Vidya Pratishthan’s
College of Engineering, Baramati-413 133
e-Newsletter
OCTOBER
2015
FOREWORD
INSIDE THIS
We are really pleased to publish before you our quarterly activities up to 30 Sep-
ISSUE:
FOREWORD
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CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS
ORGANIZED OR COORDINATED
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During these three months the noticeable events have been the Departmental ac-
GUEST LECTURES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
ulty and students have shown their keen interest such as research activities, activities of higher learning and self-improvement.
SEMINARS/FDPS/TRAINING
PROGRAMS ATTENDED
tember 2015. In our e-Newsletter we mostly focus on the events in which our fac-
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RESEARCH PAPERS/PROJECTS
tivities and most of our faculty members participated in various learning sources
in different IIT campuses for Summer Research Fellowships and Faculty Develop-
PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
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DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
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ment Programmes. This active participation of our faculty really proved in devel-
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oping confidence and it also motivates others to be part of such events. Exposure
AND EVENTS ORGANIZED
INDUSTRIAL VISITS/TRAINING
PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
is the key of quality development and progress. Most of our faculty members also
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
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AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVE-
arranged Industrial visits and it really proved beneficial for the faculty as well as
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TRAINING AND PLACEMENT
CELL
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students and also made them aware about the requirements and challenges in
the outside world.
Some of our faculty members conducted and organized workshops for students to
keep students updated with the recent advancements in the areas information
and technology.
EDITOR
AND
DESIGNER
ANIL PATIL
Foreword By
Dr. Nirmal Sahuji
Head (Gen. Sci. and Engg.)
Chairperson of e-Newsletter
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED AND COORDINATED
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Dr. Nirmal Sahuji
He conducted a Workshop on Mind Mapping for students of Std IX and X on 4th August 2015 at
Janhit Pratishthan’s High School in Baramati. This Workshop really proved beneficial for students to
improve their concentration power and memory strength.
OCTOBER
2015
Dr. Nirmal Sahuji guiding the students.
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Dr. Anil Hiwarekar
He coordianted a One-Day Workshop Making Mathematics Meaningful for school students of 8th and
9th grades. The Workshop was conducted by Prof. I. K. Rana from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on 1st August 2015. Sixty three students and seven teachers from eight different schools of Baramati, Bhigwan and Indapur participated in the workshop. It was conducted in a very interactive way.
This workshop really proved useful to students and teachers for making abstract mathematical concepts meaningful.
Teachers and participants in the Workshop
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Prof. Nagesh Kulkarni and Prof. Bhavika Shah
They Conducted a Workshop on Embedded Systems: PIC Microcontroller for Third Year students. 21
students participated in this Workshop. This workshop was conducted during 13 July to 16 September
2015. Students benefited so much from this Workshop.
SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES/ FDPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED
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Prof. Prashant Raut
He attended a One-Day Workshop on LaTeX on 29 August 2015. This workshop was organized by IIT
Bombay. Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, IIT Bombay motivated the audience for using open source software.
He also explained the intent behind Spoken Tutorial Project. Contents covered in workshop were
OCTOBER
Source Compilation, Report Writing, Letter Writing, Mathematics Equation, References and Beamer.
2015
Mr. Sandeep Jadhav, Mr. S. Shelgae, Mr. R. Ambole, Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, Mr. P Raut and Mr. A Vaidya
Prof. S. S. Kare
He attended Technical Communication Coordinators’ Workshop during 24 to 28th August 2015 at
Victor Menezes Convention Center (VMCC), IIT Mumbai. The main theme of the workshop was the importance of technical communication and how to apply the scientific methods of technical communication in science and engineering. Prof. P. Sunthar and Prof. Virendra Sethi from IIT Bombay coordinated the workshop.
Mr. S. S. Kare, Prof. P. Sunthar, Dr. D. B. Phatak, IIT Bombay

Prof. Santosh Shinde
He attended a Faculty Development Program on Smart System and Design which
was organized by JSPM Technical Campus on 17 July 2015 in Pune. Experts Dr.
Parag Kulkarni, EkLaT Research, Dr. Balwant Sonkambale, PICT, Dr. Prachi Joshi,
MITCOE, Pun and Dr. Sarang Joshi in Pune guided during this Faculty Development
Program.
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Prof. Rajaram Ambole and Prof. Suraj Dhanve
They attended a Faculty Development Program on Computer Laboratory-I which was organized by G. H.
Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology at Wagholi during 2 to 3 July 2015. The key idea to
conduct this faculty development programs was to discuss the changes in the syllabus of Computer
Lab-I and implementation of the same. Experts such as Dr. Sarang Joshi, Mr. Ankaleshwar, Dr. Manasi Patwardhan guided the participants.
SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, FDPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED
OCTOBER
2015
Prof. Ambole and Prof. Dhanve along with other participants
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Prof. Mahesh G B
He participated in a Four-Day Workshop on Free and Open Source Geospatial Technologies for Urban Environmental Applications (mapping, inventorying and monitoring)
at IISc Bangalore. The workshop aimed at studying the open source softwares like
Grass, QGIS, R, Open Jump etc. and their applications in Urban Environment. The
efforts of Dr. T. Ramachandra to make this workshop successful were highly appreciated. The software has application in modeling the urban environment and preparing
the integrated maps for various locations with different meteorological data.
GUEST LECTURES/TRAINING PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
Electronics Engineering Students Association (EESA) and IETE organized an Expert
Talk on Network Security and Project Management by Mr. Sunil Pawar, Head, IT Infrastructure, Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. on 18th September 2015.
Lecture Delivering by Mr. Sunil Pawar Guest
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Students and Faculty Members
Prof. Govind Devasuth
He arranged a Guest Lecture on Power Quality on 21st September 2015
at VPCOE, Baramati. It was conducted by Dr. M.M. Waware, Professor
in Electrical Engineering Walchand College of Engineering in Sangli.
This Guest Lecture really proved informative and enlightening and was
quite beneficial to students.
GUEST LECTURES/TRAINING PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
Mechanical Engineering Department
invited eminent personalities Dr. Anuradha
Ganesh, Director, Product Engineering from Cummins Ltd. And her team to visit the Department on 24 August 2015. She explained all the possibilities of collaboration between R and D
of Cummins and Mechanical Engineering Department in the areas of Research, Projects and
OCTOBER
also about various possibilities of employment in Cummins.
2015
Dr. Avinash Kolekar and the Guests in the Department
RESEARCH PAPERS AND PROJECTS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
Faculty Members of Computer Engineering Department
namely Prof. Sushma Nandgaon-
kar, Prof. Santosh Shinde, Prof. Digambar Padulkar,
Prof. Rajaram Ambole, Prof. Manoj Shelar and Prof.
Rajkumar Panchal presented their BCUD Research
Proposal Work at Innovation-2015 which was organized by BCUD of Savitribai Phule Pune University
and DYPIET, Akurdi on 6 July 2015.
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Prof. C. B. Nayak
He participated and presented his research paper entitled Vibration Control of civil
structures using piezometric smart materials in the Research Conference “Innovation
2015” for Savitribai Phule University College Teachers which was held at D.Y. Patil
Institute of Engineering, Management and Research, Akurdi on 6th July 2015.
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ORGANIZED
Department of Civil Engineering celebrated an Engineering Day event on 14th and 15th September 2015. Various competitions were also organized. These competition were as follows.
1) Model Making
2) Poster Presentation
3) Debate Competition
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ORGANIZED
The Event was presided by the chief guest Mr. Adesh A. Shah (Vadujkar) along with Principal Prof. V.
U. Deshmukh. This event was also guided by Mr. Shamrao Raut, Secretary, BAI, Mr. Manoj Potekar,
Ex-Chairman, BAI. Dr. G N Narule coordinated the program. Toppers of all branches of F.E, S.E, T.E,
and B.E. were felicitated during Prize Distribution Ceremony.
OCTOBER
2015
The Guest and Heads of Departments in the Inaugural Function
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Electronics Engineering Students Association (EESA) organized Department level Event
Electro-Fest on 29-09-2015. Following Competitions were organized by the EESA Team.
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LED Exhibition
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Aptitude Competition
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PIC Programming Competitions
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C++ Programming
LED Exhibition and the student participants
INDUSTRIAL VISITS/TRAINING PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
Department of Civil Engineering
organized a Visit to Construction site of Medical College
(Baramati) and Hydroelectric Power Plant of Koyana Dam (Satara) on 4 July 2015. Total 77 Third Year
students participated to study various aspects of Infrastructure Engineering. Prof. Dilip Patil, Prof.
Snehal Walke and Prof. Umesh Jagdale planned the Visit with the help of Engineers at the construction site.
Faculty and the students at the Construction Site
INDUSTRIAL VISITS/TRAINING PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
OCTOBER
2015
Faculty and the students at the Construction Site
Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
organized a Visit to Auto-
mation 2015 at Goregaon in Mumbai for BE Students on 27 August 2015. Total 48 students participated in this visit along with two faculty members. The Visit was aimed to enhance students’
knowledge about automation and provide them exposure to current technologies and advancements in
this field.
