News Letter1 - Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
News Letter1 - Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
News Letter1 - Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
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PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong>letter | October - December 2008 | Volume 1 | Issue-1 For private circulation only<br />
CONTENTS<br />
1. Our Vision<br />
2. Journey to Soar Skies<br />
3. Facilities at the Campus<br />
4. Visitors at PDPU<br />
5. Research and Publications<br />
of PDPU Faculty<br />
6. Events on the Campus<br />
Message from the Founder President<br />
Dr. Mukesh Ambani<br />
President, <strong>Pandit</strong> <strong>Deendayal</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Pandit</strong> <strong>Deendayal</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>University</strong> (PDPU) is a world-class educational<br />
institution in Oil & Gas and allied Energy Sectors. Modeled on the IITs &<br />
IIMs, PDPU would create a vibrant brigade of knowledge leaders in the<br />
Energy Sector. �is <strong>University</strong> has come into being at a crucial juncture when<br />
a major transformation is taking place in the global energy industry. �ese<br />
changes are impacting all areas in the energy sector: �nance, administrative<br />
regulations, tax, marketing and information technology.<br />
�e need of the hour is for professionals who can cope with this<br />
transformation. I believe that this university will meet India’s growing need of<br />
such professionals of world class excellence and expertise. Such an<br />
energy-focused university will enable India change its economic and social<br />
landscape dramatically.<br />
I am sure that the <strong>University</strong> will inspire students to prepare themselves for<br />
life-long learning and leadership in the energy sector globally. I would also<br />
like to reiterate the wholehearted support of the energy industry in realizing<br />
PDPU’s goals in terms of infrastructure, industry-networking and intellectual<br />
capital for these budding professionals.<br />
My best wishes to the <strong>Pandit</strong> <strong>Deendayal</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>University</strong>.
We need<br />
innovation<br />
in<br />
education<br />
and<br />
dedication<br />
to the task<br />
before us.<br />
-Alan Autry<br />
Mr. Fattechand Virani<br />
�e Director General,<br />
<strong>Pandit</strong> <strong>Deendayal</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
“Aa no bhadra kratavo yanthu vishvataha”<br />
Let noble thoughts �ow into your mind from all sides<br />
Rig-Veda<br />
We are extremely delighted to launch the newsletter ‘@PDPU’.<br />
�is quarterly newsletter will bene�t all stakeholders of <strong>Pandit</strong> <strong>Deendayal</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>University</strong>, peer<br />
universities, industry and society with its real time reporting of research-intensive activities of the<br />
university.<br />
I hope that this newsletter would endeavor to show wider spectrum of the acquisition of knowledge<br />
for the Oil and Gas Sector in particular and Global Society in general.<br />
Incidentally, the newsletter reiterates the commitment of our university to produce ‘knowledge<br />
workers with ceaseless enquiry, clear reasoning and critical thinking’.<br />
I congratulate the editorial team and wish it good luck.
OUR VISION<br />
To be a world-class research-led teaching<br />
university with a commitment to, and<br />
practice of, ceaseless enquiry, clear<br />
reasoning, and critical thinking, while<br />
producing knowledge workers,<br />
innovators and entrepreneurs for<br />
contributions to the Society<br />
in creative ways.
