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G H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

A CHARUTAR VIDYA MANDAL INSTITUTE
VALLABH VIDYANAGAR
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Published By : Prof. Nikhil Joshi, on behalf of Editorial Board, GCET VOICE
Printed By : Vibrant image, Ahmedabad
Editorial Board
Prof. Nikhil Joshi (Convener)
Prof. Dr. Kaushik Nath, Prof. Rajesh Sanghvi, Prof. Vivek Deshpande, Prof. Rahul Kher,
Prof. Ketan Tamboli, Prof. Priyang Bhatt, Prof. Chintan Patel,
Students Committee
Sagar Bavarva, Sandeep Chavda, Shyamal Satodia, Viraj Shah, Samkit Shah, Akash Patel
Dharmendra Chhaiya, Aagam Jain, Manthan Thakker, Ankit Vora, Nandish Shah, Tapan Doshi, Jayesh Patel
GCET Voice 2012
CONTENTS
GENESIS
♦ History of GCET & Management 5
♦ Blessings from the Chairman 6
♦ From the Desk of Principal 7
♦ Editorial 8
♦ Benchmarks 9
EDUFOCUS
Departmental Reports
OPINION
♦ Chemical Dept. 13
♦ Information Technology Dept. 18 ♦ What experts say 79
♦ Mechanical Dept. 26 ♦ What alumnae say 80
♦ Electronics & Communication Dept. 31
♦ Mechatronics Dept. 38 EXPRESSION
♦ Computer Dept. 41
♦ Electrical Dept. 46 ♦ Heads penning down 85
♦ Civil & Maths Dept. 50 ♦ Penogram : Poetry 95
♦ Scriptogram : Articles 116
Professional Activities ♦ Imprints : Book Reviews 197
♦ Infographics 199
♦ ISTE 53 ♦ Canvas : Paintings 271
♦ IEEE 55 ♦ Clickology : Photography
♦ ISA 55
♦ SPE 56
♦ IICHE 57
Carbon Footprint Club 58

Prarambh: Project Club 59
Language Club 61
Placement 65
Cultural Activities 68
Social Activities 72
Sports Activities 73
Personality Development Program 75
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GENESIS
History of GCET :
Vallabh Vidyanagar, named after the late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - the 'Iron Man of
India' -- has over the last fifty years been developed into a well-known seat of learning. The
educational township, established in 1946, today provides pre-primary to postgraduate
education.
On this campus, more than twenty thousand students pursue academic programmes
in different disciplines. Several gardens, tree-lined avenues, a huge playground in the heart of
the township, and a rural environment enliven academic activities on the campus.
Shri Gordhanbhai Hathibhai Patel, an eminent philanthropist of Gujarat, made a
generous donation of Rs. Three Crores for the new college. In honour of this magnanimous
gesture, the college has been named G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, or
GCET.
The Management :
GCET is managed by Charutar Vidya Mandal, a registered charitable trust established

in 1945. Since its inception the trust has been striving for the upliftment of rural society
through education. Today CVM manages 45 educational institutions in Vallabh Vidyanagar
and its satellite township New Vallabh Vidyanagar established by CVM in 2000.
The GCET Board of Management defines the major policies and guidelines which
govern the activities and future growth of the college, and also monitors closely the
functioning of the college. An important part of the guidelines set down by the Board is
contained in the GCET Perspective Plan.
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Blessings from the chairman :
Dr. C. L. Patel
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Success is a journey and not the destination, similarly GCET has entered into 16 year
of its journey and yet many more milestones are to be achieved in years to come. On the
occasion of publication of GCET-Voice, issue-10 I personally believe and recommend that
one’s success should not be for one’s own sake and when it expands its horizons it should
accomplish many more things for others. Education is such a field where the success
achieved, really expands the boundaries of knowledge at every move. What we need to
introspect is whether we are wandering amongst bulk of information only or starving really
for the real essence of knowledge. In today’s digital era, things are getting changed so rapidly
that it becomes very essential to cope up with the pace of that shift and for that perhaps what
can help us is our instinct. We have to be very impulsive and very modest at the same time to
explore the new perspectives in our respective research area. The new outcomes of such
research should be beneficial to community and to the society at large. Aptitude and attitude
both are fundamentally required as the prime recipe of any success. I hope and wish that
every member of GCET family does have that aptitude and attitude and through that we
aspire, we would be able to craft a better community which is sustainable and at large at the
same time we would be able to contribute our best to create a better society, a brighter
tomorrow for generations to come.
At this moment, I congratulate the entire GCET family on the publication of 10th issue of
GCET Voice and to editorial committee in particular. Let’s create a great time for tomorrow
with our vision and through our mission.
With best wishes and blessings,
Dr. C L Patel
Chairman
Charutar Vidyamandal
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From the Desk of Principal :
Dr. Himanshu Soni
Dear Students and Faculty members,
I am happy to see that GCET publication team is reviving GCET voice magazine after three
years. College magazine provides a platform to institute to publicize the major achievements and
institute progress to its alumni members and also provides space to share views of the students,
faculty and staff members.
In my tenure of one year as a Principal I can proudly say that our students have achieved
many milestones in their academic pursuit and in other front as well. Moreover our teaching
fraternity has also excelled in various domains starting from gaining higher degrees to guiding
our students in all frontages.
Last year we have achieved many milestones, starting from achieving long term pending
National Board of Accreditation (NBA) certification, securing best ROOKIE award at RoBoCon
event, attaining best result under GTU at all levels, and many awards at GTU in cultural and
sport events including championship trophy in cultural festival of GTU. Whatever name GCET
has, is because of the dedicated young staff members, of course credit also goes to well
disciplined and hard working students of GCET. However this is possible due to the support
and guidance of our own beloved honourable chairman Dr. C L Patel.
But we are not content with what we have achieved, neither have we wanted to sit on our
past laurels, but we want to attain even greater heights in the field of Technical Education. This
is possible only by constructive support from my dear student friends, faculty members and
supporting staff members.
For sustainable development we have to give highest priority to research and consultancy
activities. Now within short span we will see fruitful R&D activities as we have many PhD faculty
members and we are running PG programs in four disciplines. If we join hands together then we
can make GCET as one of the best institutes across the nation.
I am congratulating editorial board of GCET voice and to all student members for taking
initiatives for publishing this magazine.
Dr. Himanshu Soni
Principal
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Editorial
Annotations
Digital era, this is what we breath in. We are surrounded with lots of digital impressions.
Our sun rises with digital imprints and moon peeps into our window with certain digital
disguise. We are busy with lots of ‘e-activities’ and perhaps due to that we are getting deprived of
‘e-existence’ of ourselves. We are used to sending smilies, instead of conveying real smiles. We
are used to making online friends but we are cut off from real friends. We do not talk, we twit. We
are available on facebook but not available face-to-face. We have no time to spare for desires
getting disposed by the side of road, we have no time to spare for dusty flowers on footpath. We
are getting developed! In fact we are getting destroyed, getting destroyed from city of love and
happiness, city of liveliness. We are full of emptiness. We are living second life. We are not
breathing life. We keep forwarding readymade greetings but we do not have heartfelt greetings
for someone. In digitalization of our emotions, fragrance of life is lost. Truly ‘e’ for emotions is
dying in the race of ‘e’ for electronic existence. We are deaf in every kind of touch and we are
dumb in all kinds of expression. Every day, ‘electronic-transfers’ are getting higher than
‘emotional-transformations’. Significance of sensibility is no more welcome. It’s time to
introspect whether we are really getting developed! In the forest of digits, we do not know what
exactly we are looking for. Ultimately, we add one more digit into the number of poor creatures in
the universe.
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Hereby proudly presenting the 10 issue of GCET VOICE, with an objective of coming out
of noise, rising above with some fruitful voice. This annual magazine aims at giving a platform to
future technocrats to share and express their own voice and through that to be alert regarding
not merely adding digits into the total strength of the creatures. Young minds are turning up
with fresh ideas and expressions, many a times without bothering about forms of expressions
but with a sense of sound touch into the realm of creative writing. Moreover faculty members are
also penning down their inventive inputs here, that is more pleasing. On this occasion of release
of this issue of GCET VOICE, on behalf of entire publication committee I express gratitude
towards management and our beloved principal in particular for being beside us in our efforts to
publish the bunch of creative zeal. Personally, I must make a remark for student members of the
committee because without their enthusiasm it would have not been possible to make this
journey so blissful.
Nikhil Joshi
Convener, Publication Committee.
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Dr.kalpendu Shastri Prof.(Dr.) M.Gopal Prof.(Dr.) S.N.Merchant Prof.S.C.Sahasrabudhe
CTO Professor Professor Director
Lightwire, inc. IIT, Delhi, Dept. of EE, DAIICT
USA India. IIT,Powai, Mumbai, India Gandhinagar, Gujarat,
India
Dr.Alexander Kluge Dr. Krzysztof Galkowski Prof. Dr. P.S.V.Nataraj Prof. Kavi Arya
CERN, European Organization Professor Professor Professor
For Nuclear Research, University of Zielona Gora, Systems and control Computer Science &
Electronics Design Group, Poland Engineering Group, Engineering Dept.
Geneva, Switzerland IIT, Powai, Mumbai, India IIT, Powai, Mumbai, India
Prof.(Dr.)Giridhar Madras, Prof. (Dr.) G. P. Agarwal Prof.(Dr.) Pramod Wangikar Prof.(Dr.) D Das
Bhattnagar Awardee Professor Professor Professor
Professor IIT, Dehli IIT, Bombay IIT, Kharagpur
IISC, Bangalore
Prof. (Dr.)S.S. Bandopadhyay Dr. R. S. Somani Dr. B. P. Mandal Dr. H. C. Bajaj

Professor Principal Scientist Professor Chief Scientist
IIT, Kharagpur CSMCRI, Bhavnagar IIT, Guwahati CSMCRI, BHavnagar
Mr.Bharatsinh Solanki Dr. Jay Narayan Vyas Dr.U. B. Desai Dr. N.V. Vasani
Minister state for Power, Minister incharge, Director Vice chancellor
Government of India Health & Family Welfare IIT,Powai, Hydrabad (Director General)
Gujarat state Nirma University
Prof. A. K. Singh Dr. S. L. Bapat Dr. I. K. Chopade Dr. N Ramkrishnan

Ex Director Head Professor Professor
ERDA, Baroda Mechanical Engg., Mechanical Engineering & Dean Department of Mechanical
IIT, Mumbai (Administration) Engineering
VNIT. Nagpur IIT, Gandhinagar
Prof. Asim Banerjee Dr.(Mrs.) Manju Sharma Dr. M. O. Garg Dr. Anil Kane
Padmabhus
Professoor Director President
Former Secretary, DBT, Govt
DAIICT Indian Institute of Petroleum World Wind Energy
of India,
Gandhinagar Gujarat India Dehradun Association & Former VC.
Principal Scientific Advisor
Govt of Gujarat MS University of Baroda
Mr. V B Kalyankar Dr.Prabhat Ranjan Dr. S.V. Sabnis

CEO, Professor Associate Professor
Gear Division, DAIICT, Gandhinagar Mathematics Dept, IITB
Elecon Engineering Company
Ltd.V.V.Nagar
Event Gallery
Imaze 2011 Indian Idol Fame Emon Chatterjee performing at GCET
Cultural Night in Imaze 11 16 th Annual Day at GCET (March 2012)
International Conference on Signals, Systems &

Dr. Alexander Kluge (CERN Lab, Geneva) at GCET
Automation, Jan-2011 at GCET
IICHE student chapter event at GCET NBA Team visiting GCET

Event Gallery
International Conference on Signals, Systems & Save Fuel Day celebrated at GCET
Automation, Dec-2009
National Conference Advance Computing, Dec-09 Thalesemia Awareness Camp at GCET
NSGC-2012, at GCET Power-Pact by S.P.E. at GCET
SPARKLE by Language Club, April-2012 at GCET STAC-12, at GCET

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GCET at a glance
Features Undergraduate Programs
♦ Innovative Learning
Engg. Program Established Intake
♦ International Focus
♦ Integral Development · Chemical 1996-97 60
♦ Quality Consciousness · Information Tech. 1996-97 60
♦ Personal Care & Counseling · Mechanical 1997-98 60
♦ Academic Linkages · Electronics & Commu. 1997-98 60
♦ Industry Interaction · Mechatronics 1998-99 60
♦ Excellent Faculty · Computer 1999- 00 60
♦ Global Recognition · Electrical 2001- 02 59
National Board of Accreditation Post Graduate Programs

(NBA), New Delhi Programs Established Intake
Accredited Undergraduate Programs: Communication Engg. 2007-08 18
♦ Chemical Engg. Information Tech. 2011-12 18
♦ Electrical Engg. Industrial Engg. 2012-13 18
♦ Computer Engg. Mechatronics 2012-13 18
Achievements
♦ As per recent survey published by Data Quest in month of Dec.2012 GCET’s All India Rank
is 64th amongst top 100 Engg. Colleges in the country.
♦ Its matter of pride for us that our institute has been given candidacy status along with all
the services and privileges of religion, national and international professional recognition
by International Accreditation Organization (IAO), USA.
♦ Our college has been selected for the state level best ISTE FACULTY CHAPTER for the year
2011.
♦ In the result of Gujarat Technological University, GCET always stood among top 5 in
Gujarat State.
· Our First ME (Communication Engineering) Batch passed out from GTU,with throughout 1st
rank in all over Gujarat in GTU. Ms. Srujan Naik of this batch won the Gold medal.
· In Power System GCET-EE Dept. faculty member Mr.Chintan Patel won the Gold medal in
GTU’s first convocation.
· GCET won “Best Debutant Award” and secured 12th position all over India in ROBOCON
2012.GCET had participated for this International Level Event hosted by Asia-Pacific
Broadcasting Union from 1st to 3rd March 2012 at MIT Pune.
· Placement: From eligible pull of students we place almost more than 90% of students
through campus interviews. During Academic year 2011-2012, 211 students are placed in
28 companies.
· GCET has been selected as a Nodal centre by Microsoft for conducting placement activity.
From Gujarat only 4 Institutes are selected for this campus drive and we are one of them.
Microsoft conducted placement drive twice in the year 2011-12 for Information Tech. and
Computer Engg. Students.
· During 2010-11 more than 33 companies visited GCET for placement and 246 students
were placed through campus.
· Industrial Exposure: Final Year Students’ Projects are being done in Industries under
UDISHA club. Almost 70 % of our students are doing project in various industries. Regular
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C EETT industrial visits, workshops, expert talks & conferences are organize by all departments for
all level students for giving them practical knowledge.
G
G · Scholarships and Grant received: we have received grant of 6.72 lacs from AICTE for our PG
students.Department of Electrical Engg. , Electronics & Communication Engg., Chemical
Engg. have received grant of more than 7 lacs from various governmental agencies.
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March 3, 1946 January 15, 1947 February 13, 1949 April 20, 2000
Bhaikaka met Sardar Patel for the First time at Ahmedabad April, 1942
Bhaikaka met Sardar Patel for the Second time at Bombay August 8, 1945
Registration of Charutar Vidya Mandal August 10, 1945
Bhaikaka met Mahatma Gandhi at Pune and sought his blessings August 15, 1945
Registration of Charotar Gramoddhar Sahakari Mandal September 7, 1945
Bhaikaka & Bhikhabhai, the Creators, came to reside here, then
a wilderness. The day is celebrated as Vidyanagar Day March 3, 1946
Foundation Ceremony of Vithalbhai Patel Mahavidyalaya the First College January 15, 1947
Inaugurarion of the Vithalbhai Patel Mahavidyalaya by Sardar Patel April 4, 1947
Affiliation of the College to Bombay University June 21, 1947
Foundation Ceremany of Vallabh Vidyanagar by Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru February 13, 1949
Establishment of Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth October 31, 1955
Bhaikaka appointed Founder Vice-Chancellor December 19, 1955
Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth renamed as 'Sardar Patel University' May 5, 1966
Establishment of Charutar Arogya Mandal July 28, 1972
Foundation Ceremany of New Vallabh Vidyanagar, the mushrooming
Satellite township April 20, 2000
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Chemical Engineering Department

Department established in: 1996
Faculty Details: No. of Prof. : 01
No. of Asso. Prof.: 06
No. of Asst. Prof.: 04
No. of Trainee Staff: 02
Total Teaching Staff: 13
No. of Non-Teaching Staff Members: 05
Features of Departmental Infrastructure :

The Department has 12 state of the art laboratories with about 130 equipment, bench-scale
experimental set ups and pilot plants to cater the need of undergraduate curriculum of B.E (Chemical
Engineering) of Gujarat Technological University (with effect from 2007-08). Total investment on
equipment is more than Rs 50 lakhs
Apart from the traditional Chemical Engineering Laboratories of Heat & Mass transfer, Reaction
engineering, Fluid mechanics, Mechanical operations, Chemical and Petroleum technology and applied
chemistry the Department is enriched with computerized Process Control and Modeling and Simulation
laboratory with latest Design and Simulation Software and an Audio visual Room. It has also recently
developed Biochemical Engineering laboratory.
Major Achievements of Department :

The Department of Chemical Engineering has been accorded with the status of accreditation by
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the National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi with effect from 15 March 2012.
A strong industry-institute interaction in the form of in-plant summer training, module training
programme, frequent industrial visits, organizing expert lectures from industrial resource persons and
industry supported students’ projects.
Students have achieved many academic and non academic milestones by acquiring gold medals in
SP University and ranking in top 100 students of GTU.
Faculty members have a good frequency of publication peer reviewed National and International
Journals.
Department of Chemical Engineering has started functioning of the GCET students’ Chapter of
IIChE, (Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers): the apex body of the chemical engineering professionals
all over India from the AY 2011-12. It has 60 students members.
The Chemical Engineering Department of G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology is
recognized by the Institution of Engineers (India) as one of the centre to depute the AMIE students to
complete their requisite laboratory experimental works.
A research project on Reclamation of phenolic waste water by sorption on to PAC (Powdered
activated carbon) prepared from agrowaste material and the bioregeneration of the spent carbon. (PI: Dr.
Kaushik Nath, Co-PI: Dr. Suresh Panchani) has been sanctioned by Human resource development
group, of CSIR, Govt of India for the period Dec 2010 to Dec 2012.
Mrs. Sejal M Patel, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering has been recognized
as Certified Energy Auditor by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Dept of Energy.
Dr. Kaushik Nath and Mrs. Sejal M Patel are the members of the Environmental Audit team of
Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre for Applied Research and Testing (SICART), for Schedule A
industries under Gujarat Pollution Control Board.
Dr. Kaushik Nath has been nominated as the expert member on the Board of Studies of Chemical
Engineering, in the M S University of Baroda, for 03 years.
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Activities attended by department faculties:

CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ WINTER/ SUMMER SCHOOLS ORGANIZED
AY 2011 - 12
Sr. Chief Coordi-
Dates Details Sponsored by Beneficiaries
No. nator(s)
85 delegates from
National Symposium on Prof. M S Bhak- CVM and Gujarat
4-5 academic institu-
“Advances in Separation and har Council on Sci-
01 Feb., tion (Faculty mem-
Purification Science & Prof. Haresh K ence and Technol-
2011 bers & students)
Technology, NSST 2011 Dave ogy
and industries.
National Symposium on Prof. Vinay B 127delegates from
CVM and Gujarat
“Green Chemistry & Patel academic institu-
24-25 Feb., Council on Sci-
02 Technology for sustainable Prof. Haresh K tion (Faculty mem-
2012 ence and Technol-
development”, NSGC 2012 Dave bers & students)
ogy
and industries.
03 24th Feb. REUNION 2012: Chemical Prof. Sejal M CVM About 55 alumni
2012 Engineering Alumni Meet Patel fro m various
was organized on 24 th Feb- graduating batches
ruary, 2012 afternoon. attended the pro-
gramme.
Jointly organized
Capacity Building Training Prof. A Metre by National Pro-
04 26-28th Programme in Environ- Prof. H K Dave ductivity Council 55 students of final
March 2012, mental Related isuues with (Under ministry of year participated in
special emphasis on Cleaner Commerce & In- the workshop.
Production” dustry, Govt of
India) and Depart-
ment of Chemical
Engineering,
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Conference Attended / Papers Presented: AY 2011-12
Sr. Name of the Faculty Conference/Seminar/ Workshop Venue Dates

No.
01 Dr. Suresh Panchani National Seminar on New Perspec- N V Patel College of January
tives of Natural Sciences Pure & Applied Sci- 07,2012
ence, V V Nagar
02 Prof. H K Dave National Seminar on New Perspec- N V Patel College of January

tives of Natural Sciences Pure & Applied Sci- 07,2012
ence, V V Nagar.
03 Prof. Vinay B Patel Workshop on Chemical Engineering Dept of Chemical En- 28 May to 1 st
and academics gineering, IIT, Gan- June, 2012
dhinagar
04 Prof. D V Kapatel Workshop on Chemical Engineering Dept of Chemical En- 28 May to 1 st

and academics gineering, IIT, Gan- June, 2012
dhinagar

Sr. Name of the Faculty Conference/Seminar/ Venue Dates
No Workshop
01 Dr. Kaushik Nath Workshop on e -content de- G H Patel Computer Science, August
velopment , under NME -ICT Sardar Patel University 21, 2010
mission
02 Mr. H K Dave Industry -academia work- PERTROFED & ONGC November

shop, Upstream Petroleum 11-13,
Technology 2010
03 Mr. D V Kapatel Advance Process Control Anchor Institute -Chemicals & November
dynamics and Data Analysis Petrochemicals Sector 22-26,
Part-II Faculty of Technology, 2010
Dharmsingh Desai University
04 Dr. Suresh Panchani Workshop on design of ex- Gujarat Technological Univer- January 8-
perimental learning interac- sity 10, 2011
tions and environments
05 Mr. Haresh K Dave One day workshop in safety IIChE, Nadiad Chapter, DDU February
in process industry Nadiad 26, 2011
06 Prof. (Mrs.) Sejal. M Certificate course Chemical At Anchor Institute, DDU Pro- May 2 - 6,
Patel Process Safety moted by Industries Com- 2011
misionerate & Government of
Gujarat
07 Prof. (Dr.) Kaushik Workshop on Research Gujarat Technological Univer- June 9 - 10,
Nath methodology sity & C - DAC, Pune 2011
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Research Publications by Faculty Members:

AY 2010-11, 2011-12
Sr. Name of faculty Title Publication Year
no
01 Panchani S C Coordiantion Polymeric Taylor & Francis, Vol 50, Issue 8,
Chain Assemblies of some 577-587. (INTERNATIONAL) 2010
metal Ions with BHQPP,
Int. J Polymeric Materials.
02 Anand Metre and A K Biodiesel production from National Conference on Biochemi- 2010
Sharma waste vegetable oil using cal Engineering: Present Scenario
alkali catalyst. and future perspective, NCBE Val-
labh Vidyanagr.
03 Kaushik Nath Membrane Separation Prentice Hall of India (2008), 2011
Processes ISBN: 978-81-203-3532-5, pg 322.
04 Tejal Patel Nanofiltration - an ad- National Symposium on Advances 2011
vanced technology for salt in Separation and Purification Sci-
and dye removal from in- ence & Technology, NSST Vallabh
dustrial waste water. Vidyanagar.
05 Anvita Sharma Simulation and control of National Symposium on Advances 2011
activated sludge process in Separation and Purification Sci-
ence & Technology, NSST Vallabh
Vidyanagar.
06 Kaushik Nath , Modelling and optimiza- Bioresource Technology 102, 8569- 2011
tion of fermentative hydro- 8581. (INTERNATIONAL)
gen production.
07 Kaushik Nath, Bioregeneration of Spent J. Sci. Ind. Res vol 70, 487 -492 2011
Mathurkumar S Activated Carbon: Effect (NATIONAL)
Bhakhar and Suresh of Physico -Chemical Pa-
Panchani rameters.
08 Kaushik Nath and Microbial regeneration of Env Sci & Pollu- 2011
Mathurkumar S Spent Activated Carbon tion Research ,
Bhakhar Dispersed with Organic Springer, 18:534–
Contaminants: Mechanism, 546
Efficiency and Kinetic (INTERNATIONAL)
models.
09 Haresh K Dave Experimental observa- National Sympo- 2011
tions of aqueous surfactant sium on Advances
solution properties, foam in Separation and
stability and drainage of Purification Sci-
foams generated using mi- ence & Technol-
cellar solutions of anionic ogy, NSST Vallabh
and cationic surfactants. Vidyanagar.
10 Tejal M Patel and Comparative performance Env Sci & Pollu- 2012
Kaushik Nath of flat sheet and spiral tion Research , 19,
wound modules in the nan- 2994-3004.
ofiltration of reactive dye (INTERNATIONAL)
solution.
11 Tejal M Patel and Reclamation of dye waste 2012
J. Sci Ind. Res 71,
Kaushik Nath water using a flat sheet
437-442.
nanofiltration membrane:
(NATIONAL)
Study of permeate flux and
quality.
12 Kaushik Nath and Membrane reactors: concepts, 2012
Taylor and Franscis, Boca Raton,
M S Bhakhar applications and prospects, in
ISBN: 978-1-4398-0526-8 (Hard
Membrane Technologies and
Back), pp.419-444.
Applications
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: Achievements by Students of Department :

Sr. Name of Student Achievement Details Month & Year
No
1 Mr. Abhisek Baheti Topper (Highest CPI) in GCET in all June 2011
the Branches
2 Mr. Munna Kumar Singh RANKED THE FIRST POSITION June 2010
among all Chemical engineering Stu-
dents of all the colleges in Gujarat
Technological University 3 rd semester
examination
List of Institute Toppers in all the 4 levels for Year 2011-12 and 2010-11
Sr.
Enrollment No. Name of Student Semester CPI Batch A.Y.
No.
01 080110105048 MUNNAKUMAR SINGH 7 8.94 2008 2011-12
02 090110105001 KRUPALI SHAH 5 8.17 2009 2011-12
03 100110105033 RAVIRAJSINH RANA 3 8.33 2010 2011-12
04 110110105051 LAKSHYA D GARG 1 7.37 2011 2011-12
05 080110105048 MUNNAKUMAR SINGH 8 8.81 2008 2011-12
06 100113105002 NILESH DONGRE 6 7.34 2010 2011-12
07 100110105014 SUMAN UPADHYAY 4 7.99 2010 2011-12
08 07CH 022 BAHETI ABHISEK A 7 9.26 2007 2011 - 12
09 080110105048 MUNNAKUMAR SINGH 5 8.90 2008 2010- 11
10 090110105001 KRUPALI SHAH 3 8.55 2009 2010- 11
11 080110105055 NIDHI CHECHANI 1 8.22 2010 2010- 11
12 07CH 022 BAHETI ABHISEK A 8 9.05 2007 2010- 11
13 080110105048 MUNNAKUMAR SINGH 6 8.45 2008 2010- 11
14 090110105001 KRUPALI SHAH 4 8.93 2009 2010- 11
15 100110105017 MEHTA JIGESH P 2 7.87 2010 2010- 11
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Information Technology Department

Faculty Details: No. of Prof.: 02
No. of Assoc. Prof.: 02
Features of Departmental Infrastructure :

Department does have lab equipments worth above Rs. 1 crore.
Department is managing web server and mail server for entire institute.
Major Achievements of Department :

Pioneer in Offering the Course of Information Technology at Under Graduate Level across the
Country in AY 1996-97
Also started Master degree program- ME (Information Technology) since AY 2011-12
Department is going to organize International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Signal
Processing (ISSP 2013) with EC department in March 2013. ISSP 2013 is technically co-sponsored
by IEEE.
Department had organized International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Data
Processing under the umbrella of MULTICONF 2011, during Jan 24-25, 2011. Extended version of
selected papers was published by International Journal of Computer Application and International
journal of Science and Technology as special issue. Department received Rs. 1 Lac from GUJCOST
for the conference.
Prof. Deven Agravat and Prof. Prem Sindhi developed GIS 3.0, a software for the institute
which facilitate Student Registration, On-line attendance, Counseling, E-Notice board, Marks
Entry, On-line Feedback with Report, etc.
Dr Apurva Shah has been invited as reviewer of Frontier of Computer Science Journal,
Springer.
Faculty members of the department have been invited as Session Chair/Technical Program
Committee/Advisory Committee member of various National and International conferences
Placement of the students for AY 2011-12 is 90%. More than 45 students have been selected
during campus recruitment by various multinational companies
100% result for batch passed out in AY 2011-12
♦ Mr. Hemang Shah, Computer programmer, has developed a program for CVM Management
Quota Admission process.
♦ Mr. Nikhil Joshi, Assistant Professor in Communication Skills, worked as the state coordinator
for Higher Education NEWS for BISAG, an initiative by Govt. of Gujarat.
♦ Mr. Nikhil Joshi, , Assistant Professor in Communication Skills, was invited to deliver expert
talks during last two years at various places like: Ranchi University, Jharkhand for Refresher
course for University teachers of Punjab, Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand, SSPM’s Engineering
institute, Kankavali, Maharashtra for an event under ISTE students’ chapter.
♦ Mr. Nikhil Joshi was invited as an expert in ‘Know How’-a training program for TPOs of GTU at
Babaria Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vadodara on July 21, 2012.
♦ Mr. Nikhil Joshi chaired a session in International Conference organized by SCOPE & H M Patel
Institute of English: Training & Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar on June 23, 2012.
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: Activities organized by department :

AY 2011 -12
Sr. Chief Coordina-
Dates Details Beneficiaries
No. tor(s)
Organized a workshop on ‘Web 2.0 in
Education’ in International Conference on
Hi-tech, Lo -tech, No -tech: Learning
Jan. 7-8, Conference
01 Technologies in Practices organized by H Mr. Nikhil Joshi
2012 delegates
M Patel Institute of English Training &
Research and British Council, India
CALL, ELTAI, IATEFL.
30 students
April 9-19, A workshop on ‘E -Learning Course on
02 Mr. Nikhil Joshi from 1st Level
2012 Communication Skills’
EC-IT students
03 April 20, ‘Sparkle’-an extension program on Com- Mr. Nikhil Joshi 156 students
2012 munication Skills & Personality Develop- attended from
ment 1st level ITEC-MC
04 March 16- A seminar on Communication Skills & Mr. Nikhil Joshi 500 students
17, 2012 Personality Development at SSPM’s attended
Engg. College, Kankavali, Maharashtra

AY 2010 -11
Sr.
Dates Details Chief Coordinator(s) Beneficiaries
No.
1 around 100
24/1/2011 International Conference papers pre-
Dr. Apurva Shah sented by
25/1/2011 ICISD-11
delegates
Workshop on Web Tools
conducted by Mr. Nikhil around 75
2 16/10/10 Mr. Nikhil Joshi
Joshi in International delegates
Seminar at Vallabh Vidyanagar
3 20/8/2010 Seminar on Oracle Mr. Nirav Raja
4 19/2/11 ENIGMA PHP WORK-SHOP Mr. Nirav Raja 120

Java Workshop by Sun
5 15/2/11 Micro System Mr. Prem Sindhi 70
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Sr. Name of the Faculty Conference/Seminar/ Workshop Venue Dates
No.
01 Nikhil D. Joshi Attended one day regional seminar on 21 st Century: Vallabh Vid- Aug. 3,
Priorities in Technical & Higher Education organ- yanagar 2011
ized by Charutar Vidyamandal in association with
ISTE Gujarat section & Gujarat Technological
Univ. at Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat.
02 Nikhil D. Joshi Attended a workshop on Sandhan 2011 -12 organ- Gandhinagar Aug. 2,
ized by Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Gandhi- 2011
nagar.
03 Nikhil D. Joshi Attended one day training program on CPDP Baroda

course at Babaria Institute -Baroda organized by
GTU.
04 Nikhil D. Joshi Presented a paper on ‘Indian Diaspora & Cultural Vallabh Vid- Feb. 9-10,
development’ at International Seminar on Gujarati yanagar 2012
Diaspora-Impact of Diaspora organized by Centre
for Indian Diaspora -Sardar Patel Univ. -V.V.nagar
05 Nikhil D. Joshi Presented a paper on ‘A Case Study on E -Learning Anand Feb. 25-
Experience’ in National Seminar on Improving 26, 2012
Quality in Higher Education through E -learning
Management System organized by N. S. Patel Arts
College, Anand
06 Dr. Apurva Shah Attended International Conference on Soft Comput- Roorkee Dec. 20-
ing for Problem Solving organized by The Institu- 22, 2011
tion of Engineers, Roorkee.
07 Dr. Apurva Shah Presented a paper on ‘Comparative Study of fault Indore, Nov. 4 -5,
Tolerance of mobile Based Agent Monitoring in Madhyaprade 2011
Dynamic Networks’ in National Conference on sh
Advancement & Challenges in Technology & Man-
agement-2011 (NCACTM -2011) organized by Ja-
gadguru Dattatray College of Technology, Indore,
Madhyapradesh.
08 Nirav Raja Attended 3 day workshop on Network Simulator Gandhinagar Jan. 6-8,
organized by Gujarat IEEE section & DA-IICT, 2012
Gandhinagar
09 Nikhil Gondaliya Attended one week ISTE approved STTP on Simu- Ahmedabad Dec. 26-
lation of Wired & Wireless Networks organized by 30, 2011
Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
10 Prem Sindhi Presented a paper on Simulation of DM, LSF, and Bhopal January
EDF Real Time Scheduling Algorithms in Interna- 27- 28,
tional Conference on Computers & Communication 2012
Sagar Institute of Science & Technology, Bhopal
11 Apurva Shah with Hetal Presented a paper on Survey of Log Block Based Vallabh Vid- May 2011
Gaudani & Tejas NAND in National Conference on Recent Trends in yanagar
Vaghela Engineering and Technology
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Sr. Name of the Conference/Seminar/ Workshop Venue Dates
No. Faculty
01 Nikhil D. Joshi Presented a paper on ‘Teaching Learning in Vallabh Vidya- Oct.16, 2010
21st Century: A New Perspective’ in Interna- nagar
tional Seminar at Way Made College of Edu-
cation, Vallabh Vidyanagar.
02 Nikhil D. Joshi Presented a paper on ‘Digital Literacy: Con- Vallabh Vidya- Nov.30-
cepts & Practices’ in International conference nagar Dec.2,2010
on ‘CALL, Web 2.0 and Beyond’ organized by
Asia CALL & HMPIETR at Vallabh Vidyanagar.
03 Nikhil D. Joshi Workshop on ICT at Way Made College of Vallabh Vidya- Aug. 11, 2010
Education, Vallabh Vidyanagar organized by nagar
WMCE & Intel.
04 Nikhil D. Joshi National Seminar on Indian Aesthetics at Vallabh Vidya- June 25-26,
HMPEITR. nagar 2010
05 Nirav M. Raja TCS at Gandhinagar (Training Program) Gandhinagar Sept. 28, 2010
06 Prem Sindhi TCS at Gandhinagar (Training Program) Gandhinagar Sept. 28, 2010
07 Nikhil D.Joshi Gujarat Knowledge Society Training program Gandhinagar Aug. 12-13,
at Gandhinagar 2010
08 Tejal Patel Gujarat Knowledge Society Training program Gandhinagar Aug. 12-13,
at Gandhinagar 2010
09 Apurva Shah PDGC International conference at JUIT, Waknaghat Oct. 28-30,
Waknaghat 2010
10 Apurva Shah CICN International conference at Bhopal Bhopal Nov. 26-28,
2010
11 Apurva Shah NMEICT workshop at Sardar Patel Univ., V.V.Nagar Vallabh Vidyanagar Aug. 21, 2010
12 Nikhil D.Joshi 2 Day National Seminar -cum-Workshop on ‘Literary Vallabh Vid- Mar. 17 -
Theory & Research: Present & Future’ organized by yanagar 18, 2011
PG Dept. of English, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh
Vidyanagar under UGC SAP -DRS (Phase -2).
13 Sejal Thakkar Presented a poster on ‘A New Approach for Enhancing New Vallabh Feb 5 -6,
Compression Efficiency on Ultrasound Medical and Vidyanagar 2011
Natural Image uses ROI with WAVELET’ in Interna- Gujarat
tional Conference on Information, Signal and Commu-
nication at A D Patel Institute of Technology.
14 Sejal Thakkar Presented a poster on ‘A New Approach for Enhancing Vallabh Vid- Jan. 24-25,
Compression Efficiency on Ultrasound Medical and - yanagar 2011
Natural Images is using ROI’ in International Confer- Gujarat
ence on Intelligent Systems & Data Processing - 2011 at
G H Patel College of Engg. & Tech.
15 Apurva Shah Apurva Shah and Ketan Kotecha Efficient Dynamic Shimla, India, Oct. 2010
Scheduling Algorithms for Real -Time Distributed Sys-
tem. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on
Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing , Shimla,
India, pp. 44 - 48, Oct 2010
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Sr. Name of the Conference/Seminar/ Workshop Venue Dates

No. Faculty
16 ApurvaShah Vinay Harsora and Apurva Shah. A Modified Genetic Manila, Dec 2010
Algorithm for Task Scheduling in Multiprocessor Sys- Philipines,
tem. Proceedings of IEEE ICESM 2010 , Manila,
Philipines, pp.15-20, Dec 2010.
17 ApurvaShah Jignesh Joshi and Apurva Shah. Classification using Anand, May 2011
Ant Colony Optimization. Proceedings of International India
Conference on Intelligent Systems and Data Process-
ing, Anand, India, pp. 456 -459, Jan 2011, May 2011.
18 Apurva Shah, Survey of Log block based NAND. Proceedings of Vallabh Vid- May 2011
Hetal Gaudani National Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering yanagar
and Tejas
Vaghela and Technology.
19 Apurva Shah A Proposed Method for Implementation of DMOS Vallabh Vid- May 2011
and kirti Algorithm using MPICH. Proceedings of National yanagar
Sharma
Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and
Technology.
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Research Publications by Faculty Members :
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS : AY 2011 - 12
Sr. Month and
Faculty name Title Journal / Conference
No. Year of Publish
International Journal
International Journal of
Apurva Shah and Ketan Kotecha. Grid and High Perform-
ance Computing, IGI
Dr. Apurva Shah ACO based Scheduling algorithm for 2011
1 Global, pp: 20 -30, Vol.
real-time Multiprocessor Systems.
3 (3), 2011 .
Vinay Harsoara and Apurva Shah. International Journal of

Computer Application,
Dr. Apurva Shah Modified Genetic Algorithm for Proc- June 2011 .
2 pp. 36 -40, Special Issue
ess Scheduling in Distributed Systems. on AI Techniques
Mayur Patel & Apurva Shah, Energy International journal of
3 Dr. Apurva Shah Efficient Target Tracking in Wireless Advances in Engineer- May 2012
Sensor Network ing & Technology
Enhancement in LLF Real - Time dy- International Journal of

Prem Sindhi
Computer Applications
Mr. Ravindra K. Gupta namic Scheduling Algorithm using 2011
5 (0975 – 8887) Volume
conventional 31– No.6, October 2011
International Journal on
Prem Sindhi Performance comparison of real - time Science and Technology
Mr. Ravindra K. Gupta (IJSAT) Volume II, Spe- 2011
6 scheduling algorithms RM algorithm cial Issue I, 2011, pp205-211
Journal of Informa-
Devendra Thakore and Apurva Shah,
7 Dr. Apurva Shah tion Knowledge and
Scheduling for Real -Time Multiproc- Research in Com-
2011
essor Systems. puter Engineering,
pp. 31 -33, Vol. 1(2),2011.
National Journal
Energy Efficient Resource Utiliza- The Indian Journal of
Dr. Apurva Shah, Technical Education
Santosh Maheswari tion In Cloud Computing Using April 2012
8 (Special issue for
Ant Colony Optimization NCEVT’12)
International Conference Proceeding
Devendra Thakore and Apurva World congress on
Shah, D_EDF: An Efficient Sched- Information and
Dr. Apurva Shah Dec 2011.
9 uling Algorithm for Real -Time Technologies, Mumbai,
Multiprocessor System
National Conference Proceeding
Hetal Gaudani, Tejas Vaghela and Proceedings of National
Apurva Shah. Survey of Log block Conference on Recent
10 Dr. Apurva Shah May 2011.
based NAND Trends in Engineering and
Te c h n o l o g y, Va l l a b h
Kirti Sharma and Apurva Shah. A Proceedings of National

Proposed Method for Implementa- Conference on Recent May 2011
Dr. Apurva Shah Trends in Engineering and
11 tion of DMOS Algorithm using Technology, Vallabh
MPICH. Vidyanagar, India
Apurva Shah, Rajyalaxmi Jaiswal. National Conference on
Comparative Study of fault tolerant Advancement and November
Dr. Apurva Shah
12 of mobile based agent monitoring Challenges in Technology 2011
in dynamic networks. and Management
Books Published / In books published
An anthology of Eng-
13 Nikhil D. Joshi 3 English poems published lish Poetry ‘Melodies March 2012
of Immortality’
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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
AY 2010-11
Sr. Month and
Journal / Con-
Faculty name Title Year of
No. ference
Publish
Proceedings of the
1st International Con-
Dr. Apurva Shah (With Efficient Scheduling Algorithms for
ference PDGC -2010, 2010
01 Dr. Ketan Kotecha) Real-Time Distributed Systems,
2010
2 English poems published in an an- An anthology

Nikhil D. Joshi thology of English poetry, Guntur - With ISBN Dec. 2010
02
Andhra Pradesh
2 English poems published in an an- An anthology

Nikhil D. Joshi thology of English poetry, Meerut - With ISBN Nov. 2010
03
Uttar Pradesh
Proceedings of
IEEE ICESM
A Modified Genetic Algorithm for
Vinay Harsora and 2010, Manila,
Task Scheduling in Multiprocessor Dec 2010
04 Dr.Apurva Shah Philipines, pp.15
System.
-20
Proceedings of
International
Conference on
Jignesh Joshi and Classification using Ant Colony Opti- Intelligent Sys-
05 Jan 2011
Dr.Apurva Shah mization tems and Data
Processing, pp.
456-459
published in pro-
ceedings of Interna-
ICISD-11 an international conference tional conference - Jan. 24-25,
Tejal Patel
06 organized by IT Dept. -GCET. ICISD-11 2011
International Jour-
Apurva Shah, Ketan Kotecha and nal of Intelligent
Dipti Shah. Dynamic Scheduling for Computing and Cy-
Dr. Apurva Shah bernetics (IJICC), 2010
07 Real-Time Distributed System using
pp: 279 -292, Vol.3
ACO. (2), 2010
Kirti Sharma and Apurva Shah. A Proceedings of Na-

tional Conference on
Proposed Method for Implementation Recent Trends in
Dr. Apurva Shah May 2011
08 of DMOS Algorithm using MPICH., Engineering and
Vallabh Vidyanagar, India, May 2011 Technology
Hetal Gaudani, Tejas Vaghela and Proceedings of Na-

tional Conference on
Apurva Shah. Survey of Log block Recent Trends in
Dr. Apurva Shah May 2011
09 based NAND., Vallabh Vidyanagar, Engineering and
India, May 2011 Technology
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Sr. Semes-
Enrollment No. Name of Student CPI Batch A.Y.
No. ter
01 110110116003 BHATT EKLAVYA NAISHADH 1 9.67 2011 2011-12
02 100110116003 JAIN ANKIT JAYANTILAL 3 8.82 2010 2011-12
TIKUDIYA BHAVIK
03 090110116010 5 8.67 2009 2011-12
SHRICHAND
04 080110116046 SHAHANI DISHANT ANIL 7 8.48 2008 2011-12
BHAVSAR MANALI GOPAL-
05 100110116007 4 8.67 2010 2011-12
CHANDRA
TIKUDIYA BHAVIK
06 090110116010 6 8.72 2009 2011-12
SHRICHAND
PATEL NIRALIBEN BAL-
08 100110116009 1 8.90 2010 2010-11
VANTBHAI
TIKUDIYA BHAVIK
09 090110116010 3 8.52 2009 2010-11
SHRICHAND
TH
11 07IT214 DIXIT JAIT BARIN (8 SEM) 8 9.49 2007 2010-11
12 100110116003 JAIN ANKIT JAYANTILAL 2 9.02 2010 2010-11
TIKUDIYA BHAVIK
13 090110116010 4 8.53 2009 2010-11
SHRICHAND
15 07IT214 DIXIT JAIT BARIN (7 TH SEM) 7 9.38 2007 2010-11
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Mechanical Engineering Department

Faculty Details: No. of Prof : 02
No. of Associate Prof.: 08
No. of Assistant Prof.: 05
Features of Departmental Infrastructure:

Total Investment in labs till date is Rs. 131 Lacs and in workshop Rs. 45 Lacs.
Major Achievements of Department:

♦ Consultancy work worth Rs 1.89 lacs received by the department through Industrial
Training Consultancy with major contribution by Dr. Darshak Desai
♦ Dr. Darshak Desai is invited in Editorial Board of 3 International Journals :
- International Journal of Applied Engineering Research and Development (IJAERD) -
(Trans Stellar Publishers)
- International Journal of Robotics Research and Development (IJRRD) - (Trans Stellar
Publishers)
- International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and
Development (IJMPERD) - (Trans Stellar Publishers)
♦ Dr. Darshak Desai is invited as Reviewer in following International Journals :
- Production Planning and Control The Management of Operations (Taylor & Francis,
UK)
- International Journal of Lean Six Sigma (Emerald, USA)
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration (Emerald, USA)
: Activities organized by department: AY 2010-11 :
Sr. no Event Topic Date Faculty coordinator
“Emerging Trends in Mechani-
5-6 March Prof. Vivek Deshpande
1 National Conference cal Engineering”
2011 Mr. Sanjay Shah
ETME 2011
Celebration of “Engineers’ “Engineers of My Dream” Dr. Darshak Desai

2 15 Sep. 2010
Day” Elocution Competition Prof. Hemant Thakkar
Celebration of Quiz (Energy Mgmt)

“National Productivity Quiz (Env. Mgmt) Dr. Darshak Desai
3 17 Feb. 2011
week” with support of Poster competition Prof. Hemant Thakkar
NPC, Gandhinagar Elocution competition
Lecture on
Motivational Lecture for
4 “Magic of Thinking” 20 Sep. 2010 Prof. Hemant Thakkar
Supporting technical staff
by Prof. H R Thakkar
Lecture on
5 ISTE Student Chapter “Value Education” by Prof. H 9 Sep. 2010 Prof. Ela Jha
R Thakkar
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Activities organized by department
: AY 2011-12 :
Sr.
Event Topic Date Faculty coordinator
no
Celebration of Elocution Competition Dr. Darshak Desai
1 15 Sep. 2011
“Engineers’ Day” & technical Quiz Prof. Hemant Thakkar
Training and Certification
Program on Six Sigma Qual-
Industrial Training Con- 5-9 Dec.
2 ity Engineering & Manage- Dr. Darshak Desai
sultancy 2011
ment for Industry Executives
and Engineers
Design and Fabrication of
One Day Seminar by
3 Pressure Vessels as per 1 Feb. 2012 Dr. Hemant Thakkar
Mr. P G Shah
ASME codes
One Day Seminar by 11 April
4 Non Destructive Testing Prof. Ela Jha
Mr. Krutik Shah 2012
Lecture on
27 Aug.
5 ISTE Student Chapter “Success” by Prof. Hemant Prof. Ela Jha
2011
R Thakkar
Lecture on
27 April
6 ISTE Student Chapter “Theory of Karma” by Prof. Prof. Ela Jha
2012
Hemant R Thakkar
Activities attended by department faculties (2011-12)

