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September 2014
NEWS LETTER
Workshop/Seminar/Conference Organized
P resenting this inaugural issue of UTU
Newsletter I feel immense pride and
satisfaction. We began our journey in the year
1999 with one small step. The institute we
Guest lectures & Visits envisioned has culminated into a popular
Provost
destination in the field of academics. From an
Extra & Co-curricular activities also ran to a major player, from one course and one college to three campuses
running 56 courses is a story of lots of toil and determination. The UTU we are
Awards/Recognition & Research grants seeing today is the fruit of voluminous efforts of various stakeholders in
BPKM, especially the secretary, Mr. Kirit N Patel and president, Mr. Bhagubhai
Guest lectures by UTU faculty Patel who have left no stone unturned to make their dream a reality. The
donors Mr. B U Patel, Mr. Naranji Bhakta and Shri Bhuladada have been the
Social Extension Activities financial muscles of the UTU and have very firmly placed their might behind
us. Their guidance and benevolence has been instrumental in the growth and
Alumni Association Activity
development of UTU. While releasing this newsletter I am backed by 500-odd
employees of the campus who have been with us through thick and thin and
Placement Activity
have never been peripherals in the growth of the campus. The people, the
parents from the local area, are the ones who have always supported us and
have given us courage to see the light of the day. The newsletter is dedicated
to you all.
Patrons st
Mr Shailesh Patel
President
Dr Dinesh R Shah
22 February 2014
Provost
Editorial Board
Editor in Chief
Dr Ashish D Mishra
Professor
Maliba Pharmacy College
Dr N C Shah
Director, C G Patel Institute of Technology
Dr Bankim Patel
Director, Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management & Computer Application (MCA)
Dr R Krishnamurthy
Director, C G Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology
Dr K R Desai
Director, Department of Chemistry
Dr Poonam Mittal
Director, B V Patel Institute of Business Management, Computer & Information Technology
Dr Prashant Joshi
Director, Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management & Computer Application (MBA)
Mrs Chandramani B N
Director, Maniba Bhula Nursing College
Mr Bharat Vaidya
Director, Shrimad Rajchandra School of Sports
Mr Sateesh Biradar
Maniba Bhula Nursing College
Mrs Tarjani Sheth
C G Patel institute of Technology
Ms Nipam Chauhan
B V Patel Institute of Business Management, Computer & Information Technology
Ms Apurva Jain
Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management & Computer Application
Convocation
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The First Convocation of Uka Tarsadia University was held on 22 February, 2014 for the batches of 2011 with
enthusiasm and gaiety. Distinguished academician honorable Dr. B.A. Prajapati, former Vice-Chancellor of Veer
Narmad South Gujarat University, was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The Convocation was graced by honorable
Shri Shaileshbhai Patel, the President of Uka Tarsadia University, Dr. D.R. Shah the Provost of the University, Shri
Kiritbhai Patel, the Vice President of the University, Shri Dilipbhai Bhakta the Chairman, Bardoli Pradesh Kelvani
Mandal (BPKM), Shri Bhagubhai Patel, the President BPKM, Deans of various faculties, dignitaries and parents. Six
gold medals and 264 post graduate degrees were awarded in the convocation which included M.Sc. (Biotechnology)-
71, M.Sc. (Microbiology)- 17, M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry)- 15, M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)- 8, M.Sc. (Computer
Application)- 16, MBA- 77, M.Pharm. (Pharmaceutical Analysis)- 14, M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics)- 17, M.Pharm
(Pharmacology)- 13 and M.Pharm (Quality Assurance)- 16. The Provost of the University Dr. D.R. Shah delivered
welcome address, presented the report and highlighted the achievements.
Shri Shaileshbhai Patel in his address congratulated the graduates and said that they would now face the realities of
life which were not be governed by any curriculum or syllabus but comprise only electives, careful selection of which
determine their journey of life and future success. In the convocation speech honorable Chief Guest Dr. B.A. Prajapati
congratulated the graduates and said that innovation is the key to survival and responding to the change is the biggest
challenge today. He asked the graduates to cultivate the right attitude to make progress in the globalized, integrated
world. The University oath was administered by Dr. Poonam Mittal, Dean Faculty of Commerce and Management.
Formal opening and closing of the convocation was done by Shri Shaileshbhai Patel at the request of the Registrar Dr.
