Vidya Pratishthan’s
College of Engineering, Baramati-413 133
e-Newsletter
APRIL 2015
FOREWORD
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
FOREWORD
We are pleased to place before you the E-Newsletter of our college for the quarter
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SEMINARS AND
CONFERENCES
ended on April 2015. The aim of our institute is to motivate young professionals
in building cognitive characteristics and improving the rising engineering with lat-
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ORGANIZED
est trends in technology.
WORKSHOPS AND
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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ORGANIZED
enhancing the knowledge of students as well as staff members. In this line of ac-
RESEARCH PAPERS
PRESENTED IN
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SEMINARS AND
tion we have formed various professional associations such as IEEE, IET and CSI
to provide an open forum for discussion, development and implementation of
CONFERENCES
emerging technologies.
SEMINARS /
WORKSHOPS AND
The institute is committed to continuously improve the quality of education by
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CONFERENCES
Department of Computer Engineering organized a Two-Day National Conference
ATTENDED
INDUSTRIAL/SITE
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on recent trends in Computer Engineering and Technology in association with
VISITS AND OTHER
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IET and CSI. Department of Information Technology organized a State Level Pro-
ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED
PLACEMENT AND GATE
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RESULTS
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ject Competition VERISMO 2015 under VPCOE – CSI student branch. Some faculty members presented their research papers in National and International Conferences and they have been published. Some faculty took their students for Industrial Visits so that they could get real-life experience of their knowledge. These
kinds of events are useful as they provide platform for improvement and analytical thinking among Faculty as well as Students. Our considerable number of students qualified in GATE 2015.
EDITOR
ANIL
PATIL
In addition to this, Parents Meet was organized by the Department of General Sciences and Engineering and it was really helpful to parents and students which
made them aware about their own responsibilities in the present society.
FOREWORD BY
PROF. ROHIT S. TARADE
SEMINARS/CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
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Department of Computer Engineering organized a 2-Day National Conference on
Recent Trends in Computer Engineering and Technology on 27th and 28th February 2015. This conference was conducted in association with IET, India and
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Computer Society of India (CSI). It covered Expert Talks, Paper and Poster
Presentations which provided innovative platform to students and researchers to
share their innovative ideas and thoughts. It provided an awareness and advancements in Recent Trends in Computer Engineering and Technology. Around
20 Research Papers were presented and 20 Posters were showcased.
Dr. Uday Kulkarni delivered talk on Data Mining With Fuzzy Neural Networks, Dr.
Jibi Abraham talked on Virtualization: Technology Behind Cloud Computing, Mrs.
Anandi Deopujari talked on Latest Trends in Big Data and Dr. Harold D’Costa
talked on Cyber Security with a focus on cyber security issues in E-Banking. Research papers included major areas like cloud computing, image processing, information security, Big data analysis etc. Principal Dr. S.B. Deosarkar chaired
the Conference. Prof. Gyankamal Chhajed, the Convener of the Conference, Organizing Committee, Faculties and Students made this event a grand success.
Publication of Conference Proceedings-Dr. S B Deosarkar, Dr. Uday Kulkarni,
Dr. Jibi Abraham, Prof. G Chhajed
Dr. Uday Kulkarni during his presentation on Data Mining
SEMINARS/CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
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Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted a Two-Day Workshop on Critical Issues in Nuclear Technology on 16th and 17th January 2015. Dr. Suneet
Singh (IIT Bombay) and Dr Jagdeep Doshi (COE, Pune) were the Resource Per-
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sons for the Workshop. The Speakers explored the major aspects in the area of
Nuclear Technology and it was really beneficial for the Faculty as well as students of Mechanical Engineering.
The objective of this workshop was to increase the awareness about the Critical
Issues in Nuclear Technology. Twenty five students from our College and twenty
faculties from various institutes participated in this workshop. Various topics
like Nuclear Reactor Systems and Analysis, Nuclear reactor thermal hydrolysis,
nuclear safety and reliability were discussed during the two days of the workshop.
Where there is
no vision,
there is no
hope.
Participants along with Faculties and Guest Lecturers
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED
PARENTS MEET
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Department of General Sciences and Engineering organized FE students’ Parents
Meet on 15th March 2015. Total 232 parents were present for this meeting. The
main purpose of this programme was to invite parents to interact with teachers
and know the progress of their wards. It made parents aware about the role and
responsibility of students, teachers as well as their own responsibilities. Most of
the parents shown interest to send their wards to higher education through the
schemes of our college. In this Programme the Toppers in First Semester of First
Year and GATE qualified students were felicitated. Department had organized
Poster Presentation and Model Making Competition and the winners of these
Competitions were also felicitated.
