GANDHI JAYANTI

A N D S H A S T R I

JAYANTI

EDX EXAM RESULTS

TECHNICAL PAPERS

PRESENTATION

BLOOD DONATION

BY BIASIANS

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For new activities, educational institutions usually experience financial crunch. Lion’s share of the

budget is taken away by on-going activities. Under these circumstances, alumni of the institutions come for res-

cue and contribute in developing newer facilities helpful to their juniors and the alma mater that are essential for

holistic quality education.

In order to establish a technology focused state-of-art B-School, Vinod Gupta donated US $ two million

to his alma mater IIT Kharagpur in the year 1990-91. This institution has been named as Vinod Gupta School of

Management. Ratan Tata gifted US $ 50 million to his alma mater Harvard Business School in 2010 to fund a

new project. In USA, Michael Bloomberg made a history by donating US $ 350 million to his alma mater John

Hopkins University in the year 2013. Anil and Vera Kriplani donated Rs. one crore to IIT Delhi in 2013 for Applied

Technology Research lab., and Seminar Hall. Alumni of IIT Mumbai annually contribute about Rs. 15 crore for

funding various projects. Alumni of BITS Pilani donate to their alma mater through online BITSAA International

Donation Fund. Alumni Association of BHU contribute through on-line Annual Giving Campaign. For the year 2013,

their target is US $ 300,000.

Besides these big contributions as mark of alumni’s gratitude to their alma mater, there are several

examples of modest contributions. Pantnagar alumni in the year 2010-11, contributed a high-tech Ambulance

and Intensive Care Unit to strengthen health care facilities. They also plan to replace all old books in library by

new editions, and construct an Alumni Guest House. Vineet Nayer, an alumnus of Campus School at Pantnagar

has contributed Rs. 1.5 crore for building an auditorium.

In western world, the system of donating liberally to their alma mater is an old tradition. In India, we see

sporadic examples in limited cases. With IT developed in a big way, it is now easier for the alumni to get united,

identify the requirements of their juniors at their alma mater, launch campaigns, collect funds, and monitor exe-

cution of the project. In the words of Vinod Gupta; “If we can do something to improve the lives of students

(juniors), they will never forget us”. At BIAS, new projects lined up for the attention of its alumni include a confer-

ence hall, an academic block, new workshop, and a boys hostel. Prof. B. S. Bisht

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G A N D H I J A Y A N T I A N D S H A S T R I J A Y A N T I C E L E B R A T E D On 2 October 2013, Gandhi Jayanti and Lal Lahadur Shastri Jayanti were celebrated in the Institute with great

enthusiasm. The programme was organized by Sahitya Parishad. It was attended by large number of students,

faculty and the Director Prof. Bisht. Former Directors Prof. A.K. Pant and Prof. B.P. Joshi were present as Guests

of Honour. The event started with a Vandana, followed by speeches by the students of First and Second year.

Students presented Bhajans, patriotic songs and traditional dances. A documentary on Gandhi ji and Shashtri ji

prepared by the students was also screened.

Students presenting Bhajan during Gandhi, Shastri Jayanti Celebrations, and the audience in view

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Students of the Institute participated in “ INNOVATE-13“ a Technological Fest organized at

Sri Ram Murti University, Ghaziabad on 3-4 October, 2013. BIAS Students took part in

various events namely: “Robo Wars”, “Line Follower”, “Lan Gaming” (Counter Strike 1.6,

NFS MW), “PC Assembling”, “Debugging”, “Robotricks”, and “Research Paper Presenta-

tion”. Following were the winners from BIAS Bhimtal.

Deepak Sati (B.Tech ECE-2011), Saurav Gupta (B.Tech ECE-2012), Neeraj Singh Takuli

(B.Tech ECE–2012), and T.T.Trinkush (B.Tech ECE–2012) won 2nd prize for

“Armageddon (Sumo Wrestling)”.

