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ADMISSION BROCHURE 2014-15
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Vice-Chancellor's Message

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is the first and the largest state university established by the Govt of NCT of Delhi in the year 1998. During the last 15 years, it has carved a niche for itself as a premier institution for professional and technical education, with several achievements to its credit, including ISO 9001-2000. The university was awarded A-grade in 2007 by the UGCs National Academic Accreditation Council (NAAC) for a period of five years, and re-accredited with A-grade in 2013 for the next 5 years. In a relatively short span of time, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has launched a number of professional courses at the Diploma, Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral levels in a wide range of disciplines in Engineering, Technology, Medical and Paramedical, Law, Management, Environment, Humanities, Journalism, Architecture, Education etc. The University today caters to about 60,000 students with an annual intake of more than 21,000, which is the highest intake in these courses, compared to any other university in and around Delhi. Approximately 1200 students are admitted annually to the 11 University Schools of Studies in the sprawling Dwarka campus, and the rest in about 110 affiliated colleges spread all over Delhi and NCR. In order to supplement the educational needs and to fulfill the aspirations of the people of Delhi, 85% of the total seats are earmarked for the students of Delhi. With the emergence of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on the educational landscape of Delhi, both the demand for professional education and qualified human capital are being met. It is a matter of great satisfaction that we have been able to balance growth and expansion with access, equity and quality, as well as blend modern technologies with conventional approaches to the teaching-learning process. The Dwarka campus combines state-of-the-art, centrally air-conditioned infrastructure with disabled-friendly amenities and an environmentally sustainable approach. The university is committed to promoting excellence through holistic teaching-learning and research processes aimed at unleashing the creative potential of every student, thus enabling them to become catalysts of social and economic transformation necessary for a just, humane and peaceful world. It is our belief that these goals can be best achieved through transparency, democratic values, equity, accountability and accessibility in an atmosphere that fosters intellectual freedom. It is our constant endeavour to actively ingrain these values into the day-to-day functioning of the university. The University would like be known as a knowledge generating space where the synergy between teachers and students results into teaching and research working towards the welfare of humanity through establishing an interface between Science & Technology and Humanities & Social Sciences. The Universities shall be starting new initiatives for promoting inter-disciplinary research in the University. As a member of the University family since its inception and its current Vice-Chancellor, it gives me great pride to welcome new students to be a part of this dream.
(Prof. Anup S. Beniwal) Vice - Chancellor 2
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CONTENTS
PART A: UNIVERSITY PROFILE ADMINISTRATION & UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF STUDY PART B: LIST OF PROGRAMMES, ELIGIBILITY AND CET DETAILS PART C: ADMISSION/COUNSELLING: PROCEDURE, SCHEDULE, SEAT ALLOCATION , RESERVATION OF SEATS & FEE STRUCTURE PART D: PART E: PART F: PROFILES OF INSTITUTES/COLLEGES
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LIST OF PROGRAMMES & INSTITUTES FOR ACADEMIC SESSION
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UNIVERSITY PROFILE
THE UNIVERSITY Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established by an Act of Govt. of NCT of Delhi on July 28, 1998. It was conceived as a teaching and affiliating University with explicit objective to facilitate and promote studies, research and extension work in areas of professional and technical education. It is included under Section 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the University Grants Commission and has been awarded A Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore for the period 2013-2018. It first got certified as ISO 9001 : 2000 and was subsequently upgraded to ISO 9001 : 2008 by the STQC Directorate, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India. GGSIP University has been conferred with the "Golden Europe Award for Quality and Commercial Prestige" by Otherways Management & Counsulting Association, Paris, France on 16.07.2012 giving credence to our commitment to quality management. In order to serve the broad purpose for which the University is established, it set out its statements of vision, mission and Quality Policy. VISION The University will stimulate both the hearts and minds of scholars, empower them to contribute to the welfare of society at large; train them to adapt themselves to the changing needs of the economy; prepare them for cultural leadership to ensure peace, harmony and prosperity for all. MISSION Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University shall strive hard to provide a market oriented professional education to the student community of India in general and of Delhi in particular, with a view to serving the cause of higher education as well as to meet the needs of the Indian industries by promoting establishment of colleges and Schools of Studies as Centres of Excellence in emerging areas of education with focus on professional education in disciplines of engineering, technology, medicine, education, pharmacy, nursing, law, humanities & social sciences etc. QUALITY POLICY Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is committed to providing professional education with thrust on creativity, innovation, continuous change and motivating environment for knowledge creation and dissemination through its effective quality management system. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES University has 11 Schools of Studies wherein as many as 42 Undergraduate and Postgraduate academic programmes are being conducted for more than 3000 Students. On the affiliation front, 02 Schools of Studies, namely, School of Engineering and Technology and School of Medicine and Para Medical Health Sciences are being maintained for providing leadership role to the programmes conducted under these Schools at affiliated institutions. In all, the University has 110 affiliated institutes; of these, 84 are self financed and 26 are owned and managed by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi/ Govt. of India, offering education to more than 60,000 students. Since its inception University has been striving to maintain excellence in teaching, research and extension activities. The University promotes a culture that fosters scientific temper, ethical values and quest for excellence. University contributes to overall socio-economic growth of all the sections of society by providing greater access to professional education in the National Capital Region (NCR). By providing financial aids, scholarships and relaxation in qualifications for differently abled students and socially backward classes, the university has registered significant increase in access during last 15 years. Regular review of existing courses and introduction of new courses of current national and international relevance have been a major activity of the university to generate human resource which is more skilled and employable. There is a blend of conventional programme as well as inter-disciplinary programmes in emerging areas of technology. To maintain high quality, the teaching and learning processes have been 5
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made more rigorous and effective. Evaluation process has been made more transparent and credible with high level of automation. ICT enabled working in most of its functional units namely teaching, learning, evaluation, research, administration and governance ensures efficiency and transparency. Universities have a larger role to play in creation of new knowledge through research. GGSIPU has not only made visible impact on national and international levels through quality research but has also competed well with other Peer Institutions. Recognition of the University School of Biotechnology by UGC for its Special Assistance Programme and support received from DST under FIST programme to University School of Basic and Applied Science is the testimony of research advances made by the faculty members. The programmes offered by the university in different Schools are relevant and catering to the need of society. All programmes incorporate ICT tools to make them globally competitive. Curriculum development through various Committee such as Board of Studies, Sub Committee of Academic Council and Academic Council that includes external experts from academic institutions and industry ensures it. University has an in-built mechanism to regularly review programmes based on students feedback, current needs, advances made in different subject areas and industry feedback. The university has highly qualified teaching faculty, mostly having Ph.D. degree and an excellent track record of professional progression. Keeping in view the global higher education scenario, the curricular design has the contemporary features namely semester system, modularity, choice based credit system, credit transfer, inter university and intra-university migration, interdisciplinary programmes, elective options thereby offering the warranted flexibility to the students. University encourages use of interactive teaching methodology aided by state-of-the-art teaching tools. Admissions to various programmes in the university are merit based made through Entrance Tests followed by a transparent system of personal counselling. With a view to provide increasing access and equal opportunities to all sections of society, the university provides reservations and relaxation in qualifications for SC/ST/OBC/differently abled candidates as per the policy of the Government. Since the University has shifted to its new campus efforts are on to make it a world class university with a social outlook and scientific ambience. Reform in management and governance system, innovative ideas in the academic and administrative spheres and the right moral and ethical orientation, the university can be given the status of being a University with difference. CAMPUSES
The Universitys state-of-the-art Main Campus, spread over on an area of more than 60 acres, is located at Sector 16-C, Dwarka, New Delhi and 10 University Schools of Studies, namely, (i) University School of Basic and Applied Sciences; (ii) University School of Biotechnology; (iii) University School of Chemical Technology; (iv) University School of Education; (v) University School of Environment Management; (vi) University School of Humanities and Social Sciences; (vii) University School of Information and Communication Technology; (viii) University School of Law & Legal Studies; (ix) University School of Mass Communication; and, (x) University School of Management Studies are functional from here. Certain distinguishing features of Dwarka Campus are State of the Art Buildings; Rain Water Harvesting; Sewage Treatment Plant (Recycling for flushing, air-conditioning & horticulture); Usage of solar energy; Disabled friendly-Vehicular free pedestrian walk ways; Adequate Sports facilities; Shopping complex; Innovative landscaping; Attractive exteriors, Murals & Sculptures. University 6
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School of Architecture & Planning is still functioning from the Universitys Kashmere Gate Campus and its from here that the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University (exclusively for women students) is also operational. In so far as Universitys School of Architecture & Planning is concerned, its world class infrastructure is being created at Universitys East Campus located at Surajmal Vihar (spread over the land measuring nearly 19 Acres) wherein an Institute of Design shall further be established. HOSTEL University has four well-equipped hostels for girls and boys. Each hostel is provided with television and cable connectivity. It has also a good gymnasium. All hostels have Wi-Fi facilities and thereby the students can access internet in their respective rooms using their device. The hostels are provided with good hygienic cooking facility and spacious dining halls. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS AND FOREIGN STUDENTS INTAKE The University has been able to formalize MoUs in order to facilitate exchange of faculty and students on the one hand, and take up collaborative research, consultancy assignments, organizing of international conferences / seminars with international Universities having good repute, on the other; some of these Universities are : Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig / Wolfenbuettel, Germany, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Catholic University of Paris (CUP), Institute Superieur dElectronique de Paris (ISEP), Venice International University, Venice, Italy, Webster University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, HHLLeipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany, ESSEC Business School, Cedex, France, ESCP, Europe, France, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nanyag Technological University, Singapore and Singapore Management University, Singapore. A many as 71 International students took admission during the academic session 2013-14 from different countries of the world. Important among these being: Canada; Nigeria; Germany; Tibet; Thailand; Indonesia; Congo; Afghanistan; Bhutan; Iraq; Magnolia; Nepal; Cambodia; and Malaysia. DOCTORAL RESEARCH The University has a well formulated Ph.D. Ordinance and the Regulation in regard to Approved Research Centres and Approved Supervisors which is in alignment with UGCs Regulations (minimum Standards and Procedure for the Award of M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree), 2009. Ph.D students are registered through an entrance test followed by personal interview and completion of compulsory coursework requirement. The range of research subjects covers theoretical as well as the experimental work in diverse fields such as Polymer Engineering and Technology, Genome Mapping, Theoretical Particle Physics, Renewable Energy, Organizational Behaviour, Financial Modelling, Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Education Management, Contemporary Indian Literature, Biodiversity Conservation to name a few. DOCTORAL AND POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP The University has introduced Doctoral and Post Doctoral Fellowships. The amount of Doctoral Fellowship is Rs.14,000 per month for the first two years to be increased to Rs.16,000 in the third year and the fourth year. The amount for the Post-Doctoral scholarship is Rs.18,000 per month and the period is extendable to the third year. PROVIDING ACCESS TO WEAKER SEGMENTS OF THE POPULACE The Office of the Director, Student Welfare provides financial support to weaker segments of the society through Student welfare fund to the extent of waiving of entire fee/partial fee payable by the students, whose parental income is less than Rs.2 Lakhs per annum, on the recommendations of a committee constituted for the purpose. These students could be either from the University Schools of Studies or from any affiliated institutions. UNIVERSITY INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE (UIRC) The University Library, started its services from its inception of the University and moved to its new building at Dwarka Campus in January 2011 with the prime responsibility to supplement the educational and knowledge needs of the students, researchers and its faculty members. UIRC has been consistently building up itself to fulfill its objective by incorporating the latest technology and talent in providing most cost effective and time efficient information services to its member and for this the opening time of the library has been extended from 9.00 am to 9.00 7
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pm to facilitate students to access the library resources. The total area under the control of UIRC is about 29000 sq.ft, which is spread over to two floors. The services offered by UIRC are fully computerized and the Library is fully air-conditioned. The Resource Centre also has Xerox facilities and document delivery services. UIRC provide a good ICT infrastructure for accessing its e-resources and have its own computer centre, where 30 systems are installed for accessing the e-resources. Beside this, e-resources can also be accessed through newly installed wi-fi system from students laptop. The centre at present serves about 5868 members. UIRC is subscribing to about 340 Print Journals and magazines for its users. A balanced collection of books having more than 50000 volumes of books, covering almost all the major stream of studies with more focus on Science, Technology and Management (STM) are a part of its collection development. In order to supplement and complement the print resources, UIRC is subscribing to e-resources for almost all the School of Studies, prominent among them are Nature Bundle, ACM Digital Library Collection, IEL Digital Library Collection, EBSCO database, Emerald Management Extra, Hein Online, Lexis-Nexis, Manupatra, Sci-Finder Scholar, Sage Communication and Media Studies Bundle, West Law and many more like this. In addition to this, UIRC is one of the members of INDEST and UGC-INFONET Consortia and can access all its resources over the internet. Many of the online resources available in public domain can also be accessed through the University Library Webpage available at www.ipu.ac.in/urc/digital.htm. In totality, UIRC provide access to about 14000 + IP authenticated e-resources through its Webpage. Moreover, on the faculty request, access is also provided off campus to these resources. In addition to this, there are libraries in all the affiliated colleges/institutes of the University depending on the requirement of the courses. SPORTS AND Co-CUrricular ACTIVITIES FOR AN ALL AROUND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT The University accords significance to all around development of the students. Therefore a series of sports and co-curricular activities are planned throughout the year to attain the same. The University has state of the art playgrounds comprising of Lawn Tennis Court, Badminton Court, Volleyball Court and a large Football ground besides indoor game facilities for Table Tennis, Chess, etc. A Sports Meet is also organized every year by the University where series of sports events covering Volleyball, Basket Ball, Football, Cricket, Table Tennis, Badminton, Chess, Relay Race, Long, High and Triple Jumps, Short Put, Disc Throw, etc. are organized. These apart, students are also encouraged to participate in adventure sports like, Trekking, Rock Climbing, River Crossing, River Rafting, Skewing, Rappling, etc. Every year in the month of February, a three days cultural festival under the banner Anugoonj is organized in the University where students from more than 100 affiliated institutions and the University Schools of Studies participate. In addition each University School of Study through their students bodies organize technical festivals. Last year it has 8
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seen a substantial range of extracurricular student activities. This can be attributed to creation of Srijan under the supervision of Director Student Welfare with support from enthusiastic faculty members. Srijan, the Indraprastha Society for Creative Expression, is constituted to promote Co-curricular activities among students. EXAMINATION The University follows credit based evaluation. The overall weightage of a course in the Syllabi and Scheme of Examination is determined in terms of credits assigned to the course. Obtaining a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate in each course including the semester-end / year-end examination and the teacher's continuous evaluation is essential to earn the assigned credits. A candidate who secures less than 50% of marks in a course is, therefore, deemed to have failed in that course. A student is eligible for the award of the University degree, if he/she has registered himself/herself, undergone the regular course of studies, completed the project report/ dissertation specified in the curriculum of his/her programme within the stipulated time, and has secured the minimum credits prescribed for the award of the concerned degree. ATTENDANCE AND RE-ADMISSION A student shall be required to have a minimum of 75% or more in the aggregate of all the courses taken together in a semester provided that the Dean of the School in case of University Schools and Principal/ Director in case of University maintained college / affiliated institutes may condone attendance shortage upto 5% for individual student as per University Examination Ordinances. However, under no condition, a student who has an aggregate attendance of less than 70% in a semester shall be allowed to appear in the semester end examination. Student who has been detained due to shortage of attendance shall not be allowed to be promoted to the next semester and he/she will be required to take re-admission in accordance with the University Rules. A Student will be promoted to the next academic year only if such student has obtained at least, A. 50% of the total credits of the ensuing academic year from which the promotion to next academic year is being sought, and B. 90% of the total credits of previous year excluding the credits of the ensuing academic year from which the promotion to next academic year is being sought.
All such students who fail to get promoted to next academic year for the reason of deficiency in required credits as stated here in above will automatically be declared to have taken academic break to reappear in such examinations of previous semesters in which the student has failed, so as to obtain sufficient credits to be promoted to the next academic year. Only two academic breaks are permissible for a student for the completion of the academic programme/ course. In no situation a student will be allowed to take more than two academic breaks, for any reason whatsoever, including for the reasons of detention for shortage of attendance or deficiency of credits during the whole term of completion of the course/programme. A student who has exhausted two academic breaks and a further occasion arises for him or her to take academic break because of non promotion or detention, in such cases the admission of such student would automatically stand cancelled right at the time such an occasion of more than two academic breaks arises.
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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
Statutory Bodies & CEO The President of India is the Visitor of the University and the Lt. Governor of Delhi is its Chancellor. The University in its functioning gets support and guidance from its Statutory Bodies such as the Court, the Board of Management, the Planning Board, the Board of Affiliation, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee. To facilitate the assigned role to these Statutory bodies, the members of these bodies are the persons of eminence from different fields and disciplines. The University functions under Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Anup S Beniwal, on day-to-day basis who is supported by other Officers. Prof. Anup S. Beniwal, Vice Chancellor The founder faculty of the University, Professor Anup S. Beniwal has been pursuing teaching and research in the areas of Literature, Culture, Translations and Communication studies for the last 25 years. An alumni of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, he has been a meritorious student throughout his academic career and has won various awards and scholarships, such as National Merit Scholarship, AYOSA Gold Medal, etc. and has been twice adjudged as the Best Researcher (Humanity, Law & Education Group) of the University. His areas of academic interest include Indian English Fiction, Contemporary Hindi Literature, Cultural Studies and Communication Studies. He has authored four books so far on various subjects such as Partition Literature, Tribal Studies and Narratives of Globalization. He has also published widely in various national/international research journals, reputed magazines and news papers. He is on the editorial and advisory boards of various research journals. He is on the Board of Studies and other academic bodies of various Universities in India He has served the University in various capacities. He is the Dean of University School of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2008 and has been the Founder Dean of University School of Education and University School of Mass Communication. He has held the office of Director Students Welfare and has been the Chairmen and Members of various administrative and academic Committees of the University. Officers of the University & their Profile Sh. S.K. Tanwar, Controller of Finance Sh. S.K. Tanwar has more than 27 years of experience in accounting and auditing of various department of Government of India. He is MBA (Finance & Accounts) IGNOU, M.Com (University of Rajasthan) and B.Com (Hons.) from Delhi University. He is presently working as Controller of Finance in GGSIP University, Delhi. Before joining GGSIP University, he was associated in Pay & Accounts Office, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He has initiated various innovative techiques in finance and accounts system while serving his previous intitutions. He was also instrumental in establishing fully computerized Accounting system in National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and helped in developing financial and accounting policies of the Institution. He was a member of various committees constituted for formulating of institutional planning and policies as a Finance & Accounts expert. He also has experience in organizing national and international conferences/seminar on education.
