This issue contains more details about steps taken by our newly formed alumni association towards alumni activities. It includes formation of Board of Directors, adopting Bylaws, opening bank account to receive funds from alumni, etc.
The issue carries news about our alumni Manoj Sinha and Gyanesh Pandey who developed and installed a prototype rice husk based power plant in rural
It is sad to see our beloved vice-chancellor, Dr. Panjab Singh leave us who left the university on May 03. He lobbied successfully with HRD Ministry to get us an IIT status. We hope that our new vice-chancellor, Dr. D. P. Singh will continue the IIT conversion process for our institute.
We are thankful to our former student, teacher and vice-chancellor Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao to give consent for the chronicle interview. We are also featuring interview of our alumnus Praveen Maane (2004) who has started the business of catering prepared food to customers in
The issue also contains the rare photo of class of 1952 and article about our pioneer batch of class of 1926. We are thankful to Dr. Satinder Mullick (Mechanical 1958) for the write-up.
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The Chronicle Team
This presentation was held on the Civil Services Day, 22nd April 2008 for the Chief Secretaries (of all the States) Conference (http://darpg.nic.in/arpg-website/ChiefSectConf/csc2008.htm)
Following articles are published about IITs in news media by our alumnus Yogesh K. Upadhyaya (Chemical 1977).
1) New IITs announced
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=134542
The government on March 28 decided to set up eight more Indian Institutes of Technology. Never before in the history of India has such large expansion been planned in a go. It is definitely a good news, provided the educational standards are met.
Excerpts:
Introduction
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http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5295
This article contains the news and analysis about the recent govt. decision to set up 8 more IITs, 4 IIESTs and 10 NITs. Some of the information in the article is taken directly from the sources within HRD Ministry of India and after discussing with some of the faculty of IITs.
Excerpts:
The IITs have come a long way in establishing its unique brand. The recent government decision (of setting up more IITs), being unparallel in the history of technical education in India, has created a fear of dilution of the IIT brand. Moreover, other powerful brands (such as NITs, IIESTs) have started appearing in past few years. We shall examine the coming up of such other institutes and how they will meet our country’s requirements.........
New IITs and dilution theory
In March 2008, our government has announced the setting up of eight more IITs (including 4 already announced) and converting Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University into an IIT. This is in addition to existing seven IITs. The setting of new IITs in such a large number has raised some concerns among select groups about dilution of IIT brand. Their fear is unfounded. IIT brand will not get diluted as long as all the related criteria are maintained within limits. For example, the brand will not get diluted if: The selection ratio (students selected for IITs/students appeared for the IIT-JEE) is within 2-3%; teacher to student ratio is between 1:8 and 1:10; and govt. annual funding is Rs. 2.3-2.5 lakhs (Rs. 230,000-250,000) per student.
At the end of completion of IIT expansion by the year 2012-2013, The 8 new IITs will add a total of 4,000 undergraduate seats to the existing system. Moreover, as per recent Supreme Court ruling, there will be 27% reservation quota for the OBC (Other Backward Class) students admitted to IITs and other premier institutes. This will necessitate 54% overall increase in seats at existing seven IITs and IT-BHU over a period of next 3 years. In the academic year 2007-2008, these institutes admitted close to 5,000 students, which will rise to about 7,500 students after implementing expansion program to meet quota requirements. Adding 7-10% natural expansion of available seats each year, about 12,000-14,000 seats will be available after 5-6 years from all the sixteen IITs.
This will only encourage more students to appear for IIT-JEE exam. This year 320,000 students appeared for IIT-JEE, compared to 250,000 last year. It is expected that by 2012-2013, about 600,000-700,000 students will appear for IIT-JEE, maintaining 2-3% selection ratio.
(Chronicle note: Nikesh Arora is one of the highest ranking executives among our alumni. Currently he is President of Google for Europe, Middle East and
40, president of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google
One of Google's most senior executives outside Silicon valley, Arora joined the company after being interviewed by founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin as he was wandering around the British Museum. He is responsible for Google's business across 28 offices with a team of more than 2,500 people.
When the Indian-born executive arrived in December 2004, Google EMEA had less than 500 employees in 10 offices.
Now the most powerful online brand in the world, Google commands more than two thirds of the paid-for search advertising market and is seeking to extend that dominance into the display market, provided EU regulators allow its acquisition of DoubleClick.
Arora was hired to help Google to mirror its American growth in other markets, Britain in particular. His success has seen US-educated Arora linked with several high-profile UK chief executive positions.
