January 26, 2014 Vidya Pratishthan’s College of Engineering, Baramati e-Newsletter Department of General Sciences and Engineering Inside this issue: Faculty’s Achievements General Science & Engineering 1 Information Technology 2 Computer Engineering 3-5 Electronics & Telecom. 6-8 Mechanical Engineering 9-10 Civil Engineering 11-16 Electrical Engineering NSS Activity 17 18 “Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.'” - Albert Einstein Dr. Nirmal K. Sahuji and Prof. Gajanan A. Dhanorkar presented their research paper entitled Simulation of Laplace Transformation using Python in Scipy -13, an International Conference on Python for Education and Scientific Computing during 13th December 2013 to 15th December 2013 in IIT, Mumbai. Mr Anil Patil He presented his research paper entitled Postmodernism and Salman Rushdie in the National Conference on 31st and 1st September 2013 conducted by Dayanand College of Arts and Science, Solapur. He presented his research paper entitled Diasporic Studies and Salman Rushdie in the International Seminar on 25th and 26th October 2013 conducted by Karnataka State Women’s University, Bijapur. His research paper entitled Interpreting Modernism and Postmodernism has been published in the Peer-Reviewed and Referred International Research Journal of Literary Theories and Criticism. His Research Paper entitled Learning Reading Skill: Problems and Solutions has been selected to be presented in the Fourth National Conference on Cultivating the Reading Skill: A Classroom Challenge to be held on 7th and 8th February 2013 at Symbiosis (ELTIS), Pune. Laboratory up-gradation and Equipment's Added: Name of the Laboratory Editor: Applied Physics Lab Mr. Sandeep Jadhav Measurement of Sound Pressure level experiment kit Basic Laser kit Mr. Anil Patil Designer: Equipments Added pH meter LI 120 Applied Chemistry Lab Conductivity Meter CM 180 (02 No.) Colorimeter LC - 63 Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 2 Department of Information Technology 1.Faculty’s Achievements S. R. Kakade and Prof. Sheetal A. Takale presented their research paper on A Novel Approach to Link Semantic Gap between Images and Tags via Probabilistic Ranking in IEEE ICCIC 2013 conference held during 26th December to 28th December 2013 at Vikram College of Engineering, Madurai Tamilanadu, India. Prof S.K.Shah has successfully completed ME (Computer Engg.) with Distinction from University of Pune. Workshops/ Conferences Attended Prof. M. K. Chavan presented his research paper entitled Performance scaling of Wireless Sensor Network using OMRA Algorithm in IEEE International Conference on Computing, Cybernetics and Intelligent System on 21st November 2013 at VIT University, Vellore. All the faculty members attended two days workshop on Research Methodology by Dr. Manesh B. Kokare from SGGS, Nanded held in VPCOE, Baramati. All the faculty members attended two days CEP on Computer Vision by Dr. Sumantra Dutta Roy, IIT Delhi, held in VPCOE, Baramati. Workshop/Conference Organized Prof. M. K. Chavan organized Two days workshop on Research Methodology for Staff and ME Students on18th and 19th October 2013. The resource person for this workshop was Dr Manesh B. Kokare from SGGS, Nanded. 2.Students’ Achievements VPCOE CSI Student Branch Activities 127 student members from I.T. Dept. classes are added in the academic year 2013-14 for CSI students’ chapter. 3.Achievements of the Department Pune University May/June 2013 Examination Results SE (IT) Pune university examination result is 95.65%. TE (IT) Pune university examination result is 94.80%. BE (IT) Pune university examination result is 94.12%. 4. Placement Details Following students are placed in PERSISTENT Pune. APARNA BUSHAN DEEPALI KOLHE FREDA FERNANDES Following students are placed in PERSISTENT Pune (Continued……) Vidya Abhiyantriki Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3 Department of Information Technology Continued…... JYOTI GHALME MADHURI KALSHETTY PRADNYA DESHMUKH SHITAL BIRADAR PREETI KOTHARE SOPAN GOSAVI VAIBHAV JADHAV Following students are selected for a project at PERSISTENT Pune for year 2013-14. PRADNYA DESHMUKH SHITAL BIRADAR SNEHA BHOSALE JYOTI GHAVANE Extra Courses Conducted SEED Extra courses are organized for SE, TE and BE students. The details of students’ participation are given as follows. 