Expert Talk on “Opportunities & Chal-

lenges in PSUs for Engineering Gradu-

ate” was organized by Electrical Engineering

Department of GHRIET, Nagpur on 08/09/16

for the seventh semester students of Electrical

Department. The speaker for the lecture was

Mr. Moreshwar Kudkilwar who is working with

one of the best PSUs, ONGC India, as a senior

fire officer in ONGC Mumbai. Aim of organiz-

ing this expert talk was to make students

aware about PSUs and to make them ready for

upcoming challenges after graduation. In his

lecture, he discussed about various PSUs in

India and their contribution towards our coun-

try. He told the challenges face by our country

and the role of students to build our nation. He

discussed various ways to join the PSUs and

the challenges PSUs are facing.

He shared his wide experience and motivated

students by discussing his journey form gradua-

tion to their current achievements. Session

was ended with interaction with students

about opportunities of jobs in PSUs. The

program was anchored by Ms. Bipasha

Sarkar, 5th semester EE student. The whole

event was coordinated by Prof. Ashish

Dongre Under the guidance of Prof. M. J.

Katira Head Electrical & Dean Academics.

Interaction of final year students

with pre-final students: Electrical En-

gineering department of GHRIET, Nagpur

organized an interaction of final year stu-

dents with pre final students on 12/9/16.

The idea behind this was to make pre final

year students ready for next year challeng-

es which where apart from technical skills

some soft skills are required.

Ms. Rakhi Durge, Ms. Sneha Diwathe and

Ms. Chaitali Wandhare of final year were

selected for interaction. First interaction

started with Ms. Rakhi Durge where she

gave presentation on “How to prepare for

interview, personality development”. After

completion of her presentation, charge was

transferred to Ms. Chaitali Wandhere.

Electrical Department News

N E W S L E T T E R D A T E : 0 3 / 1 0 / 1 6 V O L U M E I , I S S U E I I I

G. H. RAISONI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

“ vidyut ”

A monthly newsletter of Electrical Department for Institute Friends, Patrons, Mentors and Alumni….

Patrons

Shri. Sunil Raisoni

Chairman, RGI

Dr. K. K. Dhote

Exe. Director, RGI

Dr. M. B. Daigavane

Principal, GHRIET

Prof. M. J. Katira

Dean Academics &

Head Electrical

Faculty Editor

Prof. A. A. Dongre

Prof S. K. Wadhankar

Student Editor

Ms. S. Kale VII Sem. Electrical

Ms. P. Gajbhiye V Sem. Electrical

P A G E 2 D E P A R T M E N T O F E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G

She started with her briefing which was followed by presen-

tation on “Development of Communication skill”. Further

presentation was handed over to Ms. Sneha Diwathe in which

she gave presentation on “Opportunities in Electrical Engi-

neering in India”. Every Quires of student related with the

topic were cleared by every speaker.

Technical Quiz Competition: On the occasion of Engi-

neers day 15.09.2016 the Department of Electrical Engineer-

ing GHRIET, Nagpur conducted a “Technical Quiz competi-

tion” for student of seventh, fifth and third semester. Coordi-

nator of the event was Prof. Anshu Chaudhary. The whole

Competition was divided into three levels. In first two levels

there were six questions for each group based on their aca-

demic topic and the last level is based on spelling bee. At the

end of event winning teams were honored with the their re-

spective prizes.

Engineer’s Day Celebration: Engineer’s Day was cele-

brated at G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technolo-

gy, Nagpur on 15th Sept 2016. It was organized on the birth-

day of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, an eminent Indian

engineer and statesman who was born in the remote village

of Karnataka. Program was graced with the presence of chief

guest Dr. R. L. Shrivastava, Dr. M. B. Daigavane, Principal,

GHRIET, Prof. M. J. Katira, HoD Electrical & Dean Academ-

ics . Each year, Engineer’s day has a theme and this year it is

‘Skill development for young Engineers to reform the core

sector: Vision 2025’. After the auspicious Lamp Lightening

Ceremony, Principal Dr. M. B. Daigavane addressed the facul-

ty members and then it is followed by Chief Guest

speech. Dr. R. L. Shrivastava elaborated his address

on the theme of 2016. He gave more emphasis on

the practical knowledge to imbibe and to develop

soft skill. The program was organized by Electrical

Engineering Department on the behalf of GHRIET,

Nagpur. Prof. Manoj Warjurkar, faculty of first year

anchored the program and vote of thanks was pro-

posed by Prof. Shweta Rajurkar faculty of Electrical

Dept. The whole event was coordinated by Prof.

Shweta Rajurkar under the guidance of Dr. M B

Daigavane, Principal, GHRIET and Prof. M. J. Katira,

Head Electrical & Dean Academics.

Teachers Day Celebration: Students of Elec-

trical Engineering Department celebrated teachers

day on 07/09/16 with great enthusiasm . They invit-

ed all faculties from the department and various ac-

tivities were organized for the faculties. It was a me-

morial day for students as well as faculties.

