DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSBULLETIN

Dear All,

Greetings from the Directorate of International Relations!!!

It gives us immense pleasure to connect with you through this Bulletin. This season has been the most successful period for the students; the Institution has nominated around 66 students to various Universities across 6 countries. Among the selected students, more than 41 students were completely funded by the Host Universities and all the remaining are partially supported by Vel Tech.

This issue also covers regular highlights and activities of Directorate of International Relations.

We invite you to join us with your inputs which will strengthen the processes.

Wish you happy reading!!!

Thank you

SNEEK PEEK1. VGyan 2. Students awarded Founder Foreign

Scholarship3. MoST Sponsored Candidates pur-

suing Master and Doctoral Degree at Vel Tech

4. Vel Tech Receives Two National Excellence Awards 2018

5. International Promotion and Awa-reness Activities

• Info Session on International Opportunities

• Russian Cultural Festival6. Specialized Courses by Internatio-

nal Visiting Faculty 7. Vel Tech delegation met the Am-

bassador of Ethiopia8. International Delegations to the

University9. Memorandum of Understandings

(MoUs) Signed10. Vel Tech Students in International

Arena 11. Students participation in World

Festival of Youth and Students at Russia

Oct. 2017 to March. 2018

Issue 3ech(Deemed to be University Estd. u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Rangarajan Dr. SagunthalaR&D Institute of Science and Technology

Restricted Circulation Only

VEL TECH INVITES INTERNATIONAL VISITING FACULTY MEMBERS TO OFFER

SHORTER COURSEThe course objective is to expose the students and faculty to new to-pics / latest technologies in Engineering and also to identify areas of possible joint Research by interaction with Vel Tech researchers and we will feel more privileged if you could accept our invitation.

The course may be for the duration of 20 hours to 45 hours. De-pending on the Course Title, awarding of credit may be decided.

The course topic may fall under the broad streams of Enginee-ring such as Mechanical Engineering (including Materials), Aeronau-tical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engi-neering and Civil Engineering. The exact topic may be mutually decided.

Students: From Undergraduate or Masters, based on the topic.

Evaluation: An examination to be conducted at the end and credits to be evaluated.

Course Material: To be made available to students in English.

Period: At least One week during January – March or July – October

Entitlements: i. Travel by economy class to Chennai & back ii. Hospitality at Chennai including stay at Vel Tech Guest House, food arrangements, and internal travel at Chennai. iii. Honorarium

Opportunities for Short Term

Mobility (minimum of 15 days)

/ Long Term Students Mobili-

ty (1 or 2 Semesters) to the stu-

dents from Universities Abroad

for both course works and/

or for Project / Research work.

The Institution regularly hosts

students from Partnering Organi-

sations for their Project Work /

Course Work. Veltech has exce-

llent facilities for accommodation.

Chennai is a friendly city with nice

tourist spots nearby for spending

weekends. More than 75 Students

were hosted by the University for

taking up Projects worksand / or

Courses from UPM Malaysia, INSA

France, University of Orleans Fran-

ce, University of Tours France etc.,

SHORT TERM STUDENT MOBILITY (INCOMING)

For more details, please contact

Directorate of International Relations, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of

Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai - 600 062, India.

Mobile: +91 96000 40255 | Email: dint@veltech.edu.in | Website: www.veltech.edu.in

VGYAN

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi has organised a programme Vgyan to felicitate the students going Abroad for their Research Internship and Project Work. For this academic year, 73 final year students got this opportunity at various countries for doing their Research Project Work at various world renowned Institutions such as Fraunhofer IWS (Germany), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), National Taiwan Univer-sity (Taiwan), Moscow Aviation Institute (Russia), FH Dusseldorf (Germany), University of Orleans (France), University Sains Malaysia (Malaysia) etc., Out of these 73 students, 47 students are completely funded by the Partner University or Respective Countries’ Governments. The funding support varies from equivalent INR 50000 to INR 200000 per student. The remaining students will get partial funding support from Vel Tech. Mr Charles Li, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center, Chennai was the Chief Guest and addressed the students. Founder Chancellor and President Col. Prof. Vel. Dr. R. Rangarajan, Foundress President Dr.Sagunthala Rangarajan, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.Beela Satyanaraya-na, Pro -Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. U. Chandrasekhar, Registrar Prof. Dr. E. Kannan, Director for International Relations Dr. S. Sivaperumal and other Directors, Deans, HoDs and faculty members were present.

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STUDENTS AWARDED FOUNDER FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP

MoST ETHIOPIA SPONSORED CANDIDATES PURSUING MASTERS AND

DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES AT

VEL TECH

1. Kasireddy Ram Vineeth (Aero)2. Kosaraju Manohar (Mech)3. A.V.V. Susmitha (ECE)4. Srivardhan Satyaraj Mamidi (Aero)5. Ashish Kumar Sahu (Aero) 6. Kaipa Sai Chaithanya (Mech)7. Vijeta Kalkal (ECE)8. Vikrant Kalkal (Mech) 9. Pradeep Kumar (Aero)10. Katta Anvesh (Aero)11. Gunti. Sai Mounik (Civil) 12. Kunduru Prathap Reddy (Civil) 13. Mallela Mohana Sruthi (ECE)14. Mamidi Srivardhan Satyaraj (Aero)15. Lacchaiahgari Obul Reddy (Aero)16. Kapadia Yash Manishkumar (Civil)17. Mohit Jha (Aero)18. Ashish Kumar Sahu (Aero)19. Sourabh Gundopant Jadhav (Aero)20. B. Bhavesh Nishant (CSE)21. Shashi Kishu (CSE) 22. G. Veeresh Kumar (Mech)23. Kummara Yeswanth (Mech)24. Yempati Nagarjuna (Mech)25. Pokuri Mohana Siva Sai Akhil (Mech)26. Lakshmi Chellapan (EEE)27. Venkatesh. S (EEE)28. Raja Mohan Reddy Obulreddy (Mech)29. Vishnu Priya Achhannagari (ECE) 30. Praveen kumar Chittem (ECE)31. Sivaharis Veerasamy Sivakumar (Mech)32. Guru Vignesh Ramesh kumar (Mech)33. Sai Krishna Teja Popuri (Mech)34. Vijeta Kalkal (ECE)35. Vikrant Kalkal (Mech)

