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NIT KURUKSHETRAwelcomes

Chairman, Managing Director, & CEO Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

Sh. Pawan Munjal

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Sh. Jagdish KhattarHon'ble ChairpersonBoG, NIT Kurukshetra

Friday, November 16, 2018

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I am elated to know that National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra is th thcelebrating its 16 Annual Convocation on 16 November, 2018. On this solemn

occasion, I extend my heartiest congratulations to the graduates and the Institute fraternity.

Technology is the non-linear tool available to humanity which can affect fundamental changes in the ground rules of economic competitiveness. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra being one of the premier institutions, contributes considerably to the technical man power necessities of the country's expanding economy. The Institute plays a pivotal role in reinforcing the bright future of the students and facilitating them in seeking new vistas. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra has built for itself a reputation for delivering quality professional education in the country. It stands tall amongst the technical institutions of higher learning.

Under the distinguished mentorship of this institution, I am sure that the young men and women graduating today will face challenges in their lives with confidence and will also bring sincerity, devotion and professionalism in all aspects of their professional work.

Graduating class of 2018, should remember that your education does not end with the acquisition of a degree or by securing employment, especially in today's age when knowledge evolves at a rate previously unfathomable. Learning is a lifelong process. Education is meant to enlighten you into a holistic individual, strengthen your character and inculcate the qualities required to face any challenging situation with a sense of equanimity.

I wish all the graduating students a fulfilling life and career ahead. I also wish the administration and faculty of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, all success.

(PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

Minister Human Resource Development Government of India

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Director's Message th On the auspicious occasion of 16 Convocation of the Institute, it's indeed a matter of proud privilege

and pleasure to welcome the Chief Guest, Chairperson BoG, esteemed guests and degree recipients.

My heartiest congratulations to our youngest alumni who, I believe, have not just earned a degree, but have groomed themselves as the well-rounded personalities.

This Convocation is associated with a special distinction that comes from its Hon'ble Chief guest, Shri Pawan Munjal, Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of the world's largest two wheeler manufacturing company- Hero MotoCorp Ltd- who the Institute takes pride in as its illustrious alumnus.

The Institute constantly strives to enhance its contribution by generating skilful professionals not only to serve the nation but also across the globe. The Institute lays focussed emphasis on creating good academic ambience, enhancing innovation & research and industry connect; and providing state-of-the-art infrastructural facilities.

I am condent that with the efforts of we all, the Institute would denitely be able to scale the new heights and be the leading technical Institute globally. I urge the young graduates to come forward and contribute towards these efforts.

On the occasion, I congratulate the graduates and wish them a bright future.

Dr. Satish Kumar

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The process of NBA accreditation initiated in year 2017 is successfully completed and the institute got accreditation status for 06 UG programmes of Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Electronics and Communications engineering, Computer engineering and Information Technology. The B. Tech Electronics and Communications engineering Programme has been accredited for 06 years while the other programmes have been provisionally accredited for 03 years. In addition the accreditation for 14 PG programmes is in progress.

NBA Accreditation

NIRF ranking The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by Honourable

thMinister of Human Resource Development on 29 September 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover teaching, learning and resources, Research and professional practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity and Perception. NIT Kurukshetra

thparticipated in NIRF since its inception. In NIRF-2015, it got 48 rank, in NIRF-2016, the same was 60, and in latest

rdNIRF-2017 the ranking was improved to 43 rank.

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The induction program was organized in the Institute for the B. Tech. batch of

th2018-19 during 25 July to 10th August 2018 with the objectives of helping new students to adjust and feel comfortable in the new environment, inculcating in them the ethos and culture of the institution, helping them build bonds with other students and faculty members.

As part of the induction program, the incumbents lear ned about the institutional policies, processes, practices, culture and values, and their mentor-mentee groups. In addition, different activities were organized

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such as mentoring & universal human values; familiarization with institute; literary activity; lectures & workshops by eminent people including distinguished alumni; visits to local areas; extra-curricular activities in the institute; feedback and report on the program etc. Some of the eminent speakers who interacted with the students during the Program included the distinguished alumni: Shri Vivek Attre (1984-88); Prof Gopalakrishan Iyer (1986-90), Shri Omesh Handa (1991-95); Shri Shatrunjay Rawat (1988-92), Ms. Madhu Sharma, Motivational Speaker and many other eminent people including Dr. Satyendra Tiwari, CMO, Naturopathy Hospital, Gurukul Kurukshetra. The

st Induction Program culminated in a Valedictory function and Talent show on the last day wherein the B. Tech. 1 year students of 2018-19 batch showcased their incredible talents through various performances on stage. The valedictory function was graced by various functionaries, faculty, staff, and students of the Institute, which was presided over by the Director. The Induction Program received a very positive feedback from the students as well as their parents. This Program, a first of its kind, was organized successfully under the overall coordination of the office of Dean (Students' Welfare).

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Research FellowshipsIn addition to existing fellowships, 65 full time research scholars have been provided Institute scholarship. Further approval from the competent authority has been obtained to admit 64 full time research scholars every year. 37 students have been admitted as full time research scholars with full scholarship in odd semester of academic session 2018-2019.

