Awards & Achievement
ROBOFEST – GUJARAT 2.0 |
The Team
Mentor – Dr. Mihir Chauhan
National Level Competition
A team of the students of Electronics & Instrumentation department secured a rank among top ten in the Flipkart GRiD Challenge 3.0 – Flipkart’s Flagship Engineering Campus Challenge event, February 2022.
ROBOCON @ International level
| An International Robocon 2021 was hosted by China through online mode on 12 December 2021 wherein Team Nirma Robocon represented India and secured 7th rank at International level out of 21 teams of different countries and also won Nagase Award for excellence. The winner of the international robocon 2021 is Indonesia which is completing the full game in 40 seconds while Team Nirma completed the full game in 45 seconds. So it was a very close competition.
Team Nirma has secured the highest International Rank amongst all the Indian teams who have represented the country so far in all previous competitions of the last 20 years. |
Team Nirma Robocon has been participating in the international robotic contest ROBOCON organized by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) every year since 2002. Having continuous participation of last 20 years, Team Nirma Robocon have won the National Championship 9 times so far and represented India at international event in year 2002 (at Japan), 2003 (at Thailand), 2006 (at Malaysia), 2008 (at India), 2011 (at Thailand), 2014 (at India), 2015 (at Indonesia), 2018 (at Vietnam) and 2021 (hosted by China in online mode).
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Students’ RESEARCH
Research Activities Carried Out By Student Research Cell
To promote the culture of research amongst students, the student research cell (SRC) of Electrical Engineering Department carried out lecture series on various topics viz. How to write a report, research paper; How to carry out literature survey; Introduction to Latex; Introduction to plotting tools etc. Also, an event was organized where the students were demonstrated the usage of very high-end instruments, their features and nuances of setting up the devices before their usage. For many of the instruments, the operational aspects and the theory behind the quantity measurement were discussed. The SRC also invited Dr. Sivaji Chakraborty to deliver an online session on “How to do experimentation”. Many of the students have started using these tools in preparing their reports and project presentations. The photographs of events are as follows:
Mr. Rajesh Gupta and Ms. Tejal Rathod, Ph.D Scholars at CSE Department received a BEST PAPER AWARD in IEEE IAS 6th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (IEEE ICCCA 2021) held virtually during December 17-19, 2021.
Mr. Hetav Modi, Ms. Jigna Hathaliya, and Mr. Rajesh Gupta students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering presented a paper titled “Deep Learning-based Parkinson disease Classification using PET Scan Imaging Data” in IEEE 6th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA) conference proceedings.
Mr. Yogesh Patel student of M Tech CSE participated in a competition titled “Deepfake Image Detection and Reconstruction Challenge” which was part of the 21st International Conference on Image Analysis and Preprocessing, Lecce, Italy. He secured third place in the first task of the challenge and he was invited to present his solution during the conference held on 25th May 2022 at Lecce, Italy (in an online mode).
Mr. Rajesh Gupta a Full-Time Research Scholar along with B.Tech students published a paper titled “Blockchain for IoV in 6G environment: review solutions and challenges” in Cluster Computing, Springer (SCI, Impact Factor: 1.809). [Online Date: 27-Jan-2022] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-021-03492-0
Ms. Ishwa Shah, Ms Chelsi Doshi, and Mr. Mohil Patel students of B.Tech CSE published a research paper titled “A Comprehensive Review of the Technological Solutions to Analyse the Effects of Pandemic Outbreak on Human Lives” in Medicina, MDPI, 58, no. 2: 311.
Mr. Rajesh Gupta and Ms. Tejal Rathod Ph.D Scholars of CSE Dept., published a paper titled “Optimal Resource Allocation for Quality-of-Service in D2D Communication Underlying Imperfect CSI” in IEEE 6th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation.
Chhichhia Chaitanya, Aakarshak Nandwani students of B.Tech EC successfully presented a paper at the National Conference on Communications (NCC) conducted by five IITs, IIT Bombay on Performance Analysis of Vertical Underwater Visible Light Communication System with Cross-QAM during April-2022.
Ayush Mishra M.Tech student (MECV) successfully presented a paper at the 12th International Conference on Science and innovative engineering at Jawahar Engg. college,Chennai on Lightweight Cryptography on FPGA during June-2022.