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Prof. Harish C. Rai, Controller of Examinations (Planning) Prof. Harish C. Rai is the Controller of Examinations (COE) of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Besides being COE, he is holding the additional charge of Director, Academic Affairs and Director, Research & Project Monitoring Cell of the University. While being COE, during 2006-2009, Prof. Rai joined on deputation at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi as Advisor-I. Prof. Rai received his Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, followed by Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi, in 1991. Prof. Rai has rich experience of more than 33 years in the field of Technical Education. He held faculty positions in premier institutions such as Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi and Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, C.R. State College of Engineering, Murthal, Sonepat, Haryana and Director, AICTE, New Delhi. His subject areas of interest include Electrical Machines, Control Engineering, Power Electronics and Power Systems etc. Prof. Rai has contributed a number of papers in National and International Journals of repute and also authored 14 books meant for degree in Engineering or equivalent. Prof. Rai is a fellow member of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Institution of Engineers, Aeronautical Society of India, ICTP, Life member of ISTE. Member of Governing Bodies of NIT (Srinagar, Agartala, Duargapur) and CBSE. He is a recipient of Spardha Shree Award 1999 for his Meritorious Services in Education. He was awarded Dr. S. Radha Krishnan National Teachers Memorial Award 1997. He was a recipient of first prize from MHRD-AICTE for writing a Technical Book in Hindi on Industrial and Power Electronics. He was awarded Teachers Excellence Award 2000 for valuable services rendered to the cause of Education in the Country. Prof. Pravin Chandra, Controller of Examinations (Operations) Prof. Pravin Chandra is working as Professor in the University School of Information & Communication Technology and Controller of Examinations of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Previously he was working as Assistant Professor (IT & Production & Operations Management) at Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi. He has also worked in University of Delhi as Associate Professor during 2010-2011, He did his M.Sc in Physics from University of Delhi and M.Tech. (Computer Applications) from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Artificial Neural Network, Theoretical Computer Science. His doctoral research work is in the area of artificial neural networks. Brig. Pradeep Kumar Upmanyu, Joint Registrar (Admissions) Brig. P r a d e e p K . U p m a n y u i s p r e s e n t l y w o r k i n g a s J o i n t Registrar(Admissions) in the University. He had joined this University as Deputy Registrar in 01st October, 1999. Since then, he has worked in various capacities as Deputy Registrar and held various departments like General Administration, Store & Purchase, Student Welfare, Planning, Examination. Prior to joining this University, he was serving as Regular Commission Officer in Indian Army in the Corps of EME. He has also served as HOD of Transport & Security and Fire Department in New Delhi Municipal Council, New Delhi on deputation from Indian Army for a period of four years from November 1994 to November, 1998. He has done his Graduation in Engineering from REC, Kurukshetra in first division and after that he has done several technical and management courses in the army being conducted at EME School at Baroda and MCEME at Secundrabad. After taking premature retirement from Regular Army, he has taken commission into the Territorial Army and at present posted as Deputy Commander TA Gp Western Command (presently on SUL).
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Other Officers of the University I Directors 1. Prof. A. K. Narula Centre for Pharmaceutical Technology 2. Prof. C. S. Rai Director (Students' Welfare) & Director (Research & Consultancy) 3. Prof. Anu Singh Lather Director (International Affairs) 4. Prof. H. C. Rai Director (Academic Affairs) & COE (Planning) 5. Prof. M. Afzal Wani Director (Legal Aid Cell) 6. Prof. Neena Sinha Director (Development) 7. Prof. J. K. Garg Director (CDMS) 8. Prof. Suman Gupta Director (Centre for Governance) 9. Prof. A. K. Saini Director (IP University Interaction Cell) II Proctor Prof. U. K. Mandal III IV Chief Warden Chief Warden Examination Divison Prof. P. Bhattacharya Proctor
Prof. Harish C. Rai Controller of Examinations (Planning) Prof. Pravin Chandra Controller of Examinations (Operations) Sh. A. D. Lamba Dy. Registrar V Accounts Branch Sh. Sushil Kr. Tanwar Controller of Finance Sh. Partha Mukherjee Dy. Finance Officer VI Admission Branch Brig. P. K. Upmanyu Jt. Registrar VII Academic - Coordination & Students Support Branch / Legal Branch Dr. Nitin Malik Jt. Registrar VIII Personnel Branch Sh. A. K. Verma Jt. Registrar IX Policy, Planning & RTI Branch Sh. Ajay Kumar Asstt. Registrar X Coordination Branch Dr. (Mrs.) Suchitra Kumar Jt. Registrar XI General Administration Branch Sh. Pankaj Agarwal Dy. Registrar XII Purchase Branch Dr. Abha Vermani Dy. Registrar XIII Affiliation Branch Ms. Sunita Shiva Dy. Registrar XIV University Information Resources Centre(UIRC) Mr. Subhash Deshmukh Librarian Dr. Anand P Singh Dy. Librarian Dr. Kanta Kapoor Dy. Librarian (On Leave) Dr. Savita Mittal Dy. Librarian XV Estate Md. Ahtesham Ullah Dy. Registrar XVI Central Store Sh. R. P. Kansal In-charge (Store) 12
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XVII Public Relations Section Sh. Nalini Ranjan Public Relation Officer XVIII Staff Development Cell Prof. Arvinder Kaur Chairperson XIX Centralized Career Guidance and Placement Cell Prof. B. V. R. Reddy Chairman XX University Legal Cell Prof. Afzal Wani Director XXI Academic Grievance Committee Prof. P. C. Sharma Chairman XXII University Works Division Sh. V. P. Srivastava Superintending Engineer XXIII University Dispensary Dr. Ravi Gupta Medical Officer XXIV Officers on Deputation Sh. Sushil Kumar Jt. Registrar - On deputation as Registrar NIFTEM Sh. Umakant Agarwal Dy. Registrar in Lien JNU Fl. Lt. Mamta Rani Aggarwal Dy Registrar ( On Lien) University Website and Intranet
University Centre for IT Infrastructure & Management (UCITIM) A Committee comprising of three faculty members, namely Dr. Amit Prakash Singh, Sh. Ashish Payal and Sh. R.L. Ujjwal, under UCITIM maintains the website (www.ipu.ac.in) giving information on various aspects and facets of the University. The website of the University also acts as a communication channel to the public at large and various institutions, parents, students etc. who wish to have any latest information about the University. The results of various programmes and all information relating to admissions are also given on this website. The entire University is connected through 10 Gbps OFC LAN having Intranet facility available in each classrooms, Laboratories, seminar hall and offices of the University. The internet facility has also been provided in each room of the boys and girls hostel of the University. Wi-fi facility has been provided in and around university library. University has 1 Gbps NKN link for internet. UCITIM also provide repository services of library through its server. UCITIM has dedicated mail server for faculty, staff and students. Rules & Regulations University administration functions while dealing with various issues of administrative and academic significance, within the provisions of the University Act, rules and regulations (Statutes & Ordinances) framed thereunder. The University has notified 33 Statutes and 36 Ordinances which have not only been published in the Gazette of Delhi but have also been laid on the floor of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The University Act and all its Statutes as well as Ordinances have been placed on the University Website. This clearly speaks of the nature of transparency maintained by the University Administration in its functioning keeping the society at large informed not only about the academic programmes but also about all its latest rules, regulations etc.
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF STUDY
1. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BASIC & APPLIED SCIENCES (USBAS) The basic science is the mother of Technlogy, Applied Sciences & Engineering. The University School of Basic & Applied Sciences (USBAS) has a unique place in the academic landscape of the University. It has been at the forefront of providing required courses in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics for B.Tech/M.Tech, MCA, M.Sc. teaching programmes of all University School of Studies. Along with active teaching at the undergraduate and the postgraduate levels, USBAS has a very vibrant research culture. The experience and expertise of our faculty has played an important role in training students and preparing them for both the professional job market and for basic & interdisciplinary research careers in Science & Technology. USBAS remains committed to this mission for all its present and future programmes. PROGRAMMES OFFERED The faculty of USBAS is actively involved in teaching of above said foundation courses for B.Tech/M.Tech (Dual Degree) programmes of the University in the fields of Chemical Engineering, Information Technology, Biochemical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Biotechnology and Computer Science & Engineering both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition, USBAS also runs three specialized post graduate programmes of its own: M.Tech (Engineering Physics), M.Tech (Nanoscience and Technology) and Post Graduate Diploma in Radiological Physics (PG-DRP). M.Tech (Nanoscience and Technology) is started with the requisite funding provided by the Department of Sciences and Technology. PROGRAMMES OFFERED Programme M.Tech (Engineering Physics) M.Tech (Nano Science & Technology) *PG Diploma in Radiological Physics RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Duration (Years) 2 Yrs 2 Yrs 1+1 Intake 18 15 20
*One year course work under UGC innovative programme+one year internship (from 2013 as per AERB guidelines)
The University School of Basic and Applied Sciences is one of the most active research promoters in the University. Many of our faculty members are the acknowledged researchers in their areas of expertise and undertake research projects in several frontline areas of Science. In the past decade, boundaries between the sciences have blurred like never before and many of the frontline areas of research are truly interdisciplinary in nature. Our excellent faculty and their team of research scholars actively pursue work in diverse areas both in fundamental sciences and interdisciplinary topics. Some of our research areas are in high energy physics, accelerator driven sub critical system, neutron scattering, Radiation Physics, Material Science, Ion Beam modifications of materials, foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum computing, medicinal chemistry, organometallic chemistry, polymer sciences, activated Carbon, Carbon & ceramic based foam and inorganic nanostructured materials & their nanocomposites, Numerical analysis, Non-linear Dynamics, Weather Forecasting, renewable energy, Nano Science, space dynamics, applied mathematics, fluid dynamics and topology etc. The School also has many research projects funded by national funding agencies like the DST, AICTE, CSIR, IUAC, BRNS UGC etc. Among our many research collaborators are the University of Delhi, IIT Delhi, Sri Ram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi, IUAC, New Delhi, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, Punjab University, Patiala, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Torino Polytechnic, USA, INPE Obnisk & JINR Dubna, Russia and Unversity of Bonn (Germany). A Large number of our publications are in leading national and international referred journals of repute. LABORATORIES Over the preceding fourteen years, the University School of Basic & Applied Sciences has developed several equipped laboratories with state-of-the-art instruments to cater need of its teaching courses as well as research activities: UG Chemistry Laboratories 14
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UG Physics Laboratory Chemistry Research Laboratories (Organometallic Chemistry, Photochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, nanomaterial Synthesis) Physics Research Laboratories (Solar Energy, Thermoelectric, Material Science and Radiation Physics, Functional Nanomaterials) Computational Physics Laboratory Advanced Physics PG Laboratory PGDRP Laboratory Nano Science & Technology PG Laboratory Non-Linear Dynamics Laboratary (Applied Mathemetics, Weather forecasting)
USBAS also supervises the functioning of the Technology Resource Centre (TRC) and Nano Science & Technology programme (NST) as a higher-end research facility, which provides industrial consultancy services to industrial houses and to institutions and individual researchers. The TRC has many advance instruments like: Differential Scanning Calorimeter Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectroscopy High Performance Liquid Chromatography Gas Chromatography UV- Visible Spectrophotometer Viscometer Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analyzer
The NST has the following major facilities: XRD Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Source Meter Nanovolmeter The School is in the process of acquiring equipments like Micro Raman, UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer, B-class Sun Simulator and High performance Computing Facility under the FIST(DST) grant and is committed to develop a closer association with industry through collaborations & consultancy. FACULTY USBAS has a team of qualified and highly accomplished faculty members. In total, we have 24 faculty members. Prof. A.K. Narula, Dean, USBAS, Ph.D Dr A.K. Narula is a Professor of Chemistry. Prior to joining this university in 1998, he was Professor of Industrial Chemistry at Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar and was Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology at Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar. He is also a Director, Centre for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. He has done his Ph.D. from University of Delhi, Delhi. He has been a Post Dotoral Fellow at the Laboratory de Chimie Minerale'et Moleculaire, Parc Valrose, Nice Cedex, France. He has more than 30 years of Teaching and Research experience. He has Supervised about 16 Ph.D. At present 6 Research scholars are working under his supervision. He has more than 80 research paper in journals of National and international repute. He is an author of two books. His area of research is Alkoxide Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry. He is a resource person and subject expert in the field of Chemistry in many Universities and subject Reviewer for many National and International Journals and also chaired the technical sessions in National as well as International conferences. He has about 20 years Administrative experience as Director & Chairman Board of Studies, School Research Committee, Examination Committee, Curriculum Development Committee, Library Committee, University News Letter etc., Life member of several International/National recognized Organizations in the sphere of Chemical Sciences and was Appointed as Consultant, Subject Expert, Examiner-Head examiner for various examinations in various selection committees of States, Universities and Organizations.
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Prof.(Mrs.) S. Manocha, FGSA Dr. (Mrs.) Satish Manocha is a Professor of Chemistry at University School of Basic and Applied Science. Prior to joining this University, she has served at senior positions at various organizations like as Senior Scientist at DST, CSIR & DSIR and Professor at Sardar Patel University. She was a Professor and Head, Department of Materials Science at Sardar Patel University. She obtained her Ph.D. Degree from I.I.T. Delhi and Master degree from Delhi University. Her 32 years experience includes teaching, research and science management at Institutions like Sardar Patel University, I.I.T. Delhi; N.P.L. Delhi; C.S.I.R. Delhi; D.S.I.R. and D.S.T, Delhi. On joining Sardar Patel University in 1992, she made significant contributions in establishing the Department of Materials Science both in Higher Education & Advanced Research programs of the Department. Currently, it is Centre for Advanced Studies, the only CAS Department in Materials Science and particularly in Gujarat. She has done significant research work pertaining to activated carbon, carbon and ceramics based foams and inorganic nanostructured materials and their nanocomposites, nanoclays and their nanocomposites, nanosilver reinforced HA composite for medical application, carbon and ceramic based materials from waste materials under sponsored research projects from DAE, DRDO, DST, CSIR, AICTE and UGC. Her work has been recognised by awards and honours such as Academician- 2013, Asian Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM); International Sardar Patel Award for Excellence in Technology Development-2012; MRSI-Medal, 2012 ; Elected Fellow of Gujarat Science Academy -2003; Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1998-2003: Best poster presentation MRSI 2000 ; HariOm Ashram Prarit Inter University Best Paper Award in Materials Science -1992. She has published more than 80 papers in peer reviewed Journals and chapter in Sadhna-INSA, Delhi. To her credit is one patent on Smectite Nanoclays from Indian Clays. She has developed several processes which have been transferred to Industries, e.g. nanoclays, carbon and ceramic from Banana stem, porous carbon and carbon Foams for high end application and inorganic-carbon hybrid nanomaterials. Consultancies have been given to companies in USA, Japan and India. She has completed 15 national Projects from various funding agencies, e.g. DST, AICTE, UGC, CSIR, DAE, GUJCOST, DMSRDE, DRDO and 8 International projects sponsored by NSF, USA; IFCPAR, France; BMBF-Germany and TIT, Japan. 13 students have been awarded Ph.D. Degree under her guidance and currently 6 more are working. 197 M.Sc students have carried out M.Sc. projects under her supervision. She has given more than 25 Invited talks and key note addresses in International and national Conferences. She has been expert member on various DST, UGC, IBS and CSIR committees. She had organized six Refresher courses in Materials Science sponsored by UGC for University and college teachers in western region of India and participants in turn promoted Materials Science In their Institutions. In addition she has organised more than 20 National & International conferences and workshops on Industrial Carbon and nanostructured carbon & ceramic materials. Prof. Avinash C. Sharma, Ph.D., M.Sc. Dr Avinash Sharma is a Professor of Physics. He obtained his PhD from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1983. Prior to joining GGSIPU in 1999, he was at the Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has more than 30 years of teaching & research experience. During his tenure as Dean USBAS (2005-2008), three PG level innovative programmes were conceived and launched; and the School grew three folds in terms of faculty strength with extramural funding of several crores from various funding agencies, including the prestigious Nano Technology project from DST. Several international collaborative programmes were also initiated. He has worked at CERN (Switzerland) and LNF, Frascati (Italy), and Nihon University (Japan) apart from short visits to a large number of International centers and universities world over, including in USA, Russia, Taiwan, China, Japan, Netherland etc. He is also a recipient of Hari Om Ashram Research Endowment Award. He has successfully completed various research projects funded by different organizations of repute such as UGC, DST, and CSIR. Recently he has also filed international patents. His area of Interest: Theoretical Particle Physics; QCD Phenomenology; B-Physics; Relic Neutrinos. He has also been Director of (Academic Affairs) from 2009-2011.
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Prof. Vinod Kumar, M.Sc. , Ph.D Dr. Vinod Kumar joined as Professor of Engg. Physics / Nano Science in the School of Basic and Applied Sciences on April, 30, 2010. Earlier, he was Professor of Physics and Director of Centre for Development of Physics Education at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. In his career as High Energy Nuclear Physicist from the year 1974 to 2001 he has published about 144 research papers working in EMU01, L3, WA93, WA98 international collaborations. On Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions and Quark Gluon Plasma he has guided 3 students leading to Ph.D degree during the period 1986 to 1994. During the last 13 years he has pioneered research and developmental work related to Accelerator Driven Sub critical Systems (ADS) in the country for the development of nuclear energy systems for i) utilization of Thorium as a fuel and ii) Transmutation and /or incineration of long lived nuclear waste. For the said technology he has developed a Monte Carlo code in collaboration with JINR (Russia) and measured cross sections of very high energy spallation neutrons. Both the activities are useful in design and modelling of ADS. Recently, he is developing a Monte Carlo code for the Radiation Damage (named JA-IPU) by neutrons and other charged radiation and conducting pioneering experiments of (n,xn) reactions using the high energy accelerators for validation of the two codes in an international collaboration. In this new area of R&D he has successfully guided 3 more research students. On the subject a book entitled "Role of (n,xn) reactions in ADS" has been published by Lambert publications (Germany). He has been a member of Board of Studies of Physics in Kota, Ajmer and Rajasthan Universities and member of a committee on Physics studies of ADS of BARC, Mumbai. He is member of the Advisory Committee and COC of Centre for Development of Physics Education, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He is a member of a DST committee for SERC School on Experimental High Energy Physics. He is a nominated member of Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of IUAC, New Delhi and Departmental Research Committee of Applied Physics of BSBRA Central University, Lucknow. Also he has been nominated member of Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) of DST, New Delhi. He has been recognized by various academic and social organizations for his academic achievements.
Faculty of USBAS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Dr. Rashmi Bhardwaj, Associate Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Shruti Aggarwal, Associate Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Anu Venugopalan, Associate Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Anjana Bagga, Associate Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Vaishali Singh, Associate Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Tapan K. Jain, Associate Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Abha Aggarwal, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Gulshan Dhamija, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Arif Ali Khan, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Anjana Bagga Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Kriti Batra, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Archana Khurana, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. S. Neeleshwar, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Yogesh Kumar Tyagi, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Ram Shankar Gupta, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Leena Khanna, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Shipra Mittal Gupta, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Dr. Satyabrata Mohapatra, Assistant Professor M.Sc., Ph.D Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Assistant Professor M.Tech
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2. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (USBT) USBT was established in 1999 with ultra-modern facilities. It started with the mission of generating world-class manpower and knowledgebase for biotechnology education, research and development based on national values, social awareness and conscience. The vision of USBT has been to impart learner-oriented education, research, demonstration and dissemination of knowledge to the needs of a sustainable society. PROGRAMMES OFFERED USBT offers B. Tech/M. Tech dual degree course in Biotechnology, M.Tech course in Food Processing Technology and Ph.D programme. Admission is strictly through an All India Common Entrance Test. Students with 10+2 in physics, chemistry, biology or biotechnology are eligible for the B.Tech course. Engineering graduates or M.Sc. students of Biotechnology and Food Technology are eligible for M.Tech. Food Processing Technology course.
