January '20SLS MIRROR

Volume: 01 Issue:04

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Editorial 1

PDPU and Salisbury University Collaboration3. 4

4. Report on Student Exchange Programme for St. PiousX Degree and P.G. collegev Hydrabad

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Workshop on Innovations and Technologies

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Visit to Bhaskaracharya Institute for SpaceApplications and Geoinformtics, Gandhinagar

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Guest Lecture by Mr. David Thompson

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9. Chinese New Year Celebration at PDPU 16

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Visit to the Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur

Internship Report -- Future Group

Rural Internship

Faculty Achievements13. 25

Student Achievements and Semester ExchangeProgramme

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15. 32Media Corner

A visit by Chief Election Commissioner of Afghanistan

Use of Data Analytics in Ecocomics

Let’s Talk

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – THE NEW KID IN THE ACADEMIC BLOCK

If the twentieth century belonged to scientific innovations, the twenty-firstcentury well and truly belongs to technology. If we take a close look at thetechnological developments that have changed our lives over the pastcouple of decades, we would be able to comprehend that the pace hasbeen phenomenal.

From the rapid transformations in the telecom industry to the conversion ofinternet to a daily necessity, technology has had an irreversible impact onour daily lives.

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One of the primary fields that have been directly impacted by these developments happens to be the educationsector. There has been a paradigm shift in how education is delivered over the past half a decade or so. Fromsmart classrooms to e-learning, the transition has impacted students and teachers alike. In the face of it all, another concept seems to have catapulted popular imagination. Artificial Intelligence or AI,as it is more popularly known, has been dominating multiple academic discourses. Billed to be the biggestdevelopment in technology, the nascent development can truly propel education to the next logical level. As wemake a shift towards Industry 4.0, it is worth a try to understand the impact of AI on future educationaldeliveries. The same could be elucidated in the form of pointers for our easier understanding: 1.A Personalized Learning Process: We all have seen how the OTT platforms create personalized contentrecommendations for viewers. The same thing could be done in education as well using AI. Let us understand itthis way. All these while, the students had to gulp down everything that was being shoved down their throatwithout a clear understanding of what they were good at. Thanks to AI, learning could be customized forindividual students so that their strength areas can be tapped. At the end of the day, the idea is to create a skilledworkforce, which is ready to take up responsibilities in any given field. 2.A Global Orientation to the Learning Process: Education, by default, needs to compulsorily have a globalorientation. However, subject to the constraints of the existing educational delivery structure, the same was nota viable proposition always. Thanks to AI, imparting a global perspective to education wouldn’t be too much ofa hassle. The availability of online education would ensure that the repertoire of choices available for a studentis much more than what it currently is. 3.Academic Content Would Become Smart: Virtual educational content in the form of video lectures,smart textbooks, e-books and the likes have practically transformed the educational sector. Gone arethe days when the students had to patiently wait for their desired books in order to get a grasp overtheir chosen subjects. Thanks to AI and the current digital revolution, content of any form and hue is available at the click of a button. In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to note that the advent of AI and digital technologies have democratized the educational delivery process and made it more affordable for people from across the spectrum.

4.Administrative Simplification: As teachers and academicians, we all know that administrative hasslessometimes restrict our time to garner new knowledge. Thanks to AI, most of the administrative tasks that theteachers had to do all these while could be done by the smart machines. The usage of digital resources hasalso simplified the process of archiving thereby saving a significant amount of time. When we look at the pointers mentioned above and many more, it becomes more than obvious that AI ishere to stay, at least in the educational sector. The educational community needs to embrace it or becomeredundant in the eventual equation. Have a great read! Amrita Chakraborty Editor, SLS Mirror Assistant Professor, Media & Communication, SLS, PDPU

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Key Events of SLS

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7 Jan. 2020: Imam Mohammad Warymoch, Chief Election Commissioner & Former Deputy Ministerof Transport of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Gulab Mir Rahmani, former Vice-Chancellor ofQuds University, Afghanistan, visitedthe PDPU campus. Warymoch was instrumental in the tripartiteagreements at Chahbar port. They delivered a lecture on ‘Role of Education in Peace and Restorationin Afghanistan’. They also interacted with the PDPU management and the International community oncampus.

