The objective of activity was to give the students a platform for improving their soft skills and to build confidence level.For placement preparation, it is very important to improve technical as well as soft skills. One of the important soft skills is effective communication. Communication skill can be enhanced with practice and environment by conducting Samvad, The department of IT provides a platform to improve the communication skills and confidence level of the students.

The topic of group discussion was "Deserving India couldn’t win the Cricket World Cup 2023". Students were fully prepared for the GD with lot of statistical data. Each participant showed the full enthusiasm while discussing about the given topic.

Samvad Coordinators:

1. Prof. K P Singh

2. Prof. ChanchalPrabha

Faculty Moderators:

1. Prof. Puja Dhar

2. Prof. Abhay Ray

3. Prof SmitaKansal

4. Prof Ashwani Nain

5. Prof. K P Singh

6. Prof. ChanchalPrabha

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The event was inaugurated by Dr. H S Sharma, Former President, IETE, New Delhi, Director(IT), Dr. Sunil Kr. Pandey, Chairperson, MCA, Prof. Puja Dhar, Coordinator-MCA, Prof. Smita Kansal, Coordinator-VIBGYOR, Prof. Saurabh Saxena and Prof. Varun Arora

Director of IT,Dr. Sunil Kr. Pandey stated during the opening ceremony that I.T.S. Ghaziabad has always believed in giving students a stage on which to display their talent in a variety of activities. Additionally, he commended the VIBGYOR-2023 team for their tremendous engagement and hard work in each activity.

While addressing the participants Dr. H S Sharma advised students to focus on fundamentals of every subject which they will study during their 2 years tenure. Initially, Prof. Smita Kansal, Coordinator-VIBGYOR-2023, gave a briefing on the various events after Prof. Puja Dhar, Coordinator-VIBGYOR-2023, greeted each participant. Prof. Varun Arora, Coordinator-VIBGYOR-2023, gave the vote of thanks at the conclusion of the inaugural ceremony. There were more than 550 Registration of students all across the country covering almost all the states of the Countryin all Technical Activities including IT-Quiz, Story Telling, Project Idea Presentation, Rangoli and 3-Hours Coding.

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The conference started with registration process at 0830 am after that the Inaugural sessionwasfollowed by deliberation of following resource persons: Sh. Hari Balachandran, Chief Executive Officer, ICT Academy,Sh.Lakshmi Narayanan, Director, ICT Academy & Emeritus Vice Chairman, Cognizant, Sh.Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman& MD, Cognizant and Chairman, NASSCOM, Prof T G Sitharam, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education. Chief Guest Thiru Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology & Digital Services, Government of Tamil Nadu launchedthe Educator Empowerment Program (All India Council for Technical Education and Salesforce).

After the Tea break, the session was started on the theme “Technology Trends/New Age Tech/Deep Tech” with plenary presentation Dr Anbu Rathinavel, Chief Design Officer Intellect Design Arena & Head and Co-founderSchool of Design Thinking which was followed by a plenary talk of following resource persons: Sh. Ankit Kakkar, Director - Technical Services Engineering, MongoDB,Dr G Sainarayanan, Technology Director, HCL Technologies,Sh. Neeraj Narang, Global HCM Product Strategy Director and APAC Lead, Oracle.

After the Lunch break, the next session was started on the theme “Aligning institutions for New Age Skills” This session was started by the presentation of the following resource person including Sh.Shivakumar Gowdaiah, Country Head & Director, Trailhead Academy, Salesforce, Sh.Goutam Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer, LSSSDC, Sh. Brajesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, IASC Sector Skill Council, Sh. Mohit Soni, Chief Executive Officer, Media& Entertainment Skills Council Future of Work , Ms. Shalu Manan, Global Talent Supply Chain &TalentMatch Leader, Genpact  and Sh. K V Veerapandian, Technical Sales Lead – Design & Manufacturing, India & SAARC, Autodesk.

Valedictory and Award Ceremony was proposed by guest of honor Mr.Gaurav Hazra, Vice President & Head Government Affairs India & APAC, Cognizant and vote of thanks to all of the delegates, participants, management of IICT Academy and organizing committee members of Conference for making this event a great success.

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During this 02 -Weeks Orientation Program students have gone through rigorous grooming program, training, opportunity to listen and interact with renowned Researchers, Academicians, Entrepreneurs, Bureaucrats, Industry Leaders and Technocrats and it included:

1.  A one week Full Time Bootcamp & Certification Program on Python by Industry  and based on Comprehensive Certification Exam, total 93 Students were awarded with Certificates.

