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THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY

NCU Activities

Newsletter

The International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Science (ICCIDS) 2018 was jointly organized by NCU and the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA from 7-8 April 2018 at The NorthCap University. The conference was inaugurated by Shri Alok Joshi, Chairman, National Technical Research Organization, India with 150 enthusiastic participants.

International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Science

®

NAAC ACCREDITED

Bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world

The conference programme included 28 sessions with two keynote lectures by Dr Nilufer Onder, Michighan Technological University, USA on 'Data Science at the Hardware-Software Interface' and Prof. Anjali Kaushik, Department of Information Management, MDI, Gurugram, on 'Issues and Challenges related to Computation, Intelligence and Data Science'. A workshop was conducted on

the emerging topic of 'Big Data and Deep Learning' by IBM Research Lab, India. Prof. Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor, NCU congratulated the Dept of CSE&IT for organizing the conference on an extremely relevant topic and emphasized on the increasing demand of data scientists in the coming years.

The conference was a significant event bringing together 200 research scholars from different countries who presented their research work which was selected after an extensive review from amongst the huge response of 940 authors from across the globe. All the accepted papers will be published in Procedia, Computer Science, Elsevier. Some of the high quality papers selected from ICCIDS 2018 with extended versions will be published in reputed journals of international publishers indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and DBLP.

The conference focussed on data analytics, modern and emerging computational techniques in data sciences which is ultimately using raw information in creative ways to generate business value. The conference provided an international forum for presentation of original research findings as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative practical experiences in upcoming fields of Engineering.

Speaking on the occasion, Head, Dept of CSE&IT, Dr Kavita Khanna thanked the participants, organizers and sponsors for being instrumental to the success of the conference and expressed the hope that it would help forge new linkages among participants and faculty. The conference was organized by the Dept of CSE&IT with Dr Vijender Singh and Dr Rita Chhikara as Programme Chairs.

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NCU signs MoU with Maruti Center for

Excellence (MACE)

An MoU was signed between NCU and Maruti Center for Excellence (MACE) on 11 April 2018 at Manesar, Gurugram by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra and Mr MM Singh, Director, MACE. The intent of this MoU is to collaborate in the field of Training and Development of NCU students through practical and theoretical trainings and through projects during their internships. The collaboration extends to technical seminars and guest lectures also. This would be implemented in the following deliverables:

• Industry Expert Sessions: MACE to conduct industry expert lectures on topics, FMEA, VSM, Low cost automation, Problem solving, and 5S, 3G and 3K

• Hands-on Training on Basic and Advance Pneumatics, Basic and Advance Hydraulics, CNC Programming, Work Place Safety, and Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

• Internship & Major Projects: Internship coupled with live industry based major projects to be arranged at MACE and Maruti suppliers

The MoU will provide UG students of the Dept of ME a platform to enhance their technical skills followed by employability. Prof. Ravindra Ojha, Director, SOET & Head, Dept of ME, Mr Abhishek Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept of ME, and Mr DK Dewan, AGM, SPLTMS-2, MACE were present during the signing of the MoU. [MED2018O010]

‘Thought Lab’ The ‘Thought Lab’ a pilot project of The NorthCap University in collaboration with the Education Wing of RERF (a sister organization of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalay) was inaugurated on 20 April 2018. NCU is the first university in Northern India to set up a ‘Thought Lab’ a novel concept for stress management and for creating pure, positive and creative thoughts in individuals. It is a unique project aimed to harness the hidden and still untapped inner power of extra-ordinary resource i.e. the Mind of an individual. The University takes pride in being one of the pioneer institutions in Delhi/NCR to offer this new concept for the benefit of its students. This facility is bound to act as catalyst for development of a robust mind to enable students sustain through difficult times.

The event commenced with the opening of the Thought Lab was inaugurated by Sister BK Asha, Director, OmShanti Retreat Centre, Shri BK Mrutyunjaya, President Value Education Programs Brahma Kumaris, RERF and Prof. Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra, Vice-Chancellor, NCU. The Thought Lab comprises of meditation, audio-visual aids, photo gallery, counselling, activities corner, research and spiritual library.

The inaugural programme at the auditorium started with a dance performance by a young Brahma Kumari follower. Dr Aditi Singhal, Memory Trainer and Guinness World Record Holder in Maths, delivered a talk on ‘Enlightening Mind and Enhancing Memory Power’. By involving the audience she showed that concentration is most important to memorize anything. Law of Association, Law of Imagination and Law of Ridiculous (AIR) enhance memory and recall. Sister BK Sudesh, National Promotional Coordinator in Value Education and Spirituality explained types of thoughts, the thought process and how Rajyoga meditation heals mentally, socially, spiritually and physically. Sister Supriya read out Dadiji’s message about the importance of the Thought Lab for self-empowerment and creative thinking. Sister BK Asha pointed out that meditation is a gift of India to the rest of the world. She motivated the youth to learn and experience the magic of meditation at the Thought Lab as it would lead to a positive attitude for learning, innovative thinking and elevated thinking

which is ‘forgive and forget’. Shri BK Mrutyunjaya said that the Thought Lab would treat the pollution of the mind, give clarity of mind, help overcome various kinds of fears and lead to an anger free society.

Speaking at the occasion Prof. Prem Vrat said that attitude is the critical factor for enhancing employability. A positive attitude shows you're willing to put effort into your work, and will bring a positive presence to your workplace and ‘learning to learn’ is the main attitude to achieve success. Prof. HB Raghavendra said that the Thought Lab had added one more dimension to the University and he hoped that everyone would utilize the facilities offered at the Thought Lab to "develop their personality and change their lifetime perspective".

The audience participated in a meditation session led by Sister Urmil to experience ‘inner calm’. NCU choir rendered a motivational song followed by a vote of thanks by Maj. Gen Om Prakash (Retd), a Brahma Kumari follower. Student Akanksha Tikoo, Final-year CSE anchored the programme and Dr Payal Khurana, Head, CLL, coordinated the event.

q To increase the visibility of the University in Delhi-NCR, a team of faculty members comprising of Dr Anjali Garg and Dr Pramod Bhatia (SOET), Ms Jiveta Chaudhary (SOM), Dr Praveen Lohchab (SOL) participated in a Career Exhibition at Salwan Public School, Sector 15, Gurugram on 7 April 2018. About ten universities/colleges/institutes participated in the event including OP Jindal, Amity International, Arena Animation, institutes that provide international education etc. It was a good experience to interact with students and parents of students of Classes 9-12 as well as parents of Class 12 (pass-out). Guardians whose wards are students or alumni of NCU also interacted with the NCU team. They were happy with the performance of their wards and are recommending others to join NCU. Parents of Classes 11 and 12 (pursuing/passed out) also filled registration forms. The key speaker, in his lecture to Salwan School’s Class 12 students, spoke highly about NCU mentioning that it is a reputed University and therefore a reliable option for pursuing higher studies.

Career Counselling

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Members of faculty receive training on IRNSS receivers at ISRONCU faculty members received training on Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) receivers at ISRO Ahmedabad from 15-16 March 2018. They also visited the various laboratory facilities and saw the equipment as well as the ISRO exhibition. Faculty members explored further possibilities for collaboration with ISRO such as organizing an 'ISRO exhibition' at NCU campus which could be open to students of schools and colleges as well as the general public in Delhi-NCR. Two IRNSS receivers for live data logging and analysis for further research have been installed at NCU as per the NCU-ISRO MoU.

