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THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY

NCU Activities NCU conducts Career Counselling sessions

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q The University conducted a Career Counselling session at Lions Public School, Gurugram on 17 Jan 2018. Ms Jyotika Pruthi, Dept of CSE&IT and Dr Rekha Vig, Dept of EECE, accompanied by Mr Tulsi enlightened the students about various career options that are now available to them. More than 100 students from Science, Commerce and Arts streams enthusiastically attended the session, participated actively and

q NCU organized a Career Counselling session for parents and their wards who are now looking at various options available to them after Class XII, on 13 Jan 2018. The event was conducted by Ms Jyotika Pruthi, Assistant Professor, Dept of CSE&IT. Dr Latika Singh, Associate Professor, Dept of CSE&IT briefed the parents and their wards about the University which was followed by an interactive session wherein their were clarified. Later, the parents went around the campus and appreciated the various facilities available for students.

The event was streamed live on Facebook and thousands viewed it.

On 26 Jan 2018, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, celebrated the 69th Republic Day with pomp and show. The fog and cold weather could not dampen the patriotic fervour and enthusiasm of the faculty, staff, students and children who braved the weather to attend the function. After unfurling the National Flag the Vice-Chancellor, Professor HB Raghavendra, took the salute as the Security Staff marched past the dais. The Vice-Chancellor felicitated all faculty members, staff and students on the occasion of Republic Day and paid homage to our great Indian freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Lala Lajpat Rai, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri and others who laid down their lives for 'Purna Swaraj’.

Speaking at the occasion Prof. Raghavendra said the Year 2017 was an eventful one for India as ISRO created a new milestone when it successfully launched a record 104 satellites aboard its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The recent standoff between India and China at the Doklam plateau turned into the biggest military stand-off between the two armies but the Government resolved it amicably.

The Vice-Chancellor said that India is making progress at a very fast pace but we should not forget our responsibility towards the society. Along with economic growth, focus should also be on the overall development of the youth of India, who are the torch bearers of tomorrow. Values and morals are very important and we at NCU believe in value addition through value added programmes in education. With continuous dedicated efforts we can make the vision of the University a reality and be known globally for learning innovations, academic excellence and socially relevant research outcomes.

The celebrations were followed by refreshments for all.

Republic Day Celebrations

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Viva-Voceq The PhD viva-voce of Ms Luxmi Verma, (CSE) PhD scholar was held on

12 Jan 2018. The title of her thesis was ‘Data mining models for CAD diagnosis using non-invasive clinical parameters’ under the guidance of Dr Sangeet Srivastava, Dept of APS, NCU, Gurugram.

News from the School of Engineering and Technology

Dr Vandana Khanna participated in a two-day externship at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi from 4-5 Jan 2018. She visited labs in the silicon solar cells divisional unit, where she observed various fabrication and characterization setups such as ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) for depositing aluminium oxide and hafnium oxide for passivation, Electron beam evaporation for aluminium contacts, NIR spectrophotometer for reflectivity measurement, electroluminescence for images of the surface of wafers for any defects information, annealing system with RTP (Rapid Thermal Processing), C-V, and I-V measurement system, humidity chamber for research on humidity effects, solar simulator etc.

Dr Vandana visited Clean room (class 100 and class 1000) complex (a complete setup for fabrication of crystalline and organic silicon solar cells for research purpose) and observed the working of a solar module system from Ecosense. Possibilities for MTech dissertation projects and internship opportunities for BTech and MTech students were also explored. [ECE2018O001]

Department of EECE organized a departmental Alumni Meet on 13 Jan 2018 which was attended by 14 alumni. The session started with a welcome note by Ms Kusum Grewal Dangi, inaugural speech by Dean Academics, Prof. Swaran Ahuja, and address to the august gathering by HoD, Dr Sharda Vashishtha. It was followed by an interactive session between the Alumni and BTech 6th Sem students. Alumni presented their views on preparing for placements and life after graduation. After the motivational interaction, the Alumni conducted a Pre-Placement Interview for the students to prepare them well for their upcoming placements. Alumni shared their valuable feedbacks to improve the existing system at the Department and the University. They were gifted souvenirs followed by lunch. [ECE2018O004]

