Planning & Talent Acquisition, L&T and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES signing the document in presence of teams from L&T & UPES.

The participating Students with Dr. Ugur Guven, Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering.

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Best Placement BrochureUniqueness Grabbed Attention

ne of the early UPES achievements for this current year, is the latest and an exclusive award for Placement Brochure that had held many eyeballs for long and left viewers impressed. Keeping in tune the flavor of innovation and uniqueness, an attempt had been extended in positioning students in O

unique manner. The very idea was executed and a distinguished Placement Brochure got created that spoke in volumes about the students' credentials.

It would be apt to say that meticulous efforts put on this Brochure have brought home lots of appreciations and goodwill from the receivers. It would be appropriate to mention here that UPES has always been known for the good placement track record and these days, it is also known for its unique and impressive collaterals.

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Another Feather added to the Crown1st prize won

Future of 4PL in India

team of 5 students from UPES MBA- LSCM: Gurleen Singh Chandok, Gursharan Singh, Nishi Jaiswal, Niharika Singh and Sagar Relan Achristened as “Supply Chain Supremo,” grabbed the coveted 1st prize

for “Logistics Talent Hunt 2012: International Conference and Award” organized by T2P Consultants Limited. On the basis of the white paper submission and subsequent presentation in front of the Jury on the topic “Future of 4PL in India,” the result was declared. Under the guidance of Dr. Neeraj Anand (HOD), these students hit the tough completion by beating 32 teams from North zone.

The winning team has scored, in addition to the Certificate, a prize of Rs. 25,000/- and an opportunity to publish the Case study in the Souvenir of the host organization.

Memorandum signed with Schlumberger

An Academic Collaboration in Petroleum Sector

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is inked between Schlumberger Solutions Private Ltd. and University of Petroleum & Energy Studies recently. AThe objective of this memorandum is to develop the mutual academic

collaboration in the Petroleum Sector and to facilitate students in developing a technical and managerial base in the sector. This understanding will encourage FDPs, live projects, internships and new projects in the areas of Petroleum Technology for both faculty and students. The understanding is also expected to provide opportunity to share experience, thinking and learning between the two organizations.

Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services company supplying technology, information solutions and integrated project management that optimize reservoir performance for customers working in the Oil & Gas industry. Schlumberger proposes increasing its partnership with the respected universities in the sector, to create a mutually beneficial future for the industry.

UPES PLACEMENT BROCHURE is awarded with BEST PLACEMENT BROCHURE award at “6th INDY's AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE in Mass Communication, Marketing Communication, Public Relations, Advertising, Branding, Corporate Social Responsibility & B-School” organized in Mumbai. The award was presented by 'Stars of the Industry Awards', Mumbai.

Placement Brochure kit:The brochure is subtly laden with complete information embracing two composite booklets that sleekly slide into the box orchestrating a radiant movement for booklets inside. The real treasure i.e. students profiles, comprehensively packed in a Pen drive, is kept on the cover page to get the passport to imprint on the minds of the patrons. Stuffed inside the captive box is the Master booklet that delineates university's belief & achievements while the Supplement booklet endorses curriculums & domains' brief. Its classy Calendar on the cover back earns it exclusive space for itself on receiver's desk.

Mr. Santanil DasGupta, Sr. Associate Director-Career Services, UPES receiving the Best Placements Brochure Award from (left) Prof. Y. K. Bhushan, Sr. Advisor, IBS Mumbai and (right) Mr. Sanjay Muthal, Managing Director, Nugrid Consulting.

Supply Chain Supremo Team

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES and Mr. Arun Narayanan, General Manager, Schlumberger Information Solutions, India

ocated midway between Albany and New York City in the historic Hudson Valley, Marist College is recognized for its use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning process. LA leader in the Arts and Sciences, UPES has signed a partnership agreement with the College

of Computer Science and Mathematics of Marist College. The MoU document was signed and exchanged between Dr. Onkar Sharma, Graduate Director, Marist College, USA & Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES Dehradun at Energy Acres.

The agreement is expected to accrue the synergies of both the organizations and leverage mutual benefits through research in the chosen domains. This agreement will facilitate the understanding between both the organizations to encourage the exchange programs among faculty, students and resources. With the robust support of IBM and collaboration with Marist College, UPES visions to proffer on Campus an excellent education in the areas of Computer Science and Information Technology.

UPES extended wings in USAgreement with Marist College

Stride for a Strategic Alliance in Thailandniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India has evinced keen interest in a formal partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Led by the Vice Chancellor of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dr. Parag Diwan, a delegation meet was organized with AIT. The meet is seen as a symbol Uthat the two Universities could embark on students and faculty exchange programs, besides joint research and educational programs for the companies in South

East Asia. Under the aegis of ISPe, UPES has already conducted successfully many training programs for national oil company of Thailand 'PTT E&P.' Through this alliance between ISPe and AIT, the services to countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and China will be added to the training kitty of ISPe.

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T2P Consultants Limited is a consultancy that provides solutions for skilled talent, organization and expansion of human capital which includes Manpower Recruitment, Corporate Training and Outsourcing to every organization.

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES and Dr. Onkar Sharma, Graduate Director, Marist College

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Best Placement BrochureUniqueness Grabbed Attention

ne of the early UPES achievements for this current year, is the latest and an exclusive award for Placement Brochure that had held many eyeballs for long and left viewers impressed. Keeping in tune the flavor of innovation and uniqueness, an attempt had been extended in positioning students in O

unique manner. The very idea was executed and a distinguished Placement Brochure got created that spoke in volumes about the students' credentials.

It would be apt to say that meticulous efforts put on this Brochure have brought home lots of appreciations and goodwill from the receivers. It would be appropriate to mention here that UPES has always been known for the good placement track record and these days, it is also known for its unique and impressive collaterals.

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Another Feather added to the Crown1st prize won

Future of 4PL in India

team of 5 students from UPES MBA- LSCM: Gurleen Singh Chandok, Gursharan Singh, Nishi Jaiswal, Niharika Singh and Sagar Relan Achristened as “Supply Chain Supremo,” grabbed the coveted 1st prize

for “Logistics Talent Hunt 2012: International Conference and Award” organized by T2P Consultants Limited. On the basis of the white paper submission and subsequent presentation in front of the Jury on the topic “Future of 4PL in India,” the result was declared. Under the guidance of Dr. Neeraj Anand (HOD), these students hit the tough completion by beating 32 teams from North zone.

The winning team has scored, in addition to the Certificate, a prize of Rs. 25,000/- and an opportunity to publish the Case study in the Souvenir of the host organization.

Memorandum signed with Schlumberger

An Academic Collaboration in Petroleum Sector

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is inked between Schlumberger Solutions Private Ltd. and University of Petroleum & Energy Studies recently. AThe objective of this memorandum is to develop the mutual academic

collaboration in the Petroleum Sector and to facilitate students in developing a technical and managerial base in the sector. This understanding will encourage FDPs, live projects, internships and new projects in the areas of Petroleum Technology for both faculty and students. The understanding is also expected to provide opportunity to share experience, thinking and learning between the two organizations.

Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services company supplying technology, information solutions and integrated project management that optimize reservoir performance for customers working in the Oil & Gas industry. Schlumberger proposes increasing its partnership with the respected universities in the sector, to create a mutually beneficial future for the industry.

UPES PLACEMENT BROCHURE is awarded with BEST PLACEMENT BROCHURE award at “6th INDY's AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE in Mass Communication, Marketing Communication, Public Relations, Advertising, Branding, Corporate Social Responsibility & B-School” organized in Mumbai. The award was presented by 'Stars of the Industry Awards', Mumbai.

Placement Brochure kit:The brochure is subtly laden with complete information embracing two composite booklets that sleekly slide into the box orchestrating a radiant movement for booklets inside. The real treasure i.e. students profiles, comprehensively packed in a Pen drive, is kept on the cover page to get the passport to imprint on the minds of the patrons. Stuffed inside the captive box is the Master booklet that delineates university's belief & achievements while the Supplement booklet endorses curriculums & domains' brief. Its classy Calendar on the cover back earns it exclusive space for itself on receiver's desk.

Mr. Santanil DasGupta, Sr. Associate Director-Career Services, UPES receiving the Best Placements Brochure Award from (left) Prof. Y. K. Bhushan, Sr. Advisor, IBS Mumbai and (right) Mr. Sanjay Muthal, Managing Director, Nugrid Consulting.

Supply Chain Supremo Team

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES and Mr. Arun Narayanan, General Manager, Schlumberger Information Solutions, India

ocated midway between Albany and New York City in the historic Hudson Valley, Marist College is recognized for its use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning process. LA leader in the Arts and Sciences, UPES has signed a partnership agreement with the College

of Computer Science and Mathematics of Marist College. The MoU document was signed and exchanged between Dr. Onkar Sharma, Graduate Director, Marist College, USA & Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES Dehradun at Energy Acres.

The agreement is expected to accrue the synergies of both the organizations and leverage mutual benefits through research in the chosen domains. This agreement will facilitate the understanding between both the organizations to encourage the exchange programs among faculty, students and resources. With the robust support of IBM and collaboration with Marist College, UPES visions to proffer on Campus an excellent education in the areas of Computer Science and Information Technology.

UPES extended wings in USAgreement with Marist College

Stride for a Strategic Alliance in Thailandniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India has evinced keen interest in a formal partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Led by the Vice Chancellor of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dr. Parag Diwan, a delegation meet was organized with AIT. The meet is seen as a symbol Uthat the two Universities could embark on students and faculty exchange programs, besides joint research and educational programs for the companies in South

East Asia. Under the aegis of ISPe, UPES has already conducted successfully many training programs for national oil company of Thailand 'PTT E&P.' Through this alliance between ISPe and AIT, the services to countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and China will be added to the training kitty of ISPe.

