Campus Talk Newsletter

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CAMPUS TALK
Online Newsletter
February 2015
5th
International Youth Convocation of
Y’s Men International 2014
INDO-AUSTRALIAN AWARD TO
DR. ELIZABETH VERGHESE
EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARD
FROM KERALA CHIEF MINISTER
Young Scientist Award 2015
SAE Ralph R. Teetor
Educational Award
Mr. K. Kamalakkannan
Rakesh Ramkumar
Volkswagen Motorsport

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EVENT TALK
Hindustan University held its 5th Convocation ceremony on 27th September, 2014. Mr. Arun Nanda, Chairman,
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts Ltd and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd presented the degrees to 1378 students
and delivered the convocation address. Honoris Causa Degree D. Sc. was awarded to Dr. Hee Ok Kim, President,
Dongguk University and Dr. Tessy Thomas, Outstanding Scientist, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory,
Hyderabad, DRDO. In the UG course a total of 961 Graduands received the degrees, in the PG course a total of
396 Graduands and 09 students from the Diploma stream received the Degrees. 7 students from M. Phil and 5
Ph.D. candidates also received the Degrees.
Mr. Ashwin Fernandes, HeadQS Asia visited Hindustan
University on 17th December 2014. He focused on
three important aspects namely QS Rankings, QS Star
Ratings, and the presentation titled, “Two Pillars of
Academic Reputation” was enlightening. At the end
of the presentation there was an interactive question
and answer session with staff of Hindustan University.
Mr. Krish Dhanam, Global Ambassador for the Ziglar
Group, co-founder of a training company and an
International Motivational speaker visited Hindustan
University on 5th January 2015. He Spoke on Life
Skills, to the staff and students and stressed the
importanceofcreatingabalancebetweenprofessional
and personal life. He also explained the rational and
scientific approaches towards handling and balancing
real life situations.
CONVOCATION 2014
Enlightening QS Seminar by Mr. Ashwin
Fernandes, Head QS Asia at Hindustan
University
Motivational Talk on Life Skills

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5th International Youth Convocation of Y’s Men International 2014
5th International Youth Convocation of Y’s Men International 2014 edition was hosted by Hindustan University,
Chennai from 4th August to 10th August, 2014. The Youth Convocation brought together Youth Leaders and
members from different parts of the world to build friendship and trust between people. Delegates from 6 continents
and 30 countries were part of this accredited event.
Horse riding

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Dr. Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson, Hindustan Group
of Institutions received the Indo-Australian Award for
Meritorious Service, from His Excellency Mr. Patrick
Suckling, Australian High Commissioner for her
pioneering work and achievements in the Engineering
and Educational fields in a glittering ceremony held at
Chennai on 22nd November 2014.
Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director Hindustan University
received Education Excellence Award from Mr. Oomen
Chandy, Hon’ble Minister of Kerala for offering over Rs
2 crore worth scholarships for sports persons during
the International Olympic Day celebration organized by
the Thiruvananthapuram District Olympic Association
in collaboration with Directorate of Sports and Youth
Affairs, Govt. of Kerala.
ACHIEVEMENT TALK
Worldwide Achievers award
‘Worldwide Achievers award’ was presented to Mr.
Ashok Verghese, Hindustan University by Hon’ble
Minister Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for
Human Resource Development during the India
Education Excellences Award 2014 Programme held
on 14th April 2014 at New Delhi for the outstanding
service and contribution to the education sector. The
Award recognizes the professional contributions and
academic achievement of an individual/organization
in the area of education.
Dr. S. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor receiving
the National Agency for Finite Element Methods
and Standards (NAFEMS) Award of Excellence in
Engineering Analysis and Simulation from Dr. Tim
Morris, CEO, NAFEMS,UK.
Dr. V. Ramanujachari, Director, Research & Innovation
Centre, DRDO, was the Chief Guest. Dr. Tim Morris,
CEO, NAFEMS,UK, was the Guest of Honour during
the National Workshop om Design & Analysis of
Composite Structures” held at Hindustan University
on 6th February 2015.
Indo-Australian Award to
Dr. Elizabeth Verghese
Education Excellence Award
from Kerala Chief Minister