Ayush Gupta (B.Tech ECE-2012), Varun Singh (B.Tech ECE-2012), Raj Kishore Verma

(B.Tech ECE-2012), and Rohit Kumar Arya (B.Tech CSE-2011) won 2nd prize for

“Intelligent Line Follower”.

Atmajay Singh (B.Tech ECE-2011) ,and Rabindra Singh Negi (B.Tech CSE-2011) won 2nd

prize for “RL Car Race and Rob-the-Builder” competition.

Himanshu Pandey (B.Tech CSE-2011) and Dharmendra Kumar Singh (B.Tech ECE-2011)

won 2nd prize in “Code Jack Code Logic” competition.

B I A S S T U D E N T S A W A R D E D A T S R M U N I V E R S I T Y , G H A Z I A B A D

The winners with their certificates

A course on Artificial Intelligence (CS1881X) was

offered by the University of California, Berkeley.

The following students completed this course

successfully and got the certificates.

Amit Gayal (B.Tech CSE-2010), Shruti Joshi

(B.Tech CSE-2010), 3. Paramjeet Kaur (B.Tech

CSE-2010), Sanjana Joshi (B.Tech CSE-2010),

Puja Budhani (B.Tech CSE-2010), Nupur Negi

(B.Tech CSE-2010), and Akanksha Joshi (B.Tech

CSE-2010). The Director and faculty have con-

gratulated all the above listed successful stu-

dents.

E D X E X A M Q U A L I F I E D B Y

B I A S S T U D E N T S

T R E E P L A N T A T I O N C O N T I N U E S A T B I A S C A M P U S

Tree Plantation was organ-

ised by the Eco Society in

the Institute premises on

the occasion of Gandhi

Jayanti and Shastri Jayanti

on 2 October, 2013. The

event was participated by

many students, faculty

members and the Director,

BIAS. Former Director Prof.

A .K. Pant was Guest of Hon-

our. Saplings were provided

by the Forest Department of

Government of Uttarakhand,

Bhowali nursery. TCS Executive seen planting a sapling at BIAS

campus with the Director and students

The difference between a

successful person and

others is not lack of

strength, not a lack of

knowledge, but rather a

lack of will.

P R O F . B . P . J O S H I D E L I V E R S

L E C T U R E S A T B I A S

Prof. B.P. Joshi, Adjunct Faculty visited BIAS and delivered lectures on

various topics for the students. Prof. Joshi is also a member of the

Board of Governors of the Institute. While addressing the students on

the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, he called for adopting simplicity with

courage and conviction to achieve goals that one sets for his future

and work for the benefit of the nation. While addressing the students

on the occasion of Technical Papers presentation, he advised them to

be honest and precise in reporting.

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Man needs his difficulties

because they are necessary

to enjoy success.

Abdul Kalam

On 4 October, 2013 a Programme on ”Six Thinking Hat” was con-

ducted in the Institute by TCS expert Mr. Ambrish Srivastav. He pre-

sented an overview of six thinking hats and its applications. He also

appraised the audience with various inputs for preparing business cases for the institute’s growth plan. The discussion included better aca-

demic and research programmes of the institute. All the faculty members participated in this programme.

F A C U L T Y D E V E L O P M E N T

P R O G R A M M E B Y T C S E X P E R T S

Competition on Technical papers presentation got completed during the fortnight. It was organized

by the Technoforum Society starting on 29 September, 2013. The programme was inaugurated by

the Director, Prof. Bisht and the Chief Guest on this occasion was former Director Prof. B. P Joshi.

The topics ranged from Graphene, Holographic Data Storage, Very High Speed Transit System, to

Sensor Technology etc. Judges for the competition were Prof.

Bidyut Chatterjee, Prof. Saurav Joshi and Prof. Bhupesh Joshi.

First prize was won by Rakshita Belwal (B.Tech ECE–2012)

and Ruchika Pokhariyal (B.Tech CSE–2012),. Their presenta-

tion was on the topic "Recession and its effect on the Indian

Economy". The second prize was received by Udit Pathak

(B.Tech ECE–2011) and Dhyan Ranjan (B.Tech ECE–2011).

