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The Editor –in– Chief Dr. K. Kamal (PRINCIPAL)

Editor Dr. Pranava Manjari (Head, Dept. of English)

SPECIAL COVERAGE: MYTHRI 2016

JSS COMMUNIQUE

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Student Head Editor

Srishti Yadav

Editorial Board

Anmol Gupta (EC-IV) Apoorva Gupta (EC-III)

Nimish Chowdhury ( CS-III) Shantanu Gupta (CE-III) Shantanu Singh (CS-III)

Varun Bansal(CS-III) Nishtha Pandey (CE-II)

Niharika Venketashwar (IT-I) Shivangi Malviya (IT-I)

Official Photographer

Gautam Sonkar (IC-III)

Special Thanks

Omji Gupta (CS-III)

Faculty Coordinators

Mr. Nirmal Agarwal (EE) Mr. BE Girish (Sports)

Mr. Sukhdeep Bhatia (ICE) Mr. Varun Saxena (EC)

Dr. Divya Ghildiyal (Physics) Mr. Kunjee Lal Meena (MT)

Capt. Manju Minhas (CE) Ms. NN Janhavi ( Chemistry) Mr. Mahadev Prashant (ME)

Dr. Sapna Jain (Maths) Mr. Sadashiv T. (MBA)

Ms. Urvashi Saxena (CS/IT) Ms. Tara Rawat (MCA)

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Four years in this team and I never thought that my journey with JSS Commu-nique would end on such a nostalgic note. Starting off as a novice, today this

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Centered around the theme of sports, a major attraction of this issue is ‘Mythri 2016’, the annual sports meet of JSS. I use this medium to

thank the team Communique for sharing the responsibilities with me without which the work would not have been materialized till now. I hope

that JSS Communique continue to connect the JSS fraternity and come out with fying colours in near future as well.

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In student circles, Z.K.Ansari, Head-Department of Mathematics is a person who is looked up by stu-

dents. His knack for his subject and teaching methodology has beautifully transformed the way Mathe-

matics was understood by the students. A man of words as he is, his disciplined nature made him an

instant favourite amongst the student fraternity within few months of joining the college. Having head-

ed various positions of responsibilities in JSS, people are left in awe of his leadership qualities. We sat

down with Professor Ansari to gain further insight on his career and the role as a faculty in college’s

overall mission.

How did JSS begin and what has been the journey so far? After I left Madhya Pradesh, I joined A.P.J. Engineering Col-

lege at Sohna Road, Gurgaon where I served for 4 years after which I applied for JSS. My journey in JSS started on

14th August, 2006 when I joined as an Assistant Professor. 6 months later, I was asked by the then head, Dr. Hira Matth to head the Department of Mathematics. Hence, 2007 saw me taking over as the H.o.D. and later in 2008 being pro-

moted as a professor. When Dr. Choudhary, H.o.D., Physics got transferred to Bangalore, the then Principal Dr. Kamal made me the Head of first year. I am currently the head of the first year as well as the H.o.D. of Department of Mathe-

matics. Since then it’s been 9 years in this institution and due to the support of all the faculty members and manage-ment, I have successfully managed to handle this position of

immense responsibility.

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of JSS?

Well, in January, 2006 I had to go to Jaypee for an interview but somehow I stumbled in JSS due to the lack of directions

and signboards. However, I somehow reached Jaypee for my interview. I later got an offer from Jaypee but decided against it. One fine day, one of the faculties of JSS, Mr. Ravi

informed me about a vacancy in JSS. On further finding, I got to know that JSS was among the best colleges of UPTU

(now AKTU). Things happened quick and without much effort. In a nut shell, I was probably destined to be a part of

JSS.

Do you have any memory of your college days? Were you a mischievous or a silent student?

I was neither a mischievous nor a silent student. Once when I was in B.Sc. second year, our entire batch bunked the class and went for a movie .At the end of the second year when we went to take back our caution money, the receptionist returned me Rs. 35 out of Rs.50. On asking about the remaining money, she told us that we were charged Rs.5 for some destruction in the Chemistry Lab. When I asked about the rest Rs. 10 she said "picture nai gaya tha bhaag ke". That is one moment I can never forget.

There was another incident that happened in the same year. The

general matter of Physics was taught to us by this faculty whose writing was illegible. One day, in-

stead of concentrating in the class, I was busy chatting and laughing. When asked by him, I laughed. I was asked to

leave the lecture. The next day he asked me about what he had taught on the previous day to which I couldn’t answer so I was asked to leave again. This continued for a week. At the end of the week, I went to him and asked how to solve

the problem. He told me to write an apology application and to get it signed by my father. I thought my father would be upset on seeing it so I got it signed by my elder brother. But I promised myself never to repeat that mistake again.

What do you do in your spare time?

As a student, I was in my University Cricket Team. With time I have developed a hobby of cooking. Every day I cook din-

ner. The reason being I want to give my wife some free time after she returns home from work. I have this ideal that when both are working then they should divide work at

home. I spend a lot of time with my son. I love playing table tennis and cricket with him. I have fishes at home, so after

feeding them, I love watching them for some time.

Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? I would like to see myself as a Professor whether in this col-

lege or in some other.

What is your message to the students of JSS? First and foremost I would like to convey that bunking clas-

ses unnecessarily is not wise enough. Secondly, students

must always respect two people in this world- parents and

teachers. Do not disappoint them ever. Also, respect your

country. We always try to change our society but we must

make sure we change ourselves first. To have a

better society, we need to start from the very

first step. So change yourself for the better

world to live in.

Z.K. Ansari HOD Mathematics

IN CONVERSATION

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India's cultural and linguistic diversity has made a significant

impact on the world map. However, India's magnanimity is

not confined to it. Talking of India's name and fame on the

global stage, if there is something that sets it apart from the

rest of the world, it is its sports culture which over time has

risen to an entirely different level of stardom. Where on one

hand the so-called popular sports in India have seen them-

selves rise to another level of pinnacle, we tend to ignore

the once popular traditional sports. These are some of the

lost jewels of our country that are still looking forward to

trace their way back among common people.

Mallakhamb:

Mallakhamb is an ancient traditional Indian sport. 'Malla'

means gymnast, and 'khamb' means pole. Thus, the name

'Mallakhamb' stands for 'a gymnast's pole'. The origin of

Mallakhamb can be traced back to 12th century, where it is

mentioned in Manas-Olhas - a classic by Chalukya in 1135

A.D. For seven centuries, the art lay dormant, till it was re-

vived by Balambhatta Dada Deodhar, the sports and fitness

instructor to Peshwa Bajirao II, who reigned during the first

half of the 19th century. The apparently simple 'khamb'

does not reveal the complexities of the exercises, which

require the performer to turn, twist, stretch and balance on

the pole. It is this consummate grace, this agility, dexterity

and suppleness of body, combined with quick reflexes, mus-

cle coordination and sense of timing, that singles out this

game as special. Of the states in India, more than 14 partici-

pate in Mallakhamb competitions at the national level.