Infrastructural Development

Institute has taken various initiatives to improve the infrastructure development of the campus. In addition to the maintenance and upgradation of the buildings and other infrastructures, a 300 seater multi-purpose boys hostel including 100 suits for foreign students, research scholars and married PG Students (multi-storeyed framed structure) (Ground floor +5) is constructed at NIT, Kurukshetra. The total plinth area of the building is 15,675 sqm and the cost ~50.66 Crores. A 'Sewage Treatment Plant' with capacity 01 million litres per day. The plant spread in 3706 sqm use Moving Bed Bio-reactor (MBBR) technology and well equipped with In-house Laboratory Testing Facility for monitoring the efficiency of plant. The cost of the plant is 1.674 crores. SOLAR GEYSERS (198 units) are operational in Boys hostels 01-09 and Alknanda & Bhagirathi Girls hostels which costs Rs. 1.77 crores. To facilitate students Air conditioners (120 units) of 1.5 ton capacity were installed in various lecture halls in various Departments as well as in examination halls.

Research & Consultancy Cell Research and Consultancy Cell has formed in the Institute to facilitate the smooth conduct, structured flow of the functions and activities related to sponsored research projects and consultancy services. The Research and Consultancy Cell will commence its functions according to the pertaining set of Rules and Regulations of sponsored research projects and consultancy services. Institute has prepared comprehensive separate sets of rules and regulations for Consultancy services as well as for Sponsored projects. In addition to these, a guidelines for utilization of the contingency grant for full time Ph.D. scholars in the Institute has also been prepared.

Industry-AcademiaCollaboration

To promote the interaction between teaching fraternity of the NIT Kurukshetra with outside world including leading Industries and academia in mutually beneficial areas and to provide a formal basis for initiating interaction various Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were signed. This year total five MoUs were signed with Renewable Energy Department, Haryana /HAREDA, HDFC Bank Mumbai, AEON Learning PVT. LTD. Bangalore, Conserve Infotech Private Limited, Rajasthan and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd and Bharat Bharati Shiksha Samiti.


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Industry Cell is a non-profit student run organization of NIT Kurukshetra. The mission of Industry Cell is to encourage and refine the entrepreneurial and product development skills of students like idea generation, opportunity evaluation, business modelling, cash flow, marketing, intellectual property rights and so on. Industry cell has organised Start-Up week (April 2-8, 2018) and Guest lecture delivered by Mr. Avinash Kumar Gupta, CEO of Sealed Energy Systems, Ambala. In addition to that a team of eight students have visited IIT Roorkee for Google Start-Up Weekend, During April 2-8, 2018. Industry Cell has also organised a workshop on Case study and guesstimates followed by a competition on the same.

Industry CellIntellectual Property Rights Cell

The Intellectual Property Cell (IPRC) was established in the institute on July 25, 2017, with prime aim is to disseminate IPR literacy and to equip the faculty members of the institute with the knowledge of the nature, importance, relevance and role of various IPRs. A sum of 17 patents has been filled till October 2018 and 11 patents were granted. Since its inception, IPR cell has taken various initiatives to facilitate faculty members and students of the Institute for Patent to the filling. The IPR cell of the Institute organized a One-day

thworkshop on 'IPR Awareness' on 16 March 2018. The workshop was by Haryana State Council for Science & Technology Department of Science & Technology, Government of Haryana to organize this workshop. The resource persons for the event were Dr. Ravi Kiran, Professor of Management from Thapar University Patiala, Dr. Vinita Krishna from IIT Delhi and Mr. Sandeep Aggarwal, Patent attorney, New Delhi. The 130 number of participants including faculty members, Ph.D /M.Tech and MBA students of NIT Kurukshetra get benefitted from the workshop. In addition to this event, IPR Cell organized another workshop on 'Searching Drafting and filing process of

ththe Patent' on 29 September 2018. The resource persons Shri Avinash Kumar, Scientist 'F', Additional Director, DRDO and Dr. Nidhi Sandal, Scientist 'E', Additional Director, DRDO deliberated and discussed various issues regarding searching, prior art information, drafting and filing process of the Patent. The participants discussed numerous issues regarding searching and filing the Patent.

Under 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan', the NIT, Kurukshetra has adopted three villages namely Sunehari, Jyotisar and Alampur in consultation with district administration Kurukshetra. In recent past various awareness drives have been executed in these villages by various faculty members from different departments. In 2018, major activities including awareness program on Financial literacy for promotion to digital economy, awareness program on electrical energy conservation and awareness drive and Swachata abhiyaan & Tree plantation has been conducted in three villages.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Swachhta Abhiyan was organized on September 20, 2018. During the activity cleanliness drive around the sports complex has been conducted. A large number of students have participated in the activities while around footfall of 230 participation was marked. The activities were carried out with the help of the sports section. Students were motivated for cleanliness and to protect our environment. A mass-pledge regarding Swachhta Abhiyan was conducted and later on the cleanliness drive around the sports complex was done.

Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan


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Independence Daynd

National Institutes of Technology has celebrated 72 Independence Day with great joy. On this occasion, march past by the NCC cadets of the institute initiated the celebration followed by flag National flag hoisting by the

thThe 15 Convocation of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra was organised on February 16, 2018 in presence of Mr. Jagdish Khattar, Chairperson, Board of Governors, NIT, Kurukshetra, Mr. Gurdeep Singh (Chairman and MD, NTPC) as chief Guest, Padmshree Dr. Satish Kumar Director NIT Kurukshetra. During the convocation 1277 candidates were awarded degrees in B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, MCA and Ph.D. Out of 1277 total degrees, 46 were awarded in Ph.D, 342 in M.Tech, 36 in MBA, 80 in MCA and 773 in B.Tech. The prestigious “Shyam Sunder Dhingra Award” for overall B.Tech topper was given to Rajan Manocha (Department of Mechanical Engineering). “Best all round student award” was given to Aditya Kompella (Department of Civil Engineering) and Vandana Yadav (Department of Electrical Engineering). “Dr. R.P .Singh Medal” for B.Tech

rd ndtopper was given to Arpit Jain (3 year, Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Pankaj Mittal (2 year, st

Department of Mechanical Engineering). “Manohar award of excellence” for B.Tech 1 year topper was given to Saksham Agarwal. For ease of registration for convocation, online registration process was also introduced along with physical registration.

