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THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY

NCU Activities

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The NorthCap University, Gurugram celebrates its 6th Annual Convocation

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he NorthCap University, Gurugram held its Sixth Annual Convocation TCeremony for its various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes on 20 December 2017. The event was a memorable one and was presided over by the Hon’ble Governor of Haryana, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki. Other luminaries present at the event included The NorthCap University’s Chancellor and Founder Member, Shri V Daulet Singh; Pro-Chancellor, Prof Prem Vrat; Vice-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra; Founder Members Shri Avdhesh Mishra and Shri Shiv Saran Mehra, Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram, Shri Vinay Pratap Singh and Police Commissioner, Mr Sandeep Khirwar.

A total of 855 students were awarded degrees in their respective disciplines, including 508 from BTech, 60 from MTech, 19 from BSc Maths (H), 13 from MSc (Maths), 58 from BBA, 30 from BCom (H), 20 from BSc (Eco), 32 from MBA, 77 from BBA-LLB (H), 18 from LLM and 15 awarded PhD. 5 students were awarded Diploma in Management & Leadership. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded to 35 candidates who topped the list in their respective streams and 5 Certificates of Merit were awarded. Mr Pranav Jain, Dept of CSE&IT was awarded the ‘Outstanding Student of the Year Award’.

Congratulating the graduating students the Hon’ble Governor, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki said, “The nation’s future depends on the youth who study in colleges and universities and India has the largest number of youth in the world. If we all decide to move together one step ahead we will together be able to move 125 crore steps ahead together. As the name of this institution

suggests, this is a university wearing the cap of a ‘Premier’ university in North India. NIRF has ranked NCU among the top 150 universities in India. Students graduating from this University are capable of good employment opportunities as only 12% of the youth in India get this kind of quality education. Your contribution to India’s progress should be accordingly.” Conveying his good wishes to the students Prof. Solanki urged them to “Move ahead! It is now your responsibility to lead the country towards progress and economic prosperity.”

Earlier, amidst the chanting of mantras the convocation started with the academic procession. Later, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. HB Raghavendra, presented the Annual Report of the University. Speaking at the occasion he said, “The NorthCap University plays a crucial role in preparing students for a sound professional career. Our mission is to develop competent professionals who are innovative, analytical and independent. We strive to empower our youth capital with skills, abilities and attitude so that they become a catalyst for change.” The Convocation ended with the oath taking ceremony by the students.

After receiving the ‘Outstanding Student of the Year Award’ the elated Pranav Jain said, “It’s an honour for me to be selected as the University’s ‘Outstanding Student of the Year’. I come from a small town in Rajasthan and NCU has introduced me to a world of possibilities I never knew existed. I came here for a degree and now I am graduating with dreams and confidence to soar high and make a positive change in the world.”

The event was streamed live on Facebook and thousands viewed it.

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ASQ-NCU chapter chair Shringa Vatas, Final year, BTech CSE, attended ASQ’s 2nd South Asia Conference on Quality and Improvement on the theme ‘Developing Winning Cultures’ held at Vivanta by Taj - Dwarka, New Delhi from 1-2 December 2017.

Renowned quality leaders from across the globe presented their views on the topic. Prof. Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor, Prof. Ravindra Ojha, Director, SOET and NCU faculty members attended the conference. Prof. Ojha was also part of the PAN India Team Excellence project evaluation jury. Speaking about the conference Shringa Vatas said, “This conference was an experience in itself. As a student member of ASQ-NCU chapter it felt great coming back to the same platform to meet quality leaders and practitioners from across the globe. I had attended the 1st South Asia Conference in 2016 as well. I addressed the gathering at the conference as the Student Deputy of The NextGeneration enlightening the attendees about the importance of student membership, how students can be benefitted from ASQ and how they can get engaged with the industry. I also spoke about my journey at ASQ and how the ASQ- NCU chapter has been working to make a difference in the life of its students. The most exciting part of the conference was to address the gathering which included CEO of ASQ, Mr Bill Troy and Mr Alexander Tucker, Vice-Chair of The NextGeneration from USA about the importance of mentoring in students’ life and also encouraging the attendees to join in with the NextGeneration as mentors.”