Alumni Meet and Pre-Placement Interviews

Department of EECEExternship

Department of CSE and ITMentor-Mentee Interaction

q Prof. B Chandra discussed with mentees their research progress in areas like Machine Learning, Deep Learning etc on 25 Jan 2018. She also checked the LMS content of all the mentees and the content of the syllabi of various courses offered by the Dept. [CSEO2018002]

q Prof. Karmeshu interacted with mentees and gave a talk on ‘Mathematical Modelling’ on 22 Jan 2018. Faculty members along with research scholars from all the three Schools attended the talk. [CSEO2018003]

The Department of CSE conducted Pre-Placement Interviews on 13 Jan 2018 in order to ensure good placements for the pre-final year students. Around 170 students were assessed by over 18 Alumni from various companies like TCS,

Pre-Placement Interviews

Thought LabThe University has established a ‘Thought Lab’ with the aim of developing a positive attitude, reduce negative energy, stress and improve overall development of students. Channelizing thoughts effectively will improve students experience while studying at NCU. The ‘Thought Lab’ has been established in collaboration with the Brahma Kumaris and shall also collaborate with other such institutions who are working extensively students for the citizens of the country.

Tinkering LabWith a view to encourage students to pursue their passion, a platform in the form of a ‘Tinkering Lab’ is now available to all students to enable them to convert their ideas into tangible outcomes. This in-turn helps students to keep their passion/ interest alive while pursuing their course of study at the University.

Prof. B Chandra, PhD, Professor, IIT Delhi

clarified their doubts. The Principal and faculty members appreciated the Career Counselling session as students benefitted from the information and guidance provided to them by NCU.

Prof. KarmeshuProf & Dean,School of Computer & Systems Sciences, JNU, New DelhiSS Bhatnagar Awardee

Incubation Centre (MJCEI)A pre-incubation workshop was conducted by a faculty team comprising of Mr Kashish Jhamb, Ms Supriya Raheja and Ms Charu Rana on 15 Jan 2018. The innovative skills of 15 students were screened and finally five students of the Dept of CSE&IT were selected to work in two teams in the area of Organic Farming and Web Development and submit their Business Plan within a stipulated time frame.

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Department of Civil & Environmental EngineeringPlacements

A workshop on Primavera P6 software of Project Management for 3rd Year students was organized on 19 Jan 2018. The software is used internationally for planning, scheduling and control of projects. Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management software is an i n c o r p o r a t e d p r o j e c t management solution which helps project-driven businesses to attain an edge over their competitors. The software utilizes skills and responsibilities of each team member and is the perfect solution to prioritize, manage and plan projects efficiently. The session gave hands-on experience and included practice sessions and demos for different modules of the software. The workshop was coordinated by Mr Lokesh Choudhary. [CEE2018WO001]

The following CEE students were placed with various reputed organisations: Aneesha Gurjer - G Engg, Anushree Mishra – LNT, Ayush Bansal - M/s Ram Kumar Contractors, Anshul Gill – DLF, Neev Bathla Engineers India Ltd, Vasu Gupta - Bhavishya India, Manu Soni and Harsh Yadav - Ekta Group of Constructions and Manish Mittal - Express Roadway.

