Vigilance Awareness Week is an initiative taken by Central Vigilance India. This year theme of the vigilance week was

Preventive vigilance as a tool of Good Governance, A healthy

open discussion was organized in this regard on the subject Corruption is eroding our social fabric and some decent points

came up by students (to know more visit our FB page)

Use of online transactions

Stopping corruption at primary levels.

Holding strong deadline for any public sector based work

Monitoring employ performance

Avoiding practices of economic inflation

Time for a student centric education institution did arrive in our

country half a decade back. Since then the Student Activity Cell,

GBPEC has traced a wholesome of achievements in the GBPEC

timeline. The world is a global classroom that is what the Student

Activity cell believes in and none of the aspects of this belief are

left behind. Various clubs of SAC organize regular classes and

sessions that aim at improving skills for a particular domain like

robotics club and literary bureau. Events like GBPEC dance

competition and TeChVIZ await for you and the biggest of all, the

annual technical and cultural festivals are set to be propelled in the

coming semester. Seeing back this years almanac SAC has

organized events like Independence Day (15th Aug) Teachers Day

(5th Sept), Student Activity Inaugural Ceremony (8th Sept), and the

Central Vigilance Week (October 26th-31st). Seeing back the things

we have revised one thing that we need to work on is bringing

exposure to the college students in terms of organizing regular

intercollege technical events. This year SAC has made certain that

none of the aspects of development would be left behind and has

planned to work in collaboration with all the societies and provide

the necessary support to their functioning so as to achieve the

common goal.

Volume 2 | Issue 1 | Nov15

Few Words from Our

Principal

Students newsletter of G. B. Pant Engineering College theecho.gbpec@gmail.com

A Talk with Dr. B.S. Dwarkanath [Page 2]

Brief Highlight of TechSpandan 15 [Page 3]

Khuda Haafiz, a story (Part 2) [page 6]

Career Advice by Devashish Mamgain [page 7]

From the cabin of Priti Mam [Page 8]

Alumni Speak [Page 8]

Whats Up GBPEC [Page 8]

UTU Badminton Tournamet

Badminton is a revered sport in our college and every year our college

is represented by our best shuttlers who bring accolades to our college.

This year was no different and our team comprising of Arnav

Chakraborty (CSE-4th yr), Anshul Sharma(EE-3rd yr) and Yashwant

Karnwal (CSE-2nd yr) represented our college at UTU tournament held

in Dehardun. Our team comprising of Arnav and Anshul became Men

Doubles champions beating College of Roorkee in a thriller final.

Arnav reached semifinals in the singles category also and hence winning

the trophy of 2nd runner-up. Anshul and Yashwant also reached

quarterfinals in the singles category. Arnav and Anshul then represented

UTU at North Zone games held at Rohtak, Haryana. We hope that our

future shuttlers will also preserve the standards of this year games and

such honors will bestowed upon our college even in the future.

Talent can bring an athlete accolades and attention

But the ability to lead will bring the kind of success

That extends beyond the court

Like previous year, this year also the team left a mark on the court. The boys

and girls team participated in the UTU volleyball tournament (8-9th October) at

WIT college, Sudhowala under the team manager Mr. G. S. Rawat. The boys

team played their semi-final match with DIT under the captainship of Mr. Vimal

Joshi (EE Final year) and lost the game with a score of (2-3), The girls team

played a league tournament in which they won against every team but

unfortunately lost the game with THDC (0-2) and secured runners up position

in the tournament under the captainship of Miss Uma Tiwari. As there is no I

in a team, everyone gave their best and few students were even selected for the

north zone tournament 2015- Uma Tiwari (EE), Tulika Kala (ME), Meenakshi

(ME), Vimal Joshi (EE), Jashwant Singh (ME), Abhishek Saini (EE) and

Chinmay (ECE)

In the end honourable chief minister Mr. Harish Rawat, appreciated all the

players who participated and gave away the prizes.

Learn from yesterday, Live for Today,

Hope for Tomorrow, The important thing is

not to stop questioning

-Albert Einstein

Questioning ourselves, the curiosity to

learn new and finding to add bit by bit to our

knowledge is what drives us. Knowledge is

the supreme goal and that is what GBPEC

has believed since its inception.

Knowledge in todays world

demands not only the textbook acquaintance

but also cognizance of skills and

temperament that one needs to develop and

nourish inside oneself. During my tenancy

as the Principal of this institution I have seen

it rise to the level of skies and the accolades

are bestowed upon us because of the never

culminating spirit of students who wish to

make it a better place and the support and

guidance that faculty members have

extended towards the students.

The newest addition to our family has been

made and that is our dear first year. I whole

heartedly welcome them and would like to

safeguard that we will lead the beacon of

faith that they bequeathed to us.

We have reached the skies, now we have to

rise further, there should not be a limit to our

achievements like there is not to the human

endeavours

To end my sentence, I would like to quote

few words of Confucius

The man who asks a question is a fool for

a minute, the man who does not ask is a

fool for life.

.

UTU Volleyball Tournament

Student Activity Cell accolades

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Research is nothing but

Seeking the truth A talk with Dr. B. S. Dwarkanth

|Ayush Praveen, Pulkit Kaimwal & Divya Dhasmana (BT Final yr.)

