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THE NEWSLETTERujarat Technological University

Inspiring Future Engineers, Managers, Pharmacists & Technocrats January 2016



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Book of Policies for GTUTechnology BusinessIncubator released by

education ministerAhmedabad: A book of Policies for GTUTechnology Business Incubator (TBI) wastoday released by Higher & Technicaleducation minister Shri BhupendrasinhChudasama at Gandhinagar. GujaratTechnological University (GTU) is the firstinstitute of Gujarat, which received Rs. 6Crore grant to start TBI. The National

Science & Technology EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Board (NSTEDB) functionsunder the aegis of Department of Science& Technology has given the grant to GTU.

Taking inspirations from Start – up India,Government of Gujarat has started Startup Gujarat, Stand up Gujarat. In this regarda meeting was held, in which minister ofstate Smt. Vasuben Trivedi, Dr. AkshaiAggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU, ShriHirnamay Mahanta, Hon. Director, GTUInnovation Council, Rahul Bhagchandani,Editor-in-Chief, Youth Connect werepresent.

GTU will create a pool of mentorsconsisting of Incubation managers,Investor, industry professionals, youngentrepreneurs and senior professorsdealing with entrepreneurial activity tosupport incubatee companies whereincubatee companies will have access topool of mentors. GTU-TBI will also build upinformation and knowledge pool to beuseful generically for start-up companies.The GTU-TBI will be able to bring AngelFund and Venture Fund investors, as thequality and the number of businesses atthe GTU-TBI become attractive. GTU hasbeen encouraging its faculty members,staff, research scholars and students toconvert their technology ideas and

innovation in various disciplines of scienceand engineering into commercial venturesfor personal, institutional and socialbenefits .

GTU innovation Council (GIC) initiatedStudent Start – up movement in year 2010popularly known as student start-upsupport system (S4). S4 has been workingto nurture student start-ups in actionresearch mode and S4 has succeeded insensitizing the whole of the GTUcommunity about entrepreneurship. S4has driven through variousentrepreneurial processes from

ideation workshops, idea fuel workshop,Entre-weekend, Start-up LeadershipProgram, social entrepreneurship boot-camps, mobile application boot-camps, start-up analysis and crowd-funding boot-camp where participants got extremelydelighted after working in the loop ofdesign thinking and leading upto venturedesign and later ending up raising funds for

their start-up ideas.

S4 Co-Creation Centre (S4-C3) is servingthe students’ needs around the clock, rightfrom hatching their ideas to take them tomarket. S4 programs at GTU InnovationCouncil in Ahmedabad fetch nearly 3000students per quarter and give themexposure to technology entrepreneurship

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and help the emerging teams to setup theirstudent venture. Today S4 is the mostactive start-up system out of such systemsat universities, with regular event every

day of the week. S4 also has taken cruciallead in the nation for advocating suitablepolicy interventions at state, university andcollege level. It has hosted nationalconferences, workshops, symposium androundtables to discuss and deliberate onthe need and to develop strategies andimplementation pathways to make ithappen at grassroots level. This is first of itskind largest intervention to promotestudent start-ups in India.

TBIs are promoted to achieve the followingobjectives:

Creation of technology based newenterprises

Creating value added jobs & services

Facilitating transfer of technology

Fostering the entrepreneurial spirit

Speedy commercialisation of R&D output

Specialised services to existing SMEs

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Navkar School students getshands-on experience of copter,3D printer, and controller

Ahmedabad: 63 students from Navkarpublic school got hands-on experience ofcopter, 3D printer, controller boardthrough which LEDpatterns can bedesigned, Robot, Vinylcutter, knowledge ofelectronic componentsand other hi-techequipment at GujaratTechnologicalUniversity (GTU).

GTU conducted 3 rd oneday Science workshopat GujaratTechnological University (GTU)Chandkheda campus as a part of RashtriyaAvishkar Abhiyan (RAA). The programmewas also attended by Principal of theschool Dr. Vrajesh parikh and scienceteacher of the school.

The Programme was held at GTUNavrangpura campus. The aim of theprogram was to aware students aboutrecent technologies and to provide handson experience of Electronic components.The Contents of the Workshop were: BasicElectronic Components, Basic Arduino

hardware & software embedded cprogramming, Different types of sensors & controllers, Vinyl cutter, How to assemblethe 3-D PRINTER, High END 3- D printer.

