NEWS LETTER. JANUARY 1, to JUNE 30, SPORTS

NEWS LETTER JANUARY 1, to JUNE 30, 2015 03 RESEARCH 09 SPORTS 14 12 STUDENT S PLACEMENT CORNER Decenial Year Celebrations Ganapt University has celebrated Decenial Year of establishment. A Mega Event was organized on 12th April 2015. The University grabbed the opportunity to felicitate the respected donors of various Institutes on this occasion.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 02 From the Editor s Desk Ganpat University NEWS @ DECENNIAL YEAR T h e E d i t o r i a l B o a r d f e e l s privileged to come out with the first biannual issue of Ganpat University Newsletter. The Newsletter is mandated to report the activities undertaken at Ganpat University at its various Faculties level through the combination of photos and news glimpses. This will help to showcase the efforts undertaken at the University for enrichment of quality education and overall development of students and the i n s t i t u t i o n, t o i t s v a r i o u s stakeholders. G a n p a t U n i v e r s i t y h a s established various specialized departments with the aim of finetuning the academic curriculum to m e e t t h e e v e r d y n a m i c requirements of the industry and to facilitate knowledge sharing between two. The University also a i m s a t o r g a n i z i n g v a r i o u s c o l l a b o r a t i v e p r o g r a m s t o systematize and catalyze the various joint activities between Industry and the Institute. This is a humble effort to present a l l t h e n e w s, e v e n t s, achievements and efforts to the readers in live and vibrant format of Newsletter. The Ganpat University Editorial Committee invites suggestions and reviews from the readers for the issue of Newsletter. - Editorial Board MIND-GO HAS SIGNED MOU With Ganpat University for Skill Enhancement Activity. NSE SIGNS MOU with ganpat university for degree courses The NSE has signed an MOU with Ganpat University, Gujarat for offering degree level programs to meet the requirement of skilled professionals in the financial sector in the region. An ambitious financial tech city Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT is under implementation in the state capital Gandhinagar. As per the MoU, initially the programs will be offered for graduate and master degree levels. NSE and the Ganpat University have plan to start other programs like PGDM, Skill Development Programs, Certificate in Financial Literacy etc, among other programs. The first batch is expected to start in the current fiscal. Both the BBA (Capital Markets) and the MBA (Capital Markets) courses will be of 2 years duration. The agreement was signed this week between the two institutes in the university campus. As per the agreement with the University, NSE will provide program material including academics, conduct faculty training, hands on training sessions, and assist in conducting exams etc. while the degree will be issued by the Ganpat University. DASABDI CRICKETOTSAV-2015 DECENNIAL YEAR LECTURE SERIES Shri Bhagyesh Jha, IAS, Chairman, Gujarat Sahitya Parishad delivered an expert session on the occasion and addressed the faculty and students on the topic of Ethics and Education. As part of Decennial Celebration, GNU Sports & Cultural Department has organized the Dasabdi Cricketotsav-2015 for the students of 10th, 11th and 12th standard during the Summer Vacation. In line with the same, the 4th Open Day Night Cricket tournament for college level students and others has been also organized at Ganpat University. Overwhelming response from the participants was perceived. Total 129 teams (School teams 103, and open teams 26) and almost 1935 participants; across the North Gujarat region have been participated. The whole tournament has been planned between 8th May to 10th June, 2015. The media coverage of both the events has been widely published as media partner by the Leading Gujarati Newspaper DivyaBhaskar.

RESEARCH News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 03 PAPER Faculty of Computer Application During the academic section January 2015 to June 2015, Faculty of Computer studies has two papers, which are presented at International conference by faculty team of the department and has two papers published in International journal. Faculty of Pharmacy SKPCPER faculty members have published seven Research Papers during 1st January, 15 to 30th June, 15. Among these 6 papers are published in National Level Journals while one had been published in International Level Journal. Faculty of Management Faculty of Management Studies has 24 papers presented at various National and International level Conferences. Faculty has 25 research papers on its credentials which have been published in National and International Journals. Faculty of Engineering and Technology 3 research papers presented at National level conference and 10 papers at international level conferences were presented by the skilled faculty team from Faculty of Engineering and Technology during academic section January 2015 to June 2015. There are 2 and 28 research papers published at various National and International journals from Faculty of Engineering and Technology respectively. RESEARCH GRANT Faculty of Engineering and Technology The research grant of INR 150000 and INR 5000 were senctioned by Ganpat University to conduct the projects titled Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Diabetes Therapy and Monitoring Sleepiness to Prevent Sleep-deprived Traffic Accidents respectively. Faculty of Management Faculty of Management Studies received the research grant of Rs.25,000/- from IIM- Ahmedabad for a seminar on Job applicants Acceptance of Online System for OJAS: Testing the Efficacy of Behavior Prediction Model and Grant of Rs. 20,000/- from GUJCOST for conducting a workshop on Advance Data Analysis Techniques in Management. BOOKS/ BOOKS CHAPTER Faculty of Engineering and Technology Faculty of Engineering and Technology has two books published by their faculties. Prof Nikhil Kumar Singh from CE & IT department has published the book titled Detection of Privilege Abuse in RBAC Administered Database from Springer publication house with ISBN: 978-3-319-14654-6.From Marine department, Prof M. A. Patel published a Laboratory Manual for Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines from Neerav Prakashan. CONSULTANCY Faculty of Engineering and Technology The consultancy projects worth INR 179000/- was received by Department of Electrical engineering from Kalptaru Power Transmission Ltd., while the consultancy project from Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) was handled by Faculty of Engineering and Technology which had the value of INR 40,000/-. PH.D. DEGREE AWARD Ganpat University focuses and encourages the research based learning under various departments. All the Faculties provide various specializations for under taking the Doctoral degree. This year Two candidates from Faculty of Education, One research scholar from Faculty of Pharmacy, Two faculties from Faculty of Engineering & Technology and another One scholar from Faculty of Management were awarded the degree of Doctorate for outstanding work in their areas of research.