Department of Computer Science Engineering organized a one day workshop on “Data Science Machine Learning & IOT using Python” in collaboration with ISTE Society and Analogica Bangalore from 30th September to 4th October’19. The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) is the leading National Professional non-profit making Society for the Technical Education System in our country with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of our Technical Education System. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Vijay & Mr. Sunil, Analogica Bangalore. The objective of the workshop was to make the students familiar with Data handling techniques, methodologies and various algorithms applicable for Machine learning & Programming with Python.
Shri Praveen Purang, Chancellor & Dr. R D Patidar, Officiating Vice Chancellor, OPJU were invited as eminent speakers at the 13th SLS, powered by OP Jindal University. Digital Learning, Asia and the Middle East’s premier monthly magazine on Innovation In Education, through the School Leadership Summits has congregated various education stakeholders to deliberate on finest practices and innovations empowered by technological interventions. Besides, the summit also aims to facilitate the top schools of India on the basis of their exemplary work in the field of education.
Department of Electrical engineering organized a five-day workshop from 23rd to 27th September’19 on “Introduction to circuits and simulation in Matlab”. The objective of the workshop was to make the students acquainted with the concepts of power electronic system. Matlab is an excellent pedagogical tool that bridges the gap between circuit analysis and circuit simulation. In addition to the numerical capabilities of Matlab, the variety of graphical features greatly assists in the understanding of circuit problem. The workshop will help the students in developing Matlab models for their project.
Dr. Singh was honoured with the “Dr. S.P. Radhakrishnan National Teacher Award” for the creativity, innovation & remarkable contribution in the field of education. We congratulate Dr. Singh for this award and hope that this award would go a long way in creating benchmark for excellence in performance and devotion to public duty.
OPJU is proud of her students Vasudev Sahu for bagging first prize in “Best Technical Paper Presentation” & Jatin Bangali for “Industrial Problem Solving” at “Behind the Teacher's Desk” (BTTD) at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. The two-days students’ seminar on metallurgical engineering “Behind The Teacher’s Desk” (BTTD-2019) was organised by Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Jamshedpur Chapter in association with CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), and Tata Steel at CSIR-NML. The aim of the seminar was to provide a common platform for promising and aspiring metallurgists to interact with the pool of experts from industries, R&D centres and academia. Since its inception in the year 2012, the seminar "Behind the Teacher's Desk” (BTTD) has blossomed into one of the most sought after event among the student fraternity of India.
Dr. Ashok Srivastava, HOD, Metallurgy Department was invited as an Indian Project Partner (IPP) at Project Evaluation Committee of India-Republic of Korea, joint applied R&D programme under Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA). Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA) is a “not–for–profit” Section-8 Public Private Partnership (PPP) company promoted jointly by the Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Department of Civil Engineering organized a guest lecture on “Technical knowhow - Civil Engineering Construction Site” by Mr. Gagan Wasan, Deputy Manager, State Urban Development Authority, Chhattisgarh. The lecture was conducted to brief the students about recent technologies used and its applications in the field of civil engineering. Mr. Gagan Wasan elaborated the students on various technologies in use. He also emphasized on the importance of soft skills in the field of Civil Engineering.
OPJU congratulates 6 students of Civil Engineering & 1 student of Mechanical Engineering for having received placement offers from Eleation, Pune. We wish them all success in future.
The workshop was supported by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), OPJU Chapter and Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration, OPJU. The aim of the workshop was to give an overview of electric vehicle technologies, chassis design, analysis, transmission, electrical connections, battery management and the complete practical training of vehicle building. The workshop provided a suitable research platform also for young researchers to address the challenges related to design and development of electric vehicles. Total 80 participants from OPJU and other engineering colleges of Chhattisgarh participated in the workshop.
OPJU congratulates 4 students of Computer Science Engineering, Raj Kapish Gupta, Shreya Khirwal, Megha Sahu & Aman Patel for having received placement offers from TCS. We wish them all success in future.
