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Indian University to receive the honor

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achievement award 2012 to Dr. S.J. Chopra

Chancellor, UPES
UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES, DEHRADUN

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The World Oil Awards, 2012

UPES is the 1st Indian University to receive the honor

The World Oil Awards, 2012....................................... ................ 2 Chancellor UPES presented with Petrotech 2012, Life Time Achievement Award .....................................................4 UPES Wins at 'OCEAN-III'.............................................................5 Best Paper Award at the International Conference.........................5 Twin HR Round Table Meets.........................................................6 XI Oil & Gas Round Table.............................................................8 2nd Power HR Round Table .......................................................10 Indo-Russian Round Table .........................................................12 UPES' presence at Petrotech 2012 .............................................13 ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System.................13 Dual Degree Program in Aviation Management ...........................14 More opportunities to explore with Mahindra Satyam .................15 UPES partners Russian State University .....................................15 UURJA 2012 .............................................................................16 A Step Towards Futuristic Education ..........................................18 Nucler Energy and Sustainable Development..............................19 Team CARA in top 10 at SAE Efficycle 2012.............................. 20 Collaboration Opportunities Explored.........................................21 UPES GEMS ..............................................................................22 Robot Assembled ......................................................................22 Chief Minister, Delhi felicitates Sahil Wadhwa .............................23 Laurels earned in Model United Nations......................................23 A Day for Engineers only............................................................24 Student Chapters Inaugurated ....................................................25 IIChE Student Chapter.................................................................25 UPES SPE Student Chapter Awarded ........................................ 26 Best International Student Award received ................................ 26 Mission Green............................................................................26 Intra Moot Court Competition.....................................................27 Workshop on Nano Science and Nano Technology in Energy Sector.......................................27 National Language Revered .......................................................28 Medical Responders prepared... ..... ..........................................28 What's new on Campus .............................................................29 Firefighting Ground and Rescue Operations on Campus..............29 Sachets Ran out as the Donors Queue Up...................................30 Trekking fun ..............................................................................30 Melody Swirled .........................................................................31

Outstanding Petroleum University

Time to Cheer!
"Honors are hailing from all corners. We are feeling so proud and ecstatic. Not only that we take pride but feel confident on our offerings. UPES is the first Indian University to receive the honor of Outstanding Petroleum University. With such accolades, we aim to work harder and take our vision to a much higher level. We want our students to grow and become skilled professionals in their respective areas. Our core subjects are in line with the ever growing sectors thus, feel assured that we are catering talented resources to them. With this accolade, we aspire for more success to come up" said Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES sharing his experience on receiving the award recently at the 11th Annual Award function at Texas, on behalf of UPES. This Annual World award serves the highest innovations and innovators. It supports the leading educational institutions committed to preparing students for a career in Oil & Gas industry. This is the first time that an Indian University has been selected for this honor. Sponsored by the Gulf Publishing Company, this award is very prestigious and has positioned UPES high in the World Oil scenario.

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The World Oil Awards not only showcase

the talent and accomplishments of the category winners, but also benefit selected universities whose programs support entry into the petroleum industry. This year, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Dehradun) was chosen as beneficiary because of the commitment to preparing qualified global oil industry professionals. The other University that received the award this year was the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES delivering the acceptance speech at the award function

UPES honored in USA

UPES is acknowledged for preparing qualified global oil industry professionals. In its eleventh year of honoring the upstream energy industry's top innovators and innovations, World Oil Magazine announced the winners of its 2012 World Oil Awards. This year's honorees took home trophies in 16 categories during the gala event held on October 18th at the Houstonian Hotel, Houston, USA. The ceremony began with a key note speech from Mr. Charles D Davidson, Chairman & CEO of Noble Energy. Standing apart from the technology and program award winners, there were few individuals also, who were also recognized for their professional service in the industry. Nor that the University requires any bearing to exhibit its accomplishment on international front (which in any case is there in form of 26 MoUs across the globe); such honors put the organization on top amongst peers as 'Stand Out' organization. UPES has always believed in being innovative and unique and this prestigious award has affirmed this faith. Before this, University has been awarded at Suntech, Singapore under the category of "Asia's Best B-Schoool Awards". And now "Outstanding Petroleum University" title has presented UPES recognition in the World Oil Scenario.
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Steady and constant focus to deliver its prime mission of world class education not only in the Petroleum sector but the other core sectors and chosen domains, committed UPES to work continuously towards academic excellence. While many academic and related activities have kept UPES flag up, this laurel has shot its stock to the rocketing high echelons. "I am happy that UPES is recognized worldwide. Its good that our efforts have started receiving appreciations within a decade. We are the first ones to be identified as the Outstanding Petroleum University by a renowned international organization. Now we are committed to receive similar acknowledgments for our other domains too." .....Dr. Parag Diwan UPES is delighted to accept the honor that has contributed as a medium to publicly acknowledge it as a committed organization in preparing qualified global industry professionals. The years ahead, we wish more honors and felicitations serving as milestones to its growth.

World Oil Magazine is the leading Oil and Gas trade journal for the exploration, drilling and production sector. The magazine has a world wide circulation of more than 40,000 readers. Gulf Publishing Company has published World Oil for more than 97 years.

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Chancellor UPES presented with

Life Time Achievement Award 2012

Dr. S. J. Chopra, Chancellor UPES receiving 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by the President of India, HE Sh. Pranab Mukherjee at the Opening function of Petrotech 2012

he Chancellor of UPES, Dr. S. J. Chopra, is presented with the coveteous Petrotech Life Time Achievement Award 2012 by the President of India at the prestigious Petrotech Conference held on 15th October 2012. Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES, popularly known as the Solvent Extraction Man, who nurtured a dream to build the R&D capability and a full-fledged R&D Centre for Engineers India Ltd. was bestowed with the award for his contribution to R&D and his innovation in Sulpholane Extraction Technology that paved the way for subsequent development of Solvent Extraction Technologies in the Hydrocarbons sector.

This is not for the first time when Dr. Chopra is awarded. Before this, he has been honored with various awards like NRDC Independence Day Award 1986; CSIR Technology Awards (thrice) for Development and Commercialization of Indigenous Technologies. Dr. Chopra was also honored as Distinguished Alumni Award 2004 by Delhi College of Engineering . He has been a long time member of the Research Council of Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (CSIR Laboratory), Indian Oil Corporation, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), FICCI, R & D Committee etc. Dr. Chopra is the founding Chancellor of UPES. Under his guidance, the University has come a long way and has tasted success in the education sector. Dr. Chopra is also the founding Vice Chancellor of the University of Technology & Management, (UTM) Shillong. Doctorated from IIT Delhi, Dr. Chopra has worked as Chairman & Managing Director to various reputed organizations in India and headed various committees of the Govt. of India.

Petrotech initiated "Lifetime Achievement Awards" in 1999 to honor the outstanding personalities who have extraordinarily contributed to the growth of petroleum industry in India. So far, only 19 professionals have been fortunate enough to have received this esteemed honor attributed to individuals for their lifetime achievements and contributions. The Petrotech series of International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition is the biennial platform for national and international experts in the Oil & Gas industry to exchange views & share knowledge expertise and experiences. The theme of this year's Conference was "Hydrocarbon and Beyond, Changing Landscapes." The Conference honored individuals of repute from the sector whose contributions have made the difference. Sharing the thrill on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, UPES said, It is a proud moment for us. Dr. Chopra is an exceptionally hard working and dedicated man towards his work. The award is very well deserved. With this, we wish him all the best and expect more accolades to come in future endeavors. UPES takes pride in congratulating Dr. S. J. Chopra for this honor!
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UPES WINS AT 'OCEAN- III'

A Walk of Fame

team of two bright students of B. Tech Applied Petroleum EngineeringPramit Chakraborty & Chiradeep Gupta made UPES proud. This agile team participated in 'OCEAN-III' Plug-in Competition and developed the plug-in 'DrillSense' to grab the First Prize - all of value Rs. 2 lakhs! The enormity of the challenge of winning the first prize in this competition can be gauged from the fact that there were 90 teams UPES students receiving the cheque at the hands of Mr. S. Ramamurthy participating in this competition, representing Managing Director & Head, South Asia, Schlumberger colleges across India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. With over three rounds of eliminations, only 7 teams were left in the fray for the final round. The final presentations were judged by top E&P specialists from Schlumberger, Cairn, DGH, ONGC, Reliance Industries Ltd., OIL and ISV's such as Wipro, L&T Infotech & EMC2.

'OCEAN III' is an annual competition conducted for students across the world, powered by Schlumberger. The Ocean software development framework, based on Microsoft stateof-the-art technology, is the most productive software development environment available in the Oil and Gas industry. The Ocean framework accelerates the development and deployment of innovative software solutions to solve particular industry challenges. It also enables seamless integration of a company's specialized applications or intellectual property inside the Petrel application.

The DrillSense plug-in is a drill string design and testing utility whose main objective is to design an economical drillstring that tests against any mechanical failures. It also optimizes the potential of the well path module in Petrel. The Petrel is an E&P Software platform (powered by Schlumberger) to bring disciplines together best-in class science in an unparalleled productivity environment.

