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(Report forwarded by Aniruddh Vashisht, 2nd year Civil Engineering)
The Civil Engineering Society 2009-10 concluded its month long activity sessions with a grand finale at G-11, IT-BHU.
The guest of honor for the program was DIG, Varanasi region, Shri D. K. Thakur; the chief guest being Dean Prof. V. Singh. The proceedings for the evening started with photography session of B. Tech Part-IV and M. Tech Part-II students along with teachers in the Civil Engineering lawns. The program was followed by the HoD, teachers and the students sharing their cherished four year experiences in their farewell speeches.
The valedictory function started with the arrival of guest of honor. The bust of Mahamana Malaviyaji was garlanded along the Kulgeet of the Great University. Then the dignitaries were greeted with bouquets, followed by a welcome address by Prof. P. K. Singh.
Dr. Brind Kumar, then briefed everybody about the activities undertaken under the CES banner, which was followed by presenting the certificates to the winners by the guest of honor. Shri D. K. Thakur, who has a career spanning 15 years with the IPS & CBI, addressed and appreciated the efforts of the students and had a very lively interactive session with the students. On being asked about the biggest Challenge he faced in his career, He said, “The biggest challenge I have had to face in my career is to listen & live up to the expectations of the general public.” As an advice to youngsters he said, “…Set an example for people to follow in your footsteps.”
Finally, the dignitaries were presented with mementos followed by a vote of thanks by Dr. P. R. Maiti, wherein he informed the press of various new events, like the staff & Students friendly match, farewell to M. Tech Students, Juniors bidding a farewell to their seniors; introduced by the society to make things more active. He acknowledged the efforts of all those involved who took the activities of the society to many new heights.
This was followed by a lively cultured program where songs dedicated solely to the IV year were presented, after which a video was presented by Ashutosh Pandey on behalf of the 4th year students. After the video presentation was over, the atmosphere was heavy with emotion since the time to bid farewell to the B. Tech Part-IV & M. Tech Part-II students was drawing near. The program culminated with a Magnificent Dinner at the Rampur lawns. All together, the event was a grand success.
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(Reported by Prof. Tanmoy Som, Dept. of Applied Mathematics. Email: tsom.apm@itbhu.ac.in)
A brief resume is reported here on the different activities during the three days of the national conference RTMMS organized by the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi during March 18-20, 2010, where about seventy delegates participated actively at different technical sessions of the conference with their deliberations and exchanged their views. Seven high level invited talks were delivered and forty two papers were presented on the thrust areas of the conference.
The national conference had its inaugural function at the Senate Hall of BHU, which was presided over by the Director, Prof. K. P. Singh of Institute of Technology and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, IT, BHU, Prof. Shri Ram HOD, Applied Mathematics, IT, BHU, Prof. A. Chakrabarti of IISc, Bangalore as the Chief Guest, Prof. B. N. Mandal of ISI, Kolkata as the Guest of Honour and Prof. T. Som as Organizing Secretary. Prof. Shri Ram gave a warm welcome to the experts and the delegates of the conference and expressed about the research areas and academic achievements of the department.
Prof. T. Som highlighted the august audience with the theme of the conference and on the contributions on different topics from all over the nation. All of them nicely explained the importance of Mathematical Modeling and high lighted its importance due to its varied applications to science, technology and society at large. Prof. K. P. Singh stressed over the need of collaborative works of Engineering departments and Applied Mathematics department. Finally Prof. A. Chakrabarti presented the key note address on "Equations of Mathematics modeling Physical Phenomena" which was quite interesting and thought provoking. The different form of equations and their roles in representing the respective Physical Phenomena have been nicely dealt with by the speaker. At the end the vote of thanks was presented by Dr. S. Das to all those involved in organizing the conference and different funding agencies. He also expressed the importance of the conference to the audience.
The first talk on the 2nd day was delivered Prof. P. Dutt on ‘Nonconforming h-p spectral element methods for elliptic problems’ which has been of quite high level and has scope for its applications to different problems. The 2nd talk by Prof V. Singh of Civil Engineering Dept., IT, BHU on ‘Analytical method for stress determination in soil due to axially loaded compressible pile’ has given the opportunity to know and model the strength of co-axial pillars of any building. The 3rd talk by Prof. B. S. Choudhury of BESU, Shibpur on ‘Discrete Chaos in Symbol Space’ has opened a new direction for further study and work on dynamical systems. The last invited talk delivered on third day by Dr. Rajat De of ISI, Kolkata on a topic concerned to Bioinformatics has opened many windows for modeling the different aspects of the problems concerned to Bio-informatics. All the invited talks opened avenues for further scope of research on theoretical development of the concerned topic and its applications in practical life.
