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My Hindustan Volume 1 February 2016

NewsLetter

T h e O f f i c i a l N e w s L e t t e r o f H i n d u s t a n Al u m n i A s s o c i a t i on

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To Make Every Man A Success & No Man A Failure Dr. K. C. G. Verghese Founder Chairman (1940-2006)

Greetings I am happy to learn that Hindustan Alumni Association is bringing out its first newsletter. I congratulate HITSAA Office bearers, Alumni Coordinators and the editorial team for their enthusiasm and efforts.

I welcome the alumni and encourage them to share their knowledge, expertise and experience with the students and faculty. Your contribution will enhance the reputation and stature of your Alma Mater.

Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese Chancellor

I am delighted to know about the release of the first edition of HITSAA Newsletter. Being an alumnus and the member of the Executive Committee, I am glad that HITSAA has been registered as a Society and is striving to accomplish its objectives. This annual publication is a place where Hindustan Alumni can share their professional achievements, personal news, articles, Alumni events and any such information, which would be of interest to the alumni of the University.

I hereby solicit the cooperation and support of our alumni to establish Alumni Chapters in different States of India and in several countries where our alumni are spread.

My best wishes to our alumni!

Mr. Ashok Verghese Director

Congratulations to HITSAA on the release of its inaugural Newsletter. I am glad to know that the Alumni Association is steadily growing in membership and is functioning actively. The alumni add great value to the prestige and development of the University and I desire that the alumni will extend their whole hearted assistance to take forward the objectives of HITSAA Society and also to take up mutually supportive and beneficial activities with their Alma Mater. My best wishes to HITSAA Executive Committee and all the alumni of Hindustan University!

It is a great pleasure to note that HITSAA is releasing its first Newsletter! I am glad that many alumni events are being organised under the HITSAA banner. I greet the office bearers and all the alumni members on this occasion and I encourage each of you to build a vibrant and interactive alumni network and to promote and realise its objectives.

Dr. Aby Sam Director

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese Pro Chancellor

Hindustan Group has been providing knowledge, skills and training to the youth of the country during the past 50 years to help them fulfil their aspirations and ambitions.

Hindustan has over 50,000 alumni trained in different branches of Engineering, Technology, Arts and Sciences.

I am immensely pleased to know that HITSAA is bringing out the first edition of the Newsletter to connect and benefit the alumni of our University. I congratulate and appreciate the efforts taken by HITSAA Office bearers and the Coordinators, and wish them great success in all their endeavours to achieve the objectives.

Dr. S. Ramachandran Vice - Chancellor

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My dear Fellow Alumni, I am indeed delighted to address all of you vide the launch and release of the FIRST edition of HITSAA Newsletter! Hope this newsletter achieves its objective of connecting one and all of the highly esteemed HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY family of Alumni, Academia and next generation leaders in the making.

I call all our alumni friends to come together under the banner of HITSAA for fruitful professional networking and development.

Hindustan Technology Business Incubator and Hindustan Entrepreneurship & Innovation Centre were inaugurated by the University and these initiatives will go a long way in supporting the START UP INDIA campaign. Alumni desiring to register their start up projects may contact HITSAA Office at the campus for further information. HITSAA is promoting several interesting areas of technology and path breaking ideas. I request all the alumni to participate in all the initiatives of HITSAA, besides contributing to the main agenda of our association, namely, Social/ Knowledge/ Sports/ Career Guidance and Cultural exchanges. I would like to conclude my address with the message SHARE, INNOVATE, EXCEL, PROSPER. I hope the message will be received in the right spirit of innovation and ultimately lead to the prosperity of one and all.

Sanakraj Patwa (ECE-UG 1989) President, HITSAA

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HITSAA Official News

HITSAA Society

HITSAA ECM Meeting

Evolution of HITSAA Alumni Association of Hindustan College of Engineering (HCE) was installed in the year 1993 under which many alumni re-unions were organised. Hindustan Alumni Association (HITSAA) and its office bearers were officially installed at Hindustan University campus during the Annual Alumni Meet 2013.

HITSAA Office Bearers meet twice a year to discuss and finalise all activities and matters related to the Association.