Dr. Bilikere Srinivasa Rao Dwarakanath is the

former head and additional director of Metabolic Cell

Signalling Group, Division of Radiation Biosciences,

Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences,

DRDO. A Scientist with early education background

in physics, he moved to the field of life sciences. The

personage is a pioneer in the field of cancer biology,

with a research background of more than 26 years in

2-D-G therapy. Dr. Dwarakanath has been honoured

with the Indira Vasudevan Award for outstanding

contribution to cancer research by the Indian

Association of Biomedical Scientists, the Annual

Award of the Society for Cancer Research and

Communication and several other awards. Here is a

reproduction of our discussion with him during our

INMAS visit.

Q. Dr. B.S Dwarkanath, Please tell us about your early life

and how it motivated you to pursue research as a career?

Early part of my life i.e. my school, college and inception of

my career was filled with enthusiasm and spirit to do

something extra ordinary, I pursued under the driving force

of curiosity and my under graduate program provided me

with the teachers who motivated us to understand nature

around us.

Q. Along with being a scientist at DRDO, you are also a

visiting faculty at Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical

Research (D.U), what guidance you give to your students

regarding pursuing research as a career?

I always suggest that people should be highly motivated to

pursue research as their career, in my opinion I believe that

one should not pursue research just to do a job, one should

pursue research so that one can benefit the society and

advance knowledge in any field. To pursue research it is

mandatory to have drive and motivation. Also those

institutions and faculty members who are in touch with

research have a better way at teaching and an edge over

those who do not.

Q. Many institutions ask you to program their curriculum for

them, what is the very basic thing that you ensure?

Since my experience with programming syllabus for some

institutions of biomedical sciences, I keep in mind that the

program is meant for whom and what prospects would they

have after completing the course. Training in terms of both

theoretical and practical knowledge is important and for that

classroom lectures and practical training sessions both are

comprehensive. One thing must be insured that if regular

practical session could not be accommodated then sessions

should be arranged for students where they can take the feel

of the experiments through illustrations and animated

demonstrations available on the internet if not be able to

perform themselves, though it is of no match but still better

than being exposed to nothing other than reading textbook.

Q. With the advancement in medical sciences and

biotechnology we are on our way to eradicate many of the

diseases whose cures were not possible even a few years

ago, what do you believe for cancer in this regard and how

much fight still needs to be done for it?

I think we have made a great deal of progress in managing

cancer as a disease. Though not close to conquering it we

have made a substantial progress. Like for example 20 years

back people would say 1/3rd of all cancer is preventable,

1/3rd of all cancer when detected early is curable, 1/3rd of

cancer unfortunately still requires better therapeutics

modalities to be developed because we do not have ways to

prevent them and diagnose them early. Today I think this

1/3rd have a moved a great bit. We are now able to prevent a

great deal of cancer more than 40-45% of cancer sue to early

detection for which we must thanks to the biomarkers of

cancer, So only 15-20% of tumours still requires better

therapeutic modalities to be developed. In the field of

therapeutics we have made a substantial progress, many

tumours which could only be partly treated can now be

completely cured. So if I put all this together we are able to

handle 80-85% of all the tumours with the remaining 20-

15% tumours we will be deal with them in the next few years

or sooner.

Q. For most people it is quite difficult to handle even a single

thing, how do you manage so many task on your own like

being an additional director, head of your department, a

guest faculty, giving time to your family and your hobbies

also?

While others think that I have done quite well I feel like to

do better each day than what I have done. I know people who

even work harder than me, do multiple things together but I

believe the key to it is what you tell to yourself, stay

motivated and remain happy because if you are happy then

only your work translates into the results you would like

them to be. A good part it goes to people around you who

share a good intent and earnest efforts and a little healthy

habit for brain and body acts as the grand marshal.

Q. The Greatest research with which you are accredited is in

radiation biosciences, especially for the use of 2-Deoxy-

Glucose as an anticancer agent, please brief us a little about

it and apart from that what are the other areas of research

that fascinates you?

2-Deoxy-Glucose is a synthetic molecule quite similar to

glucose just with one change, it lacks one oxygen atom at

position 2 which makes a lot of difference chemically to the

cells as it disturbs glucose metabolism and disturbing the

way cells deal with signals because some of proteins are

modified by post-translational modifications and thus

disturbing the cell functions. Cancer cells have hyper

metabolism both for growth as well as for the maintenance

and therefore you can use 2-D-G to impair the glucose

metabolism and thereby disturbing the signalling which is

dependent upon Glucose metabolism, One can use it as a

primary therapeutic or much more effectively as an adjuvant

with radiation or with chemo-therapy Now a question arises

how one can differentiate the uptake of 2-D-G by Normal

and Cancerous cells, well you dont need to. Cancer cells

have hyper metabolism so they more need input of glucose,

when administered with 2-D-G they uptake more 2-D-G.

Therefore you compromise cancer cells to produce energy

for their metabolism. The other areas of that I would like to

pursue research is in how radiation, other environmental

agents and toxic substances cause damage to biological

systems both at the cellular level and the systemic level so

that the knowledge can be used to develop approaches to

reduce the deleterious effect of radiation and other

environmental toxins.

Q. Defence forces is one of the major strength of our

country, what role does DRDO play for them and what has

been your experience of these past few years?

DRDO does everything that is required to keep the nation

secure both in terms of making the weapon and the ways to

deploy them and in making the men behind the nation fit.

The DRDO plays an important role for the defence forces

and I am proud to be a part of this organization, I have spent

this beautiful journey of 20 years as a part of the DRDO

family.

Q. What are the changes in that you read in todays

atmosphere of research and since the time you joined this

field?

