ORIENT TIMES Newsletter April-June 2017

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1 ORIENTAL GROUP OF INSTITUTES ORIENT TIMES Newsletter April-June 2017 From Chairman s Desk As 22 years pass by, one is amazed by the legacy that Oriental has created for the followers to trail, in the field of Technical Education. The shining budding Engineering students and Alumni add brilliance to the beautiful, humble and unmatched dazzling achievements, of the Group. As we witness the unstoppable zeal of Staff, Faculty, Administration and Management in the Group, the league of those who have persisted and won, flashes in the mind s eye. We have adapted to the ongoing changes, unflinchingly and yet, stood stoically together, to carve a Brand Oriental. During last trimester of April to June 2017, the students had to balance academics and events, with exams round the corner. They managed with a perfect aplomb and have rolled out a mixed bag of events and achievements.

2 Oriental Institute of Science & Technology, Bhopal Vision The Institute aspires to develop as a centre of excellence with emphasis on quality teaching and research so as to deliver comprehensively trained, innovative engineers and enterprising, competent professionals who are ethically responsible to serve the society. Mission To create an academic ambience, which nurtures the students to attain domain knowledge, lifelong learning skills and ethical inputs, to sustain in a highly competitive environment. To establish state of the art infrastructure and facilities which pave the way for dissemination of technical knowledge with passion and commitment. To impart industry relevant skill-based training and aid in overall development of students. To foster research and consultancy in collaboration with Institutes of National repute and industry, so that students come up with innovative technology, that caters to the needs of the society. Vision Oriental College of Technology, Bhopal To be a National Centre of Excellence with focus on high quality technical education, innovative research and enable students to establish themselves as world class professionals and entrepreneurs with high proficiency and knowledge. Mission To establish state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities which provide quality technical education To create an academic ambience which nurtures students with professional competency, ethics, domain knowledge and entrepreneurship To impart industry relevant skill based training and development of student To foster research and consultancy in collaboration with institutes of national importance and industry.

3 Oriental College of Management, Bhopal Vision The college aspires to become a leader in management education and research so as to nurture scholars to develop into excellent professionals to serve the nation. Mission To impart industry relevant knowledge and skill-based-exposure to students for their overall development. To foster research and consultancy in collaboration with industry and institutes of national repute so that students come up with innovative ideas that evolve best management practices. Vision Oriental College of Pharmacy, Bhopal To develop Internationally acclaimed group of professional institutions by achieving and sustaining excellence in generation of world-class learning environment by providing excellent academic programs right student services that translates to student success in the long run. Mission To become "Oriental Global House of Education. To nurture exemplary learning environment for world-class education, research and entrepreneurship. To produce global technocrats & leaders in the fields of Engineering, Management, Computer Application & Pharmacy with the mindset for inclusive growth and capability to effectively manage rapidly changing environment. To produce entrepreneurs.

4 Editorial Message The editorial team of Oriental Group proudly brings forth another issue of The Orient Times - a trimester e-news letter for its stakeholders. The news letter showcases the talents of our students & faculty members and presents the activities that have gone by. The campus of Oriental is a confluence where history meets future; where we are creating future to prosper and making history to regale and recount. We are overwhelmed to witness our students, who join us in their callow youth, metamorphose into suave individuals and then finally sprawl their wings, to touch the sky. At Oriental, we leave no stone unturned in molding the career of our students by exploring their flair and honing their dexterity. Be its curricular, co-curricular or extra-curricular activity, we always set high benchmarks for ourselves and for the students to follow. This news letter is an almanac of those multidimensional activities that have been held on campus, during April to June, While reading, just remember- We gathered the flowers by the wayside, by the brooks and in the meadows, and only the string with which we bind them together is our own.

