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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)
7
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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Sr. No.
Date Name of Activity Speaker
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
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Sr. No.
Date Name of Activity Speaker
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
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 28 32 43 19 24 1 60 1 208
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
6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 29 7 1 2 0 1 1 41
7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 28 13 2 4 4 1 3 1 56
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 45 23 11 7 7 1 10 4 108
9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 21 7 12 8 10 16 74
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
6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 13 3 2 0 3 5 26
7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 33 7 3 3 4 5 55
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 59 17 16 10 5 23 1 131
9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 21 29 23 15 8 9 1 106
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
7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 15 2 3 3 1 5 29
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 62 24 6 5 5 10 112
9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 33 51 3 9 4 10 110
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
6 Students secured ≥ 75<80% 84 41 26 7 3 161
7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 141 56 55 27 2 281
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 208 108 131 108 1 556
9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 64 74 106 116 0 360
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
7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 4 15 19
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 23 18 41
9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 21 3 24
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
7 Students secured ≥ 70<75% 1 0 7 8
8 Students secured ≥ 60<70% 1 7 8 16
9 Students secured ≥ 50<60% 5 0 5
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 ≥ 70<75% 27
Students secured ≥ 60<70% 57
Students secured ≥ 50<60% 29
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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S. No. Name of Faculty Member
Title of course completed
Date of Award of Certificate
Name of Online Course Portal (NPTEL etc)
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
June 2020 Coursera 26.
Machine Learning
Foundation: A Case Study
Approach
June 2020 Coursera 27.
Cyber Security Roles,
Processes and Operating
System Security
June 2020 Coursera 28.
AI for Everyone July 2020 Coursera 29.
Cybersecurity compliance
Framework & System
Administration
Aug. 2020 Coursera 30.
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S. No. Name of Faculty Member
Title of course completed
Date of Award of Certificate
Name of Online Course Portal (NPTEL etc)
Page Number
Introduction to
Cybersecurity Tools &
Cyber Attacks
June 2020 Coursera 31.
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.
Introduction to research June 2020 NPTEL 40.
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.
Introduction to research June 2020 NPTEL 45.
Power Plant Engineering June 2020 NPTEL 46.
24.
Mr. Ankit Kumar
Singhal
Introduction to research June 2020 NPTEL 47.
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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S. No. Name of Faculty Member
Title of course completed
Date of Award of Certificate
Name of Online Course Portal (NPTEL etc)
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
June 2020 Coursera 56.
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.
Managing the Company of
the Future
June 2020 Coursera 61.
Successful Negotiations:
Essential Strategies and
Skills
June 2020 Coursera 62.
31. Mr. KR Ansari Basic Statistics June 2020 Coursera 63.
Preparing to Manage
Human Resource
June 2020 Coursera 64.
32. Ms Chhavi
Krishna
A Language and Tool for
Financial Analysis
June 2020 Coursera 65.
33. Ms Renu Jakhar Basic Statistics June 2020 DataCamp 66.
Managing the Company of
Future
June 2020 Coursera 67.
Successful Negotiation:
Essential Strategies and
Skills
June 2020 Coursera 68.
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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S. No. Name of Faculty Member
Title of course completed
Date of Award of Certificate
Name of Online Course Portal (NPTEL etc)
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)
Paper/ Journal/ volume/ page
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)
Paper/ Journal/ volume/ page
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)
Paper/ Journal/ volume/ page
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
Artificial Intelligence
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
Artificial Intelligence
and Applications
(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-
2019)
November,
20,2019
4 Ms Divya Painuli Approach to the Diagnosis of
Parkinson‟s Diseases
International
Conference on
Artificial Intelligence
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
Artificial Intelligence
and Applications
(IEEE-COER-ICAIA-
2019)
November,
20,2019
6 Mr Rishabh
Yadav
Thorax Disease Detection
Using Artificial Intelligence
International
Conference on
Artificial Intelligence
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
Artificial Intelligence
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
Artificial Intelligence
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:
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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
transesterification of dry algae
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
2
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 popula- tion 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 be- came 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
• 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
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• Be an institute that is sought for national and international collaborations leading to exchange of
students and faculty and joint degree programmes
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 achiev- ing 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 imple- mentation 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 techni- cal
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 institu- tion. 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 educa- tion 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
• 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
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
stu- dent 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
technol- ogy 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
Status of Implementation:
• Concepts are built in the lecture and practical classes through state-of-art pedagogy whereas
technol- ogy 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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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.
