Best Technical Campus in Delhi NCR by Education Expo TV

Samalkha Group of Institutions (SGI) has

been awarded by the research team and man-

agement of Education Expo TV with the

award of Best technical campus in Delhi

NCR. The name of the event in which they

gave this award is South Asian Academy

award – 2012. The aim behind the South

Asian Academy awards is to celebrate the suc-

cesses and achievements in educational field

of South Asia, Mainly India.

Samalkha Group of Institutions is one which qualify for Management

(Best Institution & Best Placement), Engineering (Best Technical Infra-

structure & Best Placement) & special awards (Best industry interaction &

Global Exposure) category.

Education Expo TV is the India’s largest and still expanding Education

Branding and Research Company. The Research and Branding solutions

have an impact on more than 0.5 million decision makers spanning from

the industry, professional, academician to students. Education Expo TV is

a unique company in the dynamic education industry, education Expo TV

is set to provide various global comparisons and in-depth analyses on re-

search institutions, and the decisions made by governments and universi-

ties in national context.

Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Goel, Director SGI got this opportunity to attend the

event and received the award. All teaching and non teaching staff was

highly encouraged after getting such type of award for the institute. Prof.

(Dr.) Rajesh Goel, Director SGI, gave message that SGI always participated

and won many such type of awards for the institute time to time.

March, 2012

Samalkha Faculty of Engineering

B.Tech

Computer Science & Engineering

Mechanical Engi-neering

Electronics & Comm. Engineer-ing

Electrical & Elec-tronics Engineer-ing

Civil Engineering

Samalkha Faculty of Management

BBA

MBA

Samalkha Faculty of PGDM

PGDM

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Students of Samalkha Group of Institutions participated in the

well known show „Gadget Guru Conclave & Awards‟ 2012 on

12th March 2012 at Kingdom Of Dreams, Gurgaon. The

Gadget Guru Awards are the biggest the country has seen in the

field of Consumer Electronics, Gadgets and Technology and

provide a unique opportunity for experts from the industry to

ideate, discuss and analyze latest trends. The event was hosted

by NDTV's Tech Gurus Rajiv Makhni and Vikram Chandra,

the duo behind the flagship tech show Gadget Guru, brought

the latest technology related news and reviews to the consumers.

The star studded event was attended by Kapil Sibal, Honourable

Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Jacquline

Fernandes, Asin and Sajid Khan and Gul Panag amongst others.

The Program was coordinated by enthusiastic students of SGI, Sonu Kumar Jha, Aditya Bali, Nikhil,

Dheeraj, Prince and Sarthak, under the guidance of Mr. Vikas Nain, Faculty in Management Depart-

ment.

Samalkha Group of Institutions organized a presentation at Campus

by Mr. Gaurav Mendiratta on 16th March 2012. The presentation fo-

cused on “First orkut, Now Facebook… What’s next? Learn the latest

in Social Media!” Gaurav Mendiratta is a seasoned technology profes-

sional with experience in Internet Applications, Marketing and online

Video. Prior to starting AKG Technologies Inc.(The parent company of socio square) he was working

with a major cable and internet service provider of US for over 4 years. In this short span, Gaurav has

risen to the position of principal engineer at the office of the CTO. In his work, he has led several suc-

cessful projects and products of their inception to a nationwide deployment. Gaurav also worked with

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Students of SGI participated in Gadget Guru Conclave & Awards‟ 2012

Presentation on “First orkut, Now Facebook……….. What‟s next? Learn the latest in Social Media!” By Mr. Gaurav Mendiratta

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the Asian Plastic Company, India where he led a team of 7 people who designed a circuit of a transducer,

currently being used by the India Railways. Mr. Gaurav Mendiratta holds masters in telecommunications &

networking in Electronics and Communications, from University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Engi-

neering in Electronics and Communications, from Barkatullah, Bhopal, India.

During his presentation he told about Social Media. Social media is a phrase being tossed around a lot these

days, but it can sometimes be difficult to answer the question of what is social media. Is it social network-

ing? Is it social bookmarking? Is it wiki? After that Mr. Mendiratta gave his views on following contents.