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED
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Principal Dr. S B Deosarkar addressed the gathering
Dr. S B Deosarkar and Dr. Nirmal Sahuji felicitated the College Toppers
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Department of Civil Engineering organized a Three-Day Workshop on Seismic
Design, Evaluation, Retrofitting and Optimization of Multi-Storied building during 27th, 28th and 29th March 2015 for undergraduate, postgraduate students,
research scholars and faculty members. It was coordinated by Prof. A.V. Dubey
and Prof. A. A. Sukhdeve. Students and faculties actively participated and interacted with Resource Persons and Professors.
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED
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Dr. S B Deosarkar inaugurated the Workshop
Dr. Ratnesh Kumar
Success is
focusing full
power of all
you are on
Dr. Vasant Matsagar
what you
have a
burning
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Participants in the Workshop
Department of Information Technology organized a State level Project Competition VERISMO 2015 under VPCOE-CSI Student Branch. The main motive of this
desire to
competition was to encourage high level of original and innovative Engineering
achieve.
work. The competition was open for undergraduate students of Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from all over Maharashtra.
This event was supported by CSI Pune Chapter and CSI Mumbai Chapter.
Around 400 students from all over Maharashtra participated in this Programme.
Experts from various industries like TCS, Tech Mahindra, John Deere, Whirlpool, Sanzaru Education Demographic Info., Chetas Control Systems Pvt. Ltd
and CSI officials from Pune and Mumbai Chapters were present during the Programme and guided the participants.
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED
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Inaugural Ceremony: (From Left) Principal Dr. S B Deosarkar, Mr. Tokekar, Prof. Prakash
Gogte HoD, Mech. Engg.
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Department of Civil Engineering organized One-Day Workshop on Applications of
QGIS Software for Civil Engineers which was conducted by Prof. M B Jagtap and
Prof. S B Patil on 13th March 2015. This workshop was intended to introduce the
following themes.
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To spread the importance of GIS in Civil Engineering
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To promote the use of GIS software
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To teach basic concepts and hands on experience on few applications to help students
reach such a level that students can further explore themselves according to their needs.
Inauguration Ceremony
Session conducted by Prof. S B Patil
Session conducted by Prof. M B Jagtap
RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
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Anil Patil
He attended the 5th National Conference conducted by ELTIS of Symbiosis in Pune on 30th and 31st January 2015. He presented his research paper entitled
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Learning Writing Skills: Challenges and Solutions. The theme of this conference
was Nurturing Writing in the Classroom. The renowned writers like Randhir Khare
and Dr. R. Raj Rao and Professors like Dr. Milind Malshe (IIT Mumbai) and Dr. C
L N Prakash addressed the gathering and discussed various topics which were
useful for developing writing skills among students. These scholars gave emphasis on developing among students the academic as well as creative writing skills.
It was commonly agreed that creative writing is a process and therefore, we
should keep writing and should try to improve our thinking ability and observation capacity.
You have to
dream before
your dreams
can come
true.
Anil Patil at the time of his Presentation
They also emphasized that to write a good piece of writing it is necessary to consider four aspects, i.e. 1. Quality, 2. Quantity, 3. Manner and 4. Relevance. The
Conference emphasized on four important topics such as (a) relationship between first language and second language in learning writing skill, (b) second
language as a medium of thought, (c) the importance of grammar in teaching
writing and (d) teaching writing to second language learners. In his research paper Anil Patil emphasized the necessity of practicing writing and introducing creative writing courses in schools, colleges and university departments.
RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
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Prof. D T Kushnure, Prof. S S Muttagi and Prof. S D Biradar
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They presented their research paper entitled 5G: Future Digital Society in IEEE
International Conference: Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication and
Optimization (EESCO) conducted during 24th to 25th January 2015 at Duvvada,
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh-India). The research paper has been published
in IEEE Journal of Conference Proceedings.
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Prof. A S Bankar and Prof. D D Jadhav
They presented their research paper entitled FPGA Implementation of Integer Wavelet Transform in IEEE International Conference: Electrical, Electronics, Signals,
Communication and Optimization (EESCO) which was conducted during 24 th to
25th January 2015 at Duvvada, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh-India). The research paper has been published in IEEE Journal of Conference Proceedings.
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
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Prof. Anil Disale
He attended a Two-Day National Workshop on Critical Issues in
Nuclear Technology organized by Vidya Pratishthan’s College of
Engineering, Baramati, during 16th and 17th January 2015.
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
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Prof. D S Sonawane
He attended One-Week KIC-TEQIP short term course entitled Mathematics for
Engineering Education during 16th to 20th February 2015 conducted by Department of Mathematics in IIT Guwahati. Eminent Resource Persons delivered Lec-
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tures during the Course. His purpose to attend this Course was to be familiar
with IIT, Guwahati and enhance his capabilities in teaching.
The course included the areas such as Uncertainty models, Information theory,
Combinatorics, Cryptography. Dr. Karmeshu and Dr. Bhaba Sarma were available as Resource Persons. He got the opportunity to interact with eminent personalities of IIT Guwahati.