5 STUDENT LAURELS A. CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 1. Competitive Exam: Students of the Oriental Group have cleared competitive exams and made the Institutes proud of their achievements. Name of the student Branch Semester Position College Aakrity Singh IT VIII SSB Cleared OIST Achint Chatterjee CSE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Sanjay Sawhney ME VIII CAT Qualified OIST Saksham Shrivastav ME VIII GATE Qualified OIST Amit Vishwakarma IT VIII GATE Qualified OIST Amarjeet IT VIII GATE Qualified OIST Lalit Prajapati EC VIII GATE Qualified OIST Durgesh Kumar Jha EC VIII GATE Qualified OIST Vivek Pandey EC VIII GATE Qualified OIST Sakshi Kasture EC VIII GATE Qualified OIST Gourav Arora EC VIII GATE Qualified OIST Dabloo Sharma EC VIII GATE Qualified OIST Manuj Verma EC VIII CAT Qualified OIST Avi Dhingra EC VIII GRE Qualified OIST Ranjal Agrawal EC VIII GRE Qualified OIST Prateek Jain CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Satyam Jat CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST

6 Pradeep Dhakad CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Mahesh Ahirwar CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Sandeep Sahu CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Yashashwi Brahme CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Shubham Tomar CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Abhishek Raghuvanshi CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Akash K Gupta CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Shobhit Mishra CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Niket Pathak CE VIII GATE Qualified OIST Nitesh Kushwaha AU VIII GRE Qualified OIST Shreshta Dave AU VIII GRE Qualified OIST Sameer Singh CSE VIII GATE Qualified OCT Akash Agrawal CSE VIII GATE Qualified OCT Rimisha Alam CSE VIII GATE Qualified OCT Amit Ranjan CSE VIII GATE Qualified OCT Akshay Pipre CSE VIII GATE Qualified OCT Neha Prabha EX VIII GATE Qualified OCT Shreya Mahalwar EX VIII GATE Qualified OCT Shreya Khare EX VIII GATE Qualified OCT Sudeep Raichandani EX VIII GATE Qualified OCT Aastha Malviya EC VIII GATE Qualified OCT Sana Sheikh EC VIII Selected for NLIU OCT Bhopal Deepti Pawar IT VIII GRE Qualified OCT Dileep Yadav B.Pharma VIII GPAD Cleared OCP Himani Matre B.Pharma VIII GPAD Cleared OCP Mahima Behar B.Pharma VIII GPAD Cleared OCP Varsha Gupta B.Pharma VIII GPAD Cleared OCP

7 2. Merit List: The toppers of various branches in RGPV Exams have been enlisted below. The MBA students fared well in Barkatullah University, Bhopal, exams. Name of the student Branch Semester College Abhishek Soni EX VIII OIST Ishita Upadhyay IT VIII OIST Umang Rai ME VIII OIST Apoorva Richhariya CSE VIII OIST Mahesh Ahirwar CE VIII OIST Salil Khare AU VIII OIST Karun Sharma EX VIII OCT Preksha Sahu IT VIII OCT Subodh Kumar ME VIII OCT Deeksha Raj CSE VIII OCT Neha Bandwar CSE VIII OCT Sana Sheikh EC VIII OCT Shail Shivani Khartri EC VIII OCT Shlesha Dubey EC VIII OCT Shrishti Chaubey EC VIII OCT Mayank Dhanwani CE VIII OCT Shivani Tiwari MBA I OCM Rishiraj Joshi MBA I OCM Ankita Nayak MBA I OCM Thayade Simrankour MBA I OCM Abha Saini B.Pharma VIII OCP Aditya Kumar Suman B.Pharma VIII OCP Akash Kumar Singh B.Pharma VIII OCP Himani Matre B.Pharma VIII OCP

8 B.CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Students participation in Seminar/ Conference/ Workshop: Students are encouraged by the Group, to be active in their technical pursuit, so that they get right skills along with classroom teaching. Wherever be the venue, the students go with their vigor and enthusiasm, to register their presence as Orientalites. Name Branch Sem Name of the event Abhishek Soni EX VIII Nirman 2k17 Nishant Yadav IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Topic Model Making Ethical Hacking Venue SISTEC BHOPAL OIST Rishabh Agrawal IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Siddhant Gupta IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Ritika Parmar IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Shubham Kumar IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Rajat Garg IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST

9 Sakshi Barange IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Shivansh Verma IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Himanshu Kumar Gupta IT IV Ethical Hacking Workshop Ethical Hacking OIST Sunny Kumar CSE VI Savishkar Savinay Kumar CSE VI Savishkar Shubham Agrawal IT IV Workshop Innovative Projects Innovative Projects Entrepreneurs hip and Management RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration RCVP Noronha Academy of Administratio n NEC, IIT Bombay Shubham Agrawal IT IV Workshop National Digital Internship Program Startup Mahakumbh Career, Bhopal C. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Student Participation in Cultural Event: Not only curricular, our students have their strong presence felt, in the cultural segment too. One student deserves special mention, as he grabbed 3 titles in different venues. The Oriental Group acknowledges his efforts.

10 Name of the student Branch Semester Yash Shrivastav CSE II Significant Achievement Mr. Eve Mr. Ignite Best Costume Venue NRI College, Bhopal IES and Millennium College, Bhopal RKDF University, Bhopal Students Participation in Sports Events: As it is said A healthy mind dwells in a healthy body, the Oriental Group lays special emphasis on the sports activities. It aids in the overall development of the students. Name Of The Student Branch Semester Game Venue Alok Kumar Aman CE VIII Cricket RGPV Bhopal Chirag Shukla CE VI Cricket RGPV Bhopal Priyansh Mukharji CE VI Cricket RGPV Bhopal Vandana Tiwari EX VIII Volley Ball RGPV Bhopal Vandana Tiwari EX VIII Athletic LNCT Bhopal

11 Vandana Tiwari EX VIII Kho-Kho Vandana Tiwari EX VIII 4X100 Relay Race Mittal Group Bhopal Laxhmipati Bhopal Vandana Tiwari EX VII Handball OIST BHOPAL Abhishek Agrawal EC IV Table Tennis (I Prize) LNCT Bhopal Ashutosh Upadhyay IT IV Prachi Yadav EC IV Table Tennis ( 2 Gold Medals) 100 Meter Race(II Prize) Sanjana Guha IT IV Badminton (II Prize) Sanjana Guha IT IV Badminton (I Prize) RGPV Bhopal 5 th Engineer s Olympic 2017, LNCT, Bhopal 5 th Engineer s Olympic 2017, LNCT, Bhopal Bansalotsav, BIST, Bhopal FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS A. Paper presentation in Seminar / Conference: The backbone of the teaching learning activity is the faculty. It upgrades itself every session, by participating in the workshops and conferences. Department EX EX MBA MBA Name of the Faculty Prof. Badal Kumar Prof. Manju Gupta Prof. Amit Khare Dr. Sunil Misra Name of the event (IC-RAC 2017) STTP Workshop on Research Methodology Workshop on Research Methodology Place Visited TIT, Bhopal NITTR Bhopal MANIT, Bhopal MANIT, Bhopal Topic Astrum- Hagglund Based PID Controller for Frequency Control of Micro Grid Lab View For Engineering & Science Research Methodology and data Analysis through SPSS Research Methodology and data Analysis through SPSS

12 B. Awards and Recognition Paper Publication by Director Oriental College of Management Dr. P.K. Chopra and Dr. Mamta Manchani have authored a research paper on Dream Guys of Demographic Dividend and their Economic Preferences in Institute of Research Advance- International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN )Vol.06, Issue 02, Edition April, Faculty members of OGI clear Online NPTEL Certification Course with flying colors Three faculty members of Basic Sciences Department had enrolled in Online NPTEL Certification Courses run by IITs and funded by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. They bagged the certificate of Elite in their respective courses. Dr. Jaya Garg (Course- Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality, IIT Kanpur). She was given Gold certification, for being among the 1% category of Toppers. Dr. Sonendra Gupta (Course- Mathematical Methods & its Application, IIT Roorkee) Dr. Reenu Kumar Punjabi (Course- Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality, IIT Kanpur)