For Higher Studies (2017-2018)1. M. Vignesh (ECE)2. Naveed Khan. N (Mech)3. Deepak Kumar Mishra (Mech)4. D. Daljit Majil (Aero)

For Internship & Semester Abroad Programmes (2017-

2018)

As per the MoU signed between the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Ethiopia and Vel Tech, 24 candidates were sponsored by MoST, Ethiopia towards deve-loping their technical skills in the specified advanced areas of Science and Technology.

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Saguntha-la R & D Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be Univer-sity) was conferred with Two Na-tional Excellence Awards 2018 du-ring the 11th ASSOCHAM Higher Education Submit 2018 & National Excellence Awards 2018 organized by ASSOCHAM in association with Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

The awards were1. Best University Set New Ben-

chmarks for Internationalization Standards in Curriculum and other different aspects of Education.

2. Best Institute Serving Social Cause - CSR.

Vel Tech Receives two National Excellence

Awards 2018

Dr. Satya Pal Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India was the Chief Guest and gave away the awards in the presence of Prof.P.B.Sharma, President, Association of Indian Universities. Dr.Sivaperumal, Director for International Relations, Vel Tech

received the award on behalf of Vel Tech.

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International Promotion and Awareness Activities

Directorate of International Relations orga-nized an “Information Session on Internatio-nal Opportunities” on 16th March 2018 at its campus. The session was inaugurated with the address by Vice-President Mr. K.V.D Ki-shore Kumar and Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr. U. Chandrasekhar. The session was attended by around 186 students from all the departments of 1st, 2nd & 3rd year. This session was or-ganized with an objective to explain various opportunities abroad, process of applying and possible funding supports. Dr.S.Sivaperumal, Director for International Relations gave a detailed presentation. There was also Q&A session to clarify the doubts of the students.

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Russian Cultural Festival

Directorate of International Relations of Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Te-chnology organized “Russian Cultural Festival” on 24th Jan., 2018 with the support of “Russian Cultural Cen-tre in Chennai” and “Indo Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industries”. A group of 13 Russian Artists per-formed 18 performances in 110 minutes. More than 2000 students and faculty members attended this festival.

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Prof. Dr. Dirk Frohling, Dean - Mechanical Enginee-ring and Facilities Manage-ment, Westfälische Hochs-chule - University of Applied Sciences, Germany visited Vel Tech during 23rd to 28th Oct., 2017 to deliver Short Technical Courses in Ger-man Language to around 90 IGCHE Students and also discussed the way forward in IGCHE programme.

Prof. Phoolendra K. Mishra, Assistant Professor - Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ca-lifornia State University, Fuller-ton, USA visited Vel Tech during 26th Dec., 2017 – 30th Dec., 2017 to deliver a Short Cour-se on “Engineering Hydrology” to the students of Department of Civil Engineering. The course was offered with credits to the students and around 22 students attended the course.

Prof. Phoolendra K. Mishra, Assistant Professor - Civil & Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, USA visited Vel Tech during 26th Dec., 2017 – 30th Dec., 2017 to deliver a Short Course on “Engi-neering Hydraulics” to the students of Department of Mechanical Engineering. The course was offered with cre-dits to the students, around 35 students attended the course.

COURSE ON ENGINEERING HYDRAULICS

COURSE ON ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

Specialised courses by

International Visiting Faculty

“Students were generally cooperative and did show interest in the subject matter. It was an amazing experien-ce at Vel Tech. Everything was well organized. I am impressed with level of dedication from faculty and staff.I would like to visit again to further develop the relationship between CSUF and Vel Tech.” - Prof. Phoolendra K.Mishra

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COURSE ON DATA SCIENCE: FUNDAMENTALS, OPPORTUNITIES & RECENT ADVANCES

COURSE ON APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE &

INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS OF

VIBRATIONS

COURSE ON SPECIAL TOPICS ON MICRO AIR

VEHICLES

Prof. Dr. R. Logeswaran, Dean of Postgraduate Stu-dies, Professor in Computing & Engineering, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia visited Vel Tech during 27th – 29th Dec, 2017 to deliver a short Course on “Data Science: Fundamentals, Opportunities & Recent Advances” to our Computer Science and Engi-

Prof. Keshav Dahal, Chair in Intelligent Systems and Research Lead of AVCN Research Centre, School of Engineering and Compu-ting, University of the West Scotland, Scotland, UK visi-

Dr. Rama Bhat, Professor - Department of Mechani-cal Engineering, Concordia University, Canada visited Vel Tech on 05.02.2018 - 20.02.2018 to deliver a Short

Prof.Lung-Jieh Yang, Pro-fessor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Editor in Chief - Journal of Applied Sciences and Engi-neering, Tamkang Universi-ty, Taiwan visited Vel Tech

ted Vel Tech on 04.01.2018 - 06.01.2018 to deliver a short Course on “Applied Artificial Intelligence & Intelligence Systems” to students from Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Short Course was offered with the credits and around 41 students were attended.