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T2P Consultants Limited is a consultancy that provides solutions for skilled talent, organization and expansion of human capital which includes Manpower Recruitment, Corporate Training and Outsourcing to every organization.

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES and Dr. Onkar Sharma, Graduate Director, Marist College

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The Less Trodden Path To Learning and Teaching

Different individuals mature as learners at different ages

Prof. Utpal GhoshPro-Vice ChancellorUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies

here is an old Chinese proverb which is known widely as the basic and foolproof guidance instruction when faced with disdain by a colossal task: “A Tjourney of a thousand miles starts with the first step”. In the ensuing article I

will be talking about the first few steps about learning and teaching in today's world.

Teaching and learning have historically proven to be complex processes, whether it has been in the traditional Indian Gurukul system or the way Greek learning was facilitated by the great teachers and philosophers, Aristotle and Socrates. While historically, the learning and teaching processes were not bothered by time constraints unlike today, these could turn out to be lifelong ventures. The conventional university system, at least in the Indian context, is bound by a lot of time constraints specifying the maximum time one can spend for attainment of a particular degree.

The pressure that time places, in my view, goes against the basic grain of the learning process, which, by definition, says that each individual is unique and has his or her own time period for grasping the ideals of learning and internalizing. It is by no intention of mine to prescribe the learning time period as infinite. In any case, the learning and teaching process is a continuum. Given infinite time, each one of us could be an expert in any discipline. What I am alluding to is the need for ensuring a process that allows individuals to pace their learning assimilating timeframes. This suggestion is born out of my personal conviction that different individuals mature as learners at different ages. Some individuals can display the spark in their pre-teens, and others show their potential in their teens. I have known people who have bloomed in their mid-to-late twenties, while there have been others who have come of age in their mid thirties or even forties. I am sure many of you would have even seen individuals who have become sharp learners in their twilight years, drawing upon their life's experiences.

Event management in any set up, more so in a university environment, is a great learning opportunity for a youngster. There is a need for students to get actively involved in events, whether it's a moot court competition or an extra mural cricket tournament as these are great learning opportunities. The roles of Staff and Faculty should be limited and they should act as just the guides while letting the students lead and run the events.

In any multidisciplinary university like ours, where we have students across a wide variety of disciplines (be it engineering, management or Law), it is natural to have diverse interest groups. While one group could be keen debaters, another might want to do aero-modeling and yet another group would show interest in the fine arts. It is important that the facilitators in the process, who could be faculty or senior students, let the various groups find harmony amongst them and let them work as a functional team.

The residency period in a university, especially the undergraduate programs, is rather long (at 4-6 years) and it's important that all students pace themselves out and not be under any peer pressure to perform.

Effective learning is also hampered by the tendency amongst a fairly large number of facilitators to co-modify and deliver information and knowledge as if it were a co-modified product. Because of such an approach, in most occasions, students develop resentment towards the delivery process.

A widely known model for learning can pictorially be represented as a 2X2 matrix, shown in Figure 1.The X axis captures ability and the Y-axis, the effort. These are low at the (0, 0) co-ordinate and get higher and higher as one moves away along the axis.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step

Coaster Star

Problem Child Striver

AB

ILIT

Y

EFFORT

High

Low High

Figure 1.

The above 2X2 matrix creates 4 possible combinations:• Low on Ability and Low on Efforts-Problem Child• High Effort and Low ability-Striver• High Ability and Low Effort-Coaster• High Ability and High Effort-Star

Each faculty has to identify in his/her class which pupil is closest to one of the above mentioned four categories and then tailor their facilitating styles to suit each of them. Illustratively, a star may just need recognition and newer learning challenges, a striver may need skill building ability; a coaster may be like an old dog that needs to be taught new tricks and a problem child may be sitting in the wrong class/program and may need a change of setting. It's important that the faculty set the pace of the academic and co-curricular work that is expected from the students within the first three months of their joining the campus. It's important that the students get involved in at least one activity beyond their academics, rather than a few students ending up doing multiple activities. It's important that each student picks up activities supported by the faculty and pitches them in the larger narrative of their life aspirations. Also, it's important that feedback is taken from the students on what they liked and what they didn't.

The other key essential of the learning process is that students are made to take decisions and see these through as they progress. While faculty can facilitate the decision making, at no stage should they spoon feed the students whether it's in the class room or in the preparation of an inter-university debate. Classes should clearly spell out mandatory reading and practice that would be necessary to pass and additional reading or higher order thinking skills that would be required to excel. These should be inter spread with activities that need mandatory team work and application skills.

Figure 2 schematically depicts the learning model developed by Dr. Linda Richardson. It advocates that for learning to happen, it's important that individuals are pushed out of their comfort zones into the middle concentric circle. The facilitators should however ensure that the learner is not pushed so hard that he/she moves into the panic zone as in that zone learning becomes dysfunctional.

LEARNING MODEL

Figure 2.

COMFORT ZONE

PANIC

LEARNING

ZONE

ZONE

Often learners confuse data and information as knowledge. In the era gone by there was some premium to data and information however in the electronic internet age that we currently live in it has lost its premium status.

Learning in more ways than one depends on the maturity levels of students and the faculty has a great role to play helping learners mature. The other dimension is the democratization of the learning process. What should and should not be taught has been a matter of great debate and the mix of purely academic for the sake of academics and the extent of industry orientation are issues that are still open for debate. There is a need therefore to make students key stake holders in course delivery because the more they are interested in the process the more they are likely to join and learn.

The issue of compulsory attendance in class has been a matter of debate in academic circles for a long time. Though I personally am not a great fan of the compulsory attendance but if an academic institution does have it in its system for right or wrong reasons these must be meticulously adhered to, else you are sending a morally and ethically incorrect signal and that does more damage than just the sheer consequences of not attending classes.

The classroom is to be revered as a place that sets the learning in motion. Learning however continues well beyond the classroom in real life situations that demand a multitude of abilities to manifest in unison. Aspects of real life skills such as thinking abilities; crisis handling; ability to work independently and as a team when integrated into the classroom learning bring in tremendous synergies in the learning process. It is in such scenario that students would see great value in attending classes and would voluntarily feedback to the faculty what they found easy or difficult to understand and grasp so that these can benefit successive generation of students.

The processes of learning and teaching have evolved and added layers of complexity over time and with it the way we benefit from them has also changed. Since most successful learning activities thrive best by being student driven, a student plays a very important part in the collaborative effort to make teaching and learning productive and efficient. Such idyllic classroom settings are most likely to overflow with keen students like the famous Feynman Lectures in physics, though meant for freshmen, had several students from the senior classes overflowing into the aisle of the lecture theater.

Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES has 27 years of wide experience in the Petroleum sector in Sales & Marketing Operations with a succinct exposure to HR & Finance. He is MS from IIT, Delhi & MBA from FMS, Delhi.

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A paper titled “Power of Natural Gas Pipelines: The Emergence of a National Gas Grid” was presented by Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso Prof., UPES), Swati Dasika and Mahesh Radhakrishnan (UPES'students) at International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure (ICEI-2012) on January 3-4, 2012 organized by Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU), Gandhinagar, published in the Conference Proceedings, pp 429-447 (ISBN 978-93-81361-70-2).

Paper titled “Shale Gas Revolution Is India Ready?” was presented by B.S. Negi, (Ex. Member Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board, Ministry Petroleum & Natural Gas), Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso. Prof., UPES) and Surbhi Arora (Asst. Prof., UPES) at International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure (ICEI-2012) on January 3-4, 2012 organised by Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU), Gandhinagar, published in the Conference Proceedings, pp 181-187 (ISBN 978-93-81361-70-2).

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The Less Trodden Path To Learning and Teaching

Different individuals mature as learners at different ages

Prof. Utpal GhoshPro-Vice ChancellorUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies

here is an old Chinese proverb which is known widely as the basic and foolproof guidance instruction when faced with disdain by a colossal task: “A Tjourney of a thousand miles starts with the first step”. In the ensuing article I

will be talking about the first few steps about learning and teaching in today's world.

Teaching and learning have historically proven to be complex processes, whether it has been in the traditional Indian Gurukul system or the way Greek learning was facilitated by the great teachers and philosophers, Aristotle and Socrates. While historically, the learning and teaching processes were not bothered by time constraints unlike today, these could turn out to be lifelong ventures. The conventional university system, at least in the Indian context, is bound by a lot of time constraints specifying the maximum time one can spend for attainment of a particular degree.

The pressure that time places, in my view, goes against the basic grain of the learning process, which, by definition, says that each individual is unique and has his or her own time period for grasping the ideals of learning and internalizing. It is by no intention of mine to prescribe the learning time period as infinite. In any case, the learning and teaching process is a continuum. Given infinite time, each one of us could be an expert in any discipline. What I am alluding to is the need for ensuring a process that allows individuals to pace their learning assimilating timeframes. This suggestion is born out of my personal conviction that different individuals mature as learners at different ages. Some individuals can display the spark in their pre-teens, and others show their potential in their teens. I have known people who have bloomed in their mid-to-late twenties, while there have been others who have come of age in their mid thirties or even forties. I am sure many of you would have even seen individuals who have become sharp learners in their twilight years, drawing upon their life's experiences.

Event management in any set up, more so in a university environment, is a great learning opportunity for a youngster. There is a need for students to get actively involved in events, whether it's a moot court competition or an extra mural cricket tournament as these are great learning opportunities. The roles of Staff and Faculty should be limited and they should act as just the guides while letting the students lead and run the events.

