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DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Global Alumni Conclave 2012 7 th - 8 th January, 2012 An Illustrious Journey from Delhi Polytechnic Delhi College of Engineering Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering)

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Delhi Technological UniversiTy

Global Alumni Conclave 2012

7th - 8th January, 2012

An Illustrious Journey from Delhi Polytechnic

Delhi College of Engineering

Delhi Technological University

(Formerly Delhi College of Engineering)

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Contents1. Messages

i. Her Excellency the President of Indiaii. Hon’ble Prime Minister of Indiaiii. Hon’ble Chief Minister Delhiiv. Chief Secretary Delhiv. Secretary, TTE

2. Our Distinguished Chief Guest - Prof. Ved Prakash, Hon'ble Chairman, UGC 10

3. Program Schedule of the Conclave 12

4. Write up of Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU on “Celebrating 70 Years of Excellence” 16

5. Leadership Address by Prof. Bhuvenesh Goswami 22

6. BriefProfilesoftheSpeakers 25

7. Photographs of some of the leading personalities 40i. Prof. W. W. Wood, former Principal, Delhi Polytechnicii. Prof. R. G. P. S. Fairbairn, former Principal, Delhi Polytechniciii. Prof. S. C. Sen, former Principal, Delhi Polytechnic and DCEiv. Prof. N. M. Swani, former Director IIT Delhiv. Prof. S. P. Luthra, former Director IIT Delhivi. Prof. J. N. Mudgill, former Principal, DCE and Program Director, IIT Delhivii. Prof. R. Narayanan, former Principal, DCEviii. Prof. M. L. Mandal, former Principal, DCEix. Prof. P. B. Sharma, former Principal, DCE and founder Vice Chancellor, DTU

8. Foundation Laying of the New Campus by His Excellency Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Hon'ble Vice President of India 43

9. Shri Chandra Sekhar, Hon’ble Prime Minister at the Golden Jubilee Celebration, 10th March 1991 44

10. Other Important Photographs. 45

11. Sponsors of the Global Alumni Conclave 2012 54

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MESSAGE

I am happy to learn that the Delhi Technological University is celebrating 70 years of excellence and is organizing a ‘Global Alumni Conclave-2012’ on January 7-8, 2012 to commemorate the occasion.

The alumni of Delhi Technological University spread across the globe have made not only their alma mater, but the country proud through their achievements. The Global Alumni Conclave is an opportune occasion to recognize their contributions. I am sure that the Conclave shall provide an opportunity for the alumni to network with one another and connect with the younger generation.

I extend my warm greetings and felicitations to the organizers and the participants and wish the Conclave all success.

(Pratibha Devisingh Patil)New DelhiDecember 23,2011

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MESSAGE

The Prime Minister is happy to know that a Global Alumni Conclave-2012 is being organized by the Delhi Technological University from 7th to 8th January, 2012 to commemorate 70th anniversary of the institution.

Over the years, the Delhi Technological University has shaped itself as one of the finest institutions of excellence in Engineering and Technology.

I am pleased to convey the greetings and good wishes of the Prime Minister for a successful Global Alumni Conclave-2012.

(Binoy Job)December 27, 2011

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MESSAGE

It gives me immense pleasure to know that PAN DCE- DTU network of Delhi Technological University, formerly Delhi College of Engineering, is organizing a ‘Global Alumni Conclave’ on January 7-8, 2012.

I am also happy to learn that the University is celebrating 70 years of excellence of this prestigious institution and the Conclave is an endeavour to bring the alumni power of the institution spread across the world under one roof to enable them to be partners in DTU’s attempt to scale the peaks of excellence.

Participation from successful entrepreneurs and industry leaders at the Conclave, would act as a guiding light to the enterprising youth, who would be soon embarking on their career paths. I am happy to note that Entrepreneurship Summit, Leadership Lectures and Innovation Exhibition are being organized as a part of Conclave. I am sure that the Conclave will share the vision and the ideas of alumni to transform DTU into the world class Technological University and will provide the vital connect between alumni, academia and the talented student community of the University. I extend my warm greetings to the alumni visiting DTU campus for this Conclave.

My very best wishes for the success of the Conclave.

(Sheila DikShit)

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MESSAGE

I am happy to note that the Delhi Technological University, formerly Delhi College of Engineering is organizing "Global alumni Conclave 2012" to celebrate 70 years of excellence in engineering and technology education of this prestigious institution.

It is absolutely important for us to shape our institutions of higher learning as centres of excellence in education, research and innovations in order to advance towards realization of our dream of India as a developed country. For this we need to prepare our professionals of tomorrow as highly responsible citizens adorning human values.

I am delighted to note that during the illustrious journey of 70 years the institution has produced very many distinguished alumni who have excelled in engineering and technology profession at home and also abroad. It is a happy occasion when some of its distinguished alumni shall be sharing their lifetime experience on creating excellence with the current generations of students and faculty at the above Conclave.

I extend my warm greetings to the visiting alumni delegates and with the Conclave all success.

(P. K. Tripathi)

January 02, 2012

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Message

It gives me immense pleasure to know that Delhi Technological University, formerly Delhi College of Engineering is organizing " Global Alumni Conclave" on January 7th - 8th, 2012 with a view to bring together its illustrious alumni spread all across the globe.

It is also heartening to note that the University is celebrating its 70 years of excellence in the engineering and technological education research.

This Conclave is in the right spirit to guide the enterprising youth, who would be soon embarking on their career paths. Leadership Lectures and Innovation Exhibition in this Conclave will further inspire the current and future generations of budding engineering of this prestigious technological university to contribute to engineering excellence and bring added pride to our nation.

I extend my warm greetings to all the alumni visiting DTU campus for this Conclave and my very best wishes for the success of the Conclave.

[Lalmalsawma]

PA/STTE/Misc./2012

02nd January 2012

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Our Distinguished Chief Guest

Prof. Ved PrakashHon’ble Chairman

University Grants Commission

Our Distinguished Chief Guest Prof. Ved Prakash has held eminent positions in a number of premier organizations dealing with Higher Education, School Education, and Personnel Selection. Prior to assuming the charge of the Office of the Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) on February 6, 2011. Prof. Ved Prakash served as Vice-Chairman, UGC; Vice-Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi, and Secretary, UGC.

Prof. Ved Prakash also served as Adviser, Education, Planning Commission, Government of India, where he was actively associated in the finalization of the plans and projects of the Education Sector. As Professor & Head, Department of Educational Measurement and Evaluation, NCERT; as Associate Professor, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, Bombay, and as Joint Director, Staff Selection Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, he had been instrumental in designing multiple types of Achievement & Aptitude Tests relevant both for identification of talent and personnel selection, as also for conducting nation-wide Achievement Surveys.

A recipient of the US Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship, he was a visiting Faculty at the Humanities Research Group, University of Windsor, Canada and a Guest Faculty at the Harvard Institute of International Development (HIID), Harvard University, Cambridge. He also worked as a Consultant for the World Bank for reforming secondary education in Nepal.

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Prof. Ved Prakash has participated in several national and international conferences and has authored a number of books, articles and research papers on a wide spectrum of areas concerning higher education, educational planning and administration and school education.

