March Edition 2012

Edition2 Date 30 March 2012

VATAYANI A New Letter for TEQIP II

Industrial Visit GHRCE First Year Students visited BP Ergo (VIP Plant) Industries As a part of overall personality development program for first year GHRCE students, an industrial visit was organized on 3rd & 10th March, 2012 Saturday at BP Ergo industry situated in VIP plant area, Hingna. Students gained the practical knowledge of their respective fields along with the understandings of management work levels in companies. The visit proved to be awe-inspiring and pleasant for them. Prof. R. P. Gupta, FY Forum Incharge coordinated the event. Prof Bhakti Patankar, Prof. M. S. Channe and Prof A. A. Deshpande, Prof. P. M. Wanjari accompanied the students for the visit. College provided bus facility for the journey.

Students at VIP plant BP Ergo industries, Hingna on 3rd March 2012 Industrial visit at SANJIVANI Socio-Medical Foundation at Amgaon (Devli) On the 21st of March, 2012 BE Second Semester Students (Section E) of GHRCE visited to “SANJIVANI” Socio-Medical Foundation at Amgaon with a group of 70 students along with the faculty members of section-E. The visit was the part of Industrial tour for the students. ‘Sanjivani’ is located around 5-6km away from Hingna. It is actually a plant of different Non-conventional energy sources consisting of solar cooker plant, Bio-gas plant, Solar Panels power plant and Wind energy plant. Through this visit students were introduced with these different types of non

conventional energy source plants one by one by the local representatives. Students were highly encouraged with this visit as they have got to know that how the non conventional sources surrounding us and which are available in rich amount with us can be specifically used to fulfill our day to day life and fundamentals needs. This visit is actually a combined effort of the Director of the Institute, Dean First Year, Forum Incharge First Year and the faculty members of GHRCE to make it a successful and a very learnful event for the first year engineering students.

Industrial visit to Kloud Data, Nagpur Department Of Computer Science And Engineering organized one day industrial visit to Klouds Data Pvt Ltd. Nagpur for M.Tech (Computer Science & Engineering)second semester students on 16th March,2012.The main aim is to provide students a glimpse of the actual work and understand the industry environment .The faculty members Prof .S.U.Nimbhorkar, Prof.D.P.Theng were present during the industrial visit.

Industrial visit at Abhijit Mihan Energy at Hingna MIDC, Nagpur Industrial visit of second semester M.Tech (Heat Power Engg) students was arranged on 16-03-2012 at Abhijit Mihan Energy at Hingna MIDC, Nagpur. All 18 students along with Prof.H.D.Thakre were present during the visit .Visit provided an insight to industrial working environment and safety measure use in the industry. It also focus on working of all components used for power generation using steam power plant. Visit to Parle G The students of M.E. II Semester (Embedded System & Computing) have visited to Shivam Foods Pvt. Ltd. Which manufactures Parle G Biskits on 24/03/2012.

This plant is fully automated and the students got actual insight of automation. They also got the knowledge regarding working of the plant. The production of this plant is about 1800 tones per month. Parle G have such six plants all over the India.

Industrial Visit to Mahindra & Mahindra, Nagpur

The department of Mechanical Engineering of G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur has organized Industrial Visit to “Mahindra & Mahindra”, Hingna road, Nagpur” for students of fourth semester section-B, on 03 rd March, 2012. Mr.Nannawar and Mr.Kamlesh, officials of Mahindra & Mahindra given brief information about the overall functioning of various departments including Auto machine shop, Fuel Injection Pump, assembly line, painting shop, Repairing & maintenance shop & Safety practices performed in plant. Overall 72 students along with two faculty members Prof.M.D.Pasarkar and Prof.P.M.Wanjari, visited the industry for “Industrial Safety Visit” as Mahindra and Mahindra is also observing its 41st Industrial Safety Week.

Industrial Visit to “MSRTC CENTRAL WORKSHOP”, Nagpur The department of Mechanical Engineering of G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur has

organized Industrial Visit to “MSRTC CENTRAL WORKSHOP, Hingna road, Nagpur” for students of sixth semester section-B, on 25th Feb, 2012. Mr.Patil and Mr.Gawai, officials of workshop gives brief information about the overall functioning, various departments including Auto machine shop, Fuel Injection Pump section, assembly line, painting shop, Repairing & maintenance shop. Total 59 students and three faculty members Prof.H.D.Thakare, Prof.S.S.Joshi & Prof.Y.N.Nandanwar participated in this visit Academic Council meeting

An academic council meeting was held on 1st March 2012, chaired by Dr P R Bajaj, Director, GHRCE, Nagpur. The meeting was conducted by Dean Academics, GHRCE, Nagpur. And it was accompanied by all HODs, Deans and External Experts : Dr R V Kshirsagar, Ex-Officio, Dean Faculty of Engineering

& Technology, RTMNU, Nagpur, Dr M U Deshpande as a Renown Technical Expert , Dr A G Keskar, Prof. VNIT, Nagpur, Dr O G Kakde, Prof. VNIT, Nagpur.