Workshop on “Trends in Teaching& learning” was conducted by Dr. Dheeraj Sanghi, Prof., IIT Kanpur on 9th September’19 at OPJU. The session was conducted with an objective to get the audience acquainted with the best practices in the education industry and adaptation of new trends around the world in order to make the learning of students more relevant to current Industry needs. The session was attended by the top management & faculty of EEE department.
OPJU congratulates 2 students, Devesh Dashore (ME) as Senior Research Engineer & Gaurav Singh (CSE) as Junior Research Engineer, for having received placement offers from Siemens India, Bangalore. We wish them all success in future. The students were offered the internship for 5 months and based on their performance and knowledge they were offered the said positions.
Dr. Saket Jeswani, Associate Prof. SOM, conducted a training session on “Developing leaders for next orbit” at Jindal Power Limited, Tamnar on 6th& 7th September’19. As a part of Competency Development Program, two-days training session was conducted for the managers of JPL with an aim to understand & develop the behavioural competencies required for a successful leader, to develop entrepreneur skills and to enhance the leader’s strategic orientation towards decision making. Overall the session went well and was appreciated by the members present.
Dr. R. D. Patidar(VC, OPJU) and Dr. A K Srivastava (Prof.& Head Metallurgy Dept.) visited Anhui University of Technology (AHUT) and Sinosteel, China from 27th Aug. to 3rd Sep.’19 owing to mutual cooperation between Jindal, AHUT & Sinosteel China. OPJU is pleased to announce this mutual collaboration with AHUT, Sinosteel, China, which will facilitate student and faculty exchange programs,joint research programmes,dual engineering degree programs at OPJU and AHUT, China among other synergies. Apart from students of Metallurgy, students of Computer Science and Engineering will now go on a student exchange program to China. Further there will be technology transfers and adaption between Sinosteel, China and JSPL, Raigarh & Industrial problems sharing and solving between SinoSteel& AHUT, China, JSPL Raigarh and OPJU Raigarh.
OPJU took a step towards water harvesting at campus anddedicatedly constructed four water harvesting pits and a compost pit for mess waste. This initiative was proposed by Dr. P S Bokare Dean (SOE), construction drawing and design prepared by Mr. Vinod Nagpure and executed by Mr. Claude Mathew during 26-31, August 2019. Rain water harvesting (RWH) is a simple method by which rain water is collected for future usage. The collected rain water may be stored, utilized in different ways or directly used for recharge purposes. With depleting ground water levels and fluctuating climate conditions, RWH can go a long way to help mitigate these effects. Capturing the rainwater can help recharge local aquifers, reduce urban flooding and most importantly ensure water availability in water-scarce zones.
Congratulations to Dr. Jeswani, Associate Prof., OPJU for being invited as Keynote Speaker at 4th International Conference at Kendari, Indonesia on 23-24 August 2019. The 4th International Conference on ‘Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Economic and Education’ at Kendari, Indonesia was organized on 23-24 August 2019 with an aim to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences on all aspects of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.
Dr. S K Nayak, Associate Dean & Prof. SOM, conducted a training session on “Design Thinking and Creative problem solving”on 17thAugust’19 for employees of Jindal Power Limited. The session was attended by President, Vice President, General Managers, Deputy General Managers and Assistant General Managers of Jindal Power limited, Tamnar. Overall the session went very well and was highly appreciated by everyone present there.
OPJU Congratulates Dr A K Srivastava for his research publication titled "Microstructure, wetting and tensile behavior of Sn- Ag alloy reinforced with copper coated carbon nanofibres produced by melting and casting route" in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, an SCI indexed journal.
We are proud that OPJU has been awarded for being “India’s most trusted technical university” at India’s most trusted brands, companies & education awards’19, New Delhi. Dr. R. D Patidar, Officiating VC accepted the award on behalf of OPJU. INDIA'S MOST TRUSTED BRAND AWARDS 2019 includes India's famous and fastest growing brands that have played a significant role in the growth & success of the Indian economy, and have unequivocally divulged as game changers serving through several consumer-facing businesses. It is an exceptional recognition of the success and creativity of the fastest growing brands across India and brains behind them. The award has been considered as one of the highest accolades for a brand by the consumers and industry personnel.INDIA’S MOST TRUSTED BRAND Awards celebrates the success of India’s famous, fastest growing & established brands.