The faculty and the Students at the Exhibition
Department of Mechanical Engineering
organized a Visit for BE Mechanical students with
three Faculty members to AUTOMATION 2015-10th International Exhibition and Conference. In this
Visit they learnt about various industries, its products, various components, processes and students
got the opportunity to meet professionals in industry.
Faculty members and students at the Exhibition
INDUSTRIAL VISITS/TRAINING PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
CSI Student Branch
organized a One-Day Awareness Program on Audio-Visual (AV) Workforce De-
velopment offered by Infocomm International University in association with CSI Mumbai Chapter on 11
July 2015. Mr. Uttam Mane, Vice Chairman, CSI Mumbai Chapter, Mr. Gauvab Majumdar, Country
Manager, InfoComm International, Mr. Ratnesh Javeri, Managing Director, Innovative Systems and
OCTOBER
2015
Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Narendra Naidu, Managing Director, Rhino Engineers Pvt. Ltd, Ahemedabad ,
Mr. Subhar Palkar, CSI Mumbai Chapter, Mr. Suresh Shah, CSI Mumbai Chapter, Mr. T.S. Gopal
Krushnan were the Chief Guests for the Program.
Dr. S B Deosarkar felicitated the Chief Guests
Teacher and student participants in the Program
VIDYA PRATISHTHAN’S SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION ATTENDED
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Prof. Pranita Bhagat
She attended a Workshop on Advance Training Program on IBGC Green Building Rating System on 27
August 2015. The Training Program was arranged by IGBC Pune, CII Confederation of Indian Industry
and was conducted by Mr. Anand and Mr. Saurabh. The Program focused on areas such as Introduc
tion to green building, sustainable design and architecture, site selection and planning, water conser
vation, energy efficiency green material and resource and indoor environmental quality.
Prof. Pranita Bhagat and other participants in the Training Program
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Faculty Members of School of Architecture attended ET Acetech which is Asia’s largest
Exhibition on Architecture, Construction and Design. It was held in Mumbai on 1 st October 2015.
Prof. Harshad Raisoni, Prof. Pranita Bhagat, Prof Hrishikesh Deshmukh, Prof. Rakhi Begampure,
Prof. Prajakta Pawar, Prof Akshada Khataukar and Prof. Madhura Pujari attended the Exhibition.
This unique forum offered opportunities not to just exhibit but also to create a long-lasting impression on the decision makers of the architecture, construction and design industry.
WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION ATTENDED
OCTOBER
2015
Faculty members and students at the Exhibition
STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
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Vikrant Dupade
He completed his ME in Mechanical-Energy Engineering from Mechanical Engineering Department. He got selected for his Ph. D. at Mechanical Engineering Department in Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai.
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Alisha Sonawane
Alisha Sonawane is a Third Year Mechanical Engineering student. She presented
Poster on Zonal Level Research Project Competition in AVISHKAR 2015 under BCUD
of Savitribai Phule Pune University on 23rd September 2015 which was held at MESCOE in Pune.
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Narendra Vangate
He is a Third Year IT student. He participated in the Inter-Collegiate Boxing Competition and he got Third Prize in the Competition. This Competition was organized by
Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune.
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Narayan Deshmukh and Amarja Ghopare
They are BE students in the Department of Information Technology. They participated in the First Round of AVISHKAR 2015
Project Competition which was organized by Savitribai Phule
Pune University in Pune.
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Shital Phadtare and Ambika Laturkar
Shital Phadtare and Ambika Laturkar are BE students in the
Department of Information Technology. They participated in the
PaperFest. They got First Prize in the PaperFest at OLYMPUS 2K
15 which was organized by College of Engineering in Pandharpur.
TRAINING AND PLACEMENT CELL
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Placement Details during July to September 2015
Following BE Students from Mechanical Engineering Department got selected in Bharat Forge.
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2015
Sr.
No.
1
Student's Name
Class
Mr. Rishikesh
BE (Mech. Engg.)
Markande
2
3
4
Vidya Pratishthan’s
College of
Engineering
Baramati
Phone: 91-2112-239500,
503, 504
Fax: 91-2112-239514.
E-mail:
principal@vpcoe.org
Mr. Sanand Biradar
Mr. Nikhil Bhapkar
Mr. Prasad Kale
BE (Mech. Engg.)
BE (Mech. Engg.)
BE (Mech. Engg.)
Name of Company
Bharat Forge
Bharat Forge
Bharat Forge
Bharat Forge
Selection
Selected
Selected
Selected
Selected