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INFRASTRUCTURE USBT is equipped with advanced equipments and infrastructure commensurate to undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral research. It has been ranked sixth in India by Cyber Media Research (publishers of Biotech magazine Biospectrum, September 2012). USBT is the youngest among all Top Ten Biotech Schools. The USBT has established state of the art laboratories for teaching and research in different areas of biotechnology viz. plant tissue culture, animal tissue culture, genomics, proteomics, microbial technology, food biotechnology and bioinformatics. RESEARCH PROGRAMME Advanced contemporary research is an important activity of the USBT that has led to more than 200 research publications in last five years - of which over 100 are in international journals. Presently, there are 24 students pursuing Ph. D under the guidance of faculty members. The research areas span various disciplines of biotechnology like plant biotechnology, structural and functional genomics and proteomics, plant based bioactives, biotic and abiotic stress signaling, development and metabolic regulation, animal biotechnology, immunology and molecular biology of human pathogens and disease, microbial biotechnology, food biotechnology, biosensors, bioinformatics, etc. CONFERENCES USBT has successfuly conducted Indraprastha Internationalconference of Biotechnology in Oct 2013. Various renowned speakers from India and abroad had participated delivered their talk on various topics related to Biotechnology. USBT had also conducted Indo-UK joint seminar on the topic related to 'Stem Cell Technology in Drug Discovery' in Jan 2013 jointly sponsored by DST, India & Royal Society, United Kingdom. STUDENTS' PROFILE Our students' profile reflects its national character in terms of various regions, communities and gender. After completing B.Tech/M.Tech course a majority of students opt for PhD in India (IISc, NCBS, CCMB, JNCASR, NCCS, ICGEB, IGIB, NII, IITD, IITM, IITK, IITB) or abroad in Universities like Cambridge, Gttingen, Tufts, Penn State, Ohio State, Utah, Iowa State, Chicago, Massachusetts, Texas A & M, Cincinnati, Nebraska, and Max-Planck Institute, Frankfurt. Some successfully combine this course with MBA programme. Students have also been regularly offered jobs by industrial organizations such as Reliance, Panacea Biotech, TCGA, BCIL, Jubilant Organosys, and E-valueserve. Students of the USBT have proven their academic acumen by successfully qualifying in many national (UGC/CSIR/- NET, ICMR, GATE, CAT, IIFT, IMI, ICFAI, XIMB) and international (GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT) competitive examinations, often with top scores and ranks. 18
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FACULTY USBT has an excellent faculty profile. Most of the faculty members of the USBT are Ph. D. holders from reputed institutions in India and abroad and represent diverse areas such as Genomics, Bioinformatics, Agricultural Biotechnology, Biomedical Research, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology, as well as IPR, Biosafety, Bioethics and Management issues, as evidenced by their publications, conference presentations, awards, and extramural research grants. Some of them are Fellows of National Academies/Societies/Professional bodies. Faculty members have availed top research Fellowships like Alexander von Humboldt, JSPS, INSA-DFG, INSA-Royal Society, BOYSCAST, UNESCO Biotechnology Award, etc. to work in world-renowned institutes in Germany, Japan, UK and USA. The faculty consciously orients and updates themselves by attending refresher/orientation courses and participating in national/international conferences/symposia/workshops. Two faculty members have been conferred with the Best Teacher Award, and one faculty the Best Researcher Award of the University. So far the faculty has attracted extramural funding of Rs. 7.0 crores in the form of sponsored research projects from various granting agencies like DRDO, CSIR, DST, DBT, AICTE, UGC, MoEF & ICAR. USBT has received 5 year (2011-2016) grant from UGC, under Special Assistance programme (SAP) to carry out research on Phytomedicines. The USBT organized an International Conference on Biotechnology (IICB 2013) during Oct 22-25, 2013. Over 250 national and international scientists participated in this important scientific event. PROFESSORS Prof. P.C. Sharma, Dean Prof. P.C. Sharma did his M.Phil. & Ph. D in Ag. Botany (Genetics & Plant Breeding) from Meerut University. He has 30 years of teaching and research experience. Prior to joining this University in Nov. 2002, he served in Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut as Lecturer and subsequently as Reader in the Department of Agricultural Botany, and as Coordinator, Department of Biotechnology. His main teaching and research areas cover genetics, plant molecular biology, agricultural biotechnology and bioinformatics. He has over 100 research publications to his credit. He has availed INSA-DFG International Exchange Fellowship in 1993, 1998 and 2009, UNESCO Biotechnology Fellowship in 2000 at Plant Molecular Biology unit of Department of Biology, Frankfurt University, Frankfurt, Germany. During these visits, he worked on development of molecular markers for DNA fingerprinting, genome mapping and transcriptome analysis in chickpea. In 2002, he was awarded long term JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, which he availed at Iwate Biotechnology Research Centre, Kitakami, Japan to work in front line areas like Virus Induced Gene Silencing and Serial Analysis of Gene Expression. His groups most recent research on in silico mining of microsatellites has been published in high ranking international journals and led to the development of two highly accessed microsatellite databases. A large number of EST and short sequences have been submitted to NCBI database. He has been PI/Co-PI in different research projects sanctioned by DBT, DRDO, ICAR, etc. He has supervised 14 Ph.D. and a large number of M.Phil., M.Sc. and M.Tech. students. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc.),and Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS). Prof. K. Kannan Prof K. Kannan former Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University (Central University) and founder Dean of USBT, did M.Sc. Chemistry from IIT(Bombay) and Ph.D. (Biochemistry) from Mysore University, a fellow of Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. He has worked at CCMB, Hyderabad, established the first biotechnology programme in Pune University and industry. He has held senior positions (Director, GM & Associate Director) in the diagnostic industry (Span Diagnostics) and pharmaceutical industry (Ranbaxy Research Lab). He is very well known for initiating stem cell research in India nearly three decades ago. He established the first extracellular role for ubiquitin in the world and its role in hematopoitic stem cell in homing and adhesion in mouse bone marrow in 1993. Areas of research interest are Protein Chemistry, Enzymology, Natural Products, Stem cell Biology, Diagnostics, Molecular Medicine, Hematology, DNA Probes, FISH, Dairy Science and Technology. He was the national convener for biotechnology for CBSE (2002-2009) who introduced Biotechnology for XI and XII as an optional subject and the state of Jammu & Kashmir. In the year 1970 he was recipient of the National Science Talent Scholarship from Government of India. He was member of the National committee on Higher Education drafting the 12th Plan. In the year 2000, the now well known cultural festival Anugoonj was initiated by Prof. K. Kannan. 19
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Prof. Rajinder K. Gupta Prof. Rajinder K. Gupta, Ex-Dean (2009-12) completed his higher education including first PhD degree from Delhi University in Organic Chemistry of Natural Products. He earned his second PhD in Microbiology /Biotechnology from University of Idaho, USA. He was awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany, where he worked on Phytochemicals and Natural Products. He worked on bioactive agents from marine organisms at the University of Oklahoma, USA, and on actinomycetes physiology and on their biocatalytic /biotransformation ability of various substrates of natural origin at University of Idaho, USA. He has over 125 research publications to his credit and has more than three decades of experience in academia, and industry (pharmaceutical, agrochemical, polymer and commercial test house). He is a member of several national & international professional /academic bodies. He has provided consultancy to Delhi Government to set up an ultramodern food quality testing facility in Delhi. His current areas of research include Phtomedicine, nutraceuticals and functional foods, antibiotics from actinomycetes, biotransformations, and nanobiotechnology. ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Dr. N. Raghuram N. Raghuram (Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1994) specializes in the functional genomics of plant signaling and metabolic regulation by light and nitrate through G-protein pathways, with special reference to plant nitrate assimilation and N use efficiency, in rice, Arabidopsis and Spirulina (Arthrospira). Dr. K.K. Aggarwal K.K. Aggarwal (Ph. D from University of Delhi, 1994) specializes in enzyme purification and characterization, protein-protein interactions, bioremediation, plant insect interaction. Dr. Meenu Kapoor Meenu Kapoor (Ph.D., 1997 from Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Japan) specializes in plant molecular biology with emphasis on gene silencing using developmental mutants and epigenetics. Dr. Promila Gupta Promila Gupta (Ph.D. from University of Delhi, 1997) specializes in economic botany, plant developmental biology with emphasis on exploring phytochemicals and their roles in alleviating various types of biotic and abiotic stresses ensuring better plant survival and possible medicinal implications for human welfare. Dr. Suresh Kumar Suresh Kumar (Ph.D. from Newcastle University, UK) holds a B. Pharma and M. Tech in Biotechnology. He specializes in role of Phyto-medicine in neurodegenerative disorders specifically Alzheimer diseases. His area of interest includes receptor defects in breast cancer patient and immunopharmacological study of herbal compounds. Dr. Nimisha Sharma Nimisha Sharma (Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science, 2000) specializes in the area of regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells and functional genomics, with a focus on RNA Polymerase II transcriptional machinery. ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Dr. Monika Gandhi, (Ph.D. from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 2004) specializes in the role of complement receptor 1 in the pathophysiology of falciparum malaria, and the molecular etiology of recurrent spontaneous abortions and plant based therapeutics for recurrent spontaneous abortions. Dr. Ram Singh Purty, (Ph.D. from University of Delhi, 2005) specializes in plant signal transduction and abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. Dr. Rinu Sharma, (Ph.D. from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 2004) specializes in differential gene expression in cancer, development of biomarker targeted early diagnosis of cancer. Mr. Sayan Chatterjee, B.Tech in Biotechnology from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata. M.E. in Biotechnology from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, specializes in Bio-informatics, Food Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering.
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3. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (USCT) Vision To be among the top ten schools in the country imparting innovative and practical knowledge in the Chemical Engineering and allied fields to help people and society in terms of services by the students. Mission To generate new knowledge by offering graduate and post graduate programme and provide quality manpower with high employment potential in the present liberalized economic climate in the era of globalization. Concept of The School University School of Chemical Technology (USCT) is a place for fertile young minds who will be future thinkers, developers and creators with special focus on Chemical Engineering and its allied fields. The USCT offers to the students a high quality learning experience, appropriate blend of theory, basic principles and engineering practice which is boosted by cutting edge research and innovation at the heart of one of the nations most vibrant cities. QUALITY POLICY Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is committed to providing professional education with thrust on creativity, innovation, continuous change and motivating environment for knowledge creation and dissemination through its Quality Management System. Programmes offered yy B. Tech/M. Tech (dual degree) in Chemical Engineering - (4+2) years yy B. Tech/M. Tech (dual degree) in Bio-Chemical Engineering - (4+2) years yy M. Tech in Chemical Engineering 2 years. yy Ph.D Programme. The curriculum is structured to provide knowledge in a variety of areas to the students. The system is flexible so that a student has adequate opportunity to learn about other fields such as Biotechnology, Information Technology and Environment Management, Business Management and be equipped to serve emerging interdisciplinary fields in future. What is CHEMICAL ENGINEERING? Chemical Engineering is sometimes called Process or Manufacturing engineering. It concerns the Science, Technology and Management involved in making the materials and products the society needs. Chemists design chemical reaction routes to produce desirable products, working on a molecular level. Chemical Engineers then fi nd ways to put these into practice in a cost-effective and safe way on an industrial scale, using real equipment to move, mix, react, heat up, cool down, and separate materials. Over the last 25 years, Chemical Engineering has evolved developing interfaces with newer areas, including Biochemical Engineering, Nano Technology, and Energy Engineering taking advantage of developments in high performance computations, electronics and instrumentations and information processing. Chemical Engineers can work in areas from chemo-informatics to bioinformatics, drug delivery systems, molecular modelling, to handling systems from nanoscales to global scales for environmental impact and climate change. There is a huge scope for higher studies in Chemical Engineering because of highly science based discipline and requirement of R&D in the country. CAREER PROSPECTS yy ur graduate/post graduate students are accepted O and recognized throughout the world. A prestigious qualification from our University is a passport to a great future. Courses have a practical focus and use design projects, laboratory experiments and problem based learning to enhance theoretical work. You gain the analytical and problem-solving skills that are sought by the employers. Chemical Engineers work in a wide range of employment sectors at home and abroad. 21
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USCT has launched a new B.Tech/M.Tech dual degree programme in Biochemical Engineering from the academic session 2013-2014. A wide range of industries such as agriculture, food, enzymes, fermentation, chemicals, waste treatment, energy and health care need trained people in BioChemical engineering. As both Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Programs are capital intensive that require specialized laboratory infrastructure and trained & experienced personnel only a few Institutes like IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur and NIT Jalandar etc. are offering these engineering programs. Research Facilities & LABORATORIES The Chemical Engineering Laboratories like Instrumentation and Process Control, CAD and Simulation, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Reaction Engineering and Unit Operations are well equipped with imported/indigenous equipment/instruments. The USCT has state-of-the-art laboratories, set up at a cost of roughly Rs.2.0 crores. The students are trained on softwares like ASPEN PLUS, MATLAB, FLUENT, gPROM, SIGMA PLOT, Design Expert 8, PHAST RISK to enhance their capabilities. The school has many research facilties like Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Double beam UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Electronic Turbine/Corolis Mass flow meter for both liquid and gas flow calibration, Surface Area Analyzer, Refractometer, Surface Charge Analyzer, GC FID and GC TCD Thrust Areas of Research Petroleum and Perochemical, Biofuels and Bioprocessing, Catalysis, Process safety/Hazard, Separation Technology, Process Modeling, Simulation and Control, Environment. Academic-industry interaction Eminent professionals from industry are invited on regular basis, so that faculty and students can interact and enhance their knowledge. To name a few, senior executives from Indian Oil Corporation Limited [IOCL (R&D centre)], Stone and Webster Inc., Engineers India Limited (EIL), Institution of Engineers (India), have visited the School and delivered lectures in their respective areas of expertise. As part of B.Tech curriculum students go for summer training after completion of six semester of studies in leading organizations like EIL, Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), IOCL, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), IFFCO and so on. The students also go on industrial visits to get a feel of the industry. Training & placement cell The Training & Placement Cell constantly endeavors to forge a strong network with the industry to ensure placement of its students in leading organizations like Reliance Industries Limited, NFL, Nuclear Power Corporation Limited, BALCO, Hindustan Lever Limited, IOCL, ONGC, EIL, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, NTPC, Glaxo Smithline, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Dabur Research Foundation, Hindustan Copper Limited, Prakash Chemicals Limited, CICO Chemicals Limited, KLGESS, Jubilant Organosys, Kokoku Intech Company, Limited (India) and Nerolac. The other major activity of the cell is to help students in getting placement for training. Co-curricular Activities REACT' student's body of USCT organizes an annual technical festival Sanshlation', which provides them an opportunity to interact with students of other institutions. The students also participate regularly in inter and intra institute competitions and have brought many accolades to the School. REACT also organize CHEMCHORD a national level student seminar on various growing issues like safety, environment in coordination with IIChE every year. Faculty The highly qualified and experienced faculty has varied experience in process industry, research organizations, and academic institutions. At present, the faculty strength is 17 that include the Dean, three Professors, four Associate Professors and nine Assistant Professors. 22
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Prof. U. K. Mandal, Dean Dr. U.K. Mandal is a Professor of Chemical Engineering & is Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur & M.Tech, B.Tech from Calcutta University. He has 18 years of Teaching & Research experience. His areas of interest is Polymer Engineering, Nanotechnology & Separation Technology. He has published 25 research papers in Internatioal journals, presented/ published 15 papers in National/International seminars. He has guided 3 Ph.D students.
Prof. S. S. Sambi Dr. S. S. Sambi is Ph. D., M. Tech and B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi with post doctoral experience of over twenty-five years in teaching/research. Seventeen publications in national/international journals besides several presentations/publications in conferences/workshops. Field of specialization is Heat and Mass transfer and special interest in the field of biomass combustion, pyrolysis and gasification. Several B. Tech, M. Tech and Ph. D. students are benefiting from his guidance. Member of Board of Studies PTU (Punjab Technical University), Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, Deenbandhu Chotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal. Member of expert committee of Department of Polymer Science and Chemical Technology, DTU, Delhi. Joint secretary of IIChE, Northern Regional Center and also coordinator for its scholarship committee. Prof. M. A Siddiqui Over 35 years of professional experience spanning several petroleum/petrochemical companies and research institutions. Prior to joining the Indraprastha University, he held the position of Executive Director (R&D), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and in that capacity headed the corporate R&D Centre. He has published over a dozen papers/ articles and presented a score of papers in national/international seminars/symposia. He has several patents (granted/applied for) to his credit.
Prof. Arinjay Kumar Dr. Arinjay Kumar is Ph.D. and M.Tech. in Chemical Engg. from IIT Roorkee. He has 15 years of teaching & research experience. His areas of interest include Hazardous Waste Treatment, Bioprocess Engg. & Modeling & Simulation. He has published/ presented research papers in National/ International Journals, proceeding and conferences. He is life member of two professional bodies of Engineers namely; Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has guided many Doctoral/ M.Tech. students. Associate Professors Dr. Neeru Anand, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi) Dr. Rakesh Angira, Ph.D. (BITS, Pilani) Dr. Biswajit Sarkar, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) Dr. Aradhana Srivastava, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi) Assistant Professors Dr. S. K. Sharma, Ph.D. (Kanpur University) Dr. Tapan Sarkar Ph.D. (University of California, USA) Dr. Hasan Akhtar Zaidi, Ph.D. (IIT, Delhi) Ms. Sanigdha Acharya, M.Tech. (Punjab University, Chandigarh) Mr. Azad Singh, MS (IIT, Delhi). Mr. Dinesh Kumar, (Pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Delhi). Mr. Deepak Garg, M.Tech. (Pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Roorkee) Dr. Monisha Mrida Mandal, Ph.D. (IIT, Delhi) Mr. Binay Shah, M.Tech. (IIT Roorkee) 23
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4. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT (USEM) The University School of Environment Management was established in the year 1998 essentially to address future environmental problem and sustainable use of natural resources through quality education, training and research. The vision followed by the School is to actively pursue the goals of imparting quality education, training and facilitate research in the field of environment and natural resources management and also act as a think tank in policy matters related to environment management and sustainable development. The School is set up for the accomplishment of its nation to build a pool of trained and dedicated professionals who can contribute to the systematic development of policies, measures and programmes for environmental management and sustainable development at national and international levels. USEM has got Placement cell which actively facilitate summer training, major projects/dissertations and final job placement of students. Two Student's forum Biophilia and SEED are active for the various students' activities in the School. OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHOOL To provide quality education and training in environment management. To pursue and facilitate contemporary research in various facets of bioresources and environment using modern analytical and other tools such as geospatial techniques. To establish working linkages with industry and undertake research on environment related issues. To foster environmental awareness and promote the principles and practices of sustainable development.