I have been in research for over 35 years now, right now the

biggest thing is our ability to get the updated information

with the click of a button through the internet. When I started

my career we had to wait several hours just to get a reprint,

several weeks to get an article. Now with the click of a

button I can get 100 articles in a few minutes, so much of

our time actually goes into truly productive and prospective

tasks. Just to simplify, 15 years ago, at that time if I had to

do a simple experiment I would have to wait for 15 hours

preparing for it, Today I can do that task within 14 and

hour without spending much time to prepare for it and

compared to 35 years back there is a huge number of skills

and techniques available besides the knowledge however I

must also caution that there is a huge deal of publication

linked noise available on the internet that is a result of quest

to publish things. It can be misleading for youngsters

confusing them to what to relay on.

Q. What exactly is research according to you and what

message would you like to give to youngsters like us who

are on their way to become the future researchers.

Doing research is nothing but seeking truth, you should be

true to yourself in every aspect of pursuing research. Firstly

be clear that you want to pursue research then be ready to

follow the path of openness, truthfulness and then there is

little substitute for hard work. Being designated as genius or

thinking of as one is not sufficient today to make a

meaningful contribution to the society, secondly with

increasing knowledge every researcher, every individual

should become more humble, and then he would be able to

impact society in a positive way. One can pursue research in

any domain and biotechnology is one great turf to pursue

research. Yes I think that biotechnology is an applied field,

while it is highly desirable to have a good and wide

foundation in the engineering sciences and life sciences at

the graduate level it is equally important for them to undergo

specialization at master of sciences or other PG programs

and then do diversification and apply their skills. Since

biotechnology is a broad field it has great depths, so a solid

foundation is highly desirable than a horizontal spread

knowledge.

Q. What do you believe is the coming future for

Biotechnology in India?

One can use biotechnology in every walk of life, for example

in agriculture you can make better plants, better produce,

better resistance, in animal husbandry you can probably

make them resistant to several infections, for people you can

make drug available to them at an affordable cost using

biotechnology techniques and the same is true for India.

India should not be seen as isolation from the globe. So I

believe that Biotechnology which also has a good present,

will also have a great and prospering future in the coming

era.

To know more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilikere_Dwarakanath

http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/INMAS/English/index.js

p?pg=homebody.jsp

http://www.cancerjournal.net/article.asp?issn=0973-

1482;year=2009;volume=5;issue=9;spage=21;epage=26;au

last=Dwarakanath

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The TechSpandan15 added more glory to the chapters of

the great book that we call as GBPEC, with the third

instalment of this great fest, lets have a look back what it

had for us.

Geno-Techs Dogma

With an endeavour to promote and encourage the technical skills of

the students,a three day inter-college technical fest was held from

April 24-26 2015 at GBPEC , Pauri .This year, the Biotechnology

department organised the following events:

Bio Product: The event was based on fabrication of a product

derived from biological raw materials like plant extracts,oils or

waste material.The product could be a fuel,drug or any commodity

that could be used extensively in our daily life..The team comprising

Ayush Praveen, Sachin Gupta, Anurag Kumar were declared the

winners.

Bio Robotics: It applied the concept of robotic automation to the

biological processes.Participants had to present a prototypical

concept of synthesis of biological molecules such as RNA and DNA

with the help of robotics.The team comprising Vipin Badola, Akash

Rawal, Rohit Joshi and Anuj Devrani secured the 1 st position.

Streax: This event gave the participants a chance to use bacterial

culture as ink to draw something on media which represented their

canvas. Only the correct streaking came out as a beautiful pattern.

A total of 47 students participated in the event . Puneet Rawal and

Vinesh were declared joint winners.

Campus Green: It addressed the issue of sustainable development

on a perspective scale,our college campus in this case. Various parts

of the college which need to be developed or are facing an issue are

dealth with by proposing suppositions and measures to be taken.

Participants were shown different photographs of the college

campus and were asked to provide a technical solution to the

problems.Charu Shekharan,Shivam Taneja and Sonam Chaudhary

bagged the first position.

Electra Circuit This year too, the department of electrical engineering came out

with Electra, a series of events for TechSpandan 2k15. Here is a

glimpse of few events.

Circuit Sprint: First in the series of events was the circuit sprint, aimed at testing the concepts and designing skills of participants in

the field of electrical circuits.The event drew the enthusiastic

participation of 81 participants. The winners were Arush(E.E), Rohit(E.C.E) And Pragati(E.E).

Power Hysteria: Next in the league of events was the power

hysteria which required the participants to design a power system

as per the problem statements provided to them .The event saw participation of 81 students with Aruh(E.E), Pragati(E.E) And

Rohit(E.C.E) as the winner.

Electra also consisted of non-theoretical events such as MAT-O-

MANIA that involved simulation of a model and PLC-Automania that involve simulation of an industrial process on SCADA in the

first round and then practically realizing it in PLC in the second

round.

MAT-O-MANIA saw whopping 40 participants with Tikendra (E.E) and Kaustubh (E.E) as winner while PLC-Automania had 60

participants and was won by Shashikant Singh (E.E) and Shivam

Naithani (E.E)

There were also literary events such as Quzzotica to test the basic concepts relating to electrical engineering in form of a written quiz

in the first round and audio visual round (which came as a surprise)

later. The event saw an overwhelming participation with 82 participants Shubhendu (E.E) and Ashray Saini (E.E) stood winners.

The final and the most remarkable event of Electra was THE

SPARK that aimed at applauding innovative ideas that have vision

to change and revolutionize the world. The vent had 5 teams of 2 members each. Arush Sharma (E.E) and Pragati Tripathi (E.E) won

the event.