The meeting started with the discussion about the minutes and action taken report of Third meeting of the Academic Council held on 20" August 2011.

Academic Council unanimously approved the minutes of All Board of Studies related to UG and PG scheme and syllabus. Council also discussed about the Equivalence & Absorption of students admitted as per the Ordinance of RTMNU, Nagpur. And it was decided that all such students admitted in Autonomous course shall required to clear some additional subjects as Audit course which is prerequisite for the subjects to be covered in future. On this occasion Dr. R. V. Kshirsagar, Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology was felicitated at hands of Director, Dr. P. R. Bajaj by offering shawl, shrifal & bouquet.

Workshop Attended by faculty: Five days IST workshop for coordinators on “Computational Fluid Dynamics” under National Mission on Education through ICT by MHRD (Govt. of India )at IIT Bombay

Prof A.D.Pitale, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur has Successfully completed the Five days IST workshop for coordinators on “Computational Fluid Dynamics” under National Mission on Education through ICT by MHRD (Govt. of India )at IIT Bombay During 12th – 16th March, 2012. Dr Bhalchandra Puranik and Dr Atul Sharma were Course coordinator for above workshop. Course coordinators covered in detail Introduction, Integral Analysis, Kinematics, Differential Analysis, Exact solution of Navier-Stroke Equations, Introduction to Numerical Method with finite differencing method, Introduction to Grid Generation, Computational Heat conduction. Special topics on Computational Heat conduction, Computational Heat Advection, Finite volume method Solution of Navier-Stroke Equations on Staggered Grid, Solution of Navier-Stroke Equations on Colocated Grid. Lab Session were also

organized for the topics such as Grid Generation, Computational Heat conduction, Computational Heat Advection Staggered Grid and Colocated Grid.

Dr U S Wankhede attended TRAINING PROGRAMME The training programme was attended by Dr. U.S. Wankhede on ‘Procurement Management Support System’ was organized by SPFU, UT, Chandigarh in collaboration with NPIU on 16th March, 2012. The venue for the programme was Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. The programme was attended by Dr. U.S.Wankhede and Prof.P.Y.Pawade, Nodal Officers (Procurement) for TEQIP-II at G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur. The registration for the programme began at 9.30 AM on 16th March,2012.The NPIU and SPFU, UT, Chandigarh officials were available for guidance in the training programme. It was followed by welcome note and presentation on procurement by Mr. Prakash, NPIU Official for Procurement. The presentation covered in detail about procurement of goods and works under

TEQIP-II. It included various points such as procurement categorization, value threshold, procurement plan, steps in procurement, etc. This was followed by presentation PMSS overview by Mr. Navin (UIET), Coordinator. Further, laboratory

session for hands on exercise for procurement plan preparation, shopping/NCB was done. Interaction session and discussions on various issues on procurement were held. The participants got their doubts related to procurement cleared through these sessions

Prof.S.S.Joshi, successfully completed the two days ISTE workshop on ‘ Writing Effective Conference papers’

Prof.S.S.Joshi, Lecturer Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur has successfully completed the two days ISTE workshop on ‘ Writing Effective Conference papers’ between 18 th Feb. to 19 th Feb 2012. The workshop is conducted by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) Mechanical Engineering Department Organised One Day Workshop on Nanomaterials And Nanotechnology: Future Emerging Technology One Day Workshop on Nanomaterials And Nanotechnology: Future Emerging Technology was organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering of G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering. On 3rd March 2012. The workshop was inaugurated at the hands of Prof. Pushan Ayyub , Department of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Dr.R.N.Baxi, convener of the program, introduced the area of Nanotechnology to the participants. Dr.P.V.Walke, HOD Mechanical Engineering gave brief introduction about the department to the guests. Director Dr.P.R.Bajaj focussed on need of inculcating interests in the direction Nanomaterials and Nano technology which is an emerging technology of the 21st century. All heads of the departments, Deans of various faculties , Professors and faculty members of the Mechanical engineering department were prominently present on this occasion. Very interesting and inspirational technical lectures were delivered by the eminent speakers in the two technical sessions of this workshop. Dr.Madhavi Thakurdesai, from Mumbai University oriented students in the direction of the area by explaining the nano scale and its relevance with the properties of materials. Dr.Pushan Ayyub in his expert lecture discussed the basic principles that lead to nanomaterials having so many interesting properties. He also focussed on the special features of one-dimensional nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanorods and quantum wires) which have diverse applications. Dr. Jatin Bhat, Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, VNIT explained the Synthesis of Nano structured Al based Metal Matrix Composites by High-Energy Ball Milling. All the PG students and Research scholars of the department benefited greatly by attending this workshop and all the UG students of the department, and participants from other colleges get new insight about this novel area. Dr.(Mrs) R.N..Baxi proposed vote of thanks at the end second technical session. The entire Program was compared by Vishal Madne 8th