The programme was originally launched on9th July, 2015 by late Dr. A.P.J. AbdulKalam, Former President of India at NewDelhi for School Students of 9th, 10th, 11th

& 12th standard with fourTeachers. The Focus ofthis Programme was tonurture a spirit of enquiryand creativity, love forscience and mathematics,

and to encourage thosechildren who show aninclination and talent forthese subjects so thatthey can excel in these.

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Research week starts at GTUwith the aim of improvingstudents’ research

Experts from prestigious institutes likeCSIR & industry to guide students

Ahmedabad: 6 th Research Week ofPharmacy started from today at GujaratTechnological University (GTU) with theaim of improving students’ research andmake it upto the mark of internationalquality. Total 50 experts from prestigious

institutes like CSIR & industry to guide 771post graduate students.

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor ofGTU said that our university expectsstudents to learn something new fromexperts from all over the world. Each Ph.D.student has to take part in such 4 researchweeks & have to submit report ofimprovement with thesis. Ours is the only

methodology of research acceptableanywhere. We want good quality work inthe field of research should be done by ourstudents.

Dr. Manish Rachchh, Associate Professor ofGTU’s Centre for Pharmaceutic al Studiesand Drug Deliveries told that we are takingexam of M.Pharm. in three stages. In firststage we have a process during ITD, then

we are taking mid-session exam and afterthat we are taking final dissertation. Mid-session exam is called as Research Week.We at, GTU have speciality of teachingpatent alongwith the study so that studentcan file & obtain it.

Dr. Mukesh C. Gohel, former principal ofprestigious L.M. College of Pharmacy alsoparticipated in the Research Week as an expert said that we are reviewing the

performance of students. If any student hasnot done proper research work, then

instead of criticizing, we are helping thestudent to improve the performance. Weteach them how to make the researchworth international quality and what valueaddition should be made. For this purposewe are calling experts from M.S. University,Nirma University of Gujarat as well asexperts from Lucknow & Bangalore too.We are calling experts from LaurentianUniversity also.

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GTU inks MoU with GuruKashi University, Punjabfor joint research

Exchange of students, faculties & otherbenefits from the collaboration

Ahmedabad: Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity (GTU) has signed MoU withGuru Kashi University (GKU) of Punjab.Both the universities will do joint researchin the field of common interests as well as

state priorities.

Dr. N.S.Malhi, Vice Chancellor of GKU andDr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor ofGTU signed the MoU. On the occasion Dr.Malhi said that industries have madeuniversities very smart. Expectation ofsociety towards our students has beenincreased many fold. So universities aremaking collaborations at state level,

national level and international level. Everyuniversity has their own speciality. Hencefrom such tie-ups both can be benefittedfrom expertise of each other. Thus we cancreate win-win situation. He mentionedthe quote of Henry Ford: “Coming togetheris a beginning; keeping together isprogress; working together is success.”GKU is offering a wide variety ofeducational programs to meet therequirements of the industry of thesurrounding area. GKU students will be

equipped with the desired knowledge,skills and competence to confidently meetthe challenges of the corporate world.

Dr. Aggarwal said that both the universitieswill do joint research. The tie-up will helpstudents and faculties of Management. AsGTU has started e-courses of specializationin Asian business studies, Smart CitiesDevelopment and IPR valuation andmanagement, GKU students can takebenefit. GTU is charging special rate of thee-courses to the students of theuniversities, which have MoU with GTU.Both the VCs discussed how students can

explore interaction on topics like strategicmanagement and others. Dr.K.N.Sheth andShri Rupesh Vasani, Deans of GTUexpressed their views about the tie-up. Dr.Pankajray Patel, Director, GTU presentedvote of thanks.

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Declining ethics in business isworrisome, inculcate values instudents, says minister

Students & 3 professors fromGermany are taking part in GTUconference

Ahmedabad : Our business and industriesare becoming more and more self-centralised. Declining moral ethics andvalues are worrisome. Let us take pledgethat we will never abandon ethics inbusiness and industries. We have tochange the mindset of our people. For thispurpose, we have to teach moral values toour next generation. We have to inculcateethics in students. Smt. Vasuben Trivedi,Hon. Minister of State Women and ChildWelfare (I/c), Higher and TechnicalEducation saidtoday in aninternationalconference atGujaratTechnologicalUniversity (GTU).