Akshat Jain and Barun Debnath students of B.Tech EC successfully presented a paper at the 2022 IEEE Sponsored Second International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communications and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT 2022) held at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus (SSTC), Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India on Underwater Visible Light Vertical Communication for Distinctive Chlorophyll during April-2022.
Pujan Vasoya successfully presented a paper at the National Conference on Advancement in Communication, Electronics, Computer and Automation Technology organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad on Design of Voltage Controlled Oscillator using GDPK 90nm CMOS Technology during April-2022.
Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Ph.D scholar published a paper titled “Optimal Resource Allocation in NOMA-assisted D2D Communication with Imperfect Channel State” in IEEE GLOBECOM 2021.
Ms. Jigna Hathaliya Ph.D scholar published a research paper titled “Adversarial learning techniques for security and privacy preservation: A comprehensive review” in Security and Privacy, Wiley, Early Access. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spy2.209)
Mr. Rajesh Gupta Ph.D scholar along with Prof Anuja Nair, published a paper titled “FAIR: A Blockchain-based Vaccine Distribution Scheme for Pandemics” in IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 (H-index 100). [Online Date: 24-Jan-2022] DOI: 10.1109/GCWkshps52748.2021.9682114
Mr. Nilesh Kumar Jadav and Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Ph.D Scholars published a research paper titled “A survey on energy-efficient resource allocation schemes in device-to-device communication” in International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, Early Access.
Mr. Rajesh Gupta and Ms. Jigna Hathaliya Ph.D Scholars published a paper titled “A Smart contract-based secure data sharing scheme in Healthcare 5.0” in IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 DOI: 10.1109/GCWkshps52748.2021.9681956
Arpit Shukla, student of B.Tech CSE published an article titled 6Blocks: 6G-enabled trust management scheme for decentralized autonomous vehicles in Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier (SCI, WoS, IF: 3.167)
Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Ph.D scholar and Ms. Farnazbanu Patel, PG student published a research paper titled “A Deep-Q Learning Scheme for Secure Spectrum Allocation and Resource Management in 6G Environment” in the journal IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (DoI: 10.1109/TNSM.2022.3186725)
A paper titled “Tactile internet and its applications in 5G era: A comprehensive review” by Mr. Rajesh Gupta (18FTVPHDE31) is in the TOP DOWNLOADED ARTICLE IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, WILEY (SCI, WoS, Impact Factor: 1.182)
Mr. Rajesh Gupta along with a B.Tech student published a paper titled “SaTYa: Trusted Bi-LSTM-Based Fake News Classification Scheme for Smart Community” in IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 10.1109/TCSS.2021.3131945
Ms. Riya Kakkar and Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Ph.D scholars presented a paper titled “Blockchain and Multiple Linear Regression-based Energy Trading Scheme for Electric Vehicles” in International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems (IEEE CITS) was virtually held at Istanbul, Turkey on 11-13 Nov. 2021.
Vimal Sheoran a student of MTech co-authored and presented a paper titled “A Review of Non Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence based Approaches” at International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Computing (ICAAIC 2022). He co-authored this paper with his guides Dr Gaurang Raval and Dr Sharada Valiveti and Dr Saurin Parikh. (16th June 2022).
Mr. Dhairya Jadav B.Tech student and Mr. Rajesh Gupta Full-Time Research Scholar presented a paper titled “Amalgamation of Blockchain and AI to Classify Malicious Behavior of Autonomous Vehicles” in International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems (IEEE CITS) was virtually held at Istanbul, Turkey on 11-13 Nov. 2021.
Mr. Rajesh Gupta Full-Time Research Scholar published a paper titled “A Zero-Sum Game-based Secure and Interference Mitigation Scheme for Socially Aware D2D Communication with Imperfect CSI” in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management in May 2022.
Mr. Aryan Kalariya, a student of Sem-IV, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, presented research paper titled “Thermal and Structural Analysis of Barium Hexaferrite Synthesized by Simple Heat Treatment Method” and was awarded as best poster presentation in the conference – Recent Advancements in Materials Science And Nanotechnology, from 4 to 5 Feb 2022, organized by Electronic and communication engineering department, Nirma University.