Following Alumni Chapters are currently active and running under HITSAA umbrella.

• HITSAA UAE Alumni Chapter (in Dubai) • HITSAA Oman Alumni Chapter • HITSAA Bhutan Alumni Chapter • HITSAA Chennai Chapter (in Chennai - University Campus) Alumni Seminars, Technical and Motivational Talks, Placements opportunities by Senior Alumni to young alumni & existing students, and Alumni mentoring on career choice & entrepreneurship avenues are being organised by HITSAA in addition to Batch-wise & Annual Alumni Reunions.

Donation from HITS to HITSAA

HITSAA Executive Committee Members

HITSAA Membership Data HITSAA is registered as a Society (Sl. No. 156/2014) under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 27 of 1975.

HITSAA Membership

President

Mr. Sanakraj Patwa

(ECE-UG 1989) CEO, UC World Online Ltd.

a. Any Graduate of Hindustan College of Engineering (HCE) b. Any Graduate of Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) c. All Eminent Personalities who received Honoris Causa (Doctor of Letters) Awards during HITS Convocation Ceremonies All graduates of HITS by default become members of HITSAA at the time of graduation. However the membership is to be renewed annually by paying a nominal membership fee.

Vice-President

Mr. Praveen Ramakrishna (CIVIL-UG 1989) Managing Director, Indus Alliance Foundations India Ltd.

Primary Objectives of HITSAA

Secretary

Joint Secretary

(MECH-UG 1996) Asst. Controller of Patents & Design, Intellectual Property Office, Govt. of India

(CIVIL-UG 1991; CIVIL-PG 1995) Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Hindustan University

Mr. Ram Jawahar

Member

Mr. Ashok Verghese

(MECH-UG 1996; MBA 1998) Director, Hindustan University

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Mr. Samuel James

Member

Mr. Jeevan Kumar Voora (ECE-UG 2002) General Manager, AER Worldwide (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Treasurer

Mr. Salim Mahmood (MBA 2000) Deputy Director, Hindustan University

Member

Mr. Aby K Thomas

(ECE-PG 1992) Professor, Dept. of ECE, Hindustan University

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Joint Treasurer

Mr. Abel Mathew Prasad (ECE-UG 2009) Director, Ned Computers Pvt. Ltd.

Member

Ms. G. Vimalarani

(EIE-PG 2009) Assistant Professor, Dept. of EIE, Hindustan University

a. To strengthen alumni connections with their Alma Mater and its community b. To provide a forum for the alumni of the University to meet & discuss matters of common interest and to maintain camaraderie & fraternity amongst the old students of the University by encouraging social and cultural association amongst themselves c. To develop interaction between the present and future alumni on a common platform and on an on-going basis d. To maintain a current and up-to-date Alumni Database comprising details of their contacts, employment and qualifications e. To approve/promote establishment of Alumni Chapters at different geographical locations having adequate congregation of alumni f. To facilitate organization of Alumni Meets/Re-unions under various Alumni Chapters across the globe and to document reports of all such events g. To develop a mutually supportive relationship with alumni so as to encourage lifelong learning and continued growth of the alumni and at the same time provide opportunities

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to alumni to contribute in their own way to their Alma Mater To publish HITSAA Annual Newsletter containing details of the year long activities of the Association To raise funds for the development of the University and other activities taken up by HITSAA, and to ensure that HITSAA has sufficient funds to conduct & promote the activities & objectives of the Association To extend due support to the University during inspections

by Regulatory Authorities and to promote the interests of the University, its past and present students, and to systematically & steadily uplift the image & status of Hindustan University and to project nationally & internationally University’s contribution to numerous fields of education To foster continuing professional/academic development of the University by soliciting support from achievers amongst the alumni in their respective fields To institute Awards for eminent persons and for those who have contributed to the Society locally, nationally and internationally

HITSAA Registered Office

EC206, Second Floor, Edison Centre, Hindustan University, No. 1, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Padur, Chennai - 603 103, India Ph: +91 44 2747 5580, +91 44 2747 4262 | Extn.: 222 | Email: alumni@hindustanuniv.ac.in Hindustan Alumni Association (HITSAA) Newsletter | Volume 1, February 2016

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HITSAA Alumni Portal & Official Social networking Groups Alumni Portal on University website

School of Management

hindustanuniv.ac.in/alumni.php

facebook.com/groups/1514809225400004/ Members - 500+

Main Facebook Group:

facebook.com/groups/Hindustan.Alumni.