JOURNEY to SOAR SKIES<br />
Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat<br />
formally opening the <strong>University</strong><br />
Shri Subir Raha giving the inaugural address at<br />
the IPMG Conference on Managing <strong>Petroleum</strong><br />
Sector (ICOMPS)<br />
JOURNEY
FACILITIES at THE CAMPUS<br />
Computer Lab, IPTG<br />
A well gripped Gym<br />
Plush Hostel Room<br />
Fabrication Technology Lab<br />
Outdoor Cafetaria<br />
FACILITIES
VISITORS at PDPU<br />
PDPU aims to give special opportunities to undergraduate students to learn maximum to achieve their high ambitions and academic goals.<br />
very experienced experts and professors from national & international levels come and share their valuable ideas in the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
List of Distinguished Speakers:<br />
• Shri. L. Mansingh, Chairman, and Shri.B.S.Negi, Member (Infrastructure), <strong>Petroleum</strong> & Natural gas Regulatory Board, Govt. of India,<br />
New Delhi delivered lectures on “Energy Security and Role of Regulator in <strong>Petroleum</strong> Sector” on 10th September, 2008 at PDPU.<br />
Shri L.Mansingh Visit at PDPU<br />
VISITORS<br />
• Mr. Tabish Maqbool, Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan <strong>University</strong>,<br />
delivered a talk on ‘Kinetics of Asphaltene Precipitation from Crude Oils’ on 21st July 2008<br />
at PDPU.<br />
• Shree U.D. Choubey , CMD Gail Visited PDPU on 14th July 2008.<br />
U.D.Choubey's Visit at PDPU<br />
• Dr. Mohan Kudchadkar, BP Houston delivered a lecture on ‘Reservior Surveillance’ on 13th May 2008 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. Rajeev Sonthalia, Vice President and General Manager- India, Schlumberger delivered a lecture on “Growth outlook of the Indian<br />
Oil and Gas Industry” on 29th April, 2008 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. Amitava Roy, Head, Process Design Group, Nuclear Reprocess in G Group, BARC delivered a Lecture on “Nuclear Engineering<br />
Academic Program.” 21st April, 2008 at PDPU.<br />
• Dr.V.K.Shrivastava, delivered a lecture on ‘Acid Rain Modeling’ on 25th March 2008 at PDPU.<br />
• Dr. Akshai Runchal, delivered a talk on the topic “Modeling and virtual reality” on 11th March, 2008 at PDPU.
• Mr. Akhil Mehrotra Director, Gujarat Gas, Mr. Balasundaram GM HR, Gujarat Gas,<br />
Dr. Biju Varkkey IIM Ahmedabad shared their views during Panel discussion on<br />
“Focusing on HR practices, challenges and what industry expects from MBA's” on<br />
17th May, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. J. Mahapatra, IPS Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad delivered a lecture on “Law<br />
& Order: Role of Police and Citizen” on 11th May, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Shri S. R.Rao, IAS delivered a lecture on “Surat Urban Infrastructure turn around”.<br />
• Prof. Basheer Khumawala C.T. Bauer College of Business, <strong>University</strong> of Houston<br />
delivered a Lecture on “Reverse Logistics & Closed Loop Supply Chain Management:<br />
Challenges and Opportunities” on 17th April, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. P. K. Ghosh (Former IAS), Prof. Prem Pangotra (IIM Ahmedabad) delivered a lecture on<br />
“Perspective of Urban Development” on 13th April, 2007 at IPMG.<br />
• Mr. P. K. Kulkarni Joshi Technologies International delivered a lecture on “Reservoir Cycle”<br />
on 10th April, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. Dipen Chauhan (Sr. Manager-Marketing, GSPC Gas) delivered a Lecture on “Distribution<br />
& Marketing aspects of PNG” 5th April, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. R. B. Shindem (AGM, GSPC), Mr. D. Panda (Sr. Manager, GSPC) delivered a lecture on<br />
“Understanding of Oil & Gas” on 4th April, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. McCarthy MD, Oilex Ltd, Australia delivered a lecture on “Understanding Oil & Gas” on<br />