Ignore your
comfort zone
and strive to
Prof. D S Sonwane along with other participants
get out of it.
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Prof. D M Padulkar
He attended a 5-Day Coordinators Workshop on Design of Algorithms at IIT
Kharagpur during 16th to 20th March 2015. According to him, course content
of this workshop was very rich. The speakers for this workshop were from the
same institute i.e. IIT Kharagapur.
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
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Prof. Kshitija Upadhyay and Mr. Suraj Dhanve
They attended One-Day Workshop on Big Data and Hadoop Technology at IIT
Bombay on 29th March 2015. They benefited in terms of the theoretical as well
as practical details provided by the Industrial faculty of Technophilia Pvt. Ltd. of
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Mumbai.
Prof. Kshitija Upadhyay and Mr. Suraj Dhanve along with students
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Prof. S K Shah and Prof. P T Raut
Prof. S K Shah attended a Two-Day workshop on Ethical Hacking and Prof P T
Raut attended a Two-Day Workshop on Android Application Development at IIT
Delhi during 28th February to 3rd March 2015.
Prof. S K Shah and Prof. P Raut along with students
INDUSTRIAL/SITE VISITS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED
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Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering conducted a
Technical Event ELECTROVAGANZA’15 on 16th and 17th March 2015. Following
Competitions were organized at the Department in ELECTROVAGANZA’15.
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Artrix [Art Gallery]
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Project Exhibition
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Codechef [Programming Competition C++ and PIC]
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Factocrat [Technical Quiz Competition]
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Group Discussion
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Mind-Mapping
You cannot
change your
future, but
you can
change your
habits, and
surely your
habits will
change your
future.
–Dr Abdul
Kalam
INDUSTRIAL AND SITE VISITS
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Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering organized an Industrial Visit to Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. Baramati on 24th February, 3rd and 4th
March 2015. Total 150 BE students visited the place. The objective of this visit
was to create awareness about industrial work-culture among students.
INDUSTRIAL AND SITE VISITS
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Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering organized an Industrial Visit to GMRT at Khodad. On the occasion of Science Day 105 students
and 5 staff members visited GMRT on 28th February 2015. Each year, Science
Day is celebrated at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observatory at
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Khodad.
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Department of Computer Engineering organized a Two-Day Industrial Visit to
Acme Infovision, Satara on 23rd and 24th March 2015 for TE and BE Computer
Engineering students. ACME Software Pvt. Ltd. offers a portfolio of brands
(software products) that serve small and medium-sized entrepreneurs throughout Western Maharashtra. Prof. S. Shinde, Prof. M. Shelar, Prof. R. Panchal and
Prof. M. Rangdal planned this Visit.
Students and Faculties during discussion at Acme Infovision Visit
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Department of Computer Engineering organized a Two-Day Industrial Visit to
Feelsofts on 11th and 12th January 2015 for B.E Computer students. Feelsofts is
located in Baramati and it is just 4 km away from VPCOE Campus. The Faculty
planned the visit after college hours.
Total 46 students from BE Computer visited this firm. They got nourished with
the concept of entrepreneur, problems to start their own business and opportunities in IT Sector. Abhishek Dhawan demonstrated with simple examples the
importance of practicals in academics. Computer Department planned this visit
to cultivate the concept of entrepreneur in students’ minds.
INDUSTRIAL AND SITE VISITS
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Abhishek Dhawan CEO, Feelsofts along with Students and Faculty
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Department of Electrical Engineering organized an Industrial Visit to Mahati
Electrics Pvt. Ltd. on 3rd March 2015. This visit proved very informative for students as well as the staff. According to students, this Visit will be really helpful
to them in their practical life in future and bring a positive change in their thinking and practical behaviour regarding education and particularly Engineering.
Abilities
Prof. Govind Devasuth and Prof. Rohit Tarade planned this Visit.
wither
under
faultfinding,
blossom
with
encourageme
nt.
Snapshot of the Visit

Department of Electrical Engineering attended a Workshop on Road Map to Rural
India at Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, at Phaltan. The purpose of this
Visit was to enlighten Second Year Electrical students to apply their technical
knowledge in the area of providing basic amenities to the rural population and
also to motivate them to increase their interest in research. Mr. Anil K Rajvanshi,
the Director of the Institute, has worked on renewable energy and agricultural
field. Therefore, he proved to be the source of motivation for students.