PROGRAMMES OFFERED The School of Environment Management offers 02 years Masters Programmes in (i) M.Sc. Environment Management (25 seats intake) (ii) M.Sc. Biodiversity and Conservation (20 seats intake) (iii) M.Sc. Natural Resource Management (25 seats intake) These programmes are aimed to develop professionals, equipped with the fundamental scientific knowledge so as to become responsive to the current and emerging environmental issues. The students acquire in depth and comprehensive understanding of a wide variety of environmental analysis tools, methods and systems so that they can play a leading role in the development and application of environmental policies and conservation programmes for environmental management and sustainable development. Present intake for the courses is: 25 students for M. Sc. Environment Management (EM) from science/engineering background, 20 for M.Sc. Biodiversity and Conservation (B&C) from any discipline of Biological/ Life Sciences and 25 students for M. Sc. Natural Resource Management (NRM) from science background students. Every year students of all the M.Sc. programmes were taken to field visits to orient them actual issues and for practical understanding on subject areas. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES During the last couple of years the School has made concerted efforts in promoting research activities in the contemporary areas of research. Presently, USEM is actively involved in carrying out research in the following thrust areas: Conservation Biology, Biodiversity Glaciology Urban landscape- green space management Environmental Biotechnology Water and wastewater treatment Energy and Environment Interactions, Climate Change Environmental modeling Air, Water and land pollution, EIA Biosystematics of plants and animals Disaster management Forestry, ecotourism, Livelihoods 24
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Wetland ecosystem Wildlife and habitat ecology Few senior level post- doctoral research scholars are also working in various research lab. with Sponsored research project of DST/ UGC/CSIR PH.D Programme at the School The school strongly focus on inter-disciplinary research in the environmental field on all the above diversified area to address current issue pertains to nature and environment. The Ph.D Scholars of the School (51nos.)are working on different research topics, they are admitted through common written test and interview as per the university rules. Research scholars share their results through monthly in-house seminars, national and international conference and by journals publications. Most of the regular scholars have their scholarship from UGC/CSIR/GGS IPU/DST- Inspire fellowship programme. On an average annually about 30-40 research papers are published from the School, some are having high impact factors INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES USEM has state of the art laboratories for carrying out teaching and research. USEM boasts of having an advanced instrumentation system lab, water quality analysis laboratory, remote sensing / GIS laboratory, environment microbial technology laboratory, Energy and Climate Change, air pollution monitoring laboratory, biosystematics, natural resource management and conservation biology laboratory. Advanced Instrumentation System Laboratory Lab houses the latest and sophisticated instruments namely, Gas Liquid chromatograph (GLC), High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC), UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), CHNSO Analyzer, Microbial Identification System, Mass Detection System, Automatic Titrator, Flame Photometer etc. Water Quality Analysis Laboratory Physico-chemical parameters of water are analyzed in this laboratory. Special emphasis is given on learning treatment techniques for public water supply and domestic and industrial effluents. Water quality analysis laboratory is the hub of teaching and research in the school. Geomatics Lab School has among the best equipped facilities for carrying out research in the area of bioresources and environment using geospatial techniques. Geomatics lab has remote sensing and GIS software's like ERDAS 2010, ArcGIS, Arc View, GeoMedia, ENVI, SARSCPAE etc. which not only cater to the needs of M.Sc. students but also research needs of the Ph. D. scholars Environment Microbial Technology Laboratory Environmental Microbial Technology Lab with facilities like Laminar Air Flow, BOD Incubator, incubator shakers, centrifuge, autoclave, microscopes, colony counter etc. is providing knowledge of microbial world and their use in bioremediation. NRM and Conservation Biology Laboratory The laboratory deals with works in the themes of Biodiversity, Forest 25
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resources, Wildlife, Grassland resources, Certification ,Ecotourism and other components of NRM. Various equipments like Digital Soil Moisture Meter, Digital pH Meter, Digital Platform Scale, microscopes, field Binoculars, digital Cameras, Scientific compass, GPS etc. Energy & Air Pollution Monitoring Laboratory Energy and Air Pollution monitoring laboratory has latest and sophisticated instruments like High Volume sampler, Bomb Calorie Meter, Sound Level Meter etc. Experiments in this lab are performed on sampling, analysis, measurement and monitoring of air and noise pollution. The lab has recently acquired sensor based instrument for analysis of green house gases and aerosols. Biosystematics Lab Biosystematics lab has all the latest instruments like gel-doc, PCR, fluorescence microscope and software required in the fields of systematics, phylogenetics and web designing. Biodiversity and Conservation Lab Biodiversity and Conservation lab has all the latest instruments like gel-doc, PCR, fluorescence microscope and software required in the fields of systematics, phylogenetics and web designing. In addition to the teaching labs, there are labs dedicated to the research in the specified fields. STUDENTS PROFILE Our students have done exceptionally well and are placed at reputed educational and professional institutes and organisations. Most of the students are pursuing research in reputed national and international organizations like IISC Bangalore, Helmholtz Zentrum Fuer Umweltforschung UFZ-Germany, ATREE, IITDelhi, TERI, JNU, Nottingham University, UK etc. The students of our school are usually placed at FICCI, Department of Environment, Govt. of Delhi, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., TCS, RMSI, NOIDA, Emergent Ventures India, Ramkay Environment Engineers Ltd; JK Cement Ltd; Google Earth, Vayam Techologies, Jindal Steel, ERM Consultants, Centre for Science and Environment, CII- ITC; Central Road Research Institute, Energy Plantation Project India Ltd., Comibatore, JM Environment Pvt. Ltd., Union Bank, Syndicate Bank, Wetlands International-South Asia, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, TERI, ATREE, WII, SACON, WWF. Many of our students have been qualifying UGC/CSIR-NET and SLET competitive examinations for the eligibility of scholarship and lectureship. FACULTY USEM possess excellent group of experience faculty members, they are all having PhD degree from reputed institutions. Faculty members have long years of experience of running International and national research projects. Most of them are involved with several areas of expertise as evidenced from their publication, awards, fellowships and sponsored research grants. All faculty members are continually improving their teaching methods, and explore new areas of research. Faculty members are having many prestigious committee memberships and having involved in collaborative projects and association with foreign universities. Prof. Prodyut Bhattacharya, Dean Dr. Prodyut Bhattacharya did his Postgraduate in Botany with specialization in Forest Ecology and Ph.D. awarded in Botany, worked in Ecology and utility of Ethno-medicinal Plants from Dr. H.S. Gour University (Central University), Sagar, M.P. He has 24 years of experience in research and teaching for post graduate. A fellow of Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) of the University of California, Berkley, USA and Visiting Scientist fellowship (JSPS) under University of Tsukuba, Japan. Received advance training on community forestry and microfinance from RECOFTC, Kassetsart University, Bangkok; University of Naropa, Colorado, USA respectively. He has worked as Associate Professor and Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal since 1994 (before joining to GGSIPU), developed and set up the International Centre for Community Forestry (ICCF) at IIFM, Bhopal. Published more than 125 research papers, in international and national journals including articles, technical reports, conference papers and four books as co-author. He has completed 10 international sponsored research projects & 14 other nationally sponsored research projects from multilateral/bilateral donors Government and Corporate bodies. Guided several Ph.D. scholars and guided 26 M.Phil. theses. Completed 17 consultancy assignments 26
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for government, donor organization and for industries, and widely travelled to more than 20 countries with different academic assignments. He is a member of different committees of Government of India, International projects, editorial board of journals and member, board of studies of different universities. His research interest pertain to the broad NRM issues and Livelihood linkages; in subject area of Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Ecology, Sustainable NTFP Management, effect of climate change, Urban-forestry, Forest Governance, Certification and Sustainable Forest Management. Prof. Amarjeet Kaur Dr. (Mrs.) Amarjeet Kaur did M.Sc. from Kurukshetra University and Ph.D. from Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar. She has more than 22 years of experience in research and training. Her areas of specialization are applications of Remote Sensing Technology in Environmental Management, Disaster Management, and Environmental Biotechnology. She has worked as Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of various international/national projects related to Environment Management. She has visited USA, UK and Japan in connection with study exchange programmes and conferences. She was also involved in Environmental Management Plan of Delhi using Remote Sensing Technology and GIS. Prof. J. K. Garg Dr. J.K. Garg, M. Phil. (Environmental Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Ph.D. in the area of Wetland Conservation and Management from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, has more than 35 years of experience. Dr. Garg has pioneered the research pertaining to use of remote sensing and GIS for environmental applications in the country while working at Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. It may be mentioned that 1st scientific inventory of the wetlands in the country, sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, was carried out under his guidance. He has completed successfully 12 research projects in various spheres of bio resources and environment using geospatial techniques. His main endeavour has been to develop techniques for environmental appraisal of developmental activities, wetland conservation and management, biodiversity conservation, wildlife habitat suitability analysis, landslide hazard assessment etc. besides natural resources census using RS and GIS techniques. Prof. Garg has more than 140 publications which include research papers in international/ national journals, book articles, and reports etc. His current areas of research include emission and modelling of GHGs, climate change and ecosystem response, wetland ecology, watershed management, environmental hazards and developmental planning, biodiversity conservation, EIA of major developmental activities like mining, coal pithead thermal power generation, river valley projects, ecosystem analysis and management, and natural hazards assessment etc. using geospatial techniques and other contemporary analytical tools. Prof. Anubha Kaushik Dr. Anubha Kaushik obtained her Masters and Ph.D. degree in Botany from K.U. Kurukshetra. She did pioneering work on phytosociology, biomass, nutrient dynamics and carbon allocation patterns in grassland ecosystems of sodic soils, in collaboration with Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana for her doctoral thesis. She has 08 Gold Medals to her credit in Academics and was awarded Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Fellowship Award and Gold Medal, Nehru Memorial Foundation Prize.. She has more than 29 years of P.G. teaching experience at different universities ( G.J. Univ. of Science & Technology, Hisar, K.U. Kurukshetra, M.D.University, Rohtak) since 1984, and is Professor for the last 11 years. She has been Dean and founder Chairperson of Env. Sc. & Engg. Deptt. at GJUS&T and KUK. She has been Visiting Fellow in the Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Academic Guest to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),Boulder, Colorado, USA. She has published more than 100 research papers ( International 73 ; National 39 ), 07 Technical Reports, about 25 scientific articles and book chapters, edited 05 Conference Proceedings and co-authored 05 Books., besides more than 40 abstracts in conference proceedings. She is/ has been Member Editorial Boards of 06 journals and is in reviewer's panel of about 20 international journals. She was awarded DST Young Scientist Research Project and 07 Major projects funded by the UGC,CSIR, DOE, Haryana and has 27
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undertaken Consultancy work for the State Govt., Haryana and several industries. She has produced 15 Ph.Ds , supervised more than 80 P.G. research Projects and 03 M.Phils. Her current research areas include water and soil pollution, bioremediation of heavy metals and dyes using cyanobacteria, biohydrogen production using microbial systems, Microbial fuel cell Technology , Constructed Wetland Technology and EIA studies. Prof. N.C.Gupta Dr. N.C. Gupta joined the GGS IP University in July 1999. He is Post-graduate in Physics. He obtained his M. Phil. and Ph. D in Energy and Environment Systems from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He is the founder member of University School of Environment Management (USEM) and served as Associate Professor, Reader with the School prior to his current position. He was post-doctoral fellow (Project Scientist) with The Energy and Biomass Conversion Laboratory of the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Delhi and researcher with the Radio and Atmospheric Science Division of National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Delhi. He has more than 22 years of research experience out of which 15 years of teaching experience to M. Sc. Environment Management, B. Tech., M. Tech. (Chemical Technology) and MBA (Disaster Management). He was instrumental in setting up of major laboratories in the University School of Environment Management. He has instructed vide variety of courses which includes Energy, Environment and Technology, EIA, Air pollution, Climate Change and disaster management and risk analysis. He has supervised several Doctoral Thesis and more than 70 dissertations including M. Sc., B. Tech., M. Tech. in the area of energy, environmental pollution, EIA, climate change, environment management and disaster management. He has carried out several consultancy assignments for NTPC, IPGCL Power plants, Larsen & Toubro, NMBA and major project of UGC. He is training and placement in-charge of the School since 2002. He has delivered several talks in thermal power industry on environment protection and pollution control. He is editorial board member of international peer reviewed journals and is reviewer of several international journals. He has published more than 50 research papers in international and national journals. Prof. Gupta is member of several academic associations/societies. Other Faculty Members of the School : Associate Professors r. Rita Singh, Associate Professor: D.Phil. (Allahabad University), Specialization: Biosystematics D and Conservation Biology
Dr. Varun Joshi, Associate Professor: Ph.D. (HNB Garhwal University), Specialisation: Environmental geology, Natural hazards and Sustainable development, Glaciology, Disaster management, EIA Dr. Kiranmay Sarma, Associate Professor: Ph.D. (North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong), Specialization: Remote Sensing and GIS, Geography, Wildlife. Assistant Professors Dr. Anshu Gupta, Assistant. Professor: Ph.D. (IIT Delhi), Specialization: Environmental Biotechnology, Enzyme purification and Characterization. Dr. Deeksha Katyal, Assistant Professor: M.Sc., Ph.D. (Delhi College of Engineering), Specialization: Water quality assessment, Ground water pollution modelling, and analytical instrumentation. Dr. Pamposh, Assistant Professor: Ph.D. (Delhi University), Specialisation: Wetland Ecology. Dr. Sanjay K. Das, Assistant Professor: Ph.D. (J.N.V. University, Jodhpur), Specialisation: Biosystematics, Herpetology and Wildlife Ecology, Avi-fauna. Dr. Sumit Dookia, Assistant Professor: Ph.D. (J.N.V. University, Jodhpur), Specialisation: Biosystematics of Mammals Wildlife Ecology and Avi-fauna Dr. Sonwane Nandkishor Sheshrao: Ph.D. (Dr. B.A.M. University), Specification: Biodiversity, Air Pollution, Natural Resources.
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5. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (USHSS) The School, an integral part of the overall vision of the University, aims at evolving innovative pedagogy and participative learning in order to provide an enabling platform for inclusive growth. Through its academic inputs it empowers the learners-scholars-professionals to systematically understand and reflect on social, political and cultural structures and processes, and hence, endeavors to expand their professional vision. The school is committed to provide an interdisciplinary and integrative pedagogical interface to learners so as to nurture them into complete and competent human beings. VISION To inculcate integrative inquiry among the students through critical research and creative involvement, by uniting faculty and students, in a unique knowledge sharing domain which concentrates to understand the complexities of the immediate environment while simultaneously enabling minds to meet future challenges. MISSION The School aims to enhance students critical understanding of the society and culture in which they live. They are exposed to critical ideas with a view to instilling in them the acumen to understand their social surroundings and enable them to obtain skills that can lead to their successful and enriching career. Best Practices at the School Collective Teaching Continuous Evaluation Author-Student Interaction Off-campus Workshops Theatre Performances Rasrang- the School Repertory Curriculum Design Workshops M.A. Dissertation Teacher Mentors Fortnightly Seminars Painting Exhibitions
MA (ECS) Seminar The School organizes fortnightly seminar-cum-extension lectures (on every alternate Wednesday) for the students of MA (ECS) programme. Each student of MA (ECS) programme is assigned a teacher-mentor who guides and supervises their research papers. Students performance in the seminar is a part of continuous evaluation. The texts selected for the seminar cater to wide range of issues. In order to give wider exposure to the students, it is ensured that these texts should not be a part of the prescribed syllabus for MA programme. The Seminar is a niche activity by the School at masters level which gives the students a platform to engage themselves with critical ideas and sharpen their analytical abilities. The School invites eminent scholars to formally evaluate students performance. In addition to this, the School has been organizing a series of national seminars for its students such as yy The Poet, the Critic and the World in 2010 yy The Painter, the Critic and the World in 2012 yy Muddat Hui Hai Yaar Ko Mehman Kiye Hue- a yy 2-day Seminar on Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 2012 yy A seminar on Anne Ghode Da Daan in 2013 The seminars organized by the School are meant to inculcate in students the creative interest and a healthy sense of criticism. Also, it gives the students an opportunity to interact with renowned artists, distinguished litterateurs and academicians of repute. Invited Writers and Artists: Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Sahitya Akademy Award Winner Urdu Poet) Sh. Kashinath Singh (Sahitya Akademy Winner Writer) Sh. Kedarnath (Sahitya Akademy Winner Poet) Sh. Manglesh Dabral (Sahitya Akademy Winner Poet) Sh. Keki Daruwala (Sahitya Akademy Winner Poet) 29
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K. Sachidanandan (Sahitya Akademy Winner Poet and Critic) S. Surjit Pattar (Sahitya Akademy Winner Poet) Sh. Vishnu Khare (A Renowned Poet) Sh. Abbas Batliwala (An International Painter) Sh. Shail Choyal (An International Painter) Sh Hemant Dwivedi (A Renowned Painter & Prof. Dept. of Fine-Arts, MLS Univ., Udaipur) Sh Ranjit Kapoor (An Eminent Theatre Director) Sh. Asghar Wajahat (A Renowned Novelist, Playwright, Documentary Filmmaker) Gurvinder Singh (A National Award Winning Filmmaker) Invited Eminent Scholars Sh. Namvar Singh (Chancellor, Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Wardha a distinguished scholar and critic of Hindi literature) Prof. Amritjit Singh (Ohio University, USA) Prof. Poonam Arora (Hamline University, USA) Prof. Harish Trivedi (Retd. Professor, University of Delhi) Prof. Rana Nayar (Panjab University, Chandigarh) Prof. Manju Jaidka (Panjab University, Chandigarh) Prof. Akshay Kumar (Panjab University, Chandigarh) Prof. G.J.V. Prasad (JNU, New Delhi) Initiatives and Academic Curricular Enrichment Activities by the School yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy Organized an off-campus Painting Workshop at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh in 2013 Organized an off-campus Theatre Workshop at Nagda near Udaipur in 2013 Organized a Workshop on Literary Appreciation in 2012 Organized an off-campus Theatre Workshop at Udaipur in 2012 Organized an off-campus Painting Workshop at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh in 2011 Organized a 15-day Theatre Workshop in collaboration with NSD for the students of the University in 2009 Organized an Art Appreciation Workshop-cum-Educational Tour at Akola, Udaipur in 2009 Organized various soft skill development workshops.
RASRANG RASRANG, the School Repertory, is a creative-cum-critical platform for the students to experience and learn the finer nuances of fine arts and performing arts. It is an integral part of MA (ECS) programme as it corresponds to the practical needs of various prescribed courses. It integrates theory with practice by involving the students in creative activities such as adaptation and performance of plays and painting workshops. It supplements class-room teaching by giving them first-hand exposure to other forms of art and mediums of communication. It entails pedagogical innovation wherein the students are encouraged to move beyond the bounds of the course content and extend their creativity in allied areas. As a result, learning becomes an aesthetically and intellectually stimulating exercise and students mature into responsive and responsible individuals with capabilities to make vital connection with the self and the society. School Journal: Indraprasth- An International Journal of Culture and Communication Studies. In order to promote generation and dissemination of knowledge, the USHSS has launched an inter-disciplinary refereed research journal, Indraprasth- An International Journal of Culture and Communication Studies. The journal publishes scholarly articles on Literature in English, Translation Studies, Film Studies, Cultural Studies and Communication Studies. The endeavour in launching this journal is to fulfil the need for more 30
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Programmes Offered by the School 1. USHSS offers Post Graduate programme in M.A. English and Communication Studies. It is a twoyear modular programme with the provision to exit after one year with PG Diploma in Communication Studies. 2. It offers doctoral programme (Ph.D.) in Literary and Cultural Studies in the following areas: yy Translation Studies yy Indian Literature yy American Literature yy British Literature yy European Literature yy Film Studies
3. It also offers need-based courses in communication-skills and Social Sciences at graduate and postgraduate levels to various University Schools. M.A. (ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES) The Post-graduate programme in English and Communication Studies adds a new dimension to the Universitys culture. The aim is to create a tradition of excellence in language/communication skill competence and literary sensibility geared towards an all round development of personality through the cultivation and application of various facets of English and Communication Studies. The curriculum is designed to assist students from all streams in developing and refining their individual and professional skills with special emphasis on professional communication commensurate with emerging professional needs. The Programme is especially relevant for students seeking career in teaching & research, publication industry and media. Scope of the Programme The programme is inter-disciplinary in nature and offers a distinctive blend of academics and industryrelevant practices. The course prepares the students for a wide range of communication and language related career opportunities. In addition to the core subjects, this course also offers a wide range of optional subjects including regional literatures catering to the varied needs and interests of the scholars. Some of our path-breaking elective papers have been designed according to the latest trends in literary and cultural studies such as Literature of Protest Cinema and Communication Gender Narratives Philosophy Psychology and Literature Sufi and Bhakti Poetry Teacher Specific Courses (Partition Literature, Shakespearian 31
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Translation Studies Drama, Romantic Poetry) Non-Fictional Narratives Objectives: MA in English and Communication Studies has been designed with an aim to: yy Enable the students to develop comprehensive communication skills to meet the challenges of contemporary times yy Provide them with fundamental written communication skills required to become successful journalists and other media professionals yy Help them achieve an understanding of new communication technologies and their impact on the fast-changing global scenario yy Help them appreciate the value of an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of language, literature and communication. yy Offer them with an opportunity to develop research skills and engage in applied analysis of different aspects of language, literature and communication skills yy Inculcate literary sensibility and critical acumen Faculty USHSS has a dedicated and research-oriented faculty with an interdisciplinary sensibility, individual integrity and a sense of social responsibility. The emphasis is on empowering the learners to apply a humanistic perspective to the challenges faced by them in society. Dr. Anup S Beniwal, Dean Prof. Beniwal is a scholar of Indian English Fiction on Partition, Indian Writing in English and Translation and Cultural Studies. Apart from authoring four books, he has also contributed research papers, review articles and translations to prestigious national and international refereed journals, newspapers and magazines. Specialization: Contemporary Indian Writing in English, Indian English Fiction on Partition Field of Interest: Indian English Literature; Indian Fiction in English Translation; Contemporary Hindi Fiction; Cultural and Communication Studies OTHER Faculty MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL : yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy Name Designation Dr. Manpreet Kang Associate Professor Dr. Ashutosh Mohan Associate Professor Dr. Vivek Sachdeva Associate Professor Dr. Shuchi Sharma Assistant Professor Dr. Chetna Tiwari Assistant Professor Dr. Naresh K. Vats Assistant Professor Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi Assistant Professor Dr. Ritesh Kumar Mishra Assistant Professor
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6. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES (USLLS) USLLS is a distinct institution of legal education in an unparallel setting of advanced research and multidisciplinary environment. Imparting of legal education along with studies in information technology, biotechnology, chemical technology, basic and applied sciences, business management, environmental management, humanities, education and media make it a wonderful experience with a confidence of sure short success. In any case it builds sound legal minds able to face any challenge in modern global context. This is the only one in such an ambience in the country. It offers in the National Capital Territory of Delhi the courses: (a) Five Year BA.LLB(H), (b) Five Year BB.A.LLB(H), (c) LLM in Intellectual Property Rights, (d) LLM in Corporate Law, (e) LLM in Human Rights, (f) LLM (Weekend) in Cyber Law and Cyber Crime, and (g) LLM (Weekend) in Intellectual and Industrial Property Law. It also offers Ph.D. in various streams of law and allied disciplines with inclusionary approach as demanded by contemporary national and international needs. The law school, with a well experienced and sincere regular faculty, conducts all the courses with professionalism and due value orientation. The Course structure is contemporary and practice oriented with special focus on legal ethics. The school has been attracting students from all over India and even overseas. The students at the school regularly participate in lok adalats, seminars, conferences, moot court Competitions, mock trials, quiz and debate competitions, client counseling demonstrations and other contests at the local, national and international levels. So far many of its alumni have emerged as leaders in the profession and the community. The USLLS is headed by Prof. M.Afzal Wani, a former member of the Law Commission of India and a well known TOT expert, researcher and a comparative law scholar. Mission yy yy Adoption of multidisciplinary approach towards law and legal studies so as to develop greater synergy between classroom lectures, conventional professional and alternative practices in law. Encourage continuous engagement with and adoption of innovative approaches towards law, legal education, training and legal processes through capacity building of the faculty and facilitating access to advanced courses. Constant involvement with processes and practice of law in the professional, social and economic arenas of life by encouraging interaction between the institution and those involved in these processes. Development of technical, advocacy, communication and research skills not only through taught courses but also through practical training and engagement with the industry, community and the state. Expansion of facilities for advanced research in law, introduction of new and vibrant courses and for augmenting the capacity to undertake consultancies and projects with state, national and international agencies, industry etc.