There was a lot to learn from the events a lot to improve upon. The

organization was applauded by senior faculty members. It was quite

a fun and frolic event with promising note to be twice as spectacular and interesting the next year.

Binary World

Break in C: This Event comprised of two rounds. Akash Gusain

(CSE 3rd yr) and Ajaypal Singh (EE 3rd yr) were declared the

winners.

Typomania: This event tested the typing speed of individuals on a

keyboard

Mathematica: Participants had to solve small logical mathematics

questions. The event comprised of 2 rounds. Anurag Dobariyal (ME 3rd yr) and Ajaypal (EE 3rd yr) secured the first position.

Oak: This event tested ones Java programming skills. It consisted

of 2 rounds. 1st round comprised of 25-30 conceptual questions.

Shot listed students participate in round 2. This round included the

implementation of those concepts in difficult real time problems. Amit Singh (CSE 3rd yr) bagged the first position.

Wiz Quiz: This event tested the general knowledge in the field of CSE. Ankit Thapliyal (CSE 3rd yr) was declared the winner.

Programming Apti: This event was conducted in 2 rounds. The 1st round tested general programming, data structures and algorithm

knowledge of the participants. The short listed students participate

in round 2 in which one had to code a given problem with minimum complexity and explain it. Sandeep (CSE 2nd yr) and Vikas (CSE

2ndyr)won the event.

Backtrack: This event was about reverse coding. The event

required thinking in the reverse order of program development. The

participants had to develop a code that generated the same output as the given executable file.

Literaris The literaris organised the following events:

Treasure hunt: The most adventurous and thrilling event of

Techspandan .Participants were given various clues that lead them

to the location of the treasure.

Teaser: It was a team event involving two members. The game tested ones knowledge of current affairs. There were 2 rounds .the

first round was the qualifying round in which the participants had to

fill up the answers. The second and final round was the buzzer round. .

Faceoff: A two member team was given a topic. One member had

to speak in favour of the motion and the other against the motion.

Online story writing: The starting of the story was given.

Contestants had to complete it, in their own unique way .The contestant whose story was adjudged best was declared the winner.

Exuberanz: It was the most awaited event of the tech fest .There

were five rounds in this event.

I. Carry on- The contestant was given a topic and had speak on it for two minutes. Every 20 seconds, a new word was given and one had to carry on speaking making use of that word.

II. Video mere audio tere - A video clip of a conversation between 2 people was played without the audio. Any two

contestants had to come up with their own set of dialogues for

that clip and enact it.

III. Host it -Contestants were given a random show that they had to host.

IV. Imitate- A random celebritys video was played and the participant had to imitate that celebrity.

Finalists were given a chance to cover an event of Techspandan. The winner was decided by the cumulative marks scored by him in the

five rounds.

Civiature Concrete

Archirea: It was an event for young architects to showcase their

talent.A total of 20 teams participated in the event. The team

comprising Piyush Pant, Rohan Barthwal, Poonam Bisht & Sandeep Kumar were declared the winners.

BRIDGE-IT: Participants had to build a bridge which could bear

a heavy load and was economically feasible as well the team comprising Deepak Kala, Gaurav Bisht, Rohit Chauhan and Gopi

Chand won the event.

CABRIZ: Participants had to design suspension bridges using their imagination and knowledge. A total of 20 teams participated in the

event. Shubham Rawar, Mayank Lakhera, Naman Gupta, Sachin

Gaur and Suraj Kaintura were declared winners.

PURe-itz: Participants had to make a working model of a water treatment system to treat polluted water. Each team had to filter a

fixed amount of polluted water which was provided on the spot.

EX-QUIZ-It: The event tests ones general knowledge. A total of

30 teams participated in the event.

Robo Vault Robo Soccer: A Robo soccer was an event of mobile robot that was used to play soccer. The robots had a battle between each other and

the team that scored more goals won the match.

Hill Billy: This event was the most thrilling event similar to a

monster truck racing. It included an arena that was made so as to

give a feel of cliffs and jumps throughout the event. The race was the ultimate test of a machine's capability to overcome the toughest

conditions and thus emerge as the champion of champions.

Cheesy Lines: Cheesy Lines was an event that involved both

autonomous and manual robots to complete a given task. The team

completing the challenge in minimum time duration wins the event.

Block-O-Sort: This event was based on arranging the blocks in their

respective positions. The team sorting the blocks with minimum time won the challenge.

Electro-Mystique: Electro- Mystique was the event that was based on a treasure hunt but in a technical way. It was an event based on

your visualisation, reasoning and your inbuilt talent. This event

consist of basic technical puzzles to get through it.

Mechanicals gears Scrap skills: The participants were expected to make use of all the

junk they were given with and come up with something extraordinary or simple. The teams battling were expected to pit out

their creations against each other and the best of the creations were

eventually singled out.

Mechanzo: In this event the participants had to make a mechanism

that could perform a certain task.

Cad-O-Mania: In this event the participant had to design an

assembly in CATIA.

Mech Quiz: This event was a check to the knowledge in mechanical

field

Thermo Bide: In this competition the participants were required to

make a model of a vessel similar to a thermos-flask by using the material provided. The modelling was based on the basic principles

of Thermodynamics

Hit The Target: In this event the participants had to make water

propelled rocket that could hit a target at a specified distance.

Slideshow: A team of 3 members had to make a presentation on any

topic based on general or field based science/ engineering

Contraption: Your mission if you choose to enter was to create a

contraption. The teams faced a test of functionality, complexity and

creativity to achieve the set tasks.

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A glimpse of

Gene Therapy | Pranshu Negi (BT 2nd yr.)