Mr Sumit Kumar (Scientist ISRO) with NCU faculty Ms Kusum Grewal Dangi, Dr Sharda Vashisth, Mr Nikhilesh Kumar

in front of GSLV model at ISRO Exhibition, SAC, Ahmedabad

To give students a platform to showcase their innovative ideas in the form of projects, the School of Engineering and Technology (SOET) organized Technovation – The Annual Project Day on 6 April 2018. Projects play an important role in developing innovative minds of budding engineers and hence an essential component for learning. During the event about 80 students of BTech Final-year, Departments of EECE, CSE&IT, ME and CEE showcased their innovation through 23 major projects from out of the many that were actually developed. Some popular projects were Elevate, Electrical Vehicle, Gesture Recognition, Personal Assistant Robot etc.

Technovation 2018

The event was graced by the presence of eminent educationists including Prof. KL Chopra, Former Director IIT Kharagpur; Prof. BK Das, Former Dean RDIL, NCU; Prof. CR Prasad, Chairman & Managing Director, Everest Power Pvt Ltd; Pro-Chancellor, Prof. Prem Vrat, Prof. Amitava Sen Gupta, Mentor, RDIL; Prof Ravindra Ojha, DSOET, Prof. Swaran Ahuja, Dean Academics along with HoDs and faculty members of all the Departments. The visitors were impressed by the passion of the students, the quality of the engineering ideas and the social relevance of the projects displayed. They also offered suggestions for further improvement in terms of commercial feasibility and funding through the Incubation Centre. Technovation'18 would form the basis for the Best BTech Project Awards at NCU which will be declared in June 2018. The event was organized under the guidance of Prof. Ravindra Ojha (DSOET) and coordinated by Ms Amanpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor, Dept of EECE and Ms Sunita Pal.

q NCU conducted a Career Counselling session for about 400 school students from various schools of Gurugram at the University on 23 April 2018. Students were informed about various options for higher

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News from the School of Engineering and Technology

Department of EECEGuest Lectures

NCU student Akshay Bhatia- AIR 94 in

GATE 2018

Success Story

I, Akshay Kumar, completed my BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from The NorthCap University in 2017 with CGPA 9.57. I have secured AIR 94 in Gate 2018 and AIR 8 in ISRO written exam Dec-2017. One of the biggest dilemmas that I had faced during my college days was whether to sit for campus placement or to prepare for GATE. I chose to prepare for GATE and voluntarily debarred myself from placement activities because I thought even if I get selected I will not be able to give my 100% to the company.

Akshay Kumar BhatiaBTech CSE (Class of 2017)

NCU grounds reverberated with 'Vroom' sounds as TVS Apache Pro Performance (APP) 2018 organized a stunt show at NCU on 29 March 2018. A group of professional bikers showcased their skills by performing various stunts, distributed TVS souvenirs among the audience and promoted their upcoming bike ‘TVS APACHE 310’. Students found the event entertaining and fascinating. The event was coordinated by Ms Amanpreet Kaur and Mr Pankaj Rakheja, Dept of EECE along with student Kanav Miglani, Dept of CSE&IT.

Stunt show by TVS Apache Pro Performance

riders

An Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was conducted for BBA, BCom and Law students from 28-30 March 2018. Sessions on Creativity and Innovation, Business Model and Business Plan, Business Continuity Plan, Financial Analysis of a business firm, Break-even Analysis of a new venture, How to file a patent etc. were discussed and analyzed. Resource persons at the camp were faculty members Dr Sushmita Waraich and Dr Shelly Singhal,

Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp

Viva-Voceq The PhD viva-voce of Ms Sumanlata Gautam, PhD scholar, Dept of

CSE&IT, on the topic 'Development of Spectro-Temporal Features of Speech' was held on 31 March 2018. It was conducted under the guidance of Dr Latika Singh, Dept of CSE&IT, NCU.

q The PhD viva-voce of Mr Lalit Upadhayay, PhD scholar, Dept of ME, on the topic 'Strategies for improving quality of Engineering Education in India: A Systems Approach' was held on 13 April 2018. It was conducted under the guidance of Prof. Prem Vrat, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NCU.

q The Department organized a context based lecture on ‘4G and movement to 5G’ by Mr Rajeev Saluja, Vice- President, Technology, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd for ECE 2nd Year students on 20 April 2018. The speaker discussed 4G and why movement to 5G is required. He discussed various stages of the 5G movement and discussed various applications of 5G especially IoT which was discussed in terms of smart cities. He explained how spectrum is allocated. The impact on 5 G on ultra-wide band networks and cellular wide area communication w a s a l s o d i s c u s s e d . Students learnt about new technologies and their doubts were clarified. The lecture was coordinated by Dr Anjali Garg, Prof. Swaran Ahuja and Ms Charu Rana. [ECE2018G005]

Based on the assessment report

evaluated by NABL for 2017-18,

The NorthCap University Testing

Centre (NCUTC) has been found

following the standards according

to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 within the

scope and cont inues to be

accredited for Mechanical Testing

of building materials for 2018-19.

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Continuation of NABL Accreditation

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Entrepreneurs Mr Harmeet Singh (Founder of Unleash Potentia) and Mr Kashish Jhamb (City Innovates). The event was coordinated by Dr Jaya Ahuja .

education available to them after Class XII. Students listened attentively to the speaker Mr B K Gupta, Director, SPA, who spoke about understanding self and aligning goals accordingly. They were briefed about the University and study options offered by NCU which was followed by an interactive session wherein their doubts were clarified by career counsellors Dr Latika Singh, Ms Kiran Mrig and Mr Deepak Satyarthi.

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q An expert lecture on the topic ‘Soft Computing Techniques’ by Dr Saroj Kaushik, Professor, Dept of CSE, IIT Delhi for BTech 8th & 4th Sem ECE and CSE students was organised on 25 April 2018. She spoke about hard computing and soft computing techniques used for research. Dr Saroj discussed the most common Travelling Salesman Problem and the various solutions through different techniques like Particle Swarm Optimization, Genetic Algorithms etc. It helped students to relate to their subject and hence gain exposure to various evolutionary based methods which are used in research and also shared project ideas where these methods could be applied. The event was coordinated by Ms Amanpreet Kaur and Mr Pankaj Rakheja. [ECE2018G006]

q The Dept of EECE organised a guest lecture on ‘Technology and Entrepreneurship’ by Mr Sandeep Sharma, General Manager, Ericsson India Ltd on 10 April 2018. Students of BTech ECE, ME, CSE, BSc Maths (H), 2nd and 3rd Year and MTech (CSE) attended the lecture. Mr Sharma discussed the concept of startups and innovative technological solutions that can make a large impact on making a startup grow exponentially. He also talked about the explicit process of generating funds for startups and their registration as a Limited Liability Company or enterprise. The event was coordinated by Dr Anjali Garg and Ms Kusum Grewal Dangi.

