Rohit Bansal - IIT Roorkee

From the editor’s deskDear Reader,It is a great pleasure for me to present you the second issue of “Udaan- a scholar’s quarterly”. Iam very glad to share that the introductory issue was highly praised by the readers. I thank themall on behalf of the scholar‟s of the department and the editorial team. I am hopeful that the secondissue will also entice you with much value and integrity.The section, Our Department, covers description about our department library. The cover storycontains articles on, Recent Trends in Finance & Human Resource Management Research.In Face- To- Face, we have covered an interview with Prof. H. K. Verma, the Deputy DirectorIITR & Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering. He has discussed his experience, researchmotivations, challenges, and hard work in order to reach this level.Proceeding further we have, Cognitio Connect, a section on research scholars who have joined thedepartment in the last semester and those who are likely to submit their research work. Thissection describes their brief profile and reflects their views on their research work.Finally, we conclude with a section on, News and Upcoming Events, dealing with theparticipations and achievements of our research scholars and the upcoming events that are likely tocommence in the next quarter.I hope you will enjoy the second issue of Udaan. I look forward to your feedbacks and responses.Please email me at ish83ddm@iitr.ernet.inIshwar KumarEditor & Research Scholar