Faculty Participations & Contributions

10-08-16

Prof. Bhavna attended three days Workshop on “Doctrinal Legal Research” at NLU, Delhi.

The Centre for Criminology and Victimology headed by Prof (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai at National Law University, Delhi organized a ‘National Workshop on Doctrinal Legal Research’ from 08th -10th August 2016 under the auspices of Professor Theodore Eisenberg Centre for Empirical Legal Research.

The workshop consisted of 45 participants and 6 resource persons. Total 12 sessions were done that covered different aspects of doctrinal legal research including Atlas-Ti software. The course was designed to serve a systematic introduction of doctrinal aspects of legal research. It aimed to introduce specific tools and techniques including the application of software like Atlas Ti. The workshop aimed at strengthening the faculty and researchers both. The resource persons were invited from various fields of specializations having vast experience and knowledge in their respective areas to cater the demand of the workshop. Some of eminent speakers during the session were:

  • Prof. Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Dwarka
  • Prof. Anil Suttar, Chairman, Centre for research Methodlogy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
  • Prof. Ajay Kumar Gupta, Erasmus Mundus Fellow, University of Milan, Italy
  • Prof. Shashikala Gurpur Dean Symbiosis Law School, Pune and AHRB Visiting Fellow, Edinburgh Law School.
  • Prof. GS Bajpai, Registrar, National Law University, Delhi
  • Dr. Priya Rai, Recipient of FCIL Schaffer Grant form American Association of Law Libraries-2012 and Bitner Research Fellowship form Cornell University Law Library (USA)
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27-07-16

Faculty Members from Department of IT Attended One Day FDP at TCS Noida on 27-July-2016

Three faculty of Department of IT including Prof. Chandra Mani Sharma, Prof. Abhay Ray and Prof. Smita Kansal attended one day FDP program at TCS Noida on Research & Innovation in Teaching using Digital Technology during 8 AM to 6 PM.

The FDP was divided into 8 sessions wherein the experts from different campuses of TCS ,across the India, addressed the participants. There were many distributed iQlasses that were connected together using video conferencing facility. The event was formally kick started at 9:00am with formal introduction of participants and the resource persons.

In the first technical session, the experts from IIT Madras briefed about the NPTEL certification programs. Recently, IIT-M has launched certification programs on various subjects which are opened to everyone with nominal fees of rupees one thousand to appear at the certification exam. For making this initiative successful local chapters are being started at institutes across India. There are currently 600 odd local chapters who are associated with this.

In second session, Dr. Pushpendra Singh from IIITD discussed about various research projects developed by him and his team. These projects are successfully implemented in India. He narrated how the mobile applications using mobile sensors were able to collect data to solve many problems in resource deprived rural areas. He explained his data collection and dissemination application developed for detection of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) used by ASHA workers in Bhatinda, Punjab. While explaining his other project, Dr. Singh discussed how voice channels were used to transfer data in emergency situations. He also motivated the attendee faculty members to follow best teaching practices and technology to make the teaching more effective and useful for students.

There were other useful sessions throughout the day, wherein the experts discussed and demonstrated various interesting predictions and current digital breakthroughs. It was really a nice learning experience and a day full of learning & networking.

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08-07-16

Prof. Alok Singh attended QIP Short Term Program at IIT, Kharagpur.

Prof. Alok Singh attended QIP Short Term Program on Quantitative Decision Modeling at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur from 04th to 08th July, 2016.

This was an excellent Program designed and coordinated by Dr. J. K. Jha, Assistant professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Dr. Jitesh J. Thakkar, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. In today’s business environment, organizations and managers are looking for structured, logical and evidence-based decision making due to unparalleled growth of businesses. Consequently, industrial and academic research facilities need to apply rigorous analytical methods to business decision problems for systematic ways of managing the organization.

The purpose of the five-day short-term course on Quantitative Decision Modeling was to equip participants with the advanced analytical tools and background needed to analyze and solve business decision problems.

These are the some of the major learning outcomes:

  • Introduction to Quantitative Approach of Decision Making
  • Modeling with Linear Programming and Graphical Solution Approach
  • Simplex Method and Special Cases
  • Revised Simplex Method
  • Theory of Duality, Sensitivity Analysis and Post Optimality
  • Transportation Problem and Its Variants, Integer Programming
  • Assignment Problem
  • Integer Programming
  • Queuing Theory
  • Heuristic Methods in Operations Research
  • · Hands on exercise using CIPLEX /EXCEL
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20-05-16

Dr. Anusha & Prof. Neetu attended CII 5th Summit on Banking and Finance.

Dr. Anusha Agarwal and Prof. Neetu Purohit attended the 5th CII Banking and Finance Summit 2016 on ‘Building India through a Stronger Financial Sector’ on 20th May 2016 at Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.