13 Oriental Group Faculty Members felicitated for Excellent Results The faculty members of OIST and OCT have been honored for excellent results in their respective subjects during SRIJAN, Festival of Technical Papers and Innovative Models, organized by Sister Nivedita Takniki Shiksha Samiti, Bhopal. On 07th May 2017 at Sardar Vallabhbai Polytechnic College, Shyamla Hills, Bhopal. Computer Science and Engineering department of OCT looked after the program arrangements at the venue. The management and administration of OGI recognizes the efforts of its faculty members, who diligently and patiently worked on their teaching process which brought forward good results in RGPV exams. OIST Bhopal Faculty Name of Faculty Department Subject Dr. Deepika Masand EX Electrical and Instrumentation Prof. Abhishek Choubey ME Thermodynamics Prof. Pratik Buchke IT System Prog. & Operating System Col. P.K Prasad AU Production Process Prof. Pankaj Pandey ME Thermodynamics Prof. Vikas Verma AU Auto Design & Assembly Drawing Prof. Rakesh Pandey ME Thermodynamics Prof. Harsh Patidar AU Material Science & Metallurgy Prof Madhulata Sharma AU Entrepreneurship& Mgmt. Concept Prof. Akansha Meshram IT Web Technology Prof Shweta Singh IT Java Programming Prof. Heena Kaushar IT Information Storage & Mgmt. Prof. Princy Singh EC Data Communication Prof Prabhat Sharma EC Analog Communication

14 Prof. Brijesh Pratap Singh EC Microprocessor & Microcontroller Prof. Prakash Namdeo EC Digital Circuit Prof. Himanshu Verma CE Engg. Geology OCT Bhopal Faculty Name of Faculty Department Subject Prof. Roopali Soni IT Software Engineering Prof. Harendra Singh IT Web Technology Prof. Imran Khan IT Computer Graphics & Multimedia Prof. Rajnish Kumar ME Metal Cutting Prof. Veer Abhimanyu CE Geotech Engg1 Prof. Sourabh Jain CSE Data Communication Prof. Neha Kaurav CSE Data Communication Prof. Kaushal Sen CSE Energy Conservation Management Prof. Sakshi Rajpoot EX Communication Engineering Prof. Divya Jagdish EC Electronics Devices and Circuits Professor of Oriental Group invited as Resource Person Prof. Imran Khan of IT Department had been invited as a key note speaker by Govt. S.V. Polytechnic for Expert Lecture. His topic was Computer Graphics and Multimedia

15 DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES A. Industrial Visits conducted by the Departments: Engineering students of Oriental Group were taken for Industrial Visits for practical exposure, as a part of RGPV curriculum. Department Semester Place Visited CE VI Steel Bridge, Vidisha CE VIII Cable Stay Bridge, Bhopal CE IV WTP, Vidhan Sabha, Bhopal CE IV Water Treatment Plant, NagarNigam,Bhopal CE VI Water Treatment Plant, NagarNigam,Bhopal CE VI Metrological Department, Bhopal CE II Bhojpur Road for Surveying & Leveling CSE VI CRISP, Bhopal CSE II DRM Office, Bhopal CSE IV MP State Data Centre, Bhopal EC IV Metrological Centre, Bhopal EC IV BSNL, Bhopal EC VI Police Wireless Dial 100, Bhopal EC VI Airport Authority of India, Bhopal IT IV & VI Traffic Control System, Bhopal ME VI CI Hyundai Workshop, Bhopal ME IV CRISP, Bhopal MBA II Permali Wallace, Bhopal B. Expert Lecture conducted by the Departments: To provide insight to the students on their subject related curriculum, experts are invited from renowned organizations, to conduct lectures frequently on campus. Department Semester Expert Name Organization Topic CE IV&VI Dr.Y.K.Sharma MANIT, Bhopal CSE & IT IV Mr. Vikas Jain CSE VI Dr. R. S Thakur Senior Security analyst at EiQ Network Hyderabad, India Chairman, CSI Bhopal Chapter and Associate Professor, Dept. of MCA, MANIT Bhopal. Consolidation of Solids Ethical Hacking Machine Learning

