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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ROORKEE (COER) (Governed by Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust)

7th KM on Roorkee – Haridwar Road Vardhman Puram

Roorkee (Uttarakhand) August 22, 2020

Minutes of the meeting of the BOG of College of Engineering Roorkee (COER) held on

21st August 2020 at 12.00 Noon in online mode due to prevailing COVID pandemic.

Following attended the meeting:

1. Er. JC Jain, Chairman, Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust Chairman

2. Mrs. Sunita Jain, Vice Chairperson, Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust Member

3. Dr. Subhash Jain, Secretary, Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust Member

4. Mr. Shriyance Jain, Managing Director, Member

Texplas Group of Industries, Trustee, Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust

5. Mrs. Charu Jain, Trustee, Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust Member

6. Professor SP Gupta, Director General, COER Member Secretary

7. Professor D. Ghosh, Head, E & CE Department, IIT Roorkee Member

8. Professor RP Saini, Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, IIT Roorkee Member

9. Dr. BM Singh, Director, COER Member

10. Dr. Pankaj Chaudhari, Associate Dean (Academics) Special Invitee

11. Dr. Siddharth Jain, Dean Research Special Invitee

Nominations of two Members by the State Government are yet to be received. Dr. Anita

Rawat, Member of the BoG and Registrar, Uttarakhand Technical University could not attend

the meeting.

Hon. Chairman welcomed all the members and thanked them for their gracious presence in

the meeting of the BoG. He said COER looks forward to guidance from the Honourable

members of this apex body. The suggestions made in the BoG are valuable and all steps are

taken to implement them. For example, in the last BOG it was suggested that we increase

intake in B.Tech. (CSE). The same has been implemented. The COVID-19 has

presented unprecedented challenges. The financial management, conducting teaching in virtual

mode and maintaining safety standards in the campus are some of them. He sought guidance in

these matters. The New Education Policy 2020 has been announced. How will it impact higher

education and how should we act proactively to be ready for future. This issue may be

discussed.

He then asked the Member Secretary to proceed with the Agenda.

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The Member Secretary made a power point presentation covering all items of the agenda as

summarized below:

GENERAL:

It was informed that the BoG of COER has been constituted as per AICTE guidelines

and has 14 members. Two members are to be nominated by State Government. The names of

such Hon‟ble members have not been received so far from the State Government, though

requests are regularly sent to Deputy Secretary, Technical Education, Uttarakhand Secretariat,

Dehradun.

Out of 14 members, two members, namely Maj. Gen. Dr. OP Soni, DG. COER-SM and Mr.

Dhaeshwar Kumar, Asstt. Professor have resigned from COER. There replacement will be

made in due course of time.

ITEM 1:

To Confirm the Minutes of the last meeting of BoG held on September 28, 2019. Minutes

were circulated. No comments were received on the Minutes from Hon. Members. The minutes

were confirmed. Following observations were made in the last meeting:

Hon‟ble member appreciated efforts made at COER and COER-SM to achieve excellence in

teaching and research. Listed below are the suggestions made by Hon‟ble members and action

taken on them:

(i) Professor RP Saini suggested that in view of significant role of renewable energy in

present times, special courses may be developed in this area. This may also

enhance admission of students. Possibility of renaming the B.Tech course on „Plastic

and Polymer Engineering‟ which is attracting low admissions as „Chemical

Engineering‟ which more broad based may be explored. He appreciated the research

achievements of the faculty members and suggested that they should be further

intensified.

Action taken: The above suggestions are in the process consideration for

implementation.

(ii) Mr. Shriyance Jain opined that there should be a provision for expert from industry to

be involved in curriculum delivery, to some extent. This is likely to improve industry

readiness of graduating students. There is a need to update the course curriculum as

well.

Action taken: The above suggestion has been implemented.

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(iii) Mrs. Charu Jain laid emphasis on internship of students to be treated as an

opportunity for in-depth understanding of industrial practices and should be handled

by the Institute more professionally. She also suggested that incentives should be

given to faculty members and staff for special achievements.

Action taken: The above suggestion has been implemented.

(iv) Professor D. Ghosh suggested that intake in courses such as Computer Science &

Engineering be increased to meet the increasing need of human resource in this

area. He also suggested that COER should take advantage of training opportunity

offered by IITs through Faculty Development courses under Electronics &

Information Communication Technology (E&ICT) Academy.

Action taken: The above suggestions have been implemented.

(v) Professor OP Soni suggested that Supply Chain Management be added as a

specialization in MBA. Besides, a PG Diploma course on Industrial Safety

Management may be started.

Action taken: The above suggestions are in the process consideration for

implementation.

(vi) Dr. B.M. Singh suggested starting of Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology to

enhance student‟s technical, ethical, social, collaborative working, and team building

skills. There should be project implementation in Laboratory classes by the each

student. He suggested that every student must include innovations in his/her projects

during implementation. He also suggested that placement preparation classes must

be organized just after the 6th semester examinations and participation of students

be made mandatory. He further opined that students should be motivated to

participate in technical exhibitions and hackathons.

Action taken: The above suggestions have been implemented

(vii) Mr. Dhanesh Kumar suggested that there should be a 6 month slot in B.Tech

curriculum for industrial internship of students. With such internships the students will

have a fair chance of placement in the industry of his/her internship. Dr. Anita Rawat

opined that any proposal, such as this one, which requires approval of the University,

should be sent to the University.

Action taken: The above suggestion has already been mandated by the AICTE.

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ITEM 2:

To report activities at COER since the last meeting of the BoG held on September 28,

2019

2.1 An International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (COER-

ICAIA-2019) was held at COER on Nov. 20-21, 2020– A brief report

COER organized an International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications

(COER-IEEE--ICAIA-2019) jointly with Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun and Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere in association with IEEE UP Section on

Nov, 20-21, 2019 at Roorkee.

The focus of the conference was on research and development in the area of Artificial

Intelligence. The International Conference saw the participation of experts from different

countries. About ten speakers from Universities of India and abroad and Industries addressed

the delegates during the plenary and technical sessions of the conference and covered the

diversified research applications of Artificial Intelligence in various fields of Engineering and

Technology. This included the talks of Professor Gopal Gupta from University of Texas at

Dallas who discussed on “Artificial Intelligence: The Road Forward”; Professor Kalyanmoy

Deb and Professor Erik Goodman from Michigen State University, on “Evolutionary

computation and Machine Learning reinforce each other”. Prof Nishchal Verma from IIT Kanpur

delivered his talk on “Deep learning and its role in Artificial Intelligence”. Dr Harilal from ONGC

delivered his talk on “AI in Petroleum Exploration”. Other renowned dignitaries and experts in

the fields of Artificial Intelligence; Professor Manoj Tripathi, Professor Sudip Roy, Professor

Jeevanand Seshadrinath and Professor Debidas Kundu, from IIT Roorkee also discussed

different aspects of ArtificialIntelligence.

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The conference provided a platform which discussed around forty five papers in different

technical sessions. The conference received papers from IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi,

Ecole De Technologie Superieure, Quebec, Canada, Pant Nagar University, ONGC, Gautam

Buddha University and other institutes. A tutorial session on “Automating Common Sense

Reasoning” by Professor Gopal Gupta had been planned one day before the commencement of

the conference on 19 Nov 2019. The conference presented a big opportunity to share global

experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence and drawn recommendations in the area of

Artificial Intelligence.

House Recommendation: The house recognized the increasing importance of Machine

Learning and Deep Learning and opined that an introductory course in this area be taught at an

early stage in all engineering courses. In view of above the house recommended to

“Introducing a full time compulsory course on Machine Learning and Deep Learning in

the curriculum of first year of all courses”.

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2.2 Visit of two Professors from Russia

VISIT OF PROFESSORS IAKOV ILLCHENKO AND NIKOLAI KURCHENKO IN

OCTOBER 2019

It was a historic occasion for COER to have entered in to a Memorandum of

Understanding with a major Russian University Kuban State Agrarian University (KubSAU),

Krasnodar, Russia on May 27, 2019. This cooperation was put into a useful interactive

opportunity when the COER Management invited two Professors of KubSAU to Roorkee.

Professors Iakov Illchenko and Nikolai Kurchenko visited COER for one month in October

2019.

Dr. Nicholai Kurchenko Dr. Iakov Ilchenko

They interacted with the faculty members and students for dissemination of their

expertise in Internet of Things, Big Data, Robotics, Automation of Industrial Processes and

Application of Drones and Sensor technology in Agriculture.

2.3 (A) Conduct of Academic Activities in the even semester 2019-20 in the wake of

COVID-19

Online classes were held to deal with with the academic loss due to pandemic. About

100 faculty members who acted as Faculty advisors connected with students on one to one

basis to disseminate all information related to online teaching. Various platforms were used,

such as: WhatsApp, Zoom, Webex, emails etc to ensure that students get teaching material

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even if they missed online teaching due to poor internet availability at their end. COER has

now procured a licensed version of „Microsoft Teams‟ for conducting online classes.

The academic activities in the even semester were conducted in conventional manner

up to 22nd March, 2020. Thereafter, online mode was adopted in the locked down period due

to COVID-19, as explained in Table 1.

Table 1: Conduct of teaching during Even semester 2019-20

ACTIVITY MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2020 - SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2020

Academic Session

Month No. of Days

Sunday Holidays Net working days

Mode of Teaching

Jan 12 01 - 11 51 Days (In Person: Offline)

Feb 29 04 01 24

March 31 05 04 16

+08 42 Days (Online) April 30 04 02 24

May 14 02 - 12

Total 116 16 07 93

First Test Series

March 5-7 , 2020 (Thursday – Saturday)

Note: A detailed statement of all students towards their internal assessment was

sent to the Uttarakhand Technical University, as asked for.

In addition to the syllabi based teaching, a number of activities were conducted for the

benefit of students, as listed in Table 2.

Table 2: Academic Activities (Even Semester 2019-20)

SN Activity CS, IT & CA

ME & PP

CE EN ET Mgt AGRI

1 Workshops 3 2 0 3 1 2

2 Hackathons 2 0 0 0 0 00 1

3 Seminars 1 1 6 3 2 50 2

4 Competitions 1 0 1 0 1 2

5 Alumni Interaction 1 1 1 1 1 1

6 Internships 3 1 3 1 0 1

7 Faculty Development Programs (Organized by Departments)

2 0 0 1 2 2

8 Industry Visits 1 0 4 0 0 NA

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9 Exhibition Visits NA 0 0 0 1 NA

10 Placement Preparation Classes Quantitative Aptitude, and other related subjects

11 Career Counseling Related Lectures 3 0 3 0 1 1

12 Mock tests for competitive exams 2 0 1 0 1 0

CS: Computer Science Engineering; IT: Information Technology; CA: Computer Applications (MCA); ME: Mechanical Engineering; PP: Plastic and Polymer Engineering; CE: Civil Engineering; EN: Electrical and Electronics Engineering; ET: Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering; Mgt: Masters of Business Administration (MBA); AGRI: BSc (Agriculture)

2.3 (B) Planning for conduct of Academic Activities in the Odd semester 2020-21 in

the wake of COVID-19

As per practice an Academic Calendar is prepared in the beginning of each semester. For

the Odd semester 2020-21, the salient features of the academic calendar are given in Table 3.

The academic activities planned for this semester are listed in Table 4.

