ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Campus calendar

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Below shown is the list of the upcoming seminars, conferences and workshops at our campus during January-march 2009. The list is extracted from the master list of seminars/conferences/workshops available on our university’s official website:

http://www.bhu.ac.in/seminar/seminar.htm

Cultural Events in Feb-May 2009

February 19- 22                     Magnum Opus 09 (IT-BHU campus)                    http://www.magnumopus.org.in/home.php

February 26- March 1          Spardha-2009 (IT-BHU campus)                           http://www.itbhu.ac.in/spardha/

March 6- 8                            Prastuti (Dept. of Electrical Engineering)          www.itbhu.ac.in/prastuti

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: VEDA (2009) symposium in Dept. of Electronics Engineering-The Report

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(The report is forwarded by Praharsh Sharma, B. Tech. Part III, Electronics Engineering. He can be contacted at: praharshsharmaster@gmail.com)

A Symposium on Vacuum Electronic Devices and Applications (VEDA), 2009 was organized during January 8-10, 2009 by the Center of Research in Microwave Tubes (CRMT), Department of Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, jointly with Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), CSIR, Pilani and Microwave Tube Research and Development Center (MTRDC), DRDO, Bangalore under the sponsorship of VEDA Society along with other organizations.

VEDA-2009 symposium was organized with the aim to bring together scientists, engineers, technologists and researchers working in academic institutes, research laboratories and industries on a common platform to interact with one another and to provide an opportunity to present their work as well as exchange information and understanding on recent advancement in the field of Vacuum Electronics Devices and its Applications.

The symposium included invited talks and contributory papers on emerging areas by eminent experts from various academic and research organizations as well as industries. In this context, original research papers and novel application papers were solicited and presented in the following areas:

·                     Vacuum Electron Devices (VEDs)

·                     Vacuum Microelectronic Devices, MEMS

·                     Plasma Filled and High-Power Devices

·                     Microwave Power Modules and Terahertz Devices

·                     High-Voltage and Pulsed Power Systems

·                     Electron Emitters

·                     Vacuum Systems and Technologies

·                     Computer Aided Design, RF Measurements and Characterisation

·                     Electron Tube Technology and Materials

·                     Applications of VEDs and Radar Systems

·                     Communication Systems and Antennas etc.

VEDA 2009 was held at K.N. Udupa Auditorium, B.H.U. The inauguration of VEDA 2009 was held at 08:00 am on January 8, 2008 after which contributory papers were presented by eminent researchers during different technical sessions organized during Jan8-10, 2009.

Prof. P. K. Jain (Coordinator, Center for Research in Microwave Tubes (CRMT), Department of Electronics Engineering, IT-BHU held the responsibility of Chairman, VEDA-2009 and Dr. Bhogendra Jha (Scientific Officer, Center for Research in Microwave Tubes (CRMT), Department of Electronics Engineering, IT-BHU acted as Secretary, VEDA-2009. The Organizing Committee included host of faculty members of Department of Electronics Engineering, IT-BHU.

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: A workshop on "Possibility Search" at Kashi Yatra

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(Forwarded by: Viswanath Nittala (B. Tech. Electrical Engineering, Part II), Event coordinator, “Possibility Search- The champion in every ITBHUite”, Kashi Yatra team. He can be contacted at: n.viswanath.eee07@itbhu.ac.in)

This January ITians had to fight bitter cold. So to heat ourselves up; we came up with   Kashiyatra ‘09! Boys and girls danced, laughed and did stuff to increase circulation in their frigid veins. The event saw great show of tempo and energy by students, organizers and coordinators (although the tedious ones were outsourced to the ‘fucchas’!) and the people in the background who made it a roaring success. Among all these energy and color, most of us get lost and have no time for self-introspection or any inkling of what to do in future. So the organizers thought that someone had to be sent to bring purpose in our rather aimless lives.

