SESSION JULY 2014- DECEMBER2014 COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WORKSHOPS WEBINARS INDUSTRIAL VISIT SUMMITS & CONCLAVE CONFERENCE & SEMINAR OTHER EVENTS ISTE main Workshop on “Computer Networking” How to Publish a Technical Paper with IEEE” Microsoft Technology Enriched Instruction CISCO Networking Academy Conference And Instructor Retooling Workshop 2014 Network Simulator (NS2 ) • 30th June-5th July 2014 • Conducted by IIT Bombay. • 11 August, 2014 • Organised by IIT, Delhi •17th November, 2014 •Organized by Microsoft •20th and 21st November, 2014 •Organised by Amity University •29th - 30th December 2014. •Organized by CSI (Computer Society Of India ) ISTE main Workshop on “Computer Networking” A one week ISTE main workshop on “Computer Networking” was organized at Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida, which was Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT from June 30th to 5th July 2014. Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering was the workshop coordinator. 26 faculty members from different institutes attended this workshop. The Objective of this workshop was to understand the concept of multiplexing using Ethernet "frame type" field, IP "protocol field" and Transport "port number" field. Workshop on “How to publish a technical paper with IEEE” A One day workshop on “How to publish a technical paper with IEEE” was organized at Admin Hall, India Institute of Technology, Delhi on August 11, 2014. Ms. Bhanu Bhardwaj, Faculty, Computer Science Department DGI, Greater Noida was delegated to attend the workshop. The objective of this workshop was to develop an understanding of how to write a research paper that can be published on IEEE platform, and the description of an acceptable quality of paper. Microsoft Technology Enriched Instruction A one day Faculty Development Workshop on Microsoft Technology Enriched Instruction was organized by Microsoft on 17th November, 2014 at G. D. Goenka University, Gurgaon. Mr. Manoj Yadav- Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended the workshop. The purpose of this workshop was to create awareness of the benefits of technology integrated into instruction and the breadth of technology available. It was also to increase enthusiasm among teachers for investigating and increasing their appropriate use of technology in their own classrooms. CISCO Networking Academy Conference And Instructor Retooling Workshop 2014 Two Days Workshop on CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY CONFERENCE AND INSTRUCTOR RETOOLING WORKSHOP 2014 was held at Amity University, Noida on November 20th and 21st, 2014. Faculty members from various educational Institutions participated in this workshop. The objective of the workshop was to make the participants aware regarding up gradation in CISCO Networking Security. Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Dr. Sarika Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering &. Mr. Pawan Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended the workshop as a delegate. NS2 Workshop SRM University, Delhi-NCR Campus, Modinagar, Gaziyabad, Department Of Computer Science Engineering organized Two Days Workshop on NETWORK SIMULATOR(NS2) on December 29th and 30th, 2014.The objective of the workshop was to make the participants aware regarding up gradation in use of Network Simulator in a effective way. Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor CSE Department from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended the workshop as delegates. The event was flanked by Prof. Manoj Kumar Pandey (Director of SRM University), Prof. Rajendra Prasad Mahapatra (HOD of CSE), and Ashish Joshi,Assistant Professor,GGSIPU, Delhi, Manish Kumar, Assistant Professor, BVCE, Delhi, Mr. Manas Gaur, TRF(DTU,Delhi) & CIRG, DRDO. INDUSTRIAL VISIT Industrial Visit to National Physical Laboratory • 30th September, 2014 Industrial Visit to National Physical Laboratory An Industrial Visit to “National Physical Laboratory” New Delhi was organized on 30th September, 2014 byDepartment of Information Technology, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida. Twenty six students of various branches along with Mr. Shiv Bhushan, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering and Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering visited the NPL. Golden Tech-Bridge Programme Higher Education Streams in India and Abroad E-Seminar - Steps2Research National Seminar on Skill India Challenges and Solutions Seminar-GSA Event Leveraging Pro-AV Communications Technology in Propelling India’s Digital Future •9 August, 2014. •Organized by Computer Society of India. •3rd September 2014. •Organized by the CSI and ISTE •19th and 20th September 2014. •Organized by Amal Jyothi College of Engineering •20th September, 2014 •Organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry •14th October, 2014. •Conducted by DGI Google Student Club •21st November 2014 •Organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Golden Tech-Bridge Programme One-day seminar organized by Computer Society of India on 9 August 2014 and coordinated by Ms. Niti Gupta of Department of Computer Science. Objective was to motivate the students to learn the fundamental concepts of computer science and the various application areas of the knowledge Seminar on ‘Higher Education Streams in India and Abroad’ IEEE A Seminar on ‘Higher Education Streams in India and Abroad’ organized by the CSI, ISTE and IEEE Student Branch of Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater India was conducted by Pythagurus Education Pvt. Ltd. on 3rd September, 2014. The guest speakers for the session were Mr. Jatin Bhandari, Founder and CEO, Pythagurus and Mr. Diwakar Bhagat, Centre Manager. The objective of the seminar was to introduce the students to various higher education options available in India and abroad, and the eligibility and preparation for the same E-seminar- Steps 2 Research A Two day National eSeminar on Steps 2 research organized by Department of Computer Science & Computer Applications, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally in association with IIT Bombay, ISTE Kerala Section and CSI Cochin Chapter was held at Dronacharya Group of Institutions on 19th and 20th September 2014. The event was broadcast to 2500 participants across all over India though A-View platform. The objective of the seminar was to emphasise on the need of setting up a research mind set for the interest and the development of the nation and to contribute to the advancement of the country in the areas of technology. National Seminar on Skill India - Challenges and Solutions A National Seminar on Skill India-Challenges and Solutions was organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry on 20th September, 2014 at PHD House, New Delhi. Around 70 participants from different organizations across Delhi attended