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Jt SecretaryProf. Pradeep Patel

ChairmanDr. Indrajit N. Patel

Jr.Vice PresidentDr. S. N. Patel

SecretaryDr. A. M. Trivedi

Treasurer

President

Er. Bhikhubhai B. Patel

Sr.Vice PresidentEr. Prayasvin B. Patel

Jt Secretary

Dr. D. S. Vyas

Members

Dr. S. V. Vaishnav

Er. Praful Jobanputra

Er. Vinod Panchasara

Er. Mukesh Patel

Er. Paresh Thaker

Dr. A. D. Patel

Dr. A. K. Verma

Dr. P. M. George

Er. K. H. Babaria

Er. V. M. Patel

Er. Narottambhai Patel

Er. Ravindra Khetani

Er. B. M. Vyas

Er. Mehul Patel

Er. Pragnesh Patel

Er. Veljibhai Sheta

Er. Bhaskar Desai

Dr. L. B. Zala

Dr. Devang Joshi

Dr. Vinay Patel

Prof. N. G. Mishra

Dr. Keyur Brahmbhatt

Dr. D. G. Thakure

Dr. T. D. Pawar

Dr. (Mrs.) T. A. Desai

Er. Ravindran Nayar

Dr. Bhargav Goradiya

Dr. F. S. Umrigar

I humbly appeal one and all to work together and support our Alma to excel and aspire in achieving greater heights in academic excellence and glorify BVM in the Global arena.

Festival Season's Greetings from BVM Family!

Dear Alumni

I am quite confident that will prove to be a boon in connecting BVM to all Alumni spread globally and keep them well informed of BVM activities

and future roadmap to success with the active support from all stake holders of BVM.

I convey my best wishes to all Alumni and their Families, wishing them a Happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year.

I am extremely happy and proud to witness the growth and popularity of one of the oldest Alumni Association of CVM Institutes heading towards Diamond Jubilee Celebration having members spread across the globe. I am quite impressed by the initiatives of our Alumni Team organizing Chai pe Dosti & Urja Reunions in various cities which benefits in encouraging participation and rejoicing past memories of BVM and inspires to support BVM activities.

Er. Bhikhubhai B. PatelChairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal

He was conferred the Padma Bhushan, India's 3rd highest Civilian award, in 2009. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's 2nd highest civilian award. Naik is also the recipient of the Economic Times - Business Leader of the year Award, for the year 2008.

CVM Management has a proud privilege to announce the felicitation of A. M. Naik on Saturday,14 December 2019, in Vallabh Vidyanagar Campus.

Anil Manibhai Naik, popularly known as A. M. Naik, Mechanical Engineering Alumnus of BVM Engineering College, is an Industrialist, Philanthropist and a group Chairman of Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian Engineering Conglomerate, and since 2018, the Chairman of the National Skill Development Corporation.

Felicitation of A. M. Naik by Alma Mater BVM & CVM Family.

It is indeed an extremely proud moment for Team Charutar Vidya Mandal and Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya to witness the growth of our studious Alumnus to rise to the zeal of Excellence.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow

President's Encouragement

A M Naik - Padma Vibhushan

A.M. Naik Block

I feel our relationship has walked through this newsletter ' ' from bridge to bond.

The changes and challenges during 2019 have made our Alma lift the Moon on Earth. While the inner cosmos of faculties have thrived for excellence in teaching and learning during the year, the students, the pulse of our cosmos, have shown their scholarships, be it an act of scholastics or co-scholastics.

The year long acts like Alma Reunions, City Meets, Freshmen's Joy and Seniors parting off have been inked with love for .

I thank the entire editorial team for their unflinching effort of bridging and bonding Alma.

Our network of 10,500 plus alumni through ' ' is not just connecting dots in space and time but is moving us all towards a constructive realism for a common purpose.

Dear Alumni In a new framework of constructive realism, our Alma relationships have gone much ahead.

SecretaryDr. A M TrivediProfessor, BVM

Friends, let us join hands and work for the ensuing Mega event of Diamond Jubilee of BVM Alumni Association and Platinum Jubilee of BVM College in the year 2022-23.

Dear BVMitesIts indeed a matter of great pleasure once again to interact with you via this News Letter. I am happy to share with you that our Alma has now crossed a membership of 11,000 BVMites and the drive is still on. We have now created a well equipped and fully furnished Office where Alumni can hold meetings, invite dignitaries and carry on day to day activities. We are in a process of appointing Two full time office staff to support and assist the visiting BVMites and carry out all the year round activities.

I heartily convey , " Happy Diwali & a Prosperous New Year " to all BVMites .

Institutional Achievements

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It gives me immense pleasure to release the Special Diwali Festival issue of while all CVM Institutes are geared up to celebrate the joyous journey of 75 years in 2020 – imbibing value based education.