A VISIT BY CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF AFGHANISTAN

Rapporteur: Team SLS

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13 Jan. 2020: The collaboration and MoU signing ceremony between Pandit Deendayal PetroleumUniversity (PDPU), Gandhinagar and Salisbury University (SU), Salisbury, Maryland, USA took placeon January 13, 2020 at PDPU campus. Prof. Maarten Pereboom, Dean,Fulton School of Liberal Arts,visited the campus along with his wife Ruth.After the campus tour, and a meeting to understandpossible initiatives, like joint research work, exchange program, ‘Study in India - ShortTerm Program'and ‘Cultural Immersion- Discover the USA Short Term Program'etc.Prof. Maarten along with Ms.Ruth, Prof. Nigam Dave, Dr. Ritu Sharma and Mr. Martin from OIR headed towards the BoardRoom.There they were joined by Prof. C. Gopalkrishnan, Director General of PDPU, for the MoUsigning ceremony. A discussion on common interests took place during the meeting followed by theceremony.

PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY AND SALISBURY UNIVERSITY

COLLABORATION

Rapporteur: Team SLS

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20-28 Jan. 2020: A novel idea of a Student Exchange Program in Hyderabad was initiated for theexchange of ideas, culture and thoughts, with the students of St. Pious X Degree College, Hyderabadand the students of School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU).This initiative gave scope to achieve the vision and the objectives of SLS in enriching vibrancy. Thewhole process began to articulate from the month of September under the guidance and leadership ofProf. Nigam Dave, Dean and Director, SLS, PDPU. This idea took concrete shape in the month ofDecember and took placefrom 20th - 28thJanuary, 2020. The program was coordinated by Dr. M Venkat Ram Reddyand Mr. Mukund Shukla, faculties, Schoolof Liberal Studies. The success of this programlay inthe team work of all the faculty&staff of SLS. Wethank and congratulate all for making this event memorable. The event kick-started with the inauguration on 20th January. The students were on a campus tour inthe morning to experience the world-class infrastructure and the diversity on campus. They wereenthralled by the way the academic infrastructure and facilities were provided to the students atPDPU. They enjoyed the Gujarati dishes provided at cafeteria.They were happily sharing theirexperiences after seeing the wonderful green campus. The orientation program on 20th January 2020, began post lunch with the inauguration of SEP-Hyderabad by Dean and Director, Prof. Nigam Dave in the presence of the heads of differentdepartments, faculty and staff.Head of the departments, Prof. Pradeep Malik, Prof. Ashwin Dave andDr. Prashanta Panda gave their valuable insights to the students. The orientation program continuedwith a faculty interaction with students followed by a brief introduction of SLS and PDPU by DushyantDave (manager SLS), an introduction of OSAIL and Club activities by Pooja and Team from theOSAIL office,Importance of Yoga in Daily life by Dhaval Rajyaguru, Interaction with S&C committeepresident and the Sports President of PDPU, Introduction to Center of Continuing Education By Dr.Venkat Krishnan, Assistant Professor, SLS. From 21st January to 23rd January we arranged special sessions for the students, by the SLS facultyapart from the regular classes. Special sessions have been taken by: Prof. Nigam Dave on Leadership Prof. Pradeep Malik on Gandhian ThoughtDr. Prashanta Panda on micro economics in the contemporary worldDr. Ritu Sharma on Emerging trends in PsychologyDr. Vaibhav Shah conducted an exercise on Reading & learning practiceDr. Harmik Vaishnav on Corporate communicationDr. Sanjay Pradhan on the international Relations with reference to turmoil in Middle EastDr. Neeta Sinha on Understanding Human Behaviour through experimental analysisDr. Sriram on Comparative Administrative systemsDr. M Venkat Ram Reddy on Public Policy analysis Dr. Nausheen Nizami on Market Economics

REPORT ON STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME FOR ST. PIOUS X DEGREE & P.G.