The world is now plagued with numerous diseases. Some

are mild like common cold while some are as deadly as

Cancer and Hemophilia. Every months these diseases

claim thousands of lives. Drugs and medicine are slowly

losing effectiveness as human body is becoming resistant

to them. It is here that genes come to picture. Scientists

are putting thrust into a new technique called as "Gene

Therapy" which they believe can root out the diseases

and save the mankind. Gene therapy is an experimental

technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease. In

future, this technique may allow doctors to treat a

disorder by inserting a gene into a patients cells instead

of using drugs or surgery. Researchers are testing several

approaches to gene therapy, including, replacing a

mutated gene that causes disease with a healthy copy of

the gene, deactivating or knocking out a mutated gene

that is functioning improperly, or introducing a new gene

into the body to help fight a disease. Several inherited

immune deficiencies have been treated successfully with

gene therapy. Most commonly, blood stem cells are

removed from patients, and retroviruses are used to

deliver working copies of the defective genes.

Gene therapies are being developed to treat several

different types of inherited blindnessespecially

degenerative forms, where patients gradually lose the

light-sensing cells in their eyes. Encouraging results from

animal models how that gene therapy has the potential to

slow or even reverse vision loss.

Researchers have been working for decades to bring gene

therapy to the clinic, yet very few patients have received

any effective gene-therapy treatments. But that doesn't

mean gene therapy is an impossible dream. Even though

gene therapy has been slow to reach patients, its future is

very encouraging.

The prospects are bright but this concept still needs more

trails to come into effective practice.

Switchable IC Engine

| Shuarya Pantru (ME 2nd yr.)

IC ENGINE with a revolutionary 2 stroke/4stroke Switch

Technology

You see things that exist and ask why. I imagine things

that dont exist and say why not? Albert Einstein

Such is the spirit that the whole world of engineers

comply with. One moment we set a limit for us, the very

next moment we set ourselves to smash it.

Emphasizing the revolution engineering has brought to

this world, it would be indispensable to talk about IC

engines- engines that have rendered this world a

Carnival of Machines. Since their invention in 1864 by

Siegfried Marcus, they have gone a long way

revolutionizing the world and themselves.

Now comes from the world of machines an engine that

combines both 2 and 4 stroke engines into one. This

marvel of engine with proposed improvements is capable

of doubling the engine output power and holding it the up

for a certain period by switching the engine mode from 2

stroke to 4 stroke and vice-versa at the command of the

operator. This feature allows increasing power-to-weight

ratio when it is necessary in accordance with the

deranging vehicle operation and road conditions.

The essence of innovation is to improve gas exchange

during the 2 stroke mode of engine operation.

Fields of implementation include modern combat tanks,

a vehicle of about 60 tons, max speed 72km/hr and

acceleration of 0-36km/hr2 in 6 seconds. These travel

parameters are provided by 1500 hp power tanks which

is either a diesel engine or gas turbine.

Another implementation could be trucks possessing the

ability to reach top speeds at a rate 1.7 times faster than

conventional ones. The proposed innovation provides

Versatile with highest power weight ratio

Excellent and dominant measurability

Possibility of additional fuel tank for long distance

commutations

This technology could make vehicles outstrip other on a

counter-traffic lane as well as overcome the rise without

switching the gear and slowing down. Much has been

proposed, even more of which has been finalized but still

a large chunk needs to be finished before this technology

touches the doorway of our day to day lives and the day

it does it is sure to make hearts skip a beat.

World Thinnest Light Source

| Abhishek Dhyani (EE 2nd yr.)

Researchers have created an on-chip incandescent light

source using graphene, an atomically thin and perfectly

crystalline form of carbon, as a filament, making it the

world's thinnest light-bulb .Even though just one atom

thick and covering an area almost too small to see

unaided, the new device is so bright that the light it

produces can easily be seen with the naked eye.Small

strips of graphene (filament) were attached to metal

electrodes, then suspended above the substrate.The

ability of graphene to achieve such high temperatures

without melting the substrate or the metal electrodes is

due to an interesting property: as it heats up, graphene

becomes a much poorer conductor of heat.As a result, the

concentration of heat is limited to the very center of the

filaments and an exceptionally intense light is produced.

Creating light in small structures on the surface of a chip

is crucial for developing fully integrated photonic

circuits that do with light what is now done with electric

currents in semiconductor integrated circuits.

Researchers believe that it can help towards the

realization of "atomically thin, flexible, and transparent

displays, and graphene-based on-chip optical

communications". As such, the researchers are currently

working on ways to improve the performance of these

incandescent devices in finding out how quickly they

might be toggled on and off so that they may be used to

generate ones and zeroes in optical communication. They

are also exploring methods for incorporating them into

flexible materials.

BitCoins | Asmita Uniyal (CSE 3rd yr.)

Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created & held

electronically. No one controls it, Bitcoins arent printed,

like dollars and euros. They are produced by lots of

people running computers all around the world using

software that solves mathematical problems. Its the first

example of a category of money known as crypto

currency.

Bitcoins can be used to buy things electronically. The

most important thing that makes it different from

conventional money that its decentralized. No single

institution controls the bitcoin network.

Bitcoin is a peer to peer payment system and introduced

as open source software in 2009 by pseudonymous

developer Satoshi Nakamoto. Conventionally bitcoins

refers to the currency. It was first mentioned in 2008

paper published under Satoshi Nakamoto. In 2009 first

open source bitcoins were issued, due to exploit (a piece

of software that takes advantages of a bug, litch in order

to cause unintended behavior to to occur on computer

software) the large amount of bitcoins were created.

