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BiannualNewsLetter Summer2018(EvenSemester)

Itisindeedoverwhelmingtocomeupwiththe�irstissueofourE-Newsletter,BITSTrend,amediumtotelltheworldhowourfaculty,studentsandstakeholdersareassociated to contribute to the holistic and qualityeducation in engineering. This edition of the E-Newsletterreports awardsandlaurelsreapedbyourinstitution and the signi�icant curricular and co-curricularactivitiescarriedoutbystudentsandfacultyin the areas of teaching and learning, research anddevelopment and Industry Interaction. It also offersglimpses of successful conduction of Aahvan-2018,placements,Sportsweek,100pointactivities,projectfair,students'visittoCarletonUniversity,Canadaandmanymore…

Asweareonthevergeofthecompletionofacademicyear2017-18, Iwould like toassert thatweneed tocontinueaddingnewbenchmarktoourprogresseveryyearinordertomaintaintheprestigewehaveachievedasoneofthebestengineeringinstitutionsinGujarat.And I truly believe together we can create glory as"TeamworkmakestheDreamWork."

Wepromiseourreaderstobringinterestingnewsandupdatesattheendofeachsemester.

BestWishes,Dr.PallaviAgarwalPrincipal,BIT

FromPrincipal'sDesk

Babariya Ronak Vasantbhai, �inal yearstudentfromEEdept.hasreceivedthegoldmedal for his excellent performance inacademics.

PatelShwetaPankaj , �inalyearstudentfrom EC dept. has received the DewangMehtaITawardfromGTU.

ShahNeil,ShahAbhishek,RawalDhairya,ShahYash,RakeshSurti, Urmil Thakkar and Parth Dahiwalkar secured1st position in the "Manufacturing Today: Reinventingthe Future-2018", (Western India Region) held at TajGateway,Vadodara,Gujarat.

Mr.BhargavThakrarfromBeyondTheoryPvt.Ltd,Rajkothad conducted two days workshop on "IC EngineComponentsAssembly&Disassembly"for6thand8thsem.Mechanical engineering students on 10th and 11thMarch,2018.

Prof. Ritesh Patel, Ph. D from IIT Kanpur and recentlyworkingasaprofessorinEEdept.GCET,V.V.Nagardeliveredan expert lecture on "Essence of High voltageEngineering in Power Sector" to 6th sem. Electricalengineeringstudentson9thFebruary,2018.

MirSohebAliandGuptaDipanshi,2thsem.studentsfromECdept.secured2ndpositionintheevent'ElectroBeats',Electrobeats-PrakarshheldatSVIT,Vasad.

BEYOND CURRICULUM

We were enlightened bythe presence of

Patel Dhara and Patel Tanha, students from EE dept.secured2ndpositionintheevent'LineFollower'heldatBabariaInstituteofTechnologyon16thFebruary,2018.

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GTUZone-3techfestAahvan-2018washostedatBITSEduCampuson16thand17thFebruary,2018.Approximately3000studentsfrom72collegeshadparticipatedinvarioustechandnon-techEvents.Anotherattractionoftheeventwasculturalandmusicalprogramtoentertainthestudents.

Paperpresented/published:Prof.R.K.Yadav fromEEdept.presentedandpublishedpaperon 'RecentChallengesandOpportunitiesofElectricalGenerationandDistributioninRuralAreaofIndia'on1stMarch,2018,(ICCTCT)Coimbatore,India(ISBN:978-1-5386-3700-5).

Prof.R.K.Yadav,Dr.SamirHPatelandDr.DatteshY.JoshifromEEdept.presentedandpublishedpaperon'PowerLossDecompositionTechniqueinDeregulatedElectricalMarketforEffectivePowerSystemOperation'1st&3rd March,2018,(ICCTCT)Coimbatore,India(ISBN:978-1-5386-3702-9DVDISBN:978-1-5386-3700-5).

Dr.SantoshG.Shah,SiddharthG.ShahandQuasimaliBarodawalafromCivildept.presentedpaperon'ModifyingtheStrength and Durability of Self compacting concrete using Carbon Nanotubes', in International Conference on"AdvancesinConstructionMaterialsandStructures",March2018,IITRoorkee.

Dr.HetalM.PathakfromEC dept.publishedpaperon'AReviewonFourDegreesofFreedomWirelessRoboticArmBasedonLabVIEWSoftwareinInternationalJournalofComputerApplications,March2018,(ISSN:0975-8887,Volume180-No.29973-93-80898-40-0)

MandarM.SumantfromMEdept.publishedpaperon'DesignandFabricationofMaizeShellingMachine'inJournalofMaterialScienceandMechanicalEngineering,May2018(ISSN:2393-9095;e-ISSN:2393-9109).

Dr.JayminBhalanifromECdept.publishedpaperon'ImprovedVBLASTMAP:Anovelpoint-to-pointsymboldetectionalgorithmforMIMOwirelesscommunicationsystems' inRadioelectronicsandCommunicationsSystems,May2018,Springer,61,no.5(194-199ISSN:0735-2727).