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Some prominent previous academic activities conducted 1. Law lecture series by most prominent law men of the country, including: a) Honble Mr. Justice R.C.Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India b) Mr. Soli J. Sorabji, former Attorney General for India c) Mr. Ram Jetmalani, former Union Law Minister, Renowned Jurist and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Recently, on 8th September 2013, Shri Subramanian Swamy, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India also delivered a lecture. 2. Training programmes for officers of Delhi Police in finer aspects of law. 3. South Asia Legal Education Conference. 4. Indhraprastha National Moot Court Competitions 5. An Orientation Programme for 2013 batch was organized by USLLS in August 2013. The Chief Guest in orientation program Mr. Justice SN Dhingra, member Competition Commission of India motivated the students. The Guests of Honour Prof. MP Singh, Chancellor Central University, Haryana and Shri SS Rathi, Member DLSA and Dr. Arun Mohan, Senior Advocate gave tips on legal education and the career ahead. The Dean and other faculty members also addressed and apprised the students about the rules and regulations of the School. The Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University presided. Participation in Moot Court Competitions Students participated in following International Moot Court Competitions: 1) Willem C. Vis (East) Arbitration Moot at Hong Kong 2) Willem C. Vis Arbitration Moot at Vienna 3) Stetson Moot Court Competition 4) Louis M. Brown Client Counselling Competition 5) Henry Dunant Competition 6) Philip C. Jessup 7) Won accolades in International and National Moot Court Competitions 8) Have brought laurels to the School by getting highest approval in Debating circuit 9) Acclaimed for their writing skills in essay and paper writing competition 10) Legal Research Paper Writing Infrastructural Facility 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Seminar Hall Placement Cell Legal aid Cell Classroom with LCD projectors and interactive board Video conferencing facility Faculty committee room Computer Lab with access to on-line data bases Well equipped and state-of-the-art Moot Court Room
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plays a pivotal role in organizing court/commission visits, summer training and placement activities. A placement brochure is released pertaining to the specifications of the students of out going batch. In our endeavour the placement cell has been getting support from eminent legal luminaries. An impressive 90% placement of the 2008 13 Batch was attained. i. Some supportive Law firms are: Clifford Chance, Trans India Law Association, Prakash Legal Advisor, Singh & Associate, Preeti Suri Associates, Renfry & Sagar Associates, Vikram Kapoor & Company, Pangea 3, Kings & Alliance, Khaitan & Co., DSK Legal, DGS & Associates, M Legal Associates, Lex Alliance and ELDF Associates. ii. 43 students interned in Supreme Court, High Court, District Courts, DLSA and various NGOs. Legal aid and literacy prorammes The USLLS is frequently organizing legal literacy camps at various places for different target groups. Students also teach voluntarily the needy students belonging to the people of lower income groups. Students remain associated with Delhi Legal Services Authority for voluntary work and experience. Faculty USLLS has a dedicated faculty of 21 regular teachers with outstanding academic achievements. Eminent professors of law, lawyers and judges are in the panel of its visiting faculty. Prof. M. Afzal Wani, Dean Prof. (Dr.) M. Afzal Wani has more than 28 years of teaching and research experience. He is a former member of the Law Commission of India having authored and edited more than 10 books. He has published more than 100 research papers/articles/book reviews/research reports and noted on various subjects like Women and Law, Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Disaster Management, Criminal Justice System and the Islamic and Comparative Jurisprudence. He is the founder editor of the Indraprastha Technology Law Journal, a specialized journal on the subject published by USLLS. He is a life member of the Indian Law Indian Law Institute (ILI) and the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi besides being associated with a large number of universities and other institutions in different capacities. He has served as a member of the Governing Council of the ILI and Executive member of the Delhi Legal Services Authority and the National Law University, Delhi. He has successfully participated in many activities of the National Commission for women with fair sensitivities and organized many programmes with the assistance of National Human Rights Commission including PG Diploma in Human Rights at the ILI. He is known for having organized training programmes and refresher courses for law teachers from all over the country and abroad and many trend setting national and international conferences/seminars etc. He has participated in academic programmes and delivered extension lectures in almost all the regions of the country and some other countries. Prof. Suman Gupta Dr. Suman Gupta is a Professor at the University School of Law and Legal Studies. She did her LLB, LLM and Ph.D. from the University of Delhi. She has teaching and research experience of more than 32 years. Her specialization is in the area of Corporate Law and Intellectual Property Law. She has supervised more than 20 LLM dissertations and 06 Ph.D.s. Among her numerous articles and books, her book Shareholder Democracy Facts or Fiction has been highly acclaimed by business and legal fraternity. She is the first teacher in India to be provided World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) fellowship in Tokyo (Japan). She has attended training course on IPR for developing countries of Asia and Pacific in Colombo (Sri Lanka). She has also delivered lectures in Faculty of Law, Khyshu University, Japan and Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. She prepared a Report on Corporate Governance in India a research project of the Institute of Developing Economics (IDE) Japan, and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). She is a member of ATRIP, a body of World Intellectual Property Organization Geneva (Switzerland). 35
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Dr. Kanwal DP Singh Dr. Kanwal DP Singh started her career as a lecturer in Amity Law School (affiliated to GGSIPU) in the year 1999. In 2008 She was promoted as Professor and Dy Director and transferred to Amity University She has teaching and research experience of 14 years. She completed her Phd from Jamia Millia Islamia in 2007. Her specialization is in area of Capital Market and Land Laws. She joined the University School of Law and Legal Studies GGSIPU on May 21 2013. She has written a book Legal control of Capital Market in India which is widely used by students in courses like CA, CWA etc. She has 20 published papers in National and International journals and has presented numerous papers in National and International conferences. Prof Singh is frequently invited as an expert for LLM and Phd Viva in universities like Jamia Millai Islamia, IGNOU etc . Her vast administrative experience includes organising exams like CLAT, NET, DRDO etc. She has been instrumental in organising Guest Lecture of eminent personalities like Rajan Bharti Mittal, Mr Ram Jethmalani, Governor Chattisgarh etc. She is on the panel of Institute of Company Secretaries as Paper setter and evaluator. Associate Professors
Dr. Amarpal Singh(On lien), M.A., LLB, LLM, Ph.D Dr. Deepshikha Agarwal, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D Dr. Queeny Pradhan Singh, B.A.(H), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D Dr. Shivani Goswami, B.A., LLM, Ph.D Dr. Lisa P. Lukose, B.A.,LL.M, Ph.D
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Mr. Anuj Kumar Vaksha, B.A., LLB, LLM Ms. Upma Gautam, B.Sc., LLB, LLM. Dr. Ritu Gupta(On lien), B.Sc., LLB, LLM, Ph.D Mr. Rakesh Kumar, B.Sc., LLB, LLM Dr. Ravinder Kumar, B.Sc., LLB, LLM, Ph.D Dr. Kavita Solanki, B.A., LLB, LLM, Ph.D Dr. Gurujeet Singh, B.Com., LLB, LLM Dr. Neelu Mehra, B.A., LLB, LLM, Ph.D Dr. Vandana Singh, B.Sc., LLM, Ph.D Dr. Anuradha Hooda Jha, B.A.,M.A., Ph.D Dr. Aprajita Kashyap, B.Sc., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D Mr. Zubair Ahmed Khan, B.A., LLB (H), LLM
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7. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (USMS) University School of Management Studies (USMS) is an On-Campus School of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The School, within a short span of time, has developed itself as a unique and progressive School with its distinct curriculum, innovative teaching methodology and research focus. The intellectually stimulating environment at the School provides a nurturing ground for developing competent management professionals in tune with the changing business environment and emerging managerial needs. The School encourages individual growth, team building, extra-curricular activities, industry interaction and a multi-disciplinary study culture. The School is rated A++ in Best B-Schools Survey, conducted by Business India. MISSION Our Mission is to develop managers with the capability to understand and analyze the dynamic business environment for effective decision-making while maintaining higher domains of professionalism. PROGRAMMES OFFERED The University School of Management Studies offers the following specialized programmes: yy Two Year M.B.A. (Full-Time) yy Two Year M.B.A.( Financial Markets) (Full Time) yy Five Year B.Tech - M.B.A - Dual Degree (Full Time) yy Two Year M.B.A. (General) (Weekend) yy Two-Year M.B.A. (Banking and Insurance) (Weekend) yy Two-Year M.B.A. (Real Estate) (Weekend) yy Two-Year M.B.A (Consultancy Management) (Weekend) yy Certificate Course in Retail (Weekend) yy Certificate Course in Behaviour Testing and Training (Basic-Two Months) (Advanced - Four Months) (Weekend) yy Doctoral Programme Pedagogy The School follows a pedagogy designed to equip the students with skills as per the latest requirement of industry. It includes a well-planned blend of industry exposure, conceptual learning, practical assignments and innovative projects based on empirical methods. Emphasis is on interactive learning and employing sophisticated electronic media/computer aided tools and technologies. Business games and case studies are used to develop analytical and managerial skills in the students. Participation in seminars, group discussions, role-plays and summer internships constitute an integral part of the pedagogy. Academic Collaborations The school has entered into the following partnerships yy MOU with Catholic University of Paris (CUP), Institut Superieur d Electronique de Paris (ISEP) for promoting Education and Research, Faculty and Student Exchange Programmes, Conduction of joint programme, Conduction of Joint Seminars, Conferences & Academic Meetings, Exchange of Research Work. yy MOU with University of Padova, Padova, Italy for Scientific research, educational activities in subjects of common interest, mobility of academic staff and researchers, mobility of students and doctoral candidates for academic activities, exchange of information and bibliographic materials, sharing of know-how about high complex technical-scientific sets, higher education extension, included the mobility of technical, administrative and librarian staff connected to these goals, participation in seminars and academic meetings. yy MOU with Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel, Germany for exchange of Faculty/Students, Conduction of joint Programmes/Seminars/Conferences and Academic Meetings etc. yy MOU with University of Milan, Milan, Italy for exchange of Faculty/Students, Conduction of Joint Programs/Seminars/Conferences and Academic Meetings, etc. 37
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yy yy OU with Lumsa University, Roma, Italy for exchange of Faculty/Students, Conduction of Joint M Programs/Seminars/Conferences and Academic Meetings, etc. MOU with University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina for promoting academic and cultural cooperation, networking and mutual exchange of faculty, staff and students. Joint participation and applications access funds dedicated to education, research and artistic activities, Joint programme, symposia, congresses, seminars, workshops etc. Exchange of professional literature, textbooks and other university publications. MOU with University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina for exchange of Faculty/Students, collaborative research programs, Conduction of joint Programme/Seminars/Conferences and Academic Meetings, etc. MOU with Michigan State University, USA for Exchange faculty/student programme, Collaboration in teaching research. MOU with University of Debrecen, Faculty of Applied Economics and rural Development Debrecen, Hungary for Exchange of Faculty/Students, Conduction of joint Programme/Seminars/Conference etc. MOU with National Stock Exchange (NSE) for M.B.A.(Financial Markets) & B.B.A.(Financial Markets) MOU with Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria, for Exchange of Faculty / Student, Conduction of Joint Programs / Seminars / Conferences and Academic Meetings, etc. MOU with Modul University Vienna, Austria, for Faculty Exchange Programme, Collaboration on Organizing Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Conclaves jointly at GGS IP University in India or at Modul University in Austria. MOU with Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Republic of Slovak, for Academic Cooperation and Faculty / Student Exchange Program. MOU with Szent Istvn University Hungary, for Exchange of Faculty / Student, Conduction of Joint Programs / Seminars / Conferences and Academic Meetings, etc. S olbridge International School of business, Woosong University, Republic of Korea for Academic Cooperation. Chapman Graduate School of Business, Florida International University, USA for MBA NAREDCO and HSMI for Certificate Course in Real Estate Management CISCO Inc. to impart CISCO Certification to faculty and students. Consultancy Development Centre, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi for M.B.A (Consultancy Management) Programme. MoU with NIS Sparta Ltd. for Certificate Course in Retail. MoU with CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India) for Real Estate programme.