The third prize went to Deepak Sati (B.Tech ECE–2011) and

Govind Mishra (B.Tech ECE–2011).

P A P E R P R E S E N T A T I O N O R G A N I Z E D B Y

T E C H N O F O R U M

O R I G A M I I N M A T H E M A T I C S

A short term workshop on topic “Origami (traditional Japanese art of paper folding) in mathe-

matics” was organized at the institute on 9 October, 2013. It was sponsored by the Punjab

State Council for Science & Technology, Chandigarh. The resource expert for this workshop

was Prof. V. V. S. Sastry from Bangluru. Welcome address was delivered by Prof. Bidyut Chat-

terjee. In this interesting and interactive workshop, Prof. Sastry, explained and clarified the

basics of the mathematics with the help of paper folding and cut figures. The audience com-

prised of students and faculty of BIAS. Several concepts of mathematics were made simple

by the expert.

W O R K S H O P B Y T C S

HR executives of TCS conducted a Workshop for final

year students on 1st October, 2013 at the Institute. It

was held in two sessions. Mr. Vishal Seth and Mr.

Shivam, IT Analysts were the resource persons for these

sessions. The first session had a presentation on “Big

Data Management” by Mr. Shivam. It was an interactive

session with the students. The second session was

conducted by Mr. Vishal Seth on “Personality Develop-

ment skills”. Both the Sessions were highly appreciated

by the students. Director Prof. Bisht and faculty mem-

bers expressed sincere appreciations and thanks to TCS

executives for training the students.

TCS Executives with BIAS Director and faculty Members

Prof. Sastry at BIAS

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Success consists of going from

failure to failure without loss of

enthusiasm.

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Patron: Prof. B. S. Bisht, Director and Professor

Editorial Committee: Priya Singh (B. Tech, CSE, Batch—2011) Dr. Ashutosh Bhatt (Faculty) D. S. Mehra

Shashank Joshi (B. Tech, CSE, Batch-2011) Prof. Abhay Kumar Sharma (Faculty)

On the occasion of World Blood Donation Day on 1 October, 2013, two stu-

dents of BIAS Bhimtal namely Avinash Kumar (B.Tech., ECE-2009) and Ta-

neesha Thaploo, (B.Tech., ECE-2010) were awarded for donating blood fre-

quently for three consecutive years by the Directorate of Health, Government

of Uttarakhand. The Awards were given by Mrs. Sarita Arya, MLA, Nainital in a

felicitation ceremony organised by B.D. Pandey Hospital, Nainital. The Director

and faculty members have congratulated the students.

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Ms Taneesha receiving award for Blood Donation

Four students from BIAS have cleared the first round of Air Force Combined

Aptitude Test conducted on 25 August, 2013. They are: Amit Gayal (B.Tech CSE

-2010), Gaurav Deshwal (B.Tech ECE–2010), Sagar Belwal (B.Tech ECE-2010)

and Jitendra Rawat (B.Tech ECE–2010). They will be appearing for the second

round of this test in next 2-3 months.

A F C A T C L E A R E D

A workshop was organ-

ized in the institute by

Eco Society on 7 October,

2013. The resource ex-

pert was Prof. John Eding-

ton of Cardiff University.

He delivered a lecture on

the topic of land and re-

source management. He

also highlighted issues

related to biodiversity,

climate change, sustain-

able development, popu-

lation growth and so on.

Prof. Edington was falici-

tated by the Director, BIAS

Prof. Bisht and Former Director Prof. A.K. Pant. Eco Society has been active in several

ways including beautification of the campus, tree plantation, arranging lectures by ex-

perts etc.

E C O L E C T U R E B Y P R O F . J O H N E D I N G T O N

Prof. Edington with members of Eco Society, Director and

BIAS Faculty

Prof. John delivering the lecture at BIAS