Dear Alumni

Our newsletter is a vital tool bridging our Alma Mater BVM and our Alumni spread across the globe to proclaim the call of the Alma to invite the active participation to gear up for the grand BVM Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in 2023.I acknowledge the whole hearted support of ourCVM Management and our Alumni Team for organizing ' ' and URJA Reunions – which has accelerated Mm¶ no XmoñVrthe pace of growth in Life Membership and Alumni activities in all major cities of Gujarat. Let us all keep up this spirit and enhance the momentum to make our Alumni stronger and lift our BVM to a much greater height in Quality Technical Education and global recognition.“Team work makes the Dream work “.

Institute level MoU signed between CVM and Power Sector L & T Vadodara (03-10-2019 )

Two week TEQIP III Sponsored STTP on “ Design of Experiments (10-22 June 2019)Inaugurated the Center of Excellence ELARC (Electromagnetics and Antennas Research Center) (01-02 April 2019)

Refurbished BVM Alumni Association Office (21-10-2019)

Greetings and Best Wishes!!Marching towards the Platinum Jubilee of BVM, I feel much

ndenthused to present the 2 edition of Alumni News Letter , continuing to be witness of endurance and legacy of BVM.

Dear Prospective Alumni

BVM has continued to be the melting pot of diverse cultures of India and many others from across the world. Our ongoing endeavor to excel and to succeed has penned a saga of success in academic laurels and leadership, impressive placements and international collaborations reflected in an equal footing with leading Foreign Universities. High achievers adorn our stakeholder community of parents, employers, faculty and alumni who support our students and inspire them. BVM has achieved laurels with generous sustenance of Alumni in development of infrastructure, research laboratories, sponsoring the students at various levels and events, and many more. I sincerely acknowledge the contribution of BVMites in the growth of their Alma Mater and wish to have the same in all future endeavors. Let us join our head, heart and hands to take our BVM to superior heights.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself

Donate Books & Journals

Training & Placement Support

Donate Equipments & Software

Curriculum Development

Cultural Development

Sponsor a Student

Expertise Sharing

Alumni Interactions

Industry Academia Bridging

Financial Support

Infrastructure Support

International Students Exchange

Faculty Development

MoU with Institutions

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• GTU Sponsored and ISTE Approved One-week Faculty Development Programme On “Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology for Smart City”. More than 15 renowned personalities from various parts of the country delivered sessions. Convener:Dr. B.C. Goradiya Coordinators: Dr. D.C.Dalwadi and Prof. R.P.Paul. (07 - 12 January, 2019)

• EC department organized Open House – for higher secondary school students and diploma students. Dr. B. C. Goradiya took the initiative to promote students projects and showcased the projects and posters

nd thof 2 year to 4 year EC department students. Morethan 35 student's projects demonstrated. 175 students and 5 teachers had participated the open house.(04-13 May, 2019)

1. India and cleanliness present and future.

3. Social Media Present and Future

• Visit to Smart Village Punsari and interaction withMr. Himanshu Patel. EC department faculty members and participants of FDP attended the visit. (11-01- 2019)

• Dr. B. C. Goradiya, Dr. R. C. Rana, Dr. D. C. Dalwadi and Prof G. B. Rathod along with students of EC department visited to GTU Innovation Council – Incubation Center. (20-07- 2019)

• Dr. B. C. Goradiya conducted a session on problem stbased learning for the 1 year students of EC department.

45 students have rigorously worked on some of the current issues of

2. Present Traffic Situation and Solutions

4. Medical Diagnostics Present and Future

th56 Annual General Meeting was held on 22 March 2019 at BVM Auditorium. Shri Bhikhubhai Patel, President BVM Alumni Association; Shri Prayasvin Patel, Sr. Vice President; Dr. S N Patel, Jr. Vice President;Dr. Indraj i t Patel, Chairman; Dr. Amit Trivedi,Hon. Secretary; Prof. Pradeep Patel & Dr. Dipak Vyas, Hon. Jt. Secretary & Er. K H Babaria, Treasurer organized the meeting in presence of 191 BVM Alumni Life Members and Executive Committee. The AGM concluded smoothly with delicious dinner.

Workshop - Hamal 28-07-2019

Hamal - VRS 01-12-2018

Sr. Clerk28-02-2019

Er. Vikrambhai C Patel

Mr. Manubhai V Vasava

Ex. Chairman, CVM27-05-2018

Prof. Jayantbhai T Deokule

Retirement

Dr. C L Patel

Ex. Chairman, CGSM Ltd.09-02-2019

Mr. Manubhai J. ParmarHamal31-07-2018

Prof. Sunilkumar A BakhruEx. Faculty, Computer31-07-2018

Ex Faculty, Mechanical09-04-2018

Prof. Jaypraksha N. JainEx. Faculty, Mechanical 31-01-2019

Ex. Faculty, Structural03-02-2019

ObituaryProf. Anantrai M Trivedi

Mr. Arvindbhai J. Parmar

Mr. Mahendrabhai J. Sevak

Ex. Faculty, Mechanical 31-05-2019

Mr. Punambhai I. RathvaSenior Clerk30-06-2019

Mr. Bhailal N. SolankiSweeper30-06-2019

Prof. Satishkumar A. Shah

Prof. Himashhu C. VakhariaEx. Faculty, Civil30-06-2019

Prof. Bhupendrakumar R. ParekhHead, Electrical31-07-2019

Enhancing Library Automation through RFID at BVM campus. Inauguration by Er Bhikhubhai Patel Chairman CVM, Dr D P Agrawal Former Chairman UPSC, New Delhi and other