Jason Calacanis says Bitcoin may be the most dangerous

technological project since the internet itself. Its price

fluctuated widely. In 2011 its value rose about US $0.30

to US $32 and during 2012-13 US $266. On November,

2013 value of bitcoin soared to its peak of US $900.

Bitcoins are useful because its transaction are generally

faster. Transaction can be instantaneous if there are zero

conformation means that the merchant take on the risk of

accepting transaction that hasnt yet confirmed and

merchant can also ask for the confirmation. Once bitcoins

has been sent, person who has sent bitcoins cannot try to

retrieve them without the recipients consent.

Its contain a property to have anonymous means users

can hold multiple bitcoin addresses, arent linked to

names, addresses or etc. Also it is completely transparent

as it stores details of every single transaction that

happened in the network in a huge version of a general

ledger, called the block chain. Anyone can tell how many

bitcoins are stored at that address. They just dont know

that its yours. Bitcoins can be bought and sold for many

different currencies from individuals and from

companies. Companies buy or sell bitcoins in bulk on

exchanges & offer their customers the option via ATM to

buy or sell bitcoin at market price.

Bitcoins appeal lies in being anonymous, untraceable

and unregulated.

Bitcoins long term future is being a regulated financial

instrument that serves certain purposes, in other words,

once the dust settles, bitcoin will become a niche

financial services product but as future of money, not a

chance!!!

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Demons Rule

| Tripti Singh (ECE 2nd yr) She let all the anger die inside her,

No one knows that she suffers.

All the pain, it grows.

When the demon wrapped in threads of past shows

She cries hard sitting in dark

Saves herself from falling apart, tells herself that shes strong,

But in real, she has no power to prove them wrong

All turn against her,

Blame her for sins of others

Snatch away the things she holds so tight,

Their words so heavy, she chooses to keep quite.

With all the swords shes gifted by faith,

They bring the war to her traitor faced.

In blindness she is now a slave, treading a path to shallow grave.

It hurts bad, drives her mad.

She reminds herself that she is not dead yet

With some strands of life, left

She tries again.

Dreaming of the future she begins to fly.

Then with time its all cool

But the slayer comes to tell her You are no one to rule.

Nepals Dilemma

| Ayush Juyal (ECE 2nd yr) This was the Place, Where our houses used to be

When I was born it was first, but I raised it to floor three.

Every corner of the hous speaks a memory of my family and me

No sound only silence, everything is lost because now there is nothing

What was our fault God, that there was no choice left

Why the tectonic plates down our ground slipped and we suffered an earthquake

Yesterday everything was colourful and there was happiness in the atmosphere

But today there is nothing, but the sound of people crying everywhere

Many lost their mother, many lost their child

The one who survived, had lost their smile

When searched for his mother, the little baby cried

His father had nothing to say but he still replied

The one, the mighty who sent you from above to down

Had taken your mother deep inside the ground

Physical wounds will heal with time

But the memories of loved one will never die

Not after every rain, there is a rainbow

But if you will stand again, then only you can glow

Prayers will only help to overcome the mental pain

But the strength in you the people of Nepal

Will help you to stand again

November 2015|6

Khuda Haafiz

(A story)

| Vivek Sinha (GBPEC B. tech Batch 2011-15) 3rd June, 1947

7:00:00 PM

Shealdah, Calcutta,

(Story Continued.)

Before her Taijaan could reply, her Taujaan entered into doors.

Pakistan Mubarak ho Begaam, He greeted with a smile. She being disappointed returned to her room.

Heena is not willing to come with us, she listened to her Taijaan. Both, her Taijaan and Taujaan were discussing about fictitious Pakistan and she was crying lying

in her bed. She knew she had been left to die by her Abu.

Hindus are sure to get violent now. It is risky to live here. Dacca is sure to be a part of Pakistan. Why not to move to Heenas Khala? We would settle there afterwards?

And what about Heena?

What Heena? Does she wish to be raped by Hindus? Her Taujaan blazed with anger. Listening to her Taujaan she went numb. She wished if she could avoid Pakistan

anyhow. But how helpless she was?

Anyways, a month passed but her Abu didnt return. Her locality had turned to merely a graveyard. Houses of the locality were getting vacant day by day. Most of the

Muslims of her locality had already marched towards fictitious Pakistan. And today a horse cart halted at her doors. Yes, she too was supposed to leave today.

Her Taujaan had already sold the property to a local Hindu.

Heena, come and sit on the cart, Her Taujaan screamed at her. He loaded the cart with another box.

Begaam,

Heena, he kept screaming.

Finally, her Taijaan and she appeared in burkhah. Behind her burkhah she was giving her best to hide her tears. She sat on the cart next to her Taijaan.

Move, her Taujaan ordered the driver. And their cart left. Slowly and slowly Heena had been getting unconscious. The poison she ate had begun to work. She saw

the mosque, the banyan tree, her Madrasa, street dogs, Salims house everything passing before her eyes in blur. She was dying.

Khuda Hafiz, it was all she could murmur before surrendering to the poison.

Career Advice

| Devashish Datt Mamgain (Alumni, CSE Batch 2005-2009) Cofounder at MobiTexter Technologies Private Limited

http://www.mobitexter.net

Let me start with my career:

Bad Phase: Final Year and initiation of my career

i) Couldnt clear the Infosys written exam during campus placement,

ii) 2008-2009 was recession time, campus placement was completely stopped

iii) Perot System, the company where I got selected didn't sent the joining letter in

time due to recession.