NCU student attends ASQ’s 2nd South Asia Conference

Prof. H B Raghavendra joined The NorthCap University, Gurugram as the Vice-Chancellor on 4 December 2017. The NCU family extends a warm welcome to Prof. Raghavendra and wishes him a successful tenure at the University.

The NorthCap University welcomes its new Vice-Chancellor

Prof. H B Raghavendra

PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

MS (Research), IIT Madras

BE, University of Mysore

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor HB Raghavendra, shared his Vision for the University with the faculty and staff on 12 December 2017. He observed that NCU is poised for a big leap forward and would soon join the elite group of institutions. He said that the University abounds in quality and talent, and we have to tap these qualities to achieve excellence. We have to set our priorities and make a nurturing environment that is adaptable, flexible and congenial for the University to grow and achieve excellence.

Vice-Chancellor Prof HB Raghavendra’s Vision for The NorthCap University

Our students come from diverse backgrounds and learning. Some are smart-learners, some are average-learners and some are slow-learners. The challenge is that our curriculum should cater to the needs of all and make them confident to face the world.

Prof Raghavendra emphasized on the need of focusing on extra-curricular activities for holistic development of students. In fact, these activities should be a part of the curriculum. They will equip the students in learning important

Prof. Prem Vrat was conferred ‘India’s Most Visionary EduLeadership Award’ by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th President of India at the 5th Estate Summit 2017, National Convention of eduLeaders, ReTHINK INDIA on 11 December 2017 at CSOI, New Delhi.

‘India’s Most Visionary EduLeadership Award’conferred on Prof. Prem Vrat

life–skills required to achieve success in today’s global world. Credits for co-curricular activities and recognition of extracurricular activities would make the evaluation system more evolving and student-centric.

The Vice-Chancellor emphasized that the University’s focus will be on high quality research and innovation and for that we have to establish Centre of Excellence at The NorthCap University in collaboration with industries and Government funding agencies. This would augment the resources at the University and provide students and faculty excellent industry-domain experience. This would be possible by working in areas such as IoT, Automotive, Climate Change and Environmental Effects and Renewable Energy, Water Management and Research. He stressed on the importance of making proposals linked with societal concerns. University’s core values evolve around sending the key message of development across the society by trying to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged, and serving the community.

He said that with the cooperation of all members of the NCU family, the University would deliver quality education and would surely leap forward and be globally visible.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has agreed to donate two User Receivers (IDU) and two Data Processing Units for research activity to The NorthCap University. This will greatly enhance the research potential of the University. The MoU between ISRO and NCU is in progress.

MoU between ISRO and NCU

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Department of EECEGuest Lecture

News from the School of Engineering and Technology

Mr Kuldeep Singh, Project Manager, Customers Project Execution, Nokia Networks, Noida delivered a lecture on 'Machine Learning' for CSE 2nd Year and ECE, 3rd year students on 8 November 2017. He discussed prediction, patterns, speed and Machine Learning Algorithms, training methods, classification with k-NN using Python and development steps for ML applications. He shared various references with the students so as to gain

Viva-Voceq The PhD viva-voce of Mr Vikas Poply, PhD scholar, Department of

Applied Sciences on the topic 'Analysis of MHD free stream flow and heat transfer over stretching surfaces' was held on 2 Dec 2017. It was conducted under the guidance of Dr Phool Singh and Dr AK Yadav, Department of Applied Sciences, The NorthCap University, Gurugram.

q The PhD viva-voce of Ms Jyotsna Singh, PhD scholar, Department of Applied Sciences on the topic 'Computational Modeling and Information Processing of Firing Patterns in Parkinson Disease' was held on 8 Dec 2017. It was conducted under the guidance of Dr Phool Singh and Dr Vikas Malik, Department of Applied Sciences,