ndBoard Members on the occasion of 72 Foundation Day

EC Department students and faculty members visited the VMC smart city command and control center. (20-07-2019)

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• Three days Workshop on “Vehicle Development” at BVM Engineering College, during 11-13 October 2019.

• Two days Workshop on "Patent Clinic”, at BVM Engineering College, during 06-07 September 2019.

• GATE Preparation on Regression & Interpolation at Production Engineering Department on 14 September, 2019.

• Induction Program on “ How to Utilize Library Resources at Production Engineering Department on 30 July, 2019.

• SAE BVM Collegiate Club participated in Virtual BAJA – 2019 at CHITKARA th stUNIVERSITY, Punjab, and Achieved 15 rank all over India and 1 rank in Gujarat.

• Dr. T. D. Pawar (Electronics Department) and Dr. U. K. Jaliya (Computer Department) participated in ICDP (International Conference on Digital Pedagogy) at AICTE Auditorium, New Delhi. (01-02 April 2019)

• Inaugurated the Center of Excellence ELARC (Electromagnetics and Antennas Research Center). (03-10-2019)

• Project Expo of Embedded Systems course. (05-10-2019)

• Coding competition for second year and third year students. (20-07-2019)

• A Second session of Workshop on Blender. (13-07-2019)

• Workshop on "Introduction to Ardunio and Raspberry pi "for first year students. (09-03-2019)

• Third year students Vedang Jotaniya taught Computer Graphics to second year students - an activity under students club. (07-09-2019)

nd rd• Motivational speech & interaction for 2 and 3 year Computer students (11-09-2019)

• Computer Society India supported and TEQIP-III sponsored Workshop on Database Design: A practical approach. (14-09-2019)

rd • Gate classes on subject Discrete Mathematics for 3 year students. (05-10-2019)

• Expert Talk on “Hands-on version control on GIT and GIT hub”. (29-06-2019)

• Short Term Training Program on Block chain and Its Applications. (10 -15 June 2019)

• Four Day Workshop on Graphics Application Development using UNITY. (16-19 September 2019)

• Workshop on Real Applications of Technologies. (06-07-2019)

• Three Day Workshop on Cross Platform App Development using Flutter.(02-04 July 2019)

• Expert Talk on “Network and Server Administrator”. (27-07-2019)

rd• One day expert talk on “Block chain technology: A future Perspective” for 3 year students. (20-07-2019)

• Expert talk on “Internet addiction”. (07-09-2019)

st nd rd• IE(I) Students' Chapter – Civil had organized water seminar for students of 1 , 2 , 3 th& 4 year of BVM Engg. College. (07-09-2019)

• Workshop on Structural Engineering Software STAAD Pro. (27-07-2019 )

• BVM PG students from Civil Engineering successfully completed summer internship at URFU Russia and also secured medal in Project. (27-06-2019 to 04-08-2019)

• IE(I) Students' Chapter - Civil had organized orientation program in BVM Engineering College. (05-09-2019)

Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much

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Date Venue Organized

1 15-04-2018 Surat Suresh Parikh

2 13-05-2018 Ahmedabad Vinod Panchasara

3 06-07-2018 Vadodara 79' Batch G2G

4 08-07-2018 Basna, Mehsana Kautilya Mehta

5 29-07-2018 Art of Living-VasadPradeep, Amit, Deepak,

Bhaskar & Nitin

6 23-09-2018 Ahmedabad Vinod Panchasara & active members

7 30-09-2018 Visnagar Jeshing Chaudhary & active members

8 02-10-2018 Baroda Ravindran Nayar & Ashwin Lakhani

9 07-10-2018 Godhra Bhupendra Amin

10 14-10-2018 Bhavnagar Mahesh Patel & Mohan Gevaria

11 26-10-2018 Ahmedabad Mitesh Shah

12 28-10-2018 Surat Chiman Makwana & Kuvarji Nayani

13 04-11-2018 Ahmedabad Sanjay Shah & Deepak Nagori

14 20-11-2018 Unjha Vasant Patel

15 20-11-2018 Patan Dashrath Patel

16 20-11-2018 Mehsana Amit Pandya & Bharat Patel

17 25-11-2018 VisnagarJesingbhai Choudhari,

Deepakbhai Patel & L. N. Patel

18 30-12-18 AhmedabadJasubhai Patel, Himanshu Shah,

Devanshu Vaishnav, Bharat Shah, Paresh Shah and 1988-89 Friends

19 05-06 Jan.19 BVMB M Vyas, Sharad Amin, Indrajit Patel &

Team Urja

20 10-03-2019 Ahmedabad Shankar Patel

21 28-04-2019 SuratSureshbhai Parikh, Makwana &

Nayanibhai

22 21-07-2019 Bharuch Dinesh A Patel

23 10-08-2019 Ahmedabad Shankar D Patel

24 17-08-2019 PuneRavindra Limye, Dilip Saha,

Samun Bhikhapurwala, Tushar Kulkarni

25 18-08-2019 Ahmedabad Amrish Shah

26 13-09-2019 USA Indravadan Bhakta

27 17-09-2019 Vadodara Ashwin Lakhani & Ravi Nayar

28 24-27 Sep.19 MahabaleshwarJogesh Mehta, K M Nayani &

Praful Jobanputra

Alumni Activities

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Coming together is a beginning, Staying together is progress and Working together is Success.

Series of city wise informal G2G and URJA Reunions has ignited and accelerated the momentum of rapid rise in Life Membership and have geared up a march towards BVM's historic Platinum Jubilee Celebrations (2023). He being the ENGINE OF THE BULLET TRAIN keeps whistling and pulling into his Team, alumnus, from each city to join his joyous journey towards 2023 – has emerged out into a very active wide spread team comprising of Deepak Vyas, Ravindran Nayar, Ravindra Khetani, Praful Jobanputra, Ashwin Lakhani, Thomas Varghese, Tushar Desai, Narendra Shah, Kuverji Nayani, Amrish Patel, Suresh Jasani, Suresh Parikh, Kautalya Mehta, Bhupendra Amin, Chiman Makwana, Vasant Patel, Dashrath Patel, Amit Pandya, Bharat Patel, Sanjay Shah, Deepak Nagori, Jasubhai Patel, Shankerbhai Patel, Suresh Parikh, Mahesh Patel, Mohan Gevaria, and many more now travelling in the bullet train.

Chai pe Dosti – the brain child of Vinodbhai Panchasara (1977 Civil Active Alumnus) has a fire in his belly with vigorous follow ups and bombardment of what's app has emerged out as BVM's BUZZ word – viral in BVM Alumni fraternity globally.

Basna, Mehsana 08-07-2018 Surat 28-04-2019

Baroda 02-10-2018

Godhra 07-10-2018

Vadodara 17-09-2019

Mahabaleshwar 27-09-2019

Ahmedabad 18-08-2019

Vadodara 06-07-2018

Pune 17-08-2019

Bhavnagar 14-10-2018

Ahmedabad 30-12-18

Ahmedabad 10-03-2019

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships

Alumni Activities

th• 57 AGM of BVM Alumni Association on 17-11-2019 (Sunday)

Up Coming Events:

• Padma Vibhushan A. M. Naik Felicitation Programme onSaturday, 14 December 2019 at Shastri Maidan, Vallabh Vidyanagar

It is not faith in technology, it is faith in people

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The outgoing students of the 2019 batch were given a farewell on 03 April 2019. Ashok Pillai, Chief Operating Officer, GMM Pfaudler Ltd., Karamsad was the Chief Guest of the function and Vallabhbhai Thumar, Group Chairman, Alidhra Weavetech Pvt. Ltd., and Virjibhai Ravani, Estate Developer, Green Group, Surat, was the Guest of Honor. Shri Bhikhubhai Patel, President, BVM Alumni Association & Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal presided over the function. The students interviewed the Guests who in turn shared their wisdom and rich experiences of professional life. Indrajit Patel and all Heads of Departments requested the students to keep in touch with Alma Mater BVM and promote Class Reunions. 400 plus students attended the function and was an emotional moment for students as they drifted apart from the college.

BVM Urja 2018 reunion was organized at “Art of Living” Ashram, VASAD on Sunday, 29 July 2018 organized by BVM Alumni Association Core Team comprising of Pradeep Patel, Amit Trivedi, Dipak Vyas, Bhasker Desai and Nitin Patel. 232 BVM Alumni including spouses enjoyed the fun and frolic reunion in the serene environment of the Ashram located on the bank of Mahi River in the beautiful Monsoon.

URJA 5-6 Jan 2019

The students of 2018 batch were given a warm welcome on 11 September 2018 and our distinguished alumnus Jashvant Patel, Director, Shyamal Developers, Ahmedabad was the Chief Guest of the function. Harshit Lalpura, the Founder of Hash Media, Ahmedabad was the Guest of Honour of the function. The interaction with them gave a true insight on the professional journey they had as they shared their rich engineering, academic and administrative experience to the incoming students.

Farewell '19

Shri Bhikhubhai Patel, Chairman, CVM chaired the function and addressed the gathering. He emphasized that such reunions should be frequently planned to bring the spirit of brotherhood.