Realization: Feels bad, right?

No!!! These are the best things that happened in my career. The fear of not having

a confirmed job forced me to work harder and I shifted to Bangalore in search for

a job soon after completing college. I did not sit at home waiting for my joining

and in that process I learned many things and since then I have been working in

start-up companies and am now running a start-up MobiTexter Technologies,

although yet to achieve success but I am enjoying my work.

After coming to Bangalore, I realized that the companies we think are good for

our career during our college days are not that good to join and the counterpart are

those of which we had never heard.

What makes a company good?

Dont prefer company based on the number of employees but prefer them based

on the impact they have (or may have) in the life of the people and what role you

are going to play in that. It is better to play a key role in a small company rather

than spending the whole life with lakhs of employees without playing a major

role. Startup and small companies have a big world inside a small room and big

companies have a small room for employees inside a whole big world.

Take future opportunity and growth as your selection measures for a company to

work for rather than salary. Many companies offer a higher starting salary with

almost negligible growth. So pay attention to the growth opportunity in terms of

learning (and hence money) rather than just starting package. If growth

opportunity is good, it is ok to join at low salary.

"Never follow money, follow your work and let the money follow you".

Things to do before graduating: 1. Register to all job portals like naukri, monster, elitmus etc 2. Give elitmus exam (specially for EC/CS/IT branches) - Dont fall into the

trap of giving exam after finishing preparation, fix the exam date first so

that you have a pressure to prepare, until we have a deadline we dont

start preparing seriously.

3. Any certification based on your interest eg: Microsoft, Oracle certifications

After graduating: If you are looking for a software job, Bangalore is the best

place in India.

Seems too far from Uttarakhand? A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what

ships are for. William G.T. Shedd

Trust me Bangalore is full of talented people so dont assume that you will enjoy

at your home town and good companies will visit Uttarakhand to hire you. If a

candidate doesnt have confidence to get a job by visiting Bangalore then how can

a company show confidence in the candidate?

Entrepreneur: If you want to be an entrepreneur try to get into start-up

companies as you will get to learn a lot there.

Got a job offer: If youre joining date is not clear then dont wait for the joining

date, come out of your comfort zone and search for job until you get a job

matching your interest.

After getting job: Help and guide your friends and others if someone needs

money/place to live or help in studies, provide them.

Chinese Stock Market Crisis

| Sumit Mishra (EE 2nd yr)

The Chinese stock market crisis has been the greatest since the Great

Depression of 20th century. The Chinese market was running on steroids and

growing crazy for months with Shanghai stock market showing a surge of 150%

in last 12 months. However this bubble growth saw a free fall after mid-June with

40% of its market wealth wiped out amounting to $3 trillion. This loss is

equivalent to 10 times the annual spending of China on its army which is worlds

largest. The whole crisis traces its steps back to 2010 when Chinese authorities

persuaded people for marginal trading i.e. unexperienced people borrowing money

from banks to invest in stock market. On June 12th Chinese securities regulator

announced a new limit on amount of marginal trading and then millions of these

unexperienced investors emerged as the main ingredient in the stir fry of Chinese

stocks. The fall in investors confidence combined with slow response from

government to support the market led to crash referred to as Black Monday on

August 24th, 2015 in the history of Chinese economy.

The government was unable to come out with any permanent solutions and took

some quick fix solutions like: - no more IPOs (no new stock listings), big

shareholders cant sell for six months and devaluation of Yuan. With Yuan

becoming less valuable means China gets less money to spend in the world which

ultimately means whole of the world gets less money. As China contributes to

35% of the worlds GDP this meltdown of Chinese market is sending panic waves

all across the globe. Countries like Singapore which were largely dependent on

foreign trade have started facing a negative GDP growth of 4-5%. Australia is also

feeling the jitters as China is its largest trading partner, consuming a majority of

its mining outputs. Also Indian auto suppliers like TATA will feel a pinch with the

consumption in China falling as it was one of the fastest growing automobile

markets. Also because of massive influx of cheap steel from China the steel

imports have raised by 70%. This is happening at the time when domestic steel

industry had doubled its production capacity since past decade. Many steel

companies have defaulted on loan repayments to both public and private sector

banks in recent months and is already under a debt of $50 billion. If the present

slowdown continues both steel sector and those banks which have lent such huge

sums will suffer.

However India has a win-win situation for now as Chinese imports to India will

become cheaper because of devaluation of Yuan while Rupee will be more

resilient and Indias export to China is $11 billion while 54% of capital imports to

India are coming from China amounting to $60 billion (deficit of $49 billion).

Also many foreign investments are moving from unstable China to India and other

safe heavens. Also the oil prices were already taking a beating with global

slowdown and a possible US-Iran nuclear deal, China nudged the price lower. PM

Narendra Modi wants to take steps to convert this worldwide crisis as an

opportunity for India by investing more on smart cities project as copper and

aluminium trading is at an all-time low, China being worlds largest consumer.

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan provided some comfort to investors saying India

will face a limited impact from global woes and the countrys macro policies were

good and we have enough buffers including foreign exchange reserves. However,

for the meantime the Chinese stock market has become a bit stable but China will

have to pay a heavy price in terms of flow of investment and improvements in its

economy.

November 2015|7

All the best.