Sem Mechanical Engineering Student of G H R College of Engineering Nagpur. Dr. S. B. Jaju attended one day seminar on Technological Universities & Higher Education: Challenges and Future directions One day seminar on Technological Universities & Higher Education: Challenges and Future directions was attended by Dr. S. B. Jaju at Pune Vidyarthi Gruha’s College of Engineering, Pune on 06th March 2012. Initially, Shri. N.V. Ratnalikar Briefed about Engineering Education Foundation, Pune. He further stressed that faculty is the most important elements of the education and said that like Accreditation of Institute there should be Accreditation of individual Teacher (Faculty). The seminar was conducted in two sessions. In Session I, Dr. Prem Vrat, VC & Professor of Eminence, ITM University, Gungaon spoke on “Role of Technical Universities and Industry in Facilitating Enhancement of Employability: A Road Map. He told that, we should change Mindset from Employment to Employability. He further said that Employment may not be 100% but why not 100% Employability. Traditional Universities have become too large to be managed and hence concept of Technological Universities is to be introduced across the nation. Common filter does not exist when number of Universities Exists across the state. Common Standard on Curriculum, admission, teaching – learning, examination, etc should be there. He nicely provided economic justification for the industry to be proactively involved in nurturing & supporting the quality enhancement initiatives in academic institution. Next, Dr. P.N. Razdan VC, Dr. D.Y. Patil University, Pune gave statistics on the number of colleges and serious concern on the quality of education provided by them. He told about some of the mutual Dissatisfaction among institutes and industries. There has to be complementary roles for industry and institutions. Internships concepts to be introduced in curriculum and guest lectures by industry personnel to be encouraged. Then, Dr. Arun Nigwekar, Former VC, Pune spoke on “New legal governance in public University”. Curriculum of India is not competitive enough and lot of changes are to be made in consultation with industries. He stressed on strong foundation on Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics linked with Engineering application. Soft skill development and use of ICT tools should be encouraged. Depending upon the score, institutes should be given autonomous status. In session II, Dr. Ram Takawale Chairman, Committee (3) on Sub-division of Universities spoke on “Education for Social development and Creating Future”

Dr. Anil Kakodkar, stressed on providing skill based education and industry around the institute should become laboratories. Economy should develop exploitation of opportunities creating employment. We need to produce leaders in the Universities to lead the world. Concept of research parks growing globally to be introduced in India. Industries would park facilities in research parks. Seminar was followed by Panel Discussion on the various issues pertaining to the theme “Higher Education in Maharashtra – Current Scenario and Impending changes with focus on Engineering Education” Dr. S. B. Jaju and Dr. A. Y. Deshmukh attended One Day Workshop on Project Implementation Plan of TEQIP-II on 13th March 2012 at College of Engineering, Pune The workshop was chaired by Dr. A. U. Digraskar, Central Project Advisor, National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU). The others who shared the dais were from from State Project facilitation Unit (SPFU) Shri A. N. Kale, Dr. Abhay Wagh, Dr. Sahastrabudhe, Shri. Deepak Jadiye, Prof. Nandgaonkar, Prof. S. J. Bhosale, Prof. Revankar. Opening remarks were made by Dr. Sahastrabudhe, Director, College of Engineering, Pune. He told about the best practices initiated at the institute. BOG member to spend enough time in the institute. Many labs were developed and funded by Alumni. He was of the opinion that TEQIP-II would definitely help in further growth of the institute. Next Dr. Abhay Waghtold about the brief implementation plan for TEQIP project in State of Maharashtra. He narrated the various decades like Technology development decade, knowledge based economy decade, etc. He said that this is the era of global competitiveness and higher education institutes have to moot the R&D activities along with strengthening the academics. He gave the state objectives of TEQIP-II. He further stressed on the key result areas of the project and result framework document shall be created for monitoring the performance of the institutes. He told the 1.2 participating institutes that they should attempt for autonomous Ph.D programme. Further if residential training centre could be set up at the institute then it could boost the training activities. Dr. A. U. Digraskar, CPA, NPIU highlighted the main steps for effective implementation of TEQIP-II project. This project is reform oriented and hence autonomy was the main criteria for selection. He was of the opinion that the involvement of BOG should be too much in the project. Training on MIS and BOG orientation would be conducted by NPIU. He narrated the present status of engineering education. Program goal to be understood very clearly and it lies in strengthening the capacities of the institutions. There

