Vol 4 Issue 1 February 2017 Page 1

R & D NEWS

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 1

February 2017

DOI: 10.1002/marc.201670081

CONNECT I COLLABORATE I CREATE

In This Issue

* Sanctioned Grant 2

* Visit of Slovenian Researchers 3

* Research Publications 4

* R&D Retreat 8

* Investigation by UPES Researcher 9

* Research Collaborations 10

* Student Visit to UPES 11

* R&D in News 11

* International Conference (HSFEA) 12

* Symposium 13

* 2nd

IEEE Conference 13

* Workshops @ UPES 14

* Math Mania 16

* International Conference, MAGIC 17

* 3rd

Agro Supply Chain Conference 17

* National Seminar 18

* UPES Celebrated… 18

* Book Chapter/ Case Published 19

* Faculty Achievements 20

* Proposals for funding 22

* Invited Lectures / Visitors 23

* Upcoming Events 28

* Research Calls 29

FOREWORD:

It is a pleasure to know the publication of R&D

Newsletter; Volume 4, Issue 1, 2017. Since its

inception, UPES has a fine tradition of

developing domain specific and industry ready

graduates. UPES has also been continuously

enhancing R&D activities resulting in increased

publications in reputed journals as well as the

number of applications filed for grant if

patents.

In today’s knowledge landscape, research is becoming multidisciplinary and internal/external collaborations help in pooling the varied expertise required for that purpose. This also helps in integrating data, methodologies, perspectives, and concepts from multiple disciplines in order to advance fundamental understanding or to solve real world problems. Funding agencies are also creating initiatives to encourage multidisciplinary research that can be more easily translated to community.

Interdisciplinary research and partnerships require enhanced communication among various researchers and the researchers need to learn to operate in an interdisciplinary environment. UPES has the advantage of a broad spectrum of faculty members involving all engineering, management, economic and legal areas and it is imperative that we develop a sustainable and productive research environment in focused research areas. UPES will continue to strive towards developing our research activities, which will enable us to be innovative in creating technological solutions and support in creating the required policy initiatives.

Dr. S. J. Chopra, Chancellor - UPES

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Sanctioned Projects:

Title: Sustainable Grey Water (GW) treatment technology for community buildings

Dr. Jitendra K Pandey (PI) Dr. Prasanjit Mondal (Co-PI) Dr. Sukdeb Pal (Co-PI)

UPES IIT-Roorkee NEERI

Approach:

Phase –I: To quantify and analyze the raw GW.

Phase –II: Development and feasibility testing of treatment membranes, systems for contamination removals

Phase –III: Design and Construction of vertical pipe based, solar powered treatment system

Phase –IV: Handing over the system to beneficiaries

Objectives:

To demonstrate an economically viable and sustainable, optimized robust Grey Water (GW) treatment technology for hotels, hostels, apartments and other commercial, public buildings such as schools, community centers, wedding points etc.

Using treated GW for : i) Flushing ii) Vehicle washing iii) Crop irrigation iv) Gardening v) Sport fields vi) Trains vii) Primary dust cleaning in recycling plants viii) Fire brigades ix) Recharging ground water

Expected Outcomes:

An easily installable, sustainable, robust

treatment technology

Optimized and tested nano material based

adsorbent technology to remove

contaminants.

Small scale prototypes for smaller

communities.

1 Patent, 3 Ph.D. students, 10-15 skilled

workers.

Budget: 149.74 Lakhs

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Dr. Amit Kumar Mondal

Sponsoring Agency: SERB and UCOST

Travel Grant: 1.5 lakhs

Paper Title: “Incremental Real-Time Multibody VSLAM with Trajectory Optimization

Using Stereo Camera”

Conference: IEEE/ RSJ International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems

(IROS-2016)

Hosting Country: AEJEON, KOREA-ROK

Duration: 09/10/2016 to 14/10/2016.

Dr. Ratnesh K Pandey

Sponsoring Agency: DST – SERB

Research Grant: 5.50 lakhs

Project Title: 2D Material: Multilayer GaN

Duration: 3years

Dr. Sumeet Gupta(PI) Dr. Neeraj Anand(Co-PI)

Sponsoring Agency: FMC

Research Grant: 1.0 lakhs

Project Title: Foundation of MSME Clusters- Feasibility Study of

BMOs

Duration: 1year

Dr. Neelu J. Ahuja

Sponsoring Agency: DST – SERB

Research Grant: 5.0 lakhs (2nd

term)

Project Title: Development of knowledge based tutoring system for seismic data

interpretation using visual and analytical tools integrated with intelligent

tutoring.

Duration: 3years

Congratulations!!!

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Visit of Slovenian Researchers for “Indo – Slovenia DST Sponsored

Project on Biosensor Development”

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (India) and University of

Maribor (Slovenia) are working together on a DST sponcered project

titled “Immobilization of Enzymes on Nanostructured Composite for

the Fabrication of Biosensors”. Slovenian researchers Dr. Maja Leitgeb

(Co-PI) andDr. Irena Petrinićvisited UPES from 13th to 15

th December to

discuss about the project. Dr. Jitendra K Pandey (PI) along with his R&D

team and Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Co-PI) had a detailed discussion on the work

done and proposed new ideas for further research. Scientists from both

sides also looked forward for more collaborative research in diversified

areas.

Various suggestions and recommendations during the meeting:

Dr. Maja Leitgeb discussed about the work done at University of Maribor and recommended

to further test the enzyme activity in supercritical fluids and application of biosensors for

cholesterol control

Dr. Irena Petrinić discussed about her research in water treatment and suggested to enhance

the application of biosensors towards water contaminants detection

Dr. Jitendra K Pandey recommended extracting cellulose from grape leaf, discussed the

advanced applications of cellulose in diversified areas and properties of cellulose which

makes it viable to be used in biosensors

Dr. Sanjay Kumar presented a detailed report of the work done so far and discussed about the

initiated work and framed a timeline for it

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Research Publications:

CoES (Sep’16 - Dec’16)

S. NO AUTHORS TITLE JOURNAL

1

Anita,

PiyushKuchhal,

Adesh Kumar, R.

Singh

Design and FPGA implementation of intelligent helmet

hardware chip for safe drive

International Journal of Engineering

and Technology

2

A.

Gehlot, PiyushKu

chhal, Adesh

Kumar, R. Singh

Design and analysis of controller for vehicle ignition

using FPGA

Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

3

Sajal Sharma,

Ankit Muley, R.

Singh, A. Gehlot

UAV for surveillance and environmental monitoring Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

4

A. Prakash, M. K.

Ojha, M. K.

Khurana, Rajesh

Singh

Wearable System for device control using bio-electrical

signal

Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

5

A. Agarwal,

E.Mehandiratta,

R.Sanket,

R.Samkaria,

T.Gupta, R. Singh,

A. Gehlot

Smart door lock system for elderly, handicapped people

living alone

International Journal of Smart Home

6

R. Singh,

A.Gehlot, Ateev

Agarwal,

E.Mehandiratta,

R.Sanket,

R.Samkaria,

Ambujaksh Shah

WPAN based cattle health monitoring with labview as a

data logger

International Journal of Future

Generation Communication and

Networking

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7

M. Kaur Khurana,

Rajesh Singh,

A.Prakash, Rohit

Chhabra

An IoT based water health monitoring system Journal of Control Theory and

Applications

8

R Chasta,R.Singh,

Anita Gehlot, Raj

G.Mishra,

S.Choudhury

A smart building automation system International Journal of Smart Home

9

Abhas, A. Shukla,

RiwiKoma,

Rajesh Singh,

Anita Gehlot

IoT based underground cable fault detection and

monitoring system

International Journal of Control

Theory and Applications

10

Anuj Kumar,

Sangeeta Pant,

Mangey Ram

System reliability optimization using gray wolf

optimizer algorithm

Quality and Reliability Engineering

International, John Wiley & Sons

Ltd

11

A.Shukla, N.

