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Volume 1, Issue 1 (pp. 1-16)
July 2012
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ARYABHATT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
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Starting its journey by 2007, ACET has come a long way in pursuance of providing quality
education and creating of a competent group of professionals who are the future leaders of corporate world. It has scripted an astonishing success story during the academic year 2009—10
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After all, the journey that we have begun cannot be meaningful without you!
Inside the issue
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Special column
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Leading the way 3
Go green!
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The quest of
happiness
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Professor Dean’s
desk
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Research paper 8
The gizmo world:
sneak peek
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Fun-tastic funda 12
Camp’s corner
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[email protected]
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Editorial Board
Patron
Dr. Alok Chauhan
Members
Brijesh Singh
Alok Prasad
Pooja Punia
Neha Tiwari
Purnima Singh
Nitisha Bali
Conceptualization & editing
Tapas Panda (Knowledge
Evolution)
Dedicating the issue to International Mother Earth Day
Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet Earth in a number of countries and regions,
which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the
planet. For instance, Bolivians call Mother Earth Pachamama and Nicaraguans refer to her as
Tonantzin.
The proclamation of 22 April as International Mother Earth Day is an acknowledgement that the
Earth and its ecosystems provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance. It also recognizes a collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among
the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations of humanity.
The world has been slow to respond to the emergencies posed by global warming and the damage
human activities are causing the planet. In 1972, the UN in its 1st Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm marked the beginning of a global awareness of the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species, and our planet.
International Mother Earth Day promotes a view of the Earth as the entity that sustains all living
things found in nature. It honors the Earth as a whole and our place within it. (Source: UN website)
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Special column
It's International Mother Earth Day, Ready or Not
Bron Taylor, the author of 'Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future', is an environmental studies professor whose research focuses on nature—human relations. His most recent book, “Dark Green Religion: Nature
Spirituality and the Planetary Future”, examines the diverse forms and growing influence of what he calls ‘spiritualities of
belonging and connection to nature,’ illuminating how such spiritualities are being expressed and promoted environmentalists, surfers, artists, writers, filmmakers, politicians, scientists, and many others.
Taylor earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and today is Professor of Religion and Nature at the University
of Florida. He is also the editor of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and
Culture.
This article has been taken from the author’s blog.
The one thing every earthly organism shares is an absolute dependence on the planet's environmental systems. One might
think, then, that conscious and intelligent organisms would welcome a day honoring the Earth and promoting lifeways and
livelihoods that do not degrade the habitats upon which their
flourishing depends.
One would be wrong.
In his magisterial Traces on the Rhodian Shore: Nature and
Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of
the Eighteenth Century (1967), the historian Clarence Glacken
demonstrated that throughout western history there has been
conflict between those who conceive of God as beyond the
world and are indifferent to the Earth, those who share the belief
in an otherworldly God but think that he demands good environmental stewardship and those who consider the earth itself
sacred.
Put simply, the Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity and
Islam) exemplify the first two approaches, while diverse spiritualities that consider nature to be sacred can be labeled as pantheistic or animistic (the world is full of spiritual intelligences)
or, more broadly, pagan. The historic antipathy between Abrahamic and pagan traditions has often resulted in violence, usually with pagans and indigenous peoples who constitute the
largest group that can be so labeled getting the worst of it. But
increasingly, in an age characterized by greater tolerance for
religious difference, the boundaries between these traditions are
blurring. In Finding God in Singing River (2005), for example,
the theologian Mark I. Wallace argued that Christianity and
paganism have many affinities and can be reconciled. My book
Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary
Future (2010), as well as my Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005), provides many examples of the innovative ways
people today are fusing their birth religions with paganismresembling spiritualities and modern science, coming up with
new spiritual hybrids they find meaningful and a basis for environmental action.
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But as was made clear by Fox News and other conservative
outlets over the past few days, the longstanding conflict between those who conceive of the sacred as above and beyond
the world, and those who see it all around and themselves belonging to it, is not going away anytime soon. As I explained in
"Debate Over Mother Earth's 'Rights' Stirs Fears of Pagan Socialism" on Religion Dispatches, in 2009, the United Nations
declared April 22 as International Mother Earth Day. By so doing, the world's nation states accepted a resolution proposed by
the socialist president of Bolivia, who infused its language with
Andean Mother Earth Spirituality. The idea was to paint Earth
Day (first celebrated in 1970) in a darker shade of green, valuing nature for its own sake, professing that ecosystems and nonhuman organisms should be conferred legal rights. Bolivia even
passed a landmark law protecting the rights of nature this year,
an act inspired in part by the 2008 Ecuadorian Constitution,
which similarly gave rights to natural entities and non-human
organisms.
It is easy to see, then, why those who consider free market capitalism to be a sacred system never to be abridged, and believe
only one true extra-worldly God exists, find danger in both
Earth Day and Mother Earth Day. Both, in such a view, mislead
and deceive, and they do not place trust where it belongs: in
God and capitalism.