Outreach Activities of Prof. Ravindra Ojha, Director, SOETq Prof Ravindra Ojha was

i n v i t e d b y G M R t o evaluate and assess the quality of the top ten projects (CIPs) carried out by their employees on 12 Dec 2018. It was their annual Qual i ty Month and a competition to recognize Quality Projects developed by the employees. Prof Ojha shared the Orange-Muskmelon Model for team excellence and students of NCU’s CSR team gave a dance performance which was appreciated by the audience. GMR is an organization which supports NCU in terms of student internship and faculty externships. Areas for strengthening future collaboration between NCU and GMR are being explored. [MED2017O024]

q Prof Ojha met Mr MK Khanduja, Director, Werardt Systems Pvt Ltd, Gurugram on 26 Dec 2017 and discussed about future engagement between Werardt and NCU. Two of our bright ME students Sumit, Final Year and Jatin, Pre-final Year have been given a major project on Manufacturing Excellence with a multinational company under the mentorship of Mr Khanduja and Prof Ojha. On 26 Dec 2017 Mr Khanduja explained the Toyota Production Systems (TPS) to Sumit and Jatin to gear them up for the project. Prof Ojha also shared with the boys the strong need for such an exposure and his experience in implementing some of the useful concepts of TPS. [MED2017O025]

q Prof Ravindra Ojha visited M/s Asahi India Glass Ltd (AIS), Bawal on 27 Dec 2017 and met Mr Sunil Gadh, Plant Head; Mr Krishan Kumar, Head, Operations and other officials at AIS. He viewed the Production Quality projects initiated by young engineers and the high-tech manufacturing processes of automotive glasses on the shop floor. The progress on the Six-Sigma project that was being carried out by NCU’s research scholar, Narottam, was also discussed with the AIS team. Prof Ojha explored summer internship opportunities at AIS Bawal plant for NCU’s ME students. [MED2017O026]

Department of CSE and ITGuest Lecture

Department of CSE&IT organized a guest lecture on ‘DST at a Glance’ by Dr HB Singh, Senior Scientist, Department of Science and Technology on 12 Dec 2017. He shared the information of various schemes under DST and latest topics for research and projects. [CSEG2017011]

better understanding and expertise in the subject of ML. Mr Kuldeep's technical expertise is in E2E Solution Architect NGN, IMS, VoLTE, RCS Service , Design, implementation, migration of NGIN and VAS Services. The talk was coordinated by Ms Naresh Kumari and Ms Charu Rana. [ECE2017G012]

Department of Civil & Environmental EngineeringExternship

Mr Shubham Bansal and Mr Diptendu Roy, Assistant Professors participated in a two-day externship at GMR, Delhi from 28-29 Nov 2017. They got the opportunity of seeing the working of the GMR group which is now in the initiation of phase 3, which is expansion of T-1D Departure and T-1C Arrival Terminals at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The work of the GMR group involves construction of new 4 level T-1 D and T-1C Terminals with state-of-the-art technologies like Automatic Passenger Movers (APM) connecting T-1 to the nearest metro station and bus-stop, construction of a new parallel runway to terminal T-3, Cross Eastern Taxiway connecting two terminals, new aprons for T-1 terminals etc. At present the current capacity of T-1 terminals is about 22 million which will be about 44 million after expansion and the covered area of the new T-1 terminals will be around 3 times the existing one. The T-1 terminals are rated ‘Platinum’ by LEED and are among one the finest environment friendly Airport Terminals.[ CEE2017O026]

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Department of Applied SciencesFaculty Activitiesq Dr Aditya Sharma Ghrera

de l i v e red a t a l k on ‘Quantum Dot Mediated E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l Detection of Urinary Tract I n f e c t i o n ’ i n t h e International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science & Technology organized by IIT Delhi held from 23-25 Nov 2017 at Radisson Blu, Dwarka. The topic of her talk was a part of her ongoing DST–SERB project on which she is working at NCU. She discussed her work with eminent scientists and researchers from India and abroad and also explored opportunities for carrying out collaborative work with them in the future. [APS2017O030]

q Dr Hukum Singh made a presentation on the topic ‘Electrical conduction in nanostructured Ge1-xSnxSe2.5 (x = 0, 0.3, 0.5) thin films’ in t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations and Initiatives, ICN:3I-2017 held from 6-8 Dec 2017 organized by the Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering & Center of Technology, IIT Roorkee. This conference was an initiative

to provide a common platform to researchers working in the field of nanotechnology and for sharing knowledge and ideas on technological advancements. The event comprised of talks, presentations, poster sessions and a session for special research outcomes. [APS2017O031]