16 EX All Semester Dr.D.P.Kothari EC IV & VI Mr. Rajesh Talreja IT IT IT EX MBA IV II IV & VIII VI II Mr. Priyank Soni Mr. Sandeep Shrivastava Mr. Satish Asnani, Sr. Manager Mr. Ashish Sharma, Executive Engineer Mr. Sourabh Tiwari, Corporate Trainer Pharmacy II Dr. N.Ganesh Pharmacy Pharmacy II II Dr. Ranjit Singh Mahalla Prof. Kiran Kumar Magre VNIT, Nagpur EX- PG scholar (IISC Bangalore) MAPIT WIPRO IT Services Division BHEL, Bhopal MPMKVVCL, Bhopal Global Talent Track Pvt. Ltd, Noida JLN Cancer Hospital, Bhopal IISER, Bhopal Drug Inspector, Vidisha Power Systems And Renewable Energy Signal and System Software Quality Assurance and Information Security Testing Career Awareness by Wipro expert Relational Database Management System and Oracle12c SCADA Applications in Power System Personality, Performance & Presentation Cancer Chemotherapy EBOLA Vaccine Strategies Pharmacy Act and Drug Licensing Process C. Workshops/ Seminar/ Webinar conducted by the Departments: It is a standard norm in Oriental Institutes to provide hands on training to the students on relevant subjects, in Workshops. They are motivated to participate in Seminars and Conferences, also. Department Topic Resource person Organization IT IT & CSE IT CSE Workshop- Ethical Hacking Android Application Development ICDL Digital Challenge, 2017 Angular JS Mr. Gautam Gupta, Research Fellow, E Cell Experts Experts Ms. Nanita Dammani IIT Kharagpur Kalchuri Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ICDL Digital Challenge, Bhopal Universal Informatics, Indore

17 CSE CSE CSE CSE EC Live Project Development of Banking System and MPPP Google IO Extended Graphical User Interface WordPress Seminar Embedded System and Microcontroller Ms. Mradula Sinha Mr. Akash Shukla Mr. Mayank Singh, Avinash Sharma and Ms. Parul Pardhi Mr. Aditya Shah & Mr. Animesh Jain Prof.Abhigyanam, Senior Technical Trainer & Programmer SFA Technololgies, Bhopal Google Sun JAVA, Bhopal Linked-in INDEYES Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Bhopal EC Spoken English and Improvement of Communication Skill Mr. Rishi Chourasia Vikalp Education D. Tie Ups & Collaborations Being a Group with Technical Institutes, it is extremely important to be connected with global network of industries and academic institutions. We give equal importance to industrial interaction activities and therefore, always look forward to have strong associations with various National and Multinational Companies, educational and research institutes. During this Trimester, the Engineering and Management institutes signed MOUs with following organizations:

18 CRISP, Bhopal to conduct various industries/job oriented courses for Industrial/Major/Minor/Vocational Training/FDP for students and faculty members Soft CAD Automation, Bhopal to enhance Technical know-how of Mechanical Students Apppin Technology, Bhopal to provide comprehensive training in Embedded Robotics Programming, (Microsoft,.net, php, java, android), Network and Database. HP Enterprises, Bhopal for students growth and development by providing training on Latest Tools and Technologies BSPL, Bhopal for practical and vocational training of students along with consultancy DK Electro Mech Coporation, Bhopal for Industrial Visits, Industrial Projects and Internship Magnet Brains Software Technology Pvt Ltd. for expert lectures, internship programs and training modules My Skill, Bhopal for providing effective learning environment on MBA campus Awzpact Technologies & Services Pvt. Ltd., Bhopal for providing IT solutions on MBA campus Paper Bags Wala, Bhopal for creating awareness of environment among students and thereby contributing for social cause.