Workshop

Department of Applied SciencesFaculty Activities

q Dr Tejpal Singh Chundawat, Assistant Professor, was appointed member of the editorial board of ‘ISST Journal of Applied Chemistry (IJAC)’ a UGC approved journal with ISSN No. of 0976-7355. [APS2018O002]

q Dr Seema Thakran, Assistant Professor, was appointed reviewer for ZbMATH. (formerly Zentralblatt MATH), the oldest and most comprehensive reviewing service in mathematics, providing reviews of peer-reviewed published articles and books in all fields of mathematics. It deals with some 120,000 documents each year. [APS2018O003]

Workshop Attended

Dr Sunita Sharma participated in a workshop on ‘Patent Drafting’ held on 13 Oct 2017 at Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Waknaghat, Solan, HP. During her visit to JUIT, Dr Sharma interacted with the delegates and visited the Physics laboratories at JUIT. [APS2018WA001]

News from the School of Management

Workshop Attended

Research scholars, Mahima Anand and Manu Jain, attended a workshop on Research Methodology, organized by The Dept of Commerce, Dyal Singh College, Dehi, on 4 Jan 2018. The programme aimed at imparting hands-on training on various tools and techniques used to conduct relevant research. [SOM2018AW001]

Faculty Orientation

SOM organized an orientation programme for new visiting faculty and a meeting of the School Academic Planning & Review Committee on 13 Jan 2018. The faculty members were explained about their duties and responsibilities, the coordinators introduced the ideology behind academic planning & review and highlighted its importance. They were explained about the various systems and processes functioning at the University such as ERP, LMS, biometric attendance, internal assessment, evaluation components and allocation etc. The event was coordinated by Dr Saumya Dixit. [SOM2018O001]

q An article written by Dr Sushmita Biswal Waraich titled ‘Are we Defacing our Social Network’ was published by the national daily ‘Pioneer’ on 16 Jan 2018. The article can be accessed at http://www.dailypioneer.com/ columnists/oped/are-we-defacing-our-social-network.html. [SOM2018NT001]

Faculty Activity

Nagarro, Gemini Solutions, Dunnhunby, Deloitte and KPMG. [CSEO2018004]

Objectives behind this exercise was to:

• Develop interview skills students.

• Help students identify their strengths and areas that require improvement.

• Create awareness about the peculiarities of facing an interview

• Counsel students about how to choose a specific domain.

• Develop a healthy association with industry experts

The Department conducted an Orientation session on ‘Learning Management System’ (LMS) and ‘Enterprise Resource Planning’ (ERP) for new and visiting faculties on 24 and 25 Jan 2018. The objective of the session was to train faculty to create new course content and upload study material on LMS. The session was delivered by Ms Mehak Khurana. [CSEO2018007]

Faculty Orientation

Prof. Kasturi Lal Chopra Padma ShriBSc (Hons), MSc, PhDFNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAE, DSc(hc) Former Director, IIT KharagpurSS Bhatnagar Awardee

Department of Mechanical EngineeringWorkshop Attended

Mr Anmol Bhatia attended a two-day workshop on ‘MIG/MAG and its Variants’ organized by the Indian Welding Society and conducted at IIT Delhi from 19-20 Jan 2018. It provided details of recent developments in MIG and MAG welding processes and information on how to carry out the process optimization tasks in the field of welding. [MED2018WA001]

Mentor-Mentee Interaction

q Prof. KL Chopra interacted with faculty members, students of BSc Mathematics (H) and BSc Physics (H) on 25 Jan 2018. Faculty members discussed the applied aspects of specific topics being taught in BSc and BTech programmes. It was a good opportunity for undergraduate students to get counselling by the eminent scientist. Prof. Chopra took feedback from the students about the course curriculum and suggested to them to opt for more Physics courses. (APS2018O004)

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Library

Visit to IIT Delhi Library

Ms Shivani Govil, Assistant Librarian and Dr Vandana Khanna, Member Secretary, Library Sub-committee visited the IIT Delhi Central Library on 14 Dec 2017. The purpose of the visit was to understand the system and new technologies being used in the IITD library, so that library facilities at NCU can be upgraded for enhanced experience of the users. They met the Librarian and got useful information about library resources such as e-resources, libsys software and saw a demo of the RFID system currently in use in the IITD library.