29th March, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. PPG Sharma CEO GSPC Gas delivered a lecture on the topic “Understanding of Oil & Gas<br />
Sector” on 28th February, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. D.J. Pandian I.A.S, MD GSPC delivered a lecture on Social & Political Frameworks in India” on<br />
20th February, 2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. Jagdeep Chhokar IIM Ahmedabad delivered a lecture on “Electoral Reforms in India” 2nd January,<br />
2007 at PDPU.<br />
• Mr. D. J. Pandian I.A.S, MD GSPC delivered a lecture on “Oil & Gas Industry: Outlook “on<br />
28th December, 2006 at PDPU.<br />
• Dr. R.R.K. Sharma, IIT Kanpur delivered a lecture on “Project Management” on 27th December, 2006 at<br />
PDPU.<br />
Guest Lecture :<br />
Dr. Diptikumar Baik<br />
Guest Visit : Dr. Jeremy Bentham<br />
Head - Shell Energy Senario Worldwide<br />
Jeffery A. Serfass<br />
President<br />
National Hydrogen Association,<br />
Washington DC, U.S.A.<br />
VISITORS
RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS<br />
of PDPU Faculty in Last Three Months<br />
(2) Prof. Ashish Sarkar<br />
2008 being the International Year of Plant Earth (IYPE), and the<br />
International Polar Year (IPY), 33rd International Geological Congress<br />
(33IGC) addressed the issues related to Earth sciences with special<br />
symposia.<br />
Ashish Sarkar attended the 33IGC from 6th August to 14th August<br />
2008, held in Oslo, Norway. He contributed and presented two<br />
papers in the ‘Paleocimate and Climate Modelling’ and ‘General<br />
Contributions to Soil Science’. He in one of the few selected<br />
participants, who received financial support from ‘Geohost’ to attend<br />
the Congress.<br />
(4) Prof. Tajinder Singh<br />
(1) Prof. Vishvesh Badheka<br />
I) Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist from Department of Science &<br />
Technology (DST), New Delhi. For the project entitled “Gas Metal Arc<br />
Welding with Metal Core Arc Wire” in the year Dec 2008, Project is<br />
ongoing. (DST Ref No: SR/FTP/ETA-19/2008)<br />
Total Cost of Project is Rs 15,18,000.00 lakh.<br />
II) Research project on “Weldability aspects of Low Activation<br />
Ferritic-Martensitic Steel Welded by Activated Flux Tungsten Inert Gas<br />
Welding” from Board For Research in Fusion Science & Technology (BRFST),<br />
National Fusion Program of Institute for Plasma Research, Department of<br />
Atomic Energy, Gandhinagar, India, in the year Dec 2008. Project is going<br />
on and is in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research<br />
(IGCAR), Kalpakkam. (Ref ; NFP/08/MAT-01)<br />
Total Cost of Project is Rs 24,26,500.00<br />
Publications<br />
“Effect of Residual Magnetism on Sidewall Fusion in Narrow Gap Gas Metal Arc Welding”, by<br />
Badheka V J and Agrawal S K, It has been published in “Welding and Cutting” International Journal of German<br />
Welding Society, DVS. Issue Welding and Cutting 5 (2008)<br />
(3) Prof. Arun Sarma<br />
Prof. Arun Sarma visited <strong>University</strong> of Innsbruck, Austria, Europe to attend 50th year celebration of<br />
the Insbruck Plasma Physics Division, which was held on 5th December 2008. He was invited to<br />
attend that celebration and also to give a talk on Plasma Physics. Prof. Sarma was also invited to<br />
work in their laboratory on a joint project in collaboration with Max Institute of Plasma Physics,<br />
Grifswald, Germany. Prof. Sarma worked in their laboratory on following two proposals:<br />
(i) Thermal Conductivity and Resistivity of LaB6 Materials with Laser Power<br />
(ii) Study of antenna characteristics in plasma medium.<br />
Dr. Tajinder Pal Singh, was invited at MIT, Pune as a Chief Referee for the International Robocon<br />
2008, held on 31th August, where 17 Engineering Colleges from 16 countries participated. Also,<br />
Dr. Singh for the last five years has been heading a panel of judges in Robotic National level<br />