At present, the following forms of

Mallakhamb are prevalent:

1. Plain Mallakhamb

In this, a vertical wooden pole is fixed in the ground. The

wood used is usually teakwood or sheeshum, preferred be-

cause of its twin characteristics of toughness and smooth-

ness. The pole stands 225 cm above ground level.

2. Hanging Mallakhamb

A smaller version of the fixed Mallakhamb, it is suspended

with the aid of hooks and chains. The swinging and

revolving motion of this type of

Mallakhamb renders the exercises quite

difficult and exacting.

3. Cane or Rope Mallakhamb

Here, a cotton rope which is 2.5 cm thick,

replaces the wooden pole. The performers are

expected to strike various yogic poses, without knotting the

rope in any way.

4. Revolving Bottle Mallakhamb

This is a recent innovation, and consists of 32 glass bottles

placed on a wooden platform, with the Mallakhamb

balanced on top.

Mallakhamb exercises make the body light and strong.

These exercises are most beneficial for the stomach, back,

arms and thighs, and have been found useful to achieve

efficiency in a number of other games and sports like gym-

nastics and wrestling. The Mallakhamb sport affects the spi-

nal chord most, which develops energy and increases lon-

gevity, and is the only exercise in which all big and small

organs of the body are active.

Gilli Danda

Gilli-Danda is an amateur sport played in the rural areas

and small towns all over Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Afghani-

stan and Pakistan as well as Cambodia, Turkey and Italy. The

game is played with two sticks: a large one called a danda,

which is used to hit a smaller one, the gilli.

Gilli Danda is an ancient sport of India, possibly with origins

over 2500 years ago. It is believed to be the origin of West-

ern games such as cricket, baseball and softball.

This sport got some serious attention in works of art and

cinema.In 2014, Vitti Dandu a sport-drama Marathi movie

was made on the same sport produced by Ajay Devgan and

Leena Deore.The Bollywood movie 'Lagaan' too mentions

the traditional youth sport of gilli-danda as being similar to

cricket.The Hindi writer Premchand wrote a short story

named "Gilli-danda" in which he compares simple,old times

and emotions to modern values. He also hints

at caste inequalities in India. The protagonist

and narrator of the story recounts his inability to

play gilli-danda well in his youth. The story

beautifully captures the essence of the love for this game.

THE DISAPPEARING DISPORT

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Vallam Kalli

Vallam Kali is a traditional boat race in Kerala, India. It is a

form of canoe racing, and uses paddled war canoes. Vallam

Kali originated in Assyria, on a New Year's Day in 300 B.C.

This event was, in past, conducted by several ancient Indian

states.

Even today this race continues to share it fair part of popu-

larity. It is mainly conducted during the season of the har-

vest festival Onam in autumn. Vallam Kali includes races of

many kinds of paddled longboats, the traditional boats of

Kerala.The race of Chundan Vallam (snake boat) is the ma-

jor event. Vallam Kali is also known as the 'Snake Boat Race'

and is a major tourist attraction. The 'Nehru Trophy Boat

Race' is a popular Vallam Kali event held in the Punnamada

Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India.

In Kerala, during an early 14th-century war between the

feudal kingdoms of Kayamkulam and Chembakassery, King

Devanarayana of Chembakassery commissioned the con-

struction of a war boat called Chundan Vallam and he

tasked a famous carpenter of the day with the responsibility

of creating it. Hence, the technical methods for creating

these Snake Boats are around 650 years old. Of the snake

boats still in use today, the Parthasarathi Chundan is the

oldest model.

Insuknawr

Insuknawr or Rod Pushing Sport is an

indigenous game of Mizoram, a state in

North-East India.

The Mizo community has long been

dependent on shifting cultivation for livelihood and their

main crop was rice. For husking rice, the Mizos used wood-

en mortar and pestle which were called ‘Sum’ and ‘Suk’.

During the break of their tiresome rice husking which was

done mainly by women, the Mizo youngsters used this rice

pounding wooden pestle ‘Suk’ to exhibit their manly prow-

ess. There were different games using Suk as instrument. Of

all these games, Insuknawr was the most popular among

the Mizos. Zawlbuk, the center where young boys entering

adulthood received informal education, was the main place

for this unique game. However, the formal education sys-

tem which received widespread support throughout Mizo-

ram in 1940s onwards brought about the decline of Zawlbuk

and these indigenous games.

Bambaram

Bambaram or spinning tops are still used to play games in

India and Pakistan. Skill and interest in this game is reducing

due to other interests taking priority and also due to unsafe

nails along with bullying of younger, smaller, poorer kids.

This game is more popular among boys and is coming back

with safer components and rules. In Telangana, Bambaram

is played in the name of Bongaralu Aata.It is also played by

kids but not with rules.

This sport did not become popular on a very large scale,

however, certain of its tournaments were definitely played

at a large scale. Few tournaments were organised between

Pakistan and India until now. As per the records, Hashir &

Areeb (twin brothers) from Karachi are still world Champi-

ons of Lattu so far.

The Indian native child has lost its charisma which was once

attributed to these latent sports. Running for the rat race of

success on our individual front definitely needs some re-

analysis. It's the responsibilty of our generation so that we

do not regret about the time and moments we could have

captured.. It is Indian citizen's responsibility to enhance the

importance of the Indian traditional sports which without

doubt needs some serious encouragement. The above men-

tioned is just a glimpse of what we have been missing so far.

It's time to go ahead and explore

as much as we can.

05 -Niharika Venketashwar (IT-I Year)

Managing the financial organ of an institution is one of the most herculean tasks to supervise. One has to ensure that the

concerned person does not pigeon-hole himself as a mere money manager but knows how to play the role of a

key-decision-maker. This is where Mr. N.S.Manoj Kumar, Accounts Officer justifies his position. An intellectual man with

ideologies and beliefs, he has seen JSS since its foundation days and played a significant role in establishing JSS from a

college into a ‘Temple of Education’. Team Communique interviewed Mr. Manoj Kumar about the USP of the college, future

plans and his expectations from the students. Read on to know further.

Since how long have you been working in JSS? I am associated with the college since the time of its

establishment in year 1998. Prior to that, I was working in JSS College, Mysore.

Tell us something about yourself.

I am a hard working self-made man. I completed my graduation from JSS, Mysore after which I worked with a

Chartered Accountant for some time and thereafter I joined JSS at Mysore. I believe in Swamiji’s words -

“Work is Worship”.