Table 3: Academic Calendar (Odd Sem 2020-21)

S N Activity Period Total No. of

Day

Sunday

Holiday

Net Working

Day

1 Academics Session

Monday, Aug 10, 2020 - Saturday, December 12,

2020

Month Sunday Holidays Net working

days August 03 01 18

September 04 01 25 October 04 01 26

November 05 05 20 December 01 0 11

Total 17 8 100

125 17 08

100

2 First Test Series October 8 – 10, 2020 (Thursday – Saturday)

3 Parent Day - I October 17, 2020 (Saturday)

4 Second Test Series

November 23 – 25, 2020 (Monday – Wednesday)

5 Parent Day - II November 28, 2020 (Saturday)

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6 Proposed Preparation Leave

December 14 – 19, 2020 (Monday – Saturday)

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Likely Commencement of Semester Examination

December 21, 2020 (Monday)

HOLIDAYS

1 Krishna Janmashtami

August 11, 2020 (Tuesday)

2 Anant Chaudas September 01, 2020 (Tuesday)

3 Gandhi Jayanti October 02, 2020 (Friday)

4 Dusshera October 25, 2020 (Sunday)

5 Mid Semester Break

November 13 – 17, 2020 (Friday - Tuesday )

6 Guru Nanak Birthday

November 30, 2020 (Monday)

Table 4: Academic Activities planned for Odd Sem 2020-21

SN Activity CS, IT & CA ME & PP CE EN ET Mgt AGRI

1 Workshops 3 2 3 3 2 2 2

2 Hackathons 2 1 1 1 1 00 1

3 Seminars 1 1 4 3 2 50 2

4 Competitions 1 2 2 1 2 2 1

5 Alumni Interaction 1 1 1 1 3 1 0

6 Internships 3 1 2 1 1 1 1

7 Faculty Development Programs 2 2 2 1 2 2 1

8 Industry Visits NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

9 Exhibition Visits NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

10 Placement Preparation Classes Quantitative Aptitude, and other related subjects

11 Career Counseling Related Lectures 3 0 3 2 4 1 2

12 Mock tests for competitive exams 2 2 1 2 2 2 1

2.4 Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) conducted at COER

As a part of continuing education, a number of knowledge enhancement activities such as Faculty Development Programs, Seminars, Webinars and Workshops were organized at COER. The resource persons from academia and industry provided wealth of knowledge in

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their area of expertise to the participating faculty members and students of COER. Many of the activities were sponsored by the TEQIP, Uttarakhand Technical University. The details are given below: TABLE 1: LIST OF SEMINARS/ WEBINARS/ FDPS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2019

Sr. No.

Date Name of Activity Speaker

1 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on Machine Learning, Deep Learning& AI

Mr. Nitin Srivastava, Mappings Skills Pvt. Ltd.

2 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on Core Java with Android

Mr. Praveen Sharma, SmartBrains Pvt. Ltd. Noida

3 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on ANSIS Mr. Deepak Kumar, Softec Technologies

4 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on Machine Learning with Python

Mr. Anand Pandey, Apex Technologies, Noida

5 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on Solar Power Technology

Mr. Shashank Kumar, Hertz Electrical

6 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on Civil Structural Design Engineering

Mr. Vickram Roy Chowdhury, Morling Global Pvt. Ltd. Noida

7 13 -17 January, 2020

Five Days Workshop on Soft Skills Babita Bist, , MAHC

8 24 January, 2020

One Day Workshop “ Gender Sensitivity (Health and Hygiene)”

Dr. Sunita Gupta, Gynecologist, Sai Hospita Laldhang, Haridwar Road, Uttarakhand.

9 27 - 28 January, 2020

FDP on New And Innovative Teaching Techniques

Prof Nagendra Kumar, Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences , IIT Roorkee

10 30 January, 2020

One Day Workshop Work Life Balance Dr (Prof) V K Singh , COER

11 25 Feb, 2020

One-Day Seminar Career Options Dr. Shifu Verma, Founder, SSDN Global Education

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Services, Civil Lines, Roorkee

12 28 Feb., 2020

Expert Lecture on Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management

Mr. Sachidanand Singh, Ms. Priti Padmaja

13 24 April,

2020 Webinar on IPR: Research And Invention Dr. Gaurav Dwivedi, Dr. Shweta Singh, MANIT Bhopal

14 25April, 2020

Webinar on Success in IELTS & TOEFL

Ms. Shaifali Mahle, Global

Wings Education Abroad,

Roorkee

15 29April, 2020

Webinar on How To Plan For Satrtup Legal & Ethical Issues

Dr Parikshit Kala Himgiri Zee University

16 1 May, 2020

Webinar on Challenges of Power Generation of Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources

Prof. Ramesh Bansal University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

17 2 May, 2020

Webinar on Clean Energy Dr. Aruna Kumar, VIT Vellore Dr. Puneet Verma, ASK Consulting Engineers, Australia

18 7 May, 2020

Webinar on Energy & Environmental Problems Facing The Third World And Their Probable Solutions For Sustainable Development

Prof. D.P. Kothari Director (I/C), IIT DELHI Former Principal, VRCE, Nagpur

19 23 May, 2020

Webinar On Fight Covid-19 Using Robotics & IT

Mr. Ajay Godara Founder & Director, Enovate Skill Innovator & Mentor of Change NITI Aayog, Govt of India

20 May 30, 2020

Webinar on CAREER AFTER DEGREE / DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Mr. Ajay Tiwari

21 5 June, 2020

Webinar on Environment and health During COVID-19

Dr Deepak Kumar

22 5 June, 2020

Webinar on Climate change and its impact on planet

Dr Deep Gupta

23 5 June, 2020

Climate Change & its Mitigation By Mr Ashish Garg

24 16-20, June 2020

Five Days Online FDP on Power Electronics Applications in Smart Grid Technologies- Recent Advances

1. Dr. Premalata Jena, Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee

https://newhr.sharjah.ac.ae/

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2. Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Professor, NIT Kurukshetra 3. Dr. Mukesh Pathak, Professor, IIT Roorkee 4. Dr. S. K. Jain, Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala 5. Dr. K. K Gupta, Assistant Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Patiala 6. Dr. Mukhtiar Singh, Professor, DTU, New Delhi 7. Dr. Y. P Verma, Associate Professor, UIET Chandigarh

2.5 Honours /Awards

1. COER has received Best Engineering College -2019 in 2nd Divya Himgiri State Level

Education Excellence Awards Uttarakhand on November 10th 2019 at Dehradun.

2. COER has received National Leadership Award 2019 as Best Technical College in

Uttarakhand on November 17th 2019 at Kolkata.

3. Professor SP Gupta, Director General, was conferred the SSI Lifetime Achievement

Award by the Systems Society of India for lifelong contributions to the systems

movement including organization of NSC 2008 at IIT Roorkee. The Award was given on

December 6, 2019 at IIT Roorkee at the hands of Mr. Benjamin Lionel, Outstanding

Scientist & Director, Instruments R & D Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.

4. Professor SP Gupta, Director General was nominated as member of the Academic

Council of the Uttarakhand Technical University on July 20, 2020.

5. Professor BM Singh, Director, has been appointed member of a sub-committee of the

Academic Council of UTU to prepare guidelines for opting Computer Science related

subjects as Minor Electives by students of other branches.

6. Professor BM Singh was appointed Director of COER by the Management on 27th July

2020. Earlier he was Dean Academics

7. Dr. Siddharth Jain, was appointed Dean Research of COER by the Management on 27th

July, 2020. Earlier he was Head, Research Cell.

8. College of Engineering Roorkee has been placed in Band B (rank 26-50) in the category

of Private Colleges across the country for its performance in Atal Ranking of Institutions

on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). COER is the only Institute from Uttarakhand to get

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this honour. The efforts of coordinator Dr Adesh Arya, Associate Professor and his team

were appreciated.

ITEM 3: To report the University Examination Results of Odd semester 2019-20

UNIVERSITY END TERM EXAMINATIONS ODD SEMESTER

2019-20

At the end of each semester, the Uttarakhand Technical University conducts external

examinations for all affiliated colleges where question paper setting, conduct of examinations

and evaluation are all conducted externally by the University. In the following tables (1-9), the

result of these end term examination for COER students is shown in Engineering stream (B.

Tech. (4 years), M. Tech.(2 years)), Management (MBA)(2 years) and Computer Application

(MCA) (2 years)streams.

Four other study programmes are run at COER: BCA (3 years), BBA (3 years), B. Com.

(3 years) and B. Sc. Agriculture (4 years). They are affiliated to Shri Dev Suman Uttarakhand

University (SDSUU). The result of these programmes is still awaited.

RESULT ANALYSIS: ENGINEERING STREAM

TABLE 1: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-2020 B. Tech. 7th Semester

S. No. Details CS IT CE EN ET AEI ME PP TOTAL

1 Students Appeared 136 85 99 50 57 2 97 6 532

2 Result Declared 136 85 99 50 57 2 97 6 532

3 **Incomplete Result 1 0 1 0 0 2

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 132 84 57 47 35 2 88 5 450

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 8 1 1 4 0 2 0 16

6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 47 14 9 4 3 5 2 84

7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 51 38 8 10 12 1 19 2 141


9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 3 0 25 10 16 10 64

10 CP-1 3 1 21 1 12 0 8 2 48

11 CP-2 16 2 9 0 0 27

12 CP-3 1 2 0 1 0 4

13 CP-4 4 0 0 4

14 CP-5 1 0 0 1

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TABLE 2: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-2020 B. Tech. 5th Semester

S. No. CS IT CE EN ET AEI ME PP TOTAL

1 Students Appeared 132 53 54 32 23 2 56 7 359

2 Result Declared 132 53 54 32 23 2 56 7 359

3 **Incomplete Result 2 1 3

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 114 48 17 16 15 2 26 7 245

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 9 1 1 3 0 3 1 18





10 CP-1 12 3 9 0 5 0 8 0 37

11 CP-2 4 1 9 0 0 0 10 0 24

12 CP-3 1 1 10 2 2 0 4 0 20

13 CP-4 6 0 1 0 4 0 11

14 CP-5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4

TABLE 3: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-2020 B. Tech. 3rd Semester

S.No. Details CS IT CE EN ET AEI ME PP TOTAL

1 Students Appeared 132 78 54 36 28 48 5 381

2 Result Declared 132 78 54 36 28 48 5 381

3 **Incomplete Result 0 8 1 5 14

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 104 32 26 13 12 31 0 218

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 6 1 2 1 0 2 12





10 CP-1 16 16 15 16 7 5 1 76

11 CP-2 7 17 5 5 4 4 2 44

12 CP-3 4 3 3 3 3 16

13 CP-4 4 3 1 1 0 3 12

14 CP-5 3 1 3 5 12

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TABLE 4: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-2020 B. Tech. 1st Semester

S.No. Details CS IT CE EN ET AEI ME PP TOTAL

1 Students Appeared 127 78 19 23 12 27 286

2 Result Declared 127 78 19 23 12 27 286

3 **Incomplete Result 0 0

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 91 37 7 12 5 14 166

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 4 0 1 1 6

6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 13 1 0 1 2 17




10 CP-1 24 21 9 5 4 7 70

11 CP-2 8 12 8 2 3 1 34

12 CP-3 2 8 10 2 4 26

13 CP-4 1 7 0 2 1 11

14 CP-5 8 1 9

TABLE 5: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-2020 M. Tech. 1st & 3rd Semester (CS)