Course on “Fundamentals of Vibrations” to Mechanical Engineering Students and to deliver a Keynote Speech in IDAD 2018. The Short Cour-se was offered with credits and attended by 18 students.

on 12.02.2018 - 24.02.2018 to deliver a Short Course on “Special Topics on Micro Air Vehicles” to Aeronauti-cal Engineering Students and to deliver a Keynote Speech in IDAD 2018. Around 34 students attended the Short course and the course was offered with credits.

“I found that at Vel Tech there are so many Short-Term Courses delivered by international professors or scholars. It really helps broaden the scope for student’s in their domain – specific knowledge and understanding about the globali-zation mainstream.” - Prof. Lung-Jieh Yang

neering Students. The course was offered with credits and attended by 44 students.

“Excellent experience. Very impressed by Vel Tech’s efforts in arranging such International exposure for students and staff.”- Prof. Dr. R. Logeswaran

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COURSE ON OPTOELECTRONICS,

LASERS AND DISPLAYS

COURSE ON AERO ENGINEERING

THERMODYNAMICS

COURSE ON SOLID MECHANICS - RIGID

BODIES

COURSE ON ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOTIVE

COMPONENTS USING MATLAB

Prof. Dr. Robert Scholl, Professor - Dept of Elec-trical and Mechanical En-gineering and Technical Journalism (EMT), Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Ger-many visited Vel Tech on 12th – 16th Feb, 2018 to deliver a Short Course on

Dr. Sivasankaran Harish, Assistant Professor - Inter-national Institute of Car-bon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Thermal Science and Engineering Di-vision, Kyushu University,

Assoc Prof. Thomas Sa-yet, Mechanics of Hetero-geneous Materials Depart-ment - School of Engineering, Polytech Orleans, France visi-ted Vel Tech on 26.02.2018 -

Assoc Prof. Thomas Sa-yet, Mechanics of Hetero-geneous Materials Depart-ment - School of Engineering, Polytech Orleans, France vi-

Japan visited Vel Tech on 20.02.2018 - 24.02.2018 to deliver a Short Course on “Aero Engineering Thermod-ynamics” to Aeronautical Engineering Students and to deliver a Keynote Speech in IDAD 2018. The course was offered with credits and at-tended by 15 students

02.03.2018 to deliver a Short Course on “Solid Mechanics - Rigid Bodies” to Mechani-cal Engineering Students. The course was offered with cre-dits and attended by 38 stu-dents.

sited Vel Tech on 05.02.2018 - 09.03.2018 to deliver a Short Course on “Analysis of Automotive Components using MATLAB” to Automo-bile Engineering Students. Around 39 students were be-nefitted from the course and the course was offered with credits.

“Optoelectronics, Lasers and Displays” to Electro-nics & Communication Engineering Students. The Short Course was offered with credits and attended by 15 students.

Everything was well organized. Students were very interested. I am thinking about and offer my colleagues the opportunity to come to your University. - Prof. Dr. Robert Scholl.

“I would love to visit Vel Tech again. Sharing our experience with your students is a very good challenge and it helps us performing our teaching manners.”- Assoc Prof. Thomas Sayet

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COURSE ON 4G & 5G MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

COURSE ON RANDOMIZED ALGORITHMS COURSE ON PRACTICAL FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH HASKELL

COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Prof. Dr. Tharek Bin Abd Rahman, Director Wire-less Communication Cen-tre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia [UTM], Malaysia visited Vel Tech to deliver a Short Course on “4G & 5G Mobile Communications” to 2nd & 3rd year Students of Electronics & Communi-cation Engineering Depart-ment. The Short Course was offered with credits and 30 students attended the course.

Prof. Dr. Jordi Petit Silvestre, Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science, Universitat Politec-nica de Catalunya, Spain visited Vel Tech to deliver a Short Course on “Randomized Algorithms” to students of Computer Science Engineering Department. Around 57 students were attended the short course and the course was offered with credits.

Prof. Dr. Jordi Petit Sil-vestre, Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science, Universitat Poli-tecnica de Catalunya, Spain visited Vel Tech to deliver a Short Course on “Practi-cal functional programming with Haskell” to students of Computer Science Enginee-ring Department. The short

Prof. Tai-Yan Kam, Profes-sor - Mechanical Engineering Department, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Tai-wan visited Vel Tech to deli-ver a Short Course on “Fun-

damentals and Applications of Composite materials” to Mechanical Engineering Students. The Course was offered with the credits and around 32 students were at-tended.

“The arrangement and coordination is excellent. Gained very good experien-ce when delivering lecture to the students.”Prof. Tharek Bin Abd. RahmanDirector – Wireless Com-munication CentreUniversiti Teknologi Malay-sia (UTM), Malaysia

“It was a new and interesting experience to me. I had a nice stay at the guest house. The people at Vel Tech are hospita-ble. I enjoyed my stay and lecturing the course very much.”-Prof. Tai-Yan Kam

course was offered with cre-dits and attended by 52 stu-dents.

“My experience has been great as I had the opportunity to work for 7 days on a University which is very different to the ones I’ve been in Europe. All the staff has been very helpful and kind to me.”- Prof. Dr. Jordi Petit Silvestre

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COURSE ON FUNDAMEN-TALS AND APPLICATIONS OF

COMPOSITE MATERIALS

LECTURE BY PROFESSOR FROM UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY, USA

LECTURE BY PROFESSOR FROM KTH-ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SWEDEN

Prof. Dr. Richard Tymers-ky, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Portland Sta-te University, USA visited Vel Tech to deliver a Short course on “Classical Con-trol Systems” to Electrical and Electronics Enginee-ring Students. The Short

Prof. Dr. Mohan Krish-nan, Professor - Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Science, University of De-troit Mercy, USA visited Vel Tech on 04.01.2018 to deliver a Guest Lecture to 3rd Year Mechanical and ECE Students on “Autonomous Mobility

Prof. Sebastian Lourdudoss, Professor, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden visited Vel Tech on 20.02.2018 to deliver a Guest Lecture on “Optical Communication” to ECE Department Faculties and Students and explored the Opportunities for Collaborations with Vel Tech. Professor was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Alphonsa Lourdu-doss, Regional Advisor for India, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Robotics”. Prof. Krishnan was accompanied by Mr. Aditya Tallapally, President & COO, Gurukul Overseas, USA visi-ted Vel Tech on 04.01.2018 and delivered a Presentation about “Gurukul Overseas” and Master Studies at Univer-sities in USA with Scholarship Opportunities.