This is where Subham Basu and Jagat Rathore enter the scene. Subham Basu is our alumnus (Ceramic 2002 batch). He is presently a noted columnist in The Indian Express; and a corporate trainer; Jagat Rathore, his colleague and close friend is a NLP Master Practitioner and Executive coach. On Jan 24^th in G-11 hall, the speech was scheduled to start at 10:30 in the Saturday morning but started at 11:00 AM because only few people showed up in the first place. This was a boon in disguise because the audience had more one-to-one interactions which would not have been possible if say 200 people had showed up. Plus the other lazy ITians never knew what they were missing!

Subham and Jagat then began the brainstorming session that broke some of our notions and created new ones. Jagat started off with Helen Keller, the famous blind and deaf woman who in spite of all her difficulties could achieve heights that even a normal person with two pairs of eyes could not. He asked us “How many of you have decided what to do in our life?” Except a guy who had decided to own the next big roller-coaster no one else present had given it a serious thought (of the nature that you write your aims on a piece of paper). He asked us to take inspiration from our founder Madan Mohan Malaviya who collected 50 lakh rupees in those times to set up this university. Malaviya Ji did a ‘Possibility Search’ in the cesspool of British Empire and created a lotus in it. His speech contained interesting facts and were peppered with personal anecdotes.

After Jagat’s enlightening ‘interaction’ (saying ‘speech’ would be injustice); Subham took over and shared his views on how to tackle completion and be a winner in the race of life. He gave us an interesting presentation and showed us a video clip of Cliff Meidl survived 30,000 volt shock in a freak construction accident that had burnt his knee caps .He survived three cardiac arrests before he could be operated on. Doctors said his legs had to be amputated. But Dr. Malcolm Lesavoy said no. He did a ‘Possibility Search’ and figured out a way. Fifteen surgeries and two years later Cliff started walking without clutches. And in the year 2000 he bore the American Flag at the Olympic Games!

Subham then explained 5 magic steps to build a successful carrier which I am not going to reveal of course. (Such things should not be common knowledge after all. It gives you the edge!).

Well, time trickles by as it always does and so the talk ended on a positive note and we hope that everyone took something from this workshop that they are going to remember and put it into action for the rest of their life.

To know more on this workshop click on http://shubhambasu.com/wp/?p=107

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: About Kashi Utkarsh, a social service organization run by students of IT-BHU

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(This article is forwarded by Abhinav Bansal, B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Part II student at IT-BHU. Abhinav Bansal is actively involved in volunteering work through Kashi-Utkarsh. He can be contacted at: abhinav.bansal2607@gmail.com)

 Let us for once think the special reason of our existence. We do not mean to answer but to put before all our compatriots this question. If someone would ask what Kashi Utkarsh is for me, I will not simply answer the quest rather I will say “For me Kashi Utkarsh is an endeavour to compensate the quid-pro-quo of social inequality prevailing in our society”. I will not be exaggerating if I write that I am doing my so called services as a KU member. 

Submitting this article would have been easier & quicker for me if I was not involved in KU works, as I would have simply given a report like thing after searching and interviewing the related people. In fact I tried to adopt the simple way only but could not restrain myself from expressing my own views. Here is a modest attempt to introduce our organization to our community.

Kashi Utkarsh is a student run social organization of the Institute of Technology which has been working for the alleviation of misery, penury and disease in its adopted village of Lehartara, Varanasi. It was in 1997 when two IT students Anupam Bansal and Vinod Chowdhary firmly decided to work for the welfare of poor and backward children of the society and thus established a social group of IT students with the name Kashi Utkarsh. Afterwards Prof. B B Bansal helped Kashi Utkarsh a lot especially in opening boarding school in Susuwahi Basti with the name Utkarsh Bhawan. Prof B B Bansal is currently acting as the patron for the group and helping them in every possible way. Following the trends, their juniors worked with the same spirit and it can be called the good fortune of KU and the children of Basti that from then till now these adolescents have always procured someone or other to be called “Bhaiyaji”. Currently around 30 volunteers from IT are working for the upliftment of these people

KU people very well know what will attract the worthy readers and so they don’t forget to describe the activities of KU in which the money of IT community is being utilized.

