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PatronProf. Anoop SwarupVice-Chancellor

Executive EditorBrig. SK Sareen (Retd.)Registrar

EditorAnand Gaurav

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Kudos to our inspired faculty and the dedication of our students fraternity that March ‘10 happened to be one of the most vibrant one! To cap it all was the grand success as brought out by ‘Times Meerut Plus’ was the organization of the Inter-University: Institutional Debate: “Budget: The Big Fight” the third such annual event attended by the intelligencia of Meerut, organized on the lawns of Crystal Palace by Shobhit University with The Economics Times to bring about awareness on national developmental and budgetary challenges. Pro-Chancellor, Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra participated in the ‘North East India International Meet 2010’ organized by Government of India, Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS) and Shobhit University

at Guwahati. Congrats to the University’s Vice Chancellor XI who triumphed over the District Magistrate XI by 41 runs in a friendly 20:20 Cricket Match organized at the Bhamashah Cricket Ground. The ‘Aryans’ at the University had once again proved their mettle by designing a unique robot ‘soldier’ which can play an important role in the security of the country. The ingenious robot is equipped with a CCTV camera that can monitor the activities of enemy and with its LASER technique it can spot enemies and shoot them. Shobhit University Library has been digitalized and the credit for the state of art automation goes to the Library Team who can now boast of a repository of nearly 4.5 lakh online virtual books and ready referencing to the online Journals and Papers that can be accessed from any computer. It was a pleasure to have the who’s who of the Nanotechnology world at the campus, thanks

ndto Prof SC Agarwal for organizing the 2 Nanomaterials Symposium where physicist of international fame Prof. Kehar Singh of IIT Delhi delivered the key note lecture on ‘Photonics band gap structures’. Other eminent lectures included those by Prof. V.K. Jindal from Panjab University on ‘Carbon Nanotubes’ and Prof. R.B. Mathur of National Physical Laboratory who demonstrated the applications of carbon nanotubes in engineering, electronics, energy, and biomedicine. Prof. Rajiv Dutta, Director, School of Biotechnology and Centre of Bioinformatics recently presented his path breaking research on patch clamp studies on the soma and dendrites and axons at the Workshop on Brain Awareness organized by the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad in conjunction with National

stBrain Research Centre, Manesar on 21 March ‘10. I am confident that the weeks, months and years to come, the University would scale newer heights with the collective vigor, commitment and the intellect of our faculty and students and make the country proud.

Dr. Anoop SwarupVice-Chancellor

Volume 3, Issue 3

March 2010

from intellect to empowerment

NewDimensions

A newsletter of Shobhit University

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From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk

Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut

Shobhit University has been granted ISO 9001: 2000 accreditation after the assessment of the quality management system of Shobhit University by the representatives of the Joint Accreditation System of Australia, and New Zealand and International Standards Certifications Pty. Ltd.

An Inter-University/Institute debate competition on the theme “Budget: The Big Fight” was organized thon the lawns of Crystal Palace hotel by The Economics Times and Shobhit University on 10 March

2010. Evening was full of excitement, thought provoking statements and cross questioning by Intellectuals. Engineering and Management students from prominent Institutes of the region, industrialists and financial analysts were on the common podium to discuss views on Budget 2010. Objective of the competition was to analyse the Union Budget 2010 and sup-up its highlights and deficiencies. The somber evening began with the lighting of lamp by Mr. Bhuvanesh Kumar, DM, Meerut and Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra, Pro Chancellor, Shobhit University, Meerut. The debate was moderated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad Juyal, Faculty member, Department of Economics, NAS College Meerut. Discussion on the Nations Economic DNA was judged by Amresh Vashishtha a qualified Chartered Accountant and Law Graduate; Shashank Jain, Industrialist and Senior Vice President Western UP Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Shailendra Kumar, MD, Taxindiaonline.com and Dr. Poonam Devdutt, Academician. Winning trophy was picked up by Vidya Knowledge Park while Master School of Management and Shobhit University were second and third respectively. Swati Aggarwal from Vidya Knowledge Park and Suchita Tyagi from IIMT were adjudged best speaker in favour and against the topics respectively. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Anoop Swarup, Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. R.P. Agarwal and Registrar, Brig. (Retd.) S.K. Sareen graced the occasion by their presence.

Budget: The Big Fight by Economic Times & Shobhit University

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Vice-Chancellor XI defeats District Magistrate XI in a Friendly Cricket MatchVice Chancellor XI of Shobhit University defeated

District Magistrate XI by 41 runs in a friendly cricket

match organised at the Bhamashah Cricket Ground on th13 March, 2010. VC XI won the toss and elected to bat

first in the 20 overs match. Opening batsman of VC XI

Sandeep led the attack and scored a brisk 63 of 41

deliveries. Amol played perfect foil for Sandeep and

scored a rapid-fire 44 of 23 balls. VC XI piled up a total

of 203 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the stipulated

20 overs. Mr. Bhuvanesh Kumar, DM, Meerut and

Mr. Dharmendra PAC Commandant Six Battalion took 2

wickets each for the DM XI. In reply the innings of DM XI

never really gathered the momentum required to chase

the target of 204. In the end their inning finished at 162

runs for the loss of eight wickets. Vikas Charan was the

top scorer for DM XI with 63 runs from 40 balls while

Akhil Kumar scored 29 runs off 21 balls. Sandeep was

the star performer for VC XI with the ball also as he

captured 2 wickets. Sandeep was adjudged man of the

match as well as the best bowler of the match. Vikas

Charan was declared as the best batsman of the

match.

Pro-Chancellor Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra participated in

the North East India International Meet 2010 organized by

Government of India and Friends of Assam and Seven thSisters (FASS) at Guwahati on 11-12 January, 2010. The

objective of the meet was to discuss the new

developments in the economy of North East India, matters

related to youth of the region, flood and erosion problem of

the river Brahmaputra, rural health care, rural

development and education in North East India. An

exhibition was also organized on the occasion.

Shobhit University was the platinum sponsor of the meet.

Visit of Pro-Chancellor to NEIMM 2010

Sports @ Shobhit University

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Adarsh Cricket CupthAdarsh Cricket Cup organised by Shobhit University at the University Ground on 18 march, 2010.Hon’ble Vice Chancellor

Anoop Swarup inaugurated the final match Royal Tigers defeated Balaji in the final match. Vishwas Giri was adjudged man of

the match as well as the best batsman of the series.

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Following students of MBA have been placed recently

1. Prashant Kumar: Times Job, Noida

2. Shams Tabrej: Times Job, Noida

3. Mohd. Wasi: Rapid Management System, New Delhi

The Shobhit University Library has been digitalized. Using this facility the details of books available in library can be thaccessed from any computer. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Anoop Swarup, inaugurated the facility on 25 March, 2010.

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Placements @ Shobhit University

SU Library Digitalized

‘Aryans’ : A team of students from Shobhit University has designed a unique robot ‘soldier’ which can play an important role

in the security of the country. The team informed that the robot is equipped with the CCTV camera that can monitor the

activities of enemy and with its LASER technique it can spot enemies and shoot at them. The ‘Aryan’ team won first prize for

this project at Radha Govind Engineering College in the hypothetical project category.

Robot warriors for battlefield

Workshop on Nanomaterials A one day workshop entitled Nanomaterials; Recent Techniques and

Applications was organized by School of Basic and Applied Sciences thShobhit University on 27 March, 2010. Eminent scientists delivered

lectures and introduced the participants with each and every aspect

of Nanomaterials. Physicist of international fame Prof. Kehar Singh

and Prof. Anoop Swarup, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor inaugurated the

workshop. Prof. Kehar Singh initiated the first session with his

enriching key note address on ‘Photonics band gap structures’. The

second session proceeded with the lecture by Prof. V.K. Jindal from

Punjab University on ‘Carbon Nanotubes’. Prof. R.B. Mathur of

National Physical Laboratory spoke on the applications of carbon

nanotubes in engineering, electronics, energy, and biomedical etc. In

the last session Prof. Ranjit Singh, Director, School of Pharmaceutical

Sciences apprised about the role of ‘Nanotechnology in Drug

Delivery’. Prof. Rajiv Dutta, Director, School of Biotechnology spoke

on ‘Biologically Inspired Nanomaterials’. The session came to a close

with the lecture of Prof. D.V. Rai, Director, Center for Biomedical

Engineering on ‘Nanomedicine’. Mementos were presented to the

guests and certificates were distributed among the participants in

the valedictory session. Faculty members and students from about

20 prominent institutes of region participated in the workshop.

Workshops @ Shobhit University

Research on patch clamp studies on the soma and dendrites and axonsIndian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad in conjunction with National Brain Research

stCentre, Manesar organised a workshop over the issue of Brain Awareness on 21 March. The main

objective of workshop was to provide information about complexities of brain and create awareness

on brain diseases. Eminent Scientists from different parts of country participated in the workshop.

On the occasion Prof. Rajiv Dutta, Director, School of Biotechnology and Centre of Bioinformatics

presented his research on patch clamp studies on the soma and dendrites and axons. He also

introduced the delegates about the new technique of blow seal air lifting used for single channel

electrophysiological recording.

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News from the World of Science and Technology Science Corner

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Publications

Education Empowers...

Recent Achievements of the University

thR Workshop on Medical Device Applications and Design on 17 April, 2010.rdRLecture Series on Medical Device HDL based Design on 23 April, 2010.

th RJyotirgamaya Lecture Series under the auspices of Open Source Learning Centre on 30 April, 2010 th thRNational Conference on Emerging Trends in Advanced Computer & Informatics on 8 -9 May, 2010.

Even the most dilapidated car could get a green upgrade, thanks to a process that can turn plants into synthetic rubber for tyres

– usually, the stuff made from petroleum. Isoprene is a synthetic version of natural rubber that is used primarily in tyres: it

makes up as much as 27 per cent of new tyres. Because supplies of natural rubber cannot meet demand for tyres, most

isoprene is collected as a by-product of petroleum refining – and these supplies are under threat, because refining is getting

better. Now scientists has found an alternative source. They took gene sequences for an enzyme that allows vines and trees

like Kudzu and Poplar to synthesize isoprene, and inserted them into strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli and a fungus.

The genetically engineered micro-organisms were able to feed on plant products such as glucose, sucrose, glycerol or plant oils

to produce isoprene gas, which was then collected, condensed and purified. Different combinations of micro-organism strain

and feedstock are being tried to find the best yield. So far the set-up has produced 60 grams of isoprene gas per litre of

feedstock broth in about 40 hours.

RProf. Ranjit Singh, Director, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was invited as an expert

speaker in National Workshop on Innovations in Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research”

organized by National Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research, Patiala & University

Centre of Excellence in Research, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, at thFaridkot, Punjab on 30 March 2010.

RMs. Deepti Gupta Book Titled “Information Retrieval - A Novel Indexing Technique for Web

Documents using Hierarchical Clustering Project: #33142 ISBN: 978-3-639-17657-5

published in VDM Verlag, Germany

RMs. Darakshan Sahar has qualified the Combined CSIR-UGC NET Examination for

Lecturership conducted on 20th December 2009 with all India rank 38. She has also qualified

GATE 2010 with 92.67 percentile and all India rank 405.

RStudents of MBA, Prashant Kumar and Nishant Kumar Singh won the Second prize in the Inter Institutional debate thcompetition jointly organised by Shobhit University and Economic Times on 7 March, 2010.

RStudents of B.Tech. Biotechnology, III year, Prashansha Dalal, Ashish Kumar, Akash Kumar, Kumar Saurav and Amulya

Gaurav qualified GATE 2010

RDr. Deep Gupta and Dr Jyoti Sharma presented papers entitled “Effect of 2,4-D & Glyphosate

on Soil Microbial Respiration & Carbon Mineralization” and “Eco-Friendly Technology for

Analysis & Removal of Toxic Content from Waste Water” respectively in the National Seminar

on Contemporary Research in Material Science & Chemical Biology at the Department of st ndChemistry, University of Allahabad during 31 January to 2 February, 2010.

RDr. Deep Gupta and Dr Jyoti Sharma presented papers entitled “Mycelial Growth Response to

Glyphosate Exposure” and “Impact of Heavy Metals in Soil & their effect on Soil Microbial

Biodiversity” respectively in National Symposium on Impact of Trends in Climate Change on

Bio-Diversity and Faunistic Systems at Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences th thGurukul Kangri University during 19 -20 February, 2010.