Sukavanam and

D.N.Pandey

Controllability of semilinear stochastic control system

with finite delay

IMA J Mathematical Control and

Information

12

Anurag Shukla

N Sukavanam

D. N. Pandey

Approximate controllability of fractional semilinear

stochastic system of order

Journal of Dynamical and Control

Systems

13

R. Kumar, N.J.

Ahuja, M. Saxena,

A. Kumar

Modelling and simulation of object detection in

automotive power window

Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

14

Ritesh Saini ,

Neelu J. Ahuja ,

Kanchan

DeoliBahukhandi

Fuzzy logic based advisory for handling landfill

operational problems for early warning and emergency

response planning

International Journal of ChemTech

Research

15 Gagan Anand,

PiyushKuchhal

Experimental and theoretical investigation of viscosity

density and sound velocity of jatropha diesel and pure

diesel blends

International journal Biofuels

16

B.KhaleeluRehm

an, Adeshkumar,

Paawan Sharma

A novel approach for R- peak detection in

the Electroardiogram(ECG) signal

ARPN Journal of Engineering and

Applied Science

17

Mukesh Kumar

Awasthi, Vivek

Kumar and Ravi

Kumar Patel

Onset of triply diffusive convection in a Maxwell

fluid saturated porous layer with internal heat source Ain Shams Engineering Journal

18 Monika Manglik

and Mangey Ram

An analysis to multi-state manufacturing system with

common cause failure and waiting repair strategy Cogent Engineering

19

Mukul K Gupta,

PaawanSahrma,

Amit Mondal,

Adesh Kumar

Visual recurrence analysis of chaotic and regular

motion of a multiple pendulum system

The Arabian Journal for Science

and Engineering

20

A.K. Mondal,

SurajitMondal,

Vindhya Devella,

P Sharma, Mukul

K. Gupta

Advances in floating aerogeneratos: Present status

and future

International Journal of Precision

Engineering and Manufacturing

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21

LipiChhaya,

Paawan Sharma,

G.

BhagwatikarAdes

h Kumar

Wireless sensor network based smart grid

communications: Cyber-attacks, intrusion detection

system and topology control

Electronics

22

L Chhaya,

Paawan Sharma,

G.

BhagwatikarAdes

h Kumar

Design and implementation of remote wireless

monitoring and control of smart power system using

personal area network

Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

23 SukanchanPalit Arsenic groundwater remediation in South Asia and

the visionary technologies for the future

Nature, Environment and Pollution

Technology

24

R.K.Pachauri,

Y K Chauhan, A.

Gupta

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Investigation

of control schemes for reactants flow pressure

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery,

Utilization, and Environmental

Effects

25

S. Pandey, P.

Diwan, P. Sahoo,

S SThipse

A review on combustion control strategies of diesel

HCCI engine Biofuels

26

S. Kumar Kurre,

Rajnish Garg,

Shyam Pandey

A review of biofuel generated contamination, engine

oil degradation and engine wear Biofuels

27 Jagdish C. Patni,

M. S. Aswal

Distributed approach of load balancing in dynamic

grid computing environment

International Journal of

Communication Networks and

Distributed Systems

28

Amit Kumar,

D.Majumdar,

ShaileySinghal,

Shilpi Agarwal,

RP Badoni, KM

Reddy

Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous nano-

structured mixed metal oxides

International Journal of

Pharmceutical Sciences Review and

Research

29

Patil Mansi,

DurairajManoj,

Tauseef Syed

Mohammed

Evaluating the health related quality of life of

hypertensive patients Journal of Hypertension

30

ED Mukhim,

TasneemAbbasi,

SM Tauseef, SA

Abbasi

Domino effect in chemical process industries

triggered by overpressure - formulation of

equipment-specific probits

Process Safety and Environmental

Protection

31 Gupta Pooja,

Asha Kaushik

Decoding cultural crisis among Anglo-Indians during

colonial period in India: A perspective from combat

of shadows

The Criterion

32 Gupta Pooja An insight into princely states of India: New-

historicist approach

Daath Voyage: An International

Journal of Interdisciplinary studies

in English

33 Vohra Shalini,

Pooja Gupta

Tradition and contemporaneity in the novels of

Bhabani Bhattacharya with special reference to So

Many Hungers

International journal of English

language, literature and translation

studies

34 Gupta Pooja,

Shalini Vohra

Socio-Political milieu of the devil’s wind: The revolt

of 1857

International Journal of

Multifaceted and Multilingual

Studies

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35 Vohra Shalini,

AnuradhaVerma Rigid patriarchy versus Depressed feminism

Education at the crossroads, An

International Journal of Education

and Humanities

36

M. Kumar,

R. K. Pandey, P.

Rajput, S.A.

Khan, F. Singh,

D.K. Avasthi, A.

C. Pandey

Swift heavy ions induced nano-grain fragmentation

in fluoride thin films Journal of Alloys and Compounds

37

Vishal Jain,

Devender Saini

K. N. D. Babu

AGC of an interconnected power system under

deregulated environment using GA-tuned fuzzy logic

controller

Indian Journal of Science and

Technology

38 R k. Nair.C, D K

Saini, Jayaraju.M

Modelling the dynamic line parameter of 25 kV AC

railway electric traction lines at earth cuttings

International Journal of Engineering

and Technology

39

R Gupta, D K

Saini, R K Saini,

P. Verma

Design improvement and assessment of efficiency of

three phase induction motor operating under the rated

voltage

Proceeding of International

Conference on Intelligent

Communication, Control and

Devices

40

A. Shrivastava,

M. Pandit,

Devender Saini,

Raj G. Mishra

Optimal power dispatch in competitive market

Proceeding of International

Conference on Intelligent

Communication, Control and

Devices

41

Devendra Rawat,

Kritika Bansal,

Alok K. Pandey

LQR and PID design technique for an electric

furnace temperature control system

Advances in Intelligent Systems and

Computing

42

V. Punetha, S.

Rana, H. J. Yoo,

A. Churasia, J. T.

McLeskey, M. S.

Ramasamy, N. G.

Sahoo, J. W. Cho

Functionalized carbon nanomaterials

(CNT/Graphene) for advanced polymer

nanocomposites

Progress in Polymer Science

43

R. K. Gupta, P.

Kumar, V.Yadav,

S.Arora,D.P.

Singh,S. K. Joshi,

A. K. Chawla, A.

Biswas

Challenges and Opportunities in Fabrication of

Transparent Superhydrophobic Surfaces Current Nanoscience

Publication of Research Review Article in a Journal of Impact Factor 26.3

Congratulating UPES-Research Faculty, Dr. S. Rana for publishing “Functionalization of carbon

nanomaterials for advanced polymer nanocomposites: A comparison study between CNT and

graphene” in Progress in Polymer Science (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2016.12.010).

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R&D Retreat:

R&D pre-Retreat was organized on 24th November, 2016 at MDC – UPES campus to discuss the Department’s growth

and achievements for the year 2016 and to discuss on various suggestions to enrich research activities and culture at

UPES. Hon’ble Chancellor and vice Chancellor, Deans, Associated Deans including UPES faculty members involved in

research from all three schools: CoES, CoLS and CoMES, were present during the meeting.

R&D retreat was organized between 25th and 26

th November, 2016 at Namami Ganges resort, Shivpuri – Rishikesh. CEO ,

Chancellor and Vice Chancellor addressed the retreat and set the way forward for R&D in UPES. Research and teaching

go hand in hand in all academic institutes of excellence. Beside many points discussed during retreat, it was suggested to

maintain the quality and enhance the quantity toward focused research areas. Formation of Departmental Research

committees in defined areas is one of the various initiatives for moving forward. To have an organized scientific

networking, it is also important to have outcome based workshops, seminars, conferences mainly in terms of collaboration

with resourceful participants. Further the discussions focused on: maintaining 'Real Scopus Indexed' publications and

citations data and repository of research activities across UPES such as - research projects, doctoral research, consultancy

research, master students research etc.

An motivational session was also was also conducted to manage professions and personal life, where it was conveyed that

10 minutes mediation in the morning can significantly enhanced the productivity in various aspects of life.

Dr. Jitendra K. Pandey has been appointed as Editor Board Member in International

Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing (IJPEM) – Springer and IJPEM -

Green Manufacturing Technology – Springer for 5 years.

