16th Foundation Day of College of Engineering Roorkee (COER)

College of Engineering Roorkee organized a day program to commemorate the 16th Foundation Day Celebrations of COER on Monday, December 01, 2014 in the Auditorium of campus. The Chief Guest for the 16th Foundation Day Celebrations of COER was Hon’ble Shri. Sanjay Baliyan, State Minister Agriculture. He inaugurated the celebration by lighting the ceremonial lamp. On this occasion, he was Accompanied him while inaugurating the celebrations. Apart from that many other dignitaries from different organizations were present during the commemoration of the 16th Foundation Day Celebration of COER. After Deep Prajwalan, Shri. J. C. Jain, Chairman, COER welcomed all the dignitaries and guests present there. He while delivering the welcome address explained how and why the COER has been established in Roorkee. Moreover, he highlighted the importance of technical education in the present era and how COER can contribute to improve the education scenario of the country. Shri. M.K. Mittal, Director General, COER shared the achievements of the Institution in this year and future projection of the institution in the education sector as COER will be one of the centers of excellence in the field of education. At the same time, Director COER SM, Dr. V. K. Jain also explained the development and achievement of COER School of Management. Shri. Sanjay Baliyan, State Minister Agriculture, addressing the gathering praised the achievements of the institution and the sincere attitude of the Management of COER. He expressed that more and more intra-research and collaborative researches with other institutions and universities should be carried out at COER. He praised the achievements of COERians by distributing Proficiency awards to 55 First year and Second Year students and 45 students of B.Tech third year and fourth year. The Chief Guest of the Celebrations appreciated COER team members who have provided their services to this institute since last 10 years and have given 100% result in their subjects. In the same regard, Faculty Motivation Awards and Service Recognition Awards were distributed to more than 34 faculties and staff by him.

In the end of the function, Mr. J. C. Jain Chairman COER and Mr. Subhash Jain, Secretary-COER, presented mementoes, as tokens of reverence to the chief guest and the guest of honor. The vote of thanks was offered by Mr. Subhash Jain, Secretary, COER. The function reached its formal close after the colorful cultural programs depicting the cultural heritage of our country. The program performed by COERians was highly appreciated by all.

International Conference on Advances in Computing Communication & Informatics (ICACCI 2014) An International Conference on Advances in Computing Communications & Informatics was organized during November 28-30, 2014 at Vardhman Auditorium, College of Engineering Roorkee. The 3 days conference started with the Inaugural Session. The Chief Guest for Inaugural Session was Shri H. R. Mohan, National President, CSI & VP (System), The Hindu, Chennai. The Guest of Honor for the conference was Dr. N. S. Chaudhari, Director, NIT, Nagpur. Along with the chief guest and guest of honor the stage was shared by the keynote speakers Dr. Saro Lee, Korea Instiute of Geoscience, Korea, Dr. Prabhaker Mateti, Wright State University, USA; Dr. M N Hoda, Chairman Division I, CSI; Sh. J. C. Jain, CMD, Texplas Group of Industries, Haridwar; Sh. Shreyance Jain, Director, Texplas Group of Industries, Haridwar, Sh. M. K. Mittal, Director General, COER and Dr. V. K. Jain, Director, COER-SM, Roorkee.

The curtain raiser speech of the Conference was delivered by Dr. V K Jain and Chairman Conference. The welcome speech of the Inaugural session was delivered by Sh. J C Jain, Chairman, COER. Different Technical sessions were arranged in which dignitaries and keynote speakers delivered their presentations and shared their knowledge and research among delegates of the conference. CSI Meeting of Dehradun Chapter, Haridwar Chapter along with the National Body CSI members was held in Board Room where in National President CSI Chaired the Meeting. Day 1 was concluded with the Marvellous colorful folk dance of various states of India which was coordinated by Pranav Bansal and Dr Karuna Jain. The ending of Conference is marked by the Valedictory Session. The Chief Guest for the Valedictory session was Sh. J C Jain, CMD, Texplas Group of Industires. The guest of Honor for this session were Sh. Shriyance Jain, Director, Texplas Group of Industries, Dr. R K Singh, COE, Uttarakhand Technical University, Mr. Vinod Taneja , Technical Director, NIC, Dehradun , Sh. M K Mittal, Director General, College of Enginnering Roorkee and Dr V K Jain, Director COER School of Management. Chief Guest presented winners of Best PhD presentation and the Paper Presentation the memento, certificate and the cash prize. Dr V K Jain delivered the Vote of Thanks, where he mentioned the special thanks to all the Experts and delegates from India and abroad. A total of 350 registered delegates (International & National) and Experts attended the Conference.