Until and unless these fundamental differences are resolved,
Earth and Mother Earth Day are not likely to achieve their sponsor's most ardent hopes: harmony among human beings, and
between human and other earthly beings.
Truth be told, we are a species not highly evolved enough to be
ready for Earth Day, let alone Mother
Earth day. But there is some tantalizing and hopeful evidence that we're
beginning to find our way.
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Leading the way
Earth Day Network: Pioneering the cause of mother earth
Purnima Singh
Aryabhatt college of Engineering & Technology
Earth Day is an annual celebration that honors
the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22
in the United States and on either April 22 or
the day the spring equinox occurs throughout
the rest of the world.
Environmental activism during the 1960’s
inspired Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson to
create a national celebration uniting the environmental movement. With the help of Denis
Hayes, a graduate student at Harvard University, Nelson organized the first Earth Day on
April 22, 1970, educating participants in the
importance of environmental conservation.
Attended by 20 million people across the
United States, the event strengthened support
for legislation such as the Clean Air Act
(updated in 1970) and the Endangered Species Act (1973).
In 1990, Hayes organized a global Earth Day,
with more than 200 million participants in
more than 140 countries. Earth Day now
brings together citizens and activists from
around the world to raise awareness and take
action regarding such environmental concerns
as global warming and renewable energy.
Today, the Earth Day Network (EDN), which
brings together more than 20,000 partners and
organizations in 190 countries, supports the
Earth Day mission year-round. This mission
is founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. The EDN pursues this mission through education, public policy, and
activism campaigns. These campaigns bring
together more than 1 billion participants
every year, making it one of the largest public, secular events in the world.
The EDN pursues a set of core goals:
• Broaden the Meaning of “Environment” to
include issues such as climate change, green
schools and environmental curricula, green jobs,
and renewable energy;
• Promote Civic Engagement and Mobilize
Communities by working with partner organizations to provide opportunities for all citizens to
become active in the environmental movement;
• Implement Environment Education Programs
such as the National Civic Education Project,
which works with students to solve local environmental problems;
• Inspire College Students to become Environmental Leaders through campus outreach campaigns that seek to strengthen the environmental
community in colleges and universities around
the world;
• Bring Clean Water and Sanitation to the World
by helping individuals, organizations, or businesses to fund rural water projects through the
Global Water Network.
Earth Day’s Core Issues
This set of goals underlines Earth Day events
and actions around the world, which the EDN
organizes into 10 core issues.
Advocacy: EDN encourages individuals and
organizations to meet with elected officials to
discuss environmental issues. The EDN’s most
powerful advocacy event is the Climate Rally,
which takes place in Washington, D.C., on the
weekend closest to Earth Day. The Climate
Rally brings together campus groups, concerned
citizens, and environmental organizations. The
Climate Rally also includes musicians, writers,
and artists who are concerned about the impact
of climate change.
Climate Change: EDN raises awareness about
climate change, human contribution to those
changes, and opportunities to slow the phenomenon. The Earthchild Institute, for example,
has developed kits that empower young people
to set up nurseries and plant trees in their communities.
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"Only when the
last tree has
died and the
last river been
poisoned and the
last fish been
caught, will we
realise we cannot eat money."
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Conservation & Biology: EDN works to conserve the world’s biodiversity. On Earth Day 2010, for instance, participants in Sri
Lanka planted more than 100 medicinal plants throughout the tropical rain forest at Yagirala Forest Reserve. These plants can be
used by local populations and will create habitats for different organisms, enhancing the biodiversity of the island nation.
Education: EDN’s education programs provide educators, students, and the general public with resources and solutions to create a
healthier, more sustainable planet. EDN also sponsors an online Educators’ Network, connecting over 25,000 teachers with environmental education resources. On Earth Day 2010, for instance, teachers and students in the Compostela Valley region of the Philippines participated in a day-long conference. At the conference, they learned about tree planting and care, participated in nature hikes,
and presented their environmental action projects to the community.
Energy: EDN supports projects that develop renewable energy sources and technologies as means of transitioning off of nonrenewable sources, such as coal and oil. Citizens of Qatar, for example, are invited to switch off their power for 1 hour on Earth Day in a
symbolic stance against human contributions to global warming.
Food & Agriculture: EDN raises awareness about some farming practices, such as the use of chemical pesticides, which contribute
to environmental degradation. EDN advocates for a greater support of organic, local, and sustainable agricultural techniques. Member organizations of this issue group include Articultores, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which raises awareness about urban
gardening and brings citizens and youth together to plant in abandoned sites in the country’s cities.
Green Economy: EDN advocates for the creation of green industries and jobs that are connected to renewable energy sources. For
example, the Students in Free Enterprise group in Saskatchewan, Canada, sponsors a prize for student projects that make best use of
recycled materials.