An interactive session with Alumnus Ms Deepika, Design Engineer, Xilinx, Hyderabad was organized for BTech and MTech ECE students on 25 April 2018. She guided them about Industry Trends, Role of C++ and Verilog HDL in VLSI Design Industry, Project Ideas and Placement Opportunities in VLSI Design Companies. The session was coordinated by Dr Neeraj Kumar Shukla. [ECE2018WO005]

Alumni Interaction

Dr Rekha Vig chaired a special session on ‘Image Processing and its Applications’ at Elsevier ICCIDS Conference 2018 at NCU. 12 papers were presented in her session. She was also a part of the conference as programme committee member and reviewed papers for the same. [ECE2018O006]

Faculty Activity

Department of CSE and ITWorkshop

The Department organized a workshop on 'Big Data and Deep Learning' from 7-8 April 2018 during the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Science (ICCIDS 2018). The experts were Dr LV Subramaniam, Mr Harshit Kumar and Mr Sachindra Joshi from IBM India Research Laboratory, New Delhi. The workshop was attended by 200 conference delegates, students and faculty members of NCU. The workshop was coordinated by Ms Geetika and Ms Priyanka under the supervision of Organizing Chair, Dr Vijendra Singh. [CSEW2018001]

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Industrial Visit

An industrial visit to Central Electronics Ltd (CEL), Sahibabad was organized for ECE and ME students on 29 March 2018. They visited the divisions of Solar Modules (manual and automatic) and Microwave Devices. The complete process of manual fabrication of solar modules was first shown to the students followed by a visit to the automatic plant for fabrication of crystalline silicon solar modules. The automatic testing of modules through photography and electroluminescence before lamination was also demonstrated and the concepts were explained by the experts. In the Microwave Devices division, the complete process starting from the making of materials from powder to packaging of various parts of microwave devices were shown. The visit was coordinated by Ms Shaveta Arora.

Faculty Achievement

Ms Jyotika Pruthi

Ms Jyotika Pruthi, Assistant Professor has been selected for the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 by Marquis Who's Who, the best known and well respected biographical resource featuring world's most accomplished individuals since 1899. She has been selected to receive this prestigious award as a result of her hard work and dedication to her profession.

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Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Training & Placements

Dr Nilufer Onder giving valuable suggestions during Technovation

q An expert talk was delivered by Dr Nilufer Onder, MTU on ‘Musical Robotic Dance Freeze for Children’ followed by an interaction with students regarding studying at MTU, on 6 April 2018. Dr Nilufer emphasized that there is a lot of scope for research and project development in the area of therapeutic interaction between autistic children and Robots as some kids with Autistic Syndrome are more object focused than people focused. The lecture was attended by 48 enthusiastic BTech 2nd and 3rd Year, MTech 1st and 2nd year students and faculty members. The lecture was coordinated by Dr Rita Chhikara and Ms Mehak Khurana. [CSEG2018005]

Prof. B Chandra discussed the research progress of her mentees in the Department of CSE on 12 April 2018. Prof. Chandra reviewed the content on LMS of all mentees and gave her valuable suggestions for further improvement.

q The Department organized a guest lecture on ‘Computer Architecture with Internet of Things’ by Mr Devender Khari, DKOP Labs Pvt Ltd on 20 April 2018. He discussed about various applications of IoT in computer architecture. BTech 2nd Year students attended the lecture and also discussed about few project ideas with the speaker. It was organized by Ms Jyotika Pruthi and Dr Charan Kumari. [CSEG2018004]

Mentor-Mentee Interaction

q Dr Nilufer Onder, Associate Professor, Michighan Technological University (MTU), USA had an interactive session with BTech 3rd year students on 3 April 2018. She discussed their projects on Machine Learning and suggested improvements to each group. Dr Onder also interacted with PhD scholars regarding their research work and thereafter discussed the Artificial Intelligence curriculum with the course coordinator, Dr Jagdeep Kaur. She gave valuable suggestions to make the curriculum more effective and interesting. [CSEG2018005]

Guest Lectures

The following students are placed with reputed organisations:

Vidit Jain, Bhavishya India; Sagar Gaur, Sandeep Kasana, Yatin Dagar, Shubham Vats, Pushpa Construction Corp - 6 months training; Kartik Garg, ECR Buildtech Pvt Ltd - 4 months training; Achal Mangla, M3M India Pvt Ltd - 4 months training.

An industrial visit to 66 MGD Water Treatment Plant (WTP), Chandu-Budhera, Gurugram was organized on 28 March 2018 for students of 2nd and 3rd year along with faculty members Mr Lokesh Choudhary, Mr Shubham Bansal and Mr Diptendu Roy. The WTP receives its raw water for treatment from Mungaheda-Gurugram Canal. The students were shown the entire process of treatment of the raw water supply to make it clean potable water. The students saw the treatment units like sedimentation tanks, Coagulators and Floculators, filter beds, pump houses etc. and could relate the treatment process which is a part of curriculum for Civil Engineering students. The industrial visit to the treatment plant provided students the opportunity to see its working as well as the problems faced during the different phases of the process. [CEE2018V001]

Industrial Visit

The Department signed an MoU with Smash Contractors to facilitate students for internships, placements and empanelment of NCUTC for construction works. Smash Contractors is a construction company which was started in 2003 and deals with construction of roads, water treatment plants, swimming pools, water tanks etc. It has also done interior works at Kingdom of Dreams, Galaxy Mall, Gurugram. One NCU-CEE student (Class of 2017) is already working at Smash Contractors. [CEE2018O007]

MoU with Smash Contractors

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Prof. B Chandra, PhD, Professor, IIT Delhi

Pre-Placement Interview

A pre-placement interview (PPI) session was organized jointly by the Dept of CEE and SPA on 7 April 2018 to ensure interview preparedness of Final-year CEE students. The main focus was on the non-technical domain and made students realize that only technical knowledge is not sufficient to crack corporate interviews. [CEE2018O008]

Prof. Pramila Goyal was invited as an Air Quality expert by Mr Akshay Mishra, Director, Project Development to exchange opinions globally in ‘Pollution Control & Emissions Monitoring World Conference 2018’ held at Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi from 18-19 April 2018. She attended the conference and interacted with experts including Director of SAFAR Programme in India to forecast Air Quality and Weather in all the metropolitan cities of India. He has also provided an opportunity to BTech and MSc students to participate in their campaign 2018 to be organised by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). [CEE2018CA001]

Faculty Activity

The Department organized a lecture by Alumnus Ms Rupali Gupta, Project Coordinator, Ecosystem Resource Management Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi on 12 April 2018. Ms Rupali interacted with BTech 2nd and 3rd Year students and enlightened them regarding Industrial Interface of Waste Water Engineering. Ms Rupali also laid emphasis on the significance of industrial training and offered paid internship slots to the students in the domain of Waste Water Engineering and Surveying. She also discussed with the faculty regarding signing of MoU for Internship and Placement between NCU and Ecosystem Resource Management. [CEE2018G003]

Alumni Interaction

Department of Applied SciencesGuest Lecture

A special talk on 'Sustainable Energy – Opportunities through R&D' was delivered by Prof. T Harinarayana, Advisor, GTU, Ahmedabad, Former Director General, GERMI, Gandhinagar & Chief Scientist, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad on 29 March 2018. Prof Harinarayana spoke about various aspects of renewable sources of energy, its current status and scope in this area. He visited the Central Research Facility at the University accompanied by Hon'ble VC Prof. HB Raghavendra, Dr Ambika Devi and Dr Sunita Sharma and interacted with research scholars. [APS2018G001]

q Dr Hukum Singh, Associate Professor, Dept of Applied Sciences, has been awarded Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing by prestigious Elsevier journal ‘Optics and Lasers in Engineering’ for the year 2017. The current impact factor of this journal is 2.769. [APS2018O017]

Faculty Achievements

q Dr Sangeet Srivastava, Assistant Professor was awarded ‘Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing’ by the Indian Heart Journal for reviews during the period Aug-Nov 2017. The journal aims to promote high quality research and serves as a platform for dissemination of scientific information in cardiology with particular focus on South Asia. The journal has a CiteScore of 0.62 and is published by the Elsevier Group, The Netherlands. [APS2018O019]

q Dr Amita Bhagat, Assistant Professor received a grant of 8800 Brazilian Reais (Rs.1,70,000/-) under Open Arms Grant to attend International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2018, to be held from 1-9 August 2018 at Rio-de Janerio, Brazil. ICM is world's biggest event of Mathematics which is held once in four years and is a platform where Field medallists are announced and honoured. [APS2018O018]

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NCU students display projects at NIMBUS 2018

Final year Students of the Department displayed their projects at NIT Hamirpur’s Tech Fest ‘NIMBUS 2018’ from 13-14 April 2018. Teams from various colleges from across the country participated in the event and showcased their final year projects. Project ‘Study of mechanical properties of quarternary concrete with steel fibre’ developed by Nikhil Sharma (14CVU035) and Nikhil Sharma (14CVU036), guided by Mr Diptendu Roy and ‘Multilevel automated parking management system’ developed by Dipanshu (14CVU019), Manu Soni (14CVU031), Harsh Yadav (14CVU032) guided by Mr Shubham Bansal were showcased at NIMBUS. The event provided the students a wonderful experience and a huge learning opportunity.

