Gujarat Technological University

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Inspiring Future Engineers, Managers, Pharmacists & Technocrats

January 2016

Book of Policies for GTU

Technology Business
Incubator released by
education minister
Ahmedabad: A book of Policies for GTU
Technology Business Incubator (TBI) was
today released by Higher & Technical
education minister Shri Bhupendrasinh
Chudasama at Gandhinagar. Gujarat
Technological University (GTU) is the first
institute of Gujarat, which received Rs. 6
Crore grant to start TBI. The National
Science & Technology Entrepreneurship
Development Board (NSTEDB) functions
under the aegis of Department of Science
& Technology has given the grant to GTU.
Taking inspirations from Start up India,
Government of Gujarat has started Start
up Gujarat, Stand up Gujarat. In this regard
a meeting was held, in which minister of
state Smt. Vasuben Trivedi, Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU, Shri
Hirnamay Mahanta, Hon. Director, GTU
Innovation Council, Rahul Bhagchandani,
Editor-in-Chief, Youth Connect were
present.
GTU will create a pool of mentors
consisting of Incubation managers,
Investor, industry professionals, young
entrepreneurs and senior professors
dealing with entrepreneurial activity to
support incubatee companies where
incubatee companies will have access to
pool of mentors. GTU-TBI will also build up
information and knowledge pool to be
useful generically for start-up companies.
The GTU-TBI will be able to bring Angel
Fund and Venture Fund investors, as the
quality and the number of businesses at
the GTU-TBI become attractive. GTU has
been encouraging its faculty members,
staff, research scholars and students to
convert their technology ideas and

innovation in various disciplines of science

and engineering into commercial ventures
for personal, institutional and social
benefits.
GTU innovation Council (GIC) initiated
Student Start up movement in year 2010
popularly known as student start-up
support system (S4). S4 has been working
to nurture student start-ups in action
research mode and S4 has succeeded in
sensitizing the whole of the GTU
community about entrepreneurship. S4
has
driven
through
various
entrepreneurial
processes
from
ideation workshops, idea fuel workshop,
Entre-weekend,
Start-up
Leadership
Program, social entrepreneurship bootcamps,
mobile
application
bootcamps, start-up analysis and crowdfunding
bootcamp where participants got extremely
delighted after working in the loop of
design thinking and leading upto venture
design and later ending up raising funds for
their start-up ideas.

S4 Co-Creation Centre (S4-C3) is serving

the students needs around the clock, right
from hatching their ideas to take them to
market. S4 programs at GTU Innovation
Council in Ahmedabad fetch nearly 3000
students per quarter and give them
exposure to technology entrepreneurship
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and help the emerging teams to setup their

student venture. Today S4 is the most
active start-up system out of such systems
at universities, with regular event every
day of the week. S4 also has taken crucial
lead in the nation for advocating suitable
policy interventions at state, university and
college level. It has hosted national
conferences, workshops, symposium and
roundtables to discuss and deliberate on
the need and to develop strategies and
implementation pathways to make it
happen at grassroots level. This is first of its
kind largest intervention to promote
student start-ups in India.
TBIs are promoted to achieve the following
objectives:
Creation of
enterprises

technology

based

new

Creating value added jobs & services

Facilitating transfer of technology
Fostering the entrepreneurial spirit
Speedy commercialisation of R&D output
Specialised services to existing SMEs

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Navkar School students gets

hands-on experience of copter,
3D printer, and controller
Ahmedabad: 63 students from Navkar
public school got hands-on experience of
copter, 3D printer, controller board
through which LED
patterns
can
be
designed, Robot, Vinyl
cutter, knowledge of
electronic components
and other hi-tech
equipment at Gujarat
Technological
University (GTU).
GTU conducted 3rd one
day Science workshop
at
Gujarat
Technological
University
(GTU)
Chandkheda campus as a part of Rashtriya
Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA). The programme
was also attended by Principal of the
school Dr. Vrajesh parikh and science
teacher of the school.

hardware & software embedded c

programming, Different types of sensors &
controllers, Vinyl cutter, How to assemble
the 3-D PRINTER, High END 3- D printer.
The programme was originally launched on
9th July, 2015 by late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam, Former President of India at New
Delhi for School Students of 9th, 10th, 11th
& 12th standard with four
Teachers. The Focus of
this Programme was to
nurture a spirit of enquiry
and creativity, love for
science and mathematics,
and to encourage those
children who show an
inclination and talent for
these subjects so that
they can excel in these.