Sr.
Name of the faculty Event Topic Date Venue
no
Semiconductor de- Organized by Dept.
7 July
1 Mrs. Ela Jha Workshop vices & Nano mate- of Physics of SPU,
2011
rial characterization V.V.Nagar
Section IIIV, Div. I : 14 to 18th
2 Prof. H.R. Thakkar Workshop Design & Fabrication November SVNIT Surat
of Pressure Vessels 2011
C. K. Shah Vijapur-
Swami Vivekanand
wala Institute of
Contributor Personal- 17-18 Dec.
3 Prof. H.R. Thakkar Workshop Management, Vado-
ity Programme 2011
dara, Organised by
(Phase I)
GTU, A’Bad
Organized by Indian
Institute of Metals
Advanced Tech- Baroda Chapter and
4 Mrs. Ela Jha Workshop niques on Material 21st Jan 12 Materials and Met-
Characterization allurgy Depart-
ment , Faculty of
Technology, MSU
Baroda
5 Mr. Mehul Gor
Teacher’s Training 4-8 July

6 Mr. Chirag Patel STTP Organized by CDC
Programme 2011
7 Mr. Ravi R. Rathod
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: AY 2010-11 :
Sr. no Name of the faculty Event Topic Date Venue
th th
13 to 17
1 Mr. Mehul Gor STTP Design Innovation December, organized by IIT Delhi
2010
2 Prof. H R Thakkar
3 Mr. F R Malek
Training of Hyper- 5th to 8th ADIT, New V. V. Na-
4 Mr. R R Rathod Training
works software July 2010. gar
5 Mr. C V Patel
6 Ms. Ela Jha
11 to 13 th
Upstream Petroleum Organized by ONGC
Mr. Omprakash Workshop November,
7 Technology Ltd., at PDPU
Bharti 2010
Research Publications by Faculty Members AY: 2011-12

AY NC INC NJ INJ TOTAL
2011-12 - - 02 04 06
2010-11 01 04 00 06 11
Sr. no. Name of faculty Title Publication Month & Year

Quality and Productivity
Productivity & Quality Vol. 09, no. 02,
1 Dr Darshak Desai Improvement through Six
Management, Inder- 2012.
Sigma in Foundry Industry
science, UK
Practical Considerations in Journal of Engineering &
2 Prof. H R Thakkar 2011
FEA of Bellows Technology
Analytical Solution for In- Volume 2, Is-
Prof Vivek Emerging Technology and
3 verse Kinematics of SCOR- sue 3, March
Deshpande Advanced Engineering
BOT- ER-Vplus Robot 2012
(IJETAE), Volume 2
An assessment of the critical
success factors for Six Sigma
4 Dr. Darshak Desai Productivity and Perform- Vol. 61,2012
implementation in Indian
ance Management
industries
Increasing bottom -line Udyog Pragati – A Journal
Vol. 36, No.
through Six Sigma quality for Practicing Managers,
5 Dr. Darshak Desai 02, April –
improvement drive: Case of National Institute of Indus-
June, 2012
small scale foundry industry trial Engineering (NITIE)
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: AY 2010-11 :
Sr. Month &
Name of faculty Title Publication
no Year
Numerical Simulation of Phase
International Conference on
Change Phenomena of a High
Advances in Mechanical En- September-
1 Mr. M. S. Vegad Prandtl Number Fluid in a Closed
gineering (ICAME - 2010) at 2010
Cavity: Effect of External Uniform
SVNIT
Vertical Magnetic Field
Boundary Layer Control of Low
Reynolds Number Flow Around a
Advances in Mechanical En- September-
2 Mr. M.S. Vegad Symmetrical Aerofoil using a Lead-
gineering (ICAME - 2010) at 2010
ing Edge Slot: Effect of Slot Thick-
SVNIT
ness
Theoretical Kineto Elastodynamic
Mr. Manish Me- Advances in Mechanical En- September-
3 Analysis of Mechanism by Finite
hta gineering (ICAME - 2010) at 2010
Element Method using MATLAB
SVNIT
National Conference on
Prof. Hemant “Emerging Trends in Me-
4 Working Spring Rate of Bellows March-2011
Thakkar chanical Engineer-
ing” (ETME 2011)
Forward kinematic analysis of 6 Engineering Journals Publi-

5 Mr. M M Gor 2010
DOF Arc Welding Robot cation
Actuator Design for Arc Weld- Kathmandu University Publi-

6 Mr. M M Gor 2010
ing Robot cation
Kinematic chain Isomorphism

Int. Jr. of Applied Engg. Re-
7 Mr. M M Gor Identification by Discrete Hop- 2010
search, Vol 5
field Neural Network
Boundary Layer Control of Low

Reynolds Number Flow Around
Mr. S K Kulkarni Advances in Mechanical En-
8 a Symmetrical Aerofoil using a September-2010
gineering (ICAME - 2010) at
Leading Edge Slot: Effect of Slot
SVNIT, Surat
Thickness
Prof. A V Mehta Internal Jr of Advanced Engg

9 Solar Power Tower Apr-Jun 2011
& Tech
Prof. V A International Journal of Engi-

Dynamics of Robot Manipulator:
10 Deshpande neering Research and Tech- 2010
A Review
nology, Vol.3
Prof. V A International Jounral of Ad-

End Effector Position Analysis
11 Deshpande vanced Science and Technol- April 2011
of SCORBOT-ER Vplus Robot
ogy, Vol. 29
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Achievements by Students of Department: AY 2011-12

Sr. no Name of Student Achievement Details Month & Year
1st in Elocution Competition during celebration of Engi-
1 Akshayraj Jadeja Sept. 2011
neers’ Day
2nd in Elocution Competition during celebration of Engi-
2 Pratik Chauhan Sept. 2011
neers’ Day
3 Jay Bhalodia 1st in Technical Quiz during Engineers’ Day Celebration Sept. 2011
4 Nikhil Makwana 2nd in Technical Quiz during Engineers’ Day Celebration Sept. 2011
1st Prize in Poster competition on Celebration of National

5 Parmar Adhiraj Sept. 2011
Productivity Week
Paras Chavda,
Published paper on “solar Power Tower”, in Int.Jr. of
6 Kaushik Lakhani and April-June-2011
Advanceed Engg. & Tech
Nikunj Zalavadia
AY : 2010-11
st
1 in Elocution Competition on “Engineers of My Dream” to
1 Shailin Shah Sept. 2010
celebrate Engineers’ Day
2nd in Elocution Competition on “Engineers of My Dream”
2 Dhruv Patel Sept. 2010
to celebrate Engineers’ Day
3rd in Elocution Competition on “Engineers of My Dream”

3 Arjun Maradia Sept. 2010
to celebrate Engineers’ Day
Published paper at “Boundary Layer Control of Low Rey-
Saurabh Deshpande nolds Number Flow Around a Symmetrical Aerofoil using a
4 and Abbas Elec- Leading Edge Slot: Effect of Slot Thickness”, at Interna- Sept. 2010
tricwala tional Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering
(ICAME- 2010) at SVNIT
TOPPERS OF AY.2011-12
Sr.
Enrollment No. Name of Student Semester CPI
No.
1 080110119050 SIDDHPURA PRATIKKUMAR ASHOKBHAI VIII 8.50
2 090110119022 THAKKER NAISHAL ANILBHAI VI 8.40
3 100110119034 VANIYA PRAKASH HADABHAI IV 9.06
TOPPERS OF AY.2010-11
Sr.
Enrollment No. Name of Student Semester CPI
No.
1 080110119047 SHAH HEMAL BHUPESHKUMAR VI 8.09
2 090110119022 THAKKER NAISHAL ANILBHAI IV 8.48
3 100110119034 VANIYA PRAKASH HADABHAI II 9.08
4 110110119002 VYAS DHAIRYA RAJENDRA I 9.63
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Electronics and Communication Department

Faculty Details: No. of Prof.: 02
No. of Asso. Prof.: 06

♦ The department has equipments/soft wares worth Rs.1.46 crore that includes Digital
Storage Oscilloscope (DSO), DEV8000 kits, EDAS software to name few.

♦ Prof. Mehul Shah received S K Mitra memorial award for his research paper.
♦ Dr. H B Soni published a book titled “Capacity Enhancement and Interference

Mitigation in Multiuser UWB” by Lambert Academic Press, Germany.
♦ Prof. Rahul Kher published two books titled “Contextual Compression of Ultrasound
Medical Images” and “Comparative Analysis of Digital Watermarking Techniques” by Lambert
Academic Press, Germany.
Activities organized by department: AY 2010-11
Sr. no. Event Topic Date Faculty coordinator
1 One day workshop MATLAB and Applications Prof. C K Modi

(for 1st yr M.E. students) th
30 Sep. 2010
2 One day workshop LaTex Prof. K R Jain

(for 2nd yr M.E. students) th
6 Oct. , 2010
3 Two- day workshop GIZMO’10 Prof. Falgun Thakkar

9-10 Oct, 2010 Prof. Gitali Shah
4 One day workshop Magic of Matlab Prof. H B Shah

12th Oct, 2010
5 Project presentation Electronic Projects Mr. Navin Ganeshan

competition th Mr.Falgun Thakkar
29 Oct. 2010
6 Int. Conference Signals, Systems and Automa- Dr. H B Soni

tion (ICSSA -2011) 24-25 Jan. 2011
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Sr. Event Topic Date Faculty coordinator
no
1 Two -day workshop ELECTRONICA’11 27-28 Aug 2011 Dr. C K Modi
2 One-day workshop PCB Design 18th Sept, 2011 Prof. B V Thakkar
3 (GUJCOST spon- Research Methodology for 17-19 Oct 2011 Dr. C K Modi
sored) 3-day Work- Electronics & Communication
shop Engineering
4 Project presenta- Electronic Projects 20th January, Prof. Rahul Kher

tion competition 2012
5 One-day workshop Introduction to MSP430 series 20th January, Prof. B V Thakkar
Microcontrollers 2012
6 Two-day Tech- EINSTINCT’12
24th -25th March,
Prof. Rahul Kher
fest 2012
Activities attended by department faculties: AY 2010-11

Sr. Name of Faculty Event/Topic Date Place
no member
1 Mr.Durvesh Aslam STTP on Recent Trends In Power 14 to 18 BVM Engg college, V V Na-
Mr. Nirav Desai Electronics & Its Application March, gar
2011
2 S D Trapasiya Workshop on Fundamentals and ICCT, New V V Nagar
21 April
F N Thakkar FPGA Debugging
K R Jain 20111
3 S D Trapasiya Workshop on Recent Orientation Physics dept, S P Uni

4 March
F N Thakkar and Preparation of Research pro-
K R Jain posal 2011
4 Smita Joshi Science Utsav 26-27 Feb, Gujarat Science City, Ah-
2011 medabad
5 Smita Joshi Recent Trends in Theoretical and VP Sc. College, V V Nagar

18-19 Feb
Experimental Physics
2011
6 Smita Joshi Seminar on Condense Material 4th Feb, Physics dept, S P Uni
Physics with Nano science flavor 2011
7 Smita Joshi Symposium on Sustainable devel- 22nd Jan N V Patel Science college, V
opment: Issues and Concerns 2011 V Nagar
8 Smita Joshi Seminar on Innovations in Colle- VP Sc. College, V V Nagar
giate Science Education and Re- th
8 Jan 2011
search
9 B V Thakkar Int. Conf. on Biomedical Engg & 30th Nov – Kualalumpur, Malaysia
Science 2nd Dec,
2010
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Sr. Name of Faculty Event/Topic Date Place
no member
1 Prof. Rahul Kher Two-week STTP on Evolutionary 12-23 Dec. MITS, Gwalior
Computing Techniques For Nu- 2011
merical And Engineering Optimization
2 Prof. Smita Joshi STTP on “Solar Photovoltaics: 12-18 Dec. PDPU, Gandhinagar
Fundamentals, Technologies and 2011
Applications”
3 Mr. Mayank Ardesana STTP on MIMO Wireless Com- 26-31 Dec. NIT, Ahmedabad
munication System 2011
4 Mrs. Foram Joshi Int. Conf. on Current Develop-
ment in Atomic, Molecular, Opti- 14-16 Dec. Dept. of Physics, University
cal and Nano physics with Appli- 2011 of Delhi
cation
5 Prof. M B Shah Workshop on UBICONET 1 Dec. 2011 Houston, USA
6 Prof. B V Thakkar Int. Conf. on Biomedical Engg & 15-18 Oct.
Informatics BMEI ‘11 Shanghai, China
2011
7 Mrs. Smita Joshi Workshop on Nuclear Technol- S P University, V V Nagar
Mrs. Foram Joshi ogy for Raising Standard of Liv-
Mrs. Geetali Saha ing 11 Sept. 2011
8 Mrs. Smita Joshi Seminar on XXI Century: Prioti-

3 Aug. 2011 CVM, V V Nagar
ties in Technical and Higher Edu-
cation
Research Publications by Faculty Members: AY 2010-11

Sr. Name of faculty Title Publication Month &
no Year
1 Vaishali Patel, Hybrid approach for single im- IASTED International June 2011
Dr. Chintan K. Modi, age super resolution using ISEF Conference on Compu-
Chirag Paunwala, and IBP: specific reference to tational Photography
Dr. Suprava Patnaik license plate
2 Rohit Parmar, Image morphological operation Int. Conference on April 22- 24,
Kavindra Jain, based quality analysis of coriander Emerging Trends in 2011
Dr. Chintan K. Modi seed Networks and Com-
puter Communications
(ETNCC- 2011),
3 Sanjay Shah, Novel Approach for Text Extraction Int. Conference on April 22- 24,
Dr. Chintan K. Modi, from Natural Images Using ISEF Emerging Trends in 2011
Manisha Patel Edge Detection Networks and Com-
puter Communications
(ETNCC- 2011),
4 Jincy Raju, A novel feature extraction technique Int. Conference on June 03-05,
Dr. Chintan K. Modi, for Dental X -Ray images based on Communication Sys- 2011
multiple features tems and Network
Technologies (CSNT -
2011)
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no Year
5 Hemal Patel, Human Identification by partial iris Int. Conference on June 03-05,
Dr. Chintan K.Modi, segmentation using pupil circle Communication Sys- 2011
Mita Paunwala, growing based on binary integrated tems and Network
Dr. Suprava Patnaik edge intensity curve Technologies (CSNT -
2011)
6 Nipa D. Modi, Dr. Skew correction for Vehicle license Int. Conference on June 03-05,
Chintan K. Modi, plates using principal component of Communication Sys- 2011
Chirag Paunwala, Harris Corner features tems and Network
Dr. Suprava Patnaik Technologies (CSNT -
2011)
7 Vaishali Patel, Hybrid approach for single image Int. Conference on June 03-05,
Dr. Chintan K. Modi, super resolution using ISEF and IBP Communication Sys- 2011
Chirag Paunwala, Dr. tems and Network
Suprava Patnaik Technologies (CSNT -
2011)
9 Deven Trivedi, Dental contour extraction using ISEF International confer- April, 2011
Dr. Chintan K. Modi algorithm for Human Identification ence on Network and
Computer Sciences,
(ICNCS-2011)
10 Hemal Patel, Advances in image based iris recog- International conference Jan- 2011
Dr Chintan K. Modi, nition: A survey on Signals, Systems and
Mita C. Paunwala, Automation - (ICSSA-
Dr. Suprava Patnaik 2011)
11 Nipa D. Modi, Implementation of PCA based Skew Int. conference on In- February,
Mita C. Paunwala, correction Indian vehicle license formation, Signal and 2011
Chintan K. Modi, plates Communication -
Dr. Suprava Patnaik (ICISC-2011)
12 Anjali Diwan, An ARM mircocontroller based fin- International conference Jan- 2011
Chintan K. Modi, gerprint acquisition system design on Signals, Systems and
Bhaskar Thakkar Automation - (ICSSA-
2011)
13 Jincy Raju, Dental image processing for human International conference Jan- 2011
Deven Trivedi, identification: A survey on Signals, Systems and
Chintan K. Modi Automation - (ICSSA-
2011)
14 Vaishali Patel, Advances in image super resolution: International conference Jan- 2011
Chintan K. Modi, A survey on Signals, Systems and
Chirag Paunwala, Automation - (ICSSA-
Dr. Suprava Patnaik 2011)
15 Rahul Kher, Implementation of Derivative based Int. Conference on Bio- October 16-
Dipak Vala, QRS Complex Detection Methods Medical Engineering 18, 2010.
T D Pawar and and Informatics, (BMEI 2010)
V K Thakar
16 Rohit Thanki, Performance Analysis of Correlation Int. Conference on Sig- Jan 24-25,
Rahul Kher and based Watermarking Technique for nals, Systems & Auto- 2011
Divyang Vyas Medical Images in presence of WGN mation (ICSSA -2011)
17 Rahul Kher and A Survey of Wearable Systems for Int. Conference on Sig- Jan 24-25,
Tanmay Pawar Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring nals, Systems & Auto- 2011
mation (ICSSA -2011)
18 Rohit Thanki, Digital Watermarking Using White Int. Conference on In- 8-9 April,
Rahul Kher and Gaussian Noise (WGN) in Spatial novative Science & 2011
Divyang Vyas Domain Engineering Technol-
ogy (ICISET -2011)
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no Year
19 Rahul Kher, Dipak Detection of Low -pass noise in ECG National conference on May 13-14,
Vala and Tanmay signals Recent trends in Engi- 2011
Pawar neering & Technology
(NCRTET 2011)
20 M. B. Shah, S. N. Mer- Performance evaluation of weighted ICSSA-2011 Jan 2011

chant, and U. B. Desai clustering algorithm for mobile adhoc
and sensor networks under realistic
mobility models
21 M.B.Shah, P.P.Verma, Stable cluster based data aggregation ICSSA-2011 Jan 2011
S.N.Merchant, and for Cell phone based sensor network
U.B.Desai
22 M.B.Shah, P.P.Verma, Human Mobility based stable data IEEE AINA 2011, Bio-
S.N.Merchant, and aggregation in Single hop cell phone polis Singapore
U.B.Desai based wireless sensor networks
23 M.B.Shah, P.P.Verma, Human walk aware Mobility resistant IEEE WOCC -2011
S.N.Merchant, and efficient clustering algorithm for data Newark, USA
U.B.Desai: gathering in cell phone based senor
network
24 Bhaskar Thakkar, Support Vector Machine for abnor- Int. Journal of Com- June 2011
Anoop Lal Vyas mal pulse classification puter Applications
25 Bhaskar Thakker and Suppressed Dicrotic Notch Pulse International Journal of June 2011
Anoop Lal Vyas Classifier Design Machine Learning and
Computing, Vol. 1, No.
2,
26 Jincy Raju,Dr. Chintan Proposed feature extraction technique International June 2011
k Modi conference on commu-
for dental x-ray based multiple fea- nication system and
tures network technologies -
2011
27 Anjali Diwan, Dr. Design of finger print acqui- ICSSA-2011 Jan 2011
Chintan k
Modi,Bhaskar Thakkar sition using LPC2148 ARM Control-
ler
28 Kavindra Jain, Dr. Occlusion resilient quality IJCISIM-2011

Chintan Modi, Jalpa
patel evalution cumin seeds using machine
vision
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AY 2011-12
Sr. Name of faculty Title Publication Month & Year
no
1 Dr. Chintan K Modi, March 2012
A simple and Novel CBIR based
Nirav Desai,
algorithm for feature extraction of CSNT-2012
Dharmesh
dental radiograph images
Prajapati
2 Dr. Chintan K Modi, A Simple and Novel Feature extrac- Jan. 2012
Nirav Desai, tion technique for AM Dental Radio- National conference,
Dharmesh prajapati graphs SVIT VASAD -2012
3 Latesh N. Patel,
Evaluation of Nicotiana Tabacum
Kavindra R. Jain,
(FCV) Quality Using ICMOC 12
Hitesh B.Shah,
Off-Line Machine Vision
Dr Chintan K. Modi
4 Chetna V. Maheshwari, Non-Destructive Quality Analysis Of May 2012
Kavindra R. Jain , Indian Basmati Oryza Sativa Ssp
CSNT-2012,
Dr Chintan K. Modi Indica(Rice) Using Image Processing
5 Chetna V. Maheshwari, Non-Destructive Quality Analysis Of
IJCES( Int. Journal
Kavindra R. Jain , Gujarat 17 Oryza Sativa Ssp Indica
of Computer Engi-
Dr Chintan K. Modi (Rice) Using Image Processing
neering Science)
6 Parth Parikh, Non-destructive quality evaluation of May 2012
Parth Maheta, chocolate chip cookies CSNT-2012,
Dr. Chintan K. Modi,
7 Rohit Parmar, Unified approach in food quality Int. Conference on 22-24 July, 2011
Kavindra Jain, evaluation using machine vision advances in comput-
Dr. Chintan K. Modi, ing and communica-
tions (ACC -2011)
8 Rohit M. Thanki, Comparative Analysis of Different CiiT International July 2011
Prof. Rahul K. Kher, Noise Sequence Embedded Color Journals
Prof. Divyang D. Vyas Image Watermarking Techniques in
Spatial Domain
9 Rohit M. Thanki, Performance Analysis of Transform CiiT International July 2011
Prof. Rahul Kher, Domain Watermarking Techniques Journals
Prof. Divyang Vyas for Medical Images
10 Parth Parikh, Gitali Robustness of Color Image water- Int. Conference on 15-18, Dec. 2011
Saha, Dr. Chintan K. mark Using RS Coding Technique Computational In-
Modi against Rotation, Intensity, and telligence And
Noise attacks Computing Research,
(ICCIC2011)
11 Parth Parikh, Gitali Image Encryption Algorithm Using Int. Conference on 15-18, Dec. 2011
Saha, Dr. Chintan K. Computational Intelli-
Modi Ancient Magic Squares gence And Computing
Research, (ICCIC2011)
12 Dr. Chintan k Modi, Quality evalution of hydrothermal CICN, IEEE 2011
Kavindra jain treated quicker cooking scented Conference-2011
Rice by quantification of quickness
of cooking time and mechanical
strength using machine vision
13 Dr. Chintan k Modi, Quality Evalution of foencium vul- ICIIP,IEEE 2011
Kavindra jain, Jalpa Patel gare seeds using colourization Conference-2011
14 Dr. Chintan k Modi, Selecting the most favourable edge
IJCISIM-2011 2011
Kunal pithadiya, detection technique for liquid level
Jayesh Chauhan inspection in bottles
15 Ashish soni, Dr. Chin- Machine vision based part inspec- 4th International confer- 2011
tan Modi, Vedang tion using canny edge detection ence on advances in
chauhan, Mit aghera technique. mechanical engineering
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Achievements by Students of Department: AY 2010-11

1 Riken U Patel Secured 2nd rank in EC branch among all colleges in July 2011
GTU exam
2 Mimansha Gandhi Secured 4th rank in EC branch among all colleges in July 2011
GTU exam
AY 2011-12
1 Pratik Bhatt Filed US patent for their Project August 2011

Deval Mehta
Nirav Faraswami
2 Utpal Solanki Best Project Award June 2012

Swapnil Solanki The JED-i Project Challenge
3 Pratik Bhatt Second Prize June 2012

Deval Mehta The JED-i Project Challenge
Nirav Faraswami
List of Institute Toppers in all the 4 levels for Year 2011-12

Sr. Enrollment No. Name of Student Level CPI
No.
1 080110111018 Kartik Kapadiya 4th 9.09
2 090110111005 Krishna Vaid 3rd 8.98
3 100110111008 Niraj Ramwani 2nd 8.83
4 110110111010 Riddhi Doshi 1st 9.13
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Mechatronics Department
Faculty Details: No. of Prof. - 03
No. of Asso. Prof. - 05
No. of Asst. Prof. - 03
No. of Trainee Staff: - 02
Total Teaching Staff: - 13
No. of Non-Teaching Staff Members: - 04
Major Achievements of Department
Dr. Anand Y Joshi has been appointed as a reviewer for the following Journals:
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology : Springer
NANO: World Scientific Press.
♦ Prof. B A Doshi is appointed as an expert member in selection committee for Mechanical
Engineering, Anand Agriculture University.
♦ Dr. V N Patel is appointed as a reviewer for Journal of Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing,
Springer Publication.
♦ Dr. S N Bhavsar, Prof. K M Tamboli and Dr. V N Patel delivered expert lectures at STTP at Nirma
University.
♦ Dr. V N Patel developed a test rig for vibration monitoring of bearings, for the lab development of
condition monitoring.
♦ Prof. Y A Chauhan was invited as an expert to review e-course in engineering graphics in B.Tech
(Dairy Technology) by Indian Counsil of Agricultural Research, Karnal.
♦ Prof. S M Sheth had guided the team that secured the best project award in Electrical Division of
JED-I at IISc-Bangalore.
Activities organized by department :A.Y. 2010-11

Sr. Event Topic Date Speaker
No.
1 Seminar Governing Fundamentals. 14 March 2011 Prof. Bipin Doshi
2 Seminar Effect of Redeposition in micro machining us- 16 March 2011 Prof. Sanket
ing Focused Ion Beam (FIB) milling Bhavsar
3 Seminar Plasma Gasification 18 March 2011 Mr. Bhargav Chavada
Activities organized by department :A.Y. 2011-12

Sr. No. Event Topic Date Speaker
1 Seminar High Lift Fuselage 09 Sept. 2011 Prof. Sandip C Patel
2 Seminar ASM E Section – VIII Division – I : Design 16Sept.2011 Prof. Khubilal Khatri
and Fabrication of Pressure Vessels
3 Seminar Bearings -An Overview 12 Jan.12 Prof. K.M.Tamboli
4 Workshop Design & Fabrication of Pressure Vessels. 01Feb. 2012

Prof. H R Thakkar
Prof. K M Tamboli
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Activities attended by department faculties : A.Y. 2011-12

Sr.No Faculty Topic Date Venue
Name
1. Mr. Ketan M. Attended state level one day workshop 20Jan. S P University, V V Nagar
Tamboli on “Career opportunities in quality man- 2011
agement”
2 Mr. Saurin M Attended state level one day workshop Jan, 20, S P University, V V Nagar
Sheth on “Career opportunities in quality man- 2011
agement”
Research Publications by Faculty Members: A.Y. 2010-11

Sr. Name of fac- Title Publication Month &
no ulty Year
1 Anand Y Joshi “Analysis of Crack Propagation in Transactions, Journal of 2010
Fixed Free Single Walled Carbon Nanotechnology in Engineering
Nanotube under Tensile Loading and Medicine 1, (4, 041008-7.)
Using XFEM”, ASME
2 Anand Y Joshi “Dynamic Behavior of Chiral Fixed Proceedings of IMECH E, Part N: 2010
Free Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Journal of Nanoengineering and
Based Nano Mechanical Mass Sen- Nanosystems 224, (2), 45 -56.
sors due to Atomic Vacancies”
3 Anand Y Joshi “Effect of chirality and atomic vacan- Sensor Review , 31, (1), 47 -57, 2011
cies on dynamics of nano resonator EMERALD PUBLISHERS, UK .
based on SWCNT”
4 Anand Y Joshi “An Investigation of Mass Sensitivity Current NanoScience , 6, (6), 598- 2010
of Fixed Free Single Walled Carbon 603, BENTHAM SCIENCE PUB-
Nanotube (SWCNT) Based Nano LISHERS.
Mechanical Sensors”
5 Anand Y Joshi “The Effect of Pinhole Defect on Journal of Computational & 2011
Dynamic Characteristics of Single Theoretical NanoScience , 8(4),
Walled Carbon Nanotube based Mass 776-782, AMERICAN SCIEN-
sensors” TIFIC PUBLISHERS .
6 Anand Y Joshi “The Effect of Pinhole Defect on ”, Physica E: Low Dimensional 2010
Vibration Characteristics of Single systems & Nanostructures ,
Walled Carbon Nanotube doi:10.1016/j.physe, ELSEVIER
PUBLISHERS.
7 Sanket N “Micro milling of high speed steel 3rd international conference and 13-15th
Bhavsar using focused ion beam milling” 24th AIMTDR at Andhra univer- Dec 2010
sity, college of engineering, India
8 Bhargav M “Numerical Thermo -fluid analysis of NUiCON-2010 at Nirma Institute Dec, 2010
Chavada Transverse Mixed Convection inside of Technology, Ahmedabad
a Vented Enclosure”
9 Bhargav M “Importance of Cross over Radius NUiCON-2010 at Nirma Institute Dec,2010
Chavada with reference to Critical Radius for of Technology, Ahmedabad
Radial Heat Conduction”
10 Saurin M Sheth “Design and Development of a Ma- Second International Conference 24-25
and Vedang D. chine Vision System for Part Colour on Signals, Systems & Automa- January
Chauhan Detection and Sorting” tion (ICSSA -11), EC Department, 2011
G H Patel College of Engineering
& Technology, Gujarat, India.
ISBN: 978-1-6123-3002-0.
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A.Y. 2011-12
Sr. no Name of faculty Title Publication Month & Year
1 Vinod N Patel “ Improving defect detection of rolling Proceedings of the Institu- 26 Oct,
element bearings in the presence of exter- tion of Mechanical Engi- 2011
nal vibrations using adaptive noise can- neers, Part J: Journal of En-
cellation and multiscale morphology” gineering Tribology
2 Vinod N Patel “Defect Detection in Deep Groove Ball Journal of Measurement, -
Bearing in Presence of External Vibration Elsevier (Submitted, Under
using Envelope Analysis and Duffing Review).
Oscillator, under second review”
3 Ketan Tamboli Study of the Ergonomics of a Car Seat International Conference on 17-19
and Its Effect on Seat Reclining Levers” Industrial Engineering, or- Nov,
ganized by SVNIT 2011
4 Anand Y Joshi “Nanotubes as Mass Sensors” Nature India, doi: 10.1038/ 18 Aug,
nindia. 2011.119, Nature 2011
Publishing Group, United Kingdom
5 Anand Y Joshi “Zeptogram scale mass sensing using Sensors & Actuators A. 2011
single walled carbon nanotube based bio Physical, 168, (2), 2011, 275
sensors” -280, Elsevier Publishers.
6 Anand Y Joshi “Analysis of Single walled Carbon Nano- Proceedings of the Interna- 4 – 6 Jan,
tubes with multiple defects” tional conference on Fourth 2012.
International conference on
Structural Stability and Dy-
namics (ICSSD -2012), or-
ganized by Department of
Structural Engineering,
Malaviya National Institute
of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur
7 Saurin Sheth “Design of Workstation for Rural Black- International Conference on 17-19
smiths of South Gujarat” Industrial Engineering, or- Nov,
ganized by SVNIT, Surat 2011
8 Saurin Sheth “Improving the Durability of the E.O.T. National Conference on Re- 7-8 Sep-
Crane structure by Finite Element Analy- cent Trends in Mechanical tember,
sis and Optimize the Hook Material for Engineering, organized by 2011.
improving its solidity” Lingaya’s Univesity, Farida-
bad, Haryana
9 Saurin Sheth “Analysis of Electric Overhead Travel- National Conference on Re- 7-8 Sep-
ling Crane’s Main Girder using Finite cent Trends in Mechanical tember,
Element Method” Engineering, organized by 2011.
Lingaya’s Univesity, Farida-
bad, Haryana
List of Institute Toppers in all the 4 levels : AY. 2010-11

Sr. No. Enrollment No. Name of students Semester CPI
th
1 07MC536 Shah Nihar Hasmukhbhai 8 9.12
2 080110120043 Shah Dhruvil Shaileshkumar 6th 8.38
th
3 090110120011 Shah Dhaval Shreyaskumar 4 7.93
nd
4 100110120001 Harsoda Deep Vallabhbhai 2 9.27
List of Institute Toppers in all the 4 levels : AY. 2011-12

Sr. No. Enrollment No. Name of students Semester CGPA
1 080110120043 Shah Dhruvil Shaileshkumar 8th 9.02
2 90110120023 Virani Milankumar Arunbhai 6th 8.38
3 100110120001 Harsoda Deep Vallabhbhai 4th 8.96
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Computer Engineering Department

Department established in:1999
Faculty Details : No. of Prof.
No. of Asso. Prof. 03
No. of Asst. Prof.07
Total Teaching Staff:13
No. of Non-Teaching Staff Members:03
Features of Departmental Infrastructure
Total Investment For Equipments Till Date Rs. 59,83,082/-
Total Investment For Software Till Date Rs. 2, 20,048/-

♦ Prof Maulika S Patel is invited as a reviewer for the following International
Conferences/Journals :
- International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology Applications
(IJCSITA)
- Theory of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research (JCBBR)
- International Conference on Biomedical Engineering-(ICoBE-2012)2012 IEEE
- International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC)
♦ Prof NiteshSureja is invited as a reviewer for the following International
Conferences/Journals :
- International Journal of computer Sciences & Issues (IJCSI)
- International Journal of Ubiquous Computing (UBICC).
- National Conference, NCTM -2012, at SPCE - Visnagar.
Activities organized by department: 2011-12
Details of Conferences, Seminars,
Workshops and Summer/Winter Schools organized
Sr. No. Dates Details Coordinator(s) Remarks Beneficiaries
Organized workshop on
PHP & Linux, which are Ms HetalGaudani,
under the “Spoken Mr. Priyang Bhatt For all 2nd& 3rd
1. 30,31/01/2012 78
Tutorial Project” by & year CP students
& 03/02/2012 Mr.JayeshChaudhary
MHRD & Conducted by
IIT Mumbai
2. 6/2/2012 A workshop on Cloud For all 1st,2nd& 3rd

Ms HetalGaudani --
Computing year students
3. 11/1/2012 Seminar on Project For all 2nd,3rd& 170

Management Ms HetalGaudani final year students
(Conducted by TCS)
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Details of Conferences, Seminars,

Workshops and Summe/Winter Schools organized 2010-11
Sr. No. Dates Details Coordinator(s) Remarks Beneficiaries
1 19/02/2011 Workshop on PHP HetalGaudani 85

Organized by CP/IT Final year CP/
2 07/08/2011 A Project Competition Prof. NiteshSureja Dept. of BVM/ IT students of
(organized at BVM) GCET/ADIT under all 3 colleges.
ISTE Student (27 Students
chapter from GCET CP)
Workshop on Virtualiza-
tion
Conducted by Mr. Nilesh-
8th October Ms HetalGaudani Third and Final year
3 Vaghela& Team Electro- 67
2011 CP and IT students
mech Corporation Redhat
Channel partner and train-
ing partner
24th -25th August Workshop of PHP Lan- All Engineering Stu-

4 Ms HetalGaudani 35
2011 guage dents
20th Seminar on Installation of All Engineering Stu-
5 Mr AnkitSheth 07
August 2011 NS2 tool dents
4th, 3rd& 2nd level

Introduction to Computer
31st March and Engineering Stu-
6 Hardware and Mouse Pro- Mr Priyang Bhatt 66
1st April 2011 dents & Faculty
gramming Workshop
Members
7 14/08/2010 Matlab Mahesh Goyani

15/08/2010 51
8 23/10/2010 Web Designing HetalGaudani

24/10/2010 125
using Photoshop
9 23/10/2010 Java Mobile HetalGaudani

24/10/2010 59
Application
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Activities attended by department faculties AY 2010-11
Sr. Workshop/ Conference/ Seminar/

Name of faculty Venue Duration
No. Summer School name
Attended one week ISTE approved short CSE, Nirma 5 days
1 Prof. Priyang Bhatt training program on " Simulation of Wired University, 26th to 30th
and Wireless Network" Ahmedabad December,2011
Attended one week ISTE approved short CSE, Nirma 5 days

2 Prof. Jayesh Chaudhary training program on "System Framework University, 26th to 30th
and applications using .NET technologies" Ahmedabad December,2011
Attended Seminar on “Woman in Science” NVPAS, 1-Day

3 Prof. HetalGaudani V V Nagar 6th August, 2011
Mobile Application using Android GCET. 07/04/12&

4 Prof Namrata Dave V V NAGAR 08/04/12

5 MsDevangiDoshi V V NAGAR 08/04/12

6 MsFalguni Patel V V NAGAR 08/04/12
st
Attended STTP on “Web Designing using . Nirma University, 21 May to
7 Prof. Priyang Bhatt Net and AJAX” Ahmedabad st
1 June 2012
Research Publications by Faculty Members: (for 2011-12)

Sr. Name of Faculty Year of
Name of the Journal Title
No. Member Publication
International Journal of Hybrid Similarity Search Using July 2011
1 Maulika S Patel Pre-Search in UniRef100 Database
Information Technology
Maulika S Patel International Journal of Science, Protein Secondary Structure
2 Prediction using Jan 2012
Management and Technology
Computational Approaches
3 Mr NiteshSureja International Journal of Emerging Random Travelling Salesman
problem using SA April 2012
Technology and Advance Engineering
International Journal of Advance An ACO Approach to solve a July 2012
4 Research in computer engineering Variant of TSP
Mr NiteshSureja
& Technology
5 Mr NiteshSureja IFRSA’s International Journal Random Travelling Salesman May 2012
of Computing(IIJC) problem using genetic algorithm
International Journal of “An Edge Detection and
6 Computer Application Template Matching Approach 2011
Ms Kinjal Joshi
for Human Ear Detection”
International Journal of Emerging “Stimulate Cooperation in
July-Dec 11
Mr. Priyang Bhatt Technologies and Applications in Engineering, mobile adhoc network with
7 virtual currency in DSR”
Technology and Sciences,Pune, Sangali
International Journal of Mobile and “Motivate Cooperation in
Mobile Ad-Hoc Network by August 2011
8 Mr. Priyang Bhatt Adhoc Network
Giving Punishment to
Misbehaviour Nodes in DSR ”
International Journal of Emerging “A Novel Approach using
9 Brijeshpatel Technologies and Applications in Differential Evolution
July-Dec 11
Engineering, Technology and Algorithm for Location
Management in Mobile
Sciences,Pune, Sangali Computing”
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Research Publications by Faculty Members: (for 2010-11)
Sr.No Name of Faculty Name of the Journal Title Year of

Publication
1 Ms. HetalGaudani National Conference on Recent Trends “Survey of Log Block based 13 -14 May
th th
in Engineering and Technology Flash Translation Layer” 2011
2 Prof. Maulika Patel Proceedings of the world congress on “Utilities for efficient usage of 20th -22nd
Engineering and Computer Science large biological databases” October
2010,WCECS 2010, San Francisco, 2010
3 International Journal of Engineering “Acceptance / Rejection Rule July 2010.

Science and Technology Chennai based Algorithm for Multiple (I.F. : 1.85)
Mr. Mahesh Goyani Face Detection in Color Images” Vol. 2(6),
4 International Journal of Engineering “Performance Improvement in July 2010.

Science and Technology, Chennai Lip Synchronization Using (I.F. : 1.85)
Mr. Mahesh Goyani MFCC Parameters” Vol. 2(6),
pp. 2364-
5 Mr. Mahesh Proc. of IEEE Explore, International “Performance improvement in pp.582-587,

Goyani& Conference on Computational Lip Synchronization using LPC,
Ms. Namrata Dave Intelligence and Communication MFCC and PLP Speech ISBN: 978-0-
Networks (CICN-2010), Bhopal, India, Parameters” 7695-4254-6
6 Springer LNCS in Communications in “Performance Analysis of Block 1,Volume

Mr. Mahesh Goyani Computer and Information Science and Non Block Based Approach 131, Part 2,
(CCIS), International Conference on of Invisible Image Watermarking Pages 348-
Computer Science and Information Using SVD in DCT Domain” 357
7 Springer LNCS in Communications in “Geometry and Skin Colour 1, Volume
Mr. Mahesh Goyani Computer and Information Science Based Hybrid Approach for Face 131, Part 2,
(CCIS), International Conference on Tracking in Colour Environment” Pages 339-
Computer Science and Information 347
Technology (COSIT - 2010),Bangalore
8 Mr. Mahesh Goyani The International Journal of Multimedia “Key Frame Detection Based Vol.3, No.1,
& Its Applications (IJMA) Semantic Event Detection and February
Classification Using Hierarchical 2011
Approach for Cricket Sport Video
9 Ms HetalGaudani National Conference on Recent Trends “Survey of Log Block based 13 -14 May
th th
in Engineering and Technology Flash Translation Layer” 2011
10 Ms Kinjal Joshi International Conference on Intelligent “An Edge Detection and Support 24 -25th th
Systems and Data Processing ICISD Vector Machine Based Approach January 2011
2011, GCET, V V NAGAR for Human Ear Detection and
11 Ms Kinjal Joshi International Conference on Information “A Template Matching and 5 -6

th th
Signal and Communication ICISC 2011, Support Vector Machine Based

ADIT, VVNAGAR ANAND Approach for Human Ear Feb 2011
12 Ms Kinjal Joshi International Journal of Computer “An Edge Detection and ISSN 0975-
Application Template Matching Approach for 8887
Human Ear Detection”
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Achievements by Students of Department:
Sr. no Name of Student Achievement Details Month &

Year
1 Akash Dhorajiya
Published research paper in international conference 2011

2 Ronak Paun
3 Akash Dhorajiya Secured 99 percentile in GATE 2011
4 Tejas Patel Secured 97 percentile in GATE 2012
5 Tejas Sherdiwala Secured 96 percentile in GATE 2012
6 Sanket Shah Secured 97.5 percentile in CAT 2011
7 Parin Shah Secured 96.9 percentile in CAT 2011
Sr. Enrollment No. Name of Student Semester CPI

No.
1 080110107029 MOMIN TABASSUM KHADIMHUSEN 8.97

8th
2 080110107008 BORA SUDEEP SUNIL 8.57
3 090110107019 PATEL VISHRUTI JAYESHKUMAR 8.69

5th
4 090110107050 JAHNAVI MUKESH PATEL 8.62
5 100110107012 THAKKAR GRISHMA RAJESHBHAI 8.98

3rd
6 100110107005 GUPTA MEHUL SUSHILKUMAR 8.97
7 110110107007 VYAS SHIVANI PRAKASHCHANDRA 1st 9.00
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Electrical Engineering Department

Faculty Details: No. of Prof. -0
No. of Asso. Prof. - 09
No. of Asst. Prof.- 06
No. of Non-Teaching Staff Mebers: 06
8 well equipped labs.