COLLEGE, HYDERABAD

Rapporteur: Department of Social Sciences

Dr. Urmi Satyan on modern English literatureDr. Niyati Trivedi on performing Arts and theaterMr. Manoj Sahoo on Micro EconomicsMr. Mukund Shukla on Trends in Media and Communication On 24th January, a valedictory programwas conducted in which a special lecture was delivered by Dr.Prashanta Panda,followed by a cultural program where the students from both, St Pious and SLS hadparticipated. It was a thrilling experience where few students of St. Pious X shared their memories ofPDPU and Ahmedabad. The students were given a certificate of participation as well. On 25th January, the students were taken for an Industrial Visit to AMUL dairy cooperative and AMULchocolate factory. Public Administration major students, along with the students from Hyderabad,participated in this visit. This exposure enriched their academic profile in understanding thefunctioning of cooperatives. On the same day while returning they visited Gandhi Ashram andSabarmati River front. On 26th January, the students visited the Statue of Unity and returned back on same day. On 27thJanuary, they travelled to Somnath and returned to Hyderabad on 28th January. The studentexchange program was a fantastic experience.

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Report on VariousDepartments of SLS

6 Jan. 2020: A guest lecture was organised by the School of Liberal Studies on the topic ‘Cotton, TheAmerican Civil War and Debt' by David Thomson. Thomson is currently a faculty of American Historyat Sacred Heart University which is affiliated with PDPU. He is an alumni of the University of Georgia. The event started off with the introduction of Mr. Thompson by AnsheeMowar, a student of SLS,PDPU. He began the lecture by talking about the American Civil War. He mentioned about Jay Cookeand his significance in 1860s. He discussed how Cooke shook the American economy by introducingthe concept of buying and selling bonds, not just to the local people, but on an international platformas well, hence covering Europe, especially United Kingdom and Germany. He gave an insight on theprocedure of purchase of bonds and its impact on the economy. He also showed some pictures of theledger books which contained records of transactions of bonds in the past. The lecture was very interesting and interactive which was followed by a doubt session and a groupphotograph.

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GUEST LECTURE BY MR. DAVID THOMPSON

Rapporteur: Dr. Sriram Divi

18 Jan. 2020: The students of PDPU participated in a certified workshop on Global Innovations andTechnologies, in Ahmedabad Management Association on 18th January 2020. The session started at9:30 a.m. and continued till 4:30 p.m. The topics covered in the workshop were Artificial intelligence,robotics, frugal innovations, real life innovations by normal citizens, and many more. All thepresentations were given by respected professors from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, thechairman of Syndicate Bank and many other experienced guests from different fields. All the topicswere quiet fascinating and the students got to know about the workings of innovation and technologyin today's world, how it can be used for the betterment of life and how it can change the lives of peoplearound the world. Overall, it was a good experience for the attendees.

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WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Rapporteur: Team SLS