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Ms. Nishita Vegi, of Aeronautical Department has
won the first prize in the National Level KTH Master’s
Challenge 2015 under Aerospace Engineering
category in the event conducted by KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, Sweden.
Mr. Raghavendran. P. R. M.Tech. (Automobile
Engineering) final year student secured second
place in the Symposium of International Automotive
Technology (SIAT 2015) for the student poster
presentation competition on ‘Half Car Semi active
Suspension System Using Timing Advanced Fuzzy
Logic Control” held from 21 - 24th January 2015 in
ARAI Pune. Mr. Nithin Gadkari, Hon’ble Road Transport
Minister, and Govt. of India, presented the Award.
Award for i-Cradle Project
A Multidisciplinary Team participated in the prestigious
Intel Embedded Challenge 2014, on 09th and 10th
December 2014.
The University project
“Intelligent Cradle
(i-Cradle)” secured 9th
place & 4th place in
professional category. The
team members are Mrs.
Kanpur Rani, AP, EEE,
Mr. SudalaiMuthu T, AP,
CSE, Mr.Vijay, M.Tech-EIE,
Ms.Elis Lisa, M.Tech-CSE.
Digital LEARNING, Asia’s
premier monthly magazine in
ICT education, ranked School of
Management as follows
Chennai : 04th
Place
Tamil Nadu : 09th
Place
South India : 22nd
Place
All India : 47th
Place
Master Mind Challenge Top Finalist
Pramodhan Chennavajjula, MBA
Student, was the top finalist in the 13th
MMA All India Students Convention 2014
‘Chanakya- The Master Mind’ contest
held on 1st November 2014.
Mr.K.Kamalakkannan,AssociateProfessor,Hindustan
University recieved SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational
Award - 2015 for his outstanding contribution as one
of the top engineering educators. As a Teetor Award
recipient, SAE International invited him to be their
guest for a week during the 2015 SAE World Congress
which begins on 20th April 2015 in Detroit, Michigan.
He shall be honored as a Teetor Award recipient and
presented with a plaque.
School of Management Hindustan
University gets the B-School Award
SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
Webpage Design Contest Winner
Mr. S. Lavan of II year CSE ‘A’ has won $1175 USD for the
website design contest conducted by 99designs.com.
http://99designs.com/web-design
Executive Member of IEEE
Dr. Uppu Ramachandraiah, Prof. &
Head, Department of Electronics and
Instrumentation Engineering has
been elected as Executive Committee
Member of The Institution of Engineers
(I), Tamil Nadu State Centre, Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering Division.
KTH Master’s Challenge 2015
SIAT 2015 Award

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The multidisciplinary team of Hindustan University,
Chennai participated in the prestigious NIYANTRA
2014 - The Annual Graphical System Design Contest
organized by National Instruments India, Bangalore
on 18th Sept, 2014. The Team bagged the First Prize
in the competition. A cash prize of Rs 75,000/- and
merit certificate was presented to the team by Mr. Alex
Davern, Chief Operating Officer, National Instruments,
USA. The team
designed a complete
system INDUS -
Industrial Defense &
Unmanned Ground
System that uses
LabVIEW platform.
Team Members
• Sandeep Kumar, EIE, IV Year
• Mohit Gouda, EIE, IV Year
• Puranjan Das, EIE, IV Year
• Nitish Kumar, EIE, IV Year
• N.Naveen Kumar Reddy, MECH, III Year
Faculty Advisor
Mr. G. Muthukumaran, EIE
Team Recon from the School of Aeronautical Sciences,
participated in 2014 Mission 7 of International Aerial
Robotics Competition. The competition was conducted
by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle System
International, Yantai, China and 30 teams from across
the globe participated. Team Recon was adjudged the
best team and won the Most Innovative Design Award
2014.
IET CHENNAI NETWORK AWARDS
IET Chennai Network Awards – 2014 was given to
Hindustan University staff members during the AGM
held at Chennai on 16th August 2014.
• Dr. K. Komathy - HOD/IT - Sir. C.V. Raman Research
Award.
• Dr. Rajeswari Mukesh - HOD/CSE - Women
Engineer Award.
• Dr. A.K. Parvathy - HOD/EEE - Er. D.A. Rajan
Promotional Award.
• Mr. John Deva Prasanna - Asst. Professor/CSE, -
Er. D.A. Rajan Promotional Award
• Ms. Ceronmani Sharmila - Asst. Professor/IT - Er.
D.A. Rajan Promotional Award
Most Innovative Design Award 2014NIYANTRA 2014
L-R Nithya Priya. K, Aasish. C, Razeen Ridhwan, Dr. Dalbir
Singh, Faculty Advisor, Dr. Dilip Shah, HOD, S. Bharath Raj,
Prasanna Linci & Punita Kumari.
Students of Automobile Engineering participated in
the Indian Karting Race Event held at Coimbatore and
Won the Trophy. The event witnessed the participation
of 51 colleges from 13 states.
Racing Team Atraiu Wins Trophy
13 students from Department of Automobile
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan
University participated in the “9th National SAE ISS
Convention” on 29th January 2015 at Kalasalingam
University, Krishnankoil and bagged several awards.
Deepak Jangid, Pulkit Goel, Shubham Sharma,
Prakhar Shankar, Ajeesh ,Abhieshek, Lokesh, Yogesh,
Gaurav Arijeet, Tanmoy, Manoj, Balakrishna and Sonu
Singh were the winners.
9th National SAE ISS Convention

