Report of Visit of

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal – Hon. Vice-Chancellor of GTU

To

GTU Innovation Council – Surendranagar Sankul and

Institutes managed by Vardhman Bharti Trust – Wadhwan City.

·  On 15th September – 2011 (Engineer’s Day) Dr. Akshai Aggarwal visited GTU innovation council – Surendranagar Sankul & institutes of Vardhman Bharti Trust – Wadhwan City.

·  A meeting of all heads of the institutions under GTU innovation council - Surendranagar, trustees of the institutes & people from various industries was held on 15/09/2011 in presence of Hon. Akshai Aggarwal.

·  During the meeting heads of the institutes presented report regarding shodhyatras carried out by students & faculty members, industrial Visits organized by institutes, IDPs & placement guidance provided by institutes.

·  Almost all industrialists present in the meeting expressed their views. Both the industries & academia realized that the interaction between the industries & institutes through the sankul should be promoted further. During the meeting, open discussion was held among industry people, academia & Dr. Akshai Aggarwal. A view was expressed that more floor persons / workers at basic levels in industries & students should interact with each other as intensively as possible.

View expressed in the discussion are:

I.  There is Need of degree engineering course in Ceramic Engineering for Saurashtra region.

II.  Industry useful subjects should be included in the syllabus.

III. Industry experience of one year should be made compulsory before the award of degree.

IV. There is need to find out various sector wise needs of industries & then determine the sectorwise strength of GTU and Co-ordinate the both by centralize program for mutual benefit.

V.  Inter sankul prizes should be announced for best performance of institute in the area of shodhyatras, industrial Visits, IDPs & placement guidance.

VI. Series of seminars by experts from industry should be organized through out the year & program schedule should be announced well in advance.

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal expressed the vision of progressive GTU & how GTU working jointly with industries for creating research eco system where academia are on the road for mapping the industrial needs. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal stressed on importance of linking as many SMEs as possible to GTU students during the Summer Vacation so that every pre-final year student of GTU is able to obtain an IDP for final year.

A separate meeting was also held in which Dr. Akshai Aggarwal guided the faculty members regarding role of a teacher in technical education & various objective of GTU.

Program Schedule

G.T.U. INNOVATION SANKUL, SURENDRANAGAR

Programmer : Visit of Hon. Vice-Chancellor of G.T.U. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal.

Purpose : Meeting of all trustees, all heads of the institutes, & industrialists with
Hon. Vice Chancellor.

Date & Time : 15/09/2011 & 10:30 A.M. onwards.

Venue : C.U.Shah College of Pharmacy & Research

Op. IBP Petrol Pump.

Wadhwan City.

Programme Schedule
Sr. No. / Event / Time
1 / Invocation / Refreshment / 10:30 to 11:00
2 / Welcome Speech : Dr. G.R.Kulkarni / 11:00 to 11:05
3 / Floral Welcome / 11:05 to 11:10
4 / Self introduction by participants / 11:10 to 11:20
5 / Progress Report Presentation by different institutes / 11:20 to 12:00
6 / Speech by industrialist / 12:00 to 12:10
7 / Speech by Mr. Dipak Shah / 12:10 to 12:20
8 / Speech by Dr. Akshai Aggarwal , Vice Chancellor / 12:20 to 12:35
9 / Open House Discussion / 12:35 to 12:50
10 / Vote of Thanks by Dr. K.H.Wandra / 12:50 to 12:55
Meeting followed by Lunch
11 / Meeting of faculty members with Dr. Akshai Aggarwal / 02:00 to 03:00

Ø  List of Participants

·  Institutes

Sr. No. / Name / Institute / Address / Ph/ Mob.No.
1. / Dr. J.G.Sanghvi
(Secretary) / Vardhman Bharti Trust / Vardhman Bharti Trust
Office : Smt. M.T.Doshi High School
Lakhu Pole, Wadhwan City / 9374435405
2. / Mr. K.V.Mehta
(Secretary) / Vardhman Bharti Trust / Vardhman Bharti Trust
Office : Smt. M.T.Doshi High School
Lakhu Pole, Wadhwan City / 9825223805
3. / Dr. G.R.Kulkarni
(Principal) / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9662505948
4. / Dr. K.H.Wandra
(VICE-PRINCIPAL) / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9825019080
5. / Mr. N.D.Shah / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9898933918
6. / Dr. L.D.Patel / C.U.Shah College of Pharmacy & Research, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Pharmacy & Research,
Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9825196294
7. / Dr. S.K.Rao / C.U.Shah College of Pharmacy & Research, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Pharmacy & Research,
Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9913992851
8. / Mr. H.H.Wandra / C.U.Shah Technical Institute of Diploma Studies / C.U.Shah Technical Institute of Diploma Studies Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9825077944
9. / Mr. K.D.Jadeja / C.U.Shah Technical Institute of Diploma Studies / C.U.Shah Technical Institute of Diploma Studies Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9978969994
10. / Mr. D.A.Sanghvi
(M.B.A.) / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9228104345
11. / Mr. R.R.Raval
(M.B.A.) / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Wadhwan City / C.U.Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9725585385
12. / Dr. H.B.Bhadka / C.U.Shah College of Master of Computer Application / C.U.Shah College of Master of Computer Application Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9374009523
13. / Mr. R.A.Raval / C.U.Shah College of Master of Computer Application / C.U.Shah College of Master of Computer Application Surendranagar – Ahmedabad State Highway, Nr. Kothariya Village
Wadhwan City / 9898254612
14. / Mr. Jignesh R. Vaja / Limbdi Vikas College of Management / Sarvoday College of Management and Technology. Limbdi – Dhandhuka State highway. Limbdi / 9099063357
15. / Mr. Paresh Patel / Limndi Vikas Trust College of Management / Sarvoday College of Management and Technology. Limbdi – Dhandhuka State highway. Limbdi / 9328883881
16. / Mr. K.H.Bhatt / C.U.Shah Gov. Polytechnic College / C.U.Shah Polytechnic Government College. Surendranagar / 9428408370
17. / Mr. B.P.Dave / Shri M.M.Gopani Polytechnic College, Rampur / Shri M.M.Gopani Polytechnic College, Rampur / 9924149494
18. / Mr. V.N.Patadiya / Shri M.M.Gopani Polytechnic College, Rampur / Shri M.M.Gopani Polytechnic College, Rampur / 9898012500
19. / Mr. V.N.Patel
(Principal) / Sarvoday Polytechnic Institute, Limbdi / Sarvoday Polytechnic Institute, Limbdi
Limbdi – Dhandhuka State highway. Limbdi / 9979487201
20. / Mr. P.R.Kothari / Sarvoday Polytechnic Institute, Limbdi / Sarvoday Polytechnic Institute, Limbdi
Limbdi – Dhandhuka State highway. Limbdi / 8980899304
21. / Mr. Nidheshbhai H. Shah / C.U.Shah Medical College / C.U.Shah Medical College, Physiotherapy / 9374453777