Best Paper Award at the International Conference

PES continuously encourages its faculty to produce quality research and present outstanding papers across the world. The faculty of UPES have also responded with equal resonance. In this, another string of glory has been added in the success crown of UPES by the professionals recently.

Dr. Tarun Dhingra, Associate Professor, UPES, earned laurels by being selected for the 'Best Paper Creators' at an International Conference with his partner Mr. S Mani, Research Scholar. Their joint paper titled "Building Blocks of Offshore Wind Energy Policy for India" received the "Best Paper award on Energy Studies" at the International Conference on Public Policy and Governance (PPG 2012), conducted by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore during September, 2012. The International Conference approved participation of 212 papers, for multiple themes and tracks for presentation. Out of which 48 papers were from several leading research and academic institutes in the US, UK, Germany, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, and many more making it a truly global event. Among other participants from Indian institutes were IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Khasipur, IITs (Madras, Bombay, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Delhi and Kanpur) and several others.

Left to right: Dr. Tarun Dhingra moving to take the award, Mr. Mani receiving the award.

Sharing his joy on receiving the award Dr. Dhingra said, The Session Chairs and the Judges of the papers were also global in nature. It was an intensely competitive event and I am very pleased to report that our paper won the award in the sector for which we (our university) are well known for". What more a University may desire than this that it is known for the achievements of its students and faculty. We acknowledge all the efforts of UPESites that make us known in domains.

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A research paper titled "Experimental Investigation on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Ethanol, Diesel and Jatropha based Biodiesel Blends" by Mr. Amit Sharma (DRF, UPES) & Dr. P K. Sahoo (Asso. Prof., UPES) & . Dr. Shyam Pandey (Asst. Prof., UPES) got published in - International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 2, September, 2012. ISSN: 2231-1963.

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The CEO Panel from left to right: Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President, UPES and Program Director; Mr. Shaleen Sharma, President & Managing Director, BG India; Dr. A K Balyan, Managing Director & CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd.; Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman & Managing Director, ONGC Ltd and Mr. Vikram S. Mehta, Chairman Shell Group, India

o bring the who's who from the Oil & Gas domains' HR fraternity along with major key resource persons on the same desk to interact, discuss, deliberate and find solutions to some of the complex HR issues that industry is facing at large; this desire has always inspired UPES to partner with ISPe (India School of

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Petroleum & Energy) and organize Round Table series for the past few years since 2003. By now, these Round Table Meets have virtually seen participation from almost all the allied service organizations, consulting sectors, service providers,

This year, the XI Oil & Gas HR Round Table titled 'Monetizing Talent through Exploration, Development, Production, Refining & Optimizing Talent Reservoirs through Strategic Outsourcing' was organized on 24th August, 2012. The Round Table was staged in association with UPES (the Academic Partner) and KPMG (the Knowledge Partner) and orchestrated under the agies of ISPe in Mumbai.
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The CEO Panel from left to right: Mr. Ashwani Kumar, President, Corporate Development, Reliance Power Ltd.; Dr. V K Garg, Chairman, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission; Mr. Gopal Saxena, CEO, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.; Mr. H S Patel, I.A.S., Managing Director, Uttar Gujarat Vij Co. Ltd.; Mr. H L Bajaj, former Member Technical, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity; Mr. Subhash R Sethi, Advisor, UPES; Mr. Janardan Kar, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd.; Mr. R D Gupta, former Member, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission; Mr. Satsih C Sharma, President & CEO-Hydro, Jindal Power Ltd.; Mr. S K Negi, Managing Director, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp. Ltd.

information technology, e-learning service providers from the energy domains. From establishing forums to discuss policy matters or introducing best global practices, the objective has also been to bring forth pioneering initiatives at forefront which might help industry largely to innovate and adapt.

After organizing successful Round Table series, UPES has moved further and incorporated new domains to explore by conducting landmark Conferences and Conventions in allied sectors to create intellectual forums.

This year again, after Oil & Gas HR Round Table, the glory echoed in 2nd Power HR Round Table on the theme "Out sourcing - A Business Imperative for the Power Sector," held on 21st September, 2012. This Round Table provided a much needed platform to deliberate on growth and development issues of the growing Power Sector. In association with ISPe and Knowledge partner - Hay Group, the Meet was staged in Delhi.
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XI Oil & Gas Round Table

Monetizing talent through exploration, development, production, refining & optimizing talent reservoirs through strategic outsourcing

usiness activities outsourced today are 'mission-critical' and 'real time' making outsourcing hugely expensive and a highly risky venture. The intricacies and complexities of outsourcing are difficult to fathom, yet its indispensability in today's Oil & Gas industry cannot be denied. The growing indispensability and the intricacies of outsourcing makes it a focal area for collective deliberations. This has served as background thought for this year's 11th Oil & Gas HR Round Table. The theme titled "Monetizing Talent through Exploration, Development, Production, Refining, & Optimizing Talent Reservoirs through Strategic Outsourcing," rolled the discourse around generating meaningful discussions on the subject of the Table. 15 HR thought-leaders
200 participants 3 Organizations

Dr. A. K. Balyan said that the organizations today view outsourcing as an engine that drives competitiveness to outperform competitors. He added that with the availability of efficient domain service providers, outsourcing spares the organizations from reinventing the wheel. Reflecting on the expectations of HR, Dr. Balyan said that the days of traditional HR are over. Present time demands HR to have business acumen, technology savviness, financial knowledge and the ability to read a balance sheet to foresee the possibilities and gray areas. Mr. Vikram S. Mehta stressed upon the importance of seamlessness between clients and service provider in the outsourcing engagement. He accentuated that HR must create a culture where the service providers are accepted and engaged as if they are not the external vendors but their own employees. Mr. Mehta laid emphasis on remaining alert to the possibilities of marginalization of important soft issues in pursuance of hard business numbers.

Under the directions of the Program Director Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President, UPES enriched deliberations were delivered on the topics: Identification of Strategic Gaps & Specific Strategies for Transformational Outsourcing Collaborative Business Relationship - Optimizing the Value of Strategic Outsourcing HR Aspects of Strategic Outsourcing - Ensuring High-touch throughout the Outsourcing Lifecycle The Future of HR Outsourcing - Redefining the HR landscape In the Opening Address, the Program Director, Mr. Sanjay Kaul, presented before audience a vivid account of happenings in Oil & Gas industry that grabbed the headlines. He threw light upon the technological breakthroughs and breakdowns and their subsequent impact on Oil & Gas industry, and succinctly captured the major developments covering the entire value chain of Oil & Gas. Mr. Kaul concluded his speech saying, Every business decision can be analyzed, praised, criticized in retrospect. At the same time someone has to take them when it is time!. In the CEO Panel Discussion, Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva brought forth the strategic business drivers of outsourcing in Oil & Gas Industry. He highlighted the importance of having a strategic, cultural and geographic fit while taking a call on outsourcing. Mr. Shaleen Sharma emphasized the need for organizations to remain focused on their core competencies and the values they hold dear. Sharing his views on HR's role he said, that it is important for HR fraternity to understand the nuts and bolts of business to play an effective role in outsourcing.
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THE ROUND TABLE SESSIONS

SESSION-I Identification of Strategic Gaps and Specific Strategies for Transformational Outsourcing
Session-Chaired Mr. Mario Aufiero, Managing Director, India & South West Asia Geomarket, Baker Hughes Speakers Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES, former General Manager, Bitumen-India/Middle East & Central and Mr. Rajesh Vedvyas, Executive Director (Joint Ventures), Gail (India) Ltd. In this session, the deliberations revolved around discussing opportunities for creating and sustaining value through strategic outsourcing. The session also brought to spotlight the risks involved in strategic outsourcing.

Mr. Mario Aufiero, Managing Director, India & South West Asia Goemarket Baker Hughes

Mr. Rajesh Vedvyas, Executive Director (Joint Ventures), Gail (India) Ltd.

SESSION-II Collaborative Business Relationship - Optimizing the Value of Strategic Outsourcing

Session -Chaired Mr. S. N. Suri, Sr. Vice President (HR & Corporate Communication), Mahanagar Gas Ltd. Speakers Ms. Deepti Sanzgiri, Executive Director (HR), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Mr. Suri Rajagopal, Vice President (HR), Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Ashish Sen, Dy. General Manager, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Mr. S. N. Suri, Sr. Vice President (HR & Corporate Communication Mahanagar Gas Ltd.

from issues related to inclusion and exclusion of p e o p l e i n outsourcing to outsourcing c h a n g e management and Mr. Siddhartha Dev, r e t a i n e d Associate Director, o rg a n i z a t i o n s . People & Change Advisory The session also Services, KPMG India accentuated the Mr. Sidharth Tuli need to adhere to Head HR, Hydrocarbon Independent Company, laid out legal compliances related to L&T Ltd. outsourcing.

This session saw confluence of diverse perspectives on topics ranging from optimizing the value of strategic outsourcing, to cultural enmeshing Mr. Suri Rajagopal, Vice President (HR) for leveraging the Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. s y n e r g i e s o f o u t s o u r c i n g Mr. Ashish Sen, Dy. General Manager, HPCL partners and also covered the IR challenges of strategic outsourcing.

