Campus talk august 2015 issue

Newsletter • August 2015

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The visit of a great personality late President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 6th January 2011 will always be treasured in the annals of Hindustan University. A visit cherished forever by the entire Hindustan Group of Institutions. The “Missile Man” and “People’s President” inaugurated the Clean Energy and Nano Convergence (CENCON) Research Centre at Hindustan University. He also interacted with many students and faculty.

Campus Talk Newsletter (August 2015) issue is a Tribute in Memory of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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ACHIEVEMENT TALK CONGRATULATIONS TO CEO

ACHIEVEMENT TALK EDUPRENEUR AWARD 2015

CONGRATULATIONS TO SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES Aeronautical Engineering Programme of the School of Aeronautical Sciences of Hindustan University on the basis of Evaluation has achieved NBA Accreditation among the private universities in India.

SECRETARY OF AESI Dr. J. Ashok Babu Professor - School of Management has been selected as Honorary Secretary of the Aeronautical Society of India, (AeSI) Chennai Chapter for a period of two years.

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese, CEO and Director, HGI has been elected unanimously as Chairman of the Aeronautical Society of India, Chennai Chapter for a period of two years in the Annual General Body Meeting held on 10th July 2015.

Celebrating and recognizing the outstanding educationalists of Tamil Nadu and also as a tribute to Former President Late Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Edupreneur Award 2015 was given to Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director, Hindustan University on 5th September 2015 by Dr. K. Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu. The other dignitaries present for the ocassion were Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, Prince of Arcot and Mr. A. P. J. M. J. Sheik Saleem, Grandson of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

ELETS AWARD

Hindustan University was awarded the “Best Private Sector Initiatives in Education” for the project, titled Skilling for Employability from ELETS Knowledge Exchange 2015. The Award was received from Smt. Mridula Sinha, Hon’ble Governor of Goa in the presence of Sri. Arun Goyal, Principal Secretary IT, Government of Goa.

Hindustan University, received the Competition Success Review Excellence in Education Award for its service rendered in the field of education for the last 3 decades. This was conferred in recognition of the quality education, prospective career to students, innovations and research & development.

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Hindustan University won the Asia Design Excellence Award for the Andromeda Lecture Theatre on 11th August 2015, at the Global Event held at Pan Pacific, Marina Square, Singapore.

2015 2014 2012 2007 The University received the Srishti Good, Green Governance Award 2015, in the area of Education category, for the fourth time. It was given in recognition of the best practices adopted in the campus in protecting, preserving and sustaining the natural resources towards a greener environment on campus. The Award was given on the Earth Day - 22nd April 2015 in New Delhi.

INFOSYS TEACHING AWARD

TEXAS AWARD STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD

HU BEST IN INDIA CSR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD

Mr. C. S. Karunakaran, Technical Officer , School of Aeronautical Sciences has been selected as Champion of SAE India Southern Section Aerospace Development Council.

He will be in charge for conducting Aero Design competitions and Aero Space Conferences in India.

CMO ASIA DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD ANDROMEDA LECTURE THEATRE

GOOD GREEN GOVERNANCE AWARDS

ASSOCHAM AWARDS

Hindustan University, Chennai has been awarded as the Best Private University Promoting Research by Associated Chambers of Commerce of India - ASSOCHAM. The award was presented by the Hon’ble Minister of MHRD, Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria on the occasion of 8th ASSOCHAM Education Summit - National Education Excellence Awards

AEROSPACE CHAMPION OF

Hindustan University was awarded the Best Private University of the Year by the All India Technical & Management Council, New Delhi.

Mr. Pulkit Goel, Automobile Engineering, won the “Student of the Year Award”, constituted

by SAE India Foundation.

He also won a cash prize of Rs. 15,000/- towards his academic performance and participation in SAEINDIA activities.

Mr. Shyam R Nair, Asst. Professor, Centre for Automation and Robotics received the Certificate of Appreciation from Texas Instruments, USA for mentoring the project titled “Cascaded Bike Helmet for Safety and Security”.

Mr. J. Thangakumar, Asst. Professor, CSE and Mr. M. Sambath, Asst. Professor, CSE won the Infosys Teaching Excellence Awards.

The Award was presented during the Inspire Event 2015 organized at Infosys, Mahindra City on 29th June 2015. Their project titled “Innovative Teaching in Engineering” was selected.