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UPES Researchers Investigated…

Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials (CNT/Graphene) for Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites

V. Punetha, S. Rana, H. J. Yoo, A. Churasia, J. T. McLeskey, M. S. Ramasamy, N. G. Sahoo, J. W. Cho

Progress in Polymer Science 2017, In Press (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2016.12.010)

The fabrication and dispersion of carbon nanomaterials in nanocomposites

is crucial since this affects many of its properties such as electrical and

thermal conductivity, tensile strength and elastic modulus, and thermal

stability. Adaptation of these nanomaterials as commercially significant

products will largely depend on the scalability and reproducibility in

conjunction with their cost of manufacture. This review article collectively

introduces a variety of reactions (e.g. click chemistry, radical

polymerization, electrochemical polymerization, dendritic polymers, block

copolymers, etc.) for functionalization of CNTs and graphene and

fabrication of their polymer nanocomposites. A critical comparison between CNTs and graphene has focused on the

significance of different functionalization approaches on their composite properties. In particular, the mechanical,

electrical, and thermal behaviors of functionalized nanomaterials as well as their importance in the preparation of

advanced hybrid materials for structures, solar cells, fuel cells, supercapacitors, drug delivery, etc. have been discussed

thoroughly.

Swift heavy ions induced nano-grain fragmentation in fluoride thin films

M. Kumar, R. K. Pandey, P. Rajput, S.A. Khan, F. Singh, D.K. Avasthi, A. C. Pandey

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 695, 83-90

Influence of the swift heavy ions (SHIs) at various ion fluences in

nanodimensional polycrystalline fluoride thin films (LiF, CaF2 and BaF2) has

been investigated by glancing angle X-ray diffraction (GAXRD),

complemented by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Nano-grain fragmentation

is observed with increasing ion fluences as evident from the increase of the

peak width in GAXRD pattern. It is also observed that after certain fluence

SHIs irradiation, there is a saturation in the nano-grain fragmentation. The track radius and damage cross section are

deduced from peak width and area of the dominant diffraction. The track radii are 5.5 and 14.5 nm, 5.0 and 9.7 nm and

5.5 and 6.5 nm for BaF2, LiF, CaF2, deduced from width and area, respectively. It is noteworthy that the track radius is

found to be higher than the previously estimated from sputtering studies of LiF thin films.

System Reliability Optimization Using Gray Wolf Optimizer Algorithm

A. Kumar, S. Pant,M. Ram

Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 2017, In press

For the past two decades, nature-inspired optimization algorithms have gained

enormous popularity among the researchers. In this work, few complex reliability

optimization problems are solved by using a very recent nature-inspired metaheuristic

called gray wolf optimizer (GWO) algorithm. GWO mimics the chasing, hunting, and

the hierarchal behavior of gray wolves. The results obtained by GWO are compared

with those of some recent and popular metaheuristic such as the cuckoo search

algorithm, particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, and simulated

annealing. This comparative study shows that the results obtained by GWO are either

superior or competitive to the results that have been obtained by these well-known metaheuristic mentioned earlier.

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Research Collaborations:

Tyumen industrial University

Russia University of Salerno

Italy

University of Manchester

UK

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies is now a member of the International

Water Association (IWA).

UPES and NITI Aayog both are working on the following two areas:

1. Impact of Renewable Penetration on Grid Integration in India and Japan

2. Implication of Clean Coal Technologies (CCT) Energy Scenario of India and

Japan.

The main purpose of these two studies to build scenario for 2032 and 2047 for India

and Japan keeping the Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)

commitment of both countries in to consideration. NITI Aayog has also collaborated

with Institute of Energy Economics of Japan (IEEJ) for these studies. Dr. Ghodke

Praveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, EPE Dept., as a member of the UPES team

of Professors from CoES is involved in conducting the studies under the guidance and

directions of Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES.

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun signed a MoU with Dahanu

Thermal Power Plant & ROSA Thermal Power Plant, Shahjahanpur (Under

Reliance Infrastructure Limited). This MoU will enable the parties to foster technical

education at Engineering Graduate Level, provide certified industry specific training

and strengthen the theoretical knowledge in industrial practices.

R&D Team Strengthening:

Mr. Ravi Kumar Patel joined R&D Department as Doctoral Research Fellow. He did his B.E in

Electronics and Communication Engineering (2011) and M.Tech. in Electronics Control and

Instrumentation (2014) from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. Mr. Ravi was Junior

Research Fellow in DST funded project “Micro-fluidic Lab-on-chip sensor to detect and monitor

viscosities for a variety of Biochemical Applications”. His research interest is in design and

development of control and monitoring devices for various applications according to environmental

aspects.

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Student visit to UPES:

UPES which is at the forefront of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),

encouraged the exposure visit of 39 students from remote villages of Almora

and Pauri which is being organized by SPECS (Society of Pollution and

Environmental conservation Scientists) and UCOST. Students of 6th to 12

th

standard visited the campus on 6th January 2017 and while interacting with

them, Mr. ArunDhand, Director-UPES gave an insight of programs offered,

organizational structure and functioning and also extended his support for

such visits. As part of the visit, Team R&D has organized various lab visits,

quiz and distributed torch lights to the students.

R & D in News...

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International Conference on Advances in the Field of Health, Safety,

Fire, Environment, Allied Sciences and Engineering (HSFEA 2016),

18th

–19th

November

Department of Health, Safety and Environment of UPES has organized HSFEA 2016 during 18th -19

th November with the

objective of promoting industrial and work place safety and to focus the latest developments in the field of science and

technology aimed at improving Health, and Safety at work place. The conference was inaugurated by chief guest, Prof. V.

K. Jain - Vice Chancellor, Doon University; keynote speaker, Prof. S. A. Abbasi - Professor Emeritus UGC, Pondicherry

University; Dr. S. J. Chopra - Hon’ble Chancellor, UPES Dr. N. A. Siddiqui – Head - Dept. of HSE, Convener -

HSFEA. The Motto of the conference was to provide a global platform to showcase current research and deliberate on the

effects of climate change and safety in chemical and construction industries. Prof. Jain in his inaugural speech stressed on

the urgent need for tweaking traditional believes for a sustainable future. More than 100 research papers were received

across the globe under various themes of: Fire and safety, Environment, Sustainable development and technology,

Computer application in environmental conservation, Computer application in HSE, Science and technology and Allied

science. This conference was supported by TATA Projects, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan, Action for Sustainable,

Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA), Akbar HSE, PARAM Environmental Solutions, SWAN Enviro,

Uttrakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) and State Labor Commissioner

Office, Uttarakhand. Selected papers from the conference were published in the form of a conference proceeding by

Springer.

Keynote speakers Mr. Devendra Gill - Sr. Additional General Manager, Delhi Metro Railway Corporation;

Ms. TasneemAbbasi - Assistant Professor, Pondicherry University and concurrently visiting Associate Professor

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA; Dr. R. K. Sharma - General Manger-India Glycols Ltd. and Prof S. A. Abbasi

addressed the gathering on various global and regional issues. Prof. S. A. Abbasi and Dr. TasneemAbbasi drew a parallel

between the deliberately ignored warning signs (with the example of Bhopal gas tragedy) and concerns over the current

environmental problems. Mr. Gill focused on the importance of safety culture and implementation of stringent safety

norms to bring about a positive change in construction industry. The talk of Dr R. K. Sharma revolved around life cycle

assessment of chemical products and the importance of finding environmentally benign sustainable substitutes for

otherwise hazardous chemical processes.

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Symposium on “Research Trends in Machine Learning”, 5th November

Computing Research Institute (CRI) in association with R&D Department & CIT, organized a symposium on “Research

Trends in Machine Learning” with the aim of bringing together researchers, practitioners, students, and industry experts to

deliberate on recent advances, discuss open research questions and provide platform for scholars to interact with area

experts, and get aware of concept, applications and potential research issues. A total of 60 participants from engineering

colleges and institutions across northern India and UPES

participated in the symposium. Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal,

Professor, Computer Science Department in Punjabi

University, Patiala in his talk onNatural Language

Processing (NLP), highlighted on NLP Fundamentals, issues,

ambiguities and ways to handle NLP, followed by current

research trends in NLP. Talk on Computer Vision, byDr.

Aditya Nigam, IIT, Kharagpur focused on computer vision

application in inferring knowledge from picture/video, deep

learning, convolutional neural networks, bio metric validation,

multimodal bio metric models, DeepMatch and DeepKnuckles.