were notable results of TEQIP-I in terms of UG placements rate, publications, patents, etc. Reforms chapter of Project Implementation Plan (PIP) should be made known to everyone of the institute. Trainers for the pedagogical training would come to the institute for imparting training. It would be conducted in two modules: Basic and advanced pedagogy. Training would be mandatory for all the faculties. Separate fund is there for this training. He made remarks that institutes should promote world class research in emerging areas of Engineering & Technology. Maximize the collaboration with local industries for projects and other research works. The complete PIP for TEQIP-II was discussed at length. Institutes are required to give presentation before state steering committee. Most of the queries from all participating institutes were answered. Overall the meeting was interactive. Dr. S. B. Jaju and Dr. A. Y. Deshmukh attended Workshop on “Advances in Engineering Methodologies” on 14th March 2012 at Courtyard by Marriott, Pune In this workshop various companies have demonstrated their equipments and softwares. National Instruments has given demo on LABVIEW, MultiSim and ELVIS platform. They also discussed about Experiential Engineering Laboratory. They also presented the module of Training and Skill Development. Bosch Rexroth discussed about their competent and application oriented training in the areas of drive & control technologies, automation technologies, pneumatic, hydraulic, etc. They have conveyed the idea of centers of competence wherein they would partner with institute for projects, training, etc. Adobe have demonstrated the new concept of Adobe Creative Technology Academy wherein they develop digital communication skills, media skills, digital transformation, etc. Trimble discussed about Building Information Model (BIM), Trimble Realworks software, for site preparation, structure, asset management, measurement tools, etc. SKF discussed the new concept of training in gearboxes, windmills, mechatronics, oil seals, bearings, etc. They have started SKF Reliability Maintenance Institute (RMI) wherein they offer number of training courses. Mathswork given demo on MATLAB and Simulink for engineering education. They discussed about how to reduce the gap between maths and applications. AVL India have given information about Gas Analyser, Smoke Meter, Alternate Fuel Analyser, etc for Engine Diagnostics and taking up research in IC engine area. Binary Semantics discussed about data analysis solutions and statistical modeling tools offered such as IBM SPSS, Mathematica, SigmaXL, etc. Hexagon Intergraph offers various education lab kits on Image sensing tools. Meghe Finishing School gave

the information on Dale Carnegie Training wherein soft skills and FDP are being conducted. Overall the workshop gave the information about the latest product offerings and trainings offered by various industry partners/companies. UG Project Exhibition Department of Electrical Engineering The Department of Electrical Engg.of G.H.Raisoni college of Engineering Nagpur had recently organized the “UG Project Exhibition & Competition 2011-12” on 21st march 2012 under TEQIP – II. This Exhibition & Competition was inaugurated by the hands of Dr.D.P.Kothari, Director General RGI Nagpur. in the presence of Dr.P.R.Bajaj, Director& Dr.S.B.Bodkhe HoD(EE), G.H.R.C.E Nagpur. The judges for this competition were Shri Santosh Pradhan of Pradhan Industries, M.I.D.C Nagpur. & Shri S.V.Kothari of Paramount Industries Ltd. M.I.D.C Nagpur. There were total 32 projects including 27 Hardware based and 05 Software based models presented in this exhibition by students. The projects were related with different areas of Power Systems, Electrical Drives and FACTS. The First prize was bagged by “Wind & Solar powered Car” carried out by Ravi Singh, Sneha Moni, Kunal Lokhande & Rohit Bhirangi under the guidance of Prof.H.S.Dalvi. The second prize was bagged by “Maximum Demand Controller” carried out by Shubhal Vaidya, Nirav Rege, Prasad Bhujade & Prateek sharma under the guidance of Prof.S.F.Lanjewar. The “High Voltage Electrostatic Oil Filtration Unit” was adjudged third carried out by Mohan Ingle, anup ande Ninad Satpute & anup Borde under the guidance of Prof.A.A.Patil. Prof.S.K.Umathe and .Prof.P.S.Vaidya guided & coordinated with student organizers of Forum EPOCH to organize the event. Dr.P.R.Bajaj & Dr.S.B.Bodkhe(HoD,EE) congratulated the students for the success of exhibition.