Free Distribution of old books An event for free distribution of old books to students was organized by LIRC assisted by the Library sub-committee on 12 January 2018. The venue for display of surplus books was outside Café 10 basement. Students were enthusiastic and appreciated this initiative.Interested students were benefitted by getting two books each. Free distribution of old books was also organized on 19 Jan 2018 for students, faculty and technical staff.

Sagacious IP is a global player offering comprehensive IP solutions through a robust team of techno-legal experts, using state-of-the-art tools to deliver cost-optimized, risk-mitigated results to corporates, institutions and leading Patent Law firms. It conducted its campus selection process on 4 Jan 2018 for BTech (ME) students. Two students got the job offer.

Shriram Pistons and Rings Ltd develop, manufacture, and sell industrial machinery parts. The company conducted an on-campus selection drive on 4 Jan 2018 for MBA students. Results are awaited.

Asahi India Glass Ltd is India’s leading integrated glass manufacturer of all types of glass and a dominant player in the automotive and architectural glass value chain. The company conducted their selection process on 9 Jan 2018 for Law students. Results are awaited.

Think Future Technologies, a leading company for software testing, quality assurance with usability testing services, functional testing, performance testing and localization testing, conducted an on-campus hiring process on 10 Jan 2018 for BTech students and one student got the final offer.

BT Group plc (trading as BT), a holding company which owns British Telecommunications plc, a British multinational telecommunications services company with head offices in London, visited NCU for the second time for its selection process of BTech students on 12 Jan 2018 in which eight students bagged the coveted offers.

Mr Ajay Mehta, Head of Services at BT Global being welcomed by SPA

EdWisor.com, a platform that enables students, graduates, professionals and even unemployed youth to acquire skills and get hired into high growth careers, visited NCU for the first time to hire BTech students on 16 Jan 2018 and nine students got the final offer.

Project Guru, service provider of research paper-dissertation writing service, research paper-thesis writing service and research paper, conducted its campus selection process on 18 Jan 2018 for MTech and MBA students in which one student got the final offer.

Express Roadways is one of India's fastest growing Logistics company renowned for its domain exper t ise and exper ienced employees in the Transportation sector. The company carried out its on- campus selection drive on 19 Jan 2018 for BTech students and eight students got the final job offer.

News from the School of Law

School of Law organised a guest lecture on the topic ‘Self-Performance Assessment Analysis’ by Prof. (Dr) Kakoli Sen for 1st Year students on 15 Jan 2018. Prof. Kakoli shared an example: ‘15 Jan 2018 would be the gloomiest day of the year’. She said there are two ways in which one can analyze this statement viz., people world-wide aim for new resolutions at the commencement of the New Year and if after 15 days have passed no work is undertaken on the resolution they can get depressed. If you keep a positive outlook, which should actually be the right way of thinking, you can see it as only as 15 days have passed and there are 50 more weeks to go. She emphasized that there should be a balance between progressive activities and conservative activities. The students participated actively in the activities which had a mix of motivation, inspiration and assessment behind them. [SOL2017G001]

Guest Lecture

Mr Abhilash Moudgil, Senior Manager HR lighting the lamp at the start of the selection process

News from the School of Professional Attachment (SPA)

Lutron Electronics, headquartered in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, provides from dimmers for the home to lighting management systems for entire buildings in more than 100 countries around the world, conducted a campus selection process on 2 Jan 2018 for BTech (ECE) students wherein one student got the final offer.

Express Roadways team being welcomed by SPA

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Research Papers Published

Books

International

q Prachi* and Preeti Khare (2017), ‘Securing communication using ECCSH-DNA based stego-crypto’, pp. 1 - 58, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-978-620-2-01830-2, CSE2017B004.

q Neha Gupta* and Prachi (2017), ‘Permission and Behavior based Malware detection of Android apps’, pp. 1 - 55, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-978-3-330-32263-9, CSE2017B005.