Association/ Members - 6,900+

USA Alumni Group

UAE Chapter

Singapore Alumni Group

Bhutan Chapter

The official HITSAA LinkedIn Group can be found at linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6632762&trk=an et_ug_hm

HITSAA Alumni Chapters & Re-unions UAE Alumni Chapter

facebook.com/groups/1586349664916358/ Members - 80+

facebook.com/groups/hgialumniuae/ Members - 240+

facebook.com/groups/366580146842693/ Members - 30+

www.facebook.com/groups/124326071101844/ Members - 80+

Oman Chapter

www.facebook.com/groups/667597419937279/ Members - 35+

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Please get all HITSAA Alumni Portal & Official Social networking Groups weblinks through QR scan.

Alumni Relations at the University

(Non-alumnus) HITSAA alumni@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Mr. Harihara Sudan R.

(PhD 2017*) HITSAA & DAC-MBA rhsudan@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Mr. Samuel J.

CIVIL-UG 1995, PG 1991 HITSAA & DAC-CIVIL jsamuel@hindustanuniv.ac.in

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Alumni Relations are maintained by Coordinators of respective departments. Alumni requests and needs are attended to by HITSAA Coordinators in coordination with Registrar’s Office, Examinations Cell and respective Schools.

Details of HITSAA and Department Alumni Coordinators (DAC) are given below.

Ms. Madhuri Yatham

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UAE Alumni Chapter (in Dubai) was inaugurated in April 2007 at the Dubai World Centre, Dubai. Five Alumni meets were held till date under UAE Chapter.

Bhutan Alumni Chapter

Oman Alumni Chapter

Inaugurated by Director Mr. Ashok Verghese 11 May 2013, Bhutan Botanical Garden, Thimphu

Inaugurated by Pro Chancellor Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese 12 January 2013, Hotel City Seasons, Muscat

Mr. Dominic X. Fernando

AERO-UG 2010 DAC-AERO dominicxf@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Glimpses of Alumni Reunions and Alumni visits to campus

Ms. Sivaranjani J. K.

ARCH-UG 2013 DAC-ARCH ksivaranjani@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Mr. Bala Kumar S.

(Non-alumnus) DAC-AUTO sbkumar@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Ms. Ranjana P.

CSE-PG 2005 DAC-CSE pranjana@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Ms. Vimalarani G.

EIE-PG 2009 DAC-EIE gvrani@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Ms. Chitra Devi D. MCA 2007 DAC-MCA

dcdevi@hindustanuniv.ac.in

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Mr. Pandiaraj P.

Mr. Nandakumar K.

Mr. Baiju B. V.

Mr. Manikandan N.

Mr. Jayaprakash S.

ppandiaraj@hindustanuniv.ac.in

nandak@hindustanuniv.ac.in

bvbaiju@hindustanuniv.ac.in

mmanikandan@hindustanuniv.ac.in

jpauto92@gmail.com

ECE-PG 2009 DAC-ECE

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(Non-alumnus) DAC-EEE

CSE-PG 2006 DAC-IT

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MECH-UG 2008 DAC-MECH

AUTO-UG 2014 DAC-Research

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2013 Alumni Reunions are celebrated at University Campus annually wherein all batches of alumni get together to celebrate the camaraderie of being a part of Hindustan Family. Alumni are also invited to campus to interact with Regulatory Bodies Hindustan Alumni Association (HITSAA) Newsletter | Volume 1, February 2016

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Special Alumni Events “Reflections”

Silver Jubilee Re-union of First Batch (1989) - 2 Aug 2014

61 alumni from different countries across the globe attended the fabulous event with their families. Alumni felicitated 10 faculty who taught them in HCE. They planted 25 tree saplings on the campus to promote Green Environment Concept.