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ACHIEVEMENT TALK CAN-SAT COMPETITION 2015, USA

ACHIEVEMENT TALK INDO - ASIAN SOLAR CHALLENGE 2015

B. Tech and M. Tech Aerospace students participated in the CanSat (Can-sized Satellite) Competition at Texas, USA organised by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The team was placed in the 36th position in the world out of the 66 teams that participated and stood in the 5th position among the 10 teams representing India.

The team members were Aashish, Kunal Pradipbhai, Blessen John, Bharath Raj, Razeen Ridwan, Angelin Jemi and Rashmita Rao and the Faculty Advisor was Dr. Dalbir Singh, Prof., Aero Dept.

SAE AERO DESIGN CONTEST, USA

Indo-Asian Solar Challenge 2015 – Championship at Lovely Professional University, Punjab from 3rd - 7th April 2015. Hindustan University Team received the Overall Champion, Best Acceleration Award and Lowest Weight Vehicle Award.

All India Electric Bike Racing Challenge 2015 was conducted on 22nd-24th April 2015. Team captain M. Srinivas, Vice - Captain Abhishek Reddy and fifteen students of Mech, EEE and Auto participated and won the 3rd place. Mr. Nanda Kumar, AP, EEE and Mr. Yoga Narashimulu, AP, Mech were the faculty advisors.

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE APP CONTEST WINNER Mr. Jagatheesan Pillai. I, III year CSE is one of the 20 winners of Prime Minister’s App Contest. He will be receiving an Android device from Google and an appreciation certificate from the Govt. of India.

He is also the Google Student Ambassador imparting training for a batch of students from School of Computing Sciences on Android App Development.

INDIA’S BIGGEST CIVIL CHAMPIONSHIP

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE COMPETITION

A group of students and Faculty Advisors Mr. G. Muthukumaran, Associate Professor, EIE and Mr. A. Muthuvel, Assistant Professor, Auto Dept. participated in the 3rd International Competition on Students Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUVC) 2015 - organized

by National University of Singapore in association with IEEE-OES Singapore Society from 6th - 8th March 2015. The team built a Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and was appreciated for its innovative design under the 32 Kgs category.

NEAR SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE LAUNCHED

Students of Aeronautical Sciences, participated in the Global Aero Design Competiton held at Lakeland, Florida, USA from March 1315, 2015. The faculty Advisors were Dr. Dalbir Singh and Mr. D. Gowri Shankar.

GLOBAL KOREA SCHOLARSHIPS Ms. Trena Jenifer III Year B. Arch student from School of Architecture was awarded the Global Scholarship,

by Korean Government under Semester Abroad Programme (SAP) at Dongguk University, Korea.

She attended the programme from November to December 2014.

TEAM VINAI

The Hindustan Mars Rover Name Designation Team participated in the Mr. Shyam R Nair Asst. Prof., Robotics University Rover Challenge Mr. G. Muthukumaran Asst. Prof., EIE 3rd Year - Mechanical 2015 at the Mars Desert Mr. Rahul Kanuganti Research Station, Utah USA Mr. N. Ramesh Krishnan 3rd Year - ECE 2nd Year - Aero conducted by The Mars Mr. Akshith Parmar Mr. Allen Fredrick 2nd Year - Aerospace Society, USA in June 2015.

Mr. Tarun Kartik 2nd Year - Aerospace The team was placed 2nd Mr. Abishek. V 2nd Year - CSE position in India and 18th Mr. Abhishek B 2nd Year - Mechatronics position amongst 200 Mr. Kiran Thomas 2nd Year - Mechatronics international teams.

Ajith Kumar, Ashvin Balaji, Madhan Raj, Mohanraj and Vinod S, of the Aerospace Engineering, were the members of the Team Vinai that participated in the Global Competition Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2015. They were amongst the 100 teams selected from 518 teams that participated from around the world. Team Vinai was placed second in this International Event. The Faculty Advisor for the team was Mr. G. Dinesh Kumar, Assistant Prof. School of Aeronautical Sciences.

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INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS Mr. Nageswara Rao AP, EIE, and Mr. Nanda Kumar AP, Auto Dept., have been awarded full scholarship to pursue their studies in Renewable Energy at Naresuan University, Thailand. Four faculty are pursuing research programme under the Hindustan Quality Improvement Programme as on date.

MARS ROVER TEAM

Hindustan University in association with Space Kidz India launched the Near Space Launch Vehicle as a tribute to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 23rd August 2015.