New Year Message from Management “We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. Without them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence. ”

Dear COERians,

Happy New Year. 2014 is behind us with all its challenges, and successes. 2015 stretches before us like the black ribbon of a new untraveled road. At the beginning of our journey down the road of 2015, we must think that the New Year gives us the opportunity for new starts, for resolutions and renewed enthusiasm and achievement. Just as in any new year, there is much to be done and while the road ahead will not be all smooth, we are confident that you will meet these challenges head on in your personal and professional lives confidently. It has been rightly said that “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let each new year find you a better man, or woman”. We wish each of you a very happy and prosperous new year.

Try to keep up the feelings of goodwill and charity for each other, because it is that goodwill and charity that will help see us through both good and challenging times.

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On the occasion of Foundation Day which was celebrated on Dec. 1, 2014 ,a breathtaking and eye soothing cultural program was presented by the students of COER including singing, dancing and skit. This time the theme of all the performances were based on Swach Bharat.A group of students named EDC started the function by presenting Ganesh Stuti in their own way. A student group Zenith also presented a beautiful dance performance on cleanliness and hygine. A marvelous mime act based on the concept of save “Maa Ganga” was presented by a group Gaghogs. The program ended with a fusion of old and new hindi songs performed by Prasoon and Shubham. All the performances were very much appreciated by all the diginitaries and students present there. The huge response from all has been a great motivation to the students and team members.

‘Abhyudaya – The Literary Committee entered its new start with a new zeal and enthusiasm for current session. The committee organized its event English Aptitude Test – EAT to enhance the verbal ability of the COERians which favours them in various competitive examinations. It was held on Nov. 10, 2014 where more than 200 students participated in the event. A new concept of GROUP DISCUSSION was introduced by the committee to provide platform for enhancing the presentation skills of the students yielding to a conclusion. A summary of presentations with specific points/observations made for each individual of the group by the learned experts. The committee organized a DEBATE competition on Dec. 05, 2014 in Conference Hall on the current issue “Gandhian Principles are Valid in Present Scenario or Not”. In continuation, a new event CONTRA+VE was introduced on Dec. 06, 2014 to develop writing skill on a given topic to narrate the issue with its positive and negative aspects. The issue for CONTRA+VE were Reservation policy, Development of diplomatic relations with USA, Privatization of professional education and Boundaries of life. The committee is moving ahead for designing work and editing of articles, stories and poems to publish annual college magazine “MUCUR”.

It is really a great news to share with COERians that Linguistic committee is coming soon with its most indispensable annual fest “Expressions”. This time Expressions has been planned to come with all its bright colours in the month of February, 2015. All COERians be ready to check yourself on an authentic ground where you not only judge yourself but also polish your skills. All the best for your performance and may go bless you with success in this New Year. ECO-CLUB COER Eco-club has finalized the plan for upcoming Green Festival “HARITIMA 2015”. The fest will be organized in the last week of February 2015 at Institute Campus. A Team of Forty Eco-Members ready to shoot the target of Environmental Awareness and its management among the youth. One of its members has got the guideline to get some supports from outer agencies like Pollution Central Board, Forest Department of Uttarkhand and many more to establish their objective on state levels.

Pankhuri Team Pankhuri is an Active NGO of our college comprising of 60 members from all the years. It works on intra and inter college level. Its roots were laid down 5 years back in this college and now it has spreaded its wings to other parts of uttrakhand region. Pankhuri is rapidly achieving its one set goal “Education for all”. It is a self funded organization and works for upliftment of Belda Village. Team had recently conducted a Cloth-Donation drive and Health Checkup camp in nearby areas. Even administration and faculty staff have joined hands with Pankhuri and have come forward for this noble cause. We wish team pankhuri with all the luck in working for this noble cause.