Renu Chauhan. The ceremony concluded with National Anthem.
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Workshops and Seminars
Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management and
Computer Application (SRIMCA) organized 4 days “DB2-
9 Fundamentals (302A) Certification Workshop” from
24th to 27th August, 2013. The objective of the workshop
was to provide an exposure to current trends in IT
Industry, through IBM Academic Initiative. As part of
IBM Academic Initiative, total 96 Students and 8 faculty
benefited through this training programme. During four
days, participants got detailed knowledge of IBM's
flagship Relational Database Product DB2.
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SRIMCA organized 4 days, “IBM Rational Team Concert V3.0 Certification Workshop” from 24 to 27 August, 2013.
The workshop was conducted by Mr. Vinod Patidar and Mr.Yogesh Sharma. Total 75 students and 9 faculty members
attended this certification workshop.
Keeping pace with the industry demands and social responsibility towards software community and society at large,
a seminar was organized on two days - 22nd and 26th August, 2013 respectively on “Open Source Web Application
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Development Framework Codeignitor” by SRIMCA. On 22 August, 2013. 450 students from computer science
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colleges of Valsad, Vapi, Umrakh, Vyara and Bilimora and on 26 August, 2013, 425 students from computer science
colleges of Pandesara, Navsari, Amroli, Udhna and Bharthana participated. Along with them students of CGPIT, UTU
also attended the seminar.
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On 31st July, 2013 SRIMCA organized a seminar on
“Practical aspect of Cyber Security” with the conception
of peers learning with motive of “for the student by the
student” at SRIMCA Hall. More than 150 students
participated in this seminar from Third Year MCA.
Objective of this seminar is to make students aware
about the practical aspect of Cyber Security by
demonstrating different tools, techniques and
websites.
A one day seminar on "Knowledge Management"
sponsored by AICTE was organized by SRIMCA on 5th
June, 2013. More than 200 students participated in the
seminar from different colleges.
Sci-clone'14:
A national level technical symposium under the name of “Sci-Clone'14” was organized at CGPIT on 4-5th March, 2014
under the guidance of honorable Director Dr. N.C. Shah. The festival consisted of 39 Technical and Non-Technical
events related to the different fields of engineering. Around 1700 participants took part in the event across the state
and country. The event was organized by around 100 student co-coordinators and volunteers forming a three tiered
structure in nature. The main aim of the event was to bring the students from different engineering institute under
one roof and identifying one's potential in terms of technicality and team work.
An expert talk by Dr. R.D. Morena, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Veer Narmad South
Gujarat University, Surat on "Advance Object Oriented Programming" was organized by SRIMCA for MCA 2ndsemester
students. A doubt solving session for students was conducted by Dr. Morena for thorough understanding of practical
applications of these concepts.
Mr. Amit Mehta (CEO, Makzy) delivered atalk on Dr. Ona O.Soleye, Ex. Finance Minister of Nigeria visited
availability of e-resources to FY MBA and MAM Uka Tarsadia University, Maliba campus between 3rd and
students of Department of management, 6th February, 2014. During his visit he had discussions with
SRIMCA, on 3rd March, 2014. directors, faculty members and students. He was very
much impressed with all the facilities and architectural
Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC), design of all the institutes.
Department of Management, SRIMCA organized a
Mr. S.A. Patel (IAS officer, Joint Director of SPIPA) gave
session on Goal setting by Mrs. Deepika Dabhi
valuable tips to BVPIBMCIT students on 'How to Prepare
(Member of JCI & a motivational speaker) on 9 th th
for Civil Services Examination' on 28 September, 2013.
October, 2013.
Mr. Prasad Gangavkar (Managing Director & CEO of ELCOM
An Expert talk on "Treasury Management" was India Pvt. Ltd., Valsad), Mr. Rajni Patel (CEO of Databank
organized by Department of Management, Ltd.), Mr. Ankur Desai (Sr. Sales Manager of Docomo
SRIMCA, on 23rd August, 2013. The resource Telecom Ltd.), delivered talks to BVPIBMCIT students on
person was Mr. Pranav Pophali (CA) Atul Pvt. Ltd. 'Curriculum to Corporate' on 18th April, 2014.