The Summit witnessed a participation of around 225 delegates comprising of corporates, infrastructure companies, banks, insurance companies, financial intermediaries and merchant banks, AMCs, technology players in BFSI space, PEs & VCs, multilateral agencies, policy makers & regulators, finance professionals, debt syndicators, economists and academia. The Chief Guest for the Summit was Mr. Vinod Rai, Chairman, Banks Board Bureau, Government of India. He highlighted that the banks stressed assets are due to high leveraging by the borrowing companies. He also highlighted that the Banks Board Bureau is analysing these stress assets and will put forward an intermediary mechanism to settle them. RBI is also preparing guidelines on the issues faced in case of joint lending by banks. Mr. Rai was hopeful that all these will facilitate in cleaning the balance sheet of the banks. In this regard, a roadmap will be ready by 15th June so that a certain degree of comfort can be provided in the decision making process. Then there were four Panel Discussions with Panel Discussion I on ‘Linking the Unbanked Population to the Formal Banking System’.

The speakers for the panel were Mr. Rakesh Sethi, Executive Director, Union Bank of India; Ms. Ratna Vishwanathan, Chief Executive Officer, Microfinance Institutions Network; and Mr. Anuj Pandey, EVP & Regional Business Head-North, Religare Finvest Ltd. The session chair was Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman, NABARD. The Panel Discussion II was on ‘Enhanced Role of Technology & Applications in Banking and Financial Sector’. The panelists were Mr. Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM; Mr. Murli Mahalingam, Industry Director-Banking, SAP India Subcontinent; and Mr. Trilok Chandra, Director, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; and Mr. Rajesh Dhuddu, Senior VP-Market Development, Quatrro Processing Service. The session moderator was Mr. Ravi Nawal, Country Head, Kapronasia in India. The Panel Discussion III was on ‘Financing the Infrastructure Gap: Role of Banks, Financial Institutions & Specialist Institutions’. The panelists were Mr. S.B. Nayar, Chairman and Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd.; Mr. K. Mukundan, CEO UTI Capital Ltd.; and Mr. Sidharath Kapur, President and CFO-Airports, GMR Group. The Moderator for the panel was Mr. Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Consulting Editor, The Mint. The last Panel Discussion IV was on ‘Structural Reforms in the Indian Financial Sector’. The expert speakers for the session were Mr. Deepak Chatterjee, Managing Director & CEO, IIFCL Projects Ltd.; Mr. Nikhil Sahni, Secior President and Country Head, Government Banking & Strategic Government Advisory, YES Bank; Mr. A.K. Choudhary, Chief General Manager, Department of Banking Regulation, Reserve Bank of India; Mr. Naresh Makhijani, Partner and Head-Financial Services, KPMG India; and Mr. Krishnan Sitaraman, Senior Director, CRISIL Ratings.

The session was chaired by Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, Rabo Equity Advisors Pvt. Ltd. The speakers deliberated on the various aspects of financial institutions and how their functioning can be made more effective at a fair cost with benefits to all sectors of the society. The speakers also stressed upon the need for a greater role of Micro Finance Institutions and NBFCs as they work at the grassroot level so that they compliment the formal banking channels in reaching out to the bottom of the pyramid. There was also a release of the CII - CRISIL Paper on ‘Building India through a Stronger Financial System’ was released during the Summit. The faculty members found the Summit very informative and insightful.

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19-05-16

Prof. Parul Gupta attended ASSOCHAM’s 2nd ICI summit at New Delhi

Prof. Parul Gupta attended ASSOCHAM’s 2nd ICI summit““India: Entrepreneurial, Creative &Innovative’at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi on 19 May, 2016.

The summit was organized byASSOCHAM India. This one day conclave was divided into 2 sessions which covered different dimensions related to the idea of making India an innovative, creative, and inclusive superpower.

Session 1

Panelists-

  • Mr. S. Ramakrishna- Co Chairman National Manufacturing Council of ASSOCHAM and President- Group Public Affairs Mahindra and Mahindra
  • Mr. Ashutosh Chadha- VP and Head Corporate Affairs WIPRO
  • Ms. Sudakshina Ghosh- Discreet manufacturing Industry Value Engineering lead SAP India
  • Mr. Y.S. Chowdary- Honorable Minister of State for Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.
  • Mr. D.S. Rawat- Secretary General ASSOCHAM

The discussion in the session focused on enhancing innovation and creativity and the policy requirement for the same. It also discussed the importance of focusing on funding the innovation to convert idea to investment. The value of building digital infrastructure and promoting low cost technology to realize the desired objectives of inclusive growth.