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D i r e c t o r o f t h e I n s t i t u t e , Dr. Satish Kumar. In his speech he has called students to be ready to work with the full integrity for the nation by treating freedom fighters as inspiration. At the same time, he said that we should all make a significant contribution to make India free from cultism, corruption and casteism. He has highlighted the major role of students in making India a developed nation. He called upon the talented students and teachers of the institute to be ready for the country's interest as being the technical institution.


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Institute has celebrated Teacher's th

Day to celebrate the 130 birth anniversar y o f Dr. Sar vpal l i Radhakrishnan. On this occasion, faculties of the institute were honoured for their significant contribution in academic, research and administrative fields. Six best faculty awards were announced in different areas and conferred to Dr. R.P. Chauhan, Dr. B. B. Gupta for

Teacher's Day

Hindi DiwasNIT Kurukshetra witnessed the celebration of 'Hindi Diwas' on September 14, 2018. This event was organised by Anamika Hindi Society which is a society managed by students of NIT Kurukshetra and efforting to promote the Hindi language in day-to-day activities at NIT Kurukshetra. The event was graced by Honourable Director Padmashree Dr. Satish Kumar as Chief Guest and Distinguished guest Prof. C. C. Tripathi, Director UIET, Kurukshetra University. During this event a new initiative was started namely ^fgUnh okrkZ % ,d ç;kl laokn dk] Hkk"kk ds foLrkj dk*. Under this programme, a Hindi training course is designed to assist students from non-hindi states and foreign

Engineer's dayNIT Kurukshetra celebrated Engineer's Day on

th15 September 2018 which was organized by Electrical Engineering Department of the Institute on the theme "Initiative Towards Innovation in Engineering". Dr. Satish Kumar, Director, NIT Kurukshetra was the Chief Guest for the day, with various Head of Departments, faculty members and staff members gracing the events as well. The event comprised of a presentation on the life of Sir M. V i s h ve s wa r ya a n d h i s a c h i eve m e n t s . A documentary on the history and importance of

Research Activities; Dr. A. Jose and Dr. B. B. Gupta for Research Projects and Laboratory Development; Dr. V. P. Singh and Dr. Arun Goyal for IPR/Patents/copyrights; Dr. J. K. Chhabra and Dr. Rajoo Pandey for Teaching; Dr. Sathans and Dr. Lillie Dewan for Administrative; and Prof. D. K. Soni and Dr. V. P. Singh for their Lifetime contributions.

countries. Selected students of NIT Kurukshetra will help students to teach basic Hindi communication in coordinatorship of Dr. Y. Dwivedi, Faculty-in-charge, Hindi language and Moral values.

Engineer's Day was prepared and presented by the students. Winners of Technical paper presentation competition on the theme of Celebrations organized by ELECTRORECK, technical society of Electrical Engineering Department, NIT Kurukshetra, were felicitated by the Director. The ideas such as Super Balloons, Smart dust technology, Electrical Vehicles and IoT, Cyborgs won the prizes. Newsletter of Electrical Engineering Department, prepared by ELECTRORECK, was inaugurated on the occasion.


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International Day of Non-ViolenceInstitute has celebrated the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi which is marked as the International Day of Non-Violence. To explore the Gandhiyan values, ideals and the challenges involved in implanting them in society, a national seminar on Gandhian Values in

s t the 21 Century: Contemporary Trends and Challenges has been organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences on September 29, 2018. On this occasion Dr. S. D. Sharma, former Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla delivered a keynote lecture. Prof. Sunita Siroha, English department, Kurukshetra University presented plenary talk and urge delegates to implement the teaching propagated by Mahatma Gandhi. Prof. Tejinder Kaur, Director, Center for Diaspora Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala in her Valedictory Address expressed her concern on the necessity of introducing Gandhian principles of ethics for engineering students. As a part of celebration of

th150 Birth Anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi, a 'Prabhat Pheri' was organized by the Physical Education and

nd Sports Section on 2 October, 2018. An art & skill development workshop was also organized for underprivileged children on this occasion by the Shiksha group, under the aegis of Students Club for Social Actions (SCSA) of the institute in the Electrical Engineering Department.

Bhajan SandhyaAs a part of the action plan to organize a series of events to commemorate

th150 birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a Bhajan Sandhya programme th

was organised on 4 October 2018, featuring performance by Dr. Sudhir Sharma and his team. Director Dr. Satish Kumar graced the event as the Chief Guest alongwith Madam Director, Mrs. Sneh Chaudhary. A short film made by Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, featuring artists from over 124 countries contributing musically in paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi through his favourite bhajan 'Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye' was also showcased.

NIT Kurukshetra celebrates International Women's Day (March 08, 2018) with great zest and zeal by holding a seminar entitled, "Role of Women Achievers in Science, Technology and Management in the Sustainable Green Energy Growth in India." The objective of the seminar was to create awareness for women empowerment for establishment of an egalitarian society. Ms. Sophia Dahiya, Joint Controller General of Accounts, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest for the event and Ms. Archana Chaudhary, Executive Officer, Head, Resource Mobilization and Partnership, UNESCO was the Guest of Honour. In her message Ms. Sophia Dahiya on Indian Government's initiatives like the use DBT schemes and other schemes she demonstrated the way rapid changes are at hand to improve and enhance women empowerment. Director NIT Kurukshetra, Padamshri Dr. Satish Kumar emphasized on the need to acknowledge contribution of women from diverse fields in growth and development of a nation. There were three technical sessions where student presented papers and panel discussion on "Narrow Apex of Vertical Triangle for Women Employees at Higher Positions" and the need for "Gender Sensitization at Root Level."