We are proud that OPJU has been awarded for being the “Emerging University of India” at 14thWorldEducation Summit’19, New Delhi. Dr. R. D Patidar, Officiating VC accepted the award on behalf of OPJU. Higher Education Emerging Economics University Rankings 2019 includes only institutions in countries classified as “Advanced emerging”, “Secondary emerging” or “Frontier”. The rankings use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE WORLD UNIVERSITY rankings to judge institutions on their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
Congratulations to Mr.Makade, for acceptance of paper titled ‘Estimation of global solar radiation for the tropical wet climatic region of India: A theory of experimentation approach” in International SCI Journal, Renewable Energy, co-authored by Dr. S Chakrabarti and Dr. B Jamil.
OPJU organized “Run for Harmony” race for all the students, staff and SSD employees on occasion of Babu Ji‘s birthday (Late Shri O P Jindal Ji) on 7th August, 2019. The run was organized to create harmony among society. This event was organized to encourage all the participants, to promote team work and to take part in social and civil responsibility. In the race around 70 students’ boys, girls and employees participated.
This program is for students of Metallurgy and Mechanical and will help them learn about stainless steel. The class-room session commenced on 6th August 2019. Stainless steel is an alloy of Iron with a minimum of 10.5% Chromium. Chromium produces a thin layer of oxide on the surface of the steel known as the 'passive layer'. This prevents any further corrosion of the surface. Increasing the amount of Chromium gives an increased resistance to corrosion. Jindal Stainless is one of the largest stainless steel conglomerates in India and ranks amongst the top 10 stainless steel conglomerates in the world and we feel proud to be associated with JSL.
A one-day workshop on "Personal Grooming" was conducted by Mr. Prakash Sharma, Manager, Career services office on 2nd August 2019, as a part of Faculty Development Programme. The objective of the workshop was to create a professional environment in the University through grooming of the faculty members and to set an example for the students. The workshop was conducted through an interactive session, Icebreakers and some energizers were done to make the participants feel relaxed. The workshop got participants to know how to avoid the small and common mistakes that are done in terms of the appearance and attire.
Fata-fat tournament was organized from 2nd to 6th August’19 for the first year students of OPJU. In this 3-day event 5-A Side football, 3-A Side basketball, Tug of war and Badminton tournament was organized. More than 100 students participated in this tournament. Overall the tournament was conducted successfully in a smooth manner and with the positive impact on the newly joined students.
Dr. Kalyan Phani, Associate Professor in the department of Metallurgical Engineering at OPJU, Raigarh conducted a one-day workshop on "Alloy Design for Structural and Rail Applications" as a part of FDP on July 29, 2019 organized by OPJU.
Mr Mukesh S Desai, Sr. Assistant Professor, OPJU, shared his knowledge on “Hydroelectric Power Plant" as a part of faculty development programme on 25th July’19.
Congratulation to Dr. S Kayal, Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU, Raigarh for being invited to deliver a lecture on "Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Property Evaluation for Biomedical and Clean Energy Solution" at University of Calcutta.
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Department of Civil engineering organised a Faculty development programme (FDP) on optimisation by Taguchi software on 23th July, 2019. The session was conducted by Dr.Deepayan Priyadarshi, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department.
A guest lecture was given by Dr. B. C. Ray, Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engg., NIT Rourkela at JSPL,Raigarh on July 18, 2019 to Jindal employees on the topic "FRP Composites: An Alternative Structural Material". The session was conducted for Middle level leadership team working with Jindal Steel and Power Limited with 10-15 years of experience in various plants/areas of integrated steel plant with an aim to make the participants familiar with the advantages of Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP). FRPs are commonly used in the aerospace, automotive, marine, and construction industries. They are commonly found in ballistic armor as well.