A man of vision and firm resolve to foster excellence in higher education in India, Prof. Prakash is deeply committed to make India a global hub for world quality education, research and innovations.

Prof. Ved Prakash’s presence at the Global Alumni Conclave is a matter of great pride and honour for our premier institution which is celebrating its 70 Years of Excellence.

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Global Alumni Conclave 2012

Program ScheduleDr. B. R. Ambedkar AuditoriumDelhi Technological University

Day 1: 7th January 2012

09:30 Hrs – 10:30 Hrs Registration

10:30 Hrs – 11:30 Hrs Inauguration, Keynote Address and FelicitationsPresentation of “Global Alumni Excellence” Awards and “Alumni Entrepreneur Excellence” Awards

11:30 Hrs – 11:45Hrs High Tea

11:45 Hrs – 12:45 Hrs Session I:Leadership Lectures: “Transforming India into Global Techno-economic Super Power”

Chairman Shri K.L. Chugh, Chairman Emeritus ITC Ltd.

Co-Chairman Shri S.K. Vij, Former Member (Engineering) Railway Board

(a) Shri Raj Soin, Chairman Soin International USA

(b) Prof. Bhuvenesh Goswami Distinguished Alumni Prof. Clemson University, USA.

(c) Shri Pravir Vohra, President ICICI Bank

12:45Hrs – 13:30 Hrs Session II:Leadership Lectures: “India’s Leadership in New Technologies”

Chairman Prof. P.B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU

Co-Chairman Prof. Bhuvenesh Goswami Distinguished Alumni Prof. Clemson University, USA.

(a) Prof. Yogesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.

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(c) Prof. Philippe Dugerdil, Professor of Software Engineering, Head of Research, Geneva School of Business Administration, Switzerland.

(d) Shri A.K. Purwaha, CMD Engineer’s India Limited.

(e) Shri Satpal Goel, Eminent Management Consultant.

13:30 Hrs – 14: 45 Hrs Lunch:

“Salaam Delhi”

14:45 Hrs – 15:15 Hrs Networking and Photo Session:OAT, DTU Campus

15:15 Hrs – 16:30 Hrs Session III:Round Table -I “Vision India – 2021” India as a Global Technology & Innovation Hub”

Chairman Shri Raj Soin, Chairman, Soin International Ohio, USA

Co-Chairman Dr. S.K. Garg, Professor and Head, Delhi School of Management, DTU.

(a) Shri Sharad Sharma, Former CEO Yahoo India

(b) Shri C.Y. Pal, Non Executive Chairman Cadbury India

(c) Shri Arun Jain, Chairman Polaris Software India

(d) Srikant Gokhale, CEO The Mobile Store.

(e) Shri N. Sivasailan, IAS MD Bangalore Metro

16:30 Hrs – 16:45Hrs Tea Break

16:45 Hrs – 18:00 Hrs Interaction and Campus Visit

18:30Hrs – 20:00 Hrs Cultural Evening (Songs)

20:00 Hrs Onwards Gala Dinner:

“Taste of India”

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Day 2: 8th January 2012

09:30 Hrs – 10:00 Hrs Registration

10:00 Hrs – 11:15 Hrs Round Table II:“Entrepreneurship in New Knowledge Age”

Chairman Shri Srikant Gokhale, CEO The Mobile Store.Co-Chairman Shri. Vijay Shekar Sharma, CMD One 97

Communications (Mobile Apllications)(a) Varun Tangri, CEO Mapple Graph(Mapple Tab for

Education)(b) Akash Sinha, CEO Omnipresent (Robotics)(c) Ankit Agarwal, CEO Innovative View (Autonoums

Systems)(d) Divyadeep Gupto, CEO Vertex (LED Lighting)(e) Anwesha Bose, Co- Founder AglaSem (Educational

Portals)(f) Paras Chopra, CEO Wingify (Search Engine

Optimisation)(g) Dr. Jayant Ratti (Unmmanned Aerial Vehicle – Through

Video Conference)

11:30 Hrs – 12:30 Hrs Round Table III:“DTU Creating Leaders of Tomorrow – Dialogue with Students and Faculty”

Chairman Shri K L Chugh Chairman Emeritus ITC Ltd.Co-Chairman Dr. V.K. Mahana, Former Director, UPSC

(a) Shri Raj Soin Chairman Soin International (b) Swamiji from ISKCON Temple(d) Shri Amul Gabrani, Managing Director, Tecpro Systems

Ltd.(e) Prof. R.K. Sinha, Head (Applied Physics Department)(f) Shri Ajir Behari Gupta, Chariman, IEEE DTU (Student

Branch)

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(g) Shri Chaman Singh Charnawat, President, DTU Student Assocation

(h) Shri Dhruv Agrawal, Chief Coordinator, DTU Go Green

(i) Shri Gaurav Gupta (Unmanned Aircraft Devlopmement)

11:45 Hrs – 12:00 Hrs High Tea

12:30 Hrs – 14:30 Hrs Lunch & Networking

“Delhi Ki Galiyan”

14:30 Hrs – 17:30 Hrs Visit to Kashmere Gate Campus & Tea and Snacks by Shri Makhan Lal Halwai

18:30 Hrs Cultural Evening(Performance by Indian Ocean Band)OAT, DTU Campus

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“Celebrating 70 Years of Excellence” Let me begin by extending My Very Best Wishes for a Happy, Peaceful and Professionally Enlightening New Year 2012 to all the members of faculty, staff and students of the Delhi Technological University as also to the alumni of this great institution, former members of the faculty and staff and all those who have supported the growth of this great institution during its long professional journey spanning over 70 years.

Delhi Technological University (since 2009), its predecessors Delhi College of Engineering (1965-2009) and Delhi Polytechnic (1941-1964) have provided to our nation and world at large some of the best and finest engineering and technology professionals who have led with distinction great enterprises and corporate houses in India and abroad, brought immense glory to their alma-mater while at the same time enhanced the pride of the profession of engineering by their distinguished services performed with utmost sincerity and commitment. The long list of distinguished alumni of this great institution which includes Vinod Dham, 1971 EC, The Designer of Pentium Chip, Raj Soin, 1969 Mech. Chairman, Soin International, Ohio, USA, K.L. Chugh, 1960 Mech, former CMD of ITC, Ajoy Choudhury, 1958 Architecture, Eminent Architect, Dr. Durga Das Agrawal, 1967 Mech. President and CEO, Piping Technology and Products, Houston, Prof. Bhuvenesh Goswami, 1959 Textile, Distinguished Alumni Professor, University of Clemson, USA, Prof. Yogi Goswami, 1969 Mech. Distinguished Professor of Solar Energy Technologies, University of Florida, USA, Yogesh Sud, 1969 Mech, NASA Gold Medalist Scientist, Surya Kant, Vice President and Head TCS America

USA, A.K. Puri, 1975 Mech., Former CMD BHEL, A.K. Baweja, Former CMD, Hindustan Aero. Ltd., Sanjeev Ahuja, Former Chairman, Orange SA, Ashwani Kumar, CMD, Bharat Electronics Ltd., Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Power Ltd., A.K. Purwaha, CMD, Engineers India Ltd., Satish Kumar Director Delhi Metro, Dr. Krishan Kumar Director(Technical) Maruti Udyog Ltd., Satish K. Vij President, Indian Buildings Congress, Former Member, Engineering/Railway Board, Karnal Singh, IPS, DGP Mizoram Police, Arun Goyal, IAS, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Indian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan and many more, is a matter of great pride and honour for this mother institution of IIT Delhi, School of Planning and Architecture, College of Arts and it may not be wrong if we add to this premier league the famous Faculty of Management of Delhi University and Shri Ram College of Commerce, both having been nurtured by the initial genes from the then Delhi Polytechnic of Government of India at Kashmere Gate.