Course was offered with credits and attended by around 26 students.

“My overall experience at Vel Tech was good. I enjoyed meeting the students and offering my course to them. Thank you Vel Tech for ma-king this possible.” -Prof. Dr. Richard Tymersky.

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Vel Tech delegation met the Ambassador of Ethiopia

On 5th December 2017, Prof. Dr. Beela Satyanaraya, Vice Chancellor and Dr.S.Sivaperumal, Director for International Relations visited Embassy of Republic of Ethiopia towards strengthening ties with Ethiopia and had discussion regarding the admission of candidates from Ethiopia through the sponsorship of Ministry of Science and Technology, Ethiopia. They met H.E. Mr.Asfaw Dingamo Kame, Ethiopia Ambassador to India and Mr. Asalf Habtegiorgis, Minister Counsellor I (Education).

Joint Project discussionwith Professor fromUniversity of Victoria,

Canada

Delegation from National Formosa University, Taiwan

Assoc Prof. Rishi Gupta, Associate Professor - De-partment of Civil Engineering & Director of Undergradua-te Program, University of Victoria, Canada visited Vel Tech on 02.11.2017 towards carrying out the Indo – Ca-nada Project and he met the Director for International Relations and discussed pos-sibilities of collaborations.

Assoc Prof. Frank, C.Y. Lin, Associate Professor - Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering & Director - International Aca-demic Affairs, National For-mosa University, Taiwan visi-ted Vel Tech on 07.12.2017 in connection with the Memo-randum of Understanding sig-ned between the two Institu-

International Delegations

to the University

tions. He met the Director for International Relations towards strengthening the collaborations and he also met the students who were offered project work at Na-tional Formosa University, Taiwan during Jan., 2018 to May 2018.

Delegation from Nottingham Trent

University, UK

Dr. Clare Newstead, Co-llege International Manager - Science and Technology, NTU Global and Dr. Shiva Sivasubramaniam, Principle Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom visited Vel Tech on 13.11.2017 towards exploring the possi-ble areas of Academic and Research Cooperations.

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Dr. Shumete Gizaw, State Minister and Dr. Simenew Keskes Melaku, Director General - Academic and Re-search Affairs for Science and Technology Universities and Institutions, Federal Demo-cratic Republic of Ethiopia -

Dr. Carlos Moslares, Dean - School of Management, Uni-versitat Ramon Llull, Spain vi-sited Vel Tech on 08.01.2018 to deliver a Guest Lecture on “Global Economic Environ-ment and Business Trends” and had discussion with Uni-versity Higher Officials for Possible Collaborations.

Col. Hagos Berhane, Com-mandant - College of Engi-neering, Defence University; Maj. Dr. Teweldebrhan Kifle, Vice Cammandant, Defence University; Dr. Riessom W/Gcongis, Director - Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, De-fence University; Dr. Tegegn

Prof. Dr. Michael Fitzpa-trick, Pro- Vice Chancellor and lloyd’s Register Founda-tion, Chair of Structural Inte-grity and Systems Performan-ce, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing and Mr. David Wright, Direc-tor of Strategic Initiatives, Coventry University, UK vi-sited Vel Tech on 05.03.2018 for General dicussions & met University Higher Officials for possible collobarations.

Prof. Mohammed El- Tarhu-ni, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Professor - Electri-cal Engineering, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) visi-ted Vel Tech on 20.03.2018 to deliver a Guest Lecure on “Nayif-1: UAE’s First Na-no-Satellite Project” to Aero-nautical Engineering Students & had discussion with faculty members working on satelli-te project.

Assoc Prof. Chen, Rung-Sheng, Director - Centre for International Academic Ex-change, Associate Professor - Department of Optometry,

Prof. Dr. M. Sridhar, Profes-sor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA vi-sited Vel Tech on 22.02.2018 to discuss towards strengthe-ning the collaborations with University of Michigan-Dear-bon, USA.

Visit of Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia

Delegation from Universitat Ramon

Llull, Spain

Delegation from Defence University,

Ethiopia

Delegation from Coventry University,

UK

Delegation from American University

of Sharjah, UAE

Delegation from Asia University, Taiwan

Visit by Professor from University of Mi-chigan-Dearbon, USA

Visit of Minister of Science and Technology

(MoST), Ethiopia

Ministry of Science and Technology, Ethiopia visited Vel Tech on 12th December 2017 with regard the MoU signed be-tween the Ministry and Vel Tech towards admission of candi-dates sponsored by the MoST, Ethiopia. The delegation met the Vice Chancellor, Pro Vice Chancellor, Director – Inter-

Dejere, Head of Aeronautical Engg. Dept, Defence Uni-versity; Dr. Negash Alemu, Research and Development Institute (RDI), Defence Uni-versity, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia visited Vel Tech on 19th Jan., 2018 for Possible Research Colla-borations in Mutual Areas and visited our Research Faci-lities and had brief discussion with our University Officials.

national Relations and other Directors towards streng-thening the ties between the Universities / Research Labs at Ethiopia and Vel Tech. They also met the 24 Candi-dates, who were admitted to Vel Tech through the MoST Sponsorship.