How do you manage the entire management of JSS? Management is not an individual’s work, it’s a team job.

I am simply one of the supporting officers of the Principal. I assist him in management work by looking after the

finance and administration system.

What do you love doing in your spare time? I like to be with my family in my spare time. As far as any particular activity is concerned, I like watching comedy

shows because they help me relax better after a tiring day at work.

1998 to 2016, what according to you has changed for

JSS, Noida ? Change is imminent for 'change' is a sign of life, growth and

progress. If one were to charter the academic ,administration and human growth of JSS, Noida, I'd say we have added to the pages and glory and how will we not, we are driven by altruistic principle of 'Education

for All' .The pontiff of JSSMVP ,Sri Sri Rajendra Mahaswamiji espoused this philosophy .In the hundredth year of his

birth ,we affirm our pledge to the cause.

Sir, this is the centenary year then for JSS Mahavidyapeeta ?

Yes ,from August 29, 2015 to August 29, 2016 is the birth

centenary year of Sri Sri Rajendra Mahaswamiji. The

inauguration, marking the celebrations, was initiated by our Honorable Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in Mysore, on January 2nd ,2016. I must add here that a special issue commemorating the centenary year of

Swamiji's birth, will be launched by JSSATE , Noida soon. The issue will be dedicated to the noble spirit of a soul that

pervades the length and breadth of our institution and informs our philosophy .

What changes would you like to see here at JSS?

I want JSS to become the ‘best’ college from ‘one of the best” colleges in UP. I want this institution to become a

center of excellence. Academically, I would like students to develop a culture of research in the institute. For the

infrastructure part, I would like to have a complete auditorium in premises of JSS.

Do you have any message, particularly for the students?

I would only say one thing – ‘Work Hard’.

TETE-A-TETE

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N.S. Manoj Kumar Accounts Officer

Indian Super League, seen as the forerunner of a revo-lution in Indian football has taken the entire nation by storm. It has gained an international acclaim given the outstanding quality of sport it has displayed .ISL, an-other addition to India’s burgeoning list of franchise-based tournament, is set along the lines of the hugely

successful Indian Premier League. And we look at three good reasons why the ISL can transform into something even bigger than the IPL.

1.India – The sleeping Giant

‘Sleeping giant’ is the phrase often used to describe the state of football in India, but after the announce-

ment of ISL , the nation has envisioned the giant, finally waking up from its deep slumber. Unravelling the po-tential within it , the first season of ISL recorded a TV audience of more than a million- surpassing all other

annual sport leagues in India. A football tournament gathering so much of steam

and mainstream headlines at its very outset definitely speaks about the huge potential of football that India possesses. Turning into India’s second most watched

sports event in such a short span of time, we can surely expect that a warning bell has rung for the Indian

Premier League.

2.Fame With Game The Glamour Qoutient in the ISL has not been less than that of the IPL with Hritik Roshan having a stake in the Pune city, Abhishek Bacchan in the Chennaiyin along

with John Abraham co-owning the North East. The legacy of Indian sports is incomplete without

the involvement of cricket and ISL has also not been an exception to it. The glitz and the blitz also saw the

names of cricket megastars like Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli jointly owning Atletico de

Kolkata, Kerala Blasters and FC Goa. Such a glamorous and glorious list of owners and

stakeholders has had a very positive effect on the suc-cess of the Indian Super League.

3. Sport in Style

Not only glamour, the Indian audience along with the world also witnessed some extraordinary class of real soccer sport.Whether it’s the marvellous goal scored

by Stiven Mendoza or the clean game potrayed by Subrata Pal and Rehenesh TP, there have been innu-

merable remarkable achievements which have added a feather to the cap of ISL.

The Indian Premier League, on the other hand, though has given cricket fans some memorable moments and

unearthed some good potential, but has largely re-mained an extensively commercialised venture.

According to The Times Of India “ The ISL has managed to recapture the imagination of football fans and

effected a dramatic turnround in it, shattering old bias-es. Football had largely become a sofa sport in India – fans sitting at home watching and debating about Eu-ropean leagues rather than going out to watch Indian players. ISL, however, managed to turn these couch potatoes into stadium-goers” and considering the above mentioned facts we definitely have to agree

with this daily english giant.

THE PREMIER V/S THE SUPER LEAGUE

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-Nishtha Pandey (CE-II Year)

Three Mechanical Engineering students Aman, Arpit and Aprajita from our college recently participated in Packaging Design

Competition organized by Society of Indian Automobiles Manufactures (SIAM) during the ongoing Auto Expo 2016 (The Mo-

tor Show) at IEML, Greater Noida on February 5, 2106. Their idea made to top three among the 350 participating teams.

Having known each other for mere 24 hours, it was their love for automobiles that brought them together. Though this was

their first interview they looked noticeably relaxed and happy. The editors from JSS Communique made notes as the

conversation unfolded.

First of all we would like to know how did you guys meet and form a team?

It was a random decision. We had no time to ponder on this as we came to know about the event just a day before it

was scheduled. We already had some idea related to this in our mind, so we simply met, discussed about it and thought about coming forward together as a team for this project.

Tell us about SIAM and about the competition at

Auto Expo, 2016. SIAM is basically an Indian Society of Automobile Manufac-turers .They deal with both manufacturing and packaging.

This event was sponsored by Honda Motors. Every year they conduct events on similar lines based on automobiles. This year their slogan was –“Be Genuine, Buy Genuine”. So

we had to make a model that can help differentiate be-tween original and fake product.

How was your model different from others?

The judges were highly impressed by our idea of packaging the delicate parts. Other participants were not focusing on

the parts they were packaging. They were more focused towards making diagrammatic

representations, theoretical explanations rather than the actual product. Our main

focus was on developing a prototype that can be implemented immediately and

could solve real life problems.

Honda is also facing problem of wind shield damaging. It was one of the major reasons why they found this idea use-

ful and relevant.

Who was the judge for this particular event? Our event was judged by the Managing Director of Manu-

facturing, Honda.

How long did it take for you people to prepare the entire model?

They provided us with the basic stuff that is required to pre-pare the whole thing and gave us 120 minutes to complete

the work.

Do you have any future plans for implementation of this project?

We are planning to present our idea to Honda so that we can work with them if they find it substantial. We will also make changes in our prototype to make it better, if they

suggest.

What role did the management and teachers of our college play?

The teachers were very supportive. There were teachers who boosted up our confidence level by their presence at

the time of the event.

Are you planning to participate in other event like this? Yes, we are. We will take this project forward and also work on other ideas because such events help in creating a good rapport with the industry. The best part was that the organ-izers from SIAM assured us that they will organize the event

next at JSS itself. So that is our biggest achievement.

Any message that you would like to convey to your juniors.