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Roboversity-IUCEE challenge was held at BMS College
of Engineering, Bengaluru, during the International
Conference on Transformation in Engineering
Education in January 2015. Students from all over
India participated. A team comprising B.Tech 3rd year
students won the first prize.
• V R Jeevan
• Gowtham Ravichandran
• Gokul S
• Ramesh Krishnan N
• M Sandeep
Kurula Varkey Design Forum 2015
The thesis of Ms. Krithi Priyadharshini, Student of
School of Arcitecture titled “Housing for All” has been
selected as one among the 18 selected thesis for
the Kurula Varkey Design Forum 2015 organized by
CEPT University, Ahmedabad.There were a total of 69
entries received for Kurula Varkey Design Forum 2015
from across the globe.
Ms. Anupama Nair 2nd year
B.Tech. (Computer Science
and Engineering) participated
in the IIT - Saarang which is
one of the top most National
Level Cultural Events in
Chennai. There were several
participants from various colleges across India, Ms.
Anupama Nair won the 1st place in the event - Ms.
Saarang 2015 (Fashion Show).
IIT - SaarangRoboversity - Challenge
Wisdom Warfare
• Dr. Brig. Ravi Varman, Dean
(Admin), Hindustan University has
authored the Book titled ‘Wisdom
Warfare’. The book deals with
new concept in warfare called
Wisdom Warfare (Wiswar).
Married to the Perfect Man
• Ms. Anupama Nair, second
year, CSE Dept.published a
book titled “Married to the
Perfect Man”
BOOK PUBLICATION
Elihu Yale Inter Collegiate Debate
Elihu Yale Inter Collegiate Debate 2014 was organised
by Indo American Association on 17th December
2014 on the topic “Make in India”- An economically
winning proposition”. Ms. Anupama Nair and Ms.
Shaleena Eliza Finny CSE Department won the
runners-up position.
The Southern Regional Round Jury for “Transparence
2014” organized by Saint Gobain Glass, India
was hosted in Hindustan University on 28th
November 2014. Several colleges participated in
the competitions conducted and the panel of juries
comprised of RoopmathiAnand, Rajendran Associates,
Ar. S.Thiyagarajan, RSP Architects, Bangalore and Ar.
Sebastin Jose, Shilpi Architects, Cochin.
Award for the School of Architecture
Aishwarya R, Vignesh D and Reshma Johnson, third
year students, School of Architecture, won Rs.5,
000 worth cash prize for the “Best Studio Project of
Transparence 2014”.
Best Studio Project of Transparence 2014

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HindustanUniversityNCC-AirWingCadetsparticipated
in the Republic Day parade at Marina, Chennai on
26th January 2015. Flying Offr. Giri Rangarajan,
NCC Associate Officer, Hindustan University lead the
contingent.
Hindustan University NCC Cadets
participated in Marina Republic Day
Celebrations 2015
Hindustan University NCC cadets were shortlisted by
1(TN)AIR SQN NCC to represent Tamil Nadu Contingent
in the All India Vayu Sainki Camp, held at Bengaluru
from 9th to 20th October 2014.
• Daniella J. E. Robin, 2nd year Aero, represented
Tamilnadu Directorate
• Amit Kumar, 3rd year Civil, Best Pilot 2014 - Silver
• Kashyap Sathyamurthy, 2nd year Aero, Best Pilot 2014
- Gold and Health and Hygiene - Bronze
• Vijay Renold, 2nd year Auto, Represented Tamilnadu
Directorate
• Kiran Kumar R, 2nd year Aero, Best Shooter - AIVSC
2014-GOLD
NCC Cadets Achievement

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1st
Rank Holders in Post Graduate Programme – May / June 2014
1st
Rank Holders in Under Graduate Programme – May / June 2014
Mathiyarasy MP
M.Tech. (Aero)
Surya J
M.Tech. (Avionics)
Avis Augustine
M.Tech. (AME)
CiJil B John
M.TECH. (ICE)
Kailash Karunakaran
M.Tech. (Thermal)
Mutum Bidyarani Devi
M.Tech. (Appl. Elec.)
Md Sohrab Ansari
M.Tech. (Comn. Sys)
Sethu Acshaya S
M.Tech. (PED)
Srikanth K
M.Tech. (Emb. Sys)
Bandapu Sireesha
M.Tech. (VLSI)
Blessy
Mariam Markose
M.Tech. (PC & I)
RANK HOLDERS
Nisha
Elizabeth Cherian
M.Tech. (Struc.Eng)
Minu Miriam Paul
M.Tech (C E& M)
Suganya K
M.Tech. (CSE)
Suganya J
M.Tech. (IT)
Susiker Rao V M
M. Tech. (C & CE)
Veluru VenkaTa Ramana
B. E. (Aero)
Sistaa S Vijay
B. E. (Aero Space)
Raushan Kumar
B. E. (Auto)
Shaikh Nagma Anwar
B. E. (EEE)
Sambit Swain
B. E. (Mech)
Manthan Patel P
B. E. (ECE)
Namge Lhenzom
B. E. (CIVIL)
Vivek Ratan
B. E. (EIE)
Sumit Gurung
B. E. (CSE)
Teerthankar
B. Tech. (IT)
Sabyasachi Sarangi
B. E. (Chemical)