All the faculty members in Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Management, Teaching Support Staff, Techni-

cal and Library Staff attended the Seminar. Complete Programme was coordinated by Mr. Vikas Nain and

Ms. Preeti Dhingra, Assistant Professors, Faculty of Management with taking the help of four student coor-

dinators.

A Technical Fest-“NASET 2012” was organized at Electronics Science Department, Kurukshetra Univer-sity,on March 16-17, 2012.National level Symposium on Electronics Technology [NASET] is a National Level Technical Event focused on the fields of Electronics and Computer Science & Engineering. The fest promised to be a complete experience for learning, innovation and out of box thinking in an entertaining way.In that Fest there were following Categories- Paper Presentation, Quiz, Hardware Representation and Poster Making. Students of various colleges participated in the Technical Fest. Some Students of our Col-lege -Samalkha Group Of Institutions(SGI), Samalkha also Participated in the Technical Fest in the event named –“Hardware Representation”-Name of the students are -MohitChhabra, Avinash Kumar, Varun Ojha, Raghvendra Mani Yadav, Manu Dipesh, Harmeet Singh. They made “Bomb Squad Robot” and “Waste Sorting Machine”. Among them Mohit & Varun Secured 3rd position in the “Bomb Squad Ro-bot”. But among self financed Institutiuons the position was 1st. The Robot was designed to Save the life of human being, animals etc. from the man made disasters . Our robots is that one which saves human life for this kind of attacks . It detects many bombs and under ground blast mines, So that our army works regulary and moves forward consistently . Pure robot works in any conditions and in any weather .

The Robot was made at ERDC SGI under the guidance of Ms. Priyanka Sharma and Ms. Preetika Bhasin Research associate at ERDC.

SGI students visited INDOASIAN Pvt. Ltd.

SGI Participated in Technical Fest-“NASET 2012” at Kurukshetra University

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Extending its commitment of strong industry relations, SGI organized industrial visit for Engineering students on 17th March 2012 to IN-DOASIAN Pvt. Ltd. at Murthal(Sonepat). The students were accompa-nied by two faculty members Mr. Sagar Bhosle and Mr. Hemant Chugh

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Presentation on “To lend valuable information & knowledge on TEAM WORK” By Mr. Aashish Khanna

Samalkha Group of Institutions organized a presentation at Cam-

pus by Mr. Aashish Khanna on 17th March 2012. The presenta-

tion focused on “To lend valuable information & knowledge on

TEAM WORK” Mr. Aashish Khanna is a bachelor of Manage-

ment Science along with Master of Management Science pro-

gramme in Marketing. He has an experience of Sales & Market-

ing professional with over 13 years of working in various industry segments which include infor-

mation technology, Internet services, corporate trainings and Telecom. Currently he is working

with Nokia India Pvt. Ltd., as Head of Customer Marketing, Location and Commerce Vertical.

He created a PAN India sales network with all the mobile service operators for handset building.

He also increased the distributor count by 50% by acquiring new distributors and penetrating the

market. He got multifold increase in volumes of handsets sold and revenue generated.

During his presentation he told about Team Work. Teamwork is an action performed by a team

towards a common goal. A team consists of more than one person, each of whom typically has

different responsibilities. A team also includes seven common elements: 1. Common Purpose; 2.

Interdependence; 3. Clear Roles and Contributions; 4. Satisfaction from Mutual Working; 5. Mu-

tual and Individual Accountability; 6. Realization of Synergies; and 7. Empowerment. The Semi-

nar was very interactive and Excellent.

All the faculty members in Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Management, Teaching Support

Staff, Technical and Library Staff attended the Seminar. Complete Programme was coordinated

of Faculty of Engineering. This visit was organized by Electrical & Electronics Engg. Deptt.

SGI team presented a memento as a token of thanks to the management of the company. The Sr.

Manager of the company appreciated the interest of students and faculty and the steps being taken

by the SGI management to enhance industry exposure amongst their students. The students were

also told about the scope and opportunities in the industry. The students were very happy with the

exposure and awareness gained through this visit.The visit was well organized and coordinated by

the students of EEE 6th sem Gurudayal & Anil Kumar Thakur and Ajay Verma & Puneet Khurana

of EEE 4th Sem along with two faculty members Mr. Sager Bhasle & Hemant Chugh under the

guidance and support of the Head of the Department of EEE Mr. Vijayendra Kumar.