INDUSTRIAL AND SITE VISITS
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This workshop involved the visit to their innovation like efficient multifuel lantern, a stove running on 50% (w/W) and more ethanol/water concentration, electric and improved cycle rickshaws, a motor assisted and hand operated
rickshaw for physically handicapped persons, a lantern-cum-stove running
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on ethanol for rural areas, an A class weather station for its agriculture and renewable energy research. Prof. Pooja Jaiswal and Prof. Dhondiram Kakre successfully planned this Visit.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an Industrial Visit to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) on 27th March 2015. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is a
Shipping Terminal. JNPT is in New Mumbai harbor. It is largest container port in
India. This port has picked up nearly all of the traffic from Mumbai main port
reducing the load on the mainland.
Total 47 Second Year students along with 3 faculty members visited JNPT to
know about Export and Import activities carried out in India and other countries. Students learnt the details about JNPT: Details of Port, Citizens Charter,
Features performance, future plans, shipping and marine services, terminals
and details about ISO certificate and Environment.
They got knowledge about the Customers and about the activities with them
such as Daily Vessel, Expected Vessels, Login and Web Access, Circulars and
Trade notices, Public grievanes and E-Advice. Students also got the information
about Monthly Performance, Record Performance, Operating Performance Profile,
awards and recognitions, and administration of the Port. Prof. Vishal Bhagwat,
Prof. Kulkarni and Prof. Hanumant Borate planned this Visit.
INDUSTRIAL AND SITE VISITS
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Faculties along with students and JNPT staff
Winning is not
everything.

Second Year Mechanical Engineering Students also visited Reliance Thermal
Power Plant at Dahanu on 28th March 2015. Prof. Vishal Bhagwat planned this
But wanting
Visit. Students really benefited a lot from this Industrial Visit.
to win is.
Reliance Thermal Power Plant, Dahanu

Students and Staff at Reliance Thermal Power Plant
Department of Information Technology organized One-Day Industrial Visit to Persistent Systems Ltd. in Pune on 28th March 2015 for T.E Engineering students.
Total 44 students visited the company. Mr. P T Raut, Mr. K S Bhagwat and Mr.
D Y Taware planned this Visit.
TE students at Persistent Systems Ltd. in Hinjewadi, Pune
PLACEMENT AND GATE RESULTS

The following students got recruited in reputed companies.
Name of Company
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Type of
Product /
Industry
Branch
Students
Selected
Hewlette Packard (HP)
Software
1
Computer Engg., IT
Persistent Systems Pvt.
Ltd., Pune
Software
2
Computer Engg., IT
Bharat Forge
Core
2
Mechanical Engg.
National Institute of So-
Govt.
1
Mechanical Engg.
Software
3
Computer Engg., IT
and E and TC Engg.
Core
1
E and TC Engg.
Software
1
E and TC Engg.
Crab and Taur
Core
3
Mechanical Engg.
Cummins India Pvt. Ltd.
Core
1
Mechanical Engg.
IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Tata Motors LTD.
Tata Consultancy Ser-
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No. of
The following students qualified GATE 2015.
NAME OF STUDENT
DEPARTMENT
Bhosale Satish Sambhaji
Mechanical Engineering
Bobade Shailesh Suryakant
Mechanical Engineering
Chavan Dipak Namdev
Mechanical Engineering
Damle Kashish Sudesh
Mechanical Engineering
Gaikwad Siddhant Dayanand
Mechanical Engineering
Jadhav Abhijit Ashok
Mechanical Engineering
Jamdade Prashant Navji
Mechanical Engineering
Joshi Onkar Pramod
Mechanical Engineering
Kamble Supriya Sanjay
Mechanical Engineering
Kharade Amit Anandrao
Mechanical Engineering
Khomane Pratik Prakash
Mechanical Engineering
Moje Tejashree Sachin
Mechanical Engineering
Narhare Akshay Arvind
Mechanical Engineering
Nimbalkar Ganesh Machindra
Mechanical Engineering
Paskanti Vivek Rajaram
Mechanical Engineering
Patil Atul Chandrakant
Mechanical Engineering
Patil Rhishikesh Ramrao
Mechanical Engineering
Rakshe Shashank Dattatraya
Mechanical Engineering
Thorat Vaibhav Ashok
Mechanical Engineering
Vasav Dattatraya Ekanath
Mechanical Engineering
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I do not believe
in taking right
decisions. I
take decisions
and then
make them
right.
–Ratan Tata
Vidya
Pratishthan’s
College of
Engineering
Baramati
Phone: 91-2112-239500, 503,
504
Fax: 91-2112-239514.
E-mail: principal@vpcoe.og
Web: www.vpcoe.org
Waghmare Pravin
Information Technology
Gaikwad Priyanka
Information Technology
Nusrat Shaikh
Electronics and Telecomm. Engg.
Kadam Dinesh
Electronics and Telecomm. Engg.
Mahajan Gauri
Electronics and Telecomm. Engg.
Achugatla Vallabha
Electronics and Telecomm. Engg.
Mote Sneha
Electronics and Telecomm. Engg.
Shrimandil Manjusha
Electronics and Telecomm. Engg.