Workshop on LabVIEW Applications

The Dept of EECE organized a workshop on ‘LabVIEW Applications with Practical Realization’which was conducted by LabVIEW Academy (National Instruments) in collaboration withAKGEC, Ghaziabad on 9 September 2017. The workshop was project based and aimed atimproving the application of LabVIEW software for student’s projects and to motivate them towork on real-life projects. The workshop aimed at building theoretical concept, impartingLabview features and programming knowledge. Live projects based on Labview were discussed.25 students participated in the workshop and found it informative and interesting. The event wascoordinated by Dr Anjali Garg and Dr Shaveta Arora.

Guest Lecture on Industry Applications of IoT

The Dept of EECE organized an expert lecture on the topic ‘Industry Applications of IoT’ by Mr Manas Jain, Associate Director, Axtria - Ingenious Insights, Gurugram for BTech ECE/CSE 5 th Semester students on 8 September 2017. Mr Jain spoke about the latest technological trends in IoT, its applications in industry and the infrastructure and resources required for IoT. He discussed the use of IoT in marketing & advertising, environmental monitoring, manufacturing applications, healthcare applications and many others. Students understood the hardware and software requirements for IoT and discussed project ideas in this domain. The event was coordinated by Ms Vandana Khanna and Ms Amanpreet Kaur.

NCU Organizes Flood Relief Campaign ‘Rahat Floods’

School of Management in collaboration with the NGO ‘Goonj’ organized a campaign ‘Rahat-Floods’ at NCU campus on 10 September 2017. The flood relief collection drive attracted people from all over Gurugram and ‘Rahat-Floods’ was successful in raising funds, clothes, dry rations, blankets etc. which were donated to people in the flood affected areas in various parts of India. The energetic and enthusiastic team comprising of students from SOM worked relentlessly for the promotion of the collection drive supported by all the students of NCU, alumni and employees who came forward in large numbers to contribute for flood relief. Campaign ‘Rahat-Floods’ was coordinated by Dr Sushmita B Waraich and Dr Saumya Dixit.

Diagnostic Camp

In line with NorthCap University’s commitment towards ‘Disease free Fraternity through Preventive Health Measures’ ‎a free of cost Diagnostic Camp, was organised in a tie up with Vijaya Diagnostic Centre on 22 September 2017. The camp was undertaken in the format of a diagnostic campaign for Blood Sugar and Haemoglobin to make the fraternity aware about their own role in the prevention of several diseases and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Around 100 members including students, faculty and staff benefited from the camp coordinated by Dr. Shilpy Wadhwa, Medical Consultant, NCU.

NSS School Outreach Programme

NSS School Outreach Programme To create awareness about important issues and spend quality time with students of Government schools three teams of NCU - NSS volunteers visited three schools, namely Government Senior Secondary School, Sarhaul, SLAK Government Girls Senior School, Gurugram and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Yadav School, Gurugram on 13 September 2017.

Team 1- Government Senior Secondary School, Sarhaul 

Team 1 of 19 volunteers visited Government Senior Secondary School, Sarhaul, Sector 35, Gurugram. They made students aware of topics such as fundamental rights, photography, public speaking, sports, first aid, career counselling and mathematics. The zeal of the team matched with that of the students.

Team 2- SLAK Govt. Senior Secondary Girls School, Sector-6, Gurugram 

Team 2 of 13 volunteers visited SLAK Govt Senior Secondary Girls School and held sessions on art and craft, English grammar, maths, body language, life skills and life around social media for classes 6th -12th. The art and craft lesson consisted of innovative origami creations using newspapers and life around social media, focused on how social networking sites like Face book, Instagram and Twitter affect the life of teenagers.

Team 3 - Shaheed Bhagat Singh Yadav School, Gurugram 

Team 3 of 20 volunteers visited Shaheed Bhagat Singh Yadav School, Gurugram. They made students aware about various career options, road safety and the importance of sanitation. Lessons on art and crafts were also held. Students also learnt about Vedic maths as well as their basic fundamental rights. In all it was an uplifting and satisfying event for the NSS volunteers. The event was organized by Ms Jyotsna Singh, NCU-NSS Programme Coordinator.