GTU-Post GraduateCentre for BusinessEthics and CSR is organizing the 5thInternational Conference on ‘Impact ofBusiness Ethics, Governance and CSR onSociety’ in collaboration with CKSVIM on

February 5-6, 2016 at GTU ChandkhedaCampus, Ahmedabad, India. Around 150participants including 60 researchers andother deans, faculties and students areparticipating in the conference. 15students & 3 professors from Germany aretaking part in GTU conference. For eachtheme of the conference GTU has receivedtotal 75 Abstract/synopsis out which totalfull Paper receive in each theme is 59.

Selected 43 Papers were published in theSANKALPA: Journal of Management &

Research. Hon. minister released an issueof the Journal.

She said that Government of Gujarat is thebiggest example of public participation.Every company has to deposit 2% of profitas a CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility].State Government is using the amount inpublic service schemes. If our country isproviding us everything, then it is ourresponsibility to give back something. ChiefMinister Smt. Anandiben Patel hasannounced Mukhyamantri YuvaSwavalamban Yojana. In the scheme theGovernment is giving help to students. She

appreciated work of GTU to organise theconference on ethics & CSR.

Swami Gyan Vatsalji, BAPS SwaminaryanMandir, Vadodara also spoke in theconference as a keynote speaker. He said

that there are threetype of work: (1)work done by hand,(2) work done by

head & (3) workdone by heart.When you do workby heart, itbecomes an art andit is the ethics.

When dealing with people, decisionmaking and while working, involve yourheart with your head. That will produce theright kind of results that actually will be

beneficial to society. Work done with heartwith ethics gives us ultimate satisfaction. Ifyou miss out business ethics, you canbecome zero from hero within seconds.Even if name of a company is Satyam, youcannot go for Asatyam practices. You canland in jail. Even if you are Sahara ofthousands of families, you can becomeBesahara in Tihar.

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famous for education worldwide duringNalanda University. GTU is trying todevelop the best Technological University.We have to give back to society, as we aregetting everything from society. Thepurpose of this conference is to bringtogether researchers, young faculties andpractitioners working in multi-disciplinaryfields to discuss and deliberate onchallenges, opportunities and strategiesinvolved for business enterprise withrespect to the impact of ethics, governanceand CSR initiatives on society.

Prof. Dr. Ramesh Shah, Professor for

International Mgmt., Strategic Mgmt. &Communication, DHBW University,Stuttgart, Germany, Prof. WolfgangAmann, EC Paris in Qatar, and GlobalHumanistic Management Scholar &Member of PRME (Principles ofResponsible Management Education), AUN Initiative and Prof. Shiv K. Tripathi,Professor and Head Department ofBusiness Studies, Mzumbe University, Dar

Es Salaam, Tanzania also expressed theirviews on importance of ethics. Dr. RajeshKhajuria, Director, SMJV’s CKSV In stitute ofManagement welcomed all. Shri J.C. Lilani,I/c registrar of GTU presented vote ofthanks.

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Principles for Responsible ManagementEducation and being Responsible BusinessEnterprises

On the second day of the conference thereis a panel discussion on Issues of GoodGovernance on Government as well as NGOChairperson is Dr. Pukhraj Maroo, IAS (Rtd)& Member, National Monuments

Authority, Ministry of Culture, Governmentof India and other panel members are Prof.Dr. Beate Sieger-Hanus, Associated Dean &Head of Department Service Management,DHBW University, Stuttgart, Germany,Prof. Dr. Jan Breitweg, Head of Dept.,Account Management & Auditing DHBWUniversity, Stuttgart, Germany Dr. RameshShah, Professor for International Mgmt.,Strategic Mgmt. & Communication, DHBWUniversity, Stuttgart, Germany, SargamGupta, MD, BRG Foundation, Vadodara*

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon. Vice Chancellor,GTU believed that the purpose of this

conference is to bring togetherresearchers, young faculties andpractitioners working in multi-disciplinaryfields to discuss and deliberate onchallenges, opportunities and strategies

involved for business enterprise withrespect to the impact of ethics, governanceand CSR initiatives on society. Theconference will provide a global forum toacademic researchers and practicingmanagers to discuss critical issues

concerning management of globalorganizations.