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classroom teaching, the programme included industrial visits to Maruti Suzuki Ltd. and Somany Tiles to align theory with the practical insight. The credits earned by the students were transferred in their degree at SUA, Nitra. Prof, Elena Horscka interacted with faculty and students and spoke on the topic Globalisation of Higher Education. An arrangement has also been worked out for joint supervision of 2 Ph.D. scholars by faculty of USMS and SUA , Nitra. Students of USMS visited Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in March 2011 & June 2013. Seven students of USMS visited Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA), Nitra from June 15 30, 2013. These students undertaken a course in Cross Cultural Communication as an audit course. Twelve students of USMS and a Faculty visited SUA , Nitra in March April 2011. These students have undertaken a course in E-Business at SUA , Nitra. The credits earned have been transferred in their degree back home in India. CONVENTIONS, SEMINARS AND NATIONAL CASE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS USMS has always been at the forefront in organizing forums, discussions and workshops covering issues of contemporary management relevance. Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programmes are also organized by the School on a regular basis. Some of the conferences conducted in the recent past include: yy National Conference on Mind and Management, October 25, 2013. yy National Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for competitive advantage, April 26, 2013. yy National Conference on Emerging Issues in Financial Markets, February 15, 2013. yy N ational Conference on Managing Generation Y @ Workplace: Issues & Cahllenges, November 30, 2012. yy National Conference on Innovative Strategies for Transforming organisations, October 19, 2012. yy The Marketing Summit on Success Mantras for Marketing in the Year of Globalisation 2012, March 24, 2012. yy National Conference on Enhancing people Faactor: HR Issues and Challenges, February 24 & 25, 2012. yy International Conference on "Strategies & Innovations for Sustainable Development in Organizations" between March 4-6, 2011. yy International Conference on Strategies & Innovations for Sustainable Development in Organizations between March 4-6, 2011. yy Conference on "Contemporary Issues in Marketing & Intellectual Property Rights, March 26, 2011. yy National Conference On Contemporary Issues In Corporate Finance on January 29, 2011. yy National Conference on Information Management in Knowledge Economy, March 2010. yy National Conference on Quality Management in Organisations, February 2010. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES yy yy yy yy yy FDP on Advanced Data Analysis Techniques , January 2013. Three weeks Entrepreneurship Development Programme, in association with MSME-DI, November December 2012. One day sensitization programme on the theme, How to start a Business: Issues & Challenges, February 15, 2012. Seminar on Policies, Regulations and Consumer Concerns in Insurance Sector, in association with VOICE and IRDA, October 11, 2011. Seminar on Consumer Awareness regarding Telecom Issues, in association with VOICE, October 4, 2011. 39
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yy orkshop on Doing Business in Europe, conducted by Prof. Pierre Morel from Escp France, W January 21-22, 2011. Faculty Development Program in Entrepreneurship, December 2010 January 2011. Workshop on Financial Markets : Issues and Challenges in collaboration with BSE, September 2010 Workshop on Green Building Projects & their Impact on Construction Management Practices, by Prof. Matt Syal, Michigan State University, USA, March 2010 Business Skill Development Programme (BSDP), March- April 2010
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Ph.D. Programme at the School: The School has a focus on promoting inter-disciplinary research. Major thrust areas of research are Global Business Management, HR Issues in Organization, Healthcare Management, IT-Business Interface, Banking & Insurance, Brand & Retail Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Sixty Two Research Scholars are enrolled for the Ph.D. Programme and Nine students have completed their pre Ph.D. course work. Thirty One students have been awarded Ph.D. degree till date. In order to promote and create a conducive environment for quality empirical research, the school ensures the availability of highend statistical packages and tools like SPSS, Systat, SAP- QUT, Primavera, Prowess etc. for research scholars and faculty. The other highlights include access to online journals like Emerald, Elsevier, Science Direct etc for extensive research. Apart from this University Resource Information Centre provides access to UGC, Infonet for all. APPROVED RESEARCH CENTRES FOR DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES University has approved research centers for conducting Doctoral Programmes at the following institutes 1. International Management Institute (IMI), Qutub Institutional Area, Delhi 2. Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad 3. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) 4. Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Dwarka, New Delhi Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology USMS has completed a project awarded by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology for preparing ten case studies on innovators. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL The School, with the assistance from AICTE, has set up an entrepreneurship development cell to promote and educate the youth of NCT Delhi to take the benefit of the liberalized economic policies of the government by setting up their own ventures. The cell organizes different activities and events to train and motivate the students on entrepreneurship. The EDC has organized various programmes from time to time: yy Entrepreneurial Awareness Programme yy Conclave On Export-Import Policy; To Give DirectionTo India's Foreign Trade yy Entrepreneurship Development Programme yy Entrepreneurial Motivational Camp yy Export-Import Procedures & Documentation Forex Management yy Fuller Convertibility Of Rupee 40
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yy Report of Business Skill Development Programme INDUSTRY INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP CELL AICTE sponsored industry institute partnership cell has been constituted in USMS for having more active interactions with industry. One of the significant activities of the Cell is the ongoing project to assess the impact of organizational culture on implementation of Total Quality Management in Small and Medium Enterprises in the Automotive Sector. SOCIAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES Under the aegis of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), an international organization made up of college students from around the world who make a difference in their communities through free enterprise projects, USMS took up a project of Rural Meet Programme under Corporate Social Responsibility in association with Laxmi Precision systems, Rohtak. MBA students also partnered with AADI (formerly the Spastics Society of Northern India) to create sustainable pathways to enhance their self-esteem and confidence to lead a dignified life by showcasing their products in several locations. A workshop on Entrepreneurship Skills Development for persons from weaker sections and those with disability was organized at the University campus. A workshop was also organized to heighten awareness on health issues and schemes for girl child education. Students were acknowledged by HSBC and KPMG for their efforts and were financed for their these activities with about Rs. 20,000/-. One of our student Saman Naqvi, was awarded with a gold medal for her outstanding performance; and her name has been recorded in THE HALL OF FAME WINNERS, a list of 20 winners selected in the country. The list has been submitted to the United Nations in its closure report INFRASTRUCTURE University School of Management Studies has state of the art infrastructure for fulfilling the needs of the students to keep at par with the best institutions in India. The advanced computer lab providing 1:1 computer to student ratio is well equipped with latest softwares that complement the varying needs of the students as well as the research requirements of the faculty. The softwares include MS Backoffice Suite (SQL Server, Exchange Server, etc.), Oracle, SPSS, ERP, Tally, MS Project Server, Erwin, RedHat Linux, Speech Recognition, CMIE PROWESS Corporate Database, PRIMAVERA, PERT MASTER and SAP. The school class rooms and air conditioned seminar hall are equipped with state of the art infrastructure including LCD Projectors, K-Yans, Xerox Machines, Overhead Projectors, Audio Visual Systems, Computers and Wireless Hotspots. The school also caters to the all around developments of the students by providing sports and other recreation facilities. CORPORATE RELATIONS CENTRE (CRC) USMS has a proactive Corporate Relations Centre managed by a team of faculty members and students. It provides the students with a full-fledged corporate interface, enabling them to have a better understanding of the corporate culture and its current trends. All placements related activities are coordinated by the Centre. The school has a consistent track record of hundred percent placements in the last few years. USMS has been empanelled by TCS. The students have been placed in organizations such as Oriental Bank of Commerce (Straight Middle Management), Federal Bank, British Airways, 20:20 Media, Barclay's Bank, Capital IQ, Centurion Bank of Punjab, Elli Lilly, Future Money, GAIL Ltd., E-Value Serve, Dawnay Day Securities, ICICI Prudential, IL&FS, IDBI Bank, Pipal Research, Interglobe Technologies, TNS Research, Sharekhan, Standard Chartered Bank, Wipro Solutions. FACULTY Prof. Anu Singh Lather, Dean Prof. Lather has teaching, research and consultancy experience spread over 26 years. Presently she is holding the dual charges of Dean, University School of Management Studies and Director, International Affairs of the university. She was founder Head of the Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar Technical University, Hissar from 1997-2000. Prof Lather has passion for research. She has more than 150 papers published in National and International journals, proceedings of National and International Conferences and Seminars. 41
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In recognition to the valuable and worthy research contributions made by Prof. Lather, she has been conferred the Best Researcher Award in the year 2010, 2011 and 2012 by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Szent Istvan Universtiy, Godollo, Budapest (Hungary) honoured Prof. Lather for excellent academic activities and International Cooperation in 2010. Prof. Lather has also been awarded Gold Medal for Excellence in Academics & Research by Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Slovakia in Nitra in 2010. Prof. Lather has extensively traveled to various countries like U.K., Germany, France, Hungary, Singapore, Malaysia, Austria, Republic of Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand etc. for academic collaborations and other academic activities. Prof. Lather is panelist on different T.V. Channels such as CNBC 18, CNBC Awaz, DD-1 (National Hookup), Aaj Tak, Delhi Aaj Tak & Headlines Today, Zee News, India TV News, Jain TV and Radio etc. She is a regular invitee for various programmes related to Management and Social Issues. Prof. R.K. Mittal Dr. R. K. Mittal is Professor of Economics in University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. He was founder Vice Chancellor of Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad from 2008 to 2013. Prior to that, he was Dean, University School of Management Studies (2005-08), University School of Humanities & Social Sciences (2005-07) and University School of Education (2005-07) at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Before joining Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 2000, he was Head of the Department of Business Economics at Guru Jambheswar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (1996- 2000). Before to that he has had the teaching and research experience (UGC Research Fellow) of about ten years at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He obtained his Masters degree in Economics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Later on, he was awarded M Phil and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics by the same University. Subsequently, he has done his Masters in Business Administration. He has over 25 years of teaching and research experience to his credit. Prof. Mittal specializes in micro & macro economic analysis, public finance, economic environment of business, planning and development, financial institutions and organization management. He has published more than 85 research paper in professional journals and has guided a dozen of Ph.D theses. He has also co-edited five books and has written many cases in management. In 2002 he was awarded with the Best Teacher Award by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University for his significant contribution towards teaching, research and corporate life of the University. Prof. Sanjiv Mittal Prof. Mittal has 32 Years of Teaching Experience to Post Graduate Students of Business Management. He worked as Professor and Director, RDIAS, Madhuban Chowk, Rohini from 1999 to June 2002. He worked as Reader, University School Of Management Studies, I.P. University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi from June 2002 till July 2007.He is working as Professor since July 2007 to till date. He is Coordinator, Entrepreneurship. Development Center of USMS created with the assistance of AICTE since 2006 till date. He has contributed many articles in Journals of national and international repute. His areas of interest are Marketing and International business He also worked as Professor and Director, RDIAS, Madhuban Chowk, Rohini from 1999 to June 2002. He has travelled widely to countries like US, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, He is active on AICTE, UGC panels and speaker at various conferences of national and international repute. He has undertaken and conferred a major research project of UGC : Measuring Marketing Productivity. He has been conducting EDP programs of one month duration on a regular basis in the area of Entrepreneurship Development and Export-Import Documentation. He has been conferred the Best Researcher Award for the year 2012-13 by the GGSIP University. Prof. Anil.K. Saini Dr. Saini is a post-graduate in Physics, Computers and Business Administration. Before joining USMS, he was holding a senior academic position at FMS, University of Delhi. He carries with him blend of industrial and academic experience of more than 27 years out of which six years in the industry in responsible capacities. Dr. Saini has to his credit six published books and over sixty research papers in national and international journals/ conferences. He has been actively associated with professional associations such as Computer Society of India(CSI), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers(IETE), AIMA and Operational Research Society of India.. His major interests 42
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include: MIS, Technology & Innovation Management, Knowledge Management. He is on the Board of Studies of several Institutions / Universities. Prof. Neena Sinha She began her academic career with Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University Japan. Later she worked as a faculty at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani. She has been working as a Professor in University School of Management Studies, GGS IP University Delhi since 2010 where she also holds additional responsibility of Director-Development. She is the Coordinator of Indraprastha Internal Quality Assurance Cell and coordinates NAAC Accreditation. She is the Chairperson of IPU-IPR Cell of the University and a member of the University Complains Committee. She is the author of more than 90 research publications in the leading national and international journals and conference proceedings. Her areas of interest are Strategic Management, International Business, Global Competitiveness and Sustainable Development. She is also involved in policy making committees in UGC. She is a Life Member of Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management (GIFT). Associate Professors Dr. Udita Taneja, B.Tech (IIT Delhi), MS (USA), MBA (IIT-Delhi), Ph.D. (USA) Dr. Meenakshi Handa, MBA (Marketing), Ph.D. Dr. Shalini Garg, MBA, Ph.D. (HRM) Dr. Vijita S. Aggarwal, MPIB (IIFT), Ph.D. Dr. Puja Khatri, MIB , Ph.D. (OB) Dr. Sanjay Dhingra, B.E. (Computer Science), MMS, PGDFM, Ph.D. Assistant Professors Mr. Amit Sharma, B.Tech (Mechanical), MBA Mr. V.K. Wadhwa, MBA (FMS), CA, ICWAI Dr. S. Sanjay Kumar, B.E. (Mechanical), MBA (Finance), LLB, Ph.D. Dr. Divya Verma, MBA, DOEACC 'A' Level, Ph.D. Ms. Deepti Prakash, MBA Dr. Sanchita, MBA, Ph.D. Dr. Shilpa Jain, MSc (Applied Psychology), Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior) Dr. Ashish Kumar, MBA, M.Com., Ph.D, Dr. Gagan Deep Sharma, M.Com, M.Phil., Ph.D. Ms. Sinthiya, B.Tech (Comp. Science), MBA (IT).
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8. UNIVERSITY sCHOOL OF EDUCATION (USE) Overview of the School The University School of Education aims at facilitating studies in all emerging areas of Education such as Educational Management, Planning and Finance, Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Inclusive Education, Special Education, Distance Education etc. to prepare teacher educators who are well versed with the skills and competencies of effective and efficient teaching skills and research. The school shall foster a climate of life-long learning and empower individuals to be torch bearers of social change by transforming the very face of Teacher Education. The school has emerged as a trend-setter with respect to the pedagogical interventions, innovations in research and creation of enriched teaching learning environments which ignite minds through challenge and feedback. The school fosters the growth of the individual and the collective through constructing knowledge collaboratively and creating an open environment which nurtures the spirit of progressive Teacher Education. Academic Vision The school aims to empower Teacher-Educators with knowledge and skills of the 21st century, nurture passion for research and teaching and imbibe the spirit of social inquiry to ensue harmony and prosperity. This vision shall be translated into action by focusing on the following salient features in the area of Teacher Education: 1. Quality Concerns in Teacher Education 2. Innovation & Good practices in Teaching 3. Environmental concerns in Teacher Education 4. Use of ICT in Teacher Education 5. Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education 6. Paradigm Shifts in teacher Education infusing National and Global Concerns i.e.-Peace, Gender Issues, Art and Heritage of Crafts Education, Multilingualism, Health, Population etc. in Teacher Education & Curriculum
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RECENT INITIATIVES AND ACADEMIC CURRICULAR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AT THE SCHOOL: yy yy rientation Programme for M.Ed. Scholars of USE is organized regularly in the beginning of O every session to acquaint them with the objectives and dynamics of the M. Ed. Curricula. Special Guest Lectures are organized by the School from time to time. These lectures enrich the scholars by providing them a glimpse of the latest trends in the field of Teacher Education and also give them a platform to interact and learn through experience sharing. Development of Ph.D. course work and research syllabus was done. Collaboration of USE with INTEL to integrate technology in all dimensions of Education was established and facilitated. 45
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ducational Tours and Visits to CIET and different Educational apex bodies such as NUEPA, E NCERT, RCI are organized keeping in mind the need of the M.Ed. Curriculum. Placement Cell was established in year 2010 and currently it is fully functional to cater to the professional needs of scholars and to support them in their prospective careers. The School maintains a record of the placements on an yearly basis and organizes talks and workshops for personality development of the students to prepare them for the world of work in future. The School conducted a number of Placement Orientation Lectures and invited agencies such as The Alert to acquaint the students with respect to different employment opportunities in India and abroad.The School has also organized a very successful job fair in the campus for the recruitment of teachers in leading schools of Delhi for the B.Ed paas outs of GGSIP University. EduSangam - The Alumni Association of M.Ed. scholars acts as a forum to meet and learn from each others life experiences. It also acts as a bridge between students and faculty members to interact and exchange ideas in teaching and research for future growth of the school.
Seminars/Workshops/Conferences/Faculty Development Programmes yy he School organized a Panel Discussion on T the theme of :Is Education failing in Gender Sensitisation? The discussion was chaired by the Honble Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University and was attended by the Principals and Faculty members of the affiliated colleges and faculty members and students of GGSIP University.The Panel had distinguished luminaries including Mr P.S Sharda (Lawyer,Supreme Court of India),Prof Madhu Wij(Faculty of Management Studies,DU),Mr Pratap Somavanshi,Senior Editor,Dainik Hindustan and Ms Neetu from Navjyoti,Delhi. A One dayresearch workshop on the theme of Statistical Analysis of Research Data using SPSS was held at the school by Mr B.S Nagi, Former Head, ICSSR, for the M.Ed. scholars. A Special guest lecture was organized under the aegis of Samvaadon the theme :Constructing Measures in Human Sciences.The lecture was delivered by Prof rob Cavanagh,University of Curtin,Western Australia.The lecture benifited both faculty and students. A series Intensive Personality Development Workshops on the theme of Development of Self through Life Skills Approach were held at the school and conducted by Prof B.B Khanna(IGNOU), Dr Selvarajan,Dr Dinesh (MDNIY) to prepare the M.Ed. and PGDELM Scholars for the world of work. Revision PGDELM syllabus was done by the school to organized for the purpose. The syllabus of B.Ed Special Education(MR) and B.Ed Special Education(HI) was also prepared by the school through conduct of subject workshops.
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levels. Innovations related to teaching learning approaches & methods of teaching in different subjects and the material development for addressing the plural need of students requires further dissemination. Training and re-training of large no. of teachers in India through Distance Education mode needs to be explored. USE is in the process of exploring new domains of teacher education related to societal needs and is working upon to start a number of graduate & post-graduate courses, short term certificate courses and diplomas in field of contemporary education, so as to reach the grass root level. Forthcoming Initiatives & International Collaborations: USE is in the process of bringing out a research journal which shall serve as a platform for dissemination of knowledge in all areas of Education to a wider audience and set a benchmark with respect to the quality of publications in near future. The online edition of the same shall enable teachers, teacher-educators, researchers, policy planners and curriculum developers to voice their opinions and concerns in their respective areas of research. Thus an e-learning community shall become a reality bridging the digital divide. The school is in the process of hosting an International Workshop in the area of Curriculum Study and Educational Psychology next year. The school aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas in the form of Seminars, Workshops and Symposia for Teacher Educators, Policy Planners, Curriculum Developers and Educational Administrators through international collaborations with leading international Universities and Agencies in the coming years. In order to take this alliance with international universities and agencies further the school plans to initiate a practice of student and faculty exchange programs with respect to collaboration in interdisciplinary courses as well as taking Team Teaching and Mobile Teaching as a tool to further the cause of Globalization in Education. Dean The Honble Vice Chancellor holds the charge as the Dean USE Faculty Incharge Dr. Sangeeta Chauhan, Associate Professor, M.A. (English), M.Ed., M.Phil, Ph.D Dr. Sangeeta Chauhan, has teaching and research experience spread over 30 years. She joined the University in April 2006, wherein she was also entrusted with the task of starting the M.Ed programme in the campus. The USE now runs M.Ed., Ph.D., PGDELM (Weekend). The affiliated institutes are running Advanced Diploma in Child Guidance and counselling and B.Ed. Special Education in MR and HI. She was Principal of CES College of Educational Research and Training (B.Ed. College) affiliated to GGS Indraprastha University and Coordinator of affiliated B.Ed colleges of I. P. University for over 6 years. She taught Philosophy, Psychology and History of Education both at graduate and B.El.Ed. level at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College between 1992 and 1999. She was a Junior and then Senior Research Fellow from 1987 to 1991 (University Grants Commission). She has worked in Indian Council of Social Science and Research (ICSSR) funded projects from 1984 to 1985. She has worked in the Department of Chinese and Japanese studies, Delhi University in a project World wide research on the image of Japan from 1983 to 1984. She has also worked in the child guidance centre, Department of Social Works, Delhi University from 1982 to 1983. Wherein she was giving diagnostic treatment to children having behaviour, emotional, educational and speech problems. OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS yy yy yy yy yy Prof. Neerja Shukla,Consultant cum Faculty Advisor. Prof. Saroj Sharma, Professor (M. Sc. (Botany), M.A. (Sociology), M. Ed., M. Phil. (Education), Ph. D. (Education) & MBA (HR)) Dr. Dhananjay Joshi, Associate Professor, M.A. (Pol. Sc.), M.Ed. and Ph.D. Dr. Shalini Yadava, Assistant Professor, M. Sc. (Botany), M.Ed., M.Phil, Ph.D. Dr. Amit Ahuja, Assistant Professor, M. Sc. (Chemistry), M.Ed., Ph.D.