Department of Mechanical EngineeringElectric Solar Vehicle Championship

Team Alacrity, comprising of 24 BTech students recently participated in ESVC (Electric Solar Vehicle Championship) under the organization ISIE (Imperial Society for Innovative Engineers), from 27 March to 4 April 2018. The pre-virtual round which includes a brief introduction to both design and manufacturing of the electric solar vehicle proved the excellence of the NCU team as it stood 1st in the theoretical test conducted at the end of the pre-virtual round. The final event took place at Shri Vishnu Women College, Bhimavaram,

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Dr Vikas Sharma, presented a paper titled ‘Experimental and Computational investigations on the quality characteristics of laser beam machined metal matrix composite reinforced with ZrO2 particles’ in the conference 'CMST-2018, University of Cambridge, UK' held from 22-23 March 2018. The results of experimental and computational analysis of laser beam machined MMCs were appreciated by conference experts, session chair, members in the session. The work was appreciated by the Conference Chairman Prof. Hani Hamdan of University of Paris - Saclay, France and he has asked for collaboration with NCU in near future. Prof. (Dr) Miroslava Aleksandrova Nedyalkova, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria has shown keen interest in this area also. [MED2017CA005]

Conference Attended

Centre for Languages Learning Altercation – The Great Debate 2018

Abhivyakt, the Debating Society of NCU hosted an intra-college debate competition, Altercation – The Great Debate, at the University on 6 April 2018. The debate was on 'Are traditions an obstacle to the progress of Indian Society'. 'Altercation-The Great Debate' is an annual event organized to continue with the tradition of debating at the University and to encourage students to come out and showcase their skills and compete with like-minded people and the winning Department is awarded a trophy.

This year there were 11 teams of debaters from the different Schools and Departments at NCU. The debate was lively with a plethora of arguments and counter arguments. The audience was allowed two interjections per team and the event witnessed an awesome response and great participation and interjections from the audience too. Saloni Arora and Piyush Nayyer (CSE), emerged as the Winners with Noble Robinson and Rashi Shahrawat, (SOL) a close Second. The best interjections were also recognised and awarded. Alumnus, Mr Sachin Rajawat, Founder Abhivyakt and an avid debater, Dr Sushmita Waraich and Dr Divyabha were a part of the team of jury.

The prize distribution ceremony was organized on 13 April 2018 where the winners were awarded by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, HB Raghavendra. The event was coordinated by the President of the Society, Chavvi Jain and her team. Dr Divyabha was the faculty coordinator of the event. [CLL2018O006]

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An interactive session with Alumnus Mr Vismit Varshney (Class of 2015), Assistant Manager, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Gurugram, was organized on the topic 'Placements and Goals Ahead' for 3rd Year students on 19 April 2018. Mr Vismit motivated the students to aspire for a dream company and discussed the strategies for realizing that dream job. He also spoke about how he got the job at MSIL and how to prepare for interviews as the placement season has already started. Students benefited from the session as they were able to

Alumni Interaction

Andritz Hydro is Asia’s number one company that manufactures turbines. Mr Sharad Mishra, Head, Human Resources; Mr Erich Plangger, Functional Leader-Operations and Mr Siegfried Sauseng, Chief Supervisor-Manufacturing, Andritz Hydro visited NCU on 21 March 2018 to initiate the process of skill development of BTech ME students (Class of 2018) for placement at Andritz Hydro. The visit started with a brief introduction about the University by Prof. Ravindra Ojha, Director, SOET and Head, Dept of ME. It was followed by a discussion with the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra and a visit to the Mechanical Engineering Labs at the campus. The visit was coordinated by Prof. Ravindra Ojha and Mr Anmol Bhatia. [MED2018O009]

Visit by Andritz Hydro

Andhra Pradesh. It included a series of tests to be performed under the guidance of trained officials. A total of 70 teams participated in the final event out of which 25 cleared the Technical Inspection, including team Alacrity. The event also involved submission of design and cost report to test the knowledge as well as the efforts of the team. Team Alacrity also bagged the 1st position in Endurance Test and was awarded a prize money of Rs 20000. The nine day event was a great success and helped to bring out the true potential of the students. The faculty advisors for Team Alacrity were Mr Praveen Singh and Dr K Mathiyazhagan. [MED2018O008]

clarify their doubts. The event was coordinated by Mr Anmol Bhatia, Assistant Professor, Dept of ME.

Dr Payal Khurana , Head, CLL and Dr Shrutimita Mehta were invited to judge the Inter-school Debate Competition, On-the-spot Limmerick Competition, Best Shakespeare FB page at the Literary Fest held at NK Bagrodia School, Dwarka, New Delhi. Around 24 schools from Delhi-NCR participated in the fest. [CLL2018O007]

Faculty Activity

News from the School of Management

SOM organized a Road Safety Awareness session in collaboration with the Road Safety Cell, Delhi Traffic Police on 19 April 2018. The Road Safety Cell shared details of lives lost on roads due to accidents. The fact that road rage has become common was highlighted. Violating traffic rules and not respecting

Road Safety Awareness at NCU

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The session began with a discussion on the difference and relationship between CSR and sustainability and misconceptions about CSR were clarified. He stressed that companies need to rise above the traditional business model and integrate CSR with the business model. Today, CSR and sustainability are complementary to each other and he cited examples of organizations like ITC, Philips etc. Students were shown a video on Tetra Pak’s initiatives contributing to the environment, community and society, keeping in mind the business as well. Students were curious to know how Tetra Pak was able to tie-up with slums, rag-pickers, NGOs etc. The lecture was coordinated by Dr Sushmita B Waraich. [SOM2018G002]

An industrial visit was organized for students of MBA 2nd Sem and BCom (H) 2nd Sem to Yakult Danone (I) Pvt Ltd as a part of Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp on 9 April 2018. Students were shown the manufacturing of Yakult bottles and the production of Yakult milk. They were explained how the production time had been reduced using Japanese technology and the latest machines and also saw the technology the company was using to identify bacteria in the Yakult drink. Through an audio-visual presentation students learnt about the history of Yakult and what diseases can be treated through probiotic drinks. The visit was coordinated by Dr Jaya Ahuja and Dr Saumya Dixit.