We would only suggest that if you have any idea in your

mind, implement it. Don’t think much, just work on it.

Moreover, participate in as many events as you

can because one gets to learn a lot from such

experiences. They are definitely worth your time.

VIS-A-VIS

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“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle is what distinguishes

the strong soul from the weak.”

People have made extensive sacrifices in order to pursue their dreams of glory-the dream of being a sports champi-on; be it financial sacrifices, moving away from family to

train full-time in academies, calling time on their academic studies or sacrificing personal relationship which proves

that success comes through hard work, determination and sacrifices. We present to you the stories of some Indian sports legends who encountered many defeats but were never defeated, who knew who they were and what they

could rise from.

Milkha Singh Milkha Singh’s life is one such story of hope and inspira-tion.He is one of the most celebrated and successful ath-

letes India has ever produced who made our country proud at the time when it was nowhere seen on the sports map of

the world. A boy who witnessed the massacre of his whole family in front of his eyes during the partition, a juvenile delinquent who stole and outran the police, and a young Army recruit who ran his very first race to win special privileges for him-self (a daily glass of milk) ,Milkha Singh became an athlete

by default. The rest ,as they say , is history. “I would not stop till I had filled up a bucket with my sweat.

I would push myself so much that in the end I would col-lapse and I would have to be admitted to hospital, I would

pray to God to save me, promise that I would be more care-ful in future. And then I would do it all over again.”

Mary Kom A five-time world amateur boxing champion, Mary is sur-

prisingly serene and philosophical about all her remarkable achievements of the ring. MC Mary Kom is a name synony-

mous with the vitality, strength and determination of Indian women and sportsmanship. Coming from an agricultural

background and undergoing loads of hardships along with inconveniences, she created a name for her in the arena of

world boxing fighting against all odds. Today, Manipur’s wonderful daughter is a world boxing champion who needs

no introduction. She gave a strong reply to all her critics during her bad

times and emerged as an immaculate winner. She silenced the skeptics by winning a silver medal in the

year 2008 at the Asian games and Gold at China’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship. From helping out her parents in the fields

to winning a silver medal in her debut event itself, Mary’s journey has been

truly inspiring. “People used to say that boxing is for men and not for

women and I thought I’ll show them some day.I promised

myself and I proved myself.”

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Tiger Pataudi,”India’s Greatest Cricket Captain”,had made

his test debut within 6 months of losing his right eye due to an accident. He practiced batting with one eye and excelled as a cricketer. He still remains the Youngest Indian Test Cap-tain and Second Youngest International Test Captain world-wide. But to measure Tiger Pataudi by his captaincy record is to do him no justice. His true contribution lies in his semi-nal influence on Indian cricket: the manner in which he lift-ed it from its abyss of diffidence and negativity and instilled a belief to contemplate victory. He took over the reins as a 21-year-old in the fourth Test against West Indies in 1961-

62, and went on to lead in all but six of his 46 Tests. He brought to the captaincy a tactical boldness and an

originality of thinking rarely seen in India. "A captain has to be honest, to the team and to himself. It

should be obvious that the best interests of the team should be top of his agenda"

These heroes have shown the world that sports is not just about physical exertion or about skills in which an individu-al or team competes against another, not even about enter-

tainment. They are much more than that. They cover the spectrum from excitement and elation to frustration, anger and disappointment. They are about the determination to reach new heights, about the happiness of victory and dis-

dain of defeat ,about passion, aggression and the will to succeed and rise above all!

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ETERNAL DISPOSITION

-Shivangi Malviya (IT-I Year)

CHEMISTRY: Workshops: An exhibition on “Innovative Green

Energy Technologies” was conducted on 30th November, 2015 for 1st year students of Maths group.

Faculty Development Program: Dr. R.S. Jagadish(Professor) attended

FDP on “Smart Materials” in the month of November, at AKG College of Engineering.

Dr. R.S. Jagadish(Professor) attended a two day seminar on “Industry and Academia Interaction on Smart Cities, Make in India and Social im-pact” on 9th-10th December, 2015 at PHD Chambers, New Delhi.

Dr. R.S. Jagadish(Professor) attended a one day seminar on “Applications of Process NMR Spectroscopy in Pol-yolefin & Chemical Industry” at IOCL, R&D centre in Faridabad on 12th De-cember 2015.

Mr. K.P. Singh, Ms. Sandhya Singh and Dr. R.S. Jagadish(Professor)

attended “Thermoacoustical and viscometric study of poly ethylene glycols methyl ether methacrylate 475 with 2-methoxyethanol and 2-ethoxyethanol” at National Confer-ence on Interdisciplinary Approach-es in Chemical Sciences, Jamia Millia , New Delhi on 16th December, 2015.

Dr. R.S. Jagadish(Professor) and Mr. Baldev Raj gave a presentation on “Preparation And Characterization Of Chitosan Based Nano Composite Films And Their Physico Mechanical, Barrier, Optical, And Thermal Proper-ties” at 103rd Indian Science Congress at University of Mysore from 3rd to 7th January, 2016.

CIVIL: Workshops: A workshop on CAD for 1st year stu-

dents was conducted by ACE society

from 8th to 12th October, 2015.

Special talk was conducted by RICS, SBE on 14th October, 2015 for 7th semester students.

A lecture was delivered by Mr. Pramit Garg, Director of DMRC, on the occasion of Dr. Abdul Kalam’s birthday on 15th October 2015.

A special lecture was delivered on “Designing of Secure Buildings” by

Cdr Vig on 23rd November 2015.

“ICI Student Chapter at JSSATE” was inaugurated by Mr. Rajiv Goel(Vice President, ICI) on 30th November.

Students of 5th semester visited PWD flyover construction site at

Vikaspuri, Mongolpuri and Rohini on 15th-16th September, 2015.

The ground floor of AB-4 has been allocated to CED labs which were inaugurated by Prof. T.N. Nagabhu-shan(Ex. Principal, JSSATEN).

Departmental newsletter was re-leased on 15th October, 2015.

Faculty Development Program: Department organised a FDP which

was undertaken by APJAKTU and IUCEE on “Student Centred Learning” on 13th-14th January, 2016.

Faculty Achievement: Mr. Bharat B.(Asst. Professor) com-

pleted his M.Tech in Construction Technology in the month of Decem-ber, 2015.

Mrs. Manju Minhas(Asst. Professor), Mr. Jashanjeet Randhawa(Asst. Pro-fessor), Mrs. Aparupa Shenoy(Asst. Professor) and Mr. Bharat B.(Asst. Professor) became life members of Indian Concrete Institute in Novem-ber 2015.

Student Achievement: Piyush Pathak, student of 2008-2011

batch, secured 2nd rank in IES exami-nation.