S. No. Details 1st 3rd Total 1 Students Appeared 1 8 9 2 Result Declared 1 8 9 3 **Incomplete Result 0 0 0 4 No. of Students Clear Pass 0 8 8 5 Students secured ≥ 80% 0 3 3 6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 0 3 3 7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 0 2 2 8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 1 0 1 9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 0 0 0 10 CP-1 1 0 1 11 CP-2 0 0 0 12 CP-3 0 0 0 13 CP-4 0 0 0 14 CP-5 0 0 0

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TABLE 6: Overall Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-2020

S. No. Details 7th 5th 3rd 1st

M.Tech. Total

1 Students Appeared 532 359 381 286 9 1567

2 Result Declared 532 359 381 286 9 1567

3 **Incomplete Result 2 3 14 0 0 19

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 450 245 218 166 8 1087

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 16 18 12 3 3 52





10 Students secured <50% 19 62 49 25 0 157

RESULT ANALYSIS: MANAGEMENT, COMPUTER

APPLICATION STREAMS

TABLE 7: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-20 (MBA)

S. No. Details I Year II Year TOTAL

1 Students Appeared 62 56 118

2 Result declared 62 56 118

3 Incomplete Result 0 0 0

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 55 56 111

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 2 4 6

6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 4 16 20




10 Students secured <50%

11 CP-1 10 0 10

12 CP-2 1 0 1

13 CP-3 0 0 0

14 CP-4 0 0 0

15 CP-5 0 0 0

16 CP-6 1 0 1

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TABLE 8: Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-20 (MCA)

S. No. Details I Year II Year III Year Total

1 Students Appeared 3 13 22 38

2 Result declared 3 13 22 38

3 Incomplete Result 0 0 0

4 No. of Students Clear Pass 2 8 15 25

5 Students secured ≥ 80% 0 0 1 1

6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 1 1 6 8




10 Students secured <50%

11 CP-1 1 1 7 9

12 CP-2 1 1

13 CP-3 2 2

14 CP-4

15 CP-5 1 1

TABLE 9: Overall Result Analysis, Odd Semester 2019-20

Students Appeared 156

Result declared 156

Incomplete Result 0

No. of Students Clear Pass 136

Students secured ≥ 80% 7

Students secured ≥ 75<80% 28




Students secured <50% 8

NOTE: Results of BBA, B. Com., B. Sc Agriculture & BCA courses not declared yet by the SDSU University

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ITEM 4: To report that Faculty members and students have added value in their

knowledge in last one year through self-learning online certification courses of NPTEL/

Coursera

ONLINE SELF STUDY CERTIFICATION COURSES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BY

FACULTY MEMBERS IN 2019-20

It is heartening to see that a good number of faculty members completed self-study

online courses offered by NPTEL and Coursera from September 2019 onwards.

Details of the online courses completed are given below:

TABLE: LIST OF NPTEL/MOOC COURSES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BY FACULTY

MEMBERS IN LAST ONE YEAR (2019-20)

S. No. Name of Faculty Member

Title of course completed

Date of Award of Certificate

Name of Online Course Portal (NPTEL etc)

Page Number

1. Mr Bhagwandas Patel

Medical Image Analysis June 2020 NPTEL 1.

Machine Learning June 2020 NPTEL 2.

Manufacturing Automation Sep2019 NPTEL 3.

Digital Image Processing Nov 2019 NPTEL 4.

2. Mr Rishabh Yadav

Evolution Of Air Interface towards 5G

June 2020 NPTEL 5.

3. Mr Akhil Dangwal

Digital Electronics Circuits June 2020 NPTEL 6.

4. Ms Anuradha Introduction to Research June 2020 NPTEL 7.

Electric Vehicle –I June 2020 NPTEL 8.

5. Mr Ashutosh

Shukla

Fuzzy logic & neural

networks

June 2020 NPTEL 9.

6. Mr Nitin Chand Electric Vehicle –I June 2020 NPTEL 10.

Power System

Engineering

June 2020 NPTEL 11.

7. Mr Abhishek

Verma

DC Power Transmission

Systems

June 2020 NPTEL 12.

Recent Advances In

Transmission Insulator

June 2020 NPTEL 13.

8. Mr Sandeep

Singh

Electric Vehicle –I June 2020 NPTEL 14.

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Page Number

9. Mr Amit Kumar DC Power Transmission

Systems

June 2020 NPTEL 15.

Introduction to IoT June 2020 NPTEL 16.

Recent Advances In

Transmission Insulator

June 2020 NPTEL 17.

10. Dr. Aadesh Arya Introduction to internet of

things

June 2020 NPTEL 18.

11. Ms Isha

Bharadwaj

The Joy of Computing

Using Python

June 2020 NPTEL 19.

Programming for

Everybody (Getting

started with Python)

June, 2020

Coursera 20.

Python Basics August, 2020

Coursera 21.

12. Mr Himanshu

Gupta

The Joy of Computing

Using Python

June 2020 NPTEL 22.

13. Ms Swati Arya Data Analytics with

Python

June 2020 NPTEL 23.

14. Mr Maneesh

Pant

Programming for

Everybody (Getting

started with Python)

June 2020 Coursera 24.

15. Ms Divya Mishra Big Data-AI and Ethics May 2020 Coursera 25.

Network Security and

Database Vulnerability


Machine Learning

Foundation: A Case Study

Approach


Cyber Security Roles,

Processes and Operating

System Security


AI for Everyone July 2020 Coursera 29.

Cybersecurity compliance

Framework & System

Administration

Aug. 2020 Coursera 30.

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Page Number

Introduction to

Cybersecurity Tools &

Cyber Attacks


Introduction to Machine

Learning

April 2020 NPTEL 32.

16. Ms Nilima Patel Introduction to Machine

Learning

June 2020 NPTEL 33.

Computer Architecture June 2020 NPTEL 34.

17. Mr Sharad Kr

Singh

Introduction to research June 2020 NPTEL 35.

Introduction to internet of

things

June 2020 NPTEL 36.

18. Mr Priyabrat Computer Networks and

Internet Protocol

June 2020 NPTEL 37.

19. Dr. Gunjan

Agarwal Introduction to research

June 2020 NPTEL 38.

20. Dr. Siddhartha

Jain

Patent drafting for

beginners

June 2020 NPTEL 39.


21. Dr. Nitesh Dutt Introduction to research June 2020 NPTEL 41.

22.

Mr. Ravi Prakash

Kinematics of mechanism

and machine

June 2020 NPTEL 42.

Laws of Thermodynamics June 2020 NPTEL 43.

23.

Mr. Varun

Pratap Singh

Patent drafting for

beginners

June 2020 NPTEL 44.


Power Plant Engineering June 2020 NPTEL 46.

24.

Mr. Ankit Kumar

Singhal


Introduction to Operation

Research

June 2020 NPTEL 48.

Concepts of

Thermodynamics

June 2020 NPTEL 49.

Manufacturing Automation June 2020 NPTEL 50.

Product Design Using June 2020 NPTEL 51.

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Page Number

Value Engineering

25. Dr Mridula Introduction to Geographic Information System

June 2020 NPTEL 52.

26. Mr Virender Kumar

Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites

June 2020 NPTEL 53.

27. Ms Akansha Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites

June 2020 NPTEL 54.

28. Dr Veeralakshmi Basic Statistics June 2020 Coursera 55.

Managing the Company of

the Future


29. Mr Amit kumar Marketing Management June 2020 NPTEL 57.

Cost Accounting June 2020 NPTEL 58.

Working Capital

Management

June 2020 NPTEL 59.

30. Dr Ashima Garg Basic Statistics June 2020 Coursera 60.


the Future


Successful Negotiations:

Essential Strategies and

Skills


31. Mr. KR Ansari Basic Statistics June 2020 Coursera 63.

Preparing to Manage

Human Resource


32. Ms Chhavi

Krishna

A Language and Tool for

Financial Analysis


33. Ms Renu Jakhar Basic Statistics June 2020 DataCamp 66.


Future


Successful Negotiation:

Essential Strategies and

Skills


34. Mr Ravi Kumar Programming in java June 2020 NPTEL 69.

35. Dr Anju Malik Programming in java June 2020 NPTEL 70.

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Page Number

36. Dr. Rashmi

Gupta

Effective Writing June 2020 NPTEL 71.

Introduction to Research June 2020 NPTEL 72.

37. Dr . Pinki Chugh

Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality

June 2020 NPTEL 73.

38. Dr. Kamal Kapoor

Fiber Optics June 2020 NPTEL 74.

ITEM 5: To report the Research achievements of the Faculty members in last one year

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS OF COER FACULTY MEMBERS

(September 2019 to July 2020)

Number of International Journal papers: 20

Number of Conference Papers: 08

Book Chapters: 05

Editorial Activities/ Membership of Professional bodies: 05

Patents: 04 (Published), 10 (Communicated)

Sponsored Research Projects by TEQIP, Uttarakhand Technical University: 10 with a total grant of Rs. 22,76, 300/-

Publication of First R & D e-Newsletter of COER

TABLE 1: International Journal Publication (from Sep2019- July 2020)

S.

No.

Author name

(COER

Faculty)

Paper/ Journal/ volume/ page

number

Year of

publicat

ion

Journal Name Impact

Factor

1 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Response surface methodology

based optimization of insitu

transesterification of dry algae

with methanol, H2SO

4 and

2019 Fuel 5.128

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S.

No.

Author name

(COER

Faculty)


number

Year of

publicat

ion

Journal Name Impact

Factor

NaOH

2 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Study of Entropy Generation in

Heat Exchanger Tube with

Multiple v Cuts in Perforated

Twisted Tape Insert,

2019 Journal of Heat

Transfer

1.479

3 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Prediction of Jatropha-Algae

biodiesel blend oil yield with the

application of artificial neural

networks technique,

2019 Energy

Sources, Part

A: Recovery,

Utilization and

Environmental

Effects

0.894

4 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Overview of Municipal Solid

Waste Generation, Composition,

and Management in India

2019 Journal of

Environmental

Engineering

(United States)

1.657

5 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Effects of Double V Cuts in

Perforated Twisted Tape Insert:

An Experimental Study,

2019 Heat Transfer

Engineering

1.73

6 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Effect of V cut in perforated

twisted tape insert on heat

transfer and fluid flow behavior

of tube flow: An experimental

study

2019 Experimental

Heat Transfer

2.0

7 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Performance enhancement by perforated twisted tape tube insert with single and double v cuts in a heat exchanger tube

2020 Heat Transfer Research

1.199

8 Dr Siddharth

Jain

A prospective utilization of the biomass for the production of the biodiesel

2020 Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry,

1.12

9 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and management: the global scenario

2020 Social Responsibility Journal

1.84

10 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Process parameter optimization of biodiesel production from algal oil by response surface methodology and artificial neural

2020 Fuel 5.128

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S.

No.

Author name

(COER

Faculty)


number

Year of

publicat

ion

Journal Name Impact

Factor

networks

11 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Optimization of low-temperature transesterification of low FFA blend of sunflower oil and algae oil

2020 Fuel 5.128

12 Dr Siddharth

Jain

Experimental study on biodiesel production parameters optimization of Jatropha-Algae oil mixture and diesel engine coupled with generator performance and emission analysis fuelled with diesel/biodiesel blends

2020 ACS Omega 2.58

13 Dr DV Gupta A Survey on Routing Protocols

exclusively for IoT

2019 International

Journal of

Research in

Electronics &

Computer

Engineering

-

14 Dr Rashmi

Gupta

Use of Innovative Methods and

Practices in ELT

2019 International

Journal of

English:

Literature,

Language &

Skills

-

15 Dr Rashmi

Gupta

Effective Business

Communication Skills for

Professional Excellence

2019 IJELLH,

International

Journal of

English

Language,

Literature and

Humanities

-

16 Dr Nirvikar

Lohan

Internet of Things with Object

Detection: Challenges,

Applications, and Solutions,

2019 IGI Gloabal, -

17 Dr Nirvikar

Lohan

Performance analysis of moving

object detection using BGS

techniques in visual surveillance,

2019 Int. J. Spatio-

Temporal Data

Science

-

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S.