“Reminiscence - Back to Old times” Silver Jubilee Re-union of Second Batch (1990)

Alumni News

Alumni Achievements

Dr. Arvind Thiruvengadam (MECH-UG 2004)

Mr. Varun Sridharan (Civil-UG 2009)

Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU) and a part of the core group of the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines & Emissions (CAFEE) at WVU, exposed the Volkswagen Emissions Fraud in October 2015.

Green Warrior - Founder & Director, Greenvironment Innovation & Marketing India. Mr. Varun is one of the 8 delegates selected by Department of Science & Technology Ministry of Science & Technology, to participate in the “BRICS Youth Summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa nations)”, held in Russia, as a young entrepreneur committed to Environment, Research & Innovation. Further, his Startup “Greenvironment Innovation & Marketing India” was recently invited to the Govt. of India initiative - “Startup India Stand up India Summit.

Ar. Niroop Reddy Nallari (ARCH-UG 1999) Ar. Niroop was recognized as one of the top architects by the Construction Architecture Update magazine. His firm “Na Architects” is an award winning leading architectural practice in India.

Ar. Vinodh Shanmugam (ARCH-UG 1999)

Mr. Mohammed Favas C.O.T (EIE-UG 2013) Mr. Favas, Junior Engineer at Worleyparsons, Doha, Qatar and BCCI Level 1 Coach as well as State Cricketer of Kerala (Under 17 and Under 19) becomes a Senior Video Analyst of BCCI under the Technical Committee, by qualifying in the Senior Video Analysis Seminar and Examination under Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. At the India vs. Pakistan Independence Cup

On 9 August 2015, 68 alumni travelled all the way to Chennai along with their spouses and children, from different countries.

Alumni paid respectful tributes to Founder Chairman, Dr. KCG Verghese and felicitated the Chancellor, Directors and Faculty.

They exhibited photo collages with pictures of special moments & snapshots of their student days

MBA First Batch (1996) visit to campus

14 alumni from 1st batch MBA (1996) visited the campus on 26 July 2014. They visited their old classroom; recalled the pleasant times they spent as students. They went around the campus, visited MBA dept., and interacted with faculty. They advised that Entrepreneurship and Business models should be the area of focus for MBA students.

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Ar. Vinodh received an award for excellence in residential architecture. He received the award from the Governor of Tamil Nadu, His Excellency Dr. K. Rosaiah on 24th Jan 2015. held on 14th & 15th August at Doha International Cricket Stadium, Qatar, Mr. Favas steered the Qatar Indian Cricket team to debut victory by scoring 30 runs and bagged 5 wickets. He was adjudged the Man of the Match & Player of the tournament, owing to his excellent all-rounder performance.

Alumni News P Rajesh (AERO-UG 2011), Post Graduate from IIT Kharagpur becomes Project Scientist (Design and Development of VTOL Drone (UAV)) at National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore

Musab Al Amri (MECH-UG 2006 - Omani National) becomes Head of Projects & Maintenance Section in Royal Oman Police, Sultanate of Oman

Lokesh Chokkalingam (ECE-UG 2011), Software Engineer, deputed to HCL Technologies, New Jersey, USA

Gaurav Jain (AERO-UG 2012) is “Continuing Airworthiness Executive Officer” at Trans Maldivian Airways, Maldives

Thillai Karthik (AERO-UG 2012) Pursuing MS in Computational Mechanics at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Santhosh Pasupathi (AUTO-UG 2013) started working at Isuzu Motors America, Michigan

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Arvind Harihara Sharma (CSE-UG 2014), pursuing Masters at University of Melbourne, Australia

Harish Prasanna (CSE-UG 2014) pursuing MS in Digital Forensics & Cyber Security at City University of New York - John Jay College of Criminal Justice; He is the Lead Technical Consultant, Cyber Security Research Group, New York.