ELECTRICAL: Workshops: A workshop was conducted by Na-

tional Instruments on “LABVIEW” for 3rd year students on 3rd February, 2016.

IC: Faculty Development Program: The department organised an AICTE

approved one week Faculty Develop-ment Programme on “MATLAB and its Hardware Interface” from 11th to 15th January, 2016. This programme was in ICT mode with NITTTR, Chan-digarh.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Workshops: Workshops on Latest Web, Cloud and

open source technologies and Mo-bile App Development were organ-ised.

Expert Talk by Mr. Prashant Pandey was conducted on “Digital Disrup-tion” in November 2015.

Two days workshop on “Big Data & Hadoop” was conducted by AP-PFLUXUS 2016 in collaboration with EDP Cell, IIT Roorkee from 4th to 5th November, 2015.

Departmental newsletter “THE HORI-ZON” was published in October 2015.

Conversion of all the lab systems from windows to the Ubuntu Open Source platform took place.

A new SAR document was filed.

Faculty Achievement: 8 new faculty members enrolled and

4 out of 8 completed their Ph.D.

Degree of Doctorate was awarded to Ms. Jyoti Gautam (HOD, CSE) from Gautam Buddha University.

Mr. Rohit Agarwal(Asst. Professor) has been selected for Ph.D program in IIT, Indore.

Mr. Krishna Nand(Asst. Professor) qualified JEST 2015 (CS) which was conducted by IIMSc, Chennai.

Mr. Mahboob Alam(Asst. Professor) has been selected for Ph.D program in Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi.

Mr. Sur Singh Rawat(Asst. Professor) has been selected for Ph.D program in G.B. Pant Engineering College, Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

Four faculty members have been selected by UPTU for Ph.D pro-gramme.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE: Student Achievement: 112 out of 150 students got placed in

various companies.

Eight CSE Students secured first and second rank in UPTU end Semester Examination 2014-15.

Deshraj Yadav, final year student, has been offered the highest package of Rs. 18 Lakhs P.A. (Off Campus) by CityFlo, Mumbai. He was also select-ed for GSoC.

ELECTRONICS & COMM.: Faculty Development Program: A faculty development programme

on “Analog integrated circuits using CADENCE Analog Design Flow” was attended by Mr. Sampath Kumar V.(Professor) from 5th to 12th Decem-ber, 2015 at EnTuple Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.

A FDP on MATLAB and its Hardware interface was organised at JSSATE Noida from 11th to 15th January, 2016 and was attended by Mr. Chandra Shanker.

A presentation on “Wireless Sensor Networks” was conducted on 27th November, 2015 for faculty and staff members at e-Yantra & Robotics Lab by Mr. Ullas P(Asst. Professor).

Mr. Prateek, an expert from EnTuple Technology delivered a lecture on “Microwave Simulation Tool, HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simula-tor)” on 4th November, 2015.

Mr. Manimaran Asaithambi, expert from NI Systems India Pvt. Ltd. Ban-galuru, delivered a lecture on 18th November, 2015.

Workshops: The students of 5th semester visited

Narora Atomic Power Plant under the Faculty Coordinators Mr. Shivaji Sinha(Asst. Professor), Ms. Rachna Jain(Asst. Professor), Ms. Gargi Kaushik(Asst. Professor) and Mr. Ashwani Kr. Bansal on 21st November, 2015.

A workshop was organised on “Research Methodology” by NITTTR Chandigarh at JSSATE Noida, from 28th December, 2015 to 08th January 2016 which was attended by Ms. Monika Malik(Asst. Professor),

Ms. Suvarna N.A.(Asst. Professor) and Ms. Ruchi Paliwal(Asst. Profes-sor).

A one day workshop was organised on e-Yantra at MGM Noida on 16th January 2016 which was attended by Ms. Gayatri Sakya(Asst. Professor).

A two day workshop was organised on “Embedded systems (Arm + An-droid) & Robotics” on 18th-19th No-vember, 2015 in collaboration with Ducat, Noida.

A two day workshop was organised on “Design and Implementation of Student Centered Learning” on 13th-14th January, 2016 which was attend-ed by faculties from various colleges. The workshop was coordinated and mentored by Prof. Sampath Kumar V(Asst. Professor).

Establishment of “TI-Center of Excel-lence Lab” in AB-3 Basement Room No. 02.

The department under the coordina-tion of Prof. Sampath Kumar V. es-tablished TI (COE) in the area of Ana-log and Embedded Technologies as a memorandum of understanding signed between Sapience Consulting, a Texas Instruments university pro-gram partner, India and Dr. APJ Ab-dul Kalam University, Uttar Pradesh on 29th October 2015.

Faculty Achievement: Prof. Sampath Kumar V. attended the

“MOU Exchange Program” organized by Texas Instruments from 22nd to 24th December, 2015 at AKTU, Luck-now.

Mr. Ullas. P (Assistant Professor-1) has been admitted to pursue part time Ph.D at Visvesvaraya Technolog-ical University, Belagavi, Karnataka, under the guidance of Dr. K. S. Shivaprakasha.

The department recruited a new fac-ulty Mr. Ullas P. ( BTech, MTech) , who joined on 19th October, 2015 as AP-1

MCA: Workshops: Department conducted following

Short Term Courses in collaboration with NITTTR, Chandigarh as follows: (i) One week STC on “Instructional Planning and Delivery: Student Evaluation” was conducted from 16th to 20th Nov, 2015.

(ii) Two weeks STC on "Research Methodology" from 28th De cember to 8th January, 2016. (iii) Mr. Vikas Srivastava(Asst. Professor) has been appointed Treasurer of “ CSI Ghaziabad Chapter” from 2015 to 2017. (iv) Ms. Arti Sharma, 2012-2015 batch secured 17th rank in UPTU MCA programme.

The Department conducted a work-shop on “Cyber Security” under ISEA, project of Department of Infor-mation Technology (Government of India) on 6th November 2016.

Paper Presentation: Ms. Shivani Dubey(Asst. Professor)

presented a paper on “Distributed Service Broker Policy for Logistics Distributed Data Centre over Cloud” at International Conference on Busi-ness Management & Information Systems - ICBMIS2015.sg2 held be-tween 17th and 20th November, 2015 in Singapore.

HUMANITIES: Faculty Achievement: Dr. Yogendra Singh(HOD Humani-

ties), received "RASTRIYA VIDYA RA-TAN AWARD" for outstanding perfor-mance in education and continuously working in the academic field by ISIID

Dr. Yogendra Singh(HOD Humanities) received "excellence award for man-agement education " in Asia Educa-tion Summit by Mr. Abhinav Bindra ( Olympic gold medalist).

Dr. Yogendra Singh (HOD Humani-ties)has been appointed as expert member of Interview Panel for the appointment of Guest Lecturers in Rajkiya Engineering College Bijnor in February, 2016.