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T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f B u s i n e s s Administration and the Department of Humanities & Social Science

th organize two days 30 National Annual conference of Haryana Economic Association during March 09-10, 2018. This year's theme includes: Major issues of Indian Economy, Relevance of Economic Theory in current global scenario and Major Challenges for Haryana's Economic Growth. The conference

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An expert lecture was organised by the Department of Business Administration on the subject of the prime role of NABARD in advocating start-ups to amplify its impact. The lecture was addressed by District Development Manager Mr. R. S. Mor. He gave insights of the ample opportunities and schemes for the betterment of farmers.

Start-up expert lecture

was inaugurated by Dr. Satish Kumar Director NIT Kurukshetra. Various renowned experts from Punjab University Patiala, IIT Roorkee, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, attended the conference. Convener of the event was Prof. Rajendra Kumar; while Dr. Vikas Choudhary and and Dr. Neeraj Kaushik was the coordinator and Organizing Secretary, respectively. About 200 participants from all over the country attended this conference. The recommendations of the conference were forwarded to the policy makers.

International workshop on Sustainable Energy, Power and Propulsion

Aimed at moving towards a sustainable future, a novel approach was adopted by the scientific fraternity in the form of an International Workshop on "Sustainable Energy Power and Propulsion" during March 18-22, 2018. The

thinaugural ceremony of the 9 iteration of this workshop took place in the Jubilee hall of the

thInstitute, on the pleasant late evening of 18 March 2018. This event witnessed presence of Padma Bhushan Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog as the Chief Guest along with Dr. S.K. Salwan, Chairman, Armaments Board; Mr. V.K. Raizada, Executive Director, Indian Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex, Panipat; Dr. Manjit Singh, Chairman, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory Chandigarh as the Guests of Honor with the benign presence of Dr. Ashwini. K. Gupta, Professor, University of Maryland, College Park; Dr. Akshai Runchal, President, ACR Inc. and Dr. Abhijit Kushari, Professor, IIT Kanpur and many more experts in the fields of Energy, Power and Propulsion. On this occasion Director, Dr. Satish Kumar stressed on the importance of collaboration of institutes around the globe in the areas of solar, wind and geothermal power and propulsion systems without any barriers and flag shipped several student and faculty exchange programs, training and internship facilities to name a few.


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National IT ChallengeThe National IT Challenge Competition for the Youth with Disabilities was organized by Department of Empowerment of persons with Disabilities (DEPWD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. The objective of this national event is to help youth with disability to have an opportunity for the access and development of IT utilization ability and to select a group of disabled students to represent INDIA on the International level. Department of Computer Application, NIT Kurukshetra organized this National IT challenge third time. The chief guest for this event was Shree K.V.S. Rao Director, DEPWD. The challenge witnessed a great participation of around 104 students, those participated various technical and creative challenges including E-tool, E-life and E-creative activities.

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Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra has won 3position with a cash prize of Rs. 03 lakhs in national level 'ONGC Solar Chulha Challenge'. The prizes were given by Union Petroleum Minister Shri

thDharmendra Pradhan on 24 April 2018 at a function cum exhibition organized by ONGC in New Delhi. The team of students comprising Himanshu Agrawal, Vikrant Kamboj and Abhishek Dhiman and Udit Midha with Dr. Avadhesh Yadav, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering department prepared the design of the equipment. In addition to the cash prize, a research project has also been awarded to carry forward the work further. To promote this national endeavour, ONGC will also provide monetary support to the Institute to manufacture about 1000 units.

Solar Chullha Challenge

A workshop on Yoga and Healthcare was organized on June 2, 2018 in AE lawn by the Anamika Society of NIT Kurukshetra. Dr. Sathans, Dean, Students Welfare, inaugurated the event and mentioned the benefits of Yoga and Yoga master of Gurukul, Prof. Nand Kishore delivered a lecture on 'Importance of Yoga'. Main speakers Prof. Nandkishore and Dr. Satendra Tiwari were honored with mementos by Dr. Sathans at the end of the program.

stInternational Yoga day was celebrated on 21 June, 2018 with 150 yoga practitioners. A seminar on "Benefits of Yoga" was organized in the Senate hall. In the first phase of Yoga Programme, Acharya Shri Samarpal Arya & Shri

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Nand Kishore Arya, his students from Gurukul, Kurukshetra were conduct the Yoga practice as per the Common Yoga protocol received from the ministry. In the second phase, Acharya Somdev from Rishi Udhyan, Ajmer delivered lecture on the topic "A way of life" and interacted with the students. As a Par t of International Yoga Day Program a one month 'Yoga Shivir' was

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All India Inter NIT Chess, Table Tennis and Volleyball Tour nament 2017-18 was organized in NIT Kurukshetra from February 21-25, 2018. In the same NIT Kurukshetra Chess Girls team secured a silver medal whereas the Boys bagged the Bronze. The Volleyball (Girls) team also displayed their tenacity and managed to secure a bronze medal in the same.

