AsasequeltotheMOU,thefollowingactivitieswereconducted.industrialvisit,andplacementopportunities. The salient features of the MoU are Providing lab and workshop facilities of Electrical,

B.S Abdur Rahman University entered into an MOU with the University of Cambridge ESOL Exams inNovember 2010 to enhance the quality of the learning and teaching of English Language and to helpimprove the professional development of the language teachers of the University.

1. Several teacher support programmes were organized to prepare the faculties of the Departmentof English for conducting Business English Certificate Courses and their related exams.

2. Orientation programmes were conducted to highlight the importance and scope of BusinessEnglish Certificate courses to the students of B. Tech.

3. The syllabi of the Business English Certificate Courses (Preliminary & Vantage level) wereintegrated into the syllabi of the Communication Skills Laboratory Courses I & II offered to thestudents of I year & II year B. Tech.

4. The University became a centre for conducting exams related to BEC Courses.

5. A Computer-based exam was conducted to all the students of I year B. Tech successfully.

6. Nine of the students from various branches of engineering performed exceedingly well in theNovember 2011 (Vantage level) exams and were selected for the

Of these nine students, Mr. Khaja Riaz Hussain ofAerospace Engineering won the in the competition held at the regional level & camerunner up in the competition held at the National level .

7. Twenty seven students were selected as top performers under top 100 categories and wereawarded certificates.

As a sequel to the MOU, the following activities were conducted.

Best Young Speaker Awardof Cambridge English Competition.

first place

MoU with Cambridge University Esol Examinations, UK

MoU with Purdue University, USA

10th November 2010

Validity : Two Years & To Be Renewed

Identified Areas of Cooperation

(a) Sharing of expertise on academic resources and best practices

(b) Developing Students and Faculty Exchange Programs

(c) Promoting Study Abroad Programs, short study visits to provide international study experienceto students

(d) Developing a Mechanism for joint Ph.D Supervision

(e) Developing cooperative research opportunities in Nano technology, Computer Science, BusinessManagement, Life Science, Materials Science

(f) Organizing Joint International Workshops, Conferences and Seminars

(g) Implementation of interactive expert lecture series through video conferencing.

MoU with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

MoU with IP Rings Limited, Maraimalai Nagar

MoU with PREDIKTIVA Technologies Private Limited

MoU with DYNASPEDE Integrated Systems (P) Ltd

MoU with IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

The salient features of the MoU are

Collaborative research

Inplant training for students

Exchange programmes enabling the faculty to work for the short period in IGCAR Laboratories

Design and development of curriculum in new areas of the science and engineering, conference,seminars and workshops.


Inplant training for UG and PG students

Short-term training for IP Rings personnel

Guest lectures and campus recruitment.


Providing training in the field of business intelligence (software & hardware training)

Industry consulting opportunities

Inplant training for students.


Project work inplant training for students

Consultancy and R&D Projects

Short-term training for personnel identified by DYNASPEDE, Guest Lectures and Campusrecruitments.


To work together to offer the University programme and to establish a high quality peoplerepository in software technologies.

Signed on : September 29, 1998

Signed on : February 01, 2006

Signed on: July 27, 2007



MoU with Frontier Life Line Pvt. Ltd, India

MoU with Altera Corporation, USA

MoU with Novell India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

MoU with University of Cambridge, ESOL, Examination, UK

MoU with Purdue University, USA


Collaborative research for designing instruments as implants.


To develop and support BSAU in EDA/SOPC Technology education, donation of Altera productsincluding Quartus II softare, development board and Altera intellectual property course.


Academic Training Partner Agreement to conduct specialized courses on Open Source Technologyfor faculty and students.


To improve the quality of teaching and learning English at BSAU, introduction of testing system forEnglish, development of BSAU as a Cambridge ESOL authorized centre, professional developmentof the teachers of BSAU.


Students and Faculty Exchange

Joint research, organizing international conferences and workshops, joint research publications.