In any multidisciplinary university like ours, where we have students across a wide variety of disciplines (be it engineering, management or Law), it is natural to have diverse interest groups. While one group could be keen debaters, another might want to do aero-modeling and yet another group would show interest in the fine arts. It is important that the facilitators in the process, who could be faculty or senior students, let the various groups find harmony amongst them and let them work as a functional team.

The residency period in a university, especially the undergraduate programs, is rather long (at 4-6 years) and it's important that all students pace themselves out and not be under any peer pressure to perform.

Effective learning is also hampered by the tendency amongst a fairly large number of facilitators to co-modify and deliver information and knowledge as if it were a co-modified product. Because of such an approach, in most occasions, students develop resentment towards the delivery process.

A widely known model for learning can pictorially be represented as a 2X2 matrix, shown in Figure 1.The X axis captures ability and the Y-axis, the effort. These are low at the (0, 0) co-ordinate and get higher and higher as one moves away along the axis.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step

Coaster Star

Problem Child Striver

AB

ILIT

Y

EFFORT

High

Low High

Figure 1.

The above 2X2 matrix creates 4 possible combinations:• Low on Ability and Low on Efforts-Problem Child• High Effort and Low ability-Striver• High Ability and Low Effort-Coaster• High Ability and High Effort-Star

Each faculty has to identify in his/her class which pupil is closest to one of the above mentioned four categories and then tailor their facilitating styles to suit each of them. Illustratively, a star may just need recognition and newer learning challenges, a striver may need skill building ability; a coaster may be like an old dog that needs to be taught new tricks and a problem child may be sitting in the wrong class/program and may need a change of setting. It's important that the faculty set the pace of the academic and co-curricular work that is expected from the students within the first three months of their joining the campus. It's important that the students get involved in at least one activity beyond their academics, rather than a few students ending up doing multiple activities. It's important that each student picks up activities supported by the faculty and pitches them in the larger narrative of their life aspirations. Also, it's important that feedback is taken from the students on what they liked and what they didn't.

The other key essential of the learning process is that students are made to take decisions and see these through as they progress. While faculty can facilitate the decision making, at no stage should they spoon feed the students whether it's in the class room or in the preparation of an inter-university debate. Classes should clearly spell out mandatory reading and practice that would be necessary to pass and additional reading or higher order thinking skills that would be required to excel. These should be inter spread with activities that need mandatory team work and application skills.

Figure 2 schematically depicts the learning model developed by Dr. Linda Richardson. It advocates that for learning to happen, it's important that individuals are pushed out of their comfort zones into the middle concentric circle. The facilitators should however ensure that the learner is not pushed so hard that he/she moves into the panic zone as in that zone learning becomes dysfunctional.

LEARNING MODEL

Figure 2.

COMFORT ZONE

PANIC

LEARNING

ZONE

ZONE

Often learners confuse data and information as knowledge. In the era gone by there was some premium to data and information however in the electronic internet age that we currently live in it has lost its premium status.

Learning in more ways than one depends on the maturity levels of students and the faculty has a great role to play helping learners mature. The other dimension is the democratization of the learning process. What should and should not be taught has been a matter of great debate and the mix of purely academic for the sake of academics and the extent of industry orientation are issues that are still open for debate. There is a need therefore to make students key stake holders in course delivery because the more they are interested in the process the more they are likely to join and learn.

The issue of compulsory attendance in class has been a matter of debate in academic circles for a long time. Though I personally am not a great fan of the compulsory attendance but if an academic institution does have it in its system for right or wrong reasons these must be meticulously adhered to, else you are sending a morally and ethically incorrect signal and that does more damage than just the sheer consequences of not attending classes.

The classroom is to be revered as a place that sets the learning in motion. Learning however continues well beyond the classroom in real life situations that demand a multitude of abilities to manifest in unison. Aspects of real life skills such as thinking abilities; crisis handling; ability to work independently and as a team when integrated into the classroom learning bring in tremendous synergies in the learning process. It is in such scenario that students would see great value in attending classes and would voluntarily feedback to the faculty what they found easy or difficult to understand and grasp so that these can benefit successive generation of students.

The processes of learning and teaching have evolved and added layers of complexity over time and with it the way we benefit from them has also changed. Since most successful learning activities thrive best by being student driven, a student plays a very important part in the collaborative effort to make teaching and learning productive and efficient. Such idyllic classroom settings are most likely to overflow with keen students like the famous Feynman Lectures in physics, though meant for freshmen, had several students from the senior classes overflowing into the aisle of the lecture theater.

Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES has 27 years of wide experience in the Petroleum sector in Sales & Marketing Operations with a succinct exposure to HR & Finance. He is MS from IIT, Delhi & MBA from FMS, Delhi.

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Intellect Treasure

A paper titled “Power of Natural Gas Pipelines: The Emergence of a National Gas Grid” was presented by Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso Prof., UPES), Swati Dasika and Mahesh Radhakrishnan (UPES'students) at International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure (ICEI-2012) on January 3-4, 2012 organized by Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU), Gandhinagar, published in the Conference Proceedings, pp 429-447 (ISBN 978-93-81361-70-2).

Paper titled “Shale Gas Revolution Is India Ready?” was presented by B.S. Negi, (Ex. Member Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board, Ministry Petroleum & Natural Gas), Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso. Prof., UPES) and Surbhi Arora (Asst. Prof., UPES) at International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure (ICEI-2012) on January 3-4, 2012 organised by Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU), Gandhinagar, published in the Conference Proceedings, pp 181-187 (ISBN 978-93-81361-70-2).

Model United Nations ConventionResolution Passed by Budding Minds

A two day MUN Convention at UPES

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Green Income Sustainable Development Provocation

Empowering Women means a step to Empower Nation

- 11 -

SR UPES frequently organizes skill development programs for village women to make them self reliant by creating income generating opportunities and facilitating them to C

have a better family economic status. Keeping this in focus, an income generating project was designed to improve the overall living conditions of the villagers. Proactively understanding and contributing towards welfare of the society, UPES in collaboration with Petrotech Chapter launched a “Green Microenterprise” venture titled as “Villagers Green Income Generation Program”.

This sustainable developmental activity was executed by providing villagers with materials and technique to make paper bags out of newspaper. The intention was to enable them produce bags and generate income by selling. The student volunteers enthusiastically participated and trained people during the program.

To promote use of paper bags over plastics and spread of message to bring awareness among common man regarding environmental conservation and to keep this earth cleaner greener, this program was named as 'Green Income Generation' Program.

Green Earth has always been the concern of CSR activities at UPES. Petrotech Chapter and CSR together have already put in several ventures on the ground in the past by actively working to realize the dream of reducing the use of plastic bags in Dehradun.

s a threading series to provide platforms to share women voice and outlet for progress, UPES celebrated "Women's Day" tagging it under the theme “Women in Excellence - Forwarding Energy”, jubilating spirit among women at Campus. Addressing the audience, Mrs. Violet Rita Gardner Principal, St. Jude's School, ADehradun infused energetic thoughts on 'Women as Entrepreneur.' Touching the thought process of the listeners, the invited guests Dr. Ravi Gawri, Senior

Member IEEE & Director, Graphic Era Hill University addressed the gathering and shared her views stressing on "Role of Women in Engineering." Discussions on “LPG Safety Clinic” – an encouraging interaction on safety issues related to domestic LPG usage by Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES, was one among the interesting sessions conducted on the occasion. The take away of the day was the spirit and positivity among audience who were a little more empowered and pledged to spread this positivity further among peers.

UPES is the first ever institution that has organized Model United Nations Conventions in the State of Uttarakhand. The resolutions passed by student delegates during the convention are sent to United Nation Information Centre for further evaluation.

ith the motive to impart technical acumen in students, and subsequently Whelp them learn and explore new

horizons of creativity, Department of Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation, UPES in collaboration with IEEE Student Chapter, organized an event called Electra '12 on Campus. On the occasion, Mr. Sunil Soni, Scientist DRDO addressed the gathering with the Inaugural Speech.

Some of the hobby projects made by students were also displayed that included Models on Power line carrier communication, wireless energy meter, UPES radio etc. Interesting combats which were appreciated by all included 'Robo Combat' where all sorts of robots with fierce weapons, battled in the arena. Similarly in 'Robo JCB' various kinds of wired and wireless robots using a variety of modules were tested for speed & efficiency. 'Xpressions' enabled students to express through technical posters. 'Prototype' encouraged Model Presentation. 'Electra quest' an online quiz and many more were the center of attraction and kept students highly engaged and excited. A number of participants from different colleges of Dehradun contributed through participation in the fest.

Electra 2012

Student Delegates during Convention proceedings

Robo Combat at Electra

Model exibhit by students

Advocating the need of equality, sustainability and empowerment among women, UPES organizes lots of programs that encourage women activism and appreciate their economic, political and social achievements.

A Techno Fest

o address substance abuse and road traffic violations, a two day Model United Nations (MUN) Convention was organized at UPES recently. During the Convention various students from different Tcolleges participated representing delegates from various countries across the world. These student

delegates were from around 20 colleges including 3 IIT's, 5 NLU's and Colleges of Delhi University. The highlights of the Convention was the simulation of crisis situations related to rise in incidents of substance abuse and road traffic accident cases. Some resolutions under various verticals were suggested and passed by these delegates.

UPES MUN is a global venture certified by the UNIC (United Nation Information Centre for India and Bhutan). MUN is basically the stimulation of United Nations which provides a global exposure to the young budding minds. Basically, it provides an international platform to the students across the world to analyze the various burning global issues and draw conclusions after the two day parliamentary discussions.

Spell bound audience listening to Speakers

Women in Excellence...