Green Schools: EDN sponsors the National GREEN Schools Campaign. The GREEN Schools Campaign includes a focus on healthy
school lunches, environmental classroom activities, outreach to local and national leaders, and an emphasis on sustainable building
techniques.
Recycling & Waste Reduction: EDN works to reduce the amount of waste that people produce, and increase the amount that we recycle and reuse. The Beach Bunch group of Brunei, for example, organizes beach-cleaning campaigns.
Sustainable Development: EDN promotes environmental practices that respect biodiversity and the natural world. Costa Rica, for
instance, has implemented the Viaje Limpio program, in which individuals and companies pay a fee for the greenhouse gases they
produce through travel. This money goes to protect the rain forest, water resources, and biodiversity of Costa Rica. Viaje Limpio
helps the Costa Rican economy, because biodiversity and the rain forest are important natural assets that bring thousands of tourists
to the country every year.
In only 40 years, Earth Day has evolved from a single day celebrating the environmental movement in the United States to a global
network that empowers more than a billion people to better understand, protect, and improve the environment.
"Earth
enough
every
provides
to
man's
satisfy
need,
but not every man's
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greed."
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Go green!
Responsibility is ours
To remind each of us that Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance and
that it is imperative that we recognize our responsibility to promote harmony with nature to
achieve a just balance for the needs of the present and future generations, in 2009, the United
Nations designated April 22 as International
Mother Earth Day.
The atmosphere has warmed up in the last several decades. Half of what is known as the
lungs of the ecosystems, our tropical forests, is
gone, with only 10% left standing. Oceans,
lakes, rivers, and streams are being polluted
with an average of two million tons of sewage
and industrial and agricultural wastes discharged into these waters.
Our environments are an extension of ourselves
and we feel better and function more efficiently
when we are in harmony with our environment.
Just as we have relationships with people, we
also have a relationship with our environment.
Clean air, pure water, and an uncontaminated
environment are conducive to man’s health and
longevity. In some parts of the world, people
significantly live to a hundred or more.
Understanding how long something takes to
decompose in a garbage dump or landfill can
help motivate all of us to reuse and recycle
everything we can. The best thing any of us
can do for the environment is to rethink the
way we use things and to use less. The fewer
resources and products we use, the less stuff
there is to throw away and recycle.
In the last 60 years, storm waves have been getting higher and have become dangerous to human lives. Storms are becoming more frequent
even in the Arctic Ocean as the area that is free
of ice continues to increase. Global environment
variation is increasingly causing storms, melting
glaciers, eroding soil, and displacing people
from communities to live in poverty in urban
areas.
Speaking tree
We should all be living in harmony with nature on planet Earth. Man should always be
morally concerned about the environment.
Earth Day isn’t the only day when the world
can and should celebrate the planet we all
share. In fact, I believe Earth Day Everyday
should be the way to live.
So, Go Green, Save Green, and Love Green!
Pooja Punia, Faculty, Aryabhatt College of Engineering &
Technology
One day a father took his
young son on a trip to the country side with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be.
They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from the trip
father asked his son, ‘How was the trip, son? Did you see how poor people can be?’
‘Yeah!’ replied the son.
‘And what did you learn?’
The boy answered, ‘I saw that we have one dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that
reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in
the garden, they have stars. Our pilot reaches to the front yard they have a whole horizon.’
When the little boy stopped, his father was speechless.
His son added, ‘Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are.’
Isn’t it true that it all depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, health,
good humor, and a positive attitude towards life, you’ve got everything. You cannot buy any of
these things. You can have all the material possessions you can imagine, provisions for the future,
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etc., but if you are poor in soul and spirit, you have nothing.
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Ode to Earth
Nitisha Bali
Department of Applied Science & Humanities,
Aryabhatt College of Engineering & Technology
Joyful joyful we adore our Earth in all its wonderment
Simple gifts of nature that all join into a paradise
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love through out all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love through out all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world…..
The quest of happiness
A wise person has written: “Success is a journey, not a destination. Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the
road – for then the journey is over and too late. The time for happiness is today, not tomorrow.”
If we wait to arrive at happiness, we shall be sadly disappointed in
life. Happiness must be experienced as we journey, a minute here,
an hour there, occasionally a day, once in a long while several
days as a week.
But the weeks and the days and hours are all made up of minutes
and if we live for happy minutes, the hours and days and weeks
will take care of themselves. We shall find our road through life
pleasant one, and spend less time worrying about the distant goal.
A stream of happiness – opportunities is flowing past us continuously: during the hours we spend at home, in the office or school,
or institution where we work; as we walk along the streets, as we
travel by train, or plane, or bus – in short, whenever we are and
whatever we are doing.
(Courtesy: External source)
Stephen Grellet once wrote: “I expect to pass through this
world but once any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now.
Let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, I shall not
pass this way again.”
Those only are happy who have their minutes fixed on some
objects other their own happiness: on the happiness of others,
on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit,
followed not as a means but as itself an ideal end.
Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the
way………. Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you
cease to be so. The only chance is to treat, not happiness, but
some end external to it, ‘as the purpose of life’.
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Professor Dean’s desk (Academics)
Step by step for the long- The Educational Process
est march
The educational process starts from the regisIn the era of development and professionalism,
we talk about India to be a super power. Being
Indians, it becomes our responsibility to
strengthen our country by producing engineers,
IT professionals, and management professionals, so that these professionals and engineers
can help the country in technological and research development, thus achieving the status of
superpower. Keeping this in mind, Aryabhatt
College of Engineering & Technology was set
up in 2007 under the aegis of Aryabhatt Charitable Trust, Delhi. The college is located at Baghpat—Meerut Road, about 13 km away from
Baghpat. The college is approved by All India
Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New
Delhi, and is affiliated to Mahamaya Technical
University, Noida. Formerly, this college was
affiliated to U.P. Technical University and Gautam Buddh Technical University, Lucknow
(Code-305), and is offering B Tech and MBA
courses. The branches in B Tech include Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Information Technology, Civil Engineering, and Electrical Engineering.
Another college, Aryabhatt College of Management & Technology was set up in 2008 by the
same Trust located in the same campus offering
MBA course. The college is approved by All
India Council of Technical Education (AICTE),
New Delhi, and is affiliated to Mahamaya Technical University, Noida. Formerly, this college
was affiliated to U.P. Technical University and
Gautam Buddh Technical University, Lucknow
(Code-405). Aryabhatt Charitable Trust is a
national level registered trust with its head office at Delhi. The trust was established in 2006,
aiming for quality education.
Aryabhatt College of Engineering & Technology and Aryabhatt College of Management &
Technology are dedicated for overall development of the students with the help of devoted,
well qualified, and experienced faculty to cope
up with the current requirement of the industry.
tration and ends with the Mahamaya Technical
University Semester Examinations for each
semester of the study. In an academic session,
two semesters are scheduled, of about 90
working days for curriculum transaction. At
Aryabhatt, classroom teaching of theory is
blended with detailed analysis of case studies,
models, presentations, and other teaching aids.
The thrust is on sharing of experience with a
peer group, to experiment with new approaches, ideas, and new perspectives.
Students are given question banks, tutorial
sheets, case studies, and regular assignments,
both individually and in groups in order to
make the students comprehend and understand
theoretical concepts as well as imbibe the practice of working teams. These assignments relate to real world organizations so that there is
continuous development of expertise in application of their knowledge. Entire set of study
material is available on college LAN for ready
access in college premises any time.
In order to equip the students with the requisite
analytical skill and develop him/her as potential researchers, each student is assigned project work of his/her choice in the topic of his/
her specialization pertaining to his/her subject.
The project work completed by a student enhances the level of thinking. The student acquires capability to articulate and get a thorough knowledge of the topic investigated/
researched by him/her. In addition to the research work, a host of conferences, seminars,
workshops, guest lecturers and interface with
academicians, captains of industry, professionals, and social workers are organized to make
the students familiar with the various aspects
of knowledge. In these academic events, the
students get opportunities to
interact with experts as well as
academicians of national and
international repute.
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Providing quality education through
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Standardized courses
using state-of-the-art
teaching methodology
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Lying of strong conceptual foundation
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Ensuring
adequate
industrial, R&D, and
academic exposure
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Continual
improve-
ment in our operations
through effective quality management.
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Research paper
21st century: Management education at crossroad
Purnima Singh, Aryabhatt College of Engineering & Technology
(The paper is reprinted here with the consent from the author keeping student’s interest in mind.)
Abstract
1.
Globalization is impacting the institutional framework in both
developing and industrial countries. It is changing the way in
which governments perceive their role in the society. It has also
far reaching implications for socioeconomic development and
educational systems of countries all over the World. With
abundance of natural resources, India has huge young and
skilled manpower to excel in every walk of life.
The shift of a manager’s role in 21st century provides the context of the quality challenges faced by management schools.
There are several challenges of management education, which
require change in the character and structure of management
education and integration of management education with the
corporate sector.
Knowledge is the driving force in the rapidly changing globalized economy and society. Quantity and quality of specialized
human resources determine their competence in the global market.
Emergence of knowledge as driving factor results in both challenges and opportunities. It is well known that the growth of
the global economy has increased opportunities for those countries with good levels of education. Education is a crucial determinant of human capital accumulation in the country and therefore, a source of economic growth.
Management Education in India is at crossroads. With the
dawn of new millennium, while there was phenomenal growth
in the number of B-Schools, the benchmarks were also on the
rise. The Globalization does not seem to have happened just to
the Industry but also to Indian B-Schools.
The expansion of B-Schools (in number) does not look to be in
line with the challenges posed by the globalization of Indian
Management Education.
As more and more well-educated and well-equipped talent
emerges, the task of talent selection becomes even more complex. Companies are feeling the need for global standards to
benchmark human resources, and academics are encouraging
the use of merit-based candidate selection systems.