"Investor awareness Program" by Bombay Stock Mr. Kaushik Naik (Proprietor of Associated Consulting
Exchange of India was organized by Department of Engineers, Valsad) delivered a talk at BVPIBMCIT on
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Management, SRIMCA on 16 July, 2013. 'Operations and marketing interface with special
Resource person was Mr. Mahesh Pandya. reference to mass customization' on 6th March, 2014.
Dr. Azeez Musibau Adewuyi, Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,
Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria visited C.G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology as a representative of Prof. A.S.
Gbadegesin, Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology for three days. Dr. Azeez studied the
possibility of having long-term research collaboration and Student-Teacher Exchange program between LAUTech
and UTU.
Four scientists Shri R.P. Dubey, Shri K.L N. Sastry, Shri N.S.
Mehta and Dr. G.Sandhya Kiran from Indian Society of
Geomatics, Ahemdabad and Baroda Chapter delivered
talks on different aspects of remote sensing.
Utsav 2014 :
The annual day celebration and farewell for the
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M a r c h , 2 0 1 4 . M r. R a j e s h G a d h i y a , D e p u t y
Superintendent of Police for Surat district gave
his venerated presence as an honorable chief
guest for the event and inaugurated the formal
function. He gave a squat talk to motivate the youth to
indulge themselves in the civil services as it is believed that the youth can change the society in the best of manner
than what it is today and provided guidance to last year students how they can get into the civil services. Various
dignitaries were present namely Dr. D. R. Shah Vice Chancellor UTU, Shri Kiritbhai Patel, the Vice President of the
University, BPKM and Shri Arvindbhai Patel, Joint Secretary BPKM. Dr. D. R. Shah shared words of wisdom and
motivated the students. The event was concluded by giving farewell to the last year students. Mehndi, Nail Art & Aarti
Decoration competition was organized on Thursday, 12th September, 2013 where in around 70 students
participated.
Sparsh - 2014 :
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On 29 March, 2014, Department of Management, SRIMCA organized Annual Day & Farewell Function. The Annual
Day consisted of prize distribution ceremony, ethnic events and farewell for final year MBA students. The chief guest
of event was Mr. Dharmesh Parmar (Deputy Commissioner of Industries and General Manager of District Industries
Centre, Vyara), the guests of honor were Mr. Bhagubhai Patel (President, BPKM), Dr. Dinesh Shah (Provost, UTU), and
Mr. Kiritbhai Patel (Vice President of the University),Mr. Arvindbhai Patel (Joint-Secretary, BPKM). Mr. Dharmesh
Parmar, has encouraged students to be entrepreneurs, Dr. Prashant Joshi, the director, reported activities that
Department of Management has carried out in the year 2013-14. Award for best student of the Year 2013-2014 was
won by Ms. Ekta Patel from SY MBA. In this event, Department of Management distributed, 32 academic awards, 140
sports awards, 150 ethnic events awards and 110 external events awards.
Department of Management, SRIMCA organized “Patriotic Day Celebration” on 16th August, 2013 which included
Board Decoration and Elocution Competitions.
Mehndi and Nail Art Competitions were organized at Department of Management on 27th July, 2013.
Anantyam:
One day technical event Anantyam '13 – “Excellence in work
towards Infinity” was held on the "Engineers day - 15th September,
2013. The event was conceptualized with an aim to motivate the
youth of CGPIT to think out of the box, expand their horizons and
reach the zenith of success in all techno-management spheres. It
has stayed true to its vision since, and from its humble beginning,
Anantyam revealed in being one of the premier techno-
management festivals of UTU. With a reach of hundreds of college
students from each department, Anantyam has played a phenomenal role in bringing out the true potential of
CGPIT's best and promoting technological and social betterment.
Goonj (2013-2014) :
Every cultural event has many aspects in the life of every
individual and particularly for Student; it is more important
event during student life. By participating in the event, student
can get self-confidence and improve himself/herself to face the
upcoming challenges throughout the life. Looking to the
ongoing competition in the field of every corner, a cultural event
“Goonj 2013-14” was organized at CGPIT, on 5th& 6th March,
2014.
Orientation Program :
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BVPIBMICT organized an orientation program from 5 to 8 July, 2013 for the new entrance of BBA and B.Com. The
objective was to familiarize the new comers with the system of business, management and their all-round
development. It included the activities like - Know your Institute, Management Games, Movie Based Workshop,
Personality Development Session, Visit to Shrimad Rajchandra Museum, Antaxari and Orchestra.