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 04 CONVOCATION Total 47 Students had received Degree with Gold Medals Doctor of Philosophy 29 Master of Philosophy 34 Post Graduate Programmes 1118 Under Graduate Programmes 1595 Diploma Programmes 04 ACADEMICS TRAINING PROGRAMME ORGANIZED The class room teaching and learning are not enough to nurture the talent and upgrade the knowledge. These are the factors which requires continues progressive approach. Ganpat University encourages all the departments to organize various Training programs and workshops on continues basis on emerging trends, technology and issues. FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATION Faculty of Computer Application had organized short term training program on Computational Methods in Engineering Using MATLAB during 20-24th April, 2015 sponsored by Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) under the co-ordination of Dr. J. M. Patel. Faculty of computer Application had organized 8 different workshops for Bachelor and Master Degree students for more than 70 days. These workshops are like: M.V.C. 4, Mobile Apps Development, IT C & CPP Talk to a Teacher Project at IIT Bombay -National Mission on Education through ICT, JAVA Talk To A Teacher project at IIT Bombay -National Mission on Education through ICT, PHP & MYSQL Talk To A Teacher project at IIT Bombay -National Mission on Education through ICT and Microsoft Imagine Digital India Summit-2015. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Department of Bio-Medical & Instrumentation Engineering organized a One day workshop on Hospital Management and Information System. Total 68 participants have benefited from the workshop. Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology organized a Five days Android Application Development Program sponsored by GUJCOST with total funded amount is Rs. 50000/-. They also organized a One week workshop on Introduction to Design of Algorithms sponsored by MHRD. This workshop was conducted by experts from IIT Khargapur (Remote Centre) for the faculties. Another One day workshops on Smart Device Repairing, Unity 3D Asp. Net technology were organized by Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology for knowledge up gradation and enhancement of the students. Department of Master of Computer Application organized a Two days workshop on Project Development Techniques. More than 250 students have participated in the workshop. Department of Electrical Engineering organized a two days National Seminar on Micro-Grid: Current Scenario, Future Perspective & Challenges sponsored by GUJCOST, which received an enriched participation of 36 faculties. Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering organized another two days Workshop on Computer Aided Designing For Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering organized a 15 days workshop on Environmental Studies sponsored by MHRD and workshop is conducted by IIT-Bombay (Remote Centre). MHRD funded Rs. 1,00,000/- to conduct the workshop. Total 26 faculty members have participated in the workshop. Department of Computer Science & Engineering organized a five days Faculty Development Program and a one day workshop on The Spark Up Idea Fund Program. Department of Marine Engineering have organized 3 days Workshop on Ship Modelling and more than 40 students have participated in the workshop. Department of Electronics & Communication have organized 1 day seminar on Career Advancement.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 05 TRAINING PROGRAMME ORGANIZED FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT Centre for Management Studies and Centre for Media Entertainment and Communication, Ahmedabad organized 12th National level Syposium on 11th March, 2015 on the Trends & Tactics of Business Development. The symposium aimed to understand, formulate and evaluate various strategies for sustainable growth. The event was graced by many eminent personalities from the industry as well as academia who imparted the practical knowledge of the trends and tactics for concerned industry as well as the opportunities in the respective sector in new business development. The inaugural ceremony had distinguished guest like Dr. Mahendra Sharma, Director Ganpat University, and Mr. R. K. Gupta chief guest of the event, Former Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. The event started with the key note speech by Mr. R.K. Gupta on taxation system in India and its implication on business development model. Apart from that the symposium had covered these three topics and its importance for business development: Impact of GST on Business development session chaired by Mr. Tarang Kothari, Dr. Falguni Vasavada took expert session on Digital Marketing in Business Expansion and Dr. Rasananda Panda enlighted audience on Use of analytical tools in business forecasting. It was a proud moment for CMS and CMEC to have Shri Ganaptbhai Patel honorable Patron in Chief, Ganpat University and Shri Anilbhai Patel as Chancellor, Ganpat University remained present during the sessions and interacted with the students by their thought provoking speech on Business development. They also shared their own professional experiences with students. Apart from this, FMS also organized a series of One day workshops on Body Language, Workplace grooming, Attitude as a key to Success and SPSS applications to strengthen and shape up the professional skills of the students at VMPCMS. FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATION Various dignitaries from IT industry like Mr. Nitin Shah (Director) & Mr. Jignesh patel (Associate Director) i-gate Patni, Mr. Aditya Mohan(Business Head) & Mr. Prabhjot Bakshi (Leading Head) Microsoft Training Department, Mr. Mitul Dadhania (CEO) - delivered session on Career in Digital Media Marketing Web Chanakya,Ms. Rekha Totlani(Strategic HR - Manager), Mr. Nirav Modi (Project Manager - AX) & Ms.Rhutvika Joshi (Functional Consultant - AX) Seminar on ERP Awareness MindQuad, Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Mantvya Gajjar (TINY ERP Infocity, Gandhinagar) visited various department of computer Applications. Students of computer Applications have visited many IT compies like Lets Nurture (Ahmedabad), Serpent Technologies (Gandhinagar), Gujarat Technologies (Ahmedabad), Carsons Overseas (Agra), Dawar Industries (Agra), Gupta HC Overseas (Agra) & Tiny ERP (Infocity, Gandhinagar). Academic Innovation Industry Interface Academic learning becomes more fruitful when it gets integrated with industrial interface and interactions. All the departments of Ganpat University keep this aim in front and take a range of initiatives by signing MoUs, inviting experts from the industry and organizing industrial visits. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Students and Faculty members have visited/interacted with following Industries to bring the industial componenets in regular teaching learning process: NBE Motors Pvt. Ltd, Wanakbory Thermal Power Station, Veeral Controls Pvt. Ltd., 220 KV Substation, Sardarsarovar Dam with Hydro Power Station An Innovative Industries Ltd., ECS Works Pvt Ltd., Nettur Technical Training Foundation, ISRO, Dint-Tech Control, Alang Ship Recycling Yard Sahajanand Laser Technology, Dudhsagar Dairy Neptune, Laxmi Metal, Ambica Alloys, Ganesh Steel Industries, Kalptaru power transmission, Amtech Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., Adani Port Mundra, Welpson Industries Ltd., Rajratna Metal Industries Ltd., TLT, Galaxy Agrico Exports Ltd., Super Quali Cast (India) Pvt. Ltd., Liftwell Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd., Vadalia Food, IDMC, Sardar Sarovar, L&T, Essar Port, Suzlon Energy Ltd., Sahajand Laser, L&T, SuzlonEnergy Ltd., Jyoti CNC, Kadvani Forge, DudhSagar Dairy, PlastIndia, Gandhinagar. Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), EMRI Headquarters-Ahmedabad, RTTC BSNL Office- Ahmedabad. NEW INITIATIVES MOU between Ganpat University and eitra for the course Master of Technology in EC with specialization in VLSI & Embedded systems. MoU with CMC Coimbotore for Ship in Campus Training. M.Tech. in Embedded Systems has been started. Educational Trip 2015 AWARDS eitra and Ganpat University won Diamond Award by GESIA, the 8th annual award 2015 for the Best Industry-Academia Initiative.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 06 Academic Innovation Industry Interface FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT Industrial Visit Industrial visit is a part of the management course, during which students visit companies and get insight on the internal working environment of the company. The industrial visit also provides an insight on how companies work and information related to the practical aspects of the course which cannot be visualized in regular classroom sessions. As routine academic process of Centre for Management Studies has organized Industrial tour to Nashik for the Semester IV students of MBA (Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, Agri-Business, International Business, Retail Management, Marketing Management and Media & Entertainment Management) on 7-11 January, 2015. The students visited Kaytross ACG Life Sciences Ltd - A pharmaceutical formulation manufacturing company with wide range of formulation in TABLET, CAPSULE and LIQUID ORAL DOSAGE forms and Supplier and manufacturer of allopathic medicines, pain killer, anti allergic, anti biotic, vitamins. The visit at Varun Agro Processing Foods Pvt. Ltd (an ISO 22000-HACCP-FSSC 22000 certified company)- one of the reputed Manufactures, Suppliers and Exporters of high quality Fruit Pulp and Tomato Paste was a very practical and interesting experience for the students. The students also explored York Winery, which is designed on multiple levels of production right from the grape receival, crushing, red winemaking, white winemaking, barrel cellar, bottling to storage in a streamlined fashion. The visit was also organized at Vishwas Cooperative Bank that has attained an important status in the co-operative banking sector, by c r o s s i n g v a r i o u s milestones of quality and standards and by setting new standards of its own. The bank h a s a t t a i n e d a n envious position in the co-operative banking field. The students of CMS visited, Radio Vishwas 90.8 is a powerful medium that gives a voice to the voiceless, s e r v e s a s t h e mouthpiece of the marginalized and is at t h e h e a r t o f communication and democratic processes w i t h i n s o c i e t i e s. Besides solving social p r o b l e m s a n d e n t e r t a i n i n g l o c a l people, Radio Vishwas a l s o a c t s a s a n intermediary between the government and the local masses and VIP Industries has sold over 60 million pieces of luggage to people around the world and have subsequently become the foremost manufacturer of hard and soft luggage in Asia, with a goal to make travelling simple. VIP Industries Limited is the parent of many renowned brands like VIP, Aristocrat, Alfa, Footloose, Skybags a n d C a r l t o n. V I P Industries Ltd. has more than 8000 retail outlets across India and with a network of over 1300 retailers across 27 countries. With a product range w h i c h i n c l u d e s Injection Moulded PP Cases and Furniture, Vacuum formed PC and ABS cases and Soft s i d e d l u g g a g e i n Nylon, Polyester and EVA material, VIP Industries Ltd has several innovations in product design and technology. This industrial visit was a thorough learning process for MBA students about application of various Management philosophies into industries. The students of V.M. Patel College of Management studies, visited the companies and ports such as Fortune Oil Refinery, Mundra Port, Adani Power Plant, Dunny Point (Okha Bet-Dwarka) with an aim to provide an industry exposure to the students. The different eminent personalities such as Mr. Mukesh Nayak (Director, Movewell Media Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad), Mr. Mukkul Khandelwal (Branding Consultant, Feather Advertising, Ahmedabad), Mr. Polkowski Zdzislaw (Lower Silesian College of Entrepreneurship and Technology, Polkowice), Mr. Purvish Shah (Adani Wilmar Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad), Mr. Payank Patel (ECS Consultants, Ahmedabad) have delivered special guest lectures at faculty of management studies on different subjects to enrich the knowledge of the students. FACULTY OF SCIENCE Dr. Upendra Jani, Vice President as well as Quality Assurance Head at Hester Biosciences visited the Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences recently. Visits of such eminent personalities from industry provide interface between academics, students and industry which is helpful to build the career of our students. Apart from the continuing programs of the regular study in the institute continuing for a long time, the Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences has started two new programs this year. The new programs started in the institute are M. Sc. in Physics and B. Sc. in Dairy Science which have commenced with the starting of even semester.