Dressed-down in style, yet hugely ambitious, Arora was formerly chief marketing officer T-Mobile and before that part of the asset management team at Putnam Investments, focusing on global technology and telecoms.
Related links:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2006/11/#001462
(Chronicle note: Sanjay Govil is a successful IT executive and volunteer for
OutworX ropes in Sanjay Govil to outshine competition
Headquartered in Silicon Valley
And, now, the name of Sanjay Govil has included in the list of its illustrious people. For his sheer brilliance, astute business acumen, inspiring IT industry experience, and impeccable leadership quality, OutworX has roped in Sanjay to reinvent the organization and chart out a robust growth strategy encompassing value-centric and sustainable business services for clients.
Having more than 26 years of international experience in the business services and IT industries, Sanjay is a respected opinion leader within the IT fraternity in
Sanjay holds a Bachelor of Technology from the
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Interview of Sanjay Govil in Chronicle
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2006/10/#001427
(Chronicle Note: This is a remarkable achievement by our alumni. Manoj Sinha and Gyanesh Pandey, along with other team members Chip Ransler and Ratnesh Kumar. Manoj Kumar and Chip Ransler are currently studying in MBA Program at
Powering Villages from Rice Husks Wins Business Plan Competition
May 6, 2008 — Two students from the
This weekend, the duo received $50,000 and a big vote of confidence in their business plan when they won the Social Innovation Competition at the
This technology provides off-grid power to rural Indian villages of 200 to 500 households. Using the husk-powered mini power plant, the team plans to offset close to 200 tons of carbon emissions per village, per year in
The competition's audience handed Husk Power Systems an additional $1,000 in the vote for the People's Choice award. Selecting from a competitive field of exceptional ideas, the competition judges, which included
"The final pitch to the judges had all the drama and emotion of a night on 'American Idol' — but with a much loftier mission," said Peter Frumkin, director of the
The $50,000 award was the latest in a string of accolades that Ransler and Sinha have received for their Husk Power plans. On April 7, they picked up a $10,000 check for winning Darden's annual business plan competition. Also in April, they were selected as one of 10 finalist teams among 245 entries from 23 countries in the Global Social Venture Competition hosted by the
The idea for the rice husk generators was originally conceived by Sinha, who earned his engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts and holds 10 patents for work done at Intel, and Gyanesh Pandey, the third leader of Husk Power, who left an engineering career in Los Angeles to return to India and oversee the rice husk project on the ground there.
Sinha and Pandey went to college together in
Then, at Darden, Sinha shared the idea with Ransler, who did a bit of research and soon suggested that the generators could be a financially viable business that could be expanded to hundreds of villages. There are 480 million Indians with no power and 350 million of them live in rural villages, concentrated in eastern
After more research and some helpful feedback from several of the business plan competitions, said Ransler, the team realized that, with more engineering, the ash produced by burning the rice husks could be easily converted into a valuable ingredient for cement production.
On top of that, additional research revealed that the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, had established a trading program for carbon emission reductions that should enable the rice husk generators to be paid for reducing carbon emissions.
The team was struck, said Ransler, by how "these big things all work together" — three sources of revenue could be produced from what was otherwise a waste product sitting in huge piles slowly rotting in villages across India. Even with conservative electricity consumption, revenue from the three sources would allow each rice husk generator to break even in about two and a half years, and it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 200 tons per year, per village. Furthermore, explained Ransler, a lack of reliable electricity is one of the biggest obstacles to small business growth in rural
But actually getting the electricity from the power plant to the various destinations — village houses, irrigation pumps, water purification units, small businesses, etc. — presented further challenges, said Ransler. Previous electrification projects in India have generally provided villages with intermittent power — often only an hour a day — coming from distant power plants (usually coal-powered), and traveling over miles of wires to reach small villages where average personal incomes are less than $20 a month.
In many cases villagers used the many hours of downtime without power to illegally tap into the main power lines for "free" electricity. Sometimes large sections of power lines were cut down and sold as scrap metal.
Husk Power has developed several strategies to combat such problems, explained Ransler. They will require pre-payment for all electricity, and they will spend more to wire the village using double-insulated wire that is more difficult to illegally tap into than standard wire. Since electrical meters cost $10 to $15 each, and an average household will consume only about $15 to $18 of electricity per year, Husk Power will instead use a $1 circuit breaker to distribute electricity to a branch line serving four or five households. A Husk Power employee in the village will conduct a basic energy audit to determine how much electrical load the branch of houses will need and will install a circuit breaker that allows only that much current to reach the houses. Any illegal tap or other excessive consumption will trip the circuit breaker, cutting off power to all four or five houses, giving the community an incentive to work together to prevent excess consumption.