Students’ Chapters Activities
ISA Students’ Chapter Nirma University arranged an amazing event- Labyrinth on January 20,2022 for students to socialize, start networking and make good connections with batch-mates. It provided a chance to interact and participate in some mind-numbing quiz questions during the event. Labyrinth was a platform for everyone and anyone from a freshman to a senior year student to get involved in ice breaker event.
International Society for Automation Students’ Chapter Nirma University arranged a webinar on “scholarship opportunities” to provide guidance to students who have outstanding potential and academic achievement in fields related to automation on January 31, 2022.
ISA student’ chapter Nirma University organized a “National Level Seminar series on Industrial Internet of things”, an opportunity for students to learn about IIoT by eloquent speakers on March 4-5, 2022. It was a 2-day seminar including five erudite experts in the field. The series assimilated topics ranging from the Introduction of IIoT to the transformation that may be introduced by IIoT.
ALL- GUJARAT INSTRUMENTATION
& CONTROL ENGINEERS’ MEET 2022 (AGICEM’22)
The third All Gujarat Instrumentation and Control Engineer’s Meet (AGICEM’22) was organized at the Institute of Technology, Nirma University on 25th April 2022. The meet brought together all the institutes of Gujarat offering Instrumentation and Control engineering on a common platform. The meet was aimed to provide a stage for discussion and development of the Automation industry. Also, the purpose of the congregation was to unite the departments of instrumentation and control engineering of all institutions over Gujarat. This helped in creating a sense of togetherness bridging our distances and bringing about cognizance and flow of expertise. The meeting saw the participation of many colleges all over Gujarat offering Instrumentation and Control engineering courses in their college having 100+ participants and 10+ faculties.
The ISA Students’ Chapter Nirma University organized a charity drive as part of social initiative. The members and visited the Karmyog Foundation, an old age home at Chandkheda for humanitarian work on 25th March 2022. The initiative supported by Dr. H.K Patel and Dr. Ankit Sharma by accompanying the members.
ISA Scholarship Award Winners
Seven students from the Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering Department of Institute of Technology, Nirma University, secured scholarships worth USD 8725, from the International Society of Automation (ISA), USA.
Every year ISA grants scholarships to bright minds for their contribution in the field of automation and to the growth of ISA Students Chapter in their institute. It is a global level scholarship and the society receives nominations from across the globe. This year seven students from Nirma University received the scholarship.
Ms Somya Gupta (2000 USD) and Ms Devanshi Parmar (2000 USD) received the prestigious ISA Educational Foundation Scholarship Award 2021. In addition to these, one student, Mr Devansh Rana (825 USD) is received the prestigious ISA Analysis Division’s Scholarship. Students successfully achieved a total scholarship of USD 4825.
Ms. Urja Patel (1400 USD), Ms. Devasnshi Parmar (1000 USD), Mr. Aditya Mistry (750 USD), Mr. Prashant Somaiya (750 USD) received scholarships from PMCD division of ISA. Students successfully achieved a total scholarship of $3900.
The Electronics and Communication Students’ Organization organised an online event named ”Placement Mantra” during March 19 and March 27, 2022.
The Electronics and Communication Students’ Organisation organised an offline Treasure Hunt competition, “Campus Voyage” on March 22, 2022, from 8:55 am to 11:00 am for all the first-year students of ITNU.
On April 30, 2022, the Electronics and Communication Students’ Organization conducted a one-day workshop on PCB Design from 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM
The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology, Nirma University has organized a national conference on “Advancement in Communication, Electronics, Computers, and Automation Technology” during April 29-30, 2022.
CIVIL
The team of the six students from B Tech and M Tech in Civil Engineering (Foram Shah, Hasmita Mehta, Hetavi Patel, Parthiv Trivedi, Somali Guchhait , Utsav Modh) successfully cleared the hackathon at Nirma University level in Hardware category on March 17th ,2022 and presented Nirma University at District level competition.
The IGBC Student chapter and Department of Civil Engineering had arranged an online webinar on “Building Services” from January 25, 2022 to January 27, 2022. The first session was conducted by Mr. Nimit Sheth, CEO and Managing director, Ramana Safety Systems (I) Ltd., Ahmedabad on the title “Fire Safety in Buildings” on January 25, 2022. The second session was conducted by Mr. Bhavin Shah, Founder, SQVe Consultants, Ahmedabad on title “Overview of MEP Services for Civil Engineers” January 27, 2022.