Talk byDr.Kapil Gupta, NIT, Kurukshetra on “Support

Vector Machines” brought out the understanding of Support

Vector Machines, with its mathematical representation.

2nd IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Computing

Technologies (NGCT-2016), 14th

– 16th

October

The conferencewas successfully conducted by the Centre for

Information Technology, UPES between 14th

and 16th

October, 2016 in collaboration with Next Generation

Computing Technology Society, Dehradun. NGCT-2016

was technically co-sponsored by IEEE UP Section and

financially co-sponsored by DST, DRDO and RCPL. The

conference was inaugurated by the chief guest Mr. Deepak

Kumar, Secretary- IT, Government of Uttarakhandand

theguest ofhonour Prof. S. C. Joshi, Vice Chancellor,

Uttaranchal University, Dehradunin the presence of

Dr. S. J. Chopra – Chancellor, Dr. Shrihari Honwad - Vice

Chancellor, Mr. SanjivZutshi - Sr. Director Operations, Mr.

ArunDhand – Director Gov. relationas and media affairs, Dr.

Kamal Bansal – Dean CoES, Dr. Manish Prateek – Head

CIT along with UPES senior officials, faculty members and

students of CIT, conference delegates. Keynote speakers

during the conference include: Dr. Michael Coyle - CEO of

Avatar Med vision US, North Carolina, USA; Dr. P.

Shekhar- Chairman & MD, Micro Technologies LTD,

Mumbai; Dr. E.G Rajan, President, Pentagram Research

Centre, Hyderabad & Scientific Advisor at Helios &

Matheson analytics, USA; Dr. PiyushMaheshwari,

Professor & Head of Engineering at Amity University,

Dubai; Dr. Ram Murthy Garimella - IIIT Hyderabad; Mr.

Tanmoy Chakravarty, Vice President & Global Head –

Government Industry Solutions Unit (ISU) at New-Delhi.

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Workshops @ UPES

Workshop on Blended Learning: Sharing Experiences, 9th

January

Departments of R&D and E-Learning organized a workshop on “Blended Learning: Sharing Experiences” which gathered

about 100 faculty members from all three colleges of UPES. Vice Chancellor Dr. Shrihari Honwad in his inaugural

speech motivated the participants to inculcate blended learning as a main mode of their teaching; Dr. Byra Reddy from

CoMES discussed the “Learning Outcomes” and how to create them for an online course along with its importance;

MrRavindraYatagiri, VP Online Learning spoke on the topic “Faculty Development Tools for Content Development:

Blackboard Tools” with an aim to motivate faculty members to acquaint themselves with various tools available on BB.

Post-lunch session witnessed Mr. Anand Prakash Pathak, HBO Coordinator, CoES sharing his experiences on the topic

“Students learning through collaborative tools”. The objective of his talk was to share the utility of various collaborative

tools available in blended/an online course. He also shared with the participants how various collaborative tools are being

used in various blended/online courses including the open electives across CoES. Dr. AlkaDwivedi, Associate Director,

Online Learning, focused on “Myths of Blended Learning and Teaching” drawn from some current and relevant

researches being conducted by various universities and think tanks working in higher education space. The presentation

covered various aspects ranging from the real meaning of blended learning to its impact on academic rigour and from its

acceptance by the students to the change in role which teachers may experience because of it. The purpose of the

presentation was to dispel the misconceptions which the audience may have regarding blended teaching and thus improve

their understanding and acceptance of the idea as a whole.

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pandey, Head – R&D discussed the research opportunities in HBO learning and scope of

descriptive research in this area. Mr. MihirKanti Das from CoMES and Mr. C. Nelson from CIT, CoES shared their

experiences apropos the online/blended courses they are running in their respective programs. Amy J. Hilbelink,

Executive Director of Strategic Partner Initiatives for the Laureate Network Office delivered talk (via Zoom) on the topic

“Structural and Pedagogic change in further and higher education and Learning to teach online: Preparation, Development

and Organizational communication”.

Speakers of HBO Workshop

Mr. R.Yatagiri

A. J. Hilbelink

Ms. AlkaDwivedi

Mr. A. P. Pathak

Dr. Byra Reddy

Dr. Srihari Honward

Dr. J. K. Pandey

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National Workshop on “Symbolic 2D/3D Image Processing using LIPS”, 16th

-

18th

September

Center for Information Technology, UPES has

organized the 3-day national workshop in

collaboration with Next Generation Computing

Technologies (NGCT) Society. The workshop was

inaugurated by Prof. E.G. Rajan, Director,

Pentagram Labs Inc., California (USA), Scientific

Advisor, Helios and Matheson Analytics

(USA), who is also known as father of a novel

paradigm Symbolic Computing. During the first

day of the workshop, detailed explanation was

provided on Symbolic Image Processing and its

applications in medical, defense and other field. The

workshop continued for 3 days with hands on the

software LIPS (Logical Image Processing Software)

on 2D/ 3D data. More than 40 participants across India including UG/ PG students, research scholars, academicians and

scientists from different organizations like MNIT-Jaipur, SGGRITS-Dehradun, Uttarakhand Technical University-

Dehradun, Manipal University, ABES-Ghaziabad, OIMT-Rishikesh, Pentagram Research Centre-Hyderabad,

UPES and many more.

One day Workshop on Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 19th

September

The workshop was organized under DST funded

project, “Women Technology Park - Identification

and Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic

Plants” with the objectiveofproviding knowledge on

commercial cultivation technology of medicinal &

aromatic plants.Around 50 women farmers of

Birsaini, Jagatpur, Retiwala, Than and Dunga of

Sahaspur block participated in the workshop which

has been coordinated and organized by Dr. Kanchan

D Bahukhandi, Assistant Prof., Dept. of HSC. Chief

guest Mr. Mahendra Singh Chauhan, Secretary of

Multiple Action Group for Integrated Rural &

Development Society, Herbertpur, together with

Mrs. Shyama Chauhan, Head, MahilaJagriti Self Help Group Herbertpur; Mr. Surya PrakashBahuguna, Head,

KisaanEktaSamiti, Herbertpur (Winner of developing farmer award by govt. of uttarakhand); Mr. P. D. Bahukhandi,

former Executive Director in Indian Oil and Chief Advisor of MAGIRD and his wife Mrs. ShardaBahukhandi, former

Teacher in govt. of Uattarkhand and dignitaries from UPES inaugurated the workshop. The workshop revolved around:

introduction of the project – “Women Technology Park- Identification & Cultivation of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants”,

expert talk by Mr. Chauhan, visit to the Polyhouse and nursery for practical exposure to farmers. Stevia Plants were

distributed to all participants as part of the workshop.

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Workshop on “Basic Numerical Computations using LINUX Operating System”, 17th

September

One day workshop on “Basic Numerical Computations using

LINUX Operating System” was organized by Dept. of Physics,

UPES. A total of 26 participants (Students and Faculty Members)

were apprised about: Development of computer programs in CentOS

(a Red Hat Linux Enterprise Version) using VI editor; Data

visualization (2D & 3D) using a free Linux-based software called

GNUPLOT by writing plot scripts; Development of libraries using

C++ to solve differentials, and approximating functions passing

through discrete data set using linear interpolation.

International Litigation “Workshop on Comparative Public Law: Practice and

Procedure”, 12th

November

College of Legal Studies (CoLS), UPES has organized 2nd

International Litigation Workshop on Comparative Public

law: Practice and Procedure. Mr. SaleemMarsoof, Former

Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and Non-Resident Judge of

the Supreme Court of Fiji was the chief guest and Prof. Dr.

Krishan Mahajan, Additional Registrar, Supreme Court of

India, Prof. Dr. Zafar Nomani, Professor of Law, Aligarh

Muslim University and Adv. Riju Raj Jamwal, Advocate

Supreme Court of India were the guests of honor. About 180

participants from all corners of the country and participation

from Nepal had benefited with practical exposure in

understanding the nuances on Comparative Public Law over

3 technical sessions and workshops which are focused on:

Court craft and court process; Supreme court’s reliance on foreign precedents and public interest litigation and

Environmental sustainability in South Asia with special reference to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Math Mania 2016:

Department of Mathematics, UPES has organizedthe

mathematics popularization program, “Math Mania” on 5th

November 2016 which revolved around programs like:

Mathematics Talent Hunt Quiz, Movie Screening, Popular

Lecture by an Expert, Exhibitions, Poster Presentations,

Mathematical Rangoli, Mathematics Treasure Hunt and

Something More-Surprising!.Prof.Sudhir R. Ghorpade,

Institute Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian

Institute of Technology, Bombay was the chief guest of the

event and presented a lecture on the topic,Development of

theory of equations.