SESSION-IV Future of Outsourcing Redefining the HR Landscape

Session-Chaired Dr. Rabi Bastia, former Sr. Vice President, Head of Exploration Assets, Reliance Industries Ltd. Speaker Mr. Siddhartha Dev, Associate Director, People & Change Advisory Services, KPMG India.

Dr. Rabi Bastia former Sr. Vice President Head of Exploration Assets Reliance Industries Ltd.

SESSION-III Aspects of HR Strategic Outsourcing Ensuring High -Touch throughout the Outsourcing Lifecycle.
Session-Chaired Ms. Deepti Sanzgiri, Executive Director (HR), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Speakers M r. S i d h a r t h Tu l i , H e a d H R , Hydrocarbon Ms. Deepti Sanzgiri Independent Executive Director (HR) BPCL Company, L&T L i m i t e d , Mr. L. Balasundaram, Vice President (HR), BG India and Mr. Siddhartha Dev, Associate Director, People & Change Advisory Services, KPMG India This session saw emergence of interesting insights into the topic ranging
Mr. L. Balasundaram Vice President (HR) BG India

In this concluding session, the Round Table witnessed discussion on the future of HR outsourcing. Speaking on the future of HR outsourcing, the possibility of rise in predictive modeling around retention and competency mapping was discussed in detail. The session focused that the process and the program design would hold significant position in the future HR outsourcing model. The valedictory session brought the close to the Round Table wherein the Program Director, Mr. Sanjay Kaul (President, UPES) addressed the gathering summing together all the discussed points and invited new rounds of discussions for the next Round Table. A special word of thanks to sponsors for their support: Petronet LNG Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation, GAIL India Ltd., Indrapastha Gas Ltd., BG India, Reliance Industries Ltd. and ONGC Ltd.
With inputs from Ms. Tanushree Sharma, Assistant Professor, UPES

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A research paper titled Impact of Liberalisation and Globalisation on Growth of Firms: An Econometric Analysis of Indian Automobile Industry by Mr. Tophan Patra (Asst. Prof., UPES) was presented at 16th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association, IIT Roorkee from 26th- 27th October, 2012.

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2nd Power HR Round Table

Outsourcing : A Business Imperative for the Power Sector

he Indian power sector has witnessed more rapid changes in the last decade than the preceding years in history. The paradigm shift has mandated utilities to procure power through competitive bidding and as a result promotion of competition across the value chain is winning through bids. The 2nd Power Round Table on "Outsourcing as a Business Imperative" spread across value chain, covered outsourcing issues in coal and gas based generation, transmission, distribution & engineering, procurement and construction. Enriched deliberations were delivered on the themes: HR Issues in Outsourcing Generation - Coal and Gas Based Engineering, Procurement & Construction Transmission Distribution Addressing the gathering at the Inaugural Address, Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies outlined the challenges in the power sector; particularly in coal, including availability, procurement and rising prices of coal on the international market. Mr. S. R. Sethi, Advisor, UPES and former Member, DERC and the Program Director presented the backdrop for deliberations on the forum. The CEO Panel Discussion set the pace of the event and was moderated by Mr. H. L. Bajaj, former Chairman, Central Electricity Authority and Member, Technical Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. The distinguished panel comprised of leaders from both private and state enterprises who shared their views and knowledge and widened the discussions further through interaction with the audience. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, President, Corporate Development, Reliance Power Ltd., spoke about converting capital expenditure to operational expenditure in power generation plants through outsourcing. Dr. V. K. Garg, Chairman, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission, voiced his concern at the lack of opportunity for professional growth and strongly recommended the model used by the automobile industry which takes the long term perspective into consideration in terms of stability and career growth of its employees. Mr. Gopal Saxena, CEO, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited spoke about the growth of technology in the power sector during the last few decades and said "as this technology continues to improve, automated systems will require less manpower." Mr. H. S. Patel, IAS, Managing Director, South Gujarat Vij Co. Ltd., focused on the distribution sector. He stated that the growth of the power sector strongly depends on motivation and quoted few examples.
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Mr. Janardhan Kar, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd. discussed the changed scenario of the power sector. He said that the need for power is growing exponentially and a corresponding increase in manpower will be necessary to handle this capacity addition. Mr. R. D. Gupta, former Member, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission touched on the subject of public-private partnerships and informed audience that the per MW requirement of manpower has considerably reduced in IPPs. Mr. Satish C. Sharma, President & CEO, Hydro, Jindal Power Limited, voiced the concern that vendors do not have an adequate system of manpower development and management in place and focused on the need to have an effective human resource strategy in order to attract and retain manpower. Mr. S. K. Negi, Managing Director, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp. Ltd., recommended a "balanced approach towards outsourcing". In his view "human resource should be managed with sensitivity irrespective of whether it is outsourced or in-house". Mr. H. L. Bajaj, former Member Technical, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity warned that the HR practices of vendors can be questioned and that irrespective of the type of job being outsourced, quality maintenance is a challenge. SESSION-I HR Issues in Outsourcing Speaker Mr. Rabindranath, Director, Hay Group In this session, the deliberations revolved around outsourcing's global trends. This was illustrated with case studies from the U.K. and Argentina. The issue of managing transition during outsourcing Mr. Rabindranadh and the key challenges for the future of the Director, Hay Group Indian power sector particularly creating and maintaining its appeal as an attractive industry for employees were discussed in detail during the session. SESSION-II Generation - Coal and Gas Based

Session-Chaired Mr. R. D. Gupta, former Member, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Mr. R.D. Gupta Former Member, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission

Speakers Mr. Deepak Bhara, Director, Corporate HR, Lanco Infratech Ltd., and Mr. A. C. Chaturvedi, Executive Director, Project Management Institute, NTPC Ltd. In this session, the discussion rolled Mr. Deepak Bhara around the theme Director, Corporate HR focusing on the Lanco Infratech Ltd. u l t i m a t e responsibility of health & safety and the competencies that utilities need to create in order to deal with vendors. The session saw deliberations around the outsourcing model and the risks of outsourcing and its impact on HR. SESSION-III Engineering, Procurement and Construction

However, challenges to outsourcing in transmission projects and recommendations were also put forefront before audience. Throughout the session, the extensive deliberations were delivered covering the overall issues related to transmission in power sector. SESSION-V Distribution
Dr. G. Jawahar DGM - HR Power Grid Corp. of India

Mr. A.C. Chaturvedi Executive Director, Project Management Institute NTPC Ltd.

Session -Chaired Mr. Ajai Nirula, COO, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Co. Ltd.
Mr. Ajai Nirula COO, TATA Power Delhi Distribution Co. Ltd.

Mr. Janardan Kar Managing Director Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd.

Session-Chaired Mr. Janardan Kar, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd.
Mr. Alok Varma Vice President, HR BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.

Speakers C o l . A s h o k C h a u h a n , Dy. General Manager (HR & IR), Tata Power Delhi Distribution Co. Ltd, Mr. Alok Varma, Vice President, HR, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, Mr. Gautam Ray, Executive Director, H R & Col. Ashok Chauhan A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , Dy. General Manger (HR & IR) Tata Power Delhi CESC Ltd,
Distribution Co. Ltd.

Speaker Mr. Anil Shende, Joint General Manager (HR) L & T Power Ltd. This session witnessed the thought process around successful outsourcing model. The enriched deliberations on shared outsourcing management in EPC, especially generation was the highlight of discussions engaged in this round.

Mr. Anil Shende Joint General Manager (HR) L&T Power Ltd.

The session talked about non value-added services and precautionary attempts required to address outsourcing, keeping long term focus and impact under preview. The deliberations accepted a need to monitor the quality and classification of outsourced employees and emphasized on vendor management for effective outsourcing.

Mr. Gautam Ray Executive Director, HR & Admin., CESC Ltd,

SESSION-IV Transmission

Session-Chaired Mr. S. K. Negi, Managing Director, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp. Ltd.,
Speakers Dr. Sapna Purohit, H e a d H R , Tr a n s m i s s i o n , Reliance Infrastructure Limited and Dr. G. Jawahar, Deputy General Manager, HR, Power Grid Corporation of India. In this session, the audience were given complete view about the insights on outsourcing. The session presented view that outsourcing creates exposure to changes in technology which upgrades the entire sector.
Mr. S.K. Negi Managing Director Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp. Ltd.

Mr. Rajeev Bhadauria, Director (Group HR) Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. presented a paper that outlined the role of the human resource department and brought to light the fact that the organizations should not outsource their problems; rather the road to outsourcing should be a road to excellence for the power sector. With a composite valedictory note, the Round Table reached to its close. The take away for the audience was that all were sensitized on the outsourcing concept and compelled to rethink the concept and its operational issues.

Mr. Rajeev Bhadauria Director (Group HR) Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

Dr. Sapna Purohit Head HR, Transmission Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.

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A special word of thanks to sponsors for their support: Hay Group India, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., BSES Yamuna Power Ltd., Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd.

With inputs from Dr. Sheetal Khandka, Assistant Professor, UPES

Yet again, the success laid on participants and attendees who made these twin conferences a Big Success. Accolades to all!