Guest Lecture on 5th Generation of Mobile Communication

The Dept of EECE organized a guest lecture on ‘Introduction to 5th Generation of Mobile Communication’ by Mr Sandeep Sharma, General Manager, Ericssion India Pvt Ltd. for 2nd and 3rd Year CSE, ME and ECE students on 13 September 2017. Mr Sharma discussed the importance of 5G and the flow of technology from 1G to 5G. He spoke about 5G main components, wireless access transport system, cloud, network applications and management and the technology beyond 2020. His main emphasis was on cases using 5G. He discussed the challenges of 4G in the light of impending and crucial future communication needs and reviewed the lessons learnt from the perspective of implementation and systems operation. The event was coordinated by Dr Anjali Garg and Ms Kusum Grewal Dangi. 

Workshop on Photoshop

The Dept of CSE&IT organized a workshop on Photoshop conducted by the Society Visualive on 13 September 2017. The workshop was conducted by Mr Vishal Kanwar and Mr Pankaj Yadav to help students learn about the basics of Photoshop and graphic designing. 44 students participated in the workshop which was coordinated by Dr Shilpa Mahajan.

 

Alumni Interaction

Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted an interactive session with Alumnus Mr Mehul Jain, (Class of 2015), Piping Design Engineer, Jacobs Engineering, Gurugram on the topic ‘A glimpse of EPCM industries’ for 3rd Year students on 13 September 2017. Mr Mehul presented an overview of EPC companies, the role of piping in EPC companies and future scope of mechanical engineers in these companies. He demonstrated the use of piping software in these industries and discussed a case study demonstrating the same and further agreed to mentor students who are targeting placements in EPC companies. The session was coordinated by Mr Anmol Bhatia.

Interactive session by Alumnus Mr Mehul Jain, Dept of ME

Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Fund awarded for Research

The NorthCap University  Vice- Chancellor’s Innovation Fund is a funding pool that can be accessed by faculty members, researchers and students of the University to carry out innovative and socially relevant research especially when external funding is not readily available. 

The following new proposals submitted for VC Innovation funding have received approval in the month of September 2017:

S. No.	Faculty/ PhD scholars	Dept	Title	Award
1	Dr Rohit Singh Lather, Dr Pramod Bhatia	ME	‘Efficiency and Performance Improvement of the LPG Cooking Stove’	Rs. 1,75,000
2	Mr Sandeep Singh, Dr. Yogita Gigras, and Mr. Deepak Satyarthi	CSE	Remote monitoring and protection of UPS locations across The NorthCap University campus	Rs  50,000 (First Phase)
3	Ms Amanpreet Kaur, Mr Pankaj Rakheja, Ms Rupal Kapoor, and Mr Shailesh Kumar	EECE	Design and Development of low power WSN Mote	Rs. 3,00,000
			Total	5,25,000

 

On This year the VC Innovation fund was awarded to three student projects. A ceremony was held on 24 January 2017, to distribute the VC Innovation fund cheques to our deserving students. 

At the event, Prof. Prem Vrat and Brig Sharma gave some practical advice to the students followed by Prof. Prem Vrat distributing the cheques to the students. The event was celebrated in the presence of  Prof. Ravindra Ojha, Prof. Swaran Ahuja, Dr Bharti Arora, Dr Shilpa Mahajan, Dr Anjali Garg and the Innovation Fund Scheme coordinator, Dr Feras Al-Hakkak.

NCU Student Participates in the Himalayan Highs Season 3

Namami Pandey, Final Year, BTech CSE, participated in the Himalayan Highs Season 3, a show that documented the journey of riders in India especially women riders on a TVS scooty from Mandi (HP) to Khardung La Pass. With over 1 lakh responses from across the nation, the contestants went through many rounds of screening. Namami was shortlisted and went to Bengaluru for the final round from 25- 29 August 2017 where she went through first aid training, riding workshops, endurance tests and skill checks. We congratulate her and wish her all the best in her future endeavours. 