Prof. Mei-Chin Yin, Professor - Department of Food Nutri-tion and Healthy Biotechno-logy, Prof. Shin-Da Lee, Dis-tinguished Professor, Dean - College of Medical and Health Sciences, Prof. Char-les C.N. Wang, Department of Bioinformatics & Medical Engineering of Asia Univer-sity, Taiwan visited Vel Tech on 21.3.2018 to conduct In-terviews to Faculty Members for PhD Programmes at Asia University and further discus-sion on strengthening the ties in areas of mutual interest.

HIGHLIGHTS

MoU with 131 Institutions across 29 Countries

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Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) Signed

Asia University, Taiwan [Oct’17]

Asia University was establi-shed in the year 2001. The University offers subjects in health and medical scien-ce, computer science and electrical engineering, crea-tive design, management, and humanities and social sciences. MoU was signed for a period of 5 years for Exchange of students and fa-culty, Development of Dual Degree Programs, Research Collaboration in Field of Mutual Interest. AU is ranked at QS Asia:

271 - 280, THE World: 801 – 1000, THE Asia: 181 - 190, THE Young: 151 - 200, THE BRICS: 185

Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Ethio-pia [Oct’17]

Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is an agency of the Government of Ethiopia that established in 1975. MoU was signed for a period of 4 years for to admit eligible Ethiopian Stu-dents into selected courses run by Vel Tech.

Czech Technical Universi-ty, Czech Republic [Oct’17]

Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the largest universities in the Czech Re-public, and is one of the ol-dest institutes of technology in Central Europe. Czech Te-chnical University offers 105 degree programs and 419 fields of study, which enrolled more than 24,500 students. MoU was signed for a period

Ming Chi University of Te-chnology, Taiwan [Sep’17]

Ming Chi University of Tech-nology is a private university of technology in Taishan District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Establi-

National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (NYUST), Taiwan [Sep’17]

YunTech is a national uni-versity in Yunlin County, Tai-wan was established in 1991. The university comprises four colleges: Design, Enginee-ring, Humanities and Applied Sciences, and Management. These four colleges account for 20 undergraduate, 29 masters and 12 doctoral programs. MoU is signed for the duration of 10 years for Student and Faculty Exchan-ges; Joint Research Activities; Special Short-term Academic Programs, Staff Development Projects.

YunTech is ranked at Uni-Rank: Country Rank – 25, World Rank – 1546.

Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus [Nov’17]

The Eastern Mediterranean University located in Nor-thern Cyprus, was establi-shed in 1979. The university has 141 programs offering undergraduate and postgra-duate degrees, as well as a research infrastructure. MoU is signed for the duration of 10 years for Student, Faculty and Scholars Exchange; Joint Research in Common Fields; Establishment of Joint Degree

of 5 years for Exchange of stu-dents and Academic faculty and Research Personnel.

Czech Technical University has been ranked at QS World: 491 - 500, THE World: 601 – 800, THE BRICS: 96

shed in 1963, it currently con-sists of three colleges: College of Engineering, College of En-vironment and Resources, and College of Management and Design. MoU was signed for a period of 5 years for Exchange of students and Academic fa-culty, Joint Research Activities.

Program between interes-ted departments of both institutions.

EMU is ranked at QS EECA: 201 - 250, THE World: 601 - 800, THE Young: 151 - 200, THE BRICS: 173

HIGHLIGHTS

Working relations with 462 Institutions across 54 Countries

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National United Universi-ty, Taiwan [Nov’ 17]

The National United Uni-versity, established in 1972 to lead the development of higher education, the Institute continued to serve the public with a strong foundation in science, technology, and busi-ness administration as well as planning for future expansion. NUU is a public university in Taiwan and MoU is signed for the duration of 5 years for

Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innova-tion, Malaysia [Jan’ 18]

The Asia Pacific University

of Technology and Innovation (APU) is a private university in Malaysia, formed in 1993. APU provides undergraduate and postgraduate program-mes in the areas of informa-tion technology, media, bu-siness and engineering. APU has opened overseas bran-ches in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and MoU is signed for unlimited period for Pro-

IQS School of Manage-ment - Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain [Mar’18]

Ramon Llull University is a private university located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain established in 1990. With 14 centers and 3 university insti-tutes, Ramon Llull University is one of the most innovati-ve and modern universities in Spain. URL is a university which sees internationaliza-tion as key to educational programmes for future pro-fessionals. URL has more than 200 agreements with interna-tional companies along with

526 agreements with univer-sities around the world. MoU is signed for indefinite period for Exchange of Faculty Mem-bers & Students; PhD Colla-boration; Joint Research Acti-vities; Dual Degree Programs; Special Short-term Academic Programs; Staff Development Projects; Customized Profes-sional Business Trips or Inter-national Study Tours.

URL is ranked at QS WR: #125 in Social Sciences and Management

Vilnius University, Lithua-nia [Dec’17]

Vilnius University is the ol-dest university in Northern Europe. It is the largest uni-versity in Lithuania, founded in 1579. As of 10 October 2017, there were 19768 stu-dents attending Vilnius Uni-versity. MoU is signed for the duration of 10 years for Ex-change of Students and Aca-demic Materials, Publications; Joint Conferences and Acade-mic Programs; Joint Research

Activities and Publications.Vilnius University is ranked

at QS WR: 401 - 410, QS EECA: 18; THE World: 601 - 800, THE BRICS: 125

Student, Faculty and Staff Exchange; Joint Research Activities; Exchange of Scientific Materials, Publi-cations and Information’s; Joint Conferences and Aca-demic Programs.