KARUNA CLUB

Karuna Club conducted a workshop on “Vegetarianism and Non vegetarianism: Is Your Choice” for High School and Higher Secondary Students of Spring Field School, Bahadarabad ( Hardwar ) on December 06, 2014. The programme commenced with the Karuna Prayer and Karuna Pledge. Dr Ravindra Saini was present along with the four students of Karuna Club COER, Roorkee,named as Piyush Karanwal, Sanchit and Saurabh.

Karuna Club conducted a workshop on “Vegetarianism and Non vegetarianism: Is Your Choice” for High School and Higher Secondary Students of Nehru Bal Vidya Mandir and Jr High School Saharanpur ( Distt-UP ) on December 07, 2014. The programme commenced with the Karuna Prayer and Karuna Pledge. Three students of Karuna Club COER, Roorkee, named as Anjali Tomar, Abhinandan Arora and Megha Bhargav were present there.

DISHA

The Technical Committee Keeping in mind the need of strong aptitude and verbal ability among students, Disha The Technical Committee organized CAT (COER Aptitude Test) on Nov. 07, 2014. A good number of students appeared in the test. The Robotic and Innovation Club (TRAIC) organized robotic contest ‘Resurgence’ on Dec. 05, 2014. Aim of the contest was to propagate knowledge among the COERians.

SPIC MACAY On October 30, 2014 SPIC MACAY completed ten glorious years in COER. SPIC MACAY COER performed Nukkad Natak a street Play on November 07, 2014. It was based on theme “The Unsaid and Unheard Truth of Society”.

Check, how smart you are…

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SAE India @ COER

Student members of SAE India@COER under the team name “Revanta” has participated in the national level competition “EFFiCYCLE” and has cleared the Dynamic Test, Endurance Test and Brake test. The Tricycle model set up by young COERians stood 36 out of 120 participating teams.

SAE-NIS Student Seminar -2015

SAE-NIS Student seminar was conducted by SAE at Graphic Era University Dehradun.50 membersof SAE@COER participated in the seminars and won first prize in the collegiate club presentation, second prize in the technical (Auto) Quiz. Mr. Thomas Mathew got the trophy from SAE-Nis for being the best faculty advisor for the Collegiate club. The seminar was organized by Maruti Suzuki(I) Ltd.

Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood backwards. Kierkegaard

S.No Speaker Name Topic of Presentation Date 1. Dr. Himadri Phukan Journey of Kiran Bedi October 10,2014

2. Mr. Vipin Jaiswal Algorithm Designing Technique October 31,2014

3. Mr. K.R. Ansari Creating Effective Teams November 14,2014

4. Dr. Pankaj Bijalwan Organisational Trust November 17,2013

5. Mr. Anurag Singh Cyber Crime November 18,2014

6. Ms. Akanksha Jain Rural Marketing December 05,2014

7. Dr. Ravindra Saini Time Value of Money December 18,2014

8. Mr. Ranit Kishore Big Giant’s & Their USP’s December 22,2014

9. Ms. Shweta Gaur Financial Planning December 23,2014

10. MS. Kanika Sharma Android December 24,2014

Congratulations Mrs Veerlakshmi B., Assistant Professor, MBA has been awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree by Mysore University on the topic entitled “Asset Management in Indian Mutual Fund Investment Companies: A Study on Sample Schemes”.

