YEAR 6 ISSUE 1 January 2018
Editor s Take... Patron Dear Readers Galgotias University has come a long way. While the New Year brings in new energy, events of the last year reveal the enthusiasm and the zeal of the Galgotians as students and as faculty. 2018 seems to be marked by the varsity s march not just nationally but internationally too. Students have shown exemplary talent and interest in participating in academic events abroad, at times even organizing such events. Highlight of this edition is GU s visibility in the global market through its students both academically and as industry ready professionals. I am sure you will enjoy reading this one. Mr. Suneel Galgotia (Chancellor) Advisors Mr. Dhruv Galgotia (CEO) Dr. Shuchi Yadav Chief Editor, G-Post Associate Professor School of Media and Communications Studies Galgotias University Dr. Renu Luthra ( Vice Chancellor) Editorial Board Dr. Shuchi Yadav, Chief Editor Ms. Garima Mishra, SMCS Mr. Kranti Anand, SMCS
3 IN THIS ISSUE GU Students at the Silicon Valley Meetup...4 Celebrating 69th Republic Day..5 Asia s Biggest Hybrid Vehicle Challenge & Go Karting Race...6 Remembering Sardar Patel..7 Workshops.8 Industry Interface......9 Special Feature...10
YEAR 6 ISSUE 1 January 2018 4 GU Students at the Silicon Valley Meet Up, Stanford. GU Students were at Stanford in the Run Up to the University Innovation Fellows Silicon Valley Meet Up. Galgotias University students participated in the prestigious University Innovation Fellows program held at Standford this year. The progam empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and make a positive impact on the world. To accomplish this, Fellows advocate for lasting institutional change and create opportunities for students to engage with innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and creativity at their schools. Fellows design innovation spaces, start entrepreneurship organizations, host experiential learning events, and work with faculty to develop new courses. The program is run by Stanford University s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school). With the addition of the new Fellows, the program has trained nearly 1,500 students since its creation. Fellows were sponsored by faculty and administrators as individuals or teams of students, and selected through an application process each year. Following acceptance into the program, schools fund the students to go through six weeks of online training and travel to the University Innovation Fellows Silicon Valley Meetup in November 2017. Throughout the year, Fellows take part in events and conferences and have opportunities to learn from one another, Stanford mentors, and leaders in academia and industry.
5 Celebrating 69th Republic Day Contribute and make the society healthy, corruption free, without any biasness of cast and gender". This was the message given by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Galgotias University. 69th Republic day was celebrated in Galgotias University with great enthusiasm and zeal. The Celebration started with flag hoisting by Honorable Vice Chancellor Professor (Dr.) Renu Luthra. Zall band has mesmerized the audience with their back to back performance. Chitthi aayi hai song by Mr. Shivam made all the gathering emotional. Performance by faculty members, Prof PK Sarkar, Dr. Harish Kumar Mr. Aditya Dixit and others filled more colours in the event and made the event memorable. Hon'ble Vice Chancellor appreciated Prof A.K Jain for his effective coordination which made the event more successful. Pro V.C. Academics Professor Jayasankar Variyar thanked the participants, staff and faculty members for active participation and presence.
YEAR 6 ISSUE 1 January 2018 6 Asia s Biggest Hybrid Vehicle Challenge & Go Karting Race Students of Mechanical Engineering from across Asia gathered at the Galgotias University campus on 17th January, 2018 to participate in the biggest Hybrid Vehicle Challenge and Go Karting Race. The School of Mechanical Engineering, Galgotias University is organizing this event in partnership with Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIE). The five daylong event aims at promoting the biggest ever student's talent pool of manufacturing the motorsport vehicles and putting it to a real time test in the racing track. The idea is to showcase the designing and manufacturing skill of engineering students participating from universities and institutions from across India and its neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, Srilanka, Bhutan etc. The Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. (Dr.) Renu Luthra and Shri Vinod K. Gupta, President of ISIE declared the event open which is organized in two parts - The 4th Hybrid Vehicle Challenge (17-19 January) and the 3rd Indian Karting Race (20-21 January). More than 90 teams from across Asia are participating in this hybrid formula race to be held at the Buddha International Circuit, Greater Noida, which includes reputed engineering institutions from states such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Telengana, Maharashtra and UP. Nearly 300 students are expected to participate in the event which includes one all women team and eight electrical vehicle teams.
7 Remembering Sardar Vallabbhai Patel Sardar Patel Jayanti was celebrated across schools at GU. B.Ed. students of School of Education, Galgotias University conducted a special program to pay their homage to one of the most eminent personality of our nation, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This eminent figure is well known as Iron Man for his decisive efforts in unifying a diverse country like India. To pay a tribute to him a special assembly was conducted by B.Ed. students of first and third semester on his 143 birth day i.e. 31 October, 2017. Students paid their tribute to him by remembering his life history, followed by 'Pushpanjali Arpan'. Many more things followed up like a patriotic song, posters on quotes given by living legend the Sardar. It all ended well with an essay writing competition on the theme 'The current issues of unity in our nation' and on Inspiring life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Apart from this students of B.Ed. actively participated in the sports events under the umbrella of Run for Unity programme. The personality like Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel had always been an inspiring source for the youths of India. B.Ed. students and faculty members bow their heads in respect of Iron Man of India and take a pledge for the welfare of the nation. One student also aware the audience about the Ashish Sharma efforts being done to make India child begging free. He is a mechanical engineer from Delhi and walking 17000 km to spread awareness about child begging and to promote education among them.
YEAR 6 ISSUE 1 January 2018 8 Workshops Principal s Talk, School of Education GU School of Education conducted a 'Principal's Talk' on 6th December, 2017. Mrs. Poonam Chaubey, Principal, Kaushalya World School, Dadri, G.B. Nagar was invited to deliver a lecture to B.Ed. students and faculty members under this series. She's a biologist with a master's degree in sociology, former Principal of Greater Valley School, Greater Noida, Vice Principal, Amity School, Vasundhara, and an academician with an illustrious career spanning more than two decades. She has been awarded &ndash "Bhartiya Manav Adhikar Samman- 2013" by All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice. Under this series President s Awardee, Dr. Renu Shegal, Principal, G.D. Goenka Public School, Greater Noida also delivered a talk. Dr. Satyendra Gupta, Dean, School of Education welcomed the guest speakers & presented a token of appreciation to both. 4th Annual Workshop on Tally, Galogotias Commerce Society
9 Industry Interface Special session on Designing Treasury Portfolio for Corporates, School of Finance and Commerce A special session on Designing Treasury Portfolio for Corporates was organized by Galgotias Commerce Society in association with the School of Finance and Commerce on 25th Oct 2017 in Campus I A Block Seminar Hall. Mr. Prateek Chaturvedi from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP in the global risk advisory practice was the invited guest who has a rich professional experience in financial risk management space. He has a diversified experience of working with leading banks, financial institutions and corporate houses on financial risk management projects. He has to his credit numerous corporate treasury transformation projects covering setting up of treasury strategy, governance, operational procedures and IT systems. Prof.(Dr.) Markus W. Exler, Director- Institute of Corporate Restructuring, Kufstein University of Applied Sciences, Germany; School of Business Prof.(Dr.) Markus W. Exler, Director- Institute of Corporate Restructuring, Kufstein University of Applied Sciences, Germany, started imparting knowledge to MBA ( Finance Specialization) students on 'Mergers and Acquisitions' using a case study pedagogy. His extensive lecture series will continue till Oct 28, 2017"
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