Shri S.Pradhan & Shri S.Kothari with students

Dr.D.P.Kothari with Students Department of Computer Science & Engineering Department Of Computer Science And Engineering had organized UG Project exhibition on 17-03-2012. For the evaluation of UG project Mr. Arpit Jain ,senior software engineer, RFArrays nagpur evaluated UG projects .

Mini Modeling Exhibition by First Year Department On Saturday , 25th February 2012, G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering witnessed the sheer talent and technical bent of the budding engineers of Second Semester B.E. A Mini Modeling exhibition was organised by the elite institute to exhibit the scientific side of the future professionals and give them a launchpad to innovate and challenge their intellect. Mini modeling is also a credit subject for Second Semester B.E. under the autonomous scheme of G.H.R.C.E. Around 203 groups formed from 819 students displayed their models in the exhibition. These budding engineers came up with innovative mini models on various topics . There were many projects on Rain water harvesting implementing simple but altogether different practicable ideas. Also, almost 100

projects were electronics based which related to varied sensors and solar cells. All these were commercially viable working projects. Students also showcased their talent by making different application robots. One of them which was outstanding was a Robo car which gives an innovative idea for future cars. It is equipped with artificial intelligence software and provides assistance to the driver to maneuver the vehicle all by itself. Moreover, considering the immense importance of non-conventional energy sources, students came up with novel prototypes of Hydro, Wind and Solar power plants. One very interesting model was of an energy conservation plant which converts geothermal energy to electrical energy using crystallization reactor carfier technology. It is currently being used in many countries like USA, Indonesia etc. Another project was based on recycle of plastic to generate burning gas which can be further condensed into oil and can be used for domestic purpose. Also, one of the group came up with an innovative project of charging mobiles using solar energy. Students also came up with models based on web designing and animation. Some of these models were need specific and some were social .Tricky games were also designed by some students. Another stupendous project was of a Soil moisture sensor which detects the moisture level if the soil and accordingly makes the water pump on and off. Dr. D.P.Kothari, Director General RGI, Ex-Director VIT, Ex-Director IIT Delhi , inaugurated the exhibition and congratulated the students and faculty members for their efforts. Director Dr. P. R. Bajaj encouraged the future engineering maestros by giving valuable inputs to enlighten and intellectually empower the students. Dean Academics Dr.P.B.Nagarnaik, Dean First Year Engg. Dr. B. P. Butey and other Deans and HOD’s visited and reviewed the exhibited models. They appreciated and lauded all the participants for their hard work and creativity and also gave useful suggestions. Also senior and experienced faculties from different departments were invited for the assessment and evaluation of the models. Some of the outstanding models will be exhibited further in front of some eminent personalities in the field of Engineering and industry. Dean First Year Engg. Dr. B. P. Butey, Mini Modeling Incharge Dr. R.R.Shrivastava and faculty members of First Year Engg. proved to be instrumental for the success of the program.

Chief Guest Dr.D.P.Kothari, Director General RGI Director Dr.P.R.Bajaj and Dean Academics Dr.P.B.Nagarnaik interacting with the students at the exhibition

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering of GHRCE Organized UG Project Exhibition & Competition.

Projects Judged by Experts from Industry Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department, GHRCE, Nagpur Organized Project Exhibition & Competition of UG projects on 22-03-2012.Two best prizes & 3 consolation prizes are given to the best projects in the department. The projects are evaluated by the expert judge Mr.Unmesh Oke, Director Unique Automation Pvt. Ltd. Nagpur & Mr. Darwhekar, Director Beta Computronics Pvt. Limited Nagpur. 37 Projects groups are participated in this events with more than 150 Students. Dr.P.D.Pore,Director SVNIT Surat also visited to this event & encourage the students to work on industry based projects. All faculty Members of Department strive hard & took efforts for organizing the Event. Dr.P.R.Bajaj, Director GHRCE , Dr.M.M.Khanapurkar , Head Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, all H.O.D.s , Deans ,and all faculties of the Institute Visited the Exhibition & took keen interest.