20 Jan. 2020: A half day visit to Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics(BISAG) was organized for the students of BSc Physics, semester VI and VIII, to understand recentadvancements and opportunities in the field of atmospheric science. The studentswere accompaniedby Dr. Rohit Srivastava, Dr. Satyam Shined, Dr. Sheetal Rawat, Mr. Abhishek Gor and Mr. DhavalSantola. BISAG is a State level agency by the Government of Gujarat to provide services andsolutions in implementing map-based Geospatial Information Systems. BISAG's SATCOM network isa satellite communication network service to provide distant interaction state wide. Currently BISAG isworking to implement geo-spatial technologies for the planning and developmental activities pertainingagriculture, land and water resource management, wasteland/watershed development, forestry,disaster management, infrastructure and education. The visit was assisted by Mr. Jayesh and Mr. Kamlesh, the tour coordinators appointed by BISAG.They commenced the event by briefing the students with general information about the institute, itshistory, the affiliation of the institute with government bodies, and their beneficiary role in planninggovernment projects and affairs. Students had the fruitful opportunity to meet the current AssistantDirector of BISAG, a retired ISRO scientist, who held an interactive and informative session with ourfaculties and students. Then, the students were given a tour of the building where they saw the studiowhere they shot the Vande Gujarat channels aired through DTH, that reached remote villages ofGujarat, to impart education and health related information at set standards to all. They showed theirediting room as well, and explained the process of receiving and enhancing audio and visual footageto suit different needs. The visitended with pictures amidst the mounted model PSLV and receivers inthe garden. One of the students was quoted saying “I feel fortunate to be accompanied by our enthused facultiesand a mix of students from different semesters who kept the spirit of learning up and alive and helpedto absorb knowledge from all nooks and corners”.

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A VISIT TO BHASKARACHARYA INSTITUTE FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS AND

GEOINFORMATICS, GANDHINAGAR

Rapporteur: Mr. Meet Patel, Ms. Nancy Abraham and Dr. Rohit Srivastava

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22 Jan. 2020: The Economics faculty from the Department of Social Sciences, SLS, organized anexpert session on ‘Use of Data Analytics in Economics’ on 22nd January, 2020 in the campus. Theexpert was Dr Sandhya Krishnan, who is currently working as an Assistant Professor at MeghnadDesai Academy of Economics, Mumbai. The lecture primarily focused on how the contemporary discipline of economics is incomplete withoutthe application of mathematics and statistics in order to understand economic phenomena. Thesession highlighted the significance of data and the application of statistical tools to answer questionsof Economics. The significance of data entails knowing data sources, mining vast amounts of data(big data) and making sense of that data through data visualization tools as well as application ofmathematical and statistical tools. The tools of statistics that are usually applied in Economics are the different types of regressions. The session started with a presentation by Dr.Sandhya on “Why economists need to work with data?”.She explained some real economic situations to make the audience understand the same. Sheexplained the important dynamics in gathering data, identifying the objectives of data collection andthereafter analyse the data. She further interacted with the students to explain how an economicproblem identifies underlying factors that influence an outcome, to what extent can people put up withconstraints, what is the right time to bring about a numerical change for quality assurance, how todemonstrate relationships statistically, and how to test a hypothesis in order to understand cause andeffect relationship among variables. Dr. Sandhya, using live examples, introduced the new approach of mixing qualitative and quantitativedata together and formingBig Data and Machine Learning. Further, she demonstrated on howmachine learning and Big Data can be used to estimate the expenditure pattern among the populationof middle class category in India. The session ended with some useful tips for students: 1. Data collection is the first step towards data analysis.2. A strong statistical background will help analyse the data effectively.3. Data visualization is important to present the result in a comprehensive and simple fashion.4. The advent of big data and machine learning has increased the importance of data and its analysis, not only in the field of Economics, but also beyond.

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USE OF DATA ANALYTICS IN ECONOMICS

Rapporteur: Ms Niharika Marigoudar and Dr Nausheen Nizami

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30 Jan 2020: Chinese New Year, the most important event in the Chinese calendar falls between lateJanuary and mid-February. It is often referred to as the spring festival because it signals thebeginning of spring. It is a time when families and friends get together to say goodbye to the old yearand welcome the New Year. The New Year celebrations span 15 days from the date of the first fullmoon in a calendar year. This year the Chinese New Year was celebrated from 25 January 2020 to 11February 2020. It is Year of the Rat. Department of Languages, Literature and Aesthetics organized a small scale celebration of theChinese New year on 30th January 2020. All the students, who, at present, pursue various levels of Mandarin, came together and presenteddifferent songs, poems, rhymes and a skit as part of the celebration. Under the guidance of Ms.Roshani Bajetha and Ms. Nitisha Sharma, students prepared and performed in Mandarin.