Status of Implementation:
• 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 coun- selling
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.
Status of Implementation:
• Systems are being strengthened to improve waste disposal and handling processes and to ensure
recy- cling 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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Status of Implementation:
• 15 Centres of Excellence (CoE) are created.
• Trained approx 500 students and 50 faculty members through faculty development and student
devel- opment 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 imple- mented. 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.
Status of Implementation:
• 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 stu- dents 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.
Status of Implementation:
• 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 bal- ance
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 aware- ness in
the community about the important contributions of COER.
Status of Implementation:
• 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 profession- als 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.
Status of Implementation:
• 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, stu- dents
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 rela- tions,
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 fac- ulty 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:
Status of Implementation:
• 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])
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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)
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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
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Dr Mridula
AssistantProfessor
CE Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
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
resolution and variable
lighteningconditions.
ii. Software for robust pre-
processing of images or
videos captured in low
resolution and variable
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Dr Rajesh Kumar
Assistant Professor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
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
transesterification of dry algae
and dry Jatropha seeds and
performance evaluation of IC
Engine usingbiodiesel.
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Engine Performance and
Emission Analysis AlgalBiomass
Jatropha Curcas
Biomass
Biodiesel Insitu
Transesterification
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April 2020
Title: Title: Design and Implementation of MIMO Antenna for Improved Wireless Connectivity
inUttrakhand
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU
Dr. Swati Yadav
Assistant Professor
ET Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Dr. Pinku Ranjan
Assistant Professor
Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Indian Institute of Information
Technology and Management Gwalior
Invited Advisor (External)
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)
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU
Mr. Varun Pratap Singh
Assistant Professor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal investigator
Dr Siddharth Jain
Associate Professor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Co-Investigator
Dr R.P. Saini
Professor
Department of Hydro and Renewable
Energy
IIT Roorkee
Invited Advisor (External)
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
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3,UTU
Anuradha
Sr. Asst. Professor and HOD
EN Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
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
Invited Advisor (External)
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
April 2020
Title: Combustion, Performance and Emission Analysis of Pine oil based Biodiesel Fueled DI Diesel
Engine.
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU
Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Assistant Professor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
PrincipalInvestigator
Dr. Siddharth Jain
Associate Professor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Co-Investigator
Dr. Sudhakar Subudhhi
Associate Professor
Mech. & Ind. Engg. Department
IIT Roorkee
Invited Advisor (External)
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
April 2020
Title: Interlocking Plastic Pavement Block
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3,UTU
Dr Mridula
Assistant Professor
CE Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Mr Aman Kumar Mishra
CE Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
April 2020
Title: Multi-Parabolic Flat Plate Solar Collector for Space Heating System in Himalayan Region
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU
Dr Nitesh Dutt
Assistant Professor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Dr Rajesh Kumar
AssistantProfessor
ME Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Co-Investigator
Dr Krishnan Murugesan
Professor
Mechanical and Industrial
Engineering Department
IIT Roorkee
Invited Advisor (External)
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
(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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
April 2020
Title: Development of a Sustainable Model for Innovation Ecosystem of Uttarakhand, India
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU
Dr Himadri Phukan
Former Associate Professor
Management Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Dr Prof. Anil Kumar Associate
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Department
Delhi Technical university (DTU)
Invited Advisor (External)
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
April 2020
Title: Ultrasonic & Physico-Chemical Study of Biofuels
Funding Agency: TEQIP-3, UTU
Dr CK Bhardwaj
Former Assistant Professor
CY Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Dr VK Singh
Professor
CY Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
Mr. B D Patel
Associate Professor
ET Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
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
Principal Investigator
Mr. Dhanneshwar Kumar
Former Assistant Professor
IT Department
College of Engineering Roorkee
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
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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Volume 1 R&D News Letter
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
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
College of Engineering Roorkee
Principal Investigator
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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