ForwardedEnergy on Women's Day

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Project

2012

Abhilasha

roject Abhilasha is an effort of UPES. Its aim is to build a Pscientific base for engineering

entrance examinations for students from the interiors of Uttarakhand who do not have coaching facility.

Every year, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun selects a large number of students with the support from Directorate of Education, Uttarakhand, and imparts rigorous in-house residential training for 10 days in physics, chemistry and mathematics for AIEEE Entrance Examination with free boarding and lodging facilities.

This year, Project Abhilasha was successfully executed in April at SIEMET, Directorate of Education, Nanoorkhera, Dehradun.

On the panel (l-r) Dr. Ravi Gawri, Senior Member, IEEE & Director Graphic Era Hill University; Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES; Dr. S J Chopra, Chancellor, UPES & Mrs. Violet Rita Gardner, Principal, St. Jude's School, Dehradun

Model United Nations ConventionResolution Passed by Budding Minds

A two day MUN Convention at UPES

- 10 -

Green Income Sustainable Development Provocation

Empowering Women means a step to Empower Nation

- 11 -

SR UPES frequently organizes skill development programs for village women to make them self reliant by creating income generating opportunities and facilitating them to C

have a better family economic status. Keeping this in focus, an income generating project was designed to improve the overall living conditions of the villagers. Proactively understanding and contributing towards welfare of the society, UPES in collaboration with Petrotech Chapter launched a “Green Microenterprise” venture titled as “Villagers Green Income Generation Program”.

This sustainable developmental activity was executed by providing villagers with materials and technique to make paper bags out of newspaper. The intention was to enable them produce bags and generate income by selling. The student volunteers enthusiastically participated and trained people during the program.

To promote use of paper bags over plastics and spread of message to bring awareness among common man regarding environmental conservation and to keep this earth cleaner greener, this program was named as 'Green Income Generation' Program.

Green Earth has always been the concern of CSR activities at UPES. Petrotech Chapter and CSR together have already put in several ventures on the ground in the past by actively working to realize the dream of reducing the use of plastic bags in Dehradun.

s a threading series to provide platforms to share women voice and outlet for progress, UPES celebrated "Women's Day" tagging it under the theme “Women in Excellence - Forwarding Energy”, jubilating spirit among women at Campus. Addressing the audience, Mrs. Violet Rita Gardner Principal, St. Jude's School, ADehradun infused energetic thoughts on 'Women as Entrepreneur.' Touching the thought process of the listeners, the invited guests Dr. Ravi Gawri, Senior

Member IEEE & Director, Graphic Era Hill University addressed the gathering and shared her views stressing on "Role of Women in Engineering." Discussions on “LPG Safety Clinic” – an encouraging interaction on safety issues related to domestic LPG usage by Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES, was one among the interesting sessions conducted on the occasion. The take away of the day was the spirit and positivity among audience who were a little more empowered and pledged to spread this positivity further among peers.

UPES is the first ever institution that has organized Model United Nations Conventions in the State of Uttarakhand. The resolutions passed by student delegates during the convention are sent to United Nation Information Centre for further evaluation.

ith the motive to impart technical acumen in students, and subsequently Whelp them learn and explore new

horizons of creativity, Department of Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation, UPES in collaboration with IEEE Student Chapter, organized an event called Electra '12 on Campus. On the occasion, Mr. Sunil Soni, Scientist DRDO addressed the gathering with the Inaugural Speech.

Some of the hobby projects made by students were also displayed that included Models on Power line carrier communication, wireless energy meter, UPES radio etc. Interesting combats which were appreciated by all included 'Robo Combat' where all sorts of robots with fierce weapons, battled in the arena. Similarly in 'Robo JCB' various kinds of wired and wireless robots using a variety of modules were tested for speed & efficiency. 'Xpressions' enabled students to express through technical posters. 'Prototype' encouraged Model Presentation. 'Electra quest' an online quiz and many more were the center of attraction and kept students highly engaged and excited. A number of participants from different colleges of Dehradun contributed through participation in the fest.

Electra 2012

Student Delegates during Convention proceedings

Robo Combat at Electra

Model exibhit by students

Advocating the need of equality, sustainability and empowerment among women, UPES organizes lots of programs that encourage women activism and appreciate their economic, political and social achievements.

A Techno Fest

o address substance abuse and road traffic violations, a two day Model United Nations (MUN) Convention was organized at UPES recently. During the Convention various students from different Tcolleges participated representing delegates from various countries across the world. These student

delegates were from around 20 colleges including 3 IIT's, 5 NLU's and Colleges of Delhi University. The highlights of the Convention was the simulation of crisis situations related to rise in incidents of substance abuse and road traffic accident cases. Some resolutions under various verticals were suggested and passed by these delegates.

UPES MUN is a global venture certified by the UNIC (United Nation Information Centre for India and Bhutan). MUN is basically the stimulation of United Nations which provides a global exposure to the young budding minds. Basically, it provides an international platform to the students across the world to analyze the various burning global issues and draw conclusions after the two day parliamentary discussions.

Spell bound audience listening to Speakers

Women in Excellence...

ForwardedEnergy on Women's Day

MAY 2012MAY 2012

Project

2012

Abhilasha

roject Abhilasha is an effort of UPES. Its aim is to build a Pscientific base for engineering

entrance examinations for students from the interiors of Uttarakhand who do not have coaching facility.

Every year, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun selects a large number of students with the support from Directorate of Education, Uttarakhand, and imparts rigorous in-house residential training for 10 days in physics, chemistry and mathematics for AIEEE Entrance Examination with free boarding and lodging facilities.

This year, Project Abhilasha was successfully executed in April at SIEMET, Directorate of Education, Nanoorkhera, Dehradun.

On the panel (l-r) Dr. Ravi Gawri, Senior Member, IEEE & Director Graphic Era Hill University; Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES; Dr. S J Chopra, Chancellor, UPES & Mrs. Violet Rita Gardner, Principal, St. Jude's School, Dehradun

Jus CarnivalliExuberance at Law Fiesta

epeating the exulted excitement, this year again the students of College of Legal Studies were all busy in organising a captive fiesta for themselves named as JUS RCARNIVALLI. This 2nd National Law Festival was successfully organised and

celebrated. An active participation of more than 270 national participants, coming from more than 28 universities across India, who took part in over 20 different competitions, gave this festival a momentum and importance.

The event was adjudged by eminent judges like Justice V.K. Shalli- Hon'ble Judge, Delhi High Court, Mr. Yogesh Wadhwa, Sr. Mgr. (Legal) Cairn Energy India Ltd., Mr. Mohammed Naseem from ONGC and Dr. Rajesh Bahuguna, Principal - Law College Dehardun.

The presence of Hon'ble Uttarakhand Lokayukta Justice (Retd.) M M Ghildiyal, as Chief Guest, on the Valedictory Ceremony, wound up the fiesta on a very inspirational note. The students beamed to see their efforts applauded by Honourable Lokayukta for being proactive in organizing such event. In his address, Honourable Chief Guest stressed upon the importance of having strong principles and values in life and profession. He guided students with the important tips to become successful legal professionals and motivated them to join Courts and the ever respectable legal profession.

Team from HNLU, Raipur won the first prize of the National Parliamentary Debate Competition, while teams from Amity Lucknow, RMLNLU Lucknow and Young India Fellowship, New Delhi bagged the first prizes in Oil & Gas, IPR and Environment Law categories of the Paper Presentation competition respectively. The team from UPES Dehradun comprising of Harshita Khurana and Aaron Mirza, took away the first prize in the flagship event- “Discussion Panel of Indian States”. Other events included Mandvali, Law Mechanic, Rekhankan, etc.

The participants of this law fest also danced on the tune of DJ Maddy and the thrilling performance of Delhi based Band Pratigya on the fest eve.

Battle of Wits

2nd Dr. Paras Diwan National “Energy Law” Moot Court Competition

kills like Communication, Court etiquettes or Legal acumen are some of the traits in a personality that could not be developed in a single day. The University understands this explicitly and hence, lavishes each S

student with maximum opportunity to inculcate such skills in him to become smart budding legal professional of the country. That's why aggressive Moot Court exercises are put in practice on Campus for law students. These Moot Court exercises are prompted to attune budding professionals acquire the experience of real Court room's scenario.

This year, commemorating the memory of Late Dr. Paras Diwan, a legal luminary, acclaimed Jurist and a writer par excellence, the 2nd Dr. Paras Diwan National “Energy Law” Moot Court Competition was organized. Committed to exchange brains, wits and views on Campus for the three successive days, the competition was conducted in April 2012. With the inaugural ceremony of lightening the lamp by the Chief Guest, Honorable Justice Mr. M M Kumar - Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court, began the BATTLE OF WITS… for the coveted award. Around 20 teams from different prestigious Law Colleges from 12 states of India participated in the exalted event.

The moot problem dealt with the issues governing the pricing regime post dismantling of Administrating Pricing Mechanism, also on the matters of jurisdiction and the appropriate adjudicatory body to decide on the issue. The adjudicating authorities in question were the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).

Winners• Best Team of the Competition- NALSAR University of Law,

Hyderabad received a cash prize of Rs. 20,000• Runners-UP Team- National Law University, Orissa received a

Cash prize of Rs. 10,000• Best Memorial - National Law University, Orissa received a Cash

prize of Rs. 5000• Best Speaker - Ms. Khyati Dhupar from Amity Law School, Delhi

received a Cash prize of Rs. 5000

Media partner for the event was Lex WITNESS.

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Paper titled “A Comparative Study of Brand Building Activities of Oil Marketing Companies in India with their Western Counterparts” was presented by Rekha Attri (Research Sch., UPES) and Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso. Prof., UPES) at Nirma International Conference on Management on January 5-7, 2012 organized by Nirma University, Ahmedabad published in Epoch Strategies for Marketing, Family Business and Entrepreneurship, pp 45-60 (ISBN 978-9381361-68-9).

