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 April-June 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

Events in April 2009  

 Events in May 2009

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Convocation at IT-BHU on 14th March

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(Report forwarded by Praharsh Sharma, B. Tech. Part III (Electronics Engineering). Email: praharshsharmaster@gmail.com)

The Convocation was held on March 14, 2009 in G-11. Firstly, M. Tech./PhD students were awarded degrees and then the B. Tech. students were awarded degrees. Director, IT-BHU and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology gave away the degrees to students who were all graciously dressed in black robes. The convocation was held at 12:00am and lasted for 2 hours. The branch toppers were awarded different medals for and as per their achievements.

Convocation photos

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The list of students graduated from our institute in 2008 is available online on our institute’s website:

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/admissions/images/Conv_degree/conv-2008.pdf

LIST OF DEGREE RECEIPIENTS EXAMINATION-2008 ABSTRACT

*Systems Engineering

**Industrial Management

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The list of students receiving gold medals/awards/prizes is as shown below:

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/admissions/images/Conv_degree/medals-2008.pdf

Students standing first in their respective branches for the year 2008:

*Systems Engineering

**Industrial Management

Please view the link above for complete list of medals, awards and prizes.

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http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1144

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Speech by Dr. Michael Cremo on Human Devolution on April 11- Announcement

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The year 2009 is Darwin's Bicentenary and 150 years since the publication of the "Origin of Species". Various academic and research institutes all over the world are organizing seminars and conferences on the above subject.

 Dr. Michael A. Cremo, Centre for Vedic Science Research, Los Angeles, CA 90034, USA is going to deliver on the topic entitled "Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory" on 11th April 2009; at 10:00 AM in G-14, IT - BHU (In front of IT Library, across the road).  

http://shop.1asecure.com/prod.cfm?ProdID=321318&StID=5503

(Dr. Michael A. Cremo)

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Udbhav 09 Event (14-15 February) in Department of Chemical Engineering

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Udbhav-the annual chemical engineering dept. event

(Forwarded by Aakash Agarwal, Part III, Chemical Engineering and co-convener of the event. Email: aakash.agarwal.che06@itbhu.ac.in)

This event was held by The Society of Chemical Engineers, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology on 14^th and 15^th February, 2009. It is the annual Chemical festival to display various aspects, ideas, progress and happenings in the field of Chemical Engineering and Technology. This techno-sports event also aims to dig out the talents hidden in the students of Chemical Engineering Department. Dr. K. K. Shrivastava, Head of the Department, inaugurated the festival on 14^th Feb. at Prof. Gopal Tripathi Auditorium. Dr. A. S. K. Sinha, the vice-president (teacher) of ‘The Society of Chemical Engineers’ also graced the students with his presence.

After the inauguration, Technical paper presentation was held. It aimed at presenting some innovative and challenging ideas in the field of Chemical Engineering and the aim was successfully accomplished with students participating from all the four years. It was judged by some of the most respected person of this department including Prof. P. N. Tiwari, Dr. H. L. Pramanik and Dr. S. V. Singh.

An alumnus of ’92 batch Prof. Kunal Karan, Queen’s RMC fuel research centre, Canada also came and delivered a lecture on fuel-cell technology.

TECHNICAL EVENTS:

Paper presentation: This included the various presentations of innovative ideas and technology in the field of Chemical Engineering.

Industries have to face a large no. of obstacles to achieve the required quality in their products. So, to deal with this problem an event named ‘SIGMA’ was also held.

Online event was also held in which problems were posted on IT BHU site on A PROBLEM –A DAY basis. It had 2 sets of problems.  1^st & 2^nd year had to deal with the first set whereas 3^rd & 4^th year had to deal with the 2^nd set.

On 15^th of Feb. poster exhibition was held and was judged by Dr B. N. Rai.   Many other informal events like Sudoku, cricket quiz, mental ability test, etc. were also held which saw a lot of enthusiasm, support and participation from the student’s side.   Overall, the objective of the event was accomplished and was definitely a huge success..................