Mentor-Mentee Interaction

q Prof KL Chopra, Faculty Mentor, visited the Department on 27 Nov 2017. He suggested new areas for writing research proposals and for getting funding for research. He discussed the BSc Physics syllabi on Electricity and Magnetism so that students get a thorough understanding of the course within a defined time frame. Prof. Chopra also discussed the emerging areas of solar c e l l s w i t h r e s e a r c h s c h o l a r s . [APS2017O032]

q Faculty Mentor, Prof. Kehar Singh, Hony Distinguished Research Professor visited the Department of APS to mentor faculty members and research scholars on 19 Dec 2017. He motivated them to carry out research and to enhance the quality of publications in reputed journals. He discussed various topics on Optical Image Processing and other emerging areas. He also suggested simulation work l ike recording and reconstruction of Holograms in the Holography Lab. [APS2017O033]

Prof. KL Chopra Padma ShriBSc (Hons), MSc, PhDFNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAE, DSc(hc) Former Director, IIT KharagpurSS Bhatnagar Awardee

Prof. Kehar SinghEx-Dean & Emeritus Fellow, IIT DelhiSS Bhatnagar Awardee

Department of Mechanical EngineeringFaculty Activity

Dr Arjyajyoti Goswami attended an international conference jointly organized by Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Center of Nanotechnology, IIT Roorkee held from 6 – 8 Dec 2017. He presented a paper on Computational Nanotechnology titled ‘Simulation and Experimental

Externship

q Assistant Professors, Mr Manoj K Gopaliya and Mr Satnam Singh, were on externship in Federal Mogul, Bhiwadi Plant from 1-2 Dec 2017. This plant is manufacturing valve seats and guides for car engines and exports to automobile giants such as Maruti and Ford. Faculty members got an opportunity to see their world class manufacturing facility for various components and advance manufacturing processes such as sintering. During the interaction with the HR Manager, the team requested him to conduct pre-placement interviews for NCU’s pre-final year students and to engage some students on live industrial projects. This request was accepted and the Dept of ME is looking forward to a more fruitfull engagement with the industry in the near future. [MED2017O022]

Characterization of Nanograting Array for Reflectance Reduction in c-Si’. His paper was selected Second in Computational Nanotechnology category. [MED2017CA004]

q Faculty members Dr K Mathiyazhagan and Dr Arjyajyoti Goswami, were on externship in the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi from 12-13 December 2017. They visited the Acoustics and Vibrations laboratory to see the facilities available and the type of work carried out by NPL. The lab is equipped with advanced instrumentation for measurement of sound, vibration and calibration of electro-acoustic equipments such as Microphone Calibration System, Standard & Measurement Accelerometers etc. The lab provides calibration, testing services and technical advisory consultancy to various industries and institutions of the country.

Different kinds of live problems handled by the Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory such as noise isolation problems in aircrafts and buildings etc. were discussed and the areas in which students can work at NPL were also explored. NPL has an existing system in which students from different universities spend a semester at NPL to work on their major thesis. Many students are currently working at NPL under this scheme. Dr Garg, Sr Scientist, Acoustics and Vibration Standards, NPL, expressed interest in taking two students from NCU under this scheme. The team also discussed the possibilities for joint projects between NPL and NCU. [MED2017O023]

An industrial visit was organized for BTech 2nd Year students along with faculty members Ms Arohi Mathur and Mr Praveen Singh to the Indian Meteorological Department, New Delhi. The students saw the working of three departments of

Industrial Visit

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News from the School of Management