Book Chapters

International

q Jagdeep Kaur* and Meghna Sharma (2017) ‘Extending IoTs Into the Cloud-Based Platform for Examining Amazon Web Services’ in Examining Cloud Computing Technologies Through the Internet of Things, Chapter 11, pp. 216-227, IGI Global, ISBN- 978-152-25-3445-7, CSE2017BC015.

q Himanshu Khanna*, Mona Aggarwal and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Outage Analysis of an Inter-relay Assisted Free Space Optical Communication System’ in Advances in Optical Science and

Engineering (Proceedings of the Third International Conference, OPTRONIX 2016), pp. 301-308, Springer, ISBN- 978-981-10-3907-2, ECE2017BC003.

q Anshul Vats*, Mona Aggarwal, Sharda Vashisth and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Hybrid VLC-RF System for Real Time Health Care Applications’ in Advances in Optical Science and Engineering (Proceedings of the Third International Conference, OPTRONIX 2016), pp. 347-353, Springer, ISBN- 978-981-10-3907-2, ECE2017BC004.

Journals

International

q Deepika* and Hukum Singh (2017) ‘Study Of Size Distribution In Nanostructured Se58Ge39Pb3 Glass Using Various Characterization Methods’, Mapan - Journal of Metrology Society of India, pp. 1- 4, APS2017J026.

q Ritu Goyal* and Mehak Khurana (2017) ‘New Design of Tiny-Block Hybridization in AES’,International Journal of Computer Network and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 46-53, CSE2017J046.

q Ritu Goyal* and Mehak Khurana (2017) ‘Cryptographic Security using Various Encryption and Decryption Method’,International Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 1 - 11, CSE2017J047.

q Ritu Chaudhary* and Mehak Khurana (2017) ‘Exploitation of PDF Reader Vulnerabilities using Metasploit Tool’,International Journal of Education and Management Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 23-34, CSE2017J048.

q Himanshu Khanna, Mona Aggarwal* and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Optimum Distance and Power allocation Strategies for Quantum-limited Inter-Relayed FSO Communication System’,AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 80, pp. 10-18, ECE2017J014.

q Himanshu Khanna, Mona Aggarwal* and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Performance analysis of a variable-gain amplify-and-forward relayed mixed RF-FSO system’, International Journal of Communication Systems, ECE2017J015.

q Abhishek Pratap Singh*, Pramod Bhatia and KK Chaudhary (2017) ‘3-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Pollution Dispersion in an Urban Street Canyon’, International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 358-360, MED2018J001.

National

q Deepa Sinha* and Anshu Sethi (2017) ‘An Algorithmic Characterization of Splitting Signed Graph’, Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 63, pp. 323-332, APS2017J025.

Conference Proceedings

International

q Anshul Vats*, Mona Aggarwal and Swaran Ahuja (2017) ‘Modeling and Outage Analysis of Multiple Relayed Hybrid VLC-RF System’, IEEE COMPTELIX-2017, pp. 254-259, ECE2017P011.

q Aman Singla, Divyata Sharma and Sharda Vashisth* (2017) ‘Data Connectivity in flights using VLC’, IEEE IC3TSN 2017, pp. 71-74, ECE2017P012.

q Sakshi Juneja and Sharda Vashisth* (2017) ‘Indoor positioning system using VLC’, IEEE IC3TSN 2017, pp. 79-83, ECE2017P014.

q Raman Yadav, Sharda Vashisth* and Ranjit Verma (2017) ‘Computer based methods to analyze carotid stenosis’, IEEE IC3TSN 2017, pp. 270-272, ECE2017P015.

