11 centers of excellence are established in the campus to promote the research, consultancy and trainings

1. Non destructive Evaluation

2. Robotics & Industrial Applications

3. Solar Engineering

4. Big Data

5. Software Development

6. Machine Vision

7. SAE BAJA

8. Geomatics

9. Computational Civil Engineering

10.Embedded Systems

11.Mobile Computing

1. Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

It is established for study of quality assurance of aero space and nuclear engineering materials. Basic NDT methods, such as magnetic particle inspection,

liquid penetrate test, visible inspection and ultra sonic flaw detector are installed to study the various defects of metal materials. This center is separated by

dep’t of automatic energy and AICTE under RPS programme.

Non-destructive evaluation is extremely diverse

and multi-disciplinary, involving the fields of Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Computer

Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Technologies of Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence. Center for Non-destructive Evaluation has been

established in Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus in 2012. CNDE of GNI fosters a collaborative work and coordinates technology activities in this

interdisciplinary area. CNDE provides a focus for NDE and NDT activities being pursued within interested international organizations. CNDE responds to the

increasing national and international need for development, information exchange and technology transfer in this critical technology. Dr Gray R Mayer and Dr

Dennis J Bouvier of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA visited the CNDE of GNI on 25th Sept 2013 and appreciated the execution of ongoing

research projects. Dr H S Saini, Managing Director, GNI associated with the team and briefed on the progress of ongoing research projects. Dr S V

Ranganayakulu, Dean (Research & Development) of GNITC welcomed the team and demonstrated the projects.

2. Robotics & Industrial Applications

Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of technology that deals with design, construction, control and operation of a robot. A simple robot is a machine that is

embedded with a sensor, a processor and an end effectors whose application may vary depending upon its connected sensors, end effectors and information

processing. 

Intelligent fire fighting robot

The robot has a temperature/light sensor as its sensing element for fire and a water sprayer and motors as its end effectors. The robot is capable of detecting

the event of fire, trace the exact location of fire and spraying the water to the detected location. The control commands to the end effectors based on the

sensory feedbacks are given by the Atmega128 processor.

Wireless surveillance robot

The surveillance robot can be used for both commercial and defense purposes. The robot consists of an onboard wireless camera that can stream sequence of

images through zigbee protocol. The actuators of the robot can be remotely controlled by establishing Bluetooth connection between the processor and the

controlling joystick.

Pneumatic powered robotic crane:

The robot is a miniature working model of an industry standard crane whose arm movements are actuated by the pneumatic linear actuators. The robot has one

circular degree of freedom provided by the vertically mounted DC motor and three degree of freedom provided by the linear actuators. The robot navigation is

achieved through the differential drive of the horizontal DC motors.

Pick and place robot

The robot has an onboard arm mechanism that act as an mechanical gripper to hold and release the objects. The gripper movement is manually controlled by

controlling the actuator and the robot makes a differential motion to move from one point to another.

Miniaturized Mars rover

The dynamics of the robot is similar to the Mars rover- Curiosity. The robot has an onboard wireless camera mounted on the servo drive which gives a 360

degree field of view of the surroundings. The robot is powered with the 6 differential drive DC motors which is controlled centrally by the Atmega128 processor.

Collision avoidance robot

The robot is mounted with the array of ultrasonic proximity sensors whose output are monitored by the processor. When a sensor reads a value below its

threshold, the corresponding motor is actuated to make the robot turn towards a safer direction

3. Solar Engineering 

The developed center will concentrate on development of PV cell, module development, material research for development of DSSE and silicon solar cell. 60

KW Rooftop Grid Tied Solar PV Plant is established under special capital subsidy scheme of MNRE. Some of the models fabricated by IV B.Tech students are

mentioned below-

4. Big Data

Big Data and Hadoop Research lab is designed to provide knowledge and skills to become a successful Hadoop Developer. The following are the details of

configuration of the peripherals and licensed software.

S.NO System Configuration Qty

1.