The Vehicle was a 1200 gms weather balloon attached to a parachute with a payload of 1600 gms. The payload consisted of onboard computer and 10 sensors, to record the temperatures, radiation and other parameters. The payload was dropped after the balloon at an altitude of 90,000 feet and was retrieved as well.

Thomas, Priyanka, Sajjad, Mazumder, Reethu and Vineet Dsouza second year students of Civil Dept. won the 1st prize in the Bridge Modelling contest ‘India’s Biggest Civil Championship’ organised by IIT Mumbai on 19th - 20th March 2015.

Research Scholarships were awarded to students, Ashok Kumar and Siva Kumar of M.Tech, Nanotechnology, for Project research work at Dongguk University, Korea.

PEARSON TEACHING AWARD

GRADUATION DAY CEREMONY FOR DIPLOMA COURSES Graduation Day Ceremony for the June 2014 batch of the students of • Photography • Cyber Investigation • Business Intelligence and analytics was held on 13th June 2015 and Mr. Shivanath Somanathan, Director, IT Governance & BISO(Global Outsourcing – APAC), RR Donnelly, Chennai was the Chief Guest.

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YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, TURKEY

BISHOP VISIT

L-R Prof. Dr. Mesut GÜNER,Vice-Rector & Academic Affairs, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, Dr. Aby Sam, Director, HITS and Dr. Mrs.Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, HITS, Prof. Dr. İsmail YÜKSEK, Rector, YTU, Turkey and Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director, HITS. Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director, Dr. Aby Sam, Director & Dr. David T. Easow, DD - SOM & Intnl. Affairs, visited Yildiz Technical University Istanbul, and Medeniyet University Istanbul, Turkey from 7th – 10th April 2015. Students and faculty will be proceeding for the exchange programme in Turkey.

​​TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, RUSSIA

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese, CEO, HGI with Mr. John Sinclair, University of Northampton along with Deputy Director, Hindustan University during the visit to University of Northampton, UK on 26th February 2015.

Mr. Mikhail J. Gorbatov, Director of the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai, Vice Consul of Consulate General of Russia in South India, along with the delegates of ​Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia visited HITS.

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DELEGATES FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES

A team of delegates from the Armed Forces from different countries headed by Major General Simon Porter CBE (retd) with Captain Stuart Borland, Royal Navy, British Naval and Air Advisor visited Hindustan University on 4th June 2015 as part of the International Study Mission to India.

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INAUGURATIONS HINDUSTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

​​STEVENS UNIVERSITY, USA

MOU’S WERE ALSO EXECUTED WITH Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan

Rt. Rev. Thomas Mar Timotheos Episcopa, Bishop, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Thiruvananthapuram – Kollam Diocese and his team of ten educationalists and management experts from the Mar Thoma College of Science and Technology, Ayur, Thiruvananthapuram Kollam Diocese visited Hindustan University campus on 8th June 2015.

The 75th Founder’s Day Celebration, commemorating the 75th B’day celebrations of Late Dr. K.C.G.Verghese, Founder Chairman of Hindustan Group of Institutions was celebrated at KCG College of Engineering of Technology, Karapakkam. Rt. Rev.Dr Isaac Mar Philoxenos, Bishop, Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Chennai-Bangalore Diocese was the Chief Guest and the Guests of Honour were Ms. Amala Paul Vijay ,Cine Actress and Mr. C. Sarat Chandran, Director, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce. The Hindustan International School (CBSE Board) was inaugurated at Karapakkam. Rt. Rev.Dr Isaac Mar Philoxenos, Bishop, Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Chennai-Bangalore Diocese blessed the institution. Cine Actress Ms. Amala Paul inaugurated the International School on 20th June 2015 in the presence of HGI management.

HINDUSTAN FIRST GRADE COLLEGE Hindustan First Grade College (HFGC) affliated to University of Mysore was inaugurated at Mysuru on 2nd July 2015 by Chief Guest Prof.

S. N. Hegde, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore. Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, Hindustan University presided over the function. Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese, CEO, HGI and Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director, HGI was present during the inaugural function.

HTBI & HEIC CENTRE

University Day Celebrations was held on 17th April 2015. The Chief Guest was Mr. Rakesh Verma, Vice – President & CTO, Samsung Heavy Industries. Guest of Honour, Mr. Rowland Taylor, Managing Director, Advanced Aircraft Training Ltd. The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour also inaugurated the Hindustan Technology and Business Incubator and Hindustan Entrepreneurship & Innovation Centre on the same day.