The paper presentations were divided into eight technical sessions during three days covering the areas: Uncertainty analysis, Mathematical modeling, Numerical analysis and Simulation, Nonlinear analysis and Optimization theory. Out of three papers on Uncertainty analysis only one paper was presented, which was quite interesting for dealing with the quantification of the uncertainty involved in the transportation of atmospheric pollution using probabilistic and possibilistic approach. Out of twenty papers on Mathematical modeling thirteen papers were presented where seven papers were of high quality. Out of eleven papers on Numerical analysis and Simulation six papers were presented and four papers were of good standard, out of eighteen papers on Nonlinear analysis fifteen papers were presented where nine papers were found to be of good quality and in Optimization theory all the five papers were of advanced nature.
The conference ended with the Valedictory function on 20th afternoon attended by the dignitaries Prof. B. N. Mandal, Prof. R. N. Pandey, Prof. T. Singh, Prof. A. K. Srivastava, where the experts and the delegates expressed their views on the successful holding of the conference. Few experts committed earlier could not attend the conference due to their last moment occupations in their parent organizations.
Prof. T. Som
Organizing Secretary
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Department of Applied Mathematics, IT-BHU, Varanasi.
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(Forwarded by Bhanu Singh Chauhan, B. Tech. Part-II Mining. Email: bhanu.lnmiit@gmail.com)
The Department of Metallurgical Engineering, ITBHU, organized its first ever Techno-management fest – Anveshan 2010, held from 26th to 28th March, 2010.
The fest boasted of standard technical/management events like Ricerca (Paper and Poster Presentation), Cadence (Literary), Stratgem (Case study), Srijan (Robotics), Prashna (Industrial Defined Problem), Simulare (Simulation and coding), Innoviz (Social Innovation), besides really innovative sessions like Rekrut (Mock GD and PI), Gurukul and Foreign Internships.
Ricerca- The Paper and Poster presentation event
“Ricerca” was held on 27th and 28th March 2010. The four categories were “Behaviour of Materials”, “Advanced Material Development”, “Environment and Non-Conventional sources of energy” and “Open Category”. An extra “Ricerca Special Session” was added exclusively for the first year students. The winners in respective categories were Himanshi Gautam and Nivesh Chauhan, HBTI Kanpur (Environment and Non conventional sources of energy), Srilaya Mopidevi, Dr. B. V. Raju College Of Engineering (Open Category), Ankit Laddha and Abhishek Modi, IT-BHU (Advanced Materials Development), Dr. Archana Singh, IMS (Ricerca Special Session).
Gurukul
It was an opportunity to listen to our role models and stalwarts inspires us to greater heights! With this in mind, Anveshan hosted several guest lectures by top academicians, management gurus, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs; people who rule their fields with their brilliance and dexterity. These lectures were in the form of interactive sessions and the speakers shared with us their vision, success stories, advice etc.
Srijan, the Model Making competition
Srijan aimed at providing students with scope for imagination and explore their creative acumen by practical application of their knowledge. It was basically a manual/semi-autonomous robotics event where robots were made by the participants using motors, electronic circuits to comply with specific task to make a real-time working model of a metallurgical problem statement.
Prashna – Industry Defined Problem
This event called upon some of the brightest mind of the country to confront with real life problems faced by industries and propose a logical solution by applying their knowledge in realm of the practical world. This gave a wonderful opportunity for students to have a practical exposure to the industrial problems.
Simulare - Simulation & Coding Event:
Struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of theory to the domain of practicality, Simulare gave the participants a platform to solve some fundamental problems in metallurgy by using basic programming and simulation tools. Some metallurgical problems were to be solved by using basic programming and simulation tools. The codes were built on C/C++ or Matlab.
Stratgem - Case Study:
In this event, participants were presented with an economical, technical or social problem. The competition urged the students to analyse the specific details of the particular case and suggest a practical solution for it.