For this Conference GTU has invitedresearch paper on four different themes asbelow:

Theme-1: Business Ethics and its Impact onSociety

Theme-2: CSR, Sustainability and its Impacton Society

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Theme-3: Ethical Governance & its Impact

Theme-4: Principles for ResponsibleManagement Education and beingResponsible Business Enterprises

Around 150 participants including 60researchers and other deans, faculties andstudents will be participating in theconference. For each theme of theconference we have received total 75Abstract/synopsis out which total fullPaper receive in each theme is 59. Selected43 Papers will be published in theSANKALPA: Journal of Management &

Research, Vol. 6, Issue-1, February, 2016,bearing ISSN No. 2231-1904 (Impact Factor2.813, ISRA: JIF), after blind pear review.

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MOVING INTO THE ‘GOOGLE’

AGE: Watch lessons at home &do homework in the class-room!

GTU to support flipped class-room, manycolleges shows interest

Ahmedabad: Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity (GTU) is planning to supportfaculty members who want to launch intheir class-rooms latest concept of flippedclass-room. After putting the proposal onGTU website, many colleges have showninterest to start flipped class-room. Manyfaculty members have also shown interestin this unique concept.

In traditional regular class-rooms, studentslearn in the class-room and then doinghomework after reaching home. In flippedclass-rooms, the students will watch videolectures at home and obtain all thenecessary information, come to class-room, they will do homework in front ofprofessor. If a student has some problem inunderstand the lesson, professor can teachthem immediately.

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor ofGTU said that the methodology of teachingand assessment have not changed duringthe last 158 years. The rest of the world hasmoved ahead and made their class-room

study more interesting and meaningful. Asthe quantum of knowledge goes onincreasing, we have to adopt the newmethodology. The flipped class-room isone more step under the Active Learningand Creating Excitement (ALCE) project,which is going on since last Four years inGTU.

Gujarat Technological University under its

initiative, known as “Active Learning”,wants to support the Faculty Members,

who may want to experiment with the ideaof “Flipped Classroom”. The flippedclassroom is a pedagogical model in whichthe typical lecture and homeworkelements of a course are reversed. Shortvideo lectures are viewed by students athome before the class session, while inclass time is devoted to exercises, projects,or discussions. If a Faculty Member, withthe approval of his/ her Head ofDepartment and Principal, wants toconduct the experiment for a particularsubject, that he/ she is teaching, GTU willprovide support in each and every possiblemanner.

Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approachin which direct instruction moves from thegroup learning space to the individuallearning space and the resulting groupspace is transformed into a dynamic,interactive learning environment wherethe educator guides students as they applyconcepts and engage creatively in thesubject matter. The Four Pillars of F-L-I-P

are: (1) F=Flexible Environment, (2)L=Learning Culture, (3) I=InternationalContent, (4) P=Professional Educator.

Under the Active Learning and CreatingExcitement (ALCE) in the laboratories,workshops and classes of GTU, workshopsfor Faculty Members in various subjectareas are organised. Regular lectures onselected subjects are telecast under its

ACTIVE LEARNING VIDEO LECTURECOMMUNICATION (ALVCOM) seriesprogram. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE(MOOC) movement at GTU already startedsince last 4 years. Massive open onlinecourse (MOOC) concept is there,

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Youth Power will be mainsource of transformationof India: Governor

Two student conf er red PhD: 4300students receives degrees in GTUconvocation

Ahmedabad: “India is passing throughtransformation phase. Youth power will bethe main source for the transformation.The degrees which universities areproviding to students is not only to make acareer, but also to transform self, to

transform the society, to transform thecountry.” Dynamic, productive & brightstudents will definitely transform thesociety. Governor of Gujarat and Hon’bleChancellor of Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity (GTU) Shri Om Prakash Kohlisaid. He was presiding over theConvocation ceremony organised by GTU

at Chandkheda campus on Thursday, 28th

January, 2016.

He told students that technology hasbrought massive changes in our life. Due toglobalisation we are facing toughcompetition. Knowledge revolution andtechnology are becoming engine ofgrowth. GTU is very big university, having486 affiliated colleges. In this ageUniversities have to take steps as a part of

synergy process. Once upon a time we haduniversities like Nalanda, Takshashila and

Vikram University, where students from allover the world were coming to study. Nowtime has changed and our students arepreferring to study abroad. We have tochange this trend. Our Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi wants more speedytransformation. That’s why he is givingprogrammes like Make in India, Start up &innovation.