Internal Faculty Development Program

COER-SM regularly organizes Internal Faculty Development Programme (IFDP) to encourage and boost the confidence level of faulty of COER-SM. In this FDP, Faculty members share their knowledge, experience and research work with the colleagues. During October to December 2014, the following sessions were conducted:

From The Desk of Editor Dear Readers, It is indeed my pleasure to present this issue of the SARAANSH for the year 2015. Though it brings news of your old year 2014 yet conveys a lot of wishes for New Year too. As this is the time when New Year arrives with hopes and gives us new courage and belief for a very new start. Let’s make a promise that whatever has happened negative in past year, forget the negative vibes, and start afresh with a clean slate. Welcome the New Year with a positive attitude and make a resolution to be friends with new people and spread happiness. Theodore Roosevelt has rightly said “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Genuine success comes only to those who are ready for it. May this New Year give you the courage to triumph over your vices and embrace the virtues. Happy New Year.

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

A Blood Donation Camp was organized on October 16, 2014 in Vardhman Auditorium under supervision of Prof. V. K. Singh Dean – SW. The event was inaugurated by Mr. M. K. Mittal Director General Sir. A large number of students, faculty and staff came forward for the noble cause. More than 350 units of blood were donated. All the donors got a letter of appreciation cum certificate and a small bag with immediate refreshment as a matter of encouragement and motivation Blood report and a Donor Card valid for one Year had also been given to them. A dedicated team of Mr. Taresh Singh. Mr. N. K. Pandey, Mr. P. S. Chauhan and Mr. Arvind Kumar worked dedicatedly for successful organization of event with group of 20 dynamic student volunteers.

Faculty Achievements Dr. Himadri Phukan, Assistant Professor, COER-SM has

been awarded as Accredited Management Teacher (AMI) by All India Management Association, New Delhi in November, 2014. This award has been given to her on the basis of her Academic qualification, experience and expertise in the area of Marketing and Human Resource Management.

Dr. Pankaj Bijalwan has been appointed as a member of reviewer committee of Elsevier Editorial System for Tourism Management for the year 2014-15.

Dr. Summiya Parveen, got the Life Time Membership of International Association of Academicians and Researchers.(ID: INAAr/1685) ,The Indian Science Congress Association ID-A2566, and The International organization of Scientific Research (IOSR).

The exposure to the industrial process and environment gives a student an inside of the whole system. COERians undergo industrial training during summer vacation and after training period, the students are required to submit a report which is evaluated by a team of experts and is accordingly graded. A large number of COERians have undergone training in company/organizations of national importance. Some of them are IBM, BHEL, BRC, HCL technologies, Wipro Technologies, Lava international, etc. This time COER provided placement for more than 160 students of 2015 batch. COERians have been selected in leading companies example HCL technologies – 68, Ways2capital -21,Jk Technosoft-13, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES-4, JSW Steel-2, Academia Guru-7, AMCAT-1, Compro Technologies-4,etc. The good news is that COERians are getting recruited in the top ranking professional companies of India in a good numbers. Salary package offered by companies is 14 lakh/ annum and average salary package is 4.5 lakh/annum. As followed by good placement record at COER, Placement process is still going on for the batch 2015. For last three months, students also participated in the recruitment process of companies like Safenet Inc, Johnson controls & Woxa Technologies. Apart of this Campus connect programme, TIME classes were also being organized in COER Campus for the enhancement of technical as well as professional skills of COERians.

UTU Odd Semester Examinations

The Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU) has assigned the responsibility to conduct the odd semester examination of session 2014-15 at 51 different examination centers. It may be honored that College of Engineering Roorkee (COER) was one of the examination centers. 69 different Laboratories were utilized to perform the practical examination during December 18-25, 2014. 3017 students appeared in practical examinations and their performance was assessed by different experts from GBPUAT Pantnagar, GBPEC Pauri, and KEC Dwarhat etc. The theory paper examination stated from December 26, 2014 under the supervision of Dr.V.K.Mehta, Centre Superintendent, COER along with UTU observer. It is observed that the examination was carried out according to the instructions and guidelines of UTU. The Examination will complete on January 23, 2015. COER was Nodal Centre during these examinations. Seven different colleges (TechWord, Om-Bio Science.RCE, Phonics, SDIMT, RIMS and Ramanand College) was associated with this Nodal Centre.