A one-day workshop on “3 keys of performance” was conducted by Mr. Prakash Sharma, Manager, Career services office on 17th July 2019, as a part of Faculty Development Programme. With an endeavour to enhance the performance of staff members at OPJU, a workshop "3 Keys of Performance" was organized.The methodology used for the workshop was “Learning by Doing”. The activities were done to make the participants experience, the concepts delivered in the workshop. Real life cases were discussed, which people encounter almost every day. With this workshop, the participants were given the tips to motivate themselves, which were easy to practice in real life. Participants got to know, how they can develop sense of belonging towards the organization as well as with the people around them, in their personal as well as professional life. This workshop a great success.
Congratulations to Dr. Saket Jeswani, Associate Prof, OPJU for being invited as Resource Person for AICTE sponsored 7 days workshop on "Research Methodology & Data Analysis" for at DattaMeghe Institute of Management Studies, Nagpur. The aim of the workshop was to cover every aspect of Research Methodology, for writing research paper as well as for the PhD / MPhil students, and all those interested in making research as their career. The participants received in-depth insight, as well as, actionable and practical tools, methods and ideas to conduct research. This workshop was a great success and the participantsrequested Dr.Jeswanito conduct many more workshops in future.
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Congratulations to Dr. Tanweer Ahmed, Assistant Prof., School of Management, for acceptance of his paper titled” Dynamic Supplier Selection through Optimal-ranking under Two-Echelon System” in an International Journal, Emerald Publisher, which is ABDC Indexed journal.
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Department of mechanical Engineering organized a guest talk on "Advances in solar photovoltaic" by Mr.Yogeshkumar Singh, Sr. Research scientist, National Institute of Solar Energy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi.
Advances in photovoltaic module technology, inverters, system installation practices, and design standards are improving the performance of PV systems and have led to PV becoming established as a strongly competitive energy source for off-grid energy applications. PV energy cost and performance have improved to a point where a large off-grid market is flourishing and on-grid market is nearly economic. Over all the session was a great learning experience for the members present in the session.
We are proud to announce that OP Jindal University has been nominated for “Emerging University of India” at World Education Summit, New Delhi. Our Officiating VC - Dr. R.D. Patidar has also been invited as Panel Speaker in this prestigious event. Since 2011, the World Education Summit has brought together decision makers, influential experts and practitioners at this annual Summit from around the world. It aims to explore groundbreaking innovations and pave the way for taking concrete steps to ensure significant improvements in the education sector worldwide. The World Education Summit is the premier international platform dedicated to innovation and creative action in education sector.
Centre for Corporate Education and Training (CCET) successfully completed 5 days “Competency Development Program” for the employees of JPL Tamnar during July 8-12, 2019. Dr. Shesadev Nayak, Dr. Mahesh Bhiwapurkar, Dr. S.K. Singh and Prof. Manas Ranjan Mishra delivered an expert lecture during the program.
Freshmen were welcomed by Officiating Vice Chancellor Dr R D Patidar, Dean School of Engineering, Dr P S Bokare, Associate Dean of School of Management, Dr. S K Nayak, Additional Registrar, Mr Anurag Vijayavargiya. Major General Sanjay Meston (Retd.), SM, VSM, JSPL, Dr. Ratikanta Dash, Head (HR & IR), L & T, Mr Vikas Goel, Plant Head, Structured Steel Division, JSPL Punjipathra, graced the occasion. Various value added activities were organized for the students like yoga, creative arts, industrial visit (JSPL, JPL), personality development classes, imperative computing, metal casting workshop, intra freshmen sports, aerobics & zumba sessions, self-defence workshop & martial arts training. The aim of the orientation programme was to unleash the confidence, creativity, team work and for overall development of the students.
On the occasion of International Yoga Day on 21st June 2019 NSS, OPJU organized an early morning yoga program for the university faculty, staff members and students. The program was conducted by Yoga Instructor Mr Sambit Sahu, Principal, OPJCC. During Yoga session, Mr Sahu emphasized on the importance of yoga for physical and mental health. He performed yoga exercises including Yogasan, Pranayaam and Dhyaan.A memento was presented to Mr Sambit Sahu by Dr R. D. Patidar, Officiating Vice Chancellor, OPJU.