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Indo Russian Round Table to promote Joint Research

"Exploration of Mechanisms for Promotion of Innovative Joint Projects and Commercialization of Research Results for Technological Development and Industrial Modernization between India and Russia"

eading successfully after organizing national level Round Table Meets in the domains of Oil & Gas and Power, UPES has moved a step ahead and initiated into hosting of an International Round Table in association with foreign organizations. The objective was to explore the possibilities of the research projects between India & Russia. This three day Russian-Indian Round Table on the theme Exploration of Mechanisms for Promotion of Innovative Joint Projects and Commercialization of Research Results for Technological Development and Industrial Modernization between India and Russia" was organized in New Delhi. Hosted by University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, this Round Table was organized by Russia-India Science & Technology Centre, Moscow, Russia with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The other supporters of this venture were Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce, Russian Trade Mission in India, Business Council for Cooperation with India; Russia-India Science and Technology Centre, New Delhi Branch; Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India; Indian School of Petroleum and Energy, New Delhi and Tomsk Federal State University. The Table witnessed participation of researchers from various Universities and organizations of both the countries to develop effective mechanism for commercialization of the research result which can contribute in the growth of technology and modernization of various industries. More than sixty organizations participated to explore mutual beneficial opportunities. The plenary sessions and thematic discussions were to rise the activity of the constructive dialogue between the representatives of science, technology and business communities. Strengthening the existing relations and

Padamshree Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar, Chairman Academic Council IIT Delhi, liting the lamp at the Round Table. Also seen from Left to right : Prof. Andrei Volodin, Professor, Academy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation; Ms. Liudmila Kornaukhova, Dy. Director General RISTC, Moscow Russia; Mr. Pankaj Roy, Vice President (Institutional Affairs) UPES, Mr. Alexandr Y. Snegirev, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education & Science, Russian Federation; Mr. S. K. Varshney, International Division, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt .of India

creation of new points of cooperation to establish link between Russia and India for the furtherance of collaborative research projects was also discussed. The success of this Round Table got translated into a number of Understandings and Agreements signed between some of the organizations from India and Russia during the Meet. UPES has also signed few understandings at the Table.

At podium: Dr. Subir Ranjan Das, Professor, UPES, (Left to right) : Mr. S. K. Varshney, International Division, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt .of India; Padamshree Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar, Chairman Academic Council IIT Delhi; Prof. Andrei Volodin, Professor, Academy of Ministry of . Foreign Affairs Russian Federation; Mr. Alexandr Y. Snegirev, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education & Science, Russian Federation; Ms. Liudmila Kornaukhova, Dy. Director General RISTC, Moscow Russia; Ms. Irina I, Executive Director, Business Council for Cooperation of India, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Russian Federation
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UPES' presence at Petrotech 2012

rganized by IndianOil Corporation Ltd., the 10th edition of Petrotech 2012 once again proved to be an important platform to generate business and improve bilateral ties with participating nations. Petrotech is one of the most professionally organized Petroleum & Natural Gas sector Trade Show in India. The show is held on a biennial basis and brings together thousands and thousands of qualified visitors and hundreds of exhibiting companies at each of its editions. A series of highly informative conferences' sessions helmed by professional experts are organized during the event, with a view to acquaint participants with the latest innovations and updates from the sector. UPES also joined this mega trade show to showcase its strengths and achievements through an exclusive asthetic stall at the

exhibition, highlighting its motto of University.

the Nation Builders

It was welcoming opportunity to have Mr. A.K. Purwaha, Chairman & Managing Director, Engineers India Ltd. to inaugurate the UPES stall at the Petrotech exhibition. More inspiring was Mr. Purwaha's appreciation for UPES' initiatives to promote energy education and other R&D activities in the country. During the Trade Show, the Petrotech Society felicitated veterans across the hydrocarbon industry with the Lifetime Achievement Award for their outstanding contribution to the overall development of the sector. This year Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES has been awarded with this prestigious award (detailed story on page no. 4). UPES also participated in the Conference on Fuel Retailing held at Petrotech on the theme Future Trends in Fuel Retailing. Prof. Utpal Ghosh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, UPES, who was the Session Speaker, spoke on Fuel Retailing: Attracting & Retaining Talent. The session was chaired by Mr. Prabhat Singh, Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Limited, in the presence of Mr. Sudhir Bhargava, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and other dignitaries from the hydrocarbon industry. The session reviewed the trends in the Indian fuel retail market and key drivers of change in the next eight to ten years and was followed by an open house. Major faculty and students' delegation from UPES also participated in the technical sessions during Petrotech 2012.

Mr. A.K. Purwaha, Chairman & Managing Director, Engineers India Ltd. inaugurating UPES stall

ISO 14001:2004
Environmental Management System (EMS)

eing an environment friendly and sensitized organization, UPES recognizes its responsibility towards preservation of its vital surroundings. It has always been sensitized to environmental education, awareness and research activities. As the University is ISO 9001:2008 Certified, the quality mandates are rigorously followed to attain the Quality Management Standards in its various processes and functions for continuous performance improvement as per the QMS requirements. This year UPES have moved a step ahead and earned status of ISO 14001:2004 Certified University to strengthen the commitment to identify and control the environmental aspects, their impact and to work constantly to improved environmental performance. With this certification, the University has demonstrated not only its commitment towards caring for environment and providing a framework to manage its legal compliances but also its dedication to improve environmental performances, including risk and opportunity identification, analysis, target setting, and measurement. The efforts are foreseen to deliver significant cost benefits in terms of increased efficiency, conserving resources and waste minimization.

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled "Policies to Accelerate the Growth Offshore Wind Energy Sector in India" by Dr. Tarun Dhingra, ( Asso. Prof., UPES) & Mr. Swaminathan Mani, (Research Scholar, UPES) was presented at 12th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR), IISc. Bangalore from 16th & 17th November 2012.

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Dual Degree Program in Aviation Management

MOU inked with University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt
nder the aegis of the Centre for Aviation Studies (CAS), UPES entered into an agreement with Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main - University of Applied Sciences (FH FFM) of Germany. The agreement was inked under the European Union's funded project Institutional Capacity Building in the Civil Aviation Sector in India: Aviation Diploma. As per agreement both the Universities will impart the Dual Degree MBA (Aviation Management), enhancing the knowledge of the working professionals in Indian Aviation Industry to the European Standard. The agreement was exchanged between Ms Y Ziegler, Dean College of Management and Law, University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt and Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President, UPES.
Ms. Y Ziegler, Dean, College of Management and Law, University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt (3rd from left) is seen with Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President, UPES (3rd from right) with officials of two Universities.

This MBA program is designed for two years with 4 semesters and will be conducted at major metropolitan cities. The last semester of the program will be held at the Campus of University of Petroleum & Energy Studies in Dehradun. The program would be offered to the professional aspirants who already have an experience of 3 yrs.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President, UPES said, The entire project would be executed in many cohorts by 2015. During this span a lot of exchange among faculty and industry experts would be involved from German, European and Indian Universities. The University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt (FH FFM) is a State University with a history of successful practice-oriented programs. The University is located in Germany's principal international airport hub and bustling business centre.

Bridging the Globe

Paper Published/ Paper Published/ Presented Presented

reading one more step further in bridging the globe through international operations, UPES has expanded and imprinted its footstep on the African Continent. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya is the new institutional partner who joined the international collaboration kitty of UPES. A collaborative agreement was signed to encompass exchange programs for students and faculty. Additionally, this is expected to add to the initiatives for joint programs and researches in the areas of common interest to both Universities. The partnership covers curriculum development support in energy domain programs. Kenyatta University, Nairobi is one of the leading public Universities in Kenya. This University is home to some of the world's top scholars, researchers and experts in their fields.

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled Building Blocks for Promotion of Off-shore Wind Energy Sector in India by Mr. Mani Swaminathan (Research Scholar, UPES) and Dr. Tarun Dhingra ( Asso. Prof., UPES) was presented at International Conference on Public Policy and Governance, IISc. Bangalore from 4th - 6th September, 2012.

Intellect Treasure
A research paper titled Life Cycle Assessment of Small-Scale High-input Jatropha Biodiesel Production in India by Dr. K. K. Pandey (Asso. Prof., UPES), Dr. P K. Sahoo (Asso. Prof., UPES) and Ms. Namita Pragya (DRF UPES) cited in Elsevier published journal Applied . Energy, Vol. 88, Issue 12, 2011.