On this occasion when we celebrate 70 years of excellence our of this great institution, let us get a renewed inspiration from our distinguished alumni and also from all those who have provided this institution the vital strength to stand among the tallest in the community of engineering institutions in India and have enabled us to earn a high recognition and repute abroad. And let this inspire us to march forward on the path of professional excellence and scale new frontiers of engineering & technology education & research in the years to come.

The illustrious march on the path of excellence of this premier institution

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began in 1941 at Kashmere Gate when the founding fathers of this great institution put together the concept of a model institution of higher learning in which engineering and technology excellence would flourish in a seamless environment of Arts and Sculpture, Town Planning and Architecture, Commerce and Management and Pure and Applied Sciences. Such was the conviction of the founding fathers that all these streams of learning and scholarship flourished under one roof, enriching a fuller understanding of engineering as a multifaceted discipline supported by a rich and profound understanding of humanities, social sciences, business and management and together serving the interest of the society and nation through Applied Engineering, Applied Arts, Planning and Management. It is also a matter of great satisfaction that the Delhi Polytechnic offered at that time engineering and technology programs of Certificate Level, Diploma Levels and the National Diploma equivalent to Degree levels, all from the same institution. Such a noble tradition is, however, today non-existent even in the best institutions of this country.

It is also a matter of great pride that the famous Delhi Polytechnic within the same campus had a Technical School to sensitize and nurture that vital engineering and technology instinct in its budding engineers while providing the thrill and excitement of India’s rich and profound heritage, a legacy of excellence in design and town planning as was Kashmere Gate and the Old Delhi area then being the hub of India’s great magnificence. No wonder, this institution produced some of the tallest personalities in engineering and technology, commerce and management, arts and sculpture and town planning and architecture. The only institution in the neighbourhood at that time was the

Thompson College of Engineering at Roorkee. Together these two institutions in the northern India were the torch bearers of India’s excellence in engineering and technology education.

The historic campus at Kashmere Gate bore testimony of India’s great heritage of education and scholarship. It is the same Kashmere Gate campus which was the home for the famous St. Stephen’s College and Hindu College. This historic campus has witnessed the epoch-making events such as the rise of IIT Delhi at Hauz Khas, School of Planning and Architecture at I.P. Estate near I.T.O., College of Arts at Tilak Marg opposite Supreme Court of India and later the rise of Delhi Institute of Technology which later became NSIT.

The transformation of Delhi Polytechnic into Delhi College of Engineering in 1965 was a historic event when the institution became a College of Engineering under the then Delhi Administration. The academic programs were affiliated to Delhi University ever since 1952. This historic change was made to provide the necessary vertical growth in engineering and technology education by offering degrees at the level of Degree, Post Graduate Degree and later at the Doctoral level. The core disciplines of engineering namely Civil, Mechanical and Electrical were further added by newer disciplines such as Electronics and Communication in the 70’s and Computer Engineering in the 80’s. Having transferred the Textile Technology and Chemical Engineering to IIT Delhi with Lock-Stock and Barrel (Faculty, Technical Staff, Books, and Laboratory Equipments), the institution was feeling a vacuum in respect of these Applied Engineering disciplines. This was later bridged to some extent by adding Polymer Science and Technology in 80’s at the Master’s level. By

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that time, the Delhi College of Engineering at Kashmere Gate was already offering Master’s program in 7 other disciplines including Thermal, Production, Controls and Instrumentation, Electronics and Communication, Hydraulics and Flood Control, Environmental Engineering and Structural Engineering. A Master’s program in Computer Technology and Application was also added in the 90’s to strengthen the Mathematical base of Modern Computing as also to produce industry-relevant manpower for the Computer and Software industry. Further expansion required its shifting to the new campus at Bawana Road adjoining Sector – 17 of Rohini.

The development of the new campus at Bawana Road on a plot of 164 acres provided a unique opportunity for innovations and design of the institutional campus and to create an environment in which education, research and innovations could flourish in a largely residential campus, where the students and teachers would have hours of interaction beyond the working hours and motivated to return to their laboratories and Library after a short break in the evening and on holidays. A major fillip to the expansion of educational and professional activities took place once the college shifted to its new campus from August 1996 onwards. The Under Graduate intake which was at 320 at Kashmere Gate (prior to shifting to the New Campus) rose to 670 in 2008 with the addition of new disciplines of Information Technology, Bio Technology and Polymer Science and Chemical Technology at Under Graduate Levels.

It is all the more a matter of great pride that the magnificent new campus was designed by one of our illustrious alumni, an eminent architect Shri Ajoy Choudhury, 1958 Architecture who has excelled globally

for his architectural design innovations. The campus was constructed under the professional command and quality supervision of our country’s one of the most illustrious technocrat Shri Bhishma Kumar Chugh, known for his missionary zeal and firm resolve for excellence, who later rose to the eminent position of the Director General of CPWD and currently working as Special Advisor on Innovative Technologies and Systems for Government of NCT Delhi. The construction work of the new campus was also supported by a number of eminent alumni which included Chief Engineer Shri I. M. Singh, Shri P. S. Chadha, Project Manager who later became Additional Director General, CPWD, Shri Rajesh Banga and Shri Gajendra Kumar, young Assistant Engineers at that time.

I had the privilege of being associated from conceptualizing the design to its final implementation and shifting the institution from its Kashmere Gate Campus to the lush green magnificent New Campus designed for innovation and energy efficient building designs. Prof. J.N. Mudgill, the Doyen of Technical Education who himself has been the toughest Principal of DCE and the man who planned and built IIT Delhi was also associated in finalizing the designs and supervision of the construction work along with senior members of the faculty of the institution, namely Prof. M. Pal Das, former Principal and Professor of Civil Engineering, Prof. Y.V.S.R. Sastry, the then HoD, Mechanical, Prof. J.K. Das, the then HoD, Electrical, Prof. V.K. Mahana, the then Dean (Academics) and Shri Satyanarain, the then OSD-cum-Project Officer who all provided their valuable time in the development of this new campus. The new campus owes its share of gratitude to the Government of NCT Delhi for its generous financial outlay and support for the rapid

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construction of the new campus. This enabled shifting from the historic Kashmere Gate to the New Campus in August 1996.