31 students participated from SE (IT) participated for ‘C’ Course. For Java course 27 students participated from TE (IT) and 34 students participated from BE (IT). II) Prof. P.T. Raut (Coordinator), Prof. A.J. Kokare, Prof. S.K. Shah , Prof. S.A. Swami conducted two workshops on LATEX and SCILAB under FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) for M.E . (Computer) and M.E. (Design) students on 7th Oct 2013. Laboratory Up-gradation and Equipment's Added • • 20 computers of Network Lab are replaced by DELL Intel®Core™ i3-3220 Processor Computers. 20 computers of Software Lab are replaced by Dell Intel®Core™I5-3470 processor computers. Department of Computer Engineering Workshop Organized Workshop on Hadoop Programming Environment was organized for the students of ME Computer (2013 Batch) in October 2013. Mr. Sachin Gaikwad (Persistent Private Limited, Pune) covered important details of Hadoop. This workshop was organized under the leadership of Prof. Mrs. G. J. Chhajed (HoD Computer) and Mr. Kishor Vitekar coordinated the workshop. Publication in International/National Journal/Conference Prof. D. M. Padulkar "Discovering Knowledge with Uncertain Data using Vector Norms in Python" at IIT Bombay, During 13 Dec. 2013 to 15 Dec. 2013. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 4 Department of Computer Engineering Continued…... This conference is organized by IIT Bombay, Mumbai FOSSEE group, in order to promote the open source and python for engineering and science education. They organize this kind of the conference only for open source every year. Paper addressed the issues related to training of algorithms and increasing the training accuracy as compared to the existing training methods Ms. Urmila Pawar and Prof. Dinesh Hanchate "Literature Review on Personnel Scheduling" in International Journal of Computer Engineering & Technology [IJCET] Vol. 4, September - October 2013 ISSN 0976 - 6367 (PRINT), ISSN 0976 - 6375 (ONLINE). This journal has been published by International Association for Engineering and Management (IAEME). Papers accepted for Publication in International/National Journal/Conference Prof. Rajaram Ambole and Prof. Dinesh Hanchate The research paper Class timetable scheduling with Genetic Algorithm has been accepted in International Journal of Computer Science and Technology (IJCST), Vol.4 Issue 4, Oct to Dec 2013 ISSN 2229-4333 (Print). This journal has global impact factor of 0.478 and Index Copernicus of 5.09. Mr. Kishor Vitekar and Prof. Dinesh Hanchate The research paper Software Project Planning using ACO has been accepted in International Journal of Computer Science and Technology (IJCST), Vol.4 Issue 4, Oct to Dec 2013 ISSN 2229-4333 (Print). This journal has global impact factor of 0.478 and Index Copernicus of 5.09. Workshop/Seminar/Conference Attended/Participated Following staff members attended a CEP on Computer Vision by Dr. Sumantra Datta Roy, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur during 16th–18th October 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. 1. Prof. D. B. Hanchate 2. Prof. Mrs. G. J. Chhajed 3. Prof. D. M. Padulkar 4. Prof. M. D. Shelar 5. Prof. M. B. Rangdal 6. Mr. Kishor Vitekar 7. Mr. Suraj Dhanve 8. Ms. Kshitija Upadhyay 9. Ms. Priyanka Madane Students’ Achievements: Kushal Patel (Student of ME Computer-2011) is awarded “Outstanding Intern Award” from IBM on 19th December 2013. He is doing internship with IBM under the guidance of Prof. S. A. Shinde. He is working on the project “SVC Config Adviser”. This award is given to him on the occasion of AHM (All Hands Meeting) of IBM for the year of 2013. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 5 Department of Computer Engineering Continued…... Kranti Ingale (Student of BE Computer-2014) is awarded “Award for Academic Excellence” in Indo-Global Education Excellence Summit 2013. Following students successfully completed their Masters in Computer Engineering. 