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More opportunities to explore with Mahindra Satyam

Signs agreement to facilitate research and development

imed at facilitating joint research, development projects and consultancies for mutual interests, UPES signed an agreement with Mahindra Satyam recently. The agreement entailed academic gains to students and faculty of engineering disciplines benefitting them with industrial exposure and acquire practical competencies through trainings from Mahindra Satyam's experts. In turn, UPES would design Certificate programs and conduct training sessions for the engineers at Mahindra Satyam. The signed document was exchanged between Mr. B. K. Mishra, Senior Vice President and Business Head - Energy and Utilities, Mahindra Satyam and Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES in the presence of Ms. Indira Suresh, Asst. Vice President - Oil and Gas Solutions and Pre Sales, Energy & Utilities Business Unit, Mahindra Satyam, Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES and Mr. Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor, UPES. Speaking on the occasion, Mr B.K. Mishra, Senior Vice President and Business Head - Energy and Utilities, Mahindra Satyam said, This MoU strengthens our partnership and focuses on providing cutting edge solutions to the Energy and Utilities sector. At the signing ceremony, Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES, said, The agreement will provide opportunities to avail academic benefits for students, especially in Energy disciplines and also to faculty by encouraging industry interaction. The agreement will enable both the organizations to exchange skill-sets enhancing and strengthening their resources through mutual exposure. The agreement is also seen to provide further impetus to UPES' endeavor

Left to Right: Prof. Mr. Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor, UPES; Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES; Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES; Mr. B.K. Mishra, Senior Vice President and Business Head - Energy and Utilities, Mahindra Satyam; Ms. Indira Suresh, Asst. Vice President - Oil and Gas Solutions and Pre Sales, Energy & Utilities Business Unit, Mahindra Satyam and Ms. Alka Madan, Dy. Director, Career Services, UPES

Mahindra Satyam is a SEI CMM Level V company, having a wide repertoire of InformationTechnology services including but not limited to computer programming, software development, customization, installation, maintenance with expertise in provision of IT services and solutions for Energy and Utilities companies globally.

to connect with industry for designing courses in complete alignment with industry and to develop functionally literate industry-ready students.

UPES partners Russian State University

ubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia that offers domain related education and research has entered into an academic collaboration with UPES to encourage international exposure in research pursuits. According to a recently signed agreement between the Vice Rector of the University, Dr. Anatoly Zolotukhin and Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President UPES at the Indo-Russian Round Table held in the month of October in New Delhi, opened vistas for both the

Universities to explore mutual beneficial opportunities. This collaboration will prove an encouraging signal to extensive exchange programs among students and faculty for international exposure and hands on experience. Also it is expected that this will benefit research and academic collaborations in the areas of Petroleum Engineering promoting joint research in science & technology between these countries.

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A paper titled A Review on Hydrogen Utilization in Internal Combustion Compression Ignition Engines by Dr P S. Ranjit . (Asst. Prof., UPES) and Dr. Mukesh Saxena (Prof., UPES) was published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Management, Vol.3, Issue 2, September, 2012, ISSN: 2229-6646.

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DECEMBER 2012

20 Universities I 120 participants I 30 events

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A step towards futuristic education

UPES has always endeavored to explore new areas in education which are beneficial for the student fraternity whether current or of posterity. Having launched the University which prepares the ready to deploy engineers and managers, it has proffered innovative graduate and post graduate courses matching the demand of the industry. To continue this journey, UPES is launching another futuristic program M Tech Nuclear Science and Technology. India is planning to add 15 more reactors to the presently 17 available. The shortage of skilled and qualified manpower is a limiting factor in the development of Nuclear Technology in developing countries and India is no exception. The start of the course in this area will add qualified & skilled professionals to fulfill the desired requirement. Nuclear Science and Technology program is specifically designed for the study of all aspects of nuclear power such as nuclear engineering, nuclear plant design, reactor operations, nuclear waste management and the radiological applications of nuclear science. Mutual Collaboration with French Institutions for exchange of academic and research are underway to facilitate maximum exposure. UPES will have the expertise of Dr. R. K. Shivpuri, Distinguished Professor and Dr. Ugur Guven, Professor whose profiles are detailed below. editor

Dr. R. K. Shivpuri has taken over as Distinguished Professor and Senior Advisor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. Recently, honored with the highest civilian award Commander of the Order of Academic Palms by Govt. of France in 2011, Dr. Shivpuri is the Founder Director of Centre for Detector and Software Technology, University of Delhi. He is Principal Investigator of several International Research Projects including search for New Particles at the Large Hadron Collider, Geneva, CERN. Dr Shivpuri has published over 600 research papers in International Journals and around 32 students have been awarded Ph.D. and M Phil degrees under his supervision. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and has been associated with the two greatest discoveries of particle physics in last fifty years - Top Quark in 1995 and Higgs Boson (God Particle) in 2012.

Dr. Ugur Guven, Professor - UPES, an Aerospace Engineer as well as a Nuclear Engineer, is a certified GA TRIGA Mark II Nuclear Reactor Operator. He has conducted many Nuclear Neutron Activation Analysis experiments and has worked as part of the ITU Research Team in preparation of a report to NATO on International Radiological Threat Reduction Program. He is currently guiding 8 Master's students, 3 MBA students, as well as 11 PhD students on their thesis which comprises of both simulation and experimental work. Around 50 papers and 30 opinion articles on the future of space technology and nuclear technology fall in his publication list beside others. Under the supervision of Dr. Guven, a team of budding engineers from UPES won the prestigious NASA Innovation Award recently.

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Nuclear Energy and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development The concept of sustainable development implies enhancing living conditions of people, conserving physical and biological resources and improving energy efficiency while avoiding pollution. The first priority of sustainable development in any country is economic and social development of people for which unequivocally, Energy is recognized as a key component. Energy constitutes a basic necessity for social and economic development. All areas where energy is needed get affected by availability of energy. An improved access to electricity translates into improvement towards health, education and economic empowerment. It is for this reason that India is aiming to provide access to electricity in all rural areas. Access to reliable and affordable energy is also a necessary condition for ensuring development of business. India has: a) large Industries b) a well developed service sector and c) an impressive growth rate. All of the above need energy to sustain and compete on a global scale. The high oil prices have a negative effect on India's economy. For sustained development of the country, it is absolutely necessary to promote access to electricity and broaden the energy sources. Climate change takes place due to effect on the environment, which poses a most serious challenge. Carbon emission poses a serious risk to every human being. For sustainable development of the country, we have to understand and shape our energy future. Due to our growth chart, India will soon join the club of the top Carbon emitter countries. By the year 2030, developing countries will account for 50% of world Carbon emissions. This places a great responsibility on us and as a consequence we have to consider all possible solutions. Now attention is being focused on Carbon free production of energy which are renewable energies. It has been surmised that fossil fuels will ultimately become excessively expensive such as oil within a few decades and coal within a century or so. Thus we must strive to effect a smooth transition from the presence dependence on fossil fuels to a condition where we depend upon resources that are essentially in exhaustible or are renewable. In order to meet the "baseload" demand at present, we have to take recourse to the existing reliable and economically competitive carbon free source which is Nuclear energy.

Energy Challenges
The energy challenges are global. The challenges are global in the sense that whatever happens in one part of the globe affects other parts. There are three important factors which challenge energy resources for sustained development increase in demand, security of energy and climate change. The increase in demand for electricity will be driven by the population increase, economic growth in developing and developed countries. Security of energy supply constitutes two components: affordable energy and reliable supply. The price of oil will go on increasing since the demand is also on a steep rise. The geo-strategic importance of energy supply cannot be underestimated.
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Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy is not only Carbon-clean, it is above all a competitive source of electricity. In fact, the nuclear power plants which are currently operating are among the cheapest source in the electricity market. An excellent example is provided by France. French electricity is among the cheapest in Europe. This is mainly due to 59 nuclear power plants, accounting for about 80% of electricity needs of France. France also has the largest per capita use of nuclear power in the world. Several countries have followed the path of obtaining their electric power needs through Nuclear power. The total number of reactors in the world are 339 at present

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What we need to do
We need to take the following steps to achieve our objectives. We should train many more engineers and technologists each year and thus use the vast human capital of the country in a meaningful way. In every field the surest way to attract the best students is to be innovative, daring and relevant. Some degree of renewal and of new vision is certainly needed. Keeping this aim in view, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies has started a new course on M. Tech in Nuclear Science and Technology. In order to give the benefit of international experts to our students, we plan to send our students to France for course work/dissertation.

which produce 376,341 megawatts of electricity (Source: Nuclear News, Amercian Nuclear Society, March 2008) and the number of reactors under construction on are 61. The above statistics clearly shows a "renaissance" of nuclear power. However, there are legitimate areas of concern to the public, a major area being that of safety. Although Chernobyl reminds us that we must never compromise with safety procedures, yet it is fair to say that the safety and envrionmental track-record of operating nuclear power plants is high. Implementation of safety regulations and continuous improvements are given the highest priorty in a reactor set-up. After signing the Nuclear deal with USA, nuclear fuel has become available to India and thus, a vast opportunity has opened up to increase the production of nuclear energy in the country. In order to reduce our dependency on imported fossil fuel and for safeguarding the environment, India has embarked on a program to widen our Nuclear Energy source for sustained development.

Conculsion
Indian economy is on a fast track and the future is bright enough to make the country a world class economic power. Indian business houses have already shown the potential to become real international players. Whereas this creates a lot of opportunities, it also entails new responsibilities. An important responsibility is to manage energy and environment in a sustainable way. India is large enough to influence the world dynamics, whether it is demand for fossil fuels or environmental issues. Finally, it must be remarked that sustainable development is not a matter of choice but a necessity. Nuclear energy is and will be part of the solution.