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9. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (USICT) (Formerly known as University School of Information Technology) Vision To become an internationally recognized center for education and research. Mission To provide the students with the best career prospects in the global market and to equip them to become effective professionals. Information & Communication Technology (ICT) has emerged as the most powerful tool for all round development of the world today and has been recognized as a driving force for the next century. Indian ICT is booming and emerging steadily on top of the global information technology market. The ICT industry in India is already a major drive of the Indian economy. ICT will make remarkable changes in social, cultural, scientific, technological and economic fields in the 21st century. Information Technology has become an integral part of our life and no section of society can afford to ignore its impact and advantages. The importance of ICT has grown manifold in the new competitive and global scenario of the world and it has to discover new horizons of its applications affecting everyone's life in times to come. SCHOOL'S PHILOSOPHY AND PEDAGOGY The University School of Information & Communication Technology has been established to design and implement courses with a twin objective of generating effective professionals and to keep pace with the R& D activities of this fast emerging and changing field of Information & Communication Technology. The school aims at inculcating essential skills as demanded by the global software industry, through the interactive learning process. This includes team-building skills, audio-visual presentations and personality development programmes. These enhance analytic and communication skills, besides inculcating the virtues of self-study. THRUST AREAS The School was set up with an aspiration to generate manpower, with the ability to take on challenges and fare forward in the realm of Information & Communication Technology. The Curriculum has been designed to cater to the ever changing demands of information & communication technology, with the necessary inputs from the Industry. The School has highly qualified & experienced faculty who excel in their respective areas. The School also encourages research work in various areas of information & communication technology. The school aspires to produce individuals equipped to contribute for progress at all levels: individual, national and global. PROGRAMMES OFFERED Programme B.Tech./M.Tech. (Dual Degree) Info. Technology B.Tech./M.Tech. (Dual Degree) CSE B.Tech./M.Tech (Dual Degree) ECE MCA (Software Engineering) M.Tech. (Information Technology) M.Tech. (CSE) M.Tech. (ECE) M.Tech. - IT (Weekend) M. Tech. - ECE (Weekend) M. Tech. - CSE (Weekend) Duration (Years) 4+2 4+2 4+2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 Intake 60 60 60 60 25 18 18 60 60 60
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INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES USICT has state-of-the-art labs, with more than 500 machines. Each lab is fully equipped with the requisite software that fulfills the needs of the students. The School also has specialized labs such as Electronics & Signal Processing Lab, Control and Microwave Devices and Circuit Lab, Digital Electronics& Microprocessor Lab, General Computing, DBMS Lab/ Open Source Lab, Software Engineering Lab, Multimedia Lab, Image Processing & Computer Vision Lab, VLSI & Embedded System Design Lab, Electrical Science Lab & Signal & System Lab, Cellular and Mobile Communication Lab, Computer Network Lab, Advanced Computing Lab/ Open Source Lab, Wireless Computing and Ad-hoc Network Lab. The school supports campus wide network with a optical fibre back bone and currently has 1 Gbps NKN connectivity for internet access and other applications. PLACEMENTS Every year prestigious ICT companies like TCS, Adobe, Birla Soft, Samsung, Tech. Mahindra, Naggrow, Newgen Hexaware, Induslogic, Sapient etc. have been recruiting the students of USICT in their final year itself. Many of the students have received more than two or three offers. However significant number of students have opted for further education such as MBA/MS in international and national institutions Sanford University and Indian Institutes of Technology, amongst others. INDUSTRY TIE-UP'S The School has signed a MoU with CISCO System, Inc. and has been granted the status of CISCO Regional Networking Academy for Delhi state. The University also signed a long term MoU with IBM India Ltd. for faculty training in IBM software like DB2, Visual Age for JAVA, Web Sphere Application server etc., from time to time. MoU with EMC Corporation for Storage Technologies
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES InfoXpression is the annual festival of USICT. It is a three-day extravaganza that is a brilliant fusion of technical erudition and cultural events that brings together participants from all over the country. In the last several years since its origin, 'InfoXpression' has established a considerable reputation for itself as an event to look forward to each year. It is organized by the Students Association of Information & Communication Technology (SAInT), the student body of the School. TRAINING PROGRAMME Police Training Programme The department is actively engaged in providing yeoman services to the society by organizing socially relevant training programmes. A 06 weeks intensive course on "Cyber Crime Investigation and Computer Forensics" was conducted for 100 Officers of Delhi Police during April to July 2008 where in extensive 49
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theoretical lectures were delivered and hands on training and practical sessions were organized for participants of the training programme. Faculty Development Programme The department is actively engaged in conducting several MHRD/AICTE/UGC sponsored Faculty Development Programmes/Summer School/Winter School and Short Term Training Programmes. Recently department successfully organized the AICTE sponsored FDP Programme on 'Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing' for 50 participants from technical institutions and research scholars during 22 December 2008 - 02 January 2009 where in extensive theoretical sessions and practical sessions on Simulators and Hardware Kits were conducted by in-house faculty members and external speakers from academia and industry were involved. FACULTY Prof. Navin Rajpal, Dean Prof. Navin Rajpal is Professor at USICT since September 2004 and has been appointed as Dean, of the School w.e.f. 1st October 2011. He did his B. Sc. (Engineering) in Electronics and Communication from R.E.C. Kurukshetra, now known as NIT, Kurukshetra. He did his M. Tech and Ph.D. from Computer Science & Engineering Department, IIT, Delhi. He served in various capacities and has more than 24 years of experience in teaching and research. He has worked as Senior Scientific Officer for more than eight years at Centre for Applied Research in Electronics IIT Delhi on various sponsored and Consultancy projects. Before joining this university in July 2000 as Reader, he worked for more than 4 years as Assistant Professor at C.R. State College of Engineering, Murthal, where he was Incharge Computer Science and Engineering Department for about two years. In G.G.S. Indrapratha University he has worked as Reader, USICT and Incharge Computer Center from July 2000 to August 2004. He has also worked as Head CS&E at IGIT from Jan. 2005 to Dec. 2007. He has supervised several M. Tech. and three Ph.D. Students. He has published / presented more than 75 research papers in National and International Journals / Conferences. He is a life member of CSI and ISTE. His areas of interest are Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Neural Networks, Computer Graphics, Algorithms Design and Digital Hardware Design. Prof. Yogesh Singh, (on Lien) Prof. Yogesh Singh, Professor in the University School of Information & Communication Technology. He is presently on lien as he has been appointed as Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda. He has worked as Dean of University School of Information & Communication Technology from 2001 - 2006. He has also served as Dean, University School of Engineering & Technology (2001-2006), Proctor (20012006), Controller of Examinations (2006-2011), Director Student's Welfare (2006-2009) and Chief Warden (2001-2009). Prior to this, he was Founder Chairman (1996-1999), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Haryana. He received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) degrees from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana. He has been a member of IT-Task force and a member of its Core-group on E-Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and also the member of IT Task force of AICTE. He was a Member of Review Committee for Direct Central Assistance Schemes Project, MHRD, Govt. of India and Member of various committees constituted by AICTE, UGC and MHRD. He has visited foreign Universities like University of Portland, University of California at Berkley, University of California at San Deigo, Princeton University at New Jersey, USA. He is a Fellow of IETE and Member of IEEE. Prof. Nupur Prakash (On deputation to IGDTUW) Prof. Nupur Prakash, Professor in University School of Information & Communication Technology, presently is on Lien and holds the position of Principal, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, a constituent college of GGS Indraprastha University. She was Additional Director (IT) at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Delhi. She has worked as Dean in the University School of Information & Communication Technology from 2006 - 2008. She has also held the post of Principal, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, for four years (2002-2006). She received her B.E. (Electronics & Communication Engineering) and M.E. (Computer Science & Technology) degree 50
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from University of Roorkee (now I.I.T. Roorkee) in 1981 and 1986 respectively. She was awarded with the Chancellor's Medal for being the best outgoing student of 1981. She has worked as a scientist B at CSIO, Chandigarh (1983-85) on microprocessor based projects. She completed her PhD (Computer Engineering & Technology) from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1998 in the area of Natural language Processing using Artificial Neural Networks. She has served the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh as Head and Assistant Professor (1991-2000). Dr. Nupur Prakash has traveled to Australia, Malaysia, Dubai, USA, Tokyo, Italy, New Zealand and Austria to attend workshops and present papers at several International Conferences. She has delivered invited talks at National University of Singapore and University of Mauritius. She has been nominated as a member of Board of Studies and Board of Examiners at University of Mauritius (2005-2007) for courses offered by C-DAC School of Advanced Computing, Republic of Mauritius. She has recently been nominated as International Consultant to Asian Development funded project "ICT in Basic Education" by Ministry of Education, Uzbekistan for 2008-2010. Dr. Nupur Prakash is a member of Governing Council and Advisory Board of several Engineering Colleges and Management Institutes of India. She is on the editorial board of several IT Magazines and Journals of National repute. She has been a reviewer for several conferences on Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive Computing and Secure Wireless Networks organised at National and International level. She has been nominated by AICTE, UGC, DIT (Ministry of Comm & IT, Govt. of India), NIC, DOEACC, CDAC and DIT (Govt of Delhi) as expert member of various committees. She has been a recipient of UNESCO fellowship to attend a Workshops in Italy. She has attended and organized several seminars and workshops in the area of e-security and mobile computing. She possesses a work experience of around 27 years in research and academic administration. Her major areas of interest are Mobile Communication, Network Security, Cryptography, Secure Wireless Communication and Natural language Processing. She has authored around 100 research papers and articles for various national and international journals/conferences. She is a life member of professional bodies like CSI and IEEE, USA. Prof. B.V.R. Reddy Prof. B.V.R. Reddy is a Professor at University School of Information & Communication Technology. He is also holding the position of Dean, University School of Engineering & Technology. He obtained his M.E. and Ph.D. (ECE) degrees during 1991 and 1998 respectively. He served in various capacities and has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research. Before joining this University he served as Assistant Professor at NIT, Hamirpur. He has about 50 publications in journals and international conferences to his credit. He is a Fellow of IETE and a member of other professional bodies such as IE, IEEE, ISTE and SEMCEI. He has guided a few scholars leading to M. Tech and Ph.D's. He has already guided 4 Ph.D's & currently 6 students are registered for Ph.D. His current research interests include Wireless communications, which include mobile, Adhoc and sensor based networks, computer communication networks, Semiconductor and VLSI circuits and microwave & optical communications. Prof. C. S. Rai Prof. Chandra Shekhar Rai is a Professor with the University School of Information & Communication Technology and Director, Research & Consultancy. He obtained his M.E. degree in Computer Engineering from SGS Institute of Technology & Science, Indore in 1994 and completed Ph.D. in the area of Neural Network from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 2003. His teaching and research interests include: Artificial Neural Systems, Computer Networks, Signal Processing, Fuzzy logic and its applications and parallel processing. He has many publications in International/national journals and conferences. He was conferred with "Best Teacher Award" of the University for the academic year 2007-2008. Prof. Pravin Chandra Prof. Pravin Chandra is working as Professor in the University School of Information & Communication Technology and Controller of Examinations of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Previously he was working as Assistant Professor (IT & Production & Operations Management) at Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi. He has also worked in University of Delhi as Associate Professor during 2010-2011. He did his M.Sc. in Physics from University of Delhi and M.Tech. (Computer Applications) from The Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. 51
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His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Artificial Neural Network, Theoretical Computer Science. His doctoral research work is in the area of artificial neural networks. Prof. Arvinder Kaur Prof. Arvinder Kaur is a Professor in the University School of Information & Communication Technology. She obtained her Ph.D. from GGS Indraprastha University & M.E in Computer Science from Thapar Institute of Engg. & Tech. Prior to joining the school, she worked with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar(1993-2000) and Thapar Institute of Engg. & Tech. (1990-1993) . She has also worked for Gabriel India Ltd., Parwanoo (H.P) as Engineer(R&D). Her research interests include Software Engineering, Object-Oriented Software Engineering, Software Metrics, Microprocessors, operating systems, artificial intelligence and computer networks. She is also a lifetime member of ISTE & CSI. She has published 22 research papers in International / National journals and conferences. Her paper titled " Analysis of object oriented Metrics", has been published as book chapter in a book titled Innovations in Software Measurement, Shaker - Verlag, Aachen 2005. Prof. Anjana Gosain Prof. Anjana Gosain is working as Professor in University school of information & Communication technology. She obtained her Ph. D. from GGS Indraprastha University & M.Tech Information Systems form Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) Delhi. Prior to joining the school, she has worked with computer science department of YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faidabad (1994-2002). She has also worked with REC kurukshetra. Her technical and research interests include data warehous, requirements engineering, databases, software engineering, object orientation and conceptual modeling. She has published 18 research papers in International/National journals and conferences. OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL Associate Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Amit Prakash Singh, Ph. D. (IT) Udayan Ghose, Ph. D. (IT) Bharti Suri, Ph. D. (IT) Pushpendra Singh Bharti, Ph. D. (ME) R. Rama Kishore, Ph. D. (IT) Anju Saha, Ph.D. (IT) Ravindra Kr. Purwar, Ph.D. (IT) Manoj Kumar, Ph.D. (ECE) Virendra P. Vishwakarma, Ph.D. (CSE) A.K. Mahapatra, Ph.D. (IT)
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University School of Architecture & Planning, under the aegis of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established in the year 2009. USAP has started the B.Arch. programme with due approval from Council of Architecture (CoA), and has an annual intake of 80 students. USAP is dedicated to study and undertake research in the area of Architecture and Planning. The School plans to start a Postgraduate program in the near future. VISION The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence -Rabindranath Tagore My School (lecture delivered in America published in Personality, London: MacMillan, 1933) The school aspires to make a centre of learning which is knowledge-driven and not merely informationdriven and hence achieve academic excellence. It plans to develop a synergy between various conventional concepts, theories and applications of architecture and contemporary challenges in the built environment. MISSION USAP positions itself to become a Centre of Excellence for knowledge creation, implementation and dissemination in the core areas of Architecture and Planning. PEDAGOGY The school adopts a combination of teaching, research and training for the curriculum development and pedagogy. USAP recognizes equitable development as the key challenge to contemporary societies. Students are encouraged to develop a critical ability to reflect upon current challenges of a rapidly developing technology-based society. PROGRAMME University School of Architecture and Planning offers a Bachelor Degree Program in Architecture (B. Arch.) duly approved by Council of Architecture (CoA). It is a five year regular programme, with architectural training period incorporated within this time frame. FACULTY Dr. (Prof.) Neeraja Lugani Sethi, Professor-In-Charge| Ph.D CES, IIT Delhi| M.Arch. (Conservation); SPA Delhi; B. Arch, CCA Chandigarh.
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Conservation Consultant to INTACH, Kolkata Municipal Corporation. He has made several presentations at National and International forums for urban and architectural conservation in addition to writing regularly for various journals. His areas of specialization are historical buildings and cities, architectural theory, history and urbanism. He is currently pursuing doctoral research on colonial period architecture and urbanism of Kolkata city. Ar. Avtar Singh, Associate Professor |M.Arch. (Ekistics), Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi; B. Arch, CCA, Chandigarh Architect Avtar Singh has eighteen years of teaching experience and has been associated with the industry for more than thirty years. He has worked as an architect on many prestigious projects of airports, housing, offices, educational institutes, utility buildings and plotted residential buildings. His interests include the study of regional development and settlements, energy efficient architecture and construction technology. Ar. Rekha Bhaskaran, Associate Professor | M.Arch. (Urban Design), SPA Delhi; B. Arch, SSAA, Gurgaon Rekha has been pursuing the profession of Architecture since 1995 with an academic and research experience of 17 years including an industry experience of 4 years. Her area of interest is Urban Design and Green architecture. Ar. Vishal Rai, Assistant Professor | M.Plan. (Urban Planning), SPA Delhi; B. Arch, MNIT, Jaipur Vishal had worked on several infrastructure projects before he started to teach. Vishal had earlier taught at Department of Architecture, NIT, Patna as Assistant Professor for a period of one year prior to joining USAP. Ar. Sonali Ramesh Roy, Assistant Professor | M.Arch. (Conservation), SPA Delhi; B. Arch, LAD, Nagpur Sonali had worked for several years extensively in the area of architectural conservation with prominent experts in the field. Her areas of interest are architectural restoration, vernacular architecture and history. Dr. Seema Devgan, Assistant Professor | Ph.D, IIT-Delhi; M.Tech. (Building Science and Construction Management), IIT-Delhi; B. Arch, TVBSHS, Delhi Dr. Seema Devgan has many research publications in both national and international refereed journals to her credit. Her areas of interest include climate sensitive building design, building energy simulation, project management and redevelopment issues in urban areas. Ar. Taniya Sanyal, Assistant Professor | M.B.E.M, SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, SPA, Delhi Taniya was engaged in consultancy for both design and management before joining USAP. She has special interest in sustainable issues, alternate building materials and technology. Ar. Divya Chopra, Assistant Professor | M.Arch. (Urban Design), SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, TVBSHS, Delhi Divya had been engaged both in design and academics before joining USAP. Her special interest lies in the contemporary issues of Indian cities and transforming rural Himalayan settlements. Ar. Sumant Sharma, Assistant Professor | MBA (Real Estate), GGSIPU, Delhi; B. Arch, NIT, Hamirpur Sumant had a teaching experience of more than six years in which he has earlier taught at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K. His research areas include Real Estate development, urban sprawl and transportation management. Ar. Aditi Kundu, Assistant Professor | M.Arch. (Industrial Design), SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, TVBSHS, Delhi Aditi had worked with eminent architectural practices for about 10 years before she started teaching. She was a visiting faculty for many architecture colleges in the Delhi NCR before joining USAP. Ar. Hemlata, Assistant Professor | M.Plan. (Urban Planning), SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi Hemlata has worked as an architect for residential projects and as Urban Planner Consultant for Delhi Development Authority. Her areas of interests are Urban and regional development, Public Private Partnership in providing Urban Infrastructure. Ar. Siddharth Khitoliya, Assistant Professor | M.Arch. (Landscape Architecture), SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi Siddharth was earlier teaching in Chandigarh College of Architecture before joining USAP. He has been involved in various designs for residential and commercial projects. He has to his credits 14 technical papers published in various national and international conferences and journals. 55
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Ar. Anurag Giri, Assistant Professor | M.Plan. (Urban Planning), SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, GCA, Lucknow Ar. Akhil Dass, Assistant Professor | M.Arch. (Urban Design), SPA, Delhi; B. Arch, TVBSHS, Delhi In addition to the permanent faculty following visiting faculty members are associated with the School for academic session 2013-14 Name 1 A. G. Krishna Menon Qualification Present Position Industry experience
MSc. Arch, Chicago Architectural consultant, 48 years M.Sc. Urban Planning, Columbia Univ., Convenor INTACH (Delhi) NY B. Arch., IIT, Kharagpur Architectural consultant 43 years Practicing Architect, Town 43 years B.Arch., VRCE, Nagpur, 1970 Master of Town Planning, SAP, Planner, Professor of University of Madras, 1973 architecture PG International diploma in Housing, Planning & Building, BIE, Rotterdam, Holland, 1978 B.Arch., SPA 1983 M.E (Civil Engg.) IIT Roorkee B.E., DCE BA (Fine), MSR University, 1968 Practicing Architect & 30 years Professor of architecture Structural Engineer 51 years
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B.Arch, Sir JJ College of Arch, Mumbai, Practicing Architect and 24 years 1989 Teaching as Visiting faculty Architect 21 years
Peu Banerjee Dass B. Arch., Calcutta, 1992 M. Phil., New Castle, U.K. 2005 Rajen Baraya B.Arch, SPA -1976 University of Manchester M.Arch, Singapore B.Arch, SPA, New Delhi M.E. (Civil), BIT Ranchi B.Sc Engg (Civil), BIT, Ranchi B. Arch., SPA, Delhi M.Arch. (Urban Design) SPA, Delhi P.G Dip (Housing) Rotterdam B.Arch. BKPS College of Arch, Pune
Practicing Architect and 37 years Teaching as Visiting faculty BIM Specialist Civil Engineer Architectural Consultant 21 years 28 years 41 years
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Name 19 Mohit Verma Qualification Present Position Industry experience B.Arch, TVB School,1999 P r i n c i p a l A r c h i t e c t , 14 years Masters in Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia MOVARCH DESIGNS University, 2012 M.Arch (Urban Design), University of Architectural Consultant Pennsylvania B.Arch, SSAA, Gurgaon 11 years
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B.Arch., School of Architecture and P r i n c i p a l A r c h i t e c t , 02 years Landscape Design, Graphite Graphics Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K, 2011 B. Arch., MANIT, Bhopal, 2008 M.Arch., Urban Design, SPA, 2012 B.Arch, SPA -2007 M.Des., Visual Communication, IDC, IIT-Bombay, 2011 A r c h i t e c t & U r b a n 05 years Designer, DUAC Independent Consultant 06 years
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B.Arch, TVB School, 2007 Architect, Shiriesh Malpani 06 years M.Arch, Department of Architecture, Art and Associates and Planning, University of Cincinnati, 2011 B.Arch, USAP, IPU 2010 B. Arch., TVBSHS, Delhi B.Arch., Vastu Kala Academy, 2006 Practicing Architect and 03 years Teaching as Visiting faculty Architectural Consultant 11 years Te a c h i n g a s Vi s i t i n g 07 years Faculty