The magnificent geometric forms such as Semi-circular Library, Triangular Administrative Block, Circular Hospital Building, High Rise “Y” and “True V” shaped columns supporting the structure at 3rd storey in the Academic Blocks, Maintenance Free Buildings of the impressive circular academic plaza where radial blocks are for Laboratories, front semi-circular buildings, housing talented faculty and lecture theatres embedded in the inner circle together represent the academic might of this great institution. The campus is water secured, provided with underground storm water drainage system, wide road network, adequate parking spaces, adequate green cover all were designed to glow their eminence for several decades and inspire the budding engineers for an environmentally benign planning and development. The impressive Main Gate of the campus is equipped with Cantilever Arches resembling the “Wings of Knowledge” while at the same time the entire campus glowing the “Power of Innovation” from this temple of engineering excellence, the seat of learning and scholarship of India’s most illustrious engineering institution.

The transformation of Delhi College of Engineering into Delhi Technological University in 2009 through the Delhi Act 6 of 2009 marks a historic milestone in the march of this premier institution from strength to strength, nurturing excellence all along. This premier institution as a non-affiliating Teaching–cum–Research Technological University is equipped with the necessary academic and administrative autonomy which gave the

opportunity to excel beyond the milestones of achievements already accomplished. During the first 2 years of functioning of DCE as DTU it has been our endeavour to ensure that the growth with quality becomes the guiding principle besides pursuing new frontiers of knowledge and innovations in emerging and new areas of engineering and technology. New Master’s Programs in the area of Microwave and Optical Communication, Nano-Science and Technology, Bio-Informatics, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Geo-Tech Engineering and VLSI Design and Embedded System have been added, in addition to new Under Graduate programs in areas of Automobile Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Engineering Physics and lately Mathematics and Computing. Here again, the major focus has been on nurturing the vital synergy between science and engineering as also to foster inter-disciplinary and trans-departmental approaches. This has further enhanced our focus on industry-relevance and renewed our quest for excellence in an era of knowledge creation and innovations.

We have also established Delhi School of Management in DTU to nurture managerial excellence in a campus full of thrill and excitement of engineering and technology. The purpose here is to create a niche advantage in management education in areas of Technology Management, Knowledge and Innovation Management, Info-System Management and Supply Chain Management all requiring a technology temper and scientific bent of mind. The establishment of the Management School in the campus also equipped the institution with the necessary professional connect with the corporate and the world of business.

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The year 2011 for Delhi Technological University has been a year of great achievements and growth. The university achieved a new height of its glory with its ranking in Top 10 Best Engineering Institutions in India in reputed independent surveys carried out by Outlook and India Today. DTU was ranked at No. 7 by India Today and at No. 8 by Outlook among the Top 10 Best Engineering institutions in India. The University also achieved the distinction of being ranked overall at No. 3 in the country in Campus Placements in the Best Engineering Institutions including the IITs. The highest salary in campus placements for Undergraduates has gone up to Rs. 40 lakhs p.a. while the domestic salary rose to Rs. 16 lakhs p.a. Shri Ajir Behari and Shri Abhishek Gupta had the honour of receiving the highest paid job offers of Rs. 40 lakhs plus from EPIC this year.

In all, 961 job offers have been received from 176 companies for the graduating batch of 2011. This included 140 double job offers for under graduates. All eligible post graduates also were placed through campus placement marking a unique departure from previous years. This also shows that the industry in India is now graduating to new product development for which it is now recruiting postgraduates and Ph.D. holders. The companies which visited DTU includes Microsoft, Facebook, Google, EPIC, Yahoo, Oracle, IBM, Alstom, Samsung, McKenzie, Deloitte, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Texas Instruments, L&T, Maruti, Tata Motors, BHEL, NTPC, EIL, GAIL, Indian Oil, CSC, C-dot. India Railways for the first time visited DTU for the campus placement. By the close of the year, in this academic year (2011-12) 452 job offers have already been received from 95 companies that have visited the campus so far. The highest salary is likely to go up to

52 lakhs as the final results of Facebook is awaited. A large number of companies are further registered for campus placement in January and February 2012.

On innovation front, DTU Solar Car this year (October 2011) participated in the World Solar Challenge held in Australia from Darwin to Adelaide while its Robotic Submarine and Super Mileage Vehicle also participated in the International Design Competition in US. DTU team has also developed the Next Generation Unmanned Arial Vehicle for urban applications in collaboration with Lockheed Martin of US.

Another major achievement of the University has been to strengthen its interface with the industry and with the world class universities. DTU entered into MoU with Samsung Electronics (India) alongside with MoUs with LaTrobe University, Australia, MoU with National University of Singapore, MoU with National Physical Laboratory, MoU with Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. An M.Tech program in Software Technology for 20 Samsung Professionals has also started by DTU thus marking the beginning of a new era of academia – industry partnership.

DTU is celebrating 70 years of its excellence and is organizing Global Alumni Conclave 2012 on January 7th – 8th, 2012 at which its Global Alumni Power shall congregate at DTU Campus. A Pan DCE DTU Portal has also been launched by DTU to provide the vital alumni connect to its alma-mater. On this historic occasion, the great alumni power of this premier institution has a unique opportunity to pool together their brainwaves to envision their support to shape their alma-mater as an institution of their dream, a world class technological university in fact a global knowledge enterprise such

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that it not only provides the necessary academic and professional ambience to produce engineers of tomorrow but is equipped with the necessary knowledge infrastructure, technology incubation and innovation support mechanism to give rise to student and faculty startups, training and shaping them as highly successful techno-entrepreneurs of the new knowledge age. Towards this end, we expect our alumni to support the rise of highly specialized centres of research and development in areas of high relevance such as solar energy technologies, tomorrow’s digital technologies, new and smart materials and composites, nano devices, nano machines and mechanisms and to foster newer vistas of engineering related to tomorrow’s medical engineering, sports engineering, music engineering and mind engineering.

The great alumni power can also pool its resources together to create their permanent foot prints in the form of new building blocks and academic and research facilities in their alma-mater. Above all their constant engagement with their alma-mater in providing the vital thought power and learned council for future planning and development is of utmost importance. Their sharing of life long experience of techno-preneurship and enterprise management with the current generation of budding engineering at the institution shall also immensely benefit the student community which shall emulate some of the best practices with which the illustrious alumni of this great institution have earned high eminence both nationally as well as globally. Let this “Celebration of Excellence” inspire one and all in this Temple of Engineering Education to devote themselves unconditionally to the cause of excellence in design and development and above all in service to the humanity.

Well the year 2012 must be the year of professional enlightenment and hope for taking DTU to newer heights of glory by our distinguished contributions to education, research and innovations. This is also the year which shall provide a formidable thrust to the new infrastructure development for which planning has already taken place. During 2012 we wish to actively involve our alumni into advancing their alma-mater to newer heights of glory and services to the community and the profession of engineering.

“With its focus on industry relevance and its sustained quest for excellence Delhi College of Engineering, DCE in its new avatar as Delhi Technological University, DTU is marching ahead to become a global leader in engineering and technology education, research and innovations and we look forward to ever rising spirit of innovation and commitment to march on the pathways of excellence. Let me close by adding that "Pursuit of excellence demands unconditional commitment and fullest dedication and paying greatest attention to minutest details".

May I wish you all a Very Prosperous and Glorious Year 2012.

My very best wishes for the great success of “Global Alumni Conclave 2012.