India’s position as a lead contributor to the global IT human
resources pool will need to be supported by the adoption of
global standards for talent selection.
Keywords: Quality; management; education
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Introduction
As the pasture of management is dynamic in nature, new tools
and techniques are always being introduced to improve the competence, efficiency and prosperity of any organization. So is the
case with management education. Professional skills should be
acquired with practical knowledge, gradually making them experts in diagnosing the symptoms of patients. Just by confining
themselves to textbooks, students may not understand business
situations as each situation is unique and requires exceptional
solutions. Management education in India is not very old; it has
taken its practical shape during early 60’s with establishment of
Indian Institute of Management to train the people with management concepts. After that. many institutions and universities
have also come forward to provide management education to
cater the increasing demand of good managers.
2.
Importance of management education
As the business world is filled with challenges and risks, the
purpose of management education is to prepare students thoroughly to face these challenges and take the risk by the horn. BSchools should emphasize on training management teachers.
They should redesign management curricula in tune with the
changing dynamics of the global business environment. In short,
management education could become a diagnostic tool for all
problems of the globalized world. Through case studies, the
teaching community not only prepares students to meet the challenges of the changing times but also helps them in identifying
and choosing a career to suit their knowledge, skills, and aptitudes.
3. Required elements for upgrading management education
Management education is basically a service. Quality of a service is difficult to measure in comparison to products due
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to the fact that services are intangible. The specific characteristics of services such as intangibility, inseparability, heterogeneity, and perishability make it difficult to assess their quality. It
means that the quality of management education
would largely depend on its pedagogy. Quality
enhancement in management education would
constitute the improvement in all facets of providing management education. The quality of
management education depends on the combined
efforts on the part of the educational system as a
whole, the educational institutions and the faculties. Management education can be upgraded
only when all these three pillars of education are
equally strong.
We have made an effort to prepare a model
showing the various qualitative aspects required
at the educational system level, institutional level
as well as at the faculty level for quality management education.
Educational system level
• Corporate governance
• Contemporary curriculum
• Accountability:
• Code of conduct
• Compliance with legislation
• Adaptability
• Standardization
Institutional level
• Ability to compete
• Infrastructure
• Organizational coordination
• Control system
• Accountability
• Value addition
• Collaboration
• Commitment towards stakeholders
• Managing cross-cultural environment
• Transparency
• Creativity and innovation
• Worldly awareness
• Performance appraisal
• Community influence and representation
Outcome
• Highly competitive
• High morale
• High ethical values
• High quality performer
• Highly committed
Result
Quality management education
Faculty level
• Face challenges
• Learner-centric education
• Consultancy competency
• Ability to compete
• Accountability
• Feedback culture
• Commitment towards duty
• Counseling
• Creativity and innovation
• Self-awareness
• Interpersonal skills
• Facilitator
• To develop self-confidence
• Tremendous motivational power
• Ability to assess
• Presentation skills
• Comprehensive ability
• Adaptability
• Perseverance
• Responsiveness
• Intention to enrich knowledge
Today corporate governance should not be limited to the corporate world alone as management
education is undergoing a serious change of
bringing in an oath across the globe after the impact of the recent recession. The curriculum
should be designed in such a manner that the
students get the appropriate knowledge which is
required as per the times. It should be an updated
curriculum, which matches with the changing
needs of the environment. The educational system aims at the overall development of the students.
While formulating policies accountability towards the society should be of utmost importance. Quality can be ensured only if there is effective implementation of HR policies and code
of conduct for individuals in educational institutions and students. Time to time change in educational policies at national and international level
is an impact of the way the people think a management should be. Compliance with the new
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ideologies is reflected through the policies framed by the national educational bodies. Quality is always a result of standardization.
In management education also, quality can be ensured if there standardization methods are applied throughout the country.
At the institutional level quality can be assured by regularly updating the curriculum which would definitely provide a cutting edge
to the students over others. Proper infrastructure is equally important along with other things for providing quality education. Quality
management education can be ensured by effective organizational coordination which is possible by way of staff meetings, conferences, time-tables, programs, check-list schedules, etc. There has to be a constant value addition through various type of courses
which are offered to the students. Students should be given wide exposure to the practical world along with the theoretical knowledge. This would enable the students to correlate the theory with its application. This can be made possible by creating industry—
institute linkages. Students can also be exposed to the global environment by collaborating with foreign universities. Educational
institutions are a part and parcel of the society. While designing various policies they should be in sync with the needs of the community.
At the core of the above model stands the faculty since they are the ones who ultimately provide the teaching services. With changing times there is a lot of changes in the structure of the society. Students come from varied strata of the society and it is a great challenge. Faculties should be well prepared to face these challenges. In today’s world the traditional role of a teacher has changed.