Dr. R. K. Shivpuri, Distinguished Professor& Senior Advisor, UPES

Team CARA in TOP 10 at SAE EFFICYCLE 2012

A team of eight UPES students participated in SAE Efficycle-2012 competition recently. This team was selected among top 65 colleges for the main event after competing against 140 colleges in the Virtual Round. In a very short span of time, this team completed fabrication work of the vehicle. In the Main Event, UPESs Team Cara was the first one to get all the Technical Inspections clear for the vehicle. The team performed exceptionally well in all the other events that followed. As an achievement, the team finished with an overall rank 10 leaving behind many most prestigious Universities across India. SAE Efficycle is an event to design and fabricate a 3-wheeled electric as well as human powered vehicle. Vehicles designed by students from different colleges in India compete against each other on various grounds like maneuverability, acceleration, gradient test, endurance race etc.
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Collaboration Opportunities Explored

Expansion in research pursuits
High operating standards and competitiveness to meet international benchmarks demand a lot of action. The development in terms of quality, skills and knowledge accrues with exposure only. With this view, the thought leaders of the University dedicated this Spring season to International tours and visited a number of international Universities and Colleges. Both the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor of UPES conducted foreign trips to discuss potential pathways for academic articulation and research collaboration. The objective of these visits also aimed at optimizing opportunities to establish contacts, networks and interaction with a couple of leading Universities and Research centers in western world particularly with Tokyo, North America and Canada.

Pursuits of Research and Exchange Programs Welcomed

In his visit to Tokyo for a week's time in the month of August this year, the Chancellor, UPES, Dr. S J Chopra, was welcomed by various organizations for the pursuit of research, agreement and exchange programs. Some of the organizations who showed keen interest in the University were National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Frontier Research Centre for Energy and Resources, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguroku, Tokyo; New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Kanagawa, Tokyo; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki; Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.

Left to Right: Dr. Sunil Kaul, Sr. Research Scientiest, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES; Dr. Renu Wadhwa, Leader, Cell Proliferation Research Group Biomedical Research Institute, (AIST); Dr. Y. Miyazaki, Director, International Affairs Division, (AIST); Dr. Katherine Develos Bagarino, Sr. Officer, International Affairs Division, Research & Innovation Promotion Headquarters.

Compatible Understandings Underway with Foreign Universities

Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor UPES initiated the visit from his Alma Mater, the University of Clemson, South Carolina where he was acknowledged as Distinguished Alumnus by the President of Clemson University. This visit turned fruitful as it opened avenues for various possibilities of agreements and understandings for UPES especially in the fields of Physics, IT and Supply Chain. Some of the renowned organizations who showed keen interest in exploring mutually beneficial opportunities with UPES were University of Albany, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE); Marist College, Poughkeepsie, USA ; IBM HQ, Poughkeepsie, USA; Seneca College, Toronto, Canada; Centennial College, Toronto, Canada; Confederation College, Thunder Bay, Canada; OCAD, Toronto; Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo; University of Waterloo, Waterloo. Some of these visits have already been converted into compatible understandings with the University. A few are underway to finalize the understanding. UPES aspires to optimize these possibilities to become beneficial opening for the students and faculty at international ground especially in the applied research initiatives and international student recruitment.
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Left to Right: Mr. Arun Gandhi, UPES; Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES; Ms. Judi Maundrell, Senior Vice President Academic; Mr. Jag Mohan, Dean, School of Aviation & School of Engineering Technology & Trade; (back row left to right) Ms. Kathleen Lynch, Dean, School of Health & Community Services; Mr. Gail Murdock,Dean, School of Business, Hospitality & Media Arts; Ms. Vince Stilla, Dean, School of Learning Resources.

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UPES GEMS
Energy conservation and green marketing initiatives canvassed through media

Robot assembled
ith an aim to provide basic knowledge on construction and assembling of a simple robotic manipulator Protobot Tumbler, a Workshop was conducted by Department of Electrical and Electronics, Aerospace and Mechatronics. The team from Vex Robotics Design System ensured that the Workshop receives active participation from each participant and gather the practical learning experience. The objective of this workshop was to educate students and faculty about the various types of gears and gear trains to transmit motion in a robotic manipulator. The workshop also focused on different structures for a manipulator using simple structures like columns and beams. The challenge was to use these beams in different models with the same structure. 80 students were divided into 10 separate groups comprising eight participants in each. Each group was given a guide book according to which they proceeded with their assembly to construct "Robotic Tumbler" within the stipulated time. VEX Robotics and Design Systems is an organization that offers platform for rich career opportunities spanning across Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). A VEX Robotics project encourages teamwork, leadership and problem solving traits among groups. It was very interesting experience. I enjoyed and learned a lot in this Workshop, said one of the excited participants.

Dr. Sandhya Joshi, Memeber, HESCO, presenting award to UPES students

ustle - bustle, giggling and chirping was all that could have been heard and seen at Vivekananda Auditorium on the fine Autumn morning of 27th September at Energy Acres. A group of agile professionals took initiative to express their thoughts through art. The occasion was Green Advertisement Contest that inspired students to participate in the contest with enthusiasm. What drew attention was the enthusiasm of young organizers of the contest who were none other than the volunteers GEMS. GEMS is a students' activity and development forum run by BBA students of the University that enables students to present their talent. This contest attracted participation of students from all three disciplines i.e. engineering, management & legal streams. The budding professionals had a stance to showcase their talent. Overall 21 advertisements were screened in the first round by the Committee. The selection was done on the basis of the theme and concept, duration and innovative idea executed by the participant. Later rounds also included messages expressed through art to save energy and market green products.
The talent was adjudged by the honorable jury comprised of Dr. Sandhya Joshi, Environmentalist, Mr. Vineet Panchi, CEO and Founder Word of Mouth Advertising Agency, Mr. Yudhister Puran Singh, CEO, I- Care- India, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Zonal Operation Head-Sales, Idea Cellular and Mr. Bhumesh Bharti, eminent photographer of Dehradun.

Standing orations and appreciations were shared among participants and winners at the prize distribution ceremony which resulted in pleasing few and inspiring many. "Better try next time" said the Mr. Sunil Barthwal, Convener, GEMS, to aspirants on the occasion.

Beaming pose of students on completing assembly of 'Protobot Tumbler'

Faculty, organizers and participants of Green Advertisement Contest along with the Dr. Arinban Sen Gupta, Dean, College of Economics & Management Studies, UPES (first from left)
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The assembly of robot Protobot Tumbler manipulator with different sensors included construction of frame, attaching the DC motors to the robot and interfacing with the microcontroller. Using an RF module the movement of the robot was controlled. 24volts battery was used for power supply. Program for the controller was fed into it through software called ROBOTC.

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Chief Minister, Delhi felicitates Sahil Wadhwa

Young Asteroid Scientist of UPES

Sahil Wadhwa meeting Chief Minister, New Delhi

Sahil Wadhwa

ne of the students of B Tech Mechatronics gave a big reason to UPESites smile with delight. Sahil Wadhwa, a talented student of UPES, once again, for the third time, is felicitated by SPACE in September for his discoveries. Sahil has been selected to participate in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), Arizona, US organized by Science Popularization Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) in collaboration with IASC for the past three consecutive years. During this period, he unearthed 4 provisional asteroid discoveries during 2010-2012. School children who participated in the All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2012 have made several discoveries after searching them for three months. Expressing his joy, Sahil said Once again I have grabbed the opportunity to meet the honorable Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dixit. Sahil is fortunate to get the opportunity to be trained under Dr Patrick Miller, United States. As part of Dr Miller's team, he had worked to transmit pictures of celestial objects taken from the 32 and 24 telescopes. The discoveries were confirmed only after detecting the correct ones among all the pictures by using the software used to analyze and read them. This young astronomer has been working with SPACE since his school days. Sharing his experience with us he said, My experience in AIASC has been amazing as I discovered an asteroid in the first year itself, which was the turning point of my life. It is an amazing feeling of discovering asteroid for three years in a row.

Laurels earned in Model United Nations

MUN stands for Model United Nation and is basically the stimulation of United Nations which provides a global exposure to the young budding minds. It provides an international platform to the students across the world to analyze the various burning global issues and draw conclusions after the two day parliamentary discussions. Recently organized MUN competitions at various universities attracted UPES' students of Legal Studies to participate and grab few of these awards for themselves.

Prizes won in MUN organised at

Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow

Shubhangni Jain was selected as an Executive Board Member ( Vice Chair) won a cash prize of Rs. 2500. Aaron Mirza was Selected as an Executive Board Member (Rapporteur) won a cash prize of Rs. 2000. Nivedita Giri was selected as an executive Board Member (Rapporteur) won a cash prize of Rs. 2000. Ria Tandon was selected as International Press Head won a cash prize of Rs. 3000. Sukhandeep was adjudged by the Executive Board as the 2nd Best Delegate ( High Commendation)won a cash prize of Rs. 2000.

Aaron Mirza represented Union Minister for HRD Dr. M M Pallam Raju in the All India Parties Meet and won the First Prize (Best Delegate) with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000. Shubhangni Jain represented China in the UNGA - DISEC and won the First Prize (Best Delegate) with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000. Nivedita Giri represented Russia in UNGA SOCHUM and won Second Best Delegate (High Commendation) with a cash prize of Rs.6000. Kaushik Thrivikram represented Union Minister for I&B Mr. Manish Tiwari in the All India Parties Meet and was given a Consolation Prize (Special Mention).

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled Marketing & Operations Relationship in a Refinery: A New Look by Ms. Surbhi Arora (Asst. Prof.,UPES) & Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, (Analyst, GET) was presented at 19th International Oil & Gas Review Summit and International Exhibition at Taj Landsend, Mumbai from 6th - 7th September, 2012.