Program was planned as a full day event including Breakfast, Lunch and Hi Tea prepared in the Ashram Kitchen. Antakshari was played amongst BVM alumni against

their spouses group and the event was a very unique experience rejoicing past college days memories. The post lunch session was great fun with a Karaoke program where alumni and their spouses had sung on the beats and music. The entire program was compered by Deepak Vyas.

To gain a momentum of Platinum Jubilee Celebration of BVM (2023) a mega event of " BVM thURJA 2019 " on 5 and 6 was organized on BVM Campus with a prime focus on th January

bringing together senior BVMites graduated before 1970.

Dipak Vyas suggested these distinguished alumni to have a lifelong bonding with Alma Mater BVM. Indrajit Patel, the President of the function informed about the rich legacy of this college and suggested students to work harder in college and boosted the academic morale of the students. About 500 plus students enjoyed the cultural program and showcased their talents.

Indrajit Patel welcomed all the BVMites to the unique gathering by BVM Alumni Association and apprised about the present status of BVM. Shri Bhikhubhai Patel took a note of presence of BVMites in such a huge number and expressed his views for the overall development of BVM and invited BVMites to join hands for this good cause. Shri Bhagyesh Jha delivered a very inspiring lecture. He stressed up on the retired BVMites that life really begins at 60 years and each one should happily live every moment of life! The entire session was very much enjoyed by all.

BVM URJA 2018 'Art of Living' Ashram, VASAD

The majestic opening ceremony commenced with prayers at the front lawns of BVM. The dais was honored by the august presence of Shri Bhikhubhai Patel, President of BVM Alumni Association, V N Patel, Chief Guest of the Inauguration of " BVM URJA 2019 ", M N Patel, Guest of Honour, B M Vyas, Event Chairman, Sharad Amin, Event Convener, Pradeep Patel, Hon. Jt. Secretary, K H Babaria, Hon. Treasurer, Indrajit Patel, Principal BVM and Key note Speaker, Shri Bhagyesh Jha, the Rtd. Collector.

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I strongly acknowledge your continuous support in entrusting me for a huge responsibility of undertaking an academic leadership of Charutar Vidya Mandal and BVM Alumni Association. I look forward for this new association and will meet more to you all, much with my work and less with words.

Er. Bhikhubhai B. Patel

The first lessons of engineering in BVM solidified my foundation and as a proud alumnus of civil engineering branch I am still on my learning curve. I invite your whole hearted support in building new heights of scholarships in our present students and humbly request you to extend your support in developing a strong curricula, enhancing industry institute interactions, faculty development, enriching student placements, raising research consultancy and much more.

Chairman, CVM

Season's Greetings and Warm wishes from BVM family !My pen, its nib and the ink shares a feeling of a new hope, aspirations and joy with the release of the new version of our News Letter - “ “ that will bridge, bond and connect our 19,000 alumni present all across the globe. I strongly feel the news letter theme 'Nai Umang' will bring strong covalence amongst alma and will touch the inner spots of every alumni to bring BVM to new zenith of excellence.

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Dear AlumniOur alumni community plays a vital role in inspiring ideas transforming into reality. When I observe the various advancement in Engineering & Technology, I observe the difference, our donors and alumni make to the life of our college. I am proud that our alumni are active contributors to their professions and to their communities around the globe and that they are equally active close to their Alma Mater.

I welcome the efforts of the editorial team in bringing out our first newsletter ' '. This Newsletter will becomes a vital tool of connectivity by keeping you informed about the campus news, updates and inspirational stories.

To the hundreds of you who donated to your favorite Institute as BVMITE, your support will make a huge difference to ignite young minds.

As we progress through 2018 and beyond, I encourage all BVMITE to look up; strive to achieve new heights; reach out to your peers and mentors and thank them for their support and friendship. During your next visit to BVM, be sure to look up (and tour) our new state-of-the-art facilities.

It is over 30 years, I am teaching 'Bonding of Atoms' in Materials Science. However, I am yet to fully understand the ways alumni bond. However, I feel if the bridges are built, humans connect. This very idea has given a rebirth to our newsletter in its novel form - " goVw "!

Dear Alumni

I wish the theme 'Nayi Umang ' of this news letter will attempt bringing 19,000 free electrons back in BVM orbit with new aspirations, new zeal and vigour to our BVM Alumni Association.Let us kindle scholarships in its truest form through " goVw " and

bring our Alma Mater BVM the same glory that our founders envisioned. I invite you all to have a very strong engagement through " goVw " to build a 21st-century engineer of substance and

strength.With your active engagement we will make -BVM a colour of inspiration....!

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Vitthal Udyognagar

Vallabh Vidyanagar

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ADear lumniGreetings from Alma mater BVM and wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Fiscal Year 2018-19 !It gives us an immense pleasure to launch our new version of newsletter “ on the auspicious occasion of our 55th Annual ”General Meeting on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 with a core objective to spread our strong global network of BVMITES.