19 INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES Techfizz 2017-A National Annual Techno-Cultural-Sports Festival: Alacrity and ecstasy spilled in the milieu with the inauguration of most coveted mega event Techfizz, 2017 The 3 Day Annual Technical, Cultural and Sports Event of OCT. The event with many attractive competitions in row, had been the talk of the town, since its announcement. In Tecfizz 2017, total 45 events were conducted under Techno, Cultural & Sports activities. DJ Ziya gave a scintillating performance at D.J Night which was accompanied by Fashion show and Musical Performance by Rock Band APRICOT. Techfizz of Oriental has now grown into Central India s renowned Techno, Cultural & Sports festival. The buzzing campus of OCT registered a participation of huge number of students from different colleges of State with a footfall of more than students from the State and all over the Nation.

20 Special Panel Discussion on GST A historic financial reform in the form of Goods & Services Tax (GST) is going to prove a game changer for Indian economy. It has been implemented on 1 July, Much before that, to create awareness in the students, a session on the concept & operations of GST, was taken by Director of Oriental College of Management, with his team on April17, Corporate world experience by MBA students through electronic media E-Exhibition E-Exhibition was an idea of making students smart on electronic media and also making them ride on E learning. At the same time, the students were made aware of the companies of their choice. Competitions were also held during the event and were adjudged by panel of Mr. Swapnil Tripathi, CEO My Skills; Mr. S. Sanyal, Sr. HR Executive, Eicher Tractors & Mr. Amitabh Mishra Chief Trainer (NLP) My Skill on May 1, 2017.

21 The guests appreciated the enthusiastic participation of Oriental MBA students in this amazing event, which created high degree of learning environment at Oriental College of Management. Inculcating Discipline and Patriotism under NCC NCC troupes are quite active in the Oriental Group and OIST Bhopal was the first to initiate NCC activity among Private Institutes. NCC Cadets of Oriental Group participated in the NCC Camp at Pachmari (M.P). They actively participated in various activities as rock climbing, firing practice, self defense and mountaineering. Some 10 NCC cadets also participated in CATC Camp held at MANIT Campus, Bhopal. Community Development Activity under NSS Carrying on the baton of community development and shouldering the corporate social responsibility, various activities were organized in the campus under National Service Scheme (NSS).

22 In the first week of April, students of Oriental College of Management visited Anand Dham- Seva Bharti, an Old Age Home. The students had an enriching experience on campus as they inculcated a sense of care and responsibility among them. To commemorate the Founder s Day 200 T-shirts and slippers were distributed to the needy people at Banjara Basti and Kokta Gram, Bhopal. As no Nation can prosper without taking along the underprivileged sections of the society, the students undertook this noble mission with members of management and administration. In association with Vigyan Bharti, a sapling plantation activity was conducted on the occasion of the World Environment Day on campus. The objective of the activity was to spread awareness for planting more and more trees to save the environment.

23 On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Meditation and Yoga Practice sessions were held at OIST and OCT together with Sahaj Yoga Society and Art of Living. In yoga and meditation sessions, faculty and staff members learnt how to strengthen the mind body connection to improve overall fitness and well-being. At Oriental MBA the occasion was celebrated with a discourse on "Eight components of Yoga - a life style to health". Farewell: Bidding adieu to the outgoing batch in VALE 2017 and Slan 2017 A nostalgic panorama was witnessed during farewell, in which junior students of Institutes bid adieu to the outgoing Batch of The occasion was celebrated with lots of fun and great enthusiasm. Students with meritorious achievement, high attendance and overall good performance were felicitated. Prizes were also given to Mr. and Ms. Branch from all the branches that were a moment of thrill, excitement and surprise. Final year students expressed their gratitude and shared their memories on campus.

24 Conquest 2017: Cheering the happiness of placed students It was proud moment for Oriental Group to see its students who had enrolled a few years back, to get placed in reputed multinational firms. Like every year, the program Conquest was celebrated to acknowledge their proud performance. All the placed students with their parents had the offer letters from Zensar, Wipro, Adani, Musigma, Cognizant, Satyam, HCL, L&T, Capegemini, Tech Mahindra and many more.