competition (ROBOCON) organized by Doordarshan,where teams from IIT’s, NIT’s and other<br />
Engineering Colleges actively participate.<br />
Robocon, short for Robotic Contest, is an interesting game-cum-intellectual exercise for budding<br />
engineers and their enthusiastic instructors, determined to innovate and create machines to<br />
produce desired results. Participation in it is an end-to-end competitive experience from concept<br />
design of a system of robots programmed to perform according to rules of the game played on a<br />
precisely created challenging field and to score a victory beating the competitors; all this according<br />
to a Theme declared by the Host Country.<br />
International Robocons are mainly sponsored by Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) which<br />
includes Doordarshan (Prasarbharati) of India as a member.<br />
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS<br />
(5) Prof. Bhawanisingh Desai<br />
Dr. Bhawanisingh G Desai, has been awarded a major DST project on<br />
"Ichnofabric mapping of the Mundhan and Guneri Sections with special<br />
reference to (Umian-Mundhanian Kutch Stages) Western Kachchh India".<br />
He has also completed a DST Fast track project on "Ichnology of the<br />
Jurassic Rocks of the Jara dome, Western Kachchh India" and has<br />
published a paper, on the oxygenation history of Jara dome area, in<br />
Journal of Geological Society of India. Along with this collobrotation was<br />
also done to understand the evolution of life based on trace fossil<br />
occurences in parts of Nigalidhar and Korgai syncline of Lesser Himalaya<br />
along with Dr. Rajita Shukla of Waida Instiute of Himalayan Geology,<br />
Dehradun.
EVENTS on The Campus<br />
Catalyst<br />
“Intellectuals brought together to engage in real<br />
battlefields to prove their mettle!”<br />
Catalyst -08 was conducted by IPMG on October<br />
23, 2008. Four events were conducted:<br />
(1) Ad’venture - Marketing Event<br />
(2) Stalwart - Debating Event<br />
(3) Enter’ Prize - Business event with a given seed<br />
of money<br />
(4) Q’rious - The quiz.<br />
SPARKLE<br />
“When Teachers meet Freshers”<br />
‘Sparkle - 08’ was organized by IPTG on<br />
September 5, 2008. Events like Painting and<br />
Photographs Exhibition, Extempore, Musical<br />
Evening, Skit Mimicry and Garba were conducted.<br />
Eminent scholars were honoured.<br />
RAMZAT<br />
“Ramzat of ras-garba to ‘rock’ the<br />
campus”<br />
‘Ramzat - 08’ was a garba - evening<br />
organized by PDPU students on<br />
September 30, 2008 to introduce a<br />
warm Gujarati traditional wave in the<br />
campus.<br />
EFL<br />
PVL<br />
“Exuberance of youth”<br />
PVL (PDPU Volleyball League) started<br />
its tournament from October 14,<br />
2008. Six teams participated in the<br />
tournament which ended on October<br />
21, 2008.<br />
“Kick of the youth”<br />
EFL, the longest ever sporting event (lasting for more than 50 days)<br />
involving the maximum student participation in any extra-curricular event<br />
of IPTG, was started right after the mid semester exams of the autumn<br />
semester in 2008, it was a part of the estrade(innovation board) initiative,<br />
started to involve maximum participation of students. Teams like Armada,<br />
Black Falcons, Merqrials and Mavericks participated in the event.<br />
AAYAAM<br />
“Exploring new Dimensions”<br />
Ramzat<br />
Catalyst<br />
Sparkle IPTG<br />
The E magazine of IPTG has been launched on October 22, 2008<br />
with the goal of nurturing the creativity of students by providing<br />
to them a platform. The magazine can be accessed by reaching<br />
the website www.pdpu.ac.in or www.iptg.ac.in<br />
EVENTS
Blood Donation @ PDPU
Editorial Board<br />
Naresh Jotwani (Chief Editor)<br />
Nigam Dave Lalita Ledwani Rasananda Panda<br />
Raisan, Gandhinagar - 382 009. Gujarat, INDIA. Ph: +91 79 23275021, Fax : +91 79 23275030<br />
newsletter@pdpu.ac.in<br />
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