Let us all gear up and connect through our new dynamic website and “ keeping you updated about our alma mater BVM.”

Team BVM heartily congratulate Er. Bhikhubhai Patel - our own Alumnus of Civil Engineering 1975 batch being elected as Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal and welcome him as the President of BVM Alumni Association along with young and dynamic Manishbhai Patel as Vice President CVM. It is matter of pride as BVM has achieved an Autonomy and wi spread dealumnus around the globe we aspire to achieve higher goals towards excellence in Technical Education with our road map of global recognition through MISSION 2022 - while we celebrate our joyous journey of 75 years by PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATION.

Individually we are one drop but together we are an ocean

Let ' ' help to connect the 'young' to the 'wisdom'.

Dear Alumni

I feel much enthused to offer you the olives happenings at BVM as the whole campus is basking in the glow of new hope -”नई उमंग”. This new hope had made our editorial team to rethink to connect the dots of future and present through a strong bridge ' '.I feel ' ' will create a feeling of brotherhood, the sense of belonging and more so will depict the world that BVMites are might's!I strongly voice at this point to all our alumni members to come forward and share their achievements, success, stories & case lets of subjects learning to motivate and inspire our young and budding engineers.

Season's greetings & warm wishes!

The 69th Annual Day was celebrated on March 24, 2017 in presence of Dr. C. L Patel Prof. R C Natrajan (Director,IRMA) and Dr. D K Das (Director, SAC- ISRO).

The college distributed 500 tablets to the students in the presence of Dy SP Shri A.M Patel,Dr. Nikhil Zaveri (Director General CVM) and Shri B.B Vahonia (DRDA).

The college was awarded Educational Excellence Award for Start Up and Innovation by Govt of Gujarat on February 5, 2018 at Grand Education Fair, by Hon Chief Minister Shri Vijaybhai Rupani. The college received the grant of ̀ 1.25 crores under this scheme.

Our college was ranked in top 200 technical institutions of the country and sixth in Gujarat State in National Institutional Ranking Frame Work by HRD, Govt of India.

The college received a grant of ` 7 crore from National Program Implementation Unit, New Delhi for Technical Education Quality Improvement Program – III sponsored by World Bank and Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Institutional Achievements

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Expert Talk on “Highway Geometry Design Using MX Road”.

A mini Technical Festival – GENESIS’17 was organised on September 8-9, 2017.

Environmental Audit of about 15 Industries was carried out whose Consultancy amounted to approximately ̀ 43 lacs.

An Expert lecture was organized by Civil Engineering Department on Water Resource Management by Shri Gaurav Sindhayi and Shri Manish Prajapati. Software training program was organized by Structural Engineering Department in the presence of Er. R Vivek Prasad (CSI Engineering Software Private Ltd.).

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73 students of Mechanical and Production Engineering of BVM engineering college visited “Auto Expo-2018” at Delhi. Prof B S Patel, Prof M I Kathadi and Prof H P Patolia accompanied the group during the visit organized on February 8-16, 2018.

An Expert lecture on “Oil & Gas Sector Opportunity”, was given by Vasant Mistry and was organized for the third and final year of Production and Mechanical Engineering on August 17, 2017.

The Faculty group of Production Engineering visited Engimach Exhibition at Gandhinagar on December 10, 2017.

64 students of Production Engineering Department visited “Green Surgicals Pvt Ltd”, Savli Industrial Estate. on March 24, 2017.

Training of “Fusion 360” software was given to the students of production engineering under TEQIP program on April 6, 2017. The total of 35 students were trained by Shri Nirav Sharma and Shri Jaimin Barot.

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The MODROB grant of Rs. 2,85,000 for "Knowledge Based Laboratory” was sanctioned by AICTE .

Prof. R B Gandhi, Associate Professor. completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics on the subject 'A Study on Generalized Szasz-Mirakjan Operators' June10, 2017 SVNIT (Surat).

The STTP was organized from February 19-24, 2018 on Statistical Analysis for Scientific and Technical Research & Application - SASTRA-2018 coordinated by Dr R B Gandhi and Dr M E Shimpi.

An expert talk was organized on the topic of 'Importance of Mathematics in engineering' in the august presence ofDr. J J Patel (Ex. Vice President, ABB).

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thOn 28 January 2018, an expert lecture on Power System & Design of EHV Substation was delivered by Er. S.M. Takalkar, consultant of power transmission system – Baroda. For final year students of electrical engineering department.

Dr. Manish Patel, Southern Power Co., USA - BVM Alumni of 2000, presented an expert talk on “Power System

rd thOperation and Control in USA” for 3 & 4 year students and inspire students to work on latest technology and software.

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The team of Rushi Patel, Rohit Patel, Priya Patel, Shivani Patel, Rahul Mourya, Siddharth Goswami and guided by Prof. Bhavesh Tanawala ranked 8th in “The Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon-2017” during April 2017.