With all the refinements, the business plan soon started "looking like Starbucks — you can put one of these in 125,000 locations, hire local people, and turn a raw material into money — just substitute rice husks for coffee beans," said Ransler.
What about the original motive of providing a social good to rural
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http://www.darden.edu/html/default.aspx
3) Student grudge match-Lighting rural
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fsb/0804/gallery.rice_b_plan_competition_08.fsb/20.html
Seminar for VLSI/ASIC (Pragyan) held at campus on Feb 21 & 22.
(Report forwarded by Vikalp Agarwal, Civil 2008 and Nihal Ansari, Mechanical 1982)
(Chronicle note: Mr. Manthani Sridhar Reddy (Electronics 1982) is Senior Director of nVidia. He is one of our active volunteers and has pledged for the campus improvement projects.)
Mr. Manthani Sridhar Reddy had conducted a seminar for electronics students on Feb 21 & 22, 2008. The report is attached.
NVIDIA Graphics Pvt. Ltd. recently organized a 2 day workshop (Feb 21 & 22) for from Electrical and Electronics streams, who wish to pursue a career/research in the VLSI/ASIC field. The workshop was organized by the Industry Institute Partnership Cell under the banner of PraGyaN – The Workshop Series.
The workshop, spanning over 2 days covered, Chip Design Overview & a special one day workshop called “Right from the Start”.
Day 1: “Chip Design Overview”
One day training on Chip Design provided a bird’s eye-view of what it takes to build a chip. The program introduced students to the chip design flow, tools and methodologies (such as Verilog) along with some of the engineering considerations that go into building a chip.
This workshop was conducted by Mr. Sridhar Manthani (our alumnus) and Mr. Sunil Nanda, both of whom are senior directors at NVIDIA Graphics Pvt. Ltd. The workshop was also attended by faculty members as observers, faculty present were - Dr. Devender Singh, Electrical Engineering; Dr. RK Mishra, Electrical Engineering; Mr. P K Mukherjee, Electronics Engineering & Dr. Satyabrata Jit, Electronics Engineering.
The workshop was not open for all students and only 25 students were shortlisted from Electrical and Electronics Engineering from both B. Tech & M. Tech. There was a huge interest in students and the organizers had a tough time handling numerous requests to be accommodated.
The workshop was very well received and most students wanted it to be a little slower than it was. There was a considerable request to do more such events.
Day 2: “Right from start”
A 1 day workshop covering soft skills required to get successful in any work environment. The workshop covered topics like how to make the right career choices, opportunities in Engineering and what to expect from the work place once a student makes the transition to a professional work environment.
The workshop was conducted by Mr. Kedar Nayak from Navgati. This workshop was an instant hit with most students and Mr. Nayak established himself as a very friendly coach with the students.
The workshop was also attended by Dr. Devender Singh, Electrical Engineering; Dr. RK Mishra, Electrical Engineering & Dr. P. K. Mishra, Chemical Engineering, Chief Coordinator – IIPC.
The workshops were well managed and received an exceedingly overwhelming response. The only complains being the short duration and the restrictions on the number of participants.
Students have expressed a desire to have many more such workshops and the IIPC has also received written feedback about the future topics that they might be interested in.