SPORTS EVENTS:

As we all know, Sports events need endurance, stamina as well as a huge amount of time. So, the sports event was planned and scheduled a week before the event took place. The following sports events took place: Badminton, Cricket, Football, Table-tennis and Volleyball.

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Additional link

About Udbhav 09 on Chemical Engineering dept. website

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/che/index.php/udbhav.html

Dr. Kunal Karan Associate Director, Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre

Queen’s University, Faculty of Applied Science-Chemical Engineering

http://chemeng.queensu.ca/people/faculty/karan/

  (Dr. Kunal Karan)

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Abhivyakti'09 Play-the Report

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(Report forwarded by Praharsh Sharma, B. Tech. Part-III (Electronics Engineering). Email: praharshsharmaster@gmail.com)

Team Abhivyakti '09 staged a play 'Gagan Damama Bajjyo' based on Sardar Bhagat Singh. The play was held on March 25 at 5:00 PM at Principal M. Sengupta Memorial Hall (G-11), IT-BHU.

 'Gagan Damama Bajjyo' is a musical play written by eminent playwright Piyush Mishra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyush_Mishra) whose recent works include Music/Lyrics of 'Gulaal':

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

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

Prastuti is the flag ship event for the Electrical Engineering Society (EES), Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU. The society was inaugurated for this session on 2^nd January, 2009 in a ceremony held at the department.                            

Prastuti- The All India Students Paper Presentation Contest, organized by the EES in conjunction with IET, UK and IEEE Students Chapter was successfully conducted this year from 6^th -8^th March. Since its inception in 2001, Prastuti has been continually providing a platform to the young, budding technocrats of the country an opportunity to explore new ideas and present them. The papers presented are divided into four categories, viz.

* Computer Systems

* Electronics and Communication

* Electrical Engineering

* Electrical Sciences

Each passing year has seen Prastuti grow from strength to strength with each new year bringing in more enthusiasm and innovation and this year was no exception. This year's number of papers presented, along with their categories are listed below:

The number of outstation participants saw an increase this year with students from  institutes like  G. B. P. U. A. & T  Pantnagar, MGIT Hyderabad, BIET  Hyderabad, UIIT  Shimla , KSIT   Bhubaneshwar , Indraprastha  Engineering  College Gaziabad, ,  NPTI  Badarpur   &  NIT  Calicut .

The inaugural of Prastuti was held on 6^th March, 2009 at the G-8 hall, Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU at 10:00 am. The function was presided over by Prof. V. Singh, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, BHU. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Prof. A. N. Tripathi, ex- faculty, Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU. Staff members and students of the department along with the outstation participants attended the function. The inaugural was followed by hi- tea. Later, a talk by the chief guest Prof. A.N. Tripathi was organized in which he emphasized on the importance of ethics in the technical field. The talk was very enlightening for the future technocrats who would soon begin their careers in the field.                           

After the inaugural and the talk, there were some very thought provoking presentations on diverse topics from the realm of engineering. Some of the papers, worthy of a mention are: 

* Authentically Secure Certificates by Amulya Singh & Aparna Kulshreshtha of Indraprastha Engineering College, Gaziabad,

*A Multiple Output Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) With Fully Isolated and Regulated Outputs with a Single DC-DC Converter by Misha Kumar of NPTI, Badarpur,

 * Design  Of  Autonomous Robot Soccer Governed By Image Processing by  Avanish Tripathi & Shreyas Tiwari of IT-BHU,

 * Modular Approach To Client Side Web Engineering  by  J. R. Harshath & Pawan Kumar  of IT-BHU,

* Simulation of Microprocessors and Computer Systems: Simulators, Benchmarks and Methodologies by O Prashanth Sharma of IT-BHU.

The untiring participants were ready for another round of brainstorming after a rigorous day of paper presentation. They proved their technical acumen in a different form this time- in an overnight software contest, which saw a healthy participation of students.