♦ Department is Accredited by NBA for three years from March 2012.
♦ Prof. Chintan Patel has achieved GOLD MEDAL for M.E. (Electrical Engineering) from
Gujarat Technological University with 9.24 CPI.
Activities organized by department faculties: Academic Year: 2010-11,2011-12

C/S/W
1 W Armature winding workshop at USIC, Sardar Patel 14/7/2010 Prof. I A Sheikh
University, v.v.nagar.
2 W Entrepreneurship development workshop 5/12/2010 Prof. I A Sheikh
Prof. D P Pathak
3 S Electrical Safety for the school children 17/01/2011 Prof. C R Patel
Prof. I A Sheikh
4 W PLC workshop 21/03/2011 Prof. M M Bhesaniya
5 “Power Fiesta” by Society of Power Engineers 13/10/2011 Prof. A J Mehta
6 S On screen quiz for 2nd year 22/03/12 Prof. I A Sheikh
7 S Expert talk on Availability Based Tariff 29/03/12 Prof. C R Patel
8 S Expert talk on Recent trends in power plant engineer- 10/04/12 Prof. R R Patel
ing by Mr. Parikshit Jajal from L&T
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Activities attended by department faculties: 2010-11

Sr. Faculty Event Topic Date Venue
no
STTP Automation and Control 14th-19th L. D. college of engg.,
1. Mr. Ishaq Sheikh
May,2010 Ahmedabad
Conference IEEE International Sympo- 4th to7th
2. Dr. Axay Mehta sium on “Industrial Elec- IIT, Bombay
July
tronics” ISIE 2010
Conference Energy Policy: Issues and 20th-21st
Prof. S. B. Patel
3. challenges August, GETCO, Gandhinagar
Mr. Ishaq Sheikh
2010
STTP Current Trends in Indus- 21st to 26 th
Nirma Institute of Tech.,
4. Prof. C. V. Sheth trial Instrumentation and June,
Ahmedabad
Automation – CTIIA 2010 2010
STTP Simulation of electrical 13th Sept.
Circuits and Systems to 17th L. D. Engg. College,
5. Mr. Dixit P. Pathak
Sept. 2010 Ahmedabad
STTP Numerical Protection of 27th to 31st
6. Mr. Dixit P. Pathak Power System December BVM, V V Nagar
2010
Conference BVM Engg. College, V

7. Prof. C R Patel NCRTET-11 , May 2011
V Nagar
Activities attended by department faculties: 2011-12

Sr. Faculty Event Topic Date Venue
no
International Centenary 15-17
Conference Indian Institute of Sci-
1. Prof. R R Patel Conference-EE Decem-
ence, Bangalore
ber, 2011
Workshop Virtual Labs Indian Institute of Tech-

2. Prof. C R Patel 6/2/2012
for Power Systems Analy- nology, Mumbai
3 Prof. I A Sheikh Cconference Smart Grid Technology 14/5/2012 PDPU, Gandhinagar
Research Publications by Faculty Members: Academic Year: 2011-2012

no Year
1 Prof. V H “New digital distance relaying scheme for IET Generation Trans- March 2012
phase faults on doubly fed transmission lines” mission & Distribution
Makwana “A New Digital Distance Relaying Scheme
2 Prof. V H for Series-Compensated Double -Circuit Line IEEE Power Delivery April 2012
Makwana During Open Conductor and Ground Fault”,
3 Prof. V H “A New Digital Distance Relaying Scheme IEEE Power Delivery in Press
Makwana for Compensation of High -Resistance Faults
on Transmission Line”,
4 Prof. R R Patel “Measurement of Polarization and Depolari- International Centen- 15-17 De-
ary Conference -EE,
zation current on Epoxy Composites with Indian Institute of Sci-
cember,
Nanometric Titania and Zinc Oxidefillers” ence, Bangalore 2011
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Academic Year: 2010-2011

no Year
1 Prof. V H A New Adaptive Distance Relaying Scheme IEEE Transaction on June 2011
for Mutually Coupled Series -Compensated Power Delivery
Makwana Parallel Transmission Lines During Intercir-
cuit Faults.
2 Prof. V H New Adaptive Digital Distance Relaying IET Gener. Trans. June 2011
Makwana Scheme for Double Infeed Parallel Transmis- Distrib.
sion Line During Inter -Circuit Faults
3 Prof. A J Mehta Reduced Order Observer Design for Servo IEEE Transaction on Oct 2010
System Using Duality to Discrete -Time Slid- Industrial Electronics
ing Surface Design
4 Prof. J J Patel DSP Based Voltage and Frequency Control of 2nd International Con- Jan. 2011
Self-Excited Slip-Ring Induction Generator. ference on Signals,
Systems and Automa-
tion (ICSSA 11) at
GCET- V V Nagar
5 Prof. I A Sheikh A Brief Survey of the Networked Control 1st International Con- Dec 2010
System ference on Engineer-
ing at Nirma University
6 Prof. C R Patel Static Synchronous Series NCRTET-11 , BVM May 2011
Compensator (SSSC): An approach Engg. College, V V
for reactive power compensation in Nagar
transmission system
ISBN-978-81-921358-2-3
7 Prof. C R Patel Modeling and control of current NCRTET-11 , BVM May 2011
source converter based STATCOM Engg. College, V V
ISBN-978-81-921358-2-3 Nagar
8 Prof. J J Patel Comparison of Control Techniques International Con- Nov.
for Rotor Current of Line -Excited Slip ference on Compu- 2010
-Ring IG for WECS. tational Intelli-
gence and Com-
munication Net-
work (CICN 10) at
RGVP-Bhopal
9 Prof. R R Patel Dielectric Spectroscopy of Epoxy - IEEE Conference Oct. 2010
based Nanodielectrics with metal ox- on Electrical Insu-
ide fillers lations & Dielec-
tric Phenomena
Students’ Achievements
Sr. Name of Student Achievement Details Month
no & Year
Raja Varun H Level 1 A grade for level 2010
1
2 preparatory courses
held at BCCI Umpires
Academy at Nagpur
2 Kaji Mustufamahammad Rafikma- GATE Qualified March

hammad 2011
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A.Y.- 2011-12
Sr. Name of Student Achievement Details Month
no & Year
1 Patel Falak GATE Qualified March
2012
Sr. Enrollment No. Name of Student Semester CPI
No.
1 07EE714 CHALLAWALA ALIASGAR SHAKIR 8 (SPU) 9.49
2 SEM-1
100110109001 NAIK VIRAL PARIMAL 8.97
3 SEM-2
100110109003 THATTE GAURAV PRADEEP 9.40
4 SEM-3
090110109054 MERJA VEN BHAVESH 8.40
5 090110109022 DEVANI AAKASH SURESHBHAI SEM- 4 8.40
6 080110109045 PILLAI VISHNU MOHAN SEM- 5 7.97
7 080110109014 GAJERA VISHALKUMAR VINUBHAI SEM- 6 8.80
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Civil & Structural Engineering Department & Mathematics

Faculty Details: No. of Prof. 01
No. of Asso. Prof. 04
No. of Asst. Prof. 08
No. of Trainee Staff: Nil
Features of Departmental Infrastructure: (Example: Worth considering lab features)
There are three laboratories in the Department. They are:
Elements of Civil engineering Lab.: In this laboratory various surveying instruments
are available. Instruments like dumpy level, theodolite, Compass, chain etc. are used for
conducting practical for linear and angular measurements.
Strength of materials lab.: Universal Testing Machine having a capacity of 1000kN is

available in the lab, in which different materials like wood, metal, concrete etc can be tested to
find out various mechanical properties. Various tests like compression test, shear test,
tension test, transverse test etc can be performed. Other tests conducted in the lab include
Brinell hardness test, torsion test and izod impact test.
Engineering Mechanics Lab.: In this lab, different instruments like universal force table,
Friction apparatus, single purchase winch crab, Fly wheel, bending moment apparatus,
Truss etc. are available to find out different parameters of mechanics.
Major Achievements of Department: (even some major faculty-achievements can be
included here)
A.Y.2010-11
♦ Ms. KhadeejaPriyan has been awarded Ph.D. in Civil Engineering by Sardar Patel
University in April, 2010.
♦ Dr. M. Panigrahi delivered an online expert lecture (Introduction to Linear Algebra) at
BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics)
th
Gandhinagaron 14 Sept 2010.
AY 2011-12
th th
♦ Prof. V R Shah is a co- author of Mathematics Text Book for 11 and 12 standard Sem-II,
Gujarat Text Book Education Board, Government of Gujarat.
♦ Prof. V R Shah, Prof. Krupal Parikh and Prof. HetalSoneji of Mathematics delivered on-line
lectures at BISAG, Gandhinagar.
♦ Prof. R C Sanghvi and Prof. Hetal Soneji have worked as reviewers of two IEEE conferences.
♦ Department has started Certificate Course on “Advanced Strength of Materials”. Prof. K
R Trivedi is the coordinator
♦ Dr. Khadeeja Priyan Published a book titled “Strategies for Sustainable Water Management
of Meghal River Basin: A Gujarat Based Study” by LAMBERT Academic Publishing,
Germany.
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♦ Prof. Vijay Gurjar, the sports convener was appointed as V V Nagar Zonal Sports Secretary
by GTU, Ahmedabad, and the manager of GTU for All India West Zone Football Team held at
Bhopal.
♦ Prof. Kumar Trivedi delivered an expert lecture at Sardar Patel University and Prof. Poorav
Shah and Prof. Tejas Jani delivered expert lectures in the College under ISTE Chapter.
♦ Prof. Snehal Popli co-authored a book titled Basics of Environmental Studies (4th
Edition)
♦ Prof. Poorav Shah has been awarded ME (Structural Engg.) by GTU and Prof. Tejas Jani has
been awarded M Phil by Sardar Patel University.
♦ Prof. Kumar Trivedi and Prof. Snehal Popli are involved in PG teaching at ISTAR.
♦ Prof. Kumarpal Trivedi worked as a coordinator (GCET) of 97th ISTE Executive Council
Meeting organized jointly by CVM and ISTE Gujarat section held at G.H.Patel college of
Engg. and Tech. V.V.Nagar on 4th Aug 2011.
♦ Mr. Vijay Gurjar, The Sports Convener has been awarded PhD by LNCP Gwalior.
Activities organized by department : AY 2011-12
1. Expert Lec- Applications of Dif- 5th August, Organized by Civil & Structural Depart-
ture ferential Equations 2011 ment AND Mathematics
2. Expert Lec- Basic concepts and 24-25 February, Organized by Civil & Structural Depart-
ture Series applications of Fluid 2012 ment AND Mathematics
Mechanics
Activities organized by department: AY 2010-11

1 Workshop Women Technopreneurship 21st Janu- Dr. Khadeeja Priyan

ary, 2011 Ms. Ela Jha
Activities attended by department faculties: AY 2010-11

Sr. no Name of faculty Event Topic Date Venue
1. Mr. Deep Upadhyaya Seminar Surveying and mapping 26/6/2010 and Civil Engg.
using total station Dept.
27/6/2010
BVM
2. Dr. Motilal panigrahi Workshop Workshop on Mathemat- 7/7/2010

Mrs. Krupal Parikh ics ADIT
Ms. Hetal Soneji V.U.Nagar
Ms. Bijal S. Khamar
Mr. Mukesh Joshi
Prof. Vipul Shah
Mr. R. C. Sanghvi
3. Dr. M. Panigrahi Congress International Congress 19/08/2010 to

of Mathematicians 27/08/2010 Hyderabad
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AY 2011-12
Sr. no Name of faculty Event Topic Date Venue
1. Ms. Hetal Soneji One week Utilization of Statistical 2-6 March 2012 SVIT, Vasad
& Ms.Bijal STTP Analysis in Infrastruc-
Khamar tural Development
2. Mr. Poorav Shah Two Days Total Station 3-4 February ADIT
Workshop 2012 V.U.Nagar
3. Ms. Hetal Soneji, Seminar Project Demostration on 16th July, 2011
Mr.Mukesh Differential Equations L.D.Engg.Colleg
Joshi, Ms. Bijal e, Ahmedabad
Khamar
Mr.Tejas Jani
4. Mr. K.R.Trivedi International Post Earthquake Recon- 14-16 April

Conference struction: Lessons 2011 PDPU, Gandhi-
Learnt & Way Forward nagar
5. All Faculties Regional Semi- XXI century: Priorities 3rd Aug. 2011
nar in technical Higher Edu- ADIT, V U Na-
cation gar
Research Publications by Faculty Members: A.Y. 2010-11

Sr. no Name of faculty Title Publication Month &
Year
1. Mr.Rajesh Sanghvi & Comparing Performance of International Conference July 2010
Ms. Hetal Soneji Different Evolutionary Al- on Intelligent Design and
gorithms using Mechanical Analysis of Engineering
Design Problems Products, Systems and
Computation
2. Mr. Vijay Gurjar Estimation of Decathlon Journal of Advances in December

Performance on the Basis of Developmental Research 2010
Selected Physiological 1(2)2010: 188-190
Variables
AY 2011-12
Sr. no Name of faculty Title Publication Month & Year
1 Mr. Vijay Gurjar Estimation of Decathlon Journal of Educational June 2011
Performance on the Basis of Chronicle (ISSN 229 -
Selected Physiological Variables 6220)
2 Mr. Vijay Gurjar Effect of Strength Exercises Journal of Advances in June 2011
on Sprint-Start and Speed Developmental Research
3 Dr. Khadeeja Priyan Water use and productivity, National conference held 13th and
A River Basin Analysis at B.V.M 14th May, 2011
4 Mr. Poorav Shah Development of mathemati- National conference held 13th and
cal model to predict early at B.V.M 14th May,
age strength for blended 2011
cement through accelerated curing
5 Ms. Snehal Popli Bus Rapid Transit System - National conference held 13th and
An economical way to re- at B.V.M 14th May,
duce urban Air pollution 2011
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TECHNICAL SOCIETIES
GCET ISTE STUDENT CHAPTER REPORT
The major objective of the Indian Society for Technical Education are
To formulate the general goals & responsibilities of technical education

To adjust curriculum & educational processes to changing conditions
To develop effective teachers & educational administrators
To improve instructional methods & practices & administrative usages
To enhance professional ideals & standards
To foster research as a function complementary to teaching
To cultivate fraternal spirit amongst the teachers, administrators, industrialists &
professionals
To bring about effective linkage between technical institutions industry & society
To award Honorary fellowships, Awards and Prizes, for furthering the objectives of
Technical Education
At GCET we have ISTE student chapter and ISTE faculty chapter. Events like
workshops, Expert lectures, Technical competitions and Personality developing programs are
been organized every year under ISTE Chapter in our college.
Today more than 300 students are ISTE members in GCET. GCET has won the best
ISTE chapter award in year 2011-12. Also last year ISTE student chapter had organized 6
Expert lectures, 6 workshops, 2 departmental tech-fests detailed below and planning for same
this year as well.
Prof. Vijay H. Makwana

Faculty Coordinator
vijaymakwana@gcet.ac.in
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List of Activities under GCET ISTE Students Chapter during

1/8/2010 to 31/7/2011
Sr.
Title of the Activity Date Duration
No. of Par- Name of Co-
No. Remarks
ticipants ordinator
A one -day work-
shop on “Role of 5th Sept, Prof. Mahesh
1 Matlab in Image 2010
One day -
Goyani
--
Processing”
An Expert Lecture
by Prof. J M Rathod
6th August,
2 on “Microstrip an-
2010
1 Hr 55 Prof. R K Kher --
tenna: Fundamen-
tal and Application”
An Expert lecturer
on “Current trends Prof. H B
1st Oct,
3 in EC” by Mr. Rohit
2010
1 Hr 60 Shah --
Khandelwal (IIT Delhi) Prof. R K Kher
Mr. Navin Ga-
A Project presenta- 29th Oct, neshan
4 One-day 54 --
tion competition 2010 Mr. Falgun
Thakkar
For FY M.E.
A One day work-
30th Sept Prof. C K (Comm.
5 shop on” MATLAB One-day 18
2010 Modi Engg stu-
and Applications”
dents)
Prof. Kavindra For SY M.E.
A One day work- Jain (Comm.
6 6th Oct 2010 One-day 15
shop on ”LaTEX ” Prof. Mayank Engg stu-
Ardesana dents)
A One day work-
12th Oct, Student co-
7 shop on “Magic of One-day 45 --
2010 orddinators
MATLAB”
Industrial visit to Prof. Gitali
8 1st Oct 2010 Half day -
“AMUL-ANAND” Saha
Industrial visit to
Prof. H P Kor-
9 “BSNL Ltd”, Vithal 7th Oct 2010 One-day - --
inga
Udyognagar
An expert talk on
“Number Theory”
10 by A. Sunderrajan 8th Feb 2011 2 Hrs 65 Prof. R K Kher --
(SY Chemical engg.
Student)
Two -day work- 19 -20 Feb, Prof. Falgun
11 shop cum Hands Two -day 45 Thakkar
2011 --
on session Prof. Gitali Saha
Mr. Bhaumik Event solely
3-day technical organized
4-6 March 3 Days Kothari
12 event “ENIGMA 450 by 2 ndand
2011 (Student Co-
‘11” 3 rd year IT
ordinator)
students
An Industrial visit
1st March,
13 to ISRO, MCBS ltd. One -day 52 Prof. H B Shah --
2011
and Tektronics ltd.
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Events organized by IEEE GCET Chapter :

AY-2011-12
SR NO Year Details Chief Coordinator Beneficiaries
01 2011 MIND HUNT IEEE GCET SB TEAM

(MEMBERSHIP 30
PARTICIPANTS
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME)
02 2011 PCB SCHEMATIC KAVAN JOSHI, 30

AND DESIGNING RIKEN PATEL PARTICIPANTS
ANI MAGIC(2D RACHIT SARDA,

AND 3D DESIGN- KALPAN SHAH, 45
03 2011 ING USING RAJAN PATEL, PARTICIPANTS
FLASH) SWAPNIL DESAI
04 2011 IEEE AWARNESS BRIJEN AMIN,

SEMINAR KAVAN JOSHI
STAC -2012
(STUDENTS
05 2012 TECHNICAL KAVAN JOSHI
AWARENESS
CONFERENCE)
Prof. Rakesh Patel,

Faculty Coordinator
rakeshmpatel@gcet.ac.in
GCET ISA STUDENT CHAPTER: AY-2012
SR NO Dates Details Organized by Beneficiaries

Workshop on
01 February 4,2012 industrial SOFCON INDIA 789 Students
Automation PVT. LTD. Participated
Prof. Mukesh Bhesaniya,

Faculty Coordinator,
mukeshbhesaniya@gcet.ac.in
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SOCIETY OF POWER ENGINEERS

(INDIA)
Vallabh Vidyanagar Chapter
V.V.Nagar
Sr. Topic Date Faculty coordinator

no
1 Armature winding workshop at USIC, Sardar Patel Univer- 14/7/2010 Prof. I A Sheikh
sity, v.v.nagar.
2 Entrepreneurship development workshop 5/12/2010 Prof. I A Sheikh

Prof. D P Pathak
3 Electrical Safety for the school children 17/01/2011 Prof. C R Patel
Prof. I A Sheikh
4 PLC workshop 21/03/2011 Prof. M M
Bhesaniya
5 “Power Fiesta” by Society of Power Engineers 13/10/2011 Prof. A J Mehta
6 On screen quiz for 2nd year 22/03/12 Prof. I A Sheikh
7 Expert talk on Availability Based Tariff 29/03/12 Prof. C R Patel
8 Expert talk on Recent trends in power plant engineering by 10/04/12 Prof. R R Patel
Mr. Parikshit Jajal from L&T
9 Expert lecture on Armature winding & workshop by 14/07/12 Prof. B G Shah

RONAK rewinding Prof. I A Sheikh
10 Demonstration of Armature winding by RONAK rewind- 21/07/2012 Prof. I A Sheikh

ing
11 Expert talk on GRID OPERATION by Mr. 28/07/12 Prof. I A Sheikh

N.D.MAKWANA (Ex. Chief Engineer, SLDC) Prof. A P Shahpatel
12 "Power Pact" Poster Presentation Competition for 1st and 22/8/2012 Prof. R R Patel
2nd Year students Prof. I A Sheikh
Prof. Ritesh Patel,

Faculty Coordinator
riteshpatel@gcet.ac.in
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IIChE Students’ Chapter
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) is the apex body of the chemical
engineering professionals all over India. It is a confluence of streams of professionals from
academia, research institute and industry. It provides them the appropriate forum for joint
endeavors, hand-in-hand, to work for human being through application of chemical
engineering and allied sciences. It provides them the appropriate forum for joint endeavors,
hand-in-hand, to work for human being through application of chemical engineering and
allied sciences. Department of Chemical Engineering has started functioning of the GCET
students’ Chapter of IIChE, (Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers) from the AY 2011-12.
It has 45 students members. The inauguration of the Chapter was done on 06/08/2011 by
Mr. P Vijayaraghavan, President, Reliance Industries limited, Vadodara Manufacturing
division. Presently the Chapter has 55 student members. IIChE Students’ Chapter
organized a Students’ event ‘QUIMICO’, which included expert lecture by Mr. P
Vijayaraghavan from Reliance Industry and a workshop on personality development.
Presently Apurva Patel (4th year chemical engineering student) is, General Secretary and
Jigesh Mehta (3rd year chemical engineering student) is, Joint-secretary for IIChE GCET
chapter. Prof. M.S Bhakhar is Department coordinator for the IIChE GCET chapter.
Prof. M.S. Bhakhar,

Faculty Coordinator
mathurkumarbhakhar@gcet.ac.in
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CARBON FOOTPRINT CLUB AT GCET
Carbon footprint club has been started by the students of the GCET chemical
engineering department with a motive to spread awareness about carbon footprint to
layman and students. It is initiated so that carbon footprint of an individual or an
organization can be calculated and measures to reduce it in day to day activities can be
suggested which can help to sustain our planet and keep it green. Presently it has 12
members. The club is headed by Harshil Patel (3rd year chemical engineering student) and
Sagar Bavarva (3rd year chemical engineering student). Prof. Tejal Patel, (Department of
chemical engineering) and Mr. Sharad Amin, (M.D of Hi Speed Turbo Ltd.) has been kindly
offering their services to guide & encourage the students and staff.
Prof. Tejal Patel,

Faculty Coordinator
tejalpatel@gcet.ac.in
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PRARAMBH - The GCET Project Club

th
PRARAMBH, The GCET Project club, was founded on 18 July, 2007 to host events
about the broad culture of engineering in a workshop based setting.
The aim of the club is to involve young engineers in the challenges and fun of science,
technology and engineering by encouraging them to exercise their skills in practical world
through working as a team. PRARAMBH provides technical assistance to the students
participating in various technical events. Activities include a series of workshops,
seminars, various R&D Projects on all facets of engineering. PRARAMBH is an intersection
of all engineering disciplines, broadening and strengthening individual member’s impact
and providing collective knowledge pool for the engineering. It is the coalescing forum
providing the individual member with an integrated, unified platform for developing
engineering skills.
Since its inception almost 850 students have been guided by PRARAMBH team in
order to enhance their technical skills. PRARAMBH runs under the professional guidance
of Prof. Saurin Sheth, faculty in charge, with his team of 12 students from various fields of
engineering are working with full enthusiasm. The guided students of PRARAMBH have
participated in numerous events organized by various colleges in different states across
the country like DDIT, CIT-CHANGA, M.S.UNIVERSITY, NIRMA, IIT-BOMBAY, IIT-
CHENNAI, SVNIT SURAT, SVIT-VASAD, BITS-PILANI, BITS- GOA, MIT-Pune, IIT-
Kanpur, IIT-kharagpur, Chameli Devi Group of Institution-Indore and many more.
Many workshops, to enhance the technical skill, provide hands on and to aware
students about the latest technology, were organized by club. The workshops were
delivered by experts, various pass out students and current student coordinators of
Prarambh.
Prof. Saurin Sheth,

Faculty Coordinator
saurinsheth@gcet.ac.in
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Sr. Name of Workshop Details No. of Student

Date
no beneficiaries
The Workshop is the first step to the world 15th - 17th
Sep-2009 60
Aurora 1 of robotics. it focuses mainly on wired robotics
1 together with the parameters to be selected 9th - 10th
(Wired robotics) Oct-2010 160
while designing a robotic car. it also teaches
basics of robotics. 8th - 9th
Oct - 2011 120
The Workshop aims at introducing the next 5th - 6th
Feb. - 2010
90
Aurora 2 level of robotics. the student were taught the
2 concepts of transmitters, receivers, ll-Bridge, 5th - 6th
(Wireless Robotics) Feb. - 2011
110
Various ICs, relay as a switch and interfacing
the wireless module to the robot. 4th - 5th
Feb. - 2012
95
The third stage deals with enlightening essence 7th - 9th 90
Aurora 3 of basic electronics in robotics. A semi March - 2010
3 (Basic Electronics & autonomous line follower, wall follower, 2nd - 3rd
April - 2011
95
Line Follower) obstacle avoided, light activated and photo
rover bots are designed and developed. 21st - 22nd
April - 2012
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12th - 13th
Aurora 4 Fully autonomous robot designing is the core May - 2010
25
4 (Basics of targer of the interfacing of an ATM[GA 16 12th Sept
Microcontrollers) microcontroller; The Brain to robot. 2010
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The latest ITAlY made board and controller 6th - 7th

Aurora - A was introduced which works as a 'brain' on Aug. 55
5 Microcontroller to the robot for it to make decision based on 2011
the signals captured by the sensors.
Introduction to PLC A one day workshop on PLC. 18th March

6 2010 45
Seminar on designing and manufacturing a 4th March

7 ABC of Bobowars 'monster' robot for Robowars at 2011 65
different Places.
Simulation and PCB One day workshop on the manufacturing 18th Sep
8 Design PCB layouts and Design. 2011 30
27th - 28th
9 Enigma'10 A national Level Tech Fest
Feb 2010 400
19th - 20th
Feb 2011 450
26th - 27th
Feb 2012 430
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GCET Language Department formed GCET LANGUAGE CLUB on

October 10, 2007. On that day only we planned for an event -
'alliance' and started moving towards our goal. Day by day we
went ahead on our path reaching nearer to our first destination
and that was the day of October 17, 2007 when we organized our
first event -'alliance'. Before 2 days of the event we started
campaigning for the event and it was really a tremendous
response from all the directions that we had that time. And finally
we had to close the registration after getting 102 entries
registered in our four competitions, namely 'Poster Making',
'Advertisement Making', 'Mobile Film Making' and 'Extempore'. We formed various teams
like management team, campaigning team and few other teams with the help of 07IT
students. Though they were the fresher ones they did it what i suggested them. And finally
we did it on the day of the event. It was the time when our team members learnt many
things about how to conduct the things and how to tackle the difficulties also.
Now expanding the horizons of our club we have decided to conduct various co-curricular
and extra- curricular activities as well by Language Club. We have sculptured various
sub-sections of the club as following:
This particular section provides a platform

for Group Discussion, Debate, Elocution and Mock
Interviews. Through such activities, students will
be trained for their better performance in Campus
Interview.
Workshop on Language has been entitled as

'LANTERN' because many a times it happens that students
know the language but somehow somewhere they are not
aware of certain things in language, for example correct
usages and correct pronunciations. So here in LANTERN we
train them in the area of language & communication skills
through an effective learning with the help of Audio-Visual
material.
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The basic aim of Karma Sutra will remain to arrange

some non-technical guest talks like lectures on book review
or something like lessons of life. This section provides
nourishment to emotional being of students which is
equally important as their intellectual being.
'ABHIVYAKTI'-the xpression, this section has

been formed for theatre activities. Club will organize
drama workshops, script writing training and other
theatre related activities like stage compositions,
lighting, sets and drama performances as well.
This section deals with the literary 'i' within our

students. Studying in technical faculty, many students
attempt to portray their emotions in the form of poetry, story
or article. So here we would try to shape up their pen into a
proper form. So it would enhance the literary abilities of the
students. We would organize poetry recitation programs,
poetry writing competition and short story writing
competition.
'Yuva'- works for creating awareness amongst youth

for Indian feel of music. Here we would organize music-
performances by students and invited artists as well.
Sometimes we would also organize music-workshop to
sharpen up the sound sense of the students in the field of
music.
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Here in this section we would arrange screening of

movies which are really worth watching. Our efforts would
be to make our students learn few valuable lessons of life
through the medium of movie. It would also help to create a
sense of criticism and to realize the difference between good
and bad.
This particular section especially in exhibition part
will arrange exhibitions of various educational items like
computers, educational CDs and books as well.
'Creators' Corner' is a display section of

creative works by students. It includes
paintings, articles, poems, and achievement-
notes. Here we wish to provide a huge number of
display of creative abilities of our students.
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Visitors to www.gcet-languageclub.blogspot.com(dates and country totals below)
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PLACEMENT ACTIVITY
SUMMARY - PLACEMENT CAMPUS AT A GLANCE TILL MAY-2011 (2010-2011)
Sr. No. Name of Industries Package

IT CP ME EC CH MC EE TOTAL
Offered
1 Kothari Infotech Pvt.Ltd 3.0 l/a 01 - - - - - - 01
2 Lasen & Toubro Ltd(EPC) 3.0 l/a - - 08 - - 05 05 18
3 Linde Engineering Pvt. Ltd. 1.8 l/a - - 01 - - - - 01
4 India Army (Campus)* 05 02 02 04 02 06 01 22
5 L & T (ECC) 3.0 l/a - - 02 - - - 01 03
6 Ingersoll Rand (india) Pvt. Ltd. 1.5 l/a - - - - - 05 - 05
7 Atul Ltd. 2.4 l/a - - 02 - 02 - - 04
8 Essar Group Ltd. 3.7 l/a - - 08 05 03 16
9 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 3.16 l/a 14 19 - 24 - 03 03 63
10 Patni Computer System 3.25 l/a 06 03 - 07 - - 01 17
11 Tech Mahindra (Satyam) 2.9 l/a 02 05 - 02 - - 03 12
12 B & R Automation 1.96 l/a - - - - - 01 02 03
13 Adani Power Ltd. 3.5 l/a - - 05 04 - - 02 11
14 Zeus Technology 3.5 l/a - 01 - - - - - 01
15 Torrent Power Ltd. 3.08 l/a - 01 01 - - - 04 06
16 CMC Ltd.(Tata Enterprise) 02 06 - 05 - 02 01 16
17 Abellon Energy Pvt. Ltd. - - - - - - 02 02
18 Vardhman Acrylics Ltd. 2.2 l/a - - 01 - 01 - - 02
19 Mphasis Softwar Co. 3.2 l/a 02 - - 03 - 02 - 07
20 L & T (IES Group) 3.0 l/a - - 01 04 02 - - 07
21 Alstum & Bharat Forqe co 4.2 l/a - - 01 - - 03 - 04
22 ERDA Co Ltd. 3.3 l/a - - - - - - 01 01
23 Anupam Industries 2.25 l/a - - 01 - - - 01 02
24 Doshion Group (Pacific Pipes) 2.5 l/a - - - - 05 - - 05
25 L & T (IES Ltd) 3.0 l/a 02 03 - - - - - 05
26 Thomson Reuters (Softwars Co) 2.0 l/a - 01 - - - - - 01
27 Windowmakers Pvt. Ltd 2.5 l/a 01 - - - - - - 01
28 Powerbuild co Ltd. (ELECON) 1.8 l/a - - 02 - - - - 02
29 INOX Pvt. Ltd. 1.6 l/a - - 01 - - - - 01
30 Feromatic Milacron 1.8 l/a - - - - - 01 - 01
31 Philips Carbon Pvt. Ltd. 2.4 l/a - - 02 - - - - 02
32 Transpek Industries Ltd. 1.5 l/a - - - - 02 - - 02
33 IDMC Pvt. Ltd. 2.18 l/a - - 02 - - - - 02
TOTAL 35 41 40 53 19 28 30 246
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SUMMARY - PLACEMENT CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (2011-12) As on June 2012

Offered IT CP ME EC CH MC EE TOTAL
1. Larsen And Toubro 3.75 l/a - - 5 - 2 1 4 12
2. ABB Pvt.Ltd. 4.5 l/a - - 1 - - - 1 2
3. Tata Consultancy Services 3.1 l/a 15 15 - 10 - 1 1 42
4. TBEA 3.6 l/a - - 1 - - - 1 2
5. L & T Infotech 3.0 l/a 1 1 - 5 - - - 7
6. Infostretch 3.0 l/a - 2 - - - - - 2
7. Indian Army (SSB) - 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 15
8. Atul 3.0 l/a 1 - 7 - 4 - 2 14
9. Aditya Birla 4.34 l/a - - - - 2 - - 2
10. iGate Patni 3.1 l/a 9 3 - 11 - 3 1 27
11. Quanta Process Pvt. Ltd. 3.1 l/a - - - - 2 - - 2
12. Alstom 4.6 l/a - - - - - 4 - 4
13. Adani 3.9 l/a - - 1 1 - - 1 3
14. ERDA 2.2 l/a - - - - - - 2 2
15. Siemens 4.5 l/a - - 1 - - - - 1
16. L&T ECC 3.1 l/a - - - - - - 1 1
17. Secure Meters 3.0 l/a - - - - - 2 - 2
18. CMC Ltd(CLET) - 17 19 - 7 - 2 5 50
19. Ambuja 2.17 l/a - - - - 1 - 1 2
20. CMC Ltd. 2.75 l/a 1 - - - - - - 1
21. Aarin Technologies 2.01 l/a 1 1 - - - - - 2
22. Tauge tech 2.67 l/a - - 2 - - - - 2
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Offered IT CP ME EC CH MC EE TOTAL
23. e-infochip 1.8-3.5 l/a - - - 3 - - - 3
24 Tata Chemicals Ltd. 4.5 l/a - - 1 - - - - 1
25. Godrej 3.3 l/a - - 5 - - - - 5
26. Vardhaman Acrylics 2.2 l/a - - - - 1 - - 1
27. Ferromatik Milakron 2.7 l/a - - 2 - - 1 - 3
28. Inox 1.8 l/a - - 1 - - 1 - 2
29. Setco 3.0 l/a - - 3 - - - 2 5
30. Nomus 2.0 l/a - - - 1 - - - 1
31. Flovel Valves 1.2 l/a - - 2 - - 1 - 3
32. Torrent Power 3.0 l/a - - - - - 1 - 1
33. Bombardier 4.5 l/a - - - - - 1 - 1
34. Jyoti CNC 1.8 l/a - - - - - 1 - 1
35. Motherson Automotive - - - 1 - - 4 1 6
Total 46 43 34 41 14 25 27 230
Placements
Some of the companies of international repute which visit GCET campus regularly for campus placement
Larsen & Toubro Ltd (EPC) Adani Power Ltd
Tata Consultancy Services Essar (Steel & Oil) Group Ltd
Tech Mahindra Ltd Essar (Steel & Power) Group Ltd
Infosys Technologies Vardhman Acrylics Ltd
Essar Group Ltd Thomson Reuters (Software Co)
"ATUL" Ltd Indian Army
SIEMENS Ltd Torrent Power Ltd.
Tata Chemicals Ltd. Automation Control Pvt. Ltd.
G.N.F.C.Ltd Thompson Reuters (Software Co.)
Patni Computer System Linde Engineering Pvt.Ltd
Mr. S K Rai
Training & placement Officer
gcet .tpo@gmail.com
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CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
In the current year, GCET proved once again that it is a college with a difference by
winning major cultural events.
Volcano’10, Inter College Youth Festival:

This year Volcano- an inter-college youth festival was organized by Rotary Club, Anand
from 20th to 24th January, 2010. We won first prize in Rock Band, Boogie-woogie, G K Quiz and
secured second postion in Fabric Painting, Personality Contest (F), Poetry recitation, Skit,
Caricature and Assemblage. By winning maximum no. of events and scoring maximum points
GCET was crowned the overall champions for the fifth consecutive time. Ayyan Karmakar of
final year Chemical, Arjit Gupta of final year Mechatronics and Aditi Kabra of final year
Information & Technology were the team leaders.
Annual Day Celebrations:

During annual day celebrations three cultural sessions were organized, consisting of
musical morning, dance and skit competition and winning performances of youth and volcano
festivals.
Other Events:
♦ Karan Gandhi and Bhargavi Godkhindi participated in the intercollege debate competition
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organised by S.M.Patel College of Home Science on 7 January, 10. Karan Gandhi secured
first and Bhargavi secured third position. We also got the Overall Trophy for the second
consecutive time in the same.
♦ Prakash Raghupati secured third prize in an intercollege debate competition organised by
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N.V. Patel College of Pure & Applied Sciences on 6 January, 10.
♦ A group of GTU students went to NIRMA University, Ahmedabad for participating in the
Street Play competition and they secured first prize.
♦ GCET cultural team put up a wonderful cultural programme for the delegates of
International Conference organised by Electronics & Communication Department of
GCET. The delegates personally praised the performances.
Recently ADIT organized cultural festival Splash under which competitions were held for
various cultural activities. The festival was for 4 engineering and 3 pharmacy colleges. Team
GCET took part in 23 out of 26 events and won 19 events.
GCET continued exhibiting quality performances and added many new feathers in its
crown by winning several events at various levels on the cultural front.
S.P.U. Youth Festival:
A Mega Event Sardar Patel University Youth Festival-2010 (Inter College) was organized
by S.P.U. during 4th to 6th October, 2010. A team of 25 students was selected to represent GCET
in the same. GCET team took part in 22 out of 24 possible events.
The team won 1st prize in Classical Dance, rangoli & collage making 2nd in western vocal
solo, Indian group song, cartooning, classical non percussion and classical percussion 3rd prize
in skit, western group song & quiz.
Our final year CP student Mirali Patel won the classical dance event for the third time in a
row.
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Inspite of a major constraint of selecting only final year students for the youth festival and
having a team of only 25 students instead of 38, with the help of dedicated and self motivated
students , by scoring 41 points GCET team grabbed the overall runners up trophy for the third
consecutive time out of 48 participating institutes of Sardar Patel University. Chintan Patel of
final year Electrical, Kevin Ghaghada of final year Mechanical, Niti Shukla & Mirali Patel of final
year Computer were the team leaders. Our final year CP student Mirali Patel won the classical
dance event for the third time in a row.
West Zone Inter University Youth Festival:

Kevin Ghaghada, Parth Patel, Parth Thakkar, Roha Wakhloo, Dhruv Suthar, Avanish
Thakker & Hirva Bhadja along with the cultural convener of the college Prof. Yogesh Chauhan
were selected to represent S.P.U. at the West Zone Inter University Youth Festival organized by
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Jiwaji University, Gwalior during 26 November to 1 December,2010. They performed Indian
group song and classical instrumental non percussion. The performances were highly
applauded.
The fact which is worth mentioning here is that the students participated even when they
had university exam from very next day of their arrival back from Gwalior.
Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal Dr. C.L.Patel Sir announced a scholarship of Rs. 10,000
each to all the students selected to represent S.P.U.
Garba Sandhya, 2010:

To celebrate divine festival of Navratri, like every year, this year also a Garba Sandhya was
held. Around 1000 boys & girls including staff members celebrated the function with true spirit.
Prof. Hitesh Shah was the Faculty Coordinator and Prof. Vivek Deshpande was joint
Coordinator. Nikunj Patel and Rahul Sisodia were the student Coordinators. Prizes were given
for best performance, best costume in both male and female category. Apart from this Aarti and
Rangoli competitions were also held.

This year Volcano- an inter-college youth festival was organized by Rotary Club, Anand
from 20th to 23rd January, 2011. We won first prize in Boogie-woogie, Ad enactment, art of
assemblage and secured second position in skit, dumb charades, GK quiz, caricature,
elocution, personality contest (male) . Ronak Bhatt of final Mechanical won boogie-woogie event
for third time in three years. GCET was crowned as the overall runners up after winning the
champions trophy for five consecutive times. Chintan Patel of final year Electrical, Kevin
Ghaghada of final year mechanical, Mirali Patel of final year computer & Joohi Gupta of final
year electrical were the team leaders.
Imaze’2010:
Along with number of technical events to refresh participants of this technical fiesta,
cultural events were organized in the evening slots. Indian Idol fame Imon Chaterji enthralled
the audience with his live and energetic performance. Dance and Skit competitions were also
organized between ADIT,BVM, GCET & MBICCT.

festivals. Students took part enthusiastically in these programmes.
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It is worth noting that 10 students from the final year cultural team are already placed in
various companies.This shows their capability of multi tasking and the art of balancing between
academics and other activities.
First batch of GCET students affiliated with Gujarat Technological University (GTU), it
was thought that whether we will be able to retain the image on cultural arena or not. But our
students proved that whether it is SPU or GTU, GCET is going to win. Team GCET with lot of hard
work, dedication, commitment and enthusiasm put up miraculous show and brought 38
trophies to GCET office in a span of one year which is a history in itself.
GTU, V.V.Nagar Zonal- Youth Festival:

GTU organized its first ever youth festival. In order to have smooth conduct of the festival it
was carried out in two levels. V.V.Nagar Zonal Youth Festival was organized at Parul Institute of
Engineering & Technology, Waghodia, Vadodara. A team of 40 students was selected to
represent GCET in the same. GCET team took part in 22 out of 22 possible events.
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We won 1 prize in Indian group song, light vocal, western group song, western vocal solo,
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mimicry, quiz, folk dance, poster making, cartooning & collage making. 2 in classical vocal,
classical instrumental (non percussion) & clay modeling; and secured 3rd position in skit, mime
& rangoli.
By scoring maximum points GCET team grabbed the prestigious Overall Champions
Trophy and also became champions in fine arts category.
GTU Inter-Zonal Youth Festival:

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The inter-zonal youth festival was organized at L.J. group of institutes, Ahmedabad on 19
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and 20 October, 2011.. The winning streak continued even in this part of the GTU Youth
Festival with Team GCET on the podium in 10 out of 16 events during the prize distribution
ceremony. We secured amongst the 72 participating institutes for the first ever G.T.U. Youth
Festival, Team GCET made its mark and established a record by scoring the maximum points
and being crowned as the overall champions.
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Indian group song Classical instrumental Light vocal solo

(non percussion) Rangoli
Quiz
Western group song Folk dance

western vocal solo Cartooning
Mimicry
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West Zone Inter University Youth Festival:

Jay Mehta, Gaurav Anadkat, Hemik Patel, Chirag Nathwani, Dhyey Vachhrajani, Daxa
Sakhawala, Shweta Singh, Ankil Shah, Parth Rawal, Abhinav Vaidya, Hardik Parmar, Hetaxi
Kamli and Dhruv Patel were selected to represent GTU at the West Zone Inter University Youth
Festival held at
ML Sukhadia University, Udaipur in association with All India Association of

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Universities (AIU). GCET students participated in 9 events and Dhruv Patel won 3 prize in the
Quiz competition.
Prof. Yogesh Chauhan, Cultural Convener of GCET was appointed as a team manager for
the GTU team to represent at West Zone Festival.
Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal Dr. C.L.Patel Sir announced a scholarship of Rs.
5,000 each to all the students selected to represent G.T.U.
Garba Sandhya,2011:
To celebrate divine festival of Navratri, like every year, this year also a Garba Sandhya
was held. boys & girls including staff members celebrated the function with true spirit. Prof.
Hitesh Shah (EC) was the Faculty Coordinator. Ravi Panchal and Nirav Chhatraliya of final year
Mechanical Engineering were the student Coordinators.

This year Volcano- An Inter-College Youth Festival was organized by Rotary Club, Anand
from 31st January to 4th February, 2012. The team comprising of 37 participants took part in all
22 events and won first prize in group song, vocal solo, folk dance, caricature, scene-e-magic,
GK quiz and dumb charades and secured second position in clay modeling, picture story
writing, ad enactment and skit competition. Over and above by scoring 36 points GCET
grabbed prestigious Winners Trophy out of 30 participating colleges of Anand and its
surrounding area.
With this victory GCET made a hat-trick in this academic year by winning GTU-VVN
Zone Championship, GTU all over GUJARAT Championship and Volcano’12 Championship.
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Dushyant Bhatia & Abhinav Vaidya of 4 year EC and Ishita Sutaria of 4 year CP were the
team leaders for the youth festival and Volcano events.

festivals. Students took part enthusiastically in these programs.
Other Events:
Apart from the above Dushyant Bhatia of final year EC won first prize in group discussion
competition (topic- voting should be made mandatory) organized and held at BJVM, Vallabh
Vidyanagar.
Prof. Yogesh Chauhan
Faculty Coordinator
yogeshchauhan@gcet.ac.in
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Social Activity Report

Academic Year 2011-12
Total
Event Date Supporting Body Beneficiaries
participation
132 students & 251 lives saved

A D Gorwala Blood Bank,
staff participated (We got trophy
Blood Donation Camp 29/7/2011 managed by Shree Krishna
from all from Blood
Hospital, Karamsad.
departments Donation Bank)
Invited Lecture on Mr. Bihag Lalaji

It was mainly
“Key to successfully M. Tech . IIT Kharagpur
20/1/2012 Around 100 designed for
overcoming challenges Head, Jeevanshilp Consultants,
students Students.
in life” Mumbai.
251 students First level

Thalesemia awareness Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)
25/2/2012 participated in Engineering
and Testing Camp and GTU Council
testing students
Dr. Manisha Gohel

Asst. Professor, Community Around 60
Expert Lecture on
Medicine Department, Pramukh It was open for Faculties and
“HIV / AIDS” Awareness 2/3/2012
Swami Medical College, faculties, staff & students
under RRC programme
Karamsad. students
Faculty came by
CVM announced “No Vehicle Day”, Major Faculties
“Save Fuel” bicycle, walking,
1/5/2012 College supported this activity and Staff of the
Day Celebration collaborative
institute
etc…
10,11 & 12 Shankara Eye Hospital, Mogar 145 faculties Students &
Eye Checkup Camp
April, 2012 205 students Faculties
GTU awarded a Trophy to GCET for “Outstanding Blood Donor Organization”

on 7/8/2012.
Social Activity Faculty Coordinators

Dr.Hemant R Thakkar, hemantthakkar@gcet.ac.in
Prof.Ishak Shaikh, ishaqshiekh@gcet.ac.in
Prof.Nirav Desai, niravdesai@gcet.ac.in
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Seating(from Left): Nirali Tharwala, Sejal Patel, Tejal Patel, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Dr Kaushik Nath (HOD), Arpita Patel, Bijal Shah
First Row (from Left) : Harsh Dave, Vinay Patel, Dr Suresh Panchhani, Deepak Macwan,
Dharmesh Kapatel, Ratilal Rabari, Ashok Gajera, Hardik Patel,
Dr R R Nagarajan,Anand Metre, Ramesh Vaghela
Seating(from Left) : Tejal Patel, Prem Sindhi, Deven Agravat, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Dr.Apurva Shah (HOD),Nikhil Gondaliya,Abhinay Pandya,Nirav Raja
First Row (from Left) : Rajesh Makwana, Anshit Patel, Amit Patel, Vishal Prajapati, Amita Patel,
Miral Patel, Vinita Shah, Nikita Patel, Jatin Patel, Robinson Macwan,
Nikhil Joshi
Second Row(from Left) : Jay Vala, Ishan Bhatt, Jaymit Pandya, Hemang Shah, Kishor Chauhan
Seating(from Left) : Mitesh Vegad, Manan Desai, Hemant Thakkar, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Dr.Darshak Desai (HOD), Mukesh Bulsara, Sanjay Shah, Manish Mehta
First Row (from Left) : Kritesh Bhavsar, Sanjay Parmar, Himanshu Patel, Yamnesh Khamar,Vijay Patel,
Vivek Deshpande, Ravi Rathod, Sankalp Kulkarni, Nitin Patel, Kamlaben Chauhan
Second Row(from Left) : Deepak Patel, Vishal Prajapati, Rajesh Rabari, Harikrishna Solanki, Faiju Malek,
Purvesh Patel, Tejas Prajapati, Keyur Surati
Third Row(from Left) : Hemal Patel, Jaydeep Ravalji, Vikas Panchal,
Electronics & Communication Department
Seating(from Left) : Shankar Parmar, Geetali Saha, Hitesh Shah, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Bhaskar Thakkar (HOD), Rahul Kher, Nilesh desai, Mehul Shah,
First Row (from Left) : Mayank Mahant, Deepak Parashar, Kavindra Jain, Falgun Thakkar,
Ashish christian, Rohit Parmar, Foram Joshi, Chetna Shah, Smita Joshi
Second Row(from Left) : Nikhil Patel, Samir Trapasiya, Rahul Goradia, Mayank Ardeshna,
Nirav Desai, Kalpesh Patel, Neha Joshi
Mechatronics Engineering Department
Seating(from Left) : Saurin Sheth, Yogesh Chauhan, Sanket Bhavsar, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
B A Doshi (HOD), Anand Joshi, Ketan Tamboli, Vinod Patel
First Row (from Left) : Punit Tirthokar, Himanshu Patel, Vedang Chauhan, Reekesh Patel,
Pinkesh Patel, Ajay Patel, Khubilal Khatri, Prashant Parmar, Pathik Patel,
Sandip Patel
Seating(from Left) : Alpesh Shukla, Priyang Bhatt, Nitesh Sureja, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Maulika Patel (HOD), Hetal Gaudani, Devangi Doshi, Kinjal Joshi,
First Row (from Left) : Mahesh Chauhan, Arvind Bhedi, Pankaj Baraiya, Gopal Solanki,
Falguni Patel, Namrata Dave
Seating(from Left) : Mukesh Bhesaniya, Rakesh Patel, Jatin Patel, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Sameer Patel (HOD), Chetan Sheth, Hardik Pathak, Ritesh Patel
First Row (from Left) : Nilesh Bhoi, Jignesh Patel, Chintan Patel, Mithila Zodape, Mohd.Ishaq Sheikh,
Jignesh Patel, Nirav Mehta, Sumit Rathor, Ankit Shahpatel, Dhaval Bhatt,
Rashmin Thakor,Bhavesh Hindocha,Vijay Makwana
Civil & Maths Department
Seating(from Left) : Vipul Shah, Vatsal Patel, Kumarpal Trivedi, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal),
Dr Khadeeja Priyan (HOD), Krupal Parikh, Snehal Popli, Hetal Soneji
First Row (from Left) : Jayant Patel, Ajit Amin, Deven Shah, Poorav Shah,Mukesh Joshi,
Tejas Jani, Bijal Khamar, Nirav Gajjar, Rajesh Sanghavi, Vijay Patel
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SPORTS
Achievement of Sports Activities during the academic year (2011-2012)
G.T.U. Zonal Tournament (Inter-College):
Gujarat technological University conducted a mega sports event named Spirit-2011.
1. Kabaddi (Men) Champions
This event was organized by A.D.I.T College at Shastri Maidan, Vallabh Vidyanagar. GCET
college team participated and stood champions in the inter college tournament at the zonal
level.
2. Basket Ball (Men) - Champions
This event was organized by A.D.I.T College at Shastri Maidan, Vallabh Vidyanagar. GCET
college team participated and stood champions in the inter college tournament at the zonal
level.
3. Table Tennis (Men) Champions
This event was organized by GCET College at S. S. Patel College of Physical Education,
Vidyanagar. GCET college team participated and stood champions in the inter college
tournament at the zonal level.
4. Volley ball (Women) Champions
This event was organized by P.I.E.T College at P.I.E.T, Vadodara. GCET college team
participated and stood champions in the inter college tournament at the zonal level.
5. Cricket (Men) Runners-up
This event was organized by A.D.I.T College at Shastri Maidan, Vidyanagar. GCET college
team participated and stood runners-up in the inter college tournament at the zonal level.
6. Badminton (Men) Runners-up
This event was organized by GCET College at S. S. Patel College of Physical Education,
Vidyanagar. GCET college team participated and stood runners-up in the inter college
tournament at the zonal level.
7. Badminton (Women) Runners-up
This event was organized by GCET College at S. S. Patel College of. Physical Education,
Vidyanagar. GCET college team participated and stood runners-up at the inter college
tournament at the zonal levels.
G.T.U. Inter-Zonal Tournament:

1. Basket Ball (Men) - Champions
TH ST
This tournament was held at ADIT new Vallabh Vidyanagar during 28 to 31 October,
2011.
Our GCET team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU basket ball (men)
tournament. Our College lifted the much awaited championship trophy for the first time.
Mr. Vijay Gurjar

Coordinator
vijaygurjar@gcet.ac.in
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2. Lawn tennis (Men) - Champions

This tournament was held at L D R P Gandhinagar on 8TH and 9TH October, 2011. Our college
team participated and got the first rank in Gujarat state in GTU Lawn tennis (men)
tournament.
GCET again lifted the championship trophy for the first time.
3. Badminton (Men) Runners-up

This tournament was held at GCET College Vallabh Vidyanagar during 4TH to 7TH January,
2012. GCET college team participated and got the second rank in Gujarat state in GTU Lawn
tennis (men) tournament.
West zone inter university Table- Tennis Tournament:

TH
This tournament was held at Nagpur University, Nagpur maharastra during 10 to 15
January, 2012. Our student Darshit Shah was a part of GTU team and gave satisfactory
performance in the west zone table tennis tournament. Vijay Gurjar (Sports convener) was
appointed as coach cum Manager in West Zone Inter-University Football Tournament at
Bhopal and was again appointed as coach cum manager in West zone Inter-University
Badminton Tournament at Udaipur, Rajasthan.
All India Inter-State Engineering College Sports Tournament

nd th
This tournament was held at SVNIT Surat from 22 to 25 March. Our volleyball,
basketball and table tennis team participated in this tournament and the table tennis team
secured third position.
Gujarat Khel Maha Kumbh:

“Gujarat khel maha kumbh” organized by Government of Gujarat was held at Shastri
Maidan, Vallabh Vidyanagar from 1ST to 30TH January 2012. GCET basket ball and lawn tennis
teams participated and won Anand district championship with a cash prize of 30,000/-(thirty
thousand). Jeet Desai lifted the individual champions’ trophy and basket ball team lifted
runners-up trophy for the first time.
Anand district YMCA Tournament:

TH TH
This tournament was held at shastri Maidan during 10 to 11 January2012, organized
by S S Patel college of Physical Education, Vallabh Vidyanagar. Our GCET College women team
was participated and lifted champion’s trophy for the first time.
GCET volleyball and chess team participated in zonal tournaments and gave
satisfactory performance. 6 students from cricket, 4 students from basket ball and 1 student
from lawn tennis were selected to participate for all India inter-university tournament.
Interbranch competition:
Like every year, this year also, with great zest and passion we organized various
interbranch sports events like Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Basket ball, Volleyball, table tennis
etc for the development of sports culture in the college.
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PDP REPORT: Academic Year 2011-12
Personality Development Programme (PDP) is intended to improve the communication

skills, soft skills and hard skills of the students. The objective of the programme is to create
positive attitude among the students to work in the dynamic environment of their professional
carrier. Various kinds of training are given to them by professional and HR experts.
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PDP REPORT: Academic Year 2010-11
Personality Development Programme (PDP) is intended to improve the communication

skills, soft skills and hard skills of the students. The objective of this programme is to create
positive attitude among the students to work in the dynamic environment of their professional
carrier. Various kinds of training are given to them by professional and HR experts.
Sr.
Activity Date Beneficiary Hours Content
No.
21st March
PDP classes 12 Hrs Psychometric test &
1 to 10th April All First Year
by Globarena each Presentation skills
2011
Problem solving, deci-
Jan. sion making, Inter-
PDP classes 28th ,31st, All Second 12 Hrs personal behavior skills
2 Leadership,
by Globarena Feb. 3rd, Year each
18th , 2011 Time Mgmt., Proactive-
ness
Training Inter- 4 Hrs
3 view 10.10.2010 All Third Year Mock Interview
by CDC each
Art of Introduction, News
7th , 8th &
PDP classes 12 Hrs reporting, Non-verbal
4 11 th Oct. All First Year
by CDC each communication & Public
2010
Speaking
Assertiveness,
PDP classes 14 to 17 12 Hrs Life Mgmt., Thinking
5 All Final Year
by Globarena Sept. 2010 each process, Etiquettes &
Manners
PDP classes 6 to 9 12 Hrs Reasoning, Arithmetic,
6 All Third Year
by Globarena Sept. 2010 each Introduction to GD & PI
PDP classes 6 to 8 All Second 12 Hrs General Awareness &

7
by CDC Sept. 2010 Year each Communication Skills
Mrs. Krupal Parikh

Faculty Coordinator
krupalparikh@gcet.ac.in
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What experts say...
It’s pleasure to know that GCET, is coming out with magazine filled with information
related to new Development and Technology all around Globe.
I had an opportunity to deliver one day lecture on “Design and Fabrication of Pressure
Vessels using ASME Code” on 01-Feb-2012 at GCET. The seminar was jointly organised by Dept. of
Mechanical Engg. and Dept. of Mechatronics Engg. and was coordinated by Prof. Hemant Thakkar and
Prof. Ketan Tamboli, who had attended 5 days seminar on the same subject in Nov. 2011 at SVNIT
Surat jointly organised with ASME.
The college was started in 1996-97 and within 15 years span it has made tremendous progress
running seven disciplines at graduate level and four discipline at post graduate level and I warmly
convey my best wishes for further fast progress of GCET.
P. G. Shah
Director (Technical)
Ratnadeep Metal and Tubes Limited
It was a great pleasure in visiting your college and was quite impressed by initiatives of
college in practical aspects of engineering. Really it was a great pleasure to meet budding engineers. My
only feedback to all of you will be to take as much advantage of the knowledge; both practically and more
theoretically, of the infrastructure and faculties available and not just passing and getting just
certificates.
Wishing you all the best for your future endeavors.
BUT Remember always "Hope for the best but prepare for the worst"
Warm Regards, Krutik D Shah
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What alumnae say...
CP Alumni Feedback
The course structure designed by GCET was outstanding. One example to give is the UNIX course
we studied in 4th Year. When I joined Wipro, we had 3 months of technical training. UNIX was one of the
subject of our syllabus. All the colleagues were surprised when I used to give answers regarding UNIX in
the sessions. That was because this course was not taught in their colleges, inspite of the fact that they
came from very renowned colleges across various states. The faculties assigned to us were very
knowledgeable and helpful. They used to conduct extra lectures in order to clear our doubts and tried
their best to explain the concepts in details to the interested students, which might not be in the scope of
the regular teaching sessions. (Harvi Shah-01CP641)
The level of education and facilities provided by GCET are of top notch. They are constantly trying
to motivate and help students to outperform themselves and try to expand their knowledge horizons.
The faculties are very helpful and always willing to guide and help. The infrastructure available is
adequate enough to support the theory being taught in the classrooms. Students are given full freedom
to experiment and innovate using all the facilities present in the college. (Nikhil R Jain-05CP656)
EC Alumni feedback
The time spent at GCET while doing B.E. in E&C was phenomenal in shaping up my mind set and
equipping me with the fundamental understandings. I developed strong interest in the development of
advanced electronic materials, which led me to successfully pursue higher studies. I strongly believe it
is the result of hard work put in by dedicated lecturers I had the privilege to learn from, especially during
the 3rd and 4th year at GCET.
I know of many alumni students who are now very well placed in their career paths, all
strengthened from the strong knowledge base created during the years spent at our university. It
appears ironic that while we used to study there, we just couldn’t realise the value of what opportunities
were open for us, be it a podium to enhance personality development, technical projects to create
something exciting or sporting clashes. I strongly believe that every student’s life takes a decisive turn
depending on how wisely we spend our time at university. The department faculties were always there to
talk and help us achieve stability in best at what we do. I would like to extend special mention to Mr.
Giriraj Patel, who was not only my lecturer for microprocessor, but also my mentor. His personal
friendly support through in any situation reflected the support that was available from all the other
faculty members and laboratory staff.
Now, that students like me are out of the university and trying to work for the development of
society, I am sure we all will agree that such a healthy studying environment is unavoidable to create a
better batch of engineers, year after year. (Ankur:05ec460)
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It was July 24, 2012. I came to Vadodara a day before and I was supposed to join L&T today. I was
preparing myself for a new beginning of life. I had made couple of friends the previous night as all were
unknown here. We were full of zeal, enthusiasm and thrill - suspense of what was going to happen on our first
day of joining. No matter what, we all had a fear about this paradigm shift.
A bus came to bachelors’ accommodation to pick up all the GETs around 8:15 a.m. (GET means
Graduate Engineer Trainee - the one who has just completed his graduation and joining the organization.)
We came to L&T’s office called “Knowledge City” which is on National Highway no. 8. Lead by a H.R. person we
came to an auditorium. We were welcomed and all the formalities were done. But throughout this whole
process, I was missing someone special. Hello! I am not talking about my girl friend! In fact I don't have any.
But I was missing my college days. The very first day at L&T, made me remember the first day at GCET. There
were many similarities in both of these beginnings. 24th July, 2012 was the same as 22nd June, 2008, when
we reported at GCET for the first time.
Let’s come back to the track. After formal welcome speeches, we introduced our selves to our
colleagues. I said, "I am Arjun Maradia. I have done my Mechanical Engineering from GCET." A South Indian
fellow, sitting next to me eagerly asked in typical Tamil tone, "Hey Arjun! What is GCET?" After a pause of 10-
15 seconds, I replied with a mystifying smile, "GCET stands for Great College of Engineering and
Technology!" Now let me ask you one question. "Isn't GCET the Great College of Engineering & Technology?"
Answer may be either yes or no but for me the answer is always yes. And my dear GCETians if your answer is
no at the moment then I am ready to bet that you will surely miss our college a lot and in future you too will be
agree with me.
Many of you may be thinking that I am boasting but I can convince you to buy my arguments. Let me
elaborate my words "Great College of Engineering and Technology". GCET is great due to so many reasons.
And Prime of them being GCET a top college of India. Yes! GCET is there in the list of Top Engineering Colleges
from the years. When I took admission in GCET, we were ranked 99th in the list of Top 100 Indian
engineering college. And I am proud to say that now we are the 33rd Top Promising Indian Engineering
College. See how GCET is emerged as one of the top technical institute!
There are number of reasons which put GCET into the top engineering institutes. I will put our
faculties in the first row. Faculties!!! Well many of us have bad (in fact really bad!!) experiences with some of
them! And most of the time it is due to our faults only. They scolded us. They punished us. They were really
rude to us at times but there was an immense care and their concern about our future and studies. They
taught us so many things technical as well as non technical. Many of the faculties have taught us the lesions
of the life time. I can’t stop myself to tell you one of such “Lesion”. Prof. M.A.Bulsara used to tell us that “if you
cannot convince a person, confuse him!” and I am heartily thank you sir as this lesson has been very helpful
to me till the time and will be throughout.
This was one of the lessons but there are number of them and in fact I cannot count such lessons
which have made my life easier, smarter and wiser. Each and every person including faculties, lab assistance
and everyone has taught me something which is useful to me in one or another way.
Now let us come to the most unforgettable part of my college life. And obviously that is Friends! I met
lot of people here. Some were good. Some were bad and most of them were unique. Today when I look back, I
just miss all my buddies, my classmates, my room-mates and all those who played some role in my college
life. We realize the importance and love for them only when we are away from them. Ours was a very strong
group of 63 classmates called “Bajarang Dal”. Many of them got placed in various companies.
Some have joined their masters and some have joined their family business. All the people of same
class are now in various parts of country. But whenever we met online or talk to one-another, we do say one
thing… “Wo bhi kya din the yaar…!!!” As now we are in professional world, many things have changed. Things
have changed a very interesting way. Earlier we had professors, now we have Boss. Bunks are leaves now.
Jeans and T-shirts are replaced by formals and Attendance is taken through Bio-metric systems. Things can
be correlated but they cannot be interchanged. Boss is Boss. He cannot take place of a professor. And you
cannot call your “Leave” as a “Bunk”!! My dear GCETians! You too would feel this change when you will
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complete your graduation in coming years and you would join some organization to earn for your daily meal.
There are many more things which I can share with you but due to shortage of time and space, I cannot
explain everything now.
So, enjoy your college life. It’s the Golden time of your life. Especially to my juniors who are in final year, I
would say that only a few months are left for your stay in V.V.Nagar. So enjoy each and every moment. Let
your mind be filled with the sweet and unforgettable positive memories of your college and V.V.Nagar.
“I am really missing that place… I am really missing my college days…”
Arjun Maradia (08 ME 312 )

Enrl No.: 08010119019
"I would like to share my thoughts on my 4 years in GCET as a student of Mechanical Engineering
with all of you. These 4 years of my life have been wonderful as I not only received engineering knowledge but
also learnt so many things which would be helpful for the rest of my life.
Its a totally different experience when an 18 year old enters into the life of college away from his family
and gets an opportunity to take his own decisions. In other words its a freedom but it should be wisely used. I
believe that only studies would grow you as a student but the extra curricular activities are important as well.
Its only when students start taking part in different competitions on technical level, extra curriculum level or
sports that they start evolving as persons. I would like to advise my junior friends to make full and right use of
this opportunity. One more advise which I would like to give to my fellow juniors is that they should not
remain contented with their bachelor studies. Eventhough they prefer to work in the industries they should
aspire for higher studies after some years of experience because the world of technology is growing very
rapidly. I thoroughly enjoyed my four years in GCET by making new friends, learning new stuffs and playing
sports. Its almost a year in RWTH Aachen, Germany and while I pursue my master studies, I really miss
those years in GCET.. I hope I would definitely visit GCET when I return back to India.
Parth Shah(07ME)
Msc. Production Systems Engineering
RWTH Aachen, Germany"
Hello Gcetians,
I think there is no need to ask How are you guys doing?..... I am sure you guys are rocking in
your respective fields.
I would surely like to share that the 4 years in GCET are till today not out of my thoughts. Many a
time I keep on quoting the examples of how much fun we did had in those days, even when I was so
busy in various activities through the year.
The best part during those days was the 1st year in Hostel. There were truly unparalleled
experiences which I am sure, I wouldn't get anywhere else. I am sure you guys would agree with me!!!!!
During the last year at GCET, the campus. people in were most close to me as I was part of most
of the Events throughout the year. Working as Placement Coordinator also provided me huge satisfaction
as I always wanted to do such a work. I was sometimes overwhelmed by by the appreciation that my
classmates, professors, staff etc. showed towards my work. Working with the TPO Late Y.N. Rai sir and
learning form the experiences he shared is very helpful. I pay my tributes to our beloved sir.
To all the current Gcetians and those to come, I just would like to say that Enjoy your days at the
college, try to be a part of GCET, participate in bounty of events that takes place in various fields at GCET. I
am sure you will have a memorable experiences that you will always cherish.
Vivek Kamani (07 ME)
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EXPRESSIONS
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HEADS PENNING DOWN

Indlish!! (read Indian English)
Dr. Kaushik Nath,
Professor and Head,
Young and educated Indians regard the desire to speak in Queen’s English (as it is spoken in
England) as a silly colonial hang-up from a far-off and bygone era. Lately I came across a paper back
edition of a book titled ‘Entry from backside only’ authored by Binoo K John. Brought out by Penguin,
the book is a consortium of some of the most colourful phrases in use (mostly by Indians) - in effect a
dictionary of what might be called "Indlish". The title refers to a phrase commonly used on signposts to
indicate the rear entrance of a building. The author said young Indians had embraced the variant of the
language as a charming offspring of the mingling of English and Hindi, rather than an embarrassing
mongrel. "Economic prosperity has changed attitudes towards Indian English," said Mr John. "Having
jobs and incomes, and being noticed by the rest of the world, have made Indians confident - and the same
confidence has attached itself to their English."
Of all nations, India can boast of her having the richest and most diverse literature as portrayed in
the ancient scripts. This is not a recent phenomenon. It has been so since time immemorial. The tribe of
Indian writers writing exclusively in English has been flourishing day by day. It is of no doubt that today
the output of good writers of English in India match those of their counterparts from anywhere in the
world. Indian writers are widely acknowledged in the literary world, bagging such prestigious awards
like the Booker prize. Bestsellers such as God of Small Things, A Suitable Boy, Satanic Verses, Train to
Pakistan, An Equal Music, The Namesake and many others were penned by Indian writers.
India being a large country with lots of different languages (The Eighth Schedule to the Indian
Constitution contains a list of 26 scheduled languages. According to Census of India of 2001, 30
languages are spoken by more than a million native speakers, 122 by more than 10,000) and colloquial
dialects, a very rich, diverse, rather unique kind of English has been evolved at various stages of our
socio-economic life. The language of English itself has passed through a long way of transformation over
the centuries. From the Bible to the Victorian and from the Shakespearean to the contemporary it has
embraced multifarious hybridizations. Advent of British colonialism in the half of the world might have
desophisticated the so called glamour of Queen’s English.
Indian English is a smorgasbordpeculiarities and personalities, accent and accentuation, beat
and rhythm and so on and so forth. English has been used in strange ways by certain sets of Indians not
just the less-than-literate since time immemorial. It is either because of habit or sheer ignorance of the
correct manner of writing and speaking in what is actually a third language for most Indians (the other
two being their respective mother tongue and there are plenty of them and Hindi). Elite and educated
Indians do not speak or write the so-called Indian English. English in India may have a British hangover
but by no means is it vastly different from American English or any other correct English for that matter.
Let us look at the origins of this “language”. Indians speak countless languages and each of these
languages has its own grammar. Accordingly, Indians from different parts of India, especially those who
learnt another language (mostly their mother tongue) before English, speak English as a translation of
their own mother tongue using the same grammatical rules. So, we think in our own regional language
and merely translate it into English, rather than thinking it in English !! I have attempted to compile very
few of the commonly encountered style of English of average Indians.
Overuse of actually/obviously/generally/basically/ seriously etc
They might say: Seriously, she is a good person.
Instead of: She is a good person.
Questions framing
General Indians frame questions like ‘You didn’t come yesterday’? instead of saying ‘Didn’t you
come yesterday?’
Idioms
We say: What is your good name?
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Instead of: What is your name?

Answers to question content
A question “Didn’t you take Rita to school?”
May be answered with: Yes, I didn’t.
Instead of: No, I didn’t.
Incorrect Tag questions
We say: They did it, no? / He is here, isn’t it?/ She closed the door, did she?
Instead of: They did it, didn’t they? / He is here, isn’t he?/ She closed the door, didn’t she?
Prepositions
We say: Let us discuss about this.
Instead of: Let us discuss this.
We say: Let us meet with him.
Instead of: Let us meet him.
Progressive tense in stative verbs
We say: I am liking it very much.
Instead of: I like it very much.
Inappropriate usage
We say: Tom was not there but.
Instead of: But Tom was not there.
We say: I only told her to do that.
Instead of: I told her to do that.
Use of “of”
We say: She had so much of work to do that…..
Instead of: She had so much work to do that……
Region-specific errors
A person from the south
Might say: I simply forwarded the mail to my boss.
Instead of: I just forwarded the mail to my boss.
Now let me give some examples of Hinglish. A mix of Hindi (the official language of India) and English
(an associate official language of India) that is spoken by upwards of 350 million people in urban areas of
India. (India contains the largest English-speaking population in the world.) In a shampoo advertisement
currently playing on Indian television, Priyanka Chopra, the Bollywood actress, sashays past a line of open-
top sports cars, flicking her glossy mane, before looking into the camera and saying: 'Come on girls, waqt hai
shine karne ka!' "Part English, part Hindi, the line--which means 'It’s time to shine!'--is a perfect example of
Hinglish, the fastest growing language in India. While it used to be seen as the patois of the street and the
uneducated, Hinglish has now become the lingua franca of India’s young urban middle class. One high-
profile example is Pepsi’s slogan 'Yeh Dil Maange More!' (The heart wants more!), a Hinglish version of its
international “Ask for more!” campaign." Prepaid mobile phones have become so ubiquitous in India that
English words to do with their use--'recharge,' 'top-up' and 'missed call'--have become common, too. Now, it
seems, those words are transforming to take on broader meanings in Indian languages as well as in Hinglish.
This mix of Hindi and English is now the going on the streets and college campuses of urban India.
While once considered the resort of the uneducated or the expatriated--the so-called 'ABCDs' or the
American-Born Confused Desi (desi denoting a countryman), Hinglish is now the fastest-growing language
in the country. So much so, in fact, that multinational corporations have increasingly in this century chosen
to use Hinglish in their ads. A McDonald's campaign in 2004 had as its slogan 'What your bahana is?' (What's
your excuse?), while Coke also had its own Hinglish strapline 'Life ho to aisi' (Life should be like this). . . . In
Bombay, men who have a bald spot fringed by hair are known as stadiums, while in Bangalore nepotism or
favouritism benefiting one's (male) child is known as son stroke.
SMS text is yet one more feather in the cap of ‘Queen’s English’ The younger folk have understandably
rebelled. They shorten things. They email and sign off with a cheery “luv”, because apparently vowels cost
money now. When I overhear something in the tea stall my ears are subjected to, and scarred by, the spoken
“OMG” (Oh my God) and “TTFN” (Tata Tata for now). Yes, I want to tell them, life is short, but it’s not that
short. Finally, I must say it is Khichidi time, so let us enjoy!! I shall be pondering whether to inject
“Indianisms” into my writing to make it more contemporary!!
Smorgasbord: Buffet meal with various esp. savoury dishes.
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Technical Education and Ethics
Dr. Apurva M. Shah

Professor & Head,
The world is facing a lot of challenges due to rapid advancement of technology. Exponentially
increasing mistrust and decay in human values demand reform in curricula so as to make teaching-
learning phenomena an effective mechanism for moral and ethical values. The lack of moral and
spiritual thinking and practice is also neglected by education and now-a-days faced with growing
challenges of overall development of the nation and person himself. We have divided education and
spirituality in to two parts. The student is afraid in accepting his beliefs in front of his friends.
In our present technical education system, increase in competition for achievement, full
development of the student is neglected. The job of engineers requires good understanding of human
nature and art of handling them. Given the power of modern technology, consequences of wrong choices
or errors in execution can be devastating in terms of damage to the environment and the loss of life and
property. Hence responsible practice of engineering requires an understanding of social values and
needs of loyalties. The sound engineer is considered for his understanding of social, cultural and moral
values.
Ethical and value based technical education training is becoming increasingly important as the
pressure of succeeding in an intensely competitive global market growth. According to a World Bank
report, more than 50 Crore Indians are younger than 25 years and over the next five years India will be
responsible for nearly a quarter of the increase in the world’s working-age population. Therefore
education system in the nation should be more careful in this matter not for the country but for entire
world.
Each education institute must formulate code of ethics for students, teachers and other
employees, which must be religiously followed. According to Mahatma Gandhiji, “A man with a grain of
faith in God never loses hope, because he ever believes in the ultimate triumph of truth”. Shri
Pandurang Shastri Athalve says that thought itself is a great force. Indian culture is based on Vedas and
Veda means thought.Now-a-days, our technical education is only for earning money. Even Ph.D. holers
are tempted by the tactics of the moneyed class.Education system should reduce the gap with
spirituality. The concepts of morality, ethics, duty, honesty, sincerity and kindness inculcate through
positive thoughts of Vedas and God loving mentality only.
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η v/s. E
Dr. Darshak A . Desai

Professor & Head,
Engineers are efficiency oriented. Whatever they do, they strive to do it efficiently. Efficiency is one of the
most important key words for them. But in the era of global competition only efficiency will not be enough.
Globalization of trade and business and liberalization of government’s industrial policies resulted in to cut throat
competition in the business world wide. Engineers need to be effective too along with efficient to survive, excel and
grow. Pure technical knowledge and clarity of engineering fundamentals are necessary to create a strong base in
the respective professional field of engineering. This is must to impart the essential characteristic of efficiency to
the engineers. Managerial skills will add the flavor of effectiveness in to the hard earned efficiency. Understanding
principles of management is also essential for engineers. To be efficient and effective too, engineers need to know
the overall amalgamation of the technical and managerial fundamentals.
Let’s take a fuzzy comparison between three categories of professionals, workers, craftsmen and techno-
managers (engineers with strong managerial knowledge) based on how they undertake their work in general.
Workers generally follow the instructions from the supervisor and do the job mechanically without applying
any logical thinking and analysis. Craftsmen are generally sensitive class of community somewhat similar to
artists. They, by and large, fall in love with their work and do their jobs where emotions are on driver’s seat while
logical and rational thinking become secondary.
Professional engineers that is, techno-managers are working with a great combination of hand, heart and
mind too. They make their hand dirty and oily while working on shopfloor, they get involved in the job they
undertake by heart and they as well apply rational and analytical thinking on what they are doing. They are ready
to do hard work and they also know how to do the smart work. This is a general analysis, there may be exceptions.
But the crux is that engineers should be both efficient and effective.
The concept of efficiency and effectiveness were suggested by the most respected writers on management, Peter
Drucker.
As per him…
Efficiency = doing things right
Effectiveness = doing the right things
Efficiency is an input-output concept. An efficient engineer achieves outputs using minimum inputs. The
engineers who can minimize the cost of the resources needed to achieve goals are termed as efficient. Effectiveness,
in contrast, involves in choosing right goals.
Let us take the example of a car manufacturing company. When demand for small and economy cars are
raising and during that time company go on producing bigger and luxury cars, then the company is ineffective,
because it is working on inappropriate goal. Even if thy can produce large cars with maximum efficiency, they are
ineffective. During 1970s when the demand for fuel- efficient, smaller cars increased General Motors ignored the
competition created by Japanese and Germans, believing that this development as an aberration and that
Americans, loyal to their own American products, would not continue to buy foreign cars. As a consequence, they
continued to produce large, fuel-inefficient cars, and in doing so lost enormous competitive ground to these new
rivals. This is the impact of lack of effectiveness. No amount of efficiency can make up for a lack of effectiveness. So,
before we focus on doing things efficiently, we need to be sure we have found the right things to do. So please don’t
ignore effectiveness in search of efficiency.
------ For the Benefit of Budding Techno-Managers from GCET
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Advancement
Prof. B.V. Thakkar

Professor & Head, Electronics & Communication
Engineering Department
In the modern times of engineering and technology, advancement in the field of electronics has
played a major role. In almost every field electronics has made significant change in terms of availability
of new products and usability of the same for mankind. In the field of electronics varies areas are focused
namely Instrumentation, System Design, Control Engineering, Communication Engineering, Signal
Processing, Bio Medical engineering etc. Parallel advancement in all of these areas has resulted in to
varieties of equipment that may be used in Consumer electronics, Bio medical instruments, Process
plant, Military equipments, Communication Equipments including Satellites, Radars etc. For the field
of biomedical engineering the measurement and processing of various physiological parameters like
ECG, SpO2, EEG etc. has lead to better health cure. Some of the diseases and their cure which was not
possible before several decades is now a reality due to the platform given by research and development in
the field of Electronics. Even the use of same along with communication engineering has lead to “e
Health” for rural areas. Such combination of Bio medical engineering and communication engineering
has resulted into remote monitoring of the patient where immediate help of doctors is not possible. This
ultimately has resulted into better service to the society. Similar is the story for all other areas of core
electronics branch.EC Dept. at the GCET engineering college is focusing on the use of electronics for the
society benefit through imparting knowledge among the students by an under graduate and a post
graduate program. Here Students are learning on the basic fundamentals as well as using the same for
projects and dissertation that ultimately find their benefits of the society.
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WHAT IS MECHATRONICS?
Prof. B. A. Doshi
Professor & Head,
Mechatronics engineering Department
Mechatronics is the future of Mechanical engineering.

The microwave ovens in the kitchen, the fussy logic washing machines, computer controlled cars
are nothing but a mechanical body and electronic soul. A combination of mechanical engineering and
electronics engineering. Electronics engineering is complementing mechanical engineering in terms of
achievements of higher standards of precision, accuracy and repeatability. Since these achievements
are indispensable in today’s global economy so mechanical and electronics are becoming virtually
inseparable day by day. Hence , Mechatronics is nothing but the mechanical engineering of the future.
“Mechatronics” is a term coined by the Japanese to describe the integration of mechanical and
electronics engineering. The concept which has become a buzz word traveled to Europe, U S A and Asia.
More specifically, it refers to a interdisciplinary approach to product and manufacturing system design.
It represents the next generation machines, robots and smart mechanisms for carrying out work in
variety of environments. “Just as electronics and computers have revolutionized our life in number of
different ways , Mechatronics have revolutionized mechanical engineering, machining processes in
industries.
An epitomized definition can be “MECHATRONICS is the synergic combination of precision
mechanical engineering, electronic control and computing technologies to enhance the performance of
product, systems and processes” Hence Mechatronics is not itself a separate discipline but is the
interdisciplinary fusion of mechanical, electronics and computers.
APPLICATIONS OF MECHATRONICS:
Till 1970, most industrial products-machine tools, manufacturing equipment, consumer
products, home appliances, etc. were largely mechanical systems with very limited electrical or
electronic content. However, since the seventies there has been a dramatic change in the technology of
these products, an increasing content of electric and electronic systems integrated with the mechanical
parts of the products, viz. Mechatronics. General applications of Mechatronics are as follows:
--CNC machine tools, electronic measuring systems
-Electronic consumer products like CD players, VCRs, Digital cameras, Fax, Photocopiers, Automotive
Mechatronics, Medical Mechatronics.
In the domain of factory automation, Mechatronics has had far reaching effects in manufacturing
and will gain even more importance in future. Major constituents of factory automation include CNC
machines, robots, automation systems and computer integration of all functions of manufacturing.
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Source of Inspiration
Prof. Maulika S. Patel
Professor & Head,
Among the many quotations I have come across regarding reading and books, I feel the following
two describes the best how I feel about books and reading.
(1) The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read.
-Mark Twain
(2) Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I am a regular reader since childhood. I am thankful to my parents who have inculcated this habit
in me. I have read many books, covering various categories like autobiographies, about time
management, about how to become a good manager, about effective public speaking, about how to be
happy, how to be successful, how to handle small children without spanking, how to deal with
adolescent child, about numerology, about palmistry, about psychology and also novels. I also like to
read about great people. However, the choice is quite personal. I only continue to read a book if I get
positive message from it. There is always something to take away from good books. I have got strength
from books that I read. Many a times, it has happened that I am coping with a particular situation,
frustrated and disturbed, I pick something from the little collection that I have, open a page randomly, I
get a way of dealing with. Below is an incomplete list of the books I would highly recommend to the
students. I can read them again and again for various reasons. Most of them are best sellers, but I have
augmented the list with my personal views about them.
1.) Jitendra Adhia’s “Prerna nu Jharnu”. I read if often and the essence is to know the power within you.
Change your thoughts and change your mind. Anything that happens in outside world first happens
in your mind. What you think, you become.
2.) All books by Dr I K Vijliwala are worth reading. I read “Amrut no Odkar”, and could not resist in
ordering all his titles the very day. Thanks to flipkart for delivering them within two days.
3.) Words of wisdom by H H Sri Sri Ravishankar Maharaj.
These books are very spiritual in nature. May be the younger audience might not appreciate.
However, when one gains maturity, then his words may seem like nectar. In one of his books, he has
quoted, “You are a victim unless you forgive”.
4.) I love Sudha Murty for the books she has written.
a.) Man ni vaat, where she narrates her own experiences.
b.) “Gently falls the Bakula”. Teaches you to set your priorities and that it is important you set a balance
between work and family.
5.) Robin Sharma’s “Mega Living” is about achieving personal excellence. How to plan your life and
achieve your goals. The main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing.
For sure, you will not regret reading them.

Wear an old coat and buy a new book!!!!!
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Dissolved Gas Analysis
Prof. Sameer B Patel,

Professor & Head,
Dissolved gas analysis(DGA) is the study of dissolved gases in insulating fluid such astransformer oil.
Insulating materials within transformers and electrical equipment break down to liberate gases within
the unit. The distribution of these gases can be related to the type of electrical fault, and the rate of gas
generation can indicate the severity of the fault. The identity of the gases being generated by a particular
unit can be very useful information in any preventative maintenance program.
The collection and analysis of gases in an oil-insulated transformer was discussed earlier in 1928.
Many years of empirical and theoretical study have gone into the analysis of transformer fault gases.
DGA usually consists of three steps: Sampling, extraction, analysis. Modern technology is
changing this process with innovation of DGA units that can be transported and used on site as well as
some that come directly connected to the transformer its self. Online monitoring of electrical equipment
is an integral part of thesmart grid. Though this new technology is promising often oil quality labs are
still utilized as third party verification. Also upgrading all equipment to meet the goals of the smart grid
can be cost prohibitive.
Sampling
An oil sample tube is used to draw, retain and transport the sample of transformer oil in the same
condition as it is inside a transformer with all fault gases dissolved in it.
Glass syringe
Oil syringes are another means of obtaining an oil sample from a transformer. The volume of the
syringes has a large range but can be commonly found in the 50ml range. The quality and cleanliness of
the syringe is important as it maintains the integrity of the sample before the analyses.
Extraction
The DGA technique involves extracting or stripping the gases from the oil and injecting them into
a gas chromatograph (GC). Detection of gas concentrations usually involves the use of a flame ionization
detector (FID) and a thermal conductivity detector (TCD). Most systems also employ a methanizer, which
converts any carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide present into methane so that it can be burned and
detected on the FID, a very sensitive sensor.
Analysis
Chromatographic Analysis is a method of separating the different gases. The gases are injected
into the chromatograph and transported through a column. The column selectively retards the sample
gases and they are identified as they travel past a detector at different times. A plot of detector signal
versus time is called the chromatogram.
Fault gases
When gassing occurs in transformers there are several gases that are created. Enough useful
information can be derived from nine gases so the additional gases are usually not examined. The nine
gases examined are:
A.) Atmospheric Gases:hydrogen,nitrogenoxygen
B.) Oxides of Carbon:carbon monoxidecarbon dioxide
C.) Hydrocarbons:acetylene,ethylene,methaneethane
The gases extracted from the sample oil are injected into a gas chromatograph where the columns
separate gases. The separated gases are detected bythermal conductivity detectoratmospheric gases,
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byflame ionization detectorhydrocarbons and oxides of carbon. A methanator is used to detect oxides of
carbon by reducing them to methane, when they are in very low concentration.
Types of faults
Thermal faults are detected by the presence of by-products of solid insulation decomposition. The
solid insulation is commonly constructed of cellulose material. The solid insulation breaks down
naturally but the rate increases as the temperature of the insulation increases. When an electrical fault
occurs it releases energy which breaks the chemical bonds of the insulating fluid. Once the bonds are
broken these elements quickly reform the fault gases. The energies and rates at which the gases are
formed are different for each of the gases which allow the gas data to be examined to determine the kind
of faulting activity taking place within the electrical equipment.
Insulation overheating
When transformer is overloaded it generates more heat and deteriorates thecellulose insulation.
In this case DGA results show high carbon monoxide and high carbon dioxide. In extreme cases
methane and ethylene are at higher levels.
Insulation liquid overheating
The overheating of insulation liquid results in breakdown of liquid by heat and formation of high
thermal gases. They are methane, ethane and ethylene.
Corona
It is apartial dischargedetected in a DGA by elevated hydrogen.
Arcing
Arcingis the most severe condition in a transformer and indicated even by low levels of acetylene.
Application
Interpretation of the results obtained for a particular transformer requires knowledge of the age
of the unit, the loading cycle, and the date of major maintenance such as filtering of the oil.
After samples have been taken and analyzed, the first step in evaluating DGA results is to consider the
concentration levels (in ppm) of each key gas. It is recommended that values for each of the key gases be
trended over time so that the rate-of-change of the various gas concentrations can be evaluated.
Basically, any sharp increase in key gas concentration is indicative of a potential problem within the
transformer.
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Green Building: A requisite for Sustainable &

cofriendly Building Technology
Dr. Khadeeja Priyan

Professor & Head,
Civil & Structural Engineering Department
Construction Industry is a significant contributor to GDP in India. It is one of the largest

industries and it employs more than three crore people in the country. It consumes more than half of the
economic expenditure budget. This sector has been growing rapidly. However, it poses many adverse
impacts to the environment. Electricity and water are the primary fuels used by buildings. A lot of energy
is also consumed for the manufacturing and transportation of building materials. In India, the rate of
growth in construction industry is 10 % as compared to the world average of 5.2 %. The population
growth rate in the country is 1.3% where as the growth rate in energy consumption is 4.3%. It has been
estimated that 22% of green house gas emissions has been contributed by the construction sector in our
country. Hence, energy efficiency in the building sector assumes a significant role.
The invention of Portland cement and steel causes revolutionary changes in the field of
construction. Extensive use of various energy intensive building materials such as steel, cement, glass,
aluminum, plastics and other metals provides tremendous pressure on the environment leading to
environmental degradation at a massive scale. Since construction sector alone consumes 40 % of the
energy generated, there is an increasing need for alternative methods for controlling the energy
consumption. This may be possible by optimum utilization of energy resources and raw materials to
produce simple, energy efficient, environment friendly and sustainable building alternatives and
techniques. In the recent past, alternative building technologies, which are eco-friendly in nature, have
been developed and are termed as green buildings. Green buildings are designed in such a way that they
use less energy, water and other natural resources. They create less amount of waste and offer healthier
built-in environment for the users. These buildings are constructed with eco-friendly designs by using
environment-friendly materials. Many buildings have been constructed in various parts of the world
with alternative building technologies.
In India, Green building movement started in the year 2000. Indian Green Building Council
(IGBC) provides awareness and latest trends on green buildings to Architects, Designers and other
people involved in construction industry. They organize conferences, training programmes and other
discussions to delegates to get an opportunity to network with national and international experts. It
provides a platform to launch new building products and thus to explore new business opportunities.
Apart from promoting the technology, they popularize the green house rating system also. According to
IGBC, if the building has 48 to 59 credits without interiors or 45 to 55 credits with interiors, the building
may be certified as a gold building. Green buildings are constructed in Gujarat also. Shapath V,
developed by Savvy Infrastructures Ltd on SG Highway, Ahmedabad, is designed as the first green
building in the State.
In this building, flyash bricks and high performance glass were used. The glass has the special
property of selectively allows the light to enter inside but reflects the heat. The top soil excavated for
foundation was used for terrace garden. Since the heat is less due to flyash, terrace garden and the
special glass, the requirement for ACs is less. The building has water harvesting tanks and an inbuilt
sewage treatment plant. It is a gold-certified green building by IGBC with 69 credits.
Source : www.aapnuahmedabad.com/2009/08/02/green-building-shapath-v-sg-highway/
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Penogram
(Poetry)
Guest Author
økwshkíke Awt nwt s {Lku yòýe

yk¾wÞu søk ÷køku ÃÞkÁt, økwshkíke Awt. {qtÍkhkLkk {nu÷ ð[k¤u, Mkkuz y{u íkku íkkýe,
Rïh ÃkkMkuLkwt ½h {kÁt, økwshkíke Awt. ÃkezkLkk Ãkxfw¤ Ãknuhu÷e, nwt s {Lku yòýe.
Ëw:¾Lku Ëhðkòu çktÄ fhe ÃkeÄwt økx økx,
Mkw¾Lku hkÏÞwt Au MkrnÞkÁt, økwshkíke Awt.
MktðuËLkLkk Mk¤ð¤ s¤ Ãkh çkktÄe ËeÄk rfÕ÷k,
ykt¾ Íkxfe fkýkLku fkýku fnuðkLkku,
çkku÷þu Lkrn MkkÁt MkkÁt, økwshkíke Awt. çkkfe Mk½¤wt Mkßsz Mkkçkqík, niÞk Ãkh Au nÕ÷k.
Mk½¤e Mkøkðz MkqhsLke yuLku ykÃke Au, f÷hð{kt nwt õÞktÞ níke Lkk ðuhkLku ðuhkýe.
{u' {kLk çkLku òu ytÄkÁt, økwshkíke Awt. ÃkezkLkk Ãkxfw¤ Ãknuhu÷e, nwt s {Lku yòýe.
yxfe òíke Ãk¤ Lku Ãkwhe Úkkíke yxf¤,
çkMk íÞktÚke ¾wËLku rðMíkkÁt, økwshkíke Awt.
f¤þ fktøkhk {kiLk, Í\¾k-{ku¼khk Mkw{Mkk{,
rðþu»kýkuLkkt ðLk Au íkkhe ykøk¤ ÃkkA¤
{U íkku feÄwt Au ÃkhçkkÁt, økwshkíke Awt. W¼zf Sðu [kíkf Íqhu, niÞu hk¾e nk{.
[ktËk ðå[u ½h çkktÄeLku hnwt yÚkðk íkku Mktfu÷ku yk ÃkkLkuíkhLke ½w½rhÞk¤e ðkýe,
yk¼ yøkkMke Ãkh WíkkÁt, økwshkíke Awt. ÃkezkLkk Ãkxfw¤ Ãknuhu÷e, nwt s {Lku yòýe.
nhîkh økkuMðk{e - hûkk þwf÷

økkihð ÃkwhMfkh ykuV økwshkík økðo{uLx
yuÍ y Þtøk Ãkkuyux - 2009
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çkk¤Ãký “{kÁt”
ðuhkLk yk hMíkk Ãkh nwt [k÷e hÌkku,
çkk¤Ãký huíke su{ M{hýku{kt Wzíkwt hÌkwt
{kt Lkku yu Ônk÷ Mkkøkh, çkku÷ òýu {ÄÚke íkhçkku¤,
yu{kt zqçkfk {khíkku nwt {hSðku ykuík«kuík
Auzku MkçktÄkuLkku òuzíkku Lkrn {wõík Ãkt¾e,
÷ku[Lk{kt íkku Mð¡ku Mkuðkíkk, nwt rðnhíkku
níke yLkw¼qrík Mkwðk¤e Mkqíkku ßÞkhu ÷kËe Ãkh,
rLkËkuo»k [nuhku, n¤ðwt ÂM{ík òýu ¾e÷íkwt Vq÷
ðkíkkuLkk [ÁLkku hkò, Ëhçkkh {khku ¼hkíkku,
yu fku{¤ nkMÞ {Ze Ëuíkwt rLk{o¤ ¼k»kk
çkMk yks ÞkËkuLkk nzMku÷k, níkwt «Úk{ ÃkøkÚkeÞwt,
rËþk ykÃke suýu, [zíkku s hÌkku, ðkøkku¤íkku hÌkku...
çkk¤Ãký “{kÁt”
- hrð X¬h
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Someday, Somehow
There was a time when everything was right,

Each moment was blissful and bright.
Carefree, evergreen smile flashing on the
ykt¾{kt ¾qt[e hne face,
But now life seems to loose its pace.
ykt¾{kt ¾qt[e hne Au ÷køkýe fxfku nðu Everywhere is dark, no ray of hope,
No chances are left to recoup.
MðÃLk òuðkLkk økwLkk{kt òð çkMk ¼xfku nðu The evil void seared my happy soul,
Tears are flowing which i can't control.
Finding way out of it, I wasn't sure
yk søkík{kt fux÷k ÞnwËk nsw {kisqË Au Just wondering if I can find any cure.
íkku RMkw ÚkRLku ÃkAe yk Míkt¼ Ãkh ÷xfku nðu But time heals all pain,
After draught there always comes to rain.
Even though life seems to be full of jerks,
ð]ûk ÚkRLku W¼ðwt yk fux÷e MkËeyku MkwÄe But letting yourself down will never work.
yuf Mkw¬e zk¤ ÚkRLku õÞktf sR çkxfku nðu Parents love can't be described in brief,
And true friends are always besides us in
gried.
yu rðþuLkwt fkuRíkku fkhý fþu {¤íkwt LkÚke There are many people who make life worth
ykt¾ su øk{íke níke yu ykt¾{kt ¾xfku nðu living,
So cheer up and start dreaming.
Just believe in yourself and your dreams,
yk økÍ÷ fkuýu ÷¾e Au yuÞ íku Ãk]åAk Úkþu Though impossible things may seem.
yk hËeVku fkrVÞk {qfe shk Axfku nðu Someday, somehow you'll get through,
To the goal you have in view.
õÞkt ÷øke LkiÃkÚÞ{kt AqÃkkRLku çkku÷e þfku Meghav Verma

á~Þ Au ©kuíkkÞ Au íkku ÕÞku yne xÃkfku nðu 3rd level (EC)
Wzíkk þçËku yne ykðe f÷{ Ãkh Úkku¼þu

ÚkR økÞku Au ÂMÚkh yk òu çkúñLkku ÷xfku nðu
nh sLk{{kt ÃkkhÄe [qfe hÌkku Au ÷ûÞ òu

yuf feze ïkMk{kt {qfe økR [xfku nðu
yk økÍ÷Lkku yk¾he yk þuh ÚkR òþu ¾ík{

ïkMk ÷ku Úkkuzku nðu Lku ykt¾Lku {xfku nðu
- rLkr¾÷ òuþe
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A Part Of Me……….
When you look at me
I can feel some difference
It’s not just about me
But there’s something that has changed.
Don’t know what’s going on

When you are around me
I can feel you in my loneliness
When I expect no one to be with me.
Waiting…………
I can’t stop that smile on my face
When I am thinking of you Waiting for the day
I don’t know what you feel When I would be set free
And now I fear asking you. Wanna spread my wings
And fly high being ME….
And now when I see myself
I feel it’s not just me Dunno when that day would come
I have never felt this way before
When I won’t need to pretend
It seems like you are a part of me……
To be happy and use this fake smile
RUCHI PATEL To cover my tears those never seem to
end…….
3rd level (EC)
When my heart’s desire
Would take me in the open sky
The day when I would have no obstacles
The day when I would fly high……..
Am just waiting for an Angel

In my life to cure
All this pain I am going through & tell me
That I am forever Yours…….
RUCHI PATEL
3rd level (EC)
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THE TREASURE.
Nobody had it , but the little girl ;
The priceless, powerful, pure,
Everybody envied it
Because, It was something to assure;
To assure a peaceful life, amidst no sorrows,

It could make life full of colours.
Sorrows, anger, hatred in the burrows
Were buried deep down under!
Deep down under; it was a treasure

Every person owing it would have pleasure
But ah ! it was that little girl,
The lucky person to make it hers!
It was to be protected throughout her journey;

For all the people envied it,
Envied it for they did nit have
What the little girl had amidst!
The journey was difficult, path uneven;

The people determined to defocus the little girl,
She had to preserve it, try to put her efforts
To not to let people grab what was hers.
But alas! The little girl dropped it,

Somewhere in the thorny bushes, pebbled path;
The people were laughing at the girl
For her efforts went null.
But the pebbled path and thorny bushes,

Where the treasure lay;
Was found deep under the little girl’s very own
Core of her heart, Stay !
Sanya K. Engineer
1st level EC
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The need of the hour...
Industrialization, yes has become integral core of our life,

Taking us far away from our children and wife;
We talk of internet, microprocessor and chips,
Have lost moments of those nights, those restful sleeps;
'M striving to go back to the vista where i see;
are just the simple fruits, apple and blackberry;