Signed on: November 20, 2009

Signed on: March 01, 2010

Signed on: May 19, 2010

Signed on: October 28, 2010

Signed on: November 10, 2010

MoU with National Knowledge Network

MoU with MSME Development Institute, Chennai

MoU with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)

MoU with Vasavi Polymers, Gundakkal, Andhra Pradesh


Under NMEICT (National Mission on Education through Information and CommunicationTechnology), provision of BSNL 1GB Link to the University.


Business skill development and training programmes

Preparing joint course schedule.


Development of entrepreneurial community

Entrepreneurial growth

Providing access to programmes and resources that help the student community in developingentrepreneurship skills.


Development of Amasan product.

Signed on: December 30, 2010

Signed on: February 01, 2011


Signed on: March 16, 2011

MoU with IEEE, CS Registered Education Provider, IndiaSigned on: December 03, 2010


Benefiting students from SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge), learning and CSDACertification.

MoU with ABE Semiconductor Designs, Chennai

MoU with Chennai Power and Desalination Training Institute,

Chennai


Sharing the information, experience, infrastructure, organizing seminars, workshops, short term andlong term courses, exchange of faculties for training and consultancy, funded and sponsored projects,training for corporate and other higher officials, curriculum based training for students and projects forfinal year post graduate and under graduate students, industrial visit, and placement opportunities.


Providing lab and workshop facilities of Electrical, Mechanical, Instrumentation and chemistrydepartments, Library facilities of the University for joint research and training.

Signed on: January 06, 2014


MoU with M/s Hibrise Technologies Pvt. LtdSigned on: November 06, 2012


Providing training to students aimed at imparting effective product engineering skills with a headstart into their career for over 6 to 8 months at the University.

MoU with Columbia University, New York, USASigned on: January 10, 2012


To establish framework for promoting academic exchanges and scholarly collaboration.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FAIRS

International US Education Fair: An International US EducationFair was organized at B. S. Abdur Rahman University on 19thOctober 2012, with the participation of 15 US Universities, forproviding overseas Graduate studies opportunities to our students.

International Education Fair: An International Education Fairwas organized at B. S. Abdur Rahman University on 10th January2013, with the participation of 15 Universities, for providingoverseas Graduate studies opportunities to our students.

US Education Fair: An US education fair was organized at B. S.Abdur Rahman University on 28th October 2013, with theparticipation of 13 US universities, for providing overseas Graduatestudies opportunities to our engineering, science and managementstudents.

STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Student Exchange Program:

Student Exchange Program with Purdue University, USA, 13students and 4 faculty members participated during March 2012

Students from University Technology Mara, Sarawak, Malaysiaparticipated in the study abroad program at our University

BSAU Civil Engineering Students and Faculty visited NanyangTechnological University, Singapore.

Faculty Exchange Program:

Faculty Exchange Program with Pusat Pembangunan KemahiranSarawak, Malaysia. Three faculty members from PPKS Malaysiaunderwent faculty development program at BSAU for threemonths.

JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

International Conference on Software Engineering and MobileApplication Modeling and Development (ICSEMA 13): InternationalConference on Software Engineering and Mobile ApplicationModeling and Development (ICSEMA 13) was jointly organized byB. S. Abdur Rahman University, India and Deakin University,Australia on 19-21 December, 2012 at B.S.Abdur RahmanUniversity.

International Conference on Nanomaterials, Science,Technology and Application 2013: International Conferenceon Nanomaterials, Science, Technology and Application was jointlyorganized by B. S. Abdur Rahman University, India, and DeakinUniversity, Australia, and University Technology Mara, UiTM,Malaysia on 05-07 December, 2013 at B.S.Abdur RahmanUniversity.

Activities with Purdue University, USA

As a part of the Collaboration with Purdue University, USA,

a two day International workshop was organized in collaboration

with Cork Cancer Research Institute, Ireland,

and Sri Ramachandra Medical University, India, during 27-28 July 2011.