Conference Presentations

International

q Deepika* and Hukum Singh (2018) ‘Study Of Optical Properties Of Se80-xTe20Bix (x = 0, 3, 9) Thin Films’, ICSEM 2018, Material Research Laboratory, School of Basic Sciences & Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India, APS2018C001.

q Manju Dabass, Sharda Vashsith* and Rekha Vig (2017) ‘Effectiveness of region growing based segmentation techniques for various medical

UAS International, a people training and development company, conducted a selection process for MBA students on 25 Jan 2018 wherein six 1st Year students got the internship offer. Final placement results are awaited.

Mr Akashay Pathania, HR, UAS International being greeted by SPA

Sapient is a marketing and consulting company that provides business, marketing, and technology services to clients. It conducted its selection process for BTech students on 25 Jan 2018 in which one student got the final offer.

Student Speak

Simran ChawlaBTech, CSE (Class of 2018)

“I joined The NorthCap University with a dream for a successful life and that was the first step towards my success. Throughout this journey I learnt that hard work and patience play a very important role in life as they break all the obstacles and have helped me achieve my goal.

Being placed in British Telecom (BT) has been one of my greatest achievements as I was the only one from the Computer Science stream to be selected. It was a proud moment for me and my family. The placement drive consisted of five rounds that started with the aptitude test followed by the group discussion and then the three rounds of interviews viz., technical,

management and HR. After each round the difficulty level increased but I was able to crack it because of my confidence, communication skills and my abilities that were honed at NCU.

I am so thankful to God, my parents, my teachers and the University’s team for their immense support and guidance. I would definitely like to thank The NorthCap University for giving me this opportunity to accomplish my goal.”

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Student Activities

images-A study’, REDSET 2017, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, ECE2017C002.

q Jyoti Dabass and Rekha Vig* (2017) ‘Biomedical Image Enhancement using Different Techniques- A Comparative Study’, REDSET 2017, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, ECE2017C007.

q Balwinder Singh (2017) ‘Efficacy of International Rfugee Law in Dealing with Displaced Populations: A Study in Indian Perspective’, 18th APG Meet & International Conference on "Re-envisioning Globalization, Development and New World Order: Perspectives from Developing Countries", School of Arts and Language, Lovely Professional University, SOL2017C008.

Note: * for Corresponding Author

Call for Proposals

S.No Call for Proposal Last Date

1.SERB- Industry Relevant R&D

The Scheme is open throughout the year. Therefore, there is no last date of application.

2. DST- Science & Heritage Research Initiative (SHRI)

15.1.2018

3. ISRO - (RESPOND)The Scheme is open throughout the year. Therefore, there is no last date of application.

4.DST - Device Development Programme - 2017

31.1.2018

5.DST - Concept Note in Waste Management Technologies

31.1.2018

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DST - Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) for Urban Governance Applications.

31.3.2018

7.IUSSTF - Indo-U.S Fellowship for Women in STEMM

28.2.2018

q A team of NCU students compr is ing o f Devansh Bhatia, Rohit Malhotra 4th Year, and Navkrishna, 3rd Year, Dep t o f CSE&IT, represented the University at two competitions organized b y t h e A s s o c i a t i o n f o r C o m p u t i n g M a c h i n e r y -Internat ional Col leg iate Programming Contests (ACM ICPC) 2017-2018 Asia Level Regionals. The ACM-ICPC is considered as the ‘Olympics of Programming Competitions’ and is quite simply the oldest, largest, and the most prestigious programming contest in the world. NCU team cleared the online round which was held on 5 Nov 2017. The two Regionals were the ‘Asia Gwalior Regionals’ held at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior from 20-21 Dec 2017 in which the NCU team won the 59th Rank by solving four Problems and the ‘Asia Kolkata-Kanpur Regionals’ held at UIET, CSJM University, Kanpur from 23-24 Dec 2017 and winning the 26th Rank by solving five Problems.