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A Day for Engineers only

Plethora of technical events organized

or the first time, the College of Engineering Studies (CoES), UPES organized a plethora of technical events simultaneously on a single day. Eight departments of CoES joined hands to organize a mega techno celebration for its budding engineers that was never seen before. It was decided that different technical and academic events would be conducted in association with various clubs and forums for students. This got translated into 28 exciting and unforgettable techno-academic events all organized on the same day. The celebration started with the Inaugural Ceremony performed by Shri Ashok Pai, Principal Secretary to Governor, Uttarakhand. Smt. Rekha Pai, Chief Project Director, Uttarakhand Watershed Directorate and Shri K. P. Tripathi, Chairman, Uttarakhand section of Institution of Engineers (India) also addressed and encouraged students to participate enthusiastically in this celebration. On the same day, an Environment Club 'GREEN UP' was also inaugurated. GREEN UP club is committed to work with a responsibility to understand and spread awareness and find solutions to environmental problems. Additionally, the day was also consumed as a day to exhibit students' projects and research to showcase efforts put in by them . The events received an over whelming response from participants and almost entire College of Engineering participated in one or the other event.
Shri K. P Tripathi Chairman Uttarakhand section of Institution of Engineers (India) . on the Formula 1 Car

Department of Civil Engineering organized around 7 events including Transportica; Bob The Builder; '3 Idiots; Reasons and Rehabilitation; Naukari.com, Takeshi's castle & Aakriti through its Collegiate club Association of Civil Engineering. Likewise Department of Aerospace under Aero Club organized Divers and Gliders & Para-Eggers The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized 6 events namely Tech Mart, Maze Run, Robocar(Techno bots), Robowar, Bridge the canyon & Robot soccer through three Collegiate Clubs named as SAE, ASME & ISA. Department of Petroleum Engineering organized its events through SPE that included Intellectual Battle-Ground & Fake Research Funda. Department of Electrical & Electronics through IEEE organized Poster Presentation, Paper Presentation, Work Shop, & Treasure Hunt. Department of Chemical Engineering organized events like Chemania, Chemical Kinetics, & Energice in association with IICE. The Department of Health, Safety and Environment decided to conduct "Extempore" & "Poster Presentation Competition" for its students under the theme of Green Up. The Department of Computer Science conducted the events named Logo Name Game & Brain-rash for students through CSI.

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled State-of-the-art of Storage and Handling issues related to High Pressure Gaseous Hydrogen to Make Use in Internal Combustion Engines by Dr. P S. Ranjit (Asstt. Prof., UPES) and Dr. Mukesh Saxena (Prof., UPES) was published in International Journal of . Scientific & Engineering Research, Vol.3, Issue 9, Sept. 2012, ISSN: 2229-5518.

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JANUARY 2013

Student Chapters Inaugurated

UPES encourages students to become self reliant and confident by facilitating and providing various opportunities for them to get an exposure and interact through a number of forums. Opening of various Student Chapters is one of the initiatives to expand new vistas for students to enable them function independently. This quarter, two more Chapters are added to the existing list of Chapters.

American Society of Safety Engineers' inaugurated 1st Student Chapter in Asia

18th October has been one of the eventful days especially for a group of students who were busy in the activities of inaugural ceremony that would tag them being 'first' to commence a Chapter for Safety Engineers in Asia. The event was to host the first Student Chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)' outside USA. ASSE is the oldest and largest US based professional organization serving the safety professionals. The ASSE is dedicated to be the global leader of the profession and the premier resource for those engaged in protecting people, property and environment. The Guest of Honor, Dr. Jitu C. Patel, Fellow of ASSE, and the Senior Executive Member of ASSE inaugurated the event. The Oath Ceremony by Student Coordinator was followed by Dr. Patel's interaction with the students on Health, Safety & Environment and Fire Safety. Dr. Patel shared the wealth of knowledge on the subject of importance of HSE aspects worldwide. He encouraged all future HSE professionals and faculty to take advantage of the establishment of the ASSE India Chapter by networking with other HSE professionals globally.

Captive pose of students, faculty and members of ASSE Student Chapter after the Inauguration Ceremony

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), is one of the largest professional and global associations of Safety Engineers, having nearly 35,000 members located in 151 Chapters, 28 Sections and 58 Student Sections across the globe doing a remarkable job in making the world a safer place since 1911.

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Student Chapter

A Chapter opened with lot of enthusiasm recently at UPES is the 2nd Chapter of IIChE functioning under Chandigarh Regional Centre. The other organization that already has its first Chapter in India, is BITs Pilani. On the occasion, the Chief Guest Prof. V. K. Rattan, Vice President of the IIChE and Professor of Punjab University from the Chandigarh Regional Centre performed the formal Inaugural Ceremony at Energy Acres. Mr. Rajeev Thayal, Advisor, DST, was the Special Guest of Honor at the function. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. V. K. Rattan informed students about the importance and significance of this Chapter in their professional career. He guided students with the ways to enhance Chapter's effectiveness.
Prof. V.K. Rattan, Vice President of the IIChE and Prof. of Punjab University from the Chandigarh Regional Centre flanked by Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES and Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor, UPES
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JANUARY 2013

UPES SPE Student Chapter awarded Best International Student with Gold Standard Award Paper award received
It was a proud moment when the UPES SPE Student Chapter was presented with the "2012 SPE Student Chapter Gold Standard Award" at Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (ATCE) second time in a Mr. Govinda Bangia, President (2011-2012) of UPES SPE r o w. G o v i n d a Student Chapter receiving the award from Mr. Dan Scott, Bangia, President Senior Technical Advisor, Baker Hughes (2011-12) of UPES SPE Student Chapter represented UPES at the ATCE Conference held at Texas, USA in October 2012. Only 32 Student Chapters across more than 250 Chapters worldwide had the honor of receiving this award. The Guest of Honor for the event was Mr. Dan Scott, Senior Technical Advisor, Baker Hughes. The Award ceremony witnessed all major International Universities of the Oil and Gas industry, in which the Outstanding and Gold Standard Awards were presented to the winning Universities. Being the largest exhibition in show history with focus on unconventional technology it brought together more than 11,000 Oil and Gas professionals across the globe. It was also ranked in the top five highest attendees in the past 88 years. A team of four students from UPES Applied Petroleum Engineering Apoorv Agarwal, H a r s h K a p o o r, Tarang Jain & Akash Sharma participated in a Paper and Poster Presentation Competitions at the International Conference and Exhibition AAPGUPES Students with Mr. Ted Beaumont, President, American I C E 2 0 1 2 Association of Petroleum Geologists. organized by the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) in Singapore. The paper titled "Improving Well Production of CBM Wells: Increasing of Fracture Conductivity by Restimulating Fractures, Use of LWC proppants and TSO design" presented by this team received the award "Carlos Walter M. Campos Memorial Award for Best International Student Paper." There were around 168 participants from 78 countries who presented 80 papers at this Conference. American Association of Petroleum Geologists is one of the largest societies in the Petroleum Sector, founded in 1917, to foster scientific research, to advance the science of geology, to promote technology and to inspire high professional conduct.

The University continuously encourage students' participation in national & international forums through various clubs and societies like SPE, SAE, E-360 and many more. Recently, a team of students participated in SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference Education Week in Abu Dhabi. Also a separate team of students from UPES SPE (Piyush Jain and Siddharth Jain from Applied Petroleum Engineering) participated in the First SPE Applied Technology Workshop held at Delhi spearheaded by ONGC.

Mission Green
GCC (Tech-fest Green Campus Challenge) team along with the team of Green Up-Strive for Climate Cause of UPES hosted a number of programs like Awareness Campaigns, Nukkad Natak, Guest Lecture, Debate Competitions, Scavenger Hunt, Tree Plantation and Earth Hour to celebrate Earth Day on Campus. The objective of the celebration was to raise awareness about environment conservation on the Campus and outside to inspire students for green initiatives to preserve the environment. The Chief Guest, Dr. Anil Joshi, the initiator of Himalayan Environmental Studies & Conservation Organization (HESCO), addressed students and encouraged tree plantation to make the planet clean and green. Around 400 students participated in the March organized to support the cause of spreading awareness message. Among other activities Green-wave, Scavenger Hunt and Candid Mind got excellent participation from students.

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JANUARY 2013

Intra Moot Court Competition

o develop qualities like team building among students of the College of Legal Studies, UPES organized Intra Moot Court Competition continuously for three days this September.

The event witnessed registration of 81 teams and each team was composed of four members i.e two speakers and two researchers. Besides three panels of competitive judges during three different rounds, the final round was adjudged by Prof. N.S Bawa & Mr. Pankaj Barthwal, Legal Advisor of University. The orchestration of the entire event was conducted by a team of around 50 volunteer students who worked wholeheartedly to take it to the grand success.

The preparations of this competition started 15 days before the final round with the release of Moot Proposition. Undergoing various rounds of elimination, the selected candidates reached the Final round. The selection of winning team and speaker ranking brought the close to the legal brawl.