NUU is ranked at Webo-metrics: WR – 2174; Uni-Rank: Country Rank – 91

Universiti Teknologi Ma-laysia (UTM), Malaysia [Mar’18]

Universiti Teknologi Malay-sia (UTM), established in 1972 is a public research University in Malaysia and a research-in-tensive university in enginee-ring, science and technology. UTM is a graduate-focused university with 56% of its stu-dent population consisting of postgraduate students, the hi-ghest in Malaysia. As of 2015, UTM has more than 5,000 international students from more than 100 countries, the

mote contact among scholars and students; Joint Research, seminar, conferences, wor-kshops, to assist each other in obtaining external funding from outside sources for re-search; develop and promote joint study / research pro-gramme.

APU is ranked at Webome-trics: WR – 6221

highest research university in Malaysia. MoU is signed for the period of 5 years for Student & Staff Exchange; Exchange of Information and Publications; Joint Research Activities and Teaching Programmes; Joint Student Supervision; and Joint Seminars / Conferences.

UTM is ranked at QS WR: #253; QS Asia: #49; THE WR: 601–800; THE Asia: #129; THE BRICS: #100

There was good student participation. Some were quiet serious and inquisitive, participating in the class and the labora-tory. Overall experience at Vel Tech has been a pleasant one. The coordination of the course was done quite nicely.

There is a quite welcoming atmosphere within the available resources, teaching is taken quite seriously. Would like to visit Vel Tech again.Prof. Rama B. BhatProfessor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Canada

I had a good opportunity to interacting good students from different parts of India during the delivering the course.

It is an excellent idea to give exposure of international professors to students. This provides an opportunity for students and faculty to see different practice and state-of-art in specialized field.

Prof. Keshav DahalChair in Intelligent Systems and Research Lead of AVCN Research Centre, School of Engineering and Computing, University of the West Scotland, Scotland, UK.

Faculty Testimonials

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Twelve students from Vel Tech got the opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at National Formosa University, Taiwan with su-pport of Free Flight Ticket, Accommodation and stipend of NTD 2500/ INR 5400 per Month

Five Students from Vel Tech got the opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at National Uni-ted University, Taiwan with funding support of 15000 NTD/32500 INR per Month

Mr. Narasimha Rao Korrapolu (EEE) & Mr. Viswanath Gujjula (EEE) are working on Project Titled “Ca-thode materials for fuel cells” un-der the guidance of Professor Kan Lin Hsueh & Professor Tzu Hsueh Chiang

Mr. Hanesh Kumar Yamalam (Mech.) & Mr. Sai Venkata Akhil Kumar Challuri (Mech.) are wor-king on Project Titled “Zinc Air Flow Battery for Next Genera-tion Battery Storage” under the guidance of Professor Kan Lin Hsueh

Mr. Bharath Kumar Reddy Guda (Mech.) is working on Project Titled “Vanadium Redox Flow Battery for Grid-Scale Energy Storage” under the guidance of Professor Kan Lin Hsueh.

National Formosa University, Taiwan

12 students were sponsored by National Formosa University, Taiwan

Vel Tech Students in International ArenaNational United University, Taiwan

All five students were fully funded by National United University, Taiwan

HIGHLIGHTS

Ms. Aishwarya Gowda A G (ECE), Mr. Naga Sathwik Parnam (Mech.), Mr. Naga Veera Mani-kanta Sane (Aero.) & Mr. Red-dicherla Saikumar (Mech.) are working on Project Titled “Fixed Wing Solar MALE UAV (Pacific Challenge)” under the guidance of Professor Chung-Yan Lin.

Mr. Sravan Kumar Kanisetty (ECE), Mr. Devendra Reddy Bandi (Mech.), Mr. Atul Kumar (Aero.) & Mr. Harshit Pandey (Mech.) are working on Pro-ject Titled “The Integration and application of Quadcopter and NDVI sensor for precision agri-culture” under the guidance of

Professor Jie-Tong Zou.

Mr. Pavan V S (Mech.) is working on Project Titled “Assembly and Coding to build an Intelligent Self-Propelled Vehicle” under the guidance of Professor Rong-Jyue Wang.

Mr. Karthik Lakka Mohan (Mech.), Mr. Shaik Mahaboob Basha (Mech.) & Mr. Shaik Chand Basha (Mech.) are wor-king on Project Titled “Reacting Flow PIV and Spray Visualization Experiments in Bio-oil/kerosene mixture” under the guidance of Professor Ian Shou – Yin Yang.

All the 12 Students got the opportunity to meet Prof. Dr. Wen-Yuh-Jywe, President of National

Formosa University, Taiwan

Hosted 74 Inter-national Students under Mobility/

Exchange

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Three students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Ma-laysia with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scho-larship

Mr. Sai Mounik Gunti (Civil), Mr. Pra-thap Reddy Kunduru (Civil) & Mr. Yash Manishkumar Kapadia (Civil) are working on Project Titled “Design of Asphalt Pa-vement Using Zycotherm and It’s Testing” under the guidance of Professor Dr. Meor Othman Hamzah.

Eleven Students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Pro-ject at Tamkang Universi-ty with funding support of NTD 13000 /INR 28000 per Month and two Students got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project with Partial Support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scholars-hip

Mr. Saravana Kompala (Mech.) & Mr. Bhanu Sai Pa-supulati (Mech.) working on Project Titled “Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles” un-der the guidance of Professor Lung-Jieh Yang

Mr. Ashutosh Tiwari (EEE) working on Project Titled “Control of Micro air vehi-cle” under the guidance of Professor Lung-Jieh YangMr. Surya Govind (CSE)

working on Project Titled “Eye Tab: Eye Gaze Estima-

Tamkang University, Taiwan

I find NFU as a huge plat-form for innovative ideas cum research. The friendly environ-ment between professors and co-students from different parts of world make the work and study a fun learning experien-ce.