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EVENT TALK HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY SECOND BATCH (1990) ALUMNI CELEBRATE SILVER JUBILEE REUNION

RENOVATION OF MARTHOMA CHURCH HGI Management was instrumental in the Renovation of the Sehion Marthoma Church, Kunnam, Aryanpara, Pathinamthitta district. A prayer service was held at the premises of the church

by Rev. Gee Verghese Mar Athanasius Episcopa on 26th July 2015 commemorating the inauguration of the renovated church.

TEDX HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY Hindustan Alumni Association (HITSAA) conducted its Alumni Meet “Reminiscence 2015” on 9th August 2015. The Alumni of the second batch (1986-1990) from Australia, US, UK, Singapore, Dubai and India visited the campus. Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, Hindustan University, was the Chief Guest for the event. Dr. Aby Sam, Director, Hindustan Group of Institutions, Dr. Susan Marthandan, Director, Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Dr. Pon Ramalingam, Registrar, Hindustan University, graced the occasion. Alumni fondly remembered Late Dr. KCG Verghese, Founder Chairman, Hindustan Group of Institutions.

Dr. ROBERT PEPPER’S INSPIRATIONAL LECTURE

IBM EVENT

The School of Computing Sciences organized an International Lecture on “Re-Imagining Society through the Internet Of Everything (IOE)” on 8th July 2015 in Association with Institute of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Robert Pepper, Vice President, CISCO Global Technology delivered an enlightening lecture.

Hindustan University hosted the second TEDX event on 6th June 2015. The event was a grand success and there were 14 eminent personalities from varied fields establishing an instant connect with the audience by their enthralling and captivating speeches.

IET PATW COMPETITION FDP PROGRAMME

An awareness program on IBM specialisiation courses was conducted on 26th August 2015. Ms. Rajani Radhakrishnan, IBM delivered an inspiring speech. The students of IT & CSE along with their parents were present.

MISSION 5S AT HINDUSTAN

A team of 30 faculty across all departments of the University attended a Faculty Development Programme organised by Teaching Learning Centre at IITM from 12th to 14th May 2015.

Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director, Hindustan University was the Chief Guest for IET South Asia Present Around The World (PATW) 2015 held at Hyatt Regency on 21st August 2015.

CRICKET ALL ROUNDER ALUMNI MAKES HINDUSTAN PROUD!

TEDx Hindustan University videos are posted in Youtube. Please visit the link goo.gl/SPUy8l

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Mr. Favas Mohammed, EIE (2014 batch) of Hindustan University steered the Indian Cricket team to victory at the India vs Pakistan Independence Cup held on 14th & 15th August at the Doha International Cricket Stadium, Qatar. He was adjudged the Man of the Match & Player of the tournament. The Indian team included players from Kerala, UP, Baroda, Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi.

Hindustan University is implementing 5S a unique management technique and practices for improving the efficiency of a work place. Consultants and Trainers from TUV Rheinland conducted the training program on 17th & 18th July 2015.

Mr. Desh Pande, Consultant Training of TUV, Rheinland, Bangalore gave a presentation highlighting the five individual elements of 5S.

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EVENT TALK INTERNATIONAL CORNER

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION

INTERNATIONAL CORNER

ARCHITECTURE TOUR OF GERMANY

A study tour to Munich and Berlin for the students of School of Architecture was conducted this year. They visited Detmold University, several companies and important architectural buildings and museums such as Allianz Arena Stadium, Mercedes, Jewish and Porsche Museums.

HITS STUDENTS AT SINGAPORE

LATVIA, EUROPE

MBA Aviation& Management students participated in the International Summer Program in July 2015 at Riga Technical University(RTU) Latvia. They were accompanied by Mr.Harihara Sudhan, Asst. Prof. School of Management. Students visited Riga Air Museum, Latvia, Europe, Tallinn International Airport Estonia and also visited industries.

EXPLORING USA

ALUMNI AT FIRST BRICS YOUTH SUMMIT

KOREA CORNER VALEDICTORY PROGRAMME OF EIBIS BATCH IV

The fourth batch of English, Indian History, Business Studies for International Students (EIBIS) from Dongguk University, South Korea completed their four months certificate programme at Hindustan University. Valedictory Programme was held on 18th May 2015. Students got 100% internships and were placed in Hyundai, Korean Consulate, SeAH, Hyundai Dowoon.