Gone are the days when the scope of a teacher was limited from one end of the blackboard to the other end. Today a teacher should
be a versatile person. Apart from teaching he should have the ability to provide consultancy in his area of specialization so that he
can give the practical exposure to the students. As compared to the olden times, today there is a vast change in the structure of the
society. Nuclear families have replaced joint families. In this changed scenario, the psyche of the students has changed tremendously. The role of a counselor has exceeded the role of a teacher. To be a successful teacher one must be a good counselor as well.
3.
Conclusion
As the area change is taking place in economic, political, and technological environment across the world, new opportunities are
opening which are prepared to fight mediocrity and quality in every aspect of life is becoming the essential for survival. So there is
an urgent need to reform the quality of management education for the creation of quality intellectual infrastructure in India.
As per the words of Cyrus Guzdev, CEO, Airflight Express, the state of management education in India, "the B-schools are not sufficiently in touch with the real world, and the pace of change, which is challenging management through today, is threatening their
credibility".
So, it is an immediate requirement to shape the management education in accordance with the global changes to improve competitiveness with the total quality management.
Now, I would like to conclude in the words of Mother Teresa, a lady who believed in the power of individual's contribution—“We
ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in an ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
Reference: Article by Cyrus Guzdev, CEO, Airflight Express.
Aryabhatt Uvacha: Forthcoming issue
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Transfer of Training—Learning: Establishing a Conceptual Framework
Passion for Quality: Analysis of Relationship between
Satisfaction of Faculty and Quality Education
Volume 1, Issue 1 (pp. 1-16)
The gizmo world: Sneak peek
Helmet, meet ray of golden sun
What?
Solar ski helmet
Features
A German research and development firm has come up with flexible solar panels that are durable enough for use in everyday objects, such as ski helmets. These monocrystalline silicon solar cells can be mounted on a 3D curved surface.
The cells can generate up to two watts of power, which could be used to operate the wireless headphones
and the microphone integrated into the helmet. Mobile devices, smartphones and MP3 players can then
be connected wirelessly via Bluetooth. Incoming calls can be received using the Bluetooth-enabled glove.
USP
It keeps your gadgets charged.
Source: The Times of India
Shine on, you crazy LED
What?
Solio Clip-Mini solar and USB rechargeable LED light
Features
A single face-off with the sun is all this pocket-sized device needs to light up its four
LED bulbs. Depending on how strong the sunlight is, you can get anywhere between
3 and 33 hours of continuous light. A built-in red filter helps with night vision.
There is a rechargeable battery, which powered by a solar panel, can store power for
up to a year. It takes 5 to 7 hours of sunlight to fully charge the device (it can also be
charged in an hour via a micro-USB connection). With five illumination modes —
100, 50, and 10 per cent, Flashing and SOS — you don't need us to tell you how
handy this is!
USP
33 hours of light after a single charge
Source: The Times of India
Source: The Times of India
Kit, the almighty
What?
Changers Starter Kit I
Features
Keep your smartphone, iPod, tablet, and laptop alive with a solar starter kit that has
solar panels in the form of suction cups that can be hung from the window, besides
a portable solar battery and USB connection with eight adapters. That means none
of your gadgets have to wait their turn to get charged. The software in the solar
charger even measures how much carbon is saved with each charging attempt.
USP
It provides you with every possible connection to charge your gadgets through the
sun.
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Fun-tastic funda
Alarming alarm clock
All of us, at various stages of life, have encountered the close proximity with alarm clock. Especially students share a love—hate
relationship with this gadget. At times, it is a trusted friend to be on schedule for some hilarious engagement, and then again many a
time it creates a complete nuisance and we treat it as hated enemy dragging us out from the cozy comfort of bed at dead of night for
some exam preparation!
Some innovative minds have put thoughts behind how to stop people using the snooze button on alarm clock and go to sleep again
that ultimately results in jeopardizing important schedules. We will see a couple of very alarming alarm clocks which are no doubt
the brainchild of brilliant minds, but at the same time great spoilsports!
Blowfly alarm clock
The blowfly alarm clock escapes from a cage in your room, moves and produces sound around you when the alarm goes off. To turn
it off you have to catch it and put it back in its home.
Many sleepers experience that after they turn off the alarm
clock they go on sleeping. One thing that sometimes wakes
you up at night and prevents you from sleeping is the mosquito or blowfly when flying around your room. You can’t
and don’t want to fall asleep again until you’ve caught it.
These produces adrenalin and requires movements. The
alarm clock blowfly works like a “blowfly” that at the desire time it escapes from a cage in your room. It starts moving and producing sound around you – to turn it off you
should catch it and put it back in the cage.
Clocky alarm clock
Unusual alarm clock that jumps 3 feet from your night stand and runs away beeping to get you up. You can only snooze once.
Zzzzz...huh, wha? #@$%!! Come back here!
Sleep. The demesne of Hypnos and Morpheus. Once the playground for the exhausted geek, now a
wasteland of antiproductivity. Are you writing code? No. Are you pwning n00bs? No. Are you farming gold so you can buy that mount in Silvermoon? No.