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In the presence of the Chief Guest Mr. Vinod Taneja, Chairman of Dehradun CSI Chapter, the Opening Ceremony of YUGMAK was performed. Enchanting the atmosphere with Saraswati hyme, the student President of UPES-CSI Student Chapter Mr. Rajat Sharma addressed the audience enumerating the journey of CSI Student Chapter from the day of its origin. Mesmerizing gathering with the vigorous dance performance by official dance group of UPES “Xhileration”, the fest moved further. Unveiling of Yugmak Logo, stirred the beginning of the show. Over the period of 2 days, around 10 Events were organized including Cyber Forensics, Blind Fingerman, Technical Paper Presentation on the Day One. The Day two was scheduled for the events like Gamer's Quizination, AD n ACT, Google Ka Doodle, Virtual Quiz, Still Motion and Hack - the Code and Sudoku (two online events). For every event, different levels were required to cross to win the game/competition. Starting the trend of online, this Chapter has become forerunner to organize online events at UPES. Students from various colleges from Dehradun participated in this fest. The overwhelming response to the fest has motivated both the participants and the organizing students to present the best to the fest. The fest concluded with the Prize Distribution Ceremony.

YUGMAK ......begin the beginning!!! Technical Fest sets rolling

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MAY 2012 MAY 2012

Some of the Distinguished Guests who visited campus and graced the occasion during the event were Lokayukta Justice M M Ghildiyal, Mr. M.M Sharma-Head, Vaish Law & Associates, Mr. Venkatramani-Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, Mrs. Vijaylakshmi Venkatramani - Advocate on Record, Supreme Court, Mr. Rakesh Dewan -Senior Legal Consultant, PNGRB, Mr. Sitesh Mukherjee -Head, TRILEGAL, Mr. Junaid Akhtar -Senior Associate, MV KINI & Co, Mr. G K Sharma - Advisor to H.E Governor of Uttarakhand, Mr. Deepto Roy, Partner, PXV Partners, Ms. Rajeshwari Hariharan- Partner, Rajeshwari & Associate and many more.

Participants from various colleges giving the perfect pose

Moot Court Proceeding in actionParticipants in the National Parliamentary Debate during Law Fest

Chief Guest Mr. Vinod Taneja, Chairman of Dehradun CSI Chapter

Justice VK Shali of Delhi High Court and Dr. VL Mony, Asst. Dean CoLS, UPES along with faculty members and participants

Jus CarnivalliExuberance at Law Fiesta

epeating the exulted excitement, this year again the students of College of Legal Studies were all busy in organising a captive fiesta for themselves named as JUS RCARNIVALLI. This 2nd National Law Festival was successfully organised and

celebrated. An active participation of more than 270 national participants, coming from more than 28 universities across India, who took part in over 20 different competitions, gave this festival a momentum and importance.

The event was adjudged by eminent judges like Justice V.K. Shalli- Hon'ble Judge, Delhi High Court, Mr. Yogesh Wadhwa, Sr. Mgr. (Legal) Cairn Energy India Ltd., Mr. Mohammed Naseem from ONGC and Dr. Rajesh Bahuguna, Principal - Law College Dehardun.

The presence of Hon'ble Uttarakhand Lokayukta Justice (Retd.) M M Ghildiyal, as Chief Guest, on the Valedictory Ceremony, wound up the fiesta on a very inspirational note. The students beamed to see their efforts applauded by Honourable Lokayukta for being proactive in organizing such event. In his address, Honourable Chief Guest stressed upon the importance of having strong principles and values in life and profession. He guided students with the important tips to become successful legal professionals and motivated them to join Courts and the ever respectable legal profession.

Team from HNLU, Raipur won the first prize of the National Parliamentary Debate Competition, while teams from Amity Lucknow, RMLNLU Lucknow and Young India Fellowship, New Delhi bagged the first prizes in Oil & Gas, IPR and Environment Law categories of the Paper Presentation competition respectively. The team from UPES Dehradun comprising of Harshita Khurana and Aaron Mirza, took away the first prize in the flagship event- “Discussion Panel of Indian States”. Other events included Mandvali, Law Mechanic, Rekhankan, etc.

The participants of this law fest also danced on the tune of DJ Maddy and the thrilling performance of Delhi based Band Pratigya on the fest eve.

Battle of Wits

2nd Dr. Paras Diwan National “Energy Law” Moot Court Competition

kills like Communication, Court etiquettes or Legal acumen are some of the traits in a personality that could not be developed in a single day. The University understands this explicitly and hence, lavishes each S

student with maximum opportunity to inculcate such skills in him to become smart budding legal professional of the country. That's why aggressive Moot Court exercises are put in practice on Campus for law students. These Moot Court exercises are prompted to attune budding professionals acquire the experience of real Court room's scenario.

This year, commemorating the memory of Late Dr. Paras Diwan, a legal luminary, acclaimed Jurist and a writer par excellence, the 2nd Dr. Paras Diwan National “Energy Law” Moot Court Competition was organized. Committed to exchange brains, wits and views on Campus for the three successive days, the competition was conducted in April 2012. With the inaugural ceremony of lightening the lamp by the Chief Guest, Honorable Justice Mr. M M Kumar - Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court, began the BATTLE OF WITS… for the coveted award. Around 20 teams from different prestigious Law Colleges from 12 states of India participated in the exalted event.

The moot problem dealt with the issues governing the pricing regime post dismantling of Administrating Pricing Mechanism, also on the matters of jurisdiction and the appropriate adjudicatory body to decide on the issue. The adjudicating authorities in question were the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).

Winners• Best Team of the Competition- NALSAR University of Law,

Hyderabad received a cash prize of Rs. 20,000• Runners-UP Team- National Law University, Orissa received a

Cash prize of Rs. 10,000• Best Memorial - National Law University, Orissa received a Cash

prize of Rs. 5000• Best Speaker - Ms. Khyati Dhupar from Amity Law School, Delhi

received a Cash prize of Rs. 5000

Media partner for the event was Lex WITNESS.

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Paper titled “A Comparative Study of Brand Building Activities of Oil Marketing Companies in India with their Western Counterparts” was presented by Rekha Attri (Research Sch., UPES) and Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso. Prof., UPES) at Nirma International Conference on Management on January 5-7, 2012 organized by Nirma University, Ahmedabad published in Epoch Strategies for Marketing, Family Business and Entrepreneurship, pp 45-60 (ISBN 978-9381361-68-9).

- 12 -

In the presence of the Chief Guest Mr. Vinod Taneja, Chairman of Dehradun CSI Chapter, the Opening Ceremony of YUGMAK was performed. Enchanting the atmosphere with Saraswati hyme, the student President of UPES-CSI Student Chapter Mr. Rajat Sharma addressed the audience enumerating the journey of CSI Student Chapter from the day of its origin. Mesmerizing gathering with the vigorous dance performance by official dance group of UPES “Xhileration”, the fest moved further. Unveiling of Yugmak Logo, stirred the beginning of the show. Over the period of 2 days, around 10 Events were organized including Cyber Forensics, Blind Fingerman, Technical Paper Presentation on the Day One. The Day two was scheduled for the events like Gamer's Quizination, AD n ACT, Google Ka Doodle, Virtual Quiz, Still Motion and Hack - the Code and Sudoku (two online events). For every event, different levels were required to cross to win the game/competition. Starting the trend of online, this Chapter has become forerunner to organize online events at UPES. Students from various colleges from Dehradun participated in this fest. The overwhelming response to the fest has motivated both the participants and the organizing students to present the best to the fest. The fest concluded with the Prize Distribution Ceremony.

YUGMAK ......begin the beginning!!! Technical Fest sets rolling

- 13 -

MAY 2012 MAY 2012

Some of the Distinguished Guests who visited campus and graced the occasion during the event were Lokayukta Justice M M Ghildiyal, Mr. M.M Sharma-Head, Vaish Law & Associates, Mr. Venkatramani-Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, Mrs. Vijaylakshmi Venkatramani - Advocate on Record, Supreme Court, Mr. Rakesh Dewan -Senior Legal Consultant, PNGRB, Mr. Sitesh Mukherjee -Head, TRILEGAL, Mr. Junaid Akhtar -Senior Associate, MV KINI & Co, Mr. G K Sharma - Advisor to H.E Governor of Uttarakhand, Mr. Deepto Roy, Partner, PXV Partners, Ms. Rajeshwari Hariharan- Partner, Rajeshwari & Associate and many more.

Participants from various colleges giving the perfect pose

Moot Court Proceeding in actionParticipants in the National Parliamentary Debate during Law Fest

Chief Guest Mr. Vinod Taneja, Chairman of Dehradun CSI Chapter

Justice VK Shali of Delhi High Court and Dr. VL Mony, Asst. Dean CoLS, UPES along with faculty members and participants

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VIMANOTSAVthe annual aerospace event

Uttarayan became popular

UPES Excels in Cricket TooState Level T 20 won

Another stride to cement Academia – Industry interface

Energy Cup UPES as a policy has always encouraged Industry - Academia interface by initiating new and innovative forums for academic interaction. Another stride was hit by kicking off an interface in the field of sports as well. A tournament christened as “ENERGY CUP” was launched with this vision in 2009. This T-20 Cricket Tournament has started gearing the momentum.

This year Energy Cup 2012 organized in the Spring Seasons filled the picturesque cricket ground of the Campus with unsurpassable energy on the clay matting wicket field. High spirited teams from Cairn India, Schlumberger and the host (team from UPES) displayed the true sportsmanship during the tournament. It's interesting to note that Cairn India announced their participation in Energy Cup with a boom, winning both their matches with a difference of almost 100 runs in each match. All the matches were officiated by professional Umpires from National School of Cricket under the supervision of “A” level Coach from Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI).