No.

Author name

(COER

Faculty)


number

Year of

publicat

ion

Journal Name Impact

Factor

18 Dr Adesh

Kumar Arya

Energy Saving in Distribution

System using Internet of Things

in Smart Grid Environment,

2019 International

Journal of

Computing and

Digital Systems

-

19 Dr Adesh

Kumar Arya

Energy Saving with D-FACTS in

Distribution System Using

Cuckoo Search Algorithm

2019 Jordan Journal

of Electrical

Engineering

-

20 Mr Ankit

Kumar

Singhal

Design and facbrication of cost

efficient photographimetry 3-D

scanner

2020 Journal of

Xidian

University

-

TABLE 2: Conference Publication (from Sep2019- July 2020)

S. No.

Name Title of Paper Name of Conference Date

1 Dr Siddharth Jain Implantation of Adaptive

Neuro-Fuzzy Inference

System and Artificial neural

Network for Biodiesel

Production From Jatropha-

Algae Oil,

International

Conference on

Artificial Intelligence

and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

2 Dr B.M. Singh

and Mr Mayank

Chauhan

Language Recognition

System for Hearing Impaired

People

International

Conference on


and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

3 Mr KK Verma, Dr

BM Singh, Dr

Devendra Kumar,

Dr Himanshu

Chauhan

3D Human Activity

Recognition in RGB Videos

using Convolution Neural

Network

International

Conference on


and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

4 Ms Divya Painuli Approach to the Diagnosis of

Parkinson‟s Diseases

International

Conference on


November,

20,2019

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S. No.

Name Title of Paper Name of Conference Date

and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

5 Dr Gunjan

Agarwal

Energy Consumption in

Machining Process-A

Sustainable Manufacturing

Approach

International

Conference on


and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

6 Mr Rishabh

Yadav

Thorax Disease Detection

Using Artificial Intelligence

International

Conference on


and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

7 Mr Rishabh

Yadav

Cognition Based Adaptive

WBAN Architecture for

Health Care Using Artificial

Intelligence

International

Conference on


and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

8 Ms Ashita

Vermani

Application of Artificial

Intelligence in Automobile

Safety and Drunk Driving

Detection – A Review

International

Conference on


and Applications

(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-

2019)

November,

20,2019

Book Chapters

1. Verma D, Fortunati E, Jain S, Zhang X, Biomass, Biopolymer- Based Materials, and Bioenergy, Elsevier,2019.

2. Jain S and Verma D, The consideration of economics during the processing of biofuels, Biomass, Biopolymer- Based Materials, and Bioenergy , Elsevier,2019.

3. Jain S, The current and future perspectives of biofuels, Biomass, Biopolymer- Based Materials, and Bioenergy , Elsevier,2019.

4. Jain S, The production of biodiesel using Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) and Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) Oil, Biomass, Biopolymer- Based Materials, and Bioenergy,

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Elsevier,2019.

5. Gupta D and Gaur SK, Carbon and biofuel footprinting of global production of biofuels, Biomass, Biopolymer- Based Materials, and Bioenergy, Elsevier,2019.

Editorial Activities/ Membership of Professional bodies

1. Dr Siddharth Jain, Editor, International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology Research,USA

2. Dr Siddharth Jain, Editor in Chief, The Engineering Journal of Application and Scope, India

3. Dr Siddharth Jain, Editor in charge of Special Issue, International Journal of Spatio- Temporal Data Science (IJSTDS), Inderscience,USA

4. Dr Mridula, Editor in charge of Special Issue, International Journal of Spatio-Temporal Data Science (IJSTDS) , Inderscience, USA

5. Dr Siddharth Jain, Life member: International Association of Small Hydro, India

TABLE 3: Patents published (from Sep2019-July2020)

Name of

Faculty

member

Title of patent published Patent Journal

Patent

Application

Number

Dr

Siddharth

Jain

Biodiesel composition and a

method of preparation

thereof

Indian Patent

Journal 201911050683A

Dr

Siddharth

Jain

Water Purification System Indian Patent

Journal 201911050683A

Dr Nirvikar

Motion sensitive device for

female security based on

sixth sense technology

Indian Patent Journal

201931029066A

Dr Nirvikar System And method for early

disease detection Indian Patent Journal

201911045231A

Research Grant from external agencies

It is heartening that this time 10 research projects have been granted to COER by UTU

under TEQIP-3 Collaborative research scheme (CRS). The projects are under progress. Details

are given in the R & D Newsletter (appended)

The list of the projects is mentioned below:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081024263000199

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TABLE 2: Sponsored Research Projects awarded to Faculty members

Name of Faculty member

Title of project Amount granted (Rs)

Date of grant

Duration of project

Dr Siddharth

Jain

Low temperature


dry Jatropha seed and

performance evaluation of IC

Engine using that biodiesel

3,00,000/- 18.07.2019 1 year

Dr Himadri

Phukan

Development of a sustainable

model for innovation ecosystem

of India

3,00,000/- 18.07.2019 1 year

Dr

Chandrakant

Bhardwaj

Ultrasonic and physio-chemical

study of biofuels

2,00,000/- 18.07.2019 1 year

Ms Anuradha Hybrid renewable energy at

remote areas of uttarakhand- A

techno-economic analysis

1,00,000/- 18.07.2019 1 year

Mr Varun

Pratap

Smart hybrid solar kitchen 2,66,300/- 18.07.2019 1 year

Dr B.M.

Singh

Robust sign recognition for

hearing impaired in low

resolution, variable lightening

and variable background

condition

3,00,000/- 23.09.2019 1 year

Dr Mridula Interlocking plastic pavement

block

2,00,000/- 23.09.2019 1 year

Dr Nitesh Multi parabolic fate plate

collector for space heating in

Himalayan region

2,20,000/- 23.09.2019 1 year

Dr Swati

Yadav

Designing and

implementation of MIMO

antenna for improved

connectivity in Uttarakhand

90,000/- 23.09.2019 1 year

Dr Rajesh

Kumar

Combustion, Performance and

Emission Analysis of Pine oil

based Biodiesel Fueled DI

Diesel Engine

3,00,000/- 23.09.2019 1 year

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First Research E-News Letter (Annexure A)

This year in April 2020 COER has published its first research e-news letter under the

supervision of Dr SP Gupta, Director General and editorship of Dr Siddharth Jain, Associate

Professor & Head Research Cell. It is annexed at the end.

ITEM 6: To report the new initiatives of COER in recent past

6.1 Approval of Diploma Program EE-60, ME-60, Civil-60

In changing scenario of the industry, in addition to the PG and UG programs, Industry is

also in urgent need of diploma holders to handle the operations of electricity, manufacturing and

construction industry. To keep pace with the trends, COER has initiated the Diploma

programs in Electrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Civil

Engineering (CE) with 60 Seats in each. The All India Council for Technical Education

(AICTE), New Delhi has also approved these courses. Diploma programs will be affiliated to

Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education and a strong industry interface will be ensured for all

diploma students from the beginning of the program.

6.2 Increased intake in Computer Science(CSE) from 120 to 180

One of the most sought after courses amongst engineering students, B. Tech. in

Computer Science Engineering (CSE) is an academic programme which integrates the basics

of computer programming, networking, computation, algorithms, programming languages,

program design, computer software, computer hardware, etc. Computer science engineers are

involved in many aspects of computing, from the design of individual microprocessors, personal

computers, and supercomputers to circuit designing and writing software that powers them. To

keep pace with the trends, COER has increased the intake in Computer Science &

Engineering (CSE), from 120 Seats to 180 Seats. The All India Council for Technical

Education (AICTE), New Delhi has approved above increase of intake. The intake in B. Tech.

Electronics and Telecommunication and B. Tech. Plastic & Polymer Engineering have been

reduced by 30 each.

ITEM 7: To present a five year Strategic Development Plan (SDP) of COER

A five year plan has been formulated for development of COER as an eminent institution

of reckoning in India and abroad. The though process of this plan evolves around the following

parameters of higher education in present times:

• Become an Institute of Repute (IoR) and a leading technological Institute in the nearby region ranked in the national top 100 in all disciplines

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• To implement100 % online lecture delivering system in a situation like COVID-19 pandemic

• Establish a track record in creating innovative technologies to meet the industrial challenges

• Become known in the northern region of India for transformational technologies that impact lives of people

• Be a model campus in terms of sustainability, usage of energy and recycling of materials

• Be an institute that is sought for national and international collaborations leading to exchange of students and faculty and joint degree programmes

A detailed document of the SDP, as annexed at the end of the minutes, was presented,

brain stormed and approved by the BoG.

The members made following suggestions/ observations:

1. Prof R P Siaini expressed appreciation for the achievements of COER particularly in

the field of research done by faculty members. He suggested that the students of

COER can join Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) at IIT Roorkee for contributing

in technology based development in rural areas.

2. Prof D Ghosh appreciated the all round achievements of COER in last ten months and

wished this development to continue.

3. Dr Subhash Jain suggested that we should proactively go for creating facilities in the

field of Liberal Arts in tune with the New Education Policy – 2020, for all round

development of students.

4. Mrs Charu Jain suggested for greater emphasis on practical components in curriculum

delivery for the students to be industry ready.

The Hon‟ble Chairman in his concluding remarks expressed thanks to all Hon‟ble members for

their continued support.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.

Dr S P Gupta Director General

Member Secretary

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STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN

(2020-21 - 2024-25)

College of Engineering Roorkee

7th K.M. on Roorkee- Haridwar Road (NH-58),

Rehmadpur Vardhmanpuram, Roorkee, Uttarakhand- 247667

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Honble Governor Uttarakhand, Baby Rani Maurya at 14th Degree Distribution Ceremony at COER

Hon‘ble Chairman is with Hon‘ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat Ji

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Strategic Development Process

College of Engineering Roorkee (COER), founded by Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust, was established in 1998 with a

vision to impart knowledge to the diverse sections of the society. It was the first self-financed Engineering College in

Roorkee, other than the famed University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). In the past 22 years under the visionary and

dynamic leadership, COER grew by leaps and bounds. In the beginning 4 departments were set up. It was initially planned

that approximately 300 students would be admitted annually to four-year undergraduate courses. Facilities were planned

for admitting 500 students each year to B.Tech programs, and a student population of approximately 2000 was

envisaged. The campus was to be residential for willing students and academic staff. The campus came up in a

picturesque site of about 75 acres out of which 25 acres are the built-up area. Starting as an undergraduate engineering

institution, COER has diversified its educational offerings and increased its focus on postgraduate education over the years.