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Sports icons are rarely good interviews. They’re usually too conscious about their

public image to be truly candid, and tend to speak in bland bromides. So when

team Communique met with the President of Mythri’16- Ajay Aditya, we were not

expecting much. As we were preparing ourselves to catch him off-field, we weren’t

surprised when we found him waiting for us near the field in his sports attire. He

gives us a brisk handshake and flops into his comfort mode. To our surprise Ajay

turned out to be an amicable person and was particularly in a chatty mood. Alt-

hough he did artfully play along with us on questions about stardom that tags

along with him, this man opened up about his future plans and journey so far.

TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT MYTHRI’16

How has your journey been as a sportsperson in JSS? It’s been a wonderful journey. People normally face difficulties to create their own niche when they enter into college but I believe that if one is talented he will definitely find his own way to recog-

nition.

How did you start your journey in JSS? (Laughs)I started as a football goalkeeper and ended as a volley-ball smasher! Throughout these years I have tried my hands on many games including chess of which I eventually became the

captain. Moreover, I also play basketball, cricket and volleyball. I think I like being involved in as many sports as I can.

Your inclination in sports got a kick start from college or it goes

back to your school days? I have been into sports since school days. I used to play a lot of

games like basketball, volleyball, chess and cricket. But yes, I did learn table tennis here in JSS.

What have been your achievements outside JSS (inter-college

events)? I don’t recall many right now but yes, I stood first in Chess at uni-versity zonal fest, 2016 and third in National Chess Championship

in 2014. Recently, our team went for a Volleyball championship in the an-

nual sports fest of New Delhi Institute of Management’s-Sparda’16. We bagged the ‘Runners-Up’ trophy.

You were the Vice Captain for Mythri’16. How has been your

experience? What was the criteria for the selection for the post of Vice Captain?

It was really an amazing experience. I felt truly honored to be cho-sen as the Vice-Captain for Mythri’16.

They were looking for a complete sportsperson who has the cali-ber of being a leader and has a good experience in the field of

sports. I probably fit the criteria and hence my selection.

How co-operative college has been in encouraging sports? Cooperation from the college has increased significantly

since I joined the college which I is great. The teams are being given more appreciation

and encouragement. It helps a lot at the psychological level. Funds and other

facilities have also increased which gives us another reason to cheer up.

That’s great! Talking about you, it’s your final year at the college. Are you planning to pursue a career in sports?

No, I don’t have any such plans as if of now. I am planning to join the Armed Forces.

College life gives an opportunity to come across people who eventually turn out to be our mentors. Is there any particular

senior who has been a source of inspiration for you? Yes, Sandeep Sir of the Batch of 2015. He too was an all-rounder

and I really looked up to him.

What is the most memorable incident of your entire college life? The kind of applause and support I received during Mythri’16 was indeed the most memorable thing for me. Building a strong con-

nection with the whole crowd truly means a lot to a sportsperson.

Tell us something that remains with your name as you leave the college.

‘Tum Vidhayak Banoge’ (inspired by Gangs of Wasseypur) has been my punch line throughout the Mythri’16. I think my juniors

are going to remember that.

Do you have any message for your juniors? I would like urge them to play a sport, any sport for that matter.

But do play. I believe that sports are as important as anything else in life. It’s an investment with long term benefits.

Thank you Aditya. It has been great talking to you. Before we

leave you, is there something you like people to know that we may missed?

Well, not random people but yes, I have a request to college au-

thorities. I feel it’s a high time that we have our own coaches for

different sports. Students here are really talented and I felt the

need for one when we participated in inter-college events and

saw competing teams with their own coaches. Having

a coach is a different morale booster all together.

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Ajay Aditya (President– Mythri’16)

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Brisk Walking a)Staff Men 56 & above

i)Prof. K.Kamal –Principal ii)Dr.Durgamohan Musu-

nuri-MBA iii)S.L.Mathur-EE

Prof.Dr.O.N.Pandey(IC) b)Staff Men 40 & above i)Mr.Manoj Kumar-AO ii)Naveen Kumar Jha

iii)Dr.R.S.Jagdeesh(Chem) Prof.Dr.Binit Kr.Jha(MT)

Badminton Singles

a)Staff Men i)Manjunath-EE

ii)Vikas Singhal-AP/MCA iii)Dr.Yogendra Singh-

HOD(Hum) b)Staff Women

i)Shefali Bhakshi-AP/CE ii)Lavanya-AP/CS c)Student Boys

i)Kuldeep Yadav-ME/2nd Year

ii)Madhav-EE/1st Year d)Student Girls

i)Aishwarya-CE/3rd Year ii)Anukriti Kumar-CS/4th

Year

Badminton Doubles a)Staff Men

i)Vikas Singhal-AP/MCA Ankur Garg-AP/HUM ii)Dr.Yogendra Singh-

HOD(HUM) Sadashiva.T-AP/MBA

b)Staff Women i)Sangeetha Singh-EE

Sunitha ii)Shefali Bhakshi-AP/CE

Dipali Jindal-AP/CE c)Student Boys

i)Shubham-CS/2nd Year Madhav-EE/1st Year

ii)Prashant-IT/3rd Year Abhigyan-CS/3rd Year

d)Student Girls i)Aishwary-CE/3rd Year Anukriti Kumar-CS/4th

Year ii)Tapovi Choudhary-

EC/4th Year Krishnapriya-ME/3rd Year

Badminton Mixed

i)Kuldeep Yadav-ME/2nd Year

Aishwary-CE/3rd Year ii)Abhigyan-CS/3rd Year Anukriti Kumar-CS/4th

Year

Badminton Team Event a)Student Boys

i)Shubham Dubey-EC/2nd Year

Nikhil-EC/1st Year Samyak-EC/1st Year

ii)Diwakar Solanki-IC/4th Year

Shivam-IT/2nd Year Anant-CS/4th Year Agam-IT/1st Year

b)Student Girls i)Shruti

Avni Palak

ii)Yashi Srishti

Saumya

Table Tennis Singles a)Staff Men

i)Anuj Kumar-AP/EE ii)Mathur-AP/EE b)Staff Women i)Aparna-AP/IT ii)Rasey-AP/IT c)Student Boys