2.      Interaction with Following Eminent Guests:

1. Prof. M.M. Pant

Former Pro Vice Chancellor IGNOU &

Founder & Chairman – PlanetEdu

2. Dr. Amitabh Rajan (IAS – 1979)

Chairman – RBI Services Board

Former Addl. Secretary – Min. of Finace and Min. of Personnel

Former Director - Enforcement

Former Principal Secretary, Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Secretary – Govt. of Maharashtra

3. Shri Arvind Thakur

Member – Board of Management – NIIT University

Cofounder – NIIT Technologies

Ex. Dy. Chairman, CEO & Managing Director – NIIT Technologies -

4. Prof. Ashutosh Singh

Director

IIIT Bhopal

5. Col. (Dr.) Inderjeet Singh

Chief Cyber Officer – VARA

Co-Founder India Blockchain Forum

6.  Shri Ganesh Vishwanathan

Sr. Vice President & CIO

Aithent Technologies

7.  Shri Author Sherry

International Public Speaking Coach & Professional Speaker

8. Shri Anand Aggarwal

Head Of Information Technology & Security

ACRE Ltd (BFSI sector)

ALUMNI  INTERACTION

1.  Mr. Satyendra Kumar Shakya (MCA 2013-2016)

    Oracle Corp

2. Ms. Ambika Butola (MCA 2015-2017)

Sr. Executive – EXL Service

3.  Mr. Mayank Agarwal (MCA – 2018-2020)

Sr. S/W Developer - SRIJAN

4. Ms. Sakshi Srivastava (MCA 2021-2023)

Customer Success Executive - 360 Degree Cloud Technologies 

During this Orientation Program a One Week Program on Mindfulness & Peace was also organized and successful students were awarded with the Certificates. The Orientation Program concluded on a grand note.

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Dr. V N Bajpai, Director of the Institute extended a warm welcome to Mr. Anurag Muskan. Mr. Muskan delivered a captivating and engaging session on “Understanding Self and Succeed”.In his address he shared his wealth of knowledge and experiences from the world of journalism, offering valuable insights into the fast-paced and competitive media industry. He effortlessly connected with the students, using real-world examples and anecdotes to illustrate the challenges and opportunities in news reporting. By emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and adaptability, Mr. Muskaninspired the students to approach their professional journey with a sense of purpose and enthusiasm. His session was a resounding success and undoubtedly left a lasting impression on the newly admitted batch of the MBA program.

The second session of the day wastaken by Mr. SurinderSood, Director(PR),I.T.S The Education Group. In his session Mr. Soodinspired the students by rekindling their passion and establishing a sense of purpose. He provided priceless advice on how to develop resilience, see obstacles as opportunities, and realizethe importance of self-belief. His emphasis on lifelong learning, goal setting, and action created a lasting impression on the students, reaffirming their resolve to pursue excellence.

The post lunch session of the day was an interaction of Alumni of MBA Program with the new batch. The speakers of the session were Mr. Ravi Bhatt, Senior Project Manager-HP WW Studio(MBA Batch 2005-07), Ms. Sneh Deputy Manager-Pearson(MBA Batch 2011-13),Mr. YatinGoel, Business Analyst Genpact(MBA Batch 2018-20), and Mr. Aman Gupta, Associate Analyst- EY(Ernst &Young)(MBA Batch 2018-20). The alumnishared theirsuccess stories to assist, inform, and direct students in their decision-making process. The discussion led by Dr. Nitin Saxena, Prof.Durba Roy, AVP, CRC Department, and Ms. RenuBalaGautam, CRC(Head) focussed on how students can progress on their academic journey and achieve professional excellence.

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The objective of a Python bootcamp for students is to provide a comprehensive and hands-on learning experience that equips participants with a strong foundation in Python programming. This intensive training program aims to teach students the fundamentals of Python, including its syntax, data structures, and libraries, and empower them to apply their newfound skills in real-world scenarios.It was also announced in the beginning of the training that students having attendance (80%) and securing Marks 60% would only get Certificate.At the end of the training, one test was conducted and those students who secure 60% and more plus 80% attendance were felicitated with certification of participation by ShapeMySkills. By the end of the bootcamp, students should be proficient in Python and prepared to tackle a variety of programming tasks and projects, setting them on a path to become proficient software developers. Students appreciated the way training was conducted through out in the lab and each query was on-the spot handled by the instructor. This was the new experience for the students of MCA-I Semester.

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Eventstartedwiththeinauguralceremony.Firstofall,Director-ITmotivatedthestudentsfor the hard work, creative thinking and Inner Peace. Chairperson MCA Prof. Puja Dhar congratulated the students for daring to participate in this event.The program was coordinated by Prof. Abhay Kumar Ray and Prof. SmitaKansal.Total70+ students of MCA (2023-25)participatedin this competitionand 37 students earned theircertificate.Iamsurethatthisprogram helps the students to streng then and improve their inner skills to solve real world problem.