National level sports fest 'Sangram' was organized in th stIIT Roorkee from 29 March to 1 April 2018, in this

tournament. Institute's athletics team secure 02 Gold, 04 Silver and 03 Bronze medals and Body Building team achieved a Silver medal.

thCITIUS'18, the 45 Annual Athletic Meet of the Institute th thwas organized from 09 to 11 March, 2018 comprised

of over 70 different sporting events and a participaton of over 500 students from the first, second, prefinal and final year B.Tech students, along with students from other discipline such as M.Tech, MCA, and MBA. Mr. Jasvir Singh Arjuna Awardee and an Indian professional Kabaddi player was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory Function.

The Institutes' Volleyball Girls team played a high class game in 'IGNIS-18' sports fest organised by SVNIT Surat, to secure a Gold medal whereas the Boys

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ndProfessor P. C. Tewari participated in 42 Masters National Badminton Championships held at LAQSHYA Badminton Academy, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from February 23-25, 2018. Professor P. C. Tewari won Inter IIT Alumni Badminton Championship in Senior Men's Doubles Category held on March 24-25, 2018 at Noida.

An expert lecture which was organized by the Physical Education and Sports section of the Institute on the

th topic - "Rejuvenation through Yoga" on 26 September, 2018. A thought provoking oration was delivered by Professor Rajeev Chaudhary, Dean, and Faculty of Physical Education at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur on the same theme during the proceedings which was attended largely by the students, staff and faculty of the Institute.

Institute's teams for Yog (Boys and Girls) brought ndlaurels to the Institute by achieving the 2 position in

the Boys as well as the Girls category of the Various NIT's in the 'All India Inter NIT Yoga' Championship

th stheld at VNIT Nagpur from 29 September-01 October 2018.

Inter Technology University Sports Association (I.T.U.S.A) Basketball, Football, Kabaddi, Table-Tennis and Yoga Tournament 2018-19 was organized at NIT Kurukshetra from October 05-07, 2018, and witnessed a humongous footf al l of approximately 400

sportspersons. 08 out of 11 member-institutes participated in this tournament in which the Yoga Boys and Girls st

team secured 1 position in their respective categories whereas the Kabaddi teams were no less as the boys team secured gold medal and the girls got the silver, the Basketball girls bagged the Silver and the Basketball boys had to settle for the Bronze. Our TT Girls teams secured a silver medal as well.


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Internet of Things (IoT) Workshop

Internet of Things(IoT) is a revolutionary technological innovation that has changed the entire way people communicate, work and live. In wake of the humongous impact and scope of this concept, a holistic workshop was conducted in our campus. The instructors from Oracle Workforce Development Program - KVCH conducted a workshop on Internet of Things (IoT) at E202 on September 29-30, 2018. The workshop illustrated the vitality of IoT in our daily lives. The experts in the field delivered a hands-on lecture on a programmable microcontroller called Arduino Uno which included programming it and running an LED using it. The workshop benefitted the students in various ways including help to earn the basics of Internet of Things and its applications; to build own IoT system using NodeMcu-ESP8266; work with DHT sensors to detect humidity and temperature; Understand Arduino Architecture and programming; GPIO Interfacing with LED's etc.

Cyber Security Workshop

A workshop on Cyber Security was conducted by Oracle Workforce Development Program-KVCH. This workshop discusses the basics of hacking to its advanced level. Discussion began from scratch, to ethical hacking and a detailed discussion. Cyber security is the collection of technologies that processes and practices aimed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access. After building up the basic knowledge of the technical details and getting familiar with the terms, practical sessions began. The practical began with email spoofing, steganography, SQL injection attacks etc. Students across the first, second and third year attended it with the participation of 120 students in total.

National Students' Space Challenge

NSSC (The National Students' Space Challenge) is India's first and largest space fest, conducted and organised by IIT Kharagpur. It provides a platform for space enthusiasts to showcase their talents in a plethora of events. Started by the Space Technology Students Society, NSSC 18 was held from October 05-07, 2018 at IIT Kharagpur campus. With teams like IIT Gandhinagar i n c l u d i n g 2 0 d i f f e r e n t institutions were participated in the event. NIT Kurukshetra team took part in Lift- Off (an ev e n t m o d e l l e d o n t h e concept of water rocket) and space quiz and won the first prize in the Lift-Off event by defeating close to 70 teams. The winning team comprising of Harsh Sharma, Harsh Mittal, Deepika Sangwan and Akshat Redhu. It was a great moment of pride for NIT Kurukshetra as putting such a performance in the first-ever NSSC participation.

Auto Kriti

The SAE Club has been involved in implementing the learnt theoretical ideas to design and develop prototype of automobiles at undergraduate level. Housing within its periphery Team Nitrox & Team Accelerons, which design and fabricate an All-Terrain Vehicle & Formula Style Vehicle respectively, club represents NIT (REC) Kurukshetra at the National and International level engineering platforms in India & United States of America. This year, AUTOKRITI 10.0-An automotive overhauling workshop where participants were acquainted with the entire Toyota Camry Hybrid & Toyota Land Cruiser Engines. Autokriti 10.0 was a 3 days engine overhaul workshop. During October 07-09, 2018, the theories of engine, transmission, brakes, suspension and steering were put forward in an interactive way. The basics of engine have been cleared by inline HONDA CITY engine and then the students were forwarded to level 2 Engine. Autokriti 10.0 had introduced the breath taking Land Cruiser V8 Petrol engine as well

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as the Toyota Camry Hybrid engine. In addition to that, session for detailed practical description on VVT and i-VTEC also been covered. Autokriti 10.0 has hosted Captain Sneha Sharma, India's fastest female Formula Race, and Dr Neharika Yadav, India's Fastest female Superbiker who competes every year in JK Tyre Superbike Championship. These two ladies are not only India's fastest but only represent Indian riders on the International platforms in Mugello circuit in Italy and Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. Eminent experts like Er. Ajay Godara, Founder and Director ENOVATION LAB, Chandigarh and Er. Manuj Khurana, CEO & Founder of NewMo discussed the latest technological stuff related to Electric Vehicles. Experts from GRINNTECH Er. Rahul Lamba & Er. Sarthak Manocha deliberated about Li-ion Batteries & techno commercial aspects of Electric Vehicles. Prof. P.C. Tewari presided over the Program and also felicitated all the technical experts of Autokriti 10.0 workshop.