·  Industries

Sr. No. / Name / Industries / Address / Ph/ Mob.No.
1. / Mr. G.H.Raval
(Secretary) / Jalavad chamber of commerce / Opp. Mai Mandir / 9428290460
220039
2. / Mr. R.H.Bhatt / Indiana Ophthalmics / 136,137 G.I.D.C. Estate , Wadhwan City / 9825224355
3. / Mr. Sunil Doshi / Ankur Ceramics / G.I.D.C. Estate, Phase IV, Plot No. 1702, Wadhwan City / 9825236742
4. / Mr Hiten Patel / Evergood Bio Science Pvt. Ltd. / Plot No. 1101/1102 3rd Phase, G.I.D.C. Estate, Wadhwan City / 9227228392
5. / Mr. Gordhanbhai M. Varmora / Varmora forge Pvy. Ltd. / Plot No. 19-25, phase – 4 G.I.D.C. Wadhwan City / 9426999098
6. / Mr. Ajay H. Shah / Individual Researcher / 8- S.V.P. Road, Opp. Water Tank, Surendranagar / 9327063404
7. / Mr. Naresh Aswani / Deepak Ceramic Industries / 153/154, G.I.D.C. Ambawadi,
Wadhwan City / 9426226721
8. / Mr. Mugatlal Shah / Esquire drag house / 138, G.I.D.C. Estate, Wadhwan City / 9427203362
9. / Mr. Dipak P. Shah / C0-CHAIRMAN
GTU INNOVATION COUNCIL-SURENDRANAGAR SANKUL / Charted Accountants Cotton Hall, Main Road Surendranagar / 9825229178
10. / Mr. Mahesh M. Shah / ARM tax Rubber Pvt. Ltd. / 78-80 G.I.D.C. Nr. L.N.S. Industries , Wadhwan City / 9825030653
11. / Mr. D.D.Matr / Que. Pharma Pvt. Ltd. / 2101 – A, 2101- B, Phase IV, G.I.D.C. Estate, Wadhwan City / 241580
541581
12. / Mr. Manish Shah / Omega Engineers / 3, Prashant Chambers (F.F.) Nr. Gate Railway Crossing, Surendranagar / 221398
13. / Mr. N. Deliwala / Del Pd Pumps Gears Pvt. Ltd. / Plot No. 113, G.I.D.C. Estate,
Wadhwan City / 9998817570
14. / Mr. Manish Mehta / Janjar Jewelers / Vithal Press Road, Surendranagar / 9426203105
15. / Mr. Kalpesh Patel / Sapt. drinking water / Vasant Park -2, Dhrangadhra Maliya Bypass, Halwad / 9924131200
16. / Mr. Jagdish Halani / Ardeec Engineerinbg (Sau.) Pvt. Ltd. / Industrial area Trally Road, Wadhwan City / 9825671815
17. / Mr. Bharat Parmar / Makson Pharmacutical Pvt. Ltd. / Rajkot Highway, urendranagar / 9824378050
18. / Mr. Mitul Patel / S.S.White Technologies Pvt. Ltd. / 120 KM Milestone Wadhwan –Ahmedabad Highway, Wadhwan / 9727722949
19. / Mr. Naveen Sajwan / S.S.White Technologies Pvt. Ltd. / 120 KM Milestone Wadhwan –Ahmedabad Highway, Wadhwan City / (02752) 240460

REPORT SUBMITTED BY

Dr. G.R.Kulkarni AND Mr. Dipak P. Shah

C0-CHAIRMAN

GTU INNOVATION COUNCIL-SURENDRANAGAR SANKUL

PHOTOGRAPHS OF VISIT