Session 2 on Enhancing Innovation and Creativity

Panelists

  • Dr. Praveen Arora- Head CHORD, Department of Science and Technology
  • Mr. Raja Krishnamurthy- Head R&D India region 3M India Ltd.
  • Dr. W Selvamurthy- President Amity Science and Technology and innovation foundation, Amity University
  • Mr. SumantSood- Head Innovation Titan Company
  • Dr.PrabahtRanjan, Executive Director TIFAC
  • Ms. Neeru Sharma- Director of Platform Business Services, Infibeam Incorporation Ltd.
  • Mr. NaveneMathur- Deputy Controller of Patents and Design from Delhi Patent office
  • Ms. AnshikaJha- Senior Intellectual Property Adivsor, UK Intellectual Property Office, British High Commission.

This session focused on developing entrepreneurship, innovation and growth, strengthening skills and changes required in the education system from industry perspective. The session also shed light on the importance of IPRs in achieving the desired outcomes related to making India Entrepreneurial, Creative & Innovative.

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17-05-16

Dr. Vijesh Jain conducted One day workshop at J.K. Papers Ltd. Head Office, New Delhi

Dr. Vijesh Jain, Professor of International Business at I.T.S, Ghaziabad, conducted a one day workshop cum in-house training program at J.K. Papers Ltd., New Delhi at the head office of J.K. Organization, on the topic 'Letter of Credit and Incoterms 2010' on 17th May, 2016.

Around 18 middle to senior executives of various J.K. Group companies including J.K. Papers, J.K. Tyres, Umang Dairies and others attended this highly interactive full day training program. With the help of an academic discourse and practical feedback of the practicing international trade executives who attended this workshop, it was a very enriching full day discussion on the topic.

I.T.S thanks J.K. Organization and J.K. Group for providing this opportunity to conduct this training program for their selected and seasoned company executives. A number of I.T.S faculty members provided inputs and advise to make this prestigious training program successful.

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22-04-16

Report on visit to MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

I, Prof. Sunil Kr Pandey, was invited as Key Note Speaker to deliver an Expert Talk in “IEEE Sponsored International Symposium on “Internet of Things: Smart Innovation and Usages (IoT-SIU 2016)” organized by Faculty of Engineering & Technology, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly during 22nd – 23rd April, 2016.

Some of the other speakers in this Symposium included Ms. Vijay Laxmi, Sr. IT Architect, Biogen, USA, Dr. Ashutosh Kumar - NIT Kurukshetra, Dr. Mayank Agrawal - GKV Haridwar, Dr. S.C. Sharma – IIT Roorkee, Prof. Manish Prateek – UPES Dehradoon. The Symposium was inaugurated by the Prof. Mushahid Husain, Honorable Vice Chancellor of MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. On this occasion Dr. R. Singh, Professor & Head, Dept of CS&E, Dr. Vinay Rishiwal and other faculty members of the Dept of CS&E, Electronics & Communication, large number of delegates, Researchers and faculty members of other institutes were also present.

In this symposium, my talk was scheduled on Day-2 from 11.00 AM to 01.00PM. In my talk, I focused on following dimensions of IoT:

  • Historical Evolution of Technology that led the foundation of realization of the concept of IoT
  • Different domains of Technology evolution – Database Technologies, Storage Technologies, Network Technologies, Applications
  • Discussion on vision of IoT, Growth, Conceptual Framework & Applications
  • Research Dimensions & Opportunities in this Area
  • Challenges & Issues in IoT
  • Case Study

The Session was followed by Q & A Session of about 30 minutes and it was a nice experience to interact with the participants & delegates and address their queries. It was a wonderful learning & networking experience where I meet some of the old friends and domain experts.

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17-04-16

Conference attended by Dr. Abhinav P. Tripathi on Brand Management "CBM 2016" at IIT –Delhi.

Dr. Abhinav P. Tripathi has participated and presented a research paper on “Non-deceptive counterfeit brands: a descriptive approach to understand consumer perspective” co-authored by Prof. Durba Roy in a refereed, international conference on "Brand Management" organized on 16th and 17th April,2016 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT–Delhi), Delhi.

This conference was an initiative to bring the research, academia and industry on the same platform to discuss the various initiatives and consequences of brands and its management. More than 500 researcher and scholars from across the globe have joined at this international conference, which was being further supported by Adobe and emerald as digital and knowledge cum printing partners of this international conference research proceedings. This two days international conference widely addressed the issues of startup branding and valuation, Public sector branding, branding by not for profit organization, technology branding, b2b and ethical branding.

The conference was jointly inaugurated by department of management studies of IIT Delhi along with Curtin University, Australia. Dr. Harish Chaudhary, Dr. Mahim Sagar, Dr. Kanika Bhal, Prof. sushil , Prof. Ravi Shankar, Prof. S.S Yadav, Dr. S.K. Jain, and Prof. Tony Travaglione , Prof. Lucey, Prof. Camerford, Prof. David Groth are the few names who were available there during the two days international conference.

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