A team of two students from NCU Student Chapter of ISHRAE participated in the quarter-finals of aQUEST HVAC QUIZ- 2018 (The Ultimate Engineering face-off) organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, FET, MRIIRS on 19 Jan 2018 in association with ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Engineers) for BTech students, sponsored by Hitachi. The event witnessed participation of 13 teams from prestigious universities and colleges of North India. After six levels of tough competition, the winners were selected by an expert panel. The quarter-finals began in the presence of Mr Subir Das, President-Elect, ISHRAE; Mr Pradeep Dua, Treasurer, Delhi Chapter of ISHRAE;

Tanyam and Jitendra Verma won the 1st Runners-up Trophy who will now head to Pune with 50% sponsorship by Hitachi to participate in the Semi-final Round that will take place later in the month of January 2018 in Pune and Finals will be held during ACREX 2018 in Bangalore from 22 to 24 Feb, 2018.

NCU shines at 10th edition of aQUEST HVAC QUIZ

Professional Societies

q The Student Branch of Computer Society of India (CSI) was declared as the “Best Accredited Student Branch” by CSI. Dr Kavita Khanna, Head, Dept of CSE received the award at the CSI Annual Convention 2017, held in Kolkata on 21 January 2018 on behalf of Dr A Charan Kumari, CSI Student Branch Counsellor.

CSI Student Chapter

q CSI Student Branch organized a gaming event for the Professional Society Fest held on 12 Jan 2018. CSE students showcased games they had developed during the workshops conducted by the CSI student branch of NCU. The games included Counter Terrorist, Super Mario Bros (2D), Dragon Ball-Z, Where is my Home, Ball game, Skip through, Go home. The event was coordinated by Mansha Chandna

Secretary of CSI student Chapter under the guidance of Dr A Charan Kumari, CSI Students Branch Counsellor. [CSEO2018006]

Professional Society Fest

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Sports

Inter-University Table Tennis Tournaments

The University’s Table Tennis team participated in the Table Tennis Tournaments organized by the Department of Sports, Directorate of Sports & Physical Education, at the University of Jammu from 11-15 Jan 2018 in which 60 universities participated. NCU’s table tennis (M) team comprising of Shubham Jain, Kartavya Atri, Abhishek and Yash Arora played with the following teams to reach the quarter finals: PEC Chandigarh, CU Mohali and KU Kurukshetra. In the quarter-finals: PU Patiala vs NCU, PU Patiala was the winner.

NCU student wins Gold Medal in the 31st Haryana State Roller

Skating Championship-Inline Hockey

Deepak Sahu, 2nd Year, Dept of CEE won the 1st position and Gold Medal in Inline Hockey (senior men category) in the 31st Haryana State Roller Skating Championship, held at Yamunanagar, Haryana from 4-7 Jan 2018.

q A team of students from School of Management interned from 28 Nov 2017 to 15 Jan 2018 at Agewell Foundation on a project under the banner 'Spread the Warmth'. The project involved making people aware of the joy of giving, collecting usable clothes, sorting and then transporting and distributing the same to the underprivileged. Students went to the neighbouring slum areas in Gurugram which helped them understand the ground realities of the living conditions of the people there. It received positive media coverage in several national dailies. The efforts of the students were appreciated by Agewell Foundation. (Received Special Consultative Status by ECOSOC at United National since 2011). This community service internship was coordinated by Dr Sushmita B Waraich and Dr Saumya Dixit. [SOM2018O002]

q Team Alacrity, Dept of ME participated in a go-kart design and m a n u f a c t u r i n g championship under the organisation ISIE (Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers), from 17- 21 Jan 2018. They stood 1st in a t h e o r e t i c a l t e s t conducted at the end of the pre-virtual round

which included a brief introduction to both design and manufacturing of the go-kart. The final event took place at the International Buddh Circuit, GNoida. It included a series of tests performed under the guidance of

trained officials. A total of 32 teams participated in the final event from all over the country out of which 18 passed the Technical Inspection test including Team Alacrity. The event also involved submission of design and cost report to the officials to know their knowledge as well as capability. 20 students from 1st to 4th Year volunteered for the event management. Each of them on an average walked around 20 km daily and slept for of less than two hours a day. The five-day event was a great success and helped to bring out the true potential of our students. The faculty coordinator of Team Alacrity was Mr Praveen Singh. [MED2018O001]