Sleep when you die, man. Staying awake is the only way to get things done anymore. So when your
weekly intake of REM is limited to the single digits, you need an effective waking mechanism.
Something to jog your mind as well as your body in an effort to pump blood back to your extremities
and grey matter. Clocky is here! All Hail Clocky!
This little wonderful wheeled alarm clock started as an engineering student's project. Having trouble waking up herself, Gauri Nanda
developed Clocky to shriek annoyingly and effectively, waking you up. The fun doesn't end there, kiddies. It leaps off of your night
stand, and drives around your room, making random turns and racing away from your grasp. Now you have to get out of bed and
hunt the little bugger down to turn it off.
Now, you're awake, and it's time to get things done. Booya.
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(Source: Uberworld website)
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Tech view
Google's Project Glass
Navneet, Aryabhatt College of Engineering & Technology
How many of you are aware of Google’s new project i.e. project glass? This is not just a glass
but it is the most interesting and challenging artificial intelligence (AI) software that act as a
miniaturized Smartphone wired with hands-free access to a micro display, cameras, microphone,
Web browser, and speech recognition. It does not simply utilize the efficiency of AI to the fullest but also provides a challenging application of mobile computing.
The picture shows the actual look of the phone. Today’s people are talking and hanging out with
I-phone but Google take this term seriously and design
an I (eye) phone. Now let’s see some of the working of
this phone.
It has everything that you expect from a Smartphone.
Even more than that as an augmented-reality screen is
smaller than a Smartphone, it has the potential to present the "right information at the right time" and shows
complex data such as diagrams. Suppose you want to
click a picture you simply have to press a button available on the glass and picture in front of your eyes gets clicked and at the same time you can upload it on any of your social networking site. This is far quicker than you bring camera out of
your pocket and then click the photograph. The small screen on the glasses flashes information
right on cue, allowing the wearer to set up meetings with friends, get directions in the city, find
a book in a store, and even videoconference with a friend. The device itself has a small screen
above the right eye on wrap-around glasses which have no lenses.
It is the AI system that could make mobile devices, including wearable computers, far more
powerful and take on more complex tasks, according to an expert. Now that computers will be
on your head instead of in your pocket or purse, you may identify other technophiles more readily on the street. Mobile anytime "knowledge" will be a breakthrough technology for handicapped; now they can take the benefits of all the features which they are not being able to utilize
in earlier versions of such gadgets.
Google augmented reality glass project serves as the greatest project in the field of artificial intelligence. But as every coin has two sides it also loses some most important points, such as,
how fragile it is, etc. When we are wearing something for regular use, we want it to be strong
enough. With all the facilities packaged, in it, the gadget is bound to be in high-price band. So
fragility is one thing that we may not want.
For more details on how it works, please visit the web address at http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4&feature=player_embedded.
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that
felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such
emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
Nicola Tesla
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Camp’s corner
Seminars & workshops
Aryabhatt College of Engineering & Technology (ACET) and Aryabhatt College of Management &
Technology (ACMT) conduct regular seminars and conferences on current topics of interest.
There is a board headed by the Director looking after such activities. Inter-class seminars on the topics, relevant
to their course curriculum as well as for the enhancement of their personality, are frequently organized. A calendar of such activities is scheduled per semester. By this participatory method of learning, through presentation, the students on one hand develop confidence to express them without any hesitation and at the same time
develop in-depth knowledge on the topic.
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Embedded Mystery
A two-day workshop was successfully organized by two of our students, Mr. Vikas Sharma and Mr. Parvendra Kr, student of EC-VIII semester. In this, about 140 students participated. The objective of this
workshop was to make the students aware of the embedded systems and basic sensors and to make them
familiar with working of robotics kit.
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HR Summit (December 4th, 2010)
The event was focused on the "Role of HR Professionals for Industry – Institution Interface for Development in India". The program was a seminar and networking event for human resource professionals,
TPO’s, and academicians. In the event following eminent professionals from the industry had participated.
Mr. SP Sahni, VP (HR), Jindal Group, was the Chief Guest while the Guest of Honor was chaired by Mr.
Akhil Saxena, Manager—HR, Mahindra & Mahindra. Among other speakers, we had Mr. Kamal Manak
Tole, Regional Director, AHLA; Mr. Tarun Dua, Corporate Training Manager, Country Inn & Suits; Mr.
R.C. Mehta, Ex-PF Commissioner; and Mr. Deepak Kumar, Scientific Officer, MHRD.
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Business Simulation Game (Vyapar)
Computer Manufacturing Industry (March 23rd & 24th, 2012)
Beverage Industry (April 6th & 7th, 2012)
In Business Simulation Game, different teams of MBA students have been placed in charge on
the Board of Company. The winning criterion for the team is the ‘Cumulative Profit after Tax’ at
the end of the last quarter of this game event. This game can provide the basic exposure of real
business world to the students. The game administrator were Mr. D.B. Gupta and Mr. Vijay Bist.