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P A G E 3 D E P A R T M E N T O F E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G

Alumni Coffee Cup Meet: GHRIET, Nagpur orga-

nized an “Alumni Coffee Cup Meet” on 17/09/16. The

Guest of honor of the program was Dr. M. B. Daigavane,

Principal GHRIET, Nagpur and Prof. M. J. Katira, HoD Elec-

trical and Dean Academics GHRIET, Nagpur. Miss Lalita

Tekade particapted as an alumni. Miss Lalita Tekade is cur-

rently appointed as an Electrical Engineer in SMS Infrastruc-

ture Private Limited. The program started with the intro-

duction of program by Prof. Antara Bhattacharya, Assistant

Professor, CSE Dept, GHRIET, Nagpur who was the coordi-

nator of the program. The program was headed by briefing

of details regarding Training and Placement by Miss Lalita

Tekade to the students of pre final year. She gave the infor-

mation about various techniques regarding training and

methods needed for placement procedure. At the end, the

students were asked to questions to Miss. Lalita Tekade and

then the program was concluded by Vote of Thanks by Prof.

M. J. Katira. The program was carried out in the supervision

and guidance of Dr. M.B. Daigavane, Principal GHRIET,

Nagpur, Prof. M. J. Katira, HoD Electrical Department,

GHRIET, Nagpur.

Meeting of Teachers Teaching Same Subjects:

Meeting of the Teachers Teaching Same/Similar Subject was

conducted by the Department of Electrical Engineering for

the subject Power Electronics (VI Semester EE) and Power

devices and Machines (IV Semester ECE) on 16 September

2016. The mentor for this subject is Prof. M. J. Katira and

the team for the subject includes Prof. Sachin Wadhankar,

Prof. Kamalkumar Kashyap, Prof. Anshu Chaudhary, Prof.

Rajashri Thakare and Prof. Ashish Dongre.

The discussion of the meeting was related to the

question paper pattern, technical points which should

be given more emphasis while teaching and also the

other best practices to be followed where discussed.

The mentor further suggested to refer the NPTEL

videos and other similar useful information that is

easily available on internet. The use of powerpoint

presentations was also given due importance. Also, it

was suggested to refer other reference books for

additional knowledge like the books like Power Elec-

tronics by P. S. Bhimbra, Industrial Electronics by

Devdatta Shingare & Power Electronics by K B

Khanchandani.

Guest Lecture on “ Autocad Electrical”

Guest Lecture on “ Autocad Electrical” was orga-

nized by Electrical Engineering Department of

GHRIET, Nagpur on 22/09/16 for the seventh and

third semester students of Electrical Department.

The speaker for the lecture was Mr. Vaibhav Shukla

from M/S Astral Informatics (P) Limited, Nagpur. He

brief that the AutoCAD Electrical is a powerful AU-

TOCAD add-on for electrical designers and engi-

neers, offering automated drafting tools for designing

wiring, circuiting, PLC modules, panels, and data and

schedules. Students can learn the symbol naming con-

ventions, usage of multiple symbol libraries, hydraulic

and PID symbols, generate PLC layout modules,

modules, insert PLC modules, and organize PLC data-

base files. Also they can learn to bring components

into the panel for layout; to generate and update cus-

tomizable reports, and use folders to organize draw-

ings etc. The rich repository of symbol libraries helps

designers to increase the productivity of electrical

design tasks. The program was anchored by Ms.

Rakhi Durge, student of 7th semester Electrical De-

partment. The whole event was coordinated by Prof.

Shweta Rajurkar under the guidance of Prof. M. J.

Katira, Head Electrical & Dean Academics.

P A G E 4 D E P A R T M E N T O F E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G

Industrial visit to “Koradi Thermal Power Sta-

tion”: On the 22nd September 2016, the Department of

Electrical Engineering of GHRIET, Nagpur had organized an

industrial visit for second year and third year students of

Electrical department who were accompanied by two facul-

ties of the department. The visit was to the Koradi thermal

power plant, situated in outskirts of Nagpur at koradi.

Inside the industry premises students were divided to form two

groups and each group were allotted with Assistant Engineer of

MAHGENCO. Asst. Engg. Lalit Rode and Umesh Jadhav took

charge and had taken the group to different sections of the plant

and briefed up student with the introduction about the plant as

well as about the number of sections related with the power gen-

eration. After brief introduction the students were taken to differ-

ent sections such as coal handling plant, ash handling plant, turbine

& generator section and control room. In control room all the

controlling parameters were explained at the control panel with

live working. Asst. Engg. Lalit Rode and Umesh Jadhav answered

the queries of the students regarding generation, maintenance of

plant, generators, controlling & protection, life cycle of plant etc. it

was an extraordinary experience for students to see the things

which they actually study in their academic curriculum. In the end

a group photo was taken with the students.

Guest Lecture on “ Electrical Installation and

Design” Guest Lecture on “ Electrical Installation and

Design” was organized by Electrical Engineering Depart-

ment of GHRIET, Nagpur on 23/09/16 for the seventh se-

mester students of Electrical Department from 2.30 to 4.30

pm. The speaker for the lecture was Prof. Prafull Tarwatkar

of St. Vincent Palloti College of Engineering and Technology,

Electrical Department. In this session he discusses distribu-

tion and transmission in power system. He covers de-

sign and installation of transformer and Induction Mo-

tor. He focused his discussion on the practical use of

PCC, MCB, MCCB, Relays, CB, LA etc. He also dis-

cussed numerical on the various topics. Session was

ended with students interaction and clearing doubts.

The program was anchored by Ms. Rakhi Durge, stu-

dent of 7th sem and vote of thanks was proposed by

Prof. Mohini Moitra of Electrical Engg. Dept. The

whole event was coordinated by Prof. Ashish Dongre

and Prof. Shweta Rajurkar under the guidance of Prof.

M. J. Katira, Head Electrical & Dean Academics.

CONGRATULATIONS

For Placement in “CAPGEMINI India Pvt. Ltd.”

Ms. Kalyani Patil (EE. VII Semester)

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