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B. Arch., USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi 2009 P r i n c i p a l A r c h i t e c t , 04 years MA Interior Design, University of Abhikalp Creations Portsmouth, UK BFA (Painting), Delhi University Artist 06 years B. Arch., USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi 2009 Principal Architect, UD84, 04 years M.Sc. (Hons) Architectural Technology NEW DELHI, INDIA and Building Performance: Edinburgh Napier Univeristy, Scotland, 2012 B. Arch., USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi, 2010 Sustainability Consultant, 03 years Master in Architectural Engineering: AECOM India Pvt Ltd, Environmental Design from University Delhi of Bath, UK B.Arch, SPA -2005 Director, Design Begins 08 years M.Arch., Industrial Design, SPA, 2008 Studio (DBS) M.FA, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati Artist Santiniketan B.FA, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati Santiniketan 05 years
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Name 37 Suparna Ghosh 38 Surbhi Anand Roy 39 Sushant Rari 40 Tanay Jathmalani 41 Yamini Jajoria Qualification M.Arch, Milan Polytechnic, Italy B.Arch SSAA, Gurgaon M. Arch. (Conservation), SPA, Delhi B. Arch., SSAA, Gurgaon B. Arch., USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi 2009 B. Arch., USAP, GGSIPU, Delhi Present Position Practising Architect Conservation Architect Industry experience 05 years 08 years
Principal Architect, UD84, 04 years NEW DELHI, INDIA Architect, Ashok B. Lall, 02 years Architects, New Delhi 08 years
B.Arch, SPA -2005 Practicing Architect Masters in Industrial design, SPA, 2008
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES Presently, the school is housed in the existing University Campus at Kashmere Gate. It has architecture studios, lecture rooms, seminar halls and an operational computer lab with various architecture related software installed. The school has its separate library having above 3000 volumes and journals. The students have an access to the Central Library as well. A world class infrastructure is in the process of creation at Universitys East campus having 18.75 acre land located at Surajmal Vihar as a new campus for USAP and a new School of Design. ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS USAP is a part of the larger University community which has a full calendar of student events sports, fests, debates, performing arts as well as participation in International and National program for students. yy COURTYARD | USAP introduced 'Courtyard' as a forum for discussion and exchange of views on relevant and contemporary issues on built environment. In this forum, USAP is actively organizing workshops, seminars, symposia, exhibitions and other related activities across the year. yy COURTYARD SYMPOSIUM | USAP formally started this platform with the symposium on Architecture and Our Cities: Contemporary Challenges at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi on Saturday, 10th March 2012. Prof. Dilip K. Bandyopadhyay, Honourable Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, was the Chief Guest of the symposium. The event was covered widely by the media. yy C ourtyard Lecture Series was initiated. Five lectures by prominent Indian and International architects had been organised in the academic session 2012-13, including a special lecture by Prof. Brett Steele, Director: AA School of Architecture, London. For the academic session 2013-14, Courtyard Lecture Series-02 has already seen one lecture and a panel discussion. yy DIWALI 2013 celebrations | Like every year, Rangoli, Photography and Face painting competitions were held on the occasion of Diwali as part of students activities where there was great participation by the students who also came dressed for the event. yy NASA and ZONASA | USAP students have been participating at both the national and zonal conventions of architectural competitions held in the country with great enthusiasm. At the 55th Annual NASA competition held at the Gateway College of Architecture, Sonepat, USAP won the first prize in Dance competition. At ZONASA 2013, Stambh, held at Sunder Deep College of Architecture, Ghaziabad, the USAP team not only won the second prize for Fashion show but also were adjudged second for display at Ruebens Trophy which showcases academic performance and standard of teaching. yy PANORAMA Photography Exhibition | 2013 also saw USAP Architecture Club Neev presenting a students photography exhibition in the campus which drew many visitors. yy Study Tours | Annual educational trips are conducted every year as part of the curriculum. 58
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yy Students have documented and recorded their observations of various settlements like Pushkar, Jodhpur, Puri, village Niwai (near Jaipur), Orchcha and Pondicherry. Their studies have been published and exhibited from time to time. Sports | USAP encourages the students to participate in sports. Like every year, USAP hosted a cricket match this year on 24th Feb, 2013. The current batches of USAP played with great gusto but lost the match to their alumni. Orientation 2013 | USAP invited industry experts and eminent academicians like Prof. A.B. Lall and Prof. AGK Menon to deliver orientation lectures on issues of contemporary relevance and orient the students towards professional and educational aspects of architecture. NEO PARADIGM 2013| USAP hosted its first Technical Fest Neo Paradigm, in March, 2013. The two-day Summit witnessed participation of not only students but many
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The School has been actively engaged in the consultancy/research projects. The following have been undertaken by USAP so far: yy Project | Preparation of Local Area Plan for 03 MCD Wards Client | MCD Year | 2011-12 yy Project Client Year Project Client Year | Rental Housing Options for EWS / LIG in Delhi | MCD | 2011-12 | Preparation of Layout Plans for Regularization of Unauthorised colonies | MCD | 2012
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11. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION (USMC) MISSION In keeping with the grand vision incorporating the larger social responsibilities of the University, the School has set its eyes at much higher goals than just producing quickly employable media students. They are being groomed to emerge as strategic decision makers for tomorrows media business that would not be bereft of ethical and moral values in its quest for profits. OVERVIEW Media industry in India is growing at a fast pace next only to telecommunications. For meeting the growing demand of the industry, we need well educated and trained media professionals. Moreover, the growth in the industry also demands relevant research inputs to maintain its tempo. Thus, a good number of competent and qualified researchers are also required. INTERNATIONAL PATTERN: In line with the recommendations of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the School has included in its Master in Mass Communication (MMC) syllabus the basics of social sciences such as economics, political science, history and sociology in the first semester syllabus that would be common to all the specializations. A step further, in the light of the media boom in the BRIC( Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries, Media Economics & Media Management have also been included in the foundation syllabus. NATIONAL THRUST: India being a multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-lingual country with a very rich heritage in all walks of life, no mass communicator can afford to ignore group sensibilities of fellow citizens. With this in view, the new syllabus has modules on Indian Literature, Indian & World Literary Thinkers, and, Indian & World Cinemas. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE: Media sector has undergone tremendous evolution during the last two decades. A dynamic understanding of the emerging professions and careers is required before a student decides in favour of a specialization. The paper Media Industries, Professions and Careers has been introduced to take care of this need. In this respect and many others mentioned above, GGSIPUs regular masters programme of mass communication is not only unique but very contemporary too. Serious research at masters level: The Industry Interface Cell (IIC) has been tasked with advising socially relevant topics for Minor & Major Research Projects to be done by masters students as part of their curriculum and generating Ideas Bank for Ph.D. scholars. PROGRAMMES OFFERED MASTER IN MASS COMMUNICATION (MMC) The GGSIP University is one of the first few institutions in the NCR to have launched masters programme both regular and weekend- during the last five years. Earlier known as the Master of Mass Media(MMM), now the regular programme has been rechristened as the Master of Mass Communication(MMC) that offers five specializations in the last two semesters such as Journalism, New Media, Corporate Communication and TV Production. The programme aims at helping a student evolve into a professional who is capable of meeting not only the current needs of the industry but also what the industry and society would need in future in view of dynamic local and global environments. Having given an overview of the industry and its professions and also trained into basic content and technical skills, she is required to do Case Method studies to have a hands-on experience in the domain of her choice and finally come out with a substantial research work on the given subject. MASTER OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (MJMC) Master of Journalism and Mass Communication (MJMC), launched in 2009, is a two-year weekend 61
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programme designed specially for working professionals who wish to enhance their academic qualifications for career advancement. The programme emphasizes application of theoretical inputs to real life situations to help the students gain an overview of the market and the industry that is crucial for honing in their decision making skills. PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES Television: Reporter, Anchor, Producer, Copy Editor, Script Writer, Video Editor, Cameraperson, Researcher, Production Executive, Video Jockey, Media sales /Media planning executive, PR executive, Information executive, Programme Executive. Radio: Radio Jockey / Anchor, News Reader, Reporter, Producer, Programme Executive, audio editor/Spool Editor, Transmission Executive; Advertising and PR (across the industries): PR Executive, Media Sales Executive, Script Writer, Copy Writer, and Ad Visualiser. Internet and Mobile: Reporter /Correspondent; Feature writer; Content writer, Web content developer, Content manager. Newspaper and Magazine: Reporter /Correspondent; Political writer; Feature writer; Business writer; Copy editor; Sub-editor; Book Publishing: Content editor; Sponsoring editor. INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES USMC has its own independent premises on the University Campus at Dwarka. It has a splendid TV Studio attached to Production Control Room (PCR) with state of-the-art facilities. The studio is equipped with multi-cam set up and online editing facility. The Non-Linear Editing Lab (NLE) is equipped with Avid and FCP editing machines. Other labs include Print Media Lab and Cyber Media Lab. A separate Audio Studio with TCR is the latest addition to the School. These labs have forty plus computers and have all the required software for print, web and radio production. The students produce TV-radio programmes and films; bring out lab newspapers and magazines; and, execute Ad campaigns on their own. Community radio: The University Management has decided in principle to set up a community radio in tune with its larger goal of connecting with neighbouring and marginal communities and in the process come out with the socially relevant research work. UNIQUE TEACHING METHODOLOGY yy rientation programme: At the start of the session O itself, students undergo two-week orientation programme with the aim of having a helicopter view not only of the media industries and professions but also of the regional, national and global environments in which we live. M edia analysis: Students are required to do a comparative study of media and media products during interactive sessions that break the monotony of one-way learning by way of TV watching/newspaper reading, etc. Practical work: Nearly half of the total academic time is devoted to practical/project work aimed at creating industry-like work environments. Case study method: Students are assigned live projects as case studies that are aimed at testing the application of theoretical concepts to industry situations. Feedback: Both teachers and students evaluate each other in an exercise of mutual development and promotion of excellence. Self and peer assessment: Students are encouraged to assess themselves and get assessed by their peers along industry- and domain-specific parameters in order that they know their strengths and weaknesses. This is done to motivate them to perform better.
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WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS The School organises workshops and seminars in different specialised areas to provide guidance from experts practicing in the Industry. Those conducted during 2013 include 1. Design and Graphics in Advertising by Prof. N.N.Sarkar, Former Head, Design and Graphics, IIMC Delhi. 2. Workshop on Case Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communication by Prof. J. Jethwaney, Head, Ad and PR, IIMC, Delhi 3. Making and Ad Campaign by Mr. Subash Sood, PR/Ad Consultant & Educator 4. Workshop on Diplomatic Reporting by Mr. Sandeep Dikshit, 5. Specialized and Advanced Reporting and Writing, by Mr. Venkatsubramanium, Former Senior Correspondent, PTI 6. Writing for Radio News, by Sh. Rajendra Chugh, Former News Reader, All India Radio 7. Scripting and Pitching, by Mr. Bikash Mishra, Independent Filmmaker and Journalist 8. Concept Development, by Mr. Ashok Purang, Film and Theatre Trainer 9. Media Workshop on Nuclear Energy Awareness, Co-organised by Vigyan Prasar (Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) 10. Ten Day's Research Methodology Course For Ph.D. Students (SC Category), sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (Min. of Human Resource Development) 11. Two Day's National Seminar on "Media Governance and Youth" sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (Min. of Human Resource Development) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Ph.D. PROGRAMME The School has launched Ph.D. programme in the Odd Semester of 2013-14 session. This has been done in order to promote research in one of the most happening areas of industry in India. USMC is striving to gain the Centre of Excellence status in tune with the Universitys twin-goal of Quality Teaching & Socially Relevant Research. PROJECTS yy roject titled "Media & Youth (A comparative analysis P of New Media preference of youth in metro and remote area) has been sanctioned to Dr. Durgesh Tripathi, Asst. Professor, for a period of two years (April 2013-March 2015) by UGC. Project titled "Films on T.V. Viewing Habits of Youth (A Comparative Study of Delhi & Meerut)" has been sanctioned to Dr. Sachin Bharti, Asst. Professor, for a period of One years (April 2013-March 2014) by UGC. Project titled " Media and Youth (A Study of New Media Preference of Youth in Delhi)" has been sanctioned to Dr. Durgesh Tripathi and Dr. Sachin Bharti, Asst. Professor, for a period of One years (April 2013-May 2014) by ICSSR.
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Group, Hindu, Indian Express, and, Dalal Street. Some faculty members are actively engaged in guiding research projects. They are encouraged to design syllabi that impart contemporary relevance to various specializations. Here, teaching & research go hand in hand. Prof. C. P. Singh, Dean Prof. C. P. Singh is a bilingual educator, author and researcher with over 20 years of industry, academic and administrative experience and has been associated with the TOI Group, Fairfax Business Media (Singapore & Australia), Discovery Channel, IIMC, Jagran Institute of Management and Mass Communication (NOIDA) and MRIU( Faridabad). His publications on news and media include those from Macmillan, Oxford University Press and Discovery Channel. He has been invited to national and international seminars/ conferences held by institutions such as Gartner Inc., AMIC & UNESCO; and has done extensive case studies on the change management challenges of organizations such as MTNL, HUDCO, Coca Cola, World Bank and UNICEF. Currently a member of European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Belgium & International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), UK, and, on the boards of various academic institutions including NCERT (Text Book Committee on Media Studies), he has been external guide to research scholars at AMU & JNU. He has a dream of developing a National Centre of Excellence in Media Education & Research. Interest areas: Designing Strategic Syllabi; Media Education Models; Media Economics; Communication of Innovations for Freedom; News Content Trends. OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL yy yy yy yy yy yy r. Durgesh Tripathi, Asstt. Professor, Ph.D. D Dr. Sarvesh Dutt Tripathi, Asstt. Professor, Ph.D. Dr. Kulveen Trehan, Asstt. Professor, MMC, NET, Ph.D. Ms. Sweta Singh, Asstt. Professor, MMC, NET Mr. Vinay Shanker, Asstt. Professor, MA(MC), NET Dr. Sachin Bharti, Asstt. Professor, MA(MC), JRF, Ph.D.
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yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy yy r. Subodh Kumar, Group Head, Carat Fresh Integrated, Gurgaon. M Mr. Navneet Anand, Director, Grey Matters Communications. Mr. Rahul Rao, Producer, NDTV. Mr. Yogesh Vajpeyi, formerly Editor (News), Indian Express. Mr. Sumit Sinhal, Associate Vice President, Strategy & Planning, NDTV India, New Delhi. Mr. Sanjay Banerjee , Exe. Producer, Sahara Samay. Mr. Sanjay Kapoor, Editor, Hard News, and formerly Editorial Advisor, Star News. Mr. P. K. Singh, Consulting Editor, Dalal Street. Mr. Rahul Sinha, Anchor, Zee News. Mr. Suresh Kumar, Associate Editor, www.aajtak.com Dr. Vartika Nanda, HOD, Journalism & Mass Communication, Lady Sri Ram College. Mr. Bikas Paul, Sr. Producer, News-X , New Delhi. Mr. Siddhinath, Sr. Producer, Aajtak. Mr. Deshbandhu Singh, Editor(Mobile), NDTV Convergence. Mrs Saheena Khan, Formerly Associate Professor, IIMC, New Delhi.
INDUSTRY INTERFACE CELL (IIC) IIC is being set up to guide the faculty and students in keeping themselves abreast of the latest developments in the industry in order to be able to respond to the challenges posed by the ever changing business environment. Members of the Cell are drawn from the list of aforementioned industry experts, internal faculty and students representing alumni and the passing out batch. Its tasks include: (a) Placement Assistance (b) Summer Training (c) Research Projects (d) Ideas Bank: INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND PLACEMENT Zee News, DD, CNN IBN, Meditech, NDTV 24 X 7, BBC, IBN7, HT Media, The Indian Express, Mail Today, The Economic Times, R. K. Swamy, Ulka, Fab India, JWT, Perspective PR, Grey World Wide, Ogilvy & Mather, India Today, NIIT, Citi Bank, Petroleum University, Leo Burnett, Metro Group, Rockland, DLA, Zenith, Bhaskar Media Group, SAUV Communications. MEDIA COVERAGE USMC faculty and staff have been burning midnight oil together to effect structural changes that are germane to giving the School an edge over the rest. Initiatives ranging from incorporating UNESCO recommendations into the New Syllabus to setting up Industry Interface Cell to engaging students in socially relevant Research Projects at the masters level have attracted the media attention in a big way and kicked off debates in the academic and professional circles: Newspapers: yy yy yy yy yy yy The Indian Express, Delhi Dainik Bhaskar, Delhi Amar Ujala, Delhi Dainik Jagran (National), Delhi Hindustan, Delhi The Pioneer, Delhi
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12. CENTRE FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT STUDIES (CDMS) Centre for Disaster Management Studies (CDMS) was established in the year 2005 to provide specialized training in Disaster Management to the personnel engaged in Disaster Management especially in Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Corporate, NGO, UN Agencies and teachers etc. Presently, CDMS runs a weekend MBA(Disaster Management) programme and plans to conduct short-term Courses in future. The Centre utilizes experienced faculty from different University School of Studies for imparting education and also invites experts from National Institute of Disaster Management, LalBhadurShastsri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, National Disaster Management Authority, besides experienced faculty from specialized department like Delhi Fire Service and Defense services etc. Faculty Prof. J.K. Garg, Director Prof. J.K. Garg, has more than 37 years of experience and has pioneered the research pertaining to applications of remote sensing and GIS for environmental applications in the country while working at Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. It may be mentioned that 1st scientific inventory of the wetlands in the country, sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, was carried out under his guidance. He has completed successfully 12 research projects in various spheres of bioresources and environment using geospatial techniques. His main endeavor has been to develop techniques for environmental appraisal of developmental activities, wetland conservation and management, biodiversity conservation, landslide hazard assessment, forest fire monitoringetc.using geospatial techniques.Prof. Garg was Project Manager in International Charter on Space and Major Disasters before joining GGSIPU. Prof. Garg has more than 140 publications which include research papers in international/national journals, book articles, and reports etc. Dr. Mukta Girdhar, Assistant Professor Dr. MuktaGirdhar specializes in Disaster Management, Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing. She has over nine years of experience in imparting education in the field of Disaster Management. She has guided several dissertation related to disasters besides publishing and presenting many research papers in national and International Journals. She has undergone many training courses at national and International levels and is familiar with ArcGIS, MapInfo, Erdas Imagine, and Illwissoftwares. Other Faculty from University School of Studies (USS) University School of Environment Management University School of Environment Management yy Dr. N.C Gupta, Associate Professor yy Dr. Varun Joshi, Associate Professor yy Dr. DeekshaKatyal, Assistant Professor University School of Management Studies yy Shri V K Wadhwa, Assistant Professor University School of Law & Legal Studies yy Sh. Anuj Kumar Vaksha, Assistant Professor
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University School of Communication and Information Technology yy Dr. C S Rai,Professor yy Dr. A. K. Mohopatra, Associate Professor yy Shri Anurag Jain, Assistant Professor University School of Mass Communication yy Ms Sweta Singh, Assistant Professor Guest Faculty yy yy yy yy yy Dr. B.K. Khanna, Sr. Specialist NDMA Maj. Gen (Dr.) V K Naik Dr. R. L. Icchpujani NCDC Dr. Ajay Bahl, LokNayak Hospital From NDMA, NIDM, AIIMS, Delhi Fire Services, Defense Servicesetc.
MBA (Disaster Management)Programme The course has been structured to build a pool of trained manpower in the area of Disaster Management particularly in disaster reduction,emergency planning, risk assessment, rehabilitation, community development,and capacity building based on ecological principles and for professionals desirous of enhancing their professional qualifications gain an improved understanding of contemporary issues in Disaster Management. It is planned to develop the Centre as one of the leading institutions to carry out teaching, research, and consultancy in the emerging areas of Disaster Management. The CDMS has successfully trained four batches of about 50 students each since 2005. Students have been from all spheres of life including personnel fromdefense services (Army, Navy and Air Force), Paramilitary forces (CISF, ITBP, BSF, SPG, CRPF),Civil Defence, Railways, ONGC, Delhi Fire Services, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), NDMC, Delhi Police, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Delhi Metro, UNDP, WHO, Delhi Disaster Management Authority, corporates like ESRI andNavyugaetc. From 2012-13 academic session course structure has been modified and now MBA (DM) is based on Semester System. Course Objectives yy o Provide adequate theoretical and practical knowledge and training with focus on management T to structured skill based management and understanding the whole cycle of disaster managementPrevention, Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, Relief and Rehabilitation. Provide the opportunity for professionals to obtain a specialized qualification, which has a recognition and currency within the international and national agencies working in health, development and emergency management areas. Work as a resource institution for Centre and State Government for capacity building in Disaster Management. Taking up research and development in emerging areas of Disaster Management. Developing liaison with Government, NGOs, Corporate Sectors and International agencies, to synergize disaster mitigation efforts.
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Infrastructure CDMS makes use of facilities available in various University Schools of Studies. Some of the facilities/ infrastructure available include: yy tate of art Remote Sensing and GIS facilities-ERDAS Imagine (Image Processing Package), S ArcGIS/ Geomedia /ENVI, GPS. Environment MonitoringLabs :- facilities for monitoring and analysis of samples of water, air and soil and facilities for study of chemical hazards. Information Technology Labs :- facilities for network security, computer modeling tools, simulation and communication. 67

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Programme B.Tech./M.Tech. (Dual Degree) M.Tech. (Food Processing Technology)

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