Students from Chinese level #1 sang a rhymenamed "  Wǒ de péngyǒu zàinail” Where is my Friend .

Students from Chinese Level#2 had performedshort skits related to “ Self-introduction”in Chinese language

Students from Chinese level# 3 sang a rhyme" Rúguǒ gǎndàoxìngfú nĭ jiù pāi pāi shǒu- If you're happy andyou know it, Clap your hands and a skit wasperformed by them named " bá luó bo-Pulling the Radish

Students of Chinese level# 4 performed a skitbased on Chinese new year celebration andsang a song “ Yue liang dai biaowo de xin " The Moon represent my heart .

All the students came together and sang a famous Chinese New Year song named " "GongXi Gong Xi" It was an attempt to introduce students to Chinese culture and also enhance their interest inChinese language.  Special thanks to Dr. Nigam Dave, Director, SLS and Dr. Niyati Trivedi for their support andencouragement.

31 Jan. 2020: A one-day academic visit to the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO), Udaipur, wasorganized for the students of Semester VI and VIII, B.Sc. (Hons.), to impart a holistic real timeexposure to the insides of one of the most prominent researchobservatories of the country. Thestudentswere accompanied by our faculties, Dr. Rohit Srivastava, Dr. Satyam Shinde, Dr. SheetalRawat, Dr. Prahlad Baruah and Mr. Dhaval Santola. Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) is situated inUdaipur, Rajasthan. It comes under Physical Research Laboratory, Dept. of Science, India. Researchactivities of the observatory encompass the study of solar activity, and solar origin of space weather.The sky conditions at Udaipur are quite favourable for solar observations. The trip was facilitated by Dr. Nandita Srivastava, Head USO and Dr. Raja Bayanna, along with theirstudents at USO. In the beginning elaborate explanations on the workings of the observatory, thetelescopes and their instrumentation, and the principles of physics governing all aspects were given.The brief presentation was followed by an interactive discussion on the sun, its prominence, how theyobserve it and the phenomena occurring inside it. The images of all the captured data left the studentsin awe. A tour to their major telescope holding cells and stations, namely e-callisto(Compound Astronomical Low cost Low frequency Instrument for Spectroscopyand Transportable Observatory) and Global Oscillations Network Group(GONG) was given. Thesetelescopes perceived images, radio signals, high resolution solar chromospheres, magnetic fieldintensities, velocities and other spectral observations to plot and analyse data about the sun. USOisone among the only six stations around the world that continuously monitors solar activities throughthe GONG telescope. The students couldn’t visit the 50 cm aperture Multi-Application Solar Telescope(MAST) installed on an island in the Fateh Sagar Lake, amidst a large mass of water that decreasesthe air turbulence due to ground heating by sun’s rays. New concepts and studies about solar flares,mass ejections, and the evolution of solar active regions were shown along with technicalexplanations of the instruments and software used.The visit concluded with high tea and groupphotographs with USO scientists and scholars. Students learnt about the recent trends and career opportunities in thefield of solar science. Thecoordinators were extremely helpful in giving insights to the students and making the concepts easy tocomprehend. Altogether, the trip was a beautiful learning experience with the faculties and studentssharing the journey.

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ONE DAY VISIT TO THE UDAIPUR SOLAR OBSERVATORY, UDAIPUR

Rapporteur: Ms. Nancy Abraham and Dr. Rohit Srivastava

A unit of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad (Department of Space)