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International Conference “MAGIC”, 10th

-11th

November

The 4th

International Conference (and 5th

in series)MAGIC – Methods, Aesthetics and Genre in

Communication – An Initiative to Support Skill India was organized by the Centre for Professional

Communication, UPES in association with the HLRC (Higher Learning Research Communication and

International Journal of the Laureate Network. The plenary speakers for the conference were some

distinguished personalities of the Communication Fraternity namely, Prof. SisirBasu - Banaras Hindu

University, Prof. Rashmi Gaur - I.I.T. Roorkee, Prof. S. Chakrabarti - Delhi University and Dr. Thalia

Nazario, Managing Editor, HLRC.

Dr. Shrihari Honwad - Vice Chancellor, UPES in his inaugural speech, eloquently cited how communication

in terms of the spoken language indicates the generation gap. In line with his speech, Dr. Basu also commented

on the idea of natives and migrants of the internet. He also mentioned how the bandwagon effect works in the

youth and how fear of isolation often holds people from being creative. Prof. Gaur extended the conversation

by sharing her experience of conducting communication skills workshops for students of I.I.T. Roorkee who are

from vernacular background.A total of 87 papers were received under various themes and sub themes related to

professional communication, english literature, language, online hybrid and blended education and a unique

association with skill India initiative. Participants from various institutions from across India, some of which

are: EFL Hyderabad, GLA Mathura, Guru Nanak Institutions, Technical Campus, Hyderabad, IIS University

Rajasthan, KLE Society’s Lingraj College etc.

3rd

Agro Supply Chain Conference (ASCC), 7th

-8th

October, 2016 College of Management and Economic Studies, UPES organized the conference, ASCC-2016 with special emphasis on

Cold Chain Logistics and Horticulture was aimed to address a wide range of issues impacting supply chain of agriculture,

horticulture, sericulture and floriculture products and challenges and future prospects in Cold Chain Logistics. Invited

Speakers: Dr. Savita, Vice Chancellor FRI University addressed the gathering over growing importance of agriculture

Sector In India and said that despite much emphasis on industrial development, India remains an agrarian economy and

hence there is a need of introducing more and more technological mechanism in the agriculture; Mr. Nikhil, AGM,

Supply Chain Management of PatanjaliAyurved Limited threw light on success story of the company and said mantra of

success lies in better supply and logistics management

which means of immaculate procurement of materials to

supply of the finished products to the end consumers; Dr.

R K Tripathi Director (Technical), Warehousing

Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) Govt.

of India spoke on warehouse where tradable goods can

be stored efficiently. He enlightened students on captive

warehouse which gave an insight into the real life

scenario of warehousing in India; Dr. Neelam Grewal,

Dean and Prof, PGS Punjab Agricultural University,

Ludhiana covered the marketing side of agriculture and

narrated the success story of Honey Marketing based on

sound strategy.

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National seminar on “Growth Driven New Capabilities in Electronic Design

and Innovation in Industries and its Positive Impact on Job Opportunities”,

15th

November

National seminar on “Growth Driven New Capabilities

in Electronic Design and Innovation in Industries and

its Positive Impact on Job Opportunities” was

organized by the Dept. of Electronics, Instrumentation and

Control Engg., UPES on 15th November 2016. Mr.

Pankaj Mishra, President, Uttrakhand Industrial

Association was the chief guest. Mr. Mishra in his

inaugural talk emphasized on creativity, entrepreneurship

and suggested students to do self SWORT analysis and to

work on it to improvise themselves. Mr. P. Joshi, chief

business development officer- L&T, New Delhi in his talk

entitled “Emerging prospects in electronics

instrumentation and control – The way forward for

youngsters” introduced students with ongoing and

upcoming projects of L&T. He suggested students to take

part in group activities, documentation of achievements,

and IEEE membership. Prof. D.V. Gadre, Associate

Professor & Director- Texas instruments analog design

lab, NSIT, Delhi in his expert lecture on “Fifty shades of

engineers, blue collar experience with white collar

engineers” gave the clear picture of different job

opportunities outside India. He encouraged students to get

hands on experience of work and also briefed about

“DIY”- “Do it yourself” concept in America, “LAB- Lab

aboard a Box”. Another interesting talk by Mr. S. Vijay

Anand, Director- Aricent Technologies, Chennai on the

topic “Industry Transformation for the connected

city/connected world” gave an insight of the internet

evolution. He discussed different key trends in connected

car, connected bike, connected flight ecosystems etc.

which introduce the huge job opportunities of electronics

engineers in automobile industry. Dr. R. K. Singh,

Director- BTKIT, KEC Dwarahat, Almora, Uttrakhand in

his talk on “Optical fiber communication System”

discussed on optical fiber communication and optical

amplifiers. Talk by Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, Manager

(Telecom), Power grid Corp. of India Ltd., on the topic

entitled “Growth driven new capabilities in electronic

design and innovation in industries and its positive impact

on job opportunities” gave students an insight of job

opportunities in government sector.The event was

concluded with panel discussion chaired by Mr. P. Joshi

and co-chaired by Mr. S. Vijay Anand.

UPES Celebrated…

Ozone Day, 16th

September

UPES has always strived for making the world a better place to live in and the

institution has always felicitated the endeavor of man to use the natural resources which

are at his disposal, proportionately and hence allow the future generations to enjoy the

fruits of nature too. GREEN UP club of Department of Health Safety & Environment

at UPES shouldered upon the responsibility to organize ATMOSFAIR-III, a student

driven environment awareness program on 16th September, 2016 which is celebrated as

Ozone Day across the globe. Students volunteered to more than 25 schools of Dehradun and taught them about

environment, created awareness about ozone and ozone day. Various events like quiz, debate, ex-tempore, poster and

paper presentation, engineer’s eye, photography and face painting contests were organized as part of the program.

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IEEE Day, 7th

October

Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Day was celebrated at the

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun on 7th October 2016. An

assembly of four events was organized for the students, which included a coding event

named Unravel the Code, followed by a technical idea pitching contest named Pitching

and two competitions were held on coding and debugging of software namely

MUMnCODE and Enigma. The event gathered varied participation from UPES students

who showcased their brilliant ideas for the betterment of the technical field.

Engineers Day, 15th

September

“First Congregation of Dept. of Electrical Power & Energy” was conducted successfully

on 15th September, 2016, the day commemorating the birth anniversary of Shri M.

Visvesvaraya. The student driven event witnessed varied competitions along with

student presentations on the topics: Sustainable Architecture for Electrical Power

Generation; Conceptions and Learning of Electrical Engineering. Group discussions

were conducted on the topic, Climate change and its impact: Mitigation and Adaptation.

Book Chapter / Case / Article Published

S. NO AUTHORS TITLE PUBLICATION SCHOOL

1

Rajesh Singh, Anita,

Sushabhan Choudhury,

Bhupendra Singh

Embedded System based on ATmega

Microcontroller-Simulation, Interfacing and

Projects

Narosa Publishing House CoES

2 Rajesh Singh, Sushabhan

Choudhury

Proceeding of International Conference on

Intelligent Communication, Control and

Devices” ICICCD 2016

AISC book series,

Springer. CoES

3 Anuj Kumar,Sangeeta

Pant, S. B. Singh

Reliability Optimization of Complex Systems

Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm

IGI Global, Hershey, U.

S. A. CoES

4 R. Singh, G. Chawla and A.

Desai

Job Satisfaction and Teachers Retention:

Critical Review of Indian Management

Education

IGI Global, Hershey, U.