2nd Year MBA General and Aviation Management students visited Singapore in July 2015. The group was headed by Mr. Rajkumar. R., Assistant Professor, School of Management, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. The Training Partner was Eduquest India.

CLEAN ENERGY AND NANO CONVERGENCE CENTRE (CENCON) VISITS

Dr. Puspamitra Panigrahi , Scientist E visited Dongguk University, Seoul Korea for a project in collaboration with QSRC, Dongguk University.

Ms. R. Veena, Research Associate visited Dongguk University, Seoul Korea for a project in ‘Development of Borate Based cathode material for thin film Lithium ion Batteries”. Ms. Padma Sheeba, Research Scholar also visited Dongguk University, for a project in “ Enhancement of photovoltaic efficiency by downconversion phosphors for Under Water solar panels towards naval applications”.

Ms. K. Srimathi ,Research Associate, Hindustan University working in QSRC Lab, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea handling Pulse Laser Deposition(PLD)

A team of 12 students - participated in the Academic Tour of USA in June 2015. Students visited Kennedy Space Centre, University of Daytona, Universal Studios. They also visited MIT University and Harvard University at Boston. The team visited Gulf Stream, the world’s largest built Business Jet Maintenance Facility in Washington which is one of the world’s largest service centre.

Alumni Mr. Varun Sridharan, Batch of 2009 Civil, Founder & Director of Greenvironment Innovation & Marketing India, participated in the first BRICS Youth Summit held from July 1-7 2015 in Russia. He represented the entrepreneurial community of India under the Scientific & Technological Cooperation Group.

TAIWAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES Taiwan Students visits Hindustan University

Visit to Chang Jung Christian University

DEAN’S VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN AND BERLIN Prof. Kerstin Frick, Dean, P. G. & Collaboration, School of Architecture with her long standing experience in Development Aid Projects International Hospital Construction, visited the war ridden Taloqar Provi Afghanistan as an International Consultant. She also visited Berlin to deliver a guest lecture on, “Smart Cities in India-Ideas and Reality” on 22 May 2015 at the International Summer School DAAD &TU Alumni Conference.

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33 YMCA International Student Volunteers from various universities and schools in Taiwan visited Hindustan University on 21st August 2015. The students participated in cultural immersion program and also were taken on a campus tour.

They participated in the Bhumi pooja of International Students Hostel building.

School of Management students, Hindustan University participated in the “2015 Global Cultural Exchange Summer Camp @Formosa, organized by Language Education Center and Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS RACE 2015

CESCON-2015

Department of EIE, School of Aeronautical Sciences and School of Mechanical Sciences jointly organized an International Conference from 18th to 20th of February 2015 in the field of Robotics, Automation, Control and Embedded systems “RACE 2015”. Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, Director General, National Institute of Wind energy, Chennai was the Chief Guest. Dr. V. Jagadeesh Kumar, Professor and Head, Central Electronics Centre, Department of Electrical engineering, IIT Madras was the Guest of Honour. The proceedings of the conference was released Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor.

The conference was chaired by Dr. Uppu Ramachandraiah, HOD, Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering.

The International Conference on Computing, Communication and Energy Systems-2015 (CESCON-2015), was held on 15-17 April 2015. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Frank Johnson, Ph. D, Peng, Ceng, FIET, President, Ottawa Instrumentation Ltd., Canada.

The Guest of Honour was Shri.K.K.Rajan, Director, FRTG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. The conference was chaired by Dr. M.J.S.Rangachar, Dean, School Of Electrical Sciences.

ISCES-2015

Centre for Clean Energy and Nano Convergence (CENCON) Hindustan University organised the Indo Sweden Clean Energy Symposium (ISCES-2015) titled “Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage” at Hindustan University from 21st - 22nd July 2015. Prof. Börje Johansson KTH, Sweden inaugurated the symposium and the Inauguration of High Performance Computing Cluster was done by Prof. V. Ramakrishnan Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Trivandrum. Dr. Mrs Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, Hindustan University presided over the function.

GLIMPSE OF TECHNICAL EVENTS - PART 1 • The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a “One Day National Level Seminar on “ Recent Trends in Metal Casting Technology” in association with The Institution of Engineering and Technology on 17th March 2015.