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Nagendra S
B. E. (Aero)
Sneha Elizabath Jose
B. E. (AeroSpace)
Siddhartha Sharma
B. E. (Auto)
Jayaprakash S
B. E. (Auto)
Sripal Kumar K
B. E. (Mech)
Sudhansu
Ranjan Panda
B. E. (EEE)
Sai Krupalini R
B. E. (ECE)
Ajith Kumar Ashwin
B. E. (CIVIL)
Dheeraj Kumar Singh
B. E. (EIE)
Richa Kumari
B. Tech. (IT)
Kalathoor Archana
Parthasarathy
B. E. (Chemical)
Sanjeevi Karthik N
M.Tech. (Aero)
MANJU SM
M.Tech. (Avionics)
Roshan
George Samuel
M.Tech. (Thermal)
Rini Maria James
M.Tech. (Comn. Sys)
Srikeerthi Godena
M.Tech. (Emb. Sys)
Simita Shakya
M.Tech. (PC & I)
Aishwarya S
M.Tech. (Stru. Eng)
Jenita Jeba Esther J
M.Tech. (CSE)
Monica N
M.Tech. (IT)
Anamita Roy
M.C.A
2nd
Rank Holders in Post Graduate Programme – May / June 2014
2nd
Rank Holders in Under Graduate Programme – May / June 2014

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SCHOOL TALK
Members from the IAF Adventure team headed by Wg
Cdr Pooja Thakur gave a presentation at Hindustan
University on the possible career opportunities with
the Armed forces, and briefed the various schemes
that aspirants may avail while applying for careers
with the Armed forces.
The achievement of the Hybrid Rocket Research group
of Hindustan University is published in the journal
“Aerospace America” December 2014 issue (p.61) a
Publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics
and astronautics.
Nine students and the faculty of MBA-DEFENCE
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT visited Combat Vehicles
Research & Development Establishment – C.V.R.D.E,
Avadi
Sean Kelly, Visits Hindustan University
Mr. Sean Kelly, Australian Consul- General for South
India gave a talk on “Emerging Dimensions of Indo
Australian Relationships, with Particular Emphasis on
Defence Technology Ties” on 06th November 2014.
Mr. Biju Balendran, (VP-Plant Engineering & Vehicle
Process Engineering) Renault Nissan was invited to
deliver a lecture by the Placement Department as part
of the Corporate Lecture series.
IAF “Guardians of the Sky”, Aero
C.V.R.D.E Visit
Hindustan Corporate Lecture
Hybrid Rocket Research
The 100 kW Solar Power System was installed at
Hindustan University by M/s Tata Power Solar Systems
Ltd., Bengaluru on 17th September 2014. Mr. Toine
Can Megen, Co-Founder of Auroville Consulting,
Auroville, was the Chief Guest. Following the
Inauguration of Solar Power System, an International
Seminar was conducted “Solar Energy-Recent trends
and Policy Issues”.
Inauguration of 100 KW Grid
IET Student Chapter Inaugurated
Dr. Rajeswari Mukesh , HOD, CSE Dept. and Faculty
advisor of IET student Chapter welcomed the audience
during the inauguration of the IET student chapter
of Hindustan University by Mr. Cloudin, Treasurer,
IET Chennai Local Network on 9th January 2015.
A seminar on “Big Data Analytics” was conducted
by Dr. N. Vijayarangan, Senior Scientist from Tata
Consultancy Services, Chennai.

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Hindustan University was privileged to host Zone 6
Zonal NASA convention titled Atyanta 2014 themed
Extremeness in Art forms from 27th to 29th June 2014.
Dr. (Mrs). Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, Mr.Ashok
Verghese, Director and Dr. S. Ramachandran , Vice
Chancellor Hindustan University were present for the
inaugural function. Ar. Jaisim Krishna Rao, Founder
-Jaisim Fountain Head, Bangalore was the chief guest.
Valedictory function witnessed the presence of Ar. N.
M. Salim (Founder-N. M. Salim Associates, Kerala)
Ar.Deshpande (Former President IIA India) Ar. Vergis
Oommen (Design Chair) HITS.
Competitions were held and the School of Architecture
and Planning Anna University won the most
prestigious over all trophy Dr.KCG Verghese Memorial
Trophy. Faculty of Architecture Sathyabama University
Chennai and School of Architecture MES, Kerala being
the first and the 2nd runner ups respectively.
Prof. Dr. Uta Pottgiesser,
Dean, School of Architecture,
University of Applied Science,
Detmold, Germany visited
Hindustan University on 19th
December 2014 and delivered an interesting lecture
on International Seminar on “Adaptive Building
Envelopes Concepts of Holistic Building Design.
As part of the Madras Day celebrations, School of
Architecture organized a one day national workshop
on Conservation in Urban Architecture and a 5 day
exhibition of Studio works, addressing the adoptive re-
use of the Senate House in Chennai and its precinct, It
was held at Goethe Institute Chennai.
School of Architecture Conservation in
Urban Architecture - National Workshop
International Conference, ROBOTICS
Departments of EIE, Mech and Aero organized an
International Conference on ROBOTICS Automation
Control & Embedded Systems (RACE 2015) on 18th
February 2015. Dr. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor,
Hindustan University presided over the function and
Dr. S. Gowmathinayagam, Director General, National
Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai was the Chief Guest.
ATYANTA – ZONASA
Delegate from Germany
Delivers a Lecture
Ms. Meena Kandasamy, popular poet, activist, writer
and translator inaugurated the Literary Section of
Hindustan University on 19th January 2015.
Ms. Meena Kandasamy, visits HITS