An expert lecture on Design Engineering on March 17, 2018 was organized in the presence of Shri Rohit Swaroop (Founder Director, Explora Design School).

A team of Gaurav Jindal, Ankur Kiyada, Meet Patel & Kunal Sahitya and guided by Dr. N. M. Patel, Dr. M. M. Vegad, Dr. D. G. Thakore stood first state level technical festival IMAZE -17 during 8-10 April 2017.

An STTP on “Android Programming and Mobile Applications Development” was organized by IT Dept from December 26-30, 2018. The 44 participants were from 12 colleges. The Dean, Faculty of Engineering,Dr Amit Ganatra (CHARUSAT) inaugurated the function.Mr Dhavat Shah, CMD of Dhavat Infotech addressed the valedictory function.

stIndustry Visit for 1 Years students at Atlanta Transformer, Fine Cast Pvt. Ltd, Rhino Machines Pvt. Ltd. in Vitthal Udyognagar and AMUL Dairy, on August 01-02, 2017.

On January 2, 2018, a three Days Workshop on “Digital Signal Processing” was organized by Electronics Engg. Dept. Shri Izah Ahemad, Shyam Dhuha, Shri Yamn Dang and Shri Swapnil Thakur were the expert speakers at the workshop.

Industry Institute meet was organised and was attended by Mr. Mukesh Vasani, Mr. Narayan Parmar, and Ms. Akta Mehul from AIMTRON Pvt. Ltd.

On 25, April 2017 the Academic Excellence Award was given to toppers of each year by Shri Utkarsh Patel, Shri Harsh Upadhyay, Shri Shamik Trivedi, Shri Jay Khagram and Shri Bhargav Patel.

Shri Harsh Upadhyay and Shri Darshan Shah of 2013 pass out alumnus of EC department were selected in GPSC class I examination.

The one-day IEEE workshop on Arduino and its applications was organized for 44 students on February 26, 2018. Er Keyur Chauhan, Director of Shreeji Charan Electronics inaugurated the function.

Teamwork divides the tasks and multiplies sucess

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The off-campus placement drive undertaken at Ahmedabad enthused 1500 students of Gujarat wherein our student Mr Inosh Vishwanathan of final year electronics branch fetched the placement package of ̀ 9 lacs annually in BYJU's.

Mr Mau l i k Gangan i , Mr Rahu l Dangadra, Mr Tushar Kasawala,Mr Pranav Pandya, Mr Sakir Mansuri, Ms Chancy Shah of Civil Engineering under the mentorship of Dr Deepa Sinha won the National Level “All India S tuden t Cube compet i t i on ” on November 24-25, 2017 at Mumbai.

Dr. Dipak S Vyas (Retd. Professor, Civil Engg Dept., BVM), Visiting Professor at CHARUSAT, rendered his services as an Expert Speaker in Two Days National Seminar on "Current Issues, Challenges and Advancements in Environmental Engineering" organized by SVIT, Vasad in collaboration with GTU from February 2-3, 2018, on the topic of " Emission Trading Scheme - A Step to Control Green house Gases and Global Warming".

Er Vasant Patel, the 1975 alumnus of Mechanical Engineering and Chairman of Dynamic Auto looms India Pvt Ltd. took a lead to organize class reunion on March 4, 2017 at Unjha wherein 175 alumni had participatedand the meeting was attended by our PrincipalProf (Dr) Indrajitbhai Patel, Er Vinod Panchasra, Er Praful Jobanputra, Er Ravindran Nair, Er Ravindra Khetani, Er Kirit Khetani and Er Nitin Patel.

‘The Reunion USA-Canada’ at Vraj Temple, Pennsylvania on July 8-9, 2017 was organized. The dais was honored by Prof. Uday Deopurkar, Mrs Sudhmitaben Amin,Mr Shail Chokhavatia and Er Hemendra Jani. The committee from USA included Er Ketan Patel, Shilpa Gandhi, Er Deepak Shah,Er Gautam Patel, Er Amrish Patel, Er Karsan Limbasia, Er Rohit Patel, Er Jayant Khetani, Er Bharat Patel. The team from India comprised of Er Praful Jobanputra, Er Ravi Nayar, Er Vinod Panchasra, Er Tusharbindu Desai, Er Nitin R Patel, Er Vasudev Pandya and Er Kirit Khetani.