IEI Students’ Chapter – Civil Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University (IT-NU) had organized a webinar on “Career Talks and Further Studies in US” on February 26, 2022 at 08.15 a.m. through ONLINE mode using webex platform. The webinar was conducted by five expert speakers who are also an alumni member of civil engineering department (i) Mr. Harnish Marwadi (ii) Mr. Dhyey Bhavsar (iii) Mr. Nishit Prajapati (iv) Mr. Aagam Dalal and (v) Mr. Tej Desai. Total of 28 participants including undergraduate students and faculty members of the civil engineering department have attended the webinar.
Organization of Civil Engineering Students club of Civil Engineering Department, Nirma University along with N.S.S; School of Engineering and Institute of Law unit organized a blood donation drive in the University premises on April 29, 2022. The drive was arranged with the help of Prathma Blood Bank. This blood donation drive was arranged for students, faculty and staff members of Nirma University. The drive saw enthusiastic participation from students, faculty and staff members of various institutes under Nirma University. A total of 300 units of blood was collected in this drive. A memento was gifted to all the donors by Prathma Blood Bank
Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Nirma University under the Indian Concrete Institute Student Chapter organized an event Site Practices in Engineering and Construction (SPEC), by Mr. Himanshu Patel, BDH, Nu Vista Ltd on May 02, 2022. The webinar focused on the topic of good site construction practices. It included the three most essential factors: materials, safety, and procedures. The skills which are required by the civil engineer for site efficiency were discussed out of which technical skills and safety skills are of prime importance. The selection of suitable materials is a necessity in the field of construction. The session lasted for 90 mins and 150 participants were present in the webinar including Students, Professors, and industrialists.
World Water Day 2022:- On March 22, 2022, Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Organization of Civil Engineering Students, IGBC Student Chapters along with NSS Unit, Nirma University had organized “World Water Day -2022” programme. An Expert lecture session was organized on World Water Day 2022 theme “Ground Water: Making Invisible Visible” from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There were various competitions organized such as Save it Now: Writing Competition, Every Drop Counts: Photography Competition, Leaving water the future: videography Competition was held during this event from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. More than 100 students participated in these competitions. After the completion of the competition, an exhibition was held, in which all the photographs and video of the students were displayed in the exhibition. In addition to this, an awareness drive was also being organized to aware the quality of water for students in which the students had participated enthusiastically.
CSE
Ms Bhawna Wadhwani a student of B.Tech CSE has bagged the package of Rs. 88.21 Lakh by Bloomberg (UK Company). The salary is 90% higher than the highest package of last year.
Total 31 students from the Computer Science and Engineering Department have received the summer internship 2022 in reputed industries such as Google, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Samsung and Northern Trust.
Team Tensorfellows of CSE Department, Nirma University bagged the first grand prize (prize money USD 500) in MINeD 2022 hackathon organized by Centre of Excellence in Data Science, CSE Department at Nirma University during March 3-5, 2022. The team members include Manan Davawala, Harsh Bhatt, Aayush Gohil, Jaynil Vaidya and Harsh Mankodiya.
Team BruteForceForGlory, CSE Dept, IT NU, Nirma University became the first runners up (prize money USD 200) in MINeD 2022 hackathon organized by Centre of Excellence in Data Science, CSE Department at Nirma University during March 3-5, 2022. The team members include Neel Shah, Param Shah, Smit Shah Jigneshkumar, Smit Shah Kiran, Harshwardhan Yadav.
Mr. Maharsh Shah, student of Department of Computer Science and Engineering got recognition and the second runner’s up position, at the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards 2022 organized by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Gujarat, for his Start up – “NeoFanTasy” – a blockchain based fan engagement platform for sports clubs and franchises.
ME
Mr. Satkirat Ahuja, 2020 batch passout from BTech Mechanical Engineering Department, IT, NU scored 99.36 percentile in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2021.
Mechanical Engineering Students Association (MESA) has taken an initiative for the personality development of fellow mechanical students. As a part of it a series of free interactive events to prepare the students for placements and interviews by focusing on the personality development of each individual in terms of communication skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and team working, etc. are planned.