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Internship Report

The Training and Placement Cell, SLS, facilitated the internship of Srishti Sharma at the FutureGroup, Ahmedabad. She worked with Customer Service Department at the Acropolis Mall, Future group from 16th- 26thJanuary 2020 and learnt about different Customer Loyalty Programs and policies.She actively tookpart in live assignments during the most popular flagship program of Future Group ‘The Big Days’. She not only learnt about the policies of the Future Retail but also helped in marketing these policiesto the customers.She also learnt about the collaborations of Future Group with banks, and mobileapplications for different payment methods.Her role required executing various operations under themanager, which helped her learn the retail chain management of the stores like Big Bazaar, Hometown and Brand Factory.Shealso learnt about the current nationwide partnership of Future retaillimited for widening the chain of online stores. As part of her assigned task, she also identified the rootcause of errors for which customers had problems and suggested the solution-oriented approaches tohelp customers. In this internship, she was given additional responsibilities which included managingthe official portal of Future Retail. This task required her to undertake research and submit a report onThe Customer Loyalty Programs of the Future Group as well.Her overall experience with the FutureGroup was very pleasant and rich in terms of learning.

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INTERNSHIP REPORT – FUTURE GROUP

Rapporteur: Srishti Sharma

Rural Internship 

2-22 Jan. 2020: The first year students of School of Liberal Studies (SLS) of Pandit Deendayal PetroleumUniversity (PDPU) underwent a twenty-one days residential Rural Internship program across various NGOsof Gujarat in January 2020. The internship program incorporates awareness in students about the applicationof 17 SDGs of UN to the rural areas of Gujarat. The university believes in ‘To lead India we need to feel India’ and is trying to instill the same belief in itsstudents through the internship since 2009. The NGOs where they stay during the Rural Internship followGandhian philosophy. Dr. Neeta Khurana and Khushali Purohit have been coordinating the internship alongwith the student interns. During the internship the students learn the importance and application of discipline, leadership, unity, teambuilding, sustainable methods of farming, cattle rearing, rural life and many other life changing lessons. Therural internship program acts as an enrichment program for each student participating in it.

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SLS, PDPU ORGANISED RURAL INTERNSHIP FOR ITS STUDENTS TO MAKE

THEM AWARE AND UNDERSTAND THE RURAL WORLD AND THEIR ROOTS

Rapporteur: Team Rural Internship

Testimonial by the Director of SLS: Prof. (Dr.) Nigam Dave “At PDPU we have always strived to take the campus to the community and the residential rural internship isone of the efforts of doing this. It is a common wisdom that the privileged should reach out to those who havenot been lucky to be like them and do their bit. Real India lives in the rural simplicity and spirit. I am happywith this initiatives and the presence of international students in this makes me even happier. Let’s be thechange!” Testimonial by the Rural Inernship Faculty-in-Charge Dr. Neeta Khurana and Khushali Purohit “Rural internship is important for youth to get connected with reality of richness of rural communities andpossibilities of living a happy life with natural resources. It helps students to be large hearted and self awareand gives them ideas of possible ventures keeping the ground realities of rural communities in perspective.”

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Testimonials by Students: Chirasvi Desai - 19BABBA019 “It is really something new and exciting to experience this lifestyle. And in mean time we have learnt a lotof things and new skills like working process, soft skills, simple lifestyle and the most important isleadership & self-discipline Also the interaction with children here and living their lifestyle is like a changeto your daily routine. Daily we could find new stuff to learn and even all of us are having a great time andfun with each other.” Bhavesh Vasnani - 19BABBA040 “This trip has been touching all our lives since day one. We visited many slum areas and villages. We sawtheir living standards and condition. This made us thankful for what we have. The people here enjoy theirlives and are happier than us, without any materialistic things. The rooms are clean and adequate. The foodis nutritious and delicious.”

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Faculty Achievements

Dr. Nigam Dave, Director of School of Liberal Studies, PDPU, interacted with heterogeneous stakeholdergroups on ‘Reimagining Education: New Paradigms, New Perspectives’ on 8th January, 2020 at River Front,Ahmedabad. The panelists were from IITG, Adani Institute, Anant University, GLS, Indus University,Karnavati University and HA College. The panel was moderated by Dr.GeetikaSaluja. He discussed aboutreimagining the concept of Teacher-Student ratio in a world that has an availability of virtual platforms. Hebelieves that whether we accept or not, online platforms are going to complement if not immediatelysubstitute flesh and blood teachers. His wishful thinking that he as a mentor can’t be replaced is a desire, notnecessarily the future. World is interesting. Let’s learn to adapt. “When the winds of change start blowing, some people build walls,some build wind mills”.