FACULTYACTIVITIES

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Prof.R.K.Yadav,SaifeeK.KanjetawalaandDr.HeliAmitShah from EE dept. attended Seminar on 'All IndiaSeminar on Recent Trends in Renewable EnergyApplication & Research', 16th&17th February, 2018,VGEC,Chandkheda,Ahmedabad.

MayuriM.Wala,KomalK.DaveFinhasaliHChinwalaandVipulJ.KalyaniattendedTwoDayNationalSeminaron'DamsafetyandRehabilitation',20th&21stJanuary,2018, organizedby IndianGeotechnical Society,BarodaChapter & The Institution of Engineers, Vadodara LocalChapter.

Dr.HeliAmitShahandDr.PriteshMankadfromEEdept.attended day twoworkshop on 'E-yantraRobotics andEmbedded Systems' ,19th &20th January, 2018,conductedbyIndianInstituteofTechnology,Mumbai.

SunnyRachfromMEdept.attendedtwodayworkshopon'ICEngineComponentsAssembly&Disassembly',10th&11thMarch,2018,Bitseducampus,Varnama,Vadodara.

Prof.SwapnilM.ParikhfromCSEdept.attendedFDPon'ProjectManagement',4th&8thJune, 2018atRishabhSoftware,Vadodara.

More than 35Members of faculty fromEC andEE dept.attendedFDPon'InternetofThings',25thMarch, 2018,BITSEduCampus,Varnama,Vadodara.

CERTIFICATION

Dr.SantoshG.ShahfromCivilDept.deliveredexperttalkon 'Application of Nanotechnology in Engineering:CurrentScenario&FutureScopes',10thMarch,2018atParulUniversity,Vadodara.

Dr.PriteshMankadfromEEdept.deliveredexperttalkon"Latest Trends in Power Electronics and ElectricalDrives", 18thMay,2018atThe InstitutionofEngineers,Opp.GERI,RaceCourse,Vadodara.

Dr.PriteshMankadfromEEdept.deliveredexpertlecturein 2nd International Conference On Current ResearchTrends in Engineering&Technology (SIEICON-2018),9th April, 2018 at Sigma Institute of Engineering,Vadodara.

Dr. Hina Dobariya from S&H dept. conducted FDP on'LSRW: Life and Blood to Master English' on 4thFebruary,2018inD.H.KabariyaArtsCollege,Amreli.

JincyRaju fromECDept.hassuccessfullycompletedthecerti�icate course on 'Principles of CommunicationSystems-I'fromNPTEL-IIT-Kanpur,April2018.

EXPERTTALKS

SEMINAR/WORKSHOPSEMINAR/WORKSHOPATTENDEDATTENDED

SEMINAR/WORKSHOPATTENDED

To create opportunity for practical exposure and tostrengthenthebondwiththeindustry,ourinstitutetimelyarranges industrialvisits for thestudents.ThisSemester,ourstudentsvisitedfollowingindustries:

INSTITUTEINDUSTRYINTERACTION

lIndoGernanToolRoom,Ahmedabad.

lRajputanaStainlessLtd,Ahmedabad.

lWanakboriThermalPowerPlant.

lBisag,Gandhinagar.

lFinelinecircuits,Vadodara

lScienceCity,Ahmedabad

liCreate,Ahmedabad

lBSNL,Ahmedabad

lBISAG,Gandhinagar

lCDAC,Pune

lGIFTSEZ,Gandhinagar

lRailwayStaffCollege,Vadodara

lDeepRMC,Ahmedabad.

lDarshnamHighview,Vadodara.

lIshanReadyMixConcrete,Vadodara.

lEcoGreenProductsPvt.Ltd.Gandhinagar.

lIshanRMCPlant,Vadodara.

lAgoraCityCenter,Vadodara.

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Life@BITSisvibrantastherearemanytopstoriestosharewiththereaders.Theinstitutehadsuccessfullycelebratedthe Republic Day, Sports Week, 100 points activitycelebrationandProjectfairmakingthecampuslifefulloffunandlearning.

GLOBAL CONNECTION

Withtheviewtoextendthehorizonofknowledgeandtopreparestudentstorepresentthemselvesatgloballevel,BabariaInstituteoftechnologysharesstrongacademicbondwithCarltonUniversity,Canada.Thissemester,31studentsfromCSEbranchhadshortsummerprogramcumenrichmentcoursefrom19thJune2018to25thJuly2018inCarltonUniversity.

Life@BITSTopStories

PLACEMENTSApproximately110studentsgotselectedfromall�ivebranchesinINandOFFcampusinterviewswithgoodpackages.

RECENTMOUsStandardCasting,GIDC,Waghodia,Vadodara.

Prof.RaviPatel,Prof.SubhasisSarkar,Prof.ApoorvaShah,Prof.JincyChako,Dr.HinaDobariya&Prof.PunitSompura