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Brief glimpse of the Department Activities
• The School of Architecture organised a seminar on “Architectural Acoustics-Experiences and Experiments”
Dr. Ramani Ramakrishnan, Professor in Architectural Science , Ryerson University,Toronto, Canada was the
resource person.
• Civil Dept. conducted a Seminar on “Building Information Modeling for Next Generation Engineers” on 10th
January 2015. Mr. Vetrivel Shanmugam, Manager, BIM Solutions Pvt. Ltd was the Guest Speaker.
• ECE Dept. conducted a workshop on “Digital Image Processing” on 20th August 2014. Dr. R. Murugesan,
Director, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research & Education was the resource
person.
• ECE Dept. conducted a Technical Seminar on “4G LTE for Advanced Communication”Sondur Lakshmipathi,
CEO at MYMO Wireless Technology Pvt Ltd, Bangalore was the Chief Guest on 30th September 2014.
• CSE Dept. conducted the 2015 ACM ICPC India , Chennai Multi Provincial Programming Contest on 28th Feb
2015. Dr. Madhavan Mukund , Professor and Dean of Studies, CMI & ACM Vice-Chair, India was the Chief Guest
and Mr. Dorai Thodla, Founder i Morph Inc was the Guest of Honour.
• Mech Dept. ISHRAE Student Chapter organized a guest lecture on 11th December 2014. Dr. Anthony Aroul Raj
was the guest speaker.
• A Lecture on Energy Conservation for Enfuse was delivered by Mr. Madhavan Nampoothiri, Private consultant,
Coimbatore on 20 January 2015.
• The Centre for Automation & Robotics (ANRO) , Depts. Of Mechanical Engineering and Automobile Engineering
conducted a workshop on Condition Monitoring on 27th February 2015. Dr. V. Bhujanga Rao, Distinguished
Scientist (DRDO) , Director General (Naval Systems and Materials) & President of Condition Monitoring Society
of India was the Chief Guest.
• Centre for Research and Consultancy organized a seminar on “ Carbon capture and storage – Challenge for
India” by Dr. Sukumar Devotta, Former Director, NEERI on 12th November 2014.
• National Seminar on “Chemistry Materials for Drug Delivery” was conducted on 22nd January 2015. Dr. A.
Jayakrishnan, Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IITM, Chennai and former Vice-Chancellor of University
of Kerala, was the Chief Guest.
• Library Dept. conducted a National Level Seminar titled “KOHA – An introduction to librarian”on 26th July
2014. Mr. Sanjay Grover, Managing Director, M/s. INFORMATICS, Bangalore delivered the key note address on
“KOHA – An introduction to librarian.
Guest Lecture Series was conducted by EEE Dept. in January 2015.
• “Dynamics, Control and Estimation of Robotic Spacecraft: How Good Theory Can Lead to Good Practice” by Dr.
Amit Sanyal, Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University, USA
• “Making formal methods work in industrial practice” by Dr. Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh Researcher/Engineer of
Toyota Technical Center
• “Embedded Control - Theory and Applications” was delivered by Dr. R. S. Sreenivas, University of Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois, USA
IT Dept. conducted
• A Seminar on Networking Concepts -Theory & Practice, Mr. Soumil.Khandhadia, D Link India Ltd was the Guest
speaker.
• A workshop on Android XML Designing Workshop on 23rd September 2014. Ms.V.Ceronmani Sharmila, was
the faculty coordinator.
• India’s Biggest Techno Hunt Workshop cum Championship on Android Apps. Development on 25th to 26th Sep
2014. Mr.Saravanan Lalbahadur , Sr. Android Developer Rlabz was the speaker.
Inauguration of IEEE Students Chapters
Inauguration of the Associations of IEEE Robotics & Automation Society and IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement
Society Student Chapter was held at Hindustan University on 16th December 2014. The Chief Guests for the
inaugural function were Dr. P. A. Manoharan (Chairman, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society,–Madras Section) and
Dr. V. Jagadeesh Kumar (Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Head-Central Electronics Centre, IIT
Madras.