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Additional links:
1) Photographs of the workshop
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/iipcell.bhu/NVIDIAWorkshopFeb2008/photo#s5171624816873488850
http://www.nvidia.in/page/home.html
(Chronicle note: Dr. Panjab Singh left the position of VC at BHU on May 03, 2008. A detailed article is published elsewhere in this chronicle issue. To read this article, you might have to install hindi fonts)
वाराणसी। काशी हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय के कुलपति प्रो. पंजाब सिंह शुक्रवार को बीएचयू से विदा हुए। स्वतंत्रता भवन में आयोजित भव्य विदाई समारोह में सभी भावुक से लगे। स्वयं कुलपति भी अपने को संयत करते नजर आए। लगभग दो घंटे तक चले समारोह में अनेक बार ऐसे अवसर आए जब लोगों की आंखें नम हो गईं। कुलपति को माला पहनाते वक्त सभी के चेहरे पर मुस्कान थी पर इसमें छिपा था बिछोह का दर्द भी। सभी पूरी तन्मयता से कुलपति के एक-एक शब्दों को स्मृतियों में बसा लेना चाहते थे। प्रो. सिंह ने इस मौके पर कहा कि महामना की इस थाती को सभी लोगों को मिलकर सहेजना होगा। यह महज एक विश्वविद्यालय ही नहीं बल्कि देश व संस्कृति की आत्मा भी है। यह जितनी समृद्ध होगी समाज व देश भी उतना ही समृद्ध होगा।
सभागार में बैठे लोग कुलपति के तीन वर्ष की उपलब्धियों की चर्चा भी करते रहे। समारोह में वाणिज्य संकाय को शोध छात्र ब्रजेश तिवारी, बसंत कन्या महाविद्यालय की डॉ. राधा बनर्जी ने अभिनंदन पत्र पढ़ा। कुलसचिव एन सुंदरम, कार्यकारिणी के सदस्य प्रो. एके बनर्जी, प्रो. टीवी रामकृष्णन प्रो. आनंद मोहन आदि ने संस्मरण सुनाए तथा कुलपति की दूरदर्शिता की सराहना की। संस्थानों के निदेशकों, संकाय प्रमुखों व संबद्ध महाविद्यालयों से आए शिक्षकों ने भी कुलपति का अभिनंदन किया। अभिनंदन का आलम यह था कि इस मौके पर कुलपति को 50 से अधिक स्मृति चिह्न मिले। विश्वविद्यालय की प्रथम महिला श्रीमती कमला सिंह का भी अभिनंदन किया गया। डॉ. पद्मिनी रवींद्रनाथ ने प्रो. पंजाब सिंह का जीवन परिचय पढ़। संचालन डॉ. जीएन तिवारी ने किया। इस मौके पर कायकारिणी सदस्य डॉ. एसडी सिंह, प्रो. एसएन उपाध्याय, प्रो. गजेंद्र सिंह, प्रो. शिवराज सिंह, प्रो. वीके कुमरा, प्रो. एसके सिंह, प्रो. राजकुमार, डॉ. प्रदीप श्रीवास्तव, पराग प्रकाश, डॉ. केपी उपाध्याय सहित काफी संख्या में शिक्षक व कर्मचारी उपस्थित थे।
न ऐेसा देखा न सुना
वाराणसी: 47 वर्षो तक बीएचयू से जुड़े रहे वरिष्ठ प्रोफेसर व विशेष कार्याधिकारी प्रो. ओंकार सिंह विदाई के इस मौके पर बेहद भावुक हो गए। बोले अपने जीवन में मैंने अनेक कुलपति देखे। इससे पहले विश्वविद्यालय में न तो इस तरह से किसी कुलपति की विदाई देखी गई और न ही सुनी गई।
Varanasi, May 8 Noted environmental science expert Dhirendra Pal Singh, who assumed the office of the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Thursday, has said that he would initiate process to begin a course in ‘peace education’ in the university, in association with UNESCO.
Addressing mediapersons after taking charge of his new assignment, Singh said that efforts will be made to set up an Institute for Sustainable Development at the BHU with help of UNO and UNESCO to mark the International Decade on Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
Singh, a native of Etah, is the 24th V-C of the BHU that was founded in 1916 by visionary Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.
He had earlier served as the V-C of the Dr Hari Singh Gour University in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
The new V-C assured that lack of funds will not impede the functioning of BHU’S Ganga Laboratory, which has been facing monetary problems for the last decade.
Singh, however, remained non-committal on revival of elected students union body at the BHU — the Asia’s biggest university where students union was scrapped in 1997 following violence during polls.
On the issue of dearth of qualified coaches at the university, in spite of the fact that the campus boasts of considerable sports infrastructure, Singh said, “I will urgently address the issue to ensure that during the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games talented students of the can take part.”
(Forwarded by Vinay Kumar, Mechanical 2003)
(Dr. K. G. Bhatia)
About Dr. K. G. Bhatia
After obtaining Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from BHU, Varanasi, Dr. Bhatia Completed Masters in Structural Dynamics with specialization in Earthquake Engineering from University of Roorkee (Presently Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee). In the initial years of his career, he started teaching structural dynamics to Engineering students. Later moved on as a UNESCO participant, at the International Institute of Seismology & Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Tokyo, Japan for Advanced Research in the field of earthquake Engineering. The Research conducted at IISEE was extended further to obtain Ph D degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Dr. Bhatia retired from BHEL in 1999 as General Manager (Advanced Research Projects). He is founder/CEO of D-CAD Technologies.