i)Shikhar Yadav-ME/2nd Year

ii)Nishant Upreit-EE/2nd Year

d)Student Girls i)Aishwarya-CE/3rd Year ii)Anamika-EEE/2nd Year

Table Tennis Doubles

a)Student Boys i)Shikhar Yadav-ME/2nd

Year Arush-ME/1st Year ii)Agam-IT/1st Year

Anchal Gupta-IT/4th Year b)Student Girls

i)Aishwarya-CE/3rd Year Anamika-EEE/2nd Year

ii)Pooja Gautam-3rd Year Deepanshi Anand-3rd

Year

Table Tennis Mixed i)Anchal Gupta-IT/4th

Year Aishwarya-CE/3rd Year

ii)Harshit-1st Year Anamika-2nd Year

Chess

a)Staff Men

i)Raj Kumar-AP/EE ii)Sadashiva.T-AP/MBA

b)Staff Women i)Kriti Srivastava-AP/

Chem ii)Suvarna.N.A.-AP/EC

c)Student Boys i)Prakhar-CS/2nd Year

ii)Saurabh Singh-2nd Year d)Student Girls

i)Ishika Gupta-EE/1st Year ii)Anukriti Kumar-CS/4th

Year

Carrom Singles a)Staff Men

i)Sadashiva.T.-AP/MBA ii)Virendra Kr.Verma-AP/

MT b)Staff Women

i)Abhilasha Power-AP/EE ii)Shobha Desai-Store

c)Student Boys i)Sachin Singh-CS/4th Year ii)Pulkit Batra-CS/3rd Year

d)Student Girls i)Stuti Agarwal-EC/4th

Year ii)Neha Singh-EC/4th Year

Carrom Doubles

a)Staff Men i)Nirmal Kr Agarwal - AP/

EE Gaurav - INSTRUCTER

ii)Sadashiva.T - AP/MBA Girish B E - PED b)Staff Women

i)Krupalinui M.K - REGIS-TRAR OFFICE

Yashoda- REGISTRAR OFFICE

ii)Jayamala - ACCOUNTS Shobha Desai - STORE

c)Student Boys i)Kamlesh Sharma -

EC/4TH Year Naved Ahmed - ME/1ST

Year ii)Awanesh - CS/3RD Year

Shivam Chaudhary - CE/2ND Year

d)Student Girls i)Vaishnavi Verma -

MT/3RD Year Pratikasha - EE/2ND Year

ii)Akanksha - EC/2ND Year

Anshika - EE/1ST Year

Carrom Mixed Doubles i)Amit Kumar - IT/4TH

Year Aishwarya - CE/3RD Year ii)Manish - EE/4TH Year

Himanshika - EE/2ND Year

Tug of War

a)Staff Men (7 Players) i)Pawan Kr Kashyap -

(CAP) -MT Virendra Kr Verma

Prem Shankar Yadav Vikas Kr Singla

Neelam Khandelwal Krupalini.M.K Pramila.H.M ii)Yogesh.K.S

Bharath.B Deepak Kumar

Dipali Jindal Mahadeva Swamy.G.B

Shiva Kumar Sushma.R

Jayanthi.M b)Student Mixed(Boys &

Girls) i)Arjun Rastogi- CAP

Naman Aulakh

Ayush Wattal Akshay Jaiswal Sharukh Khalil

Aparajita Thakur Deepali Singh Somya Atrish

ii)Akash Patel - CAP Kuldeep Chaudhary

Pragjnal Arya Adarsh Yadav

Shubham Manya Swapnil Anand

Divya Yadav Shivani Yekriwal

Cricket i)Divyansh Kr Singh

Abhishek Kr Rishab Kr Gupta Satyam Verma Akanksha Singh Ayushi Rungta

ii)Anurag Kakkar Ashish Kr

Sachin Kr Singh Harshit Gupta Nikita Tiwari

Kirti Sahu

Football a)Student Boys

i)Manish Kr -CAP Abhishek Srivasthav

Ashish Kr Shubham Chaudary

Sanketh Tripathi Arnold Luv

Yash Deep Kr Aman Tripathi

ii)Kunal Rathi -CAP Akshay Singh

Kshitij Bhragudev Sagar Rawath

Mayank Anmol Chopra

Musthafa Kamal Ankitesh Bhragudeb

b)Student Girls i)Bhavna -CAP

Shivanika Avni Rashi

Himanshika ii)Gauri Manglik - CAP

Ridhi Agarwal Alisha Jaiswal Aishwaarya

Tapovi Chaudary Priyanka

MYTHRI’16 WINNERS

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MYTHRI’16 WINNERS Volley Ball

a)Student Boys i)Mayank - CAP

Ajay Aditya Nitin Malik

Abhishek Naman Divyanshu

Ashutosh Priyadershi Arpit Gupta

Bhupendra Kr ii)Hari Govind Yadav -CAP

Aakash Singh Kaira Shanthanu Kaushik Girish Purushwani

Pankaj Kr Jugal Kishore Ayush Malik

Amish Kr b)Student Girls

i)Swathi Ghansela - CAP Simran Chawla Diksha Sharma Shivam Tomar

Vini Maheshwari Tanvi Singh

Anshitha Agarwal Sparshi Jain

ii)Shreya Singh -CAP Sarah Arif

Sakshi Gupta Aishwarya Krishnan

Somya Atrish Himanshika

Shagun Singh Sakshi Kashyap

Basket ball

a)Student Boys Kunal Sharma

Bhupesh Singh Syana Harsh Ahlawat Kunal Vaibhav

Kunal Rathi Anmol Chopra

Sumit Singh Narang

ii)Sarthak Dutta Anmol Kaushik

Siddharth Singh Rituraj Rana

Ankur Sharma Manan Kr

Rishi Vashisht Prabhudh Raj Singh

b)Student Girls i)Alisha Jaiswal

Tapovi Chaudhary Riddhi Agarwal

Shraddha Krishnapriya Tanya Singh Surbhi Singh

Aishwarya Jha ii)Apoorwa Yadav Shivani Tekriwal Saumyaa Singh Pragya Goyal Shruti Nigam

Shrishti Chaurasia Yashi Mittal

Kabaddi

i)Mohd. Amir Khan Shanthanu

Sourabh Kr Tokas Rajnish Yadav

Deepak Piyush

Shantanu Kaushik Rajat Sachan

ii)Ajay Singh -CAP Atul Bhardhwaj

Hari Govind Ashish Kant

Prashanth Bhushan Sudeep Kr

Mohd. Azaz Manish Kr

Legged Race

a)Student Boys i)Saurabh

Shudhanshu ii)Abhishek

Ayush b)Student Girls

i)Bulusu Chandrika Shruti

ii)Sushumna Vibhuti

Shotput

a)Student Boys i)Shashank Rana

ii)Hari Govind Yadav iii)Arnold Liu

b)Student Girls i)Shradha Sharma ii)Smita Vardhan

iii)Harshitha Singh

100 mts Race-walking a)Staff Women(25-35)

i)Shivani-EC ii)Sangeeta-EE

iii)NEHA-EC

b)Staff Women(26-45) i)Krupalini.M.K

ii)Sunita -EE iii)Gunjan Varshney-EE c)Staff Women(46-55)