25 Their grinning and beaming faces of pass out Orientalites reflected their success in the professional world. Faculty Development Program To improve teaching practices, enhance faculty skills and develop educational leadership, the faculty members of the Group are subjected to an ongoing faculty development program, throughout the semester, wherein the staff is guided by the senior faculty members and Heads of their respective departments. They are also given tips on language enhancement, body language and proper use of visual aids along with right understanding of student psychology. This process helps the young faculty members to train themselves and come up as competent professors.

26 Along with the general FDP, a technical faculty development program was conducted at OCT, Bhopal, this session registered 30 faculty members, who trained themselves on MATLAB, to gain technical competence. Inauguration of CSI Chapter and IETE Chapter in Engineering Institutes Both OIST and OCT, the Engineering Institutes of Oriental Group, established a Students Chapter to provide a national platform to the students, for enhancing their core and technical skills. Affiliation for Diploma Course at OCP The Oriental Group is known to set landmarks and Oriental College of Pharmacy has caught up with the trend. In this session, an inspection team from RGPV visited the Institute in the first week of June and it has approved to run diploma course on campus. Consequently, another feather was added in the cap of Oriental, which would go a long way to train the students as pharmacists. Training & Placement Activities on Campus During this trimester, several companies such as I-Tech Software Solution, Accrete Consulting Engineers, Amazon, Universal Hunt, Brio Energy, Captain Tractor, Pratian

27 Technologies, and Hexaware visited the campus and many students got placed in them. Tech Mahindra, BYJU and Techahead placed the students in pool campus drive. To abridge institute-industry interface, industrial training activity was organized for the students in various reputed organization of the town such as Airport Authority of India, BSNL, BHEL, NTPC, Railway Coach Factory, SAIL, Police Wireless, Data Centre, Tata Steel, Indian Railway, All India Radio and Police Head Quarter. Placement Cell also signed MOUs with Internshala, CRISP, HP Enterprises and Appin Technologies. For a successful professional career along with core skills, soft skills are equally significant. Therefore, the Group constantly organizes soft skills training for students. In this trimester, 5-Day Soft Skill Training was organized in association with GTT, a corporate social initiative by Barclays. More than 200 students registered for it and successfully completed the program. Further, Spoken English classes were conducted by Edlink Services Pvt. Ltd. for I Year students. Students also registered for TCS Code vita, Engine X and Testimony Code Competition. MBA students of Oriental College of Management underwent Summer Training from May1, 2017 to June 15, 2017, in reputed companies such as SBI (MF), Pepsico, Karvy, Adecco, ITC, Bhopal Cooperative, Central Bank, Mahindra, Win-Win Automobile, Sudha Milk Federation Bihar, Bhaskar Denim, My Skill and Top N Town.

28 Futuristic Plans Plans are underway to discuss schemes related to faculty training continuing education for students, technical incubation and entrepreneurship for which Dr. Aparajita Ojha, Chief Coordinator, Electronics and ICT Academy, under Ministry of Electronics and IT, Govt. of India, visited OIST Bhopal Campus. The plan is to set up laboratory that includes all the designing and verification tool of VLSI and Microelectronics. On August, 2017, a National Conference on Application of ICT for Built Environment will be conducted by Civil Department of OIST Bhopal.OCT Bhopal looks forward to organize National Convention on Role of ICT in E-Governance and Digital India in the month of September, 2017.

29 Credits Patron Shri Praveen Thakral Chairman, OGI Advisors Ms. Niraj Ghei Chairperson, OCT Prof. N.K Mittal Director (P&D), OGI Co coordinators Dr. Deepika Masand Director, OIST Dr. P.K Chopra Director, OCM Dr. N.K Agrawal Director, OCT Dr Ram K. Roy Director, OCP Editorial Board(OGI) Dr. Jaya Garg (OIST) (Chief Editor) Dr. Reenu Kumar (OCT) ( Editor) Assisted by Dr. Deepa Nair (OCP) Dr. Shaheen Saulat (OIST) Prof. Anshu Bhagya (OCM) Prof. Nida k Qureshi ( OCT) Design & Layout Prof. Atul Tiwari (OIST) Published by Oriental Group of Institutes Oriental Campus, Opp. Patel Nagar, Raisen Road, Bhopal