1. Sahil Shah First Class with Distinction 2. Yogesh Thorat First Class 3. Jawahar Gawade First Class Pune University May/June 2013 Examination Results SE (IT) Pune university examination result is 100.00%. TE (IT) Pune university examination result is 100.00%. BE (IT) Pune university examination result is 96.00%. Guest Lectures Conducted A Guest lecture on Instruction Pipeline and Parallelism by Dr Sulabha S. Apte was organized on 09 September 2013. Dr. Apte has 36 years of teaching experience and completed her Ph D in Computer Architecture. Dr. Apte simply elaborated concept of Instruction and its parallelism to Third Year and Final Year students. All the faculty members of Computer Engineering Department attended this lecture along with 120 students. Extra Courses Conducted A Certificate Test Engineer (CTEG) course of 3 days was conducted for the Final Year students by AIS Technology, Mumbai. The course was conducted during 30th August–1st September 2013. This course was coordinated by Prof. Rajaram Ambole. Department had selected 31 students for this course and out of these total 8 students got success to become certified test engineers. The course content includes as follows. ~ Testing Concepts and Principles ~ QA and QC ~ Limitations of Testing ~ SDLC – Waterfall Model ~ V – Model ~ SDLC Vs. STLC ~ STLC Stages ~ W- Verification and Validation ~ Requirement Verification ~ Case Studies Page 6 Vidya Abhiyantriki Department of Elect.& Telecom. Engineering Faculty’s Achievements Prof. R K Shastri 1. Presented his research paper entitled Spectral Analysis of Littoral Water Ambient Noise in the Tropical Region at the 2013 IEEE/OES Acoustics on Underwater Geosciences Symposium held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 24-26, 2013. 2. Presented his research paper entitled Gaussianity Analysis of Ambient Noise in Littoral Tropical Waters at the 2013 IEEE/OES Acoustics in Underwater Geosciences Symposium held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 24-26, 2013. 3. Presented Poster title “Time Frequency Analysis of Underwater Ambient Noise in Tropical Littoral Waters” in OCEANS’13 MTS/IEEE San Diego USA, on Wednesday, 25 September, 2013. Prof. J S Rangole 1. Attended IEEE International Conference on Industrial Applications of Signal Processing at DACOE, Karad, Maharashtra during 25th – 27th December 2013. Prof. S D Biradar 1. His Proposal on EEG Signal Classification for Brain Computer Interface Applications has been sanctioned by BCUD of University of Pune, the amount of which is Rs. 1.8 Lakh. 2. Attended IEEE International Conference on Industrial Applications of Signal Processing at DACOE, Karad, Maharashtra during 25th – 27th December 2013. 3. Attended Two Days short term course on Computer Vision by Dr. SumantraDutta Roy Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering IIT, Delhi during 12th and 13th October 2013 held at VPCOE, Baramati. 4. Attended Two Days short term course on "Research Methodology" by Dr. Manesh Kokare, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics Engineering, SGGSIE and T, Nanded during 18th and 19th October, 2013. Prof. S.S. Jagadale 1. Presented his research paper entitled Reduction in Chromatic Dispersion in Radio over Fiber using ModeLocked Lasers in the National Conference on Technological Revolution on 19th and 20th September 2013, Nasik, Maharashtra. 2. Coordinated the workshop on PLC S7-300 Training Program by Godrej India Pvt Ltd during 16th to 30th September 2013. 3. Attended Two Days short term course on Computer Vision by IIT Delhi on 12th and 13th October 2013. 4. Coordinated the NPTEL Awareness Workshop on 26th September 2013 by COEP, Pune. 5. Attended INDO-GLOBAL EDUCATION SUMMIT 2013 by Indus foundation on 18th November 2013. Prof. P N Arotale 1. Attended One Week Coordinator Workshop on Signals and Systems at IIT Kharagpur during 30th September to 4th October 2013. 2. Presented his research paper in the International Conference on EMOTION RECOGNITION: A CHALLENGE at BATU, Lonere to be held on 26 and 27 December 2013.. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 7 Department of Elect.& Telecom. Engineering Continued…... Prof. D T Kushnure 1. Attended Two Days short term course on Computer Vision by Dr. Sumantra Dutta Roy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering IIT, Delhi, on 12th and 13th October 2013 held at VPCOE, Baramati. 