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SPARK EDITORIAL BOARD

FROM EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

It is our immense pleasure to present you the 1st issue of our magazine SPARK. It
endeavors to familiarize its readers with the college scenario in terms of campus activities and
events which left an unswerving impression in past months and much more through its
various sections. It also provides a panoramic view of the cultural, academic, sports and
literary activities and achievements of the college.
You can find the latent seeds of future writers eagerly waiting for germination that needs to be
nurtured with care. This magazine is a reflection of an amusing literary flair and potential,
albeit in budding stage, of students who have participated whole heartedly in the process of
making it. This self-motivated bunch of enthusiasts has greatly helped us in giving the shape
of this issue.
We, the committee members strive hard to innovate and put forth something new, more
interesting and useful in its each issue. We have exerted our highest level of efforts to include
good quality articles, endowed with variety of subjects in this issue. We have given our best
possible inputs to meet the expectations of the readers and improve its quality at the same
time.
However, we are open to embrace constructive criticism, suggestions and opinions of our
readers. We would like to thank all contributing authors for providing such a rich variety of
articles on an extensive range of exciting topics.
Enjoy reading.

SPARK Editorial Committee

INDEX

1. ABOUT NTC
2. FESTIVALS
3. ARTICLE CORNER
4. STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS
5. INDUSTRIAL VISIT
6. FRESHER'S PARTY
7. BRAINSTROMING
8. READER'S CORNER

ABOUT NTC

Neotech Technical Campus was established to bridge the gap between classroom education and
practical experience. This is accomplished through a dynamic and interactive learning
environment, the finest faculty, and the best in infrastructure and facilities across all disciplines.
At NTC, students experience engineering in the real world.
NTC provides students with a contemporary approach to engineering studies and offers degree
and diploma courses in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Computer Engineering streams.
Students receive a comprehensive learning experience, coupled with industry oriented training.
We strive to ensure that our academic process and development of engineering competence is on
par with the best technical universities across India.

Located near Vadodara, NTC has a sprawling 20 Acres; Wi-Fi enabled campus with world-class
infrastructure and is equipped with state-of-the-art classrooms, computer laboratories,
workshops, seminar halls, hostel, and canteen facilities to facilitate students academic
performance and overall development.

FESTIVALS

Guru Purnima

was celebrated on 31st July 2015 in order to pay respect to the

teachers and express our gratitude. On the Auspicious day, the program started with
worshipping of Maa Saraswati with Aarti.
Students visited the nearest government school and distributed sweets and toffees to the
students. Principal Dr. Dipesh Sir presented a photo frame of Maa Saraswati to the
authority.

Rangoli & Aarti Thali decoration competitions

were

conducted on the day to enhance & encourage Students creativity.

Independence Day

was celebrated at the campus by conducting Flag hoisting

and patriotic song by the students. Student March was also conducted, displaying the
discipline in the students.

Janmashtami

was celebrated on 5th September 2015. In order to celebrate the

auspicious occasion of birth of Lord Krishna, a completion of Matki Fod was arranged
among the various departments of the institute.
Students participated with great interest and joy in the competition. 3 rd Sem Mechanical
branch students captured the 1st position, followed by 3rd Sem Computer branch Students on
the 2nd position.

ARTICLE CORNER

BlogSpot

Yesha Amin , 3rd sem Computer Engineering (SY).

WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE OCEAN?

