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CHEANIT-An Introduction * + 1 '

3 and experienced branch of engineering of NIT Raipur(formerly

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GCET), Chemical Engineering branch has woven its own pertaining to reaction engineering. The Association along success story. The fact that the alumni of this department are with Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biotechnology sucoccupying key positions in leading organisations of the coun- cessfully conducted “The National Symposium on Reaction try like Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva (ONGC, Director Offshore) who > 6$!#!@ +8J=>6$!#!13 < ' will be going to head ONGC in few months or Mr. Sanjeev ticipation of many scholars from reputed institutions who presented their Mallick (Lead ideas in form Engineer, of presentaSaudi ARtions, while AMCO) to the guest lecname a few, tures from speaks for itthe alumni self how this and from Engineering other profescan provide sors such as the worth of Dr. K.D.P. the talent. Nigam from From the IIT D,Dr.I.M. last TeachMishra from er’s Day IIT-Roorkee, 5/9/2009.... a Dr. Shrichand spark was igfrom IITnited among Roorkee, Dr. the students Ajay Bansal for the re 8;< 7 vival of the landhar, was Chemical an eye opener Associato the window ing the rules to provide a channel for their vision, marking a of new technological developments. Shri. Sudhir Vasudeva, new milestone in the department history. Going beyond this Director (OFFSHORES) of ONGC, Mumbai, one of the erudite engineering, the journey of conception and innova- alumni, shared the working and functioning of the ONGC( tion started. Under the dynamic leadership & blessings of OFFSHORE) with an interactive presentation, kept simple for Dr.(Mrs.)S.K. Pandey (Director, NITRR) and guidance of our students to understand. An interactive session was also organHead of Department, Mrs. A.B. Soni and with immense help ised where he shared his experiences as a student and as a from Shri V.K. Singh, the association was formed on . This as- Director.(ONGC)

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with Mr. Singh as the CHEANIT. Lead Engineer, Saudi ARprofessor in-charge while The initiation of the reaction has to be supported by AMCO, envisioned the the rest of the pillars conthe catalyst minds, absence of which will terminate new prospects being creatsisted of recent pass outs. it, so do contribute to keep the reaction going‌. ed worldwide by Chemical Why a need of an AssociEngineers. The interactive ation for a branch which session with the students is running successfully - held many answers for entrepreneurship aspirants in technical tioning of dept.? Such questions can buzz in anyone’s mind. ' X

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The aim is clear, more than helping in coordinating the dept., ented programming, and the future of consultancy services. CHEANIT will help to provide a platform for the students This is just the beginning, every second inspires to progress to inculcate the spirit of teamwork, leadership qualities, and out more by exploring the hidden opportunities and scale new management in organising events like Dept. competitions, heights. The initiation of the reaction has to be supported by seminars, workshops, symposium and interactive sessions of the catalyst minds, absence of which will terminate it, so do the alumni. And this was certainly the driving force behind contribute to keep the reaction going‌. the idea of our Department tabloid “Tattva- the next elementâ€? “The quest for knowledge and imagination has one thing in common- both are boundless.â€? Driven by this thought and Events that were undertaken are as follows:

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' keeping a tradition of ‘bigger and better’ , we’ll be working attracting many entries with Ishita Shrivastava and Akanksha in future for the betterment and advancement of the humanity.

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risis is two edged sword. It brings the destruction of life as we have known it. It threatens our status quo, creating chaos where there was once stability. It challenges our beliefs & response patterns. It pushes our ability to cope. But crisis always brings opportunity for something new to develop from the ruins of our old way of life. It stresses us like the calculus problem in exam hall, too much to bear, yet easily forgotten with t h e j o y of an eight point something. Crisis offers many hidden X '

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department, our professors played stellar role in acting as crisis manager and a guiding tool in preparing and moulding us. When in the face of crisis, many of us develop a profound sense of trust. Crisis is an opportunity, not a cert a i n t y. You can choose to take advantage of the energy in crisis or one can surrender to the feeling of despair & hopelessness. The adventure begins when you choose to use this opportunity to grow. I have heard & seen the people who have accepted the challenges and transformed their lives. These people are not special. They are not god-gifted. They are ordinary students just like you. If they can do it, so can you‌..

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his past month has seen a lot of news stories about a “Manhattan-sized� plume of oil found in the Gulf of Mexico by researchers near the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon well. This sent my BS detector into the yellow zone, so I have been trying to get a better idea of just how much oil remains in the Gulf from this di 3 ; ˜

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\ eries.� That’s good news for marine life, I assume, but means that the subsurface oil will take quite some time to be biodegraded, which is bad in the longer term. So why hasn’t the media talked about that aspect of the article? There is no question that this was a huge amount of oil leaked into the Gulf and that the impacts will be felt for many years to come. It is an epic disaster by any measure and may have consequences no one has considered yet. But we have to be rational about the real impacts of the disaster, and rational about the real risks involved in deep water drilling. The only way is to continue vigorously the kind of research we saw in the Science Magazine article, X 3 €–

to release publicly everything it knows about the spill.

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“Imagination is far more important than knowledge. Knowledge is what we know now. Imagination is all we may ever know.�

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