Global Goals Model United Nations (GGMUN) is a place where young leaders from various countries can develop their leadership, negotiation and diplomacy skills. By joining GGMUN, young leaders can also enhance their capabilities and encourage themselves to develop network and to improve communication skills. In this event total 46 countries and about 1000 delegates (students) will participate. 30 delegates from different universities of India have been selected and OPJU is one among them. We wish luck to Jameera for this event.
Bimal Refractories has been known as a Refractory Manufacturer in the specialty or different kind of Refractories. Since 2004, BIMAL is catering the refractory needs & application services of most of the steel, Power and other Industrial Construction sites in and around of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand & West Bengal. The objective of the tour was to make students to learn and get acquainted with complete knowledge, uses & importance of Insulating Firebrick, Mortar, Kiln Furniture, Insulating castables and many more. The tour was a great learning opportunity for 4th semester students to get themselves acquainted with various products, services and its manufacturing process at Bimal Refractories, Raigarh.
Defence Research & Development Organization works under department of Defence Research and Development of Ministry of Defence, dedicated towards enhancing self-reliance in Defence Systems and undertakes design & development leading to production of world class weapon systems and equipment in accordance with the expressed needs and the qualitative requirements in various areas of military technology which include aeronautics, armaments, combat vehicles, electronics, instrumentation engineering systems, missiles and many more. The objective of the talk was to inform the students about various internship/training opportunities at DTRL & DRDO. Dr. Pattanaik also ensured the students that they will get the 6 months internship opportunity at DRDO, Delhi.
GITA is A Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India (GoI) and India’ s apex industry association Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). It is focused on Professionally manage Government’s industrial innovation funds,Providing flexibility to industry for R&D, including global partners and Deliver commercialisable products and services to Indian and global markets. OPJU congratulates the entire Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Department for this huge success.
OPJU congratulates 2 students from M-Tech Mechanical Engineering, Rupesh Kumar Tiwari & Birbal Kumar and 2 students from B-Tech Civil Engineering, Shubham Dewangan & Rajkamal Karketta for having received placement offers from Eleation Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
OPJU congratulates 3 students viz., Kanchan Gupta, Archana Gupta and Suman Sao of Metallurgy & Material Science Engineering for having received placement offers from Minex Metallurgical Company Ltd., Mumbai.
OPJU congratulates 8 students, viz., Abhishek Singh, Anand Agrawal, Anjali Choudhary, Anurag Bohidar, Ayush Shukla, Pranaw Ambastha, Vivek Kumar & Yash Kumar Dubey of Civil Engineering for having received placement offers from Chaphekar Constructions, Nagpur.
OPJU congratulates 4 students, viz., Shrikant Panda, Prateek Limje, Amitesh Sharma & Pramod Sahu of Civil Engineering for having received placement offers from Crescent Engineers, Mumbai.
The workshop was organized with an objective of making the students familiar with importance and usage of Etabs & Autocad in both Steel structure & RC structure for 3D modeling. Topics covered under the workshop were on Drafting Settings, Drawing tools, Annotations, Block Editors, Mv setup, Plotting and many more. This 6-day workshop was conducted for 4th, 6th& 8th semester students. Overall the session went very well and ended with series of questions & answers. We would like to thank Mr. Reddy for sparing his valuable time with us.
OPJU students participated in the final round in ESVC and was awarded the Spirit of ESVC, 2019. We congratulate the students and are proud of this achievement who have kept the flag of OPJU flying high. A team of 20 students, under the able guidance of Prof. Pradeep Singh Chauhan & Prof. L R Bhandarkar participated in Asia’s biggest Electric Solar Vehicle Championship. OP Jindal University is the first University of Chhattisgarh, participated in this Championship. The championship was started in year 2013, with an aim to create awareness among future engineers about renewable energy, resources and its uses. This championship is being sponsored by Chattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA), Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), Sunmobility, Fronius India Pvt Ltd, Edmont (Noida), Kaho Solar, Nalwa Steel & Power Ltd, and other JSPL Group companies and many more.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, O P Jindal University (OPJU) organized One-Week Training on ANSYS Software in association with Tool Room & Training Centre (TRTC), Patna (extension Centre of Indo Danish Tool Room (IDTR)), Jamshedpur during March 11-16, 2019. ANSYS software allows engineers to construct computer models of structures, machine components or systems; apply operating loads and other design criteria; and study physical responses, such as stress levels, temperature distributions, pressure, etc. Students also got an opportunity to learn about its implications in various field of engineering. The ANSYS program has a variety of design analysis applications, ranging from such everyday items as dishwashers, cookware, automobiles, running shoes and beverage cans to such highly sophisticated systems as aircraft, nuclear reactor containment buildings, bridges, farm machinery, X-ray equipment and orbiting satellites.
The Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) department organized the Guest Lecture. The speaker Dr Neha Gupta, Assistant Professor from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur delivered the lecture on the topics Metal foams& Meta Materials.The students were made familiar with the structure, properties and applications of metal foams in various fields. On the other hand, an overview regarding metamaterials was also given to the students.
OPJU congratulates Mr. B Bhede, Phd Research Scholar, Mech. Engineering department for presenting a paper titled “Review and Performance Investigation of Thermally Activated Rotary Desiccant Wheel Dehumidifier” co-authored by Dr S S Chakrabarti and Dr. U S Wankhede at “12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications”. The conference was sponsored by Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat in collaboration with Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
An educational tour for Diploma students from Govt Polytechnic College Raipur, Govt Polytechnic Bilaspur& KGP Raigarh was organized at OP Jindal University Raigarh on 18 th -19 th February 2019. More than 150+ students & 10 faculty members of various streams - civil, electrical, mechanical computer science participated in the educational tour. Various recreational activities like bonfire, passing the ball, balloon game, musical chair, sports etc. were organized followed by workshop related to their respective subject latest technology to upgrade their technical skills along with professional development. OP Jindal University provided an excellent opportunity to the Students and teachers to be together outside the classroom environment, giving them a practical exposure to the University life. The visitors mentioned that they observed many things that are not available at their colleges, including latest technologies, rare plants, live industry projects, real time machines &equipment in the Jindal Steel & Power, Jindal Power Ltd, SSD & other subsidiaries of Jindal Group as a part of their industrial visit to these plants. It will be worthwhile to mention the support from OPJU’s School of Engineering faculty, staff & admin department who worked day and night to make this trip successful.
Department of Mathematics organized a guest lecture by Prof. S. Chakraverty from Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela on “Eigen Value Problem and its Applications in Engineering” as well as on “Artificial Intelligence and its Applications”. The lecture was divided into two sessions. First session was on "Eigen Value Problem and its Applications in Engineering" were students of First & Second year were taught about the importance of dynamic analysis of structures, population problems, biomathematics, image processing spectral clustering and the google page rank algorithm etc. Prof. S. Chakraverty also taught various methods to find Eigen value and Eigen vector. He also solved few engineering application problems. The second session was on "Artificial Intelligence and its Applications" for B-tech first & second year CSE & CIVIL students. He first started his lecture discussing about the basic definitions of Fuzzy Set Theory. He showed various research work related to fuzzy differential equation and Fuzzy Eigen value problems. Then he taught about Artificial Neural Network. He gave the students an idea about the applications of Hybrid Neural Network in the field of Structural Engineering which was very much helpful for civil students.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering (School of Engineering), OP Jindal University, Raigarh and Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Raipur, jointly organised a five-day Certificate Course on “CNC Machining Techniques” during February 05-09, 2019 at OPJU Campus. The faculty members of OPJU and other institutions along with 65 student participants from various polytechnics and diploma colleges studying Mechanical Engineering participated in the training programme.
OP Jindal University participated as University partner in 3 days CII Learning and Skill expo held in New Delhi from 3rd – 5th February 2019 attended by Dr. R.D. Patidar, officiating VC, OPJU & Prof J.R. Nair, Director CSO, OPJU. Considering the vital role the logistics industry plays in growth of the country, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has been organising an exclusive event on logistics since the year 1997. The 10th edition of "Logistics 2019" - India's Premier and focused show offering end to end solutions in the Logistics Industry is scheduled from 3 - 5 February 2019, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Key highlights of the Expo were gathering of India’s finest Higher Education Universities, Colleges & Schools, psychometric test for students/career counselling, S.T.E.A.M Education by Robots/Virtual Reality & App Development, Workshop on Apprenticeship connect, Futuristic initiatives in learning and skill development across sectors and many more. Over all OP Jindal University had a great experience at Learning & Skill Expo in New Delhi.