Industrial Visit

Dr Sushmita Biswal Waraich bagged an HRD Consultancy assignment from Christ Institute of Management, Ghaziabad. The assignment was on Industrial/Organizational Psychology i.e. taking the participants through topics like Organizational citizenship behaviour, Organizational justice, Positive psychology, Employee responses to M & As, downsizing, etc. This entailed providing a theoretical base and application of the same through case studies and exercises. [SOM2018O009]

Faculty Activity

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q A lecture by Prof. Kavita Singh, FMS, University of Delhi on 'Unleashing Human Behaviour in the Era of Disruptive Innovation' was delivered on 29 March 2018. She pointed out that we always talk of the advantages of innovation but it is also important not to miss out how such things are affecting our daily lives and behaviour. She gave examples of Whatsapp and Facebook i.e. though they have helped to connect people but people stay hooked to them for hours. Video games have become a source of entertainment but many have become addicted to them. The audience actively participated and acknowledged the importance of understanding behavioural changes accompanying innovations. The lecture was coordinated by Dr Sushmita B Waraich. [SOM2018G001]

Guest Lectures

q A guest lecture on ‘From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Sustainability’ by Mr Pravin Mallick, Environment Director for South Asia Markets, Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd was organized on 17 April 2018.

Success Story

NCU student scores a high 91.78 percentile in CAT 2017

Namit Rathee, BCom (H) Final-year student scored 91.78 percentile in CAT 2017.

Namit RatheeBCom (H) Final-year

fellow drivers have become a norm rather than an exception these days which could be avoided – the students were emphatically told. They were shown a series of chilling videos of several road accidents captured by the police. At the end, the students took a pledge to follow the rules and ensure road safety. Material related to road safety was distributed to the students. The event was coordinated by Dr Nirupma Gupta and Dr Sushmita Biswal Waraich. [SOM2018WO002]

News from the School of Law

A visit to the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi was organized for 42 students of BBA-LLB (H) 2nd Sem on 25 April 2018. Students witnessed court proceedings and interacted with senior counsels.

Visit to the Supreme Court of India

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Guest Lecture

SOL invited Prof. Anatole Boute, a Belgian national from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, to deliver a talk on the topic 'Clean Energy Law and the International Economic Regime' on 10 April 2018. He is an expert in the field of Energy, Environmental and Investment Law and a recipient of the prestigious Willoughby Prize.

In his lecture, Prof. Boute emphasized on making the world an energy secure place by using clean and green sources of energy. However, he also cautioned about the fact that consumers would prefer cheaper sources of energy which are not safe for the environment over clean sources of energy because it tends to be expensive. He discussed the need to have a carbon-free environment. Thermal power as a source of energy includes coal as the main ingredient and is very harmful to the environment but 80% of India is dependent on coal as a source of energy and this dependence is increasing with time.

Prof. Boute shared the evolution of Shale Gas and how USA utilized this opportunity and became an energy secure nation. He explained the policies being taken up by different countries to promote the use of clean energy. He emphasized on the need to use more clean energy to have a sustainable environment and make our country de-carbonised. [SOL2018G004]

Visit to the Juvenile Home

To understand the juvenile justice system and the process of rehabilitation at juvenile homes SOL organized a visit to the Prayas Observation Home for boys as well as the Juvenile Justice Board II in Delhi on 23 April 2018. Under NCU's MoU with the Department of Women & Child Development, New Delhi, 72 students visited the home run by the Prayas Institute of Juvenile Justice. It is a short-stay home for juveniles in conflict with law. They are custodial children and their inquiry is conducted by the Juvenile Justice Board located at the same premises. Students got an opportunity to interact with the Supervisor, Probation Officer, inmates and the instructors providing training to the children of various age groups. NCU students were accompanied by faculty members Ms Archana Sarma and Ms Deborisha Dutta. [SOL2017V004]

Success Stories

Scholarship to study at USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, California

Divyakshi Sharma, Final-year, BBA-LLB (H) student has got admission to the LLM Programme (2018-2019) at The University of Southern California (USC), Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, California. She has been awarded with the Dean’s Academic Excellence Award and a Housing Stipend on merit basis i.e. a scholarship of $15000 from USC Gould School of Law which is ranked #19 in USA.

Divyakshi Sharma Final-year BBA-LLB(H)

News from the School of Professional Attachment (SPA)

I, Puranjay Bhatt, come from the developing city of Raipur, NCU has groomed me to be second to none on the global platform. Since the beginning of my law school days I have been encouraged by the faculty at the School of Law, The NorthCap University, to participate in events which interested me such as quizzes, moots, theatres etc. It was the result of the constant guidance by academicians like the Dean, Prof. Pushpesh Pant (Padma Shri), Dr Kanu Priya, Head, School of Law, and other faculty members that at the

time of graduation I had a portfolio which helped me to get admission to the LLM programme at the University of London.

Puranjay BhattBBA-LLB (H) Class of 2017

InvestoSure is a one-of-its-kind Indian company with business spreading across domains ranging from Finance & Trading to RPO. They conducted the internship selection process on 28 March 2018 for BTech, MBA, BCom (H) and BBA students wherein seven students got the internship offer.

Protiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. It conducted its campus selection process on 3 April 2018 for BTech (CSE) students. Results are awaited.

Exicom provides both reliable DC and AC power solutions and backup energy solutions to power such applications with battery & rectifiers. The company carried out its campus selection process on 4 April 2018 for BTech (ECE & EEE) students wherein one student got the final offer.

Lutron Electronics designs and manufactures lighting controls and lighting control systems for both residential and commercial applications. The company conducted the internship selection process on 4 April 2018 for BTech (all streams) students in which one student got the internship offer.

Coral Research Services, a specialist Qualitative Market Research Company headquartered in New Delhi, conducted its campus selection process on 5 April 2018 for BTech (all streams) and MBA students wherein one student got the final job offer.

RMS Risk Management Solutions India, a pioneer in Catastrophe Modelling Business, conducted its campus selection process on 6 April 2018 for MSc (Maths) students where no one was selected.

NCR Corporation (originally National Cash Register) is an American computer hardware, software and electronics company that makes self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, automated teller machines, check processing systems, barcode scanners, and business consumables. It conducted its campus selection process on 7 April 2018 for BTech (CSE) students where no one was selected.

Groz Tools specialize in design, manufacture and marketing of a vast range of tools & equipment. The company conducted its campus selection process on

Alumnus pursuing LLM at the University of London

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They attended parallel sessions in eleven different court rooms presided by Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr Deepak Mishra and other Hon’ble judges. Students witnessed court proceedings, arguments by senior lawyers and interacted with senior counsels of the Apex Court. Students had an opportunity to visit the Supreme Court Museum also. The visit was coordinated by Dr Praveen Kumar Lohchab. [SOL2018O009]

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q Brzee Academy provides IELTS, PTE coaching English courses, Voice & Accent Training, Spoken English Classes, Soft skills and Personality Development. It conducted a training session for NCU students and guided them about preparation for campus interviews.