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Alumnus- Ar.S.Vinodh (1994-1999 batch) from School
of Architecture received an award for excellence in
residential architecture hosted by regional Tamil
magazine “ Kattumana Thozhil”.He received the award
from the Governor of Tamil Nadu, His Excellency Dr. K.
Rosaiah on 24th January 2015.
Mr. Shyam R Nair, Assistant Professor, Centre for
Automation and Robotics received “BEST Alumni
Achiever Award” from his School. The award was
presented by the Hon’ble Home Minister, Ramesh
Chennithala, of Kerala on 26th January 2015.
Hindustan University (HITS) in association with HITS
Alumni Association (HITSAA) held the Annual Alumni
Meet 2014 on 22 November 2014. Mr. Sahil Dewan,
the Founder and Director, FuturEd, was invited as the
Chief Guest for the occasion. Mr. Ashok Verghese,
Director graced the occasion. Mr. Ram Jawahar,
Secretary, HITSAA, presented the Vote of Thanks.
Office Bearers
Chief Advisor: Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor
Advisors: Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese, Pro Chancellor,
Dr. S. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Aby Sam,
Director
President: Mr. Sanakraj Patwa, Batch of 1989 (ECE),
CEO, UC World Online Ltd.
Vice-President: Mr. Praveen Ramakrishna, Batch of
1989 (CIVIL), MD, Indus Alliance Foundations India Ltd.
Secretary: Mr. Ram Jawahar, Batch of 1996 (MECH),
Examiner, Patent & Design Office
Joint Secretary: Mr. J. Samuel, Batch of 1995 (CIVIL),
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg.
Treasurer: Mr. Salim K Mahmood, Batch of 2000
(MBA), Deputy Director
Joint Treasurer: Mr. Abel Mathew Prasad, Batch of
2009 (ECE), Director, NED Computers Pvt. Ltd.
Members: Mr. Ashok Verghese, Batch of 1996
(MECH), Batch of 1998 (MBA), Director, Mr. Jeevan
Kumar Voora, Batch of 2002 (ECE), General Manager,
AER Worldwide (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Aby K Thomas, Batch
of 1992 (M.E.), Professor, Dept. of ECE, Ms. Vimala
Rani, Batch of 2009 (M.E.), Assistant Professor, Dept.
of EIE, Ms. Madhuri Yatham, Alumni Relations Officer.
H I N D U S T A N U N I V E R S I T Y
Ar. Niroop Reddy
Nallari from the first
batch (1994-99) of
B. Arch. is listed in the
Top Architects of India.
Alumni the top
Architect
Mr. Favas C. O. T. alumni
of Hindustan University
EIE (2011-14) holds the
post of BCCI Senior Video
Analyst.
Favas, BCCI Senior Video Analyst
HITSAA Alumni Meet 2014
Best Alumni Achiever Award Alumnus Receives Award from Governor

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A batch of students from Dongguk University enrolled
in the EIBIS programme at Hindustan University along
with students from China, Bhutan, Taiwan celebrated
the Lunar New Year Day Celebrations at Open Air
Theatre on 19th Feb 2015. Ms. Sukhee Lee, Advisor,
International Affairs initiated the event.
Pradyumna K Rao, and Gaurav, Students of School
Of Architecture, Hindustan University attended the
Summer University Programme School “ Facades
Meets Interiors” from 5th May, 2014 to 14th June,
2014 at School of Architecture, University of Applied
Sciences, Detmold, Germany.
The fourth batch EIBIS (English, Indian History &
Culture for International Students) comprising 10
students from Dongguk University, South Korea
attended the orientation programme on 30 January
2015 at the International Office, HITS. Dr. David
Easow, Deputy Director International Affairs and SOM,
welcomed the students and staff handling the course.
Dr. Sherine Joy, Academic Coordinator presented an
overview of the course and its outcome.
Students from Jeonju University, South Korea
completed one year Special English Course for
International Students (SECIS) at Hindustan
University. Valedictory programme was held at
Hindustan University on 28th November 2014. Dr.
David Easow, Deputy Director, School of Management
and International Affairs, welcomed the audience.
Mr. K.C. Abraham, Joint Director, Hindustan University
was the Chief Guest.
Valedictory function was also held for SECIS Batch II
students after the completion of four months short
term certification course on 20 th August 2014.
Summer University Programme at Germany
Valedictory Programme
OrientationProgramme-InternationalStudents
Lunar New Year Day Celebrations