Dated: Dec. 31, 2011

Prof. P. B. Sharma Vice Chancellor

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Leadership Lecture

Prof. Bhuvenesh Goswami, 1959 (Textile)Emeritus Professor

Clemson University, US

Hon’ble Chairman University Grants Commission, Prof. Ved Prakash Ji, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. P.B. Sharma Vice Chancellor of Delhi Technological University the successor of the illustrious Delhi College of Engineering and the prestigious Delhi Polytechnic, Secretary (Technical Education) Government of Delhi, Distinguished Fellow Alumni, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Thank you for making me a part of the proceedings for the Alumni Conclave to celebrate the 70th year of the establishment of Delhi Technological University, successor to Delhi College of Engineering, which was itself a successor to Delhi Polytechnic.

I would like to thank the organizing committee and, above all, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor P.B. Sharma, for his initiative in organising this great Conclave. Professor Sharma was also instrumental in organizing the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the

college, the Golden Jubilee celebrations in March 1991 which I had the privilege to attend. An Alumni Conclave was also organised along with the Golden Jubilee celebrations then and from there onwards we have kept our regular contact with our alma-mater, witnessed its illustrious advancement to the Top 10 Best Engineering Colleges in the country including the IITs and also its distinguished alleviation to its present position as a premier Technological University namely Delhi Technological University.

The emphasis on this occasion, besides the celebration of the 70th anniversary of this illustrious institution, is to involve all DTU alumni in developing the vision and achieving the 21st Century goals of excellent education, innovative research programs, and service to the nation.

The opportunities are before us: We have the experience, skills, and motivation to do the job! Now we must design and

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commit to strategies that will work and then collaborate over the long haul to carry them out.

I would like to thank Professor Sharma for his untiring efforts in bringing the alumni together to deliberate on the current activities and future plans in making DTU a world-class engineering institution.

I am excited about being here to share my thoughts on how the alumni can be instrumental in making the vision and the goals of DTU a reality. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is a success.” Those words describe a path to success that has already begun.

In India we have a long tradition of giving that reaches back thousands of years, even since the establishment of Gurukuls, but somehow over the years we became complacent and lost touch with the habit of connected service to our alma mater. As successive rulers and governments established institutions of higher learning, the funding from these institutions came from the national treasury. This type of funding has also been the long-established tradition of the country that dominated us for more than two centuries and that left a mark on higher education in this country. It is only recently that British universities have begun asking their alumni to contribute financially and in many other ways.

The current practice of the University of Manchester in these is noteworthy: alumni of UM have started a North American organisation solely for the purpose of soliciting funds for

scholarships, special programs, building initiatives, and other aspect of university life. The Development and the Alumni Relations Officer of UM issues a newsletter periodically, announcing the contributions, no matter how small an amount.

Delhi Polytechnic was started as a Diploma institution in technology and engineering in 1941 and became associated as a degree-awarding institution with Delhi University in the early 1950s. It was primarily an undergraduate teaching institution. DTU has now become a full teaching and research technological university. Much more is expected of DTU in its present form. DTU has already begun to show great promise and growth along these lines, as is evident from its participation in international competitions and the achievements of its graduates.

Heightened expectations for DTU are now realistic goals; DTU alumni must serve as leaders in making their alma-mater a premier, highly visible teaching and research technological institution, one which will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best universities in the world.

Speaking from my own experience for a moment, Delhi Polytechnic and then Delhi College of Engineering has played an important role in my family’s history. Myself and three of my brothers graduated from DP and DCE: we owe much to our alma mater, which in our point of view has contributed not only to our family’s history but to the health and wealth of India.

Since the time I graduated in the 1950s, the Age of Sputnik, we have come

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a long way in science and technology. Now we are in the age of Kepler, probing the distant universe. The students and alumni who will pass through DTU will soon be in charge of developing engineering technologies far in advance to current thinking. DTU graduates will influence this nation’s way of life and DTU will be among the top twenty such institutions in the world.

Our investment now will determine, to an extent, the future of DTU. The DTU alumni must pledge funds and time; we must contribute our talent, our imagination, and our skills to collaborate with faculty, administration and students on this venture. Those of us who are part of industry and commerce, domestic and international, must convince these entities to become part of education and research in Indian, arguing that it is to their advantage to promote excellence and innovation.

On a lighter note, we may meet expectations reflected in this anecdote the invention of an aircraft skin which makes the aircraft invisible to radar. The General responded, ‘Maybe you should invent clothing that will make me invisible to my wife when I come home late at night!” We’re up to the challenge!

DTU must recruit the best students from around the world, regardless of their means, students who will choose this university over others, including the IITs and MITs of the world. DTU must recruit the most distinguished faculty to achieve this level of excellence. Accomplishing these goals requires private and public funding.

JFK famously said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask instead what you can do for your country.” Now let us ask, as DTU alumni, what we can do for our alma-mater.

We are challenged to offer our financial support as individuals and as a group. Just as importantly, we are challenged to connect with the DTU in deep and continuing ways, collaborating and networking to make DTU an even more outstanding and significant institution than it is today.

We must pledge today to make the DTU alumni organisation a model for the long-term cooperation and support of current and past students in our colleges and universities. This is a momentous time and a momentous day.

Thank you.

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K. L. ChughChairman Emeritus, ITC Ltd.

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Sh. K.L. Chugh is a Chairman Emeritus of ITC Hotels. Prior to joining ITC in 1971,

Mr. Chugh - a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi University - worked for 10 years with India's

largest engineering enterprise, the Heavy Engineering Corporation, a public sector

organization based in Ranchi. Mr. Chugh achieved valuable experience in the heavy

industry and large projects.

Mr. Chugh has authored Clonal Plantation Technology in Bhadrachalam - this has

helped spur the rapid growth of the Indian paper industry. In 1989, Mr. Chugh came back

to ITC as Vice Chairman and took over as Chairman in 1991. He was the first Indian CEO

to talk about `Creating India's Multinationals' and encouraging global competitiveness.

Mr. Chugh was appointed a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India,

Shipping Credit and Investment Company of India Ltd., Tourism Finance Corporation of

India and National Housing Bank of India; and Member, Board of Governors, National

Council of Applied Economic Research, IIM Kolkata, Administrative Staff College of India,

President AIMA. Mr. Chugh was elected the financial world's International 1994 CEO of

the Year Asia and in 1993 was adjudged amongst the Top 2 Best Indian Chief Executives.

He was elected one of five 'Tobacco Men of the Year' by the World Tobacco International,

USA, and the Most Distinguished Alumni of the Delhi College of Engineering. Mr. Chugh's

current interests are management consulting, renewable energy and education.

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Vinod DhamFather of Pentium Chip

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Shri Vinod Dham is an inventor, capitalist and entrepreneur. He is popularly known

as father of the Pentium chip. He graduated from Delhi College of Engineering in 1971

in Electrical Engineering. Dham became interested in knowing as to what went on inside

the devices. He did his MS EE in Solid State Sciences from Cincinnati in 1975. After MS,

Dham went to Dayton and joined MCR. He successfully completed the Pentium project

at Intel. He joined Nexgen, which was a startup that was acquired by AMD later. After

helping AMD, Dham joined Silicon Spice, a startup, as Chairman, President and CEO.