His full profile can be viewed at http://www.machinefoundation
D-CAD Technologies
(Center for Applied Dynamics)
Consultancy Areas: (Specialization)
Structural Dynamics, Earthquake, Wind, Shock, Impact, Stress, Vibration, Machine Foundation, Vibration Isolation
Office: 158, Vardhman Grand Plaza, Mangalam Place
Rohini sector 3, New Delhi 11085
Telefax: +91-11- 27948306
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Dr. K. G. Bhatia
B.Sc. Engg., ME, PhD
FIE, FISET, FIASE, MICI, MISWE, MIGS
Formerly:
Member, Research Council, SERC (G)
President, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology
General Manager, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. New Delhi
Chairman, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (Delhi Chapter)
Expert Member, Group on Earthquake Preparedness of NCT of DELHI
Fellow, Indian Association of Structural Engineers
Handbook: About the Handbook
The author has been engaged in designing, testing and review of machine foundations for various industrial projects viz. Petrochemicals, Refineries, Power plants etc. for the last about three decades.
The handbook is written primarily for practicing engineers as well as for students at Post Graduate level. Handbook shares author’s long experience on the subject and focuses on the improvements needed in the design process with the sole objective of making practicing engineers physically understand and feel the dynamics of machine foundation system.
The handbook covers basic fundamentals necessary for understanding and evaluating dynamic response of machine foundation system. The author has also conducted extensive tests on machine foundation models as well as on prototypes. For over two decades, the author has been associated with Failure Analysis Studies on various types of machines.
Observations from all the above studies suggest need for improvement in the design of foundations for better performance of machines. These include:
- More comprehensive evaluation of Site Soil Data
- Better understanding of Machine Data and its use in foundation design
- Improvement in the Design Philosophy that suggests
- Improvement in the Modeling Technique
- Improvement in Analysis Technique
- Improvement in Structural Design process, and
- Improvement in Construction Technology
It is the author’s observation that in most of the cases, due recognition to Machine, Foundation and Soil data is lacking. More often than not, machine data as well as soil data is treated as black box and used in the design without its proper understanding. A better interaction between foundation designer and machine manufacturer would definitely improve the foundation performance and thereby machine performance. Over the years, author has observed that such interactions are lacking. It is the author’s concerned opinion that such an interaction is not only desirable but essential too.
It is anticipated that this handbook shall serve as a Reference Book. The author is confident that it shall bridge the knowledge gap and shall be beneficial to the practicing engineers, students, academicians/researchers as well to the industry.
More about book can be found at http://www.machinefoundation
Dr. K. G. Bhatia can be contacted at: kgbhatia@hotmail.com
First published on April 21, 2008
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 2008, doi:10.1177/0731684407086622
© 2008 SAGE Publications
Article |
Surface Studies of Centrifugally Cast Aluminum-based Lead Bearing Composites
1 Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi--221005(U.P.), India
2 School of Material Science & Technology, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi--221005, India
3 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela(Orissa), India
* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Low cost and abundant availability of aluminum–based composites make them potential candidates for bearing applications. The dispersion of lead is difficult in aluminum, so a centrifugal casting procedure has been adopted for uniform dispersion. Cylindrical castings show minor variation in composition from outer to inner as well as from top to bottom. Wear rate shows an increasing trend with sliding distance and load. But with sliding velocity wear rate initially decreases, attains a minimum, and then increases sharply with increase in sliding velocity. Under dry sliding conditions all alloys exhibit two regimes of wear, viz. mild wear at low loads and sliding velocities but severe wear at higher loads and sliding velocities. These two wear mechanisms are distinguished by a mixed mode of oxidative and metallic wear dominated by either.
Key Words: centrifugal casting, wear rate, oxidative/mild wear, metallic/severe wear, ploughing and delamination.
A DIP in river Ganga flowing in this holy town may now leave devouts infected with a host of diseases with pollution monitors painting an alarming picture of the state of the river.
According to data provided by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Ganga Research Laboratory situated at the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, the level of pollution in the river has reached alarming proportions.
Experts say the Ganga water at Varanasi is at present not fit for bathing and even for agricultural purposes. For drinking purposes it has been not used for years now.
However, top sources at the Ganga Action Plan phase-I unit at Varanasi claim that Ganga water here is fit for bathing and is better than the quality of river water in Kanpur and Allahabad.