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 07 MANAGEMENT/ TECHNICAL INSTITUTE LEVEL FEST Faculty of Computer Applications: Faculty of Computer Applications had organized IT FAIR, Technotsav I, Technotsav II, Manthan Event and Microsoft Imagine Digital India Summit-2015 for the students of Computer Science from all over the Gujarat. These technical events are based on Project Presentation, Web Designing, IT-GK quiz, IT Game Speeder, Programming competitions, etc. Faculty of Engineering & Technology Convergence-2K15 U V Patel College of Engineering, F a c u l t y o f E n g i n e e r i n g & Technology organized a technical event named Convergence-2K15 which was a National Level Technical Programme for students on 20th and 21st February, 2015. The real motive of this activity was to bring the students on the common ground to interact with one another. The secondary objective was to develop virtues like leadership and team spirit in them. Further, virtues like brotherhood, sensibility, humility and several other are also developed by such activities which make them complete human beings. These virtues will greatly help them in their professional career as engineer. Over 2500 students from U V Patel College of engineering and 800 Students of various Colleges across Gujarat have participated in different events organized by various departments of U V Patel College of Engineering. About 60 different types of events organized by various departments like Robo Crusher, Speed Rush, Project Presentation, Poster Presentation, Technical Twister, Google Hunt, Web Inside, Digital Branding, Boat Racing and Workshops on different Technical Topics. The Event was inaugurated by Mr. Sunil Parekh (Strategic Adviser- Zydus Cadila), Honerable President Shri Anilbhai Patel, Dr. M.S. Sharma (Director- Ganapt University), Shri H.M.Patel (Joint- Director-MDEF), Dr. P.H. Shah (Principal-UVPCE), Prof Hiral Patel (Convergence coordinator). On his inaugural speech Mr. Sunil Parekh had delivered inspiring thoughts to motivate students, volunteers, coordinators and all who involved directly or indirectly to make this event grand success. Faculty of Science Science Week During 23rd February, 2015 to 28th February, 2015, Science Week had been celebrated in the Institute. The National Science Day is celebrated every year in the honour of the great Indian scientist Sir C. V. Raman on 28th February. The theme of the Science Day as declared by the Department of Science and Technology this year had been Science for Nation Building. Throughout the week, different events on the theme had been organized which include Preparation and Demonstration of Scientific Model, Poster Competition, Essay Competition, Slogan Competition, Intra Class Competitions for Developing an Innovative Idea which may change our Nation, Elocution Competition, Speech on a Scientific Event or Invention, Science Drama, etc. Deep interest had been shown by the students in the Science Week Celebration and they had taken part in it in a mass. The students had decorated the institute creatively with their insights which can guide our nation for to further development. All the participants had been given certificates and the winners had been bestowed with Prizes as well as Certificates. The celebration had become successful as a result of active involvement and collective teamwork of all the staff members.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 08 Faculty of Management GCeMP2K15 With the objective of creating a platform for a healthy exchange, debate and development of ideas o n e m e r g i n g i s s u e s i n m a n a g e m e n t, F a c u l t y o f Management Studies, Ganpat University, organizes GCeMP e v e r y y e a r. G C e M P 2 0 1 5 organized on 7-8 February, 2015 was the 7th in the series, and the theme this year was Information S y s t e m s a n d O p e r a t i o n s Management. G C e M P 2 0 1 5 r e c e i v e d overwhelming response from various spheres. 55 delegates from 19 different institutes from all over the country had registered for GCeMP 2015. All delegates across the country submitted 29 full papers, most of which were presented at the conference. The manuscripts received were of high quality. For presentation of the papers, 6 tracks were organized. The inaugural ceremony was graced by Prof. Bipin Mehta, (President Elect, Computer Society of India) as chief guest and Prof. Rajnish Dass (Regional Director for India & Strategic International Markets at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University) as guest of honour. This was followed by keynote speech by Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, Dean (Academic) and Professor of operations management at IMI New Delhi; in which he detailed the importance Supply Chain Management and role of IT in supply chain. Over the course of two days there were 7 plenary sessions and 2 Experts sessions by various experts. On first day in the first plenary session, Dr. Panduranga Vithal M. (Professor at Indian I n s t i t u t e o f p l a n t a t i o n management, Government of India, Banglore) delivered speech on role of information system in effective management. In the next session, Dr. N Ravichandran (President, ORSI - Ahmedabad Chapter & Professor, Indian I n s t i t u t e o f M a n a g e m e n t, A h m e d a b a d ) s h a r e d h i s k n o w l e d g e o n i n n o v a t i v e business model in 21st century. The third plenary session was delivered by Dr. Neeta shah (Director, E-governance, GIL, Government of Gujarat) On the second day Dr. H. J. Jani (Vice-chancellor, C U Shah University) delivered plenary session on Business Analytics, Mr. Ruchit Surti (Co founder, Lucanix) discussed a case on Mining Industry and Perishable food supply chain, Dr. Nilesh Modi (Chairman, CSI, Ahmedabad Chapter) delivered expert session on Social Media and Cyber Security, Mrs. Vibha Desai (Senior M a n a g e r, I L & F S S k i l l s d e v e l o p m e n t C o r p o r a t i o n Limited) delivered an expert session, Mr. Sanjay Gaden (Head, State E-Governance Mission Team) gave glance on a mission simplifying E-Governance and Dr. N i t y e s h B h a t t ( A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r, I n s t i t u t e o f Management, Nirma University) d e l i v e r e