Dham has received numerous awards and certificates. In 1993, he was named as

one of the top 25 executives in the US computer industry. He has been listed amongst the

Global Indian Achievers by India Today (1st Jan). In October 2009, Dham was awarded the

NRI Achievement Award at the NRI Global Summit by the NRI institute (New Delhi-based

nonprofit). Dham has been profiled at the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas (2007), India Abroad,

China Daily BBS and Scribd. On 22 April 2011, Dham received People Choice Award and

Special Jury Award by Times of India in the category of Science and Technology.

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Rajesh K. SoinChairman, Soin International

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Raj Soin is currently chairman of Soin International, USA. He graduated from

Delhi College of Engg. in 1969 in Mechanical Engg. After graduation, he went to Bradley

University, United States where he earned a Master of Science degree in Industrial

Engineering in 1971. Over the years, Raj continued his post-graduate studies in business

and finance at Bradley University, Illinois State University and the advanced management

programs at Harvard University and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Rajesh K. Soin, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Soin

International , a successful businessman known throughout the world for his business

acumen, leadership and expertise in growth oriented businesses covering multiple

industries. The Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio is

an example of Mr. Soin's steadfast dedication to world class leadership.

The most prominent among Mr. Soin's successes is his first, MTC Technologies

Inc., now a public company listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol

MTCT. Mr. Soin founded MTC with his wife in 1984 as a multifaceted, high-technology

and engineering services company that has grown in 22 years to over $400 million in

sales. MTC is Dayton, Ohio's largest defense contractor employing nearly 2,900 people

worldwide in 40 locations. Some of the honors and awards which have been received

include: Listed as Inc. 500 fastest growing company for four consecutive years, 1993

National Conference of Christians & Jews Humanitarian Award, 1995 Enterprise Spirit

Award, Ernst & Young's 1999 Master Entrepreneur, 1999 Beavercreek Chamber of

Commerce Business Person of the Year, 2003 Recipient of the Ellis Island Medals of

Honor Award, 2004 Distinguished Alumni Bradley University, USA.

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Dr. Promod HaqueManaging Director, Norwest Venture Partners

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Shri Promod graduated from Delhi College of Engineering in the year 1969

in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Northwestern

University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management,

where he serves on the advisory board.

Promod has 17 years of experience in the venture capital industry and currently

serves as managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners. He joined Norwest Venture

Partners in 1990. He has been ranked as a top dealmaker on the annual Forbes Midas

List for the past five years, and in 2004, Forbes named him as the #1 venture capitalist

based on performance over the last decade. In 2006, Promod was presented with a

Global Leadership award from NASSCOM.

Promod focuses on investments in semiconductor and components, systems,

software and services. He was an early investor and a board member of Cerent (acquired

by Cisco), Siara Systems (acquired by Redback Networks), OnDisplay (acquired by

Vignette), Winphoria Networks (acquired by Motorola) and Extreme Networks (Nasdaq:

EXTR).

Prior to Norwest Venture Partners, Promod spent 18 years in various operational

roles ranging from product development, marketing, Chief Operating Officer and Chief

Executive Officer at various public and private companies - Siemens International, Thorn

EMI, Emergent Technologies and Dimensional Medicine, Inc.

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Sanjay NayarCEO KKR Group (Former CEO CITI BANK Asia)

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Sanjay Nayar is the CEO and Country Head for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co

(KKR) in India.

Established in 1976, KKR is a leading global alternative asset manager. The

core of the Firm's franchise is sponsoring and managing funds that make private equity

investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. Throughout its history, KKR has

brought a long-term investment approach to portfolio companies, focusing on working in

partnership with management teams and investing for future competitiveness and growth.

KKR has offices in New York, Menlo Park, San Francisco, Houston, London, Paris, Hong

Kong, Beijing, Tokyo and Sydney.

Prior to KKR, Nayar was the CEO of Citigroup, India and South Asia, and a member

of Citigroup's Asia Executive Operating Committee and Senior Leadership Committee.

Nayar is also the Deputy Chairman, Indian Bank's Association (IBA), Chairman of the

Foreign Banks' Committee of the IBA, a member of the Board of USIBC, Co-Chairman of

the Banking Committee for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

(FICCI) and co-chairman of the Habitat for Humanity India Builds campaign. He has also

participated in various financial sector reform committees set up by the Government and

domestic regulators.

Nayar is an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

and a bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University, having previously worked

in the UK as a design engineer.

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Prof. Yogesh SinghVice-Chancellor

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ______________________________________________________________________________

Prof. Yogesh Singh is currently a Vice-Chancellor at Maharaja Sayajirao University

of Baroda, Baroda, India. He has been recently appointed as regional Chairman, Central

Zone, All India Council of Technical Education covering Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan &

Gujarat. Prof. Singh is a dedicated teacher and active researcher in the field of Software

Engineering. Prof. Yogesh Singh has been a Professor in the University School of

Information Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. He has

also been the founder Head (1999-2001) and Dean (2001-2006) of University School of

Information Technology. He has also served as Dean, University School of Engineering

& Technology (2001-2006), Proctor (2001-2006), Controller of Examinations (2006-2011),

Director Student’s Welfare (2006-2009) and Chief Warden (2001-2009). Prior to this, he was

Founder Chairman (1996-1999), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Guru

Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Haryana. He received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. (Computer

Engineering) degrees from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana.

Prof. Singh has received “Best Researcher Award in Engineering and Technology”

from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi in 2010. Test Magazine, United

Kingdom has published his photograph on cover page along with cover story ’’India

Testing Power house: Optimizing Web Testing Performance’’, in September 2010. As a

teacher and researcher, he has a sustained track record of quality teaching, innovation

and excellent research contributions. He has to his credit more than 260 publications

in reputed National / International Journals and Conferences and has also produced

20 Ph.D. scholars. He is an author of a book on “Software Testing’’ which is published

by Cambridge University Press, England and also co-author of a book on Software

Engineering published by New Age International Delhi. His research interests include

software engineering focusing on planning, testing, metrics, and neural networks.

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Sharad SharmaFormer CEO, Yahoo India R&D

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Sharad holds Electrical Engineering degree from Delhi College of Engineering.

He has over 21 years of experience in the enterprise software and wireless infrastructure

sectors. Prior to joining Yahoo!, he was involved in buyout activities focused on taking

mid-sized software product companies private. Previously, he was the India General

Manager and VP of Product Operations with Symantec (formerly VERITAS Software) and

was responsible for the turnaround of VERITAS operations in India.

He was earlier a co-founder and CEO of Teltier Technologies, a New Jersey based

wireless infrastructure start-up that became the leader in the Presence and Availability

Management space and is now part of Cisco. Sharad has managed product development

teams at Lucent Technologies both in US and in India. He also setup AT&T’s and

later Lucent’s R&D organization in India in mid-90s, at a time when offshore product

development was just getting underway.

Sharad is passionate about making product development succeed in India both

for MNCs as well as for domestic players. He is an active mentor in the NASSCOM

Mentoring Program and Chairs the TiE Bangalore SIG on intrapreneur-ship. He is also a

long-standing member of the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee on

Software Engineering.

