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DIET e-Newsletter, October 2018

Educational Events

Seminar on Sustainable Road Infrastructure in India: Challenges & Opportunities

Department of Civil Engineering organized one day seminar on Sustainable Road Infrastructure

in India: Challenges & Opportunities on 6 Oct., 2018. The objective of the seminar was to

highlight technology and techniques for lasting pavements. Invited experts were Prof. (Dr.) A.

Veeraragavan, IIT-Madras and Prof. (Dr.) Dharamveersinh, IIT-Bombay. During the session they

discussed in detail number of related topics like guidelines for long lasting pavements, white

topping for sustainable concrete pavements, recycling technology for sustainable pavements, etc.

The program was also honored by presence of guests like Shri. P. K. Jain and Shri A.

Mankar, Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, Shri P. G. Surve, Chief General

Manager, Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrates Pvt. LTd. and Shri L. B. Zala, Head of

Civil Engineering Department, B. V. M. Vidhyanagar. Guests in their brief address appreciated

the theme of the seminar and explained importance and current needs related to the same.

The seminar was organized in association with Gujarat Council on Science & Technology

(GUJCOST) and Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP). 180+ participants, that included

students, faculty members and industry professionals, attended the seminar.

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Google Developer Group (GDG) DevFest Season 2018

Department of Computer Engineering hosted Google Developer Group (GDG) DevFest Season

2018 at the Institute on 7 Oct., 2018. GDG is an annual one day conference where developers

meet and share their expertise on various cutting-edge technologies. It serves the motive of

shaping thoughts of folks in an imaginative tone. The conference generally have sessions by

experts on different themes like multiple product areas, codelabs, hackathon, etc. along with

other activities. In Saurashtra region, every year DevFest is organized by Google Developer

Group (GDG)-Rajkot.

In this season of DefFest number of technologies were discussed that included Flutter, Machine

Learning, Actions on Google, Product Strategy, UX, Android, Digital Wellbeing, etc. by various

eminent speakers from reputed IT/Software organization.

Educational Events



Industrial Visit at 25MWp Backbone Solar Power Plant

Participants of Suryamitra Skill Development Program running at Department of Electrical

Engineering visited Backbone Solar Power Plant at Shivlakha, Kutch on 30 Oct., 2018. Total solar

power installed capacity at the plant was 25 MWp. During the visit students were able to

observe and learn complete process flow starting from design of plant, installation and working

of solar panels, their wiring and interconnections, role of inverter and its selection, operation

from control room, supply of generated power to grid, etc. The plant was equipped with SCADA

system for monitoring real time power generation data. During the visit students also interacted

with site supervisors and engineers for better understanding of operation and maintenance.

It is worth to know that Suryamitra skill development program is funded by Government of

India through Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and National Institute of Solar

Energy (NISE). DIET is among very few institutes that are approved training partners for this

course.

Educational Events


Hands-on Workshop on Rapid Prototyping of Power Electronic Systems

In-house one day workshop on Rapid Prototyping of

Power Electronic Systems was organized at

Department of Electrical Engineering on 27 Oct., 2018.

The workshop was conducted by department faculty

Prof. P. R. Trivedi. The workshop targeted use of

STM32 microcontroller and MATLAB for developing

power electronic systems. Use of add-on MATLAB

Blockset Waijung was discussed. The workshop

included number of demonstrations, case studies and

practice sessions. The objective of the workshop was

to build capacity of the department as a team by share

knowledge with peers.


Student Achievement

Khel Mahakumbh-2018

Mr. Stavan Pandya (BE Sem. 5, CI) achieved first rank in Taekwondo competition in 68 to 73 kg

category in District level Khel Mahakumbh-2018. The competition was held on 2 Oct., 2018 at

Gondal, Rajkot.

Winners in Swimming Competition GTU SPIRIT – 2018

Spirit-2018 is an annual sports

festival of Gujarat Technological

University. Under this, inter zonal

swimming competition was

organized on 7 & 8 Oct., 2018. Team

consisting of students Upasani

Prakhar (BE Sem. 7, ME), Parmar Jay

(BE Sem. 5, CI), Sorathiya Denish (BE

Sem. 1, CI), Nimesh Tank (BE Sem.

3, CI), Mehta Ritik (BE Sem.

1, CE), Vyas Pankti (BE Sem.

5, CE), Makasana Purva (BE Sem.


5, CE), Makasana Purva (BE Sem.

5, CE), Rangani Nandani (BE Sem.

1, CE) and Ghodasara Janvi (BE

Sem. 1, CE)

Participation in Life Style Exhibition

Nency Thumar (BE Sem 5, CE) in association

with Prof. Dhara Tejura, Department of

Humanities and Science, participated in

Gujarat's largest lifestyle exhibition - Urban

Shopping Festival representing their own design

brand Moh – The Clothyweave. The exhibition

was held at Race Course Ground, Rajkot during

27 – 29 Oct., 2018 and it is considered as one of

the most reputed exhibitions which has won

many awards in past including Exhibition

Excellence Awards, New Delhi. There had been

175+ exhibiters taking part in this exhibition.

represent at the Institute. In various swimming events students won 3 Silver and 7 Bronze

medals. As a team Institute stood at 2nd position at GTU level.

Upasani Prakhar was also selected to represent GTU at All India university (AIU) competition in

swimming.

Nency represents best example among students to follow ones interest along with pursuing

professional course like Engineering.


Staff Achievement

Expert Lecture in National Seminar at BVM Vallabh Vidhya Nagar

Prof. B. D. Kanani, Department of Electrical

Engineering, was invited for an expert lecture in

National Seminar on Energy Management and Audit

organized by Institute of Engineers (India) in

association with Birla Vishvakarma

Mahavidyalaya, Vallabh Vidya Nagar. The seminar was

organized during 26 & 27 Oct., 2018. The expert talk

was focused on waste heat recovery from various

equipment and industrial applications. Along with

related technical details, a case study based on actual

implementation of industrial waste heat recovery

system was presented. The work presented was part of

various activities carried out by Energy Management

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Tech Xplore

Internet of Things – An Introduction

Internet of Things (IoT) is currently one of most buzzing word in technology domain and it is

envisaged as a technology that will revolutionize the way we work, live, learn and play.

The term Internet of Things was coined by Kevin Ashton, a British technology

pioneer, who is cofounder of Auto-ID center at MIT, USA. He is well known as person behind

creating global standards for RFID systems. He used the term IoT to describe a system where the

internet will be connected to physical world through ubiquitous sensors.

To understand this better, one needs to understand difference between internet and IoT.

Conventionally internet is understood or seen as a global network of interconnected computers

or similar computing devices. In the same way IoT is also the network but of interconnected

physical objects (called Things). Objects here do not mean only computers but anything and

everything around us or that we are interested in. This may be electrical or mechanical

devices, home appliances, vehicles, buildings, animals or we ourselves i.e. people. This will

become possible through wide spread use of sensors and actuators along with some embedded

technology which will make these objects capable of transmitting and receiving information.

Thus Internet can be considered as network of homogeneous (of similar type) objects where as

IoT is the network of heterogeneous objects. IoT is going to the enabling technology that will

convert a dumb devices or applications into smart ones. IoT promises to deliver massive gains in


convert a dumb devices or applications into smart ones. IoT promises to deliver massive gains in

efficiency, business, growth and above all quality of life.

For example think of a

bridge or a railway track or any

such asset or machine that is

studded with appropriate sensors

which allows to continuously

monitor it and proactively identify

probable defects. This will enable

to initiate necessary maintenance

work or any such actions before

that asset fails or stops

functioning. This will help not

only to enhance asset’s life and

reduce maintenance costs but also

in many cases avoid serious

accidents. If we look around we

may find many such problems

where IoT can be the solution.

Broadly speaking, IoT at

system architecture level consist of

5 stages or sections. First section

contains Things i.e. any object or


system that is intended to be remotely observed or controlled. This objects will have appropriate

sensors and actuators along with some data communication technology e.g. Bluetooth, wi-fi, etc.

Second section may consist of a data aggregator and a gateway. This section will be responsible

to collect data from all Things and pass it next section. Third section of architecture represents

some global communication infrastructure like Internet responsible for communicating data

generally over a long range. Fourth section may consist of central data centers or cloud where

major data processing, data analysis and data management is carried out. Last section represent

the control section where any authorized person will be able to monitor and command the

system using some smart devices like smartphone, computer, etc.

As per one of the reports from Cisco Internet

Business Solutions Group, IoT was born

around 2008-2009 and its well under way

since then. It is predicted that by

2020, against world population of around 7.6

billion, there will be 50 billion connected

devices. This means there will be around 6 to

7 connected devices per person.

IoT solutions are complex due to the

scale and heterogeneousness of the devices

and connectivity involved, however, it


and connectivity involved, however, it

promises a great future for all of us and a

promising career for interested ones.

Author: Dr. D. D. Vyas

(Head, Dept. of EE & EC)

(Ref: 1. IoT architectures, https://www.ibm.com , 2. Internet of Things, https://www.cisco.com)

Extra-Curricular Activity

Run for Unity

Team of students from the Institute participated

in Run for Unity organized as a part of

celebration of birth anniversary of Sardar

Vallabhbhai Patel on 31 Oct., 2018. The event

has inaugurated with great enthusiasm in

presence of at 5.30 pm at Race course ground.

The event was also the part of inauguration

program of statue of Sardar Patel, which is

tallest statue in the world with height of 182

meters located at Narmada District, Gujarat.

“You are born an original. Don’t die a copy.” – John Mason

Words to Cherish..Words to Cherish..


Placement News

Top Recruitment of this Month

Following students of BE are placed during October 2018 in various companies. We congratulate

all of them and wish for better future.

PANSURIYA URVISHA

(BE Sem-7, CE)

Ncrypted

CTC: Rs.1.44 Lac

DABHI RAJDIPSINH

(BE Sem-7, CE)

Ordex

CTC: Rs.1.8 Lac

RATHOD MILAN

(BE Sem-7, CE)

Logistic

CTC: Rs. 1.44 Lac

Upcoming Events..Upcoming Events..


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