NCU Students Successfully Complete Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017

Akarshan Gandotra

Harsh Lathwal

Akarshan Gandotra and Harsh Lathwal, 3rd Year, BTech (CSE-Class of 2018) successfully completed Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017, an international annual programme organized by Google to bring more students to open source development. Over 20,651 students from 144 countries registered for the GSoC 2017 programme out of which only 1,318 students were accepted from 575 universities all over the world. The objective of this competitive and prestigious programme is to connect students with mentors for three months, to develop open source software. 

NCU students were able to make a mark in this programme in their maiden attempt and were part of of 142 students who were participating in this programme for the first time. Both the students received $2400 as stipend for their projects, a referral for a job or internship at Google and an opportunity for a meet-up with the Google team at San Francisco Bay Area. 

Akarshan and Harsh have taken the initiative to establish an Open Source culture in the University by organizing sessions like how to crack GSoC’18, how to use GitHub, Github Advance, etc. Moreover, they are working on a few Open Source Projects with the junior batches.

Workshop on Soft Skills in Association With IITK

A two day workshop on soft skills in association with IIT-Kharagpur was organized by SOL from 31 August to 1 September 2017. The Workshop was conducted on the themes of time management, goal setting, interpersonal skills and motivation.

Emphasis was laid on topics like communication, team building, body language along with crucial PI and GD skills. Sessions were interactive and students participated in the learning process through games and activities. Five students Priya Ranjan, Tarunika Sahu, Dildeepak Singh, Jatin Hooda and Avtar Singh won gold medals in the competitions and will represent The Northcap University in the final rounds at IIT-K in their Spring Fest.

Workshop on Internet of Things

A workshop on Internet of Things was organized and hosted by the Department of CSE and IT, and the ACM Student Chapter at NCU by professionals from the IoT-NCR group on 9 September 2017. IOT-NCR is an open community of people interested in the Internet of Things and M2M. The aim of the workshop was to discuss the impact of IoT on rural areas as well as the lives of the urban population. Ongoing projects of IoT-NCR were also demonstrated. Founders of the IoT-NCR group, Mr Vinay Solanki, Mr Jasmeet Singh, Mr Nikhil Gupta, Mr Sumit Jain and Mr Mayur Wadhwani also participated in the workshop.

Prof. Prem Vrat Conferred the Life Time Achievement Award by IIIE

Prof. Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, was conferred the Life Time Achievement Award by the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) during the 59th National Convention of IIIE at Aurangabad on 14 September 2017. The award is in recognition of Prof. Prem Vrat's admirable contribution in the field of Industrial Engineering. He carries a legacy of numerous awards and recognitions including Lifetime Achievement Award by IIT Roorkee, SSI Gold Medal, Lillian Gilbreth Award, Uttaranchal Ratan Award and many more.

The University congratulates Prof. Prem Vrat on this commendable achievement.

Inter-Departmental Volleyball tournament

The Inter-Departmental Volleyball Tournament 2017-18 was held from 12-14 September 2017. The Winners Boys were the EECE team which consisted of Arun Kumar, Vivek Yadav, Ankit Budakoti, Naman Fulora, Mohit Joshi, Arjun Sahrawat, Ishu Chauhan, Akshay Yadav, Gauransh Ahuja, Ayush Saini, Ankit Kaushik and Sanjeev Kumar. The Runner’s-up were the CSE team The Winners Girls were BTech team which consisted of Shivani Roy, Varsha Yadav, Vidushi Bhardwaj, Shubhashree Dash, Neelam, Rajyashree, Rupali Sharma, Shivani Sahrawat, Turna Rastogi, Purnima, Akshara Walia and Pallavi Singh. The Runner’s-up were the BBA-LLB team.

Freshers Day Celebrations

The University organized a welcome party for the new batch of students on 15 September 2017 with an objective to formally absorb the new students to the University in a friendly atmosphere. Freshers of all the three Schools of the University participated in an ambience of fun, frolic, dance and laughter. It was a happening experience for the newly inducted students of the University.

The fresh batch put up an attractive and a stimulating fashion show on the theme ‘Superheroes with Wizardly Touch’ by walking the ramp in costumes of Super Heroes for the coveted titles. Kapil Rana of BBA-LLB and Anshika Dhankar of CSE bagged the titles of Mr and Miss Well Dressed, Hiten Yadav of CSE and Sanjana Yadav of BBA-LLB won the titles of Mr and Miss Fresher 2017 while Simran Mehta of BBA-LLB was declared Miss Diva and Gaurav Jakhar of BBA was declared Mr Charismatic.