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LV Prasad Film & TV Academy
Vice Chancellor, Dr. S. Ramachandran signing MOU
with Dr. David Glassman, Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs, Bradley University, UK for
exchange of staff and students, joint research projects
and workshop.
Mil-Com Aerospace Group and Hindustan University
signed an agreement on 14th February 2015 in
Singapore to provide Aviation Training in India. The
agreement was signed by Dato Eugene Lim Chairman,
Mil-Com Aerospace Group and Dr. Anand Jacob
Verghese, CEO, HGI.
MOU’s TALK
1st Cambridge English – India Partnership Summit
was held recently. Dr. S. Ramachandran, Vice-
Chancellor signed MOU with Chief Executive, Mr Saul
Nassé, Cambridge English Language Assessment.
NASSCOM and Hindustan University
IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council(SSC) NASSCOM entered
into a collaborative agreement to integrate Global
Business Foundation Skills (GBFS) and Foundation
Skills in IT (FSIT) Courseware developed by IT-ITeS
SSC NASSCOM in its curriculum. On the occasion Dr.
Sandhya Chintala, Executive Director, SSC NASSCOM
& Vice President, NASSCOM said “This MoU is a key
milestone in our mission to develop a skills ready
workforce for the IT-BPM industry”.
An MOU was signed between Hindustan University
and LV Prasad TV and Film Academy, Chennai in
September 2014. This MOU offers opportunity for
MBA Media and Entertainment to learn part of their
curriculum at L V Prasad TV and Film Academy. It also
opens options for them to interact with people from
the industry.
Mil-Com Aerospace Group
Cambridge Agreement
Bradley University, UK
Collaboration with Hunan University &
University of North Florida, USA
For Exchange of Students for Study, Exchange of
Faculty for Teaching and Research, Joint Research
Projects, Joint Workshop / Seminars.

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CELEBRATION TALK
Onam was Celebrated on 28th August 2014 at
Hindustan University in a traditional manner Music
Director Mr. Alphonse was the Chief Guest.
Cross Roads, Hostel Day celebration was conducted
at the Open Air Theatre on 22nd February 2014. Ms.
Shravanthi Sainath, Cine Actor was the Chief Guest
The Chief Guest for the celebrations was His Grace,
The Most Rev. Dr. George Antonysamy, Archbishop of
Madras-Mylapore.
Fiesta 2014 was celebrated on 10th October 2014.
Dr. S. Santha Kumar, Former Dean (Academic) &
Professor IIT (M) Rtd. was the Chief Guest. Staff and
students were presented awards. Hcellence Magazine
2014 was released.
Hostel Day
Christmas Celebrations 2014Onam
Fiesta 2014 - Freshers Day

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The Chief Guest for the function was Fr. Dr S.
Ignacimuthu, S. J., Entomology Research Institute
Loyola College, Chennai.
Brigadier Davis PP, Officers Training Academy, Chennai
was the Chief Guest during the Independence Day
Celebrations at Hindustan University.
Hindustan University, celebrated Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel’s Birth Anniversary as National Unity Day in its
campus in a fitting manner on 31st October 2014.
Commodore (Retd) S. Shekhar was the Chief Guest.
Mr. Sanjay Ramaswami Advocate Madras High Court
was the chief guest for the Anti-Ragging campaign
conducted at Hindustan University on 11th July 2014.
Teachers’ Day was celebrated on 5th September
2014. Dr. A. Gnanam, Former Vice-Chancellor of
Bharathidasan, Madras and Pondicherry Universities
was the Chief Guest.
Founder’s Memorial day was held on 13th February
2015 to commemorate the life achievements and
serviceofFounderChairman,LateDr.K.C.G.Verghese.
Dr. M. Gabriel , Academic Director, Mylapore Institute
for Indigenous Studies, delivered the Memorial
Address. The word of God was ready by Dr. Susan
Marthandan, Director, HCAS. Mrs. Mili Maria George
Chandy read the excerpts from the autobiography of
Dr. K. C. G. Verghese. There was a rendition of Choir
by KC Tech and HIET. Dr. A. K. Parvathy, HOD, EEE
and Dr. S. Illanjiam, Dean, Microbiolgy, HCAS paid the
tributes. Dr. Pon Ramalingam proposed the Vote of
Thanks.
Founder’s day was held
on 20th June 2014.
Prof. T. R. Jagadeesan,
Former Director, College
of Engineering , Guindy,
Anna University, was the
Chief Guest.
Engineer’s Day was held on 15th Sep 2014, Dr.
Arunkumar M Sampath, GM, Monocoque Platform,
M&M, Chennai was the Chief Guest.
Engineers’ Day Independence Day Celebration
Anti-ragging Day Celebration
Education Day Program
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birth Anniversary
Teacher’s Day Celebration - 2014
Founder’s Memorial Day 2015
Founder’s Day
Celebration 2014