S. A CoMES

5 Azim B. Pathan& Deepak

Kumar Srivastava

The Law of Human Rights: A Tribute to

Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

Satyam Law

International, New Delhi CoLS

6 Pushkar Anand (Co-

Author)

Determination of Indirect Expropriation and

Doctrine of Police Power in International

Investment Law : A Critical Appraisal

Springer Nature,

Singapore CoLS

7 Pushkar Anand

Regulating Rampal Power Project Could

Mean Trouble under the India-Bangladesh

BIT

The Wire CoLS

8 Priyanka S. Khanduja&

Amit Sinha

LGBT Rights in India: A Psycho-Legal

Perspective

Young Global

Publications, New Delhi CoLS

9 Azim B. Pathan

National Biofuel Policy vis-à-vis Ethanol

Production in India through the Prism of

Sustainable Development: Future Ahead

Young Global

Publications, New Delhi CoLS

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Distinct Achievements of UPES Faculty Members:

Dr. Shyamal Kumar Banerjee, CoES was bestowed with “Indira Gandhi gold

medal award, 2016” for outstanding individual achievement in education and

research by the Global Economic Progress and Research Association, New Delhi on

the occasion of 99th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi on

19th November, 2016 at Bangalore. Every year 25-30 people from various field of

expertise: Basic Science, Engineering, Medical, Social Science and Commerce across

the country will be selected for the 8awards. The awards are given by Central Cabinet

Ministers or Top Level Bureaucrats and which consist of a Trophy, a Gold Medal and

a Certificate.

Dr. Vikas Garg, CoES has been conferred with prestigious “G M Nawathe award”

during HYDRO - 2016 organized from 8th

-10th

December, 2016 at CWPRS, Pune. G

M Nawathe award is a prestigious national level award, in the field of hydraulics and

water resources. Dr. Garg’s research paper entitled “scour comparison around circular

pier, oblong pier and equivalent pier group” was selected in International

Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO

-2015) at IIT Roorkee and was nominated for the award out of papers received from

prestigious institutions like IISc, IIT’s, NIT’s, CWPRS etc. during HYDRO 2015.

Prof. Sampath Kumar, CoLS has been accorrded with the prestigious “Best

Professor award in Law” (2016) during 24th

Dewang Mehta National Education

Awards held on 25th November, 2016. Prof. Sampath also delivered a talk on

“Demonetization and the rise of plastic over hard currency in the e-commerce futures

of this country” during the award-ceremony.

Dr. SoumyajitGhosal, Prof. &Prog. Director MDes, CoES, is selected as member of peer

review committee of IIIT DM Jabalpur

Rajesh Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of EIC, CoES, has been session chair at 8th IEEE

International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks,

organized by the Mir Labs and IHET-THDC, Uttrakhand, 23rd

-25th December, 2016

Dr. Kanchan DeoliBahukhandi delivered a invitee talk under the theme of “Ecotourism and

Wildlife Conflict” during the workshop, “Environment Conservation through Indian Value

System“ during Rajaji-RishikeshEcospritual 17th December, 2016 organized by Himalayas

You and Me Foundation (HUM)

Dr. Ruchi Tyagi – Assistant Professor, CoMES and Vishwakarma, S. were awarded withBest

oral presentation was awarded for their paper, “Workplace Competence Assessment and

Development of Frontline Managers at Indian Power Companies”, during 2nd

International

Conference on Economics, Business and Trade (ICEBT 2016) held in Hong Kong. They also

presented a paper on “Role of non-training issues alongside training needs for better

performance of frontline managers: A case study of four DISCOMs”, during International

Conference on Business Management, Economics, Social Sciences and Humanities (BMESH –

2016) held in Bangkok, Thailand

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Mrs. Madhuben Sharma delivered invitee talk under the theme of Sustainable Development

and Conservation of river Ganga during the workshop, “Environment Conservation through

Indian Value System“ during Rajaji-RishikeshEcospritual 17th December, 2016 organized by

Himalayas You and Me Foundation (HUM)

Anita Gehlot, Assistant Professor, Dept. of EIC, CoES has been session chair at 8th IEEE

International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks,

organized by the Mir Labs and IHET-THDC, Uttrakhand, 23rd

-25th December, 2016

Dr. ShaileySinghal, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry-CoES, was Member - Advisory

Board, Chair - technical session and also delivered a guest lecture on “Bioenergy: Renewable

energy resource of today and tomorrow”at National Conference on Alternate energy resources,

environmental protection and global economic growth (NCAERG 2016) organized by Dept. of

Chemistry, DIT University, Dehradun during 9th -10

th September, 2016

Dr. Gagan Anand - Associate Professor, Dept.of Physics, COES is the international technical

committee member for the International Conference on Engineering Physics and Optoelectronic

Engineering (ICEPOE 2017) which is going to be held during 21st -23

rd April, 2017 at Bangkok,

Thailand (http://www.iased.net)

Dr. Jyoti LaxmiKashyap, Assistant Professor, Centre for Professional Communication,

translated papers for the book on the Arya Samaj and Vedic World View for the Project of

History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, New Delhi. The papers from Sanskrit were

translated to English, compiled into the encyclopedic work of a book form, to bring out the Vedic

world view and its role and significance in today’s world

Dr. Jagdish Chandra Patni - Assistant Professor from Center for Information Technology,

presented paper entitled "Client Server Approach of Load Balancing in real Grid Computing

Environment" at Virginia International University, Virginia, United States from 4th -5

th November

2016 and also keynote speaker for the International Conference on optimistic science and

Advance Technology at Dallas, United States from 15th -16

th April 2017

Dr. Tabrez Ahmad, Professor and Director, CoLS has been invited as a resource person by

CIPAM the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Govt. of India for IPR enforcement training to the

Police Officers, IPS, DSP’s and other law officers of UP cadre at the Dr. Ambedkar UP Police

Academy Moradabad on 15th Dec, 2016 and also chaired a session on IP in Digital Domain

during the National Conference on IPR organised by the Dept. of Industrial Policy and Promotion

Govt. of India, University of Delhi and PHD Chambers

“Completed Project”

Ethanol Blending in India: Market, Technical and Legal Barriers, a funded project with the PLR Chambers New Delhi

was completed by UPES Research Team: Prof. Dr. Tabrez Ahmad, Dr. Azim B. Pathan, Dr. Sujata Bali, Dr. V.

Chintala, Dr. Rituparna Das, Mr. Krishndeo Singh Chauhan. The report was released on 8th December, 2016 by YB

Ramakrishna, Chairman working group on Biofuels , Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Govt. of India

(http://www.cstep.in/uploads/default/files/publications/stuff/Expert_Paper_on_Fuel_Blending_in_India_-_Final.pdf )

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Submitted Proposals for Funding (Sep’16 - Dec’16)

S. NO TITLE AGENCY INVESTIGATORS COST (INR

LAKHS)

1 Optimization of flow characterstics and rheological

properties of ferrofluid for engineering applications SERB Dr. Anupam Bhandari 75

2 Automated bio-medical waste and management

system using concept of ICT DST

Dr. AnkurDumka (PI), Dr.

Prashant Durgapal-AIIMS,

Rishikesh (Co-PI), Mr.

Amit Dumka-Gov. Medical

College, Haldwani (Co-PI)

32.45

3 Implementation of evolutionary computing

algorithm for polarimetric SAR data processing and

classification

SAC, ISRO,

Ahmedabad

Mr. Anil Kumar (PI),

Mr. Shashi Kumar-

IIRS,Dehradun (Co-PI), Dr.

ShushilaDahiya (Co-PI),

Dr. M Prateek (Co-PI)

18.40

4

Impact of self-help groups on entrepreneurial

intentions of women: An exploratory study of

dehradun and its adjacent rural pockets

ICSSR, Delhi Dr. Ginni Chawla 14.75

5 Novel framework-composite materials for CO2

utilization

Indo-Newton

Grant Dr. Abhishek K. Mishra 150

6 From waste to fuels: Catalysts design DST-RMES

Dr. Abhishek K. Mishra

(PI), Dr. Jitendra K. Pandey

(Co-PI)

45

7 Design and development of a robot for jatropha

harvesting UCOST

Dr. Rajesh Singh(PI), Dr.

Sushabhan Choudhury, Ms.

Anita, Dr. R Pachauri

17.96

8

Design and development of renewable energy

assisted robotics platform for paddy rice crop UCOST

Dr. Rajesh Singh(PI), Dr.

Sushabhan Choudhury, Ms.