Software Project Competition/Exhibition in Department of Information Technology, GHRCE, Nagpur Department of Information Technology had organized a one day Software Project Exhibition cum Competition in G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering on 28th March 2012, under the guidance of Prof. S. A. Chhabria. The chief guest and judge of the event was Mr. Rahul Tarnekar, Director, Kizoria Company. Total number of 17 project groups participated and showcased their technical as well as presentation competencies. The event was witnessed by HODs and senior faculties of the college. The Chief Guest also shared his technical experience and guided the students. The first Prize and second prize was awarded to the project titled “Combined Gesture and Speech Recognition using Neural Networks” and “Remote Sensing System Integrated with Ambulance/Fire Brigade and Traffic System” respectively. Many projects were identified for commercialization and the department will extend full cooperation and support in their product lifecycle. Prof.S.A.Chhabria (H.O.D I.T Dept), Prof. Pooja Duddalwar ( Project incharge) and IT Dept. faculties are credited with the exciting response and success of the event.

Guest Lecture: Expert Lecture by Dr. S.R. Sathe in CSE Department The guest lecture by Prof.S.R.Sathe was arranged for M.Tech. (CSE) student on 13 March 2012 .The topic was NP Hard problem & 36 students attended the lecture. For M.E. (Embedded System & Computing) Dr. Sathe delivered a lecture on Real Time Operating System on 20 March 2012, 16 students have attended the same. Expert Lecture by Dr. P. Shobhane in CSE Department The guest lecture by Prof.P.D.Shobhane was arranged for 4th CSE A and B students on 15 March 2012 and 22

March 2012.The topic was Combinatorial Theories & duration of lecture was 2 hr. The student feedback about the guest lecture was very positive .Students were impressed by the delivery of the topic.

Demonstration of Hanheld Vector Network Analyzer MSO and PNA by The Agilent Technologies -The premier measurement company in advance electronics and communications. Electronics and Telecommunication Department had organized the Demonstration of Vector network analyzer. The two experts from well known and one of the most popular industry in the field of RF communication came for delivering a demonstration. Mr.Joglekar who has about 25 years of experience in RF testing explain about the Agilent instruments like Handheld Vector network analyzer which works for 6 GHz, MSO and PNA . In the demonstration Faculty from Electronics and Telecommunication Department and Mtech students from both branches i.e. Electronics and VLSI were present. Dr. M.M. Khanapurkar firstly welcomes to the experts from Agilent technology and thanks them for coming for demonstration. The information provided by Mr. Joglekar through his talk was very helpful in he field of RF testing. He had explain the RF concepts and measurement techniques with the help of MSO and handheld vector network analyzer.

The Demonstration was organized under the TQEIP and coordinate by Prof. A.R. Deshmukh and Prof B.R. Vidhale

Demonstration on FEKO (Comprehensive Electromagnetic Simulation Solution) Organized by Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Department, GHRCE Nagpur The technical demonstration on FEKO (Comprehensive Electromagnetic Simulation Solution) was Organized by Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering department on 20/03/2012 .The Heads and Faculty Members of Electronics & Telecommunication and Electronics Department were present for the same. The Session was conducted by Mr. Swapnil Kulkarni ,Senior Application Engineer of ni logic Pvt. Ltd. Pune. The Objective of this Demonstration was to make faculties aware about advanced software related to Electromagnetic simulations. It covers different electromagnetic simulation methods available in FEKO for different Application Different simulation methods such as MOM, MOM-GO, MOM-PO also explained by the Experts. He also said that choosing an appropriate method will be decided by various consideration such as electrical size of problem .Geometrical complexity, available computational resources. Prof V.A. Tehre & Prof.P.P.Moon of Electronics & Telecommunication Department took efforts for organizing the session.

Events: First year Engineering Department (Applied Chemistry) of G. H. Raisoni college of Engineering, Nagpur has organized, a Paper Presentation Competition “CIEE-2012” (Chemistry for Innovation in Energy and Environment) on 10th March, 2012 under the aegis of First Year Forum “FAITH” for second semester B.E. students. Large numbers of students were participated in the competition. The theme for the competition was ‘Future Energy Sources’ and ‘Green Technology for Sustainable Development’. Participated students were delivered presentations on perspective topics on Future Energy and Green Chemistry. Dr. N. T. Khati, PCE, Nagpur & Dr. A. V. Bharti , SRKNCE, Nagpur, were judges for the competition. They appreciated all the participants for their hard work and wonderful presentations. Dr. P.R.Bajaj, Director,GHRCE and Dr. B. P. Butey, Dean FY were prominently present during this event. Ms. Anamika Sawarkar & Mr. Nikhil Jain were winner and runner ups were Ms. Bhagyashree Deshpande and Ms. Apurva Zade. Dr. R. R. Shrivastava was the co-ordinator of this event. The faculty members of applied chemistry, Prof. Sudame, Prof, Bhusari, Prof. Raut, Prof. Gupta and Prof. Chikane have contributed for success of the program.