2. Attended Two Days short term course on Research Methodology by Dr. Manesh Kokare, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics Engineering, SGGSIE and T, Nanded on 18th and 19th October 2013. Prof. S S Jagtap Attended Two Days short term course on Computer Vision by Dr Sumantra Dutta Roy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering IIT, Delhi on 12th and 13th October 2013. Students’ Achievements A. 1. Shelke Shweta V. 2. Sawant Pooja R. 3.Sonawane Vasundhra 4.Bhapkar Amruta University of Pune : University Board of Sports Pune District Zone: Inter-Collegiate Sports (Team Event) All these students got Runner–up Prize in Basketball – Girls Tournament. B. Mayur Ramesh Polakhare 1. Participated in the Event Techscribe and secured First Position during 29th August -1st September 2013 at IIT, Guwahati. 2. Participated in the event Platform 101 and secured First Position during 29th August -1st September, 2013 at IIT, Guwahati. Proposals Sanctioned by the BCUD, University of Pune Laboratory Up-gradation and Equipments Added Sr. No. Name of Professor Proposal Title Sanctioned Amount 1 Prof. S.D. Biradar EEG Signal Classification for Brain Computer Interface Applications Rs.1.8 Lakh 2 Prof. M.M. Jadhav Microstrip Patch Antennas Rs.2.0 Lakh High End 20 Computer Systems Added in Embedded laboratory. Guest Lectures Conducted: Dr Arnab Das (Ph D IIT Delhi) delivered Lectures on Underwater Signal and Image Processing to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also guiding students and faculties for the research and development activities in the field of underwater technologies. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 8 Department of Elect.& Telecom. Engineering Continued…... Extra Courses Conducted Two Days short term course was conducted on Research Methodology by Dr Manesh Kokare, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics Engineering, SGGSIE & T, Nanded on 18th and 19th October 2013. Conducted University of Pune Sponsored Two Days short term course on Computer Vision by Dr. Sumantra Dutta Roy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering IIT, Delhi on 12th and 13th October 2013. Vidya Abhiyantriki Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty's Achievements I] Prof. D. D. Rupanwar 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Mumbai from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. II] Prof. S. V. Shelge 1] Coordinator of two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. III] Prof. H. P. Borate 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. Extra Courses conducted 1] Conducted YIT Practical for second semester subject Engineering Drawing II for 33 students. IV] Prof. P. D. Kale 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. V] Prof. V. B. Bhagwat 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. VI] Prof. S. E. Zarekar 1] Teaching Assistant for two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. VII] Prof. K. M. Jadhav 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. Industrial Visit 1] Organized industrial visit to Nandan Dairy, Malegaon (BK), Baramati on 21st September, 2013 for S.E. students of Mechanical Engineering. Page 9 Page 10 Department of Mechanical Engineering Vidya Abhiyantriki Continued…... VIII] Prof. A C Chaudhari 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. IX] Prof. S S Kulkarni Placement Details 1] 19 students were shortlisted in first round of “Bharat Forge”. 2] VPCOE had organized Cummins Campus Pool Drive on 18th and 19th December. Total 68 students were shortlisted from 5 different colleges. 3 students from VPCOE have been selected. 3] 10 Girl students have been shortlisted for “Altas Campco”, Pune. (2012-13 Batch) X] Prof. S M Margutti 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. Industrial visit 1] Organized industrial visit to ARAI, Pune on 5th October, 2013 for B E students of Mechanical Engineering. XI] Prof. P D Gharge Industrial Visit 1] Organized industrial visit to ARAI, Pune on 5th October, 2013 for B E students of Mechanical Engineering. XII] Prof. D. S. More 1] Attended two weeks ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) conducted by IIT Bombay from 26th November to 6th December, 2013 held in VPCOE, Baramati. Guest Lecture Conducted 1] Organized guest lecture on Industrial Innovation by Prof. P P Deshpande from Rajarambapu Istitute of Technology, Islampur for T. E. Mechanical students on 22nd September 2013. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 11 Department of Civil Engineering A. Faculty’s Achievements 1. Prof. G. N. Narule, Prof. Ms. Bhosale N. R. and Prof. Ms. Jagtap M. B. attended Half Day ISTE Workshop on Green Building Awareness under the National Mission on Education through ICT conducted by IIT Mumbai on 24th August 2013. 2. Prof. G. B. Mahesh attended workshop on Advances in Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation organized by SVNIT at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat from 30/09/2013 to 4/10/2013. 3. Research proposal by Prof. C. R. Nayak on Vibration Control of Civil Structures using Piezoceramic Smart Materials has been granted by B.C.U.D., University of Pune. 4. Prof. M N Sadananda participated in the International Workshop on Green Building and Sustainable Technologies on 7th December 2013 organized by IVS Noble Solutions at IIT, Delhi. 5. Prof. A. A. Sukhdeve attended the Workshop on Structural Rehabilitation and Retrofitting using Construction Chemicals organized by IIT Mumbai held at IIT Bombay during 24th to 25th September 2013. 6. Prof. Ms Jagtap M B published her research paper on Retrofitting of Damaged Industrial Buildings in the International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), Volume 4, Issue 4, July-August (2013), pp. 267-277. 7. Prof. G N Narule attended workshop on Experimental Structural Dynamics, Structural Health Monitoring and Non Destructive Evaluation using Smart Materials organized by IETE New Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and IVS Noble Solutions on 26th October 2013. 8. Prof. Ms Bhosale N R, Prof. Ms Walke S B, Prof. Ms Jagtap M B, Prof. Patil S B, Prof. H K Lonpande, Prof. A A Sukhdeve, Prof. M N Sadananda attended two-week ISTE workshop on Engineering Mechanics under the National Mission on Education through ICT conducted by IIT, Mumbai, during 26th to 6th December held in VPCOE, Baramati. B. Students’ Achievements 1. Mendgule Ajit, Nerkar Suyash, Palande Nitin and Wadgave Pratik attended Workshop on “Structural Rehabilitation Retrofitting using Construction Chemicals” organized by IIT Bombay held at IIT Bombay during Sept. 24th -25th 2013. 2. Shree Yadav of third year won first prize in Debate competition at VPCOE, Baramati in the event organised on ‘Engineer’s Day’, 15 Sept 2013. 3. Shivdatta Bhosale and Balekar Suraj of second year won third prize in Debate competition at VPCOE, Baramati in the event organised on ‘Engineer’s Day’, 15 Sept 2013. 4. Shivdatta Bhosale and Balekar Suraj of second year participated in Model Making Competition at VPCOE, Baramati in the event organised on ‘Engineer’s Day’, 15 Sept 2013. 5. Shivdatta Bhosale and Balekar Suraj of second year participated in Poster Presentation Competition at VPCOE, Baramati in the event organised on ‘Engineer’s Day’, 15 Sept 2013. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 12 Department of Civil Engineering Continued…... 6. Bhosale Shivdatta, Balekar Suraj and Patil Abhishek participated in Purushottam Karan dak 2013 held at Bharat Natya Mandir, Pune on 24th Oct.2013. 7. Bhosale shivdatta, Balekar Suraj, Patil Abhishek, Jagtap Aditya, Patil Aarti, Kadam Pranali and Jagtap Sonal participated in Environmental Forum of India held at GA.DI.MA. auditorium Baramati on 18th Oct. 2013. 8. Bhosale Shivdatta, Balekar Suraj, Patil Abhishek and Jagtap Sonal presented the street play on Superstition is a Black Magic in Srujan Youth Festival 2013 organized by Baramati Agro Ltd. and Environmental forum of India, Baramati. 9. Shelke Mahesh, Phapal Trupti, Nawale Suraj and Bagul Amol own second prize in model making competition at VPCOE, Baramati in the event organized on ‘Engineers Day’, 15th September 2013. C. Events of the Department Engineer’s Day Celebration Department of Civil Engineering organized the celebration of 46th Engineer’s Day on 14th, 15th and 16th September 2013, on occasion of Birth Anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Vishveshwarya in collaboration with Builders association of India, Baramati Centre. Organizer: Prof. G. N. Narule (HOD- Civil Engg.), Staff Co-ordinator: - Prof. C. R. Nayak and with the help of all departmental staff and students. This event was planned under the guidance of Dr. S. B. Deosarkar (Principal- VPCOE). Following events were carried out, 1. Poster presentation 2. Debate Competition 3. Model Making Students from various departments and from other colleges participated in this mega event. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 13 Department of Civil Engineering 2. Prof. A. P. Dange from Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology and Research, Badnera conducted workshop on Yoga and Meditation to enhance students’ mental and spiritual development in VPCOE, Baramati on 19th and 20th September 2013. 3. Department of Civil Engineering conducted workshop on Advances in Concrete and introduction of wholecim International Award in collaboration with ACC Cement Industry. D. Result B.E. Civil 2012-13 Total students appeared - 84 Ist class with distinction - 71 Ist class - 12 Higher IInd class - 1 Topper Students’ names: Pardhi Devendra Bojram- 80.80% Katore Shilpa Dhanraj- 79.93% Dongre Pravin limbaji- 76.40% Mendgule ajit Vijaykumar- 76.33% E. Details of Placement 1. Pardhi Devendra Bhojram, Adgokar Nikhil Suresh, Bakliwal Abhijeet Ravindra, Kharjule Krishna Tukaram, Mendgule Ajit Vijaykumar, Jagadale Vishal Sudhakar, Shingate Utsah Jayvant, Sarda Onkarnath Gopaldas, Gundecha Pratik Deepak and Sable Sourabh Govind doing Post Graduation in structures. 2. Gaikwad Mahendra Babasaheb is working as a lecturer in Govt. Polytechnic, Osmanabad. 3. Rupanawar Shital Gorakh, Patil Nilima Niwrutti and Dethe Rajendra Laxman working as Lecturer in Dattakala Shikshan Sanstha, Swami-Chincholi, Daund, Dist-Pune 4. Naidu Jaishri Balkrishnan is working as a Lecturer in G.H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pune. 5. Patil Mahesh Raghunath is selected in Water Resources Department (WRD) Pune. 6. Dheerajkumar Sharma is working as a Site Engineer in Dynamics. 7. Dongre Pravin Limbaji is working in L&T at Chennai. 8. Godhade Aniket Vishwanathrao is working as a Site Engineer. 9. Bagdure Vipul Vinayakrao is working in construction of national highway in Solalpur. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 14 Department of Civil Engineering Continued…... 10. Bhise Gopal Devidas is working in Shapurji-Palanji Co. Pvt. Ltd, Chakan. 11. Cherian Mathan Ponnuran is working in Sicon Contraction Company Ltd., UAE . 12. Chopade Deepak Gangadhar is working in Landmark Developers, Pune. 13. Gund Sandeep Subhash is working in B G Shirke, Mumbai. 14. Gurasale Dhiraj Anil is working in C V Kand Consultant, Pune. 15. Katkar Ranjit Arjun is working in Astule Infrastruct, Vimannagar, Pune. 16. Lokhande Amar Babasaheb is working as Lecturer in Bhagwant Institute of Tech., Barshi. 17. Pankaj Deshpande is working in A.D. Engineers, Bhopal. 18. Pujari Swapnil Sudam is working as Site Engineer in NYATI Group. 19. Sable Awishkar Amar is doing MBA. F. Guest Lectures Conducted Er. Pravin Kolhe Sir (http://pravinkolhe.com/), Executive Engineer in Water Resource Department, Government of Maharashtra delivered a lecture to TE (Civil) students for the subject Infrastructure Engineering and Construction Techniques on Construction Technique of Millau Viaduct on 28th September 2013. (Co-ordinator: Prof. D. G. Patil) 2. Prof. (Ms.) P. R. Dixit from VIIT Pune delivered a Lecture on 6.10.13 to TE (Civil) students for Fluid Mechanics-II Subject. (Co-ordinator: Prof. D. G. Patil) Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 15 Department of Civil Engineering 3. Prof. A. P. Dange from Prof Ram Meghe Institute of Technology and Research, Badnera delivered a lecture on Geotechnical Engineering for Second year students and on Dams - Hydraulic Structure for Final year students on 19th and 20th September 2013. 4. Dr. S. N. Khante from Govt. College of Engineering Amaravati delivered a Lecture on Dynamics for M.E. I (Civil-Structures) and on Earthquake Engineering for Final year students. G. Industrial Visits 1. T. E. Civil Engineering students (78) along with Prof. D. G. Patil and Prof. A. A. Sukhdeve visited Construction Site of ‘Godrej Cattle Feed Plant’ near VP Campus in M.I.D.C. Baramati, Dist.- Pune on 07/08/2013 for subject IECT to study and observe the different advanced construction techniques in Civil Engineering especially ‘Tremix Concrete Floor, Brick-bat Water Proofing Technique, Concrete Pumping System’. 