Cadence - Literary Events:
This event provided an opportunity for students to hone up their soft skills. Here the students took the centre stage to exchange their views, discuss and debate on various raging topics, in the presence of eminent judges like Dr Anupam Raghuvanshi (Head of TIME coaching, Varanasi) and Professor Anita Mohan. It also included quiz competitions where the general knowledge of students was put to test.
Innoviz - Social Innovation Idea:
Innoviz provided a vehicle for taking student innovations from ideas to reality, Innoviz aimed at contributing to the society with a path breaking idea that revolutionizes the way society lives.
Rekrut – Mock GD/PI:
Rekrut aimed at providing the students with a firsthand experience of a Group Discussion Board and an Interview Panel. We will make the future managers and engineers ready by helping them in the first step of getting their dream job-interviews and group discussion. While coming out in flying in high colours is almost indispensible in getting a dream job, Anveshan helped them to feel the heat of the interview board.
Informals:
A variety of informal events were conducted during Anveshan. These mind-tasks like solving Sudoku, puzzles were to engage the audience present.
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(Forwarded by Bhanu Singh Chauhan, B. Tech. Part-II Mining. Email: bhanu.lnmiit@gmail.com)
ROBOTICS CLUB, C.C.A. WING, IT-GYMKHANA in association with Magnum Opus '10 team, conducted a workshop on 'Serial and Parallel Ports' for the students of First Year on March 13-14 at G-5, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Students from Rajputana, Limbdi, G.S.M.C. and Triveni Hostels were briefed in two phases. The level of enthusiasm may be guessed by the fact that over 500 students participated and learnt about technological aspects of the world of Robotics. The students learnt how to apply theoretical concepts to produce something tangible.
Another workshop on Microcontrollers was conducted in continuation with this on March 20-21 where a full-fledged practical demonstration on 'Application of Microcontrollers in Robotics' was given to the students. The next workshop on Aero-Modelling is scheduled in April.
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(Snehal Pawar)
Snehal Pawar (B. tech. Part-IV, Metallurgical Engineering) stood first in GATE 2010 exam in Metallurgy stream, with AIR (All India Rank) as 1. This is a proud moment for all of us and for our institute. Chronicle decided to get more details about GATE exam and Snehal’s efforts to achieve success.
Snehal is also an ace cricket player, having won many matches and medals. He is a member of Cricket Team of IT-BHU. He won Gold Medal in the Cricket event of Spardha (The All India Sports Festival of IT-BHU) in 2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007.
Snehal can be contacted at: snehal.pawar.met06@itbhu.ac.in
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About GATE Examination:
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/assistantship at engineering colleges/institutes in the country are open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor's degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy or Master's degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for Master/Doctoral programmes in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science. To avail the scholarship, the candidate must secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. GATE qualification, however, is not required for candidates with Master's degree in Engineering /Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy, who may be seeking scholarship/ assistantship for relevant doctoral programmes.
Some institutions specify GATE as the mandatory qualification even for admission of self-financing students to postgraduate programmes. GATE qualified candidates are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories and CSIR sponsored projects. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist / Engineer.
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Praharsh Sharma interviews Snehal Pawar about his achievements in GATE exam:
Q-1: Snehal, please tell us about GATE exam.
GATE score is taken for the admission in IITs and IISC for their M. Tech. programs. Also many industries take GATE score for their recruitment process eg. IOCL, NTPC, DRDO etc. Top rank holders in some GATE papers are entitled to apply for “Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship” awarded by CSIR. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist/ Engineer.
Forms for GATE exam comes in the month of October and exam is conducted on the second Sunday of February. This year GATE paper consisted two sections, in 1st section, there were questions asking for CORE knowledge and in the other section 10 questions were there to judge your aptitude skills. The total marks were 100 and out of which I got 85.33. Generally a GATE score above 95 percentile is considered to be a good score.
Q-2: What advice will you give to fellow students to score better in GATE?
GATE only asks you questions on the subjects that you already have been taught to you, so GATE doesn't require any special efforts. But it is still important to be thorough with concepts. Nothing pays better than consistent hardwork. One should be regular in studies from 2nd year onwards. Revising formulas at the end also comes in handy.
Q-3: What are your plans for future?