i)Ashima-CHEM ii)Pratibha-CHEM

iii)Roli Verma-CHEM

100 mts Running a)Staff Men(25-35) i)Siddhartha Saggar

ii)Deepak Kr– CE iii)Anuj Kr-EE

b)Staff Men(30-40) i)Shankarappa-EE

ii)Ashok Kr iii)Harish Mishra-STORE

c)Staff Men(20-25) i)Jeevan

ii)Karthik-ME iii)Bharath Bhushan

d)Staff Men(25-30) i)Mahesh

ii)Kumar Nayak iii)Suresh

100 mts Running a)Student Boys i)Arnold M Liu

ii)Shashank Rana iii)Bharthendra Singh

b) Student Girls i)Shradha Sharma ii)Apala Sharma

iii)Saumyaa Singh

200 mts Running a)Student Boys i)Arnold M Liu

ii)Shashank Rana iii)Vipin Yadav

b)Student Girls

i)Shradha Sharma ii)Saumyaa Singh

iii)Apoorwa Yadav

4x100 Relay a)Student Boys

i)Shashank Rana Arnold M Liu

Ratandeep Mehta Ankit Singh

ii)Bhavesh Mishra Robin Singh

Umang Bansal Bhartendra Singh iii)Aman Sharma

Vipin Yadav Vidit Kr

Pranav Chauhan b)Student Girls i)Apala Sharma

Deepanshi Anand Tanya Singh Krishnapriya

ii)Pravi Rashi Negi

Apoorwa Yadav Saumyaa Singh

iii)Divya Agarwal Ananya Pandey

Ishika Gupta Shrishti Chaurasiya

Fun Games (Blind Shot) a)Staff Men

i)Sadashiva.T -MBA ii)Yogesh K S –Civil

b)Staff Women i)Megha -IT

ii)Shobha Desai -STORE

Fun Games (Dart)

a)Staff Men i)Anuj Kr -EE ii)Udit Mittal

Fun Games (Overall)

Anuj Yadav Saurabh Singh

Fun Games (Blind Shot)

a)Student Boys Ashutosh Kr

b)Student Girls Seema

Fun Games

(Dart) a)Student Boys

i)Abhinav Mishra ii)Harsh Mishra

Fun Games

(3 Shots) a)Student Boys

Azhar b)Student Girls

Khyati

Fun Games (Basket Shot)

a)Student Boys i)Utkarsh

b)Student Girls i)Kavya Gupta

Fun Games

(Ball Bounce) a)Student Boys

i)Sagar ii)Vikhyat Sirohi

FIDDLE TRIFLE

Prashant Singh (I-Year ME)

When Piyush Pathak, an alumni of ME, Batch 2007-11, decided to sit for the prestigious ESE examination, he made sure no stones are left unturned. One of the toughest examinations to crack, what makes his

achievement more significant is the AIR-2 he scored in his only second attempt. A music lover by taste and ardent treker by choice, he was more than happy send across a message to his juniors.

Please tell us something about yourself. At the outset, it is a big honour for me to be doing this interview. I am a native of Allahabad and that's where my schooling has been

from. My father, himself an ESE qualified officer (1982 batch) is working with the Indian Railways. My mother is the Head, Depart-ment of English, G. D. Binani P. G. College, Mirzapur. I am a lover of music. I compose my own music and also improvise on existing ones. I have been attached to this hobby since I was 8. I have an

addiction for mountains and have undertaken many high altitude treks to the Himalayas. I think that's pretty much all I know about

myself!

What are you currently pursuing? I am currently in Delhi waiting to join the services and in the

meanwhile developing content for educational institutes.

How has been your journey after graduating from JSS? I pursued Civil Engineering from JSS Academy, from 2007 to 2011. I subsequently attended IIT Kanpur to pursue Masters in Geotech-nical engineering for one semester post which I joined Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. Finally I thought I was good to go in for a proper attempt at Engineering Services. I resigned in late

2013 from HPCL and appeared in ESE 2014. I got selected but with a relatively lower rank of 104. I appeared again in 2015 and bingo!

How does it feel securing a single digit rank in such a competitive

exam? The feeling is an evolving one. It began with numbness and eased into euphoria which is yet to settle. Then of course happiness and a contented feeling of achieving what I set out for. All in all amaz-

ing!

Cracking IES is a tough task. Could you give a brief idea about how did you prepare?

Preparing for IES required firstly, an academically thorough prepa-ration which encompassed virtually the entire engineering syllabi.

And secondly and most importantly it needed a sort of compo-sure, stability and focus from within. This is one part which most

fail to prepare for.

Who was your inspiration all through this time and how did you keep yourself motivated?

My inspiration is my father in all respects. He is a genius and still leaves me in awe of himself. His engineering aptitude and his acu-men stump me at times. And even now when it has been over 30

years since he did his civil engineering and cracked this same exam, he beats me with

his knowledge and knack at the subject. I owe a lot to my upbringing. And I myself

love my subject so much and this exam lures me so much that I needed no further

motivation.

4 years in JSS would have given you

a lot of memories. Any fond memory or a short anecdote you

would like to share? I dearly miss my hostel life. There is no match to the late night parathas, the movies and episodes on the lap-tops, countless New Year resolutions

and those friends who would do everything to keep you grounded.

As far as the anecdote is concerned, it was the T-20 World Cup finals between India and Pak. And we were all in the hostel mess which was in the basement then (Ii guess it was 2007-08). Each

boy in that hall (over 400) had a plate and a spoon, or some other metal stuff that could produce noise. And it was all about fiery yet rhyming and surprisingly rhythmic chanting of highly objectiona-ble yet hilarious prose and poetry. All four years were a unit on that day. That image lives fresh. And by the way, India won that final. My vocab is inadequate to describe what happened then.

What are your future plans?

My future plans are to try and excel in whatever I do. Continuous-ly evolve and improve myself. And if time permits, I will sit for the

civil services examination too.

Your message to juniors currently studying in the college? To my juniors, remember it's all in your control and in your mind. Your life, your decisions, your choices, your mistakes, your correc-tions, everything. It is never too late to begin. I scored miserably

in my bachelors and failed to secure even a 65% overall. But then I did crack the GATE in my first attempt with a good rank and made a place for myself 'in my own conscience'. Remember that it is our own image that we create about ourselves that wins us something or recedes us to failure. Be visionary. Be competent. Be relentless

but gentle. We are lucky to be studying in a college like JSS. Do not fall in the mediocre habit of criticizing your college and your

situation. Believe in it. Make the most of your bachelors. The fun, the ease of life and the academics.

And the most important two words to success: "manage time": a mantra for life.

All the best my fellow mates. You are destined to excel.

NOSTALGIA

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