On day 2 of Prastuti, i.e. on 7^th March, other than the paper presentations, a cultural nite was organized to lighten the mood and to infuse some relaxation in the already overworked gray matters. A number of cultural programs were staged by the students of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU to entertain the audiences. Included in them was a skit depicting the IT to IIT conversion crisis, a number of soulful songs rendered in melodious voices, mimicry performances and a dance program.

On the final day of Prastuti, after the completion of the remaining presentations, the valedictory function was held. Prof. R. N. Bandopadhyaya was the Chief Guest for the occasion. The participants were duly awarded for their efforts and even those who did not win a prize, returned home with a memorable experience.

The List of the Winning Participants is as follows:

Category: Electrical Engineering

1^st Prize: Ms. Misha Kumar, NPTI Badarpur

2^nd Prize: Mr Avanish Tripathi, IT-BHU

                Mr Rohit Kumar Singh & Ms Prantika Srivastava, GBPUA&T Pantnagar.

3^rd Prize: Abhra Roy Choudhary, IT-BHU

Category: Computer Systems

1^st Prize: J R Harshath & Pawan Kumar, IT-BHU

               Avanish Tripathi & Shreyash Tewari, IT-BHU

2^nd Prize: Amulya Singh & Aparna Kulshreshtha, Indraprastha Engineering College, Ghaziabad

                Pankaj Khanchandani, Gaurav Bhatt & Ashudeep Sharma, IT-BHU

3^rd Prize: O Prashanth Sharma, IT-BHU

               Akshat Dureha, GLBITM (Greater Noida)

Category: Electronics & Communications and Electrical Sciences

1^st Prize: Rahul Rajput & Avanish Tripathi, IT-BHU

2^nd Prize: Vikas Kumar Pandey, Deepak Verma & Saurabh Saxena, IT-BHU

3^rd Prize: Mohit Modi & Ankit Kr. Singh, IT-BHU

                 Ambuj Tiwari & Ankit Agarwal, IT-BHU

Another feather in the Crown of PRASTUTI-09 has been added by IET (U.K.). IET has invited top two Papers from PRASTUTI-09 for the Regional round of IET Present Around The World Competition (PATW) The entries will be evaluated at Local Network level and winner / runner up entries will be nominated for India level competition to be held at Pune on 4th Apr 2009.Subsequent winners of National level competition will get a chance to participate in the Asia-Pacific level and then in the Global Finals to be held in UK.

This year’s Prastuti owes its success to the efforts of the members of the EES and the guidance of Prof. S. N. Mahendra, President, EES and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering; Prof. S. P. Singh, Staff Vice-President, EES and Dr. R. K. Srivastava, Organizing Secretary, Prastuti-09, whose sincere advice and helpful presence made this event a grand success.

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Additional Links:

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

http://www.theiet.org/

Prastuti home page

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/prastuti/

Department of Electrical Engineering, IT-BHU

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/eee/

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Inauguration at G-8, Department of Electrical Engineering	Cultural Nite at G-11
Paper Presentation	Cultural Nite at G-11
Valedictory Prof. S.N. Mahendra on left.	Valedictory Prof. S.N. Mahendra on left.

ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: ISHT-09 seminar (February 23-25) Report

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(Forwarded by Praharsh Sharma, B. Tech. Part - III, Department of Electronics Engineering.  Email: praharshsharmaster@gmail.com)

A three-day ‘International Seminar on High Temperature Materials (ISHT-09)’ was held during February 23-25, 2009 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.

The seminar provided a rare common platform for the Scientists, Teachers, Research Scholars and Students of this field to exchange their views and innovative ideas and know about what is happening in the field elsewhere. New ideas and themes emerged out of the deliberations which attracted the attention of scientific world. Large number of delegates from all over the world participated in the great endeavour.

Prof. V.K. Srivastava was the Chairman for the Seminar which focused on recent developments in areas of interfacial behavior, computational modeling, electrochemistry, thermochemistry, kinetics etc. of high temperature materials and also on specific type of materials such as for fuel cell applications, nanomaterials, sensors, MEMS, ultra-high temperature materials etc. Since advances in these areas rely heavily on experimental and computational insight into the atomic and mesoscale processes that occur at high temperatures, the seminar proved out to be enlightening for the present delegates.