S. Name of the Affiliation Topic of the

LectureNo. Speaker(s) Guest

01 Dr. Declan Soden Cork Cancer Research Centre

Bio Science Institute

University College Cork

Cork, Ireland

02 Dr. Slawomir Salwa Cork Cancer Research Centre

Bio Science Institute

University College Cork

Cork, Ireland

03 Dr. Mira

Sadadcharam, MD

Electro Chemo

Therapy

Effective Cancer

Treatment

Waterford Regional Hospital Bio electrics

Ireland

Eminent Speakers of the International Workshop:

Study Abroad Programme:

Dr. R. Raja Prabu, Professor, organized a Study Abroad Program during

March 2012 for the students of Purdue University, USA. The programme

includes education, knowledge transfer, industrial visit, community

service; cultural exchange etc. 13 students and 4 faculty members from

Purdue University attended the programme.

S.No

Name of the Name of the Publishers ISBN YearAuthor Book No.

01 Dr. R. RAJA PRABU Electroporationbased therapiesfor Cancer :From Basics toClinical

Wood head ISBN 13 : 2012Publishing 9781907568152Series in BioMedicine. ISBN 10 :

1907568158Applications

Chapter Edited in Book:

Publication Details: (Six Publications)

1. R. Raja Prabu, Effective Electro Chemotherapy for proliferation control of adult humanmesenchymal stem cells , Journal of Electrostatics International Journal of Electrostatics,Volume No.69, Pages 267-247, 2011

2. R. Raja Prabu, Electrically Enhanced Proliferation Control Adult Human Mesenchymal Stemcells, Int. Conf. on Electrical Insulation & Dielectric Phenomena, 474-477 October 2009.

3. R. Raja Prabu, Efficient and Economical Electro Drug Delivery IEEE Int. Canada Conf. onScience & Technology for Humanity, 843-848 September 2009

4. R. Raja Prabu, Electro Molecular Therapy sing Adult Human Mesenchymal Cells , InternationalConference on Electro Statics, 2010

5. R. Raja Prabu, Viability of Cancerous Cell lines as a function of Energy delivered , InternationalConference IEEE CEDIP, 2010

INTERNATIONAL EXPERT LECTURE SERIES

Carnegie Mellon University, USA: Professor Raja Sooriamurthi,Associate Teaching Professor Information Systems Program,Carnegie Mellon University, USA delivered a special lecture cumworkshop on Puzzle Based Learning Paradigms to over 250 facultyand students of BSAU on 30th July 2011.

NASA Astronaut: Ms. Marsha Ivins delivered a Special lecturetitled 55 Days in Space: The Story of an American Astronaut to alarge group of students and faculty on 30th April, 2012 at BSAU.

British Council Presentation on Higher Education: BritishCouncil Presentation on Higher Education in UK to BSAU Studentson 17th January, 2013. British Council Education counselor Mr.Nim Bahadur made a detailed presentation on Higher educationopportunities in UK to the students.

Queensland University of Technology, Australia: ProfessorPrasad Yarlagadda s, Professor, Smart Systems and Director,Future Airports, Queensland University of Technology, Australia,visit BSAU on 23rd January, 2013 and delivered the followinglecture series to students and faculty of BSAU.

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach for the Design and Management ofAirport Terminals A case study airports of the Future Research

Fracture Fixation for Orthopedic Applications Our ResearchApproach and Proposed Solutions

Science and Engineering Research at QUT Possible Collaborativeopportunities.


Duke University, USA: Professor Bruce B Lawrence, from DukeUniversity, USA, visits BSAU on 20th February, 2013 and delivereda special lecture to the students and faculty of school of Islamicstudies on 20th February, 2013.