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Event started with the inaugural ceremony. First of all Director-IT motivated the students for hard and smart work. Chairperson MCA Prof. Puja Dhar congratulated the students for daring to participate in this event. The program was coordinated by Programming Club Coordinator Prof. Smita Kansal.

Total 46 students of MCA-II Year participated in this competition. Total twenty programs were given on the spot and students had to develop the programs in 5 hours. 

Students really worked hard and were able to develop maximum number of programs.

The result of Spardha-2023:

Appreciation award winners are:

Somil Singh Bisht

Ajay

Gaurav Arora

Vikas Singh

Chirag Gupta

Tanisha Dixit

Vishal

Arpan Siddhu

Zunaid

Prajjwal Pandey

Merit Award winners are:

Third Prize : Ayush Juyal (MCA-IIIB)

Second Prize: Raushan Kumar(MCA-IIIA)

First Prize: Govinda(MCA-IIIB)

All the faculty members and students were present during SPARDHA-2023.

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While addressing the students, Dr. Sunil, Kr. Pandey, Director-IT said thatfarewell is a day filled with mixed emotions as we gather here to bid farewell to a remarkable group of individualsthe MCA (2021-23) Batch Students. It is both a joyous occasion to celebrate your achievements and aemotional moment to say goodbye.He also congratulated the Faculty Coordinators and Student Coordinators for taking initiative and organization such events. Thereafter several cultural activities were organized by the junior batch students of MCA Programme. These included singing, solo dance, ramp walk, poems, Sher-o-Shyre, fashion show, etc. All the students of MCA enthusiastically participated in various activities. These performances were assessed by a panel of Jury members comprising of Prof. K.P. Singh and Prof. Chanchal Prabha.

Towards the end of the cultural Programme, based on the recommendation of members of jury members on their performance in ramp walk and question answer round, names of Ms. And Mr. Farewell from MCA(2021-23) were announced. Mr. Pranjal& Ms. Harshita respectively were adjudged as Mr. Farewell and Ms. Farewell. Based on the recommendation of members of jury members on their performance in the activities, The event was hosted by Ms. Anushka Tripathi, Ms. Tanushi and Mr. Gaurav Arora. The event was followed by the delicious dinner. All the students and faculty members were present during the event.

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The module was initiated to support students in their journey towards job placements by offering a structured and comprehensive set of resources and tools.  Director IT, Dr. Sunil Kumar Pandey motivated the students by provide a brief idea about the tips and tricks for better placement. Mr. Manjeet Singh,Associate Technical Manager, GSPANN Technologies Inc,Gurugram, India.  was the key resource person of this event, who discussed and demonstrated the Database concepts and PL/SQL in industry perspective.

This report outlines the objectives and outcomesfor the ongoing success of the module.

1. Objectives:

The primary objectives of initiating VAM-2023(the Placement Preparation Module) were:

To equip students with the essential skills and knowledge required for successful job placements.

To enhance students' confidence and preparedness for job interviews.

To improve the overall placement rate of our institution.

To provide our graduates with a competitive advantage in the job market.

2. Outcomes:

The commencement of the Placement Preparation Module has yielded positive outcomes:

a. Increased Confidence: Students have reported higher levels of confidence when preparing for job interviews and networking events.

b. Improved Placement Rates: Our institution has witnessed an uptick in the placement rate, with a greater number of students securing job offers in their desired fields.

c. Enhanced Resumes: Students have produced higher-quality resumes, leading to more favourable first impressions on potential employers.

d. Positive Feedback: The module has received positive feedback from students and faculty members alike, highlighting its practicality and effectiveness.

Conclusion:

The commencement of the VAM-2023 (the Placement Preparation Module) has proven to be a valuable asset to our educational institution, contributing to improved student outcomes in terms of job placements and interviews. With ongoing refinements and enhancements, we are confident that this module will continue to serve as an essential resource for our students as they embark on successful careers.

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The programme was based on the SAS Viya platform. SAS describes Viya as “The quickest way from a billion points of data to a single point of view.” It is the newest software architecture designed to enable a distributed in-memory analytics. The resource person for the FDP was Mr Akshay Dixit, trainer on behalf of SAS.

Day 1 of the FDP set the ball rolling with the orientation regarding SAS and the application of Viya to analytics; the second part of the day focussed on the statistics of machine learning. Day 2 began with a discussion on the concept of analytics in the modern age; a part of it related to AI and machine learning. The afternoon session dealt with the use of machine learning in cloud analytics. Day 3 was dedicated to the interesting case of the use of SAS Viya in text analytics, while Day 4 wrapped things up by considering the forecasting applications of SAS Viya.

The FDP was a very fruitful endeavour as it exposed the participants to diverse aspects of applying a cutting edge tool like SAS. The experience of hands on sessions with SAS via the website access was a priceless opportunity. Being from the academic fraternity, most of the participants were familiar with statistical software; nevertheless, the knowledge of concepts like pipelining was a revelation. The takeaway for the participants was the confidence of applying statistical approaches to newer phenomena like AI and machine learning.