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Prof. Bhuvenesh GoswamiProfessor, Clemson University, USA

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He was a visiting lecturer at Clemson University for two years prior to joining the Textile Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey. Before joining the University of Tennessee in 1975 he spent a year as a Research Fellow at UMIST- Manchester. He joined Clemson University in 1984. Dr. Goswami received his B.S. In Textile Engineering from Delhi University, M.S. in Textile Science from Bombay University and Ph.D. in Textile Physics from Victoria University of Manchester.

His areas of research include the dynamics of processing and the mechanics of fibers, yarns and fabrics, including woven, nonwoven and 3-D woven structures for composite applications.

Satish KumarDirector (Electrical) DMRC

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Satish Kumar did his B.E. Electrical Engineering programme at Delhi Polytechnic in 1961. Satish Kumar is presently Director (Electrical), DMRC. After graduating, Kumar served as Lecturer at DCE itself for two years. Thereafter, he joined Indian Railways through UPSC Engineering Services Examination – IRSEE and served in various capacities in Indian Railways and was fortunate to occupy positions where contribution was on modern technologies. For over five years he also served as Joint Secretary (Ordnance Factories), Ministry of Defence overseeing 39 factories. During postings from 1988 to 1998, he got the opportunity to contribute significantly in the implementation and absorption of modern technologies. Kumar was also associated with challenging and time bound project of Electrification of Ring Railway in Delhi before ASIAD 1982 and in planning of MRTS in Delhi in 1973-76.

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A. K. PurhwahaChairman & Managing Director

Engineering India Limited______________________________________________________________________________

Shri A. K. Purwaha is Chairman & Managing Director, Engineers India Limited.

Shri Purwaha is an Electrical Engineer from Delhi University. He has more than 32 years

of extensive experience in Oil & Gas Sector. Shri Purwaha started his career with ONGC,

almost at the inception of Bombay High in Drilling Business Group and worked in Bombay

High. He joined GAIL (India) Limited in 1985 and has served the company in various

disciplines like Cross country Pipelines for gas distribution, operation and maintenance

of Gas Pipeline systems, project management for gas based LPG recovery plants.

Shri Purwaha also functioned as Managing Director of Mahanagar Gas Limited

for 5 years. During his tenure, the company increased the supply of natural gas to

domestic, commercial, industrial consumers as well as Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

to a large number of vehicles in Mumbai.

Shri Purwaha was Director (Business Development), GAIL (India) Ltd. Shri Purwaha

had been Director-in-Charge of Company's new business initiatives - within the country

and abroad, development of new projects, strategy & planning and petrochemical plant at

Pata (UP). He was also the in-charge Director for company's joint venture -Brahmaputra

Cracker & Polymer Ltd., Assam. Shri Purwaha has travelled extensively in connection

with professional and business activities and has presented many papers related to oil &

gas sector including CNG applications in various forums globally.

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Vijay Shekar SharmaMD, One97 Comm

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma is a founder and managing director of One97 Communications. His company, Xs! Corporations, was later sold to Lotus Interworks in 1999. After working for Lotus for a year, he founded One97, which provides a platform for delivering mobile value-added services, in December 2000.

A child prodigy, he passed class XII at the age of 14 and started his first business venture while doing his third year at engineering college.

A. K. Sardana Managing Director, Tata Powers

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Anil Sardana is the managing director of Tata Power since February 1, 2011. Mr Sardana has been the managing director of Tata Teleservices for over three years and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) for the last six months.

Mr Sardana is an electrical engineer from Delhi College of Engineering. He is an Cost Accountant (ICWAI) from Delhi, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Mr Sardana brings with him over three decades of proven expertise in the power sector; he has worked with companies like North Delhi Power (a subsidiary of Tata Power), NTPC and BSES.Earlier, Mr Sardana also served as the executive director (business development and strategy) for Tata Power.

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N. Sivasailam, IASManaging Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

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N. Sivasailam is a 1982 graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. He further pursued his post-graduation in Business Management from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi and also in Social Policy and Administration from London School of Economics in 1999. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law (PGDIPRL)-2010 to his credit. In 1985, he aced the UPSC exams and made a successful entry into Indian Administrative Service. Currently, he is the Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. He is widely known for public service and has won many accolades on this front.

Srikant GokhaleFormer CEO, The Mobile Store, ESSAR Group

______________________________________________________________________________ Srikant Gokhale is the CEO of Xcite, a pan India chain of large format retail stores of Consumer Electronics which has created a new benchmark in customer shopping experience. Srikant has been instrumental in developing a distinctive and unique retail design along with bringing best global practice for Xcite, in association with an internationally reputed design firm Gensler based on extensive research of various retail formats across USA, Europe, Far East and Middle East; to offer Indian customers a truly world class experience in consumer electronics retailing. Srikant participated as key speaker at Consumer Electronics show at Las Vegas 2010 along with CEO of Best Buy at supersession on "Global perspective of Retail”. He has written cases and articles on retailing and presented in various business schools in China, India and USA. Srikant appears regularly on National Television Channels on various program on retailing and Technology; CNBC, NDTV, ZEE, CCTV9. A keen researcher of global trends in retailing, he has travelled widely all over Europe, China, USA, Middle east, Far-east and Australia to understand the world of retailing and customer connectivity.

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Ashwani Kumar DattChairman & Managing Director

Bharat Electronics Limited______________________________________________________________________________

Shri Ashwani Kumar Datt is the Chairman & Managing Director of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1972. He joined BEL at Bangalore in January 1973 and has seen the company grow from a single Unit to multiple Units and Strategic Business Units.

In May 1973, he was assigned to the team which set up the second unit of BEL at Ghaziabad.He succeeded in indigenisation of major subsystems,bringing in significant strategic self-reliant and cost advantage. He was responsible for establishing the ISO 9000 system in BEL ghaziabad.He was amongst the first Lead Assessors for ISO 9000 Quality System and senior Assessors for CII Business excellence award. As General Manager of the Military Radar Strategic Business Unit (SBU) at BEL-Bangalore, he succeeded in obtaining major orders from the Indian Army and successfully met the increased expectations of the customers for spares and product support for a very large population of Radars deployed all across the country and achieved a record turnover growth of almost Rs.1 crore per employee.

He has extensive experience in Development & Engineering, Production, Quality Assurance and installation / commissioning of complex Radar & Communication Systems. Before his elevation as CMD in May 2009, he was Director (Other Units) of BEL and headed 8 of the 9 Units of BEL located at Ghaziabad, Panchkula, Navi Mumbai, Kotdwara, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Machilipatnam. He also had the additional responsibility of managing BELOP, Pune, a subsidiary of BEL, as Director-in-charge.

As CMD of BEL, he has achieved new milestones in terms of growth of order book and profitability with enhanced thrust on focus areas such as new product development, offset business, diversification and contract manufacturing.

During several assignments, he has received intensive training in India and abroad on Project Management, Technology Transfer and Quality Management Systems. He has travelled abroad widely on several key business assignments.

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C. Y. PalNon-Executive Chairman, Cadbury India

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C. Y. Pal is the Chairman of Renfro India Private Limited. He also serves as President of the Franchising Association of India, a body affiliated to the World Franchising Council. Mr. Pal was the President of the prestigious Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was also a member of the Management Committee of ASSOCHAM for many years. He held a number of senior positions at Hindustan Lever Limited for 17 years. Mr. Pal has been associated with Cadbury India Limited as Managing Director for over 10 years and is currently their Non-Executive Chairman. He is also on the Board of Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited and United Breweries Limited. He is a Graduate of Mechanical Engineering from DCE.