Pulkit Goel (AUTO-UG 2015), pursuing Higher Studies at Hochschule Esslingen College and University, Germany

Bharath Kumar D (CSE-UG 2014) joins MS programme in Monash University, Australia

Alumni Contributions Placement Offers

Sajan Mathew (AUTOUG 2012) pursuing MBA at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Narpath S K (MECHUG 2012) - Corporate Mentalist / Unique Mind Reader / Entertainer

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Ms. Magdelene George (CSE-PG 2003) Project Lead, Tech Mahindra gave a seminar on “Customer Relationship Management”

Mr. Karthik Murali H (CSE-UG 2006), Data Scientist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Chennai delivered a Lecture Big Data Analytics and Tools

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R Satya Kumar (AERO-UG 2011) and Surabhi

Joseph Prem (AUTO-UG 2013) and Laveena

Anto Rekshak (AUTO-UG 2010) and Rumeena 10

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Ms. Jessy Mathew (MBA 1996), Director, Accurate Training Services & Al Watania Consultant, Sultanate of Oman visited campus with her team and held interviews for Civil and Mechanical alumni and students.

Mr. K Girdharan (ECE-UG 1989), Principal Design Engineer at Urjita Electronics, MiniCircuits and his team visited campus and held written tests and group discussions for ECE students.

Neethu Balan (AERO-UG 2012) completed her Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and is now a volunteer tutor at De La Salle Institute.

Alumni WeddinGS 2015-16

Sindhu S J (EIE-UG 2011) and Nagendra Kumar

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Chandru (MBA 2009) and Vidhya

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Mr. V. Raghuram, (CSEPG 2003), Assistant Vice President, CPA Global Support Services India Pvt. Ltd., Noida, presented a Technical Talk on “Intellectual Property Rights and Patents”

Mr. K. Kumaran, (CIVILUG 1994), Senior Manager, Airtech Engineering, FLSmidth Pvt. Ltd. presented a lecture on Steel Structures to Civil Engineering students

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Mr. Harish Prasanna, (CSE-UG 2014), pursuing MS in Digital Forensics & Cyber Security at City University, New York, and Lead Technical Consultant for Cyber Security Research Group, New York held a workshop on “Python Programming” for CSE students.

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Mr. Mayu Dharan (MECH-UG 2012), 1st Volunteer & Founder, Colors2life NPO and Mr. Arun Nair (ECE-UG 2009), Tech Mahindra & his team took an active part in Hindustan University Relief Camp during Chennai Floods December 2015.

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Karthick (Aero-UG 2012) and Rajeswari

Ms. Charu Rathnam Singh, (CSE-UG 2013), Performance Management Engineer, Nokia Networks, spoke to CSE students on “Human Capital in Organisation”.

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Mr. Sheismon K. Francis (MBA Media & Entertainment 2014) is the Creative Designer of “MY HINDUSTAN HITSAA Newsletter February 2016”

Mr. Arvind Harihara Sharma, (CSE-UG 2014), presented a Motivational Talk to CSE students and guided them on the procedures for study options abroad.

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Nancy Mary (ECE-UG 2013) and Jesu Raj

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Dr. Ethirajan Bhaskaran (MECH-UG 1990), Deputy Director, Industries & Commerce, TN Govt. delivered Awareness Lectures on Entrepreneurship Development, in several Schools of the University, on several occasions.

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Alumni Articles “Ride to Glory”

Dr. Arvind Thiruvengadam (MECH-UG 2004)

- Excerpts from Madhuvanti S Krishnan’s article in The Hindu

the Passat – the test vehicle that came to them accidentally in response to their newspaper advertisement requesting for a European make diesel car test vehicle – was five to 20 times higher than the European standards.

r. Arvind Thiruvengadam did his Masters and PhD at West Virginia University and later on became a Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the university and a part of the core group of the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines & Emissions (CAFEE).

These researchers, who were emission testing three European make vehicles in real-world driving conditions, found the same with the other Volkswagen model, Jetta, too. It showed 15 to 35 times higher emissions than EPA standards, while the third vehicle, a BMW X5, did fine. This was contrary to the “perfect and within EPA standard emission levels” that the Volkswagen cars showed during labs test. They double-and-triple checked their work. But the result was same.