We live in an electronic world, our life digitized,
Now our heart too accompanied with pacemaker,
Humans are not humans, simply the troublemaker;
I want to return to the green meadows calling,
To the fresh grass and pious dewdrops falling;
To listen themyths and grandma's fairytale,
Far away from the bass of Nicki Minaj and Abigail;
To pluck those ripe mangoes, so yellow,
'M fed up of this world, surrounded by idiot fellow;
Yes, it is a world full of witty rascals,
students just entangled in Archimedes, Galileo and triangles of Pascal;
We are living a robotic life, lost our senses,
The hope to be human again, just dropping chances,
Still we can be the same again. have sympathy
and sense, appreciation with a voice of care,
But the woe seems too pathetic, too infinity,
To bring back and tie Medusa's hair;
But what is done cannot be done,
My manhood is cast,
And now, I weep like child for the past....
Ajinkya mahajan
2nd level (IT)
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The voice whispers.......
Hung a picture with golden frame on wall today,

It made me visualize something;
Their life, the people i saw, had turned nothing,
but a loose sympathy of merciful darkness,
Their souls spoke of infinite maladies,
And the future was even more grave!
They walked on concrete roads, far from
the earthy dust i feel,
Ate nothing but bread and butter, arousing
senses for the fresh fruits i enjoy,
Their world shrinked smaller, the distances grew
between humans, far from true,
They had cells and net to connect, but,
were devoid of time to say and care,
They had smart cards and electronic wallet,
away from the tinkling of coins, so fair,
The value depreciated, the time collapsed,

Their visions grew narrow, their bridges widened,
Entwined are the nests in the canopied corners,
Though distances shrunk, neighbors are strangers;
What if i am caught in such a situation?
Will i rule or leave the hope to live, every intention,
Will it be a false folly or just my final destination;
Whatever it may be, I would again return,
to this beautiful earth and the beautiful sun;
And finally I reveal, things i talked about,
The picture was of human, and the golden frame,
Of Humanity....!!!
Ajinkya mahajan
2nd level (IT)
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Engineering in GCET
Like one of the biscuit

producing in the factory of parle - G,
Gcet ,the firm of engineering
has the same impression for it"s G.
Orientation acknowledge
it's a field of innovation,
Attaches the human with machine
to have creation beyond imagination
Stress cyclone aroused are too hectic

due to lectures for whole of the afternoon,
Vanished by the pranks of the peers
until the head feel ,weight of the moon.
As the season of tech-fest arise

the individual's creativity blossom rise ,
Leads to manifest the power from within
Dil kehta hai....... cause the shower of invention wise.
Dil kehta hai aaj me udta chalu, Preparing the notes for submission
Dil kehta hai aaj asma chhu lu, making usfeel , let's be a publisher ,
Dil kehta hai aaj me thoda jee lu, Earning the bucks,
kyonki ye dil pyar me hai. becomes someone's well wisher .
Dil ne kaha ha ye hai wahi, Phenomena of thermo & induction
Dil ne kaha banale ise teri, has flourished engineering in me.
Dil ne kaha ye hai teri zindagi, Ignited the spark to say one day,
kyunki ye hi he mere man me basi. it's just because of me .
Uska chahera bedaag chand hai, Endless memories never let forget,
Uski aankhon me ek shabab hai, the days of celebration .
Uski baatein lagti nashili hai,
kyonki wo to bemisaal hai. Which leads not in a machine,
Dil ye bole wo chahe tujhe, but in humans "The Innovation".
Dil ye bole wo mange tujhe,
Dil ye bole bulale use,
kyonki ye hi he meri khushi.
Jay Patel
Me ye kahu i love you jaana, 3rd level (EE)
Me ye bolu i need you my love,
Me ye sochu tu ab aa bhi jaa,
kyon ki me hu bani tere he liye.
-NIKET CHAUDHARI
(07EE718)
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Life before Computers
An application was for employment

A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!
Memory was something that you lost with age

A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3 1/2 inch floppy
You hoped nobody found out!
Want her bck….!!!
Compress was something you did to garbage
Not something you did to a file I jst want her bck in mah lyf….:-)
And if you unzipped anything in public Coz….Widout her,
You'd be in jail for awhile! I m a bdy widout soul,
I m a man wid no senses…
Log on was adding wood to a fire I m a road wid no-one to walk
Hard drive was a long trip on the road I m a garden wid no chidren to play
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived I m a flower wid no fragrance
And a backup happened to your commode! Infct I m ntin widout her….:(
Cut - you did with a pocket knife

Paste you did with glue Karan.K.Khatwani
A web was a spider's home 2nd level(EE)
And a virus was the flu!
I'll stick to my pad and paper

And the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens, they wish they were dead!
Mah New friend….:-)
Sometyms ago, I found a new friend….
ISHAQ SHEIKH A gal in mah lyf was lyk a new trend….!!!
ELECTRICAL DEPT. In the starting, she thought I am proudy & arrogant….
Bt now she thinks of me as someone who is cunning & intelligent….!!!
She is a great persons as well as a good frnd….
I lyk everytng inher frm her walkin style to way she stand….
Frm her clothes, footwear & bag in hand….
And even a small thing lyk her hair’s rubber-band….!!!
I wanna share everytng wid her frm start to end….
I wanna walk wid her hand in hand….!!!
In simple words, I want her to be mah gal-frnd…..
She doesn’t luv is what she pretends….
Bt I won’t let mah story to have a sad end….:-)
Karan.K.Khatwani
2nd level(EE)
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LET IT BE
Lets them allow to free

from all thoes duities
they have done for us, Like the stars in the sky,
I am calling to u.
Lets them allow to free
from all thoes sacrifies From the heavens above,
they have given for us, I am looking for u.
In the depth of my soul,
Lets them alloe to free
I will live and breath for u.
from all thoes pains
they have taken for us, You should always love life,
For it is a part of u.
Lets them alloe to break I will be there when you fall,
the silentness,the patients
they have kept for us, To catch you and say I LOVE U.
Lets them allow to take

all thoes happiness
they have leaved for us,
Patel Jaynil J.
Lets them allow to enjoy 3rd level (ME)
he life,they have left out for us…
Varu Hardik
2nd level (EE)
When you were 40 years old, she called to remind you of a relative's birthday.
You thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now."
When you were 50 years old, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.
You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never
did came crashing down like thunder on your YOUR HEART.
IF SHE'S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER
MORE THAN EVER...
AND IF SHE'S NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE AND PASS IT
ON....... ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE THY MOTHER,
BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE
MOTHER IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!!!
Abhijit Mahida
1st level (CH)
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Ode to the Alarm Clock
Every morning I lie there sleeping,

When my peace is destroyed by a god-awful beeping.
My dreams shattered, sudden and drastic,
By this evil, awful, red-eyed chunk of plastic.
I roll over in pain and hammer on the snooze,

Grumbling, groaning, thinking 'Why must this thing torture me so?'
'Don't make me get up, just five minutes more!'
The same thing I've said every morning before.
It's not that I'm not a morning person, or that I dread the coming day,
It's just that I hate waking up in this way!
I'd much rather rise up along with the light,
Shining through the window, glowing, beaming, bright.
But the sudden screaming, the unbearable fuss,

Makes me want to scream, cry, and even begin to cuss!
Especially the knowledge that all of my sorrow
Will be repeated the same time, same way, tomorrow.
Hitesh Basantani
2nd level MC
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Tech. Rhyme
Gear teeth meshing with other gear,

which transmits power & motion,
represents the magic of team work.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Lift of heavy load is always difficult,

lever arrangement, makes it simple,
high the leverage, higher the mechanical advantage.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Applying force through handle reduces human effort,

higher the force, higher the length of handle,
which minimizes human effort.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Elevated loads are bared by columns,

hollow cross section provides better support,
as hollow cross sections possess higher radius of gyration.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Shafts are used in power transmission,

circular cross section is preferred,
as which creates minimum air resistance.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Fuel tank on mobile trucks, which are highly inflammable,

elliptical shape of tank is preferred as,
it provides more stability.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * *
Power loss occurs due to friction in motion transmission,

high the contact area, higher the friction,
hardened steel balls in bearings,
minimizes the contact area, & hence friction.
* * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * ** * * Prof. Hemant Thakkar

Mechanical Dept.
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Across The Horizon

Across the horizon i behold,
The rising disc millenia old.
The sight of it is a sign,
To creation from creator divine.
Spread along the savanna,

The wilderbeast go searching for manna.
A herd of gazelle hop around merry and well,
The big cats have just finished dining on their kill.
In the green grounds of Amazon,

Sleeping creatures wake up and cheer on.
A fight to the finish ages old,
Played out in the air on the forest floor, dark and cold.
The chill of the large ice borg isn't cold anymore,

'Coz the sun risen and darkness is no more.
Amid this a mother and her cubs wander,
Searching for seals to fatten up before Arctic winter.
Humpbucks of the turbulent Pacific begin their song,

Which had charmed humans for so long.
On the surface brave men slog and whine,
Searching for Pacific Tuna to earn a dime.
In the concrete jungles of Bombay, D.C and New York,

Suited men rush to work.
A lot many jobs need to be done,
Shores to be sold, contracts to be won.
Dusk draws in and the sky turns orange,

Just the end of the day but nothing strange.
The yellow disc replaced by a cool white ball,
Telling animals, wild and social to slumber and fall.
Meghav Verma
3rd level (EC)
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BLOOD AND FLESH
They were waiting…
Waiting for my arrival

They are waiting…
On this beautiful planet earth
Waiting for me to arrive
In the womb of mother
The womb is getting flooded
I heard them
By the tears of my mother
Talking about celebration
Which she could not express to them
I felt the touch of mother
I was now waiting…
I heard her songs for me
Waiting for uncertainty…
I felt the warmth of clothe
Why didn’t they slay my mother?
She knitted for me
She was too of my gender
I too was waiting to see her
Perhaps because
But now I hear…
she is a useful creature to them
I hear them wrangling
all of a sudden
Discussing something filthy
Something pierced the womb
They have come to make out
Scattered me into pieces
I’m of the gender of my mother
Of blood and flesh
They are displeased to this
They could not wait
And now…
Even for my arrival
Only the mother feels
I could not arrive.

Nikhil Joshi
Asst Prof. in ‘Communication
Skills’ I.T. Dept. GCET.
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I KNEW YOU WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

(FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL)
I knew your dreams I fall in love,
Because we used to talk I want to be with her always;
For hours at a time.
In happiness,
I knew your friendship to smile with her,
Because you were always there and be the one to hug her near.
When I needed your comfort.
In sadness, to cry with her,
I knew your pain and be the one to dry her tears.
Because you trusted me enough
To share your past with me. When I fall in love,
I will spend my every
I knew your fears Waking and sleeping
Because you helped me moments with her
To see those mines were the same.
and catch each
I knew what was important to you moment in its
Because you were always eternally lovely form.
So honest with me.
When I fall in love, I will miss her
I knew your goals the very moment I say 'goodbye'
Because I felt the enthusiasm
In your words when you talked of them. and my heart will yearn for
the very moment I say hello'.
I knew your guidance
Because you patiently explained When I fall in love,
The things I didn’t understand. all my old hurts and pains
will seem lost and faded away
I knew your heart
Because I saw right into it and I will be strong and
And felt it a part of my own. brave once again.
When I fall in love,

I knew your honor I want you to be happy always, ever
Because you let me go
When I fall in love with you. and feel like
the happiest person of them all
I knew your love Because that's what I will feel,

Because you wouldn’t let me dream when I fall in love, with you.
Of us together.
Karan.K.Khatwani
2nd level(EE)
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When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.
You thanked her by crying all night long.
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
You thanked her by running away when she called.
When you were 3 years old, she Made all your meals with love.
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.
When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons.
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. Picture By :
When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. Devanshi Ganatra
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest.
2nd (IT)
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school.
You thanked her by screaming, "I' M Not Going!"
When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.
You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door neighbor's window.
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice-cream.
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after
another.
You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies.
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12 years old, she warned you to not to watch certain TV Shows.
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
When you were 13 years old, she suggested a haircut.
You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.
When you were 14 years old, she paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.
When you were 15 years old, she came home from work, looking for a hug.
You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.
When you were 16 years old, she taught you how drive her car.
You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.
When you were 17 years old, she was expecting an important call.
You thanked her by being on the phone all night.
When you were 18 years old, she cried at your high school graduation.
You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.
When you were 19 years old, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags.
You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed
in front of your friends.
When you were 20 years old, she asked whether you were seeing anyone.
You thanked her by saying, "It's none of your business."
When you were 21 years old, she suggested certain careers for your future.
You thanked her by saying, "I don't want to be like you."
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When you were 22 years old, she hugged you at your college graduation.
You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.
When you were 23 years old, she gave you furniture for your first apartment.
You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.
When you were 24 years old, she met your fiancé and asked about your plans for the future.
You thanked her by glaring and growling "Muuhh-ther, Please!"
When you were 25 years old, she helped to pay for your wedding, and cried and told you how deeply she loved
you.
You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.
When you were 30 years old, she called with some advice on the baby.
You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now."
When you were 40 years old, she called to remind you of a relative's birthday.
You thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now."
When you were 50 years old, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.
You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never
did came crashing down like thunder on your YOUR HEART.
IF SHE'S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER
MORE THAN EVER...
AND IF SHE'S NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE AND PASS IT
ON....... ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE THY MOTHER,
BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE
MOTHER IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!!!
- Abhijit Mahida
st
Semester- 1 sem.
Department- Chemical Engineering
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LIFE...!
Was it when my life began,
I was a girl...
I could wish my days must, HARMONY

Touch each natural piety... All our life we are students,
Dreams which are of a child, Environment is our teacher
Who is the father of a girl... The world is our school,
When I behold a rainbow, Which lays down the rule.
My heart leaps up the sky…
So, let I shall grow old, In exams; we have to appear,
or, let me die... Where god is the supervisor
Problems we face are the questions,
Anuragi Patel While the answers lie in the reactions.
1st level (CP) Anuragi Patel
1st level (CP)
It’s…….That…….
It’s hard, hard for me to say
To lie to you and walk away
It’s tough for me to believe

That you never meant what you said
It’s strange, strange path to walk on

When shadows don’t be with me to reveal the next
It’s love, the love that makes me say

I trusted you and followed you
Even if I knew you are not the one who prayed
It’s the hatred, the hatred what makes me fall

From the glacier of love, affection care and concern
It’s the fame, the fame that drives me

To the place of me, never found, never gone
It’s the Life, the Life that takes me

Takes me to the world unobtained........
-Vaghani Kruti
3rd level (IT)
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WANNA GREAT!
I was fighting with my soul,
to know something of my goal;
I asked, "Although, now I am in the field I dreamt,
still I am afraid of it;
as I am not sure of better prospects,
because we are deprived of better equipments."
soul stared at me astonishingly,
asked, "what happened to you suddenly;
small time had passed you were bubbling with confidence,
& now you are looking in mood of defence;
thanks god, mom-dad are not here,
otherwise your feelings have hurt them severe;
none of the legends were born great,
all of had struggle for the success they met;
according to me you are among the luckier ones,
as you can easily earn name among the tons;
in this glory race, colleges with name are favorites,
as their silver will be equal to our 24 carats;
students with chances like these,
will get jobs that makes you please;
but you are with utmost responsibility,
giving fame to your college also comes in your duty;
so, stop blaming on your college's progress,
and start working hard in bringing in grace"
SARDAR-an autobiography
Born in Nadiad in 1875,

brought up by Jhaverbhai and Laadbai;
bright student in school days,
become barrister with god's grace;
started law practice in Godhra,
& continued in Ahmedabad's aura;
urging of friends lead me to election,
& there i became the commissioner of sanitation;
successfully,i led Kheda revolt of peasants,
& in Bardoli i denied farmers to pay cents;
give up dresses that make me worthy,
& get accustomed to use of Khadi;
also went jail in civil disobedience,
in quit India movement & in round table conference;
after freedom,i still carried out struggle,
united princely states with frugal;
become India's first Home Minister,
& also get elected as first Deputy Prime Minister;
people adorned me Man Of Steel,
for which I would thank them on kneel;
did you identified me?,
Vikas Singh did I reside in heart thee?;
M.E., you will find me immortal,
if you always remain mine honest pal.
Industrial Engineering,I- sem.
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This poem was nominated for best poem of 2005,

written by an African child:
When I born, I black

When I grow up, I black
When I go in sun, I black
When I scared, I black
When I sick, I black
And when I die, I still black
And you white fella…
When you born, you pink
When you grow up, you white
When you go in sun, you red
When you cold, you blue
When you scared, you yellow
When you sick, you green
And when you die, you grey…
And you calling me colored?
Karan.K.Khatwani
2nd level(EE)
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Guest Author
To think perchance to dream
Andrew Lian
Professor of Foreign Language Studies at Suranaree University of Technology,
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Professor Emeritus at the University of Canberra, Australia
While the world was struggling to reconstruct after the torment and devastation of the
Second World War, it was also traversing a period of great creativity, paradoxically nurtured by
the events of the war. Like every moment in history, it was a period of
transition but the intensity of the transition seemed unparalleled, at
least so far.
The war had bred people of genius from both sides of the
conflict. Many were scientists and engineers who had been brought
up on the creative and imaginative dreams of authors like Jules Verne
and H. G. Wells who described phenomena bordering on the
fantastic, unachievable, unthinkable and in some sense irrational:
voyages to the moon, to the bottom of the sea and across time in a
world where, even in the 1950s, many people still commuted in horse-
drawn carriages, took three to six weeks to travel from Britain to
Australia on ships not meant for pleasure cruising but for budget
mass migration, with passengers who could never afford the luxury of
air travel, or even a telephone at home.
A letter was the only affordable means of communication across
space and took forever to reach its destination (if it got there at all).
Yet this was the generation where popular
culture began to share the high culture dreams of
the previous decades. Somehow these dreams
seemed much closer than before, somehow more
achievable. Children of the day were enthralled by stories where Dick
Tracy, the American detective, had a two-way wrist radio, enabling him to
communicate with other policemen with little effort and were hoping for
the day when this dream would become a reality, when they too could own
one, talk to their friends or become super-heroes themselves.
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In fact, as access to engineering and electronic goods became

increasingly available to the ordinary person in many parts of
the world (not all by any means unfortunately), people could
almost own a Dick Tracy watch as the advertisement shows. It
was not a 2-way radio, but it was certainly a radio and the
ability to own half the dream was of emancipatory power and
helped the dream survive. In many subtle ways, too, power also
started to find its way into the hands of ordinary people.
And who did not yearn for the videophone (a combined

telephone and video camera)?
Even back in this 1910 representation, many decades

before the reconstruction, people were already imagining what
it would be like to see and converse with each other over long
distances. They did not know how to do it but the dream was
already there and so was the ambition to succeed.
In the 60 years that have elapsed since those days, less than a nanosecond in the history
of the universe, we have seen all of those hopes and ambitions realised. The 2-way radio is
more than a reality with our mobile phones, the videophone is operational in many forms (and
free in some cases, think of Skype), we have been to the Moon and landed a vehicle on Mars, we
have plumbed the depths of the ocean, we can travel around the world in less than a day inside
giant aeroplanes, we almost never have to write letters thanks to email and other instant
communication systems and any horse-drawn taxis remaining are usually just tourist
attractions. We still have to achieve time travel! Not a bad set of achievements for a sub-
nanosecond in universal time. The fantastic, unachievable, unthinkable and irrational have
been conquered and the road ahead beckons invitingly. While much of what I have described
emerged initially from more affluent countries, primarily in the West, intelligence, imagination
and creativity are not the preserve of any single group or people or nations only opportunity is
sometimes lacking. With time, education and patience the key technologies have somehow
been shared. Not the least of these technologies is the Internet. And with the Internet came
what Thomas Friedman called a flattening of the world where opportunity is now much more
available than in the past, for all, not just the well-off. Now, many more people can compete on
a more equal footing and enjoy a better chance of success based not on money but on the
human qualities of intelligence, imagination and creativity which are potentially available to
all. In financial terms, we are still far from equal but humanity as a whole has a better chance
of success with a more equitable distribution of money and power. And we can see this
happening, with the locus of commercial (and therefore political) power drifting away from
traditional Western centres toward the new poles of China, India, the ASEAN Economic
Community: the foundations for what has become known as the “Asian Century”. Our
challenge now is of a different kind. We need to ensure that these newly-acquired
opportunities are not squandered and that all people no matter what their race, gender,
religion or other characteristics can grow and flourish and contribute to humanity. If civilised
humanity is to survive, it is essential that we avoid replacing the hopefully fading financial
oppression with human oppression otherwise, we will all lose what we have painstakingly
gained through centuries of effort. Fundamental to the preservation of human rights, is the
preservation of the right to think and the right to think differently while respecting human
diversity. Why does it matter so much? Because all progress, whether social or technological is
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based on those two essentials: thinking and thinking differently. This statement is so obvious, so
“axiomatic”, that it may appear a bit ridiculous. Yet, silly or not, it remains essentially true. Real
progress can be achieved only through a process of reflection coupled with the erosion of the
sovereignty of “authorised” knowledge, a significant change in the conditions as we know them.
Simply conforming is not enough even though much of what we are taught to do in formal
education is in fact about conforming to specific disciplinary models of thought. Thus becoming a
good engineer does not mean just getting good grades and following established protocols
according to the current state of knowledge. It also means thinking in ways that challenge
established knowledge intelligently, consciously and unconsciously too. In a way, this is the stuff of
dreams. And thinking can be enriched by reading outside the narrowness of our disciplinary field.
So, if you are an engineer, read about the theory of knowledge, reflect about the workings of society,
meditate about the nature of time and space, plunge yourself into imaginative literature. You will
be surprised at what you discover. You will also learn that each of these fields has something to say
about the others and can contribute to an understanding of the human condition as a whole. Do
not limit yourself to your prescribed field of special endeavour but let your mind wander free. There
is so much to learn.
To illustrate, here are two short examples taken from literary figures. Anaïs Nin the French-
Cuban author based in the United States produced an illuminating sentence summarising the
workings of perception: “We do not see the world as IT is. We see the world as We are”. And she
added “For it is the I behind the eye that does the seeing”. And another equally illuminating quote
from American poet and political activist Muriel Rukeyser (summarising Niels Bohr’s intellectual
position about reality vis-à-vis Albert Einstein’s): “The world is not made of atoms but stories”.
These two short quotes NOT taken from philosophical, psychological, educational or scientific
literature can be used to construct highly complex arguments about the nature of reality,
knowledge, learning, communication and science. What wonderful, rich, concise and enlightening
resources relevant essentially to all fields of human endeavour from metaphysics to engineering.
As Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Planck remarked: “Change the way you look at things and
the things you look at change”. He entered physics at a time when contemporary wisdom believed
that there was nothing new to be discovered in the field. It was at a dead end. Yet by looking at
things differently, Planck revolutionised the field by developing quantum physics which then
enabled Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg to shape the physics that we know
today.
In today’s extraordinary world, it is incumbent on each of us to remain creative and

intellectually fresh despite the constraints and pressures to conform that life, and formal
education, seek to impose on us. Then, let our thoughts turn into dreams: fantastic, unachievable,
unthinkable and irrational... and let the dreams revert to thought, and trigger action: realistic,
achievable, believable and rational for it is in this reciprocal relationship, this constant oscillation,
between thought and dream that real progress is constructed and shaped. And progress is exactly
what the “Asian Century” is all about! It’s time to start dreaming!
(Andrew Lian is Professor of Foreign Language Studies at Suranaree University of

Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of
Canberra, Australia .He has also been (Full) Professor and Head of School or Department in four
Australian and two United States universities. He is currently President of AsiaCALL, the Asia
Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and has been a keynote speaker in many
conferences, principally in Asia. He is also on the Executive of IndiaCALL. He has published widely
and is actively involved, inter alia, in research relating to rhizomatic and self-adjusting technology-
based language-learning systems. He has lived through many of the experiences reported in this
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ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH

SOFT SKILLS IN A NEW AGE
Dr. Binod Mishra
Guest Author Department of HSS
IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand
mishra.binod@gmail.com
In a globalized world of today, human behaviour depends more on his social standing
than on any other factor. While most of us believe education to bring modification in our
behavior, the needs of the present day world determine our reactions in a particular manner
because of out status, which is entrenched in economy. An economically sound person is often
found armed with the nuances of elevated life style, polished and cultivated mannerism and a
decent communicative style. The various factors responsible for ameliorating the economic
conditions of mankind today are certain tricks labelled as Soft Skills, the buzz word in and
around ourselves.
Hard skills, considered the foundation of prosperous careers since past, have not lost
their relevance still. But the application of hard skills can be realized through soft skills, which
can come simply by practice. The preponderance of soft skills has lent an edge over hard skills
in many fields and has also opened various avenues of employment. Most of us will agree that
employability alone that can ensure a qualitative life because of the finance part involved in it.
The mushrooming growth of educational institutes has albeit multiplied the number of
educated- ones yet they seem lacking in graduating skills that can make them employable.
Hence, it is time, we as teachers, realized the need of imparting quality education through the
use of soft skills.
The present paper analyses various situations of enhancing employability by

exposing our students to life skills through the use of soft skills. While hard skills can be
learned, soft skills can be acquired through interaction, practice and pragmatic use of
language in order to survive in a world divided by time, space, culture and communication
patterns. English teachers, because of their felicity of language, have to act as major stake
holders in creating future leaders having the right attitude and adaptability. One cannot deny
the fact that all skills emanate from language, which stands as the axis and the acme of human
sensibilities.
There is often a tendency among people to consider a white collared job only as
employment. But the question that we should ask ourselves is that how many of us can really
be absorbed in jobs. In a world where population is always on the rise, the need to satisfy the
needs of everyone cannot be done through these so-called jobs. The need, then, is to create
opportunities and that cannot be possible in ever-changing government policies. We cannot
ignore the role of policy matters that most often fall a prey to the self- satisfying interest of the
policymakers. The definition of employment in such cases will have to be re- invented. Hence, a
cobbler, a hawker, a local vendor and for that matter, anyone who creates an opportunity for
himself first and then for many others, can also be termed as generating employment. The
examples of many business tycoons of today are the best to be quoted as eye-openers. Thus, a
close-examination of their life histories may serve as repository of employability skills. It is
quite explicit that employability is the ability to get or generate ability. While for lesser mortals,
it is the art or the expertise in his profession that matters, for elevated ones the all- round
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development matters more. But for employability as a whole, effective communication skills
stands at the core. Soft skills, even for ordinary mortals re-energize their hard skills.
We are living in a new age which is guided and controlled by a scientific temper. Since
education today commensurates with employment, we have to arm ourselves with the skills
that can guarantee job. Since workplaces today have become multi-lingual, multicultural and
have multipurpose tasks, it has become quite inevitable for everyone to know their
expectations. As job providers also expect people to have a variety of skills to fill in the slot, the
traditional skills have become outdated. The changing patterns of life as well as jobs, have, thus
necessitated the possession of soft skills. Before we come to know how soft skills can be learnt,
it becomes essential to know what actually soft skills are.
Soft Skills as an umbrella term comprises various skills viz. Effective Communication
Skills, Attitude, Adaptability, Team work, Problem solving skills, Time & Space besides Cultural
considerations. As prospective job seeker, one has to ensure that one’s effective communication
skills lend him an edge over others at work place. Communication skills, though includes
LSRW, speaking and writing attract more attention at workplace. If seen from the recruiter’s
point of view, these two skills matter most since most of the organizations aim at promoting
their product, securing orders, receiving and replying to complaints and re-inventing its
product with the help of feedback received from clients, customers, shareholders, brokers and
distributors. All these require effective communication skills in order to convene a meeting,
convince the concerned party or members and also to reason and argue during critical
moments. While in all such transactions, the use of language plays a significant role, a slight
lapse can mar the fortune even of reputed enterprises.
Whatever be the nature of job, we cannot ignore the importance of human interaction
working supreme at workplace. Dealing with human has become a necessary component of all
jobs. Teachers, doctors, engineers, lawyers, managers, etc.all have to interact with people and
managing people is the most difficult task. The situations which necessitate interaction are
most often varied. While sometimes they have to interact in small groups, at other times, they
have to address larger groups. As human behaviours and workplace needs change most often,
it becomes imperative for us to interact in differing situations. While language has a vital role to
play in varying situations, paralanguage too at times can change and control circumstances.
There is no denying the fact that language becomes a medium through which one can pour
contents like a doctor who knows the dosage of medicine his patients require. On many
occasions, voice and vocabulary do the marvels which no other device can do. Another
important thing to mull over is one’s attitude which comprises proper planning and zeal, which
can help a professional tide over difficult times. One has to adapt himself according to the
situations; he has to bring in himself a proper blend of rigidity and flexibility allowing him to
create humour at times to drive away the drabness. There is a general feeling that teaching is
the easiest of all professions. But in the changed scenario, it has become more challenging than
ever.
While in olden days, teachers often used to stick to chalk and talk method, the
abundance of teaching aids today has made the task an ordeal. Teaching today seems to
become obsolete and outdated if teachers do not update themselves and keep pace with the
changing tools and techniques. This profession also requires acquaintance with soft skills.
With the rise of various professional courses, institutes have mushroomed in every nook and
corner. The growing number of colleges faces the faculty crunch and often a compromise is
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made with the lot that is available. The faculty, thus appointed to teach the products of the
highly technical and competitive world, often feels his worth at stake when he faces
numberless eyes with radiant dreams ready to achieve their golden mansion once they register
themselves in a good institute. While effective communication skills are the key skills in
teaching, other aspects of soft skills are also need to make one an effective teacher. Teaching
today has to be a dialogue and not monologue. One should also remember that examples work
more than theories. But while exemplifying one should be wary enough not to hurt anyone’s
cultural and religious beliefs. Challenging though such things are, they are not devoid of
satisfaction if practised earnestly. If we as teachers remain aware of the importance of such soft
skills in teaching, it not only will establish proper rapport between the teacher and the taught
but also ensure our competence and bring admiration. Rightly has Aristotle said: “I cannot
teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” The beginning of thinking, thus, on the
part of students will undoubtedly pave the way for smooth teaching.
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A teacher’s task in a professional institute becomes much of an ordeal. He has to forge a
balance between his content and presentation keeping into consideration the class control and
maintenance of decorum in a way. We have to understand the fact that the majority of students
want to listen to the lecture and the numbers of those who are disinterested are the ones who
have joined the institute just for fun and fashion.
Teachers who find their classes either unattended by large number of students or find
them opposed to listening have first to identify the problems that block their minds. In most of
the cases students in technical or management institutes (if private/self-financed ones)
comprise the lot of those who come from sound families lacking in exposure to the crass
commercial and educational competitiveness. The result is that students find such institutes
as a resort to expose all their hidden mettle and suppressed ambitions. Secondly, even if some
students found bright in terms of input, are found inadequate in communication skills which
hamper their beautiful mind to be bold and their bold bodies to be beautiful. Thirdly, their
inflated dreams too block their thought processes to understand the nitty gritty of their
courses. Moreover, their noises too are interpreted negatively by their teachers. But I feel that
certain amount of patience and perseverance on the part of teachers to understand theses
inviolable truths may result in showing them remedies. To my mind using soft skills may be the
best remedy to answer these challenges. Keeping teaching aside, let’s concentrate on how to
prepare our students with the requisite soft skills that can enhance their employability. We
often come across various newspaper clippings that often declare students to lack in
employability skills. Even recruiters too are of the impression that while their hard skills can
provide them with a good CGPA, their soft skills can fetch them employment.
We can look at what a recruiter said in this connection: “I would like to hire a candidate with a
pleasant smile and better communication abilities than one with a higher CGPA lacking in the
requisite job skills.”
As discussed above, speaking and writing excel over other two skills in enhancing
employability. Various speaking situations such as conversation, group discussion,
presentation, speech-making, mock interviews, debates and workshops can create among
students’ leadership skills, conflict management skills, time management skills and other
related skills needed to face the challenges of workplaces. These situations, at times, create
conflicts and hence people in conflict are bound to seek resolution. Conflict should not be taken
negatively rather we should look at its advantages. Conflict often leads to argument, which not
only is a healthy sign but helps in revealing truth. David Hume had rightly said, ‘Truth springs
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from argument amongst friends.’ One important advantage of conflict in group is that it
encourages creative thinking and helps in decision making. Students, when exposed to group
discussion situations, most often show signs of leadership and decision-making, chief
parameters of soft skills. Hence, care should be taken that group communications border on
free flow of thoughts and encourage an informal atmosphere so that creative feedback can be
sought.
Recruiters most often look for candidates who have the potential to brave all odds. While
selecting candidates they have an eye on the candidate’s capability of reasoning and
controlling their crowd so that they may not face any problem while dealing with people at the
workplace. It has often been found that even prosperous candidates armed with technical
knowhow often get flustered while addressing a group of strangers. Especially the people at the
entry level most often get anxious as they get initial bouts of nervousness. This nervousness
has been found among people in developed countries too. In a survey in America, majority of
people preferred death to public speaking. While this feeling of nervousness is natural, most
people often suffer from the fear and anxiety of performance. Actually, this is a psychological
state as mentioned by Seligman, who says: Anxiety (also called solicitude) is a
psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional,
and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling
that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear or worry.
(Seligman, M.E.P., Walker, E.F. & Rosenhan, D.L. (2001). Abnormal psychology, (4th ed.) New
York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ...)
The more a person thinks about it, the more it troubles him. Hence, a little control during
such occasions is necessary. If we analyze this situation, we would be able to control it. We
have to accept that this anxiety is natural. Most often we have to convince ourselves that this
may happen with anyone and everyone. All one needs to do is to utilize this moment since such
a situation arises because of our consciousness to perform better. But usually it is seen that
people during such situations get extra energy since our adrenaline surge pumps extra energy
in our body. In such situations, we often want to survive and prove our existence and hence we
endeavour to put forth our best..The great psychologist, William James’ observation seems
quite pertinent when he says:Our natural survival devices take over to prepare us an
emergency. Our muscles tense for better agility, our heartbeat and breathe quicken to provide
large supplies of fuel, our glands secrete fluids to sharpen our senses and give us emergency
energy.
But one need not get finicky during such moments. There are certain ways that can help
us control such a situation to our benefit. While on most of the occasions, you know much in
advance your topic, time and target audience, you can take precautionary measures so that
you have least fear. As careful speakers, one needs to prepare one’s presentation or speech well
in advance, having rehearsed it thoroughly to one’s satisfaction. However, on the day of the
presentation too, one should arrive before time, check the room and gadgets and start
speaking slowly and distinctly in the beginning to gain confidence. Once you have started,
concentrate on your audience and topic and you will do wonders. However, your articulation
will help you to a great extent; do remember to situate silence and pauses in your presentation.
Difficult, though, it may appear in the beginning, you will get used to, as you keep speaking on
various occasions and variety of crowd. In addition, please do remember that excellence does
not come in one day but with time.
Another segment of soft skills that has to be taken into consideration is one’s writing
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ability. As prospective job seekers, people have to be trained in the nuances of professional
writing. While there are several chances of clarification in speaking, the same is found often
lacking in writing. Most often we have to write to people who are always at a distance, enough
care is required to make things clear. Professional writings, such as technical reports, memos,
proposals, MOUs are varied and they demand a sort of objectivity and detachment. While these
writings are persuasive in nature, wordy expressions-- often ambiguous and redundant at
times have to discarded. The proliferation of electronic writing has made writing very
challenging. You may at times also come across interference with language and grammar
because of the excessive use of e-mails, chats and messages; you should try your best to keep
yourself guarded by maintaining respect for the notion of correctness. Remember that your
writing represents your calibre in your absence and also makes or mars the reputation of your
organization. While the basic notion of your linguistic awareness as regards maintaining
standards of grammar shows your competence of hard skills, the way you organize and present
a particular topic comes under the purview of soft skills since it reflects your attitude and other
related skills. Soft skills can neither be created nor judged in isolation, rather these skills are
inter-related.
Attitude can also be judged while people have to work in teams. In an ever-changing
world scenario, it is most often the group work that matters most. Since these groups are
formed of individuals, there are bound to be differences in terms of tastes, habits, cultures and
religious practices. Individuals have to forsake their self interests and work for consensus
among group members despite differences. But as individuals, we have to understand our
individual as well as our group responsibilities. While the goal of the group is the mansion,
individuals act as the path to this mansion. We have to sink our individual differences in order
to reach the goal of the group. This will materialize only when we show a positive attitude while
working in groups. It is often seen that instead of thinking creatively, we are often found
complaining against individual members and criticizing even their innovative ideas because of
certain grudges. The role of culture too cannot be ignored while dealing with soft skills as a
mode in enhancing communication.
Since most of the workplaces today have people of different cultural backgrounds, it
requires caution to deal with them. Culture includes language and gestures, personal
appearance, social relationships, space distancing, religion, philosophy, values, family
customs, education and communication systems. Since cultures are varied, it becomes
difficult to know which aspect of our behavior may hurt and which may attract people of other
cultures. While people in Canada and the United States usually stand five feet apart during
business conversation, this distance is uncomfortably close for people in Germany or Japan
and uncomfortably far for Arabs and Latin Americans. Likewise, concept of time also varies
from one culture to another culture. While many countries stick to time schedules, executives
from Latin America and Asia see time as more flexible. Since the world is divided into high and
low culture contexts, dealings of people from both the contexts differ distinctly. We have to
train our pupils to avoid getting entrapped in the whirlpool of cultural differences. The best that
they can do is to respect all cultures equally and work hard to provide more room to people of
other cultures. Though most of the entrants in jobs often come across such problems, they will
learn a lot provided they show generosity and avidity to acquaint themselves with the nuances
of such differences in course of time. In a business world, not only do these differences matter
but also affect relationships. The various business practices such as decision making, problem
solving and negotiating styles also differ to a great extent while communicating inter-
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culturally. Before the prospective job seekers know cultural differences minutely, they should
adopt a single mantra which will help them avoid embarrassing situations. One has always to
remember that people of high context culture (Japan. China, Arab, Greece, Mexico etc.) are
more sociable, generous and accommodating and hence they believe in implicit non-verbal
actions. On the other hand, people from low-context culture (Germany, Scandinavia, North
America, England, France, Italy etc.) most often believe in explicit verbal communication and
go for quick and efficient decisions on major points, leaving the details to be worked out later.
Thus, the discussion shows that soft skills can most often help people in enhancing their
employability skills. Since our status today manifests with the sort of economy that we
generate, it is inevitable for us to generate employability skills not only among our students but
in ourselves too. In a changing world order, this is possible by arming ourselves with soft skills.
As language teachers, we have in ourselves the ability to mould our students and their future.
Works Consulted
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Education.2004.
Guffy, Mary Ellen. Essentials of Business Communication. 6th Edition. Ohio: Thomson South
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Thomson South Western. 2007.
Seligman, M.E.P., Walker, E.F. & Rosenhan, D.L. (2001). Abnormal psychology, (4th ed.) New
York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Sharma, Sangeeta & Binod Mishra . Communication Skills for Engineers and Scientists. New
Delhi: PHI Learning. 2009.
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Technical Institution and Entrepreneurship

Dr. P.K.Priyan,
Finance Area,
Guest Author MBA Department, Sardar Patel University
Anybody who organizes factors of production such as land, labor and capital has
been considered as an entrepreneur. This was the widely accepted understanding about
entrepreneurship though there were conflicts with respect to the goal of such endeavors.
Political, economist like Karl Marx and Frederick Angles opposed the motive of
accumulation of wealth with less number of people (private entrepreneurs) visualizing a
high degree of exploitation of the general mass. However, classical economists like Adam
Smith, Alfred Marshal, John Keynes, etc advocated the role of entrepreneurship in
enhancing human welfare. Notwithstanding the conflicts on who owns the means of
production, the outcome for sure is making human life easier, faster, simpler and more
joyful.
The developments in knowledge especially science and technology substantially

changed the products and processes. Inventions of 18th century led the industrial
revolution, thereby enhancing product range and procedural improvements. Thomas
Edison’s electric bulb, Michal Faraday’s electric motor, James Watsons’s steam engine etc.
thus became the cornerstones of the human advancement. In non-science fields also there
were developments. The philosophical, organizational, political advancements are some of
the sides of dice of human development. As the saying goes, the change is the only
phenomenon that will never change. Learning institutions foster the process of
enhancement of knowledge and thereby bringing changes for furthering the human
development. Universities and affiliated institutions are in fact, the power houses of
knowledge. Industries too support basic and applied research. As a matter of policy, US
took major initiatives in setting up educational infrastructure and promoted industry-
university linkages which put them in good stead overtaking industrial revolution
champions, UK by miles. Several countries followed suit.
Role of Entrepreneurship
The traditional understanding of an entrepreneur as an organizer got changed over
the years. The modern entrepreneur is an innovator too. He introduces new products and
uses new materials and processes. He uses technology, knowledge is literally the power and
his power to change human life is exponential. We call them innovative entrepreneurs and
sometimes as techno-entrepreneurs. Josoph Schumpeter and Kondratieff observed the
explosive power of innovation. Even Karl Marx foretold about the capitalists’ urge in
becoming richer and richer (super profit) will lead to adoption of the technology. Since 80’s
world witnessed the drastic changes mainly due to the advancement of information
technology (IT). The immigrants (Post graduate, Post-doctoral students of California
University) supportive financial system and an evolved cultural outlook, all made a thirty
miles long Silicon Valley to have what had happened, a paradise of new businesses. Apple
computers, IBM, CISCO, SUN etc are a few enterprises emerged from such a historical
union of several critical variables. Education supporting research, basic and applied, thus
provides the seeds for the entrepreneurs to emerge. From college campus to owning a
company has not been isolated news now -a- days. It is not the availability of the capital but
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quality of the idea is more critical for the new generation entrepreneurs.
Techno Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education
Engineering is the study of application of science. As such students as a part of
learning undertake several projects both theoretical and problem solving. Faculty members
are considered to be the mentors of the students while studying. Some projects are worth
exploring further. IIM Ahmedabad took some initiatives to document the project work of
students of SVNIT, Surat. Some reputed institutes have designed institutional mechanism
such as incubation centers with the supports of Alumni and Government. Leading technical
institutes like IITs, NITs have taken initiatives to reduce the gap between the knowledge and
knowledge application.
The capital requirements in modern knowledge based firms have not been substantial.
Though, this small capital too may be a problem for some cases. The real issue of developing
an invention into innovation has been the unavailability of some other critical inputs. It
begins with the fine tuning of the idea to developing a prototype and thereafter to scaling up to
meet the commercial requirements. This process often lasts several months to years.This
critical phase is supported by an incubation centre. Students should call between lucrative
campus jobs and risky business proposals. Here the faculty members play an important role.
During the study period itself, the idea could be further refined and in consultation with
expertise a prototype too could be developed. Faculty member is the mentor and counsels the
student whenever needed. He also arranges the expertise from outside if required. The
institution can take up the ownership in the newly formed firms.
The models of IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad, NIT Trichinappilly show that the
educational institutions take ownership in the newly set up companies and faculty members
serve as the direct board members. However to ensure a flow of brilliant and workable ideas,
the technical institution should be a breeding centre for out of box thinkers. Curriculum
should be strengthened encompassing entrepreneurship of high impact. Biographies of
winners with technology adoption should be taught. Experience sharing with successful
entrepreneurs could be arranged. A club of entrepreneurs could be formed with formal and
informal meeting to review the technological and business developments taking place around
the world. More importantly the students should be groomed culturally so that they will
willingly take risk of enterprise formation by opting out employment to self-employment.
Steve jobs are born and created too.
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A story of a lion
In a poor zoo of India, a lion was frustrated as he was offered not more than 1 kg meat a day.
The lion thought its prayers were answered when one US Zoo Manager visited the zoo
and requested the zoo management to shift the lion to the US Zoo.
The lion was so happy and started thinking of a central A/c environment, a goat or two every
day and a US Green Card also.
On its first day after arrival, the lion was offered a big bag, sealed very nicely for
breakfast.The lion opened it quickly but was shocked to see that it contained few bananas.
Then the lion thought that may be they cared too much for him as they were worried about
his stomach as he had recently shifted from India.
The next day the same thing happened. On the third day again the same food bag of
bananas was delivered.
The lion was so furious, it stopped the delivery boy and blasted at him, 'Don't you
know I am the lion...king of the Jungle..., what's wrong with your management?, what
nonsense is this?, why are you delivering bananas to me?'
The delivery boy politely said, 'Sir, I know you are the king of the jungle but ..did you
know that you have been brought here on a monkey's visa!!!
Better to be a Lion in India than a Monkey elsewhere!!! !!
Anonymous
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Spiritual Science A Must
The Vedic texts are the panacea for all problems for all times; they give a crystal-clear
understanding of all the fundamental and essential truths of life, including who we are, what
the true goal of life is, and how we can attain permanent happiness.
Unfortunately however, in the modern times, the Vedas have generally been
misunderstood to be books of sentiment and blind faith or a bunch of empty rituals. And due
to such preconceived misconceptions, the scientifically minded youth have reservations in
even approaching them. Also, these texts, being in intricate Sanskrit, are not easily
accessible to them.
With these considerations in mind, a need was felt for a systematic and scientific
presentation of the five essential themes of the Bhagavad-gita: ishvara (the Lord), jiva (the
living entity), prakriti (material nature), kala (time) and karma (activity), based on the
teachings of Srila Prabhupada, who is internationally acclaimed as an erudite Vedic scholar
and as the greatest exponent of Krishna consciousness in the modern times.
With this noble intention in mind I approached Dr. Himanshu Soni, our revered
Principal, in September 2011, who readily gave his approval to conduct regular spiritual
classes. We are presenting a series of spiritual courses, titled ‘Discover Your Self’, ‘Your Best
Friend’, ‘Your Secret Journey’, ‘Victory over Death’, ‘and ‘Yoga of Love’. For the first batch of
students we have completed the course ‘Discover Your Self’ and are currently conducting
‘Your Best Friend’. We are having around 30 students who have been regularly attending the
classes and hence are on the path of pure life free from all bad habits like meat-eating,
intoxication, illicit sex, and gambling.
To introduce the spirituality based on science to the first-year students, we had a

session on 24th August, 2012, titled “Mind Friend or Enemy?” at GCET auditorium,
wherein a pantomime video was shown. The presence of the temple president of ISKCON
Vallabh Vidyanagar, His Grace Saccidanand Prabhu and his inspiring speech, in his
peculiar style, provided total serenity to the atmosphere. We got a great response with about
300 students attending it as well as 50 students registering for the six-day session course
(Discover Your Self).
Our future concern is to organize such spiritual programs on a more regular basis so
as to curb the fast spreading evils in the modern youth and hence to lead them to a pure,
happy and holy life. After all ‘Education without character, is meaningless!’
Hare Krishna!
Prof. Nirav Gajjar

Civil & Structural Engg. Dept.
GCET
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Programming of the Success principle in MATLAB :-
clc;
clear all;
% The program to calculate sucess of the life written in MATLAB-2010
% Initialization of The Parameter
Effort = 0;
Skill = 0;
Knowledge = 0;
Experience = 0;
Mistake = 0;
N = input ('enter your learning ability');
% Parameter Upgradation w.r.t Time

label Retry:-
for Time=1:N % As Time passes.
Effort = Effort+1; % Effort increased every Time.