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

A Blood Donation Camp was organized on October 16, 2014 in Vardhman Auditorium under supervision of Prof. V. K. Singh Dean – SW. The event was inaugurated by Mr. M. K. Mittal Director General Sir. A large number of students, faculty and staff came forward for the noble cause. More than 350 units of blood were donated. All the donors got a letter of appreciation cum certificate and a small bag with immediate refreshment. Blood report and a Donor Card valid for one Year had also been given to them. A dedicated team of Mr. Taresh Singh. Mr. N. K. Pandey, Mr. P. S. Chauhan and Mr. Arvind Kumar worked dedicatedly for successful organization of event with a group of 20 dynamic student volunteers.

SPECIAL LECTURES

A new initiative has been introduced to inculcate the value system and other aspects of life management. For improving the quality of life a series of interaction between faculty and senior management of the college was flagged off by chairman Shri J.C. Jain, who shared his views on philosophy of achievement in life. It was subsequently followed by a presentation on “Moral Values” by Director General, Shri M. K. Mittal and presentation on “Team Building” by Director COER SM, Dr. V. K. Jain. This will be continued in coming weeks and months.

Sports News

Utrakhand Technical University (UTU) Inter Collegiate Tournaments was held from September 2014 to November 24, 2014 where Basketball Girls’ and Basketball Boys’ remained winners and kept the flag of COER high. At the same time COERians were announced winners in Football also. In Inter-Branch Tournament (Sports Vaganza) 2014-2015, ET team became winner team and CE team was runner team in Cricket and Table Tennis.

Congratulation

Karuna Club, COER Roorkee has been awarded as a "All India Outstanding Karuna Club Award" by Karuna International, Chennai for promoting moral values, social values and vegetarianism. This award was given in the National Conference held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan during December 27-28, 2014.

Event Name Date Coordinator Winners Debate Competition (MCA) Nov. 11, 2014 Mrs. Anju Malik Richa Dhawan

Quiz Competition (MBA) Nov. 13, 2014 Dr. Himadri Phukan Faheem, Atif & Sonam

Role Play Nov. 26, 2014 Mr. K.R. Ansari Nitin & its team

Extempore Dec. 03, 2014 Mr. Ranit Kishore Anjali Tomar

Lexicon Competition (MBA) Dec. 03, 2014 Mr. Ranit Kishore Abhinandan Arora

SEMINAR Competition (MCA) Dec. 05, 2014 Ms. Kanika Sharma Nabanita and Km. Vaishali

Label Feature Competition (MBA) Dec. 05, 2014 Dr. Karuna Jain Ruchi Chaurasia MBA I year

Lexicon Competition (MCA& BCA) Dec. 08, 2014 Dr. Shuchita Sharma Km. Vaishali BCA I year

Java Skills Test Dec. 08, 2014 Mr. Anurag Singh Jahanvi Kishore

Programming Skills Test Dec. 08, 2014 Ms. Kanika Sharma Km. Vaishali, BCA I year

Business Standard Quiz Competition Dec. 08, 2014 Mr. K.R. Ansari Tanisha Goel BCA I year

Aptitude Test Mr. Vipin jaiswal Swati Chauhan of MCA III Year

Lexicon Competition (B.com) Dec. 09, 2014 . Dr. Himadri Phukan Saurabh Narang

SEMINAR Competition (MBA) Dec. 09, 2014 Dr. Himadri Phukan Ratandeep Gupta

Technical Papers Published by Faculty Tomar,Aruna,” Strength and elongation of spray formed Al-Si-Pb Alloys”, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 21, 2014, P1.

Dr.Parveen,Summiya, “ Numerical Solution of Falkner Skan Equation by Using Shooting Techniques,” international organization of Scientific Research(IOSR Journal of Mathematics) Volume 1, Issue 6 ver.V 2014,pp78-83, e-ISSN:2278-5728, P-ISSN:2319-765X

Singh,Digvijay,Kumari,rashmi, Kumar Rajendra and Dass,Narsingh, “A Study of Density and Thermal Expression in Liquid Metals”, International Research Journal of sustainable Science and Engineering,Vol.-2, Issue7, July (2014).