d a s e s s i o n o n Contemporary ICT enabled operation Practices. The event received cordial s u p p o r t f r o m v a r i o u s organizations like Computer Society of India, Ahmedabad Chapter; Operational Research Society of India; Association of Indian Management schools (AIMS), Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Department of Science and Technology Govt. of Gujarat, and Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Govt. of Gujarat. In the valedictory function, Dr. Chandan Chaterjee (Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Head of Project & T e c h n o l o g y d i v i s i o n a t indextb) was the Guest of Honour and at the end of the conference; winners in various categories were felicitated with trophies and cash prizes. First Doctoral Colloquium As a part of GCeMP 2k15, the first D o c t o r a l C o l l o q u i u m w a s organized on 06-07 February, 2015. The Doctoral Colloquium received total 40 Abstract of Phd work out of which 28 full proposals & Research papers were received and presented. On first day of The Doctoral Colloquium Workshop on Advanced Data A n a l y s i s T e c h n i q u e s w a s organized and 20 Phd scholars have attended the workshop. Dr. S h u b r a t S a h u ( A s s o c i a t e Professor, PDPU) and Dr. Jayesh Agaja (Associate Professor, Institute of Management, Nirma University) delivered the expert sessions on Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in the workshop. The Doctoral Colloquium event received an appreciation from various organizations like Computer Society of India, Ahmedabad Chapter; Operational Research Society of India; A s s o c i a t i o n o f I n d i a n Management schools (AIMS), Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Department of Science and Technology Govt. of Gujarat, and Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Govt. of Gujarat. Gyanotsav V. M. P a t e l C o l l e g e o f Management Studies has organized development week, Gynotsav for the student s development from 29th December to 5th January 2015 where the eminent experts namely Mr. Amit Shukla (Executive-Pantaloons), Mr. Sanjay Tula (Social Activist- NGO), Mr. Hiranya Vyas ( T r a i n e r - C e n t r e f o r E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p development), Jayesh Patel (Branch Manager, HDFC Bank, Kukarwada), Mr. P.D.Modh (Chairman, ICWA) were invited to deliver expert lectures on different topics.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 09 Games Events FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SPORTS FACULTY OF SCIENCE Faculty of Computer Applications organized Sport tournament with games like Cricket, Volley Ball, Chess, Carom and Table Tennis for boys and girls. Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences Secured Four Championship in Different Sports Events Under GNU Sports. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT Sports tournament was organized by Faculty of Management Studies. More than 200 students participated enthusiastically in various outdoor games and indoor games like Cricket, Volley Ball, Table Tennis, Chess, Carom etc. The various prizes and trophies were distributed to all winner and runners up. V.M. Patel College of Management Studies, Faculty of Management Studies became University champion in the Boys Kabbadi match, while in Girls Kabbadi match college remained 1st runner up in the Inter College Tournament held by Ganpat University. The sports activity in the college had been organized in two phases. First phase had been organized in the month of AugustSeptember, 2014 while second phase was organized in February, 2015. Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences had taken active part in the University Sports. The students of the institute had played in various sports events and had given nice performance. In Ganpat University Sports 2014-15 Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences had secured championship in Kabaddi and Khokho and handball tournaments for Girls while it had secured Runners-up position in Chess tournament for Girls. The college had secured championship for Chess and handball tournament for boys while it had secured Runners-up position in Volleyball and Khokho for boys. The students of the college had taken active part in the sport festival and had played energetically in all the tournaments like football, kabaddi and cricket tournaments. FACULTY OF PHARMACY The Sports Department activity is divided in two broad categories i.e. intraclass and intercollege. The sports-persons of SKPCPER have been consistently performing well since the inception of the college in the sport events like volley ball football, cricket, chess, carom, table tennis and badminton etc. Coaching, training and fitness centre are also working in University campus to provide guidance in sports. The teams participated at various levels like inter-college competitions organized by University Sports Department. The college has celebrated Sport Week from 16th to 18th March 2015. In the interclass programme, more than 100 students were participated in sport competitions at various levels all over the country. Various sports in which the students participated are as follows: volley ball, football, cricket, chess, carom, table tennis and badminton (Men & Women). Various open and invitational tournaments in which the students participated other than the intercollege and inter-university competitions of Ganpat University. At University level college secure semifinal place and in other sports University had given significant performance. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Sports Unit of U. V. Patel College of Engineering hosted various sports activities. Different tournaments were organized like Inter College Tennis tournament for Boys & Girls between 2nd January to 6th January 2015. Students of the college secured first rank into it. In Inter college Cricket tournament for Boys who was held between 2nd February to 7th February 2015, our students were runners up. The team was Champion in Inter college Handball tournament for Boys & Girls on held on 2nd February 2015. Eleven teams of our college of Basketball, Football, Tennis, Table Tennis, Chess and Volley Ball participated in PETRO CUP organized by PDPU, Gandhinagar between 6th to 9th February 2015.