Microbus Society

Microbus successfully managed and conducted DrishTI online contest in the Institute organised by Texas Instruments, one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturing companies, on pan-India level. The contest provided the participants a brilliant platform to get their theoretical knowledge in resonance with the practical applicability of the subjects they read. The contest witnessed agile participation from students of all disciplines who were tested on various parameters like simulation of design in software for cost effectiveness and various performance metrics along with concepts related to data processing and micro-controllers.

Microbus was instrumental in conducting workshop on IoT (Internet of things) under the aegis of i3indya in partnership with Radiance, IIT Bombay. IoT is a technology which is fast grooming and includes all day-to-day need appliances connected and controlled by the Internet in which information is sent to the internet cloud and processed. Keeping up pace with new technologies is vital in engineering field, so the workshop was well appreciated by all and also provided the participants a chance to compete in Radiance-2018.


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Utkarsh FestA Hindi literary cum cultural fest 'UTKARSH-2018' was organized during September 21-23, 2018 by Anamika Hindi Society in the direction of Dr. Y. Dwivedi, Faculty-in-charge. On this occasion chief guest was honourable Director of the institute and the distinguished guest was social worker and founder of Puran-Murti Educational Society, Dr. Vijay Pal Nain. The theme of the fest was 'Shuny se Vyom'. This event was comprised of 22 events in which 500 students have participated, including participants from 08 different institutions. This event witnessed a footfall of more than 2500 students. This fest includes events Kavi Sammelan, Hindi Competitions comprises of writing, grammar, quizzes etc. During the event, a program named 'Vichar Manch' was organised in which students interact with the Director Dr. Satish Kumar and asked various questions related to advanced research facilities, Student training, personality development etc. The valedictory function of the fest was organized on September 23, 2018, in Jubilee hall of the Institute. Winners of the various competitions were awarded trophy and certificates.

A blood donation camp was organised by Rooh society on September 29, 2018 which aimed at sharing the gift of life and be the reason for someone's smile. The blood donation camp spread awareness about the importance of blood donation among students and encourages them to be a part of the noble cause.

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SHIKSHANGANShiksha Group organized three days annual festival 'Shikshangan-18' under the aegis of Students' Club for Social Action (SCSA) of NIT Kurukshetra. It mainly included various activities from the domains of Academics, Fine Arts, Sports, Music, Dramatics and Dance etc. About 200 students from Shiksha Group, Nivedita Public School and fellow NGO named Chetna participated in various events of 'Shikshangan -18'. This event witnessed various Sport events and cultural events like dancing, singing, acing and poem recital etc. In valedictory function, prizes were distributed to the winners by the Chief Guest. Er. Ravi Sharma, Former CEO Adani Power and Founder & Chairman, Prama Jyoti Foundation, New Delhi. Director Padmashree Dr. Satish Kumar presided over the function. The Shiksha Group, provided scholarships to twenty two needy and poor children for the session 2017-18. Fourteen children got scholarship for academics, three for all round performance and five for excellence in sports and extra-curricular activities in addition to academics.

National Science Day

Department of Physics has celebrated 'National Science Day' on February 28, 2018 to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. On this occasion lectures were organized on Raman life & his scientific contribution, and Indian achievements in nuclear and Space science. The coordinator of the programme Dr. Y. Dwivedi describes the vast scientific legacy and contribution of great Indian science. During the event Science Quiz and debate competitions were organised for students. A science debate was based on 'Role of Science for Nation building' and 'Science: an effective tool for women empowerment.'


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Academic activities Awards and Recognition

v Prof. D. K. Soni has been conferred with 'The Glory of India -2018' (gold medallist)award by Best Citizen Publishing House.

v Best M. Tech. thesis award POSOCO Power Awards (PPSA), 2018 was received by Prof. Ashwani Kumar, Electrical Engineering Department for thesis entitled 'Congestion management in deregulated power system with demand response program; Smriti Singh (student) and Optimal scheduling of energy storage system, Bhasker Jyoti Das (Student).

v Dr Atma Ram Gupta along with his B.Tech student Mukesh Prasad Agarwal has received the best paper award for the paper entitled “TRAX: Smart Mobile Application to Improve the Safety and Security of Automobile Vehicles", in International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication.

v Prof. Ashavani Kumar, Physics Department visited HIMADRI, Indian Station in the Arctic Region, North-Pole of Earth for doing research on HZE cosmic rays and their effects on human beings.

v Prof. H. K. Sharma acted as chief Guest and delivered a Keynote address in a Faculty development programme at Greater Noida Institute of Technology, on July 16, 2018.

v Dr B. B. Gupta served as Visiting Professor, University of Murcia, Spain during June-July, 2018 and Visiting Researcher, Swinburne Institute of Technology, Australia during March-April, 2018.

v Dr B. B. Gupta honoured as Outstanding Associate Editor of 2017 for IEEE Access.

v Dr B. B. Gupta served as TPC Chair, IEEE Infocom 2018: IEEE International Workshop on Cloud Computing Systems, Networks, and Applications during 5-19 April 2018, Honolulu, HI, USA.

v Dr Sarika Jain of the Department of Computer Applications has provided internship to a German research scholar Mrs Anastasiia Kysliak from Georg-August - Universität Göttingen, Germany under DAAD RISE Worldwide Program. They worked under the project titled “A Multilingual Semantic Web Portal for Indian Biodiversity”.