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Entering to Corporate World—Reality and Myths (March 24th, 2012)
Delivered by Mr. Sheshadri Chatarjee, Director—Solutions, Microsoft. In this workshop, Mr. Sheshadri
provided insight to real corporate world and its expectations from students.
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Active Listening Skills—Most Effective Communication Tool (April 12th & 13th, 2012)
Delivered by Mr. Tapas Panda, a quality management professional and corporate trainer. In this workshop
students have gone through on the methodology of how to develop active listening as a skill. This skill can
be of significant value in their personal and professional life while communicating.
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On Personality Development (February 10th, 2012)
Delivered by Mr. Satish Kumar, Bizvantage Training & Consultancy Co Pvt. Ltd. This workshop had the
focus on personality development for MBA students which is an integral part of their career.
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Banking System in India (October 14th, 2011)
Delivered by Mr. Abhishek Brar, Territory Manager, HDFC Bank. In this seminar students have learned
about the banking system in India. They acquired the knowledge on how banks work in our country and
what are the important factors to be taken care of while using banking facilities.
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We have a story of success to tell!!
Training and Placement (T&P) Cell endeavors to maintain live contact with those companies whose openings are available in the
industry. Through various tie-ups with placement agencies, this cell effectively keeps a tab on all coveted jobs.
College recognizes and endorses the connectivity of the world through the World Wide Web and therefore starts placement assistance through internet, whereby the CV’s of the students are floated at different placement sites on the internet, giving them a wider
reach both nationally and internationally. Through our sustained efforts, we are in a position to provide our students with excellent
placements in various prestigious companies.
Approximately 180 students of B Tech (CS, IT, EC, & ME) and 72 students of MBA are looking for final placements during 2011—
12 session from the college. All the students are trained by the college for academic excellence as well for personality development,
including multifaceted development. The placement summary of 2011—12 session can show a picture joy and pride!
S.
Name of the Company
No
Date of Placement
Students selected /
Drive
shortlisted
Course
1.
Goshaka.com
14-04-2012
16
B Tech
2.
Hercules India Private Limited
12-04-2012
05
B Tech
3.
Onward Mobility
14-04-2012
04
MBA
4.
AGE-Data Info Vision Private Limited
03-04-2012
01
B Tech
5.
AGE-Genpect
14-04-2012
03
MBA
6.
Karur Vysya Bank Limited
14-04-2012
04
MBA
7.
Aircel
14-04-2012
04
MBA
8.
Aditya Birla Group
14-04-2012
04
MBA
9.
K-7 Computing
14-04-2012
17
B Tech
10.
K-7 Computing
14-04-2012
04
MBA
11.
HCL
09-02-2012
05
B Tech
12.
Mortgage India Private Limited
03-11-2011
25
MBA
13.
Royal Bank of Scottlant
26-03-2012
06
MBA
14.
Vodafone
26-03-2012
07
MBA
15.
Quatrro Global Services
09-01-2012
08
B Tech
16.
ARTECH India
09-02-2012
09
B Tech
17.
Cetpa Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
09-02-2012
01
B Tech
18.
Incronax Pvt. Ltd.
09-02-2012
01
B Tech
19.
Mrtonics
09-02-2012
02
B Tech
20.
NMTRONICS
09-02-2012
13
B Tech
21.
Flipkart
09-02-2012
04
B Tech
22.
Parecone Infotech
09-02-2012
01
B Tech
23.
Parwan Telecom
09-02-2012
11
B Tech
24.
PEC
09-02-2012
09
B Tech
25.
Reynold India Private Ltd.
09-02-2012
04
B Tech
26.
Universal Mobile Communication, PEC
09-02-2012
02
B Tech
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Commentary box
Track & field
Sports Meet 2011 was organized during Feb
16—19, 2011, for the students of B Tech and
MBA from both the colleges.
The events for boys were Football, Volleyball, Long Jump, Shot put (Hammer Throw),
Discus Throw, Table Tennis, Badminton,
Chess, and Carom.
For girls, the events organized were Long
Jump, Shot put (Hammer Throw), Discus
Throw, Badminton, Chess, Carom, and Table
Tennis.
Nurturing talents
Aryabhatt Pratibha Samman – 2010 was organized by the Aryabhatt Charitable Trust under the supervision of Aryabhatt College of Engineering & Technology on 14th November, 2010 for
encouraging talented and bright students of class 11th and 12th
standards.
It has been decided that this event is going to be an annual one to
be held on the same day. Three segments, namely Science Quiz
(written), Science Quiz (oral), and Science Chart Competitions
were there in this event. Total 788 students from various district
schools and colleges had actively participated. The prize money
for all the competitions was Rs. 5100, Rs. 2100, Rs.1100, and
Rs. 250 for the first, second, third, and as consolation prize, respectively.
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