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 10 ANNUAL FUNCTION FACULTY OF PHARMACY The 18th Annual Day was celebrated on 19th and 20th March 2015. The celebration of the annual day function was divided in three parts namely, Prize distribution ceremony, various entertainment activities like one minute game show Chalo Ramiye, Debate competition, antakshari, P H A R M A C H E F : T h e t a s t e o f S K P C P E R, PharmaFood: A Crazy Bite and lastly the farewell function for final year students under the guidance and supervision of teaching and non teaching staff members. More then 100 students from B. Pharm. And M. Pharm enthusiastically participated and made the event successful. Their efforts were encouraged by giving awards to bests of them in each category. The prize distribution ceremony was organized at seminar hall of S.K.P.C.P.E.R. with Dr. N. R. Sheth, Member, GPSC and Mr. Natubhai Patel, Assistant commissioner FDCA, Mehasana were present as the chief guest of the function. The students of the classes of B. Pharm and M. Pharm were awarded with the medals for theit scholastic performances in various activities throughout the year. The function was organized at SKPCPER where total 5 groups from all the departments were participated and made different snackes like Stuffed Paratha, Dabada, Katalet, veg frenchi etc. The winner was B. Pharm Sem VIII group of Pinal Patel, Darshana Patel and Rinal Patel who made Stuffed Paratha. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT The annual function SYNERAGY was organized by Faculty of Management Studies (VMPCMS). The awards for Sports and Scholastic performance were distributed. Certificates were given to NSS, V-Epic and V-Star students by the Principal and Faculty members to motivate the students. Special achievement awards were given to the students who have given their outstanding performance at other campus. Students participated actively in various cultural programs like Dance, Fashion Show, Singing, Drama etc., and made the event interesting and successful.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 11 ALUMNI MEETING YOUTH FESTIVAL CULTURAL EVENT Faculty of Computer Applications had organized Syonara 2015 on 15th April, 2015 to bid farwel to the final year students. FCA also a r r a n g e d v a r i o s competitions like drawing, rangoli, c a r d m a k i n g, elocution, essay writing and many more along with v a r i o u s D a y s celebration. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT It has been traditions at Faculty of Management Studies to offer Farewell Party to the final year students Dikshant to the outgoing batch after completion of their Masters of Business Administration. All the juniors students made it the event to remember for seniors as they bid this farewell with well crafted video on their two years life at CMS & CMEC. Event also consisted with experience sharing by seniors. As per the tradition the students have been awarded with the trophies for various categories like Maximum Attendance, Best Communication, Best Anchor etc. Splash 2015 - A Days Celebration week was organized by faculty of management studies. There was a great enthusiasm from students when the different days such as Group Day, Traditional Day, Signature Day were celebrated. FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATION Faculty of Computer Application of Ganpat University organized Alumni Reunion Program on 21st March, 2015 at DCS, Ahmadabad for their former students studied during the years 2000 to 2015. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT VMPIM-CMS GEMS Alumni Association, AGM-2014 was held on 27th December, 2014 at Aloft Hotel, Ahmedabad. This AGM was organized in presence of Executive body of students executive council VMPIM- CMS GEMS, Approximately 200 Alumni of V. M. Patel Institute of Management and Centre for Management Studies, Ganpat University and Faculty members of V. M. Patel Institute of Management and Centre for Management Studies, Ganpat University. Alumni database of CMS and VMPIM students was launched during this alumni meet. Following points under the Agenda of the AGM-2014 were discussed, members of students executive council and all alumni were approved it through oral major votes: The audited accounts for the year 2013-14 of the Alumni Association. To organize seminars on various topics of management for alumni and current students under alumni activities. To give financial assistant to needy MBA students of VMPIM and CMS. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Faculty of Computer Application More than 100 students actively participated in Swatchh Bharat Mission and took the oath to keep nation clean. NSS Cadets helda rally in the village Sanganpur to spread awareness about cleanliness among the people of the village. Students of Faculty of Management Studies actively participated in University organized Youth festival. More than 100 students displayed their talent thorough various events like Group Dance, Drama, Rangoli, One Act Play, Photography to name a few. National Service Scheme(NSS)-Annual Camp was held at Gorad, Ta. & Dist. Mehsana from 1st to 7th January, 2015. Faculty of Management VMPCMS organized a National Service Scheme (NSS)-Annual Camp held at Saduthala, Dist. Mehsana. Faculty of Engineering & Technology Faculty of Engineering & Technology involved in Summer Training Camp 2015 at Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, N.S.S Camp At: Sanganpur,Dist: Mehsana, Blood Donation Camp at U V C E, Summer Rural Internship Group - 1 at Gujarat Association for Rural & Urban Development, Summer Rural Internship Group 2 at Udgam Charitable Trust and Summer Rural Internship Group 3 at Samvedana.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 12 Faculty of Computer Application tudents of Master of Computer Applications are placed in 1.8 lac to 3.0 lac annaul package at various technology based company. SStudents of Bachelor of Computer Applications are placed in 1.2 lac to 2.5 lac annual package. More than 25 MCA students and 50 M.Sc. (IT), M.Sc. Tech. (ITIMS) & M.Sc. Tech (MA), M.Sc. (C.S.), M.Sc. (CA&IT) M.Sc. (IT) students are placed in various reputed companies like Risers Webtech Pvt Ltd, D K Webworld, lets nurture, TalentNow, Votos Communication, esparkinfo, Gujarat Technology, GNFC Encode Solution, Tiny ERP, Serpent CS, einfochips Training & Research Academy, SearchResult IT Solutions, SDK IT-Pro, Esprit Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Riddlefly Technologies, Compindia Technologies, Acespritech Solution Pvt. Ltd, design myntra inc, Way To Web,Vintech Shoppe Pvt. Ltd., Webline India, Greycell Cosmos Manpower Pvt Ltd., Call Force India Pvt Ltd., Dolphin Web Solution, Global Techno Partner, HSB Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Softtech Infosys, Eternal Web Pvt. Ltd., Aurosoft Technologies, Addis Infotech, Rangoli International School, Aura Techmind Pvt. Ltd, Indusa Infotech Services