Keeping in mind the objectives laid down by the alumni, following works are done in KU:

1) 173 students studying in 3 different schools of Lehartara are being funded by Kashi Utkarsh in this session. It includes 107 students in Sarasvati Shiksha Niketan; 43 in Gyan Sagar; 23 in Ravidas School.

The admission procedure is like this: KU volunteers visit the houses of these children and enquire whether guardians are in a condition to pay the fees or not. This way they get assured that their money is going in the hands of actual needy. One of our alumni says that the objective behind adopting this village was not to fund them lifelong but to make the inhabitants self-dependent. We want them to realize their responsibilities towards their wards and KU is gradually moving towards its goals.

2) A fair part of KU money is employed in providing free books to the KU funded students. In certain cases where it is required, KU also provide school uniforms so that the decorum of the school is maintained.

3) Among these students, some are selected for coaching of Navodaya Entrance Examinations. Special classes are organized for them and they are provided with trained teachers. Every year, 4-5 students get admissions in different classes of Navodaya School.

4) To make the Basti people self-dependent KU has regularly done something or other. This year they are opening a “Silai Prashikshan Centre” in the basti with 4 stitching machines already bought for the purpose.

5) (i) KU has provided financial aid for the operation of leg deformation of Guddu, a boy from Lehartara and for treatment of brain tumor of Manish, a boy in De hostel mess in the year 2004. Now these children are enjoying their lives as their normal brothers and sisters.

(ii) Kashi Utkarsh took up the case of Pinky, a 6 year old girl of Lehartara Basti who was diagnosed with suffering from congenital heart disease i.e. a hole in the heart. She got treatment at Narayan Hridayalay, Bangalore on 5^th March,’04 which cost around 1 Lakh Rupees, wholly contributed by IT-students and alumni.

(iii)Laxmi’s burnt leg was treated with the help of KU.

(iv) A 13 year old girl named Gauri was provided with medical treatment for her illness of lungs.

6) Nineteen children working in the mess of IT hostels (2 of other faculty hostels) are taught daily at Mousi’s (wife of Prof. A. K. Mukherjee) place by girls of IT. These children are given rewards on the basis of their regularity and performance. Maharaj of the respective messes are also given some useful gifts.

7) Medical check-up is done in Basti every year with the support from the Institute of Medical Sciences-BHU. Blood Donation Camps are also organized in IT campus.

8) With the help of alumni, KU also fund those students of the Basti which show interest in studying after completing their class VIII from these schools. The parents of the girl students are especially persuaded for this purpose. This year 6 students have got admissions in different UP Board or even the English Medium schools of the city out of which 4 are girls. All their academic expenses will be borne by KU. So, KU basically wants alumni to fund these students.

9) Cultural and Sports Day are celebrated every year as a trend in these schools where the IT students show their organizing and management potentials. Moreover KU arranges picnic and educational tour for these students to enhance their practical knowledge.

In spite of all such appreciable efforts by KU members, this social group has never got admiration or such recognition which is delightfully enjoyed by any other cultural, technical or sports group of the institute. Actually the KU volunteers don’t have any grievances because they don't measure themselves by what they have accomplished, but by what they should have accomplished with their ability.

KU needs around Rs. 8,000 per month to carry out all their activities and still they find themselves in need of more help. To help KU you can contact Abhinav Bansal.

Recently during a weekly visit to the Basti, a person asked us that “Bhaiyaji, what do you get in return for working in Kashi Utkarsh i.e. you must be at least getting some certificate sort of thing”. We said “Nothing we get” and just recalled the lines of great social worker Robert Frost,

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the less traveled by and that has made all the difference.”  