PROF. (DR.) NIGAM DAVE

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DR. SITAKANTA MISHRA

Dr. Sitakanta Mishra was invited as a judge for the Model United Nations (MUN), organised by the Schoolof Petroleum Management (SPM), during their annual meet PRATIBIMB'20 on 23 January 2020, PDPU.

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DR. RITU SHARMA

Dr. Ritu Sharma was invited for an expert lecture on ‘Managing Life Style Stress’ at the 65th Anniversaryof Birla Institute of Technology for the BITM alumni meet BITOSA-GLOBAL CONCLAVE (BGC), heldon January 11, 2020 at CrownePlaza. Dr. Sharma was invited as an external expert of the RPC for the PhD scholars at Nirma University, on Jan13, 2019. She was invited as a judgefor the Model United Nations, organized bythe Schoolof PetroleumManagement(SPM), as a part of their annual fest PRATIBIMB'20, on 23rd January 2020. Theagenda was “Finding ways to empower female business entrepreneurs in developing nations andbring more women into the modern workforce”

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DR. ASHVIN DAVE AND DR. ASHISH JOSHI

The 8th Doctoral Consortium and Conference was organized by USA Based Sheth Foundationand Academy of Indian Marketing at BIMTECH, Greater Noida from 3rd to 6th January 2020.

Dr. Ashvin Dave and Dr. Ashish Joshi participated in 8th AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation DoctoralConsortium and Conference – 2020 at Birla Institute of Management & Technology (BIMTECH),Greater Noida.

The consortium was designed to provide a platform to researchers and academicians for sharingof views. Apart from thought-provoking discussions the participants also got an opportunity tobuilding networks with world-renowned professors to seek inputs in the research pursuits

The consortium was organized with the help of international eminent management experts like, Dr. JagdishN. Sheth (Emory University, USA; Founder, Academy of Indian Marketing), Dr. V. Kumar (Georgia StateUniversity, USA; Co-Founder, Academy of Indian Marketing), Dr. H. Chaturvedi (Director, Birla Instituteof Management Technology) and Mr. Russ Klein (CEO, AMA) global. Celebrating 50th year of US based book titled “Theory of Buyer Behavior” by John A. Howard andProf. Jagdish Sheth, Wiley India published the Indian edition of the book which was also unveiledduring the consortium.

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The eminent experts who delivered talk and discussed various contemporary issues includesProf. A Parasuraman (University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida), Prof. Atul Parvatiyar ( RawlsCollege of Business, Texas Tech University), Prof. David W. Stewart (Loyola MarymountUniversity, Los Angeles), Prof. Sanjaya Singh Gaur (Sunway University, Business School,Malaysia), Prof. Daniel McCarthy ( Goizueta Business School, Georgia, Emory University), Prof.Rajeev Batra (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan) Prof. Denish Shah (GeorgiaState University) etc.

Dr. Ashvin Dave and Dr. Ashish Joshi had opportunity to personally meet and interact withvarious senior international experts and AIM officials. During the discussion with Mr. Jayant Shah(Executive Director – AIM, India), Mr. Shah hinted to consider PDPU as host institute for the year2022 or 2023

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Students' AchievementsAnd Semester Exchange

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Role of BehaviouralEconomics inMaking Choices

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STUDENTS’ SEMESTER EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

The following students are on study abroad currently (Spring 2020) atUniversity of Minnesota, USA.

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Naisargi Tirthesh Mehta 17BLS171 BA/BBA

BA/BBAKrupa Modi 17BLS112

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Media Corner

FIRST INDIA 31-01-2020

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Editorial TeamProf. Pradeep Mallik

Ms. Amrita ChakrabortyMs. Radha Iyer

GraphicsMs. Niti Samani

Ms. Sheona Everett

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