Anita, Dr. R Pachauri

16.34

9

Development and demonstration of bio-hydrogen

and biogas production plant (5 TPD capacity) with

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) for electrical power

generation

DBT Dr. G. Praveen Kumar 111

10

Self-healing graphene/polymer nanocomposites:

Multiscale modeling and design for structural

applications

DST-UKIERI

Dr. Sravendra Rana (PI),

Dr. Jitendra K. Pandey (Co-

PI)

110

11

Mobile app based intelligent irrigation system DST Dr. J. C. Patni (PI), Dr.

Amit Agarwal and Mr. Ravi

Tomar (Co-PI)

19.5

12 Smart metring analytical process through big data

DST Dr. AnkurDumka 60.39

13

Composites for aircraft safety

Indo-Italy

Dr. Sravendra Rana (PI),

Dr. Jitendra K. Pandey (Co-

PI)

36.7

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Invited Lectures / Keynote Speakers / Visitors (Apr’16 – Sep’16)

Prof. V. K. Jain, Vice chancellor Doon University graced the International Conference on

Advances in the Field of Health, Safety, Fire, Environment, Allied Sciences and Engineering

(HSFEA 2016) during 18th -19

th November. In his inaugural speech, Prof. Jain stressed on the

urgent need for tweaking traditional believes for a sustainable future.

Prof. S. A. Abbasi, Professor Emeritus UGC Pondicherry University was the keynote

speaker during International Conference on Advances in the Field of Health, Safety, Fire,

Environment, Allied Sciences and Engineering (HSFEA 2016) organized from 18th -19

th

November. In his talk, prof. Abbasi drew parallel line between the deliberately ignored warning

signs such as leading to the Bhopal gas tragedy and concerns over the current environmental

problems

Mr. Devendra Gill- Sr. Additional General Manager, Delhi Metro Railway Corporation,

in his talk deliberated on the importance of safety culture and implementation of stringent

safety norms to bring about a positive change in construction industry during the International

Conference on Advances in the Field of Health, Safety, Fire, Environment, Allied Sciences and

Engineering (HSFEA 2016) organized from 18th -19

th November

Dr R. K. Sharma, General Manager-India Glycols Limited, visited UPES during the

International Conference on Advances in the Field of Health, Safety, Fire, Environment, Allied

Sciences and Engineering (HSFEA 2016) organized from 18-19 November. His talk revolved

around life cycle assessment of chemical products and the importance of finding

environmentally benign sustainable substitutes for otherwise hazardous chemical processes.

Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Professor, Computer Science Department in Punjabi

University, Patiala graced the Symposium on “Research Trends in Machine Learning” on 5th

Nov, 2016. In his talk on Natural Language Processing (NLP), Dr. Lehalhighlighted on NLP

Fundamentals, issues, ambiguities and ways to handle NLP, followed by current research

trends in NLP

Dr. Aditya Nigam, IIT-Kanpur delivered a talk on “Computer Vision”, during Symposium

on “Research Trends in Machine Learning” on 5th Nov, 2016, which focused on computer

vision application in inferring knowledge from picture/video, deep learning, convolutional

neural networks, bio metric validation, multimodal bio metric models, DeepMatch and

DeepKnuckles

Dr.Kapil Gupta, NIT – Kurukshetra keynote speakerduring the symposium on “Research

Trends in Machine Learning” on 5th Nov, 2016. Headdressedthe gathering on the topic

entitled, “Support Vector Machines”. His talk brought out the understanding of Support Vector

Machines, with its mathematical representation. He also talked about Kuhn-Tucker Condition,

Support vectors, dual nature of optimization problem, newton method to solve optimization

problem.

Dr. TasneemAbbasi, Assistant Professor Pondicherry University graced the International

Conference on Advances in the Field of Health, Safety, Fire, Environment, Allied Sciences and

Engineering (HSFEA 2016) during 18th -19

th November as keynote speaker.

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Mr. Deepak Kumar, Secretary - IT, Government of Uttarakhand, was the chief guest of

2nd IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Computing Technologies (NGCT-

2016). He enlightened the audience with the future plans of Uttarakhand government in the

field of technology which inculcated implementation of platforms like E-Governance, water &

electricity bill payment portals, grievances portal, mother child tracking System & many more

Prof. S. C. Joshi, Vice Chancellor - Uttaranchal University was the Guest of Honour during

2nd IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Computing Technologies (NGCT-

2016).

Dr. Michael Coyle - CEO of Avatar Med vision US, North Carolina, USA addressed the

gathering NGCT-2016. He demonstrated the recent developments in Medicine/ Digital Health

which highlighted the major inventions including nano retina, DNA nanobots , artificial

pancreas & many more.

Dr. P. Shekhar- Chairman & MD, Micro Technologies LTD, Mumbai was the keynote

speaker during NGCT-2016. In his talk, Dr. Shekhar unleashed the next generation computing

technologies for national growth through secured governance.

Dr. E.G Rajan, President, Pentagram Research Centre - Hyderabad & Scientific Advisor

at Helios & Matheson analytics - USA, in his enlightening delivery during NGCT-2016

spoke of defense technologies for home land security.

Dr. PiyushMaheshwari, Professor & Head of Engineering at Amity University – Dubai,

keynote speaker during NGCT-2016 shared his excellent coverage on smart cities application.

Dr. Ram Murthy Garimella - IIIT Hyderabad presented an analysis on fog computing &

future internet where he covered stem use of local servers a service provider to the main cloud

system during NGCT-2016.

Mr. Tanmoy Chakravarty, Vice President & Global Head –Government Industry

Solutions Unit (ISU) - New Delhi, keynote speaker during NGCT-2016. He shared his views

on governance transformation during his talk.

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Dr. Savita, Vice Chancellor FRI University, invited speaker of 3rd

Agro Supply Chain

Conference (ASCC), 7-8 October, addressed the gathering over growing importance of

agriculture sector in India and said that despite much emphasis on industrial development,

India remains an agrarian economy and hence there is a need of introducing more and

more technological mechanism in the agriculture.

Mr. DeepakBharara,LancoInfratech Director - Corporate HR addressed the gathering

during distinguished session held on 20th Oct 2016. He shared his valuable knowledge and

enriched the student’s with practical knowledge on present Indian power scenario and

management skills required.

Mr. Surya Prakash Bahuguna, Head, KisaanEktaSamiti, Herbertpur (Winner of

Developing farmer award by govt. of uttarakhand), supported women farmers by sharing his

views during one day workshop on Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 19th

September, organized under DST funded project “Women Technology Park-Identification and

Cultivation of medicinal and Aromatic plants”. Mr. Bahuguna had Shared his experience on

organic farming and registration process for organic cultivar with farmers.

Mr. P.D. Bahukhandi, former Executive Director in Indian Oil and Chief advisor of

MAGIRD, guest during one day workshop on Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,

19th September, organized under DST Funded project Women Technology Park-Identification

and Cultivation of medicinal and Aromatic plants.

Mr. SaleemMarsoof, Former Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and Non-Resident Judge of the

Supreme Court of Fiji was chief guest of 2nd

International Litigation Workshop on Comparative

Public law: Practice and Procedure, organized by CoLS on 12th November. He delivered

lectures on “Practical Aspects of International Arbitration Law/ Lecture” and “Problem of

enforcing Electronic Evidence in Court of Law” during his visit.

Prof. Dr. Krishan Mahajan, Additional Registrar, Supreme Court of India, guest of

honour during 2nd

International Litigation Workshop on Comparative Public law: Practice and

Procedure, organized by CoLS on 12th November.

Prof. Dr. Zafar Nomani, Professor of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, guest of honour of

2nd

International Litigation Workshop on Comparative Public law: Practice and Procedure,

organized by CoLS on 12th November.

Adv. Riju Raj Jamwal, Advocate Supreme Court of India, graced 2nd

International

Litigation Workshop on Comparative Public law: Practice and Procedure, organized by CoLS

on 12th November as guest of honour.

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Hon’ble Justice (Retd.) Mr. Rajesh Tandon, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India,

Former Hon’ble Member, Uttrakhand Human Rights Commission, Former Judge

Allahabad &Uttrakhand High Court graced the valedictory ceremony of 5th National Client

Counselling Competition, November 18-20 organized by CoLS.