Pvt. Ltd., InfoSense Global Pvt. Ltd., Gateway Technolabs, I-Engineering Software Pvt. Ltd, Silverwing Technology, MetR Technologies, Web Chankya, Arth i-soft, Satva Infotech, Moweb Technologies Pvt. Ltd., GMM Pfaudler LTD., CMS Info System, indianic, eclinical works, Deep Kiran Foods PVT. Ltd, TechnoStack Infotech and NB Links Pvt. Ltd. Placement Faculty of Management lacement activities for the batch of 2013-2015 of the Faculty of Management Studies set an important milestone for the PUniversity. Placement process has started from the third semester onwards. The students are placed in different Companies namely Nestle India, Sumitomo Chemicals, Future Group, Axis Bank, HDFC Sales, ICICI Direct, Eureka Forbes, Go Bananas, Saubhagya Advertising, Divya Bhasker, Yokohama, Zydus Cadilla, Angel Broking, Oakbrook International Education and Research Pvt Ltd., Universal Hunt, Infinium Toyota, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance, Indian Infoline, to name a few. 80% of the fresh MBA students got placed in different companies. The placement offered to the young professionals was in range of 1.8 lac to 4.8 lacs per annum. Faculty of Pharmacy tudents of SKPCPER are offered placement in renowned industries like Neon Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Cadila Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd. Veda SCRO, Abaris, Man Pharma Pvt. Ltd. etc. The students had been offered packages commencing from 1.2 Lacs per annum to 2.2 Lacs per annum. Faculty of Science ester Biosciences and Linkon Pharma offered the placement to the students of Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences. The Hstudents had been placed at the package of 1.2 lac to 1.8 lac per annum. Faculty of Engineering & Technology inety two students g o t p l a c e d i n Nd i f f e r e n t companies in campus interview. The majour r e c r u t e r s a r e T C S, Siemens, Emulex, Huawai Technologies, Delphi, Polycab wires pvt. Ltd., S h r i r a m T r a n s p o r t, S a h a j a n a n d L a s e r Technology Pvt. Ltd, EZDI D a t a I n t e l l i g e n c e, eclinical Works India Pvt. Ltd., e-infochips, Reliance JioInfocomm (4G system), Masibus Automation, V V D N, A M I, M i s t r a l solution, Cupola Tech, A u d i e n c e, S m a r t p l a y Technologies, Robert Bosch, American Mega Trends, Elitecore Tech, Savari Sys. The highest p a c k a g e o f f e r e d t o students was 5.5 lacs per annum and the average p a c k a g e o f f e r e d t o students was 2.1 lacs per annum.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 13 Faculty of Computer Application Winning Special Awards: Mr. Shivang Patel & Dr. Satyen Parikh received the awarded of 2nd Best Conceptual Paper in the 7th International Conference (Information Systems and Operations Management) GceMP 2K15 held at Ganpat University in association with ORSI, AIMS, APIC, DST, GUJCOST, CSI. The paper Titled Segmentation Techniques to Detect Abnormal Tissues in Brain MR Images A Review. Dr.Jigna B Prajapati achieved 2nd Best research paper award at National C o n f e r e n c e O n C o n t e m p o r a r y D e v e l o p m e n t s A t B i o t e c h n o l o g y Bioinformatics Interface for the Paper titled Sft Life Phase To Increase Reliability With Fault Forecasting In Bioinformatics Applications. Special Achievements: Mr. Saurabh Dave is certified online by Google Online Professional, Windows Phone Application Development and windows Azure certification. Prof. Shailesh Patel was certified by NPTEL Online Certificate Examination in Introduction to Operation Research. Faculty of Engineering & Technology PhD Completion: Dr.R.A.Patel and Dr.Hemal V. Shah had completed their Ph.D at Ganpat University. Winning Special Awards: Dr. V. B. Patel got the award of Best Technical Paper: Non-Ferrous Award for the year 2014 by The Institute of Indian Foundrymen at India Exposition Mart. Ltd (Uttar Pradesh). Prof. Bhumit P. Patel secured 1st rank in M.Tech.(E.C) from UVPCE, Ganpat University and secured Gold Medal in Convocation. Special Appreciation During Annual Day Celebration on 14th March 2015, faculty and staff members were facilitated to appreciate their achievements and to recognize their contribution for the development of the Institute by the Principal, Dr. P. H. Shah. Faculty of Pharmacy Assistant Professor at SKPCPER Nishant Ashvinkumar Oza had submitted his Ph. D. Thesis titled Formulation and Evaluation of Transdermal Dosage forms of Selected Cardiovascular Drug. The research work had been carried out in the guidance of Dr. P. U. Patel. Faculty of Management PhD Completion: Dr. Tejal Shah had been awarded Ph.D degree by M.S.University, Baroda in the 63rd Convocation. She has done her Ph.D in statistics. Dr. Frena Patel has been awarded Ph.D. degree in the Finance Management by Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar. Doctoral Thesis submission: Mr. Nirav Halvadia has submitted a Ph.D. Thesis titled A Study on internet banking portal service quality of Indian public and Private sector banks in Gujarat State under the guidance of Dr. M.S. Sharma (Director, Ganpat University). Ms. Rachita Jayaswal has submitted a Ph.D. Thesis titled A study on impact of t e l e v i s i o n advertisem ents with C r e a t e d animated s p o k e s - character s on purchase FACULTY CORNER intention o f t h e youngsters of gujarat state for fast moving consumer goods under the guidance of Dr. N. H. B h a t t ( S. K. S c h o o l o f B u s i n e s s Management, HNGU, Patan). Mr. Yupal Shukla has submitted a Ph.D. Thesis titled An Indepth Study on Exploring Outshopping and its Determinanats in Gujarat: A Comparative Study between Urban & Rural Consumers under the guidance of Dr. N.H.Bhatt (S.K.School of Business Management, HNGU, Patan). Ms. Kinvanti Patel submitted a Ph.D. thesis titled, Determinants of Low Birth Weight in North Gujarat Region: A Statistical Analysis under the guidance of Dr. G.C.Bhimani (Saurashtra University, Rajkot). Winning Special Awards: Ms. Mitali Baruah received the award of Best research paper (conceptual Category) award in an International Conference GCeMP-2k15 Faculty of Science Prof. Kavit S. Mehta had been appointed as an Editorial Board Member at International Journal of Life-sciences and Engineering Published by American Institute of Science. Prof. Kavit S. Mehta had been appointed as Lead Guest Editor in Chief at American Journal of Biosciences, Special Issue entitled to E x p l o r e t h e n e w e r T e c h n o l o g y i n for the paper titled Crowd Funding: Your e- piggie Bank Mr. Kedar Bhatt received the award of best research paper (Empirical Category) at International Conference GCeMP-2k15 for the