Mistake = rand(Effort); % Mistakrandomly generated with Effort .
Skill = Skill+ (Time*Effort) % Skill increse with Time and Effort.
Experience = Experience + (Mistake)^n; %Experience increase with Mistakes.
Knowledge = Knowledge + True(Experience) % Knowledge is true Experience.
end;
if (Experience + Knowledge + Skill > = Pre-requist)
{
if (Opportunity is present)
disp(' Success is Achieved');

else
disp('Wait for Opportunity');
end
}
else
go to Retry;
end;
Sameer D. Trapasiya
Assistantant Professor
E.C.Dept.
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AN EXPERIENCE WITH SAM PITRODA @ GCET
“Technology may be complex but human motivation and interaction are even more so,
I knew India had great young engineers and I believe there was nothing they couldn’t
accomplish if we challenged them and gave them a proper environment to work in”
- Sam Pitroda
GCET Was blessed with inscription of such eminent personality STAC 12, under
IEEE GCET SB saw lot of powerful personality reaching out to GCET delivering sessions to
the student with the vision and motive of growth and transformation. We invite SAM
PITRODA, a Personal Adviser to Prime Minister, a Scientist, a technocrats to deliver a session
to the budding engineers, guiding and motivating them towards excellence through his life
experience.
At first there was lot of waiting and impatience because of not receiving a reply from
sir regarding the conference because of his busy and hectic schedule, even on trying again
and again via every medium and way I could still the enthusiasm within me never died. We
worked with our full zeal. We waited a lot. Eventually I saw the light, I received first reply from
sir and finally I moved into conversation there was relief, but it was not still over. We received
their final confirmation on 16th august 2012, a night before the start of conference. He
agreed to deliver a video conference, so the arrangement for the same started very same
moment. The next day we sorted out arrangements for the video conference and finally
everything was set just before 24 hrs. Of the start of event finally on 18th august 2012 at 6.00
pm, It’s a morning to Sam pitroda and I heard the first word “Hello Jay…! “ from him directly
from Chicago, United States of America. And finally the moment came that has been awaited
in GCET from so many years. The First Video conference in History of GCET. He addressed
the student of Gujarat guiding them and sharing a sea of knowledge in their endeavours. He
basically spoke on INNOVATION in today’s life and its impact on society.
What I personally admire about his is his approach towards everything. The way he
looks at things, which is well depicted in his work and life. He talked about development of
technology for the betterment of society illustrating "AADHAR" project and many others.He
even highly suggested every student to maintain his own diary which he was maintain since
his college life. He even says that what h is today, that diary played a major role in his life. He
motivated student to work hard and being engineers guided them to develop new technology
with innovation keeping in mind its application for betterment of today’s society and worldNo
doubt his each word was worth million dollar and are cherished in our heart and mind
forever, having a life time experience.
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INFO :
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda popularly known as Sam Pitroda (born 4 May 1942)
is an Indian innovator entrepreneur and policymaker. Currently Advisor to the Prime
Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, he is also widely
considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution. As Advisor, he
will be looking into creating information infrastructure for enhancing delivery of services to
the citizens in various areas and will also be working on creating a roadmap for a ‘Decade of
Innovation’ in India. He is also the chairman of National Innovation Council.
He has served as Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission (20052009), a high-

level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, set up to give policy recommendations for
improving knowledge related institutions and infrastructure in the country. During its term,
the National Knowledge Commission submitted around 300 recommendations on 27 focus
areas covering a range of aspects of the knowledge paradigm. Mr. Pitroda holds around 100
key technology patents, has been involved in several start ups, and lectures extensively
around the world.
He is also the founder & CEO of C-SAM, Inc. The company maintains its headquarters in
Chicago with offices in London, Tokyo, Mumbai and Vadodara. Following the development of
core technologies in the U.S. and Europe, C-SAM's development centers in India now focus
on innovation, customization and cost effective deployment for its customers. He has also
served as an advisor to the United Nations and in 1992, his biography Sam Pitroda: A
Biography was published and became the bestseller on the The Economic Times list for five
weeks.
As technology Advisor to the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi in the 1984s, Mr. Pitroda not
only heralded the telecom revolution in India, but also made a strong case for using
technology for the benefit and betterment of society through several missions on
telecommunications, literacy, dairy, water, immunization, oilseeds etc.. He has continued to
redefine the role technology can play in a society like India by linking it to better delivery of
services for the underprivileged in the country.He has lived mainly in Chicago, Illinois since
1964 with his wife and two children
- Jay Merja
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A Stranger To The Unknown Place
Its been almost three years since I have left my homplace jammu and kashmir to come
and study in an unknown place which people call as the "Hub of education in gujarat:
VIDYANAGAR", and if u ask me i completely agree, almost entire city is filled with students
which are pursuing not only B.E but M.E , BBA, DIPLOMA, MBA and many more things. The
day i got admitted in G.H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, i
thought wow i am an engineer student now, far from home, on my own, would have to study
and do other stuff on my own. a bit scary at first, frankly who isn't , a new place ,new people ,
a different atmosphere and the thing which bothered me the most as i was from different
region and culture was "a different language", and almost everything here in in gujarati
language.
Though one should have a touch of his mother language but it was far more than that. i
had trouble almost in every subject in the beginning. The language made the subject even
more difficult. but soon from the help of faculties and my new friends , i was able to
understand the language, i would not say completely but still i was able to understand what
was being taught in the class.
GUJARAT, the city of gujju's , a place where people spend more time in enjoying than
worrying about things. the true meaning of festival is understood clearly in gujarat, from
uttarayan to diwali, you will see people of different ages celebrating the festivals with an
enthusiasm you have never seen before. From the kite flying in uttarayan to the garba in
navratri, an amazing feeling engulfs you and you are caught in the awe of gujarat. People here
are polite , calm and prefer peace to war i.e they prefer to settle the matter rather to make an
issue of it..
Human beings are the same whether you are from north or from south or from anywhere
else, the nature of human beings doesn't change. i have encountered some unusual people in
my short span of three years , some were helpful somewhere not , some had more important
issues in their life other than studies and some were just trying their luck. But you are the
one who has to choose the right amongst the wrongs. As someone has said "Its the people
around you which shows who you truly are".
Well i have learnt a lot and am still learning the tricks to survive in an unknown place
which is turning into a memorable place for me .
ANUJ SHISHU
3rd level (ME)
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Thousand marbles...
The older I get, the more i enjoy saturday mornings. Perhaps it's quiet solitude that
comes with being first to rise, or the joy of not having to be at work. Whatever it is, the first few
hours of a saturday are blissful. A few weeks ago, what began as a typical saturday morning
turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. I turned tyhe
volume up on my radio to listen to a talk show. I heard an older sounding chap with a golden
voice. He was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named Tom. I sat down to
listen.
"Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's
hard to believe a young fellowshould have to work 60-70 hours a week to make ends meet.
Too bad, you missed your daughter's dance recital." He continued," Let me tell you something
Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my priorities." And that's
when he began to explain his theory of "a thousand marbles."
"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about
75 years. I multiplied 75 times 52 and i came up with 3900, which is the number of saturdays
that the average person has in his entire lifetime." It took me untill I was 55 to think about all
this",he went on,"and by that time I had lived over 2800 saturdays. I got thinking that if I lived
to be 75, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bouht
every single marbles they had. I took them home and put them in a large container. Every
Saturday, since then, I have taken one marble and thrown it away. I found that by watching
the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing
like watching your time run out to help get your priorities straight. Now let me tell you one
last thing before I sign off. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I
figure if I make it until next Saturday Then God had blessed me with a little extra time to be
with my loved ones, and I hope to meet you again someday. Hace a good morning!"
I guess he gave us all a a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that
morning, then go to the gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss."C'mon
honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast."What brought this on?"she asked. "Oh,
nothing, it has just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey,
can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
How many marbles do you have?
Just for gags....

A young fellow went to the doctor who told him that he had a terminal illness and only a
year to live. So he decided to talk to his guru.After the man explained his situation, he asked
his guru if there was anything he could do.
"What you should do is go out and buy a secondhand car and get married to a nagging
woman." The fellow asked,"Will this help me live longer?""No, "said the guru,"but it will make
what time you do have seem like forever."
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Was not a mistake....
There were two friends: Sam and Bill. They were friends from childhood. They played,
attended scool and finally joined the army toghether. They were in two different units. Once
in a war like situation, while fighting, Sam got hurt and he cried" Bill, please come here and
help me." Bill, heard this cry and asked his captain if he could go. The captain refused" I am
already shorthanded. If you go, things will be worse." Again Sam cried for help" Bill, come and
help me." Again, Bill asked for permission and was again refused. Finally when Sam cried out
for the third time, Bill could no longer resist. He said" Captain, he is my childhood friend and i
must leave." The captain reluctantly agreed. When Bill returned, he carried the dead body of
Sam. Seeing this, the captain ranted," See, I knew he was not going to make it. I could have
been more shorthanded. You did a mistake." Bill replied," No Sir, I didn't make a mistake.
When I reached, Sam was still alive and his final words were," I knew Bill, You would come."
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Ajinkya Mahajan (2 I.T.)
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Temperature Sorting Pneumatic System:
During industrial career, we saw color sorting systems, size sorting system, shape sorting
system and many more. With the help the concept of different sorting systems we are planning to
design and built a temperature sorting system. This is quite new. Nowadays industries are finding
lots of trouble to sort objects having different temperatures. This system would sort objects
according to their temperature. Also engineers are facing trouble with system’s electrical portion.
So, instead of using too many electrical components, we will be using pneumatic components, so
our task would easy, accurate and reliable. For an example instead of using stepper motor
mechanism we would be using pneumatic actuator.
We will be having a conveyor running by a simple DC motor. On that conveyor we can place
objects having different temperature. We can have three single acting spring return pneumatic
cylinders, which will be unloading the objects according to their temperature. For an example we
have 3 different machined objects (One is of brass, second one is of mild steel, third of copper). All
these three objects would be having different temperatures (Let’s say Brass 60 degree, mild steel 70
degree, and copper 80 degree). Then first pneumatic cylinder will unload Brass, second will unload
mild steel and third one will unload copper). At the last we can have a bunch of objects having
different temperature.
After successfully completion of this project, engineers need not to sort machined objects
according to their temperatures. The previous method was time consuming, less efficient and
manual. While our method/ system is very efficient, time saving and effective. In a nutshell with
help of our project industries can increase the productivity as well as decrease the lead time.
Priyam Parikh
07MC515
Alumni
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Green Chemistry Approaches to Renewable Energy
Green chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use
or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical
products. It is not a new branch of science. It is a new philosophical approach that through
application and extension of the principles of green chemistry can contribute sustainable
development. Green chemistry is essential in developing the alternatives for energy generation
(hydrogen cell, fuels cells, bio fuel cells, etc.). As well as continue the path toward energy
efficiency with catalysis and product at the forefront. By the help of green Chemistry the
approaches towards the renewable resources can be made increasingly viable technologically
and economically. There is a wide range of renewable feed stocks including trees, grasses,
shrubs, marine, resources wastes which is used for developing new, sustainable, low
environmental impact routes to important chemical products, and biofuels. Renewable
resources are used whenever possible at the end of their use, non-biodegradable materials are
recycled. Using the environment technology we can conserve the natural environment and
curb the negative impacts of human involvement.
Compiled By:
Bhargav Patel
Sagar Bavarva
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Biodiesel Production from Green Algae
Biodiesel can be seen as the option of the conventional diesel which is a petroleum
product and emits high amount of CO2, CO and it is scarce. Green chemistry is a fundamental
approach concept which promotes the creation of products such as biodiesel which is both
environmentally and economically sustainable and also covers all types of processes including
synthesis, catalysis, reaction conditions, separation, analyses and monitoring whose use
results in reduced waste , safer out puts and reduced or eliminated pollution environmental
damage. Green chemistry provides a forum for information exchange across the industrial and
academic spectrum. The use and application of green engineering principles and practices can
be a very effective way to address this challenge of our chemical civilization in the long term.
With the help of this green chemistry we can have the production of biodiesel extracted from the
natural deposits source of algae by process of trans-esterification using photo-bioreactors. The
obtained biodiesel which is a biofuel can be used as an additive to petroleum-based fuels which
result in cleaner burning with less emission of carbon monoxide and particulates.
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Sagar Bavarva
Pruthviraj Pandya
Hardik Savalia
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Bio plastic : New Generation Materials

Bio plastics are a form of plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as
vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, pea starch, or micro biota, rather than fossil fuel plastics
which are derived from petroleum. Green chemistry is a fundamental approach concept which
promotes the creation of products such as bio plastics which is both environmentally and
economically sustainable. Biodegradable bio plastics are used for disposable items, such as
packaging and catering items (crockery, cutlery, pots, bowls, straws). Biodegradable bio
plastics are also often used for organic waste bags, where they can be composted together with
the food or green waste.
The production and use of bio plastics is generally regarded as a more sustainable
activity when compared with plastic production from petroleum (petro plastic), because it relies
less on fuel as a carbon source and also introduces fewer, net-new greenhouse emissions if it
biodegrades. They significantly reduce hazardous waste caused by oil-derived plastics, which
remain solid for hundreds of years, and open a new era in packing technology and industry.
Italian bio plastic manufacturer Nova Mont states in its own environmental audit that
producing one kilogram of its starch- based product uses 500g of petroleum and consumes
almost 80% of the energy required to produce a traditional polyethylene polymer.
Compiled By:
Ankit Patel
Harshil Patel
Ravirajsinh Rana
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“Out of the Closet’’
Elements of Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering are not remotely as tough as
leaving Ahmedabad for college, that’s what I have learnt in the past month away from home. A
month, which felt like a year; a month involving adventure, drama, friendship,, bonding and a
bit of learning!
The idea of getting away from the restrictions at home for the freedom of hostel life at first
seemed exciting and unmatchable by any other joyous moment. It is after I found myself
completely alone and lacking a supportive and guiding hand then I realized just how much I‘ve
taken everybody and everything in my life for granted. All our lives, friends change, close
friends change, not-so-close friends change, but there is a common factor that is always right by
us, no matter what Parents. The fact that they accept us for what we choose to do, how we
behave and give us a fresh start for every mistake we make is simply amazing. It is after I came
out of the warmth of home that I found there is no fresh start in the real world. One small
blunder in this competitive world can take you back years. “No matter what you do, we’ll always
love you” are the words that echo in one’s ears all the time, yet one yearns to hear them from the
right people.
To add to the misery, hostel life has its own setbacks. There’s no TV, no internet, no
newspaper no connection with external world except for mobile phones. Playing loud music
and fighting for fun is what the students sometimes do for recreation and entertainment, but
that piece of fun is also taken away from us by Rules and Regulations put up by Hostel
Authorities. The agony of staying away from home was eclipsed on my first night by a superbly
entertaining war of words between 6 students in my adjacent room. Also, the most happening
place in Vallabh Vidyanagar is 2 kms away from the hostel and college, which makes it all the
more difficult to enjoy life.
But there’s one more thing my experience away from home has taught me “There’s no
problem without a solution”. I should thank my stars as I have a few people back from
Ahmedabad whom I can talk to when I feel like, and above all that, I’ve got great roommates,
brilliant classmates and endearing seniors. Before I could feel lazy and without anything to do,
I learnt GCET offers a wide range of Cultural, Social and Sports activities and clubs that we can
indulge in into in order to make us forget our troubles.
To give a family-like touch and support, there are various counselors and anti-ragging squad
members to help us out when we’re stuck in academic or personal matters. Come to think of it,
if one has good friends and some activity to carry out or hobby to pursue in past-time, and if
that’s all one cares about, one doesn’t need a big city to live I or even good facilities to utilize
because one’s life is already wonderful!
Maharshi Thakker
1st level (EC)
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THE CHILD IN YOU!!!
When was the last time you made a sandcastle on the beach? When was the last time you
cheerfully celebrated something? When was the last time you hugged your parents tightly and said ‘I Love
You’? And here’s the difficult one, when was the last time you were a child or did something childlike?
Most of the people can’t abstain themselves from being nostalgic about one’s own childhood. Every-time
we see a child there is some force stronger then gravitation that pulls us towards a child. Every-one of us
sees the child as a divine intervention or the one closest to God. We would all love to be back in time to
cherish those childhood days, playing and dancing around innocently, crying and laughing out loud,
wanting to sleep on the most comfortable cushion ‘our mother’s lap’, hearing the lullaby’s while sleeping
or the fairy tales that titillated us. We all know that life doesn’t come with a pause or a backward button.
But there is something that can help us create a world of our dreams and face the barricades of life. The
panacea to most of the problems is being childlike.
I know it may sound a bit weird because being nostalgic about childhood and being childlike is an
entirely different cup of tea but the point is holding on to most of the qualities of a child even in your
adulthood. In today’s atrocious world where authenticity is ignored and an apocryphal is adored, where
corruption is a habit and terrorism is religion, where stress is in extravagance and peace is scarce, where
there are ten pulling your pants to knock you down but not a single one stretching a hand to support you.
Being childlike can help you live through this dystopian world.
Today we have lost that childlike quality and it’s time to regain it. The first thing that comes to our
mind when we see a child is innocence. A quality light year away from the murky thoughts, the revengeful
attitude and jealousy that makes our mind filthy and our thoughts stink. We become much more calm,
much more peaceful and sane when we embody innocence and become innocent.
Then there is the cherubic out of the world smile and the sparkle in the eye which debilitates all the
worries. A child never forces a smile it just effortlessly does so. A smile free from pretence and ill-wills. It is
this smile which can make us invincible and act as the perfect armour for spreading peace and happiness
and achieve the path of glory.
One of the prettiest things a child does is that it lives in the present. The message of living in
present is being yelled through the sands of time and yet we find it so very difficult that there are
thousands of patients being treated for various psychological disorders due to the past events or those
who end up being depressed worrying about the future. A child is never worried about anything but the
present, it is our adult minds that are frenzied and shadowed by the past and bound by the future
expectations. So we need to liberate our minds from such thoughts and transcend every moment towards
our goal. Spend some-time with a child and you will be amazed at the questions they ask
or the way they look at your specs if you have one or the keys you give them to play with. This is because
they are overwhelmed with curiosity. So we need to look at the world with a child’s eye think with a
beginner’s mind, explore it with curiosity and question it. Have that unquenchable thirst to watch, learn
and grasp the marvels and miracles around you. Be curious and inquisitive, be wondrous and not
ponderous, and most importantly, be the child you once were then there is the gift of imagination a child
has but very few of us harness it throughout our entire lifetime. Its significance can be understood by the
culture of brainstorming sessions which have been adopted by numerous successful organizations from
small companies to billion dollar corporations. We can learn to be innovative, creative and surprisingly
imaginative because most amazing things in the world that are a reality today were figments of
imagination in the past. Let the child inside you come out in the world and make the world its playground.
Because a child always finds its way to achieve what it wants.
A child is immersed and lost in the work or play he/she is doing without thinking about what the
world interprets. We all need to adapt that quality of being intensely focused and coherent in what we do.
Today in this materialistic and judgemental world we hardly do what we like or what we want. Most of us
are thinking about what others might think about our actions. In our daily life we are way away from our
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own-self, artificially trying to create an aura of power or attraction which is shallow. All we need to do is be
original and free our minds from the conundrum of gibberish thoughts and lose ourselves in our work
because once we start enjoying it then it becomes a child’s play. Forget about what the world thinks as
most of the people who were labelled crazy by the society yesterday ended up being the creators of an
enchanting new-world today.
It is time we relive the qualities we already possessed as a child. Take some time out from the busy
schedule to do what you did as a child, maybe read comics, do painting or watch Tom & Jerry, enjoy to the
fullest, cry if you wish to it improves your self-esteem. In every stage of life be open to express yourself.
Have the childlike vigour to challenge the challenges, to detonate the potential you possess, to innovate
and create miraculous things. Make the world happy with your smile, be simple, be imaginative, be
original and never stop learning and executing. Let that heavenly pristine child in you stay alive and
survive because that is what differentiates us from the lunatics, the insane and the terrorists who have
lost that childlike touch in them. Rejuvenate yourself with a childlike freshness and vivacity. Have an
ameliorating view for the society and you all will see your world metamorphosed into a place worth living
and enjoying, just like child’s toys and playground.
BE HAPPY. BE CHILDLIKE…..
Manthan Thakker 4th level (EC)
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TRIBUTE TO MOTHER
As per the profession,circumstance,age,feelings;mother has different meaning to different
personage.
As per,
(a) PHYSICIST: [entropy concept] :-Love in the heart of mother always increases.
(b) CHEMIST:- Mother’s efficiency in pain killing never expires.
(c) BIOLOGIST: [genetics concept]:-Mother is key to person’s survival and character.
(d) MATHEMATICIAN:-Integration of forgiveness, love, knowledge,holiness …….,8 is mother.
(e) PREIST:-Mother is pious even than church water.
(f) TENSE PERSON:-In the lap of whose I forget every problem.
(g) WE:-Where we get
<1>knowledge without any teacher,
<2>appreciation without any mentor;
<3>problem sharer without any friend,
<4>mercy with no end;
<5>reason to live without any aim,
<6>visible god with many name.
Vikas Singh
M.E., Industrial Engineering, I- sem.
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Short Story
THE FOURTH REASON
It is a sweet and simple house with lots of kids. The house comprise mostly of different types of
th
toys, books and few photo frames. Its 24 of June. The house is being decorated as if there’s some
occasion. During that decoration a glass full of water fell on the ground with glass pieces flying all over.
An old but still a charming lady come out grumpily and asks the bunch of kids “who did this?”.
Everyone just kept mum. The lady asks once again “ Tell me who did this?”.
The lady starts searching for who’s the real culprit. By adjusting her spectacles she sees a hand
coming out from the crowd of sweet demons. Its Hemu, the lovely girl who’s really close to the lady.
Hemu burst into tears. By seeing this the lady’s tenderness come out. She took Hemu in her lap and told
her “Don’t cry”. But she keep on weeping until the lady promise her to tell a bed time story.
Hemu unlike other days rapidly finish her home-work and lunch and run to her room. After a
short wait the lady come with a smile on her face. She without any further delay starts telling the story.
There was a guy, strongly built, dark but handsome in his own way. He was having his own
ideologies and being a die hard patriot, he never wanted to fell in love. He just wanted to live for three
things :His Father, Mother and his Nation. Other things never matter to him.
Until one day he found a girl who had done more sacrifices and faced more problems than he
himself had. He was somehow and someway drawn to her sobriety, sweetness and sincerity. Now he
sees her in almost everything. He started feeling some pin pinching in his heart whenever he saw her
talking to some other man. He didn’t know what's all this happening but felt that he’d got one more
reason to live i.e. a fourth reason. He everyday tried to tell his feelings to that girl but in despair. One day
he managed to tell his feelings. The girl was surprised to hear that. She didn’t deny his love but was
unable to express her feelings. She asked for time. Boy promised her that he’ll wait till death.
Days passed, they used to talk for long hours on phone but boy didn’t got that ‘YES’ from the girl.
Meanwhile he kept himself busy with his duties of human and also secretly started saving some penny
for the betterment of her love.The girl was also doing her part by devoting her life to her family.
One day a mishappening occurred. The boy lost his parent. He was shattered. He didn’t know
what to do. Now only two reasons were left to live for him. He then asked his first reason. She again kept
mum. So boy started giving his time to his motherland. Once a war broke down. His country was
attacked by other hostile nation. Every street was flooding with blood and there was complete chaos. He
decided to help his country. He started helping the needy, fighting the foes and maintaining harmony in
the midst of that terror. One day while doing so he saw a girl being surrounded by enemies. She was the
same girl whom he loved whole heartedly. He without giving a second thought plunged in that. He
somehow freed that girl from them but while doing so he was badly injured. He fell in the lap of the girl
and once again asked about her feelings. The girl was so much buried in emotions that she was unable
to tell. He smiled and died. He lived for every reason but didn’t got his fourth reason.“So this was the
story”, old lady replied. Hemu asked “what happened to that girl”.“Well that girl opened a boon-home for
children whose parent left them for no reason. She got monetary help from the bank where the boy had
saved his earnings for her and do you know that girl still celebrates the day when boy proposed her as
her anniversary”, replied the lady. Girl once again asked, “what was the name of that boy?”“His name
was Ram”, replied the lady. Next day a party was organized in which a cake was brought with name Ram
and Salma. Every little kid was eating the cake without knowing what's the meaning and saga behind
that two name except Hemu.
Vikas Singh
M.E.,Industrial Engineering, I-sem.
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Make your fundamentals clear…
The first and second year of your engineering are especially important, they are
the basics for your third and the final year. I scored good in first and second year but when it
was a time to apply what I learned in first two years into third year, it was a bit difficult. I had to
again go back to those subjects in which I scored fairly good. My basics were not that good as
compared to the marks I scored. Basics are very important, it’s as simple as: A building will not
be able to sustain during an earthquake if its foundation are weak, during earthquake many
buildings survive while others don’t. Similarly make your basics so strong that no earthquake
can destroy you.
You might be thinking of marks, yes they are very important but meaningless if u
achieved them by just cramming and not understanding what the subject says. The best
exemplary are two guys of my class, they had their concepts very deep and not so good overall
CPI, but they are the first two guys in our class who got selected in the very first campus
placement. No one asks you your CPI in the interview. It is your basic concepts of all the years
you studied in your engineering that helps you crack the interview. As it is rightly said by
‘rancho’ in ‘3 IDIOTS’: “MARKS KE PICHE MAT BHAGO BETA, CONCEPTS KE PICHE BHAGO,
MARKS TOH JAKH MARKE AA JAENGE”.
Hope you will realize this asap. ALL D BEST for your future.
Naishal Thakker
4th level (ME)
One who is honest, is always fearless.
Speaking truth may give you true enemies, but never false friends.
Satisfaction is the only key to happiness.
If you have truth, you can defeat superior enemy…..
Conceived By: Sandeep Chavda

3rd level (EE)
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College after 6 p.m.

You all wait for the last (tedious) lecture to pass away early!! Because ideology (!)
says: there is more than lecturersss in life. You have some of your ‘important’ tasks, waiting
for you, to be completed. They are not about completing files or making professors smile. (In
fact, philanthropist students dedicate most crucial times to files i.e. before 15 min. of Lab.
where cynics don’t believe doing this!) So what after 6 p.m.: facebook updates (or dates!),
Garden gappa (or zaghda), Vaibhav Cinema or S.K. Cinema (?)(this is really dilemma),
Irrfan/Shambhu’s laari’s ram-pyaari (for professors’ read Santram stall) or most importantly
the rest of sleep that you couldn’t finish in lectures !!
So this was about you then what about college after 6p.m.? Have you ever been
there?? Have you ever thought??? I think- unluckily not. No problem, I’ve figured it out. So,
let’s have a trip to GCET after 6 p.m.:
Starting with watchman..oohh..is he there?? Almost there. His son has sat
beside him on a chair & playing with his stick. (Sometimes he plays with professor’s vehicles
too!) Watchman is really gentle if you talk to him few words he can continue conversation for
hours, condition is that you should know desi gujarati. And (I think) you should talk for a social
cause, his job is really boring.
Then we move further to foyer. Here is a straight warning. No outsider is
allowed. Fine! But none checked me or inquired me about ID. How’s that? Chill! (It’s fine not to
be fined!). Looking around, in foyer, we see no electric switch-board free. All are covered up by
laptop chargers. Some benches have been brought from the classes to foyer for ‘useful work’.
Those who didn’t get the benches are lying at ground. The way they are sitting (or lying) here
even don’t sit at their homes! Their sound system is playing: “Munni badnaam..etc.” as loud
even watchman can enjoy it! And what they are doing with WiFi?? Ssshhh..personal matter.
Ok..Ok..But what’s that, a person from other college is using GCET’s WiFi. Hmmm..where is
watchman. Oh, remember, he’s busy with his son!
Watching left towards administrative dept. (the least functional area!) you find
‘vacuum’ & most darkness (even in day!). So you don’t go there. Choosing right, firstly you meet
placement office. You peep in & observe that some placement officers (!) are playing solitaire.
Bizarre!! You quickly proceed & find that some cabin’s light is still on & here some lecturers are
studying for their master, also some HODs can be seen working for their Ph.D. Great! We climb
the upstairs and see that on first floor there is another foyer busy with WiFi. Huh, it seems that
only students don’t work here because even net-lab is full of with ‘Net maniac’. You walk to end
of lobby & watching down from here you find the canteen closed. (I believe it must be closed
forever.)
nd
Now moving to 2 floor, weary, you see some students preparing a model for an IIT
contest. Wow! What a model! Here GCET stands high. These students are really diligent &
technically visionary. You climbed down happily. You are so happy that you get thirsty You
move to the tap & in a moment unhappily come back due to lack of………what………
management!! (Because, water isn’t there.)
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Suddenly you hear some delicious voices coming from the auditorium. You rush
there to see (as human nature). And wow! A youth team is practicing for Youth festival. Music,
drama, art, mimicry, Synergy and enthusiasm, everything is here. Hmmm..that’s why GCET
excels at SPU Youth Festival, Volcano & other cultural events. They are zealous, but you don’t
get jealous that you dint get chance. Sharpen your talent you may be next!
Oh, you wandered too much, may be tired. Let’s get out. Here you have two
options: either you go by legal exit or jump over the closed gate near by auditorium (like many
engineers!). Let’s choose ideal gate (in article). Getting out of college, here is one building called
library (Didn’t you know?). Some idiot pupils say, “There is something like ‘reading section’
here!” Ah, what’s that? I don’t think, somebody may be here now. Why would someone come
here to be disturbed!!
So, now it’s time to say bye-bye. If you are famished that’s hostel mesh (or mess!).
But, you prefer the snack’s ‘laari’ beside hostel; it has cheap rates & fine quality (Profs. also
come here!). OK. It’s too much. So I leave. But stop, listen, I forgot to introduce myself. Ahem,
ahem, I’m a ‘Puppy’ living in a GCET hostel ground……….!!
- Nikul B. Raval (A 2010 passed out)
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The presidential election system in India -

Does it need a sea change?
“I do swear in the name of God, that I will faithfully execute the office of president of
republic of India, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution
and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of republic of
India.” These are the words that grant presidency to a man. This is the presidential oath, But
this raises a string of questions in my mind, who elected him?, is he worth it? Is the system fair?
Good Morning/Evening respected jury and my dear friends. Recently Pranab Mukherjee
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was elected the 13 president of our country. The president, the face of the nation is a vital
position in our system. Governments have been classified on the basis of relationship of
political executive with legislative branch. If the executive is answerable only to the legislative
branch it is parliamentary form of government. The British is a parliamentary form & we follow
the same. As far as eligibility is concerned, a citizen of India above 35 years of age and qualified
enough to be a member of Lok sabha can apply for presidency. The new president is chosen by
an electoral college comprising of both the houses of parliament, the Vidhan Sabha &
legislative members of Union territories.
This again raises the question. Does this system need a sea-change?
I believe yes. The drawbacks are on a massive scale.
Under this form of government, the head of the state in our case the president is titular.
The person holding this post may have great stature but he does not exercise his power
independently, although, constitutionally the power belongs to him. His power is exercised by
a council of ministers headed by the prime minister. Thus there exists dual executive in our
system. The president is the nominal head whereas the prime minister is the real head.
As people’s choice is not a point of consideration, policy formation is another demerit.
The preference of party over public creates huge disturbances. The party dominates the
decision and the nation’s voice goes unheard.
The result of parliamentary system is that the government has come to a standstill. The
existence of multiparty government, the coalition government is a pointless approach. No
decisions or bills are passed as there is always a party to oppose. The best example is the
commonwealth games, no decisions were made as the ministers continued to play the blame
game and India faced a worldwide mockery. The 2G scam, the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab
are scenarios we all are well aware of but the government has failed to act upon it. This has
reduced the system efficiency drastically and is a major drawback in nation’s growth.
In conclusion, I urge the system it’s time for a change, because sometimes the truth isn’t
good enough, sometimes the people deserve more. We must shift to presidentialsystem. For
that to happen, the sea change must be brought in the election system. We must let the people
choose their president and along with that provide certain authority to him that ensures
smooth functioning of the system.
It’s time for a revolution….
Gaurav Thatte (3rd Level EE)
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DEFENCE AND SECURITY
Supreme Commander - President of India

Administrative control - Ministry of Defence
ARMY : is headed by the Chief of Army Staff and its headquarters is at New Delhi.
India’s Battle Tanks: (1) Vijayanta battle tank; (2) Arjun : Indigenously built Main Battle Tank
(MBT) inducted in 1993; (3) T-55 and T-72 purchased from Russia.
AIR FORCE : is headed by the Chief of Air Staff and its headquarters is at New Delhi.
Aircrafts : MIG-29 aircraft were acquired from Russia and have been named Baaz. MIG-23,
MIG-25 and MIG-27 are the other types of MIG aircrafts. MIG-21 is being manufactured by
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to serve as jet training aircraft.
The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a Pilotless Target
Aircraft which has been named Lakshya. India also acquired the Mirage-2000 from France,
which has been named Vajra.
NAVY : is headed by the Chief of Naval Staff and its headquarters is at New Delhi.
No. of Fleets: (a) Western Fleet (b) Eastern Fleet
Aircraft Carriers:
(a INS Vikrant: India’s first aircraft carrier
(b)INS Viraat : India’s largest aircraft carrier
IMPORTANT SUBMARINES/MISSILE BOATS/WAR SHIPS

(a) INS Vibhuti: Country’s first indigenously built missile boat.
(b)INS Chakra : India’s first nuclear powered submarine. It has now been
decommissioned and returned to Russia.
(c) INS Vipul : Second indigenously built missile boat.
(d)INS Savitri: India’s first warship.
(e) INS Shalki : India’s first indigenously built submarine.
(f) INS Delhi : India’s largest, most sophistiated, indigenously built warship.
(g) INS Nashak : Third indigenously built missile boat joined the Navy in 1994.
INDIA’S MISSILE PROGRAMME
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started India’s Integrated
Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) in 1982-1983 under the chairmanship of Dr
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. viz.
Prithvi : is a Surface-to-surface battlefield missile and has a range of 150km-250km. It was

first launched on February 25, 1988 from Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota. It was
successfully test fired from the Interiem Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, March 27, 2003.
Agni : is a Surface-to-surface ballistic missile. It has a range of 1200km-2000km. On May

22,1989 it was first launched from Chandipur (Orissa).
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Agni-1 : was successfully test fired from the launch complex at the Wheeler's island located
in the Bay of Bengal of the Orissa coast.
Trishul : is a low-level and quick reaction surface-to-surface missile and has a range of 500 m
to 9 km (short range). It is developed for all the three defense services namely army, navy
and air force. It was first launched in 1985.
Nag : is a Anti-tank guided missile. Its range is 4 km. Its first test flight was made in 1988.
Anti-Missile System : India has embarked upon the developmnt of an anti-missile system
capable of detecting and destroying enemy’s long-range missiles similar to the US made
‘Patriot’ which was effectively used against Iraqi scud missiles in the 1991 gulf war.
Nag Fire and Target System : Indian defence Scientists, in a technological breakthrough,
have successfully tested the "fire and forget guidance system" using imaging infra-red
seeker for mounting on Nag, making it the first third generation anti-tank missile in the
world.
Akash : Akash was successfully test fired from Chandipur-on-Sea, in Balasore district,
Orissa on September 19, 2000. It is a medium range surface-to air missile. It has a range of
25 km. It was again successfully test fired on January 21, 2003.
BrahMos : The supersonic anti-ship cruise missile BrahMos, jointly developed by India and
Russia, was successfully test fired for the 2nd time in February 12, 2003. For the first time
missile was the test fired from the ship (INS-Rajput) stationed in the Bay of Bengal.
The Arjun Tank : The state of the art flagship of Indian armour and can move in a battlefield
at 72 kmph. It has laser range finder, computer-based firing system, 12.7 mm machine gun
and thermal sighting equipment.
Pinaka : Pinaka is a multi-barrel rocket system characterised by the capability to deliver
saturation fire over targets not engagable by guns. It has a range of 40 km and can deliver a
variety of warheads.
LCA : LCA is an eight tonne state of the art multi-role combat aircraft. It would be capable of
engaging air battle in a 600 km combat zone. It would carry laser-guided bombs, IR and
radar guided missiles, anti-ship missiles, cluster bomb dispensers etc.
Smit Bhagat (3rd level (EC))
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ARE YOU A TRUE PATRIOT?
India - a country of rich and varied cultures, languages, monuments, etc. Also it is one of
the largest democratic nations. It has everything within it, which obviously attracted the
people around the world as “Sone Ki Chhidiya”. But one thing which is missing nowadays is
the ‘Patriotism’ in the people of India. And this mainly includes the youth of this nation.
Days before, Independence Day was celebrated all over the country. But did we take part
in that special occasion? No. The simple reasons which we use to cover our faults are the loads
of work, assignments, lack of sleep and so on. On the other hand we claim that of course I did
send “Happy Independence Day” sms to all my 50-60 friends. Above all that, my facebook
status is also updated with the same. But does that really mean that you are a patriot of your
country. Just by getting 30-40 likes and 10-15 comments (which will make you momentarily
happy) is not the right way. Not only the youth, the adults too are included in this. Around 85
% (or may be even more) Indians don’t know the ‘Indian Pledge’ by heart.
Nowadays patriotism which means ‘a person who strongly supports their country’ has lost its
original meaning. It just means to listen to the speeches of our prime minister and the
president, watch the rally and then again back to your work. It’s another meaning is to stop the
things which are being carried out illegally or which harms us. But the first thing that comes in
our mind is “Why should I do it first? Let others start it and then I’ll surely support them.” We
always keep on fighting for our rights, but when it comes for our duties, we don’t have time for
that or we are not interested in it.
Working for the people of this country, serving them with all your resources and try to
raise their standard of living, is the real patriotism. And one famous example of a true patriot is
of ‘Swami Vivekanand’. Gandhiji once said, “My love for my country increased many times
after I read Swami Vivekanand’s books.”
To bring India back to its original position and change our present situation, the youths of the
country must be active.
Dhaval H Khandhedia
(06EC401)
Business Development Associate
Recruitment consultant and Business trainer
Be chary of giving advice.

Wise men don’t need it and fools won’t heed it.
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“My fellow Americans, Beware! See to it that the people of India and China don’t overtake
you.” This is clear signal towards the young generation of the country.
“ Jo Parvato Se Takraye Use Tufaan Kehte Hai
Aur Jo Tufano Se Takraye Use YUVAAN Kehte Hai. “
How much powerful a country is, can be known from the power of its youth. Dear
friends, the future of our country is in our hands. Our fore-fathers gave us this invaluable
nation at the cost of their lives, so now it is our prime duty to protect it, preserve it and the
most important is to respect it. So I would suggest each and everyone to oppose anything
that’s going on wrong and support those which will help to raise the standard of living of
the general public. According to me these should be some steps which will lead us to be a
‘TRUE PATRIOT’ and help our country reach new extremities.
JAI HIND
Dipam N. Patel,
1st level (Mech.)
Ever wonder about where the windows XP default wallpaper comes from??
A picture of a lush green hill,
called “Bliss”, is the most recognizable
in the world thanks to its place as the
windows XP default wallpaper but
where did it come from?
Have you ever stopped to wonder
where the image was taken, or who
took it?
Turns out it’s real scene, not a
CG image. It was taken Sonoma
County, California, southeast of
Sonoma Valley 1996 by photographer
Charles O’Rear.
It was chosen by Microsoft
engineers as the desktop for their XP
back ground.
Although the 69 year old
photographer signed confidentially
agreement that it is reportedly the
second most expensive photo license
ever purchased.
Mr. O’Rear shot purchased for
an undisclosed sun by Microsoft ‘I had
no idea when I took the photograph
that anything like that could happen.
It is probably the most recognized
Anil Hingu, 09 (ME)
photo on the planet’ said Mr. O’Rear.
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ENGINEERING STUDENTS
» They are not alien but somehow they are different.
» They love ideal things especially when they haven’t to follow them..!!
» Some times they are technically non-technical & sometimes non-technically technical.
» They utilize their prime time at evergreen multiplexes, gossip (i.e. publicity of movies),
smoking (!), surfing, comp. games, media etc. & they spend their spare time at more
movies (also they worry for movies like they have produced it. What a love!!).
» If no one works then they advise to work & that’s really great!!
» During the class they make sure that, does any professor make mistakes or not? Also they
compare Profs.’ knowledge level. (At least they have some task to do except yawning &
sleeping..zzzzz !!)
» They copy assignments & photocopy rest things including class-notes, & ‘portions’ of text
books (Yeah, ‘portions’ because they never need to read book fully, see their intelligence!)
» They make calendar of bunks, design time table of holidays, arrange proxy, rearrange
labs….& what not!!
» When the professors throw any question among class, they start to hide & survive
themselves from Profs.’ hungry eyes & see, how they do it: They start to gaze their class-
notes (if made!) or also start to find in bags (if bags there!) for some hing, which isn’t
there(& they know it. Cool!).
» On the day before exam they strive to achieve ‘profound’ knowledge of subject & show their
nd
110% dedication towards (unknown!) books which they almost start from 2
chapter.
» They can create anything, either miracle or mishap!
» Asking them to answer the multiple question with 4 objectives, they always have their own
fifth (censured!) objective. Yes, there is their extra-ordinary vision, imagination &
creativity!!
» The moral of their life is too simple: ’Yearn, Learn, Earn & Burn’. But, the ways they use are
always complex (& they love complexity, I tell you !).
» And at last, engineers conclude things fabulously (forget about other things!).
Nikul B. Raval
(A 2010 passed out)
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Function of National Laboratories:
The National Laboratories undertake basic and applied research with special reference to the problems
of industries failing within their spheres. These refer to the problems with the work of industrial
development and each having its own detailed programme of work drawn up by expert committees.
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum : Kolkata(West Bengal)
Central Building Research Institute : Roorkee (U.P.)
Central Drug Research Institute : Lucknow (U.P.).
Central Electro - Chemical Research Institute : Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu).
Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute : Pilani (Rajasthan).
Central Food Technological Research Institute : Mysore (Karnataka).
Central Fuel Research Institute : Dhanbad (Bihar).
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute : Kolkata (West Bengal).
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants : Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
Central Leather Research Institute : Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute : Durgapur (West Bengal).
Central Mining Research Station : Dhanbad (Bihar).
Central Road Research Institute : New Delhi (Delhi).
Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute : Bhavnagar (Gujarat).
Central Scientific Instruments Organization : Chandigarh (Chandigarh).
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology : Kolkata (West Bengal).
Indian Institute of Petroleum : Dehradun (Uttar Pradesh)
Indian Toxicology Research Centre : Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
National Aeronautical Laboratory : Bangalore (Karnataka).
(Including Scientific Research Institute and Industrial Undertakings etc.,)
NATIONAL LABORATORIES
National Biological Laboratory (in Planning) : Palampur (Himachal Pradesh).

National Botanical Research Institute : Lucknow, (Uttar Pradesh)
National Chemical Laboratory : Pune, (Maharashtra).
National Environmental Engineering Institute : Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).
National Institute of Oceanography : Panaji (Goa).
National Metallurgical Laboratory : Jamshedpur (Bihar).
National Physical Laboratory : New Delhi (Delhi).
Pulsars Research Laboratory : New Delhi (Delhi).
Regional Research Laboratory : Bhuvaneshwar (Orissa), Jorhant (Assam), Jammu
and Kashmir and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).
Structural Engineering Research Centre : Roorkee (U.P.). and Chennai.
Visveswarayya Industrial and Technological Museum: Bangalore, (Karnataka).
NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND ATOMIC ENERGY
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) : Trombay near Mumbai(Maharashtra).

Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT) : Indore.(Madhya Pradesh)
High Altitude research Laboratory : Gulmarg (Kashmir)
Indian Cancer Research Centre : Mumbai.(Maharashtra).
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Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research : Kalpakkam.

Physical Research Laboratory : Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics : Kolkata (West Bengal)
Seismic Research Centre : Gaurividanur near Bangalore (Karnataka).
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research : Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Bharat Ophthalmic Glass Limited : Kolkata, (West Bengal).
Bose Research Institute : Kolkata (W.Bengal).
Central Arid Zoo Research Institute : Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
Central Coconut Research Institute : Kaserkode (Kerala)
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Station : New Delhi
Central Inland Fisheries Research Station : Barrackpore (W.Bengal)
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology : Ernakulam (Kerala).
Central Jute Technological Research Institute : Kolkata (W.Bengal).
Central Marine Research Station : Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute : Durgapur (West Bengal).
Central Research Laboratory : Chepauk, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Central State Farm : Suratgarh (Rajasthan).
Central Tobacco Research Station : Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh).
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology : Hyderabad
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute: New Delhi.
Fluid Control Research Institute : Kanjikode (Kerala).
Indian Institute of Science : Bangalore.(Karnataka).
Indian Institute of Sugar Technology : Kanpur, (U.P).
Indian Lac Research Institute : Ranchi (Bihar).
Indian Space Research Organisation : Bangalore (Karnataka)
Institute of Microbial Technology : Hyderabad.(A.P)
National Dairy Research Institute : Karnal (Haryana).
National Environmental Engineering Institute : Nagpur.
National Sugar Research Institute : Kanpur (U.P.)
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health : Kolkata (W.Bengal).