Hon’ble Shri C.P.Gurnani, ManagingDirector & Chief Executive Officer of TechMahindra, who is also Vice Chairman – NASSCOM, was the Chief Guest for theConvocation Ceremony. He delivered the

Convocation Address on the occasion. Hesaid that scenario in retail sector ischanging. Similarly every industry willchange as a part of the revolution. Thissituation is of VUCA i.e. Volatile, Uncertain,

Complex, Ambiguous. Yet there are someunderline good news. Nobody can imaginethat A.M.Nayak, who started his career asgraduate engineer trainee can reach topposition in a big company, Dhirubhai

Ambani can become the head of thelargest business empire. Shri Gurnaniadvised students that please don’t stop

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dreaming. Learn from success stories likeSanjay Lalbhai, Dilip Sanghvi etc. Themoment we start following dream, you willmore & more successful.

Hon’ble Vice Admiral (Retd) Anurag GThapliyal, Director General of Coast Guard(Retd) was the guest of honour. He toldstudents that it is very easy to set a goal,but it is very difficult to achieve it. Collegesteaches that everything and anything ispossible. Hard work has no substitute. Nowit is our responsibility to give back to thesociety. More you give, more you get.Remain r ooted to ground. Don’t stop

anything than excellence. Say what youmean and mean what you say. He gave 5point formula: A=Ability or skill,B=Balancing time, C=Courage,D=Dedication, E=Enjoy what you doing.

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor ofGTU said that our society and our way oflife has been transformed by technologicaldevelopments over the last two centuries.Most of the developments have beentriggered by needs of the armed forces.Thus Internet and wireless technologies,which have created the mobile revolution,would not have been possible without thesupport from Defence Advanced ResearchProjects Agency of USA. During the last twoyears, GTU has also been trying to involveDefence Research & DevelopmentOrganization of India as a partner in

research for mutual benefit.

GTU is the only technological university,which has been awarded an Incubator bythe National Science & TechnologyEntrepreneurship Development Board,Department of Science & Technology,Government of India. The Department ofIndustries, Government of Gujarat has alsorecognized GTU as a Nodal Centre forchannelizing the help to the start-ups. GTUwould like to develop the relationship withTech Mahindra in all its fields of interest sothat our IT students as well as students indifferent fields of engineering can benefitfrom the relationship.

This year, 4300 students from variousfaculties graduating from various collegesin Gujarat will be receiving degreecertificates on the occasion. Total numberof students getting degrees will be around36,000. Total 148 students were awarded

Gold Medal for theirmost outstandingacademic records.Registrar(I/C) J.C.Lilani

and Director of GTU Dr.Rajul Gajjar Welcomesall.

Number of students got degrees inpresentia

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Course Total

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING UG 2694

BACHELOR OF PHARMACY UG 134

MBA PG 427

MCA PG 241

MASTER OF ENGINEERING PG 656

MASTER OF PHARMACY PG 165

POST DIPLOMA DEGREE COURSE UG 9

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Canadian Universities to startnew courses according toglobal changes

Ahmedabad: Canadian Universities willstart many new courses according to latesttrends and global changes. This includeclimate change, community economicdevelopment, cultural tourism etc. Thiswas stated by a visiting delegation fromCanada.

The Indo-Canadian Study Centre, a dedicated

research centre of Centre for Global Business Studies for Canadian Studies inGujarat Technological University (GTU)hosted thedelegation from Canada consisting theProfessors, Deans and Directors of three Canadian Universities at GTU. Theyvisited GTU as a part of Atlantic CanadaEducation Mission to Gujarat, India.

Canada Delegation was comprising of:

(1) Dr. Barbara Campbell, Director,University of Prince Edward Island

(2) Ms. Sherilyn Acorn, Coordinator,International Relations, University ofPrince Edward Island

(3) Mr. Anthony Adey InternationalStudent Recruitment Officer, MemorialUniversity of Newfoundland & Labrador

(4) Ms. Anderson from Cape BretonUniversity

Objectives:

To discuss about the academiccollaborative opportunities with CanadianUniversities.

To discuss and explore howGTU can enrich and expand the scopeof Indo-Canadian Study Centre as far asserving the business community dealingwith India/Canada from both thecountries.