One fine day in March 2013, when he and his colleague Marc Besch went for a long 2,400 mile round trip between Los Angeles and Seattle, to test a rented Volkswagen Passat, he didn’t know that the journey would be a landmark in the history of automotive Industry. They were surprised during the journey that the NOx (mono nitrogen oxide) emission level of

The tests showed something unexpected - large differences between the emissions during their driving tests and that during in-house tests at California Air Resources Board. Subsequent investigations found that the cars have a defeat device a program in the engine control unit computer that recognizes that the vehicle is being emissions tested. The device

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could detect if the engines were working and the steering wheel was not moving - that happens only during lab tests. It would then turn on the catalytic scrubber up to full power that would minimize the emissions, allowing the car to pass the tests.

What unfolded was one of the biggest frauds in the history of automobiles.

Volkswagen (VW) was cheating. The fallouts - CEO of the much trusted automaker resigned; VW had to recall millions of cars from various parts of the world and face potential bans of its diesel models; it may have to pay an $18 billion fine; its investors saw more than 25 billion Euros wiped off the value of the VW stock in just 5 days, and a whole rethinking is happening about the emission regulation of vehicles all over the world.

So what are the implications for India, if any? Arvind feels there is a lot for the Indian regulators to take away from this event as India has significantly greater number of diesel passenger cars than in the US.

“Diving Into The Uncharted” Ms. Sugatha Balagopal (AERO-UG 2013)

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t the tender age of 18, you are shoved to assume that you stand at the crossroads of your life; expected to make that huge decision of what identity you want to assume for the rest of it. I don’t know how much I agree with that age criteria being slapped on us. As we progress in life and have more experiences, see more places, meet more people, we tend to look back at our younger selves and see ourselves in a whole new light. When I was 18, I decided I wanted to be an engineer. And no, it was not an idea that was infused

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in me by my folks or any other societal pressure for that matter. It was my own fantasies that shaped me into choosing Aeronautical engineering. I aspired to find out the magical mystery of the huge mechanical structure that lifts into air effortlessly carrying humans across continents. Do I have any regrets? Not at all… As I progressed through the 4 years, I learnt about myself. I knew I loved the mysteries and intricacies of mechanics, thermodynamics and fluid dynamics, but another facet pulled me stronger- the economics, the administration and people aspect of the system. As graduation day drew closer, I decided to appear for CAT to immerse myself into the managerial world. But something in me told me I was not quite ready.

Touching base at Adianta One fine day, as I sat browsing Facebook, I stumbled upon a scholarship about a course claiming to train people

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in entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation skills in a practical, ‘experiential’ manner. Intrigued I was.

I applied, got through and landed in Delhi not quite knowing what to expect.

Adianta happened. A whole new arena for me to experiment in and with... I met exciting people with high aspirations of building the “next big thing” and people who wanted to build enterprises without getting too involved with the numbers side of things. I myself built the confidence to work on my own start up while also working at other start-ups, all while attending lectures from the horses’ mouth- people who worked in the field and knew what they were talking about.

This was also one such place where taking risks was normal and the optimistic vibes supported the plunge plenty. This solidified my intuition of pursuing my curiosity into the managerial world.

How I landed up in Bogota Some things just pop up when the time is right. I was looking for work experience. The AIESEC fellowship (Youth Global Fellowship Program) came by. It was true bliss to know that making the cut meant you get to intern in one of the 4 countries- Russia, Colombia, Turkey, or Mexico- all paid! And so, here I am in Bogota. Do I have steadfast rules as to what I am to do? No. I guess that attitude helps in a way. Keeps me flexible and exploring uncharted realms. Working in a new environment where the culture and language is a challenge that has taught me a lot. The opportunity to amaze people because of your roots, be it in the form of dance or culture or food is just icing on the cake.

#RoadNotTaken Have I taken a road usually not taken? Yes. I paved it as I went along. Reflecting on myself, not letting the decisions and credentials of my past weigh me down. It goes without saying all this furnished because of the gems of parents who were bestowed upon me to cement courage and determination to tackle all the obstacles hurled my way and try and convert them into opportunities.

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”

- Helen Keller Author Bio: Sugatha Balagopal Blogs & work @ blogs.adianta.org/author/sugatha_balagopal/

“Baptized - Bleeding but wise” Sushil Dev (IT-UG 2010)

Rats running behind cheese, working this rainy day to save for a better and brighter summer. Wasn’t it supposed to be the other way round? But who listens.