As per the Swatcha Ganga Research Laboratory of the Sankat Mochan Foundation, an NGO at Varanasi, while the level of fecal coliform present in water should be much below 5,000 per liter for drinking purposes, less than 50,000 for bathing and below 500,000 per litre for agricultural use, the present level of coliform in Ganga here has reached an alarming level of 4,90,000 to 21 lakh per litre on different ghats.
Professor Uday Kant Choudhary, an expert in river dynamics and coordinator of the Ganga Research Laboratory at the IT-BHU, said besides the level of fecal coliform, the water quality was mainly dependent upon oxygen content and its oxygen retention power and as per the recent data on both of these accounts, the Ganga water was not worth drinking on any of the world-famous Ganga ghats here.
As per the laboratory’s investigations, the dissolved oxygen in Ganga water at various ghats here varies from 3 to 5 parts per million(PPM) while it should be not less that 6 to 7 PPM.
NEW DELHI: If you have failed to make it to an Indian Institute of Technology, don't lose heart. You can still access it through distance education. Premier institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology will soon be able to offer its post graduate courses through distance learning. Some of the IITs are examining the patterns of foreign universities to design the course module. The Human Resource and Development Ministry has prepared a blueprint to offer masters from the premier institutes through distance learning. Seven IITs are collaborating for the national programme of technology enhanced learning on a trial basis by developing curriculum-based video and web courses. Some 140 courses are in various stages of preparation and distribution through the internet. "These courses will be available to students who have diploma in technical education. Students who have done bachelors in technical education from any university can also pursue post graduate web courses from these premier institutes", sources in the ministry said. The Distance Education Council (DEC) will be the overall regulatory body for distance education program. The virtual campus to be set up at a cost of over Rs 1,500 crore over the next three to four years and it will enable students who could not make it to the premier institutes of technology to bag an IIT-equivalent degree online. |
Lucknow, May 10: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Saturday gave its approval to set up two institutes of the level of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) under public-private partnership basis.
According to the cabinet decision, the proposed institutes would be set up with an estimated investment of Rs 500 crore each.
An official release issued here said that the cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Mayawati also decided to set up two engineering colleges with private participation in the backward eastern region of Ambedkar Nagar and Azamgarh.
An investment of Rs 200 crore is expected on them.
As many as 50 polytechnics would also be set up in public-private partnership costing Rs 20 crore each.
There is also a proposal to set up 250 ITIs in as many development blocks with an investment of Rs two crore each.
Besides, private investment would also be open for Upgrading facilities in existing polytechnics and ITIs, the release said.
A decision was also taken to bring the Lucknow Institute of Engineering and Technology into the ambit of the UP Technical University (UPTU) as an associate degree college.
The cabinet also decided to include the Lucknow College of Architecture as one of the faculties of UPTU.
It also decided to introduce English from class I.
The cabinet also gave the nod to fix a stock limit for commodities like wheat, rice, pulses, edible oils, keeping in mind price rise and to prevent hoarding.
For wheat and pulses, the stock limit would remain effective till August 27, this year while for edible oils and rice it would be effective till April 2009.
According to the cabinet decision those found violating this stock limit would warrant action under the Essential Commodities Act 1956.
The state cabinet also gave its nod to constitute a forum for speedy disposal of all departmental cases pending in the courts in which the state government is also a party.
It also gave its assent to formation of Azamgarh Development Authority and Baghpat Badant-Khera Development Authorities.
Bureau Report
In the last month’s issue, we announced the formation of our umbrella organization, called “IT-BHU Global Alumni Association” (IBGAA for short).
More progress has been done on the various activities related to the Alumni Association.
Steps taken include: formation of Executive Committee (Board of Directors), adapting Bylaws governing the organization, opening a bank account to receive funds for alumni projects, etc. Necessary documents are attached here.
The necessary details will also be posted o our official website, www.itbhuglobal.org.
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Vish Narayanan (Electrical 1983) as President of the Alumni Association
During teleconference on March 16th, 2008, the alumni volunteers selected Vish Narayanan as the president of the association. He is based at Detroit, USA.
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New Board of Directors selected
A 14-member board was selected during teleconference on March 16th, to work as a transition group. It will function till the end of March 2009, when the newly elected body will take over the running of the Association. For more details, please visit FAQ section in this issue. Some of the active alumni volunteers, though not part of this interim Board, will continue to contribute towards alumni related work.