Faculty Activities

q A research paper titled ‘Trade-off between dividend stability and stock market returns: An empirical investigation’ was presented at the International Conference on ‘Changing Global Economic Scenario: Strategies for Business Sustainability, by Dr Sonali Yadav, Assistant Professor, on 11 Nov 2017 organized by Jaipuria School of Business at NDMC, New Delhi. [SOM2017CA005]

q Dr Sonali Yadav, Assistant Professor, attended a case method workshop at IIM Rohtak from 2-3 Dec 2017. She also presented a ‘Case Teaching Plan’ as team leader in the workshop. Resource persons were Prof. IM Pandey, Director General, VIPS, Delhi and Prof. VV Rao, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad. [SOM2017O0013]

q A research paper titled ‘Stock Market Reaction to Digital India Move! An Event Study’ was presented by Dr Sonali Yadav, Assistant Professor, at the 5th PAN-IIM, World Management Conference held from 14-16 Dec 2017 at IIM Lucknow. [SOM2017O0014]

School of Management organized a seminar on ‘Sustainability Education: Sensitizing Students Towards Societal Needs’ on 27 Oct 2017. The speakers were senior executives driving CSR activities from Bharti Airtel, Ricoh India Ltd, ReNew Power, Hindustan Power Projects Pvt Ltd. and CRY. 125 students from NCU and other institutions participated in the event. Subsequent to this, as a unique initiative, The North Cap University joined hands to support Child Rights and You (CRY) for a social cause. Out of the collections towards the registration fee an amount of Rs. 18000/- was donated to CRY. The entire credit goes to the student coordinators of Social Club (SOM). This event was organized by Dr Sushmita B Waraich and Dr Saumya Dixit. [SOM2017WO002]

Seminar

News from the School of Professional Attachment (SPA)

q The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar is a division of NATIS (NATRIP Implementation Society), an independent registered society and an apex body for implementation of National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP), GOI, conducted its on-campus selection process on 11 Dec 2017 for our Engineering students. Results are awaited.

ICAT team lighting the lamp before the selection process

q Zero Point Leisure, a travel and tour company conducted the selection process for BTech computer science students on 11 Dec 2017 and one student got the final job offer.

q SK Vel & Associates conducted an on-campus placement drive for our Law students on 5 Dec 2017 and offered placement to one student.

q Denso India Pvt Ltd, formerly DENSO India Ltd, is engaged in manufacturing of automobile components and spares for both four and two wheelers. The company is also a supplier of automotive technology, systems and components. It conducted its placement process on 13 Dec 2017 for non-engineering students, Class of 2018. Results are awaited.

q Bidn.io conducted the selection process for our Law students on 14 Dec 2017 wherein one student got the final job offer.

q AVL India Pvt Ltd, a leading service provider of automobile engine testing services conducted its on-campus placement process for non-engineering students on 14 Dec 2017. Results are awaited.

q Real Time Data Services, an IT services company is a pioneer in cloud hosting solutions and supports businesses globally. It conducted the campus selection process on 23 Dec 2017 for MBA, BBA and BCom students. Results are awaited.

q Appster is Australia's fastest growing App Development Company with offices in three continents from Melbourne to Gurugram and plans to hit $100m in revenue by 2020. They conducted a campus placement drive on 12 Dec 2017 and four students were given job offers.

the IMD namely Satellite, Weather Forecasting and Rainfall Recording. The students were explained various parameters like humidity, temperature, wind speed, wind direction and precipitation which are responsible for prediction of rainfall. They were also briefed about the various instruments and their working. In the Satellite Department they show the working of the satellite and how they get data from the satellite INSAT-3DR. Students were briefed about the mechanism of wind formation in the Northern and Southern hemisphere. The entire facility consisting of instruments and digital data was explored by the students and their technical doubts clarified by the experts at IMD. [MED2017V017]

Ms Kanupriya Jaggi,TA, from Appster while interacting with our students

Success Story

Sankalp KaliaBatch 2014-18B Tech (CSE)

“Destiny played its dice when at a tender age of seven I was diagnosed with a muscle debilitating condition and my struggle started. In 2010 at the age of 14, when I was in the 8th Class, I got my motorized wheelchair and I was zooming around once again in my school compound along with my classmates. With a 9.6 CGPA in class 10th and 80% in 12th and seven Scholar Badges under my belt with Blue Coat and Tie from DPS, Sushant Lok, Gurugram, I was ready for my JEE exam and the next phase of life out of the protected