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Students of SGI participated in “National Robotics Challenge” at

SBIT

by Mr. Navneet Jindal and Ms. Anupam Mann, Assistant Professors in Faculty of Engineering

with taking the help of four student coordinators Prerna Bhasin CSE 2nd Semester, Aditya Bali

MBA 4th Semester, Kirti Batra CSE 4th Semester and Dheeraj Kumar BBA / 4th Semester.

A “National Robotics Challenge”was organized at

SBIT, Sonipat on 22nd March 2012. NRC was or-

ganized by Building Blocks, in collabora-

tion with IEEE student branch, Computer Society

of India (CSI) student chapter and Indian Society

f o r T e c h n i c a l E d u c a t i o n ( I S T E )

student branch and sponsored by HCL. NRC is an

Indian Premier Robotics Competition that brings

the genius under one roof. The competition was di-

vided into three main cadre - Robo Race, Robo War

and Line Follower. More than 100 students from various colleges participated in this Competi-

tion. Students of our College, Samalkha Group Of Institutions(SGI) also participated in this Com-

petition. Varun Ojha(1st Year ECE), and Mohit Chhabra (1st Year ECE) participated in the Event-

“Robo Race”. They Secured 3rd Position. It is a Great Achievement for our college. The robot de-

signed was a pick and place robot that can pick the balls and drop them in a bucket, the robot

made by SGi students was unique in design because no other robot was there to pick the balls.

Students of SGI were guided by the engineers ERDC Ms. Preetika and Ms. Priyanka for making

robots. Also students are working very hard for achieving their goals. This type of activities help

students to shape their career.

The Training and Placement cell of Samalkha Group of Institu-

tions (SGI) has organized Open Campus Placement Drive for

placement for iYogi and VoiceFone to hire Graduates (BA/B.

Com. /BCA etc.) & MBA students on 23rd March 2012.

More than 300 candidates from several Institute/colleges in Pun-

jab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Himachal and Chandigarh regis-

tered for interviews on both days. The selection process con-

sisted of Pre Placement Talks, Written Tests, Data Interpretation

and then HR talks. The selected candidates have been offered packages ranging between 2.5 to

4.3 Lacs/Annum. The candidates were hosted very well and all the arrangements for the basic re-

quirements were taken care by the institute’s management. Students of the SGI have also taken

active participation in the fair to manage the event. The event was Coordinated by Mr. Vishal

Doora, TPO at SGI campus with students Sudhir (EEE-1st Year), Amit (ME-1st Year ) and Vikas (ME 2nd year).

Open Campus Placement Drive for placement for iYogi and VoiceFone

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WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS BY TECHTRONICS

A Robotics Workshop was held on 24th March 2012

in Samalkha Group of Institutions by Techtronics. Techtronics Education (India) Limited has been a

pioneer in promotion of 'learning by doing" concept

and has established itself as a leading importer and

distributor of Robotics development platforms and

hands on learning aids. Techtronics Education

(India) Limited is exclusive distributor with LEGO

Education and PITSCO for their entire range of

products in India.

The workshop was an initiative to enhance practical knowledge among the students and the fac-

ulty members. Robotics helps us to open our minds and enhance our creativity as it covers every

branch of Science and Engineering –Mechanical, Electronics, Computer Science etc. This work-

shop was on the basics of robotics. The participants were taught how to build and operate simple

manual robots during the course of the workshop.It was attended by our Embedded Research &

Development Center members -Ms. Priyanka Sharma, Ms. Preetika Bhasin & Mr. Ashwani Dhi-

man(Head of ERDC ), also by other faculty members- Ms Ritu Pahal, Ms Priyanka Saluja, ,Mr.

Anil Sharma, Mr. Ashish Dawar, Mr. Dinesh Jain, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia & by some students of our

college- Varun Ojha, Mohit Chhabra, Manu Dipesh , Harmeet.