Today, the Institute is running 12 departments offering degree programs viz. M. Tech (CSE, ME), B.Tech (CE, CSE, IT,

ME, EN (EEE), ET, ME, PPE), Diploma (CE, EE, ME),

MBA (HR, Finance, IB, IT, Marketing), MCA, MCA(LE), BBA, BCA, B.Com (CFA), and B.Sc (Agriculture). Last two

decades brought many technical advances in the lifestyle of the people. Gradually, the technology became integral part

of the lives of the people in the nation for example using smartphones, electric appliances and social media. The Industry

is gradually shifting to its 5.0 version whereas the daily life of the population become more technology driven with each

passing day. All these dynamic changes have led to a redefinition of the role of technology in India. Being a technical

institution, it becomes necessary for us to review the strategies periodically under these circumstances of change.

In this context, the Chairman, Secretary, and the members of the Board of Governors (BoG) felt the need of a formal

document of Strategic Development Plan for next five years. The mandate was given to the Director- General to develop a

five-year Strategic Development Plan. The team under the leadership of Director General met several times and discussed

the COER’s strategic goals to be achieved by 2025. and proposed a comprehensive Strategic Plan upto 2025. This

enunciates COER’s aim of being recognized as a reputed institution in the region. This plan seeks to leverage the strengths

that COER has developed over the past two decades and to build upon them and develop new strengths. In particular, the

strategic plan proposes to nurture the large groups of faculty working on transformational technologies that have the

potential to address the societal challenges faced in India today-specifically in areas such as water, energy, healthcare, and

education. It outlines steps to increase the quality and quantity of research output through an increase in research intensive

activities, faculty strength, PG students enrolment, infrastructure, engagement with industry and international

collaborations. The targets of the strategic plan to be achieved by 2025 are the following:

• Become an Institute of Repute (IoR) and a leading technological Institute in the nearby region ranked in

the national top 100 in all disciplines





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The following Figure summarizes the whole Strategic Development Plan. Leadership at the COER believes that the

improvement is an incremental and steady process. The Figure outlines the important steps such as the core activities,

enablers and the outcomes.

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Chairman Message

It is heartening to note that the College of Engineering Roorkee has embarked upon a scientific way of formu- lating the

SDP-2025. A progressive institution like COER must spell out and articulate vision, mission, and set the direction. COER

has made its mark and is the most preferred institution in the state of Uttarakhand as well as at the National level. This is

the right time that the institute decides its direction of growth for the next decade. I am confident that the distinguished

faculty members under the leadership of Director General, Deans, and Heads have brought out a detailed vision, mission,

goals, strategies, and implementation plan. Any good strategic plan will be successful when fully implemented and its

outcomes are evaluated. I am sure that this leadership will implement the strategic plan in its total spirit. I take this

opportunity to congratulate all the leadership team, HoD, Faculty, and staff who relentlessly worked towards bringing out

this Strategic Development Plan document for the next five years.

Best Wishes

Er. J.C.

Jain

Hon’ble Chairman, Managing Director, COER

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Director-General Perspective

COER is one of the most admired institution in the state of Uttarakhand. The Institution has aimed at achieving the

centre of excellence status among contemporary institutions. COER plans to secure ranking at the national level by 2025. It

is heartening to note that all the hard work by Deans, HODs, Faculty, and Staff has resulted in having a well articulated

and clearly defined strategic plan document for next five years period (2020-21 - 2024-25). The theme for the Strategic

Development Plan covers all critical aspects of the Institution. The implementation in its full spirit is expected to lead

this institution towards one of the preferred institutions in the India. The Strategic Development Plan (SDP) formulates a

clear vision, mission, quality policy, core values, institu- tional strategic goals, strategies, and goals. The SDP-2025

document will serve the purpose of aligning all the stakeholders of the Institute towards a set of common goals so that the

sum total of our efforts and achievements is much more than our individual contributions. I trust that COER will become

the pride of our state and that each one of us will enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing our part to enable our

Institute to achieve its rightful place among the best in state and the nation. The key aspect of the SDP is in its successful

implementation and evaluation aspects. I have utmost confidence in my colleagues and management support for its

implementation. My heartfelt appreciation to all the members who are directly and indirectly involved in making an

implementable document.

Best Wishes

Prof. S.P.Gupta

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Director Perspective

COER has an impeccable track record of being one of the preferred destination for pursuing quality technical

education among the students. The institution aims to provide support to faculty and students to attain the knowledge as

well as the skills that they aspire for. Also, the institution aims at a good governance framework towards improving the

quality of technical education to the next level. It is the reason that COER continuously enhances the existing capacities.

COER is aligning itself with rapid economic and technological developments in new areas by emphasizing on the

enhancement of postgraduate education and Research in addition to outcome- Based Education (OBE) for undergraduate

programs. The mandate is also good governance at all levels focusing on the improvement of the quality of learning,

teaching, and research outcomes. Good governance focuses on effective leadership, planning, ethics, responsibilities, and

accountabilities, both within and outside the institution. Towards achieving Good Governance, an attempt has been made

with the involvement of management, all heads of department, and senior faculty members to prepare this SDP-2025. I

am sure the SDP report will give us direction and confidence in accomplishing the vision and mission of our Institution.

Looking at a future with excellence!

Prof.

B.M.Singh

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Vision Statement

To impart technical education in Engineering and Management with training, skill up-gradation, and research in futuristic

technologies and niche areas.

Vision and Mission

Vision

COER believes in the all round development of its students and leaves no stone unturned to achieve this. Every effort

is made whether it is in the maintenance of the rich library, induction of highly qualified faculty, nurturing a healthy

learning environment, and running rigorous personality development programs to improve the performance of students in

placement related interaction with recruiters. COER stands out as a pioneer of engineering education in Uttarakhand for

more than two decade and it has been successful in maintaining its reputation in the state. Our motive is to continuously

keep a track of futuristic technology and keep our students ready to meet the changing industry requirement. Learning at

COER is a transformative process; a developmental experience that combines intellectual growth with practical knowledge

and sound judgment. This possibly is the reason that bright young talents with diverse backgrounds who desire to pursue

a well-recognized career in engineering or management come to make a career at COER. The vision of COER is to be an

institution of education par excellence in the contemporary context. COER provides a world-class global educational

experience to students. It aims to come in the top 100 research institutions of India, providing technical education. To

achieve these objectives it will strive to attract and sustain a cadre of faculty, who is committed to leadership, honesty,

dedication, and excellence.

COER school of Management

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Mission Statement

COER mission is to contribute to the society through education, learning, and research at the highest

levels of excellence with the following objectives:

• To groom professionals with technical competencies so that they can serve the Society and Industry and face

global challenges

• To impart education based on the latest knowledge, analytical skills, management competence through

advanced methods of Training, Research, and Strong Institute-Industry interface

• To help create innovative and entrepreneurial professionals

• To inculcate strong moral values for disciplined professional growth

• State-of-the-art infrastructure

• Industry-Academia Interface

• Faculty and staff development programs

• Moral values and ethical behaviour

• Research & Development activities

Mission

We strive to maintain an environment which encourages the students to develop competencies for lifelong learning with

the following inputs:

We maintain close interaction with the industries for on the job training of the students as well as for fine- tuning our

academic programs in accordance with the industries. Excellence in teaching and molding the students for their all-round

development has remained a hallmark of COER. We closely work with many industries such as IBM, Infosys Technologies,

Microsoft Corporation, and Oracle Corporation where our students are provided with opportunities to learn and imbibe their

work culture. The institute plays a vital role in strengthening their strategic thinking abilities and grooming them as future

technologists and managers. COER’s mission is to provide 100% placements to the students in the companies of repute,

all across India.

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Through this Strategic Development Plan, COER is aiming to

• Become an Institute of Repute (IoR) and a leading technological Institute in the nearby region ranked in the

national top 100 in all disciplines





• Be an institute that is sought for national and international collaborations leading to exchange of students and

faculty and joint degree programmes

Goals

In addition to the broad range of activities that the Institute carries out in pursuit of its mission, the following activities are

identified to be given special emphasis in the strategic plan:

1. Best Educational Practices

2. ICT based teaching learning process with special emphasis on web based learning

3. Management of financial resources

4. Adequacy of Infrastructure

5. Center of Excellence in frontier technologies

6. Research and Innovation

7. Incubation and Entrepreneurship

8. Outreach to Connect with Society

9. Student Profiling and Skill enhancement

10. Alumni Engagement COER aspires to achieve the goal to be an Institute of Repute in this region by 2025 through performing these 10

activities. Each activity is separately discussed with key identifiers for successful implementation and current status at the

COER campus.

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1. Best Educational Practices

The practices which add commendable value to an institution and its various stakeholders are the best practices. As

higher education is becoming an international service, quality and recognition of education become a growing

concern. The best practices in education address this concern. This is the reason why the COER continues to adopt

these practices. The key identifiers and the implementation steps for the best practices at COER are the following:

Key Identifiers:

• Quality teaching to the students

• Professional skills and value-added programs

• Incorporating ethical values through various committees and NGOs

• Participation of faculty in Conferences, Faculty Development Programs, and symposiums

• Creating a culture of excellence in research, innovation, and entrepreneurship

• Developing relations with reputed national/international institutions through collaborations and

student exchange programs

• Minimum (2-4) % of students developed as entrepreneurs on completion of the program

• At least one international academic activity of COER every year such as Faculty visiting abroad for

conference, post doctoral work, students visiting abroad for internship, Experts from overseas

visiting COER for lectures, conference etc.

Status of Implementation:

• Concepts are built in the lecture and practical classes through state-of-art pedagogy whereas

technology updates in the subject area are met through workshops, guest lectures, and

interaction at Centres of Excellence

• Value-added programs for various courses have been provided

• Global Collaboration: MoU with Kuban State Agrarian University, Russia has been signed; Faculty

exchange on short-time basis implemented

• Professional training programs for students have been conducted

2. ICT based teaching learning process with special emphasis on project based learning:

COER emphasizes on the smart classroom methodology and a project based learning (PBL) approach. During this

COVID-19 pandemic, the web based learning became an indispensable need. At COER, we have Books, Journals,

Periodicals, Magazines Online access to E-media and Departmental library books to facilitate Learning practice.

Our plan is to complement contemporary classroom teaching-learning culture with the web based learning

gradually. Though, all class rooms are equipped with projectors and internet connection, we are planning to make

our classrooms capable of web based learning.

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Key Identifiers:

• Establishing an effective online teaching learning infra structure

• Professional Training of faculty members on the usage of cutting-edge ICT Tools

• Promoting students to pursue MOOC courses

• Promoting use of virtual labs at least for one lab in each semester in every department as per NEP-

2020

• Promoting virtual conferences, workshops in every department

Students in Lab Students in class


• Concepts are built in the lecture and practical classes through state-of-art pedagogy whereas

technology updates in the subject area are met through workshops, guest lectures, and

interaction at Centres of Excellence

• Value-added programs for various courses have been provided

• Global Collaboration: MoU with Kuban State Agrarian University, Russia has been signed; Faculty

exchange on short-time basis implemented

• Professional training programs for students have been conducted.

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Students performing experiment NABL accredited laboratory Students in Library

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Key Identifiers:

• Outcome-oriented Budgeting: Department wise Budget planning of all heads of accounts.

• Fee collection (Major Source)

• Center for continuing education: Internal revenue through executive training programs, short term courses,

consultancy, and sponsored research

• Endowment fund generation through Alumni

3. Management of financial resources:

Financial planning plays an important role in the sustainability of self-financed Institution like COER. Funds are

required for future growth and to increase the existing infrastructure. COER believes that the Institution itself

should be self-sustained. Resource management and good financial planning is essential for the expansion of the

Institution. We are targeting to become self-sustained Institution by 2025.