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Research Papers Published

Research Papers Published

Journals

International

q Hukum Singh (2017) 'Nonlinear Optical Double Image Encryption Using Random-Optical Vortex In Fractional Hartley Transform Domain', Optica Applicata, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 557-578, APS2017J024.

q Ravindra Ojha* and Prem Vrat (2017) 'Prioritising Factors for Manufacturing Growth in India: An Analytic Network Process Approach', International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 32--52, MED2017J022.

q Anuj Kumar Jain*, Feras Hakkak, Mudit Gupta and Siddharth Jain (2017) 'Design and Fabrication of Bamboo Bicycle', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 347--348, MED2017J023.

q Karishma Chaudhary, K Mathiyazhagan* and Prem Vrat (2017) 'Analysis of Barriers Hindering the Implementation of Reverse Supply Chain of Electronic Waste in India', International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 143--168, MED2017J026.

National

q Karishma Chaudhary* and Prem Vrat (2017) 'Analysis of Long Term Impact of the End of Life Solar Panel As E-Waste in India', Industrial Engineering Journal, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 5-14, SOM2017J013.

Book Chapters

International

q Suman Bhatia*, Phool Singh and Prabha Sharma (2017) 'Hodgkin-Huxley Model Revisited to Incorporate the Physical Parameters Affected by Anaesthesia' in Soft Computing: Theories and Applications, Chapter 47, pp. 523-533, Springer, ISBN - 978-981-10-5686-4, CSE2017BC013.

q Jyotsna Singh*, Phool Singh and Vikas Malik (2017) 'Effect of Intrinsic Parameters on Dynamics of STN Model in Parkinson Disease: A Sensitivity-Based Study' in Soft Computing: Theories and Applications, Chapter 37, pp. 417-427, Springer, ISBN - 978-981-10-5686-4, CSE2017BC014.

environment of the school. Scoring pretty well and getting admission calls from various institutes of repute, The NorthCap University was my pick for I got a branch of my choice and the accessibility to the whole campus. I must express my gratitude here because whatever little more was required for my accessibility on the campus, it was all constructed before my first day at NCU.

With the support of my friends, teachers and staff, I have been lucky to complete two internships at Sapient. This has been the best experience of my life. The amount of involvement in work and weekend parties at Sapient made me feel so confident and ready for the next stage of life. Every budding young man feels excited and nervous at the same time at the mere thought of campus placement. You wait for the 7th Sem so anxiously and when the day arrives for the group discussion and personal interaction, you are literally sweating. But it has been a dream come true to have been placed in one of the Big Four. Finally, Ernst & Young is going to be the first step for a fruitful career for me. The journey has been long and arduous but my hard work and will has paid off in the form of this opportunity.

In spite of all the obstacles and impediments I have faced in my life till now, I kept on believing in myself and never lost hope and always looked forward. With the support from my family, friends and NCU, I am ready to face the professional world.

Life is a journey and one should enjoy every bit of it, however tough may be the circumstances. Good luck to my fellow classmates and juniors for their career!”

Conference Proceedings

International

q Karishma Chaudhary and Prem Vrat (2017) 'Sustainable benefits of electronic waste recycling in India: A System Dynamics Analysis', International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical and

Industrial Engineering, pp. 39-50, SOM2017P001.

Conference Presentations

International

q Hukum Singh (2017) 'Optical Image Encryption Using Hybrid Phase Masks In Fast Walsh-Hadamard Transform Domain', International conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics, Guru Jambheshwar

University of Science and Technology, Hisar, APS2017C011.

q Mehak Khurana and Hukum Singh (2017) 'A Spiral-Phase Masked For Securing Optical Image Encryption Based On Gyrator Transform', International conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar,

APS2017C012.

q Poonam Lata Yadav and Hukum Singh (2017) 'An Optical Asymmetric Cryptosystem Based On Fractional Fourier Domain Using Structures Phase Mask', International conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology,

Hisar, APS2017C013.