Brzee training team during the training session

Success Story

On joining The NorthCap University, I always heard about placements from my seniors and it was one of my dreams to get placed from college in a Core Company of my field. In my final-year I heard about ICAT and wanted to be a part of this company. When I was intimated by SPA about the forthcoming placement process at ICAT, I felt it was like a dream come true. It consisted of an Aptitude Test, Group Discussion and an Interview. During the interview I was a bit nervous but

q Pre-placement interactive session with Adventure Nation (Yatra.com) organized by SPA on 25 April 2018 for BTech Pre-final year students (All Branches, Class of 2019)

Adventure Nation(Yatra.com) team being welcomed by SPA

Research Papers Published

Research Papers Published

Book Chapters

International

q Bharti Arora, Ji Hoon Park, Eun Ha Choi and Pankaj Attri* (2018) ‘Sol-Gel based Bioceramics-From Materials to Medicine’ in Smart Ceramics: Preparation, properties and applications, Chapter 14, pp. 433- 449, Pan Stanford Publisher,Taylor & Francis Group, USA, ISBN- 978-981-47-74307, APS2018BC003.

q Jyotsna Singh*, Phool Singh and Vikas Malik (2018) ‘Role of Sodium, Potassium and Synaptic Conductance in STN-GPe Model of Basal Ganglia in Parkinson Disease’ in Studies in computational intelligence, Chapter 4, pp. 81-95, Springer, ISBN-978-981-10-8048-7, CSE2018BC001.

q Jyotsna Singh*, Phool Singh and Vikas Malik (2018) ‘Analysis of the Firing Behavior of STN-Gpe Network in Parkinson Disease’ in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (Proceedings of the International conference on Computing ad Communication Systems), Chapter 75, pp. 791-799, Springer, ISBN-978-981-10-6889-8, CSE2018BC002.

q Jyotsna Singh*, Phool Singh and Vikas Malik (2017) ‘Effect of Intrinsic Parameters on Dynamics of STN Model in Parkinson Disease: A Sensitivity-Based Study’ in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Proceedings of SoCTA 2016), Chapter 37, pp. 417-427, Springer, ISBN-978-981-10-5686-4, CSE2018BC003.

q Manju Dabass, Sharda Vashsith* and Rekha Vig (2018) ‘Effectiveness of region growing based segmentation techniques for various medical images-A study’ in Communications in Computer and Information Science book series, Chapter 22, pp. 234-259, Springer In te rna t iona l Pub l i sh ing AG, ISBN-978-981-10-8526-0 , ECE2018BC001.

q Jyoti Dabas and Rekha Vig* (2018) ‘Biomedical Image Enhancement using Different Techniques- A Comparative Study’ in Communications in Computer and Information Science book series, Chapter 22, pp. 260-286, Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-978-981-10-8526-0, ECE2018BC002.

Journals

International

q Poonam Lata Yadav* and Hukum Singh (2018) ‘An Asymmetric Image Encryption Based On Fresnel Transform Using Spiral Phase Mask And Hybrid Mask’, International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 424-432, APS2018J009.

q Vijayveer Singh* and Praveen Kumar Lohchab (2017) ‘Dimensions of Public Purpose in Land Acquisition in India’, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies and Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 115-124, SOL2018J003.

q Mani Bansal*, Anil Kumar Vij and Ruchi Nayyar (2018) ‘Modelling Effectiveness of Organisational Learning: an Interpretive Structural Modelling Technique’, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 280-299, SOM2018J004.

q HImanshu Khanna*, Mona Aggarwal and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘On the End-to-End Performance of a Mixed RF-FSO link with a Decode-

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23 April 2018 for BTech (ME & EEE) students wherein three students got the final offer.

Andritz Hydro, a global supplier of electro-mechanical systems and services for hydropower plants and a leader in the world market for hydraulic power generation, conducted the campus selection process on 25 April 2018 for BTech (ME) students. Results are awaited.

Pre-placement Activities

Vishesh SinghB Tech (ME)(Class of 2018)ICAT

they were impressed with my Blog writing on Cars & Bikes. After 20 days I was informed that I had been selected by ICAT. I was shocked and that was a splendid moment for me which cannot be described in a few words. I shall always be thankful to my parents, SPA and all the faculty members at NCU for always guiding and supporting me to do my best.

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and-Forward Relay’, Journal of Optical Communication, ECE2018J001.

q Ram Sharma, A. Charan Kumari, Mona Aggarwal* and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Optimal LED deployment for mobile indoor visible light communication system: Performance analysis’, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 83, pp. 427-432, ECE2018J002.

q Ram Sharma, A. Charan Kumari, Mona Aggarwal* and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Hyperheuristic-Based Analysis and Optimization of a Mobile Indoor Visible Light Communication System’, Emerging Transactions on Telecommunications, ECE2018J003.

q Anita Sharma*, Mona Aggarwal, Swaran Ahuja and Moin-Uddin (2017) ‘Performance Analysis of Df-Relayed Cognitive Underlay Networks Over EGK Fading Channels’, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 83, pp. 533-540, ECE2018J004.

q Nidhi Raman*, Amanpreet Kaur and Rohit Batra (2017) ‘Performance Enhancement for Coexistence Adaptive Interference Draining Using Rectangular Antenna’s for MUE’s’, International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Applications, Vol.3, No.2, pp.53-59, ECE2018J005.

q Sonu Dabass* and Amanpreet Kaur (2017) ‘Resource Allocation for Delay Minimization for Cognitive Radio using M-QAM, AWGN Model’, International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 95-105, ECE2018J006.

q Himanshu Singh and Naresh Kumari* (2017) ‘Transformation of Indian Power Transmission System’, International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 338-340, ECE2018J007.

q Himanshu Khanna, Mona Aggarwal* and Swaran Ahuja (2018) ‘Statistical characteristics and performance evaluation of FSO links with misalignment fading influenced by correlated sways’, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 85, pp. 118-125, ECE2018J008.

National

q Vijayveer Singh* and Praveen Kumar Lohchab (2017) ‘HSIIDC Vs. Mawasi & Ors. - Case Analysis’, Society and Politics, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 98-103, SOL2018J002.

q Balwinder Singh* and Raj Kumar (2017) ‘Law Relating to Maintenance with Special Reference to Aged Parents: An Analysis’, MDU Law Journal, Vol. 19, pp. 89-100, SOL2018J004.

q Navin Pal Singh (2017) ‘Constitutionalism and Amendment: Understanding Indian Constitution’, Himalayan Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1936-47, SOL2018J005.

q Shitika*, Ruchi Nayyar, Seema Sanghi and Anil Kumar Vij (2017) ‘Spiritual Intelligence- An Exploration of Spiritual Dimensions’, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 25-34, SOM2018J001.

q Mani Bansal*, Ruchi Nayyar and Anil Kumar Vij (2017) ‘Empirical Analysis of 3D-WS in Indian Context’, SIBM Pune Research Journal, Samvad, Vol. 14, pp. 7-13, SOM2018J002.

q Ruchi Nayyar (2018) ‘Exploratory Study to Determine Perceptions of Globalization and Global Career’, Indian Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, No. 1, SOM2018J003.

q Poonam Kumari* and Nirupma Gupta (2018) ‘Does Demographics Influence Adoption of Information Technology Devices?-An Understanding of Rural Consumer Behaviour’, Journal of Agricultural Extension Management, No. 2, pp. 127-143, SOM2018J005.

Conference Proceedings

International

q Monika Dahiya*, Sanatan Sukhija, Deepak Kumar and Hukum Singh (2017) ‘Image Encryption Based On Watermarking Technique In Fourier

Domain Using Pixel Scrambling’, 4th International Conference on Image Information Processing -2017, pp. 312-316, APS2018P006.

q Puneet Rana*, Meenakshi Khurana and Sangeet Srivastava (2017) ‘Linear Stability Analysis On The Onset of MHD Non-Newtonian Viscoelastic Rotating Nanofluid Layer With Heat Generation’, 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and its Applications -2017, pp. 020030 (1-8), APS2018P007.

q Ram Sharma, A Charan Kumari, Mona Aggarwal* and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Performance Analysis of LED Based Indoor VLC System Under Receiver Mobility’, International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation-2017, pp. 966-971, ECE2018P001.

q Vandana Khanna* and Bijoy Kishore Das (2017) ‘Parameter extraction of large area Silicon Solar Cells using Differential Evolution’, XIX International Workshop on The Physics of Semiconductor Devices (XIX IWPSD-2017), pp. 1-4, ECE2018P002.