paper titled Study of differential effect of Gender on predictive ability of Technology Acceptance Model and other Personality traits with reference to online Banking Adoption. Mr. Nirav Joshi and Mr. Suraj Shah received the award of third prize in best research paper ( c o n c e p t u a l C a t e g o r y ) a w a r d i n a n International Conference GCeMP-2k15 for their combined paper titled Green Logistics: a tool for sustainable Development of a Firm. Dr. Hiren J. Patel received the award of third prize in best research paper (conceptual Category) award in an International Conference GCeMP-2k15 for the paper titled Behavioral aspects of Supply chain Management: Strategy, Commitment, Integration and Firm performance- A conceptual framework. Prof. Poonam V. Chhaniwal Secured 1st position at proposal presentation competition during FDP on Coffee with Experts & Research Proposal Presentation, at Symbiosis Institute of Management, Pune. Mr. Jayesh Patel, Mr. Dharmesh Gadhavi, and Mr Yupal Shukla jointly received the award of third prize in best research paper (Empirical Category) award in an International Conference GCeMP-2k15 for the paper titled Role of trust in adoption of inline Tax Filling system: E Government Application Form Tax Payers perspective. Dr. Harsha V. Jariwala had been awarded the best research paper (Advance Stage Category) award in First Doctoral Colloquium, FMS, Ganpat University. Dr. Harsha Jariwala & Ms. Arpi Joshi had been awarded second prize in best research paper (Empirical Category) award in an International Conference GCeMP-2k15. Dr. Harsha Jariwala had been awarded the Best Thesis Award for her Doctoral work at Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore. Dr. Harsha Jariwala had been awarded the Best research paper Award at International Conference on Role of Financial Industry in Accelerating Economic Growth, Organized by Centre for Financial Services, GTU, Ahmedabad. Special Achievements: CA Ujal Mehta has successfully Cleared CS P r o f e s s i o n a l l e v e l e x a m i n a t i o n i n January,2015. Dr. Usha Kaushik was invited as an expert to deliver lecture on Interview Skills at Charusat University. Ms. Kinvanti Patel, attended Faculty Development Program on Computational Methods in Engineering using MATLAB organized by AMPICS. Biotechnology, Published by Science Publishing House, USA. The appointment had been made on 26th March, 15. The ISSN of the Journal is 2330-0167. Prof. Kavit S. Mehta delivered an Expert Lecture on System Physiology of Plant at PG-BT CBC of GSBTM Sponsored Crash Course for CSIR UGC NET. The Course had been scheduled between 22nd to 26th May, 2015 at Aribas, New Vallabh Vidhyanagar.

News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 14 STUDENT S CORNER FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATION Mr. Pankaj Patel, from B.Sc. (CA & IT) has secured 2nd rank in ISM project challenge 2015 organized by Integrated Systems Management (ISM), a New York based organization and won the prize of Rs. 25000. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT The students of Management Department actively participated in managerial games within the Institute and outside the Institute also. A group of students participated in BizXellence 2015 organized by Department of Management studies, Uka Tarsadiya University, Bardoli and the won the prizes in Extempore, solo dance and stock market games with Overall champion s trophy. Another group of MBA students won First runners at Renaissance Fashion show o r g a n i z e d b y D e p a r t m e n t o f Management B. K. Institutes of Management. Students also participated in Pharma P u l s e : T h e C o r p o r a t e - A c a d e m i a Rendezvous event organized by Department of Business Management Padmashree D. Y. Patil University, Pune and received award of second runners up. The students of V. M. Patel College of Management Studies also showed r e m a r k e a b l e p e r f o r m a n c e a n d achievements at external competitions. Abhinav Shukla and Mansi S. Shiyani secured 1st and 2nd rank respectively in drawing competition on Gandhi Nirvan Din organized by Gujarat Knowledge Consortium, Gandhinagar on 30th January 2015. Ronak Patel won 2nd prize in Branding & Advertise Making Competition held at S. V. Institute of Management, Kadi. Hardeepsinh Zala and group won 2nd best appreciation award in the Stock Market Competition held at S. V. Institute of Management, Kadi. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Shatashva Baja 2015 team Secured 1st rank in best ebaja team award (E-112) at India level in Baja Competition and received a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000 at Indore in April 2015. Members of ROBOCON UVPCE team secured 6th rank (out of 85 teams) and won "BEST IDEA ROBOT" award at National level ROBOCON-2015 competition from March 5 to March 7, 2015. Robotics Club-SKYROCK got 1st Rank and received Rs.25000 as a prize at GTU Tech Fest, Ahmedabad. Kumawat Sanjaykumar S. got Gold Medal in TCS Fit 4 life Marathon Race held by Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) on 8TH Feb., 2015 FACULTY OF SCIENCE Ahmedabad. AnushIyyer (4th EC) was winner of the "Kensville Open Golf Tournament 2015" in 25-36 category on January 1, 2015. Patel Akash Rajeshkumar (8th EC) received contract for tennis coaching from "Robinhood Camp, Boston USA" from June 1, 2015 to August 31, 2015. MUIS Student Group consisting of Shivani Thakkar, Purva Gohil, Viranchi Thakar and Jahnvi Prajapati secured 2nd Prize in Poster Presentation for the Poster entitled Green Chemistry Revolution of Science. The competition had been organized at Christ College, Rajkot as a part of 8th National Symposium on 22nd Feb, 2015.

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News Letter January 1, to June 30, 2015 16 OFFICE BEARERS Patron-in-Chief Shri Ganpatbhai Patel President, GNU Shri Anilbhai T. Patel Chairman, MDEF Director, GNU Director, MDEF Dy. Director (Academics) Registrar Shri U. V. Patel Dr. M. S. Sharma Dr. D. R. Patel Dr. P. H. Shah Dr. Amit A. Patel EDITORIAL TEAM Managing Editor Associate Editors Editorial Members Editorial Assistants Prof. Rakesh D. Vanzara Dr. Maurvi Vasavada Prof. Himanshu Patel Dr. Usha Kaushik Prof. Malay Vyas Prof. Jayesh J. Patel Prof. Jigna Prajapati Prof. Suraj Shah Prof. Anand Mankodia Dr. Haresh A. Patel Dr. Devendra Patel Mr. Manoj Patel info@aceadvt.com Send your suggestions and feedback for the Ganpat University at: To, Editorial Committee, Ganpat University Newsletter, Ganpat University, Ganpat Vidyanagar, Pin: 384012. Email: newsletter@ganpatuniversity.ac.in website: www. ganpatuniversity.ac.in