Workshop on Nano Science and Nano Technology in Energy Sector

epartment of Physics with Nano Science and Nano Technology, Research & Development Center jointly conducted a Workshop on the subject "Nano Science and Nano Technology in Energy Sector" on Campus. The Workshop organizer Dr. Ajay Vasishth, Head, Nano Science and Nano Technology, Research & Development Center informed that the workshop was a big success in achieving its objective to gain better insights and understanding on the subject. Mr. Puneet Mehrotra Managing-Director, Reinste Nano Ventures Pvt. Ltd., Noida exposed the participates from basic to advance understanding of Nano concepts and materials in science & technology including Gold, Silver and CNT's. The workshop

threw light upon the functional processes involved in Ag nano particle in a water purifier and other fields. In the later session, the emphasis was laid on the main application on Energy Sectors.
Reinste Nano Ventures Pvt. Ltd. has recently introduced a new range of Research Grade Diagnostics Products from the nano technology domain. These are very sophisticated diagnostics products which help in a variety of research goals, ITO /FTO Coated Glass Slides, Gold Nano particles, Silver Nano particles. Its applications can be seen in Conductivity Measurements, Film or Layer Casting on ITO, Optical Devices/Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), etc.

Paper Published/ Presented

Intellect Treasure
A research paper titled Geo-Mechanical Studies of Gas Shale Hydro-fracturing by Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Gupta, Prof., UPES was presented at the Second International Conferences on Drilling Technology 2012 (ICDT -2012). Also at the First National Symposium on Petroleum Science and Engineering 2012 (NSPSE -2012) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and was judged as the Best Paper.

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DECEMBER 2013 JANUARY 2012

National Language Revered

'Anuranjini'- the First Annual UPES Hindi Magazine released

o bring self esteem and confidence on knowing the national language, UPES dedicated a complete Week to celebrate the glory and importance of Hindi as language among youth. Tagging this event as Hindi Saptah the first week of September, was celebrated by organizing various events and activities in Hindi on Campus. Besides competitions like Hindi Essay writing, Slogan writing, Poetry recitation, Extempore and Debate; events like Akshar Gyan Pratiyogita, Sujhav Pratiyogita were the centre of attraction among students. Not only the inaugural but even the closing ceremony also became memorable to most present among audience as they got a chance to listen to the Chief Guest Pandit Ram Pratap Mishra (Saketi). Pandit During this Week, PRABHAT a CSR initiative was also organised under which students from different schools participated in debate, essay writing and poster making competitions on 11th September, 2012. Around 48 participants were judged by various panel of Judges to select the winners from different categories.

Mishra is honored with 'Purvaanchal Ratna', 'Tarun Sri Dehradun' and 'Avadh Shri Lucknow'. He spoke few lines from his stock of famous poems to encourage gathering in his address. The celebration closed with the prize distribution ceremony for the winners. Mr. Atul Agrawal (MBA Power Management) 2nd year student of UPES won the award for the Winner and All-rounder category.

Enthusiastic participants during essay writting competition

Anuranjini (The Bunch of Light Rays) is the First Annual Hindi Magazine of the University that was also released on the occasion. This Hindi magazine comprised of various articles, poems and cartoons from students and faculty of UPES.

Medical Responders prepared

o address professionally the emergency situations on campus, a select team from UPES has been trained to handle the first response in an emergency. Professionals from VIVO Healthcare were invited to train this team with necessary emergency skills. This team of 27 UPES faculty and staff members was provided 5 day intensive training for medical first responders.

Paper Published/ Paper Published/ Presented Presented

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled A Natural Gas Pricing in India: Availability, Assessability & Affordability by Mr. B. S. Negi (Ex-Member PNGRB)) Dr. M. S. Pahwa (Asso. Prof. UPES) and Ms. Surbhi Arora (Asstt. Prof. UPES) was presented at 19th International Oil & Gas Review Summit and International Exhibition, Taj Landsend, Mumbai from 6th-7th September, 2012.

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled Natural Gas Scenario in India: An Overview, by Prof. Asit Samadder (Industry Fellow, UPES) and Ms. Surbhi Arora (Asst. Prof., UPES) was presented at 19th International Oil & Gas Review Summit and International Exhibition, Taj Landsend, Mumbai from 6th - 7th September, 2012.

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JANUARY 2013

What's new on CAMPUS

Learning on Wheels

Tatra Truck on Campus

To enable Automotive Design Engineering students acquire hands-on experience about the unique principles of automotive engineering, a Tatra Truck is procured by the University. This truck has two unique features: Unique Flexible Axle (Independent Swing) Engine (Air Cooled) Facilities like classroom (seating for 4-5 students) and Workshop in the Truck itself has made this truck a Centre of Attraction on Campus these days. Besides the live source of learning of this unique principal, the Truck has become a big charm among the students!
Sling pose of Tatra Truck at the campus

Interior view of the Truck

Firefighting Ground and Rescue Operation models on Campus

For the purpose of providing hands on experience of firefighting and rescue techniques, various models are created on Campus viz. Smoke house, Helicopter, Oil tank, Flange Fire etc. and well equipped Fire & Safety Lab. These models are planned to equip students to understand the required firefighting and safety appliances usage. The ground facility of firefighting is intended to be utilized for the training of Fire & Safety Engineers and Disaster Management budding managers. Since 2004, UPES is producing Health, Safety & Environment engineers who are absorbed in highly reputed companies like BG, Schlumberger Cairn Energy, Aban Offshore, Tr a n s o c e a n , Tebodin, DNV e t c . a n d working all across the world. Eventually, the undergraduate & postgraduate courses in Fire & Safety Engineering were also launched. These courses enable students to understand different types of firefighting & rescue techniques and its application on practical ground. A short term course to train the industry professionals on Firefighting & Rescue Operations is also in pipe line.

Paper Published/ Paper Published/ Presented Presented

Intellect Treasure
A joint paper titled "Indian Offshore Wind Energy Policy: Lessons from Europe" by Dr. Tarun Dhingra (Asso. Prof., UPES) & Mr. Swaminathan Mani (Research Scholar, UPES) was presented at WEMEP-2012 "International Conference on Wind Energy - Materials, Engineering and Policies" BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, Nov 2012.

Intellect Treasure
A book titled Production Optimization Using Well Test Data and Interpretation: Downhole Fluid Sampling, Well Testing & Interpretation, Designing of Artificial Lift by Mr. Mohammed Ismail Iqbal (Asst. Prof., UPES) was published by LAMBERT Academic Publishing House, Germany, ISBN 978-3-659-26390-3.

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JANUARY 2013

Sachets Ran Out as The Donors Queue up

for a good cause

f 1% of the total population donates blood, probably there would be ample stock in hand as life savers to help the needed ones. UPES understands this and that's why has been organizing series of Blood Donation Camps years on years. This Autumn, jointly under the aegis of IMA Blood Bank and Shri Mahant Indresh Hospital Dehradun & UPES, the annual voluntary Blood Donation camp was organized. A big rush of students and faculty was seen at the counters. Around 1366 students and members of faculty and staff donated blood. Enthusiasm among UPES fraternity can be gauged from the simple fact that Blood Bank ran out of the blood sachets while 31 volunteers were still in queue.

Motivating team of 30 student volunteers did a splendid job in encouraging others to come forward, said a senior Officer DSA, UPES. For the past three years, UPES has been acknowledged and awarded with the prestigious noble Devi Shah Memorial Trophy for higher number of voluntary blood donation in Uttarakhand. Credit for this goes to our magnanimous donors - students, faculty and staff who have once again shown their hearts alive & pulping to contribute for bigger cause.

Trekking fun@UPES Bidholi

Discover the excitement !!

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JANUARY 2013

Melody Swirled
Norwegian music concert mesmerized audience
usical notes swayed students and faculty equally this September on Campus. The vibes enchanted listeners with its melodious stings. The occasion was the divine flute concert preformed by renowned flutist Pt Ronu The Society for the Promotion of Majumdar accompanied with Indian Classical Music and Culture talented artists Anders amongst Youth, often known by its Clemens (Classical guitar) initials (SPIC MACAY), is a voluntary and Gustavo Tavares (Cello). youth movement which promotes The concert was organised by Indian classical music, Indian classical Spic Macay in collaboration dance, and other aspects of Indian with the Norway Embassy culture. SPIC MACAY was established under the World Heritage by Dr. Kiran Seth in 1977 at IIT Delhi. Series. The heritage series has It seeks to foster the exchange of conducted a number of traditional Indian values and to Classical Guitar and Cello generate awareness of the cultural concerts recently in traditions and heritage of India. In Dehradun. The twilight of the saga of Cello and Guitar made the auditorium a heavenly body where the audience were taken aback by the melodious

recipe of the musical broth. The audience were flabbergasted at the pictorial music for each story by the musicians. The audience were spell bound at the performances of world renowned performers. Mrs. Anuradha Venkataraman, a renowned Indian Classical Bharatnatyam dancer, rendered the celestial form of Bharatanatyam in a poetic voyage. Another charm added to the concert was by the performance of Mrs. Rupinder Mahindroo, a trained Indian classical singer.

o r d e r t o a c h i e ve i t s g o a l s , SPICMACAY organizes concerts, lectures, demonstrations, informal discussions, and seminars. These are hosted by local chapters of the organization.

Wishes you you a Very Happy & Prosperous Very Happy & Prosperous

2013
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