Sponsored Research and Consultancy Projects

(Sanctioned in 2018)

v Dr Yashashchandra Dwivedi, Physics department has under taken a project t i t led 'Feasibi l i ty of development of spectrally selective absorbing materials for laser absorbing coatings'. This project is sponsored by DRDO and the cost is Rs. 09.13 Lakh.

v A project titled 'Nanomaterials for stable and high- efficiency inorganic-organic perovskite- tandem solar cells' is sanctioned to Dr Ashok Kumar (PI), Dr. Anurag Gaur (Co-PI) from Physics Department, NIT Kurukshetra and Dr. Dipti Gupta (Co-PI), IIT-Bombay from CSIR. The budget of the project is Rs.13.41 Lakh.

v Dr Chetti Prabhakar, Chemistry Dept. received a project from CSIR titled 'Design synthesis and optoelectronic properties of Squaraine and Croconine based functional organic materials' having budget of Rs. 09.75 Lakh.

v Dr Neena Jaggi, Physics Dept. has undertaken a project on 'Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance effect of metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag etc.) on the optical properties of nanophosphors for Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence sensors', financed by CSIR of Rs. 10.18 Lakh.

v Dr Amilan Jose D., Chemistry department received a project on 'Development of highly sensitive colorimetric and fluorescent moisture sensors, based on small molecules, chemically modified paper and electrospun nanofibrous materials' from SERB. The budget for the project sanctioned is Rs. 31.86 Lakh.

v Dr Lalit Thakur (PI), Mechanical Engg. Dept. and Dr Vinod Kumar (Co-PI) received project titled 'Synthesis and characterization of ceramic-metal multilayer functionally graded armor materials with improved ballistic performance' sponsored by DRDO, of worth Rs. 34.51 Lakh.

v A project on 'Soil strength mapping & stabilization' is received by Dr S.N. Sachdeva, Civil Engg. Dept., sanctioned by Haryana PWD B&R of worth Rs. 3 Lakh.

v Dr Avadhesh Yadav, Mechanical Engg. Dept. received a project on 'Development of low-cost scheffler solar concentrator for domestic indoor cooking and heating application for rural areas'. This project is sanctioned by ONGC of cost Rs. 7.29 Lakh.

v Dr M.P. Maiya (PI) from IIT Madras, Dr Saourav Mitra, (Co-PI) from IIT Kharagpur, Dr Avadhesh Yadav (Co-PI) from Mechanical Engg. Dept., received a project on 'Desiccant solar still'. The sponsoring agency SERB has sanctioned Rs. 60.02 Lakh for this project.


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Conferences and Expert Lecturesv Department of Physics has organized an expert

lecture on 'Spectroscopic techniques for explosives detection' delivered by eminent academician and Scientist Prof. Jagdish Prasad Singh from Mississippi State University, USA. Prof. Singh has described various Spectroscopic techniques currently being use to detect explosives from standoff distance and used in warfare.

v An expert lecture was organised by the Business Administration department on the subject of the 'Prime role of NABARD in advocating start-ups to amplify its impact'. The lecture was addressed by District development manager Mr. R. S. Mor. He gave insights of the ample opportunities and schemes for the betterment of farmers.

vrd On 23 February, 2018 Prof. Gurdeep Hura,

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA delivered an expert talk on “Big Data Analytics & Cyber Infrastructure” in department of Computer applications.

v Department of Business Administration has thorganized 30 Annual conference in association

with Haryana Economic Association during March 9-10, 2018. This conference was organised in chairmanship of Prof. Rajender Kumar and coordinator Dr. Vikas Choudhary.

v A two days conference was organized by Physics th

department titled 6 National conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology during March 29-30, 2018.

v Department of Computer applications organised an expert lecture on 'Wireless Sensor Networks: Machine Learning Approach'. This talk was delivered by Prof. Prasantha Jana Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad on April 02, 2018.

v On 18 April, 2018 Mr. Amrinder Singh, OSD (Officer on Special Duty) to Chief Minister of Haryana delivered an expert talk on “Rashtrawad Se Naujawanon Ka Sambandh”. It was organized by MEXPERTS Technical Society, Department of Computer applications.

v A national conference on 'Advances in Power Control and Communication Systems' (NCAPCCS-2018) was organised by department of Electronics & Communication Engineering during April 21-22, 2018.

v Department of Computer applications organised thtwo expert lectures on 27 April, 2018 on

'Approximate greatest decent in neural networks' and 'Data scientist: The most lucrative job of the

st 21 century?'. These talks were delivered by Dr. Lim King Hann, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Malaysia and Dr. Kwang Leng Goh, Curtin University, Australia.

v Civil Engineering department organised a two days national conference titled 'Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development' during July 13-14, 2018.

v Department of Business Administration organised two expert lectures on Motivation by Mr. Sandeep Singh, Social Scientist and on the topic of Banking and Related Terms by Mr. Ankur Yadav, Regional Sales Managers Indusland Bank, Kurukshetra on September 19, 2018.

v One expert lecture on motivation is organised by the Department of Business Administration. This lecture is delivered by Prof. A.G. Iyer, President & Promoter Director, REPA, Chairperson-SEFI & NCEE Editor-in-Chief & Funder Publisher ENERTIA, Falcon Media on September 26, 2018.