All India Institute of Medical Science : New Delhi (Delhi).
All India Malaria Institute : Delhi.
Central Research Institute : Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh).
Haftkine Institute : Mumbai.
Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine : Kolkata (W.Bengal)
Indian Vetrinary Research Institute : Mukteshwar and Izatnagar (Gujarat).
National Institute of Communicable Disease : Delhi.
Nutrition Research Laboratory : Coonoor (Tamil Nadu)
Tuberculosis Institute : Delhi.
Ishan Shah
3rd Level CP
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Alchemist
Personal Calling, What is a Personal calling? It is God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for
you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our
legend. However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our own dream. Why?
There are four obstacles. First, we are told from childhood onwards that everything we want to do
is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice,
fear and guilt. There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be
invisible. But it’s still there.
If we have the courage to disinter our dream, we are then faced by the second obstacle: love. We
know what we want to do, but are afraid of hurting those around us by abandoning everything in order
to pursue our dream. We do not realize that love is just a further impetus’ not something that will
prevent us going forward, and that those who genuinely wish us well want us to be happy and are
prepared to accompany us on that journey.
I ask myself: are defeats necessary? Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin
fighting for our dream, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to
fall seven times and to get up eight times.
So, why is it so important to live our personal calling if we are only going to suffer more than other
people? Because once we have overcome the defeats and we always do-we are filled with a greater sense
of euphoria and confidence. In the silence of our hearts, we know that we are proving ourselves worthy
of the miracle of life. Each day, each hour, is part of the good fight. We start to live with enthusiasm and
pleasure. Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable;
the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our soul, until, one day, we are no
longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.
Having disinterred our dream, having used the power of love to nurture it and spent many years
living with the scars, we suddenly notice that what we always wanted is there, waiting for us, perhaps
the very next day. Then comes the fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream for which we have been
fighting all our lives.
Oscar Wilde said, “Each man kills the thing he loves.” And it’s true. The mere possibility of getting
what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed
to get what they want and feed that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the
obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this
far. I have known a lot of people who, when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to
commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal when it was only a step away.
This is the most dangerous of the obstacles because it has a kind of saintly aura about it: renouncing joy
and conquest. But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become
an instrument of God, you help the soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.
Reference: ‘The Alchemist’, By PAULO COELHO
Girish D. Vegad
CH dept.
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IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITIES
Abdul Kalam A.P.J. : Dr. Aavul Pakkiri Jainulabidin. He was born in 1931 at Rameswaram in
Ramanathapuram, Tamilnadu. He was familiarly known as the "Missile Man of India". He
became the eleventh President of India on July 25, 2002. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in
1998. He wrote books like "Wings of
Fire"' "India 2020", and "Ignited Mind".
Albert Einstein : A world famous scientist of German Swiss origin who settled down in the
U.S.A. after hewas driven out by the Nazis from Germany in 1933. He is the author of the Theory
of Relativity.
Aryabhatta : Aryabhatta is a celebrated Indian astronomer and mathematician who adorned
the court of Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya. India’s first satellite
was christened after him. He laid the foundation of Algebra and was responsible for pointing
out the importance of “zero”.
Bhaskaracharya : Bhaskaracharya, is a great Indian Mathematician and astronomer of the
12th century AD. His famous Sidhanta Shironmani consists of two mathematical and two
astronomical volumes. His name is associated with India’s second satellite.
Bill Gates : World's richest private individual for the sixth consecutive year with a $90b,
fortune. President and CEO of Microsoft Corp., He revolutionized the
computer industry. Philanthropist who has made record donations.
Gallileo : He was an Italian Scientist and professor of Mathematics. He invented the telescope
and devoted his life to the study of astronomy.
Kalpana Chawla : Dr. Kalpana Chawla was the first (Indo-American) woman to go into space.
Her first mission was on 19.11.97. Her second mission 0n 16.1.03
ended with a tragic explosion minutes before landing on 1.2.03. In a way to honor her, India's
first metrological research satellite has been named as
Kalpana-I.
Michael Faraday : He was an English Scientist who made important discoveries in electricity
and magnetism which laid the foundation of the modern electrical
industry. At first, he was assistant to Sri Humphrey Davy at the Royal Institution.
Thomas Alva Edison : A great American inventor. He began life as a newsboy and then served
as a telegraph operator. He has more than 1,000 inventions to his credit including motion
pictures, gramophone, electric bulb, etc.
Varahmihira : A distinguished astronomer, mathematician and philosopher of early India. He
was one of the nine gems who adorned the Court of King Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II).
SOURCE: INTERNET
Shah Nirmal A.
3rd Level
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INDIA - AT A GLANCE
India lies at the north of the equator between 8° 4' and 37° 6' north latitude and 68° 7' and
97° 25' east longitude.
It is bounded on the South West by the Arabian Sea & on the South East by the Bay of Bengal.
On the North, North East & North West lie the Himalayan ranges. The southern tip,
Kanyakumari is washed by the Indian Ocean. India measures 3214 km from North to South &
2933 km from east to west with a total land area of 3,287,263 sq.km. It has a land frontier of
15,200 km & a coastline of 7516.5 km. Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal &
Lakshadweep in
the Arabian Sea are parts of India. India shares its political borders with Pakistan and
Afghanistan on the West and Bangladesh and Burma on the East. The Northern boundary is
made up of the Sinkiang province of China, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.
India has Seven major Physiographic regions
1. Northern Mountains including the Himalayas and mountain ranges in the North-East.
2. The Indo-Gangetic plain
3. Central Highlands
4. Peninsular plateau
5. East Coast
6. West Coast
7. Bordering seas and islands.
India has Seven principal Mountain ranges
1. The Himalayas
2. The Patkai and other ranges bordering India in the North & North East
3. the Vindhyas, which separate the Indo- Gangetic plain from the Deccan Plateau
4. The Satpura
5. The Aravalli
6. The Sahayadri, which covers the Eastern fringe of the West Coast plains and
7. The Eastern Ghats, irregularly scattered on the East Coast and, forming the boundary of
the East Coast plains.
Himalayas, the highest mountain - system in the world, is also one of the world's youngest
mountain ranges.
National Emblem
The State Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Asoka as
preserved in the Sarnath Museum. The Government adopted the emblem on 26th January,
1950, the day when India became a Republic.
In the State Emblem adopted by the Government, only three lions are visible, the fourth being
hidden from view. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on the right
and a horse on the left and the outlines of the other wheels on the extreme right and left. The
bell-shaped lotus has been omitted. The Words, Saytameva Jayate from the Mundaka
Upanishad meaning ‘Truth alone triumphs’ are inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari
script..
National FLAG
The National Flag is a horizontal tri-colour of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the
middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio
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of the width of the flag to its length is two to three. In the centre of white band is a wheel, in navy
blue, which represents the Charkha (Khadi Spinning Wheel). Its design is that of the wheel
(Chakra) which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Asoka. Its diameter
approximates the width of the white band. It has 24 spokes. The design of the National Flag was
adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22nd July, 1947. Its use and display are
regulated by a code. Rabindranath Tagore’s song, Jana-gana-mana was adopted by the
Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24th January 1950. The first stanza
(out of 5 stanzas) of the song, forms the National Anthem.
National Calendar
The Saka year has the normal 365 days and begins with Chaitra as its first month. The
days of the Saka calendar have permanent correspondence with the dates of the Gregorian
Calendar, Chaitra 1 falling on March 22 in a normal year and on March 21 in a Leap Year. The
National Calendar commenced on Chaitra 1 Saka, 1879 corresponding to March 22, 1957 A.D.
NATIONAL ANIMAL : TIGER

NATIONAL GAME : HOCKEY
NATIONAL FLOWER: LOTUS
NATIONAL BIRD : PEACOCK
National Song
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Vande Mataram which was a source of inspiration to the
people in their struggle for freedom, has an equal status with Jana Gana Mana. The first
political occasion on which it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National congress.
Trivedi Isha
3rd Level EC
Do not equate money with success. There are

money makers who are miserable failure as
human beings. What counts most about success
is how man achieves it.
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INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Indian National Movement National freedom movement and attainment of independence-

contribution of national leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopalakrishna Gokhale, Dada Bhai Naorji,
M.K. Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and others-role of Tamil Nadu in freedom movement, Bharathiyar,
V.O.C., Subramaniya Siva, Rajaji and others. The National Movement or the movement for
Independence from the British Rule nearly started in1857 which the British historians have called
“Sepoy Mutiny” and the Indian historians, as the “First War of Independence”. Previously Indian
soldiers have broken out in open mutiny against British Officers at Vellore in 1806, in 1842 in Bengal, in
1844 in Sind, then in Bihar and Punjab. The immediate cause which precipitated the Sepoy Mutiny of
1857 was due to the introduction of cartridges greased into cow’s and pig’s fat. The revolt started from
Meerut and the first sepoy who refused to use the greased cartridge was Mangal Pandey. Mangal Pandey
was killed by the British Army. The Indian soldiers have massacred the British personnel marched to
Delhi in May 1857. The revolt of 1857 started from Meerut.
The Indian Soldiers proclaimed the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II as the Emperor of India.
The heroine of this first war of Independence for India was Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, one of the most
courageous and capable leaders of the mutiny. She fought the British forces strongly but fell. Among
others who fell fighting were Nana Saheb and Tantya Tope, the brave commander of Nana Saheb’s
forces. The leaders lost the war mainly because of lack of unity of purpose effective organisation, and a
unified system of leadership.
One of the immediate results of the mutiny was that it led to the assumption of direct
responsibility for administration of India by the British Crown. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation was
issued in 1858. Queen Victoria was proclaimed the Empress of India and the Governor - General was
designated the Viceroy and the Governor-General Lord Canning became the first Viceroy of India.
BIRTH OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
The birth of Indian National Congress was a great achievement for the unity of India. The Indian
National Congress was founded by A.O.Hume in 1885, during the Governor-General ship of Lord
Dufferin. The first session of the Indian National Congress was the training and organisation of public
opinion in the country. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 gave a new lease of life to the
nationalist movement.
On the outbreak of World War I, some of the Indian revolutionaries thought of alliance into
Germany against England. A young Tamil named Champakraman Pillai, President of a body in Zurich,
called the International Pro-India Committee, went to Berlin to work under the German Foreign Office.
He started the Indian National Party which was attached to the German General Staff. In early 1915,
Mrs.Annie Besant launched a campaign through her two papers.
New India and Commonweal and organized public meetings and conferences to demand that
India be granted self-government. In April 1916, Tilak set up the Home Rule League. Annie Besant
announced the formation of her Home Rule League, with George Arundale, as the organising secretary.
She alsoorganised Theosophical Society at Adyar. The two leagues worked in co-operation demarcating
their area of activity, at belgaum meeting,Tilak declared “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it”. At
another meeting he told the people : “Do not ask for crumbs; ask for the whole bread”. JawaharlalNehru
joined both the Home Rule Leagues, but worked mostly for Annie Besant's Home Rule League. Tilak
joined the Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916 and with the co-operation of Annie Besant and
Bipin Chandra Pal secured control of the Congress.
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GANDHIAN ERA :
During the war years, 1914-1918, Nationalism gathered its forces, Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Saurashtra.
He proceeded to England in 1888 and returned to India as Barrister-at-Law. He proceeded to Natal in
South Africa and fought for the Indian Congress and also a
newspaper called “Indian Opinion” with a view to educating Indians in political matters. Gandhiji
returned to India in January 1915, and was warmly welcomed.
His first involvement was in Champaaran in Bihar and the second in Kheda (Kaira). Gandhiji organized
Satyagraha and asked the cultivators not to pay t he
land revenue. The Government yielded and a compromise was reached.
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre :

On the afternoon of April 13, 1919 a public meeting was held in Jallianwala Bagh in Amristsar,
despite a ban on meetings. Sir Michael O Dyer, the Lt. Governor took command of the troops and
ordered fire. Many innocent people died on the spot. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his '
Knighthood' as a measure of
protest. Gandhiji returned the 'Kaiser-i-Hind' medal given to him for his work during the Boer War.
Non-Co-operation Movement :
The Non Co-operation Movement was launched by Gandhiji on August 1920. Tilak died on the
same day. Tilak’s last message to the nation was 'Unless Swaraj is achieved, India shall not prosper. It is
required for our existence'. Gandhiji withdrew the Non Co-operation Movement when an angry crowd
burnt the police station at Chauri Chaura (U.P.).
Lahore Congress “Purna Swaraj” :

The Congress assembled at Lahore towards the end of December 1929. The Lahore Congress
declared that the agreement to Dominion Status in t he Nehru
Report had lapsed and committed the Congress to full Swaraj. At midnight on December 31, 1929.
Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the tri-colour national flag on the banks of the Ravi.
Civil Disobedience Movement :

The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930-31 marked a critically important stage in the progress
of the anti-imperialist struggle. Gandhi launched Civil Disobedience Movement by organising the Dandi
March with a view to break the salt law. Organisation of country-wide demonstrations and hartals,
boycott ofthe foreign
goods and refusal to pay taxes were stages of Civil Disobedience Movement. As a result of Gandhi - Irwin
Pact of 1931, Congress agreed to withdraw the Civil Disobedience Movement and took part in the round
table Conference.
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Bardoli Satyagraha :
In Gujarat, a conflict developed between the peasantry and the Government. The Government
attempted to increase revenue, Vallabhbhai Patel took up the cause of the peasants and the struggle
was known as the Bardoli Satyagraha. The Struggle met with success and Vallabhbhai Patel came to be
called Sardar.
Quit India Movement :

In 1942, the Congress decided to launch the Quit India Movement with a view to compel the
British Government to offer more favourable terms.
Cabinet Mission :
The Cabinet Mission came to India to evolve a consensus on the constitutional question. In 1945,
when Mr. Atlee of the Labour Party became the Prime Minister of Britain, he took a realistic view for the
fulfilment of India’s dream for freedom.
Mountbatten Plan :
The Mountbatten Plan of June 3, 1947 contained a solution for the political and constitutional
deadlock created by teh refusal for the Muslim League to join the Constituent Assembly, formed to
frame the Constitution of India. It laid down detailed principles for the partition of India and the speedy
transfer of political power in the form of Dominion Status to the newly born Dominions of India and
Pakistan. A Bill containing the main provisions of the Mountbatten Plan of June 3, 1947 was introduced
in the British Parliament and passed as the Indian Independence Act of 1947. Lord Atlee was the Prime
Minister of England when India got Independence. India thus obtained Independence on the 15th of
August 1947 and became a Sovereign, Secular, Democratic and Republic State on the 26th January 1950.
Gandhi Bhavik
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Inside most of us, live two monsters. Mr. YES and Mr. NO. youcan call them
Ms.YES or Ms.NO, if you prefer. Or just Y and N to keep it really simple.
Y likes you, Y appreciates anything you do , when you look like in the mirror Y says “ yes,
you look good. You aren’t fat. You have not put on too much weight. Your complexion is
looking clearer. You are smart. Yes, I like you. You are great gorgeous, the best person in the
world. I like hanging around with you and you make me happy. You are talented, smart and
witty. The people in your life value you and you are important to them.”
N is not so kind. N criticizes anything you do. “you can be thinner. You look tired. What
are those dark Circle under your eyes? You are just average. I am not too found you. What you
are doing is nothing great .you are just average. You are not important. You are foolish, silly
and unattractive.”
Y believes in you. Y Think you can achieve anything. N tells you that your ideas are not
good. N reminds you what it is to be ridiculed . Y sets you free. N holds you back.
N is sometimes useful, when it pushes you into doing something about whatever has
been bothering you. Like ending a relationship with that constant cribber, the critic, the so-
called friend who was actually not one. But is you let N take over Completely, you get defeated,
Most Psychologists agree that it is mostly because of N that many people find it difficult
to accept or give praise. N simply does not let you believe that you are Good, N doesn’t let you
believe in yourself or in others. Many people find it difficult to tell others that really admire
them, or something they did. You see, it is N at work. (“what will that person think? Will she/he
think that I want something and so I am praising them? How will I sound?”)
When I was thinking of writing all This, N tried to stop me, I was thinking that“is it Right
Topic” OR “what happen if I spell something wrong (Iam Gujarati medium Student)” But at a
next moment I was thinking “Is Language really important then what I thought.”I am Glad Y
won.
If N perks up its head when you really want to pursue your Dreams, it is best to tell N to
buzz off. This simple Philosophy has been propounded by many positive thinkers and is
described in many books. Paulo Coelho , Rhonda Byrne , Robin Sharma , Shiv khera , Norman
Vincent Peale all of them convey a similar underlying message.
They believe that people can shape their thought use the laws of attraction to turn their
lives around. What most of them say is that you should deeply and badly want it from the heart
(not merely an unexpressed wishful thinking).
“DREAM,BELIEVE AND YOU SHALL ACHIEVE.”
Mihir Patel
4 th level (CH)
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LORD MACAULAY’S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

ON FEB. 2, 1835
“I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I
have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I
have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such
caliber, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless
we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and
cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and
ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all
that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will
lose their self esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly
dominated nation.”
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, The Privy Council of England
(25 October 1800 28 December 1859) was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He
wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. He also held political
office as Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841 and Paymaster-General between 1846 and
1848. The Privy Council of England, also known as His (or Her) Majesty's Most Honorable
Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England. Its members
were often senior members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, together with
leading churchmen, judges, diplomats and military leaders.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Mechanical Engineering-an ever green branch
Who is a mechanical engineer? I didn’t know this until first time we got our PDP classes
even though I selected mechanical engineering as my choice. I selected mechanical not
because I had that passion of machines but because I could eliminate others fields and the only
one left was mechanical engineering. But as I am on the verge of becoming a mechanical
engineering, I do not repent my decision. I am glad I chose this field.
The first time in the PDP session they asked us to define who mechanical engineer is or
what is mechanical engineering? That was the moment I thought that even though I am in this
field, I can’t explain to others what exactly we do and majority of our class also could not. I
thought after that looking everything from mechanical point of view. I could relate all things
with my field, whether it is from a small pin to a gigantic aero plane, there is a contribution of
mechanical engineer. Everything needs to be manufactured whether it is a tool of a doctor,
computer of a computer engineer, calculators of an accountant, musical instruments of a
musician, a bottle of medicine, clothes we are wearing or the wires of electrical equipment.
Everything undergoes manufacturing process to get it in the final form. Whether it is a
pharmaceutical industry, a cosmetics company, electrical company, food and processing
company or any accessories manufacturing company, but at last it needs machines and
equipments in a factory to manufacture it. Also a factory needs to be managed and everything
to be optimized. All these things will need a mechanical engineer and so its demand.
Mechanical engineering is not called ever green just for the sake of saying. It is due to all above
reasons.
I am not telling that only mechanical engineers are only important, but there is a
contribution of mechanical engineers everywhere. Our ancestors did not use electricity neither
computers but they still made their own small tools to cook and weapons to defend hence a
need of mechanical engineering to the world.
Proud to be a mechanical engineer and I am sure all the mechanical engineers will be
after reading this article.
Naishal Thakker
4 Level (ME)
Take care of your-self.

Good health is every one’s
major source of wealth,
without it happiness is almost impossible.
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Father-Mother :- GOD
Can anyone describe the meaning of Father-Mother ??
For me they are GOD..

They are Everything..Can't be compared with anyone..
First question may be arise in your mind why i have written Father-Mother not Mother-
Father ?
We believe that first word spoken by any child is "MAA" because of that we are saying
Mummy-Pappa....Right na ?? I also agree with this..but though my point of view is little bit
different...
I am writing about Father-Mother because they are the most important part of my life, if
someone asked me how much can you speak about your Father and Mother my answer will
be..I can speak until you cry..That's Challenge..
As you can see that there is a Picture of Father-Child-Mother. One hand is hold by Father
and One hand by Mother. Child can't teach any lesson with only one..As we have learnt in
primary school that mother gives you sanskar and father will show you path towards the
success..That's True..
I read one article of Jay Vasavada on the subject of "Who is MAA"?? It was truly heart
touching. After reading it I kept it in my cupboard for my mother. I would like to share few of the
examples of it..
Mother will not eat anything until you eat.
If you will not receive your Mom's call, She will call hundreds of people and will ask about you.
She will not sleep until you sleep.
She is only who has to take care of all the stuff like Home, Husband, Children, Mother-In-Law.
She has to listen all of the family members, etc..
According to me Mother is the Strongest Person in the Family..
Father is the earning member of anyone's family. Father is the first love of any
daughter(Read). In every family child is close to his/her Dad/Mom.
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Father is the silent well wisher of their children.
There are few people in this world who prays their Parents in the morning but I do
always. If your mom and dad are your Friends then trust me you live your life like heaven.
If your mom and dad aren't your friends then make it today and feel the difference. We are
asked about essay on the subject of "Naari tu narayani " and " Maa te Maa bija vagda na va " it
should be asked like " Father and Mother - Children's Best Friend".
Don't think i am against in "MAA" but i would like to say there is always a "Father who is
always silent", Father can't express the feelings like Mother- " Keep in Mind ".
Don't ever think about " Old Age Home "..
I would like to write a lot on this topic..But you just think This topic is like a Sea.. So...
"Love Your Mom And Dad like Your Love"
Thank You,
Pavan Anadkat
One Last Time
Study this one last time, they told me. After this you’ll have a nice long vacation. This
carrot was dangled in front of me for the first 10 academic years of my life. Then came the board
exams. The carrot now becomes the “Science Stream”. Study this one last time, they told me.
After you get into “Science”, life is all cream and butter (As you’d know very well, this is so not
th
true).Enter 12 boards. Study this one last time, they told me. After this, it’s going to be four
years of vacation for you.
In these years, every 6 months we tell ourselves “Dint we study the last time? I’ll study
next time”. My vacation is about to end, and the “next time” is yet to come.
You’ve reached the very end of your vacation now, they tell me. Now there are no last times’ or
next times’ only tougher times and exams every day. I guess I’ll have to figure it out only after
my 2 “last times’”.
Alefya Dhrolia
4th Level
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Road Safety
Do we all know, “what safety is?”. I can give you some sort of general views which can
make road safety somewhat more clear.
Safety means a lots of things these days, Safety is given the most priority for each &
everything, it may be Vehicle Driving, an Industrial Project, a School Picnic or Working in
Kitchen.
As we all know accidents cannot be stopped but only avoided and Safety is the best &
only way to avoid accidents, as “Precaution is better than Cure”.
These days we see on the roads the harsh driving of People & most of us have noticed that
most of them are teenagers. “Teenagers have Warm Blood”, we all have heard from our
ancestors, which is applicable even today. Now a days when Government has put a compulsion
on wearing Helmets, fellow people reacted by saying “it is not governments look out if get
injured or even die in a road accident” and many other arguments were held. But only an
example is enough to justify the fact i.e. Our nearest National Highway. Every day we hear or
see a new accident, “Who is the Culprit for the accident held?”, the person who broke the Rules
& of his family who is hoping the their Near & Dear one is Safe & will return home. The best way
to get rid of any problem is by saying “Human Being is an Idol of Mistakes” but what if the
mistakes are done knowingly.
Vehicle is a non-living thing which can’t be relied on, the best & the only way to stay away
from accidents is by driving safely i.e. with wearing helmet. If a child meets an accident then the
people will blame their parents since they allowed their children to ride the vehicle, they allow
them because today’s children have to do number of things like being on time at tuitions, extra
classes & many other things, without any private vehicle, how can a child do such things? I
don’t say he/she should always take a cycle or always hire a rickshaw, since one can’t be so
sure that if a person takes a cycle or a rickshaw or a bus for travelling he/she is safe from every
disaster but the only way is precaution. We never know when our hour of death will come but
can just try to keep it far.
Some of us must be knowing that 90% of the accidents are held only due to negligence or
by not obeying rules but only 10% of accidents are held only due to some technical faults like
break-fail etc but directly or indirectly they are human negligence but for the time we can
ignore it. A very common reason for fast riding the bike or car is “I departed late from my home &
should reach home soon”. People must have heard an olden days’ proverb “It is better to be late
then to never come” but in today’s competitive world this proverb can’t stand. So the best way is
to depart early.
I don’t say follow the rules & I assure that you won’t ever meet any accident but this is
just a way to avoid it. “Karam karte jao, Phal ki chinta mat karo”
Vikashprashant rdFernandes
3 Level CH
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RULES THAT WE DID NOT AND WILL NOT LEARN

IN SCHOOL OR COLLEGE
» LIFE IS NOT FAIR GET USED TO IT.
» THE WORLD DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOUR SELF-ESTEEM.THE WORLD WILL EXPECT
YOU TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING BEFORE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
» YOU WILL NOT MAKE $60,000 A YEAR RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE.YOU WON’T BE A VICE-
PRESIDENT WITH A CAR & PHONE UNTILL YOU EARN BOTH.
» IF YOU THINK YOUR TEACHER IS THOUGH, WAIT TILL YOU GET A BOSS.
» FLIPPING BURGER IS NOT BENEATH YOUR DIGNITY.YOUR GRANDPARENTS HAD A

DIFFERENT WORD FOR FLIPPING BURGER: THEY CALLED IT A OPPORTUNITY.
» IF YOU MESS UP.IT’S NOT YOUR PARENTS’ FAULT.SO DON’T WHINE ABOUT YOUR
MISTAKES, LEARN FROM THEM.
» BEFORE YOU WERE BORN , YOUR PARENTS WEREN’T AS BORING AS THEY ARE
NOW.THEY GOT THAT WAY FROM PAYING YOUR BILLS , CLEANING YOUR CLOTHES
AND LISTENING TO YOU TALK ABOUT HOW COOL YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE .SO
BEFORE YOU SAVE THE RAIN FOREST FROM THE PARASITE OF YOUR PARENTS’
GENERATION .TRY DELOUSING THE CLOSET IN YOUR OWN ROOM.
» YOUR COLLEGE MAY HAVE DONE AWAY WITH WINNERS &LOSERS , BUT LIFE HAS
NOT. IN SOME SCHOOLS THEY HAVE ABOLISHING FAILING GRADES AND THEY WILL
GIVE YOU AS MANY TIME AS YOU WANT TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWERS. THIS DOESN’T
BEAR THE SLIGHTEST RESEMBALACE ANYTHING IN REAL LIFE.
» LIFE IS NOT DIVIDED IN TO SEMESTERS.YOU DON’T GET SUMMERS OFF AND VERY
FEW EMPLOYEES ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU FIND YOUR SELF.DO THAT ON
YOUR OWN TIME.
» TELEVISION IS NOT A REAL LIFE. IN REAL LIFE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEAVE
THE COFFEE SHOP AND GO TO JOBS. LIFE CAN NOT BE LIVED IN HOTELS OR
CANTEENS , FOR THAT YOU HAVE TO FLOW YOUR SWEAT IN COMPNIES & OFFICES.
» LEARN TO BEHAVE GOOD WITH PEOPLE YOU DON’T LIKE , BECAUSE DAY MAY BE
POSSIBLE THAT YOU WILL HAVE WORK UNDER THE LIKEWISE PERSON.
» IT’S OK IF ANY SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES TEACH THEIR SUBJECTS LI’L LESS , BUT IF
THEY’LL GIVE A CHANCE TO THEIR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOVE RULES , LIFE OF
MANY STUDENTS CAN BE BLESSED.
AINESH CHAVDA, (3rd year CH)
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Students should not pursue their career in the field with more job
opportunities.
Education is the stepping stone for success. In this day and age, the social and economic
development of a nation can be ensured only if its citizens have a solid foundation in education
.Students are being educated enough in their schools to explore and find out what they are interested in
and take up that field of study in college. The main purpose of education is to give a deep knowledge for
students on what they want to learn and explore rather than diverting them to the path where they can
earn money. Great scientist, inventors and innovators are all people who had true passion in their field
of work. It would be a great loss to mankind if these geniuses were forced to choose their line of work
solely based on job availability rather than their inherent talents and interests Sachin Tendulkar, the
Master Blaster, greatest batsman ever in the history of cricket. Sachin failed 10th standard during his
academics, and he grew into a virtuoso whose virtuosity in batsman ship thrilled millions of people.
Imagine, if he was forced to continue with his studies because in his time cricket was not a field that any
parent will want his child to enter. He would have been the poorest candidate amongst student of his
school and world would have never got such eminent personality. Another thing I would like to quote is
from the sensational hit of early 2010 “3 Idiots”. Rancho always used to say “success ke piche mat bhago
excellence ke piche bhago success toh sali jakh marke piche aaigi”. There is no need to explain the above
statement.
It is human tendency to attract towards activities of his interests; consequently he works more
passionately and enthusiastically if it concerns his areas of interests When students take up courses
based on their field of study, they show eagerness in every phase of learning new things, question
theories that have already been stated and get a deep knowledge of what they study. But when students
take up a course just because there are more job opportunities for students who take up that course,
then they would just learn the syllabus by heart, get high scores and get a job rather than understand
the syllabus and gain deep knowledge, which is the main purpose of education. Apparently, 20th
century is century of technical and industry evolution, which indirectly have produced millions of job
opportunities for people.
If students choose to study courses that they are interested in, then there is a good chance that
they would dive deep into those fields and do research. They might even come up with new inventions in
those fields, hence adding value to their nation and to their field of interest. The availability of jobs
changes from time to time depending on a variety of factors. The state of the national and global
economy, the availability of qualified candidates, advances in science and technology, the changing
sociocultural and political milieu, all influence the job market. It is difficult to foresee the career
prospects after college at the time when one makes the decision. For example, someone with no interest
in computers and information technology decides to take up a course in computer science in college
solely based on high number of jobs available in that field. He or she might find it very difficult to
complete the course given the lack of interest in the subject. Another exemplary is the rush of students
opting for “Mechanical Engineering” for bachelors sacrificing their area of interest against the job
opportunities. It may create technological unrests. It is also very likely that employment opportunities
dwindle by the time he completes four years of college due to graduates in the past three years and also
from other countries filling up the jobs.
Thus, students should be encouraged to choose their college courses based on their interests
rather than on the job opportunities after graduation. Only when students take up courses of their
interest will they be successful in their studies and career. At last I would end up saying “Karo dil ki
suno dil ki ”.
Shyamal Satodia
4 th level (ME)
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'NADAAN PARINDE'
This title may draw attention of some of the readers with their subconscious mind emphasizing
on the word 'PARINDE'and having a mindset about something related to poaching of birds or
something of that sort. But my perception to this is for us. We from our birth till we are brought
up to twelve-thirteen years when we nearly approach to 8-9 std need to leave our 'Free lives' and
lead a life full of burdens from stuffs comprising of Schools, Tuitions, lots of geeky homework
which we tend to do with least of our interest. What about what we feel to do, Nothing????The
'Another life' which starts from 12-13 years continues in a pathetic way till we die. No time to
play, no time for recreation, nothing at all.........We are forced to study which is thrusted upon
us uninterestingly. Without any conceptual knowledge we are tend to study which gives us
'just marks'which improves our merit but what about our brain which is going on rottening day
by day. Is it necessary???Why are we not allowed to choose our carrier based on our own
interest. Why only those who have higher merits get free seats and those with low merits are
forced to pay 60-70 lakhs donation for the same course just for the sake of some near marks.
During childhood we are deprived ofthe days of play and then later we don't even get what we
really wanted rather we are forced to do what we don't want. Everything seems to be a very
negative approach, isn't it? But ask your own selfam I not correct? We are told to be self
satisfied with what we have but my question is why should we? Why should we literary murder
our wants? Is it correct to do? Why cant we fly across the sky with our wings spread all over.
Think yourself and listen to what your heart says.
Sauvik Ganguly
1st level CH
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SCENARIO IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan
mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to
the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the
Pakistan-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and GilgitBaltistan, to the west and northwest
respectively. Jammu and Kashmir consists of three regions: Jammu, the Kashmir valley and Ladakh.
Srinagar is the summer capital, and Jammu is the winter capital.
Geography and climate
Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys such as the Kashmir Valley, Tawi Valley, Chenab
Valley, Poonch Valley, Sind Valley and Lidder Valley.
The Himalayas divide the Kashmir valley from Ladakh while the Pir Panjal range, which encloses the
valley from the west and the south, separates it from the Great Plains of northern India. Along the
northeastern flank of the Valley runs the main range of the Himalayas.
Administrative divisions
Jammu and Kashmir consists of three divisions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, and is
further divided into 22 districts.
The Siachen Glacier, although under Indian military control, does not lie under the administration of
the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Politics and government
Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in India which enjoys special autonomy under Article 370
of the Constitution of India according to which, no law enacted by the Parliament of India, except for
those in the field of defence, communication and foreign policy, will be extendable in Jammu and
Kashmir unless it is ratified by the state legislature of Jammu and Kashmir. Subsequently, jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court of India over Jammu and Kashmir has been extended. Jammu and Kashmir is
also the only Indian state that has its own flag and constitution, and Indians from other states cannot
purchase land or property in the state.
Economy
Jammu and Kashmir's economy is predominantly dependent on agriculture and allied activities.
The Kashmir valley is also known for its sericulture and cold-water fisheries. Wood from Kashmir is
used to make high-quality cricket bats, popularly known as Kashmir Willow. Kashmiri saffron is also
very famous and brings the state
a handsome amount of foreign exchange Agricultural exports from Jammu and Kashmir include
apples, barley ,cherries, corn, millet , oranges, rice, peaches, pears, saffron, sorghum, vegetables, and wheat, while
manufactured exports include handicrafts, rugs, and shawls.
Tourism
Before insurgency intensified in 1989, tourism formed an important part of the Kashmiri
economy. The tourism economy in the Kashmir valley was worst hit. However, the holy shrines of
Jammu and the Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh continue to remain popular pilgrimage and tourism
destinations.
Tourism in the Kashmir valley has rebounded in recent years and in 2009, the state became one
of the top tourist destinations of India. Gulmarg, one of the most popular ski resort destinations in
India, is also home to the world's highest green golf course. However with the decrease in violence in the
state has boosted the states economy specifically tourism. (Reference Link: www.koausa.org)
SAMIR RAINA, 1st level CP
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Tips in Coping with these Big Changes:
1. Time Management: In college, every seconds count! So learn to make the most of it by wisely
managing your time. This will help you to balance and sort things out. It will also make you
to have an extra time for yourself and for your family, and it also helps to reduce stress.
2. Learn to Budget Your Money: If you haven’t done this before, now is the time to do so. Find
ways to stretch your money as best as you can. Stick to your budget. This will help you to
save for your future expenses.
3. Get involved. Going to orientations and joining a campus organization will help you to
familiarize yourself easily in college, so take advantage of these things. It will also help you
to meet new friends, to realize your potentials and feel connected to your school.
4. Develop Good Study Habits: This will help you to complete much work and concentrate on
what you are studying while avoiding as many distractions as possible. Fall apart. Now is
the time for you to get closer to your family, not when you have entered college. So, start
now while you still have time!
5. Build Strong and Honest Relationships With Your Family: College strains Family
Relationship. But having a strong and honest kind of relationship,will it ?
6. Be Updated. College has a lot of resources: You should take advantage of those resources
and you should also be aware of what was happening around you.
7. Be Yourself Always and Think Positive No Matter What: You may be hurt by all of the big
changes you’re going to experience all at once, like the way that I do. You need not to
pretend and imitate others for whatever reasons. All of us are unique and it’s up to us on
how we would male use of it. After all, College is more on discovering yourself and your
future. Learn to enjoy it and make the most of it!
Hitesh basantani, 2nd level MC
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INDIA'S SPACE PROGRAMME
The Indian Space Programme began in 1962. In 1969, the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) was set up with headquarters in Bangalore. The Space Commission was
established in 1972. In 1975, India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, and thus entered the
space age.
SPACE MISSIONS
Aryabhatta : India launched its first experimental satellite on April 19, 1975 from a Soviet
cosmodrome to perform scientific x-ray experiments in space and send back data to earth.
Bhaskara-I : India's second 436 kg satellite was launched on June 7, 1979 to collect
information on India's land, water, forest and ocean resources.
SLV Mission (Satellite Launch Vehicle) : India's first satellite launch vehicle SLV-3 was
successfully launched on July 18, 1980 from Sriharikota.
Rohini : satellite was put into orbit on April 17, 1983 using SLV-3 and this completed the
planned developmental flights of the SLV-3.
1984 : Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel in space.
ASLV : First developmental launch of ASLV but unsuccessful.
Apple (Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment) : India's first experimental, geostationary
satellite weighing 673 kg was launched on June 19, 1981.
Bhaskara-II : India's second satellite for earth observation was launched on November 20,
1981.
IRS Mission (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) :
IRS-1A India's first IRS was launched on March 17, 1988 for monitoring and management of
natural resources.
IRS-1B India's second remote sensing satellite was launched on August 29, 1991 to replace
IRS-1A which was nearing the end of its life.
1992 : ASLV (Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle) successfully launched from Sriharikota on
May 20. It is designed to augment indigenous satellite launching
capability and put 150 kg class satellite into near earth orbit. Insat-2A was hurled into space
from Kourou on July 10.
1993 : Insat-2B second indigenously fabricated multipurpose satellite placed in space, by
Ariane rocket from Kourou on July 23.
IRSIC : The world's most advanced remote sensing satellite, IRS-1C, built by Indian Scientists,
was put into orbit successfully by a Russian rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome on
December 28, 1995.
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ASLV is the forerunner of the more powerful Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the
Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The first development flight of the PSLV, called
PSLV-D1, on September 20, 1993, failed. However, according to ISRO it was a partial success
which established India's capabilities in liquid propulsion system.
SROSS-III (Stretched Rohini Satellite Series) : After failure of two ASLV launches, SROSS-
III, a 105 kg satellite was successfully placed in a 450 km high
orbit via the launching of ASLV-D3, on May 20, 1992 though the lifespan of the satellite was
only 55 days. The fourth development flight was made on May 4, 1994 and SROSSC4 was
successfully placed into the near earth orbits from Sriharikota.PSLV-D3 was successfully
launched in 1996 from Sriharikota, placing the 922-kg. Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-
P3, into orbit. With this, India has entered the US-dominated global market for satellite
launch vehicles.
INSAT Mission (Indian National Satellite System) : For domestic telecommunication, earth
observation and nationwide radio and TV broadcasting, India launched four satellites in the
INSAT-1 series, viz.
INSAT-1A On April 10, 1982-it failed prematurely.
INSAT-1B On August 30, 1983-it was successful.
INSAT-1C On July 22, 1988-it became redundant in 1989.
INSAT-1D On July 17, 1990-it was successful and completed the mission.
INSAT-2 Project :
INSAT-2A India's first indigenously built second generation satellite, it was launched on July
10, 1992. It is equipped with 50 per cent more capacity than the INSATI series.
INSAT-2B India's second indigenously built satellite. It was launched by the European Space
Agency from Kourou, French Guiena on July 23, 1993. INSAT-2B has taken the place of
INSAT-1B whose functioning ended following the completion of its ten-year life. The fourth
development flight of ASLV-4 was made on May 4, 1994 and the SROSS-C4 was successfully
placed into the near earth orbit from Sriharikota.
Insat-2D launched Ariane Rocket from Kourou on June 4, 1997 only four months later failed
disrupted communication had been abandoned in October 97 after efforts to solvage the
satellite.
IRS-1D satellite launched in 1997 incorporate advanced features such as teh LISS-III
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camera, a Panchromatic Camera (PAN) and a wide field (wifs) enabling better spectrol
resolutions - enhancing the application potential of the satellite.
PSLV-D4 placed IRS-1D in orbit on October 7, 1997. The first developmental launch of the
GSLV was scheduled in 1997-98, using a Russian Cryogenic Engine.
INSAT-2E : Satellite was placed in space on April 3, 1999. PSLVC2 was launched on May 26
with 3 satellites on board.
Insat-3B was launched on March 22, 2000.
ISRO Launched Cryogenic Engine : On February 16, 2000, the first cryogenic engine was
ignited at the Liquid propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendragiri is
Tamil Nadu.
GSLV-D1 : This was successfully launched on April 18, 2001 from Sriharikota.
PSLV-C3 : This was launched from Sriharikota on October 22, 2001. Three satellites were
put into the orbit of the earth namely (a) TES (India); (b) BIRD (Germany); (c) PROBA
(Belgium).
INSAT-3C : ISRO built Satellite was launched by ARIANE-4 from Kourou, French Guyana on
January 24, 2002.
KALPANA-1 : To honour the memory of Kalpana Chawla, Prime Minister
Mr. Vajpayee renamed METSAT, India's first meteorological research satellite launched by
ISRO on September 22, 2002.
GSAT-2 : The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched India's
second Geo- Stationary Satellite (GSAT-2) on May 8, 2003, from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre - SHAR (SDSC - SHAR) at Sriharikota, 100 kms from Chennai.
Compiled by
Munendra Chauhan4th Level (CH)
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STEVE JOBS
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American

businessman and technology visionary. He is best known
as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of
Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a
charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution
and for his influential career in the computer and consumer
electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief
executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member
of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in
2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.
Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on

February 24, 1955 to two university students, Joanne
Carole Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah "John"
Jandali who were both unmarried at the time. Jandali, who
was teaching in Wisconsin when Steve was born, said he
had no choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to
their relationship. The baby was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs.
Jobs's youth was riddled with frustrations over formal schooling. At Monta Loma
Elementary school in Mountain View, he was a prankster whose fourth-grade teacher needed to
bribe him to study. Jobs tested so well, however, that administrators wanted to skip him ahead
to high schoola proposal his parents declined.
Jobs then attended Cupertino Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino,
California. At Homestead, Jobs became friends with Bill Fernandez, a neighbor who shared the
same interests in electronics. Fernandez introduced Jobs to another, older computer whiz kid,
Steve Wozniak.
In 1969 Woz started building a little computer board with Fernandez that they named
"The Cream Soda Computer", which they showed to Jobs; he seemed really interested.Jobs
frequented after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California, and
was later hired there, working with Wozniak as a summer employee.
In the early 1970s, Jobs and Wozniak were drawn to technology like a magnet. Wozniak
had designed a low-cost digital "blue box" to generate the necessary tones to manipulate the
telephone network, allowing free long-distance calls. Jobs decided that they could make money
selling it. The clandestine sales of the illegal "blue boxes" went well, and perhaps planted the
seed in Jobs's mind that electronics could be fun and profitable.
Jobs began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Wozniak in 1975. He
greatly admired Edwin H. Land, the inventor of instant photography and founder of Polaroid
Corporation, and would explicitly model his own career after that of Land's.In 1976, Jobs and
Wozniak formed their own business, which they named "Apple Computer Company" in
remembrance of a happy summer Jobs had spent picking apples. At first they started off selling
circuit boards, but eventually they produced a complete computer prototype.
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And the late 1970s, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak engineered one of the first commercially
successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. Jobs was among the first to see the
commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the
creation of the Apple Lisa and, one year later, the Macintosh. By introducing the LaserWriter he
enabled a revolution called desktop publishing.
After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and
founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-
education and business markets. By 1996, Apple had failed to deliver a new operating system,
Copland. Gil Amelio turned to NeXT Computer, and the NeXTSTEP platform became the
foundation for the Mac OS X.Jobs returned to Apple as an advisor, and took control of the
company as an interim CEO. Jobs brought Apple from near bankruptcy to profitability by
1998.With the purchase of NeXT, much of the company's technology found its way into Apple
products, most notably NeXTSTEP, which evolved into Mac OS X. Under Jobs's guidance, the
company increased sales significantly with the introduction of the iMac and other new
products.
As the new CEO of the company, Jobs oversaw the development of the iMac, iTunes,
iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and on the services side, the company's Apple Retail Stores, iTunes
Store and the App Store. The success of these products and services, provided several years of
stable financial returns, and propelled Apple to become the world's most valuable publicly
traded company in 2011.The reinvigoration of the company is regarded by many commentators
as one of the greatest turnarounds in business history.
In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreas neuroendocrine tumor. Though it was
initially treated, he reported a hormone imbalance, underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and
appeared progressively thinner as his health declined. On medical leave for most of 2011, Jobs
resigned in August that year, and was elected Chairman of the Board. He died of respiratory
arrest related to his metastatic tumor on October 5, 2011.
Jobs was a demanding perfectionist who always aspired to position his businesses and
their products at the forefront of the information technology industry by foreseeing and setting
trends, at least in innovation and style.
Jobs has received a number of honors and public recognition for his influence in the
technology and music industries. He has widely been referred to as "legendary", a "futurist" or
simply "visionary", and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution", a "master
of innovation", and a "design perfectionist".
Source : wikipedia
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DEAR MOM AND DAD…...

You have brought me to this world, you nurture every-one of my requirements and
demands, love me unconditionally; Thank you...
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how my first painting called for a
celebration and how it was displayed on the refrigerator door. It was only after that, that I have
begun canvassing new paintings. I always see you giving bread to animals and grain to the
birds and I have understood that one must be kind to all- both man and beast.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how you pray to the Supreme Power
everyday. That's how I have learned to turn to Him for seeking hope, inspiration and help
through prayer. I have always noted you going to the hospital with a lunch pack or fruit
whenever anyone from our friends or neighbours falls ill. After these incidents, the feelings of
courtesy and wanting to help others have arisen in my heart.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how you help those in need of
financial or emotional aid to the best possible limits. From that example I have learnt that
sharing things with friends brings joy. Despite being sick or fatigued , you never forget your
duties. That's when I vowed to stand firm and abide by my duties in any given situation.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how you allow tears to cloud around
your eyes in tough times. I have then understood that lightening your burden by crying is no
act of cowardice. I have always seen how you clasp your hands into the hands of your parents
and elders, always giving them a smile and a helping hand. Today all the elderly people of the
family praise me with limitless words, for which I am very grateful to you.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how you sit at the bedside of your
ailing parents, muttering soothing endearments and sitting for hours tending to their needs.
On many occasions, I cracked open my eyes in the midst of the night to see your limitless
devotion. Dear mom and dad, in the future if ever you fall sick, you will see me taking clue from
your example and following your footsteps. Thank you for teaching me this invaluable quality.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how during festivals and other
auspicious occasions, you always shower gifts on those who are financially weak. I assure you
that I will continue this legacy. Whenever there are family meetings or phone calls, you greet all
with a cherry greeting, devoid of any shenanigans. Even when your greetings are sometimes
not reciprocated with the same zest, you continue to do so relentlessly. It's then that I
understand how relations stand so strong.
Mom, Dad, I will also, just like you, behave with all in an amiable and genial way.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- Dad, how you smothered butter on a
burnt toast and ate without any complaint; and later even praised mom.
That time, I was reading my fable in the other room but from that example I have learnt to
acknowledge even the smallest effort one puts into daily chores.
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You may not have realized but I have always seen- mom, how once you kept mum when our
neighbour lost her cool over a petty misunderstanding and acknowledged it as your mistake
and the tension melted away. Now I try to stay away from chaos. You have made me realize that
yelling does nothing better to ease the situation.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how in free hours, you always grab a
good book or the newspaper and indulge yourself in the pool of knowledge. When you talk
about your reading experience, I am usually busy playing or doing the homework but I have
grasped many words of your chats, the importance of which I understand only today.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how you keep the atmosphere of the
house light whenever we have guests over. I will never be able to impersonate you but I always
try my best to be like you. You never take a Re 1 or Rs 5 change from the auto rickshaw driver.
Giving regard to people of the underprivileged society is a lesson I remember till date and I will
continue to bear in my mind.
You may not have realized but I have always seen- how you never draw positive or
negative comparisons between me and any of my friends or relatives. You always encourage me
to bring out the best of my abilities. Whenever I was down with any emotional stress, you
restored me to my normal self; not by rebuking me; instead by listening to my entire story and
by guiding me and not judging me. I will never get tired of thanking you for that.
Dear Mom and Dad I know you might never realize the huge difference your mere
presence and that gentle smile makes in my life. You may not realize how you have influenced
every content of my soul.
YOU MAY HAVE NEVER REALIZED BUT I DO ALWAYS SEE THE THINGS YOU DO-
THEY MAKE ME THE PERSON I AM…
Thank you
Your loving daughter.
Binati Sheth
2nd Level (EC)
No one will get ever out of this world alive.