Still I care, because slowly but surely I am becoming one among them. Remember the Animorphs books of yore? Whose foot notes we flipped as children just to see the magical mutation of a human being into an animal.

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omething that I wrote last year, is still so relevant... A perpetual continuum...

It’s almost two and half months now in my new home; the monsoon has silently hid herself behind the curtains like a blushing bride. Yes there are still a few showers now and then reminding me of the initial honeymoon period, but the muse has become the wife now. Familiarity’s illfated twin, contempt, is slowly trying to pollute my troubled mind.

Disturbed, I look back at the sheer excitement that engulfed me, when I saw the hallowed pond for the first time. As Ilayaraja played in my Ipod, I had discovered a newfound skip in my step when I sashayed wondering if the rumoured crocodile would say ‘hi’ to his only nocturnal visitor. I had believed nights were meant for ‘small talk with the stars’ and for penning poems in the moonlight; a well deserved escape after a hard day of meaningful work.

Oh how naive I was. A stark contrast called reality slaps me now. The maestro’s tunes that had echoed across the pond in the night have been replaced by the cacophony of supply chain jargons that extend well beyond sunrise.

I wonder if the crocodile, is feeling conscious of being surrounded by rats shouting and racing against each other.

Yes friends… we are just the rodent edition of Animorphs. Peter Pettigrews cloaked in a lie called ‘Scabbers’.

And I am sure we are smart enough to come up with a well drafted, verified and rehearsed explanation justifying this rodent behaviour, like answers to our HR questions - it would of course be spot on.

But did anyone care that the moment we drafted or copy pasted answers for ‘tell me about yourself?’, our friend “spontaneity” died a silent death. His funeral had no attendants, coz it was not a compulsory guest lecture.

These 75 days, I have attended every clichéd process that a typical Indian B school student has to go through to get baptized (Human to rat mutation).

Pointless interviews which had hypocrites under the garb of panellists, typical factory made parties where the surprise quotient was conspicuously absconding, lame faculties who gave lamer assignments which were supposed to artificially extract feelings out of students. And don’t even get me started about the CV thing.

Oh how I wished my B school would be different; where I would actually learn and not be someone else’s idea of what my area of specialization would be.

Yes I was a fish out of water in an IT company and still remain the same here, despite 3 water bodies surrounding me.

Beat that for Irony!

But despite all this whining, am thankful for this place for teaching me things the hard and irritating way. Yes these 75 days have battered and bruised me, but I have come out of it bleeding but wise by realizing and gaining some valuable survival skills in this battlefield!

I’ve realized that… being loud is more important than being right I’ve realized that… unless you are useful, you are invisible and beneath anyone’s sight I’ve realized that...that you can absolutely adore someone and yet they wouldn’t care I’ve realized that...you can run all you can, run some more and still get nowhere I’ve realized that...you can be alone, yet not lonely I’ve realized that…you can be in a party, yet pine for books - your delightful company I’ve realized that...I could do things just because some said I couldn’t I’ve realized that…You might find the rat race funny, yet someone else didn’t I’ve realized that…Some women are indeed innocent, but most of them feign I’ve realized that…An episode of friends is a panacea for all the pain I’ve realized that...sometimes, the road not taken is not-taken for a reason I’ve realized that…someday the fish out of water, would survive till the rainy season I’ve realized that…someday the laughter will return to my eyes I’ve realized that...someday we’ll all learn that we are more than just mice

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Forthcoming HITSAA Events • Inauguration of Australia Alumni Chapter (April 2016) • Inauguration of Alumni Chapters in the United States (May 2016) • Inauguration of HITSAA Bangalore Alumni Chapter (June 2016)

• Silver Jubilee Re-union of 3rd batch (1987 - 91) at University Campus (July 2016) • Inauguration of HITSAA Kerala Alumni Chapter (October 2016) • Inauguration of Singapore Alumni Chapter (December 2016)

HITSAA NOTIFICATIONS Call for HITSAA Office Bearers

Alumni interested in serving on the Executive Committee (EC) of HITSAA (2017 - 2020) are requested to mail their contact and employment details to alumni@hindustanuniv.ac.in on or before 30th April 2016.