Clad in their best attire, the students presented a colourful scene all around. Students enjoyed clicking selfies and posing for group photographs.

Guest Lecture Prof. Vijay Gupta on ‘Bio-Fluid Mechanics’

Prof. Vijay Gupta, Former Dean IIT Kharagpur and former VC, Sharda University, Noida delivered an expert lecture in the area of Bio-Fluid Mechanics on 15 Sept 2017 to the faculty and Final year students of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. He spoke about the creation of the experimental set-up on voicing through the larynx and simulations by analysis. He also shared his experiences on the ‘Mechanics of Voicing’. It was a great learning experience for the faculty and students of the Dept. of ME.

Workshop on Virtual Labs

Expert Team from IIT Delhi conducted a one day workshop on Virtual Labs and Practices for BTech 1st Year students, Depts of EECE, CSE&IT, ME and CEE on 8 September 2017. 219 students attended the sessions. The experts explained about the Virtual Labs Project which is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource & Development under the Mission of ICT, GOI. In the workshop, Physical Science- Newton’s Ring, Angle of Prism using Spectrometer, Newton’s Law of Cooling, Projectile Motion; Chemical Science-ACID Base Titration, Preparation of Solutions; CSE - Computer Programming, Data Structures, Problem Solving, Image Processing; ECE-Virtual Electric Circuits Labs, Kirchoffs Laws, Sampling Theorem, Basic Electronics; Civil-Soil Mechanics, Surveying Lab, Strength of Materials, Metal Forming Lab., Fab. Lab, General Purpose Production, Vibration and Acoustic Lab, etc. labs were demonstrated to the students and faculty of NCU. 

Pumping life into ideas – NCU’s Incubation Centre

Sushmita Biswal Waraich

(Ph.D, Delhi University)

School of Management

“Breathing life into …. something.” How is that possible? Does it require a miracle? May be it is possible only for God to accomplish? Not human beings you think?

 

You’ve got another “think” coming – the human minds with technology as enabler can also do wonders. More than an enabler, “nurturance/ support” does bigger wonders. Some amount of hand-holding could just save someone.

 

Here, bringing in a very stark analogy, a pre-mature baby needs some help to be able to survive in this world. Without this support mechanism, the newborn may not survive. Thanks to the medical world, which brought in “incubators” to save these babies.

 

Similarly, a great idea might not get to see the light of the day, if it does not get the necessary support. Now, why should this idea be provided support? The answer lies in the fact that the idea could transform the society. Not all ideas might have the potential, but the ones that do, should not be allowed to perish.

 

Initially, an academic environment should be encouraged which is conducive to develop new ideas/ businesses. Subsequently, when a good idea emerges (which looks viable in terms of solving a societal problem as well as commercially) it might need support, in order to be taken forward. This is where educational institutions could pitch in by providing the necessary support. If an idea is allowed to die down, it could be a loss for the society/economy.

 

With the stress on startups, it is all the more felt that educational institutions are no less stakeholders than the government, corporate, funding agencies etc. They can provide the start-ups/ young potential entrepreneurs with the necessary hand-holding, during the early stages of development. 

 

An innovative idea is more precious than gold and diamond especially when it comes to economic development.The NorthCap University, Gurugram, houses the Master Jagannath Centre of Excellence and Incubation (MJCEI). It is established with the objective to enhance research and innovation among students and faculty members, primarily in the field of software products and apps, though not limited to these domains only. NCU-MJCEI provides facilities like infrastructure/space, seed funding, mentoring, learning resources, networking facilities, software and hardware facilities..

 

With the above, it will definitely be motivating for the NorthCapians to come up with new ideas, experiment and take them to the market. Especially for the Computer Science Engineering students, though the other branches can also avail the necessary support, MJCEI could be a big leap from NCU campus to the world of business/entrepreneurs. The students and faculty members of NCU can give wings to their ideas through MJCEI.