An awareness program for girls as well as for female staff members on Prevention, Prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at work place was conducted on 29th Jan' 2019. The primary objective of the program was to create awareness among the students about sexual harassment, its type and measures to stop sexual harassment at work place or anywhere. The session was conducted by Ms. Saumya Singh, member of Internal Complaint Committee (ICC), OPJU.The session was attended by all the girls and female staff of OPJU. Overall the session went very well and ended with a series of question and answers. We would like to thank Ms. Saumya Singh for bringing this issue to light.
O P Jindal Memorial Duce Ball Cricket Tournament -2019 (All India Tournament) organized by District Cricket Association, Raigarh at, Gharghoda Cricket Stadium on 28th January, 2019. The Tournament was Inaugurated by Chief Guest of the function Respected Dr R D Patidar , Pro- Vice Chancellor , O P Jindal University . This is the 34th consecutive year of this grand tournament and expected 19 Ranji players from 5 states will participate in this tournament.
As part of their Wednesday activity, students viz, Saptarshi Manna- 6th sem, MECH, Rahul Jaiswal- 8th sem, EEE, AnshuRanjan- 6th sem, EEE, Saurabhkumar- 6th sem, EEE, Mayank- 4th sem, EEE,Soumit Mandal- 4th sem, EEE, Soubheek- 4th sem, EEE,Surjeet Soni- 6th sem, CSE, held grooming session on 25th January, 2019. The objective of the session was to make 1st year students familiar with the basics of Robotics, IOT & Artificial Intelligence. The freshers also gained knowledge about Arduino and Robotics with model demonstration, latest technology advancements prevailing in the world. The students were also taught about the skills required for their internship and placements in the coming years. This session will help the students to choose the right career path in future. The session ended with series of questions and answers.
The event, organized by FICCI, Mumbai was held from 22nd - 24th January. OPJU, Research and Innovation partner of the event signed MOU with Fronius India and along with JSPL signs MOU with Sinosteel and AHUT University, China in the presence of Secretary, Ministry of Steel - Mr. Binoy Kumar at Mumbai Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai. An Advanced Centre of Excellence in Welding will be established at OPJU with the assistance of Fronius, world leader in Welding technology. AHUT and Sino Steel committed to offer dual degree programs in Bachelor's, Master’s and PhD level at their campuses in India and China. The students will get an exposure and will specialize themselves with the concept and manufacturing of steel in China.
The School of Management organized aMBAtion-2019 – an activity packed Learning Workshop on 19th and 20th January’ 2019 for the final year graduation students of various colleges. The workshop was organized with an aim to educate and empower the students throughvarious trends in management for learning and career development. The management games, sports, workshops on Digital marketing and Industrial tour were the part of this 2-day workshop. In the inaugural event, 38 students participated in the workshop from various colleges in Rourkela and Balangir. Faculty, School of Management, managed the event with the active support from the admission team.
Department of Civil Engineering organized one-week workshop on Microsoft Project for 6th & 8th semester students, from 17th – 23rd January, 2019, under the guidance of Ms. Mridula Garg, Lecturer, Civil Department. MSP is Microsoft Project Management software, which is used for planning and developing a project in more efficient way. The objective of the workshop was to make the students familiar with MSP, its uses & properties. The workshop was initiated by Ms. Mridula Garg, Lecturer, Civil department for the students of 6th& 8th semester, Civil branch. The huge number of questions from the students was indeed impressive. The workshop went off very well and was appreciated by all.
