National Conference on Emerging Research Trends in Engineering (NCERTE-2016)

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1 A Report on National Conference on Emerging Research Trends in Engineering (NCERTE-2016) :- Jointly Organized by -: SPFU Gujarat & Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Ahmedabad: In Association with IPR Ahmedabad and TEQIP-II Institutions Gujarat During 4 th 6 th April, 2016 A Report on NCERTE-2016 Page 1

2 Introduction National Conference on Emerging Research Trends in Engineering (NCERTE) 2016 was organized at Vishwakarma Govt. Engg. College Chandkheda, Ahmedabad from 4 th 6 th April in collaboration with SPFU, CTE, Institute for Plasma Research, and TEQIP II Institutes of the state. Conference was targeted innovative as well as emerging engineering trends pertaining to various engineering disciplines. The objective of NCERTE was to provide opportunities to the engineering students, academicians, researchers and industries to interact and exchange novel ideas in various engineering domains. It also provided common platform to learn from each other s experience and knowledge. In current scenario, sound research work requires expertise and knowledge of core engineering as well as fundamental and applied science and mathematics. The wide spectrum of conference was made dais available to researchers working in multi-disciplinary area to look for experts of various domains of their interest to discuss their work and shape their future directions for smart and sustainable growth of our country. Theme Covered in Conference The Conference covered many themes of various engineering disciples like Renewable Energy Smart Cities Green Technology VLSI & Embedded systems Speech & Image Processing Wireless & Satellite Communication Nanotechnology Power Systems Power Electronics and Power Quality Applied Mathematics Material Science Cloud Computing Data Compression Earthquake & Structural Engineering Flexible Electronics Bio-medical Engineering Automation & Control Engineering Infrastructure Technology Optimization & Operation Research Robotics Sensors and ad-hoc networks Cyber Security Artificial Intelligence

3 The conference received total 257 papers in various engineering disciplines, and out of that, approximately, 208 papers were selected for oral/poster presentations. Detail information is as per below Civil CEIT EC Electrical Mech Power Chem IC Total Total Paper Received No of sessions planned Accepted Rejected There were three plenary talks and 27 expert talks throughout the conference. Prof. Amita Das (Dean IPR) was one of plenary speakers in addition to Dr. Sudhir Jain (Director, IIT Gandhinagar) and Shri N. M. Desai (Deputy Director SAC, Ahmedabad). Prof. Amita Das talked about plasma physics and various societal benefits of plasma science. She also briefed participants about various research activities carried out at IPR. It was well received by the attendees. The conference was inaugurated on 4th April in the presence of Dr. M. N. Patel (Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University), Dr. Sudhir Jain (Director, IIT Gandhinagar), Dr. V. S. Purani (Jt. Director, CTE), Prof. Usha Neelakantan (SPFU Coordinator), Dr. Subroto Mukherji (Associate Dean, IPR), Dr. R. K. Gajjar (Principal, VGEC Chandkheda), Dr. R. A. Thakker (Coordinator, NCERTE 2016) and other dignitaries, authors, faculty and student participants of VGEC and other Institutes. Overall, there was excellent response from everybody and it has made NCERTE 2016 a successful event. Experts Invited for Session Chair Dr. Joycee Mekie, IIT Gandhinagar Dr. Deepak Fulwani, IIT Jodhpur Dr. Durgesh C. Rai, IIT Kanpur Dr. Anand Darji, SVNIT Surat Dr Rajesh Kumar MNIT Jaipur Dr. K. N. Jha, IIT Delhi Dr. B. K. Kaushik, IIT Roorkee Dr Amarnath Thakur, NIT Jamshedpur Dr Amit Prashanth, IIT Gandhinagar Dr. Krishna Miyapuram, IIT Gandhinagar Dr. Sanjay Chaudhari Ahm University Dr Bireswar Das, IIT Gandhinagar Dr. M. B. Patil, IIT Bombay Dr. N.M.Devashrayee, Nirma University

4 Dr. N. M. Desai, Deputy Director, ISRO Dr. D Ravi Kumar, IIT Delhi Dr. D.S. Sharma, MS University Baroda Dr. R.N.Patel, NIRMA University Dr. D.C. Jinwala, SVNIT Surat Dr Sanjay Garg, NIRMA University Dr M.V.Joshi, DAIICT Dr.P. N. Tekwani, NIRMA University Dr Dhaval Patel, ex IIT Jodhpur faculty Dr. S.C.Chobe. RGSTU Bhopal Dr.P.N. Sheth, BITS Pilani Dr. Nitin Padhiyar, IIT Gandhinagar Dr. Sharad Bharti, IIT Bombay

5 Conference Photographs Inaugural Session First Plenary Session By Dr S.K.Jain, Director IIT Gandhinagar

6 Group Photo Session Photos

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