National

q Vaishali Sahu and Monica Malhotra (2017) ‘Ultimate Load Carrying Capacity of Single Pile Resting on Deep Buried Flexible Conduit’, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 GeoNEst, pp. 1-4, CEE2018P001.

Conference Presentations

International

q Aditya Sharma Ghrera (2018) ‘Quantum Dot Self Assembly Based Interface for Electrochemical Immunosensing of Procalcitonin for the Detection of Urinary Tract Infection’, International Conference on Recent Trends in Science and Technology, organized by International Institute of Research and Journals and Institute of Research and Publication, APS2018C005.

National

q Divyabha (2018) ‘Egalitarianism, Humanism and Feminism: A search for Identity’, National Seminar on 'Women as Critical Partners in an Egalitaraian Society: An Evaluation of the Current Status in India', Association of Indian Universities and The NorthCap University, CLL2018C005.

q Subhradipta Sarkar (2018) ‘The Bumpy Road Ahead in India's ABS Regime’, Training the Trainers Workshop on “GoI-UNDP-GEF Project: Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks, and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol”, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in association with United Nations Development Program, SOL2018C001.

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S.No Call for Proposal Last Date

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DST- Call for Oriented Research & Technology Development Proposals on Materials for Energy Storage (MES) - 2018

31.05. 2018

2. MHRD and DST- Call for Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT-2)

10.04.2018

3. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund- Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships 2018

Applications invited throughout the year

4. IIT Delhi- Summer Faculty Research Fellow Programme – 2018

30.04.2018

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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Professional Societies

q Alumnus Ms Pooja Mohnani (Class of 2001), Consultant, NextExitFuture GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, delivered a lecture on 'Human Imagination leading to technological innovation (5G)' organized by the IEEE Society and the Dept of EECE for students of BTech 3rd Year on 27 March 2018. Ms Pooja discussed the concept of Human Imagination that leads to technological innovation. She talked about how human nature and instincts helped in the formation of innovative technological solutions. She cited examples of communication generations from 1G to 5G, how communication links were first thought of and implemented in the Wor ld Wars, i ts exponent ia l commercialization till 4G and how it is further developing to 5G. Ms Kusum Grewal Dangi, Counsellor, IEEE Society and Alumni Coordinator, Dept of EECE coordinated the event.

IEEE Society

The Vth edition of NCU National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) was organised by SOL from 14-15 April 2018. It is one of the rare competitions in India which is being held on a pressing issue of environmental law with changing theme every year for which it has also been conferred the title of ‘Indian Stetson’. The event was inaugurated by Hon’ble Mr Justice Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, Judge, Supreme Court of India, Mr SB Mitra, Executive Director (Law & HR), GAIL (India) Ltd, and Prof. Pushpesh Pant (Professor Emeritus) NCU. Justice Agarwal appreciated the efforts of SOL for highlighting such a critical and important issue of present day relevance, namely the Shale Gas as an alternative source of energy. The Moot Court Competition witnessed participation from Central and State universities, national and private Law Schools from across the country.

The Moot proposition highlighted the contemporary issues related to exploration and production of Shale Gas, with special emphasis on unavailability of land, displacement of local communities and mineral rights

Vth NCU National Moot Court Competition

and ownership. The moot proposition was closely related to use of Shale Gas as an energy resource and the problems that are a part of production and consumption of Shale Gas. The moot court competition vexed to tackle the big picture question that whether it is necessary to have development to feed the energy needs at the price of creating a water problem.

Eminent dignitaries from the legal domain, Supreme Court lawyers, corporate officers and academicians were invited to judge the various rounds that took place over the two days. Out of the 20 teams, eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals on the first day of the Competition, and four teams qualified for the semi-final round and battled on the second day to reach the finals.

The Final Round of the Competition was chaired by a bench comprising of Hon’ble Justice M Karpaga Vinayagam, Former Chief Justice, Jharkhand High Court, Prof. Dr Paramjit S Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law and Prof. Anatole Boute, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, specialising in Energy, Environment and Investment Law. The final round witnessed exhaustive and enlightening questioning by the Bench. They asked several questions pertaining to challenges of Shale Gas fracking process and Centre-State relationship with respect to mineral ownership. The students received a lot of appreciation and sound advice from

the judges regarding how to answer the questions in a Court of Law.

NUSRL, Ranchi emerged as the Winner of the competition and was awarded a trophy, certificate and a cash prize of Rs 40,000 and SASTRA University, Chennai was the Runner-up and was awarded a cash prize of Rs 20,000. Award for the Best Memorial of Rs 10,000 was bagged by RGNUL, Patiala; Award for Best Female Advocate of Rs 10,000 was won by Aiman Hashmi, Law Centre-I, University of Delhi and Award for Best Male Advocate of Rs 10,000 was won by Mayank Jain, School of Law, Ansal University. [SOL2018O009]

q IEEE Society in association with Advanced Technologies, Chandigarh organized a workshop on 'Wireless Sensor Networks' from 16-17 April 2018. About 30 students from Electronics and Communication stream participated in the workshop and got both theoretical and practical exposure to Wireless Sensor Networking Concepts. [ECE2018WO006]

q Alumnus Mr Himanshu Mann, ECE (Class of 2011), Consultant, PcW, Australia, delivered a lecture on 'Digi ta l market ing and Data Analytics' organized by the IEEE Society on 10 April 2018. Students of BTech 2nd and 3rd Year ECE attended the lecture. Mr Himanshu discussed the concept of Millennial and their behavioural patterns that

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A s s o c i a t i o n o f Computing Machinery ( A C M ) S t u d e n t Chapter and Google Program Manager, Mr Himanshu Batra jointly organized a workshop on Machine Learning a n d A r t i f i c i a l Intelligence (AI) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year CSE students on 2 Apr i l 2018 a t the University campus. About 150 interested students actively participated in the workshop.

Mr Batra discussed the basic concepts, tasks, applications and model assessments of Machine Learning. He also discussed the basics of AI, problems faced, approaches, applications and platforms of AI. He showed how the future of Computer Science lies in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence which was visible from the fast impact that both had already made in the World Market. Mr Batra encouraged the students to improve their coding skills and explore Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence as subjects of interest and as a career option. Mr Batra is the Founder of ‘AcadView’ and has vast experience in the field of Business Partnering, Data Analysis and Databases. Student coordinator for the event was Jatin Singh Bhati and faculty coordinator, Dr Latika Singh.