• The inauguration of IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Signal Processing Society Student Branch Chapters was held on February 12th 2015. The Student chapters were inaugurated

by Dr. Madihally Narasimha, IEEE Fellow, (Senior Director of Technology, Qualcomm Inc. Santa Clara, CA). He is a consulting professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University • Seminar on “Biomimetics and NH 1A” was held on 16th July 2015.

Colonel P Nallathambi, Structural Engineering Consultant was the resource person and he gave a presentation on Biomimetic or Bionics.

• EEE Dept. inaugurated IEEE Power and Energy Society Student Branch Chapter at Hindustan University on 4th March 2015. Mr. K. V. Rupchand (Past Chairman - IEEE Power and Energy Society) was the Chief Guest.

• EIE Dept. conducted Inauguration of the Technical Association International Society of Automation - ISA Students Charter was

held at Hindustan University On 17th February 2015. The Chief Guest for the inaugural function was Dr. J. Prakash, Professor and Head, Department of Instrumentation Engineering, MIT Campus, Anna University.

• Ar. Biju Kuriakose, Chief Architect, Architecture Red, Chennai, gave a lecture on “Re-imagining our cities as sustainable humane habitats 4 cities, 4 projects”.

• IT Dept. conducted a Workshop on “Bigdata and Hadoop” on 26th March 2015 sponsored by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The resource persons for the event were Dr.B.Muthukumaran, General Manager - Training & Practice Head – Bigdata, HTC and Mr.Mohammed Samiuddin, Manager, HTC. • National Science Day was celebrated on 27 February 2015, Department of Chemistry organized competitions for the B. Tech students on Poster presentations on themes connected with Environment. Dr. V. Bujanga Rao, Distinguished Scientist & Director General, Naval Systems and Materials, DRDO was the Chief Guest.

The following eminent speakers were present: • Prof. Borje Johansson, KTH, Sweden • Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, KTH, Sweden • Prof. Tae Won Kang, QSRC, Dongguk University, South Korea • Prof. V. Ramakrishnan, Director, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram • Prof. Palani Balaya, NUS, Singapore • Prof. S.Senthil Kumaar ,PSG Tech, Coimbatore

• Prof. Ajit Kulkarni, IIT Bombay • Dr. T. S. Balasubramanian, RCI (DRDO) Hyderabad • Prof. D. Velmurugan, Madras University • Prof. J. Kumar, Anna University • Prof. R. Jayavel, Anna University

SEMINAR ON INDIA’S GROWING MILITARY STRENGTH IN THE REGION-ROLE OF MILITARY AIR POWER Centre For Defence Technology Studies, conducted a seminar on “India’s Growing Military Strength in the Region-Role of Military Air Power” on 15th July 2015.

Mr. B. Rajagopalan, HOD, CDTS, welcomed the audience and introduced CDTS-Air Marshal (Retd) S. Varthaman who delivered a talk on the “Role, Mission, Challenges and Capabilities of Indian Air Force to Exercise the Air Power”, Cmde (Retd) R. Seshadri Vasan, Indian Navy, Former Regional Commander- Coast Guard spoke on the “Role, Mission And Challenges of The Air Arm of Indian Navy”

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MOTOR SPORTS AT HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY

FASHION WEEK AT CHENNAI 25 students from the School of Mechanical Sciences participated in the 9th BAJA SAE INDIA event held on 19th February 2015 at Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh. 118 teams from different colleges participated in the event held at Pithampur.

SUPRA 2015

SUPRA 2014

Hindustan University conducted a Graduate Fashion Show during the Chennai Fashion week on 12th July 2015 at Hotel Westin. Students of the School of Fashion, Design and Arts showcased 15 exquisite garments. They presented their collections with top models. Dr. Susan Marthandan, Director, Hindustan College of Arts & Science presented the Best Design Collection Award to the outgoing student Ms. S. Sudarshana.

STUDENTS SHOWCASE PROJECTS AND EVENTS

SUPRA SAEINDIA is a competition which presents the engineering students the task of designing, modeling and fabricating a formula racing car. Hindustan students team participated in the 2014 & 2015 events. This was organised with the support of Maruti Suzuki from 18th to 20th July 2014. 100 teams across India participated in the 4 day event at the Madras Motor Race Track, Irrungattukkottai. SUPRA SAE 2015 was organised this year and was held at the Madras Motor Race Track from 15th - 19th July 2015. The team performed well in the static and dynamic events. The team Yodha stood in the 41st rank amongst 130 teams.