Hon’ble Justice Mr. A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India graced the International

Seminar On “Juvenile Justice System: Trends and Challenges in Globalizing world”, 26-27

November as chief guest

Prof (Dr.) VedKumari, Head and Dean, Faculty of Law, Delhi University & former

Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy visited UPES as guest of honour during International

Seminar On “Juvenile Justice System: Trends and Challenges in Globalizing world”, 26-27

November.

Mr.ManojChandran, Additional Secretary Social welfare and Chief Commissioner of

persons with disabilities graced the panel discussion of International Seminar On “Juvenile

Justice System: Trends and Challenges in Globalizing world”, 26-27 November

Dr. K. A.Pandey,child rights activist attended the panel discussion of International Seminar

On “Juvenile Justice System: Trends and Challenges in Globalizing world”, 26-27 November.

Mr. Pankaj Gupta, President, Uttrakhand Industrial Association was the chief guest of

national seminar on “Growth Driven New Capabilities in Electronic Design and Innovation in

Industries and its Positive Impact on Job Opportunities” organized by the Dept. of Electronics,

Instrumentation and Control Engg. on 15th November 2016. Mr. Mishra in his talk emphasized

on creativity, entrepreneurship and suggested students to do self SWORT analysis and to work

on it to improvise themselves.

Prof. D.V. Gadre, Associate Professor & Director- Texas instruments analog design lab,

NSIT, Delhi delivered expert lecture on “Fifty Shades of Engineers, Blue Collar experience

with White collar Engineers” during national seminar on “Growth Driven New Capabilities in

Electronic Design and Innovation in Industries and its Positive Impact on Job Opportunities”

organized by the Dept. of Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engg. on 15th November

2016. He gave the clear picture of different job opportunities outside India and encouraged

students to get hands on experience of work and also briefed about “DIY”- “Do it yourself”

Concept in America, “LAB- Lab aboard a Box”.

Mr. S. Vijay Anand, Director- Aricent Technologies, Chennai graced the national seminar

on “Growth Driven New Capabilities in Electronic Design and Innovation in Industries and its

Positive Impact on Job Opportunities” organized by the Dept. of Electronics, Instrumentation

and Control Engg. on 15th November 2016. He elucidated on the topic “Industry

Transformation for the connected city/connected world” which gave an insight of the internet

evolution. He discussed different key trends in connected car, connected bike, connected flight

ecosystems etc. which introduce the huge job opportunities of electronics engineers in

automobile industry

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Dr. R. K. Singh, Director- BTKIT, KEC dwarahat, Almora, Uttrakhand delivered a talk

on “Optical Fiber Communication System” during national seminar on “Growth Driven New

Capabilities in Electronic Design and Innovation in Industries and its Positive Impact on Job

Opportunities” organized by the Dept. of Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engg. on

15th November 2016. Through his talk he discussed on optical fiber communication and optical

amplifiers.

Shri K.D. Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was the Chief Guest

of the 14th convocation Ceremony of UPES held on June 18, 2016. Speaking on the occasion,

Shri K. D. Tripathi said that, "Skill India initiative of Government of India is an ambitious

programme to connect government bodies, academia and industries to prepare a roadmap for

the development of the nation."

Other dignitaries who visited UPES include:

Dr. R K Tripathi, Director (Technical), Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA)

Govt. of India

Mrs. Sharda Bahukhandi, former teacher, govt. of Uattarkhand

Mr. P. Joshi, Chief Business development officer- L&T, New Delhi

Prof. (Dr.) Prem Kumar Agarwal - Head, College of Law, University of Burdwan, West Bengal

Mr. Nilesh Chandra - Associate Partner, HSA Advocates, New Delhi

Prof. (Dr.) Afzal Wani, Dean, University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIP University, Delhi

Advocates, Rajas Pingle and Mr. SandipGadiya

Mr. BadrinathDurvasula, Senior Vice- President and Legal Head (Adani Group)

Mr. Vivek Bharti Sharma, Legal Advisor of Governor of Uttrakhand

Mr. S. C. Virmani, Senior Advocate

Dr. Neelam Grewal, Dean and Prof, PGS Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

Mrs. Shyama Chauhan, Head, MahilaJagriti Self Help Group – Herbertpur

Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, Manager (Telecom), Power grid Corp. of India Ltd.

Mr. Rizwan Ali, child rights activist

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Upcoming Events:

International Conference on Nano for Energy and Water (NEW)-2017 and

Indo-French Workshop on Water Networking, 22-24 February

Organized By: Research and Development Department

Tracks (T) of NEW-2017: Applications of Nano Technology in: T-1- Energy Sources; T-2- Energy Storage; T-3-

Energy Distribution; T-4 Water; T-5 Miscellaneous

Major aim of the conference is to highlight the recent progress of research in Applications of Nanotechnology in

addressing major concerns of the society, Water and Energy. It is organized under the Mentorship of Bharat

Ratna Prof. C. N. R. Rao, FRS. The three day conference will be a rich knowledge source with the talks by

Eminent Researchers across the globe - Mr. Rajendra Singh - Stockholm Water Prize Awardee & Ramom

Magsaysay Awardee; Prof. T. Pradeep – Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Prof. Zeljko Knez – University

of Maribor, Slovenia; Prof. S. C. Mullick – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; Prof. Hee-Je Kim – Pusan

National University, South Korea; Dr. K. P. Singh, Agricultural University, Haryana; Dr. Benoit Teychene –

Universite de Rennes, France; Prof. Julie Mendret – Universite de Rennes, France; Dr. Surlani Abu Baker,

Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia; Prof. Anthony SZYMCZK, Universte de Rennes, France; Dr.

Ritesh Agrawal – University of Pennsylvania, USA; Dr. Ajay K. Dalal – University of Saskatchewan, Canada;

Prof. Lee Hwei Voon – University of Malaysia, Malaysia; Dr. Murali Sastry – IITB Monash Research Academy.

For more details please visit us at http://www.new2017.org

S. NO EVENT DATES

1 ‘Enervions’ International Essay Writing Competition, 2017 in collaboration

with Surana&Surana International Attorneys February 28, 2017

2

Dr. Uday S Agarwal - Head of Grasim R&D (Aditya Birla group) will be

visiting UPES. His area of expertise spans over Chemical Engineering:

Product and Process Development, Reaction Kinetics and Engineering,

Transport Phenomenon, Textile Technology and Materials Science

20 – 22 March 2017

3

UPES Learning with leaders program: Visit of Dr. Niranjan Bagchi,

Adviser to Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Bangalore;

Empanelled EIA Assessor with Quality Council of India (NABET), New

Delhi and Visiting Professor, Graphic Era University, Dehradun

20 – 22 March 2017

4 2

nd International Conference on Intelligent Communication, Control and

Device

15 -16 April 2017

Website - www.iciccd.in

5 7

th Paras Diwan memorial International ‘Energy Law’ Moot Court

Competition April 7-9, 2017

6 World IPR Day April 26,2016

7 2

nd International Economic Law Conference on “Redefining International

Economic Law in 21st Century: Challenges Ahead” May 19-20, 2017

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Research Calls

S. NO RESEARCH CALL AREA CLOSING

DATE

1

DST- Intel Joint

Program on

Collaborative Research

on River water and Air

Quality Monitoring

Sensing and Sense making at the Edge, Novel energy harvesting

technologies, Ultra low power wireless networking, Distributed

analytics and sense making

10/03/2017

2 DST SwarnaJayanti

Fellowships 2016-17

Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth &

Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Sciences) 15/04/2017

3

DST Interdisciplinary

Cyber Physical

Systems(ICPS)

program

Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems Research, Data Science

Research (DSR), Internet of Things Research, Cyber Security Research,

Indian Heritage in Digital Space, Epidemiology data & Analytics

31/03/2017

Editorial Board

Patron

Dr. S. J. Chopra

Editor in Chief

Dr. Jitendra K Pandey

Managing Editor

Dr. Sravendra Rana

Technical Editor

Dr. Abhishek K Mishra

Production Editor

Ms. K. Manjusha

Development Editors

Ms. Meenakshi Pundir

Mr. Surajit Mondal

Mr. Sri Ragunath. V

Mr. P. Swami Sairam

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