PES Cricket Team has won the State Level T20 Cricket Tournament organized by College of Engineering Roorkee (COER) at their campus in Roorkee. 16 teams from different colleges / institutions from Uttarkhand participated in the tournament. Defeating various teams including host team at various Ulevels, UPES has won the tournament. Other than the certificates, the award included the prize amount of Rs. 15000/- that was awarded to the winning

Champion team.

Training for the TrainersMISSION 10X WORKSHOP

PES has always favored the tendency of conducting frequent workshops by different depar tments within colleges. To encourage the implementation of innovative teaching methodologies, a 5 day Workshop was organized under the title "Mission 10x Learning". The Workshop enabled attendees learn to optimize Uthe expertise under the guidance of knowledge resources from Wipro Bangalore. The exposure has enriched faculty learning that might retain long term impact

on their knowledge bank.

26 UPES faculty members got two prestigious certifications, 'High Impact Teaching Skills (HIITS)' and 'Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE),' on completion of the program. The take away for them included an opportunity to get their contribution published on 'Mission10X Portal' as case studies.

Mission10X is a quantum innovation project of Wipro for enhancing employability of engineering graduates in India through innovation. Its vision is to increase the employability of engineering students by ten times.

dding milestones to their credits, Departments of Aerospace Engineering & Transportation at UPES joined hands to organize the Aannual aerospace event. Moving a step fur ther from Espacio-Dias

2010, the annual fest turned into Cele-Fiesta 2011 and has now transformed into Vimanotsav 2012. The motto of the celebration was to inculcate enthusiasm and inspire students to present their ideas and talents in the fields of aviation in a fun filled way through various interesting and challenging events and also to involve students in planning and organizing an event.

On the day, addressing the audience, the Chief Guest Dr. M.M Kimothi, Director Uttarakhand Space Application Centre Dehradun spoke about the latest developments of space technology in present era. Dr. J.R Gaur, Director State Forensic Sciences, Himachal Pradesh enlightened students on the importance of Forensic Sciences in Aerospace industry and the ways it

serves as an interconnection between all the branches. Next day Mr. Ashwani Khanna, Vice President, Terminal Management, GMR Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Delineating the facts about the fast growing demand in the aviation industry, Mr. Khanna, spoke about on the ever growing uses of aircrafts for the business as well as tourism.

During the two days, various events captivated attention of students tempting them to participate in AeroDWG, Matchstrix, Aircraft Investigations, De-Victorina, Paper presentation, Avoid If You Can, Uttarayan and Windtalkers. Another highlight that appealed the audience most was the aero modeling by the students who had flown the self fabricated aircraft models remotely.

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A paper titled “Measuring Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies' Brand Awareness” by Rekha Attri (Research Scho., UPES), Dr. A. M. Urkude (Prof., UPES) and Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso. Prof., UPES) was published in IUP Journal of Brand Management, Vol. VII No. 4, pp 7-24.

A paper titled “Convergence of Economic Growth across Indian States” by Dr. Hiranmoy Roy (Asst. Prof., UPES) & Kaushik Bhattacharjee, (Asst. Prof., IBS, Hydrabad) was published in the “Journal Of Management Development and Information Technology" (ISSN 0976_8440 and RNI UPENG/2007/27969) in February 2012, New Delhi.

MAY 2012MAY 2012

Cairn India team was lead by Mr. Kapil Bhatia and supported by Mr. Vivek Sharma, an Alumni of UPES. Mr. Vivek was declared Man of the Series. Dr. Prashant Rawat, UPES was declared best bowler.

Match

Inaugural

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

Teams

UPES Vs Dehradun institute of Technology

UPES Vs Tulas Institute of Technology

UPES Vs College of Engineering Roorkee (COER B)

UPES Vs College of Engineering Roorkee (COER A)

Winners

UPES/65 runs

UPES/26 runs

UPES/49 runs

UPES/5 wickets

Shining Performers (UPES B Tech students)

Mohit Miyan

Neelesh Singh

Naveen Sharma

Mohit Miyan

Match Score Chart:

UPES organized Cricket Energy Cup Trophy Tournament with Schlumberger and ONGC teams.

(r-l) Pranav Nagpal (UPES Students), Mr. Sudhir Joshi (Assistant Professor, UPES Dehradun), Dr. Shrihari (Dean, COES, UPES, Dehradun), Dr. J R Gaur (Director State forensic science, Himachal Pradesh), Dr. M M Kimothi (Director USAC Dehradun), Mr. Vijay Kumar Patidar (Assistant Professor, UPES, Dehradun) (back row)

Students displaying their work at stall

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VIMANOTSAVthe annual aerospace event

Uttarayan became popular

UPES Excels in Cricket TooState Level T 20 won

Another stride to cement Academia – Industry interface

Energy Cup UPES as a policy has always encouraged Industry - Academia interface by initiating new and innovative forums for academic interaction. Another stride was hit by kicking off an interface in the field of sports as well. A tournament christened as “ENERGY CUP” was launched with this vision in 2009. This T-20 Cricket Tournament has started gearing the momentum.

This year Energy Cup 2012 organized in the Spring Seasons filled the picturesque cricket ground of the Campus with unsurpassable energy on the clay matting wicket field. High spirited teams from Cairn India, Schlumberger and the host (team from UPES) displayed the true sportsmanship during the tournament. It's interesting to note that Cairn India announced their participation in Energy Cup with a boom, winning both their matches with a difference of almost 100 runs in each match. All the matches were officiated by professional Umpires from National School of Cricket under the supervision of “A” level Coach from Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI).

PES Cricket Team has won the State Level T20 Cricket Tournament organized by College of Engineering Roorkee (COER) at their campus in Roorkee. 16 teams from different colleges / institutions from Uttarkhand participated in the tournament. Defeating various teams including host team at various Ulevels, UPES has won the tournament. Other than the certificates, the award included the prize amount of Rs. 15000/- that was awarded to the winning

Champion team.

Training for the TrainersMISSION 10X WORKSHOP

PES has always favored the tendency of conducting frequent workshops by different depar tments within colleges. To encourage the implementation of innovative teaching methodologies, a 5 day Workshop was organized under the title "Mission 10x Learning". The Workshop enabled attendees learn to optimize Uthe expertise under the guidance of knowledge resources from Wipro Bangalore. The exposure has enriched faculty learning that might retain long term impact

on their knowledge bank.

26 UPES faculty members got two prestigious certifications, 'High Impact Teaching Skills (HIITS)' and 'Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE),' on completion of the program. The take away for them included an opportunity to get their contribution published on 'Mission10X Portal' as case studies.

Mission10X is a quantum innovation project of Wipro for enhancing employability of engineering graduates in India through innovation. Its vision is to increase the employability of engineering students by ten times.

dding milestones to their credits, Departments of Aerospace Engineering & Transportation at UPES joined hands to organize the Aannual aerospace event. Moving a step fur ther from Espacio-Dias

2010, the annual fest turned into Cele-Fiesta 2011 and has now transformed into Vimanotsav 2012. The motto of the celebration was to inculcate enthusiasm and inspire students to present their ideas and talents in the fields of aviation in a fun filled way through various interesting and challenging events and also to involve students in planning and organizing an event.

On the day, addressing the audience, the Chief Guest Dr. M.M Kimothi, Director Uttarakhand Space Application Centre Dehradun spoke about the latest developments of space technology in present era. Dr. J.R Gaur, Director State Forensic Sciences, Himachal Pradesh enlightened students on the importance of Forensic Sciences in Aerospace industry and the ways it

serves as an interconnection between all the branches. Next day Mr. Ashwani Khanna, Vice President, Terminal Management, GMR Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Delineating the facts about the fast growing demand in the aviation industry, Mr. Khanna, spoke about on the ever growing uses of aircrafts for the business as well as tourism.

During the two days, various events captivated attention of students tempting them to participate in AeroDWG, Matchstrix, Aircraft Investigations, De-Victorina, Paper presentation, Avoid If You Can, Uttarayan and Windtalkers. Another highlight that appealed the audience most was the aero modeling by the students who had flown the self fabricated aircraft models remotely.

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A paper titled “Measuring Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies' Brand Awareness” by Rekha Attri (Research Scho., UPES), Dr. A. M. Urkude (Prof., UPES) and Dr. Manvinder Singh Pahwa (Asso. Prof., UPES) was published in IUP Journal of Brand Management, Vol. VII No. 4, pp 7-24.

A paper titled “Convergence of Economic Growth across Indian States” by Dr. Hiranmoy Roy (Asst. Prof., UPES) & Kaushik Bhattacharjee, (Asst. Prof., IBS, Hydrabad) was published in the “Journal Of Management Development and Information Technology" (ISSN 0976_8440 and RNI UPENG/2007/27969) in February 2012, New Delhi.

MAY 2012MAY 2012

Cairn India team was lead by Mr. Kapil Bhatia and supported by Mr. Vivek Sharma, an Alumni of UPES. Mr. Vivek was declared Man of the Series. Dr. Prashant Rawat, UPES was declared best bowler.

Match

Inaugural

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

Teams

UPES Vs Dehradun institute of Technology

UPES Vs Tulas Institute of Technology

UPES Vs College of Engineering Roorkee (COER B)

UPES Vs College of Engineering Roorkee (COER A)

Winners

UPES/65 runs

UPES/26 runs

UPES/49 runs

UPES/5 wickets

Shining Performers (UPES B Tech students)

Mohit Miyan

Neelesh Singh

Naveen Sharma

Mohit Miyan

Match Score Chart:

UPES organized Cricket Energy Cup Trophy Tournament with Schlumberger and ONGC teams.