q Bulkesh Siwach, Devendra Mohan, A KPundir, Sunita Sharma and Divya Jyoti (2017) 'Photovoltaic Performance Of TiO2/Carbon Nanocomposites As Working Electrodes For Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells', International conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar,

APS2017C014.

q Deepika Gaur and Sunita Sharma (2017) 'Tailoring The Optical Properties Of TiO2/GrapheneTiO2 Based Electron Transport Layer For Perovskite Solar Cells', International conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and

Technology, Hisar, APS2017C015.

q Aditya Sharma (2017) 'Quantum Dot Mediated Electrochemical Detection of Urinary Tract Infection', International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Technology, Indian Institute of

Technology Delhi, APS2017C016.

q Satnam Singh (2017) 'Microwave Processing of Powder Metal Matrix composite Castings', 5th International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Advanced Materials, Technical University of Cluj-

Napoca, MED2017C001.

q Arjyajyoti Goswami (2017) 'Simulation and Experimental Characterization of Nanograting Array for Reflectance Reduction in C-Si', International Conference on Nanotechnology : Ideas, Innovations and Initiatives - 2017, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

and Centre of Nanotechnology, MED2017C002.

Corresponding Author*

Professional Societies

q OSA Student Chapter organized an outreach programme at the Gurugram school ‘NGO Rashtrahit Sewa Sanghatan’ on 23 Dec 2017. Students of classes 4 and 5 were shown various experiments and explained the relevance and mechanism on which the experiments worked.

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Student Activities

NCU students win laurels in ACM- ICPC (2017-2018)

Asia Level Regionals

q A 2D Game Development workshop was organized by the CSI Student

Chapter, NCU from 11-13 Dec 2017. Students learnt about the usage of tools like animation, collision of objects and parallax effect. Platform games like ‘Mario’ and ‘Shoot the Target’ were developed. On the first day students developed their own games using the tools and features learnt. On the second day, concepts like physics, gravity and multiple layouts were discussed and students came up with exemplary games that also covered some concepts that they had explored on their own.

On 13 Dec the students made a final presentation of their games. The event was judged by Ms Shivani and Ms Lakshmi along with the instructors. The winners of the event were Munish Grover and Nikhil Taneja, 1st Position, Ayush Bhardwaj and Aniesh Gupta, 2nd Position, Abhinav Bhateja and Manas, 3rd Position. The trophies and certificates were distributed by Dr Kavita Khanna, Head, Dept of CSE to the winners and the instructors. The workshop was conducted by Aaditya Verma, Ayush Singh Rathore, Bhuvnesh Gupta and Riya Adhlaka, 2nd Year, BTech, CSE under the guidance of Dr A Charan Kumari.

A team of NCU students comprising of Devansh Bhatia, Rohit Malhotra 4th Year, and Navkrishna, 3rd Year, Dept of CSE&IT, represented the University at two competitions organized by the Association for Computing Machinery-International Collegiate Programming Contests (ACM ICPC) 2017-2018 Asia Level Regionals. The ACM-ICPC is considered as the ‘Olympics of

During the convocation ceremony held for the Class of 2017, the following meritorious students were awarded medals:

Student Achievements Dept of CEE

BTech

Gold Medal Sukrit Sharma

Silver Medal Mohit Sharma

Bronze Medal Ankit Brar

MTech

Certificate of Merit Niharika Malik

Certificate of Merit Amit Sharma

The Principal and teachers appreciated the efforts of OSA chapter members in performing experiments such as Total internal reflection/refraction, Creating vacuum, Reaction of baking soda with vinegar, Surface tension, Density of liquids etc.

The event was a great success and OSA Chapter Adviser, Dr Hukum Singh, appreciated the efforts made by OSA students.

Programming Competitions’ and is quite simply the oldest, largest, and the most prestigious programming contest in the world. NCU team cleared the online round which was held on 5 Nov 2017. The two Regionals were the ‘Asia Gwalior Regionals’ held at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior from 20-21 Dec 2017 in which the NCU team won the 59th Rank by solving 4 Problems and the ‘Asia Kolkata-Kanpur Regionals’ held at UIET, CSJM University, Kanpur from 23-24 Dec 2017 by winning the 26th Rank by solving 5 Problems).