Students of Samalkha Group of Institutions, Samalkha par-

ticipated in the Inter – college Technical Fest “TECHNO

SPARK 12” organized by BITS (Bharat Institute of Tech-

nology, Sonepat) on 26th & 27th March 2012. Vijay Dagar,

Dheeraj Ghalayan, Ashish Tawar, Dheeraj Kumar, Pri-

yanka, Neetu, Jatin, Rohit, Arvind, Vicky and Harish, Stu-

dents of Samalkha Group of Institutions have been

awarded 1st Prize for Best Team in SKIT Competition .

The skit was on the theme entitled “Female Feticide and

Trafficking among Women, as Socio-economic empower-

ment of women is essential for making informed decisions and for change of the mind sets. The

tale of the play revealed dark secrets of the Indian society-female infanticide in outstandingly

thought provoking way. The theme of play is set on the angle of those unborn babies and their

imaginative perspective. The unborn children have their own world where they all share their sto-

ries, sorrows and dreams which could not be fulfilled. Female feticide is a scary truth of India.

This sick and gruesome practice still exists in few rural places of India like Rajasthan & Madhya

Pradesh. There were many colleges participated in the competition. Vijay Dagar student of

Samalkha Group of Institutions has been awarded 1st Prize for the Stand up Comedy. Students of

Students of SGI Participated in Techno Spark 12 in Bharat

Institute of Technology at Sonepat

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Samalkha Group of Institutions have been awarded 2nd Prize for Retro dance in the Inter – college

Technical Fest “TECHNO SPARK 12”.

The Program was coordinated by Vijay Dagar student of M.Tech under the valuable guidance of

Ms. Preeti Dingra, Asst. Professor.

The Training and Placement cell of Samalkha Group of

Institutions (SGI) has organized Open Campus Placement

Drive for placement for RUVA to hire B. Tech. & MBA

students on 28th March 2012 and 29th March 2012.

More than 500 candidates from several Institute/colleges in

Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Himachal and Chandi-

garh registered for interviews on both days. The selection

process consisted of Pre-Placement Talks, Written Tests,

Data Interpretation and then HR talks. The selected candi-

dates have been offered packages ranging between 2.5 to 6.5 Lacs/Annum. The candidates were

hosted very well and all the arrangements for the basic requirements were taken care by the insti-

tute’s management. The event was Coordinated by Mr. Vishal Doora, TPO at SGI campus with

students Rahul Kaushik (CSE 3rd Year), Gaurav Goel (CSE 1st year), Prerna Bhasin (CSE 1st

year), Priyanka (BBA- 1st year), Sudhir (EEE-1st Year), Amit (ME-1st Year) and Vikas (ME 2nd

year).

Open Campus Placement Drive for placement for RUVA

Best Professional Institute in NCR by Big Brands Research

Samalkha Group of Institutions (SGI) has been awarded by the re-

search team and management of Big Brand Research with the

award of Best Professional Institute in NCR. The name of the event

in which they gave this award is Education Excellence Award –

2012. The aim behind the Education Excellence Award – 2012 is to

celebrate the success and achievements in educational field.

Samalkha Group of Institutions is one which qualifies for Manage-

ment, Engineering & special awards. Big Brand is the India’s larg-

est and still expanding Education Branding and Research Company. Our Research and Branding

solutions have an impact on decision makers spanning from the industry, professional, academician

to students. Brands Academy is a unique company in the dynamic education industry, Brands Acad-

emy is set to provide various global comparisons and in-depth analyses on research institutions,

and the decisions made by governments and universities in national context.

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Final decision was depend upon research and marketing team. Firstly, research team shortlisted

20 applications out of 1000 nominations, which qualified for the awards.

Sh. Ajay Goyal, Chairman, SGI got this opportunity to attend the event along with Prof. (Dr.) Ra-

jesh Goel, Director, SGI. The Prestigious award was received by Sh. Ajay Goyal from the Chief

Guest Hon’ble Sh. Shashi Tharoor, Member Parliament and former Minister of State for External

Affairs. All the members of SGI family were highly motivated and encouraged by getting this

award.

NNSS‟Samalkha Group of Institutions

01, SGI Campus, Hathwala Road

Samalkha (Distt Panipat)Haryana– 132115

Phone: 098734-40268, 099966-40268

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