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'ABSCISSA', a mathematical quiz competition was organized by the Mathemactive Society for BTech, BSc Maths (H) and MSc Maths students on 9 April 2018. It had three rounds which tested the speed, technique and mathematical ability of the students who participated in a team of two. The first round was 'FIND THE X' which was based on solving tricky maths questions. 60 teams (around 120 students) participated in the event out of which 24 teams qualified for the second round 'THE BOND'. 10 teams qualified for the third round 'BUZZ UP' in which the team which responded the fastest with the correct answer was awarded a score. All the participants enthusiastically took part in all the rounds and were given participation certificates. The 1st position was bagged by Shreya and Sakshi, 2nd position by Udbhav and Tushar and 3rd position by Sudhanshu and Tanish. The event was coordinated by Dr Anshu and Prof. Kalika Srivastava. [APS2018O016]

Mathemactive Society

CSI Student Branch

Competitive programming in Advanced Java was organized by CSI Student Branch on 11 April 2018. About 200 students took part in the competition which was held on the HackerRank platform in which three questions of varying

SPIE Society and the Dept of EECE jointly conducted a Career Counselling session and Awareness Seminar at Vidya Niketan Sr Sec School, Alipur, Gurugram on 9 April 2018. Ms Amanpreet Kaur and Mr Pankaj Rakheja along with students Rahul Vashisth (President, SPIE) and Yashika Chauhan (Vice-President, SPIE) enlightened the students regarding various career options that are available to them after Class 12. More than 100 students from Science and Commerce streams actively participated in the session and clarified their doubts especially regarding Engineering, BSc and BCom. The Chairman, Principal and teachers of the school appreciated the Career Counselling session and Seminar as their students benefitted from the information and guidance provided to them by NCU. [ECE2018O007]

SPIE Society

lead to success of digital marketing. Dr Sharda Vashisth, Head, Dept of EECE and Ms Kusum Grewal Dangi:, Counsellor, IEEE Society and Alumni Coordinator, Dept of EECE organized the event.

levels of complexity were challenged. The problems were set by student Devansh Bhatia, Final-year, BTech CSE. After two hours of brain storming the 1st position was secured by Mayank Sharma, 2nd position by Manas Chopra and 3rd position by Kushal Kumar Jawa. The event provided students an opportunity to experience the thrill of competitive programming. [CSEO2018021]

NCU Yoga Club

NCU Yoga Club organized Surya Namaskar Challenge 2018 on 18 April 2018 to spread awareness about Yoga among NCU students. The event started with a training session to do Surya Namaskar by the international certified trainer, Mr Madhav Goyal, followed by 33 rounds of Surya Namaskar in about 30 minutes hour (which is a benchmark in itself) and the session ended with guided meditation and the prize distribution ceremony. Student Yogesh Sharma, 1st Year CSE won the Challenge. [APS2018O020]

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Student Activities

NCU Recreation Club organised a trek to Kasol and Kheerganga (HP) for the students of the University from 28 March to 1 April 2018. A total of 48 students from across the different Schools, including four alumni, along with faculty and

Trek to Kasol and Kheerganga

Lions Bhangra NCU perform at RedFM 93.5 Studio

q Student Shaurya, BTech, 3rd Year CSE was selected as a part of the Microsoft Core Organizing team for a national level competition, Imagine Cup 2018. The competition empowers the next generation of computer science students to team up and use their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to create applications that shape how we live, work and play. Every year tens of thousands of students from across the globe compete in this competition. [CSEO2018018]

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Synergy Club at SOM organized the ‘Creativity Festival’ on 12 April 2018 wherein students were able to showcase their creativity through three competitions viz; Face Painting, Poster Making and Collage Making on the Theme: Make in India. The aim was to encourage students to think creatively and exhibit their talent. It was open to UG and PG students of the University. SOM and SOET students participated in teams of 2-3 A total 16 teams with 34 students participated in the competition.

Synergy Club

The winners of the event were: Face Painting - 1st position was bagged by Purna Rustagi and Dheeraj (CSE), 2nd position by Purnima and Divyanshu Verma (CSE); Collage Making – 1st position was bagged by Yukti and Shubhangi (BBA), 2nd position by Chhavi Sharma, Naina Nagpal and Shraddha Pandit (BCom); Poster Making – 1st position was bagged by Yashika Gupta and Priyanka Sharma (BBA), 2nd position by Raveena and Tanya (BCom), 3rd position by Himanshi Sharma, Aanchal Banota and Shivani Kataria (BCom). Judges for the event were Dr Shelly Singhal and Dr Preeti Chawla and Dr Shilpa Sindhu coordinated the event. [SOM2018O010]

Lions Bhangra NCU was invited to RedFm 93.5 Studio, Noida for a performance and an interview with the famous RJ Heena on AIR, on 19 April 2018. Lions Bhangra NCU comprises of students Aditi Kukreja, Navjot Singh, Raveena, Vikas Boora, Gagandeep Sohal, Amanpreet Singh under the guidance of Mr Harpreet Singh Sagoo. The video of the one minute performance at the Studio is now trending on social media platforms. It was a proud moment for the NCU dance troupe to reach such a great platform and they look forward to more such opportunities in future too.

q Two students from CSE department were given an opportunity to present their idea in the Finale of the Road Safety Hackathon conducted by IRSC and Live Media at IIT, Delhi on 22nd April 2018. The event witnessed presence of JS, MoRTH and top officials from various companies and start ups. Teams were given 8 minutes to present their solution and were evaluated on the basis of innovation, presentation skills, scalability and working of the mobile/web application. Teams from major cities across India participated in different events and an interactive poster presentation took place at the end of the day. Our students were appreciated for their efforts and encouraged to participate in more such events. Results are yet to be announced. We wish them all the best.[CSEO2018019]

staff coordinators were a part of this trek. It was full of learning, fun and adventure. The trip by AC deluxe coach was flagged off from NCU by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra on 28 March 2018. In Kasol the students visited the local sights, market, Challa village, Manikaran gurudwara and went on short treks. The trek to Kheerganga started from Barshaini which formed the base camp. At night the trekkers happily played, sang and danced around a bonfire. All in all it was a fun filled learning and bonding time for the students. The faculty coordinator for the trek was Dr Jyotsna Singh.

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Outreach Activities of Prof H B Raghavendra, Vice Chancellor

Outreach Activities of Prof. Prem VratPro-Chancellor, Professor of Eminence and Chief Mentor

Prof. Prem VratPro-Chancellor, Prof. of Eminence & Chief Mentor

q Prof. Prem Vrat chaired the meeting of the Standing Hearing Committee (SHC) and Standing Appellate Committee (SAC) of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), at AICTE Head Quarter, New Delhi from 28-31 March 2018.

q Prof. Prem Vrat attended a panel discussion on 'Approaching Problems of Youth through Spirituality' organized by Department of Management Studies (DMS), IIT Delhi on 2 April 2018. The panellists were Swami Samvit Somgiri Ji and Dr Ramesh Bijlani of Aurobindo Ashram.

q Prof. Prem Vrat delivered lectures on 'Operations Planning and Control' at IIT Delhi as Honorary Professor on 6, 13 and 20 April 2018.

q Prof. Prem Vrat chaired the first meeting of a committee constituted by AICTE to study Acts of various State private universities to suggest provisions in such Acts to improve Quality Control Mechanisms. The meeting was held at AICTE, Head Quarter, New Delhi on 19 April 2018.

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Bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world

q V i c e C h a n c e l l o r , P r o f H B Raghavendra attended the 2nd In te rna t i ona l Con fe rence on Internationalization at Home (IaH): Strategies for building international and intercultural competencies organized by Symbiosis International Deemed Un ive rs i t y, Pune i n association with Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at Pune from 5–7 April 2018. Vice-Chancellors from across the country attended the conference and discussed strategies for providing international culture & curriculum in Indian universities t h r o u g h c o l l a b o r a t i o n s a n d

accreditations which would save a large amount of foreign exchange. The conference was inaugurated by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

q Prof Raghavendra attended a brain storming session on issues of concern for Higher Education at a Conference organized by the Haryana State Education Council and Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University on 12 April 2018 at Haryana Nivas, Chandigarh. The

conference was inaugurated by the Education Minister of Haryana, Shri Ram Bilas Sharma, where Ms Jyoti Arora (IAS), Principal Secretary, Govt of Haryana, Higher Education Department was also present along with about 40 Vice-Chancellors & Pro Vice-Chancellors of Haryana. Brain storming sessions were conducted on the theme Professional Ethics, Nationalism and Employability.