2. T. E. Civil Engineering students (78) along with Prof. D. G. Patil and Prof. Ms. S. B. Walke visited Dhom Balkawadi Dam, Wai (near Mahabaleshwar), Maharashtra on 6th September 2013 for the subject FM-II to study different aspects of Hydroelectric power generation and discharge through spillway. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 16 Department of Civil Engineering Continued…... 3. T. E. Civil Engineering students (78) along with Prof. D. G. Patil and Prof. Ms. S. B. Walke visited ‘Baramati Railway Station, Dist.- Pune on 23 Sept 2013, 78 T.E. Civil Engineering students for the subject IECT to study different aspects of Railway Engineering. (Co-ordinator: Prof. D. G. Patil, Prof. Ms. S. B. Walke) 4. B. E. Civil Engineering students (82) along with Prof. Ms. S. B. Patil and Prof. Sukhdeve A. visited ‘Pavana Dam’ Pavananagar, Tal-Maval Dist. Pune on 30 Aug. 2013, for the subject Dams and Hydraulic Structures to study different aspects of dams and hydraulic power plant. 5. B. E. Civil Engineering students (82) along with Prof. Nayak C. N. and Prof. Ms. S. B. Patil visited ‘Indian Hume Pipes Pvt. Ltd.’ Factory in Wadgaon-Pune, Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) Khadakwasla, Pune, Pavna Dam near Lonavala on 30 August 2013 for the subject Structural Design III to study and observe the complete manufacturing process of Pre-stressed concrete pipes specially used for carrying water and sewage. Vidya Abhiyantriki Page 17 Department of Electrical Engineering Faculty’s Achievements Prof. Rohit Tarade He organized One Day Workshop on Entrepreneurship, i.e. Feruka Elluminate in October 2013 by IIT, Mumbai, at VPCOE, Baramati. He attended one Week STTP on Smart Grid: Issues and Challenges in BATU, Lonere during 16th to 20th December 2013. Students’ Achievements S.E Student Priyanka Birajdar played in Basket Ball Team at the State Level. T.E Students Rajkumar Mule participated in following sport activities: • State level indoor cricket at Ratnagiri. • National level indoor cricket at Jaysingpur, Kolahapur. • Played and Won the cricket match of COEP Pune (Test -12) Shamala Kadam played State Level Volleyball tournament Gaikward Vaibhav Balasaheb Completed Course in Matlab and Simuink at COEP, Pune. Laboratory Up-gradation and Equipments Added Nvis 7063 Transmission Line Training System is a very exclusive design to demonstrate the basic concepts of transmission line. By calculating the ABCD parameter we can easily understand the behavior of transmission line. With the help of this product students can understand short, medium and long transmission lines behavior and Ferranti effect. Manually circuit formation facilities make it more user-friendly and help to clarify the doubts of the students. Transmission Line is the key factor of Electrical Engineer for transmission of signals, as like vanes in human body. This model transfer knowledge not through transmission line but for the transmission line. Programmable Logic Controller(PLC) Lab Prolific technologies, Pune has supplied 4 PLC kit and one license copy of SCADA software. Four PLC kits along with 4 dedicated PCs, The kit has 15 I/O ports (toggle switches, pushbuttons, LEDs, alarms). The PLC kit is of Alen Bradley Micrologix 500 series. Various experiments can be performed like: Temperature measurement, Level Measurement, Pressure measurement, Alarm annunciation and On/Off control, alternate On/Off control, etc. and many more applications can be made by the kits. An automation industry requires the knowledge of PLC and SCADA and therefore this subject is very important. Projects can also be made with the help of interfaced PLCs. MISSION STATEMENT VPCOE has “student centered institutional development” as motto. We are committed to pursue academic Vidya Pratishtan’s College of Engineering, Baramati standards of excellence to develop a student with comprehensive technical VIDYANAGRI, BHIGWAN ROAD, BARAMATI, DIST-PUNE – 413 133 (INDIA) knowledge and integrated personality. Phone: 91-2112-239500, 503, 504 Fax: 91-2112-239514. E-mail: principal@vpcoe.org act locally, involve individually and www.vpcoe.org We prepare students to think globally, systemize institutionally to meet emerging industrial and social needs. National Service Scheme (NSS) Special Camp—2014 (20th to 26th January 2014) The Inauguration Ceremony of NSS Camp Blood Donation Camp Students while cleaning the area in village Students while building a ‘Bandhara’