• Budget formulation and approval through Finance committee

• Monthly Audit (Internal /External ) checks- balances

• Devise a framework to invite donations for Institutions welfare

4. Adequacy of Infrastructure:

Presently, COER has sufficient infrastructure required to cater the need of its stake holders. As the new programs

would come up, we are committed to augment the existing infrastructure. Special emphasis will be given to the

hostel area to make campus life of the student enjoyable and attractive. Existing facilities will be augmented for

students’ participation in all major sports, including informal sports. Students will have increased access to training

staff as well as to the teachers of music, dance and art. Hobby clubs and nature appreciation activities will also be

fostered. Each student will be encouraged and provided opportunities to cultivate at least one interest in addition to

academics. First year students in particular will be encouraged to take up new activities and nurture their innate

talents.

Students playing Table Tennis Students in their Hostel Rooms

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Key Identifiers:

• To augment the existing waste water treatment towards zero discharge

• Energy conservation measures to be implemented

• Use of renewable energy sources will be encouraged

• Progressively, measures will be introduced to minimize energy consumption for air-conditioning

We are planning to develop wellness centre for students which will provide essential aid support and counselling

facility. All steps will be taken to ensure that timely, effective counselling is available to students in times of crisis.

The scope of counselling will also extend to long term aspects such as career planning and building life skills.

Counselling services will reinforce the point that extra-curricular activities need to be pursued as a part of all-round

development.


• Systems are being strengthened to improve waste disposal and handling processes and to ensure

recycling of all materials

• Measures are being taken to dispose of hazardous waste safely

• Land use is being optimized through full life cycle planning of built infrastructure

• New indoors game facilities are being created

5. Center of Excellence in Frontier Technologies:

The gap between industry and academic institutions in India, specially in our region, has been identified in surveys

carried out by reputed corporate houses. COER perceives it as an urgent need and we are trying to bridge this gap

by regularly inviting guest speakers from renowned industries and letting students interact with them and decipher

the latest trends and challenges industry faces. Furthermore, there are a number of useful industrial visits to provide

real knowledge of working and thereby making students more employable. Apart from maintaining a synergy

between curriculum and the Industrial need through various value added programs, COER developed a vision to

provide hands on industrial trainings to its students. Creation of Centre of Excellence (CoE) is a giant step in this

direction which aims to prepare student industry ready just after graduating. These are capacity centres for

multidisciplinary and cross functional integration to nurture the latest technological innovation with defined process

management and experts with an arrangement of best tools and practices at its most matured states. Centre of

Excellence is a separate department at COER premises under which various hands on practical industrial training

programs are executed under one roof. Its benefit is that we provide students as well as industry people to undergo

different training programs that are industry oriented so that people can walk in pace with the new advancement of

technology.

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• 15 Centres of Excellence (CoE) are created.

• Trained approx 500 students and 50 faculty members through faculty development and student

development programmes in last one year.

• Renowned Industrial personalities and the academicians in the vicinity have visited the CoE and de-

livered the lecture viz. Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Plant Head ITC, Haridwar, Ms.Vandana Mohan, Director,

Anuvidyut Pvt. Ltd. Roorkee and Prof A. Ramesh, Prof. Partha Pratim Roy, IIT Roorkee etc.

Glimpses of various activities in Centers of Excellence at COER campus

Key Identifiers:

• Encouraging experts from industry to visit COER to deliver lectures on current trends

• Participation of experts from industry in curriculum development, collaborative degree programs

• Arranging visits of staff members to various industries

• Professional consultancy by the faculty to industries

• Industrial testing by faculty & technicians at site or in laboratory

• Joint research programs and field studies by faculty and people from industries

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Key Identifiers:

• Improving the research input in terms of both human and physical resources

• To strengthen the post graduate in Engineering (M. Tech.) program

• Creating a better ambience for research by providing greater flexibility to encourage performance of faculty

members and scholars while continually improving research infrastructure

• A process for continuous performance improvement at the Institute, department, group and personal levels to

achieve excellence.

• Publication in top journals and presentation at venues where the worlds leading researchers are present will be

encouraged

• Research output will be assessed periodically, and early-career faculty members will be assisted in every way

possible to enhance their productivity

6. Research and Innovation:

To achieve goals related to raising the quantum of research output and improving its quality, COER will adopt a

multi-pronged strategy addressing the issues of enhancing the number of Post Graduate research scholars and the

faculty strength and of augmenting resources. Some measures are already being implemented. A number of

measures are planned that are aimed at improving research.

New gateways are being opened to attract the top M.Tech and M.Sc students from GATE/JAM to a career in

research. Prospective research scholars will have more flexible options in accounting for their prior academic

preparation, such as ease of credit transfer and waiver of courses.


• A dedicated research cell has been established to intensify research activities.

• The COER Journal TEJAS is aimed to publish annually instead of existing Biannually

• A fellowship of Rs. 10, 000/month is being offered to deserving M. Tech students admitted in 2020-21

• The Research Cell of COER is publishing an e R &D newsletter giving details of research achieve-

ments

7. Incubation and Entrepreneurship:

COER aspire to be known among the leading institutes for its strong industry linkages. Recently, COER has been

Identified as Incubation Centre by the Uttarakhand Government. To promote Incubation and En- trepreneurship, a

24×7 Do-it-Yourself (DIY) lab has been set up. This lab acts as a playground for manifes- tation of ideas, where

instruments, tools and consumables can be accessed in all engineering domains free of cost (No limit of funds on

Research and Development of Innovative Projects). Students from different disciplines can create a product of their

interest using the facilities of this lab. However, some of our students have started their own start-ups (Like

implementation of CCTV camera commercially etc.). We would

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Key Identifiers:

• More Start-ups to come up

• To enable all facilities for product development

• To help Students in documentation

• To help students with some amount as seed money

• Engage alumni in Incubation and Entrepreneurship

Key Identifiers:

• Provision of informed technical opinion

• Offering short term courses and workshops for professionals, particularly in industry, to enable them to stay

up-to-date and get qualified further

• Providing technical solutions to pressing issues of public importance

College bus running on Bio-Diesel prepared by COER students and Faculties

like to facilitate more such activities to promote Entrepreneurship culture among the young budding minds.


• 24 × 7 DIY lab in the premises

• Arrangement of guidance from the Industry experts

• Gave business to the start up started by our students

8. Outreach to connect with society and industry

Over the past two decades, COER has been proactively involved in outreach activities Viz. work-life balance

workshop, awareness about women empowerment in rural areas. The Institute will enhance its role in this regard in

the coming years and actively contribute its expertise to help for improvement in the quality of life of the people

nearby and speed up development through various Govt. schemes like Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, and Swatch Bharat

Abhiyan etc.

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The objectives of these outreach activities are to contribute directly to society at large and to spread awareness in

the community about the important contributions of COER.


• Awareness about the COVID-19 was being spread in nearby villages with the help of Pradhan of Gram

Panchayats

• Activities under NSS to spread awareness on current issues are being carried out periodically

• 4 villages viz. Narsan Kalan, Bajuheri, Brahmpur, and Badheri Rajputan have been adopted under

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)

• PRAHARSH - an independent committee of the COERians - is working for promoting education in

the deprived and under privileged

Glimpses of various outreach works during COVID-19 under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme

9. Student Profiling and Skill Enhancement:

Professional courses generate impactful and fascinating career options. Young and enthusiastic professionals are in

high demand in Industrial revolution. Fourth industrial age established variety of career options and created

numerous verticals of jobs categories. Core domain jobs are more in quantities but still less recruitment is resulted

globally. By performing several analyses, surveys and introspections on this, COER identified the Problem

Statement and designed the solution. The objective of proposed solution is to grow the Placement Band and

Placement Quality by increasing Employability Index. This module is named as COER SSEP - Student Skill

Enhancement Program. It is a module which takes student(s) as an input and to process them through specifically

designed evaluation stages. After passing through these stages, complete data about student is gathered and pushed to

evaluation stages for concluding decision on individual student or set of students.

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Key Identifiers:

• Identify the career options for the students in the field of their choice

• Counsel them about the current trends of the recruitment drives of reputed companies

• Train them for placement drives on/off campus

• Arrange mock tests for recruitment

Aim of this SSEP module is to prepare students for the career of their choice. Through this plan we are expecting to

increase our existing placement percentage.


• This plan in all new form will be floated in this academic year (2020-2021).

Group photo after a successful placement activity

Student(s)

COER – SSEP Module

(COER - Student Skills Enhancement Program)

Industry Ready Product

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Key Identifiers:

• Increasing the presence of the Institute in social media to promote engagement between alumni, students

and faculty members

• Telecasting and other personalized efforts to actively engage with alumni.

• Increasing the number of face-to-face meetings

• Creating more opportunities for alumni to spend time on campus and engage with students and faculty.

10. Alumni engagement:

COER will continue to build mutually beneficial relations with its alumni during 2020 - 2025 Alumni will be

encouraged to support activities of COER in multiple dimensions: nurturing Institute - industry relations,

facilitating interactions between aspiring students, faculty entrepreneurs and alumni entrepreneurs, transforming

fund-raising to a professionally managed development effort and, in the case of alumni faculty members of

foreign universities, catalysing collaborations. A range of modes of engagement can be explored to achieve this

objective. Some of these are the following:


• Alumni meet is being organized annually.

• Telephonic conversation is being carried out with the alumni.

• Devise a framework to invite donations for Institutions welfare

Group photo of alumni meet

Arial view of COER

The College of Engineering Roorkee will have to be vigilant to maintain a strong connect with the society and

industry. The recommendations made under the 10 activities would need periodic reexamination. It is expected that

they may need mid-course corrections, if the national and international scenarios are different from what has been

foreseen. It is recommended that the recommendations are revisited comprehensively once in a year. The system

should be flexible enough to adapt to changing scenarios. This will ensure that COER moves with time and provide

leadership role in higher education. It is hoped this document will be found useful as an instrument to monitor the

progress of the Institute.

COER R&D E-NEWSLETTER

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ROORKEE

Response Surface Methodology based Optimization of In-Situ

Transesterification ofDryAlgae with Methanol, H2SO4and NaOH

Rahul Chamola, Mohd. Fazil Khan, Anna Raj, Manthan Verma, Siddharth Jain

3D Response curve for Acid Catalyst

Highlights

An investigation of in situ acid and base catalyzed transesterification of dry algae was carriedout.

Different experimental conditions were calculatedusing three independent process variables.

Three independent variables were methanol to dry algae ratio, catalyst andtime.

The maximum output yields of 89.58% and 87.42% were achieved for acid and base catalyst respectively.

Fuel(Elsevier) Volume239, 2019, Pages 511-520

Correspondence: Dr SiddharthJain, AssociateProfessor Dr SPGupta, Director General

(Email: [email protected]) (Email: [email protected])

Volume1 April2020

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/transesterification

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/methyl-alcohol

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/base-catalyst




https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00162361

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00162361/239/supp/C

mailto:[email protected]

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Volume 1 R&D News Letter

April 2020

MESSAGE: Er. J.C. JAIN, CHAIRMAN

I am delighted to know that the Research efforts of the College of

Engineering Roorkee and COER School of Management are presented

in this R & D e-News Letter. Research is prime mover for the growth of

academic excellence in an institution of higher learning. This effort of

presenting the achievement of faculty members will encourage our

students to carryout research oriented assignments and projects and will

showcase our expertise to industries and research organisations. I

compliment the Editorial team at the launching of the first issue of this

e-News Letter and convey my best wishes for its success

(Er. J.C. JAIN)

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April 2020

Editorial

Research and Development (R&D) activities are the backbone of academic life of any Institute.