The Ranking can be accessed at the following links:

Gwalior Regionals: https://www.codechef.com/public/rankings/ACM17GWR

Kolkata-Kanpur Regionals: https://www.codechef.com/public/rankings/ACM17KOL

Trip to Goa

NCU Recreation Club organised a trip to Goa for the students from all the Schools of the University from 12-18 Dec 2017. This trip was full of fun, adventure and learning for the students. They visited historical places like Fort Agauda, had fun in the sea and on the beautiful beaches. Adventure activities like jet skiing and ride on banana boat was organized for them. Boat ride out to the sea for dolphin viewing was memorable.

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Outreach Activities of Prof. Prem VratPro-Chancellor, Professor of Eminence and Chief Mentor

q Prof. Prem Vrat Chaired a session at ASQ's South Asia International Conference held at Hotel Taj Vivanta, Dwarka, New Delhi. He also attended its Inaugural Session on 1 Dec 2017 and was invited to felicitate ASQ CEO from USA who attended the conference.

q Prof. Prem Vrat was the Plenary Speaker in the North Zone Vice Chancellor's Conference of AIU held at Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana on 4 Dec 2017.

q Prof. Prem Vrat participated in the defence of research proposals of two PhD scholars at the Department of Management Studies (DMS), IIT Delhi on 5 Dec 2017.

q Prof. Prem Vrat attended the Annual Convention of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) from 15-16 Dec 2017 at TCS, SIPCOT, IT Park, Siruseri, Chennai. He also attended the dinner hosted by TCS, CEO on 14 Dec 2017 to select Fellows for the INAE in which overview of TCS in general and Chennai Campus in particular was given. TCS Chennai is a world class complex spanning 71 acres and employing 75000 associates.

q Prof. Prem Vrat was invited as a member in a Round Table discussion Chaired by Dr PS Goel, Former President, INAE, on issues concerning 'Make in India' Initiative on 15 Dec 2017.

q Prof. Prem Vrat was invited to conduct the award ceremony of Dr SN Mitra Memorial Award which was conferred on Prof. SC Dutta Roy during INAE National Convention at Chennai on 15 Dec 2017.

q Prof. Prem Vrat Chaired the 2nd meeting of INAE Forum on Engineering Education on 16 Dec 2017 which was attended among others by the Chairman, AICTE who became a Fellow of INAE and agreed to be a member of the Forum. A number of policy recommendations were discussed to improve the quality of engineering education in the country.

q Prof. Prem Vrat attended the meeting of Executive Council of YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad on 21 Dec 2017.

q Prof. Prem Vrat was invited for alumni lunch and alumni felicitation function by the Silver Jubilee batch of IIT Delhi Alumni on 22 Dec 2017 at IIT Delhi.

q Prof. Prem Vrat participated in a panel discussion on Engineering Employment Scenario in India at Rajya Sabha TV of Delhi Doordarshan on 22 Dec 2017 along with the Chairman, AICTE.

q Prof. Prem Vrat chaired the meeting of the Standing Hearing Committee of AICTE, at AICTE Head Quarter, New Delhi on 28 Dec 2017.

Prof. Prem VratPro-Chancellor, Prof. of Eminence and Chief Mentor

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Outreach Activities of Prof H B Raghavendra, Vice-Chancellor

Prof. H B RaghavendraPhD, Indian Institute of Science, BangaloreMS (Research), IIT MadrasBE, University of Mysore

q Vice Chancellor, Prof H B Raghavendra attended the 22nd Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Buildings Congress on 22nd December 2017 at NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi. He participated in the discussions pertaining to ‘Housing for all in urban and rural areas’. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs was the Chief Guest at the occasion and delivered the keynote address.

q Prof. Raghavendra visited BML Munjal University, Gurugram on 30 December 2017 and discussed with the Vice Chancellor, Dr B S Satyanarayana, regarding partnership between NCU and BML Munjal University for collaborative research, faculty development and student participation in programmes of mutual interest.