(r-l) Pranav Nagpal (UPES Students), Mr. Sudhir Joshi (Assistant Professor, UPES Dehradun), Dr. Shrihari (Dean, COES, UPES, Dehradun), Dr. J R Gaur (Director State forensic science, Himachal Pradesh), Dr. M M Kimothi (Director USAC Dehradun), Mr. Vijay Kumar Patidar (Assistant Professor, UPES, Dehradun) (back row)

Students displaying their work at stall

INDUSTRIAL TOURSAn Exposure to BBA Students

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A research paper titled “Study and Analysis on Nano Fluids” was presented by Dr. Ajay Vasishth (Asst. Prof., UPES) also Chaired the Session, Prateek Chopra & Saksham Goel (UPES' students) at International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and their Applications, Punjab University, Chandigarh from 16-18 Feb, 2012.

ndustry exposure is one of the regular features of the programs offered at UPES. The students are given opportunities to acquire first hand experience through these trips. In addition to frequent guest lecturers from industry doyens, the students are provided opportunity to visit the real work stations to interact with the Iprofessionals and get the meticulous understanding of the entire domain.

As part of the BBA integrated curriculum, the entire batch of 2009 went for Industrial Tour to IOCL Refinery, (Panipat), Inderprasth Gas Limited, (Delhi), Bijwasan terminal of IOCL, (Delhi) recently.

The visit was successful not only because the students gained an understanding beyond theoretical dimension, but also because it enabled them get the feel of real life time experience about the industry and guidance from the industry professionals. Under the guidance of their professors, the visit was organized to optimize the industry exposure along with academic inputs simultaneously from faculty.

Tour Gallery

It was a great educational trip to help us know

better about our domain.-Parvinder Singh, BBA (O&G)

The visit was informative, valuable & a hands on experience.-Ishita Ranjan, BBA (O&G) IInd semester student

The team at Safexpress gave us full support and shared the information of their work. It was an excellent visit.- Gaurav Singh, BBA (Logistics Management)

I learned lot of things from this visit to Safexpress regarding warehouse management. The visit helped me to know how they deliver the products at the right time and at the right place.- Garvita Uniyal, BBA (Logistics Management)

The industrial visit to Safexpress was very educative as they explained their process

of day to day operations and delivery.- Kavleen Lakahnpal, BBA (Logistics Management)

Family Connect @UPESFamily Reunion Cemented Bonds

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A joint paper titled “Design of Efficient Post Combustion Co2 Capture and Recovery System for a Fossil Fuel Thermal Power Plant” by Ajay Kumar (Asst. Prof., UPES), Deepak Kumar (Asst. Prof., UPES), Dr. R.K. Tripathi, (Asst. Prof., UPES) & M Jagadeesan (UPES' student) was published in International Journal of Science Technology and Management (IJSTM), Volume 3 issue 1, April 2012, pp 26-35.

MAY 2012MAY 2012

Subir Raha Oil Museum, ONGC, Dehradun

At Panipat Refinery

Safeexpress

BBA (O&G) industry visits provided students a perfect learning environment to learn how oil is generated and trapped, drilling & refining of oil and offshore life. It brings clarity on the concepts like operations of a petrol pump, quality checks and automation systems at pump and other related operational information which are rarely grasped in books.

efurbishing the doting memories of last year's celebration, this year too UPES Rfamily reunion christened as Family

Connect @UPES refilled great vibes and excitement among staff, faculty and their family. On the occasion, the entire UPES fraternity with their family members gathered at Campus to reaffirm the trust and feeling of being true UPESites.

The mood was one of excitement and the aud ience was t rea ted to wonder fu l performances, some impromptu and otherwise. This gave way to an assortment of interesting games like Check Mate, Tug of War, Kite Flying, Sack Race, Triple Leg Race, Drawing Competition among others; all of which attracted great participation from both kids and adults and were equally fun to watch. Food Stalls on ground were a big hit and gathering had a sumptuous fill from the menu-for-the special occasion.

INDUSTRIAL TOURSAn Exposure to BBA Students

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A research paper titled “Study and Analysis on Nano Fluids” was presented by Dr. Ajay Vasishth (Asst. Prof., UPES) also Chaired the Session, Prateek Chopra & Saksham Goel (UPES' students) at International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and their Applications, Punjab University, Chandigarh from 16-18 Feb, 2012.

ndustry exposure is one of the regular features of the programs offered at UPES. The students are given opportunities to acquire first hand experience through these trips. In addition to frequent guest lecturers from industry doyens, the students are provided opportunity to visit the real work stations to interact with the Iprofessionals and get the meticulous understanding of the entire domain.

As part of the BBA integrated curriculum, the entire batch of 2009 went for Industrial Tour to IOCL Refinery, (Panipat), Inderprasth Gas Limited, (Delhi), Bijwasan terminal of IOCL, (Delhi) recently.

The visit was successful not only because the students gained an understanding beyond theoretical dimension, but also because it enabled them get the feel of real life time experience about the industry and guidance from the industry professionals. Under the guidance of their professors, the visit was organized to optimize the industry exposure along with academic inputs simultaneously from faculty.

Tour Gallery

It was a great educational trip to help us know

better about our domain.-Parvinder Singh, BBA (O&G)

The visit was informative, valuable & a hands on experience.-Ishita Ranjan, BBA (O&G) IInd semester student

The team at Safexpress gave us full support and shared the information of their work. It was an excellent visit.- Gaurav Singh, BBA (Logistics Management)

I learned lot of things from this visit to Safexpress regarding warehouse management. The visit helped me to know how they deliver the products at the right time and at the right place.- Garvita Uniyal, BBA (Logistics Management)

The industrial visit to Safexpress was very educative as they explained their process

of day to day operations and delivery.- Kavleen Lakahnpal, BBA (Logistics Management)

Family Connect @UPESFamily Reunion Cemented Bonds

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A joint paper titled “Design of Efficient Post Combustion Co2 Capture and Recovery System for a Fossil Fuel Thermal Power Plant” by Ajay Kumar (Asst. Prof., UPES), Deepak Kumar (Asst. Prof., UPES), Dr. R.K. Tripathi, (Asst. Prof., UPES) & M Jagadeesan (UPES' student) was published in International Journal of Science Technology and Management (IJSTM), Volume 3 issue 1, April 2012, pp 26-35.

MAY 2012MAY 2012

Subir Raha Oil Museum, ONGC, Dehradun

At Panipat Refinery

Safeexpress

BBA (O&G) industry visits provided students a perfect learning environment to learn how oil is generated and trapped, drilling & refining of oil and offshore life. It brings clarity on the concepts like operations of a petrol pump, quality checks and automation systems at pump and other related operational information which are rarely grasped in books.

efurbishing the doting memories of last year's celebration, this year too UPES Rfamily reunion christened as Family

Connect @UPES refilled great vibes and excitement among staff, faculty and their family. On the occasion, the entire UPES fraternity with their family members gathered at Campus to reaffirm the trust and feeling of being true UPESites.

The mood was one of excitement and the aud ience was t rea ted to wonder fu l performances, some impromptu and otherwise. This gave way to an assortment of interesting games like Check Mate, Tug of War, Kite Flying, Sack Race, Triple Leg Race, Drawing Competition among others; all of which attracted great participation from both kids and adults and were equally fun to watch. Food Stalls on ground were a big hit and gathering had a sumptuous fill from the menu-for-the special occasion.

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ith the aim to educate students and bring out the professional in them by providing a platform where they can get an out-of-the book exposure to think beyond their books; a student Wdriven event called Naftonomix was organized at Campus by the Department of Oil & Gas,

UPES. This two day event facilitated students to get the chance to make a difference under the guidance of their faculty and HOD Prof Pokhariyal. Various technical events like case based context, management paper presentation, virtual trading, click pic (photography contest), Symposium, Knack (Poster making competition), Instinct (Extempore), Business idea, Brain Storming (Quiz) and Vaudeville (cultural event) were organized for the students. The event was not meant to be marked

only as the technical event, hence the different platforms were provided to students to step up and display their cultural and artistic skills also.

In addition to the co-curricular events, the deliberations from the eminent guests was also organized in the Conference. The deliberations added immense to the learning of the students. Dr. Sudhir Singhal Ex Director IIP, Dr. Mohanlal, Ex Director, Axen Technologies, Mr. B.S. Sehmi, DGM IDT ONGC, Mr. Kavee Kumar, Country Manager, Globe Capital, New Delhi, Mr. G.S Dang (Ex Deputy Director, IIP, Mr. Amit Narayan, CEA to CMD,ONGC Mr. Rakesh Tiwari, Operation Manger, IOCL were some of the distinguished speakers for the sessions.

NaftonomixBeyond The Barrel

aghaz Youth – the Rotaract Club of UPES, started its first CSR project by initiating the campaign for social upliftment in Doonga Village of ADehradun.

Aaghaz Youth is a UPES Student Chapter which is an initiation by young students of UPES for the welfare of the society. It is a part of the world's biggest society “Rotary International” and associated with their Dehradun Chapter. The priority of this Chapter is to improve the lives of the needy and provide them with a brighter future.

The vision is to be a strategic leader, influencing social transformation through developmental programs. It is a societal mission where citizens come together to ensure that unprivileged population in India have a better and an enlightened future. The project "Each one Teach One" initiative of the club aims at education of youth at the grassroots level and would be in progress through of the year. With lot of vigor, zeal and zest, the first Project was successfully executed marking a very positive sign for its future initiatives.

o foster an atmosphere of scientific temper and thinking on Tthe campus, Department of

Physics & Chemistry, UPES decided to dedicate a day to celebrate "Science Merriment." The celebration was orchestrated by exhibiting posters and working models prepared by students of the University. The topics of the presentations ranged from Pure to Applied Sciences. Nearly 40 presentations in two categories were presented by students.