Welcome Function-2013 :
Members of cultural club of BVPIBMCIT organized a welcome function on 22nd September, 2013 for FY BBA and FY
B.Com. students. Senior students welcomed their juniors' with gifts and warm welcome speeches and entertained
them with games, singing, dancing and fun act. After lunch everybody danced on the beats of DJ.
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Independence Day :
Inter class patriotic song and dance competition was
organized by BVPIBMICT on 14th August, 2013 on the
occasion of 67th Independence Day of India. 13 entries
for participation were received. Students showed their
musical skills while singing various songs. Girls from FY
BBA used taekwondo martial art technique and gave
spectacular dance performance on Vande Mataram.
Department of Management SRIMCA organized sports day from 24th February to 26th February, 2014. Management
students participated in various indoor & outdoor games like Cricket, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Badminton, Chess, Carom,
Tug of war and Matka-fod.
Skylark 2014 :
MPC organized a sports festival, Skylark, during 3-5th
March, 2014. More than 250 students participated in
various games. The festival included indoor games like
badminton, table tennis, chess and carom and outdoor
team games like cricket, volleyball, kho-kho, kabaddi and
tug of war. Eighth semester B.Pharm. won 'The class of the
tournament' trophy. The winners of the games were
awarded certificates and trophies during the annual
function of the college. Various sports activities were
organized by SRCP on 13th and 14th March 2014. Students
participated in several sports activities like 100 meter, 200
meter and 400 meter running race and relay races, disc
throw, javelin throw, badminton, cricket, volleyball,
kabaddi, kho-kho etc. Yellow team became the overall
champion.
Awards, Recognitions and Research Grant
Student of SY MCA, SRIMCA, Mr. He was selected from amongst 2000 registrations and
Nikunj Sardhara had participated 900 submissions across the globe on the basis of his
in State Level Technical Event understanding of issues, exploring various nuances of
"TechDay @CTI" organized by complexity and providing clear arguments for grounded
Chaudhari Technical Institute, approaches.
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Gandhinager on 18 January,
2014. He secured 2nd rank in WEB
DESIGNING competition.
awarded 'Certificate of Excellence' for the paper titled January, 2014. They secured 1st rank in "Designers'
'Sustainable Development in India-Perspectives'. sack" competition.
Dr. Jignesh P. Raval and Mr. Anand J. Patel with their
students of M.Sc. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Semester-
IV (Sweta K. Patel, Mayuri M. Patel, Khushboo C. Patel)
presented a poster entitled “Transdermal Drug Delivery
System” and won 3rd prize in research category at
international conference “Science Manthan” held at
PDPIS, V.V. Nagar .
Vision
To become a preeminent education hub that is responsive to the changing needs of a
knowledge-based global society.
UTU Institutions
! Maliba Pharmacy College
! Maniba-Bhula Nursing College
! Shriamd Rajchandra School of Sports
! C.G. Bhakta Institute of Bio-technology
! Raman Bhakta School of Architecture
! Shrimad Rajchandra College of Physiotherapy
! Chhotubhai Gopalbhai Patel Institute of Technology
! Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management & Computer Application
! B.V. Patel Institute of Business Management, Computer & Information Technology
Announcement
Fellowship / Scholarship Schemes: Research and Development form a major part of the
goals envisioned by UTU. To give an impetus to this activity, UTU has announced
fellowship schemes through generous support from Shri B.U.Patel. These include
1. Shri B.U. Patel Research Associate-ship: To provide support to bright young
candidates for pursuing exciting and innovative research and doctoral degree in the
field of Technical Education.
2. Research Promotion Scheme: To carry out projects in the constituent institutes of
UTU by promoting research in engineering, applied sciences, pharmacy,
management, computer science and innovations in established and newer
technologies.
3. Shri B.U. Patel Scholarship: To attract highly qualified and motivated economically
backward candidates and provide financial support to them to pursue higher study.
Published by : Registrar, Uka Tarsadia University, Maliba Campus, Gopal Vidhyanagar, Bardoli-Mahuva Road, Dist.: Surat.
Printed by : Shagun Cards, 4, Jamshed Shopping Centre, Vijalpore Road, Navsari.
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