O.P.Jindal University, School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering has organized an expert talk on" 3D printing/additive manufacturing” By Mr. J Aatish Rao From Tech Mantra, Vijaypur Karnataka for the 4th and 6th-semester mechanical students on 14th January 2019 from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM at Seminar Hall. The Objectives of the expert talk is to create awareness about the 3D printing/additive manufacturing to the students. To explore the future scope and job opportunities in this area of CAD/CAM/CAE/Additive manufacturing to the students of the University. The University has already created a University Makers Space/ FAB Lab where 3-D Printers will play a major role.
School of Management organized an Industrial Trip to Singapore for Students of MBA (3rd Sem) (Sponsored) from 10th Jan to 14th Jan 2019. Students learned management aspects of business through company visits and cross-cultural aspects between nations. It helped to generate strong bonding between them to work as a team. Students visited two companies - 1) Rex Precision - helped to learn entrepreneurial aspects, how to manage business operations and understanding of cross-cultural aspects of the business. 2) Surbana Jurong - A 300 billion US dollar company was an excellent opportunity to visit as students learned about the new technologies in the planning of infrastructural development for industries, housing projects, smart cities etc. They are executing projects in various parts of the world including India.
OPJU is proud of its students viz, Sujeet Soni, Chhavinath Sahu, Kanishk Sharma & Shubham Patnaik for recognition and selection of their projects “IoT Based Smart Waste Mangagement System” & "IoT Based Smart Vehicle Parking System" from Chhattisgarh in 8th Project Innovation Contest (PIC-2019) held from 10th – 13th January, 2019. It gives us immense pleasure to announce that OPJU participated in 8th Project Innovation Contest (PIC-2019) from 10th – 13th January, 2019. Total 126 teams applied for this contest from around the world including Italy and Nepal and only 48 teams were selected including OPJU. Two Projects “IoT Based Smart Waste Management System" (by Sujeet Soni and ChhavinathSahu) and "IoT Based Smart Vehicle Parking System" (by Kanishk Sharma and Shubham Patnaik) mentored by R N Shukla (Assistant Prof.) from OPJU- CSE branch were selected from Chhattisgarh. "IoT Based Smart Waste Management System" (by Sujeet Soni and ChhavinathSahu) got top 6th rank in the world. The papers related to this got published in a book with the ISBN number: 978-93-5346-080-8
OP Jindal University has been selected for the final round in ELECTRIC SOLAR VEHICLE CHAMPIONSHIP, 2019, to be held in April, 2019. Electric Solar vehicle championship is the Asia’s biggest solar event aimed at making a new generation Solar Electric Vehicle. A team of 20 students, under the guidance of Prof. Pradeep Singh Chauhan & Prof. L R Bhandarkar participated in Asia’s biggest Electric Solar Vehicle Championship. OP Jindal University is the first University of Chhattisgarh, participating in this Championship. The championship was started in year 2013, with an aim to create awareness among future engineers about renewable energy, resources and its uses. This championship is being sponsored by Chattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA), Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), Sunmobility, Fronius India Pvt Ltd, Nalwa Steel & Power Ltd, and other JSPL Group companies and many more.
OP Jindal University organized a guest lecture on "Inspirational leadership" on 11 January 2019 delivered by Major General Sanjay C. Meston. SM, VSM (Retd). The session was attended by both the students as well as faculty members of OPJU. General Meston shared many experiences and valuable leadership lessons primarily from his long and illustrious career in the Indian army. General Mestonpointed out how Inspirational leadership can create a sense of direction as well as energizes individuals to strive towards a compelling future. It was a great learning opportunity for the students and faculty ofSchool of Management and School of Engineering. We thank Major General Sanjay C. Meston for sparing his valuable time for us.
School of Engineering, Civil Engg. Branch organized an Industrial tour to CSIR - STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE, Taramani, CHENNAI on Monday 7th January, 2019. The objective of the tour was to make student-teachers to learn and get acquainted with complete knowledge of advance testing procedures and working of instruments such as shake table operation for simulating earthquake force, wind tunnels for applying wind load, strain gauges involved in health monitoring of building and special constructions techniques involved in. We would like to show our sincere gratitude to Dr.N.G.Baghavan, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-SERC Chennai for giving permission to visit the STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE and Mr. Ramkrishnan, for guiding the students during the visit at center.