Satpal GoelManagement Consultant

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Goel did his degree in Electrical Engineering. He is eminent Management Consultant in India. Just after finishing engineering, Goel had an opportunity to undergo training at Bhakra Nangal Dam project, where he was involved in transmission process. In 1957, he got a break in a large engineering company, which had an employee base of 35000-40000, and worked his way to become a general manager in 1964. In 1968, he joined the World Bank in Washington as consultant for capital goods (heavy engineering) and worked with them for about seven years. In between, he also went to Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad for a management course and also visited Harvard Business School in 1974 for an International Senior Management Programme. Goel still teaches ‘BRIC (Brazil Russia India China) in the economy’ subject as an adjunct faculty member there.

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S. K. VijFormer Member of Engineering/Railway Board

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Shri Satish K. Vij, is former Member of Engineering/Railway Board. He did his

B.Tech./Civil Engineering from DCE/Delhi in 1969 and M.S. in 1973 from Cornell University.

He won Merit Scholarships for all the five years of study. His mental capabilities and

affectionate personality are still recalled by scholars of his and nearby years.

He worked with Engineers India Limited at Delhi for Structural Engineering Designs.

Through Engineering Services 1970, he got into the most preferred Engineering Service

in the country i.e., Indian Railway Service of Engineers, by ranking amongst the top ten

in the country. He won a Scholarship and got admitted to one of the most prestigious Ivy

League Institutions of USA, CORNELL University. He completed MS (Civil Engineering)

in 1973 with 4.3 GPA and was sought after by the Institution to study further. While with

Indian Railways he has received several medals and awards during working in various

capacities in his distinguished career of over 36 years. He was specially chosen for High

Speed Project on Iraqi Railways. He is instrumental in introducing 'Long rails' rolled at Rail

Mill itself, on Indian Railways which shall improve reliability and durability of infrastructure.

A man of clear & focused vision, has authored several papers in the field of P.Way

engineering and environment. His extensive experience in track machines & procurement

had yielded best ever track machines utilization on IR. He co-authored the Track Machines

Manual for Indian Railways.

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Philippe Dugerdil Professor of Software Engineering and Head of research

at the Geneva School of Business Administration______________________________________________________________________________

Philippe Dugerdil is Professor of Software Engineering and Head of research at the Geneva School of Business Administration of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland since 2002. Before, he spent 15 years in the software industry, mainly in banking environments.

Philippe holds an engineer degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland, a PhD Degree in computer science from Aix-Marseille II University, France and an MBA degree from the Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a Founding member of the Swiss Institute of Service Science (SISS). He has published numerous papers in international journal and conferences in the area of software engineering.

Arun JainChairman, Polaris Software

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Arun Jain, 40, is a first generation entrepreneur, who promoted Nucleus Software Group with a few friends in 1986. In 1993, Jain promoted Polaris Software Lab Limited with software development centres in Noida (near New Delhi) and in Chennai. Polaris Software is a global software house providing quality and customized information technology (IT) solutions to several multinational clients across 20 countries.

He is a member of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), Confederation Indian Industry, Computer Society of India, Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, German Chamber of Commerce, Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council and Madras Management Association. He is also Vice Chairman of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Tamil Nadu Branch.

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Some of the leading personalities

Prof. W. W. WoodEminent Civil Engineer Professor &Founder Principal of Delhi Polytechnic(Jan. 1941 to Aug. 1946)

Prof. R. G. P. S. FairbairnEminent Mechanical Engineering Professor & Former Principal Delhi Polytechnic(Sept. 1946 to Sept. 1949)

“An outstanding Mechanical Engineer who led the institution to glory and passed on its baton to Professor Sen”

Prof. S. C. SenEminent Mechanical Engineering ProfessorFormer Principal Delhi Polytechnic and DCE(Sept. 1949 to Dec, 1966)

“The first Indian Principal of Delhi Polytechnic and DCE who led this prestigious institution for 17 years”

Prof. J. N. MoudgillEminent Mechanical Engineering ProfessorFormer Principal, DCE and Program Director, IIT Delhi(Feb. 1968 to April. 1971)

“A Perfect Disciplinarian – the doyen of Technical Education who was also the founder of IIT Delhi and Regional Engineering College, Bhopal”

Prof. B. Sanyal, Padma BhushanEminent Professor of Arts and Sculpture

“A great sculpturist who brought glory to Delhi Polytechnic and Delhi College of Engineering and College of Arts.”

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Dr. N. M. SwaniFormer Professor of Textile, Delhi Polytechnic &Former Director, IIT Delhi

“A humble Textile Technologist who moved to IIT Delhi with the Department and made us proud by rising to the level of Director IIT Delhi”

Prof. S. P. LuthraFormer Head, Mechanical Engineering Department &Former Vice Principal, DCE

“One of the finest human being who moved to IIT Delhi along with part of Mechanical Engineering Department and rose to the position of Director IIT Delhi”

Prof. (Dr.) A. Das GuptaFormer Director & First DeanFaculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi

“Distinguished himself as an outstanding Professor of Management and founder of FMS, University of Delhi”

Prof. R. C. NarayananOutstanding Electrical Engineer Professor &Former Principal, DCE(Feb. 1972 to May 1980)

“Widely respected by his students for his helpful nature, Prof. Narayanan led this premier institution for 08 years”

Prof. M. L. MandalFormer Principal, DCE(June 1980 to July 1989)

“An outstanding Mechanical Engineering Professor who led the destiny of DCE for 10 years as its Principal”

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Prof. M. PaldasFormer Principal, DCE(Aug. 1989 to 5th Dec. 1990)

“An outstanding Civil Engineering Professor who took over from Prof. Mandal and handed over the baton to Prof. P.B. Sharma on December 6, 1990”

Prof. P. B. SharmaFormer Principal, DCE(6th Dec. 1990 to 21st Aug. 1999*,26th Aug. 2003 to 9th Oct. 2006* &4th Aug. 2008 to 22nd July 2009)

“An outstanding Mechanical Engineering Professor of IIT Delhi who had a long association with this premier institution as its Principal. A man of vision who led DCE to its glorious heights. Prof. Sharma is the first Vice Chancellor of Delhi Technological University”

* On lien during the gap period as founder Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal (M.P.)

Prof. N. L. SachdevaFormer Principal, DCE(22nd Aug 1999 to 28th Feb. 2003)

“An eminent Mechanical Engineering Professor who looked after DCE, as its Principal, very well during the lien of the Principal Prof. P. B. Sharma”

Prof. D. GoldarFormer Principal, DCE(28th Feb. 2003 to 25th Aug. 2003 &10th Oct. 2006 to 31st Dec. 2007)

“An eminent Civil Engineering Professor who looked after DCE, as its Principal, very well during the lien of the Principal Prof. P.B. Sharma”

Prof. Asok BhattacharyyaFormer Principal, DCE(1st Jan. 2008 to 3rd Aug. 2008)

“An eminent E&C Professor who looked after DCE, as its Principal, very well during the lien of the Principal Prof. P. B. Sharma”

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