Following the same, a group discussion was arranged on 29th January, 2022 where the participants in a group of 9-12 were given a topic and all the participants shared their ideas and inputs regarding the same.
Mr. Vaghela Dipakkumar Dineshbhaimtech sem-IV was declared winner of second prize and got cash prize of Rs. 1500/- in E-Poster Competition 2021 arranged to tribute the great mathematician Mr. Srinivasa Ramanujan on his birth anniversary on 12th January 2022 organized by American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Airconditioning Engineers, Western India Chapter (ASHRAE-WIC). Many educational institutes from India and abroad participated in the event.
Mr. Aditya Kundal, student of BTech Mechanical Engineering, Semester-VI won 2nd prize along with cash prize of Rs. 3000/- in the national level MATLAB Hackathon hosted by the Electronics and Communication Department of Nirma University. He was team leader along with two more team members, Mr. Akshat Jain and Mr. Barun Debnath, students of B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering, Semester-VI It was a 48 hours long live Hackathon from 1st January to 3rd January 2022.
A Group Discussion competition was organized by Mechanical Engineering Students Association (MESA) on 29th January 2022. The aim of the event was to motivate the students of Mechanical Engineering and prepare them for such activities which are helpful to them in their placements. Prof.Akash Joshi working as Assistant Professor in the Mathematics and Humanities Department at the Institute of Technology, Nirma University remained present throughout the event to judge the participants. A total of 35 students participated in the event. The group discussion was conducted in four sessions with four different topics. The top three performers were given ranks from first to third from each group. All the participants were provided with an e-certificate of participation, the winners were given e-certificates mentioning the rank. All participants participated actively in the event. MESA has received very good feedback about the event from the students.
Mechanical Engineering Students Association (MESA) organized “MESA Day”, the annual event wherein the Mechanical family comes together to celebrate the foundation of the club. MESA Day was organized on 11th of April, 2022. MESA day marks the end of an era for the students of 4th year and gives them a memorable farewell.
It is a day filled with fun, enjoyment and knowledge as students from final year share their experiences in the institute and faculties shed their role as teachers but rather become their friends and share their experiences with students.
The event was inaugurated by Pujya Shri Aksharvatsal Swami, BAPS.
Swamiji has enlightened the students with his wise words and guided the young minds to how to be stress free even in the dark part of life through various real life stories. He also elaborated the power of prayer that enables mankind to perform various tasks at its best level and also with joy and happiness.
MESA general body meeting was also held after the inauguration where in Cadre captains and vice captains were declared and handed over the charge of respective cadres by baring the flags of their cadre. During the same meeting, the previous board members were awarded the certificates for their contribution to MESA.
Mr. Sanjay Raval, Motivational speaker, and author, Ahmedabad was invited to deliver the guest talk on stress management.
He delivered a very thought provoking address in his own unique style and taught important life lessons to the youth in a humorous approach. He suggested the youth to do the best in all their life and act with utmost faith in god.
Followed by the guest lecture, a talent show named “MESA’s Got Talent” was held where students of mechanical engineering showcase their talent and best two performers were awarded.
Alumni talk by Mr. Dipen Patel, Technical Lead for Android CameraX team, was arranged for the students of the department on 5th January 2022. He graduated in Mechanical engineering in the year 1998 from the institute and also did graduation as well as master in computer science in 1999 – 2001 and 2001 – 2006 respectively from Florida Atlantic University florida, United States.
EE
Reality?
The lines of life are fading
Am I imagining? Is it real?
What’s going on? I don’t know
Everything around seems dark
I see some people following me
In the depths of darkness of the street
Why am I being followed?
Why are they spying on me?
I think I have spilled secrets
Secrets supposed to be confidential
Might have been sent by someone
Someone from a top-secret agency.
I am sure they want to harm me
Drops of sweat!? Fear is grasping me
It’s terrifying! Must run and hide
In the horror I stood up…
Stood up? Where am I?
There was no one behind me
I am standing beside the sofa
What just happened? I sat down
Damn! Those hallucinations again
They call it Delusional disorder
I hope the medicines work soon
And I can live my life peacefully, again
-Bimal M Nair
(B.Tech Electrical Engg.)