The members are:
| Sr. # | Position | Name | Class/year | Current Location | Email alias |
| 1 | President | Vish Laxminarayanan | Electrical 1983 | Detroit, US | president |
| 2 | Vice-President | Vasudevan Raghavan | Mechanical 1983 | Frankfurt,Germany | vicepresident |
| 3 | Secretary | Devesh Kapur | Chemical 1983 | Pennsylvania, US | secretary |
| 4 | Deputy-Secretary | Rajiv Hukku | Electronics 1983 | Ottawa, Canada | dysecretary |
| 5 | Treasurer | Manu Goyal | Mechanical 1993 | New Jersey, US | treasurer |
| 6 | Vice-Treasurer | Anand Maharana | Metallurgy 1992 | New Jersey, US | dytreasurer |
| 7 | Director- External Affairs | Yogesh Upadhyaya | Chemical 1977 | New Jersey, US | external |
| 8 | Deputy Director-External Affairs | Rajat Harlalka | Electrical 2005 | Stockholm, Sweden | dyexternal |
| 9 | Director- Institute Affairs | Anshuman Singh | Electrical 1998 | California, US | institute |
| 10 | Deputy Director-Institute Affairs | Puneet Bindlish | Mining 2000 | New Delhi, India | dyinstitute |
| 11 | Director- Website | Animesh Pathak | CSE 2003 | California, US | website |
| 12 | Deputy Director- Website | Rahul Hari | CSE 2006 | Bangalore, India | dywebsite |
| 13 | Director- Reunions | Nihal Ansari | Mechanical 1982 | New Delhi, India | reunions |
| 14 | Deputy Director- Reunions | Harpreet Marwah | Electronics 2003 | Sydney, Australia | dyreunions |
Note:
1) Officially, President/Vice-President are known as Chairman/Vice-Chairman in our application filed to NJ State for registering our Association under non-profit Business Organization.
2) The above team is transient one and will work till March 2009, when newly elected members will take over.
3) To contact the individual director, please add Email alias in front of itbhuglobal.org. For example, to reach Vice-President, email to: vicepresident@itbhuglobal.org.
The Alumni Association also adopted Bylaws governing the functioning of the Alumni Association. The initial draft of Bylaws was discussed, revised and finally adopted in the teleconference on May 10, 2008.
To review a copy of the Bylaws, please click here
A copy of Bylaws was also filed with the New Jersey State Department of Consumer Affairs, while registering our Association.
The Bylaws contain the minimum requirements for smooth running of our organization, and they are subject to revision from time to time.
A detailed understanding of our alumni organization is provided in the attached “Frequently Asked Questions”. It explains the roles and responsibilities of each director, besides providing background about proposed election process, etc.
To view the FAQ about Alumni Association, please click here
We are pleased to state that our alumni association has opened a checking account at Wachovia bank, New Jersey. This will help us in manage the alumni funds. During the board meeting dated may 10, 2008, the board has authorized our Treasurer. Manu Goyal and Deputy Treasurer, Anand Maharana to collect, mange and transfer fund from the association members within USA and outside USA.
Henceforth, our association is ready to receive the funds from individuals as well as from class/groups. Please note that the association will be receiving and managing funds for the benefit of our members only and just acts as a custodian of the funds. The fund can be withdrawn or sent to third parties by sending an email to treasurer by the authorized depositor of the funds.
Currently the check transfer facility is available to members from USA only. We are trying to establish facility to receive checks from India and other countries.
To get more details about how to deposit funds, please send an email to treasurer@itbhuglobal.org.
To view the FAQ about Alumni Fund Management, please click here
Donation Form:
For certain type of transactions (including checks), a donation form needs to be attached along with the payment. A copy of donation form is attached here
Make a Gift:
In order to improve academic and infrastructure standard at our institute, our alumni association has started a new initiative for encouraging our alumni to donate money for the purpose.
A copy of ‘Make a Gift’ is attached here
Please also visit our website http://www.itbhuglobal.org
(Written by Satinder Mullick, Mechanical 1958)
(Mr. S. Mullick has an interesting story to tell about olden days of IT-BHU, starting from 1920’s. With this fascinating story along with rare photographs and stunning information, he takes us back to our bygone era. His father, Mr. R. N. Mullick also graduated from our college in 1926. We hope our readers will enjoy it.)