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SERVICE TALK
Hindustan University, Hindustan Y’s Youth Club of
Chennai & Y’s Men club of Mylapore jointly celebrated
the NSS day on 24th September 2014. The Blood
Donation Camp was organised in association with the
Madras Voluntary Blood Bureau. First aid Awareness
programme was organised in association with the St.
John Ambulance.
Hindustan University, Chennai, in collaboration
with Field Publicity Office, Puducherry, conducted
a Special Outreach Programme on 11th December
2014. In order to create awareness and to promote
two significant national level campaigns “Save the
Girl Child” and the Prime Minister’s “Swachh Bharat
Mission” were held. Mrs. G. Meenathal, Project
Director, Rural Development Scheme, Kancheepuram
District was the Chief Guest.
Mrs. Anjel Soji Director, Jeevan Center for Suicide
Prevention, YWAM was the Chief Guest for the Suicide
Prevention programme held at Hindustan University
on 16th September 2014 coinciding with the World
Suicide Prevention Day.
A group of YMCA Delgates from Taiwan visited
Hindustan University on 15.02.2015. There were
21 YMCA youth headed by Mr. Steve Chiu, Executive
Director of Taichung YMCA. As part of their service
campaign. They were taken around the campus.
NSS Blood Donation Camp
Suicide Prevention
Programme
Special Outreach Programme with Govt. of India
YMCA International Delgates
Tablers of Madras Knights Round Table 181 with the
support of HT Ashok Verghese launched a massive
publicity campaign for Round Table India by flagging
off 100 buses of Hindustan University plying from
Chennai to Pondicherry, with publicity messages
requesting people to reach out and contribute so as to
help the needy through the organisation Round Table
India.
Madras Knights Round Table 181
Hindustan University, Madras Knights Round Table
181 (MKRT181) and Madras Coastal Round Table
#162 (MCRT#162) jointly celebrated the Community
Service Week 2014 from 7th to 21st November 2014.
Tr. Shriram Duvvrri, Area Chairman, Area 2, RTI was the
Chief Guest, Tr. Ashok Verghese, Director, Hindustan
University was the Guest of Honour. Tr. Ajmal Dastagir,
Chairman, MKRT181 and Tr. Balaji, Project Convenor,
MKRT181&othertablemembersattendedthefunction.
Community Service Week 2014

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SPORTS TALK
Hindustan University Men’s cricket team won the
runner up trophy in the south zone inter University
Cricket Tournament 2014-15 organized by Anna
University, Chennai at JJ College of Engineering, Trichy
from 16th to 27th November, 2014.
Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese, Chancellor, Hindustan
University was the Chief Guest and Mrs. Prathibha
Suriyashekar, Former Indian Basketball Women Team
Captain and Mr. G. R. Maheswara Reddy, Former
Hindustan College of Engineering Coach were the
Guests of Honour for the Valedictory Function and
gave away the Prizes to the Winners. Mr. Ashok
Verghese, Director, Hindustan University presided over
the function. University of Madras, Chennai clinched
the winner up trophy for the Third Consecutive year
in the South Zone Inter University Basketball Women
Tournament 2014.
Display of Awards Won by Hindustan University Sports Team
Tamilnadu State Inter Deemed University Tournament
was held at SRM University on 17th and 18th
February 2015. Several universities participated and
Hindustan University Volleyball Women team achieved
the Runner up position
Cricket-South Zone Second Position South Zone Inter University Basketball
Tournament
Runners Up Volleyball women’s team

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HI-5 Sports Fest 2014
Hindustan University sponsored this event in
celebration of the National Games that was held on
31st January in Trivandrum. More than 200 students
from the Campus participated in the rally which
witnessed more than 1000 runners from across the
City. Dr. Pon. Ramalingam, Registrar addressed the
gathering.
The 2nd Dr KCG Verghese Equestrian Competition was
held on Saturday, 20th December 2014 at Hindustan
University Campus. The Chief Guest of the event was
Maj Gen RG Krishnan – Chief of Staff – HQ – Andhra,
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala Area. Several
teams participated and winner of the competition was
Chennai Equitation Club
Tamilnadu State Inter Deemed University Tournament
was held at Sastra University Thanjavur. Several
universities participated and, Hindustan University
Basketball Women team achieved the Winner position
HI-5 Sports Fest 2014 7th International Sports
Festival 4th Chancellors Trophy was conducted from
20th to 24th September, 2014. Cine Actor Bharat was
the Chief Guest.
Basketball Women’s Team2nd Dr. KCG Verghese Equestrian
Competition
National Sports Rally 2015 Kerala
Organizers
Three of our students participated in the prestigious
Indian Dressage League competitions - South Zone,
and Mr Vikas Pandey came 3rd in the Equitation Class
- Advanced - I Category.
Indian Dressage League

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Rakesh Ramkumar, Civil Engineering student is a passionate race driver and has several accomplishments to his
credit.
• Finished 7th in overall in open Karting Championship held at Saudi Arabia in the year 2012.
• Took part in the Volkswagen training programme held at Coimbatore in 2012.
• Certified as professional race driver from “Mico Motorsport Academy” (2012).
• Finished 14th overall out of the 22 drivers in the “JK Tyre National Volkswagen Polo Cup” 2013, held at
Coimbatore.
Gold Medal in National Kickboxing Championship 2014
Mr. K. Rubesh, I year Aeronautical student won Gold Medal in Kick boxing under Senior category (91KG weight)
held in Faridabad, Haryana.
Hindustan Eagles Football team Season
2015. The team is participarting in the
events and won the first match against
AGORC with a score 5-2.
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Rakesh RamKumar - Race Driver - Volkswagen Motorsport
Senior Division Football League Championship

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MEDIA TALK

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