November 2015|8

From The Cabin of OiC-Student Activities | Dr. Priti Dimri

Chief Editor: Arnav Chakraborty (Computer Science and Engineering Final Year, arnav251035@gmail.com, 9756370845)

Chief Designer: Ayush Praveen (Biotechnology Engineering Final year, praveen.ayush@gmail.com, 8791803369)

The Editorial and Designer Board

Nitin Chauhan (Electrical Engineering Final Year, 00nitinchauhan@gmail.com),

Geetesh Kumar Jha (Computer science Engineering Third Year.), Garima Bisht (Electrical Engineering Third Year.),

Tulika Kala (Mechanical Engineering Third Year.), Abhishek Dhyani (Electrical Engineering Second Year.),

Sumit Mishra (Electrical Engineering Second Year.), Shubhendu (Electrical Engineering Second Year.),

Aparna Pant (Electronic and Communication Engineering Second Year.), Ayush Juyal (Electronic and Communication Engineering Second Year.),

Garima Saini (Electronic and Communication Engineering Second Year.), Sakeer Hashmi (Electronic and Communication Engineering Second Year.)

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From the chief editors desk | Arnav Chakraborty CSE Final Year

The small wisdom is like water in a glass

Clear, transparent, pure.

The great wisdom is like the water in the sea

Dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

- Rabindranath Tagore

Probably one of the most rewarding experiences while editing The Echo is to experience the vast treasure trove of history and trivia associated with the college and the

students in it. As I penned down this article I, Nitin and Ayush sigh with joy at the conclusion of this Herculean task we just achieved. One extraordinary thing you perceive

while going through numerous articles is the vibrancy and the cadency stored in the mitochondria of GBPECians. I was amazed, in fact disbelieved to have witnessed such

stature of articles and pieces that I felt an exceedingly lofty honour to have the responsibility to edit their articles. But as I sat down to edit the articles a despondency engulfed

me. A sudden observation was that almost all articles were from 1st and 2nd year. Very few articles were from 3rd year and absolutely no articles at all from our final year. I

reflected upon this problem and I observed that this was a same old story from several years. What happens to a student who is so enthusiastic in his first half-life of college

that he drowns himself into a sea of hopelessness in his latter part of his college life? Does he become blunt? Or is it a veiled rule held in secrecy that all the activities have to

be bore by the juniors of the college? Shouldnt seniors lead from front instead of expecting the job done by juniors? Probably I shouldnt compare but I was sifting through

the newsletter of NIT Kurukshetra and I found all the years shared an equal amount of piece in their letter. Why do we lose our zeal? Instead of sharpening our skillset for the

coming years we become indolent; procrastinating our own self. Perhaps this is what culture is all about and perhaps 1st year 2nd year this is the time to change our culture and

to swear to yourself that you will not lose this precious zeal. Always pursue excellence no matter how hard life gets on with you but never lose you talent which you have

collected over the years from your school time. In fact college is much better stage to brush your talent and to take it to a new level.

Alumnis Speak | Nikhil Ranjan (CSE Batch 2004-2008) 2008-12 Infosys, TISS Mumbai Batch of 2014, HRM & LR

At GBPEC I learnt many lessons of life. From reaching the college gates with heavy

luggage to leaving the same gate with a heavy heart- it was a roller coaster ride. It is

hard to believe what life could have been without the support of seniors, batch mates

and juniors. From 2004 to 2008, when I was part of GBPEC family, the college saw

many changes. Addition of new branches, labs, new hostel and a lot of events. I have

closely seen the struggle and effort behind all these changes. The faculty, staff and

students worked very hard to get these new facilities rolling. I would have never forget

the moment we as the student of first year used to manually pull the curtains of the

stage inside what you currently known as the M. G. Auditorium. In Goonj 2014 it was

a building under construction. Rickety sound systems, makeshifts lightings and

microphones and no water in the auditorium (imagine). But what was commendable

was the spirit of the seniors, the encouragement of the faculty and the enthusiasm of

the juniors. And trust me this is what all you need to make the most out of your college

life. My advice to junior is stay healthy, make good friends and do the best in whatever

you choose to do. Do not fear failure and keep trying. May all of you reach great

heights in your career (you already have)

Whats UP GBPEC! Tie for all batches?

A question which has touched a GBPECian in one way or another

.The poll describes the answer to the question. Also there are two of the interesting

opinions out of many from GBPEC students.

Tie is an essence of a proper uniform, a symbolism of decorum and

professionalism. It should be made mandatory for all to wear tie as it creates

a sense of uniformity.

Practically speaking, tie doesnt serve a purpose like the reminiscent of a

uniform do. Apart from that several medical associations claim that these

functionless garments carry with itself all niche and form of bacteria.

Yes 40%

No55%

Can't Say5%

Coming together is beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success

If you have to make something out of someone, you just have to believe in them. Since the time when the student body of this institution was drafted for the first

time, I had utmost belief in them and this belief is what has made them reckon themselves and GBPEC among the entire landscape. We have come to complete the

first two phases of the above phrase, now it is time to continue going on with the third one. The newsletter THE ECHO is itself a success definition that Cell have

demarcated. A number of triumphs my students have achieved for GBPEC, I am not saying that we are close to achieve the crown but the substantial progress has

been made in terms of student activities in this institution in the past few years. The year brings with itself new goals that we have to achieve and work on previous

flaws that we have made. The student activity cell this year has made a new addition to toil with all the societies of this college so as to ensure working for the

common objective in an efficient manner.

One thing that I and my students believe in is empowering third year team of this body so as to decrease the load

onto the final year students as it is the evident working pattern of the prime colleges of country and abroad. So the coming years will witness a full-fledged third

year leading the student activity cell. In the end I welcome new members to the student activity cell and expect the new team to achieve new feats for the college

as the previous one have done before.

mailto:00nitinchauhan@gmail.com