GLIMPSE OF TECHNICAL EVENTS - PART 2 • Lecture on “Integrated Water Cycle Management – an Australian Perspective” was organized by School of International Affairs on 25th February 2015. Prof. K. Baskaran, Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Science, Engineering & Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia was the Chief Guest.

• The Department of Chemical Engineering organized a seminar on “A Scenario on Textile Industry - Environmental Impact and Remedial Measures” on 10th March 2015. Mr. K. Ramsubramanian, Director, Pure Enviro Engineering, Chennai was the resource person.

• School of Architecture organized an Interactive session with Ar. Dean D’cruz, Mozaic Architecture, Goa on 21st August, 2015 • The IT Dept. organised a webinar on Introduction to Cloud Computing by Mr. Amitava Chakraborty, IBM for students of Computing Sciences on 30th March 2015.

• Mechanical Dept. organized a guest lecture by Mr. N. Kothandaraman, General Manager-Quality Assuarance and Site in charge Six Sigma Practices of Wabco India. Mahindra World City, Chengalpattu in Feb 2015.

• The Department of Chemistry organized a National Seminar on “Chemistry of Materials for Drug Delivery” on 22nd Jan 2015. Dr. A. Jayakrishnan, Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IITM,

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EIE Dept. conducted Inauguration of the Technical Association International Society of Automation - ISA Students Charter was held at Hindustan University on 17th February 2015 . The Chief Guest for the function was Dr. J. Prakash, Professor and Head, Department of Instrumentation Engineering, MIT Campus, Anna University.

Dr. K. Komathy, V. Pandimurugan, Dept of IT, organized the D-Link Training program for the students to obtain D-Link Online Certification from 7th - 28th Feb 2015.

Dr. K. Komathy and Ms. D. Usha, Dept. of IT, organized the IBM iTrack Online Training Program for T3, for the faculty members of Computing Sciences.

MCA Dept. organised a Seminar on Contemporary Research Challenges in Big Data (In association with CSI-Computer Society of India). Lecture was delivered by Mr. Rajan T Joseph, Director, Education Directorate, Computer Society of India, Chennai and Mr. Sudharsan Nagendran, Senior Project manager, HCL Technologies, Chennai on 12th Feb 2015.

INAUGURATION OF MASQUERADE THEATRE Hindustan University Dramatics Club, “Masquerade Theatre” was inaugurated by Ms. Aysha Rau, Managing Trustee of “The Little Theatre” on 10th July 2015.

Join the Dramatics Club and discover yourself Contact: Dr. Akkara Sherine, Prof. & Editor, Dept. of Languages. email: sherinej@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Masquerade Theatre proposed activities: • Theatre Arts Workshop • Guest lectures from the Theatre World • Competitions - One Act Plays, Skits, Street Plays, Mono acting • Participation in Theatre production

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CELEBRATION TALK

CAMPUS BUZZ ONAM CELEBRATIONS

HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY NCC MARCHING TOWARDS GLORY Fg. Offr Giri Rangarajan, leads the NCC Hindustan contingent at the National Level Competition -All India Vayu Sainik Camp (AIVSC) at Jodhpur in October 2015. This accomplishment was possible because of the untiring efforts by NCC Hindustan Cadets who were a part of the I(TN) AIR SQN NCC. They also won the Overall Championship in the recently concluded Inter Group Competitions held at Tirupur, Coimbatore from 3rd August – 12th August 2015.

The achievements are as follows: Line Area – Gold Medal - M. Paridhiraj | Micro - lite flying – Silver Medal- R. Anil | 0.22 Rifle Firing - Silver Medal - K. Keerthana 0.22 Rifle Firing Bronze Medal - M. Priyadarshini | Skeet Shooting – Bronze Medal- Jayapratap | Drill – Bronze Medal - Aditya Sahu The cadets will be participating in training and launch camps prior to their participation in the National Level Competition –AIVSC 2015.

Onam was celebrated with pomp and gaiety at Hindustan University. Play back singer Mr. P. Unnikrishnan was the Chief Guest while National Award winning actor, Mrudula Murali was the Guest of Honour. Dr. S. Ramachandran, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Pon Ramalingam, Registrar, Dr. Aby Sam, Mr.Ashok Verghese, Directors, Hindustan University, Students and staff enjoyed the Onam Sadhya, there were traditional dances and sinkarimelam with traditional fervour.