(Above photo was forwarded by Rushi, the grandson of Principal M. Sengupta. The photo is also posted on our website http://www.itbhuglobal.org
Wikipedia gives a comprehensive history of BHU formation with two visionaries, Malaviyaji and Dr. Anne Besant agreeing to form BHU that would include students from all over India. Maharaja Sir Krishnaraja Wadiyar of Mysore performed the opening ceremony of Engineering College Workshop buildings in 1919.Engineering College started with an artisan course followed by Engineering College that offered combined degree in Electrical and Mechanical engineering.
In line with the vision of Dr. Anne Besant, a merit based and region based admission system was developed by Charles A King, the first Principal of Banaras Engineering College. BENCO (Banaras Engineering College) admitted students from every state/region of Greater India (India/Pakistan/Bangladesh). Students travelled from Peshawar, Bangalore, Kolkata, Bombay, Assam, Nepal and other countries to study at BENCO. Seats for each area were more or less fixed under this quota system to UNITE INDIA and to allow fair development of whole India.
Mr. Asanand Kapoor, Mr. Ram Narain Mullick, Prof. Jagat Singh, Capt. Chatterjee, Prof. Pandey were among the early pioneer students who graduated in 1924-27 time period. The first two joined Military Engineering Service in NWFP (North-West Frontier Province-now in Pakistan), while the other three taught at BENCO. While I was in college, Prof. Pandey left in 1955 to become the Principal/Director of BITS, Ranchi. Conditions in NWFP in 1927 were not better than today. Wazirs--Pathans who live in Waziristan--were a menace to safety of all. My father Mr. Mullick carried a pistol or gun with him all the time as his work required travelling to many dangerous paths (there were no roads). My father was deputed to go for a mission to do exploratory survey of an area for building a road, but for some family problem, he sent someone else. The Wazirs came out of their caves and shot all persons in the vehicle.
From 1927-40, my father worked in the development of infrastructure of NWFP, but later he had to join the Army Engineers to go to Iraq during the second World War. Upon return, he was in-charge of heavy machinery (Caterpillar Tractors etc.) and was stationed in Lahore, but oversaw operations in Kakinada (Bengal). So he travelled long distances all his life. Later he reverted back from Major Mullick to Mr. Mullick in 1952 in MES, as in-charge of Procurement of heavy equipment. One day in 1954, Mr. Kapoor was visiting us in New Delhi and he said, "Mullick sahib, you must be very rich --he meant getting big bribes". My father replied, "Yes, I have two and a half lakhs". Mr. Kapoor was astonished--My father added," Asanand, I have two sons who are Engineers in Indian Army--they are worth a lakh each and I have third son who is doing Engineering and he is worth half lakh". My father died of heart attack one day in June, 1956--while waiting for ambulance--a business man, related to Tractors Sales, came and asked me if he could take my father to his hospital in his car. My mother replied that we cannot afford to pay and if this business man pays--then that is bribe which your father won’t like.
My father learnt engineering from BENCO but ethics from his father and his friends admired him. Capt. Chatterjee and Prof. Jagat Singh knew him well from College days. So when I was at BENCO, their homes were always open for me. The closeness of the Bencoites saw no regional difference. Capt. Chatterjee from Bengal was a true friend of Major Mullick from NWFP. That was the vision of Dr. Besant and Malaviyaji fulfilled according to their wishes of uniting and developing all parts of India.
(Dr. Satinder K. Mullick BENCO 1954-1958) |
(Mr. Ram N. Mullick BENCO 1922-1926) |
Satinder Mullick, B. Sc, Mechanical Engineering1954- 1958 from BENCO, Varanasi;
PhD from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA 1965,
Retired Director Of Economic Planning, Corning Inc.USA. 1965-95,
Currently- President of Planning Investments and Economic Services (PIES)
Email: smullick@stny.rr.com
CAN YOU BEAT THAT? (By Satinder K. Mullick)
Once an IT-BHU (old Bencoite)--always a Bencoite.
My father was from 1926 batch--Major Ram N.Mullick.
I am from 1958 batch—my father overruled my decision to accept IIT-Kharagpur admission letter--made me wait 3 days to await BENCO's acceptance.
My niece is married to a Bencoite-Rakesh Suri
My brother in law is Naval Varma of San Gabriel-Calif.
My sister in laws has 4 brothers (Khullars) who are BENCO Alumni—older to me.
Nine from our extended relations are affiliated with IIT-BHU.
By the way, I went from BHU to JHU (Johns Hopkins University in the US).
- Satinder Mullick