Resolve therefore to maintain a sense of values.
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The Difference..
School and College..
School was the end of childhood and teenage hood, college is the beginning of adulthood..
This makes the difference..
School was leading us, college is leadership..
School taught to be responsible, college gives the responsibility..
Teachers were parents at school, and professors are teachers in college..
This still makes the difference..
School was a second home to us, college is our ownworld for us..
It does make a difference..
School was a place to be dependent, college makes us independent..
Makes the difference..
Bunking school was like a crime, college bunking is for fun???
Makes the difference!!
School was a place to learn, college is to study..
The difference..
School was one of the most unforgettable and important part of our life, andtoo, is the same..
Only this does not make a difference..
Tannisha Das
1 level (CH)
Theory of virtual water

Friends! If I ask you how much water is needed for making a cup of tea, you will think what a fool I
am to ask such a stupid question. Your answer will be a half a cup. But friends correct your answer-20-
25litres of water is required to make a cup of tea. You may be surprised by the answer, isn’t it? So listen!
The water comes to your house from corporation tap. For that, it has to be fetched from the reservoir.
For making sugar, sugarcane has to be grown and processed. For milk, buffalo has to be looked after,
given grass and grains, which in turn also require water for growth.
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Every year in Sweden, world water week is celebrated. This year also it was celebrated between 17 and
23rd august. In relation to water related theories, the first prize was given to London based professor
John Anthony Alan for his theory of virtual water. Virtual water is that water which indirectly
contributes to some activity or process, like we saw in making of a cup of tea.
To grow 1kg grain 3000-5000 litres of water is needed. On an average, a person needs 600gm of grain
per day. That means a person needs 2000-2500 litres of water. Non vegetarians consume about 8000-
10000 litres of water per day virtually. Animals bred for meat require grains and fodder which in turn
require water to grow. So, to see, a person in a vegetarian country requires 2000-3000 litres of water
whereas, as a person in a non-vegetarian country needs 8000-10000 litres of water.
West Asian countries having scarcity of water but are earning petrodollars in abundance, import
grains, milk and meat from other countries. This means that instead of importing real water they import
virtual water.
Aniket Sheth,
2nd level (EE)
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Time Management
You receive 86,400 seconds each day, which you can spend any way you like. And if you
fail to use those seconds, they are gone forever. By far the greatest problem that causes people
to lose so much precious time is that they do not plan their time. Therefore if you fail to plan
means you are planning to fail.
Here are some of the time wasters that you can control:
LOOKING FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE LOST

If you find yourself in a position where you are continually searching for items you have
lost, the solution is to get organized. If you can, hire an efficient secretary and pay him or her to
keep you organized. But if you are not in a position to hire someone, you must devise systems
to take care of yourself. The best thumb rule is to throw away anything you do not need and file
everything you do not throw away.
LAZINESS
Time management is a self-management. For some it may be a motivation problem or
discipline problem or temperament problem that causes them to lay back. To get rid of laziness
use a planner (To-Do list), work in an environment which will not interrupt you and start your
work early.
TRYING TO CARRY THE LOAD BY YOURSELF

Many people try to carry entire workload they have by themselves. The solution is
delegation and empowerment.
Delegation is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined
with the ability to fit each person into the job where he or she will do best.
Empowerment is the act of giving people what they need in order to accomplish their goals.
When you can delegate to others, and empower them to succeed, everyone wins.
UNSPECTED DELAYS OR TIME OPPORTUNITIES

How many times have you found yourself delayed unexpectedly with nothing to do?
Plan ahead and take your work with you. During travelling if there is any delay, don’t get
frustrated. Open your briefcase or laptop and start working or make phone call and instruct
your subordinate. Be prepared and make the best use of unexpected delays.
REGRETTING AND DAYDREAMING

Do not live in the past, there is no future in it. Similarly do not involve in daydreaming.
Do not waste your time regretting about your mistakes or missed opportunities. Learn from
your mistakes and quickly move on. And instead of daydreaming, work towards the fulfillment
of your dreams and goals.
PROCRASTINATION
It means to postpone habitually. Sometimes we procrastinate when we sense that a task
is unimportant. Other times we postpone because we do not enjoy it. Some people practice
procrastination by hiding behind high sounding words, saying "I'm analyzing" and six months
later they are still analyzing. One of the
best methods of dealing with this kind of problem is to examine the task in light .
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PERSONAL NEGATIVE ATTITUDES

Emotional turmoil can cause you lose energy and be less productive. People with
negative attitudes will blame the whole world, their parents, teachers, spouse and the
government for their failures. If you want to build a positive attitude, learn the phrase, "do it
now".
The saddest words in life are:
"It might have been"
"I should have"
"I could have"
"I wish I had"
FAILING TO KNOW AND LIST PRIORITIES

To determine the priorities, you must know what is required of you? There will always be
certain duties and tasks that you must perform. Analyze first whether something required
must be done or if it must be done by you. There is a big difference. Tasks that are necessary
but need not be performed by you personally can be delegated and supervised.
HOW TO ACT ON YOUR PRIORITIES

Most people order their work according to the pressure they feel rather than the
priorities they have. They are reactive instead of pro-active. So how to do it?
Write down on paper the six important things you have to do tomorrow?
Now number them in the order of their importance to you and your company.
Next day, look at the number one task. Do not look at other numbers. Start working on it &
stay with it until it is completed. Then take number two task and so on until you have to quit
for the day. Do not worry if you have only finished one or two.
Do this every working day.
Try this for a month and you will see amazing results. People will ponder where you got
so much energy. But you will know that you have not gained energy you have simply learned
to channel it in the best way.
Prof. Vivek Deshpande

Asst. Professor,
Mechanical Engg. Dept.
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A Story
Once Buddha along with his disciples happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and
Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there."The
disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed bullock cart crossing through the
lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I
give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!"
So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit
to drink."After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake
and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake and found the
mud was settled a bit but still not fit for drinking. He returned and informed Buddha about the
same.
After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back.The disciple reached
the lake to find the lake absolutely clean and clearwith pure water in it. The mud had settled
down and the water above it was crystal clear. So he collected some water in a pot and brought
it to Buddha. Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said," See
what you did to make the water clean...You just let it be....
and the mud settled down on its own - and you got clear water. Buddha continued "Your
mind is also like that! When it is disturbed.....just let it be...... Give it a little time. It will settle
down on its own. You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down......... It will happen. "It is
effortless."
Fernandes Vikash P.
RD
3 LEVEL (CH)
WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY
Our phone wireless !

Cooking tireless !
Cars driverless !
Food fatless !
Dress sleeveless !
Young jobless ! In fact I am speechless…………!
Leaders shameless ! Everything is becoming “less”,
Corrupt fearless ! but still our hopes “Endless”
Relationship meaningless !
Attitude careless !
Feelings heartless !
Education valueless !
Children manner less ! AINESH CHAVDA
rd
3 Level (CH)
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Ways to make Mera Bharat Truly Mahaan
Independence day just went off and as usual , everybody treated it as a regular holiday
and kept sleeping till 11 or watching Bhagat singh movies on T.V . So, My Dear India , It’s been
65 years of being on your own and you are still struggling. A nation in a constant state of crisis,
you hurt, you heal, yet you don’t learn from your mistakes or perhaps you do not want to. We
chant Mera Bharat Mahaan, but ironically most of us think it are a nation propelling towards
disaster .We study , get degree and then fly off to the developed countries and if we are here, we
rant , we fume and occasionally laugh at the inept bunch of fools we elected to govern. But I am
a die-hard optimist and thrive on hope that someday all will be well. As a thinking citizen who
cares, here’s presenting my quirky “ seven point quick fix program” to make our country truly
Mahaan.
1Corruption: We can’t shy away from the fact that we are a nation of middlemen and
touts. Corruption is so deeply entrenched in our system that it is now a part of our DNA profile.
From the chief ministers to office clerks, everyone has a price, and being caught on tape
accepting a bribe doesn’t necessarily jeopardize your career, especially if you can find someone
else to bribe. So why fight a futile battle? Why not embrace it and showcase our under the table
skills for the rest of the world to emulate. I suggest we launch an “Incredibly corrupt India”
program - take people from across the globe under our expert tutelage and help them hone this
extra ordinary skill, and let’s not trivialize it by calling it a bribe, after all our babus and netas
expend much of their valuable energy and time in wheeling-dealing. Facilitation fee sounds
more business- like and adds an aura of respect.
2 Showcase our politicians as role models for our youngsters: Scrap all the no brainer
reality shows and replace them with a live telecast of the Parliament proceedings. Rahul
Mahajan, Rakhi Sawant and all the desperate bakras can go to hell. The Lok Sabha session has
all the elements of a pot boiler drama, melodrama, table banging, slipper flinging,
impassioned speeches by Mamata Banerjee. We can have Arnab Goswami throw disapproving
glances and rebuke the pranksters of our politicos; Barkha Dutt running around with her mike
asking the slightly saner ones “Kaisa lag rahaa hai apko”? The spiralling TRP’s will have the
producers rubbing their hands in glee. And what a fun way to motivate and educate our youth
with the nitty- gritties of politics. All the world’s a stage and all men and women mere players.
Shakespeare will be sighing in ecstasy.
3 One woman solution for Kashmir: Kashmir burning while a clueless Omar looks on? A
meek looking Manamohan Singh making a pitiful speech on National television is not enough. I
propose we send Mayawati to placate the angry and disillusioned Kashmiris. One look at her
scowling visage and the protesters will flee for their dear lives. She can also take Jyoti Kumari,
the Bihar legislator of the gamla flinging fame for added effect.
4 Make stone pelting, effigy burning into competitive sports: An extremely effective way
to utilize all the goons on hire who surface magically to protest against the escalation cost of
tomatoes, rotting grains or demanding reservation for a newly discovered OBC. This will keep
these trouble mongers off the streets & shift our cricket crazed nation’s attention to worthier
sporting events. The cricketers in the meantime can pelt stones and burn buses to register
their protest.
5 Ministers on foreign junkets should not be allowed to return. About 200 politicians and
officials spent close to 45 crores of tax payer’s money to visit Melbourne, Beijing & London on
“study tours” for the Commonwealth games. Just last month when Punjab was dealing with
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the worst flood in 20 years, Akali Dal MLAs flew off to Scotland to study scotch breweries, and
sadly it is our money which is used to sponsor these junkets. Let’s ensure that these foreign
junketeers stay behind wherever they go and dedicate the rest of their lives in path breaking
studies. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
6 Water crisis and power outages. With our population multiplying like rabbits, we are a
nation in a perennial state of shortage. The Ganges might dry up- the climate alarmists warn,
China will soon monopolize the Brahmaputra and with the rains getting increasingly
undependable our future doesn’t exactly look rosy, But the government needn’t despair.
Encourage citizens to desist from water. It’s contaminated, causes diseases, why drink it
anyway. Why have water when you can have cola? The poor are not our headache anyway.
Power shortage can also be similarly tackled. Initiate get back to nature campaigns, encourage
play in the dark activities. Open the doors and the windows and let the climate come in. See the
demand plummet and soon we might just transform into a land of plenty.
7 Divide and rule but with a difference: We are a multicultural nation that speaks 16
official languages and 2000 dialects. On paper we are a secular nation, yet ours is one the most
caste ridden society. And it suits the government. Leaders get elected on basis of their
genealogy rather than ability, students are denied admission because they are not backward
enough, village khaps endorse honour killings and in the guise of religious outrage mindless
thugs force the country’s best known artist into exile. Quoting Jug Suraiya “social illiberalism
has grown in direct proportion to economic liberalization”.So what do you think we do? I say,
make the entire populace take a mandatory dip in the Ganges to wash off their caste rather
than their sins. And let us adopt a two-party political set up. One could be the Indian
Parliamentary Law-breakers (IPL), and the other the National Party of Troublemakers (NPT).
We should have an Indian icon heading each because that is what will make all our lazy citizens
make that trip from their homes to the polling station. Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh
Khan. Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. Rakhi Sawant and Mallika Sherawat.....errr maybe
not. Getting a party ticket will be based on the candidate’s proven track record in hand-to-hand
combat and being heard over the din in cricket matches. Each party will reserve 33% of its
seats for men, 33% for erstwhile members of various Senas (Shiv, Ram), 33% for people who
have served out jail terms, and 1% for others. This will ensure that there is adequate muscle in
our administration. Thus armed, our government can eliminate poverty, ignorance and sloth
not just their own, but also of the teeming billions out there.I agree my seven point program will
hurt like hell. Truth after all is a bitter pill to swallow. But you have to know at 63, you are still a
gangly, pockmarked teen who has a lot of growing up to do. When you look at yourself in the
mirror, do you really like what you see? On the eve of your birthday, here’s hoping you
introspect. My best wishes to you and I pray to god that you turn into a woman of substance
and allure, who the rest of the world looks up to. We may be unkind to you, ridicule you but you
must always remember that we love you and will stand by you, come what may.
Abhijit Mahida
1st Level(CH)
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Zero
Zero is a number which can be defined in an undefined manner. It has many faces. It is a whole
n umber in mathematics but has many extraordinary properties. It gives extraordinary results
in many cases.
It has the shape of the geometrical circle, alphabetical letter “o” and geographical moon. It is
really an outstanding number. If any number divides zero, it comes to zero. If a number is
divided by zero, the value which comes is undefined.
In mathematics it is considered as a whole number, a real number, an integer, but not a natural
number. In computer it is the most important digit of the binary number.
A ball also resembles zero. It is the most wanted thing for any child. This shows that it gives us
happiness. But when a child gets zero in his examination, it makes him gloomy.
It has much importance in terms of geography. Most of the natural things are in shape of zero.
All the planets, the sun, the moon, the start, etc. are all in the shape of zero. All of them provide
us with light and energy which is used by us for many processes.
Zero was first invented by Indian mathematician Aryabhatt. It was described by them to be the
first digit in the number and the most useful in life.
Some of its extraordinary are as follows:

1. It is such a number which seen from any angle is same. It is made of many points as other
number but dissimilar to others as all its points are curve. If added to the end of any number it
increases the number by 10 times. This shows that its value is much more than any number. It
is neither a prime number nor a composite number or an odd number but an even number.
2. Swami Vivekananda in American was asked to speak on zero. He spoke for 3 days on it and
that time other people were stunned by his speech.
3. A zero is a very remarkable number and shall have its use till we really come to know the
value of infinity. A zero shall always be there till the sun and moon are present in this universe,
as their shape is also similar to zero.
JENIL ZAVERI
4 th Level (EE)
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Dedicated to Parents from some one like us...................
yuf rËðMk yuf «kÚkr{f þk¤kLkk rþrûkfkyu ÃkkuíkkLkk rðãkÚkeoykuLku fÌkwt fu [k÷ku çkk¤fku
yksu ík{u yuf rLkçktÄ ÷¾eLku {Lku ykÃkku. rLkçktÄLkku rð»kÞ Au. òu ¼økðkLk ík{Lku fktR {ktøkðkLkwt fnu íkku
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rþrûkfk íku rLkçktÄku ½uh íkÃkkMkðk ÷R økÞk. Mkktsu ßÞkhu íku rLkçktÄku íkÃkkMke hÌkk níkk. íÞkt íku{Lkk
Ãkrík Y{{kt ykÔÞk Lku òuÞwt íkku íku rþrûkfk hze hÌkkt níkk. íku{ýu ÃkqAâwt, fu{ þwt ÚkÞwt ? fu{ hzku Aku ?
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swyku, ík{u Ãký yk rLkçktÄ ðkt[e swyku. íku{Lkk Ãkríkyu rLkçktÄ ðktåÞku. íku{kt íku çkk¤fu ÷ÏÞwt níkwt. nu
Rïh òu íkkhu {Lku fktR ykÃkðwt s nkuÞ íkku íkwt {Lku xu÷eðeÍLk (xe.ðe.) çkLkkðe Ëu. nwt íkuLkwt MÚkkLk økúný
fhðk {ktøkw Awt. nwt xe.ðe.Lke su{ ½h{kt hnuðk {ktøkw Awt. suLku {kxu ½h{kt ¾kMk søÞk nkuÞ. {khe
ykMkÃkkMk {khkt fwxwtçkLkkt ík{k{ MkÇÞku nkuÞ. yLku Mkkå[u s nwt økt¼eh heíku yk fnwt Awt suÚke {khk
fwxwtçkLkkt ík{k{ MkÇÞkuLkwt nwt {khk íkhV s æÞkLk ¾U[e þfwt. íkuyku fkuR Ãký «fkhLke ¾÷u÷ Ãkkzâk ðøkh
{Lku yufr[¥ku Mkkt¼¤u yLku fkuR Mkðk÷ku Lk ÃkqAu. ßÞkhu xe.ðe. çktÄ nkuÞ íÞkhu Ãký ÷kufku su{ íkuLke
¾kMk Mkt¼k¤ hk¾u Au íku{ {khe Ãký Mkt¼k¤ hk¾u. ßÞkhu ÃkÃÃkk fk{ ÃkhÚke ½uh ykðu íÞkhu íkuyku
Mk¾ík Úkkfu÷k nkuðk Aíkkt nwt xe.ðe. çkLke økÞku nkuðkÚke {Lku íku{Lke ftÃkLke {¤e hnu. yLku nwt {khe {B{e
ßÞkhu Ëw:¾e nkuÞ fu xuLþLk{kt nkuÞ íÞkhu {Lku yðøkýðkLku çkË÷u {Lku s òuðk Ít¾u. yLku.... {khe
MkkÚku hnuðk {kxu {khk¼kR-çknuLkku ÷zk÷ze fhu. nwt íkuðwt yLkw¼ððk {ktøkw Awt fu çkÄe s ðMíkwyku yuf
çkkswyu {wfeLku fwxwtçkLkk MkÇÞku {khk {kxu Mk{Þ Vk¤ðu. yLku AuÕ÷u {Lku xe.ðe. çkLkkðe Ëku suÚke nwt {khk
fwxwtçkLku Mkw¾, ykLktË ykÃke þfwt yLku íku{Lkwt {LkkuhtsLk fhe þfwt. nu ¼økðkLk nwt çkeswt fktR LkÚke {ktøkíkku
Ãký RåAwt Aw fu ík{u {Lku xe.ðe. çkLkkðe Ëku... rþrûkfkLke ykt¾ku{ktÚke [kuÄkh yktMkw ðne hÌkkt níkk.
íku{Lkk Ãkrík çkkuÕÞk, “nu ¼økðkLk ! rçk[kÁt çkk¤f ! fuðk ¼ÞkLkf {kíkk-rÃkíkk Au ! ” rþrûkfkyu
[kuÄkh yktMkw Mkkhíkkt ÃkkuíkkLkk ÃkríkLke Mkk{u òuÞwt yLku ËÞk{ýk yðksu çkkuÕÞk,
“ yk rLkçktÄ ykÃkýk Ëefhkyu ÷¾u÷ku Au.”
--Source–
H J Patel
GTU Coordinator
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Fwd by: N. G. Patel Polytechnic (637),
Krunal Purohit Isroli-Afwa.
Branch: Electrical
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>> Mkk rðãk Þk rð{wõíkÞu >>

“Mkk rðãk Þk rð{wõíkÞu” Lkku yÚko Au- “rðãk yu Au su {wÂõík ykÃku Au.” Mkðk÷ yu Au fu ykÃkýwt ¼ýíkh
{wÂõík ykÃku Au ¾Át ? MÃkü Au fu W¥kh “Lkk” {kt s ykðþu. ykÃkýku yLkw¼ð Au fu Ãkeyu[.ze.Lke ÃkËðe
Ähkðíkk ÷kufku Ãký {wõík ÚkÞu÷k nkuÞ yu sYhe LkÚke ÃkAe ¼÷u íkuyku øk{u íku rðãkþk¾k{kt Ãkeyu[. ze. ÚkÞk
nkuÞ. ykLkku yÚko yu ÚkkÞ fu ykÃkýk ¼ýíkh{kt ftRf ¾qxu Au. ôÄuÚke rð[kheyu íkku yuðk «§ ÃkqAe þfkÞ fu
{wÂõík õÞkhu {¤u ? {wÂõík íkku yntfkh rLkð]¥k ÚkkÞ íÞkhu {¤u. ÔÞðnkh{kt ykÃkýLku ôÄw òuðk {¤u Au. su ðÄw
¼ýu íku ðÄw yntfkhe çkLku Au. yhu, ½ýkLku íkku fkuRf Mkk{krsf, hksrfÞ fu þiûkrýf ¾çkh MkkiÚke Ãknu÷e òýe
÷uðkLkku Ãký ynt nkuÞ Au. õÞkhuf yntfkhLku ykí{rðïkMk{kt ¾Ãkkðe Ëuðk{kt ykðu Au. þk†ku{kt yufðeMk
«fkhLkk yntfkhku ðýoðu÷k Au, su{ fu ÄLkLkku ynt, ¿kkLkLkku ynt, YÃkLkku ynt, ÃkËLkku ynt ðøkuuhu. ¿kkLkLkk
yntfkhÚke {wõík Úkðwt shk ðÄw y½hwt Au. yntfkh yuf rðfkh Au. «¼wf]Ãkk ðøkh rðfkhkuÚke Ãkh Úkðwt ÷øk¼øk
yþõÞ Au. Ãkhtíkwt ykÃkýk íkhVÚke ykÃkýu íkiÞkh íkku hnuðwt òuRyu. yu {kxu ®[íkLk {ËËYÃk ÚkR þfu. ¿kkLkLkk
yntÚke Ãkh Úkðk {kxu {ËËYÃk ®[íkLk Lke[u hsq fhðk «ÞkMk fÞkuo Au.
Mkki«Úk{ íkku yu sýkðe Ëô fu yæÞkí{ ykÃkýk ¼ýíkhLku rðãk LkÚke økýíkwt. yæÞkí{Lke ÿrü{kt
“ykí{¿kkLk” s rðãk Au, çkkfe çkÄwt ¿kkLk yrðãk Au. òu fu WÃkrLk»kËku{kt yuðku Ãký WÕ÷u¾ Au fu “su {kýMk
yuf÷e rðãkLke WÃkkMkLkk fhu Au íku Lkü ÚkkÞ Au yLku yuf÷e yrðãkLke WÃkkMkLkk Ãký ÔÞÚko Au.” SðLkrLkðkon
{kxu yLku MktMkkh{kt xfe hnuðk {kxu yrðãkLke WÃkkMkLkk fhðe Ãkzu. Ãký yuf÷e yrðãkLke WÃkkMkLkk ÔÞÚko
yux÷k {kxu fu sL{sL{ktíkh ykÃkýu yu s ¿kkLk íkku MkkÚku ykðíkwt LkÚke. òu fu {khe Mðíktºk {kLÞíkk yuðe Au fu
yrðãk «kó fhíkkt fhíkkt yu{kttÚke rðãk íkkhðe þfkÞ Au. yk ðkíkLku shk rðMíkkhÚke Mk{Syu. Mkkt«ík
Mk{Þ{kt «ríkrËLk yMktÏÞ rËþkyku{kt ¿kkLk rðMíkhíkwt òÞ Au. Mk{økú SðLkfk¤ Ëhr{ÞkLk yu{ktLke yuf
rËþkLkwt ¿kkLk Ãký ÃkqhuÃkqÁt «kó fhðwt ÷øk¼øk yþõÞ Au. Ãkeyu[.ze. ÚkÞk ÃkAe Ãký òu ykÃkýk{kt Lk{úíkk Lk
ykðu íkku Mk{S ÷uðwt fu ykÃkýu fþwtf {níðLkwt «kó fhðkLkwt [qfe økÞk. ykÃkýu yu rðhkx ËrhÞku Lk òuÞku.
suLke Mke{kyku yLku suLkwt Ÿzký çktLku ykÃkýu òýíkk LkÚke. rð¿kkLkeyku yÃkkh {Úkk{ý ÃkAe Ãký yk
rðïLkwt hnMÞ Mk{S þõÞk LkÚke. yk Mktòuøkku{kt yntfkh íkku þwt, ykí{rðïkMk hk¾ðku Ãký y½hku Au. yu
ykùÞosLkf ðkík Au fu ¾kMk ftR òýíkk Lk nkuðk Aíkkt Ãký ykÃkýu fux÷k fnuðkíkk ykí{rðïkMk MkkÚku Sðíkk
nkuRyu Aeyu ! fkuRfLku fkuRf çkkçkíkLke Úkkuzef òýfkhe Lk nkuÞ íkku ykÃkýu íkuLke {òf WzkððkLkwt Ãký [qfíkk
LkÚke.
Äkhku fu òýfkheLku çkË÷u ykÃkýu fkuRf rËþk{kt fþwtf Lkðwt rð[khðkLku ðÄw {níð ykÃkíkk nkuRyu íkku
Ãký ykÃkýu yu Lk ¼q÷ðwt òuRyu fu yu rËþk{kt fux÷kf «¾h çkwÂæÄ{kLkkuyu {q¤¼qík ÏÞk÷ku Ãknu÷uÚke s
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rðfMkkðu÷k níkk. ykÃkýu íkku yu «Úk{Úke s rðfrMkík rËþk{kt ykÃkýwt LkSðwt «ËkLk s fhu÷wt Au. Ëk.ík.
C.E.Shannon, Robert Fano, David Huffman ðøkuhu Information Theory and Coding
Lkku ÃkkÞku Lkk¾u÷ku s Au. nðu òu ykÃkýu Compression Lke fkuRf Existing method {kt Mkk{kLÞ MkwÄkhku
Mkq[ðeyu íkku yu yuf LkSðwt «ËkLk s økýkÞ. yhu, fkuRf Lkðe Compression Technique rðfMkkðeyu íkku
Ãký yu ftR yux÷wt ÃkkÞkYÃk MktþkuÄLk Lk økýkÞ.
Äkhku fu ykÃkýwt MktþkuÄLk ÃkkÞkYÃk MktþkuÄLk nkuÞ íkku ? íkku ykÃkýu yuðwt rð[khe þfeyu fu ykÃkýk{kt yu
MktþkuÄLk {kxu ÃkkÞkYÃk økýkÞ yuðku rð[kh {qfLkkh fkuý ? ykÃkýLku su rð[khku ykðíkk nkuÞ Au yuLku çktÄ
fhðkLke [kðe ykÃkýk nkÚk{kt LkÚke. ykLkku yÚko yu ÚkÞku fu fkuRf yÿ~Þ ík¥ðu {khk{kt yu rð[khLku Formal
¼k»kk{kt hsq fÞkuo. ykÃkýe sux÷e s òýfkhe Ähkðíkk yLÞ fkuRLku yu rð[kh Lk ykðu yuðwt çkLke þfu.
yu yÿ~Þ ík¥ðu su ¼køk ¼sÔÞku yuLku ykÃkýu «¼wLkku yLkwøkún, ¾wËkLke hnu{, Grace of God suðk
þçËkuÚke yku¤¾eyu Aeyu. íkËwÃkhktík ykÃkýu yu Ãký Lk ¼q÷ðwt òuRyu fu ykÃkýe «økrík{kt Mktòuøkku Ãký
{níðLkku ¼køk ¼sðíkk nkuÞ Au. Ëk.ík. ykÃkýku sL{ ykÃkýk nkÚk{kt LkÚke nkuíkku. ûký¼h {kxu fÕÃkLkk fhku fu
ykÃkýku sL{ yuðk fwxwtçk{kt ÚkÞku Au fu ßÞkt ¼ýíkh {kxu yLkwfw¤ Mktòuøkku s LkÚke. yu Mktòuøkku{kt MktþkuÄLkLke íkku
ðkík s sðk Ëku, Ãkqhíkwt yûkh¿kkLk Ãký ykÃkýu Lk {u¤ðe þõÞk nkuík.
nwt {kLkwt Awt fu ykx÷wt Mk{S ÷eÄk ÃkAe ¿kkLkLkku ynt hk¾ðkLkwt ftR fkhý hnuíkwt LkÚke. ykÃkýu ykþk
hk¾eyu fu ykÃkýLku fkuRLku ¿kkLkLkku ynt Lk MÃkþuo.
- hksuþ Mkt½ðe
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fBÃÞwxh{kt nðu swËe swËe ¼k»kkykuLkk yûkhku (Fonts) Ãký WÃk÷çÄ Au. ykÃkýu økwshkíke{kt «kuøkúk{ (fkÞoMkw[e) Ãký ÷¾e
þfíkk nkuRyu íkku fuðwt ? òu fu, yu {kxu økwshkíke Compiler nkuðwt òuRyu, su økwshkíke fkÞoMkw[eLku {þeLk Mk{S þfu íkuðe ¼k»kk{kt
YÃkktíkrhík fhu. ð¤e yu Compiler {kt Keywords, built-in functions, header files ðøkuhu Ãký økwshkíke{kt s
÷¾kÞu÷k nkuÞ. Ëk.ík.“int” {kxu “ÃkqýkOf” þçË «ÞkuS þfkÞ. Lke[u C language {kt ðÃkhkíkk fux÷kf þçËkuLkku økwshkíke yLkwðkË
fhu÷ku Au.
Keywords [kðeYÃk þçËku include W{uhku
.h .{ float ðkMíkrðf
char r[ö void ¾k÷e
“header” þçËLkwt økwshkíke ¼k»kktíkh “{Úkk¤kLkku ¼køk” yuðwt nkuðkÚke “.h” Lkwt ¼k»kktíkh “.{” fÞwo Au. char Lku {kxu økwshkíke þçË
“r[ö” ÃkMktË fhðkLkwt fkhý yu Au fu ¼k»kkLkk {q¤kûkhku Ãký yk¾hu íkku r[ö s Au. su{ fu, ykÃkýu ßÞkhu “f” Wå[kheyu íÞkhu su
æðrLk WíÃkLLk ÚkkÞ Au yuLku Ëþkoððk {kxu «k[eLk ÷kufkuyu økwshkíke{kt “f” yuðwt r[ö ÃkMktË fÞwO Au. íkku rnLËe ¼k»kk{kt yu s æðrLkLku
Ëþkoððk {kxu “ÜU” ÜU yuðwt r[ö ÃkMktË fÞwO Au. ð¤e yÕÃkrðhk{, Ãkqýorðhk{, fkIMk ðøkuhu íkku r[ö s Au. “stdio”,
“conio”,“getch()” ðøkuhuLku yuf s økwshkíke þçËÚke ÷¾ðwt fËk[ y½Át Au. Ãkhtíkw yuLku yLkwYÃk fkuRf Lkðku økwshkíke þçË
yÚkðk Mktrûkó þçË (abberviation) ¼k»kkþk†eyku MkkÚku rð[kh rð{þo fheLku þkuÄe þfkÞ. yu{ òuRyu íkku “stdio” Ãký
“standard input-output”Lkwt Mktrûkrófhý s Au. yuf Mkh¤ økwshkíke fkÞoMkw[e fuðe nkuÞ íku Lke[u WËknhýYÃku hsw fhu÷e Au.
æÞuÞ : ºký r¼Òk MktÏÞkyku y, çk yLku f {ktÚke {n¥k{ MktÏÞk þkuÄku.
<stdio.h> W{uhku
<conio.h> W{uhku
¾k÷e {wÏÞ
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ðkMíkrðf y, çk, f :
(“y, çk yLku f Lke ®f{íkku ykÃkku”) AkÃkku
(“%d%d%d”, &y, &çk, &f) ðkt[ku
òu y > çk
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{kxu Ãký yk çkÄwt rð[khe þfkÞ.
- hksuþ Mkt½ðe
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" The War Begins..."
Date:20-10-2064, Place: Ahmedabad

A boy is reading a newspaper:"THE TIMES OF GUJARAT". The headline is:"Finally
English killed Gujarati after a long war...". The boy asked her grandfather what the news really
wants to say. Grandpa says, "My dear”, the news is not about the war between two persons or
regions but it's all about the war between two languages. Once upon a time in Gujarat, there
was a wonderful language known as "Gujarati", which is the mother tongue of Gujarati people.
But as the time passes, another foreign language:"English" attacks over Gujarati and
continuously destroyed it and today English rules all over...."
yk (WÃkhLke) fkÕÃkrLkf ÃkrhÂMÚkrík yks Úke ÷øk¼øk 50 ð»ko ÃkAeLke Au. yksu su{ ÷kufku {kLku Au fu
ð»kkuo Ãknu÷k ¼khíkLkk y{wf rðMíkkh{kt zkÞLkkuMkkuh níkkt íku{ yksÚke Úkkuzk ð»ko ÃkAe ½hLkku fkuR ðze÷
ÔÞÂõík, çkk¤fLku fnuþu fu ð»kkuo Ãknu÷k ynª økwshkíke Lkk{Lke yuf ¼k»kk níke. fkhý fu su heíku yksu ytøkúuS
¼k»kkLkwt yk¢{ý ÚkR hÌkwt Au íku òuíkk yu{ ÷køku Au fu Úkkuzk ð»kkuo ÃkAe íkku økwshkíkeLkwt yÂMíkíð s Lkrn hnu.
yu ðkík{kt fkuR þtfk LkÚke fu yksu ík{k{ ûkuºkku{kt ytøkúuSLke {ktøk Au. yksLkk zeSx÷ Þwøk{kt Wå[
rþûkýÚke {ktze fkuÃkkuohux fÕ[h MkwÄe çkÄus ytøkúuS yu «kÚkr{f sYrhÞkík Au Ãký Ëw:¾Lke ðkík yu Au fu {kuxk
¼køkLkk ÷kufku ÃkkuíkkLke “Image” Lkk çkË÷u “Impression” Ãkkzðk {kxu ytøkúuSLkku WÃkÞkuøk fhu Au.
½ýk ÷kufkuLku íkku ÃkkuíkkLke s {kík]¼k»kk{kt ðkík fhíkk þh{ ykðu Au yLku òýe òuRLku økwshkíke Lk ykðzíke
nkuðkLkku Ëu¾kð fhu Au. ykÃkýk hkuStËk SðLk{kt ðÃkhkíkk ½ýk çkÄk ytøkúuS þçËku yuðk Au fu suLkku ykÃkýLku
økwshkíke yÚko Ãký ¾çkh LkÚke. yuðwt ÷køku Au fu yksu “Spoken English”Lke MkkÚku MkkÚku “Spoken
Gujarati”Lkk õ÷kMkeMkLke Ãký sYh Au.
“English” Lkku Mkk[ku yÚko “Belongs to England” yux÷u fu “Rø÷uLzLkk ÷kufkuLkwt -
ytøkúuòuLkwt” yuðku ÚkkÞ Au. ËwrLkÞk{kt ¼khík s yuf{kºk yuðku Ëuþ Au fu su çkeò ËuþLke ¼k»kk{kt ykx÷ku çkÄku
zqçke økÞku Au. 1947{kt ¼÷u ykÃkýu ytøkúuòuÚke ykÍkË ÚkR økÞk nkuRyu Ãký {kLkrMkf heíku íkku nsw Ãký
økw÷k{ s Aeyu. yksu “rnLËe” Lkk çkË÷u “ytøkúuS”Lku ¼khíkLke hk»xÙ¼k»kk ònuh fhðe Ãkzu íkuðe
ÃkrhÂMÚkrík Au. fkuR Ãký International Confernce {kt ykÃkýk ËuþLkk «ríkrLkrÄyku rðËuþeyku MkkÚku
ytøkúuS{kt ðkík fhíkk økðo yLkw¼ðu Au Ãký þwt çkeò ËuþLkk ÷kufku ykÃkýe ¼k»kk þe¾ðkLkku Ãký «ÞíLk fhu Au
¾hk ?
ÃkkuíkkLke {kík]¼k»kkLkwt hûký yLku síkLk fuðe heíku ÚkkÞ íku ¼khíku [eLk - òÃkkLk - fkurhÞk suðk Ëuþku
ÃkkMkuÚke þe¾ðk suðwt Au. íkuykuLke ík{k{ «kuzõxTMk, ònuhkíkku, rþûký Úke {ktze fkuBÃÞwxh Mkku^xðuh,
{kuçkkR÷ VkuLk ÷Uøðus MkwÄe çkÄwt s íku{Lke ÃkkuíkkLke ¼k»kk{kt s rðfMkkðu÷wt Au. ¾kMk fheLku [eLkLkk ÷kufku {kuxk
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¼køkLke International Conferences, Events {kt íku{Lke ÃkkuíkkLke s ¼k»kk{kt fkuBÞwrLkfuþLk fheLku
ÃkkuíkkLkk Ëuþ {kxu økðo yLkw¼ðu Au yLku Mkk{uðk¤k Ëuþu íkuLkk {kxu ¾kMk Translator hk¾ðku Ãkzu Au, yu
Mkk{uðk¤ku Ëuþ ÃkAe U.S.A. nkuÞ fu England.
yksu økwshkík{kt çkk¤fkuLku “English Medium” {kt ¼ýkððkLkku xÙuLz Au. ÷kufku yuðwt {kLku Au fu
“økwshkíke {kæÞ{” Lkk ÷kufkuLku ykøk¤ síkk {w~fu÷e Ãkzu Au Ãký yuf Mkðuo {wsçk ËuþLke rðrðÄ Wå[ rþûký
{kxuLke MÃkÄkoí{f Ãkheûkkyku fu su ytøkúuS{kt nkuÞ Au íku{kt ÃkkMk ÚkLkkhk økwshkíkLkk fw÷ rðãkÚkeoyku{ktÚke
71% íkku økwshkíke {kæÞ{Lkk nkuÞ Au !! Mkðk÷ {kºk ¼k»kkLkku LkÚke Ãký ÃkkuíkkLkk ykí{MkL{kLkLkku Au, ÃkkuíkkLke
sL{¼qr{Lkk økkihðLkku Au. “Save Environment” yLku “Save Energy” suðk MkwºkkuLke MkkÚku
“Save Gujarati”Lke Ãký yksu sYh ÷køku Au Lkneíkh Úkkuzk ð»ko ÃkAe økwshkíke ¼k»kk {kºk BÞwÍeÞ{{kt
fkøk¤ku Ãkh òuðk {¤þu.
BY: Bhaumik N. Mehta

(Final yr Mec)
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WEB RESOURCES
Mechanical /Mechatronics
www.nptel.com
www.bee.org
www.howstuffworks.com
www.ocw.mit.edu ( engg courses of mit university for free)
http://video_demos.colostate.edu/[engg. physics video demos]
http://collegedropoutshalloffame.com/m.htm ( college drop out)
http://mathworld.wolfram.com (math)
Chemical
www.chemweek.com
www.cheresources.com
www.freevideolectures.com
www.chemicalebooks.com
www.journals.elsevier.com
Electronics & Communication
www.arduino.cc
www.thinkdigit.com
www.e4u.edu
www.engineersstuff.com
www.analog.com
www.circuits.com
www.ti.com
Information Technology/Computer
www.indiacad.com
Electrical
www.electricalengineeringforbeginners.blogspot.com
www.free-circuit-diagrams.com
www.electrical-equipment.org
www.onesmartclick.com/engineering/basic-electrical-engineering.html
www.electrical4u.com
Useful Websites:
Online registration for admission: www.gujacpc.nic.in
Gujarat Technological University : www.gtu.ac.in
ACPC, Ahmedabad: www.jacpcldce.ac.in
AICTE, New-Delhi: www.aicte-india.org
Charutar Vidya Mandal: www.ecvm.net
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DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM

MISSILE MAN & PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT
Dr.Kalam was born on 15 October 1931.

After completing school, He distributed newspapers in
order to financially contribute to his father's income.
He went on to attend Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
where he graduated in physics in 1954.
He then moved to Madras in 1955 to study aerospace
engineering.
In 1960, He joined Aeronautical Development
Establishment of Defense Research and Development
Organization (DRDO) as a chief scientist.
In 1969, He was transferred to the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) where he was the project director of India's first indigenous
Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully deployed the Rohini satellite in near earth
orbit in July 1980.
He played a major part in developing many missiles under the mission including Agni,
an intermediate range ballistic missile and Prithvi, the tactical surface-to-surface missile,
although the projects have been criticised for mismanagement and cost and time overruns, by
this he was known as Missile Man Of India.
The Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period where he played an
intensive political and technological role. Kalam served as the Chief Project Coordinator, along
with R. Chidambaram during the testing phase.Photos and snapshots of him taken by the
media elevated Kalam as the country's top nuclear scientist
He was the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of Defence
Research and Development Organisation from July 1992 to December 1999
In 1998, along with cardiologistDr.SomaRaju, Dr.Kalam developed a low cost Coronary
stent. It was named as "Kalam-Raju Stent" honouring them
Abdul Kalam served as the 11thPresident of India, succeeding K. R. Narayanan. He won

the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of 922,884, surpassing 107,366 votes won
by Lakshmi Sahgal. He served from 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007.
During his term as President, he was affectionately known as the

People's President.
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BOOKS:
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium.
Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
!The Luminous Sparks

!Mission India
!Inspiring Thoughts
!Developments in Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology
The brouhaha over the frisking of ex-president of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, by an American
airline has eclipsed the most important fact of all: his own reaction. It is notable that he
himself quietly followed the procedures and allowed himself to be frisked putting the
safety of his co-passengers above his own station, respecting the rules imposed by an
over-zealous staff and accepting a treatment meted out to ordinary citizens.
In that lies Dr Kalam’s greatness. It is in his humility, his modesty and his pragmatic
approach.
In one of his speech, Dr. Abdul Kalam quoted that despite economic and technological
advances, there are many challenges such as corruption, moral turpitude in the
societies, and environmental degradation to overcome in the world. “These evils need to
be defeated by goodness of the youth of the world,” he said to the students and youth
gathered. Such evils “arise from never ending greed of what can I take? The fight for
corruption free, tolerant society, good environment hence will have to be fought against
this greed and replace “What can I take?” with the spirit of “What can I give”?
How does one strive for uniqueness and greatness?

Dr.Kalam gave a simple recipe have a great aim in life, acquire knowledge, work hard and
defeat problems. The three best teachers in life according to him were great books, great
human beings and great teachers. The former President said that inventions and
discoveries were the outcomes of creative minds that have been constantly working and
imagining the outcomes in their minds. Imagination is the beginning of creation, he said.
Those who imagine the impossible are the ones who break all human limitations in all
spheres of human endeavour.
Dr.Kalam wants to impress on young minds the significance of being a scientist. Science
removes mental blindfolds.
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Year of award Name of award Awarding

or honour or honour organisation
2012 Doctor of Laws (HonorisCausa) Simon Fraser University
2011 IEEE Honorary Membership IEEE
2010 Doctor of Engineering University of Waterloo
2009 Hoover Medal ASME Foundation, USA
2009 International von Kármán Wings Award California Institute of Technology, U.S.A
2008 Doctor of Engineering (HonorisCausa) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2007 King Charles II Medal Royal Society, U.K
2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science University of Wolverhampton, U.K
2000 Ramanujan Award Alwars Research Centre, Chennai
1998 Veer Savarkar Award Government of India
1997 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Government of India
1997 Bharat Ratna Government of India
1990 Padma Vibhushan Government of India
1981 Padma Bhushan Government of India
Compiled by Sandeep chavda

3rd level EE
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Imprint
(Book review)
Kevin Mitnick Autobiography

Ghost in the Wires:
My Adventures as the
World's Most Wanted Hacker
The Kevin Mitnick book - Ghost in the Wires is a thrilling true story full of intrigue,
suspense, and an unbelievable escape that will certainly appeal to its target audience -
computer nerds who are interested in learning about hacking. Contrary to the popular belief,
this book does not aim at encouraging readers to learn how to hack and exploit other people
It is a vivid description about the life of a hacker and how he took advantage of security
flaws.
Kevin begins by describing how he had a childhood instinct for getting around barriers
and safeguards. In his childhood, he became an avid ham radio operator. He took up ‘phone
phreaking’, an activity which he later used in ‘social engineering’. Using this, Mitnick learnt the
art of obtaining information from anybody he wanted.
Later on, Kevin describes how several of his close friends betrayed his trust and deceived
him. He writes in detail about how he took up hacking and exploited other people and companies
just for thrill. He hacked into phone companies to make free calls without being traced. He also
obtained secret insider information, source codes for numerous softwares, and people’s
biodata. He got into the networks of several companies and agencies and used their computers
to obtain information and also store data on their servers. It would be worthwhile to note that he
did not do it for money. This was a game of wits, and he wanted to outsmart others by exploiting
their weaknesses.
Kevin fiddled with the law several times and later became the most wanted fugitive. At this
time, he used his social engineering tricks and hacking skills to tackle the FBI. He changed his
identity several times and moved around for a while, dodging the officers as well as continuing to
hack. Later on he was arrested and served five years in prison.
Since his release, Kevin has written two other books in addition to his autobiography- The
Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion both of which are really interesting books that I would
highly recommend to other tech junkies.
- Kishansingh Darbar
2nd Level (IT)
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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

by Rashmi Bansal
One of those books that inspires you to a level
that you feel an instant push from your bed and get
going. The book is the live narration of 25 IIM
graduates who believed in the power of their dreams
and became successful entrepreneurs. The author has
definitely carried an intensive research and has put in
much labour to get a masterpiece out.
However , it would have been wonderful if the story
of non IIM entrepreneurs could have been included as
well. The Tag line of the book ‘Stay Hungry Stay Foolish’
is derived from Steve Jobs speech , the founder of Apple
computers and in fact A COLLEGE DROPOUT HIMSELF.
The book undoubtedly inspires but would have inspired
more if there were stories of others who are successful
entrepreneurs despite not be an IIM graduate. After all
entrepreneurship is about believing in oneself, facing the challenge, following ones heart and
having faith in ones dreams. The Institute really does not matter…….take the example of our
Dhirubhai Ambani.
To get back to the book, some inspiring stories about these mavericks !
Make my trip: Deep Kalra: He realized internet was going to change lives and he wanted to do
his own thing. Day was spent working at GE and night for starting his own venture. The first
Venture capital funding came from Neeraj Bhargava, the managing partner of e-ventures. He
inadvertently gave away 70% of his company for funding. However he bought back the
company during distress sale by e Ventures and that’s when he really became an entrepreneur.
Edelweiss : Rashesh Shah: established the home grown investment bank in a decade. The idea
was that post liberalisation the economy would grow and therefore Rashesh Shah plunged in.
However 1995-2002 was a hard time for the Indian economy and there was’nt any business for
Edelweiss. The partners paid themselves very little salary for almost 5 years and managed to
stay afloat through some advisory assignments.
Naukri.com: Sanjeev Bikhchandani. The reason for starting his company was independence.
You are your own boss. He ran a tiny business from the servants quarter and then success gave
in and befriended him.
Some started small, some started big, yet almost all faced downslide. But they never gave up!
Every story is an inspiration for life.
An inspiring book…
Ajinkya Mahajan
(2nd Level IT)
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Canvas
(Paintings)
CHIRAG PATEL, 3rd level EE PRASHANT, 4th level ME
HET PATEL, 2nd level MC

DEVANSHI GANATRA , 2nd level IT KHADIJA KAPOOR, 2nd level IT
HARDIK PARMAR, 4th level MC

Clickology
(Photography)
ROHAN (1st level MC)
Chaitanya Shah (1st level EE)
Swapnil Desai (4 th Level CP)

GCET Voice Committee
Seating (from left) : Rajesh Sanghvi, Vivek Deshpande, Rahul Kher, Dr. Kaushik Nath,
Dr. Himanshu Soni (Principal), Nikhil Joshi (Convener), Ketan Tamboli, Chintan Patel,
Priyang Bhatt.
First row (from left) : Shyamal Satodia, Aagam Jain, Manthan Thakker, Jayesh Patel, Sagar Bavarva,
Sandeep Chavda, Viraj Shah, Ankit Vora, Nandish Shah, Tapan Doshi
GCET Office Staff
Seating(from Left) : Albert Macwan, Kartik Shah, Anupam Patel, Dr Himanshu Soni(Principal)
Bharat Patel, Kalpesh Patel, Vijay Prajapati, Bhavesh Sargara
First Row (from Left): Nikunj Parmar, Balvant Patel, Sanjay Prajapati, Mahendra Solanki, Bhavsinh
Parmar, Mukesh Rabari, Laxman Solanki, Hetal Shah, Chaitanya Patel, Ranjan Parmar, Kalpana
Patel
Second Raw(from Left) Manish Patel, Falguni Patel, Atul Patel,Alpesh Trivedi
An ounce of application is
worth a ton of theory.
Swami Vivekananda
You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make
yourselves suffer, you make good & evil, and it is you who
put your hands before your eyes and say it is dark. Take your
hands away & see the light.
It is impossible to find God outside of ourselves. We are the

greatest temple.
Despondency is not Religion, whatever else it may be. By

being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to
God, nearer than any prayer
Painting by : Chirag Patel ( 3rd EE)

VOICE
2012
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Prof. Dr. Kaushik Nath, Prof. Rajesh Sanghvi,
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Prof. Chintan Patel
G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology

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Activities attended by department faculties:

Conference Attended / Papers Presented: AY 2011-12

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10 090110105001 KRUPALI SHAH 3 8.55 2009 2010- 11

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13 080110105048 MUNNAKUMAR SINGH 6 8.45 2008 2010- 11

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