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Short term course and workshopv Electr ical Engg. Depar tment has

organised One week short term course on System Analysis Optimization and Control during February 17-22, 2018. Coordinators of this course were Dr. Anil K u m a r D a h i y a f r o m E l e c t r i c a l Engineering Department and Dr. Naveen Kumar Mathematics Department.

v School of Material Science & Technology has organised a short term course on Nanomaterials for advanced applications during March 09-13, 2018. Coordinators of this course were Dr. Neena Jaggi, Dr. Ashok Kumar, and Dr. C.R. Mariappan from Physics Department.

v Physics Department has organised one week short term course titled 'Advances in Photonics and Hybrid Nanomaterials' during March 23-28, 2018. The coordinators of the event were Dr. Y. Dwivedi and Dr. Awnish Kumar Tripathi from Physics department.

v One week short term course was organised by Mechanical Engg. Department during March 26-31, 2018 titled 'Advance in Machining Processes'. Dr. Jatinder Kumar and Dr. Joy Prakash Misra coordinate the event.

v Mechanical engineering department conduct an International workshop on Challenges in Sustainable Energy Power and Propulsion (ISEPP-2018) during March 18-22, 2018. Convener of the event was Dr. Pankaj Chandna.

v Electronics & Communication engineering department organised a workshop on Research Methodology: An Applied Orientation during March 12-16, 2018, in convenorship of Dr. Vikas Mittal.

v Office of Dean (R&C) in convenorship of Dr. Brahmjit Singh and Dr. Pankaj Chandna organised One Day Workshop on Consultation on Siemens Centre of Excellence for Industry Relevant Skill Development on March 10, 2018.

v A Management Games workshop was organised by the Department of Business Administration. The expert for this workshop was Dr. Ajay Sharma, Associate Professor, TITS, Bhiwani. This event was conducted on March 15, 2018.

v Department of Business Administration organized two day Management fest 'VIHAAN'18' on April, 12-13, 2018.

v A one week short term course on 'Strengthening Capacities for Hazardous and Disaster Risk Management' was organized from May 1-6, 2018 by the Civil Depar tment of NIT, Kur ukshetra. Dr. S. S. Phulia, Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra was the chief guest of the event. Dr. Phulia has focus on the need of having a comprehensive and stringent action plan in order to reduce the severity of natural disasters in the region and appreciated the institute's initiative in this field.


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Structural Engineering (AISE-2018) was organized by Civil Engineering department,

th th NIT, Kurukshetra from 14 -19 May 2018. Fifty three participants have registered for the course, out of which 26 were from other Institutions and Industry. The lectures were delivered by resource persons from IIT Roorkee, DRDO TBRL Lab (Chandigarh), HUDCO, CPWD, Thapar University and NIT, Kurukshetra.

v A short term course titled High Voltage Engineering Generation, Measurement and its applications was organised by Electrical Engineering department during July 16-20, 2018. Coordinators of the event were Dr.

Saurabh Chanana, Dr. Atma Ram Gupta Dr. Pradeep Kumar of the same department.

v School of VLSI Design and Embedded Systems and Design Tech. System Ltd. jointly organized a '5-Day workshop on MATLAB and Simulink' for faculty members and students of NIT Kurukshetra from July 30 to August 3, 2018. The convener of the event was Prof. R.K.Sharma while Dr. Sudhanshu Chaudhary and Dr. Gaurav Saini were the Coordinators.

v Two days workshop on Personality Development Program was organized by the Department of Business Administration during August 20-21, 2018. Ms. Madhu Sharma, CEO, Success Strategies for life was the resource person for this event.

v Computer Engineering department conduct a short term course on Security Issues for Sensor, IoT and Opportunistic Network during September 10-15,2018 in coordinatorship of Prof. Akhilesh Swarup, Department of Electrical Engineering and Prof. Mayank Dave, Department of Computer Engineering.

v School of VLSI Design and Embedded Systems and CoreEL Technology jointly organized a 'Faculty Development Program in VLSI Design using 'Xilinx & Mentor Graphics Tools' for faculty members and students from September 10 – 14, 2018.This event was conducted in convenership of Prof. R.K.Sharma and Coordinator Prof. Jitender Kumar Chhabra.

v A one-day TEQIP-III sponsored workshop on “Reliability Engineering and Applications” was held in the Boardroom of the Institute on September 25, 2018. Dr. Om Prakash Yadav, Professor and Chair, Industrial and Manufacturing Engg. Department, Director, Centre for Quality, Reliability, and Maintainability Engg, North Dakota State University, USA is the main speaker of the event. Scientists from various DRDO Labs, Engineers from IOCL Panipat, Faculty and students from within and outside of the Institute have.

v Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra organized a two days workshop on Applications of SCADA and Augmented Reality (ASAR-18), sponsored by TEQIP-III. Mr. Amitesh, an alumnus of NITK, from NPCL Noida, Mr.Mirza Asif from NPCL Kanpur and Mr. Ramakant from General Electr ic, Bengaluru were industry experts. During the workshop students were introduced to Multi Touch & Augmented Reality based on Pranav Mistry's six sense device by experts from Infizeal Technologies and trained to make multi touch pad and to convert laptop screen into a touch screen.


EDITORIAL TEAM Prof. Rajendera Kumar, Dean (SW), Prof. Brahmjit Singh, Dean (R & C)

Dr. Yashashchandra Dwivedi, Faculty-in-charge (Institute Newsletter and Magazine)

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