Additional link

 Home page: http://www.itbhu.ac.in/students/kashiutkarsh/

Email: kashiutkarsh@itbhu.ac.in

Patron: Prof. B. B. Bansal, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: The Report on Activities of The Institution of Engineers (India), Varanasi Local Centre

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Report on Activities of Varanasi IT-BHU Students Chapter for January 15, 2009

Continuing the series of events held by Varanasi IT-BHU Students’ Chapter, The Institution of Engineers (India), a general quizzing event ‘Quizarria’ was organized on January 15, 2008. The event included quizzing sessions based on varied topics and format. The event was conducted in G-7, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IT-BHU during 05.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, B. Tech Part-IV, Department of Electronics Engineering thankfully agreed to be the ‘Quiz-Master’ for the event. The event invited one and all to take the preliminary round of Quizarria. The preliminary round was in the form of a Question Set including twenty Quiz Problems which were to be answered by each team on their answer sheet. The event was held in enthralling presence of over 150 students. About 45 teams (with maximum two participants each) took the preliminary round of Quizarria amongst which the best six were to be adjudged. Four teams cleared the prelims with exceptionally high score where as the next 4 teams scored same number of points. A tie-breaker for two slots was held to choose the better two teams amongst the four. Finally the six best teams participated   in the main session of Quizarria having different rounds viz. ‘Literally Speaking’ ‘Musicology’, ‘Connection-wa’, ‘Thematics’, ‘The Talkies’ etc. After the six rounds, the best 3 scoring teams stood at a tie for the second and third place. Again a tie breaker was held to resolve the run for second and third place amongst the two runners up teams.

The team of ‘Prateek Gupta’, B. Tech, Part III, Department of Civil Engineering and Saurabh Bhatia, B. Tech. Part III, Department of Civil Engineering stood at the third place. The team of Akshay Saxena, B. Tech. Part II, Department of Electronics Engineering and R. Dhushyanth, B. Tech Part II, Department of Electronics Engineering stood second where as the team of Raunak Kalra, B. Tech Part II, Department of Mining Engineering and Deep Jariwala, B. Tech Part III, Department of Metallurgical Engineering were the esteemed winners for the event.

 Quizarria witnessed participation from the best Quizzing brains of IT-BHU grueling each other with their best performance. Quizarria also had ‘On –Spot –Trivia’ for the audience who were given DVD-Rs as prizes for correct answers. The winning 3 teams were awarded with Novels and Certificates for their distinguished participation and performance.

The Quiz-Master exceptionally and distinguishably made the event exhaustive and interesting with the questions touching various fields and structured upon various formats. The event was compered and conducted by Mr. Praharsh Sharma, B. Tech. Part III, Department of Electronics Engineering and Convener, Varanasi IT-BHU Students’ Chapter, The Institution of Engineers (India). A vote of thanks was read for the Quiz-Master and the event concluded with the Quiz-Master and Student Convener awarding Prizes and Certificates to the three winning teams and distinguished participants. The Student Convener was pleased to present the Quiz-Master with a Novel and Parker Pen as a mark of gratitude. The event ‘Quizarria’ proved out to be a state-of-the-art conduct by Varanasi IT-BHU Students’ Chapter that enlightened students about both their talents as well the varied bits of knowledge relating to the Quizzing world. 

The Varanasi Local Centre of The Institution of Engineers publishes quarterly New Bulletin. To view December 2008 issue of the Bulletin, click here. IEI News Bulletin_December 2008.pdf 

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Praharsh Sharma

Convener,

Varanasi IT-BHU Students’ Chapter

The Institution of Engineers (India)   

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Prastuti-2009 (March 6-8) announcement

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(The announcement is forwarded by Abhinav Srivastava, Part IV, Electrical Engineering. Email: abhinav.srivastava.eee05@itbhu.ac.in)

We are very pleased to inform you that, continuing with the traditions, this year also, the Department of Electrical Engineering along with IET (U.K.)/IEEE (U.S.A.) and Electrical Engineering Society(EES) is organizing PRASTUTI 2009 – An all India Student's Paper Presentation Contest from 6^th-8^th March 2009.