In continuation of its previous activities i.e. Open MIC, UPHAAR-an Organ donation camp, visit to orphanage Asha Greha, 'Yukti' the social service club of

Yukti

NCU visited the old age home 'Tau Devi Lal' situated in Sector 4,Gurugram, under Suvidha and Khushi Cell, on 24 Jan 2018. Effort was to provide some support and spread cheer among the mentally and physically challenged women residents of the old age home.

Students spent time with each resident of the old age home and donated a few basic amenities and organized refreshments. It was a great experience meeting the inmates, many of whom had been abandoned by their family but still they did not lack in spirit. We must remember that they do not need gifts or money, all they need is our time. The students helped them in taking their meals which left them touched emotionally. All in all it was learning experience for all of us. The faculty coordinators of Team Yukti, Dr Jyotsna Singh and Ms Supriya Raheja accompanied the students to Tau Devi Lal old age home.

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

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

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Outreach Activities of Prof H B Raghavendra, Vice-Chancellor

Prof. H B RaghavendraVice-ChancellorPhD, Indian Institute of Science, BangaloreMS (Research), IIT MadrasBE, University of Mysore

AICTE organized a meeting of Vice Chancellors & Deans of Deemed & Private Universities on 24 Jan 2018 at AICTE HQ, New Delhi. NCU’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra and Dean (Academics), Prof Swaran Ahuja participated in the meeting to know about the recent initiatives of AICTE for improving the curriculum and teaching learning processes.

The Model Curriculums for various UG and PG programmes designed by Expert Committees constituted by AICTE to improve quality of higher education in the country, were launched by the Hon’ble Minister of HRD, GOI, Mr Prakash Javadekar. Other dignitaries who participated in the programme were Hon’ble Minister of State, Mr Satyapal Singh and top functionaries of AICTE & NBA and concerned Govt officials.

q Prof. Prem Vrat attended the meeting of MEAC, Accreditation Committee for MBA/PGDM-NBA accreditation at NBA, New Delhi on 8 Jan 2018.

q Prof. Prem Vrat was the Chief Guest at the inauguration of TechSpardha 2018 at NIT, Kurukshetra on 18 Jan 2018. About 100 teams from all over India participated in the mega-event.

q Prof. Prem Vrat attended the meeting of the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE), appointed by the Railway Board for Technology Upgradation of Indian Railways, held on 22 Jan 2018 at NITI Aayog chaired by Dr VK Saraswat, Member NITI Aayog.

q Prof. Prem Vrat has been selected for the Life Time Achievement Award of the Systems Society of India (SSI) for Lifelong Contributions by distinguished scientists who have brought the systems movement and understanding of our world to its present state. The Award will be conferred on him at Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra on 5 March 2018.

q Prof. Prem Vrat achieved a major research citation benchmark with one of his papers having reached on Google Scholar citation count of 1018 which means that 1018 research papers have been published globally which cite this paper which was published in the year 2005. It is a rare case of citation count crossing 1000 mark in the life time of a researcher.

NCU student once again shines in the football arena

Ansh Gupta, 8th Sem, School of Law, was awarded the trophy for the 'Best Player' of 11th ONGC North-East Tamchon Football Tournament in January 2018. He played for the Hornbill United FC which emerged as the champions beating Zeliangrong FC 2-0 and won the prize money of Rs 5 lakhs along with the prestigious trophy. The tournament was held in New Delhi and broadcast live on DD Sports. This is one of the biggest football tournaments of the North-East. Altogether 16 teams participated in the tournament. Ansh received a trophy and cash prize. The tournament was held under the theme 'Unity, Friendship, Understanding and Sportsmanship'.