The initiatives of College of Engineering Roorkee are always in line with this objective. The

basic aim has been to pursue knowledge through various programs for developing and training

highly skilled technical manpower. The College of Engineering Roorkee has research programs

aimed at advancing knowledge, improve our world, and shape the future. Scientific and

technological innovation has always created social and economic transformation. But the past

decade showed, as few others have, the speed and scale at which such change can happen. If it

continues at the present rate, the shape of the next ten years — from information technologies to

applied bioscience, energy and environment — looks ever more contingent on the discoveries

made in thattime.

Multi-disciplinary research is key to our research vision and strategy to address the diverse,

complex and demanding problems of today's society. Research activities are conducted

collaboratively in our Expert Research Groups and in the College funded Centers of Excellence.

Much of our research activities are sponsored by Government research funding as well as

industries and help in strengthening the undergraduate and postgraduate research programs. We

have close collaborations with other research and academic institutes across the globe and

host research visitors from throughout the world.

To showcase and enhance the COER activities in this regard, research newsletter is designed to

highlight the wide range of ongoing research activities within the institute. It also focuses on

industry/ government funded projects, recently organized conference or symposiums, research

papers/ patent published by the faculty members and students. The Research newsletter is a

quarterly publication.

(DR SIDDHARTH JAIN)

http://www.bradford.ac.uk/research/rkt-centres/

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April 2020

Title: Robust Sign Recognition for Hearing Impaired in Low Resolution, Variable Lightening and

Variable Background Conditions

Funding Agency: TEQIP-3,UTU

Dr B M Singh

Professor

CSE Department


Principal Investigator

Dr Mridula

AssistantProfessor

CE Department


Co-Investigator

Abstract: The objective of the

project is to develop a system

for the Indian Sign Language

(ISL) recognition system for

hearing impaired people in low

resolution and variable

lightening conditions. This

system is based on the capturing

of sign gestures such as

movement of finger, hand, arm,

face and body using web or

mobile phone’s camera, and

thereby conversion into digital

text in the Devanagari language

format.

This project aimed to perform

sign recognition in some

uncontrolled situations such as

low illumination, presence of

cluttered backgrounds, moving

objects in the background,

gesturing hand out of the scene

during gesture, pause during the

gesture, and presence of other

people or skin colored regions.

Proposed system are based on

the seven steps i.e. capturing of

images using mobile phone

camera or web cam, pre-

processing of captured images

using binarization and noise

removal approaches, hand

gesture area detection,

localization and segmentation

from the images, captured

gesture normalization such as

slant and size, contour

smoothing, next step after

normalization is gesture sign

recognition, and final step is

languagetranslation.

Outcome expected from the

project

i. A prototype for the sign

gesture recognition service

for hearing impaired in low


lighteningconditions.

ii. Software for robust pre-

processing of images or

videos captured in low


lighteningconditions.

iii. A software for sign

normalization

iv. A software for Feature

Selection andExtraction

v. A framework for language

translation

Image or video Conferencing using

RegionsofInterest

web

mobiles

cam or

Coarse

preprocessing

Detection (ROIs), Localization and segmentation

Sign Normalization

Devanagri

Text

Language

Translation

Sign

Recognition Feature Selection

and extraction

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Title: Low Temperature Insitu Transesterification of Dry Algae and Dry Jatropha Seeds and Performance

Evaluation of IC Engine using Biodiesel

Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU

Dr Siddharth Jain

Associate Professor

ME Department



Dr Rajesh Kumar

Assistant Professor

ME Department


Co-Investigator

Dr M.P. Sharma

Professor

Department of Hydro and

Renewable Energy

IIT Roorkee

Invited Advisor (External)

Abstract: The free fatty acids

of Jatropha curcas oil are very

high and therefore 2-step acid

base catalyzed

transesterification technique is

used for biodiesel production

which is time and energy

consuming. On the other hand

the unsaturated fatty acids are

very high in Jatropha curcas oil

and biodiesel which cause it to

be highly unstablized and

responsible for increase in

biodiesel viscosity with respect

to time. Contrary to this algae

oil is highly saturated oil and

the amount of FFA is also very

less which causes it to be

converted into biodiesel using

single steptransesterification.

As a conclusion it is advisable

to blend the Jatropha and algae

oil in a suitable proportion so

that FFA would be optimized so

that one can convert the oil into

biodiesel using singlestep

transesterification. The resulted

oil will also have less

unsaturated fatty acids which

ultimately increase the stability

of the biodiesel. One step

forward to this, the objective of

the present work is to go for low

temperature insitu


and dry Jatropha seeds and

performance evaluation of IC

Engine usingbiodiesel.

www.coer.ac.in

R&DNewsLetter Volume1 April2020

Engine Performance and

Emission Analysis AlgalBiomass

Jatropha Curcas

Biomass

Biodiesel Insitu

Transesterification

http://www.coer.ac.in/

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April 2020

Title: Title: Design and Implementation of MIMO Antenna for Improved Wireless Connectivity

inUttrakhand


Dr. Swati Yadav

Assistant Professor

ET Department



Dr. Pinku Ranjan

Assistant Professor

Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Indian Institute of Information

Technology and Management Gwalior


Abstract: Multiple Input

Multiple Output (MIMO) is an

antenna design technology in

which multiple antennas are

used on both transmitting and

receiving side in order to

increase the radio link capacity.

In this technique, more than one

data signal is simultaneously

transmitted or received over a

same radiochannel.

The proposed research

develops the prototype of

MIMO antenna and also its

implementation and

integration in portable

devices to solve the main

problem of poor connectivity

in hilly regions of

Uttrakhand. Even through

MIMO antennas are in use

for wireless application, in

the present condition use of

MIMO antenna lacks because

of its large size. Hence its

implementation with portable

devices is difficult. Inthis

research PI proposes a very

compact size multi band

MIMO antenna for wireless

application. Hence the

contribution from the

proposed research will

advance the state-of-art of

MIMO antenna as well as

successful accomplishment of

the goals of the proposal will

have significant impact on

wireless industry.

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April 2020

Title: Smart Hybrid Solar Kitchen (for Households and Community Cooking in Uttarakhand)


Mr. Varun Pratap Singh

Assistant Professor

ME Department


Principal investigator

Dr Siddharth Jain

Associate Professor

ME Department


Co-Investigator

Dr R.P. Saini

Professor

Department of Hydro and Renewable

Energy

IIT Roorkee


Abstract: The proposed Sma1r.t

Hybrid Solar Kitchen can be

1. Working in diffused light or

innolightconditionforatleast

range should cater to the

cookingrequirements

treated as a complete solution, 3 hours with an automat4ic. 4. Comfortable for cooking

which can replace the current

domestic kitchen and reduce the

cost of cooking in a significa2n.t

manner while maintaining all

features, security and ergonomic

tracking system, integrated with

Solar Concentrator disk.

2. Working for all Indian style

of cooking (boiling, steaming,

frying, chapatti making,etc.)

personals, having good

ergonomic in design, could be

operated by one person from

one place and having better

mountings for control andease

comforts of the domest3ic. 3. Better heat transfer and of mobility kitchen with a smart control

panel The proposed system is

covering below-mentioned

objective:

thermal efficiency, insta5n.t

heating and cooling, better

temperature control, easy

operation, and temperatu7r.e

5. Working in On-Grid and Off-

Grid mood as a standalone unit

and in all-weather condition.

Schematic Diagram of Hybrid Solar Kitchen

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April 2020

Title: Hybrid Renewable Energy at Remote Area of Uttarakhand- A Technoeconomic Analysis


Anuradha

Sr. Asst. Professor and HOD

EN Department



Abstract: Demand of energy in

isolated parts of India cannot be

solved by extension of grid

power supply as it is neither

economical at all as cost varies

depending upon distance land

and load demand. In view of

this problem supply of power to

remote area demands advanced

skill with updated technical and

economical strategies. Because

of that, expensive and

insufficient grid power in rural

places has been replaced by

renewable energy sources.

Therefore, current work

investigates the besthybrid

Dr S.P.Gupta

Director General


Co-Investigator

technology for rural electric

generation for a village area in

Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The

solution obtained from using

HOMER software presents the

economic feasibility of the

hybrid generation system for a

remote village in Chakrata in

Dehradun, with latitude

30042’00’’ N and longitude

77051’00”E.This paper contains

four different type of Hybrid

configuration. The optimization

result obtained by using a

hybrid configuration composed

of a wind energy system, a solar

PV system and adiesel

Dr Sanjay Kumar Sinha

Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

Amity University


generator used as a backup

system. The study is also

extended to analyze the effects

of selection of fuel in diesel

generator in Hybrid

Optimization Model for

Electric Renewable (HOMER)

software tool on the

performance indicators. A

sensitivity analysis is

demonstrated to examine the

effects of various input cost

parameters on the COE , NPC

& emissions (in case of

biodiesel blending).

Hybrid Energy System

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April 2020

Title: Combustion, Performance and Emission Analysis of Pine oil based Biodiesel Fueled DI Diesel

Engine.


Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Assistant Professor

ME Department


PrincipalInvestigator

Dr. Siddharth Jain

Associate Professor

ME Department


Co-Investigator

Dr. Sudhakar Subudhhi

Associate Professor

Mech. & Ind. Engg. Department

IIT Roorkee


Abstract: Diesel engines are

widely used for transportation

due to higher fuel efficiency.

Biofuels having the properties

similar to diesel has been

proved a suitable alternative to

replace the petroleum diesel.

Due to its oxygen content,

biofuel leds to complete

combustion in diesel engines.

Triglyceride oil (TG oils) and

turpene oil (light oil) can be

used for the production of

biofuels. Turpene oils are

available in some plant species

namely eucalyptus, pine tree,

etc. Pine trees are one of the

major causes for fire hazards in

hilly regions. Utilization of pine

products can help in limiting the

fire hazards in hillyregions.

Pine trees can grow up to 40

meters tall, have a flat crown

and a reddish-brown, deeply

fissured bark, needle-like gray-

green leaves that grow in pairs,

orange-yellow flowers and

pointed brown cones. Pine oil is

pale yellow in color with a

forest smell, alcoholic

compounds and watery in

viscosity. The main chemical

composition of pine oil is-

turpene and3-carene.

The main objective of this

project is to improve the

combustion, Performance and

Emission characteristics of pine

oil fueled small DI Diesel

Engine. Combustion in diesel

engine is a complex

phenomenon due to

heterogeneous combustion.

Combustion depends on spray

characteristics that can be

improved by varying injection

timing and injection pressure.

In the present work experiments

will be performed with pine oil

and its blends with N-Butenol.

The results will be compared

with petroleum diesel. The

experiments will be conducted

according to layout suggested

by Design of Experiments to

reduce the number of

experiments. Fuel blend ratio

and engine parameters like

injection timing and injection

pressure will be optimized using

OptimizationTechniques.