“EMAT” ACTIVITY ORGANIZED AT GHRCE “EMAT” Engineering Mechanics Aptitude Test Activity is organized at GHRCE on 17 th March for second semester B.E students. Total 6 Groups (389 students) participated in this activity, 6 Groups (18 students) shortlisted on the basis of their score. One shortlisted student was placed at Winner Position from each group. Two shortlisted students were placed at Runner up Position from each group. Certificate of Appreciation are given to Short listed students from each group. Winner & Runner up were felicitated with certificate of merit by the hands of Director of GHRCE Dr. Preeti R. Bajaj. Dean first year Dr. B. P. Butey & Co-ordinator of the activity Prof. Prafull J. Wadhai

appreciated the efforts of students & congratulated them.

Under the aegis of First Year Forum “FAITH” , a Quantitative aptitude test was conducted in GHRCE for Second Semester B.E. students by Applied Mathematics faculty members. Aptitude test was conducted on 04-02-2012 for Sections G-L and on 11-02-12 for sections A-F. It consisted of multiple choice questions and was strictly timed and administered under exam conditions. The test was mandatory for all the students. Test was of 30 marks and of 30 min time limit. Aptitude test was deliberately designed with the intention of ascertaining students’ skills which are fundamentally required for a particular job or work. Prof. B.Thakran and Prof.T.A.Thakre were the incharge for the aptitude test. Teaching and non-teaching staff of First Year Engineering played an instrumental role in organizing and structuring the entire activity.

GHRCE Students Won first Prizes in ROBOTIC Competition at various National Level Technical Symposium VI Semester students ,Mr.Haren Dodke,Mr.Nikhil Hatwar , Mr.Chaitanya Nehwal, Ms. Prajakta Jawanjal, Mr.Raunak Dhote, Mr.Akshay Junghare of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department, GHRCE, Nagpur participated in ROBOCON-12 at National level technical symposium at MIT .Their robot is based on microcontroller based Bun snatcher& Scissor Mechanism for lifting Robot. They are highly appreciated by the Industry person who are visited to this competition & insisted to the students to research work in the industry.

GHRCE Students Mr.Chaitanya Nevhal Won first Prizes in ROBO-WAR Competition at various National Level Technical Symposium. VI Semester students Chaitanya Nevhal of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department, GHRCE, and Nagpur participated in Various National level technical symposiums in the YCCE, RKNEC, KDKCOE, S.B.Jain COE, and NYSS. Nagpur & won 1st prize in all the competition. His robot is also selected in top eight robots in IIT Bombay.The robot is based on Neumatic Based System.

Quize contest under IETE Students’ Forum organized by Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department.

The Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, GHRCE , Nagpur organized a quiz contest for the students of first year engineering under IETE Students’ Forum (ISF) on 24th March,2012. There were 4 teams consisting of 3 students from four sections. The qualifying round for this quiz was conducted on 23rd February,2012. There were total 12 teams (one team from each section consisting of 3 students)

QUALNET SIMULATOR DEMO The Demo of QualNET network simulator/ Exata Emulator was organized by Computer Science & Engg. Dept. on 26th April 2012 at W-11 Lab of G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur. The demonstration was conducted by Mr Ankur Tyagi, Sr. Application Engineer from Eigen Technologies Ltd, Bangalore. The demonstration was attended by Dr L. G. Malik ,HOD- CSE, Dean R&D along with other 12-15 faculties of the Department were present for the demo.

DEMO of Wireless Sensor kits The Computer Science Department had recently conducted DEMO of Wireless Sensor kits on 21th April 2012 at C03 Lab of G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur. The Kits demonstration was

conducted by two technical member from PervCom Consulting Pvt.Ltd.195-A,JodhpurPark 1stFloor Kolkata- 700068 West Bengal, The Kits are as fallows Wireless Sensor Network Explore Kit (WSN-EK), GSM-GPRS-GPS Explore Kit and Wi-Fi Application Development Kit. The demonstration was attended by 10-12 faculties of the Deaprtment Apart from faculties other professors of various departments Dr S S Dorle,Dr U S Wankhede and Prof P Y Pawade

Paper Publication by Faculty Title: Design and Analysis of Punch for Enhancing life: A review The paper entitled “Design and Analysis of Punch for Enhancing life: A review” is selected for

publication in Journal of Modern Manufacturing technology , by Serial publications, New Delhi. The authors of this paper are P. M. Wanjari M.Tech (CAD/CAM) Student, M. D. Pasarkar, Assistant Professor, Dr. D. J. Tidke, Professor, Dr. S. B. Jaju, Professor and Dean R&D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur – 440016 (India). P. M. Wanjari M.Tech (CAD/CAM) Student, M. D. Pasarkar, Assistant Professor, Dr. D. J. Tidke, Professor, Dr. S. B. Jaju, Professor and Dean R&D

UG Students Paper Publications Sr. No.