 

Big data appliance with multicore SDMOS,DB SERVER,WEB

SERVER  

  01

2 Data scientist and web analyst cloud stations  30

3 Network switches-Rack mount  02

4 12 U rack 19”/1000D , With power panel and side panels  01

5 Data analyst license  60

6 Management station license  02

7 Data synchronization licenses  60

8 Big Data ICCP Licenses  60

9 RDP Licenses  60

Objectives

1. Master the concepts of Hadoop Distributed File System and MapReduce framework

2. Setup a Hadoop Cluster

3. Understand Data Loading Techniques using Sqoop and Flume

4. Program in MapReduce (Both MRv1 and MRv2)

5. Learn to write Complex MapReduce programs

6. Program in YARN (MRv2)

7. Perform Data Analytics using Pig and Hive

8. Implement HBase, MapReduce Integration, Advanced Usage and Advanced Indexing

9. Have a good understanding of ZooKeeper service

10. New features in Hadoop 2.0 -- YARN, HDFS Federation, NameNode High Availability

11. Implement best Practices for Hadoop Development and Debugging

12. Implement a Hadoop Project

13. Work on a Real Life Project on Big Data Analytics and gain Hands on Project Experience

5. Software Research Development 

Software development is an important activity. In order to harness the skills of  Computer Science, Information Technoly and MCA students in software develop

two batch of students were selected for training. Initially the students were given training in software engineering, .net, SPM etc., subjects. The students were

asked to develop the projects on Automatic Attendance system which has got many implications. Students with background in ECE were asked to

develop 

develop scanners and others with background in computer science were asked to develop data base applications on the data collected. The students of these

two batches have successfully completed these in-house projects. These projects were also part and parcel of their B.Tech dissertations.  

6. Machine Vision 

Machine Vision is the technology that uses images as its source of information and act as an intelligent identifier/locater in various Industrial and Robotics

applications.

Works being carried out-

Camera based attendance:

This system is developed to overcome the drawbacks in the conventional attendance marking system. The system extracts the detected faces in an input image

and compares with the images in the database. Based on the comparison the corresponding faces are recognized and the attendance is automatically marked

to the respective faces, hence ensuring a foolproof, robust attendance marking system.

Miniaturized Industrial conveyor belt

A camera is mounted in the path of the conveyor belt such that the objects passing the belt lies within the field of view of the camera. The camera detects

various objects and classifies the objects as wanted or unwanted objects. Based on the camera recognition of objects, an actuator in the rejection mechanism is

activated to reject the unwanted objects.

Finger print identification

The system recognizes the biometric features  and classifies the persons based on their finger print. This system locates the edges of the input image and

compares with that of the database image to identify a person.

Length and angle detection in real time images

The system can detect the length of an objects in real world units, which replaces the use of conventional rulers. The system also identifies the angle of

intersection of various objects in the  image.

Selective localization of faces

The system searches for a specific person`s face in an image of group of persons and localizes the required person by marking his face.

Object recognition

This system uses a standard pattern recognition algorithm to identify the object of interest. The template of the required object is stored in the database and the

system identifies if the object is found in the input image.

Automatic object counting

The camera detects various objects with unique colors and segments the objects based on its color threshold. After segmentation, the number of objects of

each color is automatically counted.

7. SAE BAHA 

SAE INDIA conducts this competition every year. Students across the country from various institutes and universities represent their team. The primary

objective is to design and fabricate an ATV. The event (BAJA) comprises of dynamic events such as acceleration test, deceleration test, hill climb,

maneuverability and a four hour endurance race where the vehicle is subjected to these events which tests the students design perceptive.

Before entering the competition we have preliminary round where teams from different colleges are supposed to present their respective design reports. More

than 400 teams have participated for the SAE INDIA BAJA virtual preliminary round and out of which 120 teams have been selected for the main event and we

are one among. The event helps the students to arcane subject relating the field, works on real time problems and helps them to be pragmatic. In this project

students learn and gain experience in designing, machining, fabricating and financing and real time reliable vehicle and also communicating with vendors,

suppliers and sponsors. Members in the team face high pressure scenarios during working hours where they have to complete their part in the time specified

and always putting budget in mind. Besides the technical skills the project also tests the disciplinary actions among the members, team work, team strategies,

ethics and project management are considered as a prominent role. This project gains a valuable experience to the members. The team comprises of various

ages and majors. SAE India Baja gives us exposure to various automotive items. Students work hard and give commitment to the team including weekends and

late night hours. Students join SAE India Baja because of their zeal and motivation to see their design from a virtual display to a real time functional model. This

event is hosted in Pithampur at INDORE; the event is during the month of February.  