Website: www.itbhu.ac.in/prastuti

About Prastuti

PRASTUTI, an all India Students Paper Presentation Contest is organized by IEEE (USA) and IET (UK), Students Branch, IT-BHU and Electrical Engineering Society (EES), Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU. Since its inception in 2001, it no more stands as merely an event but has become a part of proud heritage of Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU in a short time. Being conceived as a platform to inculcate in the students a culture of research, thinking and presenting new ideas and technologies, the event has seen active participation throughout the nation both from the academia and the industry, as we all understand the need of the ability to present what we innovate.

Continuing with the traditions, we take immense pride in announcing PRASTUTI 09 to be held in Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU from 6^th-8^th March, 2009.

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We have received following message from Abhinav Srivastava, Convener of Prastuti-2009:

This is Abhinav Srivastava, Convener, Prastuti-2009. This email is to request for some kind of help and support from alumni side.

The budget requirement for the Prastuti-2009 event is a modest sum of about Rs. 120,000, and we are expecting sponsorship worth just Rs. 15,000. 

It is my kind request to you all, to help us to make the event successful. Help of any amount will definitely be accepted and appreciated considering the sour situation. We are planning to have the names of the alumni or alumni chapters/batches who contribute in our Prastuti-2009 souvenir.

We are also looking for any alumnus who is willing to be attend Prastuti as Chief Guest.

The procedure and other required details for transaction will be given soon.

Yours,

Abhinav Srivastava

Convener, Prastuti-09 (www.itbhu.ac.in/prastuti)

Email: abhinav.srivastava.eee05@itbhu.ac.in

B. Tech. Part IV

Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU.

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Spardha-2009 Announcement

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Spardha 09: A Preview

 IT BHU renowned for its academic excellence boats of a great sporting culture. The lush green playfields of IT BHU each year host Mecca of sports fest Spardha. Spardha 09 is scheduled to be held from 26^th Feb to 1^st March. Spardha gives ITians an opportunity to propagate and nourish our founding fathers Malviyaji’s dream of overall development.

Spardha, which started a decade ago has become an epitome of flawless management with number of participants exceeding 1300.Spardha 09 has been completely repackaged this year to satiate the zeal of ITians and participants.

What is new this year?

·                     For the first time in IT history a interactive portal in form of blog has been launched. We hope this shall act as platform for IT Junta, participants and all those who is some manner or other are related to IT and Spardha, to keep themselves updated with the day to day activities relating to event, expressing their thoughts and visions for Spardha. We hope that this blog shall act as a bridge between those concerned and organizers. To check the blog please visit www.spardha09.blogspot.com.

·                     A weekly newsletter “Spardha Capsule” with circulation of 500 copies for first edition has been launched. The first edition was printed on 23rd Jan and had already received immense appreciation. Among the main agenda of newsletter are:

 1) Information about sports activities in and around BHU. 

2) To pay tribute to those prolific achievers who spent their days in IT winning trophy after trophy.

3) We attempt to show our appreciation for the masters of the game who are gearing up for their farewell Spardha.

4) It is hoped that the energy of this newsletter will infect and inspire the 1^st yearites to pad up and perform for glory, honor and self-satisfaction.

To download newsletter visit Spardha website www.itbhu.ac.in/spardha.

The first capsule of Spardha newsletter is available here

  A series of informal events shall be introduced into the itinerary to involve the students who are not actively involved in Spardha.

We have great visions for Spardha 09.All we seek is your cooperation and blessings.

On Behalf of Spardha09 Team,

Shashank

Gen Secretary,

Games and Sports Wing.

IT Gymkhana, IT-BHU

Email us at: itbhu.spardha09@gmail.com