Salut fellas, with a silent t. I hope you have landed safely to this column which
will be called BlogSpot from this moment onwards. Im Yesha Amin, trying to take few minutes
of your precious life and investing it into the launch of our brand new E-Magazine SPARK.
Yes! our magazine. You are free to send us anything and everything, unless the content is, of
course invalid.
So, you must be thinking what is all this about? Whats the agenda behind the
heading? Well slow down already! Im here to explain everything. This is a blog post which will
be updated every month with the new issue of SPARK. Ill be coming up with the most
interesting and trendy topics to debate upon. Todays topic for the pillar post is What is actually
in the ocean?
It goes like this: If you think oceans are fascinating and you want to understand
how the universe works, its not enough to be an expert on what should be ideally in the ocean.
You have to understand and research on WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE OCEAN. The same is
for blog culture. Its good to know about what people ought to watch, read and listen to, ideally;
all that is good stuff, talking about, and worth arguing about.
But, what Ive seen from some of the failed blogs is, people only care to talk,
watch or get angry about irrational ideas & the fact that they do and the way they do tells you
something about them.
So, while it is explained, the Ocean contains part still holds a tight place in
explaining the concept that a blogger should write on What is actually in the ocean rather than
writing on What should be ideally in the ocean.
People judging and criticizing other people and writing about them in harsh
language is not what is to be teached. Why criticize? Why fluff writings? Is it what is to be
written in the pop culture? Cant we just write upon what is actually important rather than fluff?
Well, I assure you that BlogSpot will remain far from fluff writing but do forgive me if its a bad
day or let me precisely state - Due day.
Oops! Ive already taken a lot of your time, I see. And hence I dont want to bore
you guys; I quit for today. Catch you guys later, next month, with a refreshing new idea. You can

also send the feedback of BlogSpot through your coordinators or can directly contact me. Doors
are always open for any positive suggestions.
Adios.

God as a Needless Hypothesis

- Surabhi S. Modak, 3rd Semester, Computer Engineering Dept.

It is not necessary to believe in god to be a good person. In a way, the traditional nation of god is
outdated. One can be spiritual but not religious. Some of the best people in history did not
believe in god, while some of the worst deeds were committed in his name.
Fanaticism, unquestioning and unquestionable dogma, became the adrenaline, the testosterone,
of religion; violence, latent or manifest, lay at the heart of all religious creeds.
The backlash against religion has been spearheaded by scientists like Richard Dawkins and Sam
Hams who have cogently and eloquently argued that far from being a negation of moral codes
and an ethical life, atheism as a form of consciousness- raising is an affirmation of spiritual
transcendence.
When the French philosopher- mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace presented a copy of
his monumental work on the creation of the universe, Mecanique-Celeste, to Napoleon, the
Soldier-emperor asked why there was no mention of god in the book. Laplace replied I had no
need of that hypothesis.
Is it time we outgrew that needless hypothesis? Those who say it is can do so with the
blessing of Pope Francis.

STUDENT'S ACHIEVMENTS
One of the budding poets, the student of Neotech Institute of Technology Shivam Bhavsar
Civil Engineering, has been successful to earn the applauds of Baroda's.

 Dhrumil Gotecha, Nitin Chaudhari, Krishnaji Shah, Rahul Prajapati, Meet Patel of 5th
sem Electrical Department published their research papers at National Conference

AERA15 at Chandigarh University under the guidance of Kajal D. Soni. And Dr. Dipesh
M Patel, where Dhrumil Gotecha received 2nd best Research Paper's Award and Dhrumil
Gotecha once again along with Nitin Chaudhari received 3rd best Research Paper's
Award.

Gaurav Shukla from Degree Electrical Engineering 5th Sem participated in Quiz competition
organized by RR Kabel at Hotel Surya Palace on 15th Sept, Engineers day.
Dhrumil Gotecha won 1st place in badminton tournament held at NeoFest15 and also
represented the college at GTU badminton tournament and won first match against ITM and
reached in Quarter Finals against GCET.

Yashdeepsingh Gohil ,Mechanical 5th SEM

(known by the artist name YASH)
Genre :-

Progressive electro,Launchpad Controllerist

In his DJing carrier, that started at the age of 18, YASH managed to play under the hoods of
SUNBURN , VH1 Get together GOA and festivals like ultraviolet.

At the age of 19 he shared the stage along with SHAAN (the only indian to play in
Tomorrowland Belgium) in SUNBURN RELOAD Rajkot.
Bringing a whole new curve to the wave of electronic dance music,this artist performs figure
drumming live on such stages.