EAGLES TAMIL NADU CHAMPIONS TABLE

K-POP 2015

YARONA 2015

K Pop Competition was conducted by International Affairs Team led by Ms. Sukhee Lee, Advisor, International Affairs on 29th July 2015 at Hindustan University organized by the Korean Consulate. The jury who selected the winners included pianist Lee Ae Kyung, Choi Sang Hyun , Chairman of the Korean Association in Chennai, Actor Prabhu among others.

Hindustan University dance team qualified for the finals in New Delhi.

HINDUSTAN BATTLE OF THE BANDS - 2015 Chennai’s Biggest Music Festival was sponsored

by Hindustan University spread over two weeks.

More than 15 professional bands from across India participated in this festival as part of the event. An Inter Collegiate Competition was conducted in the University called “Battle of the Bands” on 31st July 2015. The winning team “Godia” performed before the launch of the main bands during the City Fest.

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Yarona 2015, the inter-department cultural extravaganza of Hindustan University was celebrated on March 19 & 20, 2015. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Chennai Express movie fame, Mr. Besant Ravi.

Mechanical Engg. Dept. won the Yarona 2015 trophy.

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Hindustan Eagles Team received the Chennai Sr. Division League Championship Trophy from the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, at the Nehru Stadium on 31st April 2015. The Team emerged as Tamil Nadu Football Champions in the recently held Championship.

FREE SUMMER SPORTS CAMP The School of Physical Education & Sports conducted the Hindustan 2nd Free Summer Sports Camp for School Students (Boys & Girls) from 20th to 30th May, 2015. This camp included Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Horse Riding, Tennis and Volleyball. More than 100 students participated from across Chennai city. Dr. Pon. Ramalingam, Registrar, Hindustan University was the Chief Guest for the Closing Ceremony and he distributed the participation, appreciation certificates, medals and awards.

Mr. Abraham Varghese, Sports Advisor, Hindustan University was also present.

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CAMPUS BUZZ LAUNCH OF HINDUSTAN WOMEN’S CRICKET TEAM BY LISA STHALEKAR

Lisa Carprini Sthalekar former captain of Australian Women’s Cricket team played a match-winning knock with her inspirational talk at Hindustan University on 21 April 2015. Her visit to the University also ear-marked the launch of Hindustan Women’s Cricket Team.

HORSE RIDING WINNERS

MEDIA TALK STEPHEN FLEMING INAUGURATED HINDUSTAN CRICKET ACADEMY

Mr. Stephen Fleming, former New Zealand cricket team captain and currently coach of IPL Chennai Super Kings visited Hindustan University on 10th April 2015. The university had the privilege to have him as the Chief Guest a day after the sensational one run win

by Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Daredevils on 9th April 2015.

Stephen Fleming inaugurated the Hindustan Cricket Academy.

Hindustan University Horse Riding Team won three medals in Tent Pegging Event at Chennai Equitation Centre Horse Show on Sunday, 22nd March 2015.

• Mr. Elavarasan - Gold • Mr. Salim Mahmood - Silver • Mr. Dhruv Futnani (Alumni) - Bronze

SCUBA DIVING Mr. Rajaeswaraprabhu First year - Chemical Engg. participated in the Indian Scuba Diving Competition for Advance Level Meet which took place in Cambodia during March 2015.

BADMINTON WINNERS

FORTH COMING EVENTS

Hindustan University Badminton women’s team won 2nd place in Tamilnadu Inter Deemed University Tournament 2014-2015. Sindhuri Priya, III EEE and Suchampa Bagchi, M.Tech, Civil represented the team.

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MONTH

EVENT

03 October 2015

Convocation

28 October 2015

Allegory 2015-Architecture Workshop

05 December 2015

Choir Competition

09 December 2015

Christmas Celebrations

18 December 2015

ACM-ICPC 2015

18 December 2015

AIU Youth Conference

27 December 2015

50th National Maths Conference (AMTI)

21 January 2016

National Conference - Mathematics

28 January 2016

Yarona - Cultural Festival

22 January 2016

Go Kart Championshiop

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Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese Pro Chancellor

The copy of “Higher Education Review” is available at the University Library

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Edited & Published by Dr. Akkara Sherine, HOD & Editor, Languages, HITS | Email: campustalk@hindustanuniv.ac.in