Aishwarya Gowda A.GVTU 5063ECE [2014-2018]Doing Project Work at National Formosa University [NFU], Taiwan

PolyTech Orleans, France

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Two students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at Polytech Orleans, France with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scho-larship

Mr. Anvesh Katta (Aero.) & Mr. Pradeep Kumar (Aero.) are wor-king on Project Titled “Q Blade software applications on HAWT and VAWT” under the guidance of Professor Dr. Philippe Devi-nant.

This is a prestigious opportu-nity which is very hard to get, Vel Tech has made it possible for me. The Semester Abroad Programme has been very hel-pful, I got the priviledge to do my project work in France and have the experience of a diffe-rent lifestyle.

Katta AnveshVTU 5401 Aero [2014-2018]Doing Project Work at Polytech Orleans, FranceVel Tech provided partial funding support for Two

Students under Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

Vel Tech provided partial funding support under Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

All 3 Students were funded by Tamkang University wor-king under the guidance of Professor Lung-Jieh Yang

tion” under the guidance of Professor Ching Ting TuMr. Dharma Teja Bandaru

(CSE) working on Project Titled “Analysis of Tweets to define the Atmosphere of Universe” under the guidance of Professor Hui-Huang Hsu

Mr. Mohd Bilal Ansari (CSE) working on Project Titled “Facial Expression based Mu-sic Player” under the guidan-ce of Professor Ching-Ting Tu

The teaching methodologies used by my professor enables us to become knowled-geable in our domain.

Pasupulati BhanuSaiVTU 5788, Mech [2014-2018]

Doing Project Work at Tamkang University, Taiwan

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Mr. Subhanshu Ranjan Maur-ya (CSE) working on Project Titled “Sentiment analysis on Facebook video comment” under the guidance of Pro-fessor Hui-Huang Hsu

Mr. Alla Bharat Chandra (Mech.) & Mr. Gudela Ram Prasad (Mech.) working on Project Titled “Structural de-sign and analysis of fixed wing UAV” under the guidance of Professor Fu-Yuen HsiaoMr. Hari Krishna Kondam (Mech.) & Mr. Shahul Vali Dudekula (Mech.) working on Project Titled “Design of Fixed Wing Aircraft for Hea-vier Air Drops with Superior Manoeuvrability under the guidance of Professor Fu-Yuen Hsiao

Mr. Bhavesh Nishant (CSE) & Mr. Shashi Kisku (CSE) are working on Project Titled “Exploring learning based on IoT and deep learning” under the guidance of Professor Chih-Yung Chang

Three Students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at Tamkang University with funding support of NTD

Ms. Susmitha A V V (ECE) from Vel Tech got opportuni-ty to do her Final Semester Project at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan un-der the guidance of Professor

All 4 students were fun-ded by Tamkang University, Taiwan

All 4 Students were funded by Tamkang University working under the guidance of Professor Fu-Yuen Hsiao

Two Students with par-tial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s

Foreign Scholarship

Ashutosh TiwariVTU 5031EEE [2014-2018]Doing Project Work at National Formosa University [NFU],Taiwan

This is a great opportunity.It helped me to equip both my social and edu-cational growth. This experience will surely add value to my future.

National Ilan University, Taiwan

National Chiao Tung Uni-versity, Taiwan

Ms. Susmitha A V V was fully sponsored by NCTU, Taiwan for her project work

3 Students were funded by National Ilan University, Taiwan

15000 /INR 32500 per MonthMs. Poorna Pravallika Sri-ram (ECE) & Mr. Hema Ga-nesh Jami (ECE) are working on Project Titled “Study of Narrow-Band Internet of Things” under the guidance of Professor Hwang-Cheng WangMr. Chiranjeevi Karnam (ECE) is working on Pro-ject Titled “Heart like flow slab design on harvesting the power performance of PEM-FC” under the guidance of Professor Chin Tsan Wang

Tzu Kang Lin in the Project Titled “Major role of IoT in Disaster Management” with funding support of 15000 NTD/32500 INR per Month

I really had an easy access to the cutting-ed-ge facilities and receive guidance from the experts in NCTU. This has seeded in me a strong interpersonal confidence and hands-on skills. The growth I have seen in myself here is valuable. It has taught me things far beyond knowledge and helped me broaden my ho-rizons. A V V Susmitha

VTU 4833, ECE [2014-2018]

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Vel Tech identified my true interest towards exploring the field of tech-nology and gaining

In the era of globaliza-tion, getting exposed to the ongoing Research in foreign Universities helped me to know the area to work on and the demand of the ae-ronautical society.

knowledge and experience from various minds around the world.NTHU is a great bowl of genius minds eager to go forward and compete in the field of technology. They have given me a great opportunity to be a part of the Research laboratory, adapting to the Research discussions and hands on technology.

Mallela Mohana SruthiVTU 5133

ECE [2014-2018]

National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), Taiwan

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Two students Received Partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

Boyapati Jaya LakshmiVTU 5385

Mech [2014-2018]

We got a wonderful opportu-nity to be a part of a reputed Institution. The professors and students here are very friendly and work cooperatively to do Research work. Hand on ex-perience to work in advanced labs for Research and solve the challenges with the guidance of professor was excellent.

MAMIDI SRIVARDHAN SATYARAJVTU 5357

AERO [2014-2018]

NCKU is a very beautiful place with warm welcoming people, where you can get an abun-dant opportunity to meet people from all over world either from Industry stream or Research stream.

This opportunity has helped me grow in knowle-dge and gain confidence in my interpersonal

skills.