Curtin University of Technology, Australia: Professor SyedIslam, Professor of Electrical Power Engineering, Curtin Universityof Technology, Australia visit BSAU on 8th October, 2013 anddelivered a technical lecture on Smart Grids and SustainablePower Systems to the M.Tech , Power system Engineering andpower Electronics and drives, with special focus on DistributionTransformer Life Optimization in a Smart Feeder Embedded withPhotovoltaic Power Generation

Florida Atlantic University, USA: Dr. M. Arockiasamy, Professorand Director of Centre for Infrastructure, Dept. Civil Environmentaland Geomatics Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, USA,visited BSAU on 17th December, 2013 for excellent lecturepresented on Marine Renewable Energy and InfrastructureSustainability to the post graduate students and faculty of schoolof infrastructure of BSAU.

British Council Presentation on Higher Education: BritishCouncil Presentation on Higher Education in UK to BSAU studentson 30th January, 2014. British Council Education Counselor Mr.Gokula Krishnan made a detailed presentation on Higher Educationopportunities in UK to the students of our university


Carbon Training International, Sydney, Australia: Mr. RobertNicholls, Managing Director Carbon Training International, Sydney,Australia, Mr. Glenn Davidson, Director Learning & ProgramDelivery, Carbon Training International, delivered a special lectureon Carbon Foot Print and it s significant to Global warming tostudents of Mechanical Engineering, on 31st January, 2014.

Curtin University of Technology, Australia: Mr. Adam Bryers,from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, delivered a speciallecture on Innovation in Science and Technology on 06th February,2014 to the students of Automobile, CSE and E & I engineering.

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA: Dr. VanitaMisquita, Director Overseas Programs, Illinois Institute ofTechnology, USA along with Professor Philippe MARC, and Mr.Sivakumar, IIT Chicago, India, visited our University on 17thFebruary, 2014 and had a detailed discussion with our ViceChancellor on establishing a formal agreement between BSAU andIIT Chicago, through identified areas of mutual interest.

Glasgow Caledonian University of Edinburg, UK: Dr. Mike Just, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Associate Director ofthe Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies group at GlasgowCaledonian University of Edinburg, UK, delivered a special lecture atour University , on 27th February, 2014 on the title "On the manyuses of mobile device sensor data" .

INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION VISIT

Purdue University, USA: Delegation from Purdue University, USA visited BSAUduring March, 2012 and held detailed discussions with Vice Chancellor , Deansand HODs.

Interaction with San Antonio, USA,Mayor, Mr. Julian Castro, on 25th January,2013, at US Consulate General, Chennai. The Mayor expressed desire that ouruniversity take joint research with University of Texas, San Antonio withparticular focus on industry related projects in San Antonio.

Curtin University of Technology, Australia: A high level delegation from theschool of health science, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, visited B. S.Abdur Rahman University on 25th April, 2013 and held detailed discussion withour Vice Chancellor, Deans & HoDs and Researchers carrying out research in thefield of life science for joint research partnership.

Taiwan higher Education delegation : Taiwan higher Education delegationvisited BSAU on 06th September 2013 and held detailed discussion with Vicechancellor, Pro Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Deans, Directors, HODs exploringinternational partnerships for joint research, joint Ph.D guidance, languagetraining, students and faculty exchanges, internship for students, sharing ofexpertise and resources, post doctoral fellowships, and organizing jointinternational conferences and workshops.

Mr. Mike Nithavrianakis, Former British Deputy High Commissioner, BritishDeputy High Commission, Chennai, visited BSAU on 13th February, 2014 andinteracted with Our Chairman, Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Director Admissions,Deans, Directors and HoDs. Interaction and suggestions made to establishmeaningful, sustainable long term partnerships of BSAU with leading BritishUniversity groups like Russel Group Universities, Sterling Group Universities andother leading Universities.

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AsasequeltotheMOU,thefollowingactivitieswereconducted.industrialvisit,andplacementopportunities. The salient features of the MoU are Providing lab and workshop facilities of Electrical,