Er. N H BarotConsulting Engineer, Student of First Batch of Civil Engineering

Shri K H ParmarComputer, 28-11-2017

Prin. R C DesaiEx. Principal, B & B Polytechnic,Ex. Secretary CVM, 28-04-2015

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Er. Anil PatelEx. Minister-Industries, Government of Gujarat08-02-2018

Dr. F S UmrigarEx. Principal, BVM Engineering College, 30-06-2016

Prof. J J BhavsarEx. Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, 31-01-2018

Mr. Sudhir K ShahLibrary - 31-08-2016

Mr. A K MistryWorkshop - 31-07-2016

Dr. D S VyasEx. Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, 30-01-2017

Prof. (Dr) B K ShahEx. Faculty, Structural Engineering Department, 31-10-2016

Prof. H J ShroffHead, Civil, 23-01-2017

Prof P M AgrawalMechanical, 27-09-2017

Prof J C PanchalHead - Electrical,17-07-2017

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Shri R K SolankiMechanic, 07-11-2017

Shri A R Patel - Civil

Prof R M ParikhCivil, 05-03-2018

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Amanpreetsingh Chopra, a third year student, thwas selected for 26 January 2018 Republic

Day Parade.

Prof. Sunil A Bakhru, received Best Paper Award on “Assignment Based Learning” during

nd22 ISTE State annual faculty convention held on December 30, 2017.

An International student Cephas Okomo ME Elect. presented his paper at MSU during February 11, 2018 conducted by Vision India Foundation.

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Farewell Function - April 2018Reunion 2018-19BVMite - Inspires April 2018Freshers Welcome - Sep 2018

Upcoming Events

On 10 December 2017 at Rifle Club, Ahmedabad around 70 BVMites met in an innovative way under ‘Chai - Par - Dosti’ program. Er Rambhai Patel of 1978 Civil Engineering batch sponsored the program. Er Rambhai Patel, Er Vinodbhai Panchasara, Er Tushar Desai, Er Ravi Nair, Er Mahesh S Sharma, Er Vinod Sharma took active participation to conduct the meetings. The concept of interaction was novel and it was felt that such small interactions in city can enhance the brotherhood amongst the BVMites and during such interactions the progress of alumni, the recent achievements of alumni staying in the city can be shared. Also such small groupings can in a way motivate to start the new Alumni Chapter in any city. Also it was felt that the forthcoming events in college, the resource needs of the college can be taken up for the betterment of the college.

The reunion at Baroda was organized on January 7, 2018 at Polo Club and 157 BVMites enjoyed the talk of Pujya Gnyanvatsal Swami a 1992 alumnus of Mechanical Engineering branch. The program was success due to leadership of Er Ravi Nayar (1977 – Civil) and his volunteer team comprising of Er Bhanu Dalwadi (1977 Civil), Er Bharat Mistry (1976 Civil), Er Madhukant Patel (1976 Civil), Er Nitin Desai (1977 Civil), Er Anup Kothari (1979 Civil), Er R R Shah (1979 Civil), Er Niranjan Talati (1965-Mechanical), Er Ashwin Lakhani (1989 Electrical),Er Jaydeep Bhatt (1985 EC). Er Sharad Shah, Er Krishnaraj Asher, Er Pankaj Chaniara, Er Kuntal Rajyaguru and Er Niranjan Talati made the program joyful.

The reunion of BVM Alumni was organized by Er Navin Devani and his team mates on 12-13 August, 2017 at Lonavala. About 165 plus alumni participated in this event. Dr. Indrajitbhai Patel conveyed the message to build a strong bonding through reunion. On behalf of BVM fraternity Prof Amit Bhavsar, Prof Vinay Patel and Prof Haresh Patolia attended the function. Prof Amit Bhavsar stated that the college had gained academic autonomy under TEQIP program. The event enhanced the alumni bonding.

The Reunion’17 enthused BVM alumni to organize one more reunion on October 1, 2017, at Unava. The main sponsor of this event was Er J S Patel presently the CEO of Elecon Engg Co. Ltd and an alumnus of 1976 batch of Mechanical Engineering. The BVMites from Anand - Bombay belt joined this function whole heartedly. Dr. Indrajitbhai Patel, Principal of BVM enthused the audience and set the new target of BVM Endowment Fund to the tune of 75 crores by the year 2022, when our college will complete its 75 years of its existence. All the participating alumni decided to institute a gold medal of Reunion’17. Mrs Daxaben Bhatt of 1971 batch of Electrical Engineering and Mr Himanshu Amin of 1971 batch of electrical engineering joined this event from overseas. Er. Ravi Nayar, Er. Praful Jobanputra, Er Ravindra Khetani, Shialesh Desai, Er. Vasudev Pandya, Er. Kirit Khetani Er. Uresh Mehta, Er. Mayur Shah, Er. R V Patel, Er. Vijay Shah,Er. Ramesh B Patel, Er. Tusharbindu Desai, Er. Narendra Shah, Er. Vinod Sharma worked to make the program a sucess.

Prof (Dr) Indrajitbhai Patel addressing Alumni on October 1, 2017 at Unava

Alumni Reunion on January 7, 2018 at Polo Club Baroda.

Alumni Reunion on December 10, 2017 at Rifle Club, Ahmedabad

Alumni Reunion on August 12-13, 2017 at Lonavala

None of us is as strong as all of us

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