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The resource person for the session was Dr. Deepak Tandon, Professor, IMI, New Delhi. Dr Sanjeev Tandon initiated proceedings by welcoming the guest and referred to Dr Deepak Tandon’s impressive experience in corporate as well as academics.

Dr V.N. Bajpai, Director, I.T.S Mohan Nagar, then provided a context to the day’s session, explaining the genesis of the idea behind the workshop. He emphasised that case studies are an essential aid in a management classroom and hence faculty members need to build on the skill of developing the same. Dr Bajpai traced out the origins of case writing, including its history in management education in India. He hoped that ultimately it would lead to faculty members writing their own cases in diverse areas.

Finally, Dr Deepak Tandon took centrestage, dissecting the anatomy of a proper case study in management. Dr Tandon advised that it was always a good idea to prepare a case in partnership with others. He referred to explicit and implicit contexts and pointed out that the content of the case should be compatible with the intended readers. A number of cases based on recent occurrences in the world of business were used to bear out the points made during the session.

All in all, it was a fruitful way to spend the day with a newlearning experience. Participating faculty members acknowledged the depth of knowledge and authority of Dr Tandon in the area of case development. 

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The topic of finale round was, “Industry Expectations for Fresher’s: Upskilling& Re-skilling is a key to Success”.   At the outset of the event, Director–IT, Dr Sunil Kumar Pandey welcomed and motivated the participating students. He highlighted the need and importance of the communication and interpersonal skills for not only for placement of students but also for their holistic development. During his address, he pointed out the necessity of the group discussion and debating skill to grow in the career. All the participating students show cased their communication skills, articulation skills, leadership ability, team spirit, their knowledge level and presentation skills, and they made the group discussion of high level that it became tough for jury members to finalize the winners. 

At this occasion faculty members of Department of IT and students of MCA batch 2022-24 were present to be the witness of a very healthy and high level group discussion on a an  important agenda for career of the students.

SamvadGrand Finale at Glance:

Day& Date: Thursday, July 06, 2023

Venue: Management Learning Center

Topic:Industry Expectations for Fresher’s: Upskilling& Re-skilling is a key to Success

Samvad Coordinators:

1.    Prof. K P Singh

2.Prof.ChanchalPrabha

Jury Members:

1.Prof. Puja Dhar

2.   Prof.SaurabhSaxena                                                                                                                               

Name of the Winners:

1.   AnuskaTirpathi                ----First position

2. TanushiSharma                  ----Second position

3.   Tanisha Dixit &Govinda  ----Third position (Shared)

All three winners were awarded a Trophy and a merit of certificate.

Effort of each participant in finale round was acknowledged by a certificate of participation.

Participants were judged on the following parameters

I) Body language

II) Communication skill

III) Facial expression

IV) Dressing sense

V) Subject knowledge

VI)Initiative taken

VII) Handling the query

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The objective of this SDP was to make the participants understand the importance of winning mindset and positive attitude for self and organizational growth.

Director, Dr. Timira Shukla welcomed all the staff members, appreciated their work and encouraged them to attend this valuable session for further enhancing their team working skills and develop a winning attitude.

Resource persons for the program, Dr. Shikha Arora and Prof. Yachna Malhotra conducted various innovative activities to train the staff on Positive thinking and growth mindset.

An ice-breaking session was conducted initially to help everyone connect with each other. During this session, participants introduced themselves and shared their feelings of gratitude towards various things and events in their lives.

The training comprised of a combination of slide shows and engaging activities aimed at sensitizing the staff members to understand and develop a winning mindset through self-exploration, demonstrate a positive attitude in the workplace, and comprehend group dynamics and team-building skills.

Activities such as, Minefield for developing trust, interpersonal communication and team building were conducted to help participants understand and demonstrate the importance of these aspects. A total of 16 staff members actively participated in the program and thoroughly enjoyed the session.

The outputs and experiences they had during the program overwhelmed the participants, making the session interesting and enjoyable for all.

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The ICCC program offered by Mindler is a 3-level credentialing program with emphasis on global best practices, experiential learning & state-of-the-art tools. The foundation level of this program was conducted in virtual mode consisting of 8 sessions of 15 credits scheduled over a span of two days. An assessment test was successfully cleared for the certification. This course offered a hands-on approach towards learning the basics of career guidance & coaching.Career guidance coaching, also known as career counseling or career development coaching, is a process that helps individuals explore and navigate their career paths with the support of a trained professional. It focuses on providing guidance, advice, and tools to assist individuals in making informed decisions about their careers. The key aspects in career guidance coaching involves self- assessments, awareness and exploration about various available options, goal setting, skill development and decision making. 

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