I hope to leverage my unexpected good performance in GATE 2010. This gives me a very good oppurtunity to go for the research in IISC or IITs. But I aim for a good job experience before going for higher studies. My sole reason behind GATE was to qualify for the GD/PI stage in IOCL and I hope that I will crack that too.
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(Reported by Mahanth K. Gowda, 4th yr Computer Engineering. Email: mahanth.gowda.cse06@itbhu.ac.in)
A web talk by an alumnus of IT-BHU, Dr. Animesh Pathak (CSE 2003) was organized on 20 March 2010 at the "Batch of 98 hall", Department of Computer Engineering, IT-BHU. The talk was organized mostly by the senior students of the CSE Department in association with ACM- IT-BHU students' chapter and around 40 students attended the talk. Skype video chat was used for the web talk with students seated in the hall with mikes, camera, and speakers, while Animesh delivered his talk from Paris.
The theme of the talk was “Some thoughts on making most of the life at CSE IT-BHU” and it was directed towards the students of the CSE department, IT-BHU. Animesh started with a very humble self-introduction and some words on the kind of work he does at INRIA. He then explained to the students the importance of internships. He spoke about the types of internships- Academic and Industrial- what one is expected to do in each kinds of these internships, advantages etc. Most importantly, he gave some invaluable suggestions on writing good applications for internships. He then spoke about the need towards doing good projects. He stressed upon the application of analytical and theoretical skills in the development of projects, which will show that an individual is capable enough of making use of the concepts he has learnt. Such projects will be of great aid in one's endeavour for jobs/internships. He then enlightened the students on his own area i.e Research. He meticulously outlined the work of a researcher with well chosen illustrations and instances. He also spoke about time management, concentration in classes, the importance of asking questions during lectures etc. More than all, he shared some of his own experiences of life in IT-BHU, the way one can can excel in both academic and non-academic activities. Amidst the talk, he responded to queries from students with great enthusiasm.
The discussion then shifted towards 'student-alumni interactions' and Animesh highlighted some of the ways- Internships, guidance on competitive exams, projects or even non-conventional careers- in which alumni can help the students. He also spoke of the IT-BHU Global Alumni Association (IBGAA) which has been making tireless efforts for the welfare of the student community and in reaching out to the entire network of IT-BHU alumni. He gave some useful suggestions to the students in ways of approaching the alumni and the IBGAA.
To sum up, it was a very enlightening talk, especially from the point of view of the second yearites who made the most of the audience and who will be facing some of the crucial junctures of their college life in the next few days. One could instantly notice, how the quality of CVs from CSE department improved after gaining insights from the talk, as reported by Animesh's teammates at INRIA. Two more students got selected for an internship at INRIA this year in addition to one who was already selected. The web-talk set an example of how the gap between student-alumni can be abridged and many thanks to Animesh for pioneering with such a talk. We are looking forward for more such student-alumni interactions in the future.
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About Animesh Pathak
(Animesh Pathak)
Animesh Pathak graduated with a degree of B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from IT-BHU in 2003. He then did his Ph.D in the same field from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA. He is currently working as a researcher in the ARLES project group, INRIA Paris Rocquencourt. Animesh was awarded the President Shankar Dayal Sharma Award for Outstanding Overall Achievement, BHU, 2003. He was the General Secretary of the Cultural wing, IT-Gymkhana and the topper of his branch. He has been actively collaborating with the students of the CSE department. One student visited INRIA to pursue his summer internship under his guidance in 2009 and three others will be visiting INRIA this summer. Also, he has actively involved some students in some exciting alumni based industry projects.
Animesh Pathak has a PhD in Computer Engineering (2008) from the University of Southern California, and a B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IT-BHU, Varanasi, where he graduated at the head of his class in 2003 and was awarded the outstanding student award, both by the institute and the university. He is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the French govt.'s INRIA research labs in Paris, and intends to join academics as a full-time career soon. He spends his free time working for the IT-BHU Global Alumni Association, where he currently holds the post of deputy director of web affairs.
More about Animesh at http://animeshpathak.blogspot.com/ and http://www.animeshpathak.in/
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Additional links:
* Department of Computer Engineering, IT-BHU
*Animesh Pathak, Project ARLES, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt
http://www-roc.inria.fr/who/Animesh.Pathak/
* ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Student Chapter, IT-BHU
*University of Southern California
*ARLES
https://www-roc.inria.fr/arles/
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