The gathering was addressed by University officials infusing words of wisdom and advice on the occasion. The celebration concluded with the distribution of prizes to the winners.

Scientific temper on CampusA day dedicated to Science Merriment

o enrich the stock of valuable editions shelved in Library, the knowledge Resource Center had organized a Book Exhibition Tin April on Campus. Some of the eminent publishing houses

like Tata McGraw Hill, Cambridge Univ. Press, Taxman, Wiley India, Himalaya PublicationOxford, Cambridge University Press, Macmillan, Segment distributer, Krishna Publisher, Elsiver, etc. participated to exhibit a ray of variety among books covering the panorama from Management, Engineering & Legal Studies. The printed literature displayed was no less than a treasure spread on various stalls for students, faculty and staff to grab the perfect edition of choice for themself.

A different exposure

Each TeachOne

o facilitate quick reach to medical facility and avoid health mishap, an Emergency THealth Vehicle has been launched at Energy

Acres. In addition to the Chemist shop, an attendant is also available at infirmary to provide medical aid to students.

With the addition of the Emergency Health Vehicle and also the Fire Bridge Vehicle on campus, the infrastructural amenities have been upgraded to add on facilities for life protection.

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A paper on “The Structure and Electrical Properties of Bi-Layered Piezoelectric Ceramics Sr1-x CaxBi4Ti4O15 [x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 & 0.8]” was presented by. Dr. Gagan Anand (Asst. Prof., UPES) at the International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nano technology (ICNANO) held at Delhi University, New Delhi.

A book titled “Security Analysis and Portfolio Management An Edge to Market Understanding” by Dr. Sumeet Gupta (Asst. Prof., UPES) was published by Lambert Academic Publishing.

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UPES Student at Cairo Conference

arshad Dixit, a student of College of Management Studies from the Integrated B.Tech (APE) + MBA (OG) H, 2008-13 batch presented a paper at the "Society of

Petroleum Engineers (SPE) North Africa Technical Conference 2012" held in Cairo, Egypt. He co-authored the paper titled "A New Approach for Wireline Formation Testers (WFT) Interval Pressure Transient Test (IPTT) Design" This paper has also been patented provisionally in the USA while the application for the patent is under processing. This paper quantifies the effect of noise on IPTT reliability and provides operational mitigation methods by simulating the test before the job.

“Going to the SPE conference in Cairo as a Technical Presenter, was an amazing experience. It really opened my mind and changed my perspective about a career in the Oil and Gas industry. A completely packed hall, full of people, listening to me - I am very lucky to have experienced it I am grateful to our university,” Harshad.

Harshad Dixit at the conference

Dr. S J Chopra, Chancellor, UPES inaugurating the ceremony flanked by PVC.

Prof Utpal Ghosh, PVC, UPES inaugurating the exhibition

UPES Aaghaz Youth Team at Doongha Village for the Project

Naftonomix Team after the event

Emergency Health Vehicle

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A paper titled “Enhancing Marginal Field Development Economics: Leasing Operated Production Facility Approach” by Dr. Sumeet Gupta (Asst. Prof., UPES) & Tushar Gupta (UPES' student) was published in Journal of Global Economy, North America, Vol.8, March 2012. <http://www.rcssindia.org/main/online/index.php/jge/article/view/7>.

A book titled “MATHEMATICS II for BCA” by Dr. Ratna Baneerjee (Asst. Prof., UPES) was published in March, 2012 with Ardent's Publication.

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ith the aim to educate students and bring out the professional in them by providing a platform where they can get an out-of-the book exposure to think beyond their books; a student Wdriven event called Naftonomix was organized at Campus by the Department of Oil & Gas,

UPES. This two day event facilitated students to get the chance to make a difference under the guidance of their faculty and HOD Prof Pokhariyal. Various technical events like case based context, management paper presentation, virtual trading, click pic (photography contest), Symposium, Knack (Poster making competition), Instinct (Extempore), Business idea, Brain Storming (Quiz) and Vaudeville (cultural event) were organized for the students. The event was not meant to be marked

only as the technical event, hence the different platforms were provided to students to step up and display their cultural and artistic skills also.

In addition to the co-curricular events, the deliberations from the eminent guests was also organized in the Conference. The deliberations added immense to the learning of the students. Dr. Sudhir Singhal Ex Director IIP, Dr. Mohanlal, Ex Director, Axen Technologies, Mr. B.S. Sehmi, DGM IDT ONGC, Mr. Kavee Kumar, Country Manager, Globe Capital, New Delhi, Mr. G.S Dang (Ex Deputy Director, IIP, Mr. Amit Narayan, CEA to CMD,ONGC Mr. Rakesh Tiwari, Operation Manger, IOCL were some of the distinguished speakers for the sessions.

NaftonomixBeyond The Barrel

aghaz Youth – the Rotaract Club of UPES, started its first CSR project by initiating the campaign for social upliftment in Doonga Village of ADehradun.

Aaghaz Youth is a UPES Student Chapter which is an initiation by young students of UPES for the welfare of the society. It is a part of the world's biggest society “Rotary International” and associated with their Dehradun Chapter. The priority of this Chapter is to improve the lives of the needy and provide them with a brighter future.

The vision is to be a strategic leader, influencing social transformation through developmental programs. It is a societal mission where citizens come together to ensure that unprivileged population in India have a better and an enlightened future. The project "Each one Teach One" initiative of the club aims at education of youth at the grassroots level and would be in progress through of the year. With lot of vigor, zeal and zest, the first Project was successfully executed marking a very positive sign for its future initiatives.

o foster an atmosphere of scientific temper and thinking on Tthe campus, Department of

Physics & Chemistry, UPES decided to dedicate a day to celebrate "Science Merriment." The celebration was orchestrated by exhibiting posters and working models prepared by students of the University. The topics of the presentations ranged from Pure to Applied Sciences. Nearly 40 presentations in two categories were presented by students.

The gathering was addressed by University officials infusing words of wisdom and advice on the occasion. The celebration concluded with the distribution of prizes to the winners.

Scientific temper on CampusA day dedicated to Science Merriment

o enrich the stock of valuable editions shelved in Library, the knowledge Resource Center had organized a Book Exhibition Tin April on Campus. Some of the eminent publishing houses

like Tata McGraw Hill, Cambridge Univ. Press, Taxman, Wiley India, Himalaya PublicationOxford, Cambridge University Press, Macmillan, Segment distributer, Krishna Publisher, Elsiver, etc. participated to exhibit a ray of variety among books covering the panorama from Management, Engineering & Legal Studies. The printed literature displayed was no less than a treasure spread on various stalls for students, faculty and staff to grab the perfect edition of choice for themself.

A different exposure

Each TeachOne

o facilitate quick reach to medical facility and avoid health mishap, an Emergency THealth Vehicle has been launched at Energy

Acres. In addition to the Chemist shop, an attendant is also available at infirmary to provide medical aid to students.

With the addition of the Emergency Health Vehicle and also the Fire Bridge Vehicle on campus, the infrastructural amenities have been upgraded to add on facilities for life protection.

Intellect Treasure

Pape

r P

ublis

hed/

Pre

sent

ed

A paper on “The Structure and Electrical Properties of Bi-Layered Piezoelectric Ceramics Sr1-x CaxBi4Ti4O15 [x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 & 0.8]” was presented by. Dr. Gagan Anand (Asst. Prof., UPES) at the International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nano technology (ICNANO) held at Delhi University, New Delhi.

A book titled “Security Analysis and Portfolio Management An Edge to Market Understanding” by Dr. Sumeet Gupta (Asst. Prof., UPES) was published by Lambert Academic Publishing.

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ExhibitionBook

MAY 2012MAY 2012

UPES Student at Cairo Conference

arshad Dixit, a student of College of Management Studies from the Integrated B.Tech (APE) + MBA (OG) H, 2008-13 batch presented a paper at the "Society of

Petroleum Engineers (SPE) North Africa Technical Conference 2012" held in Cairo, Egypt. He co-authored the paper titled "A New Approach for Wireline Formation Testers (WFT) Interval Pressure Transient Test (IPTT) Design" This paper has also been patented provisionally in the USA while the application for the patent is under processing. This paper quantifies the effect of noise on IPTT reliability and provides operational mitigation methods by simulating the test before the job.

“Going to the SPE conference in Cairo as a Technical Presenter, was an amazing experience. It really opened my mind and changed my perspective about a career in the Oil and Gas industry. A completely packed hall, full of people, listening to me - I am very lucky to have experienced it I am grateful to our university,” Harshad.

Harshad Dixit at the conference

Dr. S J Chopra, Chancellor, UPES inaugurating the ceremony flanked by PVC.

Prof Utpal Ghosh, PVC, UPES inaugurating the exhibition

UPES Aaghaz Youth Team at Doongha Village for the Project

Naftonomix Team after the event

Emergency Health Vehicle

EmergencyMedical Vehicle

Intellect Treasure

Pape

r P

ublis

hed/

Pre

sent

ed

A paper titled “Enhancing Marginal Field Development Economics: Leasing Operated Production Facility Approach” by Dr. Sumeet Gupta (Asst. Prof., UPES) & Tushar Gupta (UPES' student) was published in Journal of Global Economy, North America, Vol.8, March 2012. <http://www.rcssindia.org/main/online/index.php/jge/article/view/7>.

A book titled “MATHEMATICS II for BCA” by Dr. Ratna Baneerjee (Asst. Prof., UPES) was published in March, 2012 with Ardent's Publication.

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