the event. Ms. Niti Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department Computer Science & Engineeringalong with Gunjit Sidhar, Student, CSE participated in the event representing Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida. Seminar-GSA Event A One day Seminar on 'Google & Website Development Trends' was conducted as the Inaugural event of 2014 Google Student Club, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida on 14th October, 2014. The session emphasized the importance of a GSA and the activities carried on the campus under the Google Student Club. The audience comprised students of 2nd and 3rd year CSE, IT & ECE. The event commenced with a Non-Technical session which focused on a brief introduction about the GSA program and its importance along with various Google products and introducing the GSC team to the students. Leveraging Pro-AV Communication Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized a seminar on “Leveraging ProAV Communications Technology in Propelling India’s Digital Future” on 21st November, 2014. Ms. Rakhi Agrawal, Faculty CSE attended the event as invitee along with 10 students of second year. Eminent speakers from the world of Communication technologies participated and expressed their views regarding the Importance of Pro AV in government as well private sector. Mr. Rajesh Patkar , Deputy General Manager, Christie Digital Systems(India) Pvt. Ltd. raised concern over the lack of infrastructure in educational institutes and problems faced in communication due to this. Microsoft’s ‘Women in Tech’ and ‘YouthSpark Programme’ • 30th September 2014. • Organized by Microsoft Cisco Women Rock IT Webinar • 12th November 2014 • Conducted by CISCO WebEx Microsoft’s ‘Women in Tech’ and ‘YouthSpark Programme’ Ms. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Mr. Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft along with Microsoft’s announcement of commercial cloud services – Azure and Office 365, from local data centers by the end of 2015. With a clear focus on India’s youth and the growing internet population, Mr. Nadella and his team also shared Microsoft’s ‘Women in Tech’ and ‘YouthSpark Programme’ on 30th September 2014. The Objective of the webinar importance of continuous “learning” and not just continuous “employment”, as well as the ability to listen, change with the times and experiment, and learn to move on from failure were listed as the key factors for professional success. Cisco Women Rock IT The web based seminar was conducted as a part of the Cisco initiative for inclusive growth of Indian IT industry on gender basis and hence bring in more women into the IT sector, under the Cisco India initiative ' Women Rock-IT '. Ms. Monique Morrow, Distinguished Consulting Engineer AND Chief Technology Officer, on 12th November 2014 Cisco delivered the keynote session and beautifully laid emphasis on the importance of Women in IT since the inception of programming and argumentatively stated the necessity to bring them up in the IT sector for the benefit of IT industry itself. The aspect of the webinar was the Women Rock IT initiative is looking forward to build local communities for girls and women to meet, network ideas. SUMMIT AND CONCLAVE Innovation Summit 2014 HT Campus Conclave on Education • 17th September 2014. •Organized at PHD House, New Delhi. •29th October, 2014 •Organized by Hindustan times at Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon. Innovation Summit 2014 Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Vice President, PHD Chamber focused the importance of Innovation in the contemporary scenario, and the role being played by the SMEs in this direction. Mr. Surender Nath Tripathi, Joint Secretary (SME), Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India also addressed the gathering and applauded the efforts being made by SMEs towards the economic growth of the country. The sessions were succeeded by the release of an android app for MSMEs which shall be beneficial to all stakeholders. The objectives of this summit bringing MSMEs, financial institutions and the training providers on a common platform for synchronization of the efforts towards a common goal of the upliftment of the SMEs in India. HT Campus Education Conclave HT Campus Conclave on Education with the theme 'Meeting the Talent Demand' was organized by Hindustan Times on 29th October, 2014 at Crown Plaza, Gurgaon. Prof. Sachin Gupta, HOD, CSE and Prof. Divyanshu Sinha, HOD, IT represented Dronacharya Group of Institutions at the prestigious event. The basic objective behind the forum was to answer the question of whether educational institutes in India are providing the correct skill sets to its graduating students to meet industry’s demand. The conclave was attended by 180 delegates, including experts from educational institutes and the recruitment sector. Graduate Employability Ratio was the most prominent topic on the agenda and was unanimously seen as the major concern of both academicians and industrialists. OTHER EVENTS IBM DB 2 • 3rd November to 7th November 2014 • Conducted by Web Tek Labs Pvt. Ltd. CISCO INSTRUCTOR TRAINING • 26th November to 6th December 2014 • Organized at Amrita Vidthyapeetham Coiambatore IEEE SSCS Delhi Chapter Distinguished Lectures • 19 December 2014 • Organized by IEEE SSCS Delhi Chapter IBM DB2 A One week training programon ‘IBM CE-Basics of Information Management with DB2’ was organized at Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida from 3rd November to 7th November, 2014. Students from Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Information Technology (IT) and Computer Sciences and Information Technology branches participated in the training program. Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering coordinated the training program. The training sessions were delivered by Mr. Yogesh Sharma, Sr. Trainer from Web Tek Labs Pvt. Ltd, IBM Education Delivery Partner. Cisco Instructor Training A two week training on CISCO Instructor Training Program organized at Amrita Vidthyapeetham Coiambatore during November 24th- December 6th 2014. Arround 11 faculty mambers participated in this training program from accross th country. Mr. Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering attended the training as delegates from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida. IEEE SSCS Delhi Chapter Distinguished Lectures A Distinguished Lecture Colloquia was organized by IEEE SSCS Delhi Chapter on 19th Dec. 2014 at ST Microelectronics, Greater Noida . Ms Bhanu Bhardwaj ,Asst. Prof., Computer Science dept. and three students of DGI, Greater Noida attended the lecture as delegate Prof. Madhavan Swaminanthan, George Institute of Technology Atlanta , explained device simulation and its various applications in industry. He also gave understanding on their interplay for managing signal, power and thermal integrity.