A warm welcome to all the members of Heritage Group of Institutions and their families.

Let me congratulate all the achievers of both ICSE and ISC Exams 2015 specially to Shivam Agarwal who made us proud by securing the third position in ISC Exams in India.

I am very happy to announce that after Autonomy, Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT-K), organized its first semester examinations for the B.Tech students through a dedicated Examination Cell.

I am happy to state that all our Institutions are doing extremely well and have secured top ranking positions in the country. I should also mention that our Alumni are well placed across the world and are successful in

their fields.

I would like to announce that we are going to start 5 year BA LLB Programme of University of Calcutta under the aegis of ‘Heritage Law College’ from the academic session 2015-2016.

All this would not have been possible without the excellent team work, cooperation and mutual understanding of all the stakeholders. I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to all the members of The Heritage family for their commitment and dedication.

Heritage Group of Institutions, Chowbaga Road, Anandapur, Kolkata 700107, e: newsletter@heritageit.edu 9830201234

Volume 6, May 2015

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Chairman’s Message

Congratulations to our ICSE & ISC Toppers 2015

Newsletter of Kalyan Bharti Trust

Overall ICSE Results 2015 Overall ISC Results 2015

Shivam Agarwal ISC-Science

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Akshat Lakhotia ISC-Commerce

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Sampurna Bhattacharya ISC-Humanities

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Rudrani Mukherjee ICSE 97.2%

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The Heritage School (THS)

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Congratulations for Outstanding Achievements!!

Sahil Agarwal of Class 2 was ranked 27th and Pranshu Maheshwari of Class 3 was ranked 22nd amongst Top 100 in the National Science Talent Search Examination.

3000 VII and VIII graders participated in the Duke TIP ASSET Talent Search in 2014-15 from India and UAE. Only top 5% students from each class were invited to participate, making this a very distinguished pool of students. Of these who took part, 347 toppers were awarded the esteemed title of ASSET TALENT SCHOLAR including Aarshi Jain, one of our students of Class 8.

Aadrito Datta of Class 5 got an individual 1st prize in Board No.3 for winning all his matches in Inter School Rapid Chess Competition 2014 organized by Bengal Chess Association on 16th August 2014.

Our School won the 1st prize in Inter School Quiz Competition based on “Indian Heritage” which was organized by DPS Newtown on 24th September 2014.

Mohit Poddar of Class 11 won the best delegate from UNSC and Anaina Malik got a verbal mention in UNHCR Model United Nations organized by St. Thomas Kidderpore on 24th September 2014.

THS was the all-round winner in “Mitali”, the Modern High School Fest organized on 22nd September 2014.

THS won the runners-up in ASISC (Association of ICSE and ISC Schools) Girls Basketball Tournament organized on 9th September 2014 at St. Agnes School, Kharagpur.

Our School won THE BEST FILM WITH A MESSAGE and THE BEST SCREENPLAY awards in FILMIT organized by the The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.

The Heritage School had been adjudged ‘The Outstanding School in the East’ by 9th Indy’s Award for the year 2014.

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Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT-K)

Heritage Business School (HBS)

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Monica Rekhan, B.Tech pass-out 2014 Batch, Department of Computer Science Engineering, was awarded ‘Best Overall Performing Student of the year’ during the Award Ceremony organized on the 14th Foundation Day of HIT-K on 5th September 2014.

Abira Sahu, B.Tech pass-out 2014 Batch, Department of Biotechnology, was awarded as ‘Topper of the Toppers’ in the Award Ceremony organized on the 14th Foundation Day of HIT-K on 5th September 2014.

HIT-K were the Runners-up in IT Quiz organized at COMPASS Tech Fair from 13th Feb 2015 till 15th Feb 2015.

Richa Agarwal, B.Tech Final Year Student from Department of Bio-Technology, scored a prestigious 99.26 % in CAT 2014.