INDUSTRIAL VISIT
(1) 3rd Sem Mechanical Engineering Students.
RBD Engineers, Kalol on 20th July 2015 by 3rd Sem Mechanical
Engineering Students.
RBD ENGINEERS, Kalol are leading manufacturer supplier and service
provider located in Kalol - Automobile clutch components, pressure plates,
casting, c.i. & s.g. iron castings for auto engineering components engineering
goods & equipment
Group is one of the largest and leading manufacturer and supplier of Precision
Clutch Components of India that cater to the domestic and international OEM
Automotive Industry.

(2) Pumping Station on Sardar Sarovar Canal at Surendranagar on

25th July 2015 by 5th Sem Electrical Engineering Students.
The largest pumping station, built at a canal of Sardar Sarovar Narmada
project near Dhanki village of Surendranagar district, will be dedicated to the
nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow

The longest canal of Sardar Sarovar project is 104.66 km, which ends at Dholidhaja Dam.
The carrying capacity of the canal is 424 cumax, which will cover the area of 5.24 lakh
hector. There are 10 pumps of 20 cumax capacity and six pumps of five cumax capacity
installed at the station which will be able to lift 230 cusec of water.Under the project, there
will be five pumping sub-stations installed at Dhanki, Lakhtar, Bala, Rajpur and Dhudhrej
on the sub-canal of Saurashtra. Three artificial water falls have been built at Rangporda,
Khawad and Haripur, generating 30 megawatt of electricity. This station will provide
irrigation to 5, 24, 613 hector land of 597 villages of Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Surendranagar,
Bhavnagar and Rajkot districts

(3) Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and GeoInformatics (BISAG) on 29th July 2015 by 3rd Sem Computer
Engineering Students.

BISAG studio:In one of the studios, they were explained the set-up and necessity of the studios. Studios
were equipped with high resolution cameras and lighting systems. They are used for
recording of educational and research shows which are then telecast on various television
channels. Since each and every show has a different background and lighting requirement,
Mr. Soni explained us the process of changing background and lighting of the studios.

(4) Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad on 7th August 2015 by 1st Sem
Degree Engineering Students.

The Government of Gujarat has established the Gujarat Council of Science City, a registered
society, to achieve the Gujarat Science City mandate. The Government is already in possession
of 107 hectares of land. Furthermore 300 hectares of land is being acquired for future expansion
of Science City & related projects.

(5)Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) Plant, Savli 16th July 2015 by 5th
Sem Civil Engineering Students

Ready-mix concrete is concrete that is manufactured in a factory or batching plant, according to

a set recipe, and then delivered to a work site, by truck mounted intransit mixers. This results in
a precise mixture, allowing specialty concrete mixtures to be developed and implemented on
construction sites.

Ready-mix concrete is also referred as the customized concrete products for commercial
purpose. Ready-mix concrete, or RMC as it is popularly called, refers to concrete that is
specifically manufactured for delivery to the customer's construction site in a freshly mixed and
plastic or unhardened state. Concrete itself is a mixture of Portland cement, water and
aggregates comprising sand and gravel or crushed stone. In traditional work sites, each of these
materials is procured separately and mixed in specified proportions at site to make concrete.

FRESHER'S PARTY
Organized by the second year students of Degree
Engineering

BRAINSTORMING
Q(1) Which among the following has been chosen as
Indias first Superbrand by Superbrands
incorporated of UK?
(1) Reliance
(2) Parryware
(3) Idea
(4) Bajaj

Q(2) Two alternative packages A and B are available for processing a database having
10k records. Package A requires 0.0001n2 time units and package B requires
10nlog10n time units to process n records. What is the smallest value of k for
which package B will be preferred over A?

(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 6 (D) 5

Q(3) Which company was co-founded by Phil Knight?

(1) Sony (2) Nike (3) IBM (4) BMW

Q(4) The Ministerial Conference of the world Trade

Organization was held at Cancun, Cancun is
located in ____
(1) Uruguay (2) Venezuela (3) Mexico
(4) Honduras (5) Bahrain

READER'S CORNER
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The editorial board or college does not own responsibility of truthfulness
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