The entire event is covered on Neo Sports and also goes live on air in few stations. Each teams as a cumulative sum of 25 student body members and 120

teams in the event. Apart from the participants we also have other enthusiasts coming up for the event as audience. The event is sponsored and hosted by

automotive giants such as Mahindra and Mahindra, Chevrolet.

8. Geomatics

Indian Geo spatial Market is on the verge of a humongous growth. Most Indian firms in GIS are involved in the data collection, data capture and data conversion

scenario. The government is the biggest consumer of GIS applications and uses it actively. India, with its diverse landscapes a perfect fit for a technology like

GIS. This is largely attained due to government focus on use of GIS and large initiatives like R-APDRP and NLRMP but this is just the start.   It is also estimated

that private players in infrastructure, telecom and other utilities are spending around Rs 50crore annually on GIS products and services.

The notable industries that are offering GIS services

ANNOVA Technologies Pvt. Ltd, CGC Converse Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Geosoft Technologies, IN-RIMT, RSI Softech India Pvt. Ltd, Infotech Enterprises etc.,

Several hundreds of industries are doing outsourcing jobs in the applications of Map generation, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, insurance companies etc.,

The industries prefer trained candidates in the field of GIS instead of recruit and train.  The placement opportunities are expected to be improved those who

possess GIS skills.

GNITC believe in providing necessary infrastructure to its students and train them industry preferred software applications to improve their job opportunities.

GNITC established a Centre of Excellence on Geomatics with the latest server and software from ESRI which enables the students to undertake minor and

major projects under the guidance of experienced faculty.

9. Computational Civil Engineering

This centre of excellence consists with 24 BENTLEY’s Academic Perpetual offering Solution. GNITC is the first institute to place entire range of products

provided by Bentley Inc. USA. The list of softwares include Structural solutions like STAAD Pro, 3 D CAD design, MXROAD (Transportation solutions), 3D  

IMAGING & MAPPING Solutions, BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING  solutions  and WATER & WASTE WATER solutions. These applications are useful

for construction organizations.  The students are trained on these applications from second year to final year (i.e., all semesters) to enhance their computational

knowledge in the Civil Engineering and improve their employable opportunities.

10. Embedded System

Texas Centre of Excellence for Embedded system is established in collaboration with Texas instruments, Crane Software Inc and Texas Instruments university

programme. As part of MoU, conducting student contest programmes and Faculty Development programmes.

Mr Narendra Babu, Resource Person of Texas Instruments, delivering lecture on Embedded system on 25th June’2014 The centre will promote the design of

embedded products based on TI's semiconductors. It will also promote design of educational solutions for teaching subjects on embedded systems and conduct

educational activities such as seminars and train-the-trainer workshops that will be open to teachers from other engineering colleges as well.

Activities of Texas Centre of Excellence for Embedded system

     Activity           Event Dates No. of  participants         Deliverables

Embedded system Design

using TI MSP 430 MCU

25 – 26 June’2014        44 Introduction, Understand the MSP 430 Timer

operation, Analog to Digital converter,

interface MSP 430F5529 with internal ADC

Analog System design

using analog device

26 – 27 June’2014        38 Basic building block of active filters,

simulation of universal active filters,

regenerative feedback systems

TI India Analog Maker

Competition 2014

27 – 28th Sept’2014       450  Design, simulation and implementation using

TL072 Opamp

11. Mobile Computing

Mobile application is the latest technological trend among the fresh breed of young Engineers. Mobile Application Development Centre was started with the

object of promoting specialized knowledge in the field of mobile technology, and developing various educational applications. Mobile application development is

similar to Web application development and has its roots in more traditional software development. One critical difference, however, is that mobile applications

(apps) are often written specifically to take advantage of the unique features a particular mobile device offers. For instance, a gaming app might be written to

take advantage of the iPhone's accelerometer. One way to ensure that applications show optimum performance on a given device is to develop the application

(app) natively on that device. This means that at a very low level, the code is written specifically for the processor in a particular device. When an app needs to

run on multiple operating systems, however, there is little -- if any -- code that can be reused from the initial development. The application must essentially be

rewritten for each specific device.