Alumni Excellence Awards - Notification

Alumni Arts

HITS Alumni Awards are being proposed for outstanding achievements in the following areas.

“Candle in the dark”

• Significant Contribution to the Alma Mater • Entrepreneurship and Industry Excellence

• Business Leadership/Managerial Excellence • Education, Science & Technology • Research and Innovation

• Outstanding Community Service • Young Achiever Award • Alumnus of the Year Award

Keep visiting HITSAA Facebook Group for updates! facebook.com/groups/Hindustan.Alumni.Association/ Artwork on MS Paint by Anindya Aparajita (AERO UG, PG 2009, 2011)

OBJECTIVES

MISSION

OBJECTIVES

>> To ignite, spread, and foster the spirit of innovation and entrepreneur ship in the minds of students >> To provide exposure training, mentoring and business establishment support to the student startups. >> To facilitate the student innovators with expert advice and mentoring >> To provide a networking platform for student innovators and entrepreneurs >> To liaise with professional entrepreneurship networks viz., (NEN, TiE, CII, MMA, etc) and government agencies (MSME, TBI, EDI) and facilitate the innovation and business ideas turn out to successful businesses.

To create an ecosystem in the campus which gives every student a chance to be inovative, creative and entrepreneurial to pursue his or her dreams and gain economic and technical expertise in their chosen field, thus realising the vision statement of the University – “To Make Every Man a Success and no Man a Failure”.

The vision of cie can be achieved >> Strengthening the functioning term plans >> Clearly bifurcating the activiti entrepreneurship / outreach p >> Inviting experts in respective fi >> Reaching out to students from they have ample time to discov

New Addition at Campus School of Aeronautical Sciences Acquires Chetak Helicopter

SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITIES SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITIES “UltraViolence”

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CIE PARTNERS / ASSOCIATES

Power Lectures

Networking Events

Training Sessions

Weekly Mentoring Sessions

Business Plan Mentoring

Student Innovators Mentoring

CIE PROFILE

754 members 10 E-leaders 125 events

E-week Celebrations

Participation In Competitions

Campus Companies

Student Startups

Industrial Visits

Entrepreneurs Meet

Email : ecell@hindustanuniv.ac.in Mob.: +91 98945 34987 / +91 80562 94751 / +91 97898 20030

9 Prestigious prizes

The Chetak Multipurpose Helicopter is an improved version of Alouette III and was awarded civil airworthiness certificate on 12 Dec 1961. It has a tricycle type undercarriage and can carry seven passengers including the pilots.

10 Student startups The Helicopter Division of HAL, Bangalore manufactures the versatile and Multipurpose Chetak Helicopters for Civil and Military applications both for Domestic and International customers.

Transforming Lives

Enriching Careers Corporate Training Centre Artwork by Raja Rajan C (MECH-UG 2013)

Information Technology

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1) DTPA Valve, 2) INLET Guide Vane, 3) Multi Louvre Damper, 4) Butterfly Damper

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Mechanical & Electrical Sciences

Certification Courses Offered • PYTHON PROGRAMMING • INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS & ITS • ETHICAL HACKING APPLICATIONS • JAVA – BASIC & ADVANCED PROGRAMMING • AUTOTRONICS • SWEBOK IEEE • MATLAB & SIMULINK • ORACLE • REAL TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEM • C & C++ • LAB VIEW • D- LINK • CNC MACHINES – HARDWARE & • LINUX PROGRMMING • ANDROID APP DEVELOPMENTS • NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) Building Sciences

Other Certification Courses

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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING 3DS MAX ETABS

Editor Ms. Madhuri Yatham Coordinator, HITSAA

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COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) REVERSE ENGINEERING USING CATIA ANSYS HYPERMESH SHEET METAL

ORACLE PRIMAVERA – ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SALES CONSULTANT TRAINING PROGRAM SERVICE ADVISOR TALENT PROGRAM ADVISOR TALENT PROGRAM

Designer Mr. Sheismon K Francis (MBA 2014) Assistant Editor, HITS

For Details & Registrations Contact Corporate Training Centre Phone : +91 99620 64588 / +91 98844 22001 | Email: training@hindustanuniv.ac.in.

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