Singh,Digvijay, Kumar Rajendra and Dass,Narsingh, “A Study of Speed of Sound in Bio-Diesel Fuels”, Progress in Science and Engineering Research Journal Vol.2 Issue 05/06,Sep - Oct(2014)

Kishore Ranit, Dr.Bijalwan Pankaj “Communal Participation In Sustainable Tourism Managemenent For Developing Ecological Perspectives ”, Journal Of Global Research Computer Science And Technology, Jgrcst Issn No - 2349-5170.

Kishore Ranit, Dr.Bijalwan Pankaj, “Environmentalism And Sustainable Development From The Point Of View Of Tourism ”, Volume 3, Number 4, October – December‘ 2014 ISSN (Print):2319-9032, (Online):2319-9040

Singh B.M et al., “Adaptive Binarization of Degraded and Non-uniformly Illuminated Documents,” International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), Springer, Vol.17, Issue 4, pp 393-412, 2014, SCI Indexed (Impact Factor 2013: .80).

Singh B.M and Mridula, “Efficient Binarization Technique for Severely Degraded Document Images,” CSI Transactions on ICT, Springer, Vol.2, Issue 7, pp. 153-161, 2014.

Singh B.M et al., “A Novel Method for Straightening Curved Text-Lines in Text Stylistic Documents,” EURASIP Journal on International Journal of Image and Video Processing, Vol. 36 (1), 2014, SCI Indexed (Impact Factor 2013: .66).

Singh B.M et al., “Multi-oriented Text Extraction in Stylistic Documents,” Accepted in International Journal of Image & Graphics (IJIG), (Ms. No. IJIG-D-13-00020), Worldscintific, 2014.

Pathak Nitish, Sharma, Girish and Singh, B M, “Forward Engineering based Implementation of TOS in Social Networking,”International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 102(11), pp. 33-38, 2014.

Industrial Visits

An Industrial Visit to Patanjali Food and Herbal Park, Laksar was organized for MBA I Semester Students on October 15, 2014. All the students enjoyed a lot while visiting the biggest Herbal Park unit in Asia. It is just like rediscovering Indian Culture heritage and our great past. Mr. Sudhir gaur and Ms. Akanksha Jain coordinated the Visit.

An Industrial Visit to Everest Industries, Bhagwanpur was organized for MBA students on November 11, 2014. The manufacturing site of Everest Fabrication was one of the important lessons for all the students to know about the operation in production. Mr. Sudhir Gaur and Veeralakshmi coordinated the visit.

An Industrial Visit to Anchor India Pvt. Limited, Sidcul was organized for all MBA and Under graduates students on November 14, 2014. A group of around 30 Students visited the Organization and understood various processes. Mr. Sudhir Gaur and Dr. Prafful Dixit coordinated the visit.

Value Added Programme COER-SM regularly organizes the value added programme(VAP) for students to motivate and raise the confidence among them so that they can cope with the outside world. During this period the following VAPs were conducted:

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Conferences/Seminars/Lectures attended by the Faculty

Prof. V. K. Singh (Dean – SW) attended 2nd National Symposium on the topic “Contribution of Sanskrit Literature to Ancient and Modern Indian Management” Organized by faculty of Management Studies, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar on Nov. 29, 2014 as invited Guest.

Dr. Himadri Phukan delivered a Special lecture on “Leadership: A Case Study of Kiran Bedi” in an Executive Body Meeting of ISTD held at THDC, Rishikesh 15th December, 2014.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Jha presented paper entitled “Exploring Feminist Concerns in Early Novels of ‘R. K. Narayan”, 59th All India English Teachers Conference, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota (Rajasthan), Dec. 19-21, 2014.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Jha Chaired a session titled ‘World Seteratues in English in 59th All India English Teachers ‘ Conference held at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota (Rajasthan) during 19 -21. December 2014.

Dr. V.K. Jain Director COER-SM attended a National Conference organized by Karuna International, Chennai at Jodhpur during December 27-28, 2014.

Dr. Karuna Jain attended a National Conference organized by Karuna International, Chennai at Jodhpur during December 27-28, 2014.