The mission of ISHT-09 was to stimulate education, research, publication and exchange of information related to both Science and Technology of high temperature materials including ceramics, metals, alloys and composites. Numerous oral presentations, poster presentations and key note lectures were delivered by delegates in ISHT-09.

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From the seminar flyer:

International Seminar on High Temperature Materials (February 23-25, 2009)

Sponsored by:

AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (AFOSR)

ASIAN OFFICE OF AEROSPACE

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (AOARD), USA

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VARANASI - 221 005, INDIA

Introduction:

High temperature phenomena are important during the fabrication and implementation of a variety of advanced materials. This Conference focuses on recent developments in general research areas (interfacial behavior, computational modeling, electrochemistry, thermochemistry, and kinetics), and also on specific types of materials at the forefront of current research (fuel cells, nanomaterials, sensors, MEMS, and ultra-high temperature materials). Many recent advances in these areas rely on improved experimental and computational insight into the atomic and mesoscale processes that occur at high temperatures.

The conference will facilitate discussion on the latest trends in the entire gamut of high temperature materials. The deliberations will certainly be helping researchers for embarking upon newer aspect design and development of various types of materials.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, IT-BHU

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/mec/

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Spardha '09 (February 26 - March 1) Report

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(Forwarded by Praharsh Sharma, B. Tech. Part – III, Department of Electronics Engineering.  Email: praharshsharmaster@gmail.com)

Spardha ’09 happened amidst all expectations to be a resounding success. The stage had been set for months as Spardha ’09 lived up to all the hype and expectations. It set new records on the way to attaining new heights. The four-day festival kick started with aplomb as Chief Guest Prof. S.K. Sharma (Dean of Students, BHU) presided over the inaugural ceremony which was characterized by the hoisting of IT flag and for the first time ever, a swash-buckling march past. The ceremony set the time running for the four day festival attended by as many as 45 colleges from all across the country including IIT Kanpur, NIT Trichy, NIT Surat, MNNIT Allahabad, MERI Kolkatta among other prestigious colleges and a total of 1241 student sportspersons including 200 female ones.

The ‘09 edition of Spardha proved out to be a pioneer in many ways. A comprehensive blog, an e-magazine series and a newspaper were launched in the run up to the festival. As a result, updates and information were easily available to the students and interested participants. Snippets about distinguished athletes and alumni of IT-BHU in the Spardha Capsule further stoked passion and excitement among the masses. Thanks to the system of live updates, the festival was conducted in a smooth manner.

Handball and many informal such as night cricket tournaments introduced this year were a cherished success. JEC Jabalpur emerged champions in Handball while IT-BHU romped to glory in Hockey, Cricket, Badminton and Basketball. BSAITM, Faridabad won a superb contest against a well matched IT-BHU team and walked away as Volleyball champions. In the girls’ arena MITS Sikar proved its mettle and emerged champions in basketball and volleyball. Spardha ’09 proved to be a happy hunting ground for the home team as they won a horde of medals.

Dr. B.N. Rai (President, IT-Gymkhana) ensured that the participants of Spardha ’09 remember it for its flawless management. As the last seconds of the Basketball Final Match ticked away, the crowds fell silent. But the organizing team had one last trump card to play. Fireworks lit up the sky as the valedictory ceremony began under the auspices of the Chief Guest Mr. Abhin Shyam Gupta (Badminton icon and Arjuna Awardee) and Dr. B.N. Rai who enlightened and enlivened the participants with their words of appreciation and encouragement.

Mr. Abhin Shyam Gupta gave away prizes and certificates to the winners and also had words of consolation for the unlucky ones who could not score a medal.

Spardha ‘09 was a mega success, an extravaganza of unbelievable athleticism, mind boggling skills, tenacity and grit, and sure to be remembered as one of the best sporting events of the year all around the country.

Additional Links:

Spardha Home page

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/spardha/

Spardha Blog

http://www.spardha09.blogspot.com/

Spardha Live Updates!

http://www.spardha09.tk/

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