Applicants / Author

Title of Paper Name of Conference/ Journal

Dept.

1. 1. Ayush Itankar 2. Padmanabh Deshmukh 3. Saikrupa Adenkiwar 4. Haren Dodke 5. Rachit Mazumdar 6. Saurabh Yete 7. Nikhil Hatwar

On Spot Competitions

National Robotic Contest 2012. 1st to 3rd March, 2012 Boxing Arena, Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Sankul, Mahalunge (Belewadi) Pune

ETC

2. Vivek Tiwari VI Sem.

Solar Boiler for Direct Process Heating Into Existing Industrial Heating System

Paper Presentation 6th Feb. 2012 Pune

Mechanical

3. Mayuresh Gawhankar, Abhishek Gawande, Palash Thuturkar

Workshop on Robotics Two Days National Workshop on I-Robotricks On 28th & 29th Feb. 2012 at Abha Gaikwad – Patil College of Engg.

Mechanical 4th Semester

PG Students Paper Publication Sr. No.

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Dept.

1. Renu D. Saxena IV Sem M.Tech (IPS)

Role of UPFC for Damping Power System Oscillations -A Review

International Conference on Engineering Research and Applications- 2012. 1-2 March-2012 Godavari College of Engineering , Jalgaon

Electrical

2. Girish R. Walke IV Sem M.Tech (IPS)

A Study of UPFC & Power Flow Control in Transmission System

International Conference on Engineering Research and Applications- 2012. 1-2 March-2012 Godavari College of Engineering , Jalgaon

Electrical

3. Swapnil H. Sute IV Sem M.Tech (IPS)

Optimal Location of UPFC for Congestion Management

International Conference on Engineering Research and Applications- 2012. 1-2 March-2012 Godavari College of Engineering , Jalgaon

Electrical

4. Pravin M. Wanjari IV Sem. CAD/CAM

Design and Analysis of Different Punch Shapes and Clearances for Enhancing Life

International Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2012

Mechanical

5. Dhiraj Agnihotri Optimization of Tilting

Mechanism of Three Furrows R.P.

Paper Publication in Journal. Technical/Research Paper Competition 2011-12 (RGI-TRPCS)

Mechanical M.tech (CAD-CAM)

6. Kapil A. Pakhare CAD & CAE in Bio-Medical Field

Paper Publication in Journal. Technical/Research Paper Competition 2011-12 (RGI-TRPCS)

Mechanical M.tech (CAD-CAM)

7. Ashutosh D. Bagde CAD & CAE in Bio-Medical Field

Paper Publication in Journal. Technical/Research Paper Competition 2011-12 (RGI-TRPCS)

Mechanical M.tech (CAD-CAM)

8. Amarkumar M. Virulkar Transient Thermal Analysis of Cylinder Head

Paper Publication in Journal. Technical/Research Paper Competition 2011-12 (RGI-TRPCS)

Mechanical M.tech (CAD-CAM)

9. Kishorkumar K. Khandare

CAD & CAE in Bio-Medical Field

Paper Publication in Journal. Technical/Research Paper Competition 2011-12 (RGI-TRPCS)

Mechanical M.tech (CAD-CAM)

10. Yogesh Y. Nandurkar M.Tech IV sem. (HPE)

Review of Performance and Analysis ISI Flat Plate Collector with Modified Flat Plate Collector

International Journal of Engineering Science & Technology IJEST

Mechanical

Faculty Publications Sr. No.

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Dept.

1. P.Y. Pawade Influence of Silica Fume in Enhancement of Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength of Steel Fibers Concrete and Their Relationship

International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Volume 2 Issue 1, 2011

Civil

2. P.Y. Pawade Critical Studies on the Influence of Siica Fume and Steel Fibers in Enhancing Properties of Concrete

International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology Journal of Engineering Research and Studies

Civil

3. P.Y. Pawade Effect of Steel Fiber on

Mechanical Properties of Standard Strength Concrete Using Portland Pozzolana Cement and Their Relationship

International Conference Current Trends in Technology (NUICONE 2011) 08-10 December, 2011Nirma University, Gujarat

Civil

4. Shubhangi Giripunje Recognition of Facial Expressions for Images Using Neural Network

International Journal of Computer Applications 2012

Electronics

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