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April 2020

Title: Interlocking Plastic Pavement Block


Dr Mridula

Assistant Professor

CE Department



Mr Aman Kumar Mishra

CE Department


Co-Investigator

Abstract: The objective of this

project is to develop the

technique for preparation of

interlocking pavement block

using the plastic wastage as a

principle binder without

creating any pollution in

surroundings and also to

evaluate its engineering

properties. This project work

will comprise with three stage

objectives; in first stage this

project work will be focused on

the utilization of plastic waste in

the mix as complete binder with

the help of chemicals to

improvise the behaviorof

plastic waste as binder. The

second stage of project work

will be focused of the

environmental impact during the

process of waste utilization, in

which the project work will be

concentrated on the developing

the methodology of waste

utilization without creating any

pollution in the environment,

during the process of plastic

waste conversion in to binder

many type of toxic gases

emitted, which will be utilized

in secondary application. Third

stage of project work will be

focused on the attainingthe

engineering properties of

pavement block as like

durability, strength, adequate

friction, block life span,

aesthetic appearance,

ecofriendly, shape and size,

stability, easy installation and

interlocking pattern,

manufacturing cost, easy

transportation in bulk without

damage and the actual

performance and feasibility test

of pavement block will be also

tested in applicationfield.

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April 2020

Title: Multi-Parabolic Flat Plate Solar Collector for Space Heating System in Himalayan Region


Dr Nitesh Dutt

Assistant Professor

ME Department



Dr Rajesh Kumar

AssistantProfessor

ME Department


Co-Investigator

Dr Krishnan Murugesan

Professor

Mechanical and Industrial

Engineering Department

IIT Roorkee


Abstract: It is planned todesign

and fabricate the solar collector

experimental setup at Institute.

Two cases would be compared,

in which thermal performance

of solar collector with and

without Ground Source Heat

Pump (GSHP) would be done.

In first case, experiment would

beconducted

with the use of solar collector at


(COER). In second phase,

experiment would be done at

IIT Roorkee, where IIT Roorkee

has existing 120 m bore for

GSHP having 9 inch pipe

diameter. A comparative study

would be done and electrical

energy saving study wouldbe

conducted. Figure 1 shows the

layout of the experimental setup

in which solar collector and

GSHP is integrated. Energy

from the ground and solar

collector would be absorbed

through flowing fluid, which

acts as heat exchanger for the

refrigeration system used for

space heating in winterseason.

Schematic diagram of SAGSHP

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April 2020

Title: Development of a Sustainable Model for Innovation Ecosystem of Uttarakhand, India


Dr Himadri Phukan

Former Associate Professor

Management Department



Dr Prof. Anil Kumar Associate

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Department

Delhi Technical university (DTU)


Abstract: The scope of the

present proposal includes

collecting data on innovation

activities from various

government departments,

industries, leading academic

institutions of higher learning,

leading R&D

institutes/laboratories and

centers in India. The following

objectives will be targeted–

To study the present innovation

eco-system in India; To identify

the challenges to be addressed

for strengthening the innovation

eco-system; To develop a model

for sustainable innovation eco-

system in India; To outline

future opportunities in India

with an advanced innovation

eco-system. The obtained data

will then be analyzed to identify

the challenges and limitations of

the present innovation

ecosystem in India. The present

models of innovation ecosystem

practiced by some of the

developed counties such as

USA, UK, Japan, Germany etc.

will be studied. The Indian

system will analyze vis-à-vis the

performing innovationmodels.

Studies will be carried out to

align the Indian innovation

ecosystem with the global

innovation ecosystem.

Sustainable model Development

– A model will be developed

based on the data and the

prevailing socio-economic

system in India for developing a

sustainable innovation

ecosystem that will be

sustainable. A proposed

methodology of the model is

shown in Figure1.

A proposed Methodology for the proposed project

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April 2020

Title: Ultrasonic & Physico-Chemical Study of Biofuels


Dr CK Bhardwaj

Former Assistant Professor

CY Department



Dr VK Singh

Professor

CY Department


Co-Investigator

Abstract: As the state of

Uttarakhand is rich in biomass

resources specially Algae which

is undiscovered and unused up

to the mark therefore present

project is focused on different

types of algae as a solute and it

will be studied with the different

solvents (ethanol, methanol

&propanol). By this study we

can select the appropriate solute

and solvent for the production

of good bio fuel. Such type of

study is very useful in giving

insight into the structure,solute

–solvent interaction and

bonding of associatedmolecular

compound. Ion-ion and ion –

solvent interactions play an

important role in deciding the

structure and properties of

different biofuels. Literature

survey reveals that molecular

interaction between different

types of Algae and alcohols

have not been studied so far

through ultrasonic

measurements. Therefore in our

present project the interaction of

alcohols with Algae will be

studied ultrasonically. The

objective of the present study is

to analyze the effect of

temperature onultrasound

velocity, density, & viscosity

have been determined by

measuring the thermodynamic

parameters at 30oC, 35

oC and

400C. The solutions of various

concentrations of each Algae

were prepared by adding

weighed quantity of solute in

known volume of samples. The

nine systems are so prepared

that entire range iscovered.

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April 2020

Title: Automatic Sketch Packing Station for Luxor Sketch for 2 Lakh Sketch Packet Packing Per Day

Funding Agency: Texplas Pvt Ltd, Haridwar

Mr. Varun Pratap Singh

Assistant Professor

ME Department



Mr. B D Patel

Associate Professor

ET Department


Co- Investigator

Abstract: Texplas Private

Limited having order of 5 lakh

sketch pen production per day

from Luxor company, which

will further increase up to 10

lakh sketch per day. To meet

this demand company having

their own production facility as

well as a separate packing

facility where 60+ employees

are involved in packing process.

Currently Texplas havingfive

line operating in parallel mode

with 10 operator associated with

each line and having a packing

capacity of 8400 packets in 12

hours shift. To meet current

demand company is operating in

12-hour shift mode with one

shift with 60 employees.

Currently company having huge

operating cost due to manual

operation in packing which is

more than 70 lakh rupeesper

annum. Currently company

applied zero automation in

packing facility which can be

father improve to semi-

automation to fully automation.

Objective:

To develop Semi-automatic

packaging machine for Luxor

sketch pens with production rate

of 2, 00, 000 Sketch pen per day

Reference SetupCADDDesign Working Scale Model of proposedmachine

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April 2020

Title: Design a Smart Energy Controller for Home Appliances using DR & IoT

Funding Agency: Seed Grant, College of Engineering Roorkee

Dr. Adesh Arya

Associate Professor

EN Department

College of EngineeringRoorkee


Mr. Dhanneshwar Kumar

Former Assistant Professor

IT Department


Co- Investigator

Abstract: Now-a –days, the

electricity prices is varying at

every 15 minutes interval at

the whole sale market of

electricity. Till date, the

consumers is paying the fix

electricity price per unit in

retail market and continue

received the electricity during

whole day in distribution

side. As per the Smart Grid

technology, the electricity

supply will be providing

according to real time prices

(RTP) in future. Due tothis

phenomenon the consumers

can be save electricity billand

load management profile can

be managed easily. The

proposed smart energy

controller will be helpful to

maintain the supply –demand

energy gap. The proposed

research will be beneficial for

consumers as well as utilities.

The objectives of the

projectare:

1. To develop a

mathematical model for

smart householdappliances

2. RAC and EWH. To

design a novel demand

response algorithm based on

real time prices(RTP)

3. To implement the

optimization techniques and

interface to hardware

prototype

4. To implement home

area network (HAN) and IoT

for Smart Energy Controller

and householdappliances

Smart Home System based on Internet of Things

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April 2020

Dr Gunjan Agarwal

Associate Professor

ME Department



Title: Optimization of Process Parameters to Minimize Energy Consumption in Machining Process

Funding Agency: Seed Grant, College of Engineering Roorkee

Abstract: Abstract: Machining

is an important manufacturing

process in which required

products are being obtained by

removing excess material using

cutting tool in the form of chips.

Machine tool is being used to

obtain relative motion between

cutting tool and work piece.

Performance of machining

processes depends on many

process parameters. In which

speed, feed and depth of cut are

important process parameters.

Initially these parameters are

being selected on the basis of

minimum manufacturing cost

and maximum productionrate

surface finish and material

removal rate. These days

environment protectionis an

important criteria. Products

should be produced using lesser

resources and at the same time

pollution should be less.

Machining is producing lot of

solid, liquid , gaseous wastes.

As machining is a very energy

intensive process , lot of carbon

footprints are produced in

energy consumption during

machining and in energy

generation also. In Uttarakhand

where lot of CNC machines are

being used in industrial areas,it

is important to reduceresource

consumption and less pollute

the environment. As 99% of

environmental pollution is due

to energy consumption in

machine tools so it should be

minimized. In the present

problem, parameters are being

selected on the basis of

minimization of energy

consumption in machining. At

the same time material removal

rate should be maximum and

surface finish at the required

level.Experiments are being

performed using Response

surfacemethodology.

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April 2020

Title: Performance Optimization of Pine Oil Based Biofuel Fueled Diesel Engine.

Funding Agency: Seed grant, College of Engineering Roorkee

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Assistant Professor

ME Department



Dr. Siddharth Jain

Associate Professor

ME Department

College of Engineering

Roorkee Co-Investigator

Abstract:The main aim of this

project is optimization of

performance parameters of pine

oil based biofuel fueled small

DI diesel engine. The

performance of diesel engine is

analysed with Brake Thermal

Efficiency and Brake Specific

Fuel Consumption. As the

performance of diesel engine is

entirely different when it is

fueled with biofuels other than

diesel. This variation in the

performance in manly due to

variation in fuel characteristics

such as viscosity, density and

calorific values of biofuels.

Hence to improve the

combustion and performance of

biofuel fueled diesel engine it is

necessary to operate the engine

on optimized engineparameters.

Optimization is fascinating tool

to improve the performance of

any system. Various

optimization techniques such as

Taguchi method, Response

surface methodology, artificial

neural network, Genetic

algorithm and other nature

inspired optimization techniques

have been used for the

optimization.

In the present work, taguchi

technique with Artificial Neural

Network is proposed for the

optimization of biofuel fueled

engine operating parameters.

The pine oil will be used as

biofuel. The potential of pine oil

to replace the conventional

diesel fuel will be observed.

Various blends of pine oil with

dieselwillbeusedupto100%

(pure) pine oil and the

performance will be compared

with diesel. To find the

optimized percentage of pine

oil, engine load and injection

parameters experiments will

designed with design of

experiments using Minitab

software. Further, experiments

will be performed according to

the layout given by DOE.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

will be used for optimization of

engine parameters. Once the

optimized combination is

obtained, confirmatory tests will

be performed on given

combination to validate the

optimizationresults.

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April 2020

Dr. Swati Yadav

Assistant

Professor ET

Department



Title: Title: Design and Implementation of MIMO Antenna for Improved wireless Connectivity

inUttrakhand

Funding Agency: Seed Grant, College of EngineeringRoorkee

Abstract: Multiple Input

Multiple Output (MIMO) is an

antenna design technology in

which multiple antennas are

used on both transmitting and

receiving side in order to

increase the radio link capacity.

In this technique, more than one

data signal is simultaneously

transmitted or received over a

same radiochannel.

The proposed research

develops the prototype of

MIMO antenna and also its

implementation and

integration in portable

devices to solve the main

problem of poor connectivity

in hilly regions of

Uttrakhand. Even through

MIMO antennas are in use

for wireless application, in

the present condition use of

MIMO antenna lacks because

of its large size. Hence its

implementation with portable

devices is difficult. Inthis

research PI proposes a very

compact size multi band

MIMO antenna for wireless

application. Hence the

contribution from the

proposed research will

advance the state-of-art of

MIMO antenna as well as

successful accomplishment of

the goals of the proposal will

have significant impact on

wireless industry.

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