To discuss how the Indo-Canadian Study Centre can become a hub/ first call for the Canadian Professors,Businessmen, PoliticalLeaders, Writers and Artists visiting toGujarat.

To brief the delegation about the work

done under GlobalCountry Study Reports – forCanada through the presentation by the students of Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and R HPatel Institute of Management, Goblaj.

Students of Chimanbhai Patel Institute ofManagement, Ahmedabad gave theirstudy presentation about Canada.

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Ladies special ComputerProgramming group PyLadiesGujarat set up by GTU

Ahmedabad: Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity’s Open Source TechnologiesClub (OSTC) Inaugurated ‘PyLadies Gujarat’which is first ever group in Gujarat. It willbe 4 th Group in India after at Bangalore,Mumbai and Pune.

PyLadies is an international mentorshipgroup with a focus on helping morewomen become active participants and

leaders in the Python open-sourcecommunity. In the group Girlsstudents/Female Faculty Members will geta platform. Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity (GTU) will organise Hackathonand other events as well as conferencesregarding this, Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, ViceChancellor of GTU said.

GTU Open Source Technologies Club

(OSTC) organized Two Days Pythonworkshop on 9 th and 10 th January 2016followed by Inauguration of PyLadies on 8 th January 2016. Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity’s Open Source TechnologiesClub has created GTU Python User Group.Python is a programming language that letsyou work quickly and integrate systemsmore effectively. GTU Python User Groupis a unique initiative by GTU for all OSTCs

to build a python community around theirclub.

Under this group, Two days Pythonworkshop organized successfully at GTUACPC building Campus. In this two daysPython workshop Mr.Manoranjan Padhyand Mr.Harsh Dattani (Organizers ofPython Developers-Baroda) were invitedas experts. A total of no of 58students/faculty members from variouscolleges participated actively in

the workshop. Participates learned allconcepts of Python-GitHub from the basicsthrough theory as well as practically.

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UP Commissioners get Trainingabout Smart CitiesDevelopment at GTU

Ahmedabad: GTU is organizing Three daytraining program for 13 Municipalcommissioners including all big cities ofUttar pradesh like Varanasi, Agra, Aligadh,Jansi, Ghaziabad and 18 Deputy MunicpialCommissioners, City Engineers and townplanners of Uttar Pradesh Governmenton 11 – 13 September, 2015 at GTUChandkheda.

Dr Akshai Agarwal Vice Chancellor, GujaratTechnological University. Mr PareshSharma Chief Town Planner, Governmentof Gujarat, Shri A. K Gupta, Dr, Rajul GajjarPrincipal, Vishvakarma GovernmentEngineering College Mr R.Srinivas, HeadMetropolitan Division, TCPO, Delhi, Prof.S.k. Acharya, CSRD, JNU and Mr. VijayAnadkat also participated in the discussionabout smart cities development. After the

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New education policy to beannounced soon, says unionHRD minister of state

Ahmedabad: “New education policy will beannounced soon. The delay in theannouncement was due to hectic rounds oftalks going on. Teachers will have to playimportant role in nation building”, unionminister of state for Human ResourcesDevelopment Dr. Ramshankar Katheriasaid at Gujarat Technological University(GTU) on Thursday.

Dr. Katheria addressed a meeting of deans,members of academic council, co-chair ofinnovation Sankuls and senior officials ofGTU at Chandkheda campus. He said that,“Gujarat Model is talk of the town in everycorner of the country. There is competitionof moving ahead in the field of technology& industry. Although there is no problemof lack of capacity, we have to think howwe can progress. Our country faces manychallenges like health, water supply etc.wehave to light a lamp in the dark. Teacherscan do this by moulding students.”

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor ofGTU told in the meeting that 85% budget

of higher education of Ministry of HRD isbeing allocated to central universities. The

grant should have freedom to use it forstate universities also. GTU is number onein patent filling by universities. Due tostudents’ effort 1600 industries benefitted

last year. GTU has done major effort ininnovation and Design Thinking. We haveframed Start up policy and started variouscourses under Skilling Mission.

Dr. Rajul Gajjar, Director of GTU & PrincipalVishwakarma Government EngineeringCollege, Hiranmay Mahanta, Director ofGTU Innovation Council, Pina Bhatt,Deputy Director & co-ordinator of GTU Skill

Development section introduced variousprogrammes going on at GTU. J.C.Lilani, I/cRegistrar welcomed all.

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