R Guru VigneshVTU 5389, Mech [2014-2018]

Two students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at Tai-pei Tech with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scholars-hip

Ms. Vishnu Priya Achhannaga-ri (ECE) & Mr. Praveen kumar Chittem (ECE) are working on Project Titled “Deep-lear-ning YOLOv2 Approach to Real-time Pedestrian Detec-tion Based on GPU Embed-ded System” under the gui-dance of Professor Yang Lang Chang

Sourabh Gundopant JadhavAero [2014-2018]Doing Project Work at Moscow Aviation Institute [MAI], Moscow

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TESTIMONIALS

Two students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at NCKU, Taiwan with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign ScholarshipMr. Srivardhan Satyaraj Mamidi (Aero.) & Mr. Obul Reddy Lacchaiahgari (Aero.) are working on Project Titled “Low Aspect Ratio Wing Design for Flying Car” under the guidance of Professor Lai Wei-Hsiang

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Two students Received Partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

Two students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at STUST, Taiwan with partial funding support from Vel Tech under ExchangeMr. Nagarjuna Yempati (Mech.) & Mr. Mohana Siva Sai Akhil Pokuri (Mech) are working on Project Titled “Experimental Study of IC Engine for E10 Blend Fuel” under the guidance of Professor Cho Yu-Lee

National Ilan University is provi-ding student’s very good expo-sure to different skills. Professors of NIU are very affectionate; they are trying at most extent to help us. The advanced infrastructure inspires us to learn new tech-nology. This is the main reason why I encourage my juniors to pursue their studies in Taiwan.Jami Hema GaneshVTU 5731, ECE [2014-2018]Doing Project Work at National Ilan University [NIU], Taiwan

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Three students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia with partial funding support from Vel Techunder Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

Mr. Ashish Kumar Sahu (Aero.) & Mr. Sourabh Gundopant Jadhav (Aero.) & Mr. Mohit Jha (Aero.) are working on Project Titled “Development of the program of H- type grid and solving the Navier stroke’s for SCM and FVS in FORTRAN” under the guidance of Professor Sergey Popov

Two students from Vel Tech got opportunity to do their Final Semester Project at FH Dus-seldorf, Germany with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scho-larship

Mr. Venkatesh Subbaiya Naidu (EEE) & Ms. Lakshmi Chellappan (EEE) are working on Pro-ject Titled “Advanced Navigation and control strategy of Turtlebots using ROS” under the guidance of Professor Hartmut Haehnel

Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia

FH Dusseldorf- University of Applied Sciences, GermanyThree students Received Partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

This opportunity to study Semester Abroad

in NCKU during 2016-2017, Taiwan was a turning point in my life. This program helped me to realize my knowledge capacity and de-velop my skills.D. Daljit Majil

VTU 5726,

Aero (2013-2017

Master Student

National Cheng Kung University, [NCKU], Taiwan

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Three students from Vel Tech got oppor-tunity to do their Final Semester Project at Fraunhofer IWS, Germany with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Foun-der’s Foreign Scholarship

Mr. Guru Vignesh Ramesh Kumar (Mech.) is working on Project Titled “Build-Up of Industrial Relevant Parts by Means of diffe-rent Additive Manufacturing Technologies” under the guidance of Professor Andre Sei-del

Mr. Sivaharis Veerasamy Sivakumar (Mech.) is working on Project Titled “Use the Cha-racterisation of 3D Printed Parts by means Of CT and 2D-Radiography” under the gui-dance of Professor Elena Lopez

A four member student delegation from Vel Tech participated in the World Festival of Youth and Students during 13-22, Oc-tober 2017 at Sochi, Russia. This event has been organised by the World Federation of Democratic Youth(WFDY), a United Nations-recognized International youth non-governmental organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947 to showcase global youth solidarity. Participants from 180 plus nations participated in this global event that that focuses on peace, solidarity and social justice and urges the youth to honour the while building the future. Vel Tech students ex-changed their thoughts on current developments in science, culture, economy, sport and global challenges. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the proceedings and gave his vision for the youth 2030 as the image of the future. Students of Vel Tech said that it was a lifetime experience for them to participate in this event and interact with global leaders and youth from various walks of life. While thanking Vel Tech management and organisers of World Festival, the students mentioned that International exposure of this kind in the early stages of their studies opens up new vistas into global careers and multi-cultural modes of collaboration.

Mr. Sai Krishna Teja Popuri (Mech.) is working on Project Titled “Investigation on Process Monitoring in Laser Based Addi-tive Manufacturing” under the guidance of Professor Mirko Riede

Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, Germany

Vel Tech Students in19th World Festival of Youth and Students at Russia

ParticipantsKaipa Sai Chaitnaya, Mech Vikrant Kalkal, Mech Ashish Kumar Sahu, Aero Vijeta Kalkal, ECE

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National Ilan University, Taiwan

Three students Received Partial funding support from Vel Tech under Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

Vel Tech is recruiting International Faculty members on Fulltime Basis / Contractual Basis for for a minimum period of 1 year.

Qualification: Fresh Ph.D Graduates, who would like to pursue their career in Academic and Research, are prefe-rred.

Emoluments: The Salary is not a constraint for deserving candidate.

Accommodation: University provides clean, safe and comfortable furnished accommodations.

Other Entitlements:• For candidates joining the Institute, Reimbursement of return economy class airfare via shortest route sub ject to the condition of serving the Institute for a minimum period of 1 year.• 30 Days of Vacation Leave per Annum.• Incentives for Funded Research Projects, Consultancy Works, Research Publications and Book Publications as per University norms.• Encouragement for interaction with industry, other research and professional institutions. • Financial Assistance for presenting research papers in reputed Conferences.

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