HIT-K bagged the First Runners-up position in Economic Times Campus Quiz organized by Economic Times on 2nd Feb 2015.

Ms. Bharti Singh of MBA 12th Batch won the 1st prize in the quiz organized by Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 31st January 2015.

HBS has been adjudged 30th among top 50 private B-schools in India by North East Sun Magazine.

HBS is ranked amongst top B-schools in India by Higher Education Review under “Beyond IIMs B-schools Survey 2015”.

HBS is also featured under best B-school in the East and rated as A+ by Digital learning Magazine for 2015.

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An Inter-school debate on “Television is Dead- Long Live Social Media” was organized at The Heritage School which was hosted by The Heritage School in association with Calcutta Debating Circle and Calcutta Sukriti Foundation on 15th December 2014. Six schools participated in the debate The Heritage School, St. Xaviers Collegiate School, La Martinere for Boys, La Martinere for Girls, Modern High School for Girls and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. Eminent Jury members present were Mr. Rob Hopkin (BBC, UK), Mr. Brendan Miller (BBC, UK), Ms. Paroma Roy Chowdhury (Google, India), Mr. Javed Umair (Dawn, Pak) Mr. Samuel W Packard (US) and Ms. Mehmal Sarfaraz (Pak). The Debate were Dr. Kunal Sarkar, President, Calcutta Debating Circle and Mr. Pradeep Gooptu, Founder Trustee, Calcutta Debating Circle.

Modern High School for Girls were the Winners of the debate followed by The Heritage School who were the first runners–up and St. Xavier’s Collegiate School the second runners–up. The event also witnessed the presence of Shri H.P. Budhia, Trustee, Kalyan Bharti Trust & Chairman, Heritage Business School, Smt. Bhawna Agarwal, Member, School Managing Committee, The Heritage School & Shri Varun Swarup of Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd.

International Affairs

On 22nd Sept 2014, 60 students along with 6 teachers of classes 7, 8, 9 & 11 of THS went for NASA Trip to USA.

Visit of Sophie Scholl, from Germany.

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News in Snapshots

On 8th Sept. 2014, Spic-Macay organized a Cultural Dance Programme in the School campus.

Sanglaap 2014, The Literary Fest of THS was organized on 26th September 2014.

Career Fair was organized by the THS at the School Auditorium on 15th Sept. 2014 in which top Universities across the Globe participated.

Entrebiz 2014 where 9 Kolkata Schools participated was organized on 19th September 2014 by THS.

Academic visits to various industries were organized by THS for classes VI, VII, VIII and IX to various companies like Keventers, Metro Cash & Carry, Pepsi Bottling plant and Philips Light Lounge from 16th Sept. 2014 to 22nd Sept. 2014.

Interactive Workshop on Leadership Skills - “Can You Teach A Zebra Some Algebra?” – was conducted by Dr. Debashis Chatterjee, Former Director, IIM Kozhikode at THS campus on 18th October 2014.

State level West Bengal Archery Competition was organized at THS campus on 1st November 2014.

Parenting Session for the New Parents was organized on 10th November 2014 by THS.

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The Middle School Concert was organized on 22nd November 2014.

Annual Sports for Junior School and Senior School were organized on 7th and 14th December 2014 respectively.

The Blessing Ceremony of the ISC Batch 2015 was held on 4th February.

Prom Night of Class XII passing out Batch 2015 was organized on 12th December 2014.

Children’s Day was celebrated in the School on 18th December 2014.

Gurukul – a week long Sports camp, was organized from 21st December till 26th December 2014.

Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT-K)National Conference on Mathematical Trends in Physical Sciences 2014 (NCMTPS 2014)jointly organized by the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Physics, was held on 13th & 14th August at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata under the aegis of TEQIP-II. Around 100 participants comprising of faculty members from different colleges and universities, research scholars and students attended the sessions. The Conference was inaugurated by Swami Atmapriyanandaji Maharaj, Vice Chancellor, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur. There were six sessions in the conference, three each day, dedicated to the discussion of six thrust areas of the conference which are of contemporary interest in Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

ECLECIA 2015- the Annual Cultural Fest witnessed participation of more than 20 colleges from the city. The fest included various activities like creative writing, debate, tattoo painting, paintball, script writing, antakshari, music, fashion show and many more. The Fest was held from 4th till 6th April 2015 and on the last day a grand performance of popular singer Mohit Chauhan thrilled the audience.

DAKSSH 2015- the Tech fest of HIT-K was organized on 18th & 19th March 2015. A fabulous Air Show organized by the Students Council in association with India’s Hobby Centre on 19th March 2015.

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The Heritage Academy (THA)

A seminar

Prof. Stefano Curcio, Senior Researcher of Chemical Engg. from University of Calabria, Italy, Dr. Sudip Chakraborty, Senior Research Scientist, University of Calabria and Prof. Vincenza Calabro, University of Calabria, Italy visited HIT-K for a Lecture Session on Membrane Technology organized on 26th Sept. 2014 jointly by Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry under TEQIP-II.

14th Foundation Day was celebrated along with as Award Ceremony on 5th September 2014.

Freshers’ Welcome programme – NASCENT 2014, was organized from 17th October 2014 till 19th October 2014.

Workshop on UNIX under TEQIP-II held on 28th October 2014.

Dr. B.B. Bhattacharya, Mentor, TEQIP-II visited us on 26th November 2014.

Dr. Narayan Banerjee, Professor, IISER Kolkata addressed the students on the Concept of “Black Hole” under Science Club on 7th November 2014.

“Rotary All About” was organized by the District Rotary on 8th September 2014 which was addressed by Rtn. Raju Rajgaria, Hon’ble Past District Governor, Rtn. Dipankar Mitra, Assistant Governor of R.I. District, Rtn. Sanjay Dasgupta, President of Sponsoring Rotary Club, Sonarpur, Rtn. Pradeep Chowdhury and Rtn. Mainak Bhattacharjee, District Rotaract Representative. This was the official beginning of Rotaract Club at The Heritage Academy.

Prof. B.B.Paira being awarded as the Founder Director of HIT-K

Prof. Sandip Chatterjee, Department of Mathematics awarded for Outstanding

Teaching

Prof. Srabanti Basu, HOD, Deportment of Biotechnology awarded for

Outstanding Research Accomplishment

An Interactive session held on “Qualities of Nascent Managers in Corporate” a interactive session was organized on 22nd September 2014.

A seminar on “A few practical tips on marketing of banking products” a seminar was organized on 19th September 2014 which was addressed by Mr. Subrata Dutta, Director, Wholesale Banking, Standard Chartered Bank.

KHOJ 2014 - Talent Hunt Show was organized on 22nd September 2014.

Shri Hariprasad Swamiji from Sri Vishnu Foundation, addressed the students on 30th October 2014.

“HR Conclave” was organized on 15th November 2014 in the Heritage campus.

Heritage Business School, Kolkata – adjudged 4th in Eastern India and 30th among private B-schools in India, organised a Conclave on February 24, 2015 at The Heritage Campus. The Theme of the Conclave was “Education and Cultural Co-operation among SAARC Countries”. Inauguration of the Conclave was done by His Excellency Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, Honourable Governor of West Bengal; the Keynote Address was given by Shri Partha Chatterjee, Honourable Minister of Education, Govt. of West Bengal and the Theme Address was given by Shri Vivek Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal.

A Panel Discussion on “Awareness of the Educational Facilities and the Cultural Heritage of the SAARC Countries” was held as a part of the Conclave. The Panelists were Mr. Phuntsho Dukpa, Dy. Consul, Royal Bhutanese Consulate; Dr. Abhijit Sen, Hony. Consul, Consulate of Sri Lanka and Prof. Malayendu Saha, Vice Chairman, Higher Education Council, Govt. of West Bengal. The Moderator was Mr. Sitaram Sharma, Hony. Consul, Consulate of the Republic of Belarus.

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SAARC Conclave at Heritage Business School, Kolkata

His Excellency Honourable Governor inaugurating the Conclave

Shri H. K. Chaudhary, Chairman, KBT, lighting the lamp during the inauguration of the Conclave

Shri S. Bhajanka Secretary, KBT handing over the memento to Honourable Minister of Education

Shri Partha Chatterjee Honourable Minister of Education, Govt. of West Bengal lighting the lamp during the inauguration of the Conclave

Shri H. P. Budhia, Chairman, Heritage Business School, lighting the lamp during the inauguration of the Conclave

Shri H. P. Budhia Chairman, Heritage Business School handing over the memento to His Excellency, Governor of West Bengal

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Shri Vivek Kumar IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education,Govt. of West Bengal with Shri H. K. Chaudhary

From R to L Shri P. R. Agarwala, Chairman, Heritage Institute of Technology, Shri Dayaram Agarwal, Trust, Kalyan Bharti Trust, Dr. Sajal Dasgupta, Director,

Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of West Bengal

Panel Discussion on “Awareness of the Educational Facilities and the Cultural Heritage of the SAARC Countries”

Shri Sitaram Sharma, Chairman, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies

Dr. Malayendu Saha, Vice-Chairman, West Bengal State Council of Higher Education

Mr. Phuntsho Dukpa, Dy. Consul Royal Bhutan Consulate

Dr. Abhijit Sen, Hony. Consul, Consulate of Srilanka

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Heritage Business School (HBS)

An Alumni Meet 2014 was organized by HBS and the awards for Alumni of the Year were given to Mr. Karuna Kant Singh (Batch 2003 - 2005) and Ms. Amrita Bhattacharya (Batch 2004 - 2006).

Mr Amitava Chattopadhyay, Vice - President, Sales, of naukri.com addressed the HBS students on 29th August 2014.

Mr. Swarnendu Bhattacharya of Pricewaterhouse Coopers had addressed the 2nd year students on 30th August 2014. The key topic of discussion was about the skills required for the MBA students to be successful in interviews and to be prepared for industries.

As part of the HBS industry-interface sessions, Chiranjib Dutta Chowdhury, Group Manager, M Junction Services Limited, addressed the HBS students on 9th August 2014.

A Two day Workshop on “Alternate Dispute Resolution Processes in Corporate Governance” was held at Heritage Business School, Kolkata during November 21 & 22, 2014. The Workshop was held jointly by Heritage Business School, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), BNCCI

Faculty members from Heritage Business School participated in a “Case Study Workshop” conducted by a team of experts from ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad. The two-day Workshop was held at the HBS campus during August 2 & 3, 2014 and it focused on the pedagogy for case based method of teaching. The experts from IBS were Dr. Amlan Ghosh, Dr. Praveen Srivastava, Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain and Dr. Mohandas J Menon. Faculty members from The Heritage Academy also participated in the workshop.

(Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and Plant Business Studies. In the course of the Workshop, the subject was deliberated on by speakers from the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Heritage Business School and Plant Business Studies. The Participants included Senior Executives from the Industry and the Academia including NUJS.

Mr. Raja Roy, Director, KPMG, Kolkata visited the campus for pooled campus recruitments on 27th November 2014.

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Social InitiativesRotaract Club Activities- Litter of Light Project, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, Self-Defence Workshop, Donation of Clothes, Celebration of Children’s Day with children of Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital, Bhai Phonta, Community Service at Ghatshila etc.

Performance by Suryakiran students in the Annual Day Celebrations of Jyotirmoy Club on 21st December 2014.

Performance by Suryakiran students at Rabindra Sadan on 10th September 2014.

Litter of Light

Workshop on ‘Self defense”

Bhai Phonta Celebration Community Service at Ghatshila

Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan

Donation of Clothes

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

Childrens Day celebration

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Media Clips

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Dr. Riddhi Goswami

Prof.(Dr) Tapas Sadhu Prof.(Dr) Amalendu Ghosh

Prof. Madhurima Chattopadhyay

Ms. Barnali Chatia Assistant Professor

Department- Humanities

Mr. Hirak Kumar Chandra Assistant Professor

Department- Physics

Ms. Sudipta Dey Assistant Professor

Department-Bio-technology

Prof. (Dr) Tapas Sadhu, joined HIT-K as the Head of the Department in Civil Engineering with effect from 2nd February 2015.

Dr. Riddhi Goswami, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, HIT-K, attended ‘International Symposium on Genetic Analysis’ at University of Burdwan.

Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering has presented two research papers in 8th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST-14) at Liverpool, UK on September 2 - 4, 2014, organized by John Moores University, Liverpool. These two papers have already been selected for book chapters of Springer. During her stay in Liverpool, Professor Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Professor and Head has visited the project laboratories of the University. Her tour was supported by TEQIP-II.

Prof. (Dr) Amalendu Ghosh, Head of the Department, Civil Engineering retired from service after attaining superannuation on 31st January 2015.

We Welcome Retirement

You made us proud

Completion of Ph.D

Alumni Achievements

Our Alumnus Madhav Bhartia, B.Tech (IT) 2005 pass – out was conferred PGDM at the convocation of IIM- Bengaluru in March 2015.

Dipayan Sinha, B.Tech pass out 2012 Batch, graduated from IIM Bangalore after completing PGDM in March 2015.

HIT-K Alumnus Anirban Roy, B.Tech pass out from Chemical Engineering Department, is now a Ph.D candidate at IIT Kharagpur. He has recently received ‘Young Innovators Award’ under Health and Tech Innovations, Govt. of India, in 2015.

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We fondly recall the visit of Late Smt. Sarla Devi Birla at the Heritage Group of Institutions campus on 26th December 2006 during the Annual Meet organized by Friends of Tribal Society at our Campus. She was accompanied by her husband Shri B.K. Birla and was received by Chairman of Kalyan Bharti Trust, Shri H.K. Chaudhary and Secretary of Kalyan Bharti Trust, Shri Sajjan Bhajanka.

Down The Memory lane – A visit to The Heritage Campus

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A tribute to Late. Smt. Sarla Devi Birla (1924-2015)

The Heritage Group of Institutions deeply mourns the sad demise of Smt. Sarla Devi Birla who left for her heavenly abode on 28th March 2015.

Her legacy to education – the 45 educational institutions, her keen interest in Art and her collection of Indian Art – besides her very many other philanthropic initiatives, truly sum up one of her favourite quotes – “ You get in life what you give.”

Her absence will be deeply felt.

We humbly offer our heartfelt condolences to Shri Basant Kumarji Birla and his family in this period of extreme grief.

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PRSI NATIONAL AWARD – 2014 FOR SURYAKIRAN !

Best NGO Award

Kalyan Bharti Trust received the 1st prize for its free school initiative ‘Suryakiran’ in the category of ‘Best NGO Making Contributions to CSR,’ during the National Public Relations Award Ceremony at the 36th Annual Conference of Public Relations Society of India held in December 2014.

Heritage Institute of Technology ( HIT-K) was ranked AAA+ by Careers 360- a unit of Outlook India, amongst India’s Top 500 Engineering Colleges in 2015.

The Heritage School (THS) was ranked as the No. 1 Day Boarding School in the State of West Bengal by Education World in 2014.

Heritage Business School was ranked among the Top 100 B-Schools in 2014 by Outlook India.

....and the Quest for Excellence continues.....

Kalyan Bharti Trust received the 1for its free school initiative ‘Suryakiran’ in the category of ‘Best NGO Making Contributions to CSR,’ during the National Public Relations Award Ceremony at the 36th

Society of India held in December 2014.