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The Programme was held at GTU

Navrangpura campus. The aim of the
program was to aware students about
recent technologies and to provide hands
on experience of Electronic components.
The Contents of the Workshop were: Basic
Electronic Components, Basic Arduino

Research week starts at GTU

with the aim of improving
students research
Experts from prestigious institutes like
CSIR & industry to guide students
Ahmedabad: 6th Research Week of
Pharmacy started from today at Gujarat
Technological University (GTU) with the
aim of improving students research and
make it upto the mark of international
quality. Total 50 experts from prestigious
institutes like CSIR & industry to guide 771
post graduate students.

instead of criticizing, we are helping the

student to improve the performance. We
teach them how to make the research
worth international quality and what value
addition should be made. For this purpose
we are calling experts from M.S. University,
Nirma University of Gujarat as well as
experts from Lucknow & Bangalore too.
We are calling experts from Laurentian
University also.

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of

GTU said that our university expects
students to learn something new from
experts from all over the world. Each Ph.D.
student has to take part in such 4 research
weeks & have to submit report of
improvement with thesis. Ours is the only
methodology of research acceptable
anywhere. We want good quality work in
the field of research should be done by our
students.
Dr. Manish Rachchh, Associate Professor of
GTUs Centre for Pharmaceutical Studies
and Drug Deliveries told that we are taking
exam of M.Pharm. in three stages. In first
stage we have a process during ITD, then
we are taking mid-session exam and after
that we are taking final dissertation. Midsession exam is called as Research Week.
We at, GTU have speciality of teaching
patent alongwith the study so that student
can file & obtain it.

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Dr. Mukesh C. Gohel, former principal of

prestigious L.M. College of Pharmacy also
participated in the Research Week as an
expert said that we are reviewing the
performance of students. If any student has
not done proper research work, then
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GTU inks MoU with Guru

Kashi University, Punjab
for joint research

Exchange of students, faculties & other

benefits from the collaboration
Ahmedabad:
Gujarat
Technological
University (GTU) has signed MoU with
Guru Kashi University (GKU) of Punjab.
Both the universities will do joint research
in the field of common interests as well as
state priorities.
Dr. N.S.Malhi, Vice Chancellor of GKU and
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of
GTU signed the MoU. On the occasion Dr.
Malhi said that industries have made
universities very smart. Expectation of
society towards our students has been
increased many fold. So universities are
making collaborations at state level,
national level and international level. Every
university has their own speciality. Hence
from such tie-ups both can be benefitted
from expertise of each other. Thus we can
create win-win situation. He mentioned
the quote of Henry Ford: Coming together
is a beginning; keeping together is
progress; working together is success.
GKU is offering a wide variety of
educational programs to meet the
requirements of the industry of the
surrounding area. GKU students will be

equipped with the desired knowledge,

skills and competence to confidently meet
the challenges of the corporate world.
Dr. Aggarwal said that both the universities
will do joint research. The tie-up will help
students and faculties of Management. As
GTU has started e-courses of specialization
in Asian business studies, Smart Cities
Development and IPR valuation and
management, GKU students can take
benefit. GTU is charging special rate of the
e-courses to the students of the
universities, which have MoU with GTU.
Both the VCs discussed how students can
explore interaction on topics like strategic
management and others. Dr.K.N.Sheth and
Shri Rupesh Vasani, Deans of GTU
expressed their views about the tie-up. Dr.
Pankajray Patel, Director, GTU presented
vote of thanks.

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Declining ethics in business is

worrisome, inculcate values in
students, says minister
Students & 3 professors from
Germany are taking part in GTU
conference
Ahmedabad: Our business and industries
are becoming more and more selfcentralised. Declining moral ethics and
values are worrisome. Let us take pledge
that we will never abandon ethics in
business and industries. We have to
change the mindset of our people. For this
purpose, we have to teach moral values to
our next generation. We have to inculcate
ethics in students. Smt. Vasuben Trivedi,
Hon. Minister of State Women and Child
Welfare (I/c), Higher and Technical
Education
said
today
in
an
international
conference
at
Gujarat
Technological
University (GTU).
GTU-Post Graduate
Centre for Business
Ethics and CSR is organizing the 5th
International Conference on Impact of
Business Ethics, Governance and CSR on
Society in collaboration with CKSVIM on
February 5-6, 2016 at GTU Chandkheda
Campus, Ahmedabad, India. Around 150
participants including 60 researchers and
other deans, faculties and students are
participating in the conference. 15
students & 3 professors from Germany are
taking part in GTU conference. For each
theme of the conference GTU has received
total 75 Abstract/synopsis out which total
full Paper receive in each theme is 59.
Selected 43 Papers were published in the
SANKALPA: Journal of Management &

Research. Hon. minister released an issue

of the Journal.
She said that Government of Gujarat is the
biggest example of public participation.
Every company has to deposit 2% of profit
as a CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility].
State Government is using the amount in
public service schemes. If our country is
providing us everything, then it is our
responsibility to give back something. Chief
Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel has
announced
Mukhyamantri
Yuva
Swavalamban Yojana. In the scheme the
Government is giving help to students. She
appreciated work of GTU to organise the
conference on ethics & CSR.
Swami Gyan Vatsalji, BAPS Swaminaryan
Mandir, Vadodara also spoke in the
conference as a keynote speaker. He said
that there are three
type of work: (1)
work done by hand,
(2) work done by
head & (3) work
done by heart.
When you do work
by
heart,
it
becomes an art and
it is the ethics.
When dealing with people, decision
making and while working, involve your
heart with your head. That will produce the
right kind of results that actually will be
beneficial to society. Work done with heart
with ethics gives us ultimate satisfaction. If
you miss out business ethics, you can
become zero from hero within seconds.
Even if name of a company is Satyam, you
cannot go for Asatyam practices. You can
land in jail. Even if you are Sahara of
thousands of families, you can become
Besahara in Tihar.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of
GTU said on the occasion that India was
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famous for education worldwide during

Nalanda University. GTU is trying to
develop the best Technological University.
We have to give back to society, as we are
getting everything from society. The
purpose of this conference is to bring
together researchers, young faculties and
practitioners working in multi-disciplinary
fields to discuss and deliberate on
challenges, opportunities and strategies
involved for business enterprise with
respect to the impact of ethics, governance
and CSR initiatives on society.
Prof. Dr. Ramesh Shah, Professor for
International Mgmt., Strategic Mgmt. &
Communication,
DHBW
University,
Stuttgart, Germany, Prof. Wolfgang
Amann, EC Paris in Qatar, and Global
Humanistic Management Scholar &
Member of PRME (Principles of
Responsible Management Education), A
UN Initiative and Prof. Shiv K. Tripathi,
Professor and Head Department of
Business Studies, Mzumbe University, Dar
Es Salaam, Tanzania also expressed their
views on importance of ethics. Dr. Rajesh
Khajuria, Director, SMJVs CKSV Institute of
Management welcomed all. Shri J.C. Lilani,
I/c registrar of GTU presented vote of
thanks.
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Principles for Responsible Management

Education and being Responsible Business
Enterprises
On the second day of the conference there
is a panel discussion on Issues of Good
Governance on Government as well as NGO
Chairperson is Dr. Pukhraj Maroo, IAS (Rtd)
&
Member,
National
Monuments

Authority, Ministry of Culture, Government

of India and other panel members are Prof.
Dr. Beate Sieger-Hanus, Associated Dean &
Head of Department Service Management,
DHBW University, Stuttgart, Germany,
Prof. Dr. Jan Breitweg, Head of Dept.,
Account Management & Auditing DHBW
University, Stuttgart, Germany Dr. Ramesh
Shah, Professor for International Mgmt.,
Strategic Mgmt. & Communication, DHBW
University, Stuttgart, Germany, Sargam
Gupta, MD, BRG Foundation, Vadodara*
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon. Vice Chancellor,
GTU believed that the purpose of this
conference is to bring together
researchers,
young
faculties
and
practitioners working in multi-disciplinary
fields to discuss and deliberate on
challenges, opportunities and strategies

involved for business enterprise with

respect to the impact of ethics, governance
and CSR initiatives on society. The
conference will provide a global forum to
academic researchers and practicing
managers to discuss critical issues
concerning management of global
organizations.
For this Conference GTU has invited
research paper on four different themes as
below:
Theme-1: Business Ethics and its Impact on
Society
Theme-2: CSR, Sustainability and its Impact
on Society
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Theme-3: Ethical Governance & its Impact

Theme-4: Principles for Responsible
Management Education and being
Responsible Business Enterprises
Around 150 participants including 60
researchers and other deans, faculties and
students will be participating in the
conference. For each theme of the
conference we have received total 75
Abstract/synopsis out which total full
Paper receive in each theme is 59. Selected
43 Papers will be published in the
SANKALPA: Journal of Management &
Research, Vol. 6, Issue-1, February, 2016,
bearing ISSN No. 2231-1904 (Impact Factor
2.813, ISRA: JIF), after blind pear review.
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MOVING INTO THE GOOGLE

AGE: Watch lessons at home &
do homework in the classroom!
GTU to support flipped class-room, many
colleges shows interest
Ahmedabad:
Gujarat
Technological
University (GTU) is planning to support
faculty members who want to launch in
their class-rooms latest concept of flipped
class-room. After putting the proposal on
GTU website, many colleges have shown
interest to start flipped class-room. Many
faculty members have also shown interest
in this unique concept.
In traditional regular class-rooms, students
learn in the class-room and then doing
homework after reaching home. In flipped
class-rooms, the students will watch video
lectures at home and obtain all the
necessary information, come to classroom, they will do homework in front of
professor. If a student has some problem in
understand the lesson, professor can teach
them immediately.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of
GTU said that the methodology of teaching
and assessment have not changed during
the last 158 years. The rest of the world has
moved ahead and made their class-room
study more interesting and meaningful. As
the quantum of knowledge goes on
increasing, we have to adopt the new
methodology. The flipped class-room is
one more step under the Active Learning
and Creating Excitement (ALCE) project,
which is going on since last Four years in
GTU.
Gujarat Technological University under its
initiative, known as Active Learning,
wants to support the Faculty Members,

who may want to experiment with the idea

of Flipped Classroom. The flipped
classroom is a pedagogical model in which
the typical lecture and homework
elements of a course are reversed. Short
video lectures are viewed by students at
home before the class session, while in
class time is devoted to exercises, projects,
or discussions. If a Faculty Member, with
the approval of his/ her Head of
Department and Principal, wants to
conduct the experiment for a particular
subject, that he/ she is teaching, GTU will
provide support in each and every possible
manner.
Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach
in which direct instruction moves from the
group learning space to the individual
learning space and the resulting group
space is transformed into a dynamic,
interactive learning environment where
the educator guides students as they apply
concepts and engage creatively in the
subject matter. The Four Pillars of F-L-I-P
are: (1) F=Flexible Environment, (2)
L=Learning Culture, (3) I=International
Content, (4) P=Professional Educator.
Under the Active Learning and Creating
Excitement (ALCE) in the laboratories,
workshops and classes of GTU, workshops
for Faculty Members in various subject
areas are organised. Regular lectures on
selected subjects are telecast under its
ACTIVE LEARNING VIDEO LECTURE
COMMUNICATION
(ALVCOM)
series
program. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE
(MOOC) movement at GTU already started
since last 4 years. Massive open online
course (MOOC) concept is there,
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Youth Power will be main

source of transformation
of India: Governor
Two student conferred PhD: 4300
students receives degrees in GTU
convocation
Ahmedabad: India is passing through
transformation phase. Youth power will be
the main source for the transformation.
The degrees which universities are
providing to students is not only to make a
career, but also to transform self, to
transform the society, to transform the
country. Dynamic, productive & bright
students will definitely transform the
society. Governor of Gujarat and Honble
Chancellor of Gujarat Technological
University (GTU) Shri Om Prakash Kohli
said. He was presiding over the
Convocation ceremony organised by GTU

at Chandkheda campus on Thursday, 28th

January, 2016.
He told students that technology has
brought massive changes in our life. Due to
globalisation we are facing tough
competition. Knowledge revolution and
technology are becoming engine of
growth. GTU is very big university, having
486 affiliated colleges. In this age
Universities have to take steps as a part of
synergy process. Once upon a time we had
universities like Nalanda, Takshashila and

Vikram University, where students from all

over the world were coming to study. Now
time has changed and our students are
preferring to study abroad. We have to
change this trend. Our Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi wants more speedy
transformation. Thats why he is giving
programmes like Make in India, Start up &
innovation.
Honble Shri C.P.Gurnani, Managing
Director & Chief Executive Officer of Tech
Mahindra, who is also Vice Chairman
NASSCOM, was the Chief Guest for the
Convocation Ceremony. He delivered the
Convocation Address on the occasion. He
said that scenario in retail sector is
changing. Similarly every industry will
change as a part of the revolution. This
situation is of VUCA i.e. Volatile, Uncertain,

Complex, Ambiguous. Yet there are some

underline good news. Nobody can imagine
that A.M.Nayak, who started his career as
graduate engineer trainee can reach top
position in a big company, Dhirubhai
Ambani can become the head of the
largest business empire. Shri Gurnani
advised students that please dont stop

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dreaming. Learn from success stories like

Sanjay Lalbhai, Dilip Sanghvi etc. The
moment we start following dream, you will
more & more successful.
Honble Vice Admiral (Retd) Anurag G
Thapliyal, Director General of Coast Guard
(Retd) was the guest of honour. He told
students that it is very easy to set a goal,
but it is very difficult to achieve it. Colleges
teaches that everything and anything is
possible. Hard work has no substitute. Now
it is our responsibility to give back to the
society. More you give, more you get.
Remain rooted to ground. Dont stop
anything than excellence. Say what you
mean and mean what you say. He gave 5
point formula: A=Ability or skill,
B=Balancing
time,
C=Courage,
D=Dedication, E=Enjoy what you doing.
Course
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF PHARMACY
MBA
MCA
MASTER OF ENGINEERING
MASTER OF PHARMACY
POST DIPLOMA DEGREE COURSE
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of
GTU said that our society and our way of
life has been transformed by technological
developments over the last two centuries.
Most of the developments have been
triggered by needs of the armed forces.
Thus Internet and wireless technologies,
which have created the mobile revolution,
would not have been possible without the
support from Defence Advanced Research
Projects Agency of USA. During the last two
years, GTU has also been trying to involve
Defence Research & Development
Organization of India as a partner in
research for mutual benefit.

GTU is the only technological university,

which has been awarded an Incubator by
the National Science & Technology
Entrepreneurship Development Board,
Department of Science & Technology,
Government of India. The Department of
Industries, Government of Gujarat has also
recognized GTU as a Nodal Centre for
channelizing the help to the start-ups. GTU
would like to develop the relationship with
Tech Mahindra in all its fields of interest so
that our IT students as well as students in
different fields of engineering can benefit
from the relationship.
This year, 4300 students from various
faculties graduating from various colleges
in Gujarat will be receiving degree
certificates on the occasion. Total number
of students getting degrees will be around
36,000. Total 148 students were awarded
Gold Medal for their
Total
most
outstanding
academic
records.
UG
2694
Registrar(I/C) J.C.Lilani
UG
134
and Director of GTU Dr.
PG
427
Rajul Gajjar Welcomes
PG
241
all.
PG
656
PG
165
UG
9
Number of students got degrees in
presentia

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Canadian Universities to start

new courses according to
global changes
Ahmedabad: Canadian Universities will
start many new courses according to latest
trends and global changes. This include
climate change, community economic
development, cultural tourism etc. This
was stated by a visiting delegation from
Canada.
The
IndoCanadian Study Centre, a dedicated
research centre of Centre for Global Bu
siness Studies for Canadian Studies in
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
hosted
the
delegation from Canada consisting the
Professors, Deans and Directors of thre
e Canadian Universities at GTU. They
visited GTU as a part of Atlantic Canada
Education Mission to Gujarat, India.

To
discuss
and
explore
how
GTU can enrich and expand the scope
of Indo-Canadian Study Centre as far as
serving the business community dealing
with India/Canada from both the
countries.
To
discuss
how
the
IndoCanadian Study Centre can become a h
ub/ first call for the Canadian Professors,
Businessmen,
Political
Leaders, Writers and Artists visiting to
Gujarat.
To brief the delegation about the work
done
under
Global
Country
Study
Reports

for
Canada through the presentation by th
e students of Chimanbhai Patel Institut
e of Management, Ahmedabad and R H
Patel Institute of Management, Goblaj.
Students of Chimanbhai Patel Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad gave their
study presentation about Canada.

Canada Delegation was comprising of:

(1) Dr. Barbara Campbell, Director,
University of Prince Edward Island

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(2) Ms. Sherilyn Acorn, Coordinator,

International Relations, University of
Prince Edward Island
(3) Mr. Anthony Adey International
Student Recruitment Officer, Memorial
University of Newfoundland & Labrador
(4) Ms. Anderson from Cape Breton
University
Objectives:
To discuss about the academic
collaborative opportunities with Canadian
Universities.

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Ladies special Computer

Programming group PyLadies
Gujarat set up by GTU
Ahmedabad:
Gujarat
Technological
Universitys Open Source Technologies
Club (OSTC) Inaugurated PyLadies Gujarat
which is first ever group in Gujarat. It will
be 4th Group in India after at Bangalore,
Mumbai and Pune.

the workshop. Participates learned all

concepts of Python-GitHub from the basics
through theory as well as practically.

PyLadies is an international mentorship

group with a focus on helping more
women become active participants and
leaders in the Python open-source
community.
In
the
group
Girls
students/Female Faculty Members will get
a platform. Gujarat Technological
University (GTU) will organise Hackathon
and other events as well as conferences
regarding this, Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice
Chancellor of GTU said.
GTU Open Source Technologies Club
(OSTC) organized Two Days Python
workshop on 9th and 10th January 2016
followed by Inauguration of PyLadies on 8th
January 2016. Gujarat Technological
Universitys Open Source Technologies
Club has created GTU Python User Group.
Python is a programming language that lets
you work quickly and integrate systems
more effectively. GTU Python User Group
is a unique initiative by GTU for all OSTCs
to build a python community around their
club.

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Under this group, Two days Python

workshop organized successfully at GTU
ACPC building Campus. In this two days
Python workshop Mr.Manoranjan Padhy
and Mr.Harsh Dattani (Organizers of
Python Developers-Baroda) were invited
as experts. A total of no of 58
students/faculty members from various
colleges participated actively in
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UP Commissioners get Training

about
Smart
Cities
Development at GTU
Ahmedabad: GTU is organizing Three day
training program for 13 Municipal
commissioners including all big cities of
Uttar pradesh like Varanasi, Agra, Aligadh,
Jansi, Ghaziabad and 18 Deputy Municpial
Commissioners, City Engineers and town
planners of Uttar Pradesh Government
on 11 13 September, 2015 at GTU
Chandkheda.
Dr Akshai Agarwal Vice Chancellor, Gujarat
Technological University. Mr Paresh
Sharma Chief Town Planner, Government
of Gujarat, Shri A. K Gupta, Dr, Rajul Gajjar
Principal,
Vishvakarma
Government
Engineering College Mr R.Srinivas, Head
Metropolitan Division, TCPO, Delhi, Prof.
S.k. Acharya, CSRD, JNU and Mr. Vijay
Anadkat also participated in the discussion
about smart cities development. After the
session the delegates visited the gift city.

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New education policy to be

announced soon, says union
HRD minister of state
Ahmedabad: New education policy will be
announced soon. The delay in the
announcement was due to hectic rounds of
talks going on. Teachers will have to play
important role in nation building, union
minister of state for Human Resources
Development Dr. Ramshankar Katheria
said at Gujarat Technological University
(GTU) on Thursday.

grant should have freedom to use it for

state universities also. GTU is number one
in patent filling by universities. Due to
students effort 1600 industries benefitted
last year. GTU has done major effort in
innovation and Design Thinking. We have
framed Start up policy and started various
courses under Skilling Mission.

Dr. Rajul Gajjar, Director of GTU & Principal

Vishwakarma Government Engineering
College, Hiranmay Mahanta, Director of
GTU Innovation Council, Pina Bhatt,
Deputy Director & co-ordinator of GTU Skill
Development section introduced various
programmes going on at GTU. J.C.Lilani, I/c
Registrar welcomed all.
Dr. Katheria addressed a meeting of deans,
members of academic council, co-chair of
innovation Sankuls and senior officials of
GTU at Chandkheda campus. He said that,
Gujarat Model is talk of the town in every
corner of the country. There is competition
of moving ahead in the field of technology
& industry. Although there is no problem
of lack of capacity, we have to think how
we can progress. Our country faces many
challenges like health, water supply etc.we
have to light a lamp in the dark. Teachers
can do this by moulding students.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of
GTU told in the meeting that 85% budget
of higher education of Ministry of HRD is
being allocated to central universities. The

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Editor or Publisher do not take
responsibility